Obama Slams Republicans on Economy

[MrBolas33]

This fucking mook is nothing but a chimp in an expensive suit.

[aca319ca]

40-50,000 he has no clue. he never did. i would love to hear his answers but he has none. i am still waiting for his"i am gonna make jobs my number one priority" . i heard that speech twice, remember?

[Txsray]

And sure enough Obama got elected on the basis of personality, not issues.

And he doesn't do much talking about the wars, the economy, or other issue either;

And he has kept nearly all of the Bush evils. Guantanamo, Iraq, Afghanistan.....

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.

[LudicrousScotty101]

heh heh gotta love Obamas exposing the crooked politicians.

[wetweasel56]

Obama tells Republicans to stop blocking job efforts. Hmmm. Obama has the power with one pen stroke to make E-Verify, which is 99% effective, mandatory for all businesses in America. That simple step alone would open up 12 million jobs that illegals have that Americans could get back.

Obama! Why are you allowing 12 million people in this country illegally to have jobs while 15+ million American citizens are out of work?

[dominikopaleton]

poor guy!!!!!

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[dominikopaleton]

poor guy!!!!!

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[dominikopaleton]

poor gay!!!!

[MetallicTempest]

What a load of shit, he hasn't offered solutions either. Democrats just say they want world peace and for everyone to be happy but they never suggest how. they sound like the dumb girls ona beauty pageant.

[winisterling]

And guess what? The campaign really was about "empty suit's" personality. Those who voted for Obama's charisma got a lot of socialist personality.

[raypepeeves]

thats why our economy is good right now!

obama fail

[irdc1]

guys check out dcdoublefact just type that in the search box you will enjoy it.. its an obama slam

[cliffkemp]

I thought it was sad that Obama could not/ would not tell anyone after being called on it 3 times by McCain what the penalty would be for small businesses not insuring their employees and he did not even denounce that it was a lie. He just would not say a number. guess going to have to look that one up too. Obama=socialism its not going to work.

[smrio]

fuck it, I cant wait until a cat. 5 hurricane hits D.C..

[smrio]

Well, retarded people R running the country, what do U expect? The leaders can't move past or figure out a way to evolve away from satiating greed. Were going to be stuck in this situation right now for at least a couple of decades. There is going to be no free health care & natl debt goes up. Everybody on wall st & congress r to blame. Rep. & democrats.

[cliffkemp]

doesnt need to be free healthcare

[smrio]

of course not. Congress isnt that stupid, neither is wall st.

[smrio]

Now that I think about it cliffkemp. we native americans do have free health care, but up to a certain point. The way its constructed is basicly, med students who have incurred loan debt., pay it off by going to our Indian hospital in phoenix az. & working there. So in effect they put their knowledge to good use, gain experience & help the community + pay off some loan. Our people R at the bottom unfortunatley, & this is a way for the govt. to help. I appreciate our govt by doing that.

[smrio]

but for like dental, we have to pay more like everybody else for braces, teeth whitening, caps. But fillings, root canals or real emergency stuff, they will help us out for free. But me personally, although its free, I still try to get benefits with my job & just go that route. The number of people who really need help, from what I see R Single moms, elderly, handicapped or people who R just starting out & their jobs dont offer health benefits.

[cliffkemp]

Business are reducing, if not doing away with benefits cause of people abusing them. Just like antibiotics were abused in the 50s, now people are not using benefits as they were meant. I agree with you that some people cannot help it and that is where the gvt should step in for those that truly need help. Just as welfare and food stamps are needed by some, others abuse it and drive up the cost and taxes thinking they are beating the system. They are hurting everyone

[cliffkemp]

when people work for things, they appreciate it more. If you socialize healthcare, for everyone, it will be a mess just like it is in europe. Also, people will go to the doc on the first sign of sneezing. History shows just how bad things will get when the gvt takes from the people and gives to the people that take advantage of something that was meant to help, not fix.

[smrio]

intersting, I for one, need glasses. It aint cheap for someone like me to go out & buy shades. I have to pay over a $110 for a pair of prescription shades, let alone getting an eye exam $50-$60. Being sight challenged, really is a draw back for me & others.

I'm definitely keepin an open mind on this, I just hope someone up there figures a way to solve this problem & make it a little easier in some avenues of health care.

[cliffkemp]

Tell me about it. My two daughters wear contacts/glasses and I do as well. Problem is, when the healthcare system is nationalized, you end up paying more for less service. Reason, they will have to tax people in order to service all the people that qualify for free heathcare and they will abuse the system to the point it is now with other things. Its really not worth it. I would rather pay for my kids needs and not millions of others that may be taking advantage of my tax dollars.

[FinsterFlummoxing]

I'm tired of the GOP ideal of privatizing profits while socializing costs. (Read AIG, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac) I don't like the bailing out of these poorly run, mismanaged, publicly held, companies who are guilty of corporate avarice and capitalist malfeasance. It amounts to welfare for the rich.

[cliffkemp]

socializing costs are liberals ideas. the believe that everyone should be equal and not have to work as hard and 'share' the wealth. I do agree that they should not be bailed out and the CEO/CFO should go to trial and have their assets taken. Look at Enron, they went to trial, Mae and Mac just get a couple mil pay to leave. Retarded.

[smrio]

Sorry man but obama isnt going to do squat.

He may get elected, but he aint my president. McCain is a way better elect, but as long as hes been around, he hasnt come up with revolutionary ideas to really give congress the enema it needs. We need a pissed off grandparent like mike gravel N the oval office, someone who was sick & tired of wallstreet bumping & grinding w/ congress.

[grazzellian]

Obama has vision. He leads, McCain copies. He's been propositioning the gov't not to take their eyes off the Talibans. Today they're there now. He opposed the war and proposed withdrawal of the troops. Today, every political profiteers is jumping on the bandwagon. McCaricature was the presumptive nominee long before Barack. He was doddering around, unable to make a pick and when he did, he picked a Pig in lipstick or it is the other way round? McCain is a clueless zombie. Obama - Biden 08 Wins

[cliffkemp]

Obama has done nothing. He is a socialist. He doesnt understand economics at all and what it takes to fix things. He is just popular cause he says what people want to hear but can do nothing he promises.

[cliffkemp]

If that happens God help us for the crap they will get us into.

[fooschnikens]

All Republicans care about is their money, they don't give a shit about helping people less fortunate or helping the environment. I hope all you Republican bastards rot in hell.

[cliffkemp]

Depends on your def of less fortunate. those that had no control, help them, those that are there cause they are stupid, teach them and quit feeling sorry for them. Truth is hard to swallow for many people.

[fmikha7]

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[smrio]

We've been in this National Debt for over 100 years. I think it would be wise to take that issue head on. Thats one problem that will be around for generations, both parties HAVE to work together on it for the gr8er good. Its 1 of the ways our economy can start turning itself around & some SO called fortune 500 companies and the top billionaire(s) companies & corporations need to give back at some point.

[smrio]

I agree, he will only influence, not command and take certain control. All Obama is, is a head dress. He wants to be in the spot light and have the power. He doesnt know anything except what he learned in college, which is law. He is lacking in so many areas.

[Teriyaki07]

For hundreds of years, societies all over the world have protected borrowers by limiting interest rates charged by lenders.

But in today's credit card market, American borrowers are on their own.

If you truly want to raise up the middle class, create a national usury law and cap consumer credit card rates at 15 percent or lower.

High CC interest rates are raping Americans and crippling our economy. Impending foreclosures have maxed out credit cards, trapping consumers in a never ending cycle

[cliffkemp]

partly true

[Cohort227]

If you want to know what screwed up the economy look up. Glass Steagall

[cliffkemp]

Case in point about the democrats in general, they are wanting to bail out all these companies that made stupid decisions and in doing so, the taxpayers pick up the tab every time they do this. Why are the CEOs not on trial like the Enron CEOs were? Why should we pick up the burden of someones stupid decisions. Obama is going to do just that with many gvt programs and make some new ones that will cause more taxes for all of us. He already said he was going to. this what you all want?

[cheapRoc]

Your a fool if you think half the shit Obama is saying right now will actually be passed through when he arrives in Washington. Its never about what he's going to do for you, its how he's going to get you to put him in power.

For 19months the Democrats have had control of congress... did they warn us ever about the terrible credit mania going on in this country? Nope... How about the head of Fannie/Freddie, Rep. Barney Frank presided over them.... did he say anything about them falling? Nope...

[cliffkemp]

That was partly my point. Even if he was elected doesnt mean that we will pass what he wants but does mean that it is more possible for him to influence them to pass some of his crap. Obama doesnt even understand taxes and economics. Its not the first time for feddie and fannie either nor the automakers either. It is ashame that people are so uniformed about the past 25 years. I remember much of the stuff even as a kid.

[cliffkemp]

So again tell me how Obama, unknown to just about everyone at the time, raised 2x as much money as Hillary, x first lady to one of the most scandalas presidents we had to outright lie about something he did? McCain fought for the country, didnt leave when he could have cause he was doing the right thing, went against many of the republican fundamental that he knew were not in the best interests of the people. Obama is a socialist and is not good for us plain and simple.

[uncannyb]

Wake up America.... there are mutha fucking snakes, on the mutha fucking plane!...... and they are Republican.

McCain/Palin. Same shit. Different Bush.

[cliffkemp]

The recession we are in right now is a direct result of Congress not doing what the people ask. The democrats are in control of congress as of right now and have been the last 2 years and the economy is going to shams because of that. Believe what you want to, the facts tell the story. Watch a little Glen Beck and get the other side of the stories and know the truth is in the middle but, truth is if you let congress/gvt have too much control, its not good. Obama wants socialism through taxing.

[wizzallace]

you suck son.

ron paul rules

[cliffkemp]

Next time you want to blame Bush, go to you local school system and read about how a bill is made into law. CONGRESS writes the laws, Bush passes them but doesnt have line item veto. Bush does the best he can with what comes across his desk. those bills were written by congress. the last 3 years congress has done nothing to help with the economy, think about it. the media just has to whisper oil is up a penny and gas stations are going up on gas. Liberal media and congress; great combo there.

[cliffkemp]

Congress had hearings on Enron and others. WHERE are the hearings on Freddie Mac, Fannie May, Oh yeah, congress is Democraps right now and just went on vacation and just now came back and still has not done a thing. Problem is, the demorcrats wont hold anyone accountable for something unless there is a repulican involved then they are all over it. Political BS is all most of it is brought to you by you great liberal media and democratic congress. WE thank you for doing nothing but you blame Bush

[dave13371337]

Yes raising taxes is really gonna help them isn't it... "COUGH COUGH RETARD COUGH COUGH"

[compaqowner]

You Republicans have had your time in power and have squandered your potential to make the USA a great nation. Once again it is time for the Democrats to clean up your mess just like FDR had to clean up the mess from Republicans Like Harding, Coolige, and Hoover that led to the Great Depression. Now thanks to Reagan, Bush SR and Bush JR Democrats have to clean up another republican mess like the economy, national debt, health care, housing foreclosures, and the outsourcing of jobs. Thanks GOP.

[cliffkemp]

Hmmmm Johnson or Carter ring any bells. FDR did have good ideas but unfortunately, like SS, Johnson made sure that it would go bankrupt, chech it out if you dont believe me. He voted SS to be apart of the general fund so congress could use it as needed cause of the huge surplus. Reagan fixed Carters crap in the 80s but people dont seem to get the point. CONGRESS makes the laws. We have had a democrap congress every time we had bad years. FACT look it up if you dont believe me.

[cliffkemp]

Obama says he is going to change things. Take a good look at his change and him. Look as his associations. Look at what he is about and how he got there. The latest is the 'uppity' thing. My mom was accused of that in the 70s and she is white. Its not racial and people keep apologizing for things for no reason. QUIT. Do the right thing. Obama has yet to say what he is going to do in detail and changes his mind on many things cause it is what people want to hear. Think about it and get the facts.

[efeez1986]

WRONG! Obama has layed out his plans in more detail than any candidate this past year. The only person who hasn't talked about their plans in detail is McBush. You Republicans know that Obama destroys McCain on every policy from Healthcare to education, that's why you guys want to distract people with propaganda like "he's a muslim", "he's a secret terrorist". Your right wing propaganda isn't going to work this election so give it up and stick to the real issues.

[cliffkemp]

He is not muslim. He just doenst understand how ecomomics works. You dont raise taxes, healthcare becomes affordable when you dont tax the fool out of businesses. Education works when people actually get educated at schools and not just shoved through. Obama is a socialist and we all know how well that went in Europe. Socialism is a step away from Communism and neither work well. Big gvt is not the answer. Power to the people not the gvt but no one seems to get that Obama is going that way.

[cliffkemp]

You cannot fix the economy by taxing people and redistributing the money. People have to get out there and work and help the people that legitimately cannot work. You keep taxing, you end up getting in the whole more and more. Socialism doesnt work. Look at Russia, and some european countries. Its aweful. I have been to some of them. We take so many things for granted here and then get pissed when they are not what we want cause of our own decisions as individuals.

[cliffkemp]

The democrats have no clue what to do with the economy at all. Take a look in history. Difference is, this time, Clinton messed up so bad, going to take the people to do what is needed to fix the economy. Everyone depends on the gvt to 'fix' things and it is us that needs to fix things as a whole. I dont believe that Obama is going to do it at all. I am not big on republicans either but, know what the democraps have done over the last 40 years.

[compaqowner]

Democrats we need to fight as hard as the Republicans to get victory in November. I say hit them back hard with every swift boat attack they hit us with. Use the issues and personality against them. Does America need 4 more years of the same and do we want a right wing extremist as VP to an ailing old man with cancer who may not live through his first term in office? Do we want to reward cronyism and lobbyists with more power and influence. No we don't America is and can be again a Great nation.

[TrajanArmenia]

McCain is not an ailing old man. He is healthy and just last year he hiked the grand canyon with his son. After living through the torture and horrible treatment of Vietnam, I am sure he will live through a four year presidency with the great medical care and treatment. Plus Reagan was older than McCain in his second term and he was our best president.

[compaqowner]

McCain has cancer and if you talk about health care, the only reason he has health care is because he is a senator and if you a politician or work for the government you have a health plan that is free in McCain's case or paid by ones employer. If McCain had to get private health insurance he would end up paying higher premiums or denied coverage or health insurance like a lot of People. What was so great about Reagan? Huge national debt Iran-Contra, deregulation, Cuts in social programs?

[YellowMatterCustard9]

Forget taxcuts for the rich and the thought that any and I mean any politician can fix what is broken in our economy.

Our country is bankrupt basically because of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the mortgage finance giants that fund half the US housing market, are about to become subsidiaries of the US government.

The Treasury is about out of money ...banks continue to fail and all the Federal Reserve Bank can do is moneytize the debt. That means more money in the system...INFLATION

[JacklynMH82]

He is lying. Go watch his and everybody elses speech. Not only did we hear about all these tings... they talked about how hussein plans on raising taxes for all of us. JUST WATCH the video's of the RNC. THEY TALKED ABOUT EVERY ISSUE in depth that this man is saying they did not! DONT VOTE FOR LIARS!!!

[GeminiAzules]

It needs to be about personaly. We need to know that our new President is a good person that is capable of making moral decisions.

Apparently Obama thinks what kind of person someone is doesnt matter.

[averageworkinggal]

Obama - nothing but getting government on our backs again with much bigger taxes.

Let's talk about the economy: 3.3% growth 2Q 2008. Good growth. No recession, other than the mental recessions in the Doomocrats' brains.

Nothing but whining without showing solutions.

Only more burden on the taxpayer and more of the same failed big government liberalism being pushed.

[jorgemartinez18]

At least everything was running more smoothly when we didn't have tax cut's. As far as I can remember, nobody got any break's when Clinton was in house, and you're saying that they're shouldn't be any increase in taxes? Come on, you gotta have a balance somewhere to bring back a better economy and affordable healthcare through thin air. Like I said, Clinton+no tax cuts=nobody losing homes, healthcare was affordable, the economy wasn't shocked to hell.

[GeminiAzules]

Clinton raised and created new taxes.

[TrajanArmenia]

The only reason the economy was good under Clinton was because of Reagan and Bush's Reagonomics. Reagan saved the staggering economy and allowed us to prosper in the 90's. Clinton did not continue those policies and therefore is responsible for the current crisis. If Bush had a republican congress, we could fix the economic crisis. But the liberal majority prevents us from lowering gas prices, creating more jobs, getting workers better salaries, lowering taxes, etc. Republicans know the economy.

[joinalbin]

hey with all due respect man, you cant say clinton is responsible for the current crisis. he is the only president who had a surplus in the economy after he left office. thats a fact. bush went and used all that money for his own agenda, war for example.

[TrajanArmenia]

Just because a president has a surplus does not mean the economy is doing well. Plus he only had a surplus because he did not participate in the idiotic wasteful spending that most liberals do today. By raising payroll taxes, raising windfall profits taxes, raising hospital taxes, raising income taxes, and supporting a failed welfare system, democrats do cause workers' salaries to go down, cause prices to go up, allow people to live off the govt instead of getting jobs, and hurt the hard workers

[jorgemartinez18]

That's actually not true TrajanArmenia. I still remember through this same mess when George Bush Sr. was our president. It may not had been as bad, but it was heading in the exact same direction. Clinton actually created more jobs and put America back on the right track after he took over.

[TrajanArmenia]

Before Reagan, unemployment was skyrocketing, thanks to Jimmy Carter's high taxes on businesses and worker's incomes. Reagan supported lower taxes on businesses and workers allowing companies to hire more workers and allowing those workers to keep more of their own money. Instead of supporting a failed welfare system, he used that money to get people jobs saying, "A job is the best form of social welfare." During his presidency the rate of unemployment went down, inflation went down, etc.

[jorgemartinez18]

Highest deficits were under Regan, Bush Sr., and Bush Jr. with each subsequent president running up a bigger tab for American tax payers. Their love of deregulation and complete deidcation to free market extremism has dismantled the protections put in place after the great depression with predictable results. America is now facing the biggest economic crisis since the great depression and what is the Republican solution?

[jorgemartinez18]

More of the same economic package that they have been pushing for the last 2 years. An economic package that they were able to implement with imunity between 2000 and 2006. An economic package that has resulted in a catastrophe for the middle and lower classes in America and the general decline of the American economy.

[TrajanArmenia]

That is not correct, jorgemartinez18. The economy started to go down around 2006, when the democrats got congress. The reason the republicans were defeated in the 2006 elections was because of the Iraq war, not the economy. Now the Iraq war is going well because of McCain's insight, while Obama was busy voting "present" on most issues in the senate. While the democrats have held congress they have not done anything to help our economy and gas prices have shot up cause of their drilling limits.

[jorgemartinez18]

How is it that Republicans can get away with running on a platform that government is screwed up when they were the ones running the government? It's their programs that have screwed up the country. Their fundamentalist dedication to failed neo-classical economics that have sunk our economy, their disasterous wars paid for with Chinese wealth that have devalued our currency and resulted in massive inflation.

[jorgemartinez18]

Their efforts to lower taxes at all costs that have destroyed our public education system and depleted the public infrastructure left to them by the builder generation. It takes alot of nerve to run a country into the floor and then claim that the policies that did it are the only solution. The Republicans are lucky that the majority of Americans are either too willfully ignorant to read between the lines are too busy trying to survive in the Republican built economy to pay proper attention.

[jorgemartinez18]

Signs are that Americans are starting to realize that doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results is insane. That's why Obama is leading in the polls, that's why head's are gonna roll at the National Debate in Oct., and that's why he'll win in November.

[joinalbin]

yea but bush used all that surplus money up and now we're in one of the biggest debts our country has ever been. and john mccain was a part of that administration. he voted with bush 90 percent of the time and now mccain says hes gonna bring change lol. he even said he doesnt kno much about the economy. and the best vp pick he can think of is palin?? i dont care cause shes gonna slaugtered in the vp presidential debate.

[cliffkemp]

Bush didnt do anything that congress didnt write up. Your local reps and senators are the ones responsible. Special interests, Lobbiest, people who want what they want done attach to a bill and Congress lets it stick. Its called pork barrel legislation. Its not Bush or McCain. Think about how the process works. The president can endorse a bill while it is written up but congress votes on it before it gets to his desk to become law. We learn this stuff in 4th grade people.

[jacknapier26]

and that surplus came from a DEMOCRAT ... thank you for reminding this clown cliff kemp about that. i guess Bill was called a communist and socialist when he won, too.

[cliffkemp]

The surplus started in the 60s for SS and the DEMOCRATS and JOHNSON signed SS into the general fund to use to fund other social programs cause they needed the money and SS had a surplus and still would if he and congress at that time left it alone as FDR wanted it. SS used to be volutary, would be a seperate fund and based on what you put in, you got out. Now its just another tax that you get a little bit out of when you retire if you live that long.

[clarck8888]

Did you even see Obama's speech last week? He made it clear that there will be tax cuts for middle class americans and that he will increase taxes on big buisneses/etc.

[joinalbin]

exactly. obama made it clear what he was gonna do. watch the GOP convention and look for the specifics on what they're going to change according to mccain. u wont find anything. a bunch of freaking liars. and now they're making a big deal of palin putting a plane on ebay.

[AdDigit]

You are seriously going to try are argue how great Bush is at the economy?

*The income for the median income of households fell negative since bush.

*The poverty rate went up since bush.

*The Unemployment Rate went up since Bush

*Employment-Population Ratio fell since Bush.

*Employment Level fell since Bush.

Our economy is stagnant and has gotten worse since Bush took office. Any way you look at it, the Bush administration is a complete failure on this.

[whiteguycash]

Interesting, the Liberal point of view is that the government should take care of the things that you people are too lazy to take care of, such as your own retirement, paying your own bills, staying off welfare, and living within your means and responsibility. The economy runs in cycles. always has, always will. The reasons republicans don't address the economy, is simply because they know this, and they also know its not the government's responsibility to clean up after a person's own mess.

[JyakkuinJapan]

Good to hear some substance in a political campaign. The McCain/Bush policies have got to go we have more than enough proof that they don't work. More than enough.

Obama '08!!!!

[ATRUEAMERICAN10000]

The choice is clear...a war hero with exceptional experience to go along with a beautiful V.P. governor..OR... OPRAH'S man and Joe "I never met a speech I didn't plagiarize" Biden. Not even close!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[duque501]

Zero

[patlpadilla]

wow

[Rob3733]

dont vote obama bin biden! you are either on crack or stupid if you do!

[theBornAfrican]

Rob3733, is America not the so called land of where people are not judged based or religion? this election shows the level of sickness in that country. it shows how Americans hate you if you are a muslim. u have tried tagging muslim on obama all the way. that word muslim is synonymous to evil in your society. you are a dumb arse hateful piece of shit. u fuckin twot

[ATRUEAMERICAN10000]

theBornAfrican - Let's remember a few things since it sounds like you're new to our land. This is a CHRISITIAN country, founded and built by WESTERN EUROPEAN desendents (English, Italian, German..) The rest of you are merely visitors who have overstayed your welcome.

[obambicom]

is Obama still running for president???

[Directoroffilm2]

Barack H. Obama filters his YouTube comments. I guess thats his idea of free speech! The only way to get him is to leave a negative rating.

[rachel1865]

Unbiased media, yeah right.

[xnarg]

ObaMarx gets advice about the economy from William Ayers.

[AshyLarry82]

No, he doesn't.

[xnarg]

ObaMarx would destroy the economy for the next several decades.

[AshyLarry82]

That's not true. You sound silly for saying so.

[misterfisherman]

obama wont let me put up a nonracist constructive critic on his page.why the control freakeeitiss? when he becomes president will he take away freedom of speech?

[RiyazGuerra]

Take that quote from Rick Davis and relentlessly hammer them with it from now till November.

[ATRUEAMERICAN10000]

This year, the most important vote are white women. Still, they reject Gov. Palin even though Hussain Obama wouldn't put Hillary on the ticket. What does say? It says if Gov. Palin had a long black cock, white women would vte for her...it's called "jungle love"

[AshyLarry82]

Your mother loves black cock.

[SoINeedAName48]

aFALSEamerican10000 -

You are either a truly disgusting, vile person - or you've forgotten to take your meds ... again!

[ATRUEAMERICAN10000]

Blaa, blaa, blaa, blaa...blaa. This guy is all about himself. He's been running for president for 2 years and has accomplished ZERO as a Senator. To all my Black bruthers....you're situation has a better chance of changing if OJ was elected.

[wizzallace]

not once did you mention what the fuck you're going to do about it.

nice personality tho.

[AshyLarry82]

He talks about what he is going to do in every speech. Its not his fault you can't understand it.

[ATRUEAMERICAN10000]

He's a faux MLK II.

[AshyLarry82]

What's wrong with MLK? What is so faux about him?

[ATRUEAMERICAN10000]

Relax AshyLarry...I said Obamba thinks he's MLK the 2nd. You are so angry and ready to respond you don't read closely. Obviously, you're another product of being "held back ...by da man."

[AshyLarry82]

So, do you think MLK was good or not? Wouldn't following in his footsteps be a good thing? Why do you say Obama is faux? Have you read his books or are you just another ignorant blowhard?

[cliffkemp]

well according to his book he is black. He is actually 50% white. According to his book, things can be fixed if the gvt ran everything, that would be called communism. He thinks taxing the rich is the way to go, oh wait, now he is changing his mind on that one as well. He may actually be learning more about economics. I could write a book on economics that would show just how wrong it is to tax the rich like he is suggesting.

[jacknapier26]

are you done spamming this board yet?

he's not a communist. or a socialist. and yes, please tell me why it's so wrong to tax the rich? we haven't taxed the rich for 8 years now and we're in the worst recession in 80 years.

so please tell me - how is giving the rich all the wealth going to save this economy? where's your book, cliff??

[cliffkemp]

A little economic info for ya. When have you ever worked for a poor person. When you lower taxes for the rich people, they create more jobs due to having more money, give more money to charity, and pay more taxes as as 30% of higher income is more taxes paid. We are in a recession because of bad money policy from CONGRESS making bad decisions and bailing out everyone at the taxpayers expense, hence fannie freddie and sterns. no I am not done yet

[wizzallace]

see if he gets rid of the federal reserve, the income tax, the IRS, see if he changes our foreign policy, see if he cuts government spending by half, which it could more than withstand.

ever heard of ron paul?

ever heard of the founding fathers?

ever heard of freedom?

you have no freedom of choice.

obama has the same funding as mccain, same as romney, gulliani, hillary...

it's a show.

vote for congress, they're suppose to have the power to get shit done...not the LEADER OF THE MILITARY

[AshyLarry82]

You have no idea what you are talking about.

[cliffkemp]

got that right the president just signs into law what congress writes up. People quit playing the blame game. Congress is the main problem. They need to quit taxing so much and control spending. Income tax and taxation as we are going to see under Obama is THE reason we left England and other European countries.

[jacknapier26]

look. no third party guy or girl is going to win for at least a few more generations. for those who have decided on Obama, leave them to their choice. i like Ron Paul, myself. but i am voting for Obama. once a 3rd party ticket holds more than 2% in electoral votes, let me know.

[LaReinaDelBarrio]

Obama is the answer!

[romphh]

The only boogieman here sir is u

[jeffbw]

Go Baracky!

[lisasongster]

Obama has gotten nearly all of his campaign funding from average income Americans, unlike McCain who's been in bed (literally) with lobbyists for all of his career. That alone, besides Obama's selfless life of public service, is enough for me to trust that he's not a typical politician. This country needs a change.

Obama/Biden '08

[joinalbin]

you're right man. even bill clinton, who was a great president, supported taking money from lobbyists bigtime. barack hasnt taken any money from those guys and doesnt plan on it. hopefully he stays true to his word. unlike mccain who had his lobbyists party during hurricane gustav. now thats shameful.

[shwantz2]

He is a politician = He is a liar. He cant fix a single thing he spoke about. Niether can McCain. We have no choice for President, the best candidates were ignored in the primary. Ron Paul, Dennis Kucinich, Mike Gravel - all ignored because they didnt lie. America is headed for a serious fall. We are on the same course as other powerful nations that fell. Rome, Greece, both fell to their countrymen not knowing what was happening. Americans are blind & being mislead by FOX, CNN, Etc..

[jeffjuco]

yeah FOX is pure evil

[andrewheine]

so cynical

[AshyLarry82]

You are a liar.

[frigoria]

Obama is not a tool of DC politics and lobbyist like McCain

[shwantz2]

McCain is a warmonger. A tool for Zionist Israel to further their agenda. Unfortunately, Obama is a member of the Bilderbergs & his wife is CFR. This means globalism at all cost - including Americans. Lets not forget, Clinton sold our jobs overseas via NAFTA. Obama has already said he wont overturn NAFTA. He too will only further the agenda of the IMF & Elitist Bankers. Sadly America - we have no choice for President. Write in your ballot - anyone is better than these 2 puppets.

[NLPNVC]

McCain should have done like Obama and voted "present" that would have demonstrated real leadership....

[animes2k]

McCain just didn't bother to even show up.

[NLPNVC]

One votes present the other doesn't show up, with choices like these it's no wonder we elected Bush twice and have the most unpopular congress in history.

Government is the problem not the solution.

[wkryan]

The economy was mentioned. my republican stats - single income, five kids, no debt, own a house, give away 25% of income and we are going to hawaii. Not because we are rich but we spend smart and plan. We have more money now than we did when Clinton was in office and I am not the only person I know who is like this. What are we doing differently?

[averageworkinggal]

Nothing, from Obama, but the same old lib scare doom and gloom to gin up more and more big government, requiring more and more taxes that will drive the economy to the coming Obama Great Depression: The massive Global Poverty Tax, the massive Global Warming Carbon tax, the massive tax increases to pay for Obamacare for illegal aliens, massive new corporate taxes to drive jobs overseas, massive capital gains tax increases to drive investment capital overseas.

The Obama Great Depression.

[AgentONeal]

You say this, yet for eight years the Republicans have run up the largest U.S. debt in American history. Why don't you step back and see what your party has been doing. That is, nothing to help you out. We're already in a recession, and it's not the 'old lib scare doom' policy that put us there.

[jeffbw]

How come all this gloom and doom about raising taxes never actually pans out? Clinton raised income taxes on the top two percent and we not only balanced the budget, but got the best economy in 30 years. Meanwhile, your taxcutting loonies have bequeathed us a ten trillion dollar debt that SOMEBODY has to pay off.

$20 says you're no "averageworkinggal" but a Rethug sock puppet.

[shwantz2]

McCain is a warmonger. A tool for Zionist Israel to further their agenda. Unfortunately, Obama is a member of the Bilderbergs & his wife is CFR. This means globalism at all cost - including Americans. Lets not forget, Clinton sold our jobs overseas via NAFTA. Obama has already said he wont overturn NAFTA. He too will only further the agenda of the IMF & Elitist Bankers. Sadly America - we have no choice for President. Write in your ballot - anyone is better than these puppets.

[daniilovesyou]

yeaaaaaaaaaah obama

[romphh]

Its McCain who will lead us to defeat radical extremism.

[shwantz2]

Radical Extremism is a fictitous term used to create fear of a neverending war. Just like the "war on drugs" or the "war on Terror" there is no DEFINED enemy. The definiton is in constant change....constantly pliable for any purpose the elitists see fit. The ultimate form of control. Have an invisible enemy. The boogey man. The sooner you realize that, the sooner you can wake up to see our freedoms are being stripped to control us, not fight the boogey man. Hype, brainwashing, control.

[TheRealtMG]

shwantz2, in response to your comments about "Radical Extremism," you outline an excellent description of what Bush et al have been doing with this so-called "war on terror" b.s. they try to cram down everyone's throats while their cronies get rich with their war contracts.

[gobigorange99]

Kick some republician butt Obama!

[cakepoop]

If I'm not mistaken, Thompson mentioned the economy for a good 5 minutes.

Bashing tax and spend liberals, but never the less, was about the economy.

[SoINeedAName48]

Sorry, cakepoop - you're mistaken.

Unless (ahem) you (ahem) think (ahem) he (ahem) was (ahem) doing (ahem) that (ahem) when (ahem) he (ahem) was (ahem) clearing (ahem) his (ahem) throat (ahem) constantly.

[turtleblues66]

Obama/Biden 08!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!