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So much for freedom of the press. First the New Yorker is kicked off O'baby's plane for their cover art (standard political cartoons that none of the other candidates or past/current presidents have cried about). Now this...

Barack Obama's campaign has booted from its airplane three reporters who work for newspapers that have endorsed John McCain.

The campaign says that a limited number of seats forced it to make the tough decision of which journalists would be permitted to follow the Democratic presidential candidate in the last four days of the campaign, but the papers are calling foul, claiming they were targeted for their editorial-page positions and kicked off while nonpolitical publications like Glamour and Jet magazines remained on board.

"It feels like the journalistic equivalent of redistributing the wealth," said John Solomon, executive editor of the Washington Times.

The campaign said it needed to make room for the Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun-Times, but reportedly Jet and Ebony magazines have seats as well.

Obama Boots Reporters From Conservative Papers

I can just imagine the next four years we'll be seeing all kinds of praise for O'baby (or else).

O'Baby? I like it!!!! He is a big baby isn't he? You hit that one right in the head there. When the New Yorker issue happened one of my first thoughts was, "Me thinks thou doth protest too much". I mean, political cartoons are part of being a political figure (just look at all the ones Bush has gotten, without whining about it I might add). The only things I can think of to explain Obama's actions are:
1) they struck the truth and he is afraid that people will learn the truth about him (seeing as 99.9% of people realize that the political cartoons are just that, cartoons)
2) Obama is a big baby and can't take criticism and will whine for the next 4 years as people make cartoons and criticism of him.
3) Obama hates the foundation of America and the Constitution (my personal opinion is that this is the one)

Obama just said in a speech in Missouri, "We're going to fundamentally change the foundation of America." I consider the foundation of this country the US Constitution.


I know this plays like a movie trailer, but it gets the point across...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sj91NH5fvw

Max, that big baby is about to become your big President . However, this disappoints me...

I have not received any phone calls from McCain, and that makes me a little sad. However, I have received lots of phone calls from O'Baby. Not to mention that yesterday when I returned home there were 5 'Vote for Change' ad's hanging on my door knob. Everything points towards Obama being the next president of the United States, but he still continues to advertise and close in the deal, and tonight will probably be very interesting. I wish that I would have received a phone call from McCain, and I wish I would have came back to McCain ad's hanging on my door knob. I have no problem accepting who will be the next president of the United States, even if I don't like the guy. Because I will have to live that acceptance for at least four years. What I do have a problem with is that it seems the other guy doesn't even have a chance. If you look back four years ago, Kerry and President Bush both came down to the election day pretty much equal in advertising, support and what not. This election went down the drain months ago, and McCain seemed to disappear off the radar much like Huckabee did (I miss him).

I guess what I'm trying to point towards is something more or less like an election would be in Venezuela. The most powerful speaker, and most popular guy is the only one heard, and he does everything to drown out his or her's competitor. That is not democracy. Each should give the other the same amount of time to campaign and respect their space. Obama has bought the election, he has screwed McCain, and who knows what he has in store for the next four years of the United States of America. In my eye, Obama and Hugo Chavez should get along just fine.

Now, come tomorrow night when the polls and voting close, if everything I have said is wrong and Obama does not become president...I shall come back onto this thread and correct myself. But if not, we better change the name of this thread to 'President Barrack Obama'.

I find the following quite ironic.... Talking about Mayor Bloomberg "buying" a 3rd term...

the problem is that Bloomanaire can buy his way to an illegal third term.He is a money machine and a media king.

This is why I want Obama to win. I am SICK and TIRED of white men running this country. Their greed and corruption know NO BOUNDS! It is time for a woman or someone from another culture to run this city and this country. White men have ran this country into the ground and it's time for them to step aside!

"Now comes the part of governing," said Whalen, a GOP strategist and speechwriter who has advised former Gov. Pete Wilson and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. "This will be interesting. The man has never governed."

Former GOP House Minority Leader Rep. Tom DeLay of Texas predicted just hours after the election that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi would begin "running circles" around the new president.

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Funny how that was never brought up by the media (the ones hounding Palin about her "inexperience" in being President) until AFTER he is elected. At least Palin has experience Governing, you know, being a Governor and all...

Even the presidents who regularly rail against the U.S. ''empire'' -- Venezuela's Hugo Chávez and Bolivia's Evo Morales -- said they stood ready to improve their strained relations with Washington after President Bush leaves office.

Chávez said he was open to ''new relations'' aimed at launching a ''constructive bilateral agenda,'' while Morales said he was ''certain'' that Obama ``will improve relations ... We salute the grand triumph of Mr. Obama.''

''America should remain muscular and strong, but the hope is that the moral core will return to Washington, and the rest of us not be viewed as mere pawns,'' a Gleaner editorial said.

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And a few comments floating around the same source...

They are hopeful because Obama will probably give in to their demands just like he will to any other country that hates America.They Arabs are joyful they got one of their own in the White House. I know this because I am writing this from the middle east and I am talking to the people in the streets and they really think Obama will support all these Islamist extremists countries. In Europe the socialist and communists are counting it as a victory for their political idealism. Welcome to the United Socialist States of America! I pray to God that I'm wrong.

President Obama is in for a surprise, here are a few of the examples: Chavez will want to be recognized as the liberator of latin america and will continue to be disrespectful to any US leader that does not agree with him, Evo will want to keep on sending coke to the USA without interference, Fidel will call his request for freedom a yankee intervention in Cuban affairs and Calderon will change the NAFTA treaty as long as more Mexicans are allowed to cross the border and keep on sending remittances.Perhaps the least of the problems is Colombia, but the senate has turned its back on them because of anti labor union practices... Good luck President Obama, if you ever wondered why are there so many latinos in the USA you will find out soon enough, their country presidents don't walk the talk!

On a similar note...

Meanwhile, Iranians welcomed Mr Obama's victory as a triumph over the unpopular policies of President George Bush.

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But of course they welcomed his victory.

Call it coincidence, but the day after Obama was elected, the pick 3 lotto numbers in Illinois were 6 6 6...

Not sure what this guy's position on the election is. He seems rather confused...

Bill broke through the traditional battle lines of gender and race and conquered specific groups. Remember who put Clinton over the top? That's right, "soccer moms." And to "sew-up" that vote, Bill Clinton was committed to sleeping with as many soccer moms as he could.

For instance: Tried and true, McCain sought the Evangelical community. Definitely "old school." While Obama locked-up the avant-garde "American-hating" preacher constituency. McCain tried to rally the people around important domestic issues. Meanwhile Obama wrapped-up the support of unrepentant domestic terrorists. McCain got the Wall Street vote. Obama got the street thug vote. McCain thought he'd win with the help of the Silver Foxes. Obama won with the help of the Black Panthers. Learning nothing from the Clinton campaign, McCain went after the not so glamorous, freedom-loving military personnel. Not Obama. He went with the "vogue" Jew-hating militant professors. McCain played by the established rules and went to senior citizen communities in Florida to court the "almost dead" vote. Obama, on the other hand, used his new friends in the Chicago Mob to raise the "already dead" vote.

It's not all bad for Republicans. The best part about a Democrat winning the White House is that we finally had an election without any voter fraud.

The worst part? No it's not higher taxes, "wealth redistribution," or a weaker military. The worst part about a Democrat victory is that now all the "nut-ball" Hollywood movie stars will be moving back from France.

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He starts of like he is for McCain, but ends up sounding like he is glad Obama won...

Spazz Maticus wrote:Call it coincidence, but the day after Obama was elected, the pick 3 lotto numbers in Illinois were 6 6 6...

Are you saying that the Anti-christ will come out of Illinois?

In the immortal words of Douglas Adams...
Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.

As Henry Cate VII stated...
The problem with political jokes is they get elected.

I, personally, think that this election proves Frank Dane was right...
Get all the fools on your side and you can be elected to anything.


Maybe, just maybe, Mark B. Cohen was right...
Nothing can so alienate a voter from the political system as backing a winning candidate.

Here are some good pics I think of when I think of this topic..

I love it!!! The ad banner at the bottom of the page has Obama and says "Ready to kiss your paycheck goodbye?" It is great!!

Ok, I know Barack Obama isn't the most popular person on hear right now, and I know that several of you have "fears" about what his presidency will mean to the U.S. I also know that I do not like limiting what people can and can't say, but this thread is just getting ridiculous. Please keep the Obama-bashing to a minimum and only post relevant information here. Thank you.

I hope I'm not out of line in posting this. It is a recent article about Obama, and how his election has or has not changed foreign relations.

In their first video release since the election of Barack Obama, Al Qaeda’s No. 2 — Ayman al-Zawahiri — said Obama’s election was “the American people’s admission of defeat in Iraq.”

After we’ve been told for months that the election of Obama would magically make our enemies start to like us again, this might surprise some people. But the truth is no change in our voting patterns, no talk of meeting without preconditions, and no blanket promises of diplomacy will be enough to make these people change their minds about us.

Will Barack Obama be as tough as he needs to be? That remains to be seen. There’s not much in his record that makes me believe it, but I hope so. If he is, I’ll be happy to stand with him — because if our enemies aren’t defining us by party, we shouldn’t either.

Both from this Source

There are several points made there, but the main one is that, as far as our enemies are concerned, there is no "Change".

Ok, I'm confused. I thought Obama wanted to "Change" the way politics is done and was commenting about how he is "just like the normal American", not like McCain who is "an elitist"...

Continuing a tradition among Washington's power elite, President-elect Barack Obama and his wife have decided to send their kids to Sidwell Friends School. Michelle Obama confirmed yesterday that Malia and Sasha, the incoming first daughters, will enroll at the pricey private school when the family moves into the White House in January.

It has long been the choice of politically powerful and moneyed families. As Sidwell parents, the Obamas will find not only supporters of his campaign but also of his rival in the Democratic primaries, Hillary Clinton. Her pollster, Mark Penn, sends his children there, and Lissa Muscatine, a longtime speechwriter, is on the board of trustees.

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I'm just wondering why Obama can spend $150 million for his inaguration (when he's only raised 40 million) and no one is thinks it's excessive in this economy!

Luther Sloan wrote:I'm just wondering why Obama can spend $150 million for his inaguration (when he's only raised 40 million) and no one is thinks it's excessive in this economy!

No one will ever know...that's just how things work now, I guess we'll have to get used to it because it looks like he will be president for AT LEAST 8 years. And yes, I said AT LEAST 8...

Well isn't this just fine and dandy. $150 million dollars of money which could be spent on something useful, INSTEAD OF A HISTORIC (HAHAHAHA) INAUGURATION!!!

If I would have been President Obama, I would have denied the inaugural celebration. Stating something like: "In times like this, money being spent on an inaugural celebration could be spent on something more beneficial to our Nation's economy."

Seriously people, was it really necessary to spend all of that money on something so simple as a celebration? I mean, I could have ran down to the local distributor and paid for a keg and had my own celebration. Without all of the glitter, photography, dancing, music and over-paid musical celebrities singing for my amusement. Ohhhhhhh...I forgot about that. The singing for a "King's" amusement. But I won't venture too far on that.

Luther Sloan wrote:I'm just wondering why Obama can spend $150 million for his inaguration (when he's only raised 40 million) and no one is thinks it's excessive in this economy!

It just goes to show how brainwashed everyone is. President Bush was criticized for spending roughly $45 million on inaugurations (note that was 2 of them, an in a time when the economy wasn't tanking). This year, the cost of Obama's inauguration was $170 million. Almost 4 times what BOTH of Bush's cost.

Also notice that no one but the non-supporters of Obama noticed that he spent that much on the stupid inauguration.