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Why Obama will pass tests of presidency
Friday, Oct. 24, 2008 | 2:04 a.m.
Will the next president of the United States be tested within his first six months in office? Of course he will! Should this come as some sort of surprise?
Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden stated the obvious.
With the United States involved in two wars, a Middle East in upheaval, potential rivals acquiring nuclear armaments, genocide in Africa, rampant global pollution, an energy crisis and worldwide economic uncertainty, there’s a pretty good chance the next president will be put to the test on a host of problems, seen and unseen.
A young President Barack Obama will be tested. And, we’ve gotten a glimpse of the steady and reasoned approach he takes to problems, unlike his opponent, whose erratic behavior suggests otherwise.
John McCain says America doesn’t want a president who will be tested, but that’s because John McCain is not that good at taking tests. Look at his academic career! Then look at his assessment of the economy in the midst of a crisis.
Should I dare say look at his support of the failed policies of the Bush administration over the past eight years? I have no fear of Barack Obama passing the test. It’s John McCain I worry about.
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It is hard to look at Obama's academic career.
He has refused to release his records from Columbia Univ. He wrote about 2 sentences about his time at Columbia Univ in his bio book.
I wonder what Obama is hiding..................
I wonder when Jim is going to focus on an actual issue or (dare we even think it) supporting his candidate instead of blastfax talking points that mean absolutely nothing .........
"He has refused to release his records from Columbia Univ."
If you actually cared to find out (which you do not), this information is available via a simple Google search, jfnance32.
"I wonder what Obama is hiding....."
And we all wonder where you are hiding your brain.
His style, attitude and supporters are already failing tests of decency. He draws a hundred thousand supporters in St. Louis this week and now the kids are celebrating "hit a Jew day"? Louis Farrakhan announced last week "this is a new beginning for the Nation of Islam". http://apnews.myway.com/article/20081024...
Jesse Jackson said that Obama will mean the end of Jewish "domination". No, Really.
His own VP has no faith that when the "major international crisis" comes, Barry will be up for it.
"johne":
http://www.newsmax.com/headlines/obama_s...
http://www.nysun.com/new-york/obamas-yea...
I "googled" around, and it seems you are not truthful. Color me shocked.
Obama has never run anything.
not a city.
not a small business.
not a state.
nothing.
the letter mr. sloan wrote is funny, it is the same robotic jibberish all liberals keep repeating. another brainwash.
quite interesting about the jewish discussion,
obama seems to be doing very well with the jewish community, hmmmm, will that demo be the next to drop. The only way obama and biden will win is if they keep their mouths shut, every time they talk they lose another demo or genre.
maybe thats why obama went to hawaii he can kill a few days there and it makes him look very family like. Obama talked about re-distribution and his 18-24 year old went south huge, those kids are not giving away their hard earned money, period. A lot of people are verifying facts now, its decision time.
Yes, and McCain hasn't run a city, a small business, or a state. What's your point? If that disqualifies Obama, it disqualifies McCain. Good job, you just made the case AGAINST your own candidate!
Apparently, Obama's Columbia transcript, the one that got him into the most prestigious law school in the world, is suddenly the HOLY GRAIL to figuring out Obama's evil intentions!
LOL, so pathetic.
Also pathetic? Jfnance32's talking points come from another BOOK REVIEW, rather than Obama's memoirs. I know this because I've read both book by Obama, and he speaks for paragraphs of his time at Columbia. Jfnance32 just regurgitates whatever he's heard on Limbaugh's AM radio show or read on The New Republic. It's truly sad.
check this link, mccain has 77 percent of the 18-24 year olds, a week ago it was the other way around.
http://www.ibdeditorials.com/Polls.aspx?...
I haven't seen a single 18-24 year old repping McCain. That sounds super fishy. Not to mention, are you saying that 18-24 year olds are in the 1/4 million dollar bracket. These kids would be getting tax breaks, not taxed more.
I noticed little kids talk about obama like he is a super hero or something, it reminds me of the hannah montana rage.
obama montana
"The only way obama and biden will win is if they keep their mouths shut, every time they talk they lose another demo or genre."
LOL, genre? Genre is a type of BOOK. LOLOL! Is Obama going to lose the "romance mystery" voter? LOLOLOLOL!!!!!!
"Obama talked about re-distribution and his 18-24 year old went south huge, those kids are not giving away their hard earned money, period."
Tokoloshe's been toking a bit too much if they really think the 18-24 demographic isn't voting heavily for Obama.
"check this link, mccain has 77 percent of the 18-24 year olds, a week ago it was the other way around."
Hmmm. You don't know what "outlier" means, do you? The IBD/TIPP poll has already been humiliated: http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/10/w...
"A lot of people are verifying facts now, its decision time."
Agreed. McCain = 4 more years of Bush, with an national joke of a Vice President, more unqualified and right-wing cabinet appointments, less help for the middle class, more war with Iran, and McCain's truly frightening temperment.
"A young President Barack Obama will be tested. And, we've gotten a glimpse of the steady and reasoned approach he takes to problems, unlike his opponent, whose erratic behavior suggests otherwise."
This must be a joke. Obama's approach to anything has been to stick a finger (you can pick which one) in the air and test the political wind then change his story accordingly. On the few times he has made a quick response he has given his opposition more ammo (Joe the Plumber's question was legitimate, even if he wasn't).
Can anyone really say Obama is anything other than a Chicago politician with loyalty to no one but the bosses who picked him? For that matter, how can he be loyal to the US when he grew up in SE Asia at a time when the US was seen in a particularly bad light there?
ksand99
the meaning of genre is "kind" or "sort"
it is not used just for a type of book.
Correct, "T"!
JohnVegas: ""He has refused to release his records from Columbia Univ."
If you actually cared to find out (which you do not), this information is available via a simple Google search, jfnance32.
"I wonder what Obama is hiding....."
And we all wonder where you are hiding your brain."
JohnVegas......you are soooooooooooooo funny.
Can you get me a link to Obama's Columbia Univ. records including his grades, application and any discplinary actions?
You say it just there in GoogleLand.
Are you just full of BS?
I think you are full of BS or just void of any brain matter.
Without having released the total academic records of Barack
Hussein Obama Jr. - which he has not - his Columbia history would be protected under personal privacy laws.
"johne" ("joan") is full of "piss-&-vinegar", until lately, lol..
SPPLLAATTTTTT.............
jfnance: What is it exactly that you think is hidden in these medical records. You always make that same statement. Please fill us in on the secret.
I have asked you multiple times but you never respond. I am just genuinely curious.
Really, with Wall Street in a meltdown, foreclosures and the Nevada economy in the crapper, two wars, etc... what do the Republicans prioritize?
Obama's college transcript! The one that got him into Harvard!
LOLOLOLOL!
bitchinCamero....I am talking about his school records not his medical records. He has released them from other schools. So what is the big deal for Obama to release them for Columbia Univ?
I do not what the secret that Obama is trying very hard to hide.
Can you ask him?
I just don't see what could possibly be on there that could be used for any right-wing fodder.
Unless you're planning to criticize that he was a top-notch student? I guess that makes him elitist... there you go... just run with that.
After all, who would want a president that is smarter than most of us?
It is hard to tell if he is a "top-notch" student if he does not release his records.
Perhaps that is his secert that he wants to hide.
Perhaps he had crappie grades at Columbia and got into Havard on one those I-am-a-minority-get-into-school passes.
He will not release his application information to Harvard either.
"It is hard to tell if he is a "top-notch" student if he does not release his records."
He graduated from Harvard Law School. That proves, by it's very definition, that he was a "top-notch student."
Still clueless, I see.
If he is so "top-notch" then how come he does not release his records from Columbia Univ.
He has released them from Harvard.
What is Hussein hiding?
I certainly hope Sydney the Third is not pinning his hopes on Columbia transcripts.
Yeah a minority, non-legacy, non-rich kid applying at Harvard. Yeah, must be lots of skeletons there.
Wow. Quite the argument you've got there. Very substantial reason to not vote for him.
The things you guys grasp at never ceases to amaze me.
You probably still think he is a secret Muslim or something. That he will destroy the US from within...
Hussein? Oh I get it - that name is somehow not American enough and means he is unqualified to be president.
Way to keep that higher ground.
He is hiding something.
He wrote like two sentences on his time at Columbia U. in his bio book.
I guess he is ashamed of his time at Columbia U.
"I guess he is ashamed of his time at Columbia U."
You DO know the problem with ASSuming things, right, Nance?
Oh, right, maybe you don't then.
And I've asked you this question fifty times or so, every time you repeat your lie that Obama's raising capital gains will "kill jobs." Why didn't a high capital gains rate kill jobs in the 90's? It was much higher than it is now, and jobs are jumping ship at a record pace with a low capital gains tax.
Care to elaborate on your faulty logic?
I guess you are surrendering the debate on fact that Hussein is hiding something about his time at Columbia U and how want to change the topic.
"I guess you are surrendering the debate on fact that Hussein is hiding something about his time at Columbia U and how want to change the topic."
ASSuming more, I see.
No, I'm making a rational determination that the contents of Obama's Columbia transcript were innocent enough to allow acceptance to Harvard Law, the most prestigious law school in the world.
You are continuing to ASSume that said transcript holds some dark evil secret that no one should know!
Only Nance could hyperventilate about something as scintillating as a college transcript.
Oh, and my bad, the capital gains tax question was supposed to go on another thread. But I'll note that you continue to refuse to answer that question. Surprise!
LOL...........You are assuming a lot about Obama's Columbia transcript.
Too bad, your hero, Hussein, does not have the guts to release it.
Something to think about:
Obama/Biden vs McCain/Palin
What if things were switched around?.....
Think about it.
Would the country's collective point of view be different?
Could racism be the culprit?
Ponder the following:
What if the Obamas had paraded five children across the stage,
including a three month old infant and an unwed, pregnant teenage
daughter?
What if John McCain was a former president of the Harvard Law Review?
What if Barack Obama finished fifth from the bottom of his graduating
class?
What if McCain had only married once, and Obama was a divorcee?
What if Obama was the candidate who left his first wife after a severe
disfiguring car accident?
What if Obama had met his second wife in a bar and had a long affair
while he was still married?
What if Michelle Obama was the wife who not only became addicted to
pain killers but also acquired them illegally through her charitable
organization?
What if Cindy McCain graduated from Harvard?
What if Obama had been a member of the Keating Five?(The Keating Five
were five United States Senators accused of corruption in 1989, igniting a major
political scandal as part of the larger Savings and Loan crisis of the late
1980s and early 1990s.)
What if McCain was a charismatic, eloquent speaker?
What if Obama couldn't read from a teleprompter?
What if Obama was the one who had military experience that included
discipline problems and a record of crashing seven planes?
What if Obama was the one who was known to display publicly, on
many occasions, a serious anger management problem?
What if Michelle Obama's family had made their money from beer
distribution?
What if the Obamas had adopted a white child?
You could easily add to this list. If these questions reflected
reality, do you really believe the election numbers would be as close as they
are?
This is what racism does. It covers up, rationalizes and minimizes
positive qualities in one candidate and emphasizes negative
qualities in another when there is a color difference.
Educational Background:
Barack Obama:
Columbia University - B.A. Political Science with a Specialization in
International Relations.
Harvard - Juris Doctor (J.D.) Magna Cum Laude
Joseph Biden:
University of Delaware - B.A. in History and B.A. in Political
Science.
Syracuse University College of Law - Juris Doctor (J.D.)
vs.
John McCain:
United States Naval Academy - Class rank: 894 of 899
Sarah Palin:
Hawaii Pacific University - 1 semester
North Idaho College - 2 semesters - general study
University of Idaho - 2 semesters -journalism
Matanuska-Susitna College - 1 semester
University of Idaho - 3 semesters - B.A. in Journalism
Education isn't everything, but this is about the two highest offices
in the land as well as our standing in the world.
Yes, I made a rational determination based on the fact that Harvard's admissions department reviewed it and deemed him admissible. That's not a giant leap, Nance.
You are assuming, since you haven't personally seen/reviewed it, that it contains some deep dark secret.
Actually, one might assume you're being paranoid.
Havard can hand out minority passes just like any other school.
These are my guesses why Hussein is hiding his records at Columbia U.
Possible stuff that Hussein is hiding:
1. Perhaps, he had poor grades and Havard accepted him for minority admission reasons.
2. Perhaps, he got punished for drug use
3. Perhaps, he had classes or projects that dealt with his buddy unrepentent domesitic terrorist Ayers
4. Perhaps, he had classes or reports that demostrate his extreme socialist background
All, I know is that he is hiding something.
He has released his records from Havard.
What is the big deal about Columbia U?
I wonder if this is the dirt that Hillary has on him.
I wonder if this will become an October surprise.
jfnance32, when "Hussein" becomes our first terrorist president, Bill Ayers and I are going to help him attack your house first. And you know what, we're not going to apologize for it either. EVAH!
BTW, your posts are really dull and repetitive. You need to lighten up occasionally. Maybe tell an actual joke or share an opinion of your own instead of one you heard on hate radio. Otherwise you just sound like Makz, an enraged and freeked-out McCainobot.
"unrepentent domesitic terrorist Ayers"
Damn, and I was going to offer Nance a cookie for FINALLY spelling unrepentant correctly... unfortunately, he follows it up with butchering the spelling of "domestic." Heh.
"Havard can hand out minority passes just like any other school."
Maybe "Havard" does do that, but that sentence says more about your closeted bigotry than anything about HaRvard Law School.
Did I mention Obama graduated from Harvard Law School, the most prestigious law school in the nation, Magna Cum Laude?
Can't dismiss that achievement with bigotry, can you? ...Or will you try?
But according the Nance, Columbia now offers classes on "extreme Socialism." What, pray-tell is "extreme Socialism?" Was that a flavor of Mountain Dew? Were snowboards involved? Did you have to recite Marx while leaping out of an airplane to pass the class?
Can anyone explain why Nance dropped the R from Harvard TWICE in that post? Is it some sort of Palin-sympathy?
Why are you dropping your Rs Nance? What are you hiding?
And finally, exhibiting your utter ignorance with this line:
"I wonder if this is the dirt that Hillary has on him."
Anyone with an inkling of Neocon bonafides knows that Hillary threw the kitchen sink at Obama. Now your paranoia has you thinking Hillary HELD SOMETHING BACK? Are you mad? You really know nothing about politics in general, or the Clintons in specific, do you?
Obama is hiding something.
I just hope it gets revealed in the next couple of weeks.
October surprise heading this way...................
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PROTECT AMERICA WITH EXPERIENCE -- NOT APPEASEMENT!
"NOTHING MATTERS MORE THAN THIS"
Don't you think that's the slightest bit inflated?
Here, let me try...
"NOBODY IS DUMBER THAN SBNATIVE"
See how polarized that is? I mean, who am I to say if you are dumber than every one else. Sure, you're in the running, but dumber than anyone? That automatically excludes Nance as a possibility, and that's not right. Is it?
By the way, Einstein, do you know the difference between dialog and appeasement? Or is it that the definition is inconvenient for your dumb story?
Run for the hills everybody, it's Chamberlain all over again!!!!
You're a dork.
Tokoloshe: I disagree about Obama not ever running anything. He is very good at running his mouth. Our first affirmative action celebrity president is going to get eaten alive by the power brokers in his own party. "Mr. Everything to Everyone," is going to end up "Mr. Nothing to Everyone." History shows cleraly that Senators who get elected to the presidency do not get reelected.
I am a 65 year old white, retired man who is voting for McCain because I believe he has honesty, character and integrity and I am not sure about Obama in those qualities. I would vote for a black man like Colin Powell but Obama has been associated with many people who seem to me have dangerous views about this great country.
Has anyone seen the movie The Manchurian Candidate?
You know, where a soldier is held prisoner of war by the Communist? Is brainwashed and released to be triggered into action during a future Presidential Election?
How's that for a terrorist conspiracy theory?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0E3kW0M2...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJrbhPXQ3...
Golly Sgt. Carter! McCain supporters shore is smart! Yee Haw!!! Git R' Done!
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