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Generational war in Florida over Obama and McCain (Feature)
By Jorge Alvarez Oct 26, 2008, 2:07 GMT
Miami - As if it were a generational war, Florida's Cuban- Americans are divided by age over centre-left Democrat Barack Obama and centre-right Republican John McCain for the White House.
As in earlier elections, particularly the controversial vote in 2000 when the country was left hanging for weeks like so many ballot chads, Florida is likely to play a key role on November 4.
The state grants 27 electoral votes to the winner, a full 10 per cent of the 270 needed nationwide to be president and the fourth largest number of the 50 states after California, Texas and New York.
In the polls, Obama shows a surprising lead here, strengthened by the ongoing financial crisis, the drop in stock prices, the rise in unemployment and the fall in the purchasing power of US citizens.
However, Cuban-Americans - traditionally loyal to the Republican Party and conservative in their political ideals - may again hold the key to the election.
According to the Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American Studies (ICCAS) at the University of Miami, 68.5 per cent of the Cuban- American electorate identify themselves as Republican, 16.2 per cent as independent and 15.3 as Democrat.
Even so, young people who intend to vote in Florida differ from their elders in their approach to the vital issues: relations with Cuba, the national economy, the war in Iraq, the health system and education.
Cubans who arrived in Florida in the 1960s and 1970s favour McCain as they once favoured President George W Bush. The Arizona senator has signalled he'll keep the hardline policies of strict embargoes, restrictions on travel and remittances to Cuba.
The oldest Cuban-Americans - many of them over 60 - have been busy in recent weeks, carrying banners, making phone calls, sending emails and visiting people who need help going to the polls.
'We cannot lose a single vote,' Luis Mangas told a local television channel.
Mangas, 76, who is now a pensioner, arrived from Cuba in 1965 and worked for an insurance company in Miami-Dade County.
'There is a lot at stake for this city and for the future of Cuba,' he said with evident passion.
'Obama has said he would sit down to talk with the Castro brothers, Hugo Chavez and Iranian (President Mahmoud) Ahmadinejad. Doesn't that mean legitimizing dictators?' Mangas asked.
However, young people aged 18-25, the children of Cubans or Cuban- Americans born in the US, have a different vision for their future.
Many think that the US strategy to democratize Cuba is not as vital as the pressing economic problems, including credit to buy homes or cars and access to credit cards, which do affect them directly.
With roots in the world's largest consumer society, the new generation has suffered significant blows to their comfortable lifestyle in recent years, which they attribute to the decisions made by the Bush administration.
'The country is going down an economic tube that can be irreversible,' Alex Bermudez told a local radio station.
'We have to regain confidence and return to the levels of the year 2000, when the country was flourishing,' he said.
Bermudez, a 19-year-old student who is the grandson of a Cuban and a Puerto Rican, defines himself as an independent. He thinks Obama 'brings fresh blood and the change that the United States needs.' As for the war in Iraq, he believes 'it was a mistake.'
'Now we do not know what to do to get out of there. But the truth is it is costing billions of dollars a year to the American taxpayer,' he complained.
Florida's social dynamics have changed over the years, with more younger voters flooding the rolls. According to Census Bureau statistics, the number of Cubans entitled to vote in Miami-Dade grew to almost 795,000 in 2007, about 144,000 more than in 2000.
Only one in eight Cuban-American voters migrated after 1980. Yet the hundreds of thousands of newly arrived who have left behind wives, children, parents, grandparents and other relatives on the communist island favour reduction of restrictive measures on the government in Havana and want to be able to send more remittances back, or even travel to their home country.
Their votes tend to favour Obama, while those who still do not have the right to vote yet staunchly stand up for those they left behind.
'There are many contrasts, and we are certainly going to see a very different election to earlier ones,' said Andy Gomez, a researcher at the University of Miami.
'Florida will hold a very important key,' he stressed.
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Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) of Fannie-gate fame, announced yesterday that he wants a 25% cut in military spending. He also echoed Barack Obama and wants to slash defense projects.
SouthCoast Today reported:
In a meeting with the editorial board of The Standard-Times, Rep. Frank, D-Mass., also called for a 25 percent cut in military spending, saying the Pentagon has to start choosing from its many weapons programs, and that upper-income taxpayers are going to see an increase in what they are asked to pay.
'I was teasing (U.S. Rep.) Jack Murtha (a key supporter of military budgets) and I said to him, 'For the first time, somebody else has got a bill that's almost as big as yours.' We don't need all these fancy new weapons. I think there needs to be additional review.'
Democratic Leaders also have already proposed nationalizing 401K plans.
Workforce and Free Republic reported:
House Democrats Contemplate Abolishing 401(k) Tax Breaks Powerful House Democrats are eyeing proposals to overhaul the nation’s $3 trillion 401(k) system, including the elimination of most of the $80 billion in annual tax breaks that 401(k) investors receive.
...all workers would receive a $600 annual inflation-adjusted subsidy from the U.S. government but would be required to invest 5 percent of their pay into a guaranteed retirement account administered by the Social Security Administration. The money in turn would be invested in special government bonds that would pay 3 percent a year, adjusted for inflation.
(This will not work for Soooooo many reasons. Firstly, congress will just take your money and blow it.)
The current system of providing tax breaks on 401(k) contributions and earnings would be eliminated.
This strategy didn't work so well in Argentina.
Argentina announced it was taking over the pension system to protect workers from losses this week. This caused the Argentina market to crash 16.7 percent.
so, what. Work for the state or work for an international corporate monstrosity, what's the difference.
McLame and the Tundra Tart? Riiiiight.
McCain declared he would stop all program funding except for the Military. The statement of a war monger.
All hail dear leader Obama:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l46t_nrySg4
One for himself and all for that one! Stop worrying about your 401K and your second amendment. Workers of the world unite! You have nothing to lose other than your sovereignty and freedom!
'so, what. Work for the state or work for an international corporate monstrosity, what's the difference.'
As if you had a job.
'McCain declared he would stop all program funding except for the Military.'
Gee... Maybe he declared that in Bizarro World but here on earth he made no such declaration.
'The statement of a war monger.'
Just FYI, we are in a 2 front war against islamist terrorism. But go back to watching American Idol...
So the poser is now pretending to be Jewish. The bullsh*t doesn't changed one little bit, no matter how his mommy dresses him.
'So the poser is now pretending to be Jewish.'
Forgot, you don't like the Jews... You are such a brave thing on the internet.
Al this ranting is only meant to hide an uly truth from you:
mailman1.u.washington.edu/pipermail/pophealth/2006-April/001241.html
That,and nothing else is the reason why the GOP doesn't want so called distribution of wealth amongst the population.
For two decades now the corporate tycoons have been stealing your money,until they found it even more profitable to export their plants to countries where they could exploit the workers even more.And all the empty talk about making a stronger USA is meant for you,not for them .How strong is a country in which the manufacturing plants are closing and moving to other countries ?How patriotic are those corporate tycoons that do so?
Sooner or later you'll be left with empty pockets but a brain full of patriotism and nationalism.Meanwhile the bank accounts in the CAyman and Virgin islands will be full ,that is how patriotic the GOP is.
Read well;the top 1 percent of your population holds 38 percent of all the wealth,the bottom 50 percent holds 2,5 percent.Have you ever met a republican that was outraged at these scandalous figures ?
On the contrary,they even destroed the only organization that could withstand them:your unions.
Obama-Biden will be strong when it is necessary and the time is right. It will take a nation to be strong when the going gets tougher.
Generations must heal themselves and choose the best direction for this America.
'The Way'
The Wrong way...
'Obama-Biden will be strong when it is necessary and the time is right.'
They haven't been so far.
'It will take a nation to be strong when the going gets tougher.'
The whole point is that they are going to bring on tougher times with their policies.
'Generations must heal themselves and choose the best direction for this America.'
You need healing alright. That doesn't mean you need to screw up the country.
Just for the sake of sharing the opinion of the rest of the world.Only 1 percent of the french people would favor McCain,so does 25 percent of the Chinese,5 percent of the Germans,etc,etc.
We all feel a world od peace can only be served by Obama.McCain only wants world dominance like the neocon.I think that takes care of the worries of those that think Obama lacks foreign experience .Colin Powell thinks the same.With McCain and the warmongering GOP you and us will be stuck with aggressive politics and enormous military spending whilst what we need is international cooperation.Glbbal warming and the economical crisis request that we work together,not against each others.
It is only 9 days to November 4th. Time is very close, almost too close for arguments, they should have been gone over a thousand times by now - it is all over !
TWO miserable choices ; - McCain or Obama. That is it ! Take it or leave it. Vote or abstain.
McCain
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Too old at 72. He looks 92. He is slow and lethargic, doddery, looks ill and really is not a suitable specimen for the active, highly responsible and worrying role of President.
His best years are gone long ago. Washed up ?
He has made the most disastrous choice of VP in Palin that it dumbfounds the imagination.
He has been a steady supporter of Bush. We don`t know if this was cosmetic and given his freedom, he will use his own initiative or whether the loyalty is too strong.
WE DO NOT WANT ANOTHER 4 YEARS OF BUSHIDO.
The Republican Party MUST take the blame for the past 8 years, so do we want THEM ? Probably not.
If successful, McCain may not last his term and the replacement prospect is horrendous.
Obama
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Relatively young. Totally inexperienced. Almost certainly selected by his party because he is black.
Tends to be erratic and lose all logic. Has no talent for high office and speaks plenty of garbage.
Vibrant, agile and athletic, plenty of energy, looks good and highly impressive. Seems worth a try.
Better the Cheetah than the tortoise.
BOTH candidates are merely the spokesmen for their party advisors, there is very little personal material in anything they say.
This puppet scenario will continue when President - it always has. NO president does his own thing, they have all been mere puppets to their party advisors, backed up by the non-political factions of Government.
SO WHAT HAVE WE GOT TO DO ?
Looking at these basic facts, there is ONLY ONE THING WE CAN DO - VOTE FOR OBAMA !
Given the perilous economic and strategic problems we have today, Obama is our only hope AND I MEAN HOPE !
I hated saying every word of that, but I am realistic and when up against the ropes, must be sensible and do what is best for America and it`s people.
We can only hope that the Senate and Congress will effectively run the country and the President will simply be a figurehead.
'Forgot, you don't like the Jews... You are such a brave thing on the internet. '
You, FORGOT? A person requires a brain first, in order to forget. I have nothing against the Jews or any other race. It is useless sacks of crap like you that I have a distaste for. It is you who has the chip on the shoulder about everything, except yourself, son. My bravery was proven in Nam. What have you done for your country, web troll? So let's see you spin that around, son. I eagerly await your twisted reply, but I will not hold my breath. I leave that up to you, while you throw your little tantrum. OK son, start rolling on the floor and kicking your legs and whining and screaming. I repeat: What have you done for your country, web troll? Tell us, precisely, what have you done for your country? -RECON
'Just for the sake of sharing the opinion of the rest of the world.'
You don't speak for the rest of the world.
'Only 1 percent of the french people would favor McCain,'
The french resent Americans and have since 1945, they would love nothing more then if we were to elect someone who will render this country impotent, both economically and militarily.
',so does 25 percent of the Chinese'
The Chinese are our strategic competitor in the Pacific and would love nothing more then if we were to elect someone who will render this country impotent, both economically and militarily so they can take ur place as the next superpower.
'5 percent of the Germans,etc,etc.'
You forgot the Iranians, Al Qaeda, Taliban, North Koreans, Russians, Cubans, Syrians and Venezuelans, all of which would absolutely LOVE to have an Obama presidency to weaken us.
'We all feel a world od peace can only be served by Obama.'
You are an ignorant fool. The world will be a more dangerous place with a weakened USA, not a more peaceful one.
'STOP FIGHTING - IT`S ALL OVER'
Not by a long shot. Even if Obama does win you are going to have the other half of the country working to make sure he gets the same fair chance that Bush got.
'SO WHAT HAVE WE GOT TO DO ?
Looking at these basic facts, there is ONLY ONE THING WE CAN DO - VOTE FOR OBAMA !'
Obama will be a disaster for this country, if you are voting on the 'hope' that he will do something different then he has throughout his career you are a fool.
'Given the perilous economic and strategic problems we have today, Obama is our only hope AND I MEAN HOPE !'
Obama will make the situation worse. We need to generate jobs and cut spending or it will bankrupt the country and cause a depression. Obama wants to increase spending and tax the job creators to the point where it isn't worth it to create them.
'We can only hope that the Senate and Congress will effectively run the country '
He is going to have the same crowd that has gotten a 9% approval rating, worse actually. Our only hope as a country is to get McCain in and have government gridlock because no matter what they do they screw up.
Voting for Obama. I am a registered Republican but I am voting this presidential election for the democratic nominee. We need CHANGE. Positive change for a change goddammit.
Well done. You love all races do you ? You must just adore Gooks then.
What the hell were you doing in Nam ? Flirting with the tranny girlboys in Saigon all your time instead of killing Gooks ?
If you ever came near to getting your arse shot off, which I doubt big-boy, I was doing wonders for my country.
I was totally engaged in bar hopping and inaugurating every piss house in LA I could find, whilst you jerk-offs were slaughtering those innocent Vietnamese peasants at My Lai. God those pricks Lt.Calley and Capt.Medina nearly got the Congressional Medal of Honor for it.
Sweet dreams All-American hero !
' I have nothing against the Jews or any other race.'
You just want Israel destroyed.
'My bravery was proven in Nam.'
You are a laughable liar. That is a hoot.
'What have you done for your country, web troll?'
I actually did serve you liar. I have yet to meet a genuine veteran that would toss their service out to bolster their lack of credibility in an internet mud fight.
'I will not hold my breath.'
Please do.
'What have you done for your country,'
Gee, Why just today I worked to keep a genuine threat to American sovereignty, our constitution and exceptionalism out of the White House.
-RECON
LOL! Somebody watched Heartbreak Ridge and now thinks she is Clint Eastwood!
'22-year-old Cuban-American Voting for Obama.'
You are just voting to keep the people in Cuba enslaved under communism. Fidel is out and Raoul can't last forever. Voting for Obama basically throws them a lifeline.
'I am a registered Republican but I am voting this presidential election for the democratic nominee.'
You are stabbing BOTH of your countries in the back.
''@@@ Oy veyOct 26th, 2008 - 19:37:52
Well done. You love all races do you ? You must just adore Gooks then.''
I love it when idiots attack each other.
'-RECON'... from 'Nam' no less. LoL!
Yup, I was one of those 'baby killers' that your parents spat on.
Don't try the evasive tactic, it doesn't work. You're in an X ambush. Any move is a bad move, so you might as well come clean. The question is put to you again: Exactly what have you done for your country, son.
LA Times Hiding Incriminating Video of Obama with Radical Palestinian? Update: Ayers and Dohrn Attended Khalidi Party with Obama
Politics | Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 8:18:26 pm PDT
Gateway Pundit says he contacted the LA Times to ask about a video showing Barack Obama at a party for former PLO spokesman Rashid Khalidi, mentioned by the LA Times in this article: Allies of Palestinians see a friend in Barack Obama.
At Khalidi’s going-away party in 2003, the scholar lavished praise on Obama, telling the mostly Palestinian American crowd that the state senator deserved their help in winning a U.S. Senate seat. “You will not have a better senator under any circumstances,” Khalidi said.
The event was videotaped, and a copy of the tape was obtained by The Times.
LA Times writer Peter Wallsten said he won’t release the video or reveal his sources: Confirmed: MSM Holds Video Of Barack Obama Attending Jew-Bash & Toasting a Former PLO Operative... Refuse to Release the Video!
If true, this is media malfeasance of an almost astounding degree. They have a video that could change the stakes in this election and they’re hiding it. And they’ve been hiding it since last April.
Contact the Los Angeles Times and demand that they release this video.
UPDATE at 10/25/08 9:36:04 pm:
It gets even more interesting.
Also attending the farewell dinner described above: Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn.
In Chicago, the Khalidis founded the Arab American Action Network, and Mona Khalidi served as its president. A big farewell dinner was held in their honor by AAAN with a commemorative book filled with testimonials from their friends and political allies. These included the left wing anti-war group Not In My Name, the Electronic Intifada, and the ex-Weatherman domestic terrorists Bernadine Dohrn and Bill Ayers. (There were also testimonials from then-state Senator Barack Obama and the mayor of Chicago.)
the Bullsh*t Brigade is working overtime. What a load of crap you just spewed. You guys are so desperate that you're funny.
'Yup, I was one of those 'baby killers' that your parents spat on. '
No you wern't, and my parents welcomed home Real vets with open arms. My aunt left a son in Vietnam.
'You're in an X ambush. '
LOL, You are an idiot!
'The question is put to you again: Exactly what have you done for your country, son.'
Gee dad, the answer is: none of your buisness. :-D
'The question is put to you again: Exactly what have you done for your country, son.'
'Gee dad, the answer is: none of your buisness. :-D'
Just as I thought. You're an empty shirt, shooting bullsh*t bullets from a keyboard. So, what are you going to do for your country, son, shoot more bullsh*t bullets at people? By the way the word you want is business, not buisness, son.
'What a load of crap you just spewed.'
Not at all. It exist=s and has ffor a while. Wait until middle America geta a load of Obama tosting the PLO with Rashid Khalidi, Bernadine Dohrn and Bill Ayers. LIFTING HIS GLASS to them.
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At Australia’s Daily Telegraph, Tim Blair says: “Peter Wallsten, hand over that tape.”
Referring to this: The LA Times is hiding an incriminating video of Obama with radical Palestinian professor Rashid Khalidi.
Contact the Los Angeles Times and demand that they release this video.
UPDATE at 10/26/08 12:24:05 pm:
Please note: the existence of the tape is not in doubt. In his article from last April, the Los Angeles Times’ Peter Wallsten said explicitly that they possessed a copy of the tape: Allies of Palestinians see a friend in Barack Obama.
At Khalidi’s going-away party in 2003, the scholar lavished praise on Obama, telling the mostly Palestinian American crowd that the state senator deserved their help in winning a U.S. Senate seat. “You will not have a better senator under any circumstances,” Khalidi said.
The event was videotaped, and a copy of the tape was obtained by The Times.
a million comics out of work and you want to break into the business. You're a comedian, Smiley D a-hole. See you at Yuk Yuk's.
I have said my serious bit earlier in these posts, so let`s have a poke at you Grandpa. Give the girls a treat
Bet ya march up and down ya room dressed in full camo battle gear, imitating Rambo and wishing you could dash out and kill more babies and old ladies with ya trench knife. Must be heartbreaking for you, living in your inglorious past. No more blood and guts messing the place up.
Still you can always cuddle those bits of tin they gave you for being so brave and being away from Momma so long. I`ve got bits of tin like them from a beans can.
Still old war horse, you have a clear conscience. At least you did a damned good job over there, decimating the entire country and most of it`s population with your Napalm, bombs and bullets and poisoning the whole bloody planet and wild life with your Agent Orange.
Go on, have a gay-day Grandpa and vote for Obama.
Kiss and make up ?
OOOOh RA!
Hit me with some more cliché Nammie....
Here, a clip from the internet which is the closest you got to 'recon', or anything else that involves leaving your mommies basement!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRVHHIygyIM
'I have said my serious bit earlier in these posts, so let`s have a poke at you Grandpa. '
Are you just going to take that nam-boy? Are you just goig to take that sitting down RECON??? Jeez... Some internet vet you are. Have at the hippy! Show us what you've got!
I see you've got your bullsh*t bullet dispenser set on full auto and you're shooting blanks, son.
The question you are still avoiding is: Exactly what have you done for your country. Well, what have you done, son? -RECON
Yet another one of Smiley D's worms crawls out of his head.
Who has now decided to vote for Barak Obama as the next president of the United States of America.
Stunning results in early voting in California.
Sunday, October 26, 2008 at 01:15PM CDT
California has begun early voting already as well as mail-in balloting. The number of people who have gone in to vote in person has been extensive. The results so far prove what we had always suspected. The polls are being proven as totally unreliable. Although the results of early balloting have not been disclosed,of course,how many Republicans and how many Democrats have voted has been revealed.
The results are simply shocking. The polls showed Barack Obama with an 18 point lead in California just a few days ago. The results thus far are the complete opposite. In the most liberal state in the entire country,the results are that 99,000 Republicans have voted and 96,000 Democrats voted. In the mail-in balloting the results so far are that 9,000 Democrats sent in their ballots and that 5,000 Republicans did so. So with nearly 210,000 people having voted,the Democrats have only a 1,000 vote advantage !
If we take the liberty of assuming that all Republicans will vote for John McCain and all Democrats will vote for Obama,then the race is incredibly close. I'm sure that Obama will eventually win in California,but if he is struggling here after he pushed so hard for early voting,then he will lose the election ! Everybody thought he would win California in a landslide,but so far anyway,it's very tight. That means that in the less liberal states he is in real trouble.
Ignore the pundits. Forget the polls. Get out there and vote for John McCain. The results in California show the wisdom of Yogi Berra who said, 'It's not over until it's over.'
Reuters-Zogby Poll: Obama Lead Drops to 5 Points
Politics | Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 9:46:07 am PST
In the latest Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll, Barack Obama’s lead over John McCain has dropped to 5 points.
Among likely voters:
Obama - 49%
McCain - 44%
Margin of error - 2.9 points.
yeah, right.
The question you are still avoiding is: Exactly what have you done for your country.
I am not avoiding it, I told you: None of your business. Hold your breath until you get an answer. :-D
Confirmed: MSM Holds Video Of Barack Obama Attending Jew-Bash & Toasting a Former PLO Operative... Refuse to Release the Video!
The LA Times is holding a video that shows Barack Obama celebrating with a group of Palestinians who are openly hostile towards Israel. Barack Obama even gives a toast to a former PLO operative at this celebration. If the American public saw this side of Barack Obama he would never be elected president.
But, the media refuses to release this video.
LA Times writer Peter Wallsten wrote about Barack Obama's close association with former Palestinian operative Rashid Khalidi back in April.
Wallsten discussed a dinner held back in 2003 in honor of Khalidi, a critic of Israel and advocate for Palestinian rights.
Barack Obama has denied his close association with Khalidi, too.
According to Wallsten the evening not surprisingly turned into a classic Jew-bash:
'During the dinner a young Palestinian American recited a poem accusing the Israeli government of terrorism in its treatment of Palestinians and sharply criticizing U.S. support of Israel. If Palestinians cannot secure their own land, she said, 'then you will never see a day of peace.'
One speaker likened 'Zionist settlers on the West Bank' to Osama bin Laden, saying both had been 'blinded by ideology.'
Barack Obama also praised the former PLO operative during the event.
And, Obama confessed that his family often shared dinner with the Khalidis:
His many talks with the Khalidis, Obama said, had been 'consistent reminders to me of my own blind spots and my own biases... It's for that reason that I'm hoping that, for many years to come, we continue that conversation -- a conversation that is necessary not just around Mona and Rashid's dinner table,' but around 'this entire world.'
...The event was videotaped, and a copy of the tape was obtained by The Times.
Khalidi and the Obamas were great friends in Chicago and often shared meals together. By the way, Khalidi was also best friends with Bill Ayers.
On Wednesday I talked with Peter Wallsten from the Los Angeles Times about the article on Obama and Khalidi:
Wallston was one of the few mainstream media reporters to report on this radical Obama associate.
Wallston said that the article was written after he watched video taken at the Khalidi going away party. When I asked him about the video he said that as far as he was concerned he was through with the story.
I asked him if he was planning on releasing this video of Obama toasting the radical Khalidi at this Jew-bash. He told me he was not releasing the video. He also would not comment on his source for the video. Wallston also said he did not know if Khalidi's good friend Bill Ayers was at the event or not.
So, there you have it.
The LA Times has video of Obama toasting a former PLO operative at a Jew-bash but will not release the video.
This is outrageous.
Obviously, this video would do great damage to Obama who struggles with Jewish voters due to his circle of close anti-Semitic friends.
Maybe this is the reason it is not being released?
More on Khalidi---
Not only does Barack Obama's church of 20 years support Hamas and Hezbollah but Barack Obama also has a longtime close friendship and financial association with suspected former PLO operative and Israel hater Rashid Khalidi.
Earlier this month Sean Hannity dared to report on Barack and Michelle Obama's radical associate and friend, Rashid Khalidi:
Barack Obama funnelled thousands of dollars of cash to Rashidi's anti-Israel Foundation through his work on the Woods Fund.
In 2000, Rashid Khalidi, a former PLO operative who justified Palestinian terrorism as contributing to 'political enlightenment,' threw a fundraiser for his friend Barack Obama.
Although he is described as a former PLO operative, via Free Republic, this is what Rashid Khalidi has to say about Palestinian terrorism against Jews-- he said anti-Israel violence contributed to 'political enlightenment':
On Palestinian violence. Khalidi glorifies anti-Israel violence as contributing to “political enlightenment”[vii] and unsurprisingly admires those who carry it out. His loyalty to Palestinian terrorist groups run so deep that he actually dedicated his 1986 valentine to the PLO, Under Siege, to “those who gave their lives . . . in defense of the cause of Palestine and independence of Lebanon.”[viii] The book whitewashes PLO violence against Israelis and Lebanese, as well as the Syrian occupation.
Khalidi and Ayers were practically best friends.
And, both Ayers and Obama signed the commemorative book given to Khalidi at his going away party:
In Chicago, the Khalidis founded the Arab American Action Network, and Mona Khalidi served as its president. A big farewell dinner was held in their honor by AAAN with a commemorative book filled with testimonials from their friends and political allies. These included the left wing anti-war group Not In My Name, the Electronic Intifada, and the ex-Weatherman domestic terrorists Bernadine Dohrn and Bill Ayers. (There were also testimonials from then-state Senator Barack Obama and the mayor of Chicago.)
It's hard to imagine that the LA Times would hold onto a video of Sarah Palin praising an anti-Semitic radical and former PLO operative...
But, that is today's mainstream media.
The question was: Exactly what have you done for your country.
The response has been silence on this matter. The only conclusion that can be logically reached is you have done absolutely NOTHING for your country, son. You are a leech. -RECON
Thanks for the comedy skit, Smiley D a-hole. But you'd better practise some more, your delivery fell flat.
I'm sorry for the decent people that have to wade trough all the crap posted here in order to have a factual discussion.i'm not sure the smear will be without consequence on the fibers of democracy itself .Don't you agree this is doing more damage to democracy itself than any airplane launched against your buildings:and this is from an american political part.How low can you get.
Is a loser. He will not win.
Sanity returns, Thank you Tonny. Smiley D and his sock puppets are a waste of time and web space. It is unfortunate that the offensive little minds cannot see anything except their indoctrination and miss the overview. The overview being they are damaging the reputation of the USA. People see this over abundance of garbage and might think that most Americans think this way. This is unfortunate as most Americans that I have met are decent people.
Jusr how disgusting the smear from the GOP is ?
Enter this sentence in Google:
MSM Holds Video Of Barack Obama
Then you'll see this is not a genuine post but part of a GOP smear campaign that is nothing but lies.There is no reference in google whatsoever that points to anything other than smear.
Is is message approved by McCain ?
Obama is an Arab..no..I am mad as hell cause the socialists are taking over. What a bunch of dumb, ignorant people supporting McCaine.
So I can clear my conscience, I do feel humbled and honored to have a real Nam-vet poking me in the eye.
Ya gotta admit, the guy is one of America`s elite - he and his mates lost the only war for America in our long proud history. Well done guys.
Have you booked ya place at Arlington ? That`s where all our hero`s go.
Perhaps next to that other freak - Lee Marvin - how the hell a private got into Arlington next to Custer and all the big Generals, I`ll never know.
He never distinguished himself by losing America`d only war, he just got shot up the arse at Saipan. HE told everybody it was Iwo Jima to look a big hero. How do you get shot up the arse ? I thought real tough Marines were supposed to FACE the enemy. Could`nt have been running away, could he ?
Lights out Rambo.
Everyone on the planet born between 1932 and 1952 has to get wiped out.
McCain is impulsive and erratic and doesn't emit the confidence people are looking for in a president. Obama demonstrates careful deliberation and a caring persona, not consumed by hatred for his opponents. McCain's attack strategy and his and Palin's constant spewing of this at rallies has been one of the downfalls of his campaign helping to sink his hopes.
Now Palin has been demonstrating some differences from some of McCain's policies that would hint of a not-so-good pairing and working well together. I think Palin has her sights set on the future, and a big problem with her is she doesn't know what she doesn't know!
Exactly what have you done for your country, son?
That was the question, that still is the question, Leech. -RECON
'how do you get shot up the arse ?'
By being a toe-tapping Republican't, that's how. Bend over sweet cheeks, you need a Prostate exam. You buddy SP4 will gladly oblige you.
OK, ya dunna like my dialog, I understand, you obviously don`t.
We just gotta stop meetin like this, peepal will be talkin about us, thinkin we is some kinda faggots.
What have I done for my country ? Absolutely sod all. Satisfied Nambo ?
'thinkin we is some kinda faggots.'
What a poser. In Britain a faggot is a cigarette. So you're some kind of cigarette? Yup, you're smoked. You just made an ash of yourself.
'I'm sorry for the decent people that have to wade trough all the crap posted here in order to have a factual discussion.'
You regard anything that is not socialism and 'gloobul worming' as a 'distraction'.
'i'm not sure the smear will be without consequence on the fibers of democracy itself .'
Don't worry tonny, we will just impose democracy on you again.
'Don't you agree this is doing more damage to democracy itself than any airplane launched against your buildings'
No tonny, posting things that you disagree with on the internet is not worse then flying aircraft full of human beings in to buildings full of human beings. That you think otherwise ijust shows what a sh*t head you are.
@RAMBO - NAMBO to: NAMBO - RAMBO, you call that a battle of infantile lunatics?
Come on... boring.
BD Poll: McCain in Dead Heat with Obama
Sen. John McCain has narrowed Sen. Barack Obama's lead in the latest IBD/TIPP poll. Obama now leads 46.5 percent to 43.3 percent. The poll's margin of error is +/- 3 percentage points.
McCain cut 0.7 point off Obama’s lead Sunday in the Investor's Business Daily/TechnoMetrica Institute of Policy and Politics poll, as undecided voters have started to commit.
According to the poll:
# McCain has a 13-point lead with married women.
# Obama has a 41-point lead with single women.
# McCain has a 6-point lead with men overall.
# Obama leads in the Northeast and West.
# McCain leads in the South.
So the Smiley D a-hole gets his arse handed to him, so he just reaches into that brain case of his, digs out another worm and goes crawling again. Give it up, child. You've shot your bolt.
I love it when Smiley D a-hole's worms feed off each other, like in your latest worm cast.
McLame is dead in the water.
MSM Witholds Video of Obama Toasting Former PLO Operative at Jew Bashing Dinner
Barack Obama funnelled thousands of dollars of cash to Rashidi’s anti-Israel Foundation through his work on the Woods Fund. In 2000, Rashid Khalidi, a former PLO operative who justified Palestinian terrorism as contributing to “political enlightenment,” threw a fundraiser for his friend Barack Obama.
Now that you have the background of this radical, here are some summary points of Gateway Pundit’s report on the media willfully withholding video evidence of Obama praising him while attending a Jew bash:
LA Times writer Peter Wallsten wrote about Barack Obama’s close association with former Palestinian operative Rashid Khalidi back in April.
“During the dinner a young Palestinian American recited a poem accusing the Israeli government of terrorism in its treatment of Palestinians and sharply criticizing U.S. support of Israel. If Palestinians cannot secure their own land, she said, “then you will never see a day of peace.”
One speaker likened “Zionist settlers on the West Bank” to Osama bin Laden.”
….His many talks with the Khalidis, Obama said, had been “consistent reminders to me of my own blind spots and my own biases… It’s for that reason that I’m hoping that, for many years to come, we continue that conversation — a conversation that is necessary not just around Mona and Rashid’s dinner table,” but around “this entire world.”
…The event was videotaped, and a copy of the tape was obtained by The Times.
Jim Hoft (Gateway Pundit) talked to Peter Wallsten from the Los Angeles Times about the article on Obama and Khalidi on Wednesday.
I asked him if he was planning on releasing this video of Obama toasting the radical Khalidi at this Jew-bash. He told me he was not releasing the video. He also would not comment on his source for the video. Wallston also said he did not know if Khalidi’s good friend Bill Ayers was at the event or not.
So, the LA Times has video of Obama attending a Jew bash and toasting a radical former PLO operative, and they are not sharing it with the public. I think we all know they would immediately release the tape if it were Sarah Palin making the toast.
Update: William Ayers was at the Jew bash too!
In Chicago, the Khalidis founded the Arab American Action Network, and Mona Khalidi served as its president. A big farewell dinner was held in their honor by AAAN with a commemorative book filled with testimonials from their friends and political allies. These included the left wing anti-war group Not In My Name, the Electronic Intifada, and the ex-Weatherman domestic terrorists Bernadine Dohrn and Bill Ayers. (There were also testimonials from then-state Senator Barack Obama.)
'McLame is dead in the water.'
You are dead in the brain.
'You are dead in the brain.'
I must have hit a nerve for you to come back with a retort as lame as that.
Once again we have compost from the worm farm in Smiley D's brain case.
You know so much about Britain ? Actually YOU are the smoked ash pile.
In Britain a FAGGOT is ;-
A ball of meat mixed with bread and herbs, which is fried or cooked in sauce.
In the States a FAGGOT is ;-
A guy who would grab hold of your best friend in a shower.
There are lots of them in San Francisco - you would be made very welcome.
Bye, bye - FAGGOT.
Cigarettes are not called faggots in Britain.
Took you long enough.
Fags are smokes. Fag was originally short for faggot, meaning a bundle of sticks, generally for starting a fire. A faggot is also a kind of meatball, a traditional dish in the UK, especially the Midlands of England. It is made from meat off-cuts and offal, especially pork. A faggot is traditionally made from pig heart, liver and fatty belly meat or bacon minced together, with herbs added for flavouring and sometimes breadcrumbs. The mixture is shaped in the hand into balls, wrapped round with caul (a membrane from the pig's abdomen), and baked.
Seeing as how you were using British vernacular, your bum chums in Frisco don't enter into this. It doesn't matter, you still made an ash of yourself, meatball.
Mushy peas goes great with faggots. Ever try bangers and mash? Fish and chips wrapped in a newspaper is to die for.
read the comments under this story:
www.monstersandcritics.com/news/usa/features/article_1439222.php/For_Ob ama_%26quotIts_the_network_stupid%21%26quot__Feature__
Ever have British Army Shite on a Shingle? Beats Mrats all to he*ll. Throw in some Marmite and you've got a taste treat you'll never forget.
Former Bush strategist Matthew Dowd recently said of McCain:
'He put somebody unqualified on that ballot and he put the country at risk, he knows that.'
And the story is about the generational voting gap in Florida. Where are the posts about that? The thread has been hijacked by a pack of Republican't turds. So what is wrong with throwing some mush peas aroud, dickwad? You have no choice. There is only one real candidate and the tired old fart.
Sod off Yank-er. Or should I say sod off, Smiley D, the king of spam. Blow it out your arse.
all you guys do is jack-off your jaws and don't say a thing.
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It isn't too late to vote for a strong USA.Oct 26th, 2008 - 02:23:28
An Obama-Biden administration--working with a Democratic Congress--would mean a more debilitating nanny state at home and a weaker nation facing our enemies abroad... The risk of real damage is great, especially when compared with the prospect of a tough-minded center-right McCain-Palin administration that could lead the country sensibly through these difficult times.
Reading the endorsements of Obama in the liberal media should strengthen the determination of all believers in American self-government and greatness to fight this election campaign to the end. Time magazine's Joe Klein tells us that Obama 'seems a grown-up, in a nation that badly needs some adult supervision.' To the contrary, we are a nation of adults. We don't need the 'supervision' of a conventionally liberal and totally untested junior senator whose most impressive lifetime achievement has been the construction of an effective narrative about himself....
We also hear a lot of squeaking from rats deserting the McCain ship about Barack Obama's exemplary temperament. So what? If he'd had his way, Obama would have lost the war in Iraq--with equanimity. He would have been calm, cool, and collected as U.S. interests were sacrificed and U.S. honor besmirched. Neville Chamberlain also had a fine temperament and a good intellect. Joe Biden, by the way, has neither. But he did--much as he now wishes people to forget it--support the Iraq war. These days, he can barely be bothered even to mention Iraq. Oh well, start a war, lose a war. Gotta move on.
John McCain didn't move on. He helped to win the war. In a fine article on National Review Online last week, Byron York reported on a moment at a McCain rally:
''I just gave John McCain my Purple Heart,' Marine Sgt. Jack Eubanks told me a few minutes after McCain finished a speech at a campaign rally in Woodbridge, Virginia, Saturday. 'I said, 'I want to give this to you, sir, as a reminder that we want you to keep your promise to bring us home in victory and honor, so it will mean something.' ' '
The 22-year-old Eubanks has been injured twice in Iraq. He's now teaching Marine recruits at Quantico--and walking with a cane. York explains that Eubanks saw remarkable progress in Iraq between his 2005 and 2007 tours and is concerned that it might all be for naught. 'I think Obama's just going to pull everyone home as soon as he can, despite what's going on over there,' he told York. 'I just don't want it to turn into another Vietnam or worse where everything we fought for, and all my buddies who died over there, it was just for nothing.'
We would hope that Obama might be more responsible with respect to Iraq as president than he was as senator, now that the surge he opposed and derided has worked. But hope is all anyone can do. And in dealing with other foreign threats, he'd more than likely follow his natural inclination--reflexively liberal, post-nationalist, timid to a fault.
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