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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://blog.newsweek.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Inside Obama's Sunshine State Onslaught</title><link>http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/08/12/inside-obama-s-sunshine-state-onslaught.aspx</link><description>On Friday, June 13, Barack Obama campaign manager David Plouffe met with a group of young Hillary Clinton donors at a brewery in Washington, D.C. With the interminable Democratic primary season having just ended, Plouffe had flown all the way from Chicago</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Debug Build: 2.18)</generator><item><title>re: Inside Obama's Sunshine State Onslaught</title><link>http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/08/12/inside-obama-s-sunshine-state-onslaught.aspx#565564</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:35:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">544c64cf-7058-4151-925a-a0fd041e73dd:565564</guid><dc:creator>AngelaE8654</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;It's not just spending. &amp;nbsp;Obama is the very BEST politician that I've seen as far as getting an Internet Presence. &amp;nbsp;He's EVERYWHERE. &amp;nbsp;If he was a marketer, he'd be making millions.&lt;/p&gt;
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</description><category>Blog: Stumper</category></item><item><title>re: Inside Obama's Sunshine State Onslaught</title><link>http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/08/12/inside-obama-s-sunshine-state-onslaught.aspx#565638</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 01:06:14 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">544c64cf-7058-4151-925a-a0fd041e73dd:565638</guid><dc:creator>Newvoter101</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;It seems rather obvious to all of us that Obama's money is what is the REAL factor here. However, I don't think it's going to help him very much! Florida will always be Republican! Sorry obamabots.&lt;/p&gt;
</description><category>Blog: Stumper</category></item><item><title>re: Inside Obama's Sunshine State Onslaught</title><link>http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/08/12/inside-obama-s-sunshine-state-onslaught.aspx#565861</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 02:24:08 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">544c64cf-7058-4151-925a-a0fd041e73dd:565861</guid><dc:creator>ecg3817</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Jeb Bush trashed Florida before he left office...Charlie Crist is just a big liar that has not corrected the problems that he helped to create...The people in Florida have property taxes and insurance bills that have increased more than 400% in 5 years...Obama will be able to give McCain a run for the money in this election...&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It's time for people in Florida to wake up...Obama just might wake them up and shake them up...&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Clearwater Florida is waiting for Obama...&lt;/p&gt;
</description><category>Blog: Stumper</category></item><item><title>re: Inside Obama's Sunshine State Onslaught</title><link>http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/08/12/inside-obama-s-sunshine-state-onslaught.aspx#567122</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:43:08 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">544c64cf-7058-4151-925a-a0fd041e73dd:567122</guid><dc:creator>Arizonavoter</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Our parents live in a retirement community in Southern Florida; &amp;nbsp;twice in the last month they, along with approximately 200 other elderly residents of their community ,have been visited - and lectured to - by members of a Florida Republican group. &amp;nbsp;The lecture's subject? &amp;nbsp;Obama is a Muslim and anyone voting for him in November endangers the USA. &amp;nbsp;The depth that McCain will go to is clear to anyone who hears this group: &amp;nbsp;disgusting. &amp;nbsp;I've already decided that my Republican affiliation will be changed immediately to Democratic. &amp;nbsp;How dispicable to meet and talk with elderly people and bring up this garbage!&lt;/p&gt;
</description><category>Blog: Stumper</category></item><item><title>re: Inside Obama's Sunshine State Onslaught</title><link>http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/08/12/inside-obama-s-sunshine-state-onslaught.aspx#567152</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:52:29 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">544c64cf-7058-4151-925a-a0fd041e73dd:567152</guid><dc:creator>ChicoCDM</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;As a registered Democrat. &amp;nbsp;I am going to do the best thing for my country and VOTE AMERICAN. &amp;nbsp;I AM VOTING JOHN McCAIN in the state of Florida. &amp;nbsp;My first time voting republican. &amp;nbsp;We CANNOT let Obama EXPERIMENT with our great nation. &amp;nbsp;I don't care what anyone says about him being or not being muslim - He's scary, has done NOTHING to indicate he is competetent at ANYTHING other than writting a book about himself and reading from teleprompters. &amp;nbsp;GOD HELP US if this guys wins. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
</description><category>Blog: Stumper</category></item><item><title>re: Inside Obama's Sunshine State Onslaught</title><link>http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/08/12/inside-obama-s-sunshine-state-onslaught.aspx#567196</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:06:03 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">544c64cf-7058-4151-925a-a0fd041e73dd:567196</guid><dc:creator>amber09</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;response to Chicocdm...God help you for being so narrow minded . You say Obama is scary and do not say why. I think McCain is scary because his first line of action is to pick up a gun and get us in another war. I have teenage grandchildren and that type of thinking is frightening to say the least. As for your comment about the telepromter, its not factual only your opinion. Obama has had 22plus debates, many media one 0n ones, spoke over an hour about his faith on cnn and much more without the telepromter. McCain when off script mixed up sunie and shea. Thought Chex was still a country and that Iraq shared a border with Packistan etc......I think thats scary!!!&lt;/p&gt;
</description><category>Blog: Stumper</category></item><item><title>re: Inside Obama's Sunshine State Onslaught</title><link>http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/08/12/inside-obama-s-sunshine-state-onslaught.aspx#567215</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:13:47 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">544c64cf-7058-4151-925a-a0fd041e73dd:567215</guid><dc:creator>sandra_puerto</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Tell me if I'm wrong&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &amp;nbsp;MAYBE I'VE GOTT'N THIS ALL WRONG - ME JUST BE'N AN OLD FARM BOY WITHOUT MUCH EDUCATION...BUT NOW, Y'ALL CHECK THIS OUT:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &amp;nbsp;HIS FATHER WAS A KENYAN, A MUSLIM, AND A BLACK- WE SEEN ALL THOSE PICTURES OF HIS NICE AFRICAN FAMILY.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &amp;nbsp;HIS MOTHER IS KANSAN, ATHEIST, AND WHITE. SO - WHERE ARE ALL THOSE PICTURES OF HIS NICE WHITE MOTHER AND HIS NICE &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;WHITE GRANDPARENTS - THE ONES WHO RAISED HIM ALL THOSE EARLY YEARS?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &amp;nbsp;HIS FATHER DESERTED HIS MOTHER AND HIM WHEN HE WAS VERY YOUNG AND MOVED BACK TO LIVE WITH HIS FAMILY IN KENYA (THAT'S THE ONES IN THE PICTURES).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &amp;nbsp;HIS WHITE MOTHER THEN MARRIED AN INDONESIAN MUSLIM AND TOOK HIM TO &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;THE CITY OF JAKARTA WHERE HE WAS FIRST SCHOOLED IN A MUSLIM SCHOOL .&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &amp;nbsp;HIS MOTHER THEN MOVED TO HAWAII AND HE WAS RAISED BY HIS WHITE MIDDLE -AMERICAN GRANDPARENTS THERE.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &amp;nbsp;UMMM...NOW HERE'S THE HARD PART FOR ME (HELP ME OUT HERE, IF YOU CAN):&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &amp;nbsp;SOMEHOW, SUDDENLY - HE WENT TO THE BEST HIGH DOLLAR PREP SCHOOLS IN AMERICA , AND LATER, HE GOT INTO A TOP IVY LEAGUE COLLEGE AND LATER, INTO HARVARD LAW SCHOOL - HOW? WHO SPONSORED HIM? WHO PAID FOR ALL THAT SCHOOLING? (HAVE YOU LOOKED AT TUITION EXPENSES TO ATTEND UNDERGRADUATE YALE LATELY? HOW ABOUT HARVARD LAW SCHOOL ? SOMEBODY PAID A LOT OF BUCKS FOR THIS KID'S IVY LEAGUE EDUCATION.......) WHO?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &amp;nbsp;A SENATOR'S SALARY IS NOT THAT GREAT, BUT THIS YOUNG MAN AND HIS YOUNG WIFE PRESENTLY LIVE IN A $1.4 MILLION DOLLAR HOUSE THAT HE ACQUIRED THROUGH A&amp;quot;DEAL&amp;quot; WITH A WEALTHY FUND RAISER.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &amp;nbsp;WHAT SORT OF &amp;quot;DEAL&amp;quot;?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &amp;nbsp;RIGHT OUT OF HARVARD LAW, HE &amp;quot;WORKED&amp;quot; AS A CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST IN CHICAGO .&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &amp;nbsp;HE THEN ENTERED POLITICS AT THE STATE LEVEL AND THEN MOVED TO THE NATIONAL LEVEL - WHERE HE SCRAMBLES TODAY WITH VERY MINIMAL EXPERIENCE IN ANYTHING - WHILE OTHER PEOPLE WRITE HIS SPEECHES FOR HIM.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &amp;nbsp;IN ALL HIS TIME IN THE STATE AND NATIONAL LEGISLATURES - HE'S NEVER LAUNCHED ANY IMPORTANT LEGISLATION WHATSOEVER MOSTLY, HE'S OUT RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &amp;nbsp;HE CLAIMS TO BE &amp;quot;PROUD OF HIS AFRICAN HERITAGE&amp;quot; BUT IT SEEMS THAT HIS ONLY CONNECTION WITH AFRICA WAS THAT HIS AFRICAN FATHER GOT A WHITE GIRL PREGNANT AND THEN DESERTED HER.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &amp;nbsp;UMMM....WHERE IS THE PRIDE IN HIS WHITE HERITAGE? AFTER ALL - IT WAS WHITE GRANDPARENTS THAT RAISED HIM!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &amp;nbsp;HE IS PRESENTLY A MEMBER (FOR OVER 20 YEARS!) OF AN &amp;quot;AFROCENTRIC&amp;quot; CHURCH IN CHICAGO THAT HATES WHITES, HATES JEWS, &amp;nbsp; AND BLAMES AMERICA FOR ALL THE WORLD'S FAULTS.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &amp;nbsp;HE REPEATEDLY COVERED UP FOR THAT PASTOR AND THAT CHURCH - SAYING THAT HE CAN SEPARATE THE RELIGION FROM THE POLITICS, WHEN HE HEARS A HATE-WHITEY SERMON.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &amp;nbsp;HE CLAIMED THAT HE WAS SIMPLY UNABLE TO CONFRONT HIS PASTOR OF 20+ YEARS ABOUT THE PASTOR'S DEMONSTRATED UN-AMERICAN BIAS, BUT HE WANTS US TO BELIEVE THAT HE CAN CONFRONT NORTH KOREA AND IRAN , WHEN THE TIME ARISES TO TAKE AMERICA 'S SIDE.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &amp;nbsp;YEAH - WITH THIS BACKGROUND AND EXPERIENCE, HE &amp;quot;HOPES&amp;quot; THAT HE COULD BE A UNITER AND BRING US ALL TOGETHER;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &amp;nbsp;BUT - WE THINK THAT THE REAL &amp;quot;HOPE&amp;quot; IS, THAT HE REALLY HOPES, THAT NO ONE WILL PUT ALL THESE PIECES TOGETHER, UNTIL AFTER THE ELECTION...........&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; {0} &lt;/p&gt;
</description><category>Blog: Stumper</category></item><item><title>re: Inside Obama's Sunshine State Onslaught</title><link>http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/08/12/inside-obama-s-sunshine-state-onslaught.aspx#567225</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:19:31 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">544c64cf-7058-4151-925a-a0fd041e73dd:567225</guid><dc:creator>sandra_puerto</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;1.) Selma Got Me Born - WRONG, your parents felt safe enough to have you in 1961 - Selma had no effect on your birth, as Selma was in 1965.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;2.) Father Was A Goat Herder - WRONG, he was a privileged, well educated youth, who went on to work with the Kenyan Government.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;3.) Father Was A Proud Freedom Fighter - WRONG, he was part of one of the most corrupt and violent governments Kenya has ever had.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;4.) My Family Has Strong Ties To African Freedom - WRONG, your cousin Raila Odinga has created mass violence in attempting to overturn a legitimate&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;election in 2007, in Kenya . It is the first widespread violence in decades.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;5.) My Grandmother Has Always Been A Christian - WRONG, she does her daily Salat prayers at 5am according to her own interviews. According to the New York Times: 'I am a strong believer of the Islamic faith,' Ms. Obama, 85, said in a recent interview in Kenya.' Not to mention, Christianity wouldn't allow her to have been one of 14 wives to 1 man. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;6.) My Name is African Swahili - WRONG, your name is Arabic and 'Baraka' (from which Ba rack came) means 'blessed' in that language. Hussein is also&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Arabic and so is Obama.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;7.) I Never Practiced Islam - WRONG, you practiced it daily at school, where you were registered as a Muslim and kept that faith for 31 years,until your&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;wife made you change, so you could run for office.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;8.) My School In Indonesia Was Christian - WRONG, you were registered as Muslim there and got in trouble in Koranic Studies for making faces (check&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;your own book).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;9.) I Was Fluent In Indonesian - WRONG, not one teacher says you could speak the language.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;10.) Because I Lived In Indonesia, I Have More Foreign Experience - WRONG, you were there from the ages of 6 to 10, and couldn't even speak the&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;language. What did you learn, how to study the Koran and watch cartoons.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;11.) I Am Stronger On Foreign Affairs - WRONG, except for Africa (surprise) and the Middle East (bigger surprise), you have never been anywhere else on&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;the planet and thus have NO experience with our closest allies. You seek to disarm America while our avowed enemy, Iran, will not subject itself to a&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;nuclear ban. Top Hamas political adviser Ahmed Yousef said the Hamas terrorist group 'supports Obama's foreign policy vision'.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;12.) I Blame My Early Drug Use On Ethnic Confusion - WRONG, you were quite content in high school to be Barry Obama, no mention of Kenya and no mention&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;of struggle to identify - your classmates said you were just fine.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;13.)An Ebony Article Moved Me To Run For Office - WRONG, Ebony has yet to find the article you mention in your book. It doesn't, and never did, exist.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;14.) A Life Magaz ine Article Changed My Outlook On Life - WRONG, Life has yet to find the article you mention in your book. It doesn't, and never did,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;exist.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;15.) I Won't Run On A National Ticket In '08 - WRONG, here you are, despite saying, live on TV, that you would not have enough experience by then, and&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;you are all about having experience first.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;16.) Present Votes Are Common In Illinois - WRONG, they are common for YOU, but not many others have 130 NO VOTES.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;17.) Oops, I Misvoted - WRONG, only when caught by church groups and Democrats, did you beg to change your misvote.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;18.) I Was A Professor Of Law - WRONG, you were a senior lecturer ON LEAVE.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;19.) I Was A Constitutional Lawyer - WRONG, you were a senior lecturer ON LEAVE.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;20.) Without Me, There Would Be No Ethics Bill - WRONG, you didn't write it,introduce it, change it, or create it.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;21.) The Ethics Bill Was Hard To Pass - WRONG, it took just 14 days from start to finish.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;22.) I Wrote A Tough Nuclear Bill - WRONG, your bill was rejected by your own party for its pandering and lack of all regulation - mainly because of your Nuclear Donor, Exelon, from which David Axelrod came.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;23.) I Have Released My State Records - WRONG, as of March, 2008, state bills you sponsored or voted for have yet to be released, exposing all the&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;special interests pork hidden within.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;24.) I Took On The Asbestos Altgeld Gardens Mess - WRONG, you were part of a large group of people who remedied Altgeld Gardens . You failed to mention&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;anyone else but yourself, in your books.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;25.) My Economics Bill Will Help America - WRONG, your 111 economic policies were just combined into a proposal which lost 99-0, and even YOU voted&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;against your own bill.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;26.) I Have Been A Bold Leader In Illinois - WRONG, even your own supporters claim to have not seen BOLD action on your part.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;27.) I Passed 26 Of My Own Bills In One Year - WRONG, they were not YOUR bills, but rather handed to you, after their creation by a fellow Senator, to assist you in a future bid for higher office.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;28.) No One Contacted Canada About NAFTA - WRONG, the Canadian Government issued the names and a memo of the conversation your campaign had with them.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;29.) I Am Tough On Terrorism - WRONG, you missed the Iran Resolution vote on terrorism and your good friend Ali Abunimah supports the destruction of&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Israel. You state you will open friendly communication with the Leader of Iran who is attempting to develop nuclear weapons to destroy us, but refuse to speak to FOX news. You are against provisions of the Patriot act which would all wiretapping of the phones of suspected terrorists in the USA . &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;30.) I Am Not Acting As President Yet - WRONG, after the NAFTA Memo, a dead terrorist in the FARC, in Colombia, was found with a letter stating how you&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;and he were working together on getting FARC recognized officially.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;31.) I Didn't Run Ads In Florida - WRONG, you allowed national ads to run 8-12 times per day for two weeks - and you still lost.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;32.) I Won Michigan - WRONG, no you didn't.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;33.) I won Nevada - WRONG, no you did not.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;34.) I Want All Votes To Count - WRONG, you said let the delegates decide.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;35.) I Want Americans To Decide - WRONG, you prefer caucuses that limit the vote, confuse the voters, force a public vote, and only operate during small&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;windows of time.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;36.) I passed 900 Bills in the State Senate - WRONG, you passed 26, most of which you didn't write yourself.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;37.) My Campaign Was Extorted By A Friend - WRONG, that friend is threatening to sue if you do not stop saying this. Obama has stopped saying this.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;38.) I Believe In Fairness, Not Tactics - WRONG, you used tactics to eliminate Alice Palmer from running against you.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;39.) I Don't Take PAC Money - WRONG, you take loads of it.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;40.) I don't Have Lobbysists. &amp;nbsp;WRONG, you have over 47 lobbyists, and counting.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;41.) My Campaign Had Nothing To Do With The 1984 Ad - WRONG, your own campaign worker made the ad on his Apple in one afternoon.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;42.) My Campaign Never Took Over MySpace - WRONG, Tom, who started MySpace issued a warning about this advertising to MySpace clients.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;43.) I Inspire People With My Words - WRONG, you inspire people with other people's words.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;44.) I Have Passed Bills In The U.S. Senate - WRONG, you have passed A BILL in the U.S. Senate - for Africa , which shows YOUR priorities.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;45.) I Have Always Been Against Iraq - WRONG, you weren't in office to vote against it AND you have voted to fund it every single time, unlike Kucinich,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;who seems to be out gutting you Obama. You also seem to be stepping back from your departure date - AGAIN.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;46.) I Have Always Supported Universal Health Care - WRONG, your plan leaves us all to pay the 15,000,000 who don't have to buy it.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;47.) I Only Found Out About My Investment Conflicts Via Mail - WRONG, both companies you site as having sent you letters about this conflict have no&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;record of any such letter ever being created or sent.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;48.) I Am As Patriotic As Anyone - WRONG, you won't wear a flag pin and you don't put your hand over your heart during the Anthem. There is a Cuban&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Flag with Che Guevara Displayed at Barack Obama Campaign Office which you allow to be displayed. You voted against making English the official&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;language of the United States .You voted to give illegal aliens social security benefits, which would bankrupt the social security system for Americans legally paying into it.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;49.) My Wife Didn't Mean What She Said About Pride In Country - WRONG, your wife's words follow lock-step in the vain of Rev. Wright and Louis&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Farrahkan, in relation to their contempt and hatred of America .&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;50.) Wal-Mart Is A Company I Wouldn't Support - WRONG, your wife has received nearly a quarter of a million dollars through Treehouse, which is&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;connected to Wal-Mart.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;AFTER READING ALL THE ABOVE, HOW COULD ANY PERSON IN THEIR RIGHT MIND VOTE FOR THIS TYPE OF PERSON!?!?!?!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;PASS IT ON PLEASE!&lt;/p&gt;
</description><category>Blog: Stumper</category></item><item><title>re: Inside Obama's Sunshine State Onslaught</title><link>http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/08/12/inside-obama-s-sunshine-state-onslaught.aspx#567396</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:27:25 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">544c64cf-7058-4151-925a-a0fd041e73dd:567396</guid><dc:creator>lordmi</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;to sandra_puerto - You are &amp;quot;eating&amp;quot; from the trash.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;One should have a bit of brains to chose the sourse of information.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It is amazing how stupid these McBush's backers are.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;McBush is a celebrity of I-DIOTS.&lt;/p&gt;
</description><category>Blog: Stumper</category></item><item><title>re: Inside Obama's Sunshine State Onslaught</title><link>http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/08/12/inside-obama-s-sunshine-state-onslaught.aspx#567450</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:54:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">544c64cf-7058-4151-925a-a0fd041e73dd:567450</guid><dc:creator>phineos</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Wow sandra_puerto, I want to say your posts are ignorant but you can't be this stupid. &amp;nbsp;Obviously, you're racist. &amp;nbsp;And, stop copy and pasting other racists people's trash. &amp;nbsp;Basically, a lazy racist - good luck with that.&lt;/p&gt;
</description><category>Blog: Stumper</category></item><item><title>re: Inside Obama's Sunshine State Onslaught</title><link>http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/08/12/inside-obama-s-sunshine-state-onslaught.aspx#567472</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:03:12 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">544c64cf-7058-4151-925a-a0fd041e73dd:567472</guid><dc:creator>HolyRoller</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;McCain will carry the Sunshine State with close to, if not fully a double digit lead. &amp;nbsp;The Sr. vote is his. &amp;nbsp;The Cuban vote is his. &amp;nbsp;The Veteran vote is his. &amp;nbsp;And with the help of Lieberman, the Jewish vote will tilt to McCain.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Hussein Obama's vetting has just began. &amp;nbsp;After the circus in Denver, it will ramp up to full gear. &amp;nbsp;The Chosen One is a one-hit-wonder. &amp;nbsp;His chance of becoming POTUS is near 0%. &amp;nbsp;He can't seem to find enough Europeans or Mohammeds to make a difference.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;NOBAMA!!!&lt;/p&gt;
</description><category>Blog: Stumper</category></item><item><title>re: Inside Obama's Sunshine State Onslaught</title><link>http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/08/12/inside-obama-s-sunshine-state-onslaught.aspx#567610</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:15:48 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">544c64cf-7058-4151-925a-a0fd041e73dd:567610</guid><dc:creator>pyramid</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Holyroller: Your comment:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Chosen One is a one-hit-wonder. &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;He can't seem to find enough Europeans or Mohammeds to make a difference.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I really enjoy reading your comments they are so true! &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Did you catch the video on youtube &amp;nbsp;the one? it is really funny! &amp;nbsp;Keep posting&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;NOBAMA!!!&lt;/p&gt;
</description><category>Blog: Stumper</category></item><item><title>re: Inside Obama's Sunshine State Onslaught</title><link>http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/08/12/inside-obama-s-sunshine-state-onslaught.aspx#567662</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:18:25 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">544c64cf-7058-4151-925a-a0fd041e73dd:567662</guid><dc:creator>Bass Pro</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;I don't dispute the results but the &amp;nbsp;Florida Polls are leaving out three important elements.. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;1. Hillary Clinton supporters like myself, that after nursing my wounds and hollering at the Obama supporters, returned to sanity. If you're for Hillary, you're for universal Health Care. If you're for Hillary, you're for getting out of Iraq. Could i vote with the mouth-breathing Republicans who are willing to sacrifice out troops to keep the white house. NO WAY!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;2. For the Firdt time in Florida, since the Cuban influx, the Hispanic Democrats out number the Republicans. Cubans are basically Democrats in their thinking, in miami many are Republican because the good old boy Democrats that were here years ago kept them out of the party. they ran as Republicans and replaced the idiots. Those idiots, just like the Southern Bigots have vanished and the process has opened and more Cuban-American Democrats are getting elected. We have a commissioner in Pembroke Pines that is brilliant. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;3. The Obama campaign has worked tirelessly to register new Democrats and a tremendous increase in Democrats who will vote for Obama will be at the polls for the first time in November.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The polls could not possible have taken into account these three dynamics. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Does that mean the State will go for Obama? Who knows ? The State has been decided by a razor thin margin for many years now. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In the next few days Bill Richardson, Hillary and Obama will be here and things could change rapidly.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For the first time in a long time Florida is not a make or break stae. i hope we do add to Obamas Rout over McCain. The further we push the mouth-breathing, out of touch Party (MBOOTP) back into the primortal ooze from which they came, the better for everyone it will be. Imagine supporting a Party's candidate that pledges to sacrifice our Bravest Young women and men just to appease the ultra-Right-wing/ How in the world could someone do something like that? Don't the ones who support sending more soldiers to their deaths in a war cooked up by their party bear equal responsibility?&lt;/p&gt;
</description><category>Blog: Stumper</category></item><item><title>re: Inside Obama's Sunshine State Onslaught</title><link>http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/08/12/inside-obama-s-sunshine-state-onslaught.aspx#567857</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:25:35 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">544c64cf-7058-4151-925a-a0fd041e73dd:567857</guid><dc:creator>Bass Pro</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;pyramid, or should I call you josemari? I couldn't agree with you more on how valuable corn-holey is to our success. If there is anyone still on the fence, which I doubt there is, HolyRoller has certainly turned them away from your mouth-breathing party. I see you both posted a little after three. Be sure to work in all of the talking point old lard assed rushbo gave you. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For you own good please get your heads out of his butt for al least an hour a day to prevent permanent damage to your pea brain.&lt;/p&gt;
</description><category>Blog: Stumper</category></item><item><title>re: Inside Obama's Sunshine State Onslaught</title><link>http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/08/12/inside-obama-s-sunshine-state-onslaught.aspx#567890</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:39:10 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">544c64cf-7058-4151-925a-a0fd041e73dd:567890</guid><dc:creator>pyramid</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Bass &amp;nbsp;Pro: &amp;nbsp;No the name is Pyramid! &amp;nbsp;I think you are the one who needs to &amp;nbsp;wake up and see Obama for who he really is. &amp;nbsp;Insults like yours are not the way to go! &amp;nbsp;Try being nice for a change you might have a better day. &amp;nbsp;Or if reading these messages is too much for you, then don't read them or take a week off. &lt;/p&gt;
</description><category>Blog: Stumper</category></item><item><title>re: Inside Obama's Sunshine State Onslaught</title><link>http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/08/12/inside-obama-s-sunshine-state-onslaught.aspx#567904</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:44:14 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">544c64cf-7058-4151-925a-a0fd041e73dd:567904</guid><dc:creator>AskPlus</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Bass Pro. I could not agree with you more. The more Mr. Roller and Marti post, the better it is for the DNC. There are a few others who do the same, and I look forward to their taunts and lies. It's more sad than the Spears ads.&lt;/p&gt;
</description><category>Blog: Stumper</category></item><item><title>re: Inside Obama's Sunshine State Onslaught</title><link>http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/08/12/inside-obama-s-sunshine-state-onslaught.aspx#567925</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:54:37 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">544c64cf-7058-4151-925a-a0fd041e73dd:567925</guid><dc:creator>AskPlus</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;I think Mr. Roller, Ms. sandra, pyramid and marti are the same or related. Either way you look at it, 1.2 is way better than 15. Virginia closed quite a bit too.&lt;/p&gt;
</description><category>Blog: Stumper</category></item><item><title>re: Inside Obama's Sunshine State Onslaught</title><link>http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/08/12/inside-obama-s-sunshine-state-onslaught.aspx#567930</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:58:01 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">544c64cf-7058-4151-925a-a0fd041e73dd:567930</guid><dc:creator>jnakhoul</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;I guess we might have to blame florida once again&lt;/p&gt;
</description><category>Blog: Stumper</category></item><item><title>re: Inside Obama's Sunshine State Onslaught</title><link>http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/08/12/inside-obama-s-sunshine-state-onslaught.aspx#567977</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:16:21 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">544c64cf-7058-4151-925a-a0fd041e73dd:567977</guid><dc:creator>Bass Pro</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;jnakhoul, not this time. I hope Obama is able to get a win and the 27 Electoral Votes, It wont be a factor except to add to the thrashing he's going to give to McCain. Barack has in the bank, more than 300 electoral votes and that doesn't include Florida or Virginia. If he win those McCain may not break 200 votes and the G OLD P will fade further and further and further and finally achieve what they've been working toward, 3rd party status and a weak 3rd party at that. They will be relegated to being an irritant instead of a player. Life is too good.&lt;/p&gt;
</description><category>Blog: Stumper</category></item><item><title>re: Inside Obama's Sunshine State Onslaught</title><link>http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/08/12/inside-obama-s-sunshine-state-onslaught.aspx#567989</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:18:48 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">544c64cf-7058-4151-925a-a0fd041e73dd:567989</guid><dc:creator>PhoenicianBlonde</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Geez, has anyone noticed how grumpy the right wingnuts are these days? The more pissy they get the happier the rest of us are. Truly! These nasty, vitriolic rants go directly to their insecurities and angst over what will in all likelihood be a rout this fall. (And a hint for all those McCrusty fans out there, it won't be the Dems who will be wearing the hair shirts this fall.) &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Did any of you watch Capt. McNutty give his little anti-war rant against Russia? Thanks to his lobbyist buddy/campaign insider Randy S, the GOP's grumpy ol' candidate felt somehow entitled to go of on a tear and threaten Russia on our behalf. Isn't that sweet? The Georgian president has now called McNasty on it and basically him told to throw down,i.e. bring on the war planes and the bombs. So who out there is ready to go to war with Russia??? &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;McNutty-buddy is out there brokering wars on our behalf, as the GOP’s senile old croak is challenging Russia to a showdown and spouting cold war rhetoric, betting on the future lives of our young American troops in an incredibly ill conceived, war mongering threat, I only have one real question for those GOP hawks out there.... are you out of your ever-lovin' minds??? Because McNutty sure as heck is!!!!&lt;/p&gt;
</description><category>Blog: Stumper</category></item><item><title>re: Inside Obama's Sunshine State Onslaught</title><link>http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/08/12/inside-obama-s-sunshine-state-onslaught.aspx#567991</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:19:26 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">544c64cf-7058-4151-925a-a0fd041e73dd:567991</guid><dc:creator>pyramid</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;ASkplus and Brass pro: Maybe you 2 are related! &amp;nbsp;You can throw insults my way, It means nothing!&lt;/p&gt;
</description><category>Blog: Stumper</category></item><item><title>re: Inside Obama's Sunshine State Onslaught</title><link>http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/08/12/inside-obama-s-sunshine-state-onslaught.aspx#568001</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:23:02 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">544c64cf-7058-4151-925a-a0fd041e73dd:568001</guid><dc:creator>Bass Pro</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Holyroller is not anyone else but himself. pyrimid, I think, is aka josemarti.&lt;/p&gt;
</description><category>Blog: Stumper</category></item><item><title>re: Inside Obama's Sunshine State Onslaught</title><link>http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/08/12/inside-obama-s-sunshine-state-onslaught.aspx#568013</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:28:41 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">544c64cf-7058-4151-925a-a0fd041e73dd:568013</guid><dc:creator>Bass Pro</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Geez pyramid, How clever you are. what gave you the idea to put me and askplus together? &amp;nbsp;When was the last time you had an original thought? &amp;nbsp;Better stick to repeating Rushbo's monologue. anything else will upset the fat bastard.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Wait! don't reply! i'll do it for you. Barry, Hussein, Osama/Obama, Muslim. did i leave anything out you mouth-breathing ignoramus?&lt;/p&gt;
</description><category>Blog: Stumper</category></item><item><title>re: Inside Obama's Sunshine State Onslaught</title><link>http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/08/12/inside-obama-s-sunshine-state-onslaught.aspx#568022</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:31:12 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">544c64cf-7058-4151-925a-a0fd041e73dd:568022</guid><dc:creator>Bass Pro</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Captain McNutty? I love it!&lt;/p&gt;
</description><category>Blog: Stumper</category></item><item><title>re: Inside Obama's Sunshine State Onslaught</title><link>http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/08/12/inside-obama-s-sunshine-state-onslaught.aspx#568041</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:40:04 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">544c64cf-7058-4151-925a-a0fd041e73dd:568041</guid><dc:creator>Bass Pro</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;How is pyramid gonna bring josemarti back to prove he's not lying. You see josemarti did something unforgivable. he started to distance himself from McNutty. He was ok up until then, his basic comment was to urge on corn-holey(as if he needed a mouth-breather like marti. Marti even went so far as to describe himself as an exdem turned independent (sort of like the exdem KKKers in the south turned Republican after the civil right act was passed). He had to reinvent himself as a mouth-breather in good standing, which he may have done using the new pyramid penname.&lt;/p&gt;
</description><category>Blog: Stumper</category></item><item><title>re: Inside Obama's Sunshine State Onslaught</title><link>http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/08/12/inside-obama-s-sunshine-state-onslaught.aspx#568053</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:45:27 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">544c64cf-7058-4151-925a-a0fd041e73dd:568053</guid><dc:creator>Richard1327</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Florida isn't for sale and neither is the presidency. &amp;nbsp;If Obama wanted to get on Florida's good side, he should have insisted the DNC allow the primary be held and count all the votes in Florida, no matter what the situation. &amp;nbsp;Obama can't use Florida voters only when it's convenient for him.&lt;/p&gt;
</description><category>Blog: Stumper</category></item><item><title>re: Inside Obama's Sunshine State Onslaught</title><link>http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/08/12/inside-obama-s-sunshine-state-onslaught.aspx#568085</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:03:50 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">544c64cf-7058-4151-925a-a0fd041e73dd:568085</guid><dc:creator>Bass Pro</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Florida may be for sale if you offering an alternative to McCain's pledge to sacrifice more of our young women and men in iraq in the cooked up republican war. Florida may be for sale if universal Health Care is on Obama's do list. Florida may be for sale if we want to take the country back from those who would use the Constitution and due process laws as a tool hide their illegal acts. Florida may be for sale if we're ready for a candidate who doesn't covet the support of the KKK, Skin Heads, Followers of the Turner Diaries and those so called &amp;quot;religous leaders&amp;quot; like Robertson, Dobson, Hagee and Falwell who condemn everyone except themselves to hell.&lt;/p&gt;
</description><category>Blog: Stumper</category></item><item><title>re: Inside Obama's Sunshine State Onslaught</title><link>http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/08/12/inside-obama-s-sunshine-state-onslaught.aspx#568094</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:09:20 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">544c64cf-7058-4151-925a-a0fd041e73dd:568094</guid><dc:creator>PhoenicianBlonde</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Richard1327 - If only you had taken the time to READ the news before you posted...what a wonderful world it could be, huh? Obama has already called for a convention floor vote to reseat/reinstate all the delegates from both FL and MI. &amp;nbsp;He did that about 2 weeks before going on vacation, when they were making resolutions for the DNC convention in Denver. &amp;nbsp;Now...don't you just feel silly? Yes? And well you should. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Oh, &amp;nbsp;and Richard, as to your assertion that Florida isn't for sale, I unfortunately must beg to differ. Dubya bought it...twice!! &amp;nbsp;Of course it helped to have his bubba in the state house when he literally stole it the first time around. &amp;nbsp;That probably won't be the case this time around, as the GOP doesn't even have the money to fund their convention this year. They are $10 million short... so if you have any pocket change lying around.... just a thought.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;But as I wouldn't count on the RNC trying too hard to buy Florida, &amp;nbsp;they have already established their tactic for your lovely state though..since you are behind on your reading, dear Richard, &amp;nbsp;I'll gladly share. They are planning to challenge all recent/pre-election voter registrations in an effort to keep Floridians away from the polls and/or keep their votes from being counted. Now, I can't speak for you, but if it was my vote they were planning to disallow/challenge...I'd by royally p*** off!! &amp;nbsp;So if you want a good reason to be angry, I'd say you have a much more viable source than the DNC. &amp;nbsp;This tactic will also be implemented in PA, OH, MI, CO, and NV. &amp;nbsp;This isn't top secret stuff, they've made their intentions really clear, unfortunately the mainstream media, in their infinite wisdom (eh-hem) does not seem to feel that this is newsworthy. &amp;nbsp;How's that grab you? &lt;/p&gt;
</description><category>Blog: Stumper</category></item><item><title>re: Inside Obama's Sunshine State Onslaught</title><link>http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/08/12/inside-obama-s-sunshine-state-onslaught.aspx#568396</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:43:04 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">544c64cf-7058-4151-925a-a0fd041e73dd:568396</guid><dc:creator>pyramid</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;PhoenicianBlonde: &amp;nbsp;Too little to late for Obama in Florida!&lt;/p&gt;
</description><category>Blog: Stumper</category></item><item><title>re: Inside Obama's Sunshine State Onslaught</title><link>http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/08/12/inside-obama-s-sunshine-state-onslaught.aspx#568656</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 22:25:38 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">544c64cf-7058-4151-925a-a0fd041e73dd:568656</guid><dc:creator>sandra_puerto</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Lordmi in response to your remarks. If you want to know the real Obama, read HIS book.&lt;/p&gt;
</description><category>Blog: Stumper</category></item><item><title>re: Inside Obama's Sunshine State Onslaught</title><link>http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/08/12/inside-obama-s-sunshine-state-onslaught.aspx#568716</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 23:38:18 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">544c64cf-7058-4151-925a-a0fd041e73dd:568716</guid><dc:creator>SPORTLOCK09</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Well Well, Now that Obama needs Fla and Mich he wants them re-seated LMAO Amazing how he has a change of heart when it benefits him LMAO Does he believe the voters of Fla and Mich are that fukin stupid? Apparently so......&lt;/p&gt;
</description><category>Blog: Stumper</category></item><item><title>re: Inside Obama's Sunshine State Onslaught</title><link>http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/08/12/inside-obama-s-sunshine-state-onslaught.aspx#568858</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 01:38:05 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">544c64cf-7058-4151-925a-a0fd041e73dd:568858</guid><dc:creator>Phishmelt</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;yes, the books. &amp;nbsp;So according to Barack's and his families statements and the books, both barack and his sister were each born in 2 different places and times. &amp;nbsp;A 3rd if you count his parents getting together at selma. &amp;nbsp;why do you think the republicans didn't bring up his name in the rezko trials. &amp;nbsp;so they can throw it on the fire after the convention.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Let the Vetting Begin.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;PUMA&lt;/p&gt;
</description><category>Blog: Stumper</category></item><item><title>re: Inside Obama's Sunshine State Onslaught</title><link>http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/08/12/inside-obama-s-sunshine-state-onslaught.aspx#568935</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 03:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">544c64cf-7058-4151-925a-a0fd041e73dd:568935</guid><dc:creator>Montiero</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Speaking as someone volunteering for Obama in Florida I can verify the massive effort that is going on to win this state. &amp;nbsp;Of course it will be difficult because the Reps are in charge of Tallahasee and they know how to steal elections by wiping out voter rolls, throwing out newly registration on technicalities, and scaring the poor whites and elderly Jews into thinking that Obama is some type of Muslim radical.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;As this article points out we have gotten smarter and are working harder while the Reps are taking things for granted since they won the last two presidential elections. &amp;nbsp;It will not be easy, but CHANGE never is. &amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;
</description><category>Blog: Stumper</category></item><item><title>re: Inside Obama's Sunshine State Onslaught</title><link>http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/08/12/inside-obama-s-sunshine-state-onslaught.aspx#569092</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 06:00:59 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">544c64cf-7058-4151-925a-a0fd041e73dd:569092</guid><dc:creator>sharenews</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Not sure that Obamas investments he plans to make in media purchases (ads, etc.) for FLA will pay off in the GE. Remember prior to the Pennsylvania primary Obama tapped into a significant amt. of campaign money ($11million +) in media purchases in Pennsylvania, outspending Hillarys finances used for media purchases by a margin of &amp;nbsp;2.3 to 1 and it did not make a difference in the long run? &amp;nbsp;Hillary won PA. &amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It makes me wonder if Obama spending a significant amount of $ on media purchases for FLA will make the difference to win that state, especially if McCain ends up picking that younger Jewish Senator (the senator that Newsweek highlighted in an article a few weeks ago, whose name has slipped my mind). &amp;nbsp;I cant wait until the Vps for each nominee is announced. I would think we will be hearing soon from Obama on his pick with the Demo. Convention nearing. . . .&lt;/p&gt;
</description><category>Blog: Stumper</category></item><item><title>re: Inside Obama's Sunshine State Onslaught</title><link>http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/08/12/inside-obama-s-sunshine-state-onslaught.aspx#569108</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 06:29:21 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">544c64cf-7058-4151-925a-a0fd041e73dd:569108</guid><dc:creator>john cain</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Obama is the anti-Christ. &lt;/p&gt;
</description><category>Blog: Stumper</category></item><item><title>re: Inside Obama's Sunshine State Onslaught</title><link>http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/08/12/inside-obama-s-sunshine-state-onslaught.aspx#569115</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 06:45:58 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">544c64cf-7058-4151-925a-a0fd041e73dd:569115</guid><dc:creator>Omaar</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Every 4-8 Years You Low lifes look for the Anti-Christ...&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;There is No Anti-Christ !!!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Only Evil Men in High Places and that would be All Men of Money, Power and Political Pull, with Large Militaries to back them Up...Got it !!! &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Mr. 666 Himself: Ron-ald Wil-son Rea-gan&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Note: Reagan was &amp;nbsp;so Evil, that when he left office &amp;nbsp;as President of the USA, he Moved into a Home whose &amp;nbsp;Original Address was &amp;nbsp;#666, until Nancy Reagan had the Number Changed to (#668)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Mr. New World Order: &amp;nbsp;George H.W. Bush Sr...Remember him, You called him the Anti-Christ too...Hmmm&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Mr. No New Taxes Bush.....Please&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Mr. Slick Billy: Bill Clinton, He was the Anti-Christ Too&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Mr. &amp;quot;I Never had Sex with that Woman&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Mr. War On Terror: George W. Bush&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Mr. I've Never seen a Arabic Oil Rich Country, I did'nt Love or Want !!! &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;You confuse &amp;quot;The Beast&amp;quot; with the Anti-Christ, there can Only be One Beast and One Anti-Christ.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;You Scared to Death White People, should be Scared to Death of bush Jr, but thats Alright, he's a Good ole Boy from Texas...No Fear of him !!! &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
</description><category>Blog: Stumper</category></item><item><title>re: Inside Obama's Sunshine State Onslaught</title><link>http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/08/12/inside-obama-s-sunshine-state-onslaught.aspx#569117</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 06:47:36 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">544c64cf-7058-4151-925a-a0fd041e73dd:569117</guid><dc:creator>Omaar</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Lieberman The Loser and the Jewish Vote....Please&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; Most Floridians have chosen Obama...Keep Up...NimRod !!!&lt;/p&gt;
</description><category>Blog: Stumper</category></item><item><title>re: Inside Obama's Sunshine State Onslaught</title><link>http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/08/12/inside-obama-s-sunshine-state-onslaught.aspx#569324</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:02:23 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">544c64cf-7058-4151-925a-a0fd041e73dd:569324</guid><dc:creator>Bass Pro</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Reporterguy, I agree if McCain picks Lieberman he'll win Florida. I doubt he will do that without incurring the wrath of the mouth-breathing right wing. The right to lifers would have the big one too. Still, it could happen. Florida is a must for McCain but regadless he will lose by more than 100 electoral votes, as it now stands, even if he wins florida and Virginia. McCain is doomed and anyone low enough to send our young women and men to die in Iraq just to get the G OLD P vote should be doomed.&lt;/p&gt;
</description><category>Blog: Stumper</category></item><item><title>re: Inside Obama's Sunshine State Onslaught</title><link>http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/08/12/inside-obama-s-sunshine-state-onslaught.aspx#569362</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:36:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">544c64cf-7058-4151-925a-a0fd041e73dd:569362</guid><dc:creator>mightnotvoteobama</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;I am bothered, in the first place, by the promises being made by both men. I am bewildered that both men are making legislative promises. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“When I am president,” each man says, “I will ...” Now correct me if I am wrong, that I might have missed something while I was busy getting old, but when I studied government in school, I think I remember that there were three branches of government: executive, legislative and judicial. For the purpose of this essay only, the judicial branch of government will be overlooked.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In an over-simplification of job descriptions, the president and cabinet are the executive part of the branch trio. The president should keep himself busy conferring with the cabinet and agencies, being commander in chief, setting policy, giving state dinners, making nice with other countries, declaring states of emergency, signing or vetoing legislation, etc. The legislative part of the trio (the representatives and senators) has as its job initiating legislation as needed for the good of the country and their constituents, serving on investigative committees, etc.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Now we get to my contention. Both Senator McCain and Senator Obama are expounding on what they will do as president while continuing to speak like legislators. What they are promising to do in the future as the executive is what they should be proposing now in their current positions as legislators.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Come on now, fellas, if you believe so strongly in what changes need to be made for the good of the country’s problems with the economy, the oil crisis, education and health care, why have you not been back in Washington rallying support in the Senate and writing bills which would begin the miraculous cures now that you are promising for the future? Both you senators remind me of poker players with your cards clutched to your chests. Both of you are bluffing that you have a straight flush, ace high, while holding nothing more than a pair of jacks.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, the other people sitting at the table are about to be taken. Their names are Americans and Voters. Come on now, fellas, if you plan to play this game, show us your cards. Lay them on the table. Show us how you plan to win the game. Show us a workable plan for the cures you are promising. If these plans are so good, why haven’t you been busy in the Senate doing what you are paid to do for the country? Why are you holding back? Is it all a bluff?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Up to this point in the election process, the only thing that has been shown to the voters is age and charisma, experience and inexperience, war hero and academic scholar, pedigree and boot strap climber. Show us some substance. As the commander in chief, how, I repeat, how will you act as leader to make your promises reality? I need to know before I vote; otherwise I will continue to be bothered and bewildered, but certainly not bewitched.&lt;/p&gt;
</description><category>Blog: Stumper</category></item><item><title>re: Inside Obama's Sunshine State Onslaught</title><link>http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/08/12/inside-obama-s-sunshine-state-onslaught.aspx#569363</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:37:38 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">544c64cf-7058-4151-925a-a0fd041e73dd:569363</guid><dc:creator>News and Notes</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;It will be close, but, unfortunately, McCain will win Florida in November. Many Florida Hillary supporters are still smarting from the primary, when their votes were mocked and kicked around for four months, before the DNC decided to count half of them. The DNC would have been smart to count half the delegates from the start, rather than from the finish. Florida has a closed primary, so everyone who voted in the Democratic party was a registered Democrat. Also, the Florida Hispanic vote is unique, becuase many Cubans are Republicans were willing to cross over and vote for the more moderate Hillary than the more liberal Obama. Almost all Florida Hillary Democrats will support Obama, but the problem is they will do so with a lack of enthusiasm. Lack of enthusiasm means lower turn out. &lt;/p&gt;
</description><category>Blog: Stumper</category></item><item><title>re: Inside Obama's Sunshine State Onslaught</title><link>http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/08/12/inside-obama-s-sunshine-state-onslaught.aspx#569391</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:10:23 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">544c64cf-7058-4151-925a-a0fd041e73dd:569391</guid><dc:creator>raddave</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;News, another well thought out post from you. &amp;nbsp;I agree with you about the mitakes made by the DNC in the way they handled the fiasco of Florida. &amp;nbsp;I have to disagre with you about Clinton being more moderate than Obama. &amp;nbsp;Their voting records and the ideas on the major issues is very similar. &amp;nbsp;I feel that Clinton's health care proposal was more liberal than Obama's because she wants to make it mandatory that every one purchase health care insurance. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
</description><category>Blog: Stumper</category></item><item><title>re: Inside Obama's Sunshine State Onslaught</title><link>http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/08/12/inside-obama-s-sunshine-state-onslaught.aspx#569397</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:19:21 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">544c64cf-7058-4151-925a-a0fd041e73dd:569397</guid><dc:creator>josemarti</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;We interrupt this program to bring a special message from President Barack Hussein Obama. &amp;nbsp;&amp;quot;My fellow Americans. &amp;nbsp;This morning a group of unempathic young men enraged by eight years of George Bush's policies attacked one of our embassies. &amp;nbsp;Although the attack could not be prevented, it was foreseeable. &amp;nbsp;Although we condemn it, we understand it. &amp;nbsp;Eight years of Republican policies have engendered much anger towards American throughout the world. &amp;nbsp;I will continue to work day and night to reassure peoples throughout &amp;nbsp;the world that we do not mean them harm. &amp;nbsp;I have authorized my Defense Secretary Barney Frank to ask Congress to reduce our Defense budget once again. &amp;nbsp;In addition, I plan to dissolve the Department of Homeland Security. &amp;nbsp;Finally, all of foreign service staff will receive added training on cultural sensitivity. &amp;nbsp; Good night. And God da...God bless America&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
</description><category>Blog: Stumper</category></item><item><title>re: Inside Obama's Sunshine State Onslaught</title><link>http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/08/12/inside-obama-s-sunshine-state-onslaught.aspx#569414</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:36:21 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">544c64cf-7058-4151-925a-a0fd041e73dd:569414</guid><dc:creator>Bass Pro</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;I figured josemarti would reappear today.Is it just part of a pyramid scheme?&lt;/p&gt;
</description><category>Blog: Stumper</category></item><item><title>re: Inside Obama's Sunshine State Onslaught</title><link>http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/08/12/inside-obama-s-sunshine-state-onslaught.aspx#569415</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:36:42 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">544c64cf-7058-4151-925a-a0fd041e73dd:569415</guid><dc:creator>News and Notes</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;raddave, a great response. Policy wise Hillary and Obama are similar, which is why Hillary is whole heartedly supporting Obama's candidacy. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Hillary generally appealed to more moderate democrats, especially the blue dog types in Florida. She convinced many moderates that she was competent, prepared, and she was a figher who would fight for the working class.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Florida democrats who supported Hillary are generally very loyal and have long memories. They voted for Hillary over Obama in the primary by a 3 to 2 margin. That's why I think Florida, which is purple, will go red again by a relatively small margin.&lt;/p&gt;
</description><category>Blog: Stumper</category></item><item><title>re: Inside Obama's Sunshine State Onslaught</title><link>http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/08/12/inside-obama-s-sunshine-state-onslaught.aspx#569503</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:53:14 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">544c64cf-7058-4151-925a-a0fd041e73dd:569503</guid><dc:creator>votenic</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Just see who America thinks should be the next president at &lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://www.votenic.com"&gt;http://www.votenic.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;America's one and only online 2008 Presidential Election Weekly Poll.&lt;/p&gt;
</description><category>Blog: Stumper</category></item><item><title>re: Inside Obama's Sunshine State Onslaught</title><link>http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/08/12/inside-obama-s-sunshine-state-onslaught.aspx#569557</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:31:05 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">544c64cf-7058-4151-925a-a0fd041e73dd:569557</guid><dc:creator>Bass Pro</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;The mouth breathing out of touch Party &amp;nbsp;(MBOOTP) dwells on the Florida Poll, which is always a tossup at best, like the desperate fools they are. How's this? Give McNutty Florida and Virginia and Senator obama still wins by triple digits. If Obama should win Florida and Virginia the final tally will be Obama 360 McNutty 178. My prediction is 343 - 195. even Republican-biased Rasmussen has O bama 309 - 228 giving Fla. &amp;amp; Va. to McNutty.&lt;/p&gt;
</description><category>Blog: Stumper</category></item><item><title>re: Inside Obama's Sunshine State Onslaught</title><link>http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/08/12/inside-obama-s-sunshine-state-onslaught.aspx#569565</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:35:28 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">544c64cf-7058-4151-925a-a0fd041e73dd:569565</guid><dc:creator>Bass Pro</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Thanks Votenic, That's a nice site. I've been using RealClear to see all of the latest Polls. Votenic is a lot more easier on the eyes. Votenic and Realclear have the same Obama 309 - McNutty 228.&lt;/p&gt;
</description><category>Blog: Stumper</category></item><item><title>re: Inside Obama's Sunshine State Onslaught</title><link>http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/08/12/inside-obama-s-sunshine-state-onslaught.aspx#569895</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:15:18 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">544c64cf-7058-4151-925a-a0fd041e73dd:569895</guid><dc:creator>smash artist</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;In order to win Florida this year, Obama will need to focus heavily on the I-4 Corridor, which he is currently doing. &amp;nbsp;I wrote about the importance of Central Florida and the Obama efforts there : &lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://strategy08.wordpress.com/2008/07/24/focus-on-florida-winning-the-i-4-corridor/"&gt;http://strategy08.wordpress.com/2008/07/24/focus-on-florida-winning-the-i-4-corridor/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
</description><category>Blog: Stumper</category></item><item><title>re: Inside Obama's Sunshine State Onslaught</title><link>http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/08/12/inside-obama-s-sunshine-state-onslaught.aspx#571177</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:49:51 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">544c64cf-7058-4151-925a-a0fd041e73dd:571177</guid><dc:creator>ALLEAS</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;FELLOW DEMOCRATS, WHY ALL &amp;nbsp;THIS FALSE HOPE AND HAPPINES ABOUT THIS ELECTION? THE &amp;nbsp;CLINTONS AND HILLARY'S DIEHARD CRAZY SUPPORTERS ARE GOING TO SPLIT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY SO FAR APART THAT WE WONT' STAND A SNOWBALL'S CHANCE IN HELL OF WINNING IN NOVEMBER.&lt;/p&gt;
</description><category>Blog: Stumper</category></item><item><title>re: Inside Obama's Sunshine State Onslaught</title><link>http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/08/12/inside-obama-s-sunshine-state-onslaught.aspx#572670</link><pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 16:57:51 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">544c64cf-7058-4151-925a-a0fd041e73dd:572670</guid><dc:creator>loriw</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Forum on ethics and values moderated by Rick Warren with McCain and Obama begins at 8pm on CNN tonight.&lt;/p&gt;
</description><category>Blog: Stumper</category></item><item><title>re: Inside Obama's Sunshine State Onslaught</title><link>http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/08/12/inside-obama-s-sunshine-state-onslaught.aspx#573362</link><pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 03:14:30 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">544c64cf-7058-4151-925a-a0fd041e73dd:573362</guid><dc:creator>loriw</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Wow, at an age that most Americans have been retired for years Sen. McCain is running for POTUS.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;And if you watched the Warren forum tonight you saw McCain kick butt. And before I get flamed for my take on the forum...I watched the post game show afterward and every person pretty much agreed-&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;(Crowley, Bash, Gergen, Broady, Schneider, Rowland,Perkins, and Martin) &amp;nbsp;McCain kicked butt. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;On the question of evil Sen. Obama discussed confronting evil which was not even one of the choices given (ignore, negotiate,contain or defeat). &amp;nbsp;Whose memory is better now? &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
</description><category>Blog: Stumper</category></item><item><title>re: Inside Obama's Sunshine State Onslaught</title><link>http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/08/12/inside-obama-s-sunshine-state-onslaught.aspx#573681</link><pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 14:34:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">544c64cf-7058-4151-925a-a0fd041e73dd:573681</guid><dc:creator>News and Notes</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;You can't blame Hillary supporters for dividing the party. Obama only got about half fo the votes in the primaries. The Democratic party is slowing coming back together, but blaming hillary supporters only makes the prospect worse. It is the repsonsibility of Obama and his supporters to unite the party, since he is the presumptive nominee,.&lt;/p&gt;
</description><category>Blog: Stumper</category></item><item><title>re: Inside Obama's Sunshine State Onslaught</title><link>http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/08/12/inside-obama-s-sunshine-state-onslaught.aspx#575210</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:43:42 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">544c64cf-7058-4151-925a-a0fd041e73dd:575210</guid><dc:creator>sharenews</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;FOX NEWS ALERT!!!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;FoxNews has a special on TV tonight. . . 8:00pm - 9:00pm EST and repeat at 11:00pm - 12am EST&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;PRESIDENTIAL CHARACTER: Obama&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A profile of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama that focuses on his CHARACTER and CONDUCT, and what the DECISIONS he has made in his life could indicate about WHAT KIND OF LEADER he would make. &lt;/p&gt;
</description><category>Blog: Stumper</category></item><item><title>re: Inside Obama's Sunshine State Onslaught</title><link>http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/08/12/inside-obama-s-sunshine-state-onslaught.aspx#575240</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:02:24 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">544c64cf-7058-4151-925a-a0fd041e73dd:575240</guid><dc:creator>pugs</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;I am a Flordian and an Ex Hillary fan and McCain has my vote. &amp;nbsp;Not because I am mad but I simply think he will do a better job with the country period than Obama. I did not trust Obama to have the experience to lead us and his forums, debates and speeches have not convinced me of the opposite.&lt;/p&gt;
</description><category>Blog: Stumper</category></item><item><title>re: Inside Obama's Sunshine State Onslaught</title><link>http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/08/12/inside-obama-s-sunshine-state-onslaught.aspx#575485</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 05:04:24 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">544c64cf-7058-4151-925a-a0fd041e73dd:575485</guid><dc:creator>Montiero</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Pugs - Hillary and McCain are opposites while Hillary and Obama have very similar views on just about issue. &amp;nbsp;When someone says that they supported Hillary, but now they support McCain I can't help, but think that they are either are oblivious to the facts or the just can't see themselves voting for someone that's not white. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I'm sorry, I don't usually go after people on these websites because I'm probably not going to change your mind, but I can't let you get away with this without calling you on it. &amp;nbsp;What you are doing makes no sense. &amp;nbsp;What attracted you to Hillary in the first place? &amp;nbsp;The only things she has in common with McCain are they are both voted for the war in Iraq, and they are rich, white and have been in Washington for a long time.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I'm also in Florida so our votes would cancel each other out, but knowing that I'm working hard as hell to register hundreds of new voters and getting them out to vote. &amp;nbsp;I've been an Obama supporter from about Iowa, but if he lost to Hillary I know there is no way in the world that I would have picked McCain over Hillary. &amp;nbsp;That is just plain insane.&lt;/p&gt;
</description><category>Blog: Stumper</category></item><item><title>re: Inside Obama's Sunshine State Onslaught</title><link>http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/08/12/inside-obama-s-sunshine-state-onslaught.aspx#618309</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:57:11 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">544c64cf-7058-4151-925a-a0fd041e73dd:618309</guid><dc:creator>HadMatter</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Ah, the man with the broken cap lock. &amp;nbsp;I've seen this one floating around online. &amp;nbsp;I tried to find the origin so I could respond to it directly, but all I could find were a few forums where someone copied and posted it for others to see. &amp;nbsp;If anybody knows where this came from or who this farm boy (or, more likely, Republican smear machine) is, I'd LOVE to send him a copy. &amp;nbsp;Until then, I'll content myself to post this reply in any forum I find it. &amp;nbsp;Enjoy!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;==========================================================================&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;// skipping to the hard part......&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;SOMEHOW, SUDDENLY - HE WENT TO THE BEST HIGH DOLLAR PREP SCHOOLS IN AMERICA , AND LATER, HE GOT INTO A TOP IVY LEAGUE COLLEGE AND LATER, INTO HARVARD LAW SCHOOL - HOW? WHO SPONSORED HIM? WHO PAID FOR ALL THAT SCHOOLING? (HAVE YOU LOOKED AT TUITION EXPENSES TO ATTEND UNDERGRADUATE YALE LATELY? HOW ABOUT HARVARD LAW SCHOOL ? SOMEBODY PAID A LOT OF BUCKS FOR THIS KID'S IVY LEAGUE EDUCATION.......) WHO?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; He did - through scholarships and student loans.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A SENATOR'S SALARY IS NOT THAT GREAT, BUT THIS YOUNG MAN AND HIS YOUNG WIFE PRESENTLY LIVE IN A $1.4 MILLION DOLLAR HOUSE THAT HE ACQUIRED THROUGH A &amp;quot;DEAL&amp;quot; WITH A WEALTHY FUND RAISER.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;WHAT SORT OF &amp;quot;DEAL&amp;quot;?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I hadn't heard about this, so I had to do some research on this one. &amp;nbsp;I read a few articles and here's what I found: &amp;nbsp;The &amp;quot;deal&amp;quot; probably refers to Antoin Rezko (wealthy fundraiser) purchasing the lot adjoining the Obama's house. &amp;nbsp;The seller was only interested in selling both lots together, so Rezko bought the lot the Obama's weren't interested in. &amp;nbsp;It seems legit; nobody gave money to Obama for it, or bought it for him. &amp;nbsp;But for the sake of full disclosure, I should pass along that Rezko seems to be a pretty shady character. &amp;nbsp;He is being prosecuted (or was prosecuted??..the articles are from early '08 and I'm not sure of any outcome) on charges of corruption for &amp;quot;shaking companies for kickbacks&amp;quot; &amp;nbsp;Links to a couple of the articles I found are below. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/15/us/politics/15obama.html?scp=5&amp;amp;sq=Rezko%20Obama&amp;amp;st=cse"&gt;http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/15/us/politics/15obama.html?scp=5&amp;amp;sq=Rezko%20Obama&amp;amp;st=cse&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/us_elections/article3433485.ece"&gt;http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/us_elections/article3433485.ece&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;RIGHT OUT OF HARVARD LAW, HE &amp;quot;WORKED&amp;quot; AS A CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST IN CHICAGO.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!! &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;quot;Worked.&amp;quot; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Ohhhh, that is rich.... &amp;nbsp;That is hilarious.........civil rights &amp;quot;work.&amp;quot; &amp;nbsp;What'd he do? &amp;nbsp;Employ teams of destitute schmoes to pull him around in his gold carriage on the way to another Civil Rights ball??? &amp;nbsp;Am I right? &amp;nbsp;Am I right?? &amp;nbsp;High five, Cletus! &amp;nbsp;You sure put that lazy a**hole in his place!!! &amp;nbsp;Finally, someone has the guts - no...the balls - to go after Big Charity. &amp;nbsp;Those social workers and outreach programs have been riding that sweet gravy train waaaaaay too long.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;HE THEN ENTERED POLITICS AT THE STATE LEVEL AND THEN MOVED TO THE NATIONAL LEVEL - WHERE HE SCRAMBLES TODAY WITH VERY MINIMAL EXPERIENCE IN ANYTHING - WHILE OTHER PEOPLE WRITE HIS SPEECHES FOR HIM.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;IN ALL HIS TIME IN THE STATE AND NATIONAL LEGISLATURES - HE'S NEVER LAUNCHED ANY IMPORTANT LEGISLATION WHATSOEVER MOSTLY, HE'S OUT RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Ok, I admit, like a lot of Americans, I didn't even know there wasan Obama before he entered the race. &amp;nbsp;I knew nothing about him, and I was confident Hillary would be a good president; so I voted for her in the Texas primary. &amp;nbsp;Shortly thereafter I started to become disenfranchised with the way Clinton was running her campaign, so I began reading up on Obama. &amp;nbsp;She would have been great. &amp;nbsp;So will he. &amp;nbsp;I can't sit here and recite legislation (the C-SPAN stuff is soooo boring) but I can pass a few points of interest.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;He did some work in foreign affairs - joining several foreign relations committees. &amp;nbsp;He went on a few world wide travel spree; focusing on speaking with world leaders about strategies to keep the world's supply of weapons from being leaked to terrorist groups. &amp;nbsp;He also worked to quell ethnic violence in Africa. &amp;nbsp;He supposedly gave a powerful speech on political corruption at a university in Kenya that people nation wide went gaga for there, but I've haven't been able to find any clips on it.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;He also focused on combating political corruption back here in the States. &amp;nbsp;I know he sponsored bills to tighten up criminalization of fraudulent campaign practices in federal elections. &amp;nbsp;He also sponsored that famous bill that Bush vetoed that would have provided extended health care for injured soldiers returning home and their families.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;That's about all I got.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;.....&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I did a bit of quick digging and thought I'd post some links I found. &amp;nbsp;Know that the last one is from Barack's campaign website; I knew it'd be biased, but I figured it also be thourough. &amp;nbsp;Feel free to look elswhere - JUST LOOK!!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/30/us/politics/30obama.html?_r=1&amp;amp;oref=slogin"&gt;http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/30/us/politics/30obama.html?_r=1&amp;amp;oref=slogin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/01/17/politics/main2369157.shtml"&gt;http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/01/17/politics/main2369157.shtml&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/01/17/politics/main2369157.shtml"&gt;http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/01/17/politics/main2369157.shtml&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://factcheck.barackobama.com/factcheck/2007/12/14/fact_check_on_milbanks_claim_t.php"&gt;http://factcheck.barackobama.com/factcheck/2007/12/14/fact_check_on_milbanks_claim_t.php&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;HE CLAIMS TO BE &amp;quot;PROUD OF HIS AFRICAN HERITAGE&amp;quot; BUT IT SEEMS THAT HIS ONLY CONNECTION WITH AFRICA WAS THAT HIS AFRICAN FATHER GOT A WHITE GIRL PREGNANT AND THEN DESERTED HER. &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;UMMM....WHERE IS THE PRIDE IN HIS WHITE HERITAGE? AFTER ALL - IT WAS WHITE GRANDPARENTS THAT RAISED HIM!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Is that a serious question? &amp;nbsp;Where's his whitey pride? &amp;nbsp;Obama has shown nothing but complete pride in all facets of his heritage - period - none more or less than the other. &amp;nbsp;He speaks about his mother and loving grandparents who raised him often. &amp;nbsp;No connection with Africa? &amp;nbsp;Was he stripped of his black points upon leaving the continent? &amp;nbsp;What exactly is it you're fishing for, here? &amp;nbsp;Need him to dress up in half black / half white face makeup?? &amp;nbsp;Maybe NOT sink a b-ball once in a while?? &amp;nbsp;His message has never been race specific. &amp;nbsp;It's a call for all minorities - all Americans - to be treated as equals. &amp;nbsp;And if it seems like there is an emphasis in the media on the darker side of his genetic structure ...... newsflash: AMERICA IS ABOUT TO ELECT IT'S FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT!!! &amp;nbsp;You bet your ass people are excited! &amp;nbsp;It's energizing for people to see a minority reach up to the highest office in the country! &amp;nbsp;It's a sign that times are changing; that people are leaving old hatreds behind!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;HE IS PRESENTLY A MEMBER (FOR OVER 20 YEARS!) OF AN &amp;quot;AFROCENTRIC&amp;quot; CHURCH IN CHICAGO THAT HATES WHITES, HATES JEWS, AND BLAMES AMERICA FOR ALL THE WORLD'S FAULTS.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;HE REPEATEDLY COVERED UP FOR THAT PASTOR AND THAT CHURCH - SAYING THAT HE CAN SEPARATE THE RELIGION FROM THE POLITICS, WHEN HE HEARS A HATE-WHITEY SERMON.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;HE CLAIMED THAT HE WAS SIMPLY UNABLE TO CONFRONT HIS PASTOR OF 20+ YEARS ABOUT THE PASTOR'S DEMONSTRATED UN-AMERICAN BIAS, BUT HE WANTS US TO BELIEVE THAT HE CAN CONFRONT NORTH KOREA AND IRAN , WHEN THE TIME ARISES TO TAKE AMERICA 'S SIDE.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;First off, I'm pretty sure it was Obama that won the Democratic nomination - not Jeremiah Wright. &amp;nbsp;Turns out, they actually ARE two different people complete with their own minds and views - and not the conjoined twins we've been led to believe (joined at the dogma.) &amp;nbsp;Let a man's actions speak for his character. &amp;nbsp;Barack Obama has repeatedly shown nothing but passion and commitment to making this a better country - a better world to live in. &amp;nbsp;Do you honestly think he would spend his life fighting to improve a country he hates? &amp;nbsp;Unless.......HE'S GOING TO TAKE US DOWN FROM THE INSIDE!!!! &amp;nbsp;He'll sell us off to African diamond lords as slaves!! &amp;nbsp;Blacks are taking their revenge!!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;You're name's not Toby! &amp;nbsp;It's Kunta Kinte!! &amp;nbsp;*wh-whip*&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I've never been to this church; never heard more than those few sound bites of Wrights' sermons - and neither have you. &amp;nbsp;I'm not in a position to defend or debunk this man. &amp;nbsp;But I can say this: &amp;nbsp;if he's truly as fed up and angry with this government as everybody makes him out to be? ........ I get it. &amp;nbsp;He may be a bit out there, but I, &amp;nbsp;**evil Muslim fist bump** &amp;nbsp;totally get it. &amp;nbsp;I look at all the crap this administration pulls - at Americans' astounding propensity to justify and accept it - and I feel like freaking out!!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;But his pastor said all these crazy, hateful things about America! &amp;nbsp;Why didn't he kill him right there with his flag pin? &amp;nbsp;HMMMMMMM????&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I don't know....... maybe because...... THIS IS AMERICA!!!! &amp;nbsp;A country built on the principle that when your government pisses you off you have the right to freely lift up your voice in opposition!!!&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Look, obviously I'm a full blown - rape the oil execs and feed 'em to the baby seals - Democrat. &amp;nbsp;My comments are undeniably biased and riddled with sarcasm and jokes - I've always loved pushing buttons. &amp;nbsp;But, I'd like to give a shot at ending this on a more serious note. &amp;nbsp;Unfortunately, &amp;nbsp;the very nature of political campaigns such as these has been obfuscation and slander - on both sides. &amp;nbsp;Each side is going to go through exhaustive lengths to plant fear and doubt about their opponent - like with letters such as these. &amp;nbsp;Do you really think a farm boy without an education has a wide enough networking base for his rants to go viral like this? &amp;nbsp;I doubt a man not computer savvy enough to turn off a cap lock has a huge blog readership or hundreds of MySpace friends. &amp;nbsp;This is obviously just a smear tactic sent out by McCain's campaign meant to manipulate the masses; build on your doubts without producing any facts. &amp;nbsp;This IS America; we all have the right to vote for whoever we choose. &amp;nbsp;But with that freedom to choose comes the responsibility to make it a truly informed one. &amp;nbsp;You cannot simply trust your candidate to tell you all you need to know!! &amp;nbsp;And you surely can't take the word of some unknown stranger whose mysterious, unsigned email pops into your inbox. &amp;nbsp;When buying a house, do you just take the selling realitor's word on it's condition and fork over the cash? &amp;nbsp;Hell no, you get your a$$ in there and root around - maybe even hire someone to check out the wiring and the plumbing! &amp;nbsp;If an opponent says something unfavorable about your candidate, don't just scoff and assume that he's wrong - prove him wrong!! &amp;nbsp;We live in a pretty amazing time; an age where litterally a world of information is at our fingertips and accessible within minutes! &amp;nbsp;Use it! &amp;nbsp;Mainstream media seems to be getting more and more biased, so look to several sources and find the truths that persist across the spectrum. &amp;nbsp;The consequences of this decision are two big not to. &amp;nbsp;No less than the future of every person in America - if not the world - hangs in the balance. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I'M just farm boy - if this guy really does exist, he needs a better excuse.&lt;/p&gt;
</description><category>Blog: Stumper</category></item><item><title>re: Inside Obama's Sunshine State Onslaught</title><link>http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/08/12/inside-obama-s-sunshine-state-onslaught.aspx#1086383</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 20:29:23 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">544c64cf-7058-4151-925a-a0fd041e73dd:1086383</guid><dc:creator>mike.teck</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;I totally agree to angelas post. Obama is an excellent marketer but I dont think that he is the best politican ever. lets see&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
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</description><category>Blog: Stumper</category></item><item><title>re: Inside Obama's Sunshine State Onslaught</title><link>http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/08/12/inside-obama-s-sunshine-state-onslaught.aspx#1112875</link><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 23:38:03 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">544c64cf-7058-4151-925a-a0fd041e73dd:1112875</guid><dc:creator>AnitaE1975</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;first time in a long time Florida is not a make or break stae. i hope we do add to Obamas Rout over McCain. The further we push the mouth-breathing, out of touch Party&lt;/p&gt;
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</description><category>Blog: Stumper</category></item><item><title>re: Inside Obama's Sunshine State Onslaught</title><link>http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/08/12/inside-obama-s-sunshine-state-onslaught.aspx#1123561</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 14:32:41 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">544c64cf-7058-4151-925a-a0fd041e73dd:1123561</guid><dc:creator>vijayshekar</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Obama is the greatest leader I have ever seen.&lt;/p&gt;
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