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Palin packs a punch in SW Florida

Republican vice presidential nominee stops in Southwest Florida for fund-raisers, public speech

By STEVEN BEARDSLEY (Contact)
Originally published 9:29 p.m., Monday, October 6, 2008
Updated 11:16 p.m., Monday, October 6, 2008

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Germain Arena

11000 Everblades Parkway, Estero, FL

Naples Beach Hotel & Golf Club

851 Gulf Shore Boulevard North, Naples, Fl

A raucous crowd of thousands welcomed Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin to Southwest Florida as she visited the economically troubled region for the first time and continued her sharp criticism of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.

In a speech interrupted several times by protestors’ jeers, Palin energized 9,000 supporters at Germain Arena by questioning Obama’s support of the Iraq War, his tax policies and his political associations.

“This is about the truthfulness and judgment needed to become our next president,” she said. “John McCain has it. Barack Obama doesn’t have it.”

The audience loved every moment with their candidate.

Nancy Wiley, 49, an Estero homemaker who home schools a son and daughter, said Palin would fight “oppressive taxation” to make life easier for middle-class citizens. Like many supporters, Wiley’s enthusiasm for the Republican ticket arose only after Palin’s selection.

“I was going to hold my nose and vote for McCain,” she said. “When Palin went in there, I was all for it.”

Palin’s visit comes as the Southwest Florida economy is among the worst in the nation. Home foreclosures continue unabated, and unemployment rates outpace the national average by a considerable amount.

Palin said that while she was a mayor and a governor in Alaska, she slowed spending, cut taxes and removed certain business fees, the result of which was the creation of jobs. In her speech, she linked the economy with energy independence, citing Florida as an alternative-energy bonanza that could create more jobs.

“God has so richly blessed you here in Florida with all those alternative energy sources. It means alternative sources of energy like wind and solar, along with environmentally safe offshore production oil, if that’s what a state wants.” If they do, she said, “Drill here, drill now!”

Her speech, given nearly word-for-word at a fund-raiser earlier in the day, targeted Obama’s character and judgment. Calling the Iraq War a success, Palin wondered why Obama has never “used the word ‘victory’” in reference to the war. She mentioned her own son, Track, who recently deployed to Iraq.

When a protester made noise near the stage, Palin said, “My son is over in Iraq fighting for your right to protest right now.”

The crowd leapt to its feed and erupted in cheer. The protester, a man, was escorted outside by security. Another group of protestors farther away from the stage were also lead outside.

Palin linked Obama to 1960s radical William Ayers. Ayers was a co-founder of the Weathermen, a radical group that targeted government buildings for bombing, including the Pentagon and the United States Capitol.

Citing a recent New York Times article, Palin said Obama “launched his political career in the living room” of Ayers, whom she called a “domestic terrorist.” Ayers, now a college professor and a school reform advocate in Chicago, did host a gathering where Obama was introduced to several people as a candidate for the Illinois Senate. But the article said his home was one of many in the Chicago suburbs that held an event for Obama.

Palin said a left-wing agenda is being thrust upon the nation under the guise of mainstream values.

She also repeated a claim that many non-partisan sources say is untrue — that Obama voted to raise taxes on families making as little as $42,000 a year. According to the nonpartisan Web site www.factcheck.org and The New York Times, Obama voted for a budget resolution that would have allowed the Bush tax cuts of 2001 and 2003 to expire. Without the tax cuts, a single person making $42,000 a year or more would pay $15 a year extra in taxes. A family would not be affected.

The cheers were loud and sustained throughout Palin’s speech. Supporters filled seats to the top of the arena, and they stood around the square stage and behind rope lines set to the side.

They chanted her name when she first came on stage and when protesters interrupted her.

They shook red pom-poms and held signs aloft that read “Moms for Sarah” and “FGCU loves Sarah,” among others.

And they rushed to the stage for autographs after she finished speaking. Palin slowly worked her way around the platform, signing posters, slips of paper and even a few hats.

Florida Gov. Charlie Crist introduced Palin. Sen. Mel Martinez was in attendance, and Lee County Sheriff Mike Scott also spoke, using Barack Obama’s middle name, Hussein, stirring up a controversy that resulted in an apology from the McCain-Palin campaign.

The Germain Arena speech was Palin’s final stop in a hurried afternoon that included two fund-raisers in Naples. She gave a speech at the Naples Beach Club Hotel and Golf Resort around 12:30 p.m., a $1,000-a-plate event that garnered more than 100 attendees, all of whom stood against the stage and on top of chairs to get a closer look at the candidate.

She met a crowd outside the resort to shake hands and sign posters before being whisked to the Port Royal home of investment magnate John Donahue.

The fund-raiser, a $10,000-a-plate event, was not accessible to the press.

Throughout the day, campaign staffers kept local and national press out of range of the vice president. The closest reporters got to the candidate was when she entered and exited her “Straight Talk Express” bus.

She arrived at Southwest Florida International Airport just after 11 p.m. and was driven to Naples in a police-guided motorcade that passed through intersections along the way. A few supporters watched and waved from the road. Near Germain Arena, home to the Everblades hockey team, one child waved a hockey stick as the hockey mom passed in the bus.

Charles and Phyllis Podolsky were among the first locals to spot their candidate. Both waited at the airport, outside a fence that marked the tarmac boundary.

Charles compared the Palin frenzy to the 1960 campaign of John F. Kennedy. Podolsky, 58, remembers painting his bicycle in support of Kennedy and riding up and down the Coney Island boardwalk. To be sure, Kennedy’s politics differed from Palin’s. But their appeal, Podolsky said, was the same.

“Here she is, a woman who’s plain down to earth,” he said. “She sees what the people see.”

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So much for being Christian……..
Didn't Sarah Palin read in the Bible that “thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.”

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#1 Posted by dooley on October 6, 2008 at 9:56 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I am appalled as a woman that so many have fallen into this stupidity that McCain thought was so creative. McCain: "Oh, if I can find a woman to run with me, all the women who wanted to vote for Hillary Clinton will vote for this woman. What a great political move, I am so smart. Let's see, there is a governor from Alaska that's a woman and she's a real "looker." I think I will put her on my ticket. What credentials does she have to be vice president? Well, she's a woman and all the women who wanted to vote for Hillary will vote for her. Let's go for it."
Sarah Palin is so not qualified for this position. I am offended as first an American, and second as a lifelong Republican. How stupid should the American people be to see through this, especially women! If it came down to that the vice presidential candidate somehow absolutely had to be a woman, there were so many Republican women who were so much more qualified than Sarah Palin.
I am ashamed of the Republican party for what has happened here. If anyone ever thinks Palin is the answer to Hillary, you are sadly mistaken. Oh well, many conservative Republicans will be happy to hear that at least Palin was successful in banning many books in Alaska's libraries that she thought were unsuitable for viewers. I have heard that the libriarians tried to stop it, but she overroad them.

#2 Posted by momforjustice on October 6, 2008 at 10:21 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Madam Potential Vice President, what specific plans do the McCain/Palin campaign offer to deal with today's issues... specifics please? .... pause (she winks).... pause(she smiles).. pause(she looks up as if seeking higher approval)... (she looks down right determined) *response* Obama was a buddy of a known domestic terrorist and he is different; he doesn't think like me and I can't figure out half the time what he is saying and, and, and.... GOD BLESS AMERICA!

Well ok then, that was all I wanted to hear.. she is FANTASTIC.. THINKS LIKE THIS SIX PACKER.. HEY, I THINK I'M IN LOVE.. SHE HAS MY VOTE.... YUP that woman is my kinda people ya know.. REEL GOD FEARING COMMIE TERRORIST EVERYWHERE EVEN IN AMERICA WAITING IN LONG AIRPORT LINES KINDA PEOPLE... WAIT.. DID YOU CHECK THAT 88 YEAR OLD IN THE WHEEL CHAIR... YA NEVER KNOW WHAT THOSE OSAMMA RAG HEADS WILL DO.

Really, I know.... M Company 3rd Bat 7th Mar 64-66... good ole Vietnam Vet.. I know.. I truly know.. it isn't what we face outside this country we should fear... as much as it's what you witnessed today that you may vote for.

THINK BEFORE YOU VOTE PEOPLE!

#3 Posted by RunSilentRunDeep on October 6, 2008 at 10:26 p.m. (Suggest removal)

What a tragedy--if McCain had been committed to picking a woman as his running mate, he had Kay Bailey Hutchinson, Olympia Snowe, Condoleeza Rice, Elizabeth Dole, Carly Fiorina, and Meg Whitman as possibilities. Instead he selected a highly telegenic, viciously ambitious, and utterly vapid ornament with obvious designs on the Oval Office and open contempt for what it means to be there. Wink, wink, wink!

#4 Posted by dooley on October 6, 2008 at 10:26 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Comparing Palin to JFK is the biggest insult to the Kennedy family and those that love Kennedy. It is preposterous. Only in Florida will you see this kind of mornic comparison. Palin is nothing near Kennedy. She is a dimwit. She had knowledge of nothing. Unreal.

#5 Posted by SmartyPantsIndependent on October 6, 2008 at 10:28 p.m. (Suggest removal)

NDN and the press in general will never, ever, get close to this woman or John McCain without a teleprompter and prepared text and bullet points available for repeated, controlled, canned response.

BEWARE AMERICA.. why do you think this campaign can't deliver their candidates in an unscripted, spontaneous, forum?

THINK ABOUT IT.... please think about it and don't respond with left wing/right wing diatribes.. how about simply as human beings seeking intelligent, quality, honest leadership?

It is so very simple.

#6 Posted by RunSilentRunDeep on October 6, 2008 at 10:36 p.m. (Suggest removal)

This out-of-ideas McCain/Palin ticket is becoming more dingy, desperate and appalling by the day! I guess while our country is facing the greatest financial crisis since the Great Depression their motto is : If we can't beat 'em on the issues we'll smear 'em! Smearing and mudslinging are the last resort of a desperate campaign. Instead of constuctive dialog the McCain/Palin ticket offers-up 'red herring' smears. The only purpose of which is to confuse the real issues and to somehow deceive the American people into thinking Obama has possibly done something wrong. But, at their core the smears are all just malarkey. Obama has done nothing wrong! No more Lies! No more Smears! No more Same Old Same! No more Bush/Cheney/McCain/Palin!

#7 Posted by truthfinder on October 6, 2008 at 10:41 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Momjustice--you are an intelligent and thoughtful woman and citizen. Thank you for saying like it is, and clearing up all the misguided delusions in the Republican camp these days regarding the McCain/Palin ticket. I am registered Dem and will vote for Barack/Biden, but I keep an open-mind every presidential election season, for the candidate/team that is:
#1) Most intelligent, with the best outlined and substantiative platform and plan for the American people.
#2) Most concerned for the struggles of broadest cross-section of Americans (not just their party base).
#3) Least prone or involved in political gimmickry for the sole purpose of vote getting of this or that special interest or demographic. And I believe that is exactly what the selection of Sarah Palin (as you so succintly point out)was all about--Political Gimmickry.
I truly feel sorry for those hornswoggled souls at that rally today--who don't have a clue or haven't considered the dire consequences our country would be thrown into if god forbid McCain were elected and passed away while in office. With less than 30 days to go before we cast our votes I pray that some of them will read these blogs and be brought to their senses. Oh the humanity, if that doesn't happen!

#8 Posted by Indyvote on October 6, 2008 at 10:45 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Momforjustice,

WHERE is OBAMA/BIDEN going to create jobs in this economy??? NAMELY for working MOTHERS that try and support their households in this 7% unemployment. Even when there were jobs to go around, you tell me WHO out of all 4 candidates can balance a check book? AND raise a family at the same time?

#9 Posted by Working4Peanuts on October 6, 2008 at 10:52 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Trig is the infant, special needs/downs syndrome...and cannot possibly be deployed to Iraq.... Nice job NDN....
There is also nothing wrong with mentioning Barak HUSSEIN Obama.....Did you know John McCain's middle name is Sydney>?>>

#10 Posted by webbutterfly on October 6, 2008 at 10:56 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Enough with the Hussein middle name, nonsense.
#1) Anybody who brings up that as issue--is clearly, flat-out ignorant and prejudice in my book. So why don't you just come out and say you are ignorant and prejudice so we all know exactly from what perspective you are speaking from.
#2) I am Greek, I and my family have always known this country as a melting pot. Somebody doesn't have to have the 'perfect' white bread name or upbringing to be considered a good or great candidate for President.
#3) You really have nothing else to discuss or add to the debate so you keep on rattling the same bell, matches your candidates campaign tactics perfectly.

#11 Posted by Indyvote on October 6, 2008 at 11:14 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Sarah Palin:

I Can see Habana, Cuba from Key West, do i have foreign policy experience? ha,ha

#12 Posted by NYEM on October 6, 2008 at 11:23 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Sarah Louise Heath Palin and John Sidney McSame will bring nothing more than the same of George W's bad economic policies...

It's time to let a Professional do the job...Barack Hussain Obama, the next President of the United States of America!

#13 Posted by NYEM on October 6, 2008 at 11:29 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Working4Peanuts -- do you think I don't work? I have been a working mother for 20 years in Naples and my children are still in college. I have seen my 401k dissolve into nothing in the last year. Talk about being scared. I am petrified. You ask who out of the four candidates can balance a checkbook and raise a family. I cannot answer that question; however, I can tell you that John McCain will never have to balance a checkbook unless he's trying to see into which account the proceeds from the sale of one of his numerous home's has been deposited. I know nothing about Sarah Palin's finances. Come to think about it, have we been privy to her financial statements yet? I don't remember seeing anything about them. I agree with you, I am scared about our future, but I believe that there is hope in the Obama/Biden ticket; I can't say the same thing for McCain. This will be the first time I have ever voted against my party. Am I sure? Absolutely not. These are really scary times in this country. May God guide our hand.

#14 Posted by momforjustice on October 6, 2008 at 11:44 p.m. (Suggest removal)

You know Clint Eastwood was a maverick, but he didn't go around claiming he was a maverick, in fact mavericks usually don't go around naming themselves mavericks. Odd people who see mavericks in the movies go around naming themselves mavericks. Palin and McCain remind me of that guy Francis in the movie stripes.

My name's Francis Sawyer... but everyone calls me Psycho. Any of you guys call me Francis... I'll kill ya.

Well lighten up you kooky mavericks.

#15 Posted by artdude on October 6, 2008 at 11:55 p.m. (Suggest removal)

They are so scared of a repeat of 2000 and 2004 that they will say virtually anything about anyone running against the chosen one. Siding with the candidate of Hamas and Al Qaeda is just plain dispicable.

I apologize to all of you libs who are continously duped by the mass media with their socialist slants on daily happenings. It's totally understandable how you think that Barack Hussein Obama could win with all of the polls that they throw at you. The only problem is that they are polling people who sit on their arse during the day not the people who are out there making this country work. Including the servicemen of this great country who each election vote overwhelmingly in favor of the Republican candidate.

4 Years of McCain and then 8 years of Palin/Steele. Maybe Alec Balwin will actually lead them all to Canada.

#16 Posted by vyger on October 7, 2008 at 12:06 a.m. (Suggest removal)

What does 'Victory' in Iraq look like Sarah? It was announced today that the Iraq Embassy will be the largest in the world, will be there for 99 years and will be run by the Oil Companies. Tell me again Sarah, how you are protecting MY free speech with your war in Iraq? Doesn't your super Christian religion say something about "Hypocrisy"

#17 Posted by Liber8tor on October 7, 2008 at 12:09 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Sarah Palin gave it her best shot, but Joe Biden scored a knockout.

The Economy and Taxes--Biden

Healthcare--Biden

Energy, the Environment and Global Warming--Biden

Connected with Main Street--Biden

Human Compassion--Biden

Foreign Policy--Biden

Got his Facts Right--Biden

Answered the Questions Asked--Biden

Women's Issues--Biden

Supreme Court Justice Appointments and Ideology--Biden

Role of the V.P. (Cheney's Interpretation Dangerous)--Biden

Supports his/her Running Mate--Biden

Closing Comments--Biden

Florida, send Governor Palin back to Alaska (where her popularity is plummeting now that we all are getting to know her better) and put the Obama/Biden team to work on economic recovery, a smarter and more diverse energy policy, and the ethics and transparency needed in government at the national level.

To see what Alaskans and especially what women are saying daily, bookmark the Mudflats link and enjoy and participate.
http://mudflats.wordpress.com/

A Nana from Alaska

#18 Posted by akmk on October 7, 2008 at 12:51 a.m. (Suggest removal)

At least we know she didn't bring any witches with her, since she's already been cleansed of all forms of witchcraft. I unfortunately didn't have the $1,000 or $10,000(depending on venue) to go listen to her, so can someone that went tell me if she spoke in tongues? Or if she could answer a follow-up question for once?

#19 Posted by Trojanz33 on October 7, 2008 at 1:56 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Wait isnt the term a "Team of Mavericks" an Oxymoron by definition?

#20 Posted by tapakegger on October 7, 2008 at 2:25 a.m. (Suggest removal)

I wonder if there were any more "nook-ya-lar"s spoken by the maverickette to the lemmings.

#21 Posted by babbas on October 7, 2008 at 2:43 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Yes it was a great day in SWF when a Great Republican and Great American as Sarah Palin is exposes what Barack Hussein Obama's economic plan stands for and that more of the Tax & Spend big government crowd that the Democratic party has always been about. Is that what Obama calls Hope and Change. I guess the Emperor has new clothes as some folks see it. I don't. Just say No to Obamanomics

#22 Posted by rickyd2000 on October 7, 2008 at 4:13 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Sarah Palin sounds like a cross between a valley girl and someone from the movie "Fargo".
When she talks about the truth, its like the pot calling the kettle...you know the expression. The speech is a pathetic last minute attempt to get votes. Anyone with half a brain wouldn't fall for this old political tactic. When you have nothing constructive to say about the issues, especially the economy, just try to attack your opponent's character with a bunch of lies. The truth has nothing to to with their strategy. There is only one problem with it, it won't work. Lies and greed are what has gotten us into this financial crisis. So keep telling lies Sarah and John. Apparently you have nothing else to tell the American people who are suffering in this economic crisis. If you need a referendum on the results of this strategy, just look at the polls. By the way, thats the American people talking.

#23 Posted by Shelly on October 7, 2008 at 5:15 a.m. (Suggest removal)

can even one of you left-wings liberals fight for your country?I don't think so..talk talk talk...

#24 Posted by houdal on October 7, 2008 at 5:16 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Sarah Palin continues to sling lies and distortions even after they have been proven to be lies and distortions, and now they are coming with racist undertones. She has proven herself (in her interviews and debate) to be ignorant on the issues, both national and international, unfamiliar with current events, both national and international, she is dogged by her past as mayor and governor of cronyism, firing of her opponents, of leaving Wasilla in almost $20 million debt and looking like a strip mall and increasing spending as governer by 20-30%, and the list goes on. McCain can't defend his plans or policy ideas because they favor the rich and continue the disasterous Bush policies, so of course what is left? Speeches like Palin gave in Florida. Trying to convince Americans that a Columbia and Harvard educated lawyer, former President of the Harvard Review, community organiser who worked helping laid-off steel workers get back on their feet, former Professor of Constitutional Law, and Senator, state and national, is some kind of America-hating terrorist, lacking experience and not getting it. Please! I just wish the media would keep tearing down the Republican lie and smear campaign and show Americans what it is really all about.

#25 Posted by LocalGirlAbroad on October 7, 2008 at 5:48 a.m. (Suggest removal)

houdal, There are more Demo's in our military than Repub's!

#26 Posted by bossman1 on October 7, 2008 at 5:48 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Post 22: Nice way with words.

Post 23: The powers behind the Cheney administation have been manufacturing what you call "liberals" for nearly eight years now.

Post 24: Not just someone, an actor named Frances McDormand.

Post 25: Maybe we are but you're too dependent on regimentation to recognize it.

#27 Posted by elnuestros on October 7, 2008 at 5:52 a.m. (Suggest removal)

John McCain said Hillary was the ultimate 'lipstick on a pig'. That was before he meet Palin. Palin 's circus tour atracks freaks and most don't vote, we can be thankfull for that.

#28 Posted by bossman1 on October 7, 2008 at 5:56 a.m. (Suggest removal)

elnuestros,

Let me clarify my words...... Sarah Palin spoke to the issues and the American people in this election yesterday. We have only one choice to vote for in this election, and that is to vote for John McCain and not the tax and spend Liberal socialist Barack Hussein Obama

#29 Posted by rickyd2000 on October 7, 2008 at 6:06 a.m. (Suggest removal)

In reply to Post # by houdal. This is one left wing LIBERAL who DID proudly fight for this county! What is your story, reicht wing conservative? That is one hel of a question to ask. US Army, 565 med batallion 1966-1968.

#30 Posted by ravenhawk on October 7, 2008 at 6:06 a.m. (Suggest removal)

While I do respect John McCain's service and sacrifice to this country as a fellow member of the armed forces, this really has me concerned. " McCain says because he survived 5½ years of brutal torture, while a prisoner of the communist Vietnamese, he is better qualified to be president of the United States than any other candidate. McCain claims his POW sufferings included three years in solitary confinement where he was tortured so badly that he "broke," causing him to attempt suicide." http://www.usvetdsp.com/dec07/mccain_...

#31 Posted by ravenhawk on October 7, 2008 at 6:10 a.m. (Suggest removal)

rickyd2000:

Those weren't the words I heard. I heard her call Obama a terrorist and preside calmly over a crowd in which at least one miscreant was yelling "kill him."

I know that's Ann Coulter's version of an American value. Is it yours?

#32 Posted by elnuestros on October 7, 2008 at 6:10 a.m. (Suggest removal)

elnuestros,

There you go again letting political correctness rule your mind. You are being braniwashed by CNN(Communist News Network). Barack Hussein Obama is a Marxist and a socialist, and that is not mainstream America, but the radical left fringe.

Obamanomics= higher taxes and huge spending sprees by the government.
How do you think he is going to pay for universal healthcare for all....very simple rise everyone's taxes that how. Just say no to Barack Hussein Obama.

#33 Posted by rickyd2000 on October 7, 2008 at 6:18 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Community Organizer= rabble rouser

#34 Posted by rickyd2000 on October 7, 2008 at 6:22 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Higher taxes and huge spending sprees by the government seems just like a page out of the current administration's handbook.How much are "they" spending on this war in Iraq? Did I hear $10,000,000,000 per month? And John McCain said he will continue this war another ten years or so or "as long as it takes"? Now that is some HUGE spending.

#35 Posted by ravenhawk on October 7, 2008 at 6:28 a.m. (Suggest removal)

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#36 Posted by marie293 on October 7, 2008 at 6:30 a.m.

Ravenhawk,

Maybe you do not understand but it is Congress and the Senate which have been controlled by the Dem's since 07 and all they did was raise the minimum wage whoopee!!!!!

Pelosi and Co should be ashamed of themselves. What a bunch of phonies. Throw the Dems out!!!!!!!especially Barney Frank

#37 Posted by rickyd2000 on October 7, 2008 at 6:41 a.m. (Suggest removal)

How can you blame Bush for the housing crisis, when the blame goes on the Carter Administration which passed the Community Reinvestment Act which Freddie and Fannie-Mae fell under. And hearings were blocked by the Dems Barney Frank, Chris Dodd , Chuckie Shummer and Maxine(Mirky) Waters that would reign in giving people mortgages that couldn't afford it.
This is a case where Political Correctness has run a muck.

#38 Posted by rickyd2000 on October 7, 2008 at 6:50 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Didn't Barack Husssein Obama receive campaign donation's from Fannie and Freddie Mac. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac has become the Dems slush fund how about that for being ethical, I don't think so.

#39 Posted by rickyd2000 on October 7, 2008 at 6:57 a.m. (Suggest removal)

As a state senator, Democrat Barack Obama awarded $75,000 in government grants to a Chicago social service organization led by a rabbi who is also his wife’s cousin, records show. Obama awarded about $6 million for everything from literacy programs and park improvements to drill team uniforms and jazz appreciation events.

#40 Posted by v2q903 on October 7, 2008 at 7:04 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Good morning LS...
See your up early, at it again..ha..ha

I have a question...why are some referring to Obama as the "chosen one?"

#41 Posted by SaraBeth on October 7, 2008 at 7:15 a.m. (Suggest removal)

For those of you who haven't made up your mind...
this is quite interesting.

For those of you Liberals who want to blame someone for the condition our country is now in...you will find this something to rant about.

For those of you McCain/Palin supporters...here is some amunition for your fight.

http://boortz.com/more/video/what_cau...

#42 Posted by RainMan on October 7, 2008 at 7:23 a.m. (Suggest removal)

All you liberals are really pathetic. You are getting ready to vote for a man who has surrounded himself his entire life with people who hate this country--from his mentor in Hawaii who was a proud member of the Communist Party of America, to the lunatic preacher who's motto is "doggone America" (the NDN edited that quote. We all know what he really said. I guess quoting Obama's buddies merits automatic censorship), to his buddy Ayers (yes, they are buddies) who hates America so much he bombs the Pentagon and the Capital. Can you imagine the uproar if McCain had a long term relationship with an unrepentant abortion bomber? And there are many more anti-Americans that Obama has surrounded himself with that the liberal media will not tell us about. Even his wife had never been proud to be an American until hubby started winning in the primaries. See a pattern? Obama is by far the most liberal and least qualified candidate to ever run for President. He doesn't even know how many states are in the U.S.

#43 Posted by stevepk on October 7, 2008 at 7:37 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Liestopper

I'll take that as a compliment, there are no text messages just purely American ideas. I tell it like it is baby!!!!!!!

#44 Posted by rickyd2000 on October 7, 2008 at 7:45 a.m. (Suggest removal)

looks like the mcpain/failin group are panicking. They should be.

#45 Posted by thedudesview on October 7, 2008 at 7:48 a.m. (Suggest removal)

I find it interesting that Republicans are in office for 8 long years, yet all they can do is blame the Democrats.

Who was watching the store !!!!

Your time is almost over Republicans.

#46 Posted by Starrrfish on October 7, 2008 at 8:05 a.m. (Suggest removal)

I thought as a nation we'd grown up but am appalled to find that race-baiting is still sitting in the political toolbag for handy use when needed along with fear-mongering and "subtle" attempts to drag religious prejudice out of its closet and into the public forum. Palin and Scott when called on it - seem to think it's perfectly fine. I wouldn't pay 10 cents a plate to hear either one of them.

#47 Posted by common_tator on October 7, 2008 at 8:08 a.m. (Suggest removal)

The majority of the comments about Gov. Palin are very negative. Shows me that the libs are the ones panicking. They can't stand for her to succeed. Also I find it ironic that the economy problems are hurting the republicans, since the 2 main causes of it tanking are democrat. (l) the high price of fuel (caused by probition of drilling) and (2) the credit meltdown (caused by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

#48 Posted by ralbanes on October 7, 2008 at 8:09 a.m. (Suggest removal)

looks like the mcpain/failin group are panicking. They should be.
#47 Posted by thedudesview on October 7, 2008 at 7:48 a.m. (Suggest removal)

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LOL!!! You Liberals are the ones panicking. All you all do is cast insults on the Republican ticket. Never do you tell what great things your candidate will do, or has done. Well, watch this and you can see some of the great things your man has helped happen here in America :)

http://boortz.com/more/video/what_cau...

#49 Posted by RainMan on October 7, 2008 at 8:13 a.m. (Suggest removal)

If McCain is elected and he loses a veto will he resort to name calling and childish behavior. If the dollar drops will he resort to name calling and child behavior. By his recent behavior it has crystallized the fact ta he is the next W Bush. He is a slime ball, and you know what, getting shot down and captured is not what Mavericks do, mavericks don't get shot down they avoid capture.

#50 Posted by artdude on October 7, 2008 at 8:19 a.m. (Suggest removal)

RainMan, How can you honestly say you are happy with what Bush has done to this country ? What a disgrace !!!!

McCain/Palin =Just more of the same

I've had ENOUGH !

#51 Posted by Starrrfish on October 7, 2008 at 8:23 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Why don't you Palin-Bush-McCain hating characters give it a rest. It's frightening, but the election is already in the bag for Obama. Besides the help of the liberal media, Obama will be elected with the help of the Democrat's aggressive registering of dead people, underage students, illegal aliens, and derelicts (and in Florida, this is easy).

I've met many Obama supporters who must be described as racists; they are voting for him only because he is the 1st black to run and believe "the country owes it to blacks.". (Some fear rioting in the streets if he's not elected!) It doesn't matter about his association with racist preachers and America-hating ex-terrorists, or his socialist viewpoints. They don't care about his inexperience, his blatant pandering to any group he speaks, and that he can't even name all 57 states!?!

If you hate McCain and Palin so much, there are other ballot alternatives to the socialist puppet Obama: how about Bob Barr, Alan Keyes (hey he's black!), or Ralph Nader.

For those racist democrats who feel they must vote for Obama because he is black, please wait for someone who is qualified and not a dangerous socialist; Wait for someone the rest of the nation can respect. How about Thomas Sowell, Herman Cain, Clarence Thomas, Alan Keyes,or Colin Powell???

#52 Posted by TheBatman on October 7, 2008 at 8:27 a.m. (Suggest removal)

RainMan, How can you honestly say you are happy with what Bush has done to this country ? What a disgrace !!!!
McCain/Palin =Just more of the same
I've had ENOUGH !
#53 Posted by Starrrfish on October 7, 2008 at 8:23 a.m. (Suggest removal)

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Never said I was happy with the Bush party. I didn't vote for either Bush myself.

But, what I do know is this.

I watched Obama say on national TV that he would talk with the Iranian Madman without preconditions to the talk.

Then I watched him on National TV say that he never ever said that.

Well, that lets me know that Obama is a LIAR.

I didn't get this from the talking heads, I saw and heard it myself.

If you watch the clip I pasted on here. It gives you the actual bills that Bush tried to have passed, and whom was responsible for blocking them. Those are facts, not fiction.

You can allso see the bill that McCain tried to have passed. And you can allso see whom blocked it.

Then don't believe what you watch, look the actual bills up. And read them yourself. Then tell me I should back a man that I know to be a liar. That man being Obama. Here is the link to the facts. Have fun :) And open up your mind.

http://boortz.com/more/video/what_cau...

#53 Posted by RainMan on October 7, 2008 at 8:33 a.m. (Suggest removal)

I dont hate Palin or Mccain. I do however think Bush is an IDIOT. I question McCains judgement in picking "Joe six pack hockey mom" to be his running mate.

She is very intertaining tho !!!

#54 Posted by Starrrfish on October 7, 2008 at 8:35 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Your man John Mccain lied to Cindy about his age.. talk about a liar !!!

lmao

geeeee imagine that

#55 Posted by Starrrfish on October 7, 2008 at 8:39 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Starrrfish-

Cindy lied about her age, too. They both laugh at it now. Since they've been together for 30 years, I'll let the age-issue slide.

#56 Posted by marcoislandgal on October 7, 2008 at 8:44 a.m. (Suggest removal)

It is just plain scary that Palin as been able to get this close to the white house. God help us if the GOP wins and I have voted republican many times (up till now). Look at the way they will say anything at this point, they have stopped caring if it is true or not. Is that who we want running our country and representing us to the rest of the world. They are not putting country first.

#57 Posted by RayRay on October 7, 2008 at 8:46 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Cindy lied about her addiction to stolen pill. I guess we should let that one slide too

John and Cindy cant even keep from lying to each other from the start.

liars liars pants on fire !

crash and burn McCain

#58 Posted by Starrrfish on October 7, 2008 at 9:34 a.m. (Suggest removal)

What's scary is that a crypto-communist is so close to the White House. Obama is a far-left Marxist. If you believe otherwise, you are an idiot.

#59 Posted by stevepk on October 7, 2008 at 9:39 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Osama and Obama: both have friends that bombed the Pentagon.

#60 Posted by stevepk on October 7, 2008 at 9:51 a.m. (Suggest removal)

You are RACIST to not vote for Obama. You are RACIST if you do not vote Democrat. Why do you want to be racist? You are RACIST to even question whether you are a racist or not.

#61 Posted by Smark on October 7, 2008 at 9:55 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Did someone REALLY stand up after Palin delivered her line about Obama paling around with terrorists and shout, "Let's kill him"? If so, that is terribly disturbing and frightening that the McCain campaign would allow her to use comments that incite violence and could result in an assassination. I can't imagine the turmoil our country would fall into if something that awful were to occur. And, the McCain campaign would have themselves to blame... are they really that desperate for the White House?

If that really did happen, I hope someone in the McCain campaign will put an end to that kind of rhetoric.

#62 Posted by artrules on October 7, 2008 at 9:56 a.m. (Suggest removal)

DON'T YOU ALL GET IT...ITS CALLED "DIVERSION POLITICS!" AND THE MCCAIN CAMP WANTS YOU TO TALK ABOUT EVERYTHING ELSE EXCEPT FOR THE THINGS THAT MATTER MOST LIKE THE ECONOMY FOR ONE!

BE SMART PEOPLE....

#63 Posted by naplesres on October 7, 2008 at 10 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Smark, #63

By your definition, you are a racist. Thank you, but race has nothing to do with my choice. Positions by the candidates, past actions by the candidates, owning up to their mistakes, which they have both made (they are human after all). Those are the things that determine my vote.

Ecoterror, #65

If you want Marxism, please go to any one of many countries that practice Marxism, visit for a while with the people that live under those regimes, and then come back and make such statements. If you have ever witnessed true Marxism, you would not make such statements, particularly while residing in the country with the regime!

Naplesres, #66

So Obama should stick to his message and not play their game instead of bringing up Keating. After all, McCain has never denied any of it and even gone so far as to state that it was one of the worst mistakes he ever made. By the way, all 5 of the Keating 5 were not Republicans. Again, the BS that goes on in Washington straddles the isle.

#64 Posted by fromhere on October 7, 2008 at 10:13 a.m. (Suggest removal)

It's sad that the only comments made by the majority of posters on here are nonsense about Palin being a witch, speaking in tongues, etc.

Libs can't face that Carter, Clinton, Dodd, Waters, Frank, Obama, and others caused this debacle with Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. Dodd and Obama were number 1 & 2 in donations from those two entities. Now here is something that you won't hear from a lib. I personally still hold the republicans partially responsible for not pushing hard enough and letting the people know what the libs were doing. That being said we can't have anyone put into the office who is going to put a trillion dollars worth of new entitlements on the books, raise taxes, and cut defense spending.

God Bless our soldiers and their families!

#65 Posted by vyger on October 7, 2008 at 10:15 a.m. (Suggest removal)

IM WELL AWARE THAT NOT ALL OF THE KEATING FIVE WERE REPUBLICANS...AS A MATTER OF FACT SOME OF THEM HAVE EVEN ADVISED BARACK ON HIS CAMPAIGN.
I JUST FEAR THAT SOME IGNORANT PEOPLE WILL ONLY HEAR THE "TERRORSIST" WORD AND ACTUALLY BELIEVE IT....PEOPLE ARE BEING BRAINWASHED.....THINK FOR YOURSELVES PEOPLE!

#66 Posted by naplesres on October 7, 2008 at 10:21 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Well, eco, at least your an honest Obama support in that you admit you think we need Marxism. Why not move to Cuba or North Korea? They have plenty of your beloved Marxism.

And by the way, capitalism is not what got us into the current financial crisis. It was the the rush by Democrats to give mortgage money to minorities and others who could not afford them. Republicans resisted this folly but Democrats persisted. Here is a youtube video that summarizes how we got in this mess: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YL36nw...

#67 Posted by stevepk on October 7, 2008 at 10:21 a.m. (Suggest removal)

"A little marxism."
A little cancer.
A little heart attack.
A little nazism.
A little communism.
A little racism.
A little female discrimination.
A little bit of something never hurt anyone!
Do you have any idea how idiotic you sound?

#68 Posted by vyger on October 7, 2008 at 10:27 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Ecoterror,

A little Marxism is like being a little pregnant. As far as McCain’s being a Naval Aviator, the guys in the Swift Boats, the Grunts on the Ground, and anyone who understands anything about how a war is fought will tell you that you have no idea about what your are talking about. One of the first lessons about battle is take and hold the high ground.

Naplesres,

I am thinking for myself and what I see about Obama, and I have done due diligence and research, is that Ayers is just the tip of the iceberg. There is also his pastor, now denounced, his backers in Chicago, now denounced, his financial backer that allowed him to go to Harvard, now denounced, and on and on. Obama uses and then discard. To whom does he owe his allegiance? I can not tell and that disturbs me.

#69 Posted by fromhere on October 7, 2008 at 10:36 a.m. (Suggest removal)

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?...

If you were bad at your job, would you lose it?

#70 Posted by babbas on October 7, 2008 at 10:38 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Ya! You betcha! I'll take some of thoooose. Can I call ya Joe, cus that's the waaay we rehearsed it?

#71 Posted by babbas on October 7, 2008 at 11:09 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Palin's attempt to use McCarthism is her latest blunder in shooting holes in the McCain boat...

She's just a superstitious big mouth who wants to put women back in the era of butcher abortions and attack the wall of Separation of Church and State...Palin is the best weapon the Democrats have

#72 Posted by prometheus on October 7, 2008 at 11:13 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Don't need wikipedia to tell us about Marxism. All you need to do is look at it's champions: Lenin, Stalin, Mao, Castro, Kim Jung IL, Pot Pot, William Ayers, etc., ad nauseum.

#73 Posted by stevepk on October 7, 2008 at 11:15 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Main Entry: Marx·ism
Pronunciation: \ˈmärk-ˌsi-zəm\
Function: noun

: the political, economic, and social principles and policies advocated by Marx ; especially : a theory and practice of socialism including the labor theory of value, dialectical materialism, the class struggle, and dictatorship of the proletariat until the establishment of a classless society

Websters has always worked for me. No need to use a source that is changed all of the time by multiple parties.

I refuse to name call like so many libs do but you did not say "the tenets of marxism." If you expected us to "know" what you meant is quite presumptuous.

By the way, while you are typing away I am on a conference call working on a deal to purify your drinking water and lesson your dependence on foreigh oil. Clean water and air are important topics. Global warming is a joke!

#74 Posted by vyger on October 7, 2008 at 11:22 a.m. (Suggest removal)

#72 wrote "McCain's personal values bother me. Affairs. Divorces. Alcoholism. Killing innocent Asian children with high explosives cowardly from 13,000 feet."

The truth is that war is ugly. The sad fact is that innocent people die in every every war. Calling McCain a coward for serving his country is shameful and disrectful to all veterans.

#75 Posted by coyotesfft on October 7, 2008 at 11:22 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Ecoterror,

Someone must have really slighted you at some point. Too bad you really don’t know who it was or how they did it. Here is a little history lesson for you. During the Carter administration the legislature (that would be Congress) rewrote the rules for lending based on the Carter administrations desire to make home ownership easier for lower class (an economic term) Americans. It was further exacerbated in 1999 in the Clinton administration, by the direction of Bill Clinton, with the repealing of the Glass-Stegall Act of 1933. Clinton has said as much and accepted the blame. So the main two factors of where we find ourselves is in part due to the policies promoted by two democratic administrations. Those policies were however past by the legislature (again – Congress) which has been both Republican and Democratic in majority over those same 30+ years. The cause was the deregulation of the financial institutions, specifically how much they could leverage loans and what were the requirements of the individuals to be accepted for those loans. There is blame enough to go around, even Chris Dodd has stated that this was not due to any one administration and is the fault of all the congresses since the 1970’s. But of course CNN would rather say it is all the fault of the Bush administration rather than tell you the truth, because they have their own agenda.

#76 Posted by fromhere on October 7, 2008 at 11:26 a.m. (Suggest removal)

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?...

McSame's star-studded military career.

#77 Posted by babbas on October 7, 2008 at 11:28 a.m. (Suggest removal)

My husband and I have worked our entire lives. We were told to put money in ira and 401k for retirement. Now, with retirement within a year, we see it evaporating right before our eyes.

Do I care about all this mud slinging??? No I want, need, to hear about how they will fix the economy. How they will help middle class families like mine. How we will get out of Iraq..that costs us so much not only in money but in human lives. How they will create good paying jobs. How they will not increase taxes on the middle class. How they will help education. Many many really really important issues.

McCain and Palin out there slinging mud, while the rest of us are just trying to keep our heads above water. Enough already, talk the issues to us. we have enough mud around for all...troopergate?? Keating5??

No more nonsense...

#78 Posted by ConcernedVoter on October 7, 2008 at 11:29 a.m. (Suggest removal)

I bet we’ll never read anything negative about Obama’s military service!

#79 Posted by coyotesfft on October 7, 2008 at 11:54 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Keep pracicing bashing Palin! You'll have a lot of time to fill over the next 12 years. :0)

The Obama-Biden ticket led by a wider margin, nine percentage points, in a CBS News poll released last Wednesday, before Joe Biden and Sarah Palin faced off in the vice presidential debate. Obama-Biden led by five percentage points on Sept. 25.

In the new poll, the Democratic ticket leads by 3 percentage points, 48 percent to 45 percent, among likely voters.

#80 Posted by vyger on October 7, 2008 at 11:55 a.m. (Suggest removal)

coyotesfft,

I bet we’ll never read anything negative about Obama’s military service!

That's because he does not have one.

#81 Posted by fromhere on October 7, 2008 at 11:58 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Would you rather be governed by a Navy fighter pilot and a mother of five, or two leftist lawyers?

#82 Posted by stevepk on October 7, 2008 at 12:22 p.m. (Suggest removal)

EcoTerror needs to find a job and spend less time posting comments, but no one would hire such a nutcase.

#83 Posted by TheBatman on October 7, 2008 at 12:28 p.m. (Suggest removal)

"They're about world domination and imperialism..."

More honesty from the Obama supporter--first he tells us that we need Marxism, now he shows his hatred for his own country. Typical leftist. Typical Obama supporter.

#84 Posted by stevepk on October 7, 2008 at 12:39 p.m. (Suggest removal)

AnotherPOV, your reasoning is idiotic. Clinton was not impeached for cheating on his wife, he was impeached for lying under oath to try to subvert a lawsuit brought against him by Paula Jones.

You just lied. You are the hypocrite.

#85 Posted by stevepk on October 7, 2008 at 12:42 p.m. (Suggest removal)

She schmoozes with secessionists. She goes woozy over a minister who ran a Kenyan woman out of her own home and town as a "witch." She thinks dinosaurs frolicked with little children. She has no familiarity with the Constitution and what the founding fathers she so loves to swoon over had in mind. She thinks rape victims should have to pay for their rape test kits. She permitted someone to yell out "Kill him!" at a rally this week without making any attempt to distance herself from that hideous stuff. She cheats on her taxes. She left the town where she was mayor in tremendous debt. In short, she's a shrill, lying, hypocritical idiot, and an evil one at that. Other than that, I have nothing to say about her.

#86 Posted by Apphouse50 on October 7, 2008 at 12:46 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Concernedvoter, you whine about mudslinging and then throw out "Keating five," about which I would bet you know nothing. For example, did you know that McCain, along with John Glenn, were completely exonerated? That left only the Keating Three--all Democrats.

#87 Posted by stevepk on October 7, 2008 at 12:48 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Here is a great article from Rolling Stone that's been making its way around the internet for days. It's about the Make Believe Maverick John McCain. It's a bit long but well worth the read. It should be required reading for anyone who will be voting this year. http://www.rollingstone.com/news/cove...

#88 Posted by Independent40 on October 7, 2008 at 12:52 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Caribuo Barbie is in town. You betcha. Now go home so you can keep an eye on Russia.

#89 Posted by YankeeFan on October 7, 2008 at 1:03 p.m. (Suggest removal)

ecoterror,
You are either very young or totally ignorant. Did you go to the Che Guevera School of Social Justice? Sure sounds like it. Please keep posting. The more you say the more rediculous you sound. The Nuremburg trials were all senior officers and politicians at senior levels with the exception of a few senior staff officers that were directly involved with the holocaust. There was no one of the Lieutenant or Lieutenant JG grade put on trial at Nuremburg. If you are going to make historical references, then study a little bit of history.

#90 Posted by fromhere on October 7, 2008 at 1:08 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Yankee Fan how about them Red SOX Ha hows Mayor Rudy doing ?

10,000 people in Jacksonville today to listen to Palin this morning, 9,000 yesterday in Estero.

How many will show up for Joe Biden in Alico ? or is it so big they need to move it to Germain arena.

Palin love or hate her she does draw big crowds.

#91 Posted by Johnywalker on October 7, 2008 at 1:12 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Speaking of shmoozing, According to FEC records, Barack Obama received more money from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac than any other politician except Senator Dodd, the chairman of the committee that oversees FM and FM. But Obama amassed his pile of cash in just three years, whereas Dodd accumulated his loot over two decades. Today, two of the Fannie/Freddie executives, Johnson and Raines, are advisors to the Obama campaign.

Someone should ask Obama, Why would Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac give you so much money? What did they get in return?

I'll answer that. What they got in return for their money is political cover from Obama so they could continue to loot their institutions.

#92 Posted by stevepk on October 7, 2008 at 1:13 p.m. (Suggest removal)

"I don't hate the country, only half its people."

Yes, and we all know which half you hate, the half that loves America. You love the portion of Americans that hate America.

#93 Posted by stevepk on October 7, 2008 at 1:17 p.m. (Suggest removal)

eccoterror,

Keep ranting dude! The more your rant the more ignorant you look. 90% of the military is logistics. That is true and has been since warfgare began. Your point being that military service is voluntary, very true it is and it is still a service to your country. When you sign up you don't know if you will be sitting at a computer terminal in Nebraska or a fox hole in Iraq, so there is a given level of patriotism in all of the volunteers. The argument still does not matter as in 1967 during Vietnam, the period you are railing about, there was a draft. McCain volunteered, true. He could have ended up as a cook on a battleship, but he applied, was accepted, met the requirements and served as a naval aviator. And during Vietnam, 90% of the military served in the logistical services. So what? They served.</