Id have to say the A team come on, who doesnt remember Mr T and Mad Murdoc,that team could make anything happened!

now a bit more serious.. im an outsider but from the outside world, id say Obama could pull it off, or has a bit more charisma to pull it off then Mackein

State Senator for a few years and U.S. Senator for a few years. Sounds good to me. Community Service is a plus too.

McCain didn't know the difference between ****es(Shias) and Sunni's. He thought Al-Quida was going to Iran for training. What a joke. Liebermann had to correct him in public. He didn't even know the reason Russia was attacking Georgia. Doesn't sound good to me. He doesn't what's going on the world and selects a candidate that knows even less.

Last year when he didn't like one of Hillary's proposals, he said that you can put lipstick on a pig and it's still a pig. What a joke.

But Winx!!!!!

nobama did not accomplish anything in all that time exept write two books.

He doesn't vote on bills, he only logs in as present. It is in the voting record.

he spo8uts a lot but doesn't get it.

Do something.

Mc cain bashed on the whole leadership of this country about screwing around in Iraq and opened eyes to the need. He made credible noise and no one could shut him up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

He pushed hard and pointed the way for Bush to listen to Gen. Patreas.

That move made the sunnis capitulate and get on board. There was no awakening, nor an enlightenment in Iraqi minds, only the realization that all were going to go down with a surgeg of force from the US military to get the damn mess settled down.

They know that they have a better chance playing ball with us than continuing to hamper us in cleaning up the anarchy left in the vacuum of NO SADAAM!!!!!!!!!!!!

Maliki was the mayor of Baghdad under sadaam and knows the ropes.

Playing ball works.


Mc cain forced that.

That is good for America.

Respectfully suggest you re-check your research regarding Sen. Obama's voting record.

There are times that "not voting" is recorded. There are also times the "nay" is recorded. There are also time "aye" is recorded.

A more detailed comparison of campaign schedules and when votes are called would possibly reveal the Senator was not present.

This similarity is quite likely be true of Sen. McCain. The Senate Rules do not allow for "absentee" voting.

Fair is fair...if you are going to criticize one person for not voting...the same criticism needs to be there for all parties.

Senators also serve the people of State that elected them. Not the entire country. That is the reason our country is a Representative Democracy.

As a nation we only vote for two national positions - President and Vice President.

Very well said.

He pointed the way for Bush? I would double check that one. McCain is a Bush follower.
That's one of the reasons why he shouldn't be President. He is McSame and it will be four more years of the same 'ole thing. Enough is enough.

I also have a real problem with what McCain once said about Hillary. He said he would like to beat her like a drum. How disrespectful! Is an advocate for wife beating??!!

This country is not a representative democracy.

it is a republic.


and representative governance is established through consensus of the people.

If it were a democracy, the the majority rule would rule the day through herd mentality.

Oh wait, that is what is going on. My bad.


osama nobama's record of not voting is prolific.

His record of achievement is two books about himself. period.

he takes up space and fills the air with noise and accomplishes nothing.

he does cash his checks though, quite regularly.


That is what he does best; stand on the periphery and pontificate.

All electing him will accomplish is giving Pelosi control of the country by appeasing her hostage taking of Congress.

All things pass through her.

She willl run the country, not osama nobama.

and he will get a bigger paycheck to wash his hands of any responsibility for it.

is that what you want?


I don't.

nobama 2008

Sounds familiar.

McCain's choice of Palin was a brilliant move that re-energized the Republican base. To me, she's a joke, but she's not a joke to a lot of people who buy the Republican fantasy. Is she qualified? I don't believe so.

I remember when Ronald Reagan ran for president, I thought he was a joke -- plus which, I could NEVER find anyone who would admit to planning to vote for him. Well, he got into office and the country's been in the crapper ever since.

The Republicans are BRILLIANT strategists. They know before the American people do what kind of fairy tale we want to be told, and they have people like Sarah Palin to tell it. Leave it to the Dems to exhort us to follow the better angels of our nature -- no one wants to do that! Republicans embody and enshrine the worst we can be, dress it up as virtue, and win, win, win.

When will we learn?

More bloviating hot air...

it was a brilliant choice. the more Palin is attacked the more it reminds everyone that Obama is not qualified either! it shows how easy it is to choose a woman running mate - something that Obama failed to do even though she arguably had more votes for her among the U.S. electorate for president than he did! and she energized the GOP base!



Palin is not well qualified to be president and NEITHER is Obama! But Palin is running for VP and Obama is running for president!

Hohohohohohoho....

it is hillary-ous!

it suggests that the Obama-nomi-nation was also a joke....
and it WAS!!



Obama conspired with the president of the IL state senate to pad his resume for a run at U.S. senator. They brag about it in Obama's CNN biography!



what kind of experience is THAT for president?!

Of course you are allowed to have opinions, but when they sound insane, they will probably be called insane.

You should have the courage of your opinions, if not of your convictions. Say what you will and allow others to react. Don't cry "he/she called me a name!"

Political language... is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.
George Orwell

Is this the 'present' you're speaking of that Obama does in the Senate.
Facts 8 years being a senator, elected into the Senate in 2004- How many years total is that? 12 years?

ok lets look at Obamas 'present' only ....
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108. S.114 : A bill to authorize resources for a grant program for local educational agencies to create innovation districts.
Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL]

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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

January 4, 2007
Mr. OBAMA introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

A BILL
To authorize resources for a grant program for local educational agencies to create innovation districts.


Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the `Innovation Districts for School Improvement Act'.

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110. S.116 : A bill to authorize resources to provide students with opportunities for summer learning through summer learning grants.
Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 1/4/2007) Cosponsors (3)
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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111. S.117 : A bill to amend titles 10 and 38, United States Code, to improve benefits and services for members of the Armed Forces, veterans of the Global War on Terrorism, and other veterans, to require reports on the effects of the Global War on Terrorism, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 1/4/2007) Cosponsors (15)
Committees: Senate Veterans' Affairs
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127. S.133 : A bill to promote the national security and stability of the economy of the United States by reducing the dependence of the United States on oil through the use of alternative fuels and new technology, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL]
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427. S.433 : A bill to state United States policy for Iraq, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 1/30/2007) Cosponsors (3)
Committees: Senate Foreign Relations


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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

January 30, 2007
Mr. OBAMA introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations


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A BILL
To state United States policy for Iraq, and for other purposes.


Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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447. S.453 : A bill to prohibit deceptive practices in Federal elections.
Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 1/31/2007) Cosponsors (20)
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Senate Reports: 110-191
Latest Major Action: 10/4/2007 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 411.

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Obama Calls on the Bush Administration to Guarantee Taxpayers Do Not Pay Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac CEO Severance Packages
Monday, September 8, 2008
Printable FormatFor Immediate Release:
Contact: Michael Ortiz

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Barack Obama today sent the following letter to Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Housing Finance Agency Director James Lockhart, calling on them to address news reports that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac CEOs will receive millions of dollars in severance packages even as they are removed from their posts. When Congress originally approved the authority for the Treasury Department to step in and rescue these companies this summer, it explicitly included a provision that gave the new regulator the authority to block golden parachute payments to CEOs. As the Bush Administration now takes unprecedented steps to rescue these companies with taxpayer dollars, it would be highly inappropriate and a violation of the public trust to allow windfall CEO severance pay packages.

In the letter, Senator Obama calls on the Administration to provide him with the steps being taken to ensure that these companies fulfill their important missions without wasting taxpayer dollars or rewarding poor leadership.

The text of the letter is below:

Dear Secretary Paulson and Director Lockhart,

News reports indicate that the chief executives of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will stand to reap millions of dollars in severance payments when they are removed from their posts. Under no circumstances should the executives of these institutions earn a windfall at a time when the U.S. Treasury has taken unprecedented steps to rescue these companies with taxpayer resources. I urge you immediately to clarify that the agreement with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac voids any such inappropriate windfall payments to outgoing CEOs and senior management.

When Congress granted the Department of the Treasury the authority to step in and rescue Fannie and Freddie, we explicitly included a provision that gave the new regulator the authority to block "any" payments made to CEOs that were "contingent on the termination" of their affiliation with the organization. It would be a gross violation of the public trust to fail to use this authority now, while American taxpayers and American homeowners, already struggling in a weak economy, are being asked to accept an historic intervention to rescue these institutions.

I recognize that intervention is necessary to maintain liquidity for the housing market so that homeowners can continue to get affordable mortgages and homes can be bought and sold in neighborhoods across the country. Yet one of the central requirements that I have consistently set in evaluating any intervention under this new legislation is that such action protect taxpayers and not bail out senior management from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Multi-million dollar severance payments for the executives who helped steer these institutions into the current crisis situation would violate the spirit of the authority granted by Congress to the Treasury Department and would violate the public's trust.

I understand that details of the agreement are still being worked out. Please let me know right away what steps are being taken to ensure that the agreement is responsible and that Fannie and Freddie can continue to fulfill their important missions without wasting taxpayer dollars or rewarding poor leadership. The American people are watching and have put their trust in us to look out for their interests.

Sincerely,

Barack Obama
United States Senator
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Now I understand what you mean how he says 'present' and does nothing else.

Cali66,

You get an "A" for excellent research and a flower.

Ditto

Thank you,

The sunni's on board for what? You are saying what about the sunni's?

Bows theatrically, laughing.....

Obama should never have been nominated to run for
president. It is a testament to the complete failure
of our political system that the "best" the Dems could
do as far as candidates was Hillary and Obama. But
Hillary was by far the better choice between the two
in terms of real ability to lead and govern.

Likewise - how could it be that the GOP's top choices
were McCain and Romney? Where are the other potential
leaders of our country...and Romney was never even
close to being a serious contender!

The only reason that Dems have the slightest chance
this year is the appalling abysmal and completely
predictable failure of W who wasted a generation of
money and potential and discredited the GOP beyond
belief. Even with all that GOP baggage, and a 3 to 1
advantage in the campaign contribution warchest wampum,
McCain is now leading in the polls to become our next
president.



Well - be careful what you ask for...

You just might get it...