Bird’s-Eye View

Obama's words are obvious to what he personally believes. Using Charleton Heston was a little over the top but does get the message across. "We are the ones we've been waiting for". "the world will be healed". What is he referring to?

C'mon Dave - Obama dug that hole on his own and was recorded in the process. I have not seen that commercial locally so perhaps the McCain campaign decided not to air it.


Let's all sing Happy Birthday to Barack Obama. He turns 47 years old today.

let's talk about issues instead of distracting the voters.

apparently mccain thinks the voters are idiots and cannot intelligently choose based on issues.

Shame on anyone who votes for him.

Obama's words are obvious to what he personally believes. Using Charleton Heston was a little over the top but does get the message across. "We are the ones we've been waiting for". "the world will be healed". What is he referring to?

C'mon Dave - Obama dug that hole on his own and was recorded in the process. I have not seen that commercial locally so perhaps the McCain campaign decided not to air it.
Let's all sing Happy Birthday to Barack Obama. He turns 47 years old today.

Issues? That is funny. Empty promises they can't keep.

Actually it is the public who says they don't want a dirty campaign. Yet when the ads are run, polls change. McCain ran the ads. The polls change. It is politics pure and simple and the simple America public falls for it every single time. If McCain gains more ground, the gloves will come off and Obama will follow with the same. Guaranteed.


God forbid anyone who has a different opinion then you.

Ummm ... I've never known a presidential candidate who didn't believe his or her platform could save the nation from its troubles. I mean, Bush once said he felt God appointed him, so ...
More than 4,000 soldiers dead for a war of choice on false pretenses, a faltering economy, middle class buying power down $1,000 per family in the last 8 years, wages stagnant, a housing crisis, inflation ... Gee, I can't understand why some in this country would look toward a leader who's confident he can help guide this nation out of this mess.

mccain is dishonest.

apparently mccain thinks the voters are idiots and cannot intelligently choose based on issues.

God forbid anyone who has a different opinion then you.

Obama's words are obvious to what he personally believes. Using Charleton Heston was a little over the top but does get the message across. "We are the ones we've been waiting for". "the world will be healed". What is he referring to?

C'mon Dave - Obama dug that hole on his own and was recorded in the process. I have not seen that commercial locally so perhaps the McCain campaign decided not to air it.


Let's all sing Happy Birthday to Barack Obama. He turns 47 years old today.

More than 4,000 soldiers dead for a war of choice on false pretenses, a faltering economy, middle class buying power down $1,000 per family in the last 8 years, wages stagnant, a housing crisis, inflation ... Gee, I can't understand why some in this country would look toward a leader who's confident he can help guide this nation out of this mess.


The real problem with McCain's attack ads are the ad hominem nature of the argument. He can't swipe at Obama for Obama's policies - BTW, saying he would tax electricity is kinda funny because McCain's referring to the cap-and-trade system Obama's advocating for, the same cap-and-trade system McCain supports - so he goes after Obama's character. Is that the best way to elect a president, because his character attacks are funny and entertaining?

In the cynical view of the wise guys who run campaigns, the candidates are softhearted amateurs who can't be trusted not to wander from the disciplined message of the day, or who become all mushy and weak-kneed when it's time to attack the opponent.

Sixteen percent of the white workers polled expressed either no opinion about the presidential race or indicated they would support no one, someone else or just plain not vote.

Still, one in six of the white workers polled remains uncommitted to either candidate. And a majority of those polled, both white and minority, are ambivalent about the impact of the election, saying that no matter who wins, their personal finances are unlikely to change.

I agree with you JustPlainJoe...



If McCain gets into office - watch out for 4 more years of hell.



Shame on anyone who votes for him.

My goodness! Where have you been living!

Life for most hard working people has been good in these United States for the past many years! Thank God for our strong military (Clinton had down-sized)!

Count your blessings and watch what you wish for! Hitler led his people into CHANGE, and so did Castro and look at where it got them! Know history for it repeats itself!

WATCH WHAT WE WISH FOR!

It's not that the candidates don't want to talk about the economy or the federal budget. In recent weeks, they've been doing a lot of that. But they speak in words that don't really mean much.

Neither candidate has laid out an actual plan, with specific numbers, to bring America's fiscal house into order.

According to the Tax Policy Center, neither Obama nor McCain has laid out plans to close the budget deficit over the next 10 years under current spending regimes.

both McCain and Obama would run deficits — 1.8% and 1.3% of GDP, respectively — without significant cuts in federal spending or surprising growth in the economy.

Where will the candidates cut spending to prevent the deficit from exploding? On this point, both candidates are relying, as usual, on sound bites rather than actual policies

And so we return to where we began, a war of words with few numbers to back them up. The candidates speak in platitudes and broad swipes. They claim the high road, while banishing their opponents to the low road

Dave - I never wanted the Iraq war and I am also very concerned about the economy. However, Bush was not alone in creating this mess. Congress should shoulder some of the blame. Bush has tried to stimulate the economy with tax rebates, he's making an effort.

Hmmmm..... who has controlled Congress more in the past 50 years?

http://uspolitics.about.com/od/usgovernmen..._division_2.htm

Guess the Republicans needed more time..... HaHaHa

Can you show how Obama would be like Hitler or Castro? What has he done or said to give you that opinion. Oh, that's right, you probably read it on some Republican blog. Must buy into the fear factor.

My intent was not fear, but also not ignorance....we must be careful not to be "swept off our feet" by promises of change....just saying....look where it took the people of Germany and Cuba!



what is Obama's history?

Hasn't history proven this true?

And that is the whole point. WHAT history?

Obama could be The Manchurian Candidate, or he could turn out to be {cue the heavenly choirs!} The Greatest President In the History of the Universe, or he may be Millard Fillmore.

But how would we know? All we hear is rhetoric. And the finely-honed rhetoric is WRITTEN for him by his speech writers. When he is on the teleprompter, he is smooth as silk, but listen to his interviews, his debate performances, or his Q&As and he is um, er, ah, eh, and a lot of painful pauses while he hedges his answers.

So your saying over the last 8 years things haven't been good?

My goodness! Where have you been living!

Life for most hard working people has been good in these United States for the past many years! Thank God for our strong military (Clinton had down-sized)!

And your implying that they have been? Are we better off now than we were 8 years ago?? I guess that is the real question.

yes but i didn't want to come out and say so.

As with everything else in life there was good and bad. Looking at economic figures there was much good until a year and a half ago. Hmmm........ oh right, it takes time..... funny how that argument was not used when Bush took office....

I am. And I'll be better off four years from now regardless of who wins.

And that is the whole point. WHAT history?

Obama could be The Manchurian Candidate, or he could turn out to be {cue the heavenly choirs!} The Greatest President In the History of the Universe, or he may be Millard Fillmore.

But how would we know? All we hear is rhetoric. And the finely-honed rhetoric is WRITTEN for him by his speech writers. When he is on the teleprompter, he is smooth as silk, but listen to his interviews, his debate performances, or his Q&As and he is um, er, ah, eh, and a lot of painful pauses while he hedges his answers.

I am. And I'll be better off four years from now regardless of who wins.

you have got to be kidding.

how nice to be so oblivious to the suffering of most americans.

by your denial you don't have to feel guilty.

very convenient.

let's hope mccain runs on that theme.

"hey everyone , that suffering is all in your imagination. justy ask any rich republican."LOL

yeah baby...that's the theme.LOL

What suffering? Give me a break! Where else in the world could one live with this many freedoms and personal choices? People have been spoiled. I feel sad for your attitude! You have obviously fallen for the media's attempt to let people think things are bad! Again, I ask, what suffering?

we have been waiting for someone to deliver us from the monstrosity of the past 8 years. the question is who can do the job better, the guy who wants to continue down the path to ruin or someone who wants to change course?

mccain is dishonest. he said he would not wage a dirty campaign and would only discuss issues.

thus far we have been subjected to ads meant for idiots.

let's talk about issues instead of distracting the voters.

apparently mccain thinks the voters are idiots and cannot intelligently choose based on issues.

divide and conquer yet again.we deserve better.

McCain didn't wage negative adds, he is responding to negative adds.

Thanks for the laugh, Greiker!

Exactly what kind of history do you require for a president? Just read the book he wrote. That contains plenty of Obama History.



Later...Shawn

Let's see if we can find a pattern here. Republicans have compared Obama to Osama bin Laden, Hitler, Castro, Moses, the Manchurian Candidate, Millard Fillmore, Brittany Spears, and Paris Hilton. Did I miss any? Nope, not really seeing a pattern other than a common thread of grasping at straws.

As Shawn pointed out, you can read Obama's books if you'd like to know more about him. You can also read his website. Are all these comparisons only because Republicans can't read? I don't think so, but it does point to the fear factor.

Unfortunately, the system is designed such that no one knows what kind of President any candidate would make until they are in office. What did we know about Bush before he was elected? Did any of what we knew point to how bad a President he is?

History of accomplishment. History of experience in leading anything. History of governmental experience. I get the whole anti-Washington stuff, the POTUS is NOT an entry level position. It doesn't come with training wheels. And WE THE PEOPLE should not be guinea pigs that the newbie gets to play around with.

McCain didn't wage negative adds, he is responding to negative adds.



I wouldn't expect him to praise Obama. So in your book if you call it as you see it and it's not flattering it's a negative attack?

what suffering?

how provincial for a lanc countian who is one of the haves to ignore the plight of the masses based on myopia. and you call the have nots spoiled.

good lord folks, we have a bubbleboy right here.LOL

how dare they want the american dream.nice campaign theme for the ugly republican.LOL



uhh how about foreclosures, inflation, job losses, high price of gas,high price of home heating oil inability to pay bills, inability to afford healthcare, not much credit available,etc etc

people have been spoiled?

are you related to mussilini by any chance?LOL

or phil gramm?

where else can people live free like here?

uhhh canada, europe, australia, new zealand.....

Even now people EXPECT government to bail them out of the mortgages THEY CHOSE and now cannot afford. What will be next, will they expect government to pay their utilitiy bills because they let their TV sets on all day, or their car loans because they had to have all the bells and whistles?

FREEDOM = CHOICES AND RESPONSIBILITY

Unscrupulous mortgage lenders were FREE to CHOOSE to inform unqualified applicants with poor credit that they could indeed afford their mortgage. How's that for RESPONSIBILITY? Many of these unfortunate people are undereducated, and perhaps unable to see past the carrot dangled before them. They were repeatedly told, "now is the time to buy, gain equity and stop throwing away your money on rent."

There was a time when this simply would not have happened, because mortgage lenders behaved responsibly. I'm not advocating a government bail out. But corporations are people, too. And they should be held accountable for their choices, just like individuals.

And let's be honest, did these people who chose to take out these loans know that the cost of utilities (and gas and food, etc.) was going to inflate so much, so quickly? Absolutely not. Many of them are dealing as best they can with the hand they were dealt. They sure as hell did not expect the ante to double. Nor did they know the house was playing with a stacked deck.

this may be so for a very few, but many of us saw this coming when all of these huge developments were going about 5 years ago...we said WHO can affored these huge houses and furnish them and afford the utilities? Many of us predicted this situation with housing years ago....it's ashame too many people were "gullable". Our society is leaning that way, though...the bigger the better....I'll just let it at that!

Are you better off than you were 8 years ago then sure you should vote for McBush. But if you are tired of war , declining middle class wages, endless government deficits, politicization of the executive branch, then maybe you should vote for Obama. Me I don't want continuing war in Iraq and possible war in Iran(bomb bomb Iran), I don't want continuing support of the money moving class at the exspence of the labor working class, I don't want more politically appointed judiciary attorneys who will only bring charges against one political party, But hey thats me and I don't want beer to go up to in twice the cost it is presently becuase we elect a beer president. We don't need more of the same with McBush riding around in a golf cart with PaPa Bush.

For Obama to be where he is, at his age, from where he came from is quite a history of Accomplishement. Again, read the book. Nor is the POTUS necessarily a natural progression from a position in Congress. The two positions are unrelated. POTUS is more of a CEO type position. The fact that people like you feel "government experience" is a neccessity is exactly why we keep getting progressively worse from election to election. Which of his proposed policies do you feel are just "playing around with us"?



Later...Shawn

What is YOUR definition of middle class?

Even now people EXPECT government to bail them out of the mortgages THEY CHOSE and now cannot afford. What will be next, will they expect government to pay their utilitiy bills because they let their TV sets on all day, or their car loans because they had to have all the bells and whistles?

FREEDOM = CHOICES AND RESPONSIBILITY

but we bailed out bears sterns and a few banks didn't we? yeah you worked hard and saved, good for you, but what about your fellow countrymen and women who worked just as hard but didn't have good paying jobs and so did without as well but were unable to put any money aside?

should we cast them out or let them die off?

our country is not run to give handouts to people....I am sorry, but I don't feel sorry for people who are not willing to give up cigarettes, tattoes, MP3 players, cell phones, newer cars, going to the movies every week, and buying brand name items, then still think the GOVERNMENT should bail them out...

I do understand that many corporate big wigs have ruined many lives because of their greed, I am not heartless. My point is that the media wants everyone to believe that our country is in hard times....we are a spoiled country that expects big brother to always bail us out.

It becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.

So the polls are changing that much? Really haven't seen that? Care to back up that statement there podunk, you have a habit of rattling off "facts" but not really backing them up.

What is YOUR definition of middle class?

Handing out thousand dollar bills instead of fixing the underlying problem, for starters. It is called buying votes.

I am sorry, but I don't feel sorry for people

Handing out thousand dollar bills instead of fixing the underlying problem, for starters. It is called buying votes.

There are a lot of people who are struggling who are not smoking cigarettes, getting tats, buying MP3 players, etc. So many of us are just a job loss or catastrophic accident/illness away from becoming one of "them." You never know what life is going to deal you, even when you plan for emergencies. I'd rather lend a helping hand to these folks than the latest corporate fat cats run amok.



I hate to disagree, Poppins, but you sure come across as heartless.

I am completely empathetic to folks going through honest tough times. I work with some and it has also affected my own family. I am also fully aware that no one is immune to emergencies and great loss! However, It is not BIG GOVERNMENT'S job to give the handouts or for people to EXPECT it from government on a long-term basis.

Our government's system of short term help is so abused and misused, it doesn't even always help those that need it most. It has also become a chess piece in the game of policitians. So many people have also learned to play the government hand out game (I see it at my job).

Our country was founded on hard work and perseverence....that's all I sayin'.

Don't forget the past...

I am completely empathetic to folks going through honest tough times. I work with some and it has also affected my own family. I am also fully aware that no one is immune to emergencies and great loss! However, It is not BIG GOVERNMENT'S job to give the handouts or for people to EXPECT it from government on a long-term basis.

Our government's system of short term help is so abused and misused, it doesn't even always help those that need it most. It has also become a chess piece in the game of policitians. So many people have also learned to play the government hand out game (I see it at my job).

Our country was founded on hard work and perseverence....that's all I sayin'.

Don't forget the past...

Its the governments job to ensure an even playing field.

I missed that one in the constitution.

I missed that one in the constitution.

Sure thats why the Packers were forced to take back Farve. Need to keep a level playing field.

Hey can Georgie forge me a letter or two reference, I hear he is real good at forging documents and all.

http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-gener...a.Overexposure/

WASHINGTON — Barack Obama may be the fresh face in this year's presidential election, but nearly half say they're already tired of hearing about him, a poll says.

With Election Day still three months away, 48 percent said they're hearing too much about the Democratic candidate, according to a poll released Wednesday by the nonpartisan Pew Research Center. Just 26 percent said the same about his Republican rival, John McCain.

Obama, the 47-year-old Illinois senator who would become the first black president, has dominated political news coverage much of the year. According to an ongoing Pew study, Obama has appeared in more news stories this year and more people say they have heard more about him than McCain, the longtime Arizona senator who also ran for president in 2000.

Two-thirds of Republicans and about half of independents said they've heard too much about Obama, as did a third of Democrats, a significant number.

At the same time, nearly four in 10 said they've been hearing too little about McCain — about four times the number who said so about Obama. About half of Republicans, four in 10 independents and even a quarter of Democrats said they've not heard enough about the GOP candidate.

The poll was conducted from Aug. 1-4 and involved telephone interviews with 1,004 adults. It had a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.

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On the Web:

Pew Research Center: http://people-press.org

maybe thats why he wants to enter his want in a topless/bottomless stripper beauty pagaent

There was a youtube video connected to that "beauty pageant". First of all, those women were ugly. Second, I did not view any topless or bottomless women on the video - although they were being judged on a lewd act as part of their pageant.

I can't believe you guys did not watch that video. (can't believe I did watch it - )

Read harder.



Later...Shawn

What does that even mean?

What does that even mean?

The constitution gives the government specific powers. It doesn't always give specific reasons for those powers. For example, the constitution gives the government the power to regulate interstate commerce. As a result of that power, the Sherman Anti-Trust act was passed, which was specifically designed to ensure an even playing field.



Later...Shawn