Chicagoist: California GOP Groups In Hot Water Over Obama Images

fed up

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:17:04 -0600

Regarding Obama's luck, you forgot about how lucky it was that the GOP put up *token black* / lunatic Alan Keyes up against Obama instead of somebody credible. Sometimes racism can really bite you in the ass....... That was the sadest most disturbing crap by a major political party that I can remember. It showed that the GOP is dead in Ill.

Spook

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:15:49 -0600

Fed I like how a community based organization bigger than many but still basically rag tag in the scheme of power politics gets branded by McCain as responsible for the "worst act of voter fraud ever". I mean this coming from a Republicreature? Where was he during the last presidential election? He had been released from Hanoi Hilton right? To spend this much time on Acorn especially by a republicreature is as stupid as me in a calculus class. Its ACORN!

Ward Up

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:14:56 -0600

What's a woobie?

fed up

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:14:09 -0600

Albany, you mock me for using a post article and then counter with something from rolling stone. I have given you facts just facts you dont like. Voter regestration fraud is occuring in massive numbers. Voter fraud has occured. Acorn is responsible for much of the voter regestration fraud Obama and acorn are linked. How it all turns out I dont know. Im not claiming a vast leftwing conspiracy. Just that both sides are corrupt take off the rose colored dem sunglasses.

Navin

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:08:41 -0600

I will not vote for McCain or Obama. Well that makes two of us. Still I think you're allegations are silly and I think you really know they are too. The whole point is too just raise unfounded allegations to try to create some phoney doubt around November. Notice that none of these ACORN people have ever been charged and the people who have been in trouble are simply lazy hired workers who didn't want to do the work. Regarding Obama's luck, you forgot about how lucky it was that the GOP put up *token black* / lunatic Alan Keyes up against Obama instead of somebody credible. Sometimes racism can really bite you in the ass.......

Albanyparkour

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:05:15 -0600

Trying to stop this is very difficult but laws were passed and fought against by ACORN like requiring ID to vote in some states to slow this type of crime. Yes, because those laws would not have passed constitutional muster and often were republican sponsored attempts at voter neutralization. Republicans care very much about elections being fair and free. That's why they keep purging voter rolls, firing prosecutors who investigate fraud and decrying sensible reforms to faulty electronic voting. Read: http://www.gregpalast.com/rolling-stone-its-already-stolen/#more-2118 And a meeting and saying how "They are what makes America great" are not equivalent. This is an old ploy, apples are not fire hydrants, no matter how loud and wild you shout. You have no facts here, stories and accusations are not proof. The very fact these allegations are being investigated shows that the system is trying to keep balance.

fed up

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:04:53 -0600

Spook, in my first post on this subject I called the flyer racist. My posts are about the only obama news allowed on chicagoist is positive obama news. I would think someones death and a stupid racist mailing are on two differnt levels sir. Yes it may be wrong to hijack this post but everyone knows the obamaist wont make a post about anything negative concerning obama/acorn.

fed up

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:59:23 -0600

Navin, The point of my post was how Marcus cant wipe the obama jizz of his lips long enough to point out both campaigns play dirty politics. Mcain is a shell of the Canidate he was in 2000 when he actually stood for something. I will not vote for Mcain or Obama. Obama is just another Chicago hack politican in my opinion who is the luckiest man alive First Blair hull and then Jack Ryan implode. I agree 100% the original story showcased a racist GOP mailer. I was just mentioning how the chicagoist loves obama he is from chicago so it is understandable. At the same time the Acorn story has a big chicago connection but is ignored because well it not pro obama.

Spook

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:56:22 -0600

Fed Up do you remember this/ YOUR comment to Happy? "Whats even sadder is someone as ignorant as your self would try to use someones accidental death to advance their own dillusional beliefs" Well I think its SAD and pathetic that YOU would use a clearly hatefull harmfull devisive act of racism to advance your own poltical beliefs about Obama! So as Shaun Goofy Combs aka P Silly would say "tae, tae, tae tae take that!" Fed Up, Take That!

fed up

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:51:23 -0600

Albany, And I also asked by the overwhelmingly republican government has done precisely DICK about ACORN for years. That would be like saying that Clinton did nothing about Crack during his term. Trying to stop this is very difficult but laws were passed and fought against by ACORN like requiring ID to vote in some states to slow this type of crime. Others have pointed out how this has "suddenly" become an issue now that McCain is trailing by every metric. It has been an issue in the past few elections and has been pubicized. Yes, it comes up near elections because thats when it matters. Cause I pointed out McCain's connection, you said nothing every speaking engagment or meeting does not mean there is a connection but Obama has a long term relationship with Acorn below is an example this chance meeting does not mean Obama embraces what they embrace Controversial activists attended Obama Muslim meeting (Obama selling out USA to radical Muslims) MSNBC ^| 10/9/2008 | Jim Popkin The Obama campaign’s Muslim outreach director participated in a meeting in mid September that was attended by several controversial Muslim activists, NBC News has learned. The Obama campaign now concedes that was a misjudgment, and that its top Muslim staffer would not have attended the meeting if she had known the full participant list beforehand.hip.

Navin

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:46:28 -0600

Oh and Fed, I just want to remind you again that you going on about ACORN's a big fat red herring. You guys remember what this story was about? Oh yeah, all too typical racist Republicans.

Navin

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:44:26 -0600

The Acorn Indictments A union-backed outfit faces charges of election fraud. Friday So Fed, that was two years ago. How'd it turn out? Oh and nothing to say about McCain praising ACORN eh? If it really bothers you then you should be posting this about McCain as well.

jennyblur

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:33:22 -0600

No one has been convicted of in person voter fraud. Some people (apparently) were convicted of voter registration fraud. Different. I'm glad that Obama has been fighting with ACORN. It is a good thing to get as many people to vote as possible. These allegations are trumped up by the election.

Albanyparkour

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:33:20 -0600

Fed, are you going to talk to us or just keep shouting? Cause I pointed out McCain's connection, you said nothing. Others have pointed out how this has "suddenly" become an issue now that McCain is trailing by every metric. And I also asked by the overwhelmingly republican government has done precisely DICK about ACORN for years. ACORN is a smoke-screen. Obama is going to win all on his own. I know it pains you to think of "that one" winning fair and square, but for all of ACORNS hinkyness, the worm, she done turned.

fed up

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:27:29 -0600

Obama until this week was touting his connection to ACORN Obama met numerous times in recent months with ACORN leaders. Sam Graham-Felson, Obama's official website blogger, noted when Obama met with ACORN leaders in November, he reminded them of his history with ACORN and his beginnings in Illinois as a Project Vote organizer, a nonprofit focused on voter rights and education. Project Vote was connected to ACORN. "I've been fighting alongside ACORN on issues you care about my entire career. Even before I was an elected official, when I ran Project Vote voter registration drive in Illinois, ACORN was smack dab in the middle of it, and we appreciate your work," Obama told ACORN members in November.

Albanyparkour

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:22:09 -0600

Just out of curiousity Fed, if all this horrible ACORN business has been afoot for years why haven't the Republicans, who controlled both houses of congress for 12 years and the presidency for the 22 years of the last 30 done anything substantive about them? Such a pernicious evil would certainly be a worry for them right? I find this endlessly funny considering how the republicans mocked anyone who challenged the malfeasance in the 2000 and 2004 elections. Getting your tears in early kids?

Marcus Gilmer

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:19:54 -0600

ACORN has absolutely nothing to do with the post. I'm all for letting civil discourse evolve on a comment thread, but this is far from that.

fed up

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:18:01 -0600

The Acorn Indictments A union-backed outfit faces charges of election fraud. Friday, November 3, 2006 12:01 A.M. EST So, less than a week before the midterm elections, four workers from Acorn, the liberal activist group that has registered millions of voters, have been indicted by a federal grand jury for submitting false voter registration forms to the Kansas City, Missouri, election board. But hey, who needs voter ID laws? We wish this were an aberration, but allegations of fraud have tainted Acorn voter drives across the country. Acorn workers have been convicted in Wisconsin and Colorado, and investigations are still under way in Ohio, Tennessee and Pennsylvania. Here you go Jenny/Spav ACORN workers convicted of voter fraud. From the wall street Journal November 3 2006.

sherlaura

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:15:36 -0600

Fed Up- "During the primary season, however, the Obama camp paid another group, Citizen Service Inc., $832,598 for various political services, according to Federal Elections Commission filings. That group and ACORN share the same board of directors." So what? Guilty by (weak) association? Also, from your post: "ACORN's political wing has endorsed Barack Obama for president, but Ben LaBolt, a spokesman for the Obama campaign in Ohio, said ACORN has no role in its get-out-the-vote drive." NO ROLE.

Navin

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:15:27 -0600

*their*

Navin

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:15:07 -0600

Would somebody give "Fed [citation needed] Up" and "Whymustiregister" they're woobies so they can at least whine and bawl in comfort.

matilda

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:12:33 -0600

During the primary season, however, the Obama camp paid another group, Citizen Service Inc., $832,598 for various political services, according to Federal Elections Commission filings. That group and ACORN share the same board of directors. That does not prove that Obama is driving or encouraging any voter fraud. Quit acting like this is proof. Perhaps you don't quite understand what "proof" means, or "evidence"? You have more or less accused Obama of engaging or at least encouraging voter fraud. Prove it beyond circumstances. No, I am not a greatest fan of either candidate, but I like facts and proof instead of half-formed theories. I guess I am funny that way. And I find it odd that you seem to care little about GOP voter suppression efforts. You do care about the integrity of all votes, right, and not just those on one side?

jennyblur

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:11:15 -0600

Fed: Were any of those people prosecuted or convicted? No. No. No. And, your story just illustrates that the system works and the correct person won. And FYI- This election isn't going to come down to 500-odd confused elderly Jews. LAND.SLIDE. So unless you can prove that ACORN illegally registered like, 100,000 voters and then they all voted like 5 times each, maybe you should shut up.

Stealth

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:10:50 -0600

The Obamistas were thrilled that there was something to get offended at. yeah, cuz that whole "kill him" thing just didn't do it for me.

fed up

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:10:18 -0600

ACORN is from chicago Obama is from chicago Obama and Acorn have long deep ties. Obamaist ignores it because ????? Oh wait because it shows how a Chicago Machine hack Obama is intouducing chicago voting fraud to the rest of the nation. But there is no chicago connection is there Marcus.

Albanyparkour

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:07:37 -0600

You know when Obama wins, and he's going to win which is why you're seeing Fed's ACORN bullshit and this racist twaddle, where the party is going to be right? CHICAGO. The first black president comes from a city that suffers from "hyper-segregation" Just loosen up your straps a little and think how remarkable that is folks.

fed up

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:07:29 -0600

Um, there has never been a case of IN PERSON voter fraud proven. Jenny this was covered when you were still postin as spav In 1996 then-Rep. Bob Dornan (R-Calif.) lost to challenger Loretta Sanchez by just 979 votes. After Dornan contested the election, the U.S. House of Representatives claiming the election had been stolen by non-citizen voting. The House eventually dismissed his challenge after the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight identified only 624 invalid votes by non-citizens and another 124 improper absentee ballots. The US house itself has found Illegal aliens voting in federal elections. That would be voter fraud Jenspav

Marcus Gilmer

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:59:57 -0600

whymustiregister - I suppose we could have covered McCain on Letterman but than surely you would complained about it not being Chicago-related. And yes, this is a worthy story to cover. And yes, we did little jigs of joy when we saw the story this morning. Please, that Obamaist bullshit has jumped the shark. He's from Chicago, so we're going to cover him. Get over it.

fed up

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:59:50 -0600

Here matilda During the primary season, however, the Obama camp paid another group, Citizen Service Inc., $832,598 for various political services, according to Federal Elections Commission filings. That group and ACORN share the same board of directors. yeah your right no connection to Obama.lda

matilda

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:48:59 -0600

Fed: Again, where is the direct link between sloppy and fraudelent voter registration activities on the part of ACORN and the Obama campaign? I can wait a while if you would like. See, here is what is happening: The GOP is laying the groundwork for a legal challenge should a close or semi-close vote fall in Obama's favor. At the same time, the GOP is trying to stir up fears of those Marxist elitist (a contradiction, but who cares) planning to rob hard-working patriotic Americans such as Joe the Plumber of their rightful voice. Both tactics are hardly evil--the Dems, after all, are planning their own strategies should the election be lost by a sliver, and the second effort is simple politics--yet the noise that seeks to imply that Obama is driving this is mere propaganda, as there is no hard evidence. Do you have that hard evidence?

Navin

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:48:37 -0600

It's Fed's usually "But Mommy!!!" "But Mommy!!" red herring post. As Albany pointed out regarding Fed's red herring (acorn) there's footage out now of McCain at an immigrants rights/acorn/service union meeting telling the crowd that they're what make America special. Oops my friend the extremists and bigots of your party aren't going to like that. His *actual* maverick past coming back to haunt him.

whymustiregister

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:48:27 -0600

Really, who cares? Some douchebag wrote up a racist flyer. So what? The Obamistas were thrilled that there was something to get offended at. Is this what we have to look forward to? A constant stream of righteous indignation at the slights and insults leveled by an anonymous contributor to a small town political organization? That's the biggest political story today?

jennyblur

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:46:53 -0600

Marcus: I think he is using it to illustrate how racist ALL conservatives really are. It is of course, unintentional.

jennyblur

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:42:45 -0600

Um, there has never been a case of IN PERSON voter fraud proven. Ever. You are desperate. And sad. And maybe if you and your ilk concentrated on issues instead of racist-ish tactics designed to scare poor, rural whites, your guy wouldn't be down ten points. This pre-emptive delegitimization is disgusting. And it is only happening because you know that on election day, Obama will win.

Marcus Gilmer

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:39:37 -0600

fed up - how does the acorn situation relate to this example of blatant racism?

poptart

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:35:47 -0600

When I read this, I had a moment of South Park appreciation. You know, the one with the racist flag. "I'm so not racist that I do racist things without thinking." Really? Those do look like some tasty ribs though.

fed up

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:34:20 -0600

Its just voter regestration fraud until the Obama backed acor voter show up then its voter fraud. By JEANE MacINTOSH in Cleveland and MAGGIE HABERMAN in New York Click to enlargeLast updated: 10:11 am October 14, 2008 Posted: 3:44 am October 14, 2008 Investigators probing ACORN have learned that an Ohio man registered to vote several times and cast a bogus ballot with a fake address, officials said yesterday, as they revealed that nearly 4,000 registration applications supplied by the left-leaning activist group were suspect. MORE: Mac Tries To Rally Troops MORE: Alaska Baby Daddy KOs Kooky Rumors OPINION: The O Jesse Knows The vote of Darnell Nash, one of four people subpoenaed in a Cuyahoga County probe of ACORN's voter-registration activities, was canceled and his case was turned over to local prosecutors and law enforcement, Board of Elections officials said yesterday. Nash had registered to vote repeatedly from an address that belonged to a legitimately registered voter, officials said during a hearing at which the subpoenaed voters were to testify. Board officials had contacted Nash this summer, questioned his address and told him to stop repeat registering. But still, he breezed into Ohio election offices - the state allows early voting for president - reregistered with a fake address and cast a paper ballot, officials said. "He came in on 9/30 and Mr. Nash again registered to vote at [someone else's] address, and he cast a ballot," said board official Jane Platten. Nash did not turn up for the hearing. The Post reported last week on the Cleveland-area probe and the subpoenas, which were sent out to four people - including two voters who said they were hounded by ACORN workers to register over and over, even when they warned they'd already done so. It's the latest issue in the probe of ACORN's registering voters in Ohio, one of at least nine states where officials are investigating similar reports of phony sign-ups by the group. At the same time, officials said, some 5 percent, or 3,650, of the 73,000 total registration cards turned in by ACORN in the Cleveland area from its Project Vote initiative to sign up low-income voters were "questionable," Platten said. There were "egregious acts of registering multiple times," said Platten. "The extent of it is beyond the resources of this board." Nash's case and three others were turned over to authorities yesterday, said Ryan Miday, a spokesman for prosecutor Bill Masson. "We will consider presenting it to a grand jury," Miday said. A member of the board said if necessary, the FBI or federal prosecutors could be brought in for assistance. Still, members of the bipartisan board downplayed any voter fraud. And Platten insisted officials with ACORN have offered "any and all" help in probing the questionable activities. Katy Gall, the Ohio state director for ACORN, said her group is cooperating fully with the investigation. She added that her group has fired anyone who was found soliciting duplicate registrations. ACORN, whose political arm has endorsed Democratic nominee Barack Obama, has signed up more than 1.3 million voters for this cycle. ACORN adviser Scott Levenson said, "If one of the 13,000 [people] we hired is potentially a bad apple in the bunch, we encourage the authorities to prosecute, as appropriate, anyone that did the wrong thing. We discipline [and] we fire workers who [abuse their position] . . . We encourage prosecutors to follow suit." He also denied suggestions that the group pays canvassers by the number of names they sign up, and that they have quotas. Also yesterday: * Two of the four subpoenaed voters, Freddie Johnson and Christopher Barkley, met privately with sheriff's deputies and described what they'd told The Post about being hounded by ACORN workers. Barkley testified at the hearing that some of the registration cards listing his name weren't filled out by him

Albanyparkour

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:33:08 -0600

Because a link would kill you? Here's one for you. John McCain at an ACORN rally in 2006 saying that the organization is "what makes America special" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJ9wy2MI1NI And the Post? Dear god man, that's fish wrapping.

fed up

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:26:06 -0600

By JEANE MacINTOSH Post Correspondent PAWNS IN 'FRAUD': Freddie Johnson, yesterday in Cleveland, and Lateala Goins told of filling out voter registrations multiple times in the ACORN scandal revealed by The Post yesterday. Last updated: 9:10 am October 10, 2008 Posted: 4:00 am October 10, 2008 CLEVELAND - A man at the center of a voter-registration scandal told The Post yesterday he was given cash and cigarettes by aggressive ACORN activists in exchange for registering an astonishing 72 times, in apparent violation of Ohio laws. "Sometimes, they come up and bribe me with a cigarette, or they'll give me a dollar to sign up," said Freddie Johnson, 19, who filled out 72 separate voter-registration cards over an 18-month period at the behest of the left-leaning Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now. "The ACORN people are everywhere, looking to sign people up. I tell them I am already registered. The girl said, 'You are?' I say, 'Yup,' and then they say, 'Can you just sign up again?' " he said. Johnson used the same information on all of his registration cards, and officials say they usually catch and toss out duplicate registrations. But the practice sparks fear that some multiple registrants could provide different information and vote more than once by absentee ballot. ACORN is under investigation in Ohio and at least eight other states - including Missouri, where the FBI said it's planning to look into potential voter fraud - for over-the-top efforts to get as many names as possible on the voter rolls regardless of whether a person is registered or eligible. It's even under investigation in Bridgeport, Conn., for allegedly registering a 7-year-old girl to vote, according to the State Elections Enforcement Commission. Meanwhile, a federal judge yesterday ordered Ohio's Secretary of State to verify the identity of newly registered voters by matching them with other government documents. The order was in response to a Republican lawsuit unrelated to the ACORN probe in Cuyahoga County, in which at least three people, including Johnson, have been subpoenaed. Bribing citizens with gifts, property or anything of value is a fourth-degree felony in Ohio, punishable by up to 18 months in prison. And it's a fifth-degree felony - punishable by 12 months in jail - for a person to pay "compensation on a fee-per-registration" system when signing up someone to vote. Johnson, who works at a cellphone kiosk in downtown Cleveland, said he was a sitting duck for the signature hunters, but was always happy to help them out in exchange for a smoke or a little scratch. He'd collected 10 to 20 cigarettes and anywhere from $10 to $15, he said. The Cleveland voting probe, first reported by The Post yesterday, also focused on Lateala Goins, who said she put her name on multiple voter registrations. She guessed ACORN canvassers then put fake addresses on them. "You can tell them you're registered as many times as you want - they do not care," she said. ACORN spokesman Kris Harsh said the group does not tolerate its workers paying people to sign the voter-registration cards. ACORN's political wing has endorsed Barack Obama for president, but Ben LaBolt, a spokesman for the Obama campaign in Ohio, said ACORN has no role in its get-out-the-vote drive. During the primary season, however, the Obama camp paid another group, Citizen Service Inc., $832,598 for various political services, according to Federal Elections Commission filings. That group and ACORN share the same board of directors. In Wisconsin yesterday, John McCain blasted ACORN. "No one should be corrupting the most precious right we have, that is the right to vote," he said. It's a right Johnson will exercise. "Yeah, I've registered enough - I might as well vote." jeane.macintosh@nypost.com During the primary season, however, the Obama camp paid another group, Citizen Service Inc., $832,598 for various political services, according to Federal Elections Commission filings. That group and ACORN share the same board of directors. yeah your right no connection to Obama. heres the interesting part

Albanyparkour

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:21:27 -0600

Thank you Fed Up. I'm glad you were able to refocus the discussion about ridiculous racist nonsense to the far more important topic of how gullible the democrats are. We might have lost focus about how much of an evil, terrorist-pallin', socialist, hollywood loving jerk with a messiah-complex he clearly is. I think you can drop the nom-de-chicagoist and reveal yourself as John McCain's campaign manager now.

matilda

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:16:42 -0600

But just like the Obamaist is giving the savior obama a free pass on his chicago based flunkies acorn committing massive voter fraud and trying to teach the rest of the nation chicago style let the dead vote politics While I not defending ACORN or the ACORN morons who apparently committed fraud--please note that lest you think I am some Dem propagandist--I would like to make a few points: 1. First, I've seen no evidence that suggests Obama was in any way directly, or even indirectly, involved in any voter fraud. I doubt you have any. 2. There is scant little evidence of actual and recent voter fraud that is widespread, despite GOP claims over the past 8 years. 3. The GOP for at least eight years has gone out of its way to try to suppress voter turnout in areas consider Dem strongholds: Colleges, minority areas, other places. There is much more evidence on this than widespread Dem voter fraud. And in 2000, I saw some of this with my own eyes in the South.

jennyblur

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:15:33 -0600

fed up: There is a difference between "voter fraud" and "voter registration fraud". All that ACORN has done is to try to register as many voters as they can and some rogue employees decided to pad their totals. BY LAW, ACORN is required to submit every form that is filled out. So yeah, someone could be registered 75 times, but they can only vote once, right? If anything it is hurting the Democrats by inflating the number of new registered voters and possibly skewing polls. And it shows how terribly desperate the GOP is that they have seized on this issue.

tecki

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:13:14 -0600

"If I was racist, I would have looked at it through racist eyes," she said. "I am not racist, which is why it probably didn't register." So, what, did she just land here from another planet -- or at least another country? Lived in America much? What grown American adult, racist or otherwise, is not aware of the racial stereotypes associated with those foods? She's either lying or so tremendously stupid and ignorant of her own country's history and culture that she shouldn't be involved in politics at all.

fed up

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:09:09 -0600

The Material in the mailing is stupid and racist.(the could of went with the chicago connection and used Dock's or Harolds instead of KFC) It cannot be defended and is an example of what is wrong with politics. The sad thing is no matter who wins in 2 weeks things like thi won't change. But just like the Obamaist is giving the savior obama a free pass on his chicago based flunkies acorn committing massive voter fraud and trying to teach the rest of the nation chicago style let the dead vote politics. They didn't bother to include maybe a disturbing ad from a Dem attacking Mcain. Maybe the Obamaist could have a slogan like. The obamaist we give one side to every story. The Obama side. *the obamaist a wholly owned subsidiary of obama. Here's an ad that a Democrat front group has out now savaging Senator McCain on his age. This ad is by Steve Rosenthal, who is a former political director at the AFL-CIO and the executive director of Americans Coming Together, which is a far lefty group. Listen to this -- Democrats never attack anybody, right? The Democrats never do the politics of personal destruction. FEMALE VOICE: With all this Obama, Hillary, Obama, Hillary, I forget -- isn't there another guy running, too? MALE VOICE: Yeah, John Sidney McCain. But no one's really paying attention to him because he's kinda old. FEMALE VOICE: He did say he's older than dirt. MALE VOICE: Well, not as old as dirt, but he's older than a lot of things. Um, he's older than my father. FEMALE VOICE: Well, he's older than my grandfather. MALE VOICE: Does that mean John McCain is older than FM radio? FEMALE VOICE: Hmm. John McCain is older than the Golden Gate Bridge. MALE VOICE: And the Lincoln Tunnel, too. FEMALE VOICE: McCain is older than plutonium. MALE VOICE: I got it, I got it. John McCain is older than McDonald's and Burger King, and probably a whole bunch of other fast food restaurants, too. FEMALE VOICE: John McCain is older than Coke in a can. MALE VOICE: John McCain is older than -- what the hell is that country? -- Indonesia. FEMALE VOICE: And Pakistan. MALE VOICE: And Iceland. I got it! The dude is older than Velcro. FEMALE VOICE: And he's older than nylon. He's even older than color TV. MALE VOICE: Oh, my God, John McCain is older than Dick freakin' Cheney.

JuliaPorter

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:08:10 -0600

The donkey is the symbol of the Democratic party. The rest is flagrantly racist bullshit, and I seriously cannot believe anyone is trying to pass it off as ANYTHING else. I mean, Jesus, how stupid ARE these people, and why do they think we're all as stupid as they are?

sherlaura

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:00:52 -0600

What kind of animal did they superimpose his head on? Is that a DONKEY?!? This is truly ridiculous.

matilda

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 12:48:49 -0600

Don't you know, Albany, that Obama confirms ALL our worst stereotypes--he's efficient that way, I guess. Man, get with the patriotic program.

Navin

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 12:39:15 -0600

Ha yeah, Shouldn't it have a Whole Foods logo and some Arugula on it. Also big lols at them just calling that collection of ribs, kool-aid, watermelon and fried chicken just an innocent assortment of regular foods. As Matilda said, if you're going to be a fucking mouth-breathing bigot at least own up to it.

Spook

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 12:38:46 -0600

Helllarious Parkour!

Albanyparkour

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 12:27:36 -0600

I thought obama was a latte-snipping elitist snob? You mean he also enjoys a 10 piece and some Red Kool-aid? Can't you people keep your slurs straight?

Stealth

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 12:05:25 -0600

"It's just food. What's the big deal?" So I supposed she didn't have any clipart of quiche, coq au vin and merlot...

matilda

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 11:58:05 -0600

I love the doublespeak from Fedele. Either stand by your actions or don't. What wimps our so-called leaders and authorities and officials are.

Spook

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 11:55:35 -0600

let me revise the above,Smussy tell us how she could have very well not intended it to be racist :-)

Spook

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 11:49:55 -0600

Hey smussy, tell us how the above aint racist