Senator Obama is a Christian.

fossten on October 8, 2008 at 7:41 AM

FIFY.

Senator Obama is a Christian (unfortunately) liar and a heretic.

philnewkirk on October 7, 2008 at 2:53 PM

Fixed.

McCain must pledge tonight that we will not seek 2 terms in office. That’s the gamechanger.

tdavisjr on October 7, 2008 at 2:25 PM

He won’t do that. Theodore Roosevelt made a pledge to not run for reelection, and his entire 4 year term was very frustrating, because the opposition treated him like a lame duch the whole time.

Roosevelt is McCain’s political hero, so I would guess he learned from that.

It seems McCain is not the only one who took a hit in the public eye on the financial bailout – Obama is also starting to lose ground. Two recent polls show the erosion. First is a Democracy Corps poll I noted in an earlier post, which has some interesting internals. On key issues Obama has lost his edge:

That is a precipitous drop going from +7 to +2 (basically a tie) in only a few days. I am not surprised to see this “a pox on both your houses” attitude hitting the public. The ‘bailout’ did not give immediate gratification and stop the hemorrhaging on Wall Street. Dick Morris was right when he predicted the race would tighten, though I doubt even he thought it would be this quick. If Obama loses his edge on the economy he probably cannot pull out a win. Morris may be right on another angle here – Obama peaked too soon.

I was just watching FOX and it sounds to me like Hume has already given the election to Obama. I can tell you one thing, he and some of his other talking heads are not the kind people I’d want with me in fight . . . I’d be standing alone taking all the blows and they’d be making a dust trail down the road.

rplat on October 7, 2008 at 4:04 PM

Yep. Again, to the inside the beltway elitist, it is simply inconceivable that two people without a single Ive League degree to share between them could be elected first and second executive of the nation. Their friends at all those cocktail parties also snicker behind their hands that McCain and Palin both have Jr. Enlisted troops as sons. I mean, everybody knows that only idiots enlist in the military, right?

They want McCain/Palin to lose so they can restore their own kind to the “rightful” leadership of the GOP. I’ve got news for them though….if they succeed in defeating John McCain, they will no longer be able to count on overwhelming support from the troops. Military people aren’t stupid, and they know exactly what the leadership of the democrat party thinks about them. If the GOP elitists can’t rouse themselves to support our men and women in harm’s way, and would rather sink a knife in their backs by helping to elect Obama, well, …

Oh definitely, “Bugs” Obama is nothing but a scavenger. (BTW, “Bugs” comes from “Bugs” Moran–another Chicago hood.)

The simple truth is that he can’t keep his promises and he knows that. He sees this country as ripe for the picking…and if he gets elected he’s going to take all of us to the cleaners.

I think Obama looks at this crisis like a vulture looks at road kill. Yummy.

He will try to feed of it.

But he still has not explained how he is going to keep all the promises he is making.

Oh yeah, he will tax people like himself, the rich and pampered.

Actually the fundamentals of the economy are strong. If by fundamentals you mean the American working force and our capitalist system. Maybe Obama thinks America is fundamentally screwed up, so he wants to turn us into Europe, but right now their socialist and heavily regulated economies are not doing any better than ours. This is a credit crunch, and it can and will effect the rest of the economy but that does not mean that America’s foundations and fundamentals are screwed up.

sloopy on October 7, 2008 at 6:02 PM

Hang on, sloopy…sloopy, hang on…

Sorry about that–couldn’t resist. :)

Remember what El Rushbo said, don’t worry about the polls until the last week or so prior to the election. Use this as an incentive to jump start yourself.

I heard that one reason for the market tanking is the near panic that some traders and financial types feel at the idea of an Obama presidency. High taxes, protectionism, etc.

Terrye on October 7, 2008 at 5:30 PM

That’s a good possibility–I still can’t see how people can believe that he’s going to cut the taxes for 95% of the population, raise the funding for all of his magic panacea programs and cut expenses by raising the revenues on the other 5%–talk about voodoo economics! Add to that increased tariffs and higher corporate income and capital gains taxes…(doing my best Fred Rogers imitation) Can you say “Depression”…sure you can.

I figure regardless of who becomes president, the market will probably drop to between 5,000 and 7,500 before stabilizing. But if Obama is elected, I fully expect it will crash and burn and future generations will be cursing his name.

If I thought for one second that Obama was Marxist or unAmerican or risky, I would support the guy who I voted for in 2000 — Senator McCain.

That’s some good Conservative Christian Concern.

It is a sad day indeed when facts no longer matter. I pity you greatly, above even my disgust for you.

*eats*

Grue in the Attic on October 7, 2008 at 5:23 PM

I care.

I heard that one reason for the market tanking is the near panic that some traders and financial types feel at the idea of an Obama presidency. High taxes, protectionism, etc.

I know I would not trust Obama to balance his own check book, much less handle the nation’s economy. Especially now.

You can try, but I think at this stage in the game most people are set on their choice.

philnewkirk on October 7, 2008 at 4:57 PM

It is a sad day indeed when facts no longer matter. I pity you greatly, above even my disgust for you.

*eats*

If he can’t hit hard, if he wont’t hit hard, then why try from this evening on out?

We’ll have to weather four years of darkness in the land of milk and honey and wait for Palin to save us in 2012.

So is this you saying you don’t think he is? Would you like me to take your blinders off?

*eats*

Grue in the Attic on October 7, 2008 at 4:46 PM

You can try, but I think at this stage in the game most people are set on their choice.

So is this you saying you don’t think he is? Would you like me to take your blinders off?

*eats*

Grue in the Attic on October 7, 2008 at 4:46 PM

How does that Bible verse go: There is none so blind as he who will not see? Unfortunately, you can’t make someone see who doesn’t want to see. Many are being taken in by Obama’s smooth rhetoric, his platitudes of hope and change, his promises that cannot be kept, but the only thing they hear and want to hear is “change”. Edmund Burke once said that society is a three-way social compact. Before embarking on change, we must ask ourselves these questions: “What would our ancestors think of what we are doing to the institutions and constitution they have bequeathed us; how will this change affect the present generation; and finally, how will this change affect our progeny.

Those flocking to Obama are only interested in the “now”. They are disregarding the past and the future.