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| The Worst Republican Senator South Carolina's Lindsey Graham is a flop. He pretends to be a conservative, but sells out conservatives and insults them while doing so. He pretends to be effective at reaching across party lines, but the only thing he effectively does is help the other party. | |
| Submitted by DCassidy - May 16, 7:32 pm | 11 votes | VOTE |
| Carter Is At The Center Of Obama/McCain Debate Barack Obama is hoping that just being associated with the Bush foreign policy is enough to sink John McCain. But is it too late to point out how similar Obama's is to that of Jimmy Carter? | |
| Submitted by danjoseph78 - May 16, 5:33 pm | 26 votes | VOTE |
| Investigate Barack Obama Millions of Americans are asking for answers. this is a compilation of the blogs demanding explanations. | |
| Submitted by ejss7 - May 16, 4:31 pm | 42 votes | VOTE |
| Obama Responds to Bush - Swing And A Miss Here is Obama's lame, empty response to Bush's smackdown yesterday. Obama did not provide a single reason why Bush was wrong. Because he can't. | |
| Submitted by Dupray - May 16, 3:39 pm | 23 votes | VOTE |
| “We were all racists, we admired National Socialism” Just Fine With Barack Chamberlain Barack Obama would have you believe that negotiating with Iran is like negotiating with Australia. The reality that Iran and Hamas are sponsors of terror and glorify terror are of no matter. According to him, they will see the light, if only we stopped ‘humiliating’ them and started ‘respecting’ them... | |
| Submitted by SigCarlFred - May 16, 3:01 pm | 31 votes | VOTE |
| Will Barack Throw Mama From the Train? [Update Two] I now have it from four sources (three who are close to senior Republicans) that there is video dynamite–Michelle Obama railing against “whitey” at Jeremiah Wright’s church. | |
| Submitted by Dan53 - May 16, 3:00 pm | 28 votes | VOTE |
| Curtain Time For Barack Obama - Part II US Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald does not make a habit of destroying pubic officials by listing them in indictments for no reason and the only two political candidates identified as receiving campaign money from Operation Board Games kickback schemes are Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich and the US Senator from Illinois, Barack Obama. | |
| Submitted by VKH1217 - May 16, 2:47 pm | 36 votes | VOTE |
| Obama Countinues To Pout Over Bush Obama wraps up his whine-a-thon about Bush's Knesset comments with the Big Lie: "Now I’m a strong believer in civility and I’m a strong believer in a bipartisan foreign policy [pause for hysterical guffaws] ..." | |
| Submitted by Laer - May 16, 2:01 pm | 29 votes | VOTE |
| Isolating Iran: The Foolish Counter Productivity of Direct Talks Iran needs to be isolated and yet direct talks does the exact opposite. That is the nexus of why such a policy is so foolish. | |
| Submitted by mvolpe1 - May 16, 1:51 pm | 19 votes | VOTE |
| Why I'm Turning Down Obama Radio Talk Show Host Steve Corbett from PA Has launched a mass campaign called OPERATION TURN DOWN letting the DNC know we will TURN DOWN OBAMA. we Will NOT vote from him under Any circumstance | |
| Submitted by jslat - May 16, 1:36 pm | 64 votes | VOTE |
| Black Clergy Should Focus on Empowering Their Parishioners The statements against America by Rev. Jeremiah Wright is the primary cause of hatred and confusion within the black community. | |
| Submitted by TommyD - May 16, 1:31 pm | 11 votes | VOTE |
| Questions that Obama Needs to Answer Before Hillary Steps Aside Let's be honest, we need an answer to these questions. Having admitted drug use Obama is subject under Federal Law to be drug tested. | |
| Submitted by realclearusa - May 16, 1:26 pm | 33 votes | VOTE |
| Why The Republicans Always Win Pondering the damage that Michelle Obama's racist tirade can cause the Democrats in the general election. | |
| Submitted by TWAlbert - May 16, 1:22 pm | 20 votes | VOTE |
| Webb's GI Bill Taxes Rich Bush is threatening to veto the bill and McCain, suicidally, supports him. The genius of this bill is that it does two great things. One, it provides a well-deserved benefit to our troops. Two, it demonstrates, in sharp terms, Republican hypocrisy on the military... | |
| Submitted by NahNopeNotQuite - May 16, 1:16 pm | 13 votes | VOTE |
| Dem Blogs Buzzing Over Possible Existence of Michelle Obama Video Railing Against "Whitey" It's all over the Democratic Blogs today - at least the pro-Hillary Dem blogs. No Quarter is saying (HillBuzz Blog is also talking about it) they have it on the authority of 3 GOP sources that a video has been found by Republicans that shows Michelle Obama railing against "Whitey" in the Trinity United Church of Christ. | |
| Submitted by Dan53 - May 16, 12:07 pm | 38 votes | VOTE |
| LETTER TO HOWARD DEAN AND THE SEATING OF FLORIDA AND MICHIGAN from Tom in Paine: Server problems earlier. A follow up letter to Dean after a face to face meeting about the seating of the Florida and Michigan delegates and Dean's acknowledgment that the popular vote totals of both states are valid. | |
| Submitted by MDR94 - May 16, 11:51 am | 17 votes | VOTE |
| It's A Small International Workers Paradise After All! ObamaInternationalistas Ayers/Jefe Chavez/FARC & Etc. Senator Obama is up and moving about the country weaving rhetorical flourishes to the people who think that Stanley Fish matters and that MSNBC provides information. While Senator Obama has been out of his seat, Illinois laughing-stock and Check Kiting Bob Creamer's Bonnie Parker, Congressperson Jan Schakwosky is trolling for the ch... | |
| Submitted by PATHICKEY - May 16, 11:46 am | 13 votes | VOTE |
| Michelle Obama Rails Against "Whitey" - Game Over. From Hillary supporter, Larry Johnson: "I now have it from two three sources close to senior Republicans that they have video dynamite–Michelle Obama railing against “whitey” at Jeremiah Wright’s church." If they've got it, it'll make Reagan's 49 state landslide look like a loss. | |
| Submitted by Dupray - May 16, 11:23 am | 51 votes | VOTE |
| Anti-Obama Movement Within Non-Elite Base of Democratic Party Growing Stronger The Obamabots are under the delusion that if Obama wins the nomination (which he hasn’t yet, by the way), all of us in the Hillary camp will forget about the misogyny and come over to their side. Make nice for the sake of party unity. Forgive all the abuse. Nope. | |
| Submitted by skeetskeet - May 16, 11:22 am | 50 votes | VOTE |
| My Arguements Against Gay Marriage Here is why I disagree with the legalization of gay marriage. | |
| Submitted by mvolpe1 - May 16, 11:05 am | 15 votes | VOTE |
| Change I Don't Believe He Believes In OK, politicians are ambitious, they want more and more power. Also, some of them actually believe in something. And this is the bottom line problem with Senator Obama. He doesn't believe any of it. He gave his famous 2002 speech to an ultra-liberal anti-war crowd in an ultra-liberal district. How much did he really care? N... | |
| Submitted by mlmoss - May 16, 10:59 am | 18 votes | VOTE |
| McCain: This Little Punk Obama has No Idea What He is Talking About Maybe I am paraphrasing, but McCain nailed Obama on his lack of national security cred. Video from his campaign plane a few weeks ago. | |
| Submitted by Dupray - May 16, 10:10 am | 19 votes | VOTE |
| California One-Two Punch May Knock Obama Out California likes Republicans like McCain, Schwartzenegger, and Pete Wilson. If Obama stays where he is on gay marriage and drivers' licenses for illegals, he will lose the biggest prize of all. | |
| Submitted by Dupray - May 16, 9:49 am | 12 votes | VOTE |
| Flushing Dean, Pelosi and Brazille The latest news is that there are tapes of Michelle Obama screeching hatred at Trinity church. Obama is going to get creamed in the Fall. The only thing that can save the party now is the removal of 90% of its power structure. Flushing Dean, Pelosi and Brazille and their goons is the only way out. | |
| Submitted by JohnSmart - May 16, 9:41 am | 47 votes | VOTE |
| Michelle Obama Caught On Tape At Trinity United Making Racist Remarks GOP researchers, who have had the task of watching 17 yrs' worth of sermons at Trinity United Church of Christ looking for appearance by Barack and Michelle Obama, have found video of Michelle Obama, in Rev. Jeremiah Wright's church, "railing against Whitey". | |
| Submitted by Dan53 - May 16, 9:23 am | 42 votes | VOTE |
| Obama campaign hires 400 bloggers to act nice... The Obama campaign has hired 400 bloggers to influence the public discourse and sway Hillary voters to "remember we are all Democrats", to give up Clinton's cause, and to become dutiful citizens of the Obama Nation. | |
| Submitted by BALA - May 16, 9:15 am | 19 votes | VOTE |
| Barack "Shifty Sandals" Obama The following is an important Republican compilation of Obama’s missteps regarding the issues of energy independence and tax policy, all of which are very relevant during this election season and are taken from diverse media outlets. | |
| Submitted by BALA - May 16, 8:29 am | 12 votes | VOTE |
| Congress Supports High Gas Prices, Funding Terrorists We have doubled our funding of dictators and terrorists. Thank Congress. | |
| Submitted by foutsc - May 16, 8:01 am | 10 votes | VOTE |
| 2008 Presidential Electoral Vote Projection - 5/16/08 Here is the 2008 Electoral Vote Projection Map and 50-Day State Average Poll Chart for Friday, May 16, 2008 . . .Don't forget to check out the charts at the bottom of the page for Latest State Polls, 50-Day Average of National Polls, and Latest National Polls. Updates will be posted through the day as new polling numbers come out. B... | |
| Submitted by rightviews - May 16, 7:08 am | 21 votes | VOTE |
| Holy Cow! Is this the "October Surprise" waiting to bring down Obama? From Kentucky: Judging by the age of the stories the first to learn of Jennifer Flowers and Paula Jones delayed disclosure of those scandals as well. | |
| Submitted by BALA - May 16, 7:06 am | 16 votes | VOTE |
| Why Obama cannot win, but Hillary can God, I wish we could kidnap and brainwash Karl Rove to make him chair of the DNC. | |
| Submitted by BALA - May 16, 7:03 am | 15 votes | VOTE |
| Bob Barr Set to Spoil McCain’s Bid Since Barr has left Congress he has been an outspoken defender of civil liberties attacking the Patriot Act and other post-9/11 anti-privacy initiatives. He is a staunch supporter of gun rights and has stood up against torture, among other things. Plus, he’s a little nutty. In short, libertarians are going love him. | |
| Submitted by NahNopeNotQuite - May 16, 6:24 am | 14 votes | VOTE |
| Tenn GOP targets Michelle Obama on Proud comment Michelle Obama once remarked during a campaign stop in Wisconsin,”For the first time in my adult life, I am really proud of my country.”The Tennessee Republican Party hasn’t forgot about the remark and released a video just in time for her visit to the state for a series of fundraisers. | |
| Submitted by calismitty - May 16, 5:50 am | 10 votes | VOTE |
| Did President Bush insult me, Obama and J Street in the Knesset? Obama and others seeking publicity pretend that Bush's criticism of appeasement was directed only at them in order to get publicity. There are many advocates of appeasing Iran and Hamas however. | |
| Submitted by amiiss - May 16, 4:46 am | 16 votes | VOTE |
| Curtain Time For Barack Obama - Part I Republicans have enough damaging information against Barack Obama to knock him off the ballot before the November election. | |
| Submitted by VKH1217 - May 16, 1:09 am | 27 votes | VOTE |
| Will Barack Throw Mama From the Train? IS THIS THE OCTOBER SURPRISE FOR OBAMA? | |
| Submitted by VKH1217 - May 15, 11:33 pm | 28 votes | VOTE |
| Bush Spanks Obama, Libs Squeal Like Stuck Pigs As Benjamin Franklin once said, “The sting in any rebuke is the truth”. President Bush finally takes the gloves off. Instead of sitting there like a punching bag for the libs, like he has done for much of his presidency, he finally punches back… and it turns out that the libs are nothing more than bullies with glass jaws. | |
| Submitted by ConservtivePost - May 15, 8:39 pm | 24 votes | VOTE |
| President Bush Sets the Trap: The Obama Campaign Steps in It - Video 5/15/08 Speaking in Israel, President George Bush today slammed the policy of appeasement that led to World War II and the extermination of 6 million Jews in the Holocaust, the same policy approach he said some today favor in dealing with terrorist states such as Iran. President Bush never mentioned the name "Barack Obama" in his remarks, ... | |
| Submitted by hrvymartn79 - May 15, 7:13 pm | 35 votes | VOTE |
| Obama IS unfit to defend America “On a conference call with conservative bloggers this afternoon, John McCain launched his most direct attack yet on Barack Obama’s national security credentials, saying flat out that Obama is incapable of protecting America and lacks the necessary traits to keep it secure from foreign threats. | |
| Submitted by Dan53 - May 15, 7:01 pm | 28 votes | VOTE |
| Please, Obama, quit your bellyaching!!! Once again, the media is rushing to bash Bush and portray poor Barak Obama as the abused whipping boy in pursuit of the Presidency. Personally, this is one of the more intelligent things I’ve seen quoted by Bush in a long, long time. But poor little Obama took it as a personal attack. | |
| Submitted by Dan53 - May 15, 6:55 pm | 25 votes | VOTE |
| Perhaps Obama Needs to Bloat His Hands, Too Perhaps Barack Obama needs to bloat his hands, too. That’s the conclusion I reached after reading about the latest tell-all book written by someone who knows O.J. Simpson and after reading Richard Baehr’s latest blog post about the Democrat presidential front-runner. | |
| Submitted by BobMcCartyWrite - May 15, 6:27 pm | 10 votes | VOTE |
| Women backlash? The plot thickens with women gradually calling the shots to make or unmake the so called year of the democrats. | |
| Submitted by zeferimus - May 15, 5:31 pm | 11 votes | VOTE |
| And They Thought Hillary Was Bad: Republicans Lay Into Michelle Obama (CNN, May 14) The Obama campaign has not hesitated to trash Hillary's husband during the campaign. But they are up in arms about the GOP's new Tennessee ad criticizing Obama's anti-American wife, Michelle, calling it an "attack" on Obama's family. Hypocrisy and desperation rolled into one? | |
| Submitted by DK88 - May 15, 4:23 pm | 42 votes | VOTE |
| And They Hillary Was Bad: Obama Hypocrites in Shock at GOP Attacks on Mrs. Obama The Obama campaign has not hesitated to trash Hillary's husband during the campaign. But they are up in arms about the GOP's new Tennessee ad criticizing Obama's anti-American wife, Michelle, calling it an "attack" on Obama's family. Hypocrisy and desperation rolled into one? | |
| Submitted by skeetskeet - May 15, 4:00 pm | 13 votes | VOTE |
| McCain: Troops Out of Iraq by 2013 - Guts Anti-War Movement Nice move Mac. In a brilliant policy move, he takes the war off the table and wins moderate democrats. | |
| Submitted by Dupray - May 15, 3:47 pm | 11 votes | VOTE |
| Appeasement, the Democrats, and Shakespeare There certainly was a whole lot of protestations from the Democrats about Bush invoking prior policies of appeasement at the Knesset today. | |
| Submitted by mvolpe1 - May 15, 3:42 pm | 24 votes | VOTE |
| President Bush blast 'spirit' of appeasement; McCain inclined to agree President Bush sent a rather strong political statement towards America and world leaders over the current Demcocrat sentiment regarding global threats from terrorism. Many Democrats are suggesting that he is playing “partisan” politics and campaigning for McCain from behind the Podium | |
| Submitted by mistyboop - May 15, 3:30 pm | 15 votes | VOTE |
| Hillary Has Dirt on Obama? The latest news is that conservative syndicated columnist Robert Novak has contacts within the Clinton camp who claim that Hillary has some dirt on Obama that she is holding back for the appropriate time. The disturbing list of skeletons in Obama’s closet is rather lengthy. Maybe she should play “Eeny, meeny, miny, moe” when ch... | |
| Submitted by Dan53 - May 15, 3:03 pm | 20 votes | VOTE |
| Bush Right on Farm Bill Bush is threatening to veto the huge Farm Bill that just passed the House with a veto-proof margin. This bloated clunker continues America's policy of subsidizing wealthy farmers for political gain. A farmer making $500K gets a welfare check? No problem... | |
| Submitted by NahNopeNotQuite - May 15, 2:16 pm | 19 votes | VOTE |
| If The Shoe Fits It has been my experience that those that scream the loudest about harsh remarks are those the remarks most effect. | |
| Submitted by KellyJones - May 15, 1:10 pm | 11 votes | VOTE |
| Why I Won't vote for Barack Obama Yes we can, but no I won't. A radical moderate's reasons why he will never vote for Barack Obama. | |
| Submitted by TWAlbert - May 15, 1:02 pm | 43 votes | VOTE |
| Obama The "Perfect Black Man" for Snooty White Liberals This black guy isn't buying Obama's Shtick. He is a Hillary supporter who thinks white liberals love Barack because "he is the black person they want the rest of us to be." | |
| Submitted by Dupray - May 15, 12:54 pm | 31 votes | VOTE |
| Barack Exposed For What He Is and Gets Upset About It So what, Barack. You are what you are. If you weren't such a whimp, maybe your feelings wouldn't be so damaged. Barack...you are an inexperienced silly man that believes in the dogma of Saul Alinsky and his "socialist struggle". | |
| Submitted by Snooper1 - May 15, 12:20 pm | 42 votes | VOTE |
| Why Vote For Obama? With the results in North Carolina and Indiana this past week, it now seems inevitable that Barack Obama will be the 2008 Democrat nominee for president. But I've been asking myself a pretty important question in advance of November: why would anyone vote for Barack Obama to be President of the United States? | |
| Submitted by kgdavenport - May 15, 11:47 am | 14 votes | VOTE |
| It’s NOT All About You, Sen. Obama… Obama took great umbrage with comments that Pres. Bush made before the Israeli today regarding appeasement of state-sponsored terrorism. Me thinks Obama doth protests too much! He is unequivocally on the record that he will personally negotiate with Iran if elected president. And we all know that Iran is a recognized terrorist-spon... | |
| Submitted by Dan53 - May 15, 11:21 am | 22 votes | VOTE |
| Jimmy Carter's Second Term You have to admit it takes guts. Audacity, even. Which makes the audacity of the Obama campaign more than amusing and amazing to watch. Obama has selected the philosophical template of the Carter administration, from defunding the military, fighting the "special interests" down to imposing the windfall profits tax on the rich. | |
| Submitted by Dan53 - May 15, 10:29 am | 14 votes | VOTE |
| I guess the truth hurts, right Obama? Preisdent Bush called negociating with terrorists the "false comfort of appeasement". Within 1 femto-second, Senator Osama, oops, Obama said that President Bush was falsely accusing him of appeasement. Unfortunately, President Bush wasn't talking about anyone in particular. | |
| Submitted by Dan53 - May 15, 10:09 am | 44 votes | VOTE |
| Profiles in Courgage? How can we support someone for President who doesn't bother showing up unless he's guaranteed a win? How does that translate into someone willing to go to the mat for us with all the problems coming down the pike? Where's the courage in that? | |
| Submitted by LynneR - May 15, 9:47 am | 38 votes | VOTE |
| More "Wright-isms" Trumpeted Hugh has more Wright-isms this morning, gleaned from Trinity United's Trumpet magazine, including one that has Obama's smiling face on the cover, along with those of Louis Farrakhan, Nation of Islam co-founder Elijah Muhammad and serious leftist, racist fruitbasket Dick Gregory. | |
| Submitted by Laer - May 15, 9:41 am | 29 votes | VOTE |
| Did Edwards Sell out for a data base? Blog entry asking if Edwards sold out and endorsed Obama in exchange for access to the DNC data base. And is it legal to use his campaign web site to ask for donations to a scholarship fund? | |
| Submitted by Riderchick56 - May 15, 9:35 am | 19 votes | VOTE |
| Bush Takes Obama To School Obama thinks we should negotiate with terrorists and radicals. "We have heard this foolish delusion before. As Nazi tanks crossed into Poland in 1939, an American senator declared: "Lord, if only I could have talked to Hitler, all of this might have been avoided." | |
| Submitted by Dupray - May 15, 9:34 am | 18 votes | VOTE |
| The devil we don't know. Obama has made bargains with the devil to rise so quickly. Take that literally or metaphorically - the end result is the same. BHO is a Chicago machine animal, groomed and taught by Marxists, Black separatists, and happy bombers. | |
| Submitted by JohnSmart - May 15, 9:30 am | 30 votes | VOTE |
| House Loss Ijn Mississippi Accentuates GOP Troubles The GOP house loss in Mississippi shows that there is trouble ahead for Republicans. But why won't they do anything to avoid it? | |
| Submitted by peter2 - May 15, 9:12 am | 21 votes | VOTE |
| The Ride of Shame Once again, we have found a Democratic leader falling back in line with the ultimate symbol of defeat and humiliation (Obama), only for the ulterior purpose of increasing the Party’s future prospects among African Americans and youth voters. To an Independent voter, John Edwards always seemed like a fair candidate, considering t... | |
| Submitted by BALA - May 15, 8:25 am | 13 votes | VOTE |
| OBAMA CAN'T WIN IN NOVEMBER It's not that complex, really. He just can't win. A candidate who can't win over his own party certainly can't win over the country. The traits and flaws which make him an unacceptable candidate to roughly a third of Democrats will make him an unacceptable candidate to a majority of Americans. And that's how you lose elections. | |
| Submitted by Dan53 - May 15, 8:16 am | 31 votes | VOTE |
| Obama Apologizes for "Sweetie" Remark Some could look upon this, and probably will, with comparrisons to the Clinton administration days, groaning and rolling their eyes, going "here we go again." For those of you who think I'm sitting here laughing and salivating at yet another chance to say something negative about Obama, be ready for a shock: I'm not. | |
| Submitted by Hawk - May 15, 8:10 am | 21 votes | VOTE |
| Drill in ANWR! Last Friday oil prices reached a record high of $126 per barrel. And while this is not an actual crisis yet, it could soon become one. If you're liberal you are likely asking yourself "what can government do to save us from this problem?" But if you trouble yourself to actually think you'll realize that our elected leaders are the pr... | |
| Submitted by Dan53 - May 15, 7:31 am | 10 votes | VOTE |
| Very effective Ad against Obama I think they need to remind the public that the policies proposed by Obama have failed under Carter. We need more ads like this that hit Obama on policy. Anybody with half a brain knows that if you raise taxes on a company they will just pass it on to consumers. Anyone who can't afford gas now, would be a fool to vote for someone who... | |
| Submitted by Dan53 - May 15, 7:16 am | 26 votes | VOTE |
| 2008 Presidential Electoral Vote Projection - 5/15/08 Here is the 2008 Electoral Vote Projection Map and State Poll Average Chart updated for Thursday, May 15, 2008 . . .Barack Obama leads John McCain 46.5% - 44.3% in the 50-Day Average of all National Polls. . .John McCain leads Barack Obama 46.7% - 45.1% in the 50-Day Average of "Likely Voter" Polls. . . .Don't forget to check out the... | |
| Submitted by rightviews - May 15, 7:16 am | 14 votes | VOTE |
| John Edwards is No VP Now that John Edwards has endorsed Barack Obama speculation has begun there was a back-room deal to put Edwards on the ticket. This is not going to happen. Attorney General? Yes. But Vice President? No way. Obama is too smart for that. Here are the reasons: | |
| Submitted by NahNopeNotQuite - May 15, 5:47 am | 18 votes | VOTE |
| Did Edwards sell out for a data base? It seems I'm not the only one who got an email from Edwards asking for money for his charity within 2 hours of the endorsement! Lots of people did. What do we have in common? We are on the DMC mailing list! | |
| Submitted by mlmoss - May 15, 1:53 am | 13 votes | VOTE |
| Obama’s Cultural Hurdle When Obama and the Obamamaniacs objected to wrightgate, arugulagate, and bittergate, claiming that they were “distractions” and not “issues,” they demonstrated that they are unaware of Obama’s achilles’ heel. | |
| Submitted by forrestal - May 14, 10:24 pm | 41 votes | VOTE |
| RACISM: DEAL WITH IT I heard something the other day that jumped out at me, especially in terms of racism. If Nobama gets the nomination, and he likely will, the cacophony of liberals ranting about ‘racism’ being the only reason anyone would oppose Nobama will escalate. | |
| Submitted by Snooper1 - May 14, 9:07 pm | 16 votes | VOTE |
| Crescent shapes with and without Islamic intent: the Obama logo example The two most widely recognized symbols of Islam are the crescent and the sword. Kind of amusing that Barack Obama’s campaign logo can be seen to feature both a crescent and a curved Islamic scimitar: The crescent shape in Obama’s logo has the round part on top, just like a traditional crescent shaped mihrab (the Mecca dir... | |
| Submitted by Debbie - May 14, 8:51 pm | 11 votes | VOTE |
| Edwards Just Doesn't Get It... Let people vote. They will decide, then and only then will this party unite. This effort to stop the voting will do more damage then good. | |
| Submitted by realclearusa - May 14, 8:15 pm | 18 votes | VOTE |
| Bitter Voters Hand Obama His Arse Well, well, well… looks like Obama’s having trouble connecting with those “bitter” working class (whatever that means) voters. You know the ones that “cling to their guns and their religion”… we call them Reagan Democrats. | |
| Submitted by ConservtivePost - May 14, 8:15 pm | 20 votes | VOTE |
| Pastor James David Manning Says Obama Leads "Trinity of Hell" Pastor Rev. James David Manning called Oprah Winfrey, Rev. Jeremiah Wright and presidential candidate Barack Obama "the Trinity of Hell" on Saturday. The transcript of his Saturday sermon was released by the Rush Limbaugh Show on Wednesday. | |
| Submitted by BALA - May 14, 7:50 pm | 13 votes | VOTE |
| Obama Keeps Talking Down to Women: Cuts Off Lady Reporter, Calls Her "Sweetie" WXYZ reporter Peggy Agar asked Obama at a campaign stop, “How are you going to help the American auto workers?” Obama told Agar to "hold on, sweetie," and said he would address that issue with her later (he never did). This happened before, at a Pennsylvania factory. | |
| Submitted by BrandoPolo - May 14, 7:05 pm | 31 votes | VOTE |
| Obama: Hayya ‘ala-l-Falah (Rise up for Salvation) Mr. Obama recalled the opening lines of the Arabic call to prayer, reciting them with a first-rate accent. In a remark that seemed delightfully uncalculated, Mr. Obama described the call to prayer as ‘one of the prettiest sounds on Earth at sunset‘ | |
| Submitted by jjjaxx - May 14, 6:44 pm | 22 votes | VOTE |
| Humiliated Barack Obama was a no show for yesterdays primary in West Virginia. Obama was humiliated. Just one week after a convincing 15 point win in North Carolina....... | |
| Submitted by KellyJones - May 14, 5:36 pm | 16 votes | VOTE |
| Silky Pony Endorses Obama - What a Pretty Pair You may also know him as the Breck Girl. Here is the Edwards "primping" video that started it all. He certainly is prettier than Hillary. | |
| Submitted by Dupray - May 14, 5:10 pm | 11 votes | VOTE |
| Gaza’s Obama Campaign “Palestinians” * Phonebank For Barack Obama! You did know the Radical Islamist Terrorists Murderers want him in, didn’t you? And don’t be fooled by the nice suits & ties & the pleasant manners. These were the same people who were dancing & partying in the streets when they found out about the heinous 9/11 massacre... | |
| Submitted by NeeT - May 14, 4:47 pm | 11 votes | VOTE |
| Maybe We Can't When Barack beautifully suggested that the beliefs pronounced from the pulpit of Trinity in Chicago are not uncommon, he was feeding us garbage. But Barack needed to protect his reputation as a race-healer and unifier, so he told a lie about black religious life to help keep the glow of his own reputation alive. And now the evidence ... | |
| Submitted by BushSurvivor - May 14, 4:41 pm | 15 votes | VOTE |
| Ending High and Ending Low Who would have thought that as the primary season in America winds to a close, that the candidate who looks most likely the become the presidential nominee would be ending shakily while the loser would be closing on a high? | |
| Submitted by Cory - May 14, 4:23 pm | 11 votes | VOTE |
| Electoral-Vote.Com Daily Projection (May 14): Clinton Beats McCain, Obama Loses Following her huge 41-point victory in West Virginia, Hillary's case for electability keeps growing. If the election were held today, Clinton (280) would defeat McCain (241) with Michigan up for grabs. McCain (290) would defeat Obama (237) with Indiana up for grabs. | |
| Submitted by DK88 - May 14, 4:08 pm | 45 votes | VOTE |
| As For Shared Sacrifice? Bush Gives Up Golf But why stop there? It looks bad to make stupid jokes at the White House Correspondents Dinner. It looks bad to take August off. It looks bad to not know what you're talking about during a press conference. And it looks bad to cut taxes for the rich while sending troops off to war... | |
| Submitted by NahNopeNotQuite - May 14, 3:32 pm | 10 votes | VOTE |
| According to Obama, Hillary is Winning The Obama campaign has argued that Super Delegates ought to vote in accordance with the “will” of the people. Really? Then let’s run the numbers. Under that metric, who would have a lead in Super Delegates? The Super Delegate total from the states that Hillary has won thus far (including FL and MI) is 418, to Obama’s 372. If ... | |
| Submitted by mlmoss - May 14, 2:57 pm | 28 votes | VOTE |
| Is West Virginia a Turning Point? Hillary Clinton claims her 41-point win in West Virginia will be a turning point in the race for 2008 Democratic presidential nomination. We'll soon know. | |
| Submitted by terrymitchell - May 14, 1:56 pm | 11 votes | VOTE |
| The black case for Obama-skepticism Ninety percent of black Democrats support Barack Obama. So that might leave an observer wondering: What the hell is up with that other 10 percent? Are they stupid? Do they hate their own race? Do they not understand the historical import of the moment? | |
| Submitted by BALA - May 14, 1:28 pm | 11 votes | VOTE |
| Obama's Support ... in Palestine Al-Jazeera has produced a report showing Palestinians in Gaza campaigning for Barack Obama. In fact, not only are they campaigning but they are working at a phone bank, calling people in America to ask them to vote for Obama. | |
| Submitted by mack711 - May 14, 1:17 pm | 27 votes | VOTE |
| Democrats, Republicans: Race and Identity Politics If you examine how the bases of each of the two parties is determined, you find an interesting and revealing schism. One party identifies itself based on ideology, and the other on race and class. | |
| Submitted by mvolpe1 - May 14, 12:35 pm | 13 votes | VOTE |
| “If Hillary Clinton were a man…” The odor of arrogance, sexism, chauvinism, condescension and overall contempt was inescapable. Even “Johnny Cool” Obama was telling Clinton she could stay in the race so long as she didn’t tarnish his record, in other words as long as she didn’t really campaign against him. The little woman was welcome to be a little woman, n... | |
| Submitted by BALA - May 14, 12:15 pm | 16 votes | VOTE |
| Humiliation Barack Obama was not only dramatically defeated last night in West Virginia, but the margins humiliate his now famous claims of National electability. Clinton’s victory by 41 percentile points (winning 67% to Obama’s 26%) is quite historic, specially when you consider that she was outspent by Obama, 2 to 1. Hillary Clinton also w... | |
| Submitted by BALA - May 14, 10:01 am | 29 votes | VOTE |
| The racist campaign of Barack Obama Race has been injected into this campaign far more by Obama than Clinton. He's used it like a Labrador retriever. Fetching it when he needed it, and throwing it far afield when he did not. | |
| Submitted by JohnSmart - May 14, 9:15 am | 44 votes | VOTE |
| Barack Obama staff full of the most extreme leftists in the country Barack Obama is all about unification. There’s only one problem: the people who comprise his staff are some of the most extreme leftists in the country. Jennifer Mason, Obama’s Correspondence Coordinator, who, according to columnist Debbie Schlussel, is a member of Louis Farrakhan’s dangerous and sickening Nation of Islam. | |
| Submitted by Dan53 - May 14, 7:32 am | 39 votes | VOTE |
| The Skeletons of Obama I have never witnessed a presidential election in which a major candidate had this many skeletons in his closet. Rashid Khalidi, Ali Abunimah, William Ayers, Bernadine Dohrn, Rev Jeremiah Wright, Samantha Power, Robert Malley, Hatem El-Hady, Tony Rezko. | |
| Submitted by Dan53 - May 14, 7:22 am | 37 votes | VOTE |
| America Bashing Disguised as Human Rights Concerned world citizens don't trust the Bush administration, but invest complete credulity in every nutball who "accidentally" stumbled onto a battlefield with a bazooka in his hands. | |
| Submitted by foutsc - May 14, 7:22 am | 10 votes | VOTE |
| 2008 Presidential Electoral Vote Projection - 5/14/08 Here is the updated 2008 Electoral Vote Projection Map and State Poll Average Chart for Wednesday, May 14, 2008. . . .McCain continues to lead Obama 249-237, with 52 electoral votes rated as "Tossup." . . .Don't forget to check out the charts at the bottom of the page for Latest State Polls, 50-Day Average of National Polls, and Late... | |
| Submitted by rightviews - May 14, 7:01 am | 21 votes | VOTE |
| Jim Webb is the New Hillary Clinton All this is beside the point because, luckily, there is a brilliant alternative to Hillary for VP, and that is Senator Jim Webb of Virginia. Webb is a conservative Democrat and citizen-soldier who will bring blue chip political and military experience, along with a dose of white, working class authenticity to the ticket. | |
| Submitted by NahNopeNotQuite - May 14, 6:22 am | 16 votes | VOTE |
| Dems Win Mississippi Runoff Election This is the latest of a series of significant Congressional losses for the Republicans. Yesterday’s election is just another sign that Americans are fed up with the dishonor and incompetence of the Republican Party. | |
| Submitted by NahNopeNotQuite - May 14, 5:45 am | 11 votes | VOTE |
| Obama down low... I used to be co-owner and chef of a Chicago-area restaurant frequented by gays (closed in 2003), and during that time I heard from a number of different gay male sources that Obama was quite much on the down-low. This has been an open “secret” in certain sections of gay Chicagoland for quite some time.... | |
| Submitted by mack711 - May 14, 5:09 am | 22 votes | VOTE |
| Clinton Wins Big in WV, But Novak Says Michelle Obama Doesn’t Want Hillary as V.P. Michelle Obama thinks Hillary was “nasty.” “If you look at the record, Michelle Obama did not criticize any of the other Democratic opponents in the race, but she was criticizing Hillary as far back as last summer,” Novak said. “And I am told that she is influential with her husband and if she has anything to do with it and... | |
| Submitted by Denny - May 14, 1:02 am | 11 votes | VOTE |
| Clinton Crushes Obama in WV, But That is Not the Big Story A shocking 59 percent of Clinton voters say they would either vote for Republican John McCain or not vote at all if Obama is the Democratic nominee. Is Obama unelectable? | |
| Submitted by Dupray - May 13, 10:06 pm | 43 votes | VOTE |
| North Carolina Stops Allowing Illegals Into Community Colleges What in the BLUE HELL was the community college system in North Carolina doing letting illegal aliens into the programs to begin with? What does this do to North Carolinians who are wanting to get into programs but can't because the slots are full from having allowed illegals into the programs. | |
| Submitted by Hawk - May 13, 8:10 pm | 10 votes | VOTE |
| Almost Heaven, West Virginia! Funny how quickly things can change. Where is that May 20 Victory Party? | |
| Submitted by realclearusa - May 13, 7:38 pm | 27 votes | VOTE |
| ALERT: Financial Catastrophe if CURRENT Senate Global Warming Bill Passes Silly me. I thought this screw job wasn't coming until next year. Hundreds of BILLIONS of dollars and MILLIONS of jobs will be lost. Heritage Foundation has a quick rundown of the damage. | |
| Submitted by Dupray - May 13, 7:30 pm | 11 votes | VOTE |
| Obama Diggs Himself In Deeper With New Adviser Barack Obama's new foreign policy adviser, Daniel Kurtzer, is just as bad, if not worse than Robert Malley. | |
| Submitted by amerisrael - May 13, 6:45 pm | 23 votes | VOTE |
| Memo To Republicans: You Don't Have The Luxury of Principles If it is a choice between the apostate republican McCain and the radically left wing Obama, for those that love America, there is only one choice. | |
| Submitted by Dupray - May 13, 4:33 pm | 11 votes | VOTE |
| We Count Votes Don't We? Why the race between Hillary and Obama should continue. | |
| Submitted by realclearusa - May 13, 2:54 pm | 37 votes | VOTE |
| Bamboozling the American Electorate Again According to an article in Time magazine last November, Republicans have been organized in many states to throw their weight behind Senator Barack Obama, hoping to deprive Senator Hillary Clinton of the Democratic nomination. | |
| Submitted by mack711 - May 13, 12:41 pm | 36 votes | VOTE |
| Obama Campaign Flip-Flops and Lies About Meeting with Iran So Obama's adviser is now claiming he never said he would meet with the bad boys without preconditions. It's amazing enough that the Obama campaign could lie so blatantly, but the New York Times complicity in the lie may be even more amazing. | |
| Submitted by DK88 - May 13, 12:07 pm | 62 votes | VOTE |
| Jeff Rense interviews Rev. James David Manning who says Obama & Pastor Wright both homosexuals Harlem Pastor James David Manning speaks out today about Homosexual relationship of Pastor Jeremiah Wright & Obama.Agrees to go before D.C. Press club with Sinclair. | |
| Submitted by Lynne - May 13, 11:58 am | 135 votes | VOTE |
| Black arrogance meets white West Virginia Black arrogance meets white West Virginia www.blacktygrrrr.wordpress.com | |
| Submitted by BLACKTYGRRRR - May 13, 11:18 am | 19 votes | VOTE |
| Democrats Walk the Walk It is certainly possible that a majority of voters will agree with the Democrats, that the symbolism of electing a black president supersedes the requirement for experience and demonstrated ability. | |
| Submitted by Geno - May 13, 11:06 am | 11 votes | VOTE |
| Gotta Love Scalia. Not sure how many people know exactly why Justice Scalia is revered by conservatives. It is his wicked wit, sarcasm, and clear, readable logic. Here is a great verbal dismembering of Justice Stevens. | |
| Submitted by Dupray - May 13, 11:02 am | 10 votes | VOTE |
| The Chinese Challenge Mark Helprin of the Claremont Institute contributed an opinion to the Wall Street Journal today about China's rising prosperity and military capability, and how America should respond. The piece is pretty reactionary, but it's hard to argue with much of Helprin's logic. | |
| Submitted by NahNopeNotQuite - May 13, 10:27 am | 11 votes | VOTE |
| Corruption & Incumbency Dominates NCLB Debate in South Carolina DRC, a testing company in Minnesota, has spent millions in lobbying and donations to gerrymander the debate on standards in South Carolina. As the money flows, the nation's worse public schools continue to flounder... | |
| Submitted by voice4choice - May 13, 10:13 am | 16 votes | VOTE |
| The Newsweek Puff Piece and Presidential Politics Newsweek published a puff piece on Barack Obama this weekend. It is another salvo in the MSM's attempt to put him in the WH. | |
| Submitted by mvolpe1 - May 13, 10:06 am | 14 votes | VOTE |
| Barack Obama's Troubling Supreme Court Perspective Barack Obama has clarfied his view of the sort of judges he would select to the Supreme Court and beyond. His philosophy on this matter is nothing short of troubling. | |
| Submitted by mvolpe1 - May 13, 10:04 am | 26 votes | VOTE |
| Lebanon or Chicago Barack Obama recently made a comment that described quite well the problems of politics in his hometown...unfortunately he was talking about Lebanon. | |
| Submitted by mvolpe1 - May 13, 10:01 am | 13 votes | VOTE |
| MSNBC - Land of the bigots. Re: race things have gotten much better despite the whining of people like Michelle Obama. "Racism" is often actually an issue of responsibility as much, or more, than bigotry. However, bigots like Chris Mathews, and Keith Olbermann still spew sexism at will. | |
| Submitted by JohnSmart - May 13, 9:38 am | 27 votes | VOTE |
| 2008 Presidential Electoral Vote Projection - 5/13/08 Here is the 2008 Electoral Vote Projection Map and State Poll Average Chart for Tuesday, May 13, 2008. . . .McCain continues to lead Barack Obama 249-237 in the Electoral Vote Projection, with 52 in the "Tossup" column. A state is placed in the "Tossup" column if the 50-Day average of polls from there is a 2 point margin or less. . . | |
| Submitted by rightviews - May 13, 8:18 am | 19 votes | VOTE |
| Washington Post: Indiana and Pennsylvania Full of Racists The Post implies that all whites, of both parties, who oppose Barack Obama, are racists. It cites a KKK meeting in Kokomo, Indiana in 1923 (85 years ago!) and notes that hard economic times may account for this racist world-view (sounds like bitter clinging all over again). | |
| Submitted by Dupray - May 13, 8:12 am | 15 votes | VOTE |
| Dems Win Again: Mississippi Runoff There is a clear trend here. Democrats are winning in Republican strongholds; places that were once considered "locks," without the possibility of a competitive race. If there is one narrative that will hold true through the November elections, it is this: Republicans are facing a massacre. | |
| Submitted by buddy - May 13, 7:16 am | 11 votes | VOTE |
| John McCain: Obama's Remarks on Israel Demand Serious Inquiry This is rather disturbing. Senator Barack Obama, in a frank interview featured in Commentary by Jennifer Rubin, referes to Israel as 'this constant wound, 'this constant sore.' | |
| Submitted by PATHICKEY - May 13, 7:06 am | 24 votes | VOTE |
| PRAY This country appears to be on the precipice of becoming a full blown socialist state. If Nobama ends up being the nominee, and then he is elected, you can kiss freedom and liberty goodbye. | |
| Submitted by Snooper1 - May 13, 6:47 am | 12 votes | VOTE |
| I Wasn't A Decision Maker "I Wasn't A Decision Maker". This was Sen. Obama's response when asked about a letter he'd sent out on behalf of his good friend Tony Rezko back in 1998. He blamed it on his staff and said it was a routine form letter. Finger pointing and buck-passing. Wow, is this really the kind of leadership we want in the Oval Office guys? | |
| Submitted by Dan53 - May 13, 6:24 am | 26 votes | VOTE |
| Super Delegates Fudging Fiduciary Duty to DNC & Voters Are Democratic voters and Super Delegates being set up for repeat of 2000 & 2004? Its time to stop quashing the truth. Apparently the Super Delegates don't even know the truth about one of the candidates. | |
| Submitted by silencedvoter - May 13, 1:54 am | 16 votes | VOTE |
| Obama: Israel is a Constant Sore JG: Do you think that Israel is a drag on America’s reputation overseas? BO: No, no, no. But what I think is that this constant wound, that this constant sore, does infect all of our foreign policy. | |
| Submitted by mack711 - May 13, 1:25 am | 17 votes | VOTE |
| The Best Chance McCain Has: Huckabee Former GOP Presidential candidate Mike Huckabee has gotten in the news recently as one columnist alleges he wants McCain to lose and another says he's the frontrunner for the VP spot on the GOP side. Truth is McCain's only shot in the fall might be a Huckabee candidacy. | |
| Submitted by adamelijah - May 12, 7:28 pm | 13 votes | VOTE |
| Bob Barr for President Bob Barr announced today that he is running for president on the Libertarian ticket. Barr is a former Congressman from Georgia and Clinton antagonist. Of late, he has been focused on civil liberties and has worked with the ACLU. | |
| Submitted by NahNopeNotQuite - May 12, 3:40 pm | 10 votes | VOTE |
| The Coronation The main stream media has proclaimed the democratic nomination process to be over. They have crowned Barack Obama the winner. Now neither Hillary nor Obama has the requisite 2025 delegates.... | |
| Submitted by KellyJones - May 12, 3:17 pm | 39 votes | VOTE |
| The Leftinistra Are FRIGHTENED Of McCain We have ALL heard that "out of my conservative principles, I cannot support McCain". We have ALL heard that "perhaps we need 4 or 8 years of a Hillary or Obama to teach the GOP a lesson". At one point or at least several points I, too, thought and felt the same way. | |
| Submitted by Snooper1 - May 12, 2:58 pm | 23 votes | VOTE |
| Obama, Wright, and the Trumpet The Trumpet, Reverend Wright's church newsletter, shows the radicalism of his theology, and calls into question Obama's claim that he didn't realize how radical his church was. | |
| Submitted by kmorrison - May 12, 2:00 pm | 34 votes | VOTE |
| Progress in Basra? Why is this bad? Because SIIC is a proxy for Iran, as, one suspects, is al-Maliki. By aiding this effort to stabilize Basra (and rid the town of al-Sadr), we hand full control to the SIIC and move their government and this oil-rich region closer to Iran. | |
| Submitted by NahNopeNotQuite - May 12, 12:33 pm | 12 votes | VOTE |
| NYT: Obama converted from Islam into Christianity A character question on a misrepresentation, a security issue, and a foreign relations question. | |
| Submitted by Fausta - May 12, 12:23 pm | 18 votes | VOTE |
| Obama's Inability to Hire Good Staff Rears Its Ugly Head--Again So, for those keeping track at home, that's ten instances of Obama publicly blaming his staff for various screw-ups. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10! | |
| Submitted by mack711 - May 12, 12:18 pm | 23 votes | VOTE |
| Barack Obama and the Politics of Imagery This article analyzes the Obama candidacy in light of Marshall McLuhan's observation that politics will evolve into imagery | |
| Submitted by jay1949 - May 12, 12:01 pm | 10 votes | VOTE |
| THE ISSUE OF RACE AND OBAMA'S UNCIVIL WAR From Tom in Paine: How Obama played the race card and how it is furthering to divide the Democratic party. | |
| Submitted by MDR94 - May 12, 11:10 am | 34 votes | VOTE |
| Will It Be Conscience or Compromise for Black Americans? It is Barack Obama who has enslaved himself to the party that never had his best interests at heart. The elitism displayed by Senator Obama before a group of wealthy San Francisco donors begs the question, is he really an elitist, or a wannabe? Neither is desirable for national leadership. | |
| Submitted by Geno - May 12, 10:53 am | 27 votes | VOTE |
| Obama = Dukakis? Indeed. For the uninitiated and the uneducated (not as in schooling but as in experience) Dukakis lost bad as did Mondale in their bids for the Presidency. Dukakis was the cause fatale in renaming liberals as progressives (of their own doing) because Dukakis gave the liberals of the time a very distasteful reputation. Not that libera... | |
| Submitted by Snooper1 - May 12, 10:42 am | 20 votes | VOTE |
| THE ISSUE OF RACE AND OBAMA'S UNCIVIL WAR From Tom In Paine: How Obama and his campaign played the race card and are the cause of the racial divisions that are further dividing the Democratic Party. | |
| Submitted by MDR94 - May 12, 10:39 am | 13 votes | |