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1. #1
   On September 11th, 2008 at 11:41 pm, LC said:

   I just about puked in my car when I hear him defend Obama’s “community organizer” position.

   That being said…

   I understand why he did it.

   In any case, he and Palin are still miles better than Obama.

   Obama’s “change” is just code for massive increases in governmental entitlement spending and other socialist welfare programs. Everything America IS NOT.

2. #2
   On September 11th, 2008 at 11:41 pm, almiller said:

   Palin Palin Palin Palin Palin…..

3. #3
   On September 11th, 2008 at 11:42 pm, Harris said:

   This race would be easy if it weren’t for the candidates.

4. #4
   On September 11th, 2008 at 11:43 pm, ErinF said:

   I agree! If he doesn’t get tough against Obama in the upcoming debates, we’re toast. The mere existence of the Republican party hangs in the balance of this election, not to mention the survival of the country. Maverick needs to start living up to his name.

5. #5
   On September 11th, 2008 at 11:44 pm, Valiant said:

   Stupid is as stupid is.

6. #6
   On September 11th, 2008 at 11:49 pm, Brian72 said:

   Yes, yes, Michelle. I have a few dents in my forehead after that one too!

   This Marxist “community organizer” sham needs to be exposed to the country, like NOW!

   FWIW, Rudy got into this a little with Skeletor on H&C later on. Of course the deathly one wouldn’t let him talk long enough to make the case, but at least he asked the right questions about it.

   What were they organizing for? Who is Saul Alinsky (he got the name in)? What did he accomplish?

7. #7
   On September 11th, 2008 at 11:50 pm, Valiant said:

   Maybe he’ll be named Secretary of the Soros Slush Fund.

   Captain Ed did great work uncovering McCain’s liberal Reform Institute (Google it).

   The Reform Institute is now receiving funding from Soros. He knows the best way to destroy the conservative movement is to destroy it from within the GOP.

8. #8
   On September 11th, 2008 at 11:50 pm, ErinF said:

   LOL! “Skeletor!”

9. #9
   On September 11th, 2008 at 11:50 pm, zorro said:

   Every time you grit your teeth and defend this guy, he pulls something like this. Hey, Maverick: Way to throw Sarah Palin, Rudy Giuliani, and your strategists who had the sense to seize on Obama’s abysmal, ineffectual record as a Chicago rabble-rouser under the bus!

   You said it! For those of us who love Sarah but are lukewarm towards him, this sort of “running at the mouth” is very frustrating.

10. #10
    On September 11th, 2008 at 11:51 pm, Trollman said:

    I think you’re being a bit harsh on McCain. McCain was being the statesman here. I didn’t see it as throwing Palin under the bus, but showing that Palin wasn’t attacking Obama so much as just turning the tables on Obama’s own attacks.

    If McCain had gone on the attack tonight, it would have made him look awful. I don’t have a problem with this.

11. #11
    On September 11th, 2008 at 11:51 pm, jana_dee said:

    I don’t think this is a huge deal. Today wasn’t the day for harsh political sparring. I’m not defending Obama’s poor and ineffective record, just saying that McCain didn’t say anything that terrible.

12. #12
    On September 11th, 2008 at 11:53 pm, CoffeeGuzzler said:

    Is McCain going to blow it? He needs to shut up!!! My gosh, Sarah is going to quit him if he keeps this up. She is getting enough flack from the left so she don’t need her running partner agreeing with them. She is the best thing thats happened to conservatives so pleeeeeease McCain, don’t screw it up and chase her away.

13. #13
    On September 11th, 2008 at 11:54 pm, ErinF said:

    If McCain had gone on the attack tonight, it would have made him look awful. I don’t have a problem with this.

    You have a point here… especially considering this was taking place on a lib campus.

    I really hope the debates will be held somewhere on NEUTRAL ground, with UNBIASED moderators. Is that even possible in this day and age? Has anybody here heard of the who’s and where’s of the upcoming debates?

14. #14
    On September 11th, 2008 at 11:54 pm, BemusedLib said:

    Same thought I had after his speech at the convention: I disagree with the guy, but he’s the last Republican with class.

    [Just as an aside, when is someone going to rip me a quote from the Communist Manifesto and compare it to Obama’s website, and prove that he’s a Marxist? You know, don’t you, that his policies are to the right of French alleged conservative Nicolas Sarkozy?

15. #15
    On September 11th, 2008 at 11:55 pm, love2rumba said:

    Well i just contacted McCain’s website and demanded my $25 contribution back for that f—–g stupidity of his. They better get wise that his comment wasn’t smart.

16. #16
    On September 11th, 2008 at 11:56 pm, Brian72 said:

    The campaign better get back on this organizer background and expose it’s dirty, Marxist origins in great detail starting first thing in the morning! Do not relent. This should sink him, along with the Rezko housing projects that are all boarded up and condemned.

    On September 11th, 2008 at 11:50 pm, ErinF said:

    LOL! “Skeletor!”

    Fitting nick for Colmes, isn’t it?

17. #17
    On September 11th, 2008 at 11:58 pm, ErinF said:

    Fitting nick for Colmes, isn’t it?

    Absolutely! I’m going to use it from now on. I’ve always just called him “that emaciated a55hole”.

18. #18
    On September 11th, 2008 at 11:59 pm, BlameAmericaLast said:

    Outstanding? Can you please elaborate Mr. McCain?

    Because from what I’ve heard the places he “organized” have been a pure disaster.

19. #19
    On September 11th, 2008 at 11:59 pm, atheling said:

    McCain is trying to take the high road, and show the country the difference between his rhetoric and Obama’s.

    One will be seen as a gentleman, and one will be seen as a cad.

20. #20
    On September 12th, 2008 at 12:01 am, emjem24 said:

    Yeah, I was a bit disappointed about this from McCain as well. I wasn’t expecting much from this forum, and, well, there wasn’t much to gain. It was a friendly crowd for Obummer, with all his accolytes there hanging on his every word.

    Perhaps, McCain was trying to be “diplomatic” and demonstrate that he is “post-partisan,” bipartisan, all the things that Obummer has started to indicate to people with his old attacks on Pres. Bush and McCain that he’s not.

    And people wonder how McCain is so different from Pres. Bush? Look at comments like this. Community organizers are nothing but underpaid rabble rousers, scamming taxpayer money out of the government that their citizens can suck up.

    All in all, this forum was a canned event. There was not spirt to it, and nothing to it. It’s disapointig that McCain has bought into the koolaid about community organizers. Community organizers don’t help people, they do very little but collect money for people who need outsiders to solve their problems for them.

    McCain needs to do better than this.

21. #21
    On September 12th, 2008 at 12:01 am, Brian72 said:

    On September 11th, 2008 at 11:54 pm, BemusedLib said:

    Hey dude, the links are above.
    Here it is again: ACORN

22. #22
    On September 12th, 2008 at 12:03 am, jencab said:

    Good Lord. McCain has to stop appeasing these liberals. I love Palin, but McCain is turning me off. Start being combative and defend your VP and best friend Giuliani!!! Throwing them under the Straight Talk Express?!
    Obama’s community organizing is beyond disgraceful.

23. #23
    On September 12th, 2008 at 12:08 am, desertdweller said:

    John McCain needs to read Byron York’s article.

24. #24
    On September 12th, 2008 at 12:09 am, Trollman said:

    Michelle Malkin said:

    Hey, let’s put some salt in the wound: A cabinet position for Obama to boot!

    From the link you provided, it sounded like McCain was joking. (I didn’t actually watch the forum since it looked like a snooze fest.) I think you are misjudging this.

25. #25
    On September 12th, 2008 at 12:12 am, atheling said:

    Listen, you guys. You’re being very reactionary here, and you need to look at this from a campaign standpoint.

    McCain solidified the conservative base by bringing Palin into the equation. He has even started winning over the moderates. He still wants the independents, who are swaying in his direction.

    Obama has had a pretty bad week. He never got a great bounce from the convention. Palin has captured attention. Obama’s interview with O’Reilly showed him for the empty suit he is. The press has aroused anger from mainstream America with their vicious attacks against Sarah Palin. McCain had a substantial bounce from the convention. The wind is in his favor now.

    He has to capture the independents who don’t regard this campaign from a partisan POV. Many are sick of the constant partisan bickering and backbiting. After Obama’s particularly egregious pig and lipstick comments, McCain is showing himself to rise above that.

    C’mon, you have to look at this from a campaign perspective, and not just partisan one.

26. #26
    On September 12th, 2008 at 12:14 am, Michelle Malkin said:

    Captain Ed did great work uncovering McCain’s liberal Reform Institute (Google it).

    Yes!

    See also: Meet the open borders family: McCain, Hernandez, Soros, and the “Reform Institute”

27. #27
    On September 12th, 2008 at 12:14 am, nativeaz08 said:

    I think you’re being a bit harsh on McCain. McCain was being the statesman here. I didn’t see it as throwing Palin under the bus, but showing that Palin wasn’t attacking Obama so much as just turning the tables on Obama’s own attacks.

    I agree, Trollman. It negates the left’s ranting that McCain doesn’t care about community organizers. Although I wish he didn’t praise the one that much!!

28. #28
    On September 12th, 2008 at 12:15 am, Brian72 said:

    Even Obama didn’t know when he first gave it a try back in 1985. “When classmates in college asked me just what it was that a community organizer did, I couldn’t answer them directly,” Obama wrote in his memoir, Dreams from My Father. “Instead, I’d pronounce on the need for change. Change in the White House, where Reagan and his minions were carrying on their dirty deeds. Change in the Congress, compliant and corrupt. Change in the mood of the country, manic and self-absorbed. Change won’t come from the top, I would say. Change will come from a mobilized grass roots.”

    If you substitute “Bush” for “Reagan,” you have a fairly accurate description of Obama’s 2008 campaign. That’s not a coincidence; it suggests that something about community organizing was central to Obama’s world view back then, and has remained central to his development as the politician he is today. What was it?

    Community organizing is most identified with the left-wing Chicago activist Saul Alinsky (1909-72), who pretty much defined the profession. In his classic book, Rules for Radicals, Alinsky wrote that a successful organizer should be “an abrasive agent to rub raw the resentments of the people of the community; to fan latent hostilities of many of the people to the point of overt expressions.” Once such hostilities were “whipped up to a fighting pitch,” Alinsky continued, the organizer steered his group toward confrontation, in the form of picketing, demonstrating, and general hell-raising. At first, the organizer tackled small stuff, like demanding the repair of streetlights in a city park; later, when the group gained confidence, the organizer could take on bigger targets. But at all times, the organizer’s goal was not to lead his people anywhere, but to encourage them to take action on their own behalf.

    Alinsky started in the 1930s with workers in the Chicago stockyards.

    Sounds pretty Marxist to me, folks.

29. #29
    On September 12th, 2008 at 12:15 am, Artbyruth said:

    Oh will you please calm down!!! Sheesh.

    It’s called “killing them with kindness” and it works.

    Read your Bible:

    Proverbs 25:21-22:

    “If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink;

    for thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD shall reward thee.”

    Look at the setting of this forum. Do you actually think McCain would begin to spew out information about Annenberg Challenge, ACORN, etc. at that Liberal setting??

    By complimenting Obama, McCain was taking the higher ground and will come out looking good rather than bitter and mean.

    Come on, people! This “I support him, I hate him, I support him, I hate him” thing is getting old here.

30. #30
    On September 12th, 2008 at 12:15 am, simcoe said:

    This guy is a Lieberman in sheep’s clothing. I still do not trust him. Personally, I feel he hasn’t shown himself worthy of my trust. Even with Palin as running mate I’m afraid I can’t vote for him. Although, right now, what I know of Palin, I would vote for her for Pres.

    I want the fence, I don’t want illegals getting amnesty, I don’t want Liberals in a conservative government’s cabnet. I am a conservative, not an aisle crosser. I don’t know anything about the in’s and out’s of Washington politics so I need someone I can trust. Palin I trust. McCain, NO!

    Others are free to call it being a Maverick, I call it untrustworthy.

31. #31
    On September 12th, 2008 at 12:15 am, CantCureStupid said:

    I’ve never been a big McCain fan… the fact is that he can’t help being who and what he is, and what he is at his core is a RINO and a panderer. Sarah Palin has taken some of the stink out of this campaign, but no amount of Febreeze can kill it all. Sorry, folks, but this is what we’re stuck with (at least there are some brains at the bottom of the ticket, though).

32. #32
    On September 12th, 2008 at 12:18 am, Artbyruth said:

    And by the way….there was a HUGE illegal immigration raid today here in Phoenix at Gold Canyon Candle factory.

    Our sheriff is doing his job fighting illegal immigration! FINALLY someone gets it.

33. #33
    On September 12th, 2008 at 12:18 am, Common Sense said:

    McCain was just reinforcing why I had to hold my nose so hard to vote for him. I thought things were looking up with the Palin pick, now, not so much.

    Besides the Obama is outstanding comment (gag!) I really hated that he holds himself against earmarks and pork but sits there and says he’ll spend money (my money!) on compulsory community service. Our society does just fine with REAL volunteers, not the ones who only do it to get paid.

    Get out the cluebat!

34. #34
    On September 12th, 2008 at 12:21 am, Common Sense said:

    One more point, Palin wasn’t dissing community organizers per se, she was laughing at the experience comparison between a community organizer and a mayor/governor. There’s no comparison!

    You would think McCain heard her speech enough times by now to get the talking points right.

35. #35
    On September 12th, 2008 at 12:22 am, meatpieandtatters said:

    For crying out loud, can’t McCain take one respite from the barrage of insults to coddle his sexist opponent?

    

36. #36
    On September 12th, 2008 at 12:23 am, Brian72 said:

    Look, McCain drives me nuts on a few issues, but I respect the man and what he’s done for our nation. He led on the surge, and he’s always for our troops. He hates pork spending, and I like some of his agenda. Obviously, Sarah is the home run of the century, and he hit it for us.

    Obama is a fraud, and dangerous for our country, particularly with SanFran Nancy and Dingy Harry backing him up on Capitol Hill. If he wants to “organize” a “community”, he can stay in Chicago with his corrupt Daley-machine friends.

    HE. MUST. BE. STOPPED.

37. #37
    On September 12th, 2008 at 12:26 am, BlameAmericaLast said:

    I agree. Odumbo and the rest of the Democrat clowns have to be stopped. Nothing is getting accomplished, and they’re destroying the country while they’re at it. However, Biden may be a help in this matter. Did anyone catch his latest gaffe? If SNL ever needs content, they have plenty to work from:

    Earlier in the week, in Columbia, Missouri, Biden urged a paraplegic state official to stand up to be recognized.

    “Chuck, stand up, let the people see you,” Biden shouted to State Senator Chuck Graham, before realizing, to his horror, that Graham uses a wheelchair. “Oh, God love ya,” Biden said. “What am I talking about?”

    D’oh!

38. #38
    On September 12th, 2008 at 12:28 am, Paul-Cincy said:

    And he’s going to make Public Service a cabinet level dept? Does that mean they’re creating a new dept?! Don’t we have enough already?!

39. #39
    On September 12th, 2008 at 12:29 am, Brian72 said:

    On September 12th, 2008 at 12:26 am, BlameAmericaLast said:

    However, Biden may be a help in this matter. Did anyone catch his latest gaffe?

    Yeah, Rush played that audio about 10 times today, just laughing himself silly every time! Couldn’t get tired of it.

40. #40
    On September 12th, 2008 at 12:29 am, Brian72 said:

    STAND UP, CHUCK! LET ‘EM SEE YA!!

41. #41
    On September 12th, 2008 at 12:31 am, Hangfire said:

    What possibly compelled Sen. McCain to plant a big wet one on Obama’s sternquarters? I was this close to licking the stamp on the envelope with my campaign contribution.

42. #42
    On September 12th, 2008 at 12:32 am, Trollman said:

    Brian72 said:

    Yeah, Rush played that audio about 10 times today, just laughing himself silly every time! Couldn’t get tired of it.

    Yeah, I heard it, but I didn’t know the context of it until now. Biden’s words are so much funnier, now.

43. #43
    On September 12th, 2008 at 12:34 am, martywd said:

    Of course I respect people who’ve served their communities, and Senator Obama’s record there is outstanding.

    .
    Ahhh, yes.   This _is_ the John McCain I know!

44. #44
    On September 12th, 2008 at 12:35 am, BlameAmericaLast said:

    Unfortunately, I didn’t get to listen to Rush today, I wish I had.

    I listened to him yesterday though!

45. #45
    On September 12th, 2008 at 12:38 am, ITookTheRedPill said:

    On September 11th, 2008 at 11:50 pm, Valiant said:

    Maybe he’ll be named Secretary of the Soros Slush Fund.

    Captain Ed did great work uncovering McCain’s liberal Reform Institute (Google it).

    The Reform Institute is now receiving funding from Soros. He knows the best way to destroy the conservative movement is to destroy it from within the GOP.

    Valiant, follow the link that Michelle provided. She already discussed the Soros connection to McCain (via McCain’s Reform Institute)

    My view? McCain is close to being as Socialist as Obama, but at least McCain talks the Republican talk. Can we trust McCain to walk the Republican walk? We have to. Our only other choice would be ObaMARX the Obamaist.

46. #46
    On September 12th, 2008 at 12:39 am, txvet2 said:

    On September 12th, 2008 at 12:29 am, Brian72 said:

    STAND UP, CHUCK! LET ‘EM SEE YA!!

    He was just trying to imitate the Obamessiah, making the seas recede, the dead rise, and the lame walk!!!

47. #47
    On September 12th, 2008 at 12:41 am, BlameAmericaLast said:

    Excuse me? Odumbo in cabinet position for a McCain Administration? For what? The Department of Peace?

    Must watch video.

48. #48
    On September 12th, 2008 at 12:42 am, Brian72 said:

    Right after Biden told the wheelchair-bound man to stand up, he said Hillary is a better pick for VP than he is!

    How does that shoe taste there, PLUGS?

49. #49
    On September 12th, 2008 at 12:44 am, Brian72 said:

    Plugs wasn’t even under questioning, he was just walking around with a mike in his hand! HAHAHA!

    Mark Levin is right. Joe “Plugs” Biden IS the dumbest man in the Senate!

50. #50
    On September 12th, 2008 at 12:48 am, BlameAmericaLast said:

    Well, you gotta admit that Biden is at least entertaining!

51. #51
    On September 12th, 2008 at 12:51 am, DaveC said:

    Was it because it was a 9-11 thing?

    Not attacking on this day.. and all that?

52. #52
    On September 12th, 2008 at 12:52 am, smfoushee said:

    Wait a minute. McCain? Is he still running? I thought this was a race between Obama and Palin?

53. #53
    On September 12th, 2008 at 12:55 am, FIslam said:

    No politics? B-Lack Osama lavished Palin (and all small town mayors) with priaise… Why she can “trim trees” and “fill potholes”. He forgot that she can bake wonderful cookies for the who small town. But, one thing’s for sure, be it a man mayor or a woman mayor…tree trimming pays the same wage.

54. #54
    On September 12th, 2008 at 12:57 am, Brian72 said:

    Obama has been running against Palin lately. I hope he keeps it up.

55. #55
    On September 12th, 2008 at 1:01 am, Christian Soldier said:

    Does the Mc Man WANT to lose this election?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND/ OR does he want to put the ‘little lady’ in her place?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    I’ve been commenting about L_O_T_E_ and the vote for the last year….
    The choice of Palin made me change my mind about leaving the vote for Pres. blank and just voting on the issues…
    Stop REEEEEEACHING Mc!!!!!
    WARNING –don’t turn your back on your VP running partner……

56. #56
    On September 12th, 2008 at 1:01 am, WarEagle82 said:

    Well, it is not like we didn’t know this guy would give Joe Biden a run for his money in the ‘foot-in-mouth’ department. McCain has this amazing ability to say the stupidest things just after he does something right.

    McCain has nearly 50 days to screw up.

    This race is NOT over….

57. #57
    On September 12th, 2008 at 1:03 am, Brian72 said:

    This whole forum was a waste of time, but with the 9-11 ceremonies I can see the strategic value in going soft tonight.
    They both did it, but it seems Nobama got a few shots across the bow anyway. Will that hurt him?
    The moderators set this up for him, it seems. Columbia is where he went to school. Time magazine and PBS’s Judy Woodruff were very snooty and condescending to McCain, and softballing Nobama.

    How about let’s have a townhall meeting at the Annapolis Naval Academy next week. Think TheOne has the stones to agree to that?

58. #58
    On September 12th, 2008 at 1:07 am, DaveC said:

    On September 12th, 2008 at 12:26 am, BlameAmericaLast said:

    I used your blockquote about Biden..
    hope you don’t mind..

59. #59
    On September 12th, 2008 at 1:09 am, vickisoup said:

    He could be the best community organizer EVER (which I don’t concede). So what?? There is nothing whatsoever about that job, even for its star performer, that qualifies him or her to be President.
    It’s remarkable that we keep arguing about it, really.

60. #60
    On September 12th, 2008 at 1:15 am, secondsight said:

    McCain was in Columbia before an Obama crowd. He did as well as might be expected, considering the lameness of the interviewers and their topic. One thing he didn’t do, which I take to be smart, is to serve up his stump speech. He answered the questions directly, even the ones that were designed to trap him.

    Obama, on the other hand, morphed repeatedly into the alway-running-for-office guy, sort of a wind-up cardboard man. So much for setting aside differences.

    Both McCain and Obama talked about ROTC on campus. I think only Obama got applause, not because he said anything materially different but because the audience was partisan.

61. #61
    On September 12th, 2008 at 1:16 am, Brian72 said:

    The lefties in the press are bound and determined to imbue “community organizing” with some credibility for two reasons: Rudy and Sarah really skewered the whole concept so effectively at the RNC it got under their skin, and he ain’t got much else to run on!

    Iowahawk has a great parody of this:

    When America’s Communities Need Organizing, America’s Community Organizers Will Be There to Organize Them

    When I listened to the snarky and demeaning and condescending remarks of former beauty pageant loser Sarah Palin at the Republican National Convention Wednesday night, I could scarcely believe what I was hearing:

    “I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a ‘community organizer,’ except that you have actual responsibilities.”

    Ooo-oooh, Caribou Barbie makes a funny, hardee-har-har. Well yuk it up now, little miss former junior college baby machine, because your sarcastic attempt to belittle America’s community of hardworking professional community organizers is about to backfire — big time. Because, for your information, I am America’s community organizer community.

    What do community organizers do? As you know, Americans today are struggling with problems. These problems include rising unemployment, energy cost, alienation, animosity, corporations, and increased death. Like no other time in our history, Americans are staring into an abyss of a hellhole of helplessness. And this is where community organizers like me come in and provide needed solutions. Specifically, America’s community organizers:

    * reach out and work with communities in various ways.
    * liaison with, and for, community agencies for service within affected areas.
    * fight to make a difference.
    * raise awareness.
    * deal with community issues.
    * raise awareness in the community of how we are making differences about undealt-with issues .
    * when necessary, refer inquiries to outreach coordinators.
    * Help coordination agency administrators identify and address outreach opportunities.
    * model timetables and conceptualize benchmarks.
    * issue guidelines for poster contests and interpretive dance festivals.
    * Gather voter registrations, win valuable prizes.

    That’s funny, but not far from the truth either! There’s much more @ the link.

62. #62
    On September 12th, 2008 at 1:40 am, love2rumba said:

    I have not yet withdrawn full support of McCain yet, but I do think that financial support should be withheld until he gets his act straight with us

    Atheling I REALLY hope he was joking about Obama being a member of his cabinet….

63. #63
    On September 12th, 2008 at 1:42 am, Brian72 said:

    As a final thought, this kind of thing makes me feel a little better about McCain, particularly when compared to Nobama and his “community of organizers”.

    McCain Talks to Petraeus

    THe WEEKLY STANDARD has learned that John McCain spoke to General David Petraeus this afternoon at 1:45. A McCain aide says the two men discussed ways to consolidate the success in Iraq and regain the offensive in Afghanistan. McCain and Petraeus also spoke about the broader war on terror and the overall status of the fight seven years after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.

    McCain and Petraeus have become close in recent years after spending time together working on the surge and the counterinsurgency strategy that turned around the flagging U.S. military efforts in Iraq. And McCain pushed hard for Petraeus’s promotion from Commanding General of Multinational Forces-Iraq to the the head of CENTCOM. At the Saddleback Forum last month, Rick Warren asked McCain which three individuals he would rely upon heavily during a McCain administration. Petraeus was the first person McCain named.

    Posted by Stephen F. Hayes on September 11, 2008 03:47 PM

    I have some advice for Senator Obama. Next time, call John McCain.

64. #64
    On September 12th, 2008 at 1:46 am, Brian72 said:

    God bless America on yet another Sept. 11 reminder that freedom isn’t free.

    G’nite, all.

65. #65
    On September 12th, 2008 at 1:48 am, joeblough said:

    This man is an idiot.

    He got my hopes up with the Palin pick, but he’s an idiot.

66. #66
    On September 12th, 2008 at 1:55 am, amerpun said:

    I suppose the better idea would’ve been to make fun of community organizers at a service forum dedicated to getting Americans to volunteer in their community…on the anniversary of 9/11…when both sides had declared cease-fire.

    Hey, let’s put some salt in the wound: A cabinet position for Obama to boot!

    He was being nice on 9/11. Does anyone really believe he’ll offer a cabinet position to Obama or that Obama will accept?

67. #67
    On September 12th, 2008 at 2:02 am, nyc123me said:

    Maybe it’s not that bad MM.. McCain said:
    “Of course I respect people who’ve served their communities, and Senator Obama’s record there is outstanding.”
    But he didn’t say that it’s a valid qualification for POTUS. If you read between the lines, perhaps he’s just trying to preempt being labeled an elitist – this statement does that quite effectively, just wait and see if someone comments on it in the near future.. what’s the bet his reply will be along the lines of, ‘I have utmost respect for people serving their communities.. but that doesn’t mean they’re all qualified to be POTUS’.

68. #68
    On September 12th, 2008 at 3:11 am, jcjimi said:

    *sigh*

    I guess it was only a matter of time before I remembered who was at the top of the ticket.

    This could still be a VERY painful presidency for us, folks. I’m still so damn pessimistic about Sen. McCain that all I can think of is PLEASE, Senator, if you make it, don’t screw it up for her in 2012. YES – 2012!

    ugh

69. #69
    On September 12th, 2008 at 3:55 am, cyrebus said:

    Why does McAmnesty have to tag along on Sarah Palins ticket…lol

70. #70
    On September 12th, 2008 at 3:57 am, Texhoma said:

    Does appear to be early stage Alzheimer’s.

71. #71
    On September 12th, 2008 at 4:45 am, gayle said:

    Perhaps McCain knows he won’t be around for the full 4 years as president.

    That would be a wonderful thing!

    Regarding a cabinet post for Obama, maybe he was thinking ..”filing” cabinet.

72. #72
    On September 12th, 2008 at 5:30 am, Fuller said:

    Watched it, hung my head and cried, that damn stick in the eye is painful and getting old.
    GO SARAH!!!

73. #73
    On September 12th, 2008 at 6:01 am, dj said:

    On September 12th, 2008 at 2:02 am, nyc123me said:
    Maybe it’s not that bad MM.. McCain said:
    “Of course I respect people who’ve served their communities, and Senator Obama’s record there is outstanding.”
    But he didn’t say that it’s a valid qualification for POTUS.

    I agree, I am not a McCain fan, for me he is the LOTE, but I don’t think this particular instance was so bad. He would have looked petty had he gone on the attack given the venue and the date.

74. #74
    On September 12th, 2008 at 6:13 am, Bruce said:

    John McCain is a truly despicable and pathetic sample of humanity.

    I will not vote Palin-McCain unless Palin publicly puts McCain in his place.

    At a time when we want to see a valiant fight for the American cause, McCain is defending the Obama fraud rather than his own running mate. He is disgusting.

75. #75
    On September 12th, 2008 at 6:33 am, tpierce2 said:

    Vote McCain / Palin.

    Do we have a Cabinet Position called “Head Toilet Washer.?”

    I don’t mean any disrespect to janitors. I’m just curious if the position exists?

76. #76
    On September 12th, 2008 at 7:06 am, bradley said:

    “Community organizer” is a fancy term for someone that teaches the illiterate how to get free money from The Man.

    That’s ALL it is. A fancy term for political-rabble-rouser-for-profit.

77. #77
    On September 12th, 2008 at 7:18 am, guitarplayer said:

    “Of course I respect community organizers. Of course I respect people who’ve served their communities, and Senator Obama’s record there is outstanding.”

    It would’ve been better had he added to it “but that doesn’t mean he’s qualified to be president.”

78. #78
    On September 12th, 2008 at 7:25 am, DougT said:

    I think McCain’s comments are all part of the plan. He comes across to voters as the magnanimous wise old man, rather than the shrill whiner that his opponent has become of late.

    No one is paying attention to content right now. This is all about emotional and psychological impressions. (Actually, your prior posts about rose tossing and pigs in lipstick fits strategy, too.)

    The GOP campaign has been nothing but masterful of late. Rather than a negative, this is another intelligent move. He continues to undercut his opponent in this game.

    Let’s face it, few undecided voters are paying attention to the details of the community organizing exploits of Barack Obama. They make most people’s eyes glaze over. Only the GOP base will focus on stuff like that, but McCain doesn’t need to convince his base of squat about BO anymore. He needs to demonstrate to the undecideds that he is the best choice. Unfortunately, the undecideds are a decidedly Democratic leaning group. So we’re in from some continued pandering from the top of the ticket. (Wait until the outrage starts from the Democratic base about how condescending this old man is being to their savior.) Expect Palin to continue making the attacks that appeal to the base.

    Obama will never see a cabinet position. He’ll spend the rest of his life in the Senate taking up the king of pork mantle that will be relinquished by Byrd, if and when he ever dies.

79. #79
    On September 12th, 2008 at 7:25 am, FamilyMan said:

    Keep you eyes on the ball folks. We’re not going to get everything we what with McCain. What we will have is a strict constructionist Supreme Court. That is one third of the government. McCain is the last of the old guard. We have a new batch of committed conservatives coming up through the ranks. Don’t sit home and not vote as a protest.

80. #80
    On September 12th, 2008 at 7:27 am, pubscout said:

    Ahhhh, it’s no biggie. Mac was trying to be decent. No need to get your knickers in a twist over that comment. How does it hurt Mac for the MSM to rush to print with “Mac says O did an outstanding job as a community organizer”?

    Implicit is that CO’s ain’t necessarily CEO’s.

81. #81
    On September 12th, 2008 at 7:27 am, Rob said:

    I understand why he did it.

    I don’t. That line will be in an Obama commercial soon. McAmnesty is an old fool that I don’t want anywhere near the White House. However, I am hoping that Sarah Palin will have a chance at the top job soon and I won’t have to worry about McAmnesty’s amnesty any more.

82. #82
    On September 12th, 2008 at 7:38 am, guitarplayer said:

    Hey, let’s put some salt in the wound: A cabinet position for Obama to boot!

    I think was more of dig/joke than anything serious. I wouldn’t worry about it actually happening.

83. #83
    On September 12th, 2008 at 7:45 am, Simon86 said:

    I watched it last night and the thing that struck me was on two occastions Obama said “I was listening earlier”. Wait a minute! He can listen to McCain’s responses before he goes on but McCain got accused of listening in on the California church open forum. Does this make sense to anyone?

84. #84
    On September 12th, 2008 at 7:48 am, pressto said:

    Hey, let’s put some salt in the wound: A cabinet position for Obama to boot!

    Maybe you didn’t read that link fully:

    Would you, as president, do the same and would you name Senator Obama to your cabinet for National Service?” McCain paused for a beat before replying with a smile: “Yes!” Cue laughter and applause.

    So yes, Sen. McCain offered to allow Sen. Obama to become the official National community organizer.

85. #85
    On September 12th, 2008 at 7:57 am, jegjr said:

    McCain’s being a good cop. There are some people out there who are not aware of the dirty details of Obama’s community organizing – and they probably thought that demeaning community organizers was not nice. HOWEVER, the fact remains that this community organizer gig is still Obama’s only claim to “experience”. Palin’s got him on that one, by far.

86. #86
    On September 12th, 2008 at 8:09 am, conservativesRus said:

    McCain is still under the impression that the job of President is to “get things done” and “get along”.
    I just re-read the entire constitution last evening with all the amendments – and nowhere do I see that listed in the job description.
    Further – I’m not sure McCain really understands the forces of evil aligned against this country. He does thankfully understand some of them (and far more of them than BHO) but not all of them.
    My definition: Anything that does not build up our country, is pulling it down and needs to be defeated (not appeased).

87. #87
    On September 12th, 2008 at 8:11 am, srhoades said:

    Not voting for him. Voting for Sarah.

88. #88
    On September 12th, 2008 at 8:27 am, conservativesRus said:

    On September 12th, 2008 at 6:13 am, Bruce said:

    John McCain is a truly despicable and pathetic sample of humanity.

    I will not vote Palin-McCain unless Palin publicly puts McCain in his place.

    Just my opinion here – what qualifies Bruce as the judge as to worth of McCain. Disagree with him on position(s) – but ?despicable and pathetic sample of humanity?. Compared to Obama – he’s a glorious shining light.
    Secondly – I highly doubt you’d vote McCain/Palin no matter what Palin does or says. I’ll diagnose it for you at no charge: You have MDS.
    Just as an aside/observation. Those that publicly “put in his place” their “boss”, tend not to be well received by the majority (no matter the necessity of the “dressing down”. Sure there is a minority that cheers but most think there is a time and place and method that is best. Publicly is not it.

89. #89
    On September 12th, 2008 at 8:32 am, Rogue said:

    With all due respect Michelle, and I realize I’m posting this way late and it’s probably been covered in part or whole already but, I would actually give McCain the benefit of the doubt here. Consider:

    This was a lose-lose trap the MSM set for McCain.

    It’s 9/11, both campaigns have called a truce and except for the Gibson/Palin interview (and forgive me if I missed something) the Obama campaign didn’t attack today.

    Had McCain echoed Guiliani/Palin’s points on “Community Organizing”, all we would have heard is: “McCain breaks truce, attacks Obama on 9/11! Politicizes 9/11!” Obama campaign would have gone into semi-legit victimhood, something they desperately need right now.

    Since he responded as he did, the media now have a quote that they can use to rebut Palin and it gets some conservatives to react just as you did.

    The perfect response would have been, “Not today. Ask me tomorrow.”

    Besides, let’s be realistic here. As srhoades said in #87, most of us here aren’t supporting McAmnesty. We’re supporting Sarah Palin and the future of the Republican Party.

90. #90
    On September 12th, 2008 at 8:49 am, conservativesRus said:

    Rogue – I have to agree about your perfect response.
    Of course the propagandists would have had then tried to twist that to McCain didn’t know what to say and had to get his talking points or some other rubbish.

91. #91
    On September 12th, 2008 at 8:52 am, donnab13 said:

    Taking the comments in context…isn’t that what we condemn the libs for not doing????
    This is a non issue for me….
    McCain did fine. Let’s not start sounding like loony libs.

92. #92
    On September 12th, 2008 at 9:16 am, sandyb said:

    On September 12th, 2008 at 4:45 am, gayle said:
    Perhaps McCain knows he won’t be around for the full 4 years as president.

    That would be a wonderful thing!

    Regarding a cabinet post for Obama, maybe he was thinking ..”filing” cabinet.

    I’m finding it harder and harder not to have dark thoughts about McSame, although I’m convinced the rest of us conservatives do but just won’t admit it.

    As for The Agitator filling the filing cabinet position, I wouldn’t even let him empty the circular files in a Rep. admin. I think it will be interesting to see if the One gets re-elected by Illinois if he doesn’t make it in November.

    Honestly, what does it take for these RINOs to see that conservatism always wins? Rush says it all the time and was as usual, quite prescient about McLame weeks ago. Rush: McCain needs his precious independents, but rather than pander to them, he should adopt conservativism and watch as they come along.

    Saw a recent poll that said McLame picked up 15 more percentage points among Independents after he picked Palin and gave a patriotic speech at the convention.

    All of these moron RINOs saw Ronaldus Magnus win landslide victories and go on to become the most beloved president of our time. He didn’t need BIPARTISANSHIP; he had LEADERSHIP and managed to do it in a DEMOCRAT congress. I think a lot of us see this “velvet hammer” potential in Sarah Palin.

    The Libs have nothing I want to adopt. Their ideas are abject failures. If it weren’t for eight years of Der Schlickmeister ignorning UBL, we wouldn’t have had 9/11 and be in Iraq.

    Clinton appointee, Jamie “the wall” Gorelick (who also had a hand in the failure of Freddie and Fannie), made 9/11 possible.

    Franklin Raines and Ms. Gorelick (we need a pix of her to let the public identify this piece of work) wouldn’t have moved on to the golden parachute of these mortgage obscenities, Fannie and Freddie, and starting the domino effect of the government feeling it has to bail out anyone who asks for it – WITH NO CONSEQUENCES.

    So, Juan, I don’t need you to reach across the aisle unless it’s to slap some sense into the other side — that is, if you, yourself, can see it!

93. #93
    On September 12th, 2008 at 9:19 am, Paul Revere said:

    Being nice and magnanimous doesn’t mean you have to be dumb. Stop defending the enemy…and the democrats/Obama ARE our enemies.

94. #94
    On September 12th, 2008 at 9:21 am, NJ-Aviator said:

    “Outstanding…”

    I’m speechless.

95. #95
    On September 12th, 2008 at 9:28 am, heroyalwhyness said:

    Of course I respect people who’ve served their communities, and Senator Obama’s record there is outstanding.”

    Define oustanding . . .

    Exhibit A

    Exhibit B

96. #96
    On September 12th, 2008 at 9:30 am, John Deaux said:

    This is no more defense of Obama than calling him “my esteemed colleague”. It’s one of the niceties that comes with the decorum of a world leader. Something the left noticeably lacks.

97. #97
    On September 12th, 2008 at 9:32 am, sonofdy said:

    I think it would be great to tuck obama away in a safe little office in the white house with no power. It also opens up a senate seat. Can you EVER see a democrat who served in a GOP white house getting his parties nomination again? NO. This move would effectively isolate obama.

98. #98
    On September 12th, 2008 at 9:35 am, PatriotRider said:

    I’m pretty sure that after McCain/Palin win the election that the O-Man will sink back into the cesspool that is Chicago politics. There he and his bitter half can kiss and make up with Jeremiah Wright and lament about how whitey kept the black man down. He will probably share office space with Jackson and Sharpton and continue to fleece the flock.

99. #99
    On September 12th, 2008 at 9:41 am, Goldwater Knight said:

    Why is McCain taking crap for being sportsmanlike? Does the guy have to drive nails through Obama’s head every second of the day? Last time McCain congratulated Obama and said something nice about him he dropped a Palin bomb on him the next day. Look for more bombardment and carnage from McCain.

100. #100
     On September 12th, 2008 at 9:56 am, BuckeyeSam said:

     This was a useless forum. I watched McCain’s part but skipped Obama’s. The two moderators seemed completely predisposed to some kind of mandatory national service requirement. What horses**t; go to Europe for that kind of thing. I want to see some of Obama’s rapper pals putting their bling-bling aside and volunteering in some way–without cameras.

     God gave us free will, and it’s a shame that more people don’t volunteer. But if people don’t step up, that’s life. Put your faith in God, not Obama and the federal government. I think it’s absurd to create an entire bloated bureaucracy to monitor the volunteer efforts of every single young American. Obama needs to find another farm camp for community organizers.

     I was disappointed that McCain let Obama off the hook on community organizing. That said, I thought this forum was supposed to be non-political, yet the moderators boxed him in. There is extraordinary disagreement about the “service” (let alone responsibilities and accomplishments) involved with Obama’s community organizing. He wasn’t volunteering–indeed, after the initial probation salary, he was making as much as $35,000 a year during that time. Anyway, there are serious doubts about the social utility of Obama’s community organizing. It shouldn’t go unchallenged.