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Hawaii governor says nation wouldn’t be safe under Obama
DAVID ALLIO / SPECIAL TO THE SUN
Republican Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle addresses about 60 John McCain supporters in a GOP rally at the Henderson Convention Center amphitheater on Wednesday.
Thursday, Oct. 16, 2008 | 2 a.m.
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Dick and Jo Takahashi, of Las Vegas, talk to Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle after a Wednesday speech at the Henderson Events Plaza in support of Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain.
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Echoing the theme of recent John McCain campaign ads that claim Barack Obama associates with terrorists, Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle told a small Henderson audience that in this presidential election “it’s the protection of your families that’s at stake.”
If the choice between the Republican and Democratic nominees is “posed in this fashion,” she said, then voters are “going to say McCain.”
Lingle’s stump speech for McCain attracted only about 60 people to the Henderson Convention Center on Wednesday afternoon — chairs were taken away shortly before she arrived. By contrast, nearly a thousand came to the same venue to hear Mitt Romney speak in August.
Besides mentioning McCain’s history of crossing party lines, Lingle hardly touched on the Arizona senator’s record and instead focused on Obama.
Policy wasn’t mentioned. In fact, she said the two candidates can “talk all they want” about their plans on issues such as health care and energy, but it “really comes down to: Who do you want to be sitting in the White House when it comes down to the security of America?”
McCain’s campaign has come under fire recently for what some have called scare tactics, and McCain was forced to diffuse the fears of his supporters and defend Obama at a recent rally: “He’s a decent family man, citizen that I just happen to have disagreements with on fundamental issues and that’s what this campaign is all about.”
Lingle, though, repeatedly framed the presidential election in terms of the physical safety of Americans and painted Obama as a mysterious figure who is uncomfortable with leadership.
She said voting for Obama would put the safety of the country’s children in the “hands of someone we hardly know.” (She also added that despite Obama’s touting he is from Hawaii, she has never met him and he has “never called me on the phone.”)
Ultimately the country judges the president by how he deals with the unexpected, Lingle said, and Obama “is not a person who will make the tough calls.”
Megan McCloskey can be reached at 259-2320 or at megan.mccloskey@lasvegassun.com.
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"Obama...is not a person who will make the tough calls."
And Sarah Palin is??? Doesn't this woman know there are more people sitting on Waikiki Beach than living in all of Alaska?
See, this is what happens when you put a haole in charge of Hawaii. Stupidness breaks out all over the place.
GOBAMA!
Obama and Biden never make "the tough calls". Both are lib-sheep, liars / plagiarizers and worst of all for America, social communists.
America's enemies have already chimed in for their choice, Obama.
Why should we listen to Lina Lingle?
Sidney McSame and Palin associate with present day terrorists.
If McSame dies, one in four chance that he will, then the extremist Alaskan secessionist will become president. I could just imagine her in the oval office talking to a world leader with a phone in one hand the baby in the other.
McSame offers no ideas that are different than Bush's. He's just more of the Same.
First, Obama will save America.
Obama will take from the rich and give to the poor. People who pay income taxes will pay higher income taxes so that people who pay no income taxes will get checks for $1,000's of dollars.
Obama is going to hand out welfare cash like it is candy.
Obama then is going to try to buy the middle class vote by giving them $1.95 more a day in middle class tax cuts over McCain's plan. $1.95 a day will bring much happiness in lives of Americans.
Every day, Obama is promising more tax cuts and spending plans. Obama will be the trillion dollar man. Obama will be the first president to generate trillion dollar annual budget deficits every year he is in office.
Next, Obama will save the world. Many leaders are excited about Obama being the world leader. Chavez, Castro and Hamas have given their support to this wonderful future leader. There will be joy and dancing in the streets in Iran, Palestine, Pakistan and Havana when Obama is anointed Messiah of the World.
Silly, uninformed comments from jfnance32. Get over it. Republicans have made a mess of it for eight years and he and Linda Lingle are trying to scare the American people into thinking Obama is dangerous! Obama is showing he is a clear-headed leader who believes in the American people. And the American people are responding.
"Obama is showing he is a clear-headed leader
who believes in the American people"
I guess he is so clear-headed that he called many American people as bitter folk who cling to guns and religion to deal with their problems.
Wow, she drew 60 people! I am excited.
Calling a spade a spade does not mean that someone is not clear headed. Just means they're being more honest than people can handle.
Few newspapers, locally,
have anything regarding the below - its widely discussed on CNN, FOX,
and other major newspapers - but not here. voter fraud should be known to all voters
and it would do well for our citizens to get the full impact of this
upcoming election:
Never again should our country "assist" other countries in a free and
democratic election when we can not even control our own --- it has
been reported
and substantiated the following states have had voter fraud through
ACORN
- an Assocation that the media has linked Sen Obama ----- from busing in
the
homeless, to dead people voting - to children voting - to duplicate
votes - to "made up" registrations of false addresses and social
security numbers:
Ga, Ohio,Va, Mich, "NEVADA" Texas, Tn, Fl, New Mex. N. Car,Penna,
Colo,
Ind, Missouri, Wash, Ala., and Wisc AND HOW MANY MORE -
Whose election is this anyway??? Definitely NOT THE FREE PEOPLE of our
country.
Only 60 people? That's a pathetic turn-out! It's all over but the counting!
Early Get Out The Vote starts tomorrow - so, now is the time for everyone to make time on their calendars over the next few weeks to take back America - for all of us!
I'm not a partisan - but, this cycle, I'm voting a straight Democratic Ticket!
Obama / Biden '08
Berkley / Derby / Titus '08!
Obama was born in Honolulu and spent most of his life here before going off to college. His smart, lovely grandma still lives here in the same apt he lived in for so long. Lingle, on the other hand, is not local and from the mainland. She ran for governor as a uniter and someone who can reach across the isle to solve problems (sound familiar?) but instead has achieved little, will probably be regarded as our worst goverernor ever, and instead has turned into a shrill, name caller who doesn't seem to mind slandering and telling horrible lies about anyone who disagrees with her. She's been pallin' around Palin too much lately, which shows, and seems to have little grasp of the serious issues facing our country and state. While Hawaii is facing one of the most serious economic times ever, she doesn't seem to care and is traveling around the mainland trying to distort Obama's record of leadership and his keen intellect and knowledge of issues. You notice she doesn't bring up McCain as a calm, rational type of leader we need, because he isn't and his running mate isn't qualified. These our dangerous times here in this country, with folks losing their jobs and retirment savings, still fighting 2 wars and going into hock with China and we need a SMART TEAM that can begin to clean up the mess of the last 8 years created by Bush/McCain republicans. WE DESPARATELY NEED OBAMA/BIDEN!!! Shaka, Baracka!
How disappointing that the mellow people of Hawaii must be represented by such a shallow individual, as is our current governor. Believe me folks, we are not like this in Hawaii nei. The people of Hawaii are positive, caring, supportive, and full of Aloha! They do NOT appreciate hateful and divisive talk and behavior. Gov, nuff awready - aznuts! Hawaii is heavily democratic, but open minded and independent enough to elect a republican governor - we WILL now, learn from our mistake! Lingle, like so many of her now desperate retardlican colleagues, feels it is some how appropriate to resort to the rovian/bush politics of fear mongering, which, only in the wake of 911, proved successful in saddling us with eight years of the absolute worst president in our history. The voting public has learned from their mistake and will NOT put the stale, shameless, Father Time McStain in the White House for another four years of a declining society and economy. So, dear gov, you might as well unhitch your wagon from what you thought was a rising "star." Palin is 'failin' - no "star" at all, but a rock-headed, out-of-control, undirected asteroid that is flaming out before our eyes, never to be heard from again. Alaska is even catching on to what they have done! Thus, your dreams of brown nosing your way up in the retardlican hierarchy are likewise going down in flames - no D.C. job for you, gov! McStain is plenty bad enough, but Palin, the "Funny Bunny" laughing stock of the planet - not on your life!!! Governor, you are am embarrassment to the spirit of Hawaii and we will NOT forget!!! And BTW, no come Kauai gov, unless you want plenty stink eye! Barack - Welcome to the White House, Braddah!!! Geev'um!!!
Obama: "I thought about joining the military." Ha! Which country's military, Indonesia or Kenya?
Now if McCain had picked Lingle at least he would've had a chance at those all important electoral votes from Hawaii. I think Jimbo Gibbons would've attracted a larger crowd? 60 people? Impressive for the second largest city in Nevada!
60 people showed up to listen to a governor who travel from hawaii to nevada to give a speech for mccain.i think that tells us how much people are listening to this idiot.why can't these mccain fanatics talk about mccain rather then talk about obama,because they really aren't crazy about their candidate but rather their stuck w/mccain and simple sarah.by the way ask this gov. what country she can see from her porch.another politician who nobody knew was a moron until she left her state and decided to draw a crowd of 60 people,wow big crowd i wonder how much security they needed to keep the crowd under control,and run her mouth about someone she has never met and does not know.yep hawaii make sure you re-elect this one,you guys must really be proud.
This election is sickeningly divisive. Most of you need an education more than you need internet access.
Palin is the failure of the McCain candidacy; he lost the election with her selection. Obama, if elected, will not have "won" as much as McCain threw the fight.
I'm a Nevada Libertarian who crosses party lines freely, and I am tired of voting AGAINST candidates rather than FOR them.
I'm not sure who I feel more sorry for -- Lingle, who traveled all this way to talk to 60 people, or the 60 people who actually did listen to her. I've heard her interviewed many times and have yet to hear anything out of her mouth other than campaign talking points. And I guess her native son doesn't get any love because he hasn't bothered to pick up the phone and call her. Now that's a mature way to decide upon a candidate to endorse. But, I think Nevadans are sharp enough to read the writing on the wall and see no point in rallying around a candidate who's floundering. If McCain manages to squeak out wins in the East Coast, a quick and clean Nevada decision for Obama could be the vote that puts Obama over the top. Go for it, Nevadans!
I wonder why anyone cares what the unknown governor of Hawaii has to say (residents of Hawaii notwithstanding of course). Is she being "introduced" now so she can be Alaska Barbie's running mate in 2012?
Common Cents, you have NO common sense. Here's a link.
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/......
here's some good excerpts
At PolitiFact.com, were all about original sources. We dont take anyone at their word or take the reporting of other media organizations as proof. We go to the heart of the story, the source of the truth original, corroborating documents.
When the official documents were questioned, we went looking for more answers. We circled back to the Department of Health, had a newsroom colleague bring in her own Hawaii birth certificate to see if it looks the same (its identical). But every answer triggered more questions.
And soon enough, after going to every length possible to confirm the birth certificates authenticity, you start asking, what is reasonable here?
Because if this document is forged, then they all are.
If this document is forged, a U.S. senator and his presidential campaign have perpetrated a vast, long-term fraud. They have done it with conspiring officials at the Hawaii Department of Health, the Cook County (Ill.) Bureau of Vital Statistics, the Illinois Secretary of States office, the Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission of the Supreme Court of Illinois and many other government agencies.
Sounds like a Vince Flynn novel.
and
The Hawaii Department of Health receives about a dozen e-mail inquiries a day about Obamas birth certificate, spokesman Okubo said.
I guess the big issue thats being raised is the lack of an embossed seal and a signature, Okubo said, pointing out that in Hawaii, both those things are on the back of the document. Because they scanned the front ... you wouldnt see those things.
Okubo says she got a copy of her own birth certificate last year and it is identical to the Obama one we received.
And about the copy we e-mailed her for verification? When we looked at that image you guys sent us, our registrar, he thought he could see pieces of the embossed image through it.
Still, she acknowledges: I dont know that its possible for us to even say beyond a doubt what the image on the site represents.
And theres the rub. It is possible that Obama conspired his way to the precipice of the worlds biggest job, involving a vast network of people and government agencies over decades of lies. Anythings possible.
But step back and look at the overwhelming evidence to the contrary and your sense of whats reasonable has to take over.
There is not one shred of evidence to disprove PolitiFacts conclusion that the candidates name is Barack Hussein Obama, or to support allegations that the birth certificate he released isnt authentic.
And thats true no matter how many people cling to some hint of doubt and use the Internet to fuel their innate sense of distrust.
And here's a good question...if Obama wasn't born in Hawaii, wouldn't this partisan governor who's stumping for McCain have a big vested interest in proving Obama wasn't born in Hawaii.
Red: read the pleadings at www.obamacrimes.com The lawsuit was filed by a prominent democrat.
Doesn't make any dumber. I'll repeat again, because you obviously live in Fantasyland. Why wouldn't the governor of Hawaii, who's stumping for McCain, not look into this. This would be under her purview, and it would end the race. Why? The top republicans know this is stupid. By the how's that electoral map looking for ya? Looking more and more like smurf village to me.
I also looked up Berg. This moron fights with those 9/11 for Truth dingleberries. He also wants to disbar several supreme court justices, and is a libertarian. Wow, sounds like a democrat to me, NOT.
This guy's a loose cannon and a pot stirrer and probably an idiot to boot.
Is is really beyond comprehension that the terrorists can find ways to put their own in the white house? Why do some people still believe that this is just not a possibility? If people don't believe there are wolves in sheeps clothing hovering around waiting to take up residence in the White House then they are going to be in for a very rude awakening. Not all are pure of heart - there are some indeed who have very tainted motives for wanting to take possession of the highest office in this country.
The Sun is removing posting for content and not for offensive comments.
The Sun does not even have the guts to send out the emails any more.
Here is my comment which is just facts:
1. Obama has a relationship with a person who has admitted to bombing police stations.
2. That person has not apologized for bombing police stations.
3. Obama had his first fundraiser in the home of the person.
I guess the Sun has taken offence to facts.
Ummm. Last I heard Obama was running against McCain not Palin. What's your point?
I looked into Ayers "the terrorist". He's a well respected individual now, 40 years later. So this point by jfnance32 is lame. No reason to pay any attention to utterly inaccurate non-points.
For me, it's more people like Rush, Hannity, and Billo, who keep spoon feeding lies to their loving lemmings, like jfnance32, who are the real terrorists. They make it impossible for people to simply disagree. They have split left and right and made dialog strained or impossible by demonizing everyone who doesn't just go along.
It can't be that Obama just has a different way of looking at governing. It has to be that he's a muslim terrorist who hates is country and can't wait to destroy us all.
Honesty, if this is what you believe, then you must be truly truly dumb. You have lost all sense and put someone else in charge of your brain.
johnevegas, well said. You have summarized the 'bots perfectly. Thank you.
'I looked into Ayers "the terrorist". He's a well respected individual now, 40 years later. So this point by jfnance32 is lame. No reason to pay any attention to utterly inaccurate non-points."
Well respected among the old Weather Underground, SDS and others who regret they "didn't do enough" bombings, assaults and attacks on the American nation. I can't see - for myself, and can't see others who think someone who felt he didn't bomb, or attack enough - respectable company.
Conversely, IF a Republican had an unrepentant abortion-clinic bomber as an initial sponsor politically and ongoing mentor = liberals would, and have in similar situations - gone ballistic. It's just the hypocricy of liberals who tell we all about intention by ignoring the terrorist, racist and anti-American associations liberals would castigate a conservative for. "johnevegas' " coverup for the terrorist, Ayers, is shown for the blind Obamunism it is.
"For me, it's more people like Rush, Hannity, and Billo, who keep spoon feeding lies to their loving lemmings, like jfnance32, who are the real terrorists. They make it impossible for people to simply disagree. They have split left and right and made dialog strained or impossible by demonizing everyone who doesn't just go along."
Shallow, predictible and ignoRANT! Demonizing (Rs) for what liberals have done for decades is noted and rejected. Conservatives are just catching up to the vicious LSD.
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"It can't be that Obama just has a different way of looking at governing. It has to be that he's a muslim terrorist who hates is country and can't wait to destroy us all."
Gibberish straight from DailyKos or HuffPo or the like. The dose of ignoRANT discourse which the liberal invented, perfected but can't own up to, so like a child = blame the other guy.
Well, another walk through liberal delusionland? What's that SMELL???