Laughable.
Obama has spent more money on his campaign than any other presidential candidate in history.
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Laughable.
Obama has spent more money on his campaign than any other presidential candidate in history.
Yet another blatant lie.
He has said that if Pakistan doesn't sort out the tribal areas the Americans will do it for them.
Not true, when adjusted for inflation. That would be a gentleman named George W. Bush.
Super. You find me a quote in which Obama says he will invade Pakistan and I'll agree with you.
Good luck on your search.
He's said he'll not invade Pakistan - if Pakistan can clear out the terrorists themselves.
"There are terrorists holed up in those mountains who murdered 3,000 Americans. They are plotting to strike again . . . If we have actionable intelligence about high-value terrorist targets and President Musharraf won’t act, we will."
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article2182955.ece
Invading? No, not at all. Possibly missile attacks on specific areas in the northeast - yes.
I think we will eventually be at war with Pakistan. It because inevitable the day we invaded Afghanistan. It's a way off, but Pakistan is incredibly unstable and is always teetering on the brink of being taken over by radicals. The ISI funded and continues to fund the Taliban
It all depends on how much power the ISI gets and when.
But, no, Obama has never said he will "invade" Pakistan and it is not likely.
That quote says nothing about "invading." You guys really need to learn the difference between an invasion and a military strike.
Gah, off to a concentration camp I go then. I'm moving to Japan now or something.
We'll see what the final total is. It still makes LABOB's point about the GOP being out of touch due to allowing Palin $150,000 in expenses look totally ridiculous.
And just to reinforce my point, the Obama campaign has spent $2m preparing a celebration party on election night in Chicago.
http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/10/23/obama-camp-plans-major-celebration-election-night/
http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/10/23/obama-camp-plans-major-celebration-election-night/
Some of the latest polls show the race as even or Obama with just a small single digit lead.
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Karl Rove said so on Fox last night. One of the polls that showed Obama with just a three point lead was the most accurate poll for the 2004 election.
He also said other polls showed Obama with nine, ten point leads so that's how you get the 7.1 average.
There has definitely been a small swing to the Republicans since ''Joe the Plumber'' burst onto the scene.
Thank you.
The problem with the polls is tha sample data. Some are taken from likely voters, others registered voters, some use phone polling and some others. Polling is very inaccurate by I think by any measure Obama is clearly leading and leading pretty comfortably.
PS - I'm not a Fox basher I do watch sometimes but a poll from Rove on Fox would be suspect to say the least.
Couldn't be any worse than an Obama Presidency.
What is, rather, laughable...
The Presidential Race is more important than a campaign, it's about the individual and what they represent...
John McCain hasn't an inch to be callin' anyone an 'Elitist' as he's circled by Seven homes and Eleven vehicles to his name. He is the definition of living to enormous excess...
Shall we mention the $350,000 dress Cindy McCain wore to the final day of the Republican National Convention?
*I can do the McCain/Hypocrite game for the remaining week and half...
Oh, and it's all fine and good that he and Cindy have all their stuff... but it's not cool to be screaming 'Elitist' from the Ivory Towers, just more poor form.What is, rather, laughable...
The Presidential Race is more important than a campaign, it's about the individual and what they represent...
John McCain hasn't an inch to be callin' anyone an 'Elitist' as he's circled by Seven homes and Eleven vehicles to his name. He is the definition of living to enormous excess...
Shall we mention the $350,000 dress Cindy McCain wore to the final day of the Republican National Convention?
*I can do the McCain/Hypocrite game for the remaining week and half...
The elitist tag should be applied to all national level politicians and probably most state level.
Apologies if posted earlier, but this one gave me a chuckle:
Exactly!
I'm not saying that Obama doesn't wear that tag, as well.
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2 1/2 years back, I went to see Obama stump for the Maryland politicians at a small state college (Bowie State) and he comes across as, out of touch with the middle class and blind to the concerns of poverty.
The only difference... Obama is saying the right things to attract the middle-class. McCain is still sticking to the 'Trickle Down' theory of Ronald Reagan... Most people know that simply means, the same old shit ~ a diffent day.
No, it does not. Getting donations from 600,000 people, averaging under 100 each, is pretty much democracy at work. All that is happening is Republicans are crying like bitches for not picking up more money that Democrats for the first time in years. It is a result of their inept policies and president.
Using those funds to buy clothes in violation of ethics rules proposed by a guy named John McCain is not at all comparable. Not in any way shape or form.
Please look up the amount of money spent by Bush on his election night and then explain why you were not so upset about that. Thanks.
Hmmm. You're talking about the AP poll. They used 44% evangelicals. During the last election, the total evangelical poll was 23%.
Good luck with that one. Most polls show the lead increasing.
Jesus Christ. What fecking world do you live in? Put down Fox News and find out what is really happening in the world.
Obama is no elitist...unless you include someone who is highly educated an elitist...which means the average 'normal' American is Joe the idiot.
I prefer an elitist. We'd had eight years of fecking morons. Elitist, please.
I was referring to CR's definition of 'elitist' meaning they had nothing in common with ordinary people......if Obama becomes President, Obama will be the only President who had most in common with ordinary people in modern times......until he wrote his biographies he had student loans he was still trying to pay off...
but I would agree with you...the man is brilliant...and that quality combined with a sincere compassion for what ordinary Americans are going through sets the man apart.
..just a senior moment.......he will have lots more in his retirement...bye bye old man.
Obama has spent more than anyone because people won't stop giving him money. He raised $150m last month alone, a startling figure. And where is this money coming from? one might ask. Good question. Take a look here. Of the half a billion dollars Obama has raised, 90% come from individual donors, 0% (yes, zero percent) from Political Action Committees, and 10% from other sources. His campaign is almost entirely funded by contributions from individual citizens, none of whom by law are allowed to donate more than $2300. Which means that Obama's spending, far from a sign of being out of touch with the voters, shows that the voters are quite fond of him. So much so that in the middle of a very difficult economy, they are opening their wallets in support of his run for the presidency.
You have to start making this more difficult for me. People are going to think I have two accounts.
The latest polls show Joe the plumber and his alter ego disappearing down the toilet.
It's a slightly different event, but Bush's inaugural party cost about $30m in 2000. Which was about what Clinton spent in 1996.
Next.
There you go again. Here's what he said in August 2007: "If we have actionable intelligence about high-value terrorist targets and President Musharraf won't act, we will". More recently, during the debates, he addressed the McCain camp's claim that he would invade: "Look, I want to be very clear about what I said. Nobody called for the invasion of Pakistan. Sen. McCain continues to repeat this. What I said was the same thing that the audience here today heard me say, which is, if Pakistan is unable or unwilling to hunt down Bin Laden and take him out, then we should."
Hope this helps.
The national polls are not as telling as the polls in the key swing states. Not only has Obama widened his lead nationally, he's also pulling comfortably ahead in the swing states. Florida, Ohio, Missouri, Colorado, Virginia, NC, and Nevada. There is a significant chance he'll catch McCain in Indiana between now and election day. At this rate Obama could win the election by over 200 electoral votes which will likely be viewed as a landslide. I'm glad you haven't lost faith in John McCain though.
I'd stick it to that girl behind him
The idea that Joe the Plumber has in any way helped McCain is more wishful thinking than reality. It turns out Joe makes less than the required amount to qualify for an Obama tax increase. I, on the other hand will see my taxes go up.
Rather than believing one poll that Karl Rove has cherry picked to skew the perception that Obama is about to trounce McCain in a landslide - bookmark this page - http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/latestpolls/index.html - its got all the polls and its updated daily. You'll get a better idea of what McCain's chances are on election day.
Me too. How come the ones with their taxes going up are the ones who are okay with it?