“Unfortunately”
A reader noticed something interesting while exploring Barack Obama’s voter registration website, Vote for Change. If you answer “no” to a question about U.S. citizenship, you get this screen:
Says reader Chad: “I just thought it was interesting that the Obama campaign thought that it was ‘unfortunate’ that only US citizens could vote for him in our election. Maybe if he gets in he will rectify that wrong as well.”
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Bahahahahahaha!
I’m sure the Empty Messiah is very disappointed that French and German citizens in particular can’t vote for him.
for Obama, perhaps, it is.
This reader Chad has a stronger stomach than me if he can explore Obama’s website. I wouldn’t last 30 seconds on that site without getting sick to my stomach. And MyBO.com? WTF? I can’t help but think “my body odor.”
I’ll bet if you click the “NEXT” button, you are redirected to ACORN’s website.
Geez, I swear, some days I think my head is going to explode…. [sigh]
“Unfortunately” my a$$. I don’t apologize to anyone for limiting the right to vote to ONLY citizens. There is nothing “unfortunate” about that fact. It is written into law that way for a reason.
Also – reminder to all you illegal aliens that are subject of current ‘voter registration’ efforts (as reported by various news sources today…): You MUST be a citizen of the United States to even REGISTER to vote in a Federal election. If you even register to vote when not legally allowed to, you are committing a felony.
And MyBO.com? WTF? I can’t help but think “my body odor.”
Me too. I wouldn’t want to be anywhere near mybo. To stinkey
Follow this link to become a citizen in time for the election!!
frightening…am surprised he managed to have it written in english…”oprima aqui para cambia en espanol”…
I’m sure that the terrorists are disappointed.
My collie says:
Yeah, but thanks to the American G.I., there’s not nearly as many of them still around to register their “vote”.
Is that actually unfortunate? Obama really, really scares me.
What happens when you select NEXT?
unfortunately he is a candidate for president
A message box appears saying Registration Accepted
I’m thinking along these lines….you’ll notice The One only says that US Citizens can register to vote. Doesn’t say anything about voting period. He is a Chicago Democrat politician after all, home of “Vote Early, Vote Often”
Meh, this wasn’t really worth a blog post… because it’s asking about the user’s citizenship first (and this page is a response) the “unfortunate” person here is implicitly the user. I agree that people who aren’t u.s. citizens are to varying degrees unfortunate.
If he makes some Gaffe like “It’s unfortunate that Europeans can’t vote in this election.” Yeah, then skewer him.
You are redirected to ACORN’s website, of course.
If Hopey Dopey got it his way, we would be speaking German by now in thanks for all the votes those funny Krauts* would give him for visiting Deutschland and asking them for support.
Viva Barry O’Douchebag!
*(I can say Kraut since I am 100% American Mutt)
Voter ID? We don’t need no stinking voter ID!!
When you are a global citizen, like Senator Obama, you are called to bring the world together. Unfortunately, we are all kept separate by things like borders and nationalities. Also, he would be elected in a landslide if the EU and Middle East were allowed to vote.
The last time we were all brought together was in the eighties, for a Coke. I think I’d like that better than a President Obama.
that’s rich.
In light of domestic and global events, this is blogworthy…wow, the right has really become unhinged. I sense panic.
I would only use “unfortunately” in the “unfortunately for you” sense if I were being sarcastic, and that’s clearly not the case here. Otherwise, to begin a sentence with “Unfortunately” means that whatever follows is unfortunate – not the person being addressed.
i thought duh-one was a constitutional lawyer? i thought, being duh-one with the constitutional knowledge he would at least respect it a little more than that comment suggests. unfortunately, indeed, duh-one has attended ivy league schools but came out duh-dopey.
Congressman says Jews and blacks should beware of Palin. Disgusting but consider the source
If I had been Barry’s editor I believe the editor’s mark “w/c” would’ve been employed on “unfortunately.”
Unfortunately (for him, not me), I am not.
Be afraid…………be VERY afraid
The only panic I have is from the cheating and fraud being conducted by duh-one’s ACORN extension of campaign workers who are enrolling illegals. This is just one amongst many of their fraudulent handling of voter registration.
Unfortunate for them, not unfortunate for the US.
I registered as Fred Flintstone, 111 Barneyrubble lane,Bedrock,Ca. and got back a voter reg. application preprinted with the same name,address etc. ready to sign and mail in!
I think Obama senses panic.
Gallup Poll 9-25: Obama 46%, McCain 46%.
Way to get out maneuvered.
Yes…so nice of you to let me know about the 1 national poll where it is tied. No go look at all of the polls, more specifically state polls. And then look even closer at state polls that actually include cellphones….lol. Are bet is still on right?
Yeah, Alcee Hastings.
Let’s see. Republican Congressman Duke Cunningham pleads guilty to bribery and he’s serving 7 years.
Democrat Alcee Hastings is impeached and removed from the federal bench in 1989 for perjury and corruption. What happened to him? He was elected to congress in 1992! Just 3 years later!
Gotta love those democrats! NOT!
Polls mean absolutely nothing.
In the 2004 race, one poll over-polled Republicans and showed Bush with a substantial lead. In the weeks that followed, the same poll cut the number of Republicans and increased the number of democrats, until the numbers were close to even. This made John Kerry look like the “comeback kid.”
All for the glory of getting a socialist elected!
Socialism – a century of failure proves nothing!
Is this how the right deals with the colossal failure of it’s economic policies? By picking up on innocent words like “unforetunately”, sneering at it and ignoring what your own candidates are doing? Sad, sad people.
You mean Jamie Gorelick (D) and Fannie making sure “unfortunate” illegals can over pay for a house they can’t afford with money they don’t earn?
Except, of course, when they show that Palin is popular. But when they show that women are over the initial novelty of a female VP, and have noticed that Palin is largely antithesis to what the majority of American women regard as fair and compassionate, then they don’t matter.
On September 25th, 2008 at 7:03 pm, Omu said:
Actually, it’s more like how we “deal” with the Democrat economic disasters spawned by Jimmy Carter, fortified by Clinton, and carried out to their vicious ends by Obama advisers Jim Johnson and Franklin Raines.
No, nor is it how we deal with the colossal failure of the leftist policies that brought about the current meltdown.
And that’s “unfortunately”, illiterate. You can’t even get your talking points right.
A poll can mean very little (see #30), but an intelligent look at a conglomeration of polls can mean something, especially when weighting pollsters according to their past performance.
Omu – you are awesome – keep bringing them the truth.
Nope. But, the funny thing is, given that the majority of the polls are heavily weighted in favor of the left and their policies, the fact that any of them show any degree of approval for Palin must really be rotting your socks, given that you live and die by them.
And you’re a bigger fool than he/she/it is.
txvet2 & DBNinKY ,
If it’s all the Democrats fault how come our current Republican administration has done nothing it about it for 8 years? How come we’ve been told everything was just fine until recently? Doesn’t deregulation have anything to do with all of this? And who championed all of this deregulation?
Surprisingly enough, I agree with you – but not the way you think.
Yeh but what you don’t know (as usual) Gallup is a poll that tends to be ahead of the curve. The. bet. is. on.
You sound crazy.
Oh, that’s weird, because – you see – I thought it was actually George W. Bush (he’s a Republican, in case you didn’t know. Republicans are conservative and impose conservative ideals, also) that was in charge for the past 8 years and not Bill Clinton or Jimmy Carter. It was conservatism’s nonsensical opposition to regulation that cause this mess.
Can I remind you that Ronald Reagan, Bush Sr. and Bush Jr. all left their country in debt when they left office? Bill Clinton got a surplus. Oops, silly me; I forgot how much of a hindrance facts are for conservatives.
If by “ahead of the curve” you mean “historical inaccurate” then I agree.
Anyway, the reason I came in on this thread was to take note of the fact that a lot of the subprime problem has to do with financing houses for illegals. It occurred to me that one of the ramifications of this was that home ownership puts them on the county tax roles, which is pretty much all that’s necessary for them to be able to register to vote. And I’d be willing to bet that all of those ACORN counselors running around San Antonio are well aware of that. Of course there may be other elibility requirements that I’m unaware of – but I don’t think proof of citizenship is among them.
Flashback
Really, because 538.com has them listed 25th in terms of their accuracy in prediction this election cycle.
Beat me to it TOS.
Hah, so independent, random polling is biased now? Is there any way anything can favour the liberal side without being biased?
And I didn’t see Michelle Malkin saying polls didn’t matter when she linked to the polls that showed Palin’s initial, brief popularity.
OMU Said:
Fixed it for you.
If it weren’t for lies, you’d have nothing to post. The policies responsible originated during the Carter and Clinton Administrations (The Community Reinvestment Act was passed in 1993, I think). In addition, the Clinton Justice Department under Janet (The Conqueror Worm of Waco) Reno threatened legal action against lenders who didn’t meet their “quotas” for minority loans. For the past 8 years, the Bush Administration has tried repeatedly to get legislation to rein in Fannie Mae, which by the way has been run by ex-Clinton hacks. They were thwarted by the Democrats in the Senate and House, principally by Dodd (the biggest recipient of Fannie Mae political contributions, as it happens). And Frank was also resistant to any regulation, stating only a few months ago that FNMA was in good shape and didn’t need it. But of course I’m sure you already know this, and are just lying as usual.
And as for lack of regulation, maybe you should read up on another proximate cause of the debacle – called “mark-to-market”.
chapoutier said:
You mean the left leaning 538? I guess I can concede the point and go with the aggregate poll that says he’s ahead by 3 points, gosh.
1) It isn’t random.
2) They use “fudge factors”.
You can find these things out by looking at the internals of the polls, quite frequently.
Attention trolls!
I know you probably don’t listen to Rush, but it was very interesting listening to these soundbites today.
So, Frank now claims there isn’t enough regulation and that’s BushReaganBush’s fault. Dodd says there is plenty of regulation, but they weren’t doing their jobs. Who to believe, who to believe?
There is plenty of blame to go around, but you guys really ought to read MM’s other threads from today before you think we’re all blaming only Dems. At least we can be honest and criticize our own, but all you can do is point at Republicans and say “they started it”!
You do realize that Newt didn’t become Speaker until 1995 don’t you. You do realize that the decline from our deficit to a surplus under Clinton was on a constistent slope…1993: -255b , 1994: -203b, 1995: -164b, 1996 (Newts first budget): -107. It seems to me like it was as much Clinton if not more.
Are you actually serious?! Newt Gingrich opposed President Clinton on almost everything, that’s what he’s remembered for as Speaker. Not only that, but while Bill was actually working on getting America out of the debt Reagan and Bush Sr. had left for our children, Gingrich was trying to impeach and persecute him for a personal failing. Newt left as Speaker in 1998, 2 years before Bill Clinton’s term ended.
Oh, that’s right, facts are disposable to conservatives, right?
I’m beginning to think we need to go back to only land owners can vote. It’s their money on the line so shouldn’t they get a bigger say on how it is spent. I know some things I would have to vote against.
How about the right-leaning RCP regarding the 2004 election then.
#47On September 25th, 2008 at 7:26 pm, Omu said:
The dickens, you say! Imagine that – Republicans actually govern by their convictions. You know, that’s more than Michael Moore wrote about Bill Clinton, whom he dubbed as the best REPUBLICAN president the nation has ever seen.
Newt Gingrich and a Republican sweep in 1994 did that, thanks in-part to an arm twisting psuedo-president named Dick Morris. If you’ll recall, Clinton’s first two years in office – when we saw the real, unabashed liberal Bill Clinton, were disasterous, or do you suffer with that disease common to most liberals, known as selective memory?
No. It is the result of Carter and Clinton using the apparatus of government to conduct the Democrats’ social experiments with homeownership and urban renewal, circumventing and even exploiting deregulation and the poor.
Man, you really are in denial about Obama/Biden blowing it, aren’t you?
BTW, I thought you were an expatrioted American, what’s up with the /u/ in favor?
That’s so rich coming from you.
Thank God for that! If it weren’t for Newt, Clinton would never have been forced to sign welfare reform. And that’s not the only reason Newt was remembered. They assassinated the man’s character. You guys claimed Newt didn’t want children at school to have breakfast and wanted old people to just die(thanks Algore). As usual, the only way liberals think they can win is to try to destroy someone personally, hence the politics of personal destruction.
BTW Topic Police
If you are so insulted by what is being discussed on one thread here, go somewhere else.
Fixed it for you. I don’t blame you for feeling that way since you listen to Rush.
Speaking of being factually impaired….
And – Clinton had a Republican Congress. (Apparently Republicans are only against spending when a Democrat is in the big chair. But hey – who knew?)
It should have said:
“At this time only US citizens are allowed to register to vote, but please click on this link (add link button) and in only 5 or less years, you can too – Si, puedo”
As far as Obama’s “button” goes – I’m actually more concerned about the implication of the “Back” button than the verbiage.
I listen to Rush, so I guess I’m just a mind-numbed robot, right? I’ve listened to him since the Gulf War because he was the only person who said we were going to be successful there. Since my boyfriend (now husband) was there, it was very comforting to me. I didn’t agree with everything he said and still don’t. I actually love Rush because he unabashedly supports the military, instead of certain Dems who accuse them of being murderers and idiots.
You are certainly entitled to your opinion, but personally, I’m tired of your peeps calling all of us racists because we won’t vote for your guy.
How’s that for personal attacks? I wonder what your opinions on those types of statements are?
I don’t think so. Carter had one term, Clinton had two, and you’re telling me that 5 Republican presidencies, as well as Republican control on Capitol Hill from 1994 up until 2 years ago, was not enough to reverse these supposed “social experiments”. Nope, I’m sorry, I’m not buying it.
Since when is Michael Moore representative of liberals and Democrats at large? In any case, are you saying you’re a fan of this man?
So, when you see a fact you dislike (such as the fact that Republican presidents have a habit of passing debt on to their successors), you use nonsense like this?
It really ticks the Irish off when I use US English spellings as opposed to European English spellings for certain words, so I guess it’s just habit by this stage, originated in my not wanting to tick the Irish I’m working for off.
Oh, my statement was fine, TOS. You just didn’t like hearing the truth.
Mahalo, but these guys are lolo.
#68, nice post. Notice they are ignoring you.
As for the Obama website, no matter which button you push, it registers you “Present”.
Liberals at least accept that our military is not perfect and is not made up entirely of morrally strong and decent people. The US military has done some horrible things. Acknowledging this does not equate to not supporting our men and women in uniform. Conservatives would do well to try to wrap their heads around this concept.
And anyway, it’s really Republicans that don’t care for the military. If you all did, would you have applauded McCain’s selection of Palin (who has NO EXPERIENCE IN MILITARY MATTERS AT ALL) as VP? No, you wouldn’t have. And yet you did. It’s becoming more and more obvious that Republicans just pretend to be the real champions of the military,
You have no credibility, omu.
Actually, most liberals despise the military which is why they would love to decrease funding. No one here believes that every military member is perfect. We just don’t assume they’re all guilty of being murderers, baby killers, torturers, etc. Please don’t tell me to wrap my head around such an idiotic concept.
You know, I hear Dems and especially libs who are anti military say “Republicans never send their own into war”. Well, let me see, McCain’s son is in Iraq and Palin’s is on the way. But that’s not good enough for you. John Kerry has military experience, but that sure didn’t mean I wanted him to be my husband’s boss. It’s about the person and his/her character.
Probably, if you click on either of the two buttons they will both let you register anyway. Most likely they both link to the same page that says:
“Well, since you are still here, you obviously REALLY REALLY want to vote, so….. OK!!”
Last time I checked perjury was not a personal failing.
Are you kidding? He’s the quintessential liberal – the icon of loud-mouth, blame-America-first Democrats everywhere. And no, I am definitely not a fan of M. Moore; I merely attempted to read one of idiotic books once as an exercise in opposing viewpoints. I gave it up after the first three or so chapters.
It’s not that simple, to just say that they left the nation in debt as if that was all they did, or imply that it was done as a matter of choice. The debt we incurred under President Reagan (my ideal president) and the first Bush was understandable and, considering that both gave our nation a sense of pride and renewed purpose, it was a fair trade. BTW, no nation should EVER run a surplus – to do so means workers are over taxed.
OH. So why work in Ireland? I understand there are excellent jobs in Texas (I think you said that’s where you’re from), so why not come home – don’t you miss it?
You shouldn’t waste your time arguing with this dumb ass Irish liberal, they’re the worst.
It’s not as bad as the millions dead in Cambodia caused by the liberal movement in the 1960’s.
Maybe one day you’ll be able to own up to to that little piece of history but I doubt it.
They don’t – neither did Clinton. It’s all accounting tricks and gimmicks (and yes both sides do it).
This is a bizarre statement. Liberals blame America for what America is guilty of. Calling a spade a spade is not unpatriotic.
Loud mouthed liberals are not anywhere near as common as loud mouthed, ignorant conservatives. In fact, liberals detest the loud mouth, shouting and screaming of Rush Limbaugh and Bill O’Reilly and Sean Hannity and Ann Coulter and Michael Savage. Even Michael Moore (who is “extreme” in his method by liberal standards) is nothing compared to those on the right. Coulter actually called a presidential candidate a “faggot”, while Limbaugh routinely makes derogatory remarks about Mexicans. The reason Rachel Maddow and Keith Olbermann are so successful is because they are not like the loud mouthed conservatives that are so adored by the right. The Left is much more interested in substance and sophistication, the Right is more excited by shouting and using charged language.
Sorry, but that’s just a ridiculous logic. Where is the US to get the money to invest in America in this case – from China? India? That stuff only weakens this country.
Well, I don’t think a few spelling alterations is a good enough reason to leave Ireland
I’m from Dallas, yes, but my wife is Irish so we’ve moved to Mullingar for the time being. I like it here, but I certainly do miss Texas an awful lot!
He lied about a personal failing. That’s the point. Do you really think it was ok for Newt Gingrich to waste tax payers time and money to prosecute Clinton over a personal failing?
Unfortunately Hawaii got statehood, we get two more Democrats in the Senate for that leftist island chain and one from Illinois.
There was KP, the hair cut and sore feet. Anything in particular you had in mind?
::sigh:: Mail bouy watch in the Artic winter….
Aloha,
You are absolutely correct that liberals were wrong to go after Palin on the personal stuff. Fortunately she has proven more than capable of destroying herself every time, rare as it is, she speaks to the media and tries to talk about the issues.
We can safely leave any personal issue aside.
I’d like you to tell me exactly what remarks you’re talking about? Please don’t refer to the Obama ad which completely lies about what Rush said.
Successful? Have you seen their ratings. Have you actually listened to Olbermann? I have and there is no angrier person out there. I’d actually compare him to Savage, whom I can’t stand either
This is such a joke. I know we have some controversial people on our side, but you can’t possibly think the left is more sophisticated. You mean this kind of sophistication?
http://hotair.com/archives/2008/09/24/alcee-hastings-anyone-who-hunts-moose-dont-care-too-much-about-what-they-do-with-jews-and-blacks/
Mitt Romney issued refunds to people when he got Massachusetts out of debt and ran a surplus.
Yeh I really feel on the level with a lesbian Rhodes Scholar. Lol.
I know it’s hard for conservatives not to be homophobic, disrespectful morons, but it really is getting irritating now. Why does it always have to be such a big deal with you guys?
OK, we’re going in circles here. You may sympathy for Bill Clinton but Newt clearly did not, so what? What’s that compare to the 700 billion wasted on Democrat social engineering initiated by Bill Clinton? Unfortunately no one in my cadre believes this bailout will even work.
Oh yeh, blame it on us guys being intimidated. hahaha.
Some object to this word—arguing that it literally means “man-fearing,” but the “homo” in “homosexual” and in this word does not refer to the Latin word for “man,” but is derived from a Greek root meaning “same” while the “-phobic” means literally “having a fear of,” but in English has come to mean “hating.” “Homophobic” is now an established term for “prejudiced against homosexuals
First, I don’t need to come to GK’s aid, but I feel compelled to tell you that Rachael Maddow is a lesbian.
I’m sick of you and your ilk saying we’re racists, homophobes, bigots, etc. Again you prove the point that the only argument you have against conservatives is name calling. Alcee Hastings must be your hero. Please fly away.
“The reason… Keith Olbermann are so successful”
LMAO. Yeah, he’s so successful that my local cable provider knocked MSNBC off my basic cable channel set completely. MSNBC only has about 10% of the cable news market and continually lags far behind CNN and Fox.