agreed. this guy needs to be above politics. he is no alan greenspan either
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Chicago Tribune, Washington Post endorses Barack Obama
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agreed. this guy needs to be above politics. he is no alan greenspan either
This the fleas opportunity to hang on.
An Endorsement from a prestigious member from the Black community.
Eminem: â?????Iâ??????ll vote for Barack"
October 21, 2008 9:25 a.m. by Nick Neyland
After a lengthy period away from the spotlight, Eminem is set to return with his new Dr. Dre-produced album Relapse. â?????For probably the past five months pretty much straight I've been working with Dre,â??? he announced earlier this month, before dropping the first taster for the album in the form of â?????Iâ??????m Having a Relapse.â???
But now Eminem has turned his attention to the forthcoming presidential election, announcing: â?????Iâ??????ll vote for Barack." Speaking with characteristic frankness to DJ Zane Lowe on BBC Radio 1, he said: â?????I know we are going into a recession. Pardon the clich??© but we need something to change. I think Barack would be a breath of fresh air, to get in there and actually get what's left of the Bush administration out the door."
An official release date for Relapse hasnâ??????t yet been set, but itâ??????s thought that it could come out before the end of the year.
Eminem: â?????Iâ??????ll vote for Barack"
October 21, 2008 9:25 a.m. by Nick Neyland
After a lengthy period away from the spotlight, Eminem is set to return with his new Dr. Dre-produced album Relapse. â?????For probably the past five months pretty much straight I've been working with Dre,â??? he announced earlier this month, before dropping the first taster for the album in the form of â?????Iâ??????m Having a Relapse.â???
But now Eminem has turned his attention to the forthcoming presidential election, announcing: â?????Iâ??????ll vote for Barack." Speaking with characteristic frankness to DJ Zane Lowe on BBC Radio 1, he said: â?????I know we are going into a recession. Pardon the clich??© but we need something to change. I think Barack would be a breath of fresh air, to get in there and actually get what's left of the Bush administration out the door."
An official release date for Relapse hasnâ??????t yet been set, but itâ??????s thought that it could come out before the end of the year.
Anyone considering voting Obama, think about this:
1) How much in taxes do you pay per year?
2) Is tax at all levels of government your biggest, or one of your biggest expenses?
3) Do you think you are getting your money's worth?
4) Do you think the government should take, or needs to take an additional percent of your money, or anyone else's money?
1) How much in taxes do you pay per year?
2) Is tax at all levels of government your biggest, or one of your biggest expenses?
3) Do you think you are getting your money's worth?
4) Do you think the government should take, or needs to take an additional percent of your money, or anyone else's money?
What makes you think McCain won't tax us.
They may not tax us directly from our paychecks but they get us with the cost of living.
Milk, gas, cheese, tolls.....can't escape it with either party.
I see the point of the story, but murder of convenience (sometimes called abortion, but usually called "women's choice", "woman's freedom", or even "reproductive freedom"
) is still the worst thing a person can do in my book (in 99% of cases). I've personally vowed never to vote for an abortion supporter, under any circumstances. But being Catholic doesn't mean what it once did. Most of my friends call themselves Catholic but it's not important to them at all. I'm not criticizing them, just saying the "Catholic vote" isn't necessarily socially conservative.
Obama will vastly increase the size and scope of the government--it is important to remember he has a consenting Congress as well. He openly advocates a new healthcare entitlement to cover "47 million people" without healthcare, which includes illegal immigrants in this country. His plan has about ~$1,000,000,000,000 in new spending...
Do you think you get your money's worth from the government?
What is the difference now with the illegals, they already have free health care.
Will Rogers
they get free ER care, which is an unbelievably large drain on the health care resources of the US. now imagine if we open up the rest of healthcare. what are people going to think when they can't get an appointment with the pediatrician for their children because the doc is booked for the next two months? now add on top of it the fact that the people taking your childs spot is doing it on your dime?
Even Opie, Richie and the Fonz endorse Obama
Ron Howard's Call For Obama With Andy Griffith And Henry Winkler
Ron Howard is the latest star to voice his support for Obama, and he did it alongside his old costars Andy Griffith and Henry Winkler in a video for Funny or Die. Watch him strip down, trim his nose hair and don an Opie wig for a black and white call to action before fast-forwarding to "Happy Days."
Ron Howard's Call For Obama With Andy Griffith And Henry Winkler
Ron Howard is the latest star to voice his support for Obama, and he did it alongside his old costars Andy Griffith and Henry Winkler in a video for Funny or Die. Watch him strip down, trim his nose hair and don an Opie wig for a black and white call to action before fast-forwarding to "Happy Days."
The Biden problem has been taken care of.........
Barry Goldwater's granddaughter....yep
Barry Goldwater's granddaughter endorses Obama
Being Barry Goldwater's granddaughter and living in Arizona, one would assume that I would be voting for our state's senator, John McCain. I am still struck by certain 'dyed in the wool' Republicans who are on the fence this election, as it seems like a no-brainer to me.
Myself, along with my siblings and a few cousins, will not be supporting the Republican presidential candidates this year. We believe strongly in what our grandfather stood for: honesty, integrity, and personal freedom, free from political maneuvering and fear tactics. I learned a lot about my grandfather while producing the documentary, Mr. Conservative Goldwater on Goldwater. Our generation of Goldwaters expects government to provide for constitutional protections. We reject the constant intrusion into our personal lives, along with other crucial policy issues of the McCain/Palin ticket.
My grandfather (Paka) would never suggest denying a woman's right to choose. My grandmother co-founded Planned Parenthood in Arizona in the 1930's, a cause my grandfather supported. I'm not sure about how he would feel about marriage rights based on same-sex orientation. I think he would feel that love and respect for ones privacy is what matters most and not the intolerance and poor judgment displayed by McCain over the years. Paka respected our civil liberties and passed on the message that that we should conduct our lives standing up for the basic freedoms we hold so dear.
For a while, there were several candidates who aligned themselves with the Goldwater version of Conservative thought. My grandfather had undying respect for the U.S. Constitution, and an understanding of its true meanings.
There always have been a glimmer of hope that someday, someone would "race through the gate" full steam in Goldwater style. Unfortunately, this hasn't happened, and the Republican brand has been tarnished in a shameless effort to gain votes and appeal to the lowest emotion, fear. Nothing about McCain, except for maybe a uniform, compares to the same ideology of what Goldwater stood for as a politician. The McCain/Palin plan is to appear diverse and inclusive, using women and minorities to push an agenda that makes us all financially vulnerable, fearful, and less safe.
When you see the candidate's in political ads, you can't help but be reminded of the 1964 presidential campaign of Johnson/Goldwater, the 'origin of spin', that twists the truth and obscures what really matters. Nothing about the Republican ticket offers the hope America needs to regain it's standing in the world, that's why we're going to support Barack Obama. I think that Obama has shown his ability and integrity.
After the last eight years, there's a lot of clean up do. Roll up your sleeves, Senators Obama and Biden, and we Goldwaters will roll ours up with you.
Barry Goldwater's granddaughter endorses Obama
Being Barry Goldwater's granddaughter and living in Arizona, one would assume that I would be voting for our state's senator, John McCain. I am still struck by certain 'dyed in the wool' Republicans who are on the fence this election, as it seems like a no-brainer to me.
Myself, along with my siblings and a few cousins, will not be supporting the Republican presidential candidates this year. We believe strongly in what our grandfather stood for: honesty, integrity, and personal freedom, free from political maneuvering and fear tactics. I learned a lot about my grandfather while producing the documentary, Mr. Conservative Goldwater on Goldwater. Our generation of Goldwaters expects government to provide for constitutional protections. We reject the constant intrusion into our personal lives, along with other crucial policy issues of the McCain/Palin ticket.
My grandfather (Paka) would never suggest denying a woman's right to choose. My grandmother co-founded Planned Parenthood in Arizona in the 1930's, a cause my grandfather supported. I'm not sure about how he would feel about marriage rights based on same-sex orientation. I think he would feel that love and respect for ones privacy is what matters most and not the intolerance and poor judgment displayed by McCain over the years. Paka respected our civil liberties and passed on the message that that we should conduct our lives standing up for the basic freedoms we hold so dear.
For a while, there were several candidates who aligned themselves with the Goldwater version of Conservative thought. My grandfather had undying respect for the U.S. Constitution, and an understanding of its true meanings.
There always have been a glimmer of hope that someday, someone would "race through the gate" full steam in Goldwater style. Unfortunately, this hasn't happened, and the Republican brand has been tarnished in a shameless effort to gain votes and appeal to the lowest emotion, fear. Nothing about McCain, except for maybe a uniform, compares to the same ideology of what Goldwater stood for as a politician. The McCain/Palin plan is to appear diverse and inclusive, using women and minorities to push an agenda that makes us all financially vulnerable, fearful, and less safe.
When you see the candidate's in political ads, you can't help but be reminded of the 1964 presidential campaign of Johnson/Goldwater, the 'origin of spin', that twists the truth and obscures what really matters. Nothing about the Republican ticket offers the hope America needs to regain it's standing in the world, that's why we're going to support Barack Obama. I think that Obama has shown his ability and integrity.
After the last eight years, there's a lot of clean up do. Roll up your sleeves, Senators Obama and Biden, and we Goldwaters will roll ours up with you.
Republicans and Conservatives Endorsing Barack
Fri, 10/17/2008 - 12:45am â?????? John Martin
As we wait for Hagel's endorsement, here's a recap of some of the biggest Republicans, Republicans-turned-independents, and conservatives who have come out to support Barack for President.
If you know of any we've missed, please let us know!
Elected Officials:
Jim Leach, Former Congressman from Iowa
"For me, the national interest comes before party concerns, particularly internationally. We do need a new direction in American policy, and Obama has a sense of that."
Lincoln Chafee, Former United States Senator from Rhode Island
"As I look at the candidates in order who to vote for, certainly my kind of conservatism was reflected with Senator Obama, and those points are that we're fiscally conservative, we care about revenues matching expenditures, we also care about the environment, I think it's a traditional conservative value to care about clean air and clean water."
Wayne Gilchrest, Congressman from Maryland
"We can't use four more years of the same kind of policy that's somewhat haphazard, which leads to recklessness."
Richard Riordan, Former Mayor of Los Angeles
"I'm still a Republican, but I still will always vote for the person who I think will do the best job."
Lowell Weicker, Former Governor and Senator from Connecticut
"At issue is not the partisan politics of two parties, rather the image we have of ourselves as Americans. Senator Obama brings wisdom, kindness, and common sense to what is both his and our quest for a better America."
Jim Whitaker, Fairbanks, Alaska Mayor
"If we are as a nation concerned with energy, then our consideration should be a national energy policy that is not predicated on crude oil 50 years into the future. We need to get to it, and I think Barack Obama is very clear in that regard."
Linwood Holton, Former Governor of Virginia
"Obama has a brain, and he isn't afraid to use it."
Government Officials:
Colin Powell, Secretary of State under Bush 43
"...he has met the standard of being a sucessful president, being an exceptional president. I think he is a transformational figure. He is a new generation coming into the world-- onto the world state, onto the American stage, and for that reason I'll be voting for Senator Barack Obama."
Douglas Kmiec, Head of the Office of Legal Counsel under Reagan & Bush 41
"I was first attracted to government by Ronald Reagan, who lives in our national memory as a great leader and an inspiring communicator. Senator Obama has these gifts as well, but of course, more rhetorical flourish without substance would be worth little. Is there more to Senator Obama? I believe there is."
Jackson M. Andrews, Republican Counsel to the U.S. Senate
"Barack Obama is a thoughtful visionary leader who as President will end the decline of American law, liberty, and fiscal responsibility that are the hallmarks of the extremist policies of the current Administration, now adopted by John McCain."
Susan Eisenhower, Granddaughter of President Eisenhower & President of the Eisenhower Group
"Given Obama's support among young people, I believe that he will be most invested in defending the interests of these rising generations and, therefore, the long-term interests of this nation as a whole."
Francis Fukuyama, Advisor to President Reagan
"...Obama probably has the greatest promise of delivering a different kind of politics."
Rita Hauser, Former White House intelligence advisor under George W. Bush
"McCain will continue the wrong-headed foreign policy decisions of Bush, while Obama will take us in a new direction."
Larry Hunter, Former President Reagan Policy Advisor
"I suspect Obama is more free-market friendly than he lets on. He taught at the University of Chicago, a hotbed of right-of-center thought. His economic advisers, notably Austan Goolsbee, recognize that ordinary citizens stand to gain more from open markets than from government meddling."
Bill Ruckelshaus, served in the Nixon and Reagan administrations
"I'm not against McCain, I'm for Obama."
Ken Adelman, served in the Ford administration
"The most important decision John McCain made in his long campaign was deciding on a running mate. That decision showed appalling lack of judgment... that selection contradicted McCain's main two, and best two, themes for his campaign-- Country First, and experience counts. Neither can he credibly claim, post-Palin pick."
Lilibet Hagel, Wife of Republican Senator Chuck Hagel
"This election is not about fighting phantom issues churned out by a top-notch slander machine. Most important, it is not about distracting the public-- you and me-- with whatever slurs someone thinks will stick."
Columnists and Academics:
Jeffrey Hart, National Review Senior Editor
"It turns out that these political parties are not always either liberal or conservative, Democratic or Republican. The Democrat, under certain conditions, can be the conservative."
Andrew Bacevich, Professor of International Relations at Boston University
"For conservatives, Obama represents a sliver of hope. McCain represents none at all. The choice turns out to be an easy one."
David Friedman, Economist and son of Milton and Rose Friedman
"I hope Obama wins. President Bush has clearly been a disaster from the standpoint of libertarians and conservatives because he has presided over an astonishing rise in government spending."
Christopher Buckley, Son of National Review founder William F. Buckley & former NR columnist
"Obama has in him-- I think, despite his sometimes airy-fairy 'We are the people we have been waiting for' silly rehtoric-- the potential to be a good, perhaps even great leader. He is, it seems clear enough, what the historical moment seems to be calling for."
Andrew Sullivan, Columnist for the Atlantic Monthly
"Obama's legislative record, speeches, and the way he has run his campaign reveal, I think, a very even temperament, a very sound judgment, and an intelligent pragmatism. Prudence is a word that is not inappropriate to him."
Wick Alison, Former publisher of the National Review
"I made the maximum donation to John McCain during the primaries, when there was still hope he might come to his senses. But I now see that Obama is almost the ideal candidate for this moment in American history."
Michael Smerconish, Columnist for the Philadelphia Enquirer
"...an Obama presidency holds the greatest chance for unifying us here at home and restoring our prestige around the globe."
Fri, 10/17/2008 - 12:45am â?????? John Martin
As we wait for Hagel's endorsement, here's a recap of some of the biggest Republicans, Republicans-turned-independents, and conservatives who have come out to support Barack for President.
If you know of any we've missed, please let us know!
Elected Officials:
Jim Leach, Former Congressman from Iowa
"For me, the national interest comes before party concerns, particularly internationally. We do need a new direction in American policy, and Obama has a sense of that."
Lincoln Chafee, Former United States Senator from Rhode Island
"As I look at the candidates in order who to vote for, certainly my kind of conservatism was reflected with Senator Obama, and those points are that we're fiscally conservative, we care about revenues matching expenditures, we also care about the environment, I think it's a traditional conservative value to care about clean air and clean water."
Wayne Gilchrest, Congressman from Maryland
"We can't use four more years of the same kind of policy that's somewhat haphazard, which leads to recklessness."
Richard Riordan, Former Mayor of Los Angeles
"I'm still a Republican, but I still will always vote for the person who I think will do the best job."
Lowell Weicker, Former Governor and Senator from Connecticut
"At issue is not the partisan politics of two parties, rather the image we have of ourselves as Americans. Senator Obama brings wisdom, kindness, and common sense to what is both his and our quest for a better America."
Jim Whitaker, Fairbanks, Alaska Mayor
"If we are as a nation concerned with energy, then our consideration should be a national energy policy that is not predicated on crude oil 50 years into the future. We need to get to it, and I think Barack Obama is very clear in that regard."
Linwood Holton, Former Governor of Virginia
"Obama has a brain, and he isn't afraid to use it."
Government Officials:
Colin Powell, Secretary of State under Bush 43
"...he has met the standard of being a sucessful president, being an exceptional president. I think he is a transformational figure. He is a new generation coming into the world-- onto the world state, onto the American stage, and for that reason I'll be voting for Senator Barack Obama."
Douglas Kmiec, Head of the Office of Legal Counsel under Reagan & Bush 41
"I was first attracted to government by Ronald Reagan, who lives in our national memory as a great leader and an inspiring communicator. Senator Obama has these gifts as well, but of course, more rhetorical flourish without substance would be worth little. Is there more to Senator Obama? I believe there is."
Jackson M. Andrews, Republican Counsel to the U.S. Senate
"Barack Obama is a thoughtful visionary leader who as President will end the decline of American law, liberty, and fiscal responsibility that are the hallmarks of the extremist policies of the current Administration, now adopted by John McCain."
Susan Eisenhower, Granddaughter of President Eisenhower & President of the Eisenhower Group
"Given Obama's support among young people, I believe that he will be most invested in defending the interests of these rising generations and, therefore, the long-term interests of this nation as a whole."
Francis Fukuyama, Advisor to President Reagan
"...Obama probably has the greatest promise of delivering a different kind of politics."
Rita Hauser, Former White House intelligence advisor under George W. Bush
"McCain will continue the wrong-headed foreign policy decisions of Bush, while Obama will take us in a new direction."
Larry Hunter, Former President Reagan Policy Advisor
"I suspect Obama is more free-market friendly than he lets on. He taught at the University of Chicago, a hotbed of right-of-center thought. His economic advisers, notably Austan Goolsbee, recognize that ordinary citizens stand to gain more from open markets than from government meddling."
Bill Ruckelshaus, served in the Nixon and Reagan administrations
"I'm not against McCain, I'm for Obama."
Ken Adelman, served in the Ford administration
"The most important decision John McCain made in his long campaign was deciding on a running mate. That decision showed appalling lack of judgment... that selection contradicted McCain's main two, and best two, themes for his campaign-- Country First, and experience counts. Neither can he credibly claim, post-Palin pick."
Lilibet Hagel, Wife of Republican Senator Chuck Hagel
"This election is not about fighting phantom issues churned out by a top-notch slander machine. Most important, it is not about distracting the public-- you and me-- with whatever slurs someone thinks will stick."
Columnists and Academics:
Jeffrey Hart, National Review Senior Editor
"It turns out that these political parties are not always either liberal or conservative, Democratic or Republican. The Democrat, under certain conditions, can be the conservative."
Andrew Bacevich, Professor of International Relations at Boston University
"For conservatives, Obama represents a sliver of hope. McCain represents none at all. The choice turns out to be an easy one."
David Friedman, Economist and son of Milton and Rose Friedman
"I hope Obama wins. President Bush has clearly been a disaster from the standpoint of libertarians and conservatives because he has presided over an astonishing rise in government spending."
Christopher Buckley, Son of National Review founder William F. Buckley & former NR columnist
"Obama has in him-- I think, despite his sometimes airy-fairy 'We are the people we have been waiting for' silly rehtoric-- the potential to be a good, perhaps even great leader. He is, it seems clear enough, what the historical moment seems to be calling for."
Andrew Sullivan, Columnist for the Atlantic Monthly
"Obama's legislative record, speeches, and the way he has run his campaign reveal, I think, a very even temperament, a very sound judgment, and an intelligent pragmatism. Prudence is a word that is not inappropriate to him."
Wick Alison, Former publisher of the National Review
"I made the maximum donation to John McCain during the primaries, when there was still hope he might come to his senses. But I now see that Obama is almost the ideal candidate for this moment in American history."
Michael Smerconish, Columnist for the Philadelphia Enquirer
"...an Obama presidency holds the greatest chance for unifying us here at home and restoring our prestige around the globe."
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Drew Barrymore
Kristen Bell
Jennifer Beals
Maria Bello[
Annette Bening
Amber Benson
Halle Berry
Jessica Biel
Jack Black
Zach Braff
Adam Brody
Josh Brolin
Pierce Brosnan
Ellen Burstyn
LeVar Burton
Sophia Bush
Nick Cannon
Jay Chandrasekhar
Don Cheadle
Kristin Chenoweth
John Cleese
Glenn Close
George Clooney
James Corden
Bill Cosby Citation needed
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Cindy Crawford
James Cromwell
Billy Crystal
Alan Cumming
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Matt Damon
Ted Danson
Larry David
Geena Davis
Rosario Dawson
Laura Dern
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Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Josh Lucas
Tobey Maguire
James Marsters
Rue McClanahan
Anne Meara
Mary McDonnell
Demi Moore
Julianne Moore
Benjamin McKenzie
Enrique Murciano
Eddie Murphy
Mike Ness
Paul Newman
Leonard Nimoy
Cynthia Nixon
Amaury Nolasco
Edward Norton
Ed O'Neill
Rosie O'Donnell
Adrian Pasdar
Gwyneth Paltrow
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Bill Paxton
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Oliver Platt[673]
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Patricia Richardson[678]
Nicole Richie[679]
Chris Rock[680]
Adam Rodriguez[681]
Brandon Routh[682]
Paul Rudd[683]
Susan Sarandon[346]
Richard Schiff[684]
Jada Pinkett Smith[685]
Johnathon Schaech[553]
Martin Sheen[686]
Will Smith[685][687]
Jimmy Smits [688]
Phil Spector [689]
Lexington Steele[690]
Daniel Stern[691]
Ben Stiller[547]
Jerry Stiller[622]
Meryl Streep[692]
Rider Strong[693]
Donald Sutherland[694]
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa[180]
Charlize Theron[695]
Chris Tucker[696]
Kathleen Turner[697]
Blair Underwood[698]
Wilmer Valderrama[588]
Amber Valletta[681]
Kate Walsh[699]
Denzel Washington[700]
Isaiah Washington [701]
Kerry Washington[696]
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Wil Wheaton[702]
James Whitmore[665]
Forest Whitaker[703][704][705]
Olivia Wilde[598][706]
Gene Wilder [707]
Owen Wilson
Henry Winkler[708]
Ben Affleck
Shohreh Aghdashloo
Jessica Alba
Jennifer Aniston
Patricia Arquette
Rosanna Arquette
Kevin Bacon
Penn Badgley
Alec Baldwin
Eric Balfour
Antonio Banderas
Drew Barrymore
Kristen Bell
Jennifer Beals
Maria Bello[
Annette Bening
Amber Benson
Halle Berry
Jessica Biel
Jack Black
Zach Braff
Adam Brody
Josh Brolin
Pierce Brosnan
Ellen Burstyn
LeVar Burton
Sophia Bush
Nick Cannon
Jay Chandrasekhar
Don Cheadle
Kristin Chenoweth
John Cleese
Glenn Close
George Clooney
James Corden
Bill Cosby Citation needed
Daniel Craig
Cindy Crawford
James Cromwell
Billy Crystal
Alan Cumming
Jamie Lee Curtis
Matt Damon
Ted Danson
Larry David
Geena Davis
Rosario Dawson
Laura Dern
Robert De Niro
Zooey Deschanel
Danny Devito
Leonardo DiCaprio
Taye Diggs
Fran Drescher
Kirsten Dunst
Anthony Edwards
Megalyn Echikunwoke
Idris Elba
Tracee Ellis Ross
Peter Falk
Sally Field
Isla Fisher
Kate Flannery
Jodie Foster
Jamie Foxx
Michael J. Fox
Brendan Fraser
Morgan Freeman
Anna Friel
Jeff Garlin
Jennifer Garner
Richard Gere
Thomas Gibson
Danny Glover
Cuba Gooding, Jr.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Ryan Gosling
Topher Grace
Bryan Greenberg
Andre Gregory
Andy Griffith
Melanie Griffith
Jasmine Guy
Luis Guzm??¡n
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Mark Hamill
Josh Hamilton
Tom Hanks
Hill Harper
Valerie Harper
Ed Harris
Anne Hathaway
Dennis Haysbert
Dul??© Hill
Dustin Hoffman
Dennis Hopper
Ron Howard
Kelly Hu
Josh Hutcherson
Samuel L. Jackson
Scarlett Johansson
Angelina Jolie
Rashida Jones
Ashley Judd
Daniel Dae Kim
Regina King
Christopher Knight
Michael Kostroff
Mila Kunis
Ashton Kutcher
Ken Leung
Ted Levine
Lucy Liu
Blake Lively
Lindsay Lohan
Amanda Lorber
Nia Long
Eva Longoria Parker
George Lopez
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Josh Lucas
Tobey Maguire
James Marsters
Rue McClanahan
Anne Meara
Mary McDonnell
Demi Moore
Julianne Moore
Benjamin McKenzie
Enrique Murciano
Eddie Murphy
Mike Ness
Paul Newman
Leonard Nimoy
Cynthia Nixon
Amaury Nolasco
Edward Norton
Ed O'Neill
Rosie O'Donnell
Adrian Pasdar
Gwyneth Paltrow
Hayden Panettiere
Sarah Jessica Parker
Bill Paxton
Mario Van Peebles
Amanda Peet
Kal Penn
Sean Penn
Rhea Perlman
Harold Perrineau, Jr.
Ryan Phillippe
David Hyde Pierce [669]
Wendell Pierce[670]
Brad Pitt[671]
Jeremy Piven[672]
Oliver Platt[673]
Sidney Poitier[674]
Ellen Pompeo[675][676]
Natalie Portman[677]
Dennis Quaid[579]
Zachary Quinto[624]
Carl Reiner[622]
Ryan Reynolds[561]
Patricia Richardson[678]
Nicole Richie[679]
Chris Rock[680]
Adam Rodriguez[681]
Brandon Routh[682]
Paul Rudd[683]
Susan Sarandon[346]
Richard Schiff[684]
Jada Pinkett Smith[685]
Johnathon Schaech[553]
Martin Sheen[686]
Will Smith[685][687]
Jimmy Smits [688]
Phil Spector [689]
Lexington Steele[690]
Daniel Stern[691]
Ben Stiller[547]
Jerry Stiller[622]
Meryl Streep[692]
Rider Strong[693]
Donald Sutherland[694]
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa[180]
Charlize Theron[695]
Chris Tucker[696]
Kathleen Turner[697]
Blair Underwood[698]
Wilmer Valderrama[588]
Amber Valletta[681]
Kate Walsh[699]
Denzel Washington[700]
Isaiah Washington [701]
Kerry Washington[696]
Steven Weber
Wil Wheaton[702]
James Whitmore[665]
Forest Whitaker[703][704][705]
Olivia Wilde[598][706]
Gene Wilder [707]
Owen Wilson
Henry Winkler[708]
Comedians
Aziz Ansari[709]
Russell Brand[710]
Margaret Cho [711]
Will Ferrell[418]
Larry Gelbart[647]
Kathy Griffin [343]
Chelsea Handler [712] [713]
John Leguizamo[643]
Richard Lewis
Cedric the Entertainer[698]
Bill Maher[714]
Tracy Morgan[715]
Lorne Michaels[716]
Seth Myers [717]
Eugene Mirman[709]
Sarah Silverman[418]
Hal Sparks[718]
Stella (Michael Ian Black, Michael Showalter, David Wain)[683]
Wanda Sykes[719]
Lily Tomlin[720]
Lizz Winstead, co-creator of The Daily Show [618]
Aziz Ansari[709]
Russell Brand[710]
Margaret Cho [711]
Will Ferrell[418]
Larry Gelbart[647]
Kathy Griffin [343]
Chelsea Handler [712] [713]
John Leguizamo[643]
Richard Lewis
Cedric the Entertainer[698]
Bill Maher[714]
Tracy Morgan[715]
Lorne Michaels[716]
Seth Myers [717]
Eugene Mirman[709]
Sarah Silverman[418]
Hal Sparks[718]
Stella (Michael Ian Black, Michael Showalter, David Wain)[683]
Wanda Sykes[719]
Lily Tomlin[720]
Lizz Winstead, co-creator of The Daily Show [618]
Musicians
50 Cent[745]
Arcade Fire[746]
Burt Bacharach[747]
Beastie Boys[748]
Billie Joe Armstrong[749]
Big Kenny[750]
Andrew Bird[751]
The Black Keys [748]
Chad Holden - Internationally known rock guitarist, die hard Detroit Lions fan and hard-core meth user.
Black Thought of The Roots[752]
The Breeders [748]
Carrie Brownstein, guitarist for Sleater-Kinney[753]
Chris Brown[754]
Melanie Brown [343]
Win Butler[755]
Nick Cannon[681]
Mariah Carey[756]
Chris Carrabba [757]
Chingy[698]
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah [591]
Cold War Kids [591]
Natalie Cole[758]
Common[759]
Sean Combs[760]
Harry Connick, Jr.[579]
David Crosby[749]
Sheryl Crow[761][762]
The Decemberists[763]
Tom DeLonge [764]
Devo [748]
Dianogah[751]
Celine Dion[765]
DJ Z-Trip[766]
Bob Dylan[767]
Eminem[768]
Melissa Etheridge[769]
Fergie[588]
The Fiery Furnaces[618]
Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers[770]
John Flansburgh of They Might Be Giants [771]
David Foster[579]
Jay Jay French, guitarist for Twisted Sister[772]
Ben Harper[589]
Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie[773]
Goo Goo Dolls[665]
Kim Gordon [774]
Macy Gray[775]
Merle Haggard[776]
Scott Hansen, Musician (Tycho) and Graphic Artist (ISO50)[777]
Mickey Hart, Phil Lesh and Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead (Deadheads for Obama)[778]
Herbie Hancock[681]
Faith Hill[779]
Indigo Girls
Jim James of My Morning Jacket [780]
Jay Red Eagle[781]
Jay-Z[732]
Wyclef Jean[698]
Stephan Jenkins[782]
Jin[783]
Billy Joel[784]
Alicia Keys[760]
Carole King[785]
Beyoncé Knowles[732]
Glenn Kotche of Wilco[786]
Ed Kowalczyk[681]
Leo Kremer[782]
Kris Kristofferson[787]
Amel Larrieux[788]
Cyndi Lauper[789]
Les Savy Fav[618]
Jenny Lewis [591]
Jennifer Lopez[558]
John Legend [790]
Ludacris [791]
Joel Madden of Good Charlotte[679]
Dave Matthews[782]
Master P[783]
Michael McDonald[588]
John Mellencamp[749]
Mos Def[792]
Nada Surf [591]
Nas[793]
Graham Nash [748]
The National [748]
Joanna Newsom [794]
Ne-Yo[665]
No Age[795]
NOFX[796]
OK Go[797]
Conor Oberst[798]
Aubrey O'Day[799]
Don Omar, Latin recording artist[800]
Pearl Jam[801]
Loren Pickford[802]
Pink
Q-Tip [803]
Questlove of The Roots[752]
R.E.M.[804]
Johnathan Rice [591]
Dawn Angelique Richard
Samantha Ronson[639]
Rhymefest[805]
Nile Rodgers[806]
Pat Sansone of Wilco[786]
Tom Scholz [807]
Patti Scialfa[808]
Ralph Stanley[809]
Seal[579]
Shakira[810]
Shudder to Think[797]
Silversun Pickups [591]
Russell Simmons[811]
Jill Sobule[782]
Bruce Springsteen[812][813]
Ralph Stanley[814]
Mavis Staples [815]
Michael Stipe [816]
Barbra Streisand[817][418]
Taboo[643]
James Taylor[818]
Tenacious D (Jack Black and Kyle Gass)[819]
Justin Timberlake[820][821]
TV on the Radio[822]
Jeff Tweedy of Wilco[798]
Andres Useche[823]
Usher[824]
Vampire Weekend [748]
Chris Walla of Death Cab for Cutie[749]
Joan Wasser ("Joan as Police Woman")[797]
Rufus Wainwright[558]
Roger Waters[825]
Pete Wentz[826][827]
Kanye West
will.i.am[681]
Pharell Williams[438]
Stevie Wonder[828]
50 Cent[745]
Arcade Fire[746]
Burt Bacharach[747]
Beastie Boys[748]
Billie Joe Armstrong[749]
Big Kenny[750]
Andrew Bird[751]
The Black Keys [748]
Chad Holden - Internationally known rock guitarist, die hard Detroit Lions fan and hard-core meth user.
Black Thought of The Roots[752]
The Breeders [748]
Carrie Brownstein, guitarist for Sleater-Kinney[753]
Chris Brown[754]
Melanie Brown [343]
Win Butler[755]
Nick Cannon[681]
Mariah Carey[756]
Chris Carrabba [757]
Chingy[698]
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah [591]
Cold War Kids [591]
Natalie Cole[758]
Common[759]
Sean Combs[760]
Harry Connick, Jr.[579]
David Crosby[749]
Sheryl Crow[761][762]
The Decemberists[763]
Tom DeLonge [764]
Devo [748]
Dianogah[751]
Celine Dion[765]
DJ Z-Trip[766]
Bob Dylan[767]
Eminem[768]
Melissa Etheridge[769]
Fergie[588]
The Fiery Furnaces[618]
Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers[770]
John Flansburgh of They Might Be Giants [771]
David Foster[579]
Jay Jay French, guitarist for Twisted Sister[772]
Ben Harper[589]
Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie[773]
Goo Goo Dolls[665]
Kim Gordon [774]
Macy Gray[775]
Merle Haggard[776]
Scott Hansen, Musician (Tycho) and Graphic Artist (ISO50)[777]
Mickey Hart, Phil Lesh and Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead (Deadheads for Obama)[778]
Herbie Hancock[681]
Faith Hill[779]
Indigo Girls
Jim James of My Morning Jacket [780]
Jay Red Eagle[781]
Jay-Z[732]
Wyclef Jean[698]
Stephan Jenkins[782]
Jin[783]
Billy Joel[784]
Alicia Keys[760]
Carole King[785]
Beyoncé Knowles[732]
Glenn Kotche of Wilco[786]
Ed Kowalczyk[681]
Leo Kremer[782]
Kris Kristofferson[787]
Amel Larrieux[788]
Cyndi Lauper[789]
Les Savy Fav[618]
Jenny Lewis [591]
Jennifer Lopez[558]
John Legend [790]
Ludacris [791]
Joel Madden of Good Charlotte[679]
Dave Matthews[782]
Master P[783]
Michael McDonald[588]
John Mellencamp[749]
Mos Def[792]
Nada Surf [591]
Nas[793]
Graham Nash [748]
The National [748]
Joanna Newsom [794]
Ne-Yo[665]
No Age[795]
NOFX[796]
OK Go[797]
Conor Oberst[798]
Aubrey O'Day[799]
Don Omar, Latin recording artist[800]
Pearl Jam[801]
Loren Pickford[802]
Pink
Q-Tip [803]
Questlove of The Roots[752]
R.E.M.[804]
Johnathan Rice [591]
Dawn Angelique Richard
Samantha Ronson[639]
Rhymefest[805]
Nile Rodgers[806]
Pat Sansone of Wilco[786]
Tom Scholz [807]
Patti Scialfa[808]
Ralph Stanley[809]
Seal[579]
Shakira[810]
Shudder to Think[797]
Silversun Pickups [591]
Russell Simmons[811]
Jill Sobule[782]
Bruce Springsteen[812][813]
Ralph Stanley[814]
Mavis Staples [815]
Michael Stipe [816]
Barbra Streisand[817][418]
Taboo[643]
James Taylor[818]
Tenacious D (Jack Black and Kyle Gass)[819]
Justin Timberlake[820][821]
TV on the Radio[822]
Jeff Tweedy of Wilco[798]
Andres Useche[823]
Usher[824]
Vampire Weekend [748]
Chris Walla of Death Cab for Cutie[749]
Joan Wasser ("Joan as Police Woman")[797]
Rufus Wainwright[558]
Roger Waters[825]
Pete Wentz[826][827]
Kanye West
will.i.am[681]
Pharell Williams[438]
Stevie Wonder[828]
Businesspeople
Marc Andreessen, software engineer, Silicon Valley entrepreneur and co-founder of Netscape[405]
Michael Arrington, founder and co-editor of blog TechCrunch[406]
Warren Buffett, investor and richest man in the world[407][408]
Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, co-founders of Ben & Jerry's[409][410]
Jax Desmond, Chairman and CEO of Jax Desmond Worldwide[citation needed]
Ari Emanuel, talent agent[411]
David Geffen, media executive, producer and philanthropist[352]
Nicholas A. B. Gray, owner of Gray's Papaya hot dog restaurant in New York City[412]
Gary Hirshberg, Chairman, President, and CEO of Stonyfield Farm[413][414]
Chris Hughes, co-founder of Facebook[415][416]
Sheila Johnson, co-founder of Black Entertainment Television[417]
Jeffrey Katzenberg, film producer and CEO of DreamWorks Animation[418]
Billy King, former general manager and team president of NBA team Philadelphia 76ers[419]
Alex Rigopulos, CEO of Harmonix Music Systems, company notable for creating Rock Band and Guitar Hero
Ned Lamont, founder of Lamont Digital Systems and former Senate candidate[420]
Edward Lewis, Chairman of Essence magazine and Latina magazine[421]
Brink Lindsey, Vice President of Research for the Cato Institute and editor of Cato Unbound[422]
William Louis-Dreyfus, billionaire New York financier[256]
Hugh McColl, former CEO, Bank of America
Rose McKinney-James, businesswoman and consultant[423]
Ken Mok, President of 10 x 10 Entertainment[234]
Elisabeth Murdoch, daughter of Rupert Murdoch and Chairman and CEO of Shine Limited[424]
Indra Nooyi, CEO of PepsiCo [425]
Dan Rooney, owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers of the NFL[426]
Hilary Rosen, on-air political and business analyst[427]
Eric Schmidt, Google Chairman and CEO [428]
Alan Solomont, Massachusetts philanthropist and fund-raiser[429]
George Soros, businessman and philanthropist[430]
Leigh Steinberg, sports agent[431]
John W. Thompson, CEO of Symantec[432]
Billy Vassiliadis, CEO of R&R Partners[423] [433]
David Voelker, owner and manager of Voelker Investments[434]
Craig Newmark, founder of website Craigslist[435]
Steve Westly, founding executive of eBay, managing partner of the Westly Group, and former California State Controller
Tye Webb, founder of MesmerizedbyTye Event Planning and Design, Atlanta Ga.
John Tucker, founder of J.K.Tech. Inc-Computer Management, Metro Detroit, Mi.
Marc Andreessen, software engineer, Silicon Valley entrepreneur and co-founder of Netscape[405]
Michael Arrington, founder and co-editor of blog TechCrunch[406]
Warren Buffett, investor and richest man in the world[407][408]
Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, co-founders of Ben & Jerry's[409][410]
Jax Desmond, Chairman and CEO of Jax Desmond Worldwide[citation needed]
Ari Emanuel, talent agent[411]
David Geffen, media executive, producer and philanthropist[352]
Nicholas A. B. Gray, owner of Gray's Papaya hot dog restaurant in New York City[412]
Gary Hirshberg, Chairman, President, and CEO of Stonyfield Farm[413][414]
Chris Hughes, co-founder of Facebook[415][416]
Sheila Johnson, co-founder of Black Entertainment Television[417]
Jeffrey Katzenberg, film producer and CEO of DreamWorks Animation[418]
Billy King, former general manager and team president of NBA team Philadelphia 76ers[419]
Alex Rigopulos, CEO of Harmonix Music Systems, company notable for creating Rock Band and Guitar Hero
Ned Lamont, founder of Lamont Digital Systems and former Senate candidate[420]
Edward Lewis, Chairman of Essence magazine and Latina magazine[421]
Brink Lindsey, Vice President of Research for the Cato Institute and editor of Cato Unbound[422]
William Louis-Dreyfus, billionaire New York financier[256]
Hugh McColl, former CEO, Bank of America
Rose McKinney-James, businesswoman and consultant[423]
Ken Mok, President of 10 x 10 Entertainment[234]
Elisabeth Murdoch, daughter of Rupert Murdoch and Chairman and CEO of Shine Limited[424]
Indra Nooyi, CEO of PepsiCo [425]
Dan Rooney, owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers of the NFL[426]
Hilary Rosen, on-air political and business analyst[427]
Eric Schmidt, Google Chairman and CEO [428]
Alan Solomont, Massachusetts philanthropist and fund-raiser[429]
George Soros, businessman and philanthropist[430]
Leigh Steinberg, sports agent[431]
John W. Thompson, CEO of Symantec[432]
Billy Vassiliadis, CEO of R&R Partners[423] [433]
David Voelker, owner and manager of Voelker Investments[434]
Craig Newmark, founder of website Craigslist[435]
Steve Westly, founding executive of eBay, managing partner of the Westly Group, and former California State Controller
Tye Webb, founder of MesmerizedbyTye Event Planning and Design, Atlanta Ga.
John Tucker, founder of J.K.Tech. Inc-Computer Management, Metro Detroit, Mi.
Bullwinkle J. Moose Endorses Obama.
Descendents of slaves owned by ancestors of John McCain will vote for Barack Obama
The descendants of slaves owned by ancestors of John McCain will vote for Barack Obama, it has emerged.
By Urmee Khan
Last Updated: 1:57PM BST 21 Oct 2008
Lillie McCain, 56, a professor of psychology in Flint, Michigan, traces her lineage from two of more than 120 black slaves before the end of the Civil War at Teoc, the Mississippi plantation owned by the family of Republican nominee John McCain's great-great-grandfather.
"I think that since we can't undo what has been done, that the most effective thing for us to do is figure out how to put things in perspective and go from there.
"To harbour anger and hostility and all that is counterproductive," she told the Wall Street Journal.
A cousin of Mr McCain still owns 1,500 acres of the original 2,000.
Mr McCain's younger brother, Joe, and other white McCains have attended family reunions organised by the African-American McCains.
Lillie McCain's family is descended from two slaves, named Isom and Lettie, according to interviews and examinations of family documents, county files and U.S. Census Bureau records.
According to members of the white McCain family, the plantation was purchased by Mr McCain's great-great-grandfather, William Alexander McCain, in 1851.
"We've had the pleasure of meeting Joe McCain," she said, "He attends the reunions at Teoc ... I haven't had the pleasure of meeting Senator McCain.
"I heard him say on, I believe it was Meet the Press, that his ancestors owned no slaves. Well, I certainly have carried the name McCain from the beginning of my life, and I've known the ties to John McCain, and have tried to get him to communicate with me about that, but he has been unwilling at least to date."
Miss McCain urged John McCain to "acknowledge the reality of the relationship that we hold."
"I am absolutely supporting Obama, and it's not because he's black," said Lillie. "It's because he is the best person at this time in our history."
The descendants of slaves owned by ancestors of John McCain will vote for Barack Obama, it has emerged.
By Urmee Khan
Last Updated: 1:57PM BST 21 Oct 2008
Lillie McCain, 56, a professor of psychology in Flint, Michigan, traces her lineage from two of more than 120 black slaves before the end of the Civil War at Teoc, the Mississippi plantation owned by the family of Republican nominee John McCain's great-great-grandfather.
"I think that since we can't undo what has been done, that the most effective thing for us to do is figure out how to put things in perspective and go from there.
"To harbour anger and hostility and all that is counterproductive," she told the Wall Street Journal.
A cousin of Mr McCain still owns 1,500 acres of the original 2,000.
Mr McCain's younger brother, Joe, and other white McCains have attended family reunions organised by the African-American McCains.
Lillie McCain's family is descended from two slaves, named Isom and Lettie, according to interviews and examinations of family documents, county files and U.S. Census Bureau records.
According to members of the white McCain family, the plantation was purchased by Mr McCain's great-great-grandfather, William Alexander McCain, in 1851.
"We've had the pleasure of meeting Joe McCain," she said, "He attends the reunions at Teoc ... I haven't had the pleasure of meeting Senator McCain.
"I heard him say on, I believe it was Meet the Press, that his ancestors owned no slaves. Well, I certainly have carried the name McCain from the beginning of my life, and I've known the ties to John McCain, and have tried to get him to communicate with me about that, but he has been unwilling at least to date."
Miss McCain urged John McCain to "acknowledge the reality of the relationship that we hold."
"I am absolutely supporting Obama, and it's not because he's black," said Lillie. "It's because he is the best person at this time in our history."
Scott McClellan, the former White House press secretary
(CNN) â?????? Scott McClellan, the former White House press secretary who sharply criticized President Bush in his memoir last spring, told CNN Thursday he's voting for Barack Obama.
"From the very beginning I have said I am going to support the candidate that has the best chance for changing the way Washington works and getting things done and I will be voting for Barack Obama and clapping," McClellan told new CNN Host D.L. Hughley
McClellan, a onetime Bush loyalist whose scathing critique of the president sent shock waves across Washington last spring, has long hinted he was leaning toward the Illinois senator.
"It's a message that is very similar to the one that Gov. Bush ran on in 2000," McClellan said in May about Obama's campaign.
McClellan isn't the first member of Bush's inner circle to express support for Obama. In 2007, former Bush strategist Matt Dowd also said he had become disillusioned with the president and said Obama was the only candidate that appealed to him.
The full interview will air on D.L. Hugley's new show, D.L. Hughley Breaks the News, Saturday at 10 p.m. ET. Hughley is also a guest of Larry King Live Friday at 9 p.m. ET.
(CNN) â?????? Scott McClellan, the former White House press secretary who sharply criticized President Bush in his memoir last spring, told CNN Thursday he's voting for Barack Obama.
"From the very beginning I have said I am going to support the candidate that has the best chance for changing the way Washington works and getting things done and I will be voting for Barack Obama and clapping," McClellan told new CNN Host D.L. Hughley
McClellan, a onetime Bush loyalist whose scathing critique of the president sent shock waves across Washington last spring, has long hinted he was leaning toward the Illinois senator.
"It's a message that is very similar to the one that Gov. Bush ran on in 2000," McClellan said in May about Obama's campaign.
McClellan isn't the first member of Bush's inner circle to express support for Obama. In 2007, former Bush strategist Matt Dowd also said he had become disillusioned with the president and said Obama was the only candidate that appealed to him.
The full interview will air on D.L. Hugley's new show, D.L. Hughley Breaks the News, Saturday at 10 p.m. ET. Hughley is also a guest of Larry King Live Friday at 9 p.m. ET.
New York Times Endorses Obama.
October 24, 2008
EDITORIAL
Barack Obama for President
Hyperbole is the currency of presidential campaigns, but this year the nationâ??????s future truly hangs in the balance.
The United States is battered and drifting after eight years of President Bushâ??????s failed leadership. He is saddling his successor with two wars, a scarred global image and a government systematically stripped of its ability to protect and help its citizens â?????? whether they are fleeing a hurricaneâ??????s floodwaters, searching for affordable health care or struggling to hold on to their homes, jobs, savings and pensions in the midst of a financial crisis that was foretold and preventable.
As tough as the times are, the selection of a new president is easy. After nearly two years of a grueling and ugly campaign, Senator Barack Obama of Illinois has proved that he is the right choice to be the 44th president of the United States.
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Mr. Obama has met challenge after challenge, growing as a leader and putting real flesh on his early promises of hope and change. He has shown a cool head and sound judgment. We believe he has the will and the ability to forge the broad political consensus that is essential to finding solutions to this nationâ??????s problems.
In the same time, Senator John McCain of Arizona has retreated farther and farther to the fringe of American politics, running a campaign on partisan division, class warfare and even hints of racism. His policies and worldview are mired in the past. His choice of a running mate so evidently unfit for the office was a final act of opportunism and bad judgment that eclipsed the accomplishments of 26 years in Congress.
Given the particularly ugly nature of Mr. McCainâ??????s campaign, the urge to choose on the basis of raw emotion is strong. But there is a greater value in looking closely at the facts of life in America today and at the prescriptions the candidates offer. The differences are profound.
Mr. McCain offers more of the Republican every-man-for-himself ideology, now lying in shards on Wall Street and in Americansâ?????? bank accounts. Mr. Obama has another vision of governmentâ??????s role and responsibilities.
In his convention speech in Denver, Mr. Obama said, â?????Government cannot solve all our problems, but what it should do is that which we cannot do for ourselves: protect us from harm and provide every child a decent education; keep our water clean and our toys safe; invest in new schools and new roads and new science and technology.â???
Since the financial crisis, he has correctly identified the abject failure of government regulation that has brought the markets to the brink of collapse.
The Economy
The American financial system is the victim of decades of Republican deregulatory and anti-tax policies. Those ideas have been proved wrong at an unfathomable price, but Mr. McCain â?????? a self-proclaimed â?????foot soldier in the Reagan revolutionâ??? â?????? is still a believer.
Mr. Obama sees that far-reaching reforms will be needed to protect Americans and American business.
Mr. McCain talks about reform a lot, but his vision is pinched. His answer to any economic question is to eliminate pork-barrel spending â?????? about $18 billion in a $3 trillion budget â?????? cut taxes and wait for unfettered markets to solve the problem.
Mr. Obama is clear that the nationâ??????s tax structure must be changed to make it fairer. That means the well-off Americans who have benefited disproportionately from Mr. Bushâ??????s tax cuts will have to pay some more. Working Americans, who have seen their standard of living fall and their childrenâ??????s options narrow, will benefit. Mr. Obama wants to raise the minimum wage and tie it to inflation, restore a climate in which workers are able to organize unions if they wish and expand educational opportunities.
Mr. McCain, who once opposed President Bushâ??????s tax cuts for the wealthy as fiscally irresponsible, now wants to make them permanent. And while he talks about keeping taxes low for everyone, his proposed cuts would overwhelmingly benefit the top 1 percent of Americans while digging the country into a deeper fiscal hole.
National Security
The American military â?????? its people and equipment â?????? is dangerously overstretched. Mr. Bush has neglected the necessary war in Afghanistan, which now threatens to spiral into defeat. The unnecessary and staggeringly costly war in Iraq must be ended as quickly and responsibly as possible.
While Iraqâ??????s leaders insist on a swift drawdown of American troops and a deadline for the end of the occupation, Mr. McCain is still talking about some ill-defined â?????victory.â??? As a result, he has offered no real plan for extracting American troops and limiting any further damage to Iraq and its neighbors.
Mr. Obama was an early and thoughtful opponent of the war in Iraq, and he has presented a military and diplomatic plan for withdrawing American forces. Mr. Obama also has correctly warned that until the Pentagon starts pulling troops out of Iraq, there will not be enough troops to defeat the Taliban and Al Qaeda in Afghanistan.
Mr. McCain, like Mr. Bush, has only belatedly focused on Afghanistanâ??????s dangerous unraveling and the threat that neighboring Pakistan may quickly follow.
Mr. Obama would have a learning curve on foreign affairs, but he has already showed sounder judgment than his opponent on these critical issues. His choice of Senator Joseph Biden â?????? who has deep foreign-policy expertise â?????? as his running mate is another sign of that sound judgment. Mr. McCainâ??????s long interest in foreign policy and the many dangers this country now faces make his choice of Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska more irresponsible.
Both presidential candidates talk about strengthening alliances in Europe and Asia, including NATO, and strongly support Israel. Both candidates talk about repairing Americaâ??????s image in the world. But it seems clear to us that Mr. Obama is far more likely to do that â?????? and not just because the first black president would present a new American face to the world.
Mr. Obama wants to reform the United Nations, while Mr. McCain wants to create a new entity, the League of Democracies â?????? a move that would incite even fiercer anti-American furies around the world.
Unfortunately, Mr. McCain, like Mr. Bush, sees the world as divided into friends (like Georgia) and adversaries (like Russia). He proposed kicking Russia out of the Group of 8 industrialized nations even before the invasion of Georgia. We have no sympathy for Moscowâ??????s bullying, but we also have no desire to replay the cold war. The United States must find a way to constrain the Russiansâ?????? worst impulses, while preserving the ability to work with them on arms control and other vital initiatives.
Both candidates talk tough on terrorism, and neither has ruled out military action to end Iranâ??????s nuclear weapons program. But Mr. Obama has called for a serious effort to try to wean Tehran from its nuclear ambitions with more credible diplomatic overtures and tougher sanctions. Mr. McCainâ??????s willingness to joke about bombing Iran was frightening.
The Constitution and the Rule of Law
Under Mr. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the justice system and the separation of powers have come under relentless attack. Mr. Bush chose to exploit the tragedy of Sept. 11, 2001, the moment in which he looked like the president of a unified nation, to try to place himself above the law.
Mr. Bush has arrogated the power to imprison men without charges and browbeat Congress into granting an unfettered authority to spy on Americans. He has created untold numbers of â?????blackâ??? programs, including secret prisons and outsourced torture. The president has issued hundreds, if not thousands, of secret orders. We fear it will take years of forensic research to discover how many basic rights have been violated.
Both candidates have renounced torture and are committed to closing the prison camp in Guant??¡namo Bay, Cuba.
But Mr. Obama has gone beyond that, promising to identify and correct Mr. Bushâ??????s attacks on the democratic system. Mr. McCain has been silent on the subject.
Mr. McCain improved protections for detainees. But then he helped the White House push through the appalling Military Commissions Act of 2006, which denied detainees the right to a hearing in a real court and put Washington in conflict with the Geneva Conventions, greatly increasing the risk to American troops.
The next president will have the chance to appoint one or more justices to a Supreme Court that is on the brink of being dominated by a radical right wing. Mr. Obama may appoint less liberal judges than some of his followers might like, but Mr. McCain is certain to pick rigid ideologues. He has said he would never appoint a judge who believes in womenâ??????s reproductive rights.
The Candidates
It will be an enormous challenge just to get the nation back to where it was before Mr. Bush, to begin to mend its image in the world and to restore its self-confidence and its self-respect. Doing all of that, and leading America forward, will require strength of will, character and intellect, sober judgment and a cool, steady hand.
Mr. Obama has those qualities in abundance. Watching him being tested in the campaign has long since erased the reservations that led us to endorse Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton in the Democratic primaries. He has drawn in legions of new voters with powerful messages of hope and possibility and calls for shared sacrifice and social responsibility.
Mr. McCain, whom we chose as the best Republican nominee in the primaries, has spent the last coins of his reputation for principle and sound judgment to placate the limitless demands and narrow vision of the far-right wing. His righteous fury at being driven out of the 2000 primaries on a racist tide aimed at his adopted daughter has been replaced by a zealous embrace of those same win-at-all-costs tactics and tacticians.
He surrendered his standing as an independent thinker in his rush to embrace Mr. Bushâ??????s misbegotten tax policies and to abandon his leadership position on climate change and immigration reform.
Mr. McCain could have seized the high ground on energy and the environment. Earlier in his career, he offered the first plausible bill to control Americaâ??????s emissions of greenhouse gases. Now his positions are a caricature of that record: think Ms. Palin leading chants of â?????drill, baby, drill.â???
Mr. Obama has endorsed some offshore drilling, but as part of a comprehensive strategy including big investments in new, clean technologies.
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Mr. Obama has withstood some of the toughest campaign attacks ever mounted against a candidate. Heâ??????s been called un-American and accused of hiding a secret Islamic faith. The Republicans have linked him to domestic terrorists and questioned his wifeâ??????s love of her country. Ms. Palin has also questioned millions of Americansâ?????? patriotism, calling Republican-leaning states â?????pro-America.â???
This politics of fear, division and character assassination helped Mr. Bush drive Mr. McCain from the 2000 Republican primaries and defeat Senator John Kerry in 2004. It has been the dominant theme of his failed presidency.
The nationâ??????s problems are simply too grave to be reduced to slashing â?????robo-callsâ??? and negative ads. This country needs sensible leadership, compassionate leadership, honest leadership and strong leadership. Barack Obama has shown that he has all of those qualities.
October 24, 2008
EDITORIAL
Barack Obama for President
Hyperbole is the currency of presidential campaigns, but this year the nationâ??????s future truly hangs in the balance.
The United States is battered and drifting after eight years of President Bushâ??????s failed leadership. He is saddling his successor with two wars, a scarred global image and a government systematically stripped of its ability to protect and help its citizens â?????? whether they are fleeing a hurricaneâ??????s floodwaters, searching for affordable health care or struggling to hold on to their homes, jobs, savings and pensions in the midst of a financial crisis that was foretold and preventable.
As tough as the times are, the selection of a new president is easy. After nearly two years of a grueling and ugly campaign, Senator Barack Obama of Illinois has proved that he is the right choice to be the 44th president of the United States.
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Mr. Obama has met challenge after challenge, growing as a leader and putting real flesh on his early promises of hope and change. He has shown a cool head and sound judgment. We believe he has the will and the ability to forge the broad political consensus that is essential to finding solutions to this nationâ??????s problems.
In the same time, Senator John McCain of Arizona has retreated farther and farther to the fringe of American politics, running a campaign on partisan division, class warfare and even hints of racism. His policies and worldview are mired in the past. His choice of a running mate so evidently unfit for the office was a final act of opportunism and bad judgment that eclipsed the accomplishments of 26 years in Congress.
Given the particularly ugly nature of Mr. McCainâ??????s campaign, the urge to choose on the basis of raw emotion is strong. But there is a greater value in looking closely at the facts of life in America today and at the prescriptions the candidates offer. The differences are profound.
Mr. McCain offers more of the Republican every-man-for-himself ideology, now lying in shards on Wall Street and in Americansâ?????? bank accounts. Mr. Obama has another vision of governmentâ??????s role and responsibilities.
In his convention speech in Denver, Mr. Obama said, â?????Government cannot solve all our problems, but what it should do is that which we cannot do for ourselves: protect us from harm and provide every child a decent education; keep our water clean and our toys safe; invest in new schools and new roads and new science and technology.â???
Since the financial crisis, he has correctly identified the abject failure of government regulation that has brought the markets to the brink of collapse.
The Economy
The American financial system is the victim of decades of Republican deregulatory and anti-tax policies. Those ideas have been proved wrong at an unfathomable price, but Mr. McCain â?????? a self-proclaimed â?????foot soldier in the Reagan revolutionâ??? â?????? is still a believer.
Mr. Obama sees that far-reaching reforms will be needed to protect Americans and American business.
Mr. McCain talks about reform a lot, but his vision is pinched. His answer to any economic question is to eliminate pork-barrel spending â?????? about $18 billion in a $3 trillion budget â?????? cut taxes and wait for unfettered markets to solve the problem.
Mr. Obama is clear that the nationâ??????s tax structure must be changed to make it fairer. That means the well-off Americans who have benefited disproportionately from Mr. Bushâ??????s tax cuts will have to pay some more. Working Americans, who have seen their standard of living fall and their childrenâ??????s options narrow, will benefit. Mr. Obama wants to raise the minimum wage and tie it to inflation, restore a climate in which workers are able to organize unions if they wish and expand educational opportunities.
Mr. McCain, who once opposed President Bushâ??????s tax cuts for the wealthy as fiscally irresponsible, now wants to make them permanent. And while he talks about keeping taxes low for everyone, his proposed cuts would overwhelmingly benefit the top 1 percent of Americans while digging the country into a deeper fiscal hole.
National Security
The American military â?????? its people and equipment â?????? is dangerously overstretched. Mr. Bush has neglected the necessary war in Afghanistan, which now threatens to spiral into defeat. The unnecessary and staggeringly costly war in Iraq must be ended as quickly and responsibly as possible.
While Iraqâ??????s leaders insist on a swift drawdown of American troops and a deadline for the end of the occupation, Mr. McCain is still talking about some ill-defined â?????victory.â??? As a result, he has offered no real plan for extracting American troops and limiting any further damage to Iraq and its neighbors.
Mr. Obama was an early and thoughtful opponent of the war in Iraq, and he has presented a military and diplomatic plan for withdrawing American forces. Mr. Obama also has correctly warned that until the Pentagon starts pulling troops out of Iraq, there will not be enough troops to defeat the Taliban and Al Qaeda in Afghanistan.
Mr. McCain, like Mr. Bush, has only belatedly focused on Afghanistanâ??????s dangerous unraveling and the threat that neighboring Pakistan may quickly follow.
Mr. Obama would have a learning curve on foreign affairs, but he has already showed sounder judgment than his opponent on these critical issues. His choice of Senator Joseph Biden â?????? who has deep foreign-policy expertise â?????? as his running mate is another sign of that sound judgment. Mr. McCainâ??????s long interest in foreign policy and the many dangers this country now faces make his choice of Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska more irresponsible.
Both presidential candidates talk about strengthening alliances in Europe and Asia, including NATO, and strongly support Israel. Both candidates talk about repairing Americaâ??????s image in the world. But it seems clear to us that Mr. Obama is far more likely to do that â?????? and not just because the first black president would present a new American face to the world.
Mr. Obama wants to reform the United Nations, while Mr. McCain wants to create a new entity, the League of Democracies â?????? a move that would incite even fiercer anti-American furies around the world.
Unfortunately, Mr. McCain, like Mr. Bush, sees the world as divided into friends (like Georgia) and adversaries (like Russia). He proposed kicking Russia out of the Group of 8 industrialized nations even before the invasion of Georgia. We have no sympathy for Moscowâ??????s bullying, but we also have no desire to replay the cold war. The United States must find a way to constrain the Russiansâ?????? worst impulses, while preserving the ability to work with them on arms control and other vital initiatives.
Both candidates talk tough on terrorism, and neither has ruled out military action to end Iranâ??????s nuclear weapons program. But Mr. Obama has called for a serious effort to try to wean Tehran from its nuclear ambitions with more credible diplomatic overtures and tougher sanctions. Mr. McCainâ??????s willingness to joke about bombing Iran was frightening.
The Constitution and the Rule of Law
Under Mr. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the justice system and the separation of powers have come under relentless attack. Mr. Bush chose to exploit the tragedy of Sept. 11, 2001, the moment in which he looked like the president of a unified nation, to try to place himself above the law.
Mr. Bush has arrogated the power to imprison men without charges and browbeat Congress into granting an unfettered authority to spy on Americans. He has created untold numbers of â?????blackâ??? programs, including secret prisons and outsourced torture. The president has issued hundreds, if not thousands, of secret orders. We fear it will take years of forensic research to discover how many basic rights have been violated.
Both candidates have renounced torture and are committed to closing the prison camp in Guant??¡namo Bay, Cuba.
But Mr. Obama has gone beyond that, promising to identify and correct Mr. Bushâ??????s attacks on the democratic system. Mr. McCain has been silent on the subject.
Mr. McCain improved protections for detainees. But then he helped the White House push through the appalling Military Commissions Act of 2006, which denied detainees the right to a hearing in a real court and put Washington in conflict with the Geneva Conventions, greatly increasing the risk to American troops.
The next president will have the chance to appoint one or more justices to a Supreme Court that is on the brink of being dominated by a radical right wing. Mr. Obama may appoint less liberal judges than some of his followers might like, but Mr. McCain is certain to pick rigid ideologues. He has said he would never appoint a judge who believes in womenâ??????s reproductive rights.
The Candidates
It will be an enormous challenge just to get the nation back to where it was before Mr. Bush, to begin to mend its image in the world and to restore its self-confidence and its self-respect. Doing all of that, and leading America forward, will require strength of will, character and intellect, sober judgment and a cool, steady hand.
Mr. Obama has those qualities in abundance. Watching him being tested in the campaign has long since erased the reservations that led us to endorse Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton in the Democratic primaries. He has drawn in legions of new voters with powerful messages of hope and possibility and calls for shared sacrifice and social responsibility.
Mr. McCain, whom we chose as the best Republican nominee in the primaries, has spent the last coins of his reputation for principle and sound judgment to placate the limitless demands and narrow vision of the far-right wing. His righteous fury at being driven out of the 2000 primaries on a racist tide aimed at his adopted daughter has been replaced by a zealous embrace of those same win-at-all-costs tactics and tacticians.
He surrendered his standing as an independent thinker in his rush to embrace Mr. Bushâ??????s misbegotten tax policies and to abandon his leadership position on climate change and immigration reform.
Mr. McCain could have seized the high ground on energy and the environment. Earlier in his career, he offered the first plausible bill to control Americaâ??????s emissions of greenhouse gases. Now his positions are a caricature of that record: think Ms. Palin leading chants of â?????drill, baby, drill.â???
Mr. Obama has endorsed some offshore drilling, but as part of a comprehensive strategy including big investments in new, clean technologies.
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Mr. Obama has withstood some of the toughest campaign attacks ever mounted against a candidate. Heâ??????s been called un-American and accused of hiding a secret Islamic faith. The Republicans have linked him to domestic terrorists and questioned his wifeâ??????s love of her country. Ms. Palin has also questioned millions of Americansâ?????? patriotism, calling Republican-leaning states â?????pro-America.â???
This politics of fear, division and character assassination helped Mr. Bush drive Mr. McCain from the 2000 Republican primaries and defeat Senator John Kerry in 2004. It has been the dominant theme of his failed presidency.
The nationâ??????s problems are simply too grave to be reduced to slashing â?????robo-callsâ??? and negative ads. This country needs sensible leadership, compassionate leadership, honest leadership and strong leadership. Barack Obama has shown that he has all of those qualities.
Anchorage Daily News endorses Obama
Obama for president
Palin's rise captivates us but nation needs a steady hand
(10/25/08 19:37:58)
Alaska enters its 50th-anniversary year in the glow of an improbable and highly memorable event: the nomination of Gov. Sarah Palin as the Republican vice presidential candidate. For the first time ever, an Alaskan is making a serious bid for national office, and in doing so she brings broad attention and recognition not only to herself, but also to the state she leads.
Alaska's founders were optimistic people, but even the most farsighted might have been stretched to imagine this scenario. No matter the outcome in November, this election will mark a signal moment in the history of the 49th state. Many Alaskans are proud to see their governor, and their state, so prominent on the national stage.
Gov. Palin's nomination clearly alters the landscape for Alaskans as we survey this race for the presidency -- but it does not overwhelm all other judgment. The election, after all is said and done, is not about Sarah Palin, and our sober view is that her running mate, Sen. John McCain, is the wrong choice for president at this critical time for our nation.
Sen. Barack Obama, the Democratic nominee, brings far more promise to the office. In a time of grave economic crisis, he displays thoughtful analysis, enlists wise counsel and operates with a cool, steady hand. The same cannot be said of Sen. McCain.
Since his early acknowledgement that economic policy is not his strong suit, Sen. McCain has stumbled and fumbled badly in dealing with the accelerating crisis as it emerged. He declared that "the fundamentals of our economy are strong" at 9 a.m. one day and by 11 a.m. was describing an economy in crisis. He is both a longtime advocate of less market regulation and a supporter of the huge taxpayer-funded Wall Street bailout. His behavior in this crisis -- erratic is a kind description -- shows him to be ill-equipped to lead the essential effort of reining in a runaway financial system and setting an anxious nation on course to economic recovery.
Sen. Obama warned regulators and the nation 19 months ago that the subprime lending crisis was a disaster in the making. Sen. McCain backed tighter rules for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, but didn't do much to advance that legislation. Of the two candidates, Sen. Obama better understands the mortgage meltdown's root causes and has the judgment and intelligence to shape a solution, as well as the leadership to rally the country behind it. It is easy to look at Sen. Obama and see a return to the smart, bipartisan economic policies of the last Democratic administration in Washington, which left the country with the momentum of growth and a budget surplus that President George Bush has squandered.
On the most important issue of the day, Sen. Obama is a clear choice.
Sen. McCain describes himself as a maverick, by which he seems to mean that he spent 25 years trying unsuccessfully to persuade his own party to follow his bipartisan, centrist lead. Sadly, maverick John McCain didn't show up for the campaign. Instead we have candidate McCain, who embraces the extreme Republican orthodoxy he once resisted and cynically asks Americans to buy for another four years.
It is Sen. Obama who truly promises fundamental change in Washington. You need look no further than the guilt-by-association lies and sound-bite distortions of the degenerating McCain campaign to see how readily he embraces the divisive, fear-mongering tactics of Karl Rove. And while Sen. McCain points to the fragile success of the troop surge in stabilizing conditions in Iraq, it is also plain that he was fundamentally wrong about the more crucial early decisions. Contrary to his assurances, we were not greeted as liberators; it was not a short, easy war; and Americans -- not Iraqi oil -- have had to pay for it. It was Sen. Obama who more clearly saw the danger ahead.
The unqualified endorsement of Sen. Obama by a seasoned, respected soldier and diplomat like Gen. Colin Powell, a Republican icon, should reassure all Americans that the Democratic candidate will pass muster as commander in chief.
On a matter of parochial interest, Sen. Obama opposes the opening of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, but so does Sen. McCain. We think both are wrong, and hope a President Obama can be convinced to support environmentally responsible development of that resource.
Gov. Palin has shown the country why she has been so successful in her young political career. Passionate, charismatic and indefatigable, she draws huge crowds and sows excitement in her wake. She has made it clear she's a force to be reckoned with, and you can be sure politicians and political professionals across the country have taken note. Her future, in Alaska and on the national stage, seems certain to be played out in the limelight.
Yet despite her formidable gifts, few who have worked closely with the governor would argue she is truly ready to assume command of the most important, powerful nation on earth. To step in and juggle the demands of an economic meltdown, two deadly wars and a deteriorating climate crisis would stretch the governor beyond her range. Like picking Sen. McCain for president, putting her one 72-year-old heartbeat from the leadership of the free world is just too risky at this time.
Obama for president
Palin's rise captivates us but nation needs a steady hand
(10/25/08 19:37:58)
Alaska enters its 50th-anniversary year in the glow of an improbable and highly memorable event: the nomination of Gov. Sarah Palin as the Republican vice presidential candidate. For the first time ever, an Alaskan is making a serious bid for national office, and in doing so she brings broad attention and recognition not only to herself, but also to the state she leads.
Alaska's founders were optimistic people, but even the most farsighted might have been stretched to imagine this scenario. No matter the outcome in November, this election will mark a signal moment in the history of the 49th state. Many Alaskans are proud to see their governor, and their state, so prominent on the national stage.
Gov. Palin's nomination clearly alters the landscape for Alaskans as we survey this race for the presidency -- but it does not overwhelm all other judgment. The election, after all is said and done, is not about Sarah Palin, and our sober view is that her running mate, Sen. John McCain, is the wrong choice for president at this critical time for our nation.
Sen. Barack Obama, the Democratic nominee, brings far more promise to the office. In a time of grave economic crisis, he displays thoughtful analysis, enlists wise counsel and operates with a cool, steady hand. The same cannot be said of Sen. McCain.
Since his early acknowledgement that economic policy is not his strong suit, Sen. McCain has stumbled and fumbled badly in dealing with the accelerating crisis as it emerged. He declared that "the fundamentals of our economy are strong" at 9 a.m. one day and by 11 a.m. was describing an economy in crisis. He is both a longtime advocate of less market regulation and a supporter of the huge taxpayer-funded Wall Street bailout. His behavior in this crisis -- erratic is a kind description -- shows him to be ill-equipped to lead the essential effort of reining in a runaway financial system and setting an anxious nation on course to economic recovery.
Sen. Obama warned regulators and the nation 19 months ago that the subprime lending crisis was a disaster in the making. Sen. McCain backed tighter rules for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, but didn't do much to advance that legislation. Of the two candidates, Sen. Obama better understands the mortgage meltdown's root causes and has the judgment and intelligence to shape a solution, as well as the leadership to rally the country behind it. It is easy to look at Sen. Obama and see a return to the smart, bipartisan economic policies of the last Democratic administration in Washington, which left the country with the momentum of growth and a budget surplus that President George Bush has squandered.
On the most important issue of the day, Sen. Obama is a clear choice.
Sen. McCain describes himself as a maverick, by which he seems to mean that he spent 25 years trying unsuccessfully to persuade his own party to follow his bipartisan, centrist lead. Sadly, maverick John McCain didn't show up for the campaign. Instead we have candidate McCain, who embraces the extreme Republican orthodoxy he once resisted and cynically asks Americans to buy for another four years.
It is Sen. Obama who truly promises fundamental change in Washington. You need look no further than the guilt-by-association lies and sound-bite distortions of the degenerating McCain campaign to see how readily he embraces the divisive, fear-mongering tactics of Karl Rove. And while Sen. McCain points to the fragile success of the troop surge in stabilizing conditions in Iraq, it is also plain that he was fundamentally wrong about the more crucial early decisions. Contrary to his assurances, we were not greeted as liberators; it was not a short, easy war; and Americans -- not Iraqi oil -- have had to pay for it. It was Sen. Obama who more clearly saw the danger ahead.
The unqualified endorsement of Sen. Obama by a seasoned, respected soldier and diplomat like Gen. Colin Powell, a Republican icon, should reassure all Americans that the Democratic candidate will pass muster as commander in chief.
On a matter of parochial interest, Sen. Obama opposes the opening of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, but so does Sen. McCain. We think both are wrong, and hope a President Obama can be convinced to support environmentally responsible development of that resource.
Gov. Palin has shown the country why she has been so successful in her young political career. Passionate, charismatic and indefatigable, she draws huge crowds and sows excitement in her wake. She has made it clear she's a force to be reckoned with, and you can be sure politicians and political professionals across the country have taken note. Her future, in Alaska and on the national stage, seems certain to be played out in the limelight.
Yet despite her formidable gifts, few who have worked closely with the governor would argue she is truly ready to assume command of the most important, powerful nation on earth. To step in and juggle the demands of an economic meltdown, two deadly wars and a deteriorating climate crisis would stretch the governor beyond her range. Like picking Sen. McCain for president, putting her one 72-year-old heartbeat from the leadership of the free world is just too risky at this time.
This doesn't sound good.
As opposed to a one-term Senator who spent half of his time in the Senate campaigning for the Presidency? Who sought out extremists and racists like Wright, Pfleger, Rashid Khalidi, and Ayers. Who advocates redistributing the wealth, advocates increasing government control of healthcare, insurance, and the economy. Who took more money from Fannie Mae than any other Senator besides Christopher Dodd. Who worked with ACORN, whos campaign gave money to ACORN, which is currently committing voter fraud on an unprecendent scale and actively lobbied for "affordable housing" that created the mortage mess we are in.
Sat in a church for 20 years and had no idea Wright was spewing that garbage, is he a liar or moron?
Assume he had no idea about Ayers whatsoever, or Wright, or Pfleger, etc. Why is it that those people would want to ally themselves and support HIM? Ayers openly hates this country, openly advocates his support of communism, and thinks its perfectly ok to attack this country with explosives "Guilty as sin, free as a bird" his own words. Why does Ayers support Obama? Why did he seek him out at an early point in his career?
Do you think its good policy to want to raise capital gains taxes, despite being told that in the past raising taxes -decreases- revenues, because its more "fair" according to Dear Leader Obama?
Do you think a token one-time $3,000 tax credit for creating a job is going to offset the salary and labor burden of a full-time employee? Do you think this would have ANY effect, especially when the marginal rates are increasing, and profitability beyond this evil "$250,000" will be more difficult?
Subsidize the unemployed class and destroy the job-creating organizations and individuals. Is this a good idea?
Sat in a church for 20 years and had no idea Wright was spewing that garbage, is he a liar or moron?
Assume he had no idea about Ayers whatsoever, or Wright, or Pfleger, etc. Why is it that those people would want to ally themselves and support HIM? Ayers openly hates this country, openly advocates his support of communism, and thinks its perfectly ok to attack this country with explosives "Guilty as sin, free as a bird" his own words. Why does Ayers support Obama? Why did he seek him out at an early point in his career?
Do you think its good policy to want to raise capital gains taxes, despite being told that in the past raising taxes -decreases- revenues, because its more "fair" according to Dear Leader Obama?
Do you think a token one-time $3,000 tax credit for creating a job is going to offset the salary and labor burden of a full-time employee? Do you think this would have ANY effect, especially when the marginal rates are increasing, and profitability beyond this evil "$250,000" will be more difficult?
Subsidize the unemployed class and destroy the job-creating organizations and individuals. Is this a good idea?
All of the tax credits he is proposing will not do one damn thing to encourage production. Decreasing marginal rates encourages production. A tax-credit is a give-away. A marginal rate cut allows you to keep more of what you earn. ECO 101.
Not to mention his promises are meaningless--just like his public financing pledge.
Not to mention his promises are meaningless--just like his public financing pledge.
Terry Tate endorses Obama.
She is easy on the eyes but to listen to her is another thing, Katie asks a her a simple question and she makes it into 1000 word essay instead of just saying 2 words like Readers Digest.
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She is easy on the eyes but to listen to her is another thing, Katie asks a her a simple question and she makes it into 1000 word essay instead of just saying 2 words like Readers Digest.
