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'Barack Obama is one of the great communicators of our time, he's a brilliant speaker who can fire up a crowd. But is a pretty face, worth the risk?

Dogg ~ Ready for war 2008/09/09 01:12:41
Obama. fire it up and ready to go
Say yes to OBombUs
He'll be great I know he will... Oh look a unicorn
what kind of change again.. a buck fifty?
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Adolph Hitler could fire up a crowd too. I'm not comparing the two, I'm just saying that's not necessarily the best recommendation for president. I went to a Barry Manilow concert with my wife once, he had the crowd (well, the WOMEN in it, anyway) pretty fired up. As for Obama's communication skills, I still like the fact that he communicated to us that we have 57 states, plus one he hasn't visited yet, plus Alaska and Hawaii...for a total of 60? Had he not communicated that information, I'd be under the mistaken impression we still had just the 50 states. Also the priceless tire inflation communication, just might save our nation, as well as the planet. And still trying to wrap my mind around that he is Christain along with his Muslim faith.
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  • Bring it ~STS~Freewill Dirt... 2008/09/29 04:41:22
    None of the above
    Bring it ~STS~Freewill Dirty Pheonix
    +1
    He will never be any good for this country!
  • Dave**Gay for Girls** 2008/09/10 12:20:37
    what kind of change again.. a buck fifty?
    Dave**Gay for Girls**
    +4
    He's excellent at meaningless rhetoric as long as the teleprompter doesn't screw up.
    change buck excellent meaningless rhetoric teleprompter screw
  • JC 2008/09/10 09:04:39
    what kind of change again.. a buck fifty?
    JC
  • Deleted 2008/09/10 00:37:50
  • SwissM 2008/09/09 22:51:24
    None of the above
    SwissM
    +4
    Great communicator huh:
    Latest comment in reference to Palin: "Lipstick on a pig, still a pig."

    Real classy guy this Obama!!
    http://www.politico.com/blogs...
  • grizzly SwissM 2008/09/10 03:23:26
    grizzly
    +3
    He wasn't comparing Palin to pigs....that's not fair to pigs ! Talk about taking something out of context....
  • SwissM grizzly 2008/09/10 03:25:33
    SwissM
    +3
    ever heard the word analogy. what was the reference for? comparison to Pelosi maybe?
  • grizzly SwissM 2008/09/10 03:41:37
    grizzly
    +3
    If you have to ask, you'd never understand....
  • crsone SwissM 2008/09/10 23:37:52
    crsone
    +1
    More diversionary, swiftboating tactics.

    From the URban Dictionary -- http://www.urbandictionary.co...

    putting lipstick on a pig

    A term used by many, generally in reference to someone who may be trying to make something or someone look appealing or attractive when it quite clearly will not work, or will only deceive the dumbest of people.

    Car salesmen are generally good at "putting lipstick on a pig" because they are always selling unroadworthy buckets of shit and try and hide their shitfulness by tarting them up.
    The dude in that car yard just put a body kit on that piece of shit. Talk about putting lipstick on a pig

    It's a well-known phrase, having nothing at all to do with Sarah Palin.
  • SwissM crsone 2008/09/11 00:14:19
    SwissM
    +2
    he was clearly referring to Plain, even though he is trying to cover using the old reference line. Just listen to the crowd when he made the commnents, they clearly thought it was a reference to Palin.......because it was.

    he's like a kid that did something wrong...."wasn't me" John McCain said it once.....etc etc

    the hinges are coming off the empty suit.
  • crsone SwissM 2008/09/12 00:04:02
    crsone
    It's all in your mind.

    I heard that part of the speech. He was talking about McCain's policies -- he doesn't talk about Palin; she's just the VP candidate. He used two expressions, when talking about how old hat and bad those policies are -- lipstick on a pig and old fish wrapped in newspaper.

    But you WANT it to be about Palin, so that's how you hear it. This is a perfect example of why smear tactics work.
  • anuevomi 2008/09/09 22:30:57
    None of the above
    anuevomi
    +3
    After eight years of bush the only reason people will not vote for obama is because he is black...look at mccains convention ... he had what 36 black delgates.... america is losing its grip... its sad that we are still such a racist nation.. whats really sad is i fight for you sorry people who claim you love this country. if you did you would vote for some one who is trying to help it... i see people every day come into my recruiting office who want to join the military because the economy is so bad because they can't find a job... buyer beware vote for mccain and most of us will be standing in the welfare line that mccain/palin is against.....
  • Dogg ~ ... anuevomi 2008/09/09 22:39:52
    Dogg ~ Ready for war
    +6
    another phantom profile. wow. busy busy girl. so if your in a recuiting office what is your rank? I know the answer to this, so do try to get it right. Or take your silly butt some where and finish making your profile:)
  • hurrica... anuevomi 2008/09/10 02:00:42 (edited)
    hurricanflower-Czar of Me
    +5
    anuevomi,
    I liked your other profile name better...how many profiles do you have now?
  • Kiki anuevomi 2008/09/10 12:06:59
    Kiki
    +1
    Downrave "anuevomi" as an Impostor Profile and Block them.
    downrave anuevomi impostor profile block
  • ........... 2008/09/09 22:30:36
    None of the above
    ...........
    +5
    There are 57 Islamic States. I can see how it would be easy for him to make that slip.




    57 islamic slip
  • grizzly .......... 2008/09/10 03:28:47
    grizzly
    +2
    I believe there was 57 primaries....but maybe he meant to say 47 states...dunno, but they all make mistakes and say dumb stuff from time to time...
  • ChloeNAydensmom 2008/09/09 21:53:24
    None of the above
    ChloeNAydensmom
    +3
    He's not a pretty face so there ya go! LOL
  • cathy~COB "Love One Another" 2008/09/09 20:34:20
    None of the above
    cathy~COB "Love One Another"
  • patriot 2008/09/09 20:34:08
    None of the above
    patriot
    +4
    Obama is a fraud.
  • JDC~The Shootist~ 2008/09/09 19:44:19
    what kind of change again.. a buck fifty?
    JDC~The Shootist~
    +8
    I have giving this comparison myself, stating that I'm not calling Barack to a type of Hitler or Hitler at all. There is a similarity here how they both could wow the crowds, even to the point at times chanting.
    There is one more similarity as well, Obama's nonsupport of medical care for poor babies that live through a botched abortion.

    SENATOR OBAMA:

    This bill was fairly extensively debated in the Judiciary Committee, and so I won’t belabor the issue. I do want to just make sure that everybody in the Senate knows what this bill is about, as I understand it. Senator O’Malley, the testimony during the committee indicated that one of the key concerns was — is that there was a method of abortion, an induced abortion, where the — the fetus or child, as — as some might describe it, is still temporarily alive outside the womb. And one of the concerns that came out in the testimony was the fact that they were not being properly cared for during that brief period of time that they were still living. Is that correct? Is that an accurate sort of description of one of the key concerns in the bill?

    PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KARPIEL)

    Senator O’Malley.

    SENATOR O’MALLEY:

    Senator Obama, it is certainly a key concern that the — the way children are treated following their birth un...



















    I have giving this comparison myself, stating that I'm not calling Barack to a type of Hitler or Hitler at all. There is a similarity here how they both could wow the crowds, even to the point at times chanting.
    There is one more similarity as well, Obama's nonsupport of medical care for poor babies that live through a botched abortion.

    SENATOR OBAMA:

    This bill was fairly extensively debated in the Judiciary Committee, and so I won’t belabor the issue. I do want to just make sure that everybody in the Senate knows what this bill is about, as I understand it. Senator O’Malley, the testimony during the committee indicated that one of the key concerns was — is that there was a method of abortion, an induced abortion, where the — the fetus or child, as — as some might describe it, is still temporarily alive outside the womb. And one of the concerns that came out in the testimony was the fact that they were not being properly cared for during that brief period of time that they were still living. Is that correct? Is that an accurate sort of description of one of the key concerns in the bill?

    PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KARPIEL)

    Senator O’Malley.

    SENATOR O’MALLEY:

    Senator Obama, it is certainly a key concern that the — the way children are treated following their birth under these circumstances has been reported to be, without question, in my opinion, less than humane, and so this bill suggests that appropriate steps be taken to treat that baby as a — a citizen of the United States and afforded all the rights and protections it deserves under the Constitution of the United States.

    PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR KARPIEL)

    Senator Obama.

    SENATOR OBAMA:

    Well, it turned out — that during the testimony a number of members who are typically in favor of a woman’s right to choose an abortion were actually sympathetic to some of the concerns that your — you raised and that were raised by witnesses in the testimony. And there was some suggestion that we might be able to craft something that might meet constitutional muster with respect to caring for fetuses or children who were delivered in this fashion. Unfortunately, this bill goes a little bit further, and so I just want to suggest, not that I think it’ll make too much difference with respect to how we vote, that this is probably not going to survive constitutional scrutiny.

    Number one, whenever we define a previable fetus as a person that is protected by the equal protection clause or the other elements in the Constitution, what we’re really saying is, in fact, that they are persons that are entitled to the kinds of protections that would be provided to a — a child, a nine-month-old — child that was delivered to term. That determination then, essentially, if it was accepted by a court, would forbid abortions to take place. I mean, it — it would essentially bar abortions, because the equal protection clause does not allow somebody to kill a child, and if this is a child, then this would be an antiabortion statute. For that purpose, I think it would probably be found unconstitutional.

    The second reason that it would probably be found unconstitutional is that this essentially says that a doctor is required to provide treatment to a previable child, or fetus, however way you want to describe it. Viability is the line that has been drawn by the Supreme Court to determine whether or not an abortion can or cannot take place. And if we’re placing a burden on the doctor that says you have to keep alive even a previable child as long as possible and give them as much medical attention as — as is necessary to try to keep that child alive, then we’re probably crossing the line in terms of unconstitutionality.

    Now, as I said before, this probably won’t make any difference. I recall the last time we had a debate about abortion, we passed a bill out of here. I suggested to Members of the Judiciary Committee that it was unconstitutional and it would be struck down by the Seventh Circuit. It was. I recognize this is a passionate issue, and so I — I won’t, as I said, belabor the point. I think it’s important to recognize though that this is an area where potentially we might have compromised and — and arrived at a bill that dealt with the narrow concerns about how a — a previable fetus or child was treated by a hospital. We decided not to do that. We’re going much further than that in this bill. As a consequence, I think that we will probably end up in court once again, as we often do, on this issue. And as a consequence, I’ll be voting Present.

    Despite Mr. Obama’s claims, Jill Stanek shows that the Illinois and the federal bills were identical. (The Obama camp now concedes the fact that these were identical bills.)

    But it also seems clear from the Senate transcript that Mr. Obama’s objections were solely that this bill would hamper abortions, and it would thereby be declared un-Constitutional.

    Furthermore, Mr. Obama made no mention whatsoever in his remarks of the bill being redundant because Illinois already had legislation protecting such infants.
    (more)
  • amyy 2008/09/09 19:10:33
    None of the above
    amyy
    +6
    he may not be the best but he sure is better than bush!!!!!!!!
  • Dogg ~ ... amyy 2008/09/09 19:12:31
    Dogg ~ Ready for war
    +4
    Thank you amy you gave me a idea for a poll:)
  • getalife amyy 2008/09/09 21:41:07
    getalife
    +4
    but bush is not running. guess what my dog is better now then an out going presadent, because, he is out going, no matter what he does anymore, he is out going. it doesnt matter any more. what matters, is who's running now. there is 1 opening for the top job and 2 men running for it. not 3 people. you cant include bush in this, thats a closed door, but anyway obama is a dangerous man to our country. he bring with him many enemies to democracy. and opens the door for extremist who are waiting in the wings , for obama to open the door and let them in.
  • SunShine 2008/09/09 19:00:32
    None of the above
    SunShine
    +13
    Obama would have been the ruination of America. He has no experience and no idea what he is doing..or saying.. he also has no personal qualities that qualify him for this job..
  • texgem 2008/09/09 18:38:01
    Obama. fire it up and ready to go
    texgem
  • hurricanflower-Czar of Me 2008/09/09 18:35:49 (edited)
    what kind of change again.. a buck fifty?
    hurricanflower-Czar of Me
    +12
    Obama needs more seasoning…maybe salt? And yes he is a good speaker to a point, but after awhile normal people realize that he is dodging the question that was asked of him as he just keeps going on and on and on with word foreplay. This is one of the main things that make him a bad choice as his followers let him get away with it and have Obama shrines in their homes. And I don’t really care what his religion is I only care if hate is taught at the place of worship and if children are subjected to this hate. All in all I feel he would make a better candidate in the area of Africa that his father came from. His Muslim/Christian back ground would come in handy for working across lines over there. I think he could be useful in that setting as there are often conflicts in politics between tribes, at least that is what I have read anyway. muslimchristian ground handy working lines setting conflicts politics tribes read
  • irish -... hurrica... 2008/09/09 18:39:56
    irish -liberty or death!
    +11
    also castro and his socialism come to mind!
  • Kiki 2008/09/09 18:15:01 (edited)
    what kind of change again.. a buck fifty?
    Kiki
    +16
    Obama uses the same rhetoric, class warfare and mind numbing oration used by Hitler.
    obama rhetoric class warfare mind numbing oration hitler
  • Kiki Kiki 2008/09/09 18:16:20 (edited)
    Kiki
    +13
    Notice the frightening similarities?
    notice frightening similarities

    notice frightening similarities httpbp2 blogger comanczd
  • Anouser Kiki 2008/09/10 00:37:39
    Anouser
    You've hit a new level of bat feces crazy now.
  • Kiki Anouser 2008/09/10 00:49:54
    Kiki
    +5
    Damaged Rebirth...Your inability to see similarities will assure you'll suck as much at Spore as you do at political debate...Incidentally, my tech is up to date enough that I can surf and play Spore. I'm already evolved to the herbivore level and have seen two of my own creations in the game.
  • Anouser Kiki 2008/09/10 00:53:34
    Anouser
    +2
    You won't be saying this when I blow up your planet and post it on Youtube.
  • Bitwise... Anouser 2008/09/10 04:48:01 (edited)
    Bitwise Operator
    +4
    C'mon, name one planet you've blown up and shown on you tube.
  • Anouser Bitwise... 2008/09/10 05:27:24
    Anouser
    +1
    Future tense, man, future tense.
  • Bitwise... Anouser 2008/09/10 19:09:07
    Bitwise Operator
    +1
    Well, give us a heads up - I want to have my telescope out so me and the kids can watch.
  • Dogg ~ ... Bitwise... 2008/09/11 00:13:05
    Dogg ~ Ready for war
    +1
    LOL it's in a game.
  • Bitwise... Dogg ~ ... 2008/09/11 14:34:14
    Bitwise Operator
    That's too bad. Charting blown up planets in deep space is a hobby of mine.

    charting blown planets deep space hobby
  • JC Anouser 2008/09/10 09:03:00
    JC
    +2
    sorry didn't mean to rave you
  • gone 2008/09/09 18:07:46

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