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*: OK, OK, it’s really a cartoon with words in it. Just pretend it’s a picture.

But, hey, if you want a terrorist supported (and possibly mentored) President in the White House, by all means, please, keep those fingers in your ears. Don’t forget to shout “LA LA LA LA LA I CAN’T HEAR YOU!!! LA LA LA L!” as well, just to keep in form.

Other than being able to link Obama to terrorism, why is this story relevant at all?

It’s fear mongering. They are trying to scare people about Obama non-existent ties to terrorism. No responsible people are arguing that Obama is an advocate or terrorism. They are simply arguing that he is dangerous because he was associated with someone who engaged in such acts 40 years ago.

But instead of answering the question you revert to “don’t you want to call us racists”? No I don’t. I want to understand how many of you honestly believe that this story is anything other than a political hatchet job.

So far what I have is this…

13 years ago Obama had a political event at his home.

They both served on a board together.

Are you sure it’s not racist to even point that out? Sure, those are the approved Obama talking points today, but what if his story changes again tomorrow? Just be prepared to be called a racist, is all I’m saying.

So far what I have is this…

13 years ago Obama had a political event at his home.

They both served on a board together.

That’s it. Seems to me the only reason this is a story AT ALL is because the McCain campaign want to keep associating Obama with terrorists. That’s why McCain and his supporters are focusing on this story rather than the Wright or Rezko stories, 2 people Obama at least has real connections with.

But I guess the ol “Democrats love terrorists” meme is an ever popular one with the Republican base.

This guy was born with a silver spoon in his mouth, the son and grandson of admirals.

He attended an all white all boys prep school that in today’s dollars would cost $40K a year.

He has a history of gambling, anger, and poor judgement, including crashing 3 planes in training to be a pilot. The Navy didn’t want him to fly missions (see: crashed 3 planes), but his daddy had an airfield named after him, so McCain got to do what he wanted–fly in Vietnam. Then, again using bad judgement, he wasted US taxpayer money in the form of himself as a trained pilot and his plane and got shot down–even though he could have evaded SAMs. This was not Luke Sykywalker having one shot to take down the Death Star and save the universe. No this was more like one of Yossarian’s compartriots in Joseph Heller’s ‘Catch-22′ –another mission of thousands with minor strategic importance. The US would have been better off if he had pulled out when he realized several SAMs were locked on him and he could have saved himself-a valuable trained pilot–and an expensive airplane to fly more missions and drop more bombs.

Given, if the next President of the USA is going to be locked in a tiger cage and beaten for the next 5 years, then McCain is my man. He was courageous in captivity.

Then he gets back to the US, has an affair with a USC cheerleader 18 years is junior, divorces the ‘old model’ and and trades up a month later with the daughter of a millionaire.

Now, he can’t look his opponent in the eye when he debates him.

He insinuates, behind his opponent’s back, that he is a terrorist.

He is on Romanowski approved herbal ‘uppers’ during the day, and prescription sleep meds at night.

This guy is a punk–and it is so obviously clear which candidate has the steady hand at the tiller–and it is not McCain.

The sad thing is that McCain sold out all his ‘mavericky’ principals by choosing Sarah Palin–someone who has helped the Obama campaign raise more money than they would have because by choosing Palin, John has said he wants to reignite the culture wars.

This is a fundamental flaw with the ‘Republican as majority’ policy of the past. You can’t be for police intervention in how you raise your family AND be against government telling you how to run your family. If you are a ‘right to lifer’ then you must have laws and enforcement of those laws. Therefore, a cop could arrest you if one day you were pregnant, and the next day you were not. This is contrary to the right being for ’small government.’ And the coalition just broke when McCain chose Palin.

Two months ago, unexpectedly, my wife became pregnant. We weren’t trying to get pregnant. But we did. I am pro-choice one hundred percent. And after about a second of thinking about it, I realized I am one hundred percent pro-life as well. For me and my wife and my family, that fetus is a living human being. AND I DON’T NEED THE GOVERNMENT TELLING ME ANYTHING ABOUT IT. And I don’t need to have the government telling my sister, brother, cousin, or any other citizen anything else, if they have a different belief. As long as Palin and the Republican’s think that government should decide for people how they are going to create their families, the Republicans will consistently be weak.

However, if Palin were to adopt my point of view–that family choices are for the family and not for the government to make–and she said that the government stay out of family planning (ie become pro-choice) she could be the first female president of the USA.

-e

You can feel the confidence emanating from the screen, can’t you, folks? This is a guy who knows for sure that Obama is going to win.