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    TimALoftis1 year, 2 months ago

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    To 'Belittle' or to laugh at what is known as 'Community Organizing' is a little like laughing at those that came together and worked in the 50's and 60's to form the Civil Rights marches throughout this great Country. If I was the GOP, I would not go down this road.

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      mcstubble1 year, 2 months ago

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      They run sh*t, they don't care.

      Their core audience doesn't watch anything political. They are just Republicans by nature.

      it is truly sickening the amount of attention that is paid to Palin as a "gun-toting, hockey mom" as being a GOOD THING for America.

      People won't stand for it. I just hope the Obama campaign really understands that the only way to get through to the white trash core of Republican life is with negative attacks....it's sad but true. Obama has been slandered to death, and even here in Philly, people believe it because its on TV.

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        lawtono1 year, 2 months ago

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        Ms. Palin compared herself to a pitbull and perhaps she meant to focus on the tenacity of the pitbull. However, most people think of pitbulls as vicious, mean dogs, usually put to death when they attack people. Not a very flattering comparison.

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          mivan41 year, 2 months ago

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          Pit Bulls are actually the most intelligent and loyal dogs period. The mean and vicious ones only become that way through training by man.

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            NoWayMan1 year, 2 months ago

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            pitbulls are smart, but not the most intelligent and loyal dogs. not even in the top ten for intelligence. Palin should have said "rottweiler" if she was looking to appear smart since rotweilers are smarter thatn pitbulls and extremely loyal. .

            and pitbulls aren't mean, unless some idiot owner makes then that way. they don't have some natural pre-disposition to go for the jugular.

            it is a rather stupid comparison.

            do some research.

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              mivan41 year, 2 months ago

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              I personally know a animal control officer that would totally disagree with you along with a dog trainer!

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          IkilledKURTcobain1 year, 2 months ago

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          (Please, dear Lord, tell me you are NOT a registered voter).

          Dear, punk-ass white boy:

          You are hereby notified that any/all of your general election voting rights are formally terminated. (Please leave the voting to the grown-ups).

          Your time will be better spent in a remedial writing or grammer class.

          Thank you.

          Your friends at Central Planning
          (We're watching you brother)

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            miklkit1 year, 2 months ago

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            Central Planning? You are either a communist or a republicon. Loser!

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            tprinter1 year, 2 months ago

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            unfortunately you must have been a community organizer that didn't make the grade.
            Obama' community area is a bust--today it has 138 murders--more than in Iraq this year!!! If your candidate did so much as an organizer it really doesn't show in his south Chicago area. Maybe you don't have anything between your ears either. was your major weight lifting or skipping school??? sounds like you go to Jerimiah Rights school of indoctrination!!!

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              Beau78901 year, 2 months ago

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              You've GOT to be kidding.

              Turning around impoverished neighborhoods is a decades-long process. Obama made the first steps in the right direction. That's better than belittling it as entirely ineffective and doing nothing.

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                IkilledKURTcobain1 year, 2 months ago

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                Dear, punk-ass white boy or white girl:

                You are hereby notified that due to your naivete above and beyond the call of duty, all of your general election voting rights are formally terminated. (Please leave the voting to the grown-ups).

                Your time will be better spent in a remedial writing or grammer class.

                Remember, the road to hell is paved with idealists.

                Thank you.

                Your friends at Central Planning
                (We're watching you brother or sister)

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                  crespi1 year, 2 months ago

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                  IkilledKURTcobain-

                  Courtney Love?!?

                  Get your discredited a*s off of here.

                  YOU don't know anything about politics...

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                    Beau78901 year, 2 months ago

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                    Killer:

                    You've already used that joke on this thread. Time for some new material?

                    If you believe I made some sort of grammatical error, please point it out. You're wrong--I made none. (I also know how to spell the word "grammar.")

                    I write for a living. And not a bad living at that. :-)

                    Now run along, and come back when you have something substantive to say.

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                  mesodude1 year, 2 months ago

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                  "Obama' community area is a bust--today it has 138 murders--more than in Iraq this year!!! "

                  A) Now this is very perplexing news...According to you, Americans are more of a danger to themselves than Iraqis are, and yet it makes sense for us to be there (AND you insist that Bush has kept us safe since 9/11)? Wow...Now I don't know what cons want me to believe anymore. It's all so very confusing. ;-(

                  B) What's a "community area"?

                  C) What source are you getting your figures from?

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                passengeratlarge1 year, 2 months ago

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                So what, exactly -- if anything at all -- did Barack Obama accomplish as a Community Organizer? We're all waiting ....

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                  BigBird10171 year, 2 months ago

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                  passengeratlarge - Barack Obama got a $1.7 million mansion ... the poor and the taxpayers got screwed.

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                    mah12341 year, 2 months ago

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                    Oh boy, did you forget that McCain has 10 houses but he doesn't even remember how many he has!!!

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                      fawcettmfawcett1 year, 2 months ago

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                      Get real - any volunter work is and should be apreciated at the least. He got NO pay for it which is admirable. He helped to register low income including seniors to vote along with helping them to get health care. I'm sure McCain has no clue what the phrase "low income" means. He's never once mentioned it in any of his dull and lifeless speeches.

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                        Beau78901 year, 2 months ago

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                        Obama's house was paid for by his book royalties.

                        Got any other lies, BigBird?

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                          crespi1 year, 2 months ago

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                          McCains multiple homes add up to MUCH more than Obama's house.

                          I don't know where YOU are mah, but outside of Denver 1.7 million doesn't buy you any mansions!

                          Better get in touch with the housing market before trying to SMEAR Senator Obama.

                          OK, dufus?

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                            crespi1 year, 2 months ago

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                            I'm really sorry mah, that comment was meant for BigBird.

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                        tchef1 year, 2 months ago

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                        Here is what he accomplished.

                        After four years in New York City, Obama moved to Chicago to work as a community organizer for three years from June 1985 to May 1988 as director of the Developing Communities Project (DCP), a church-based community organization originally comprising eight Catholic parishes in Greater Roseland (Roseland, West Pullman, and Riverdale) on Chicago's far South Side.[12][14] During his three years as the DCP's director, its staff grew from 1 to 13 and its annual budget grew from $70,000 to $400,000, with accomplishments including helping set up a job training program, a college preparatory tutoring program, and a tenants' rights organization in Altgeld Gardens.[15] Obama also worked as a consultant and instructor for the Gamaliel Foundation, a community organizing institute.

                        I would say it was quite a lot.

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                          tprinter1 year, 2 months ago

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                          You didn't say that alot of that money saw its way into the wife's organization--those tenaments are now condemmed-unfit for habitation, and the murder rate published today stand at 136--more than soldiers killed in action this year!! Plus he bought property undervalued an now worth millions--I think he's pulled the bro cap over your head--really read all sides of the issues before you open your mouth with half the truth and results.

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                            ProudBlueTexan1 year, 2 months ago

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                            I'd call that President material.

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                            mesodude1 year, 2 months ago

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                            I'm still waiting to hear what Bush accomplished. We hear things like "Bush kept us safe since 9/11" (which is a lot like claiming that Bush picked his nose and the price of oil dropped by .50 in one day) but this isn't something that cons can say with certainty that Bush is responsible for. I wasn't struck by lightning this year either but I don't think I deserve a pat on the back for "keeping myself safe". ;-(

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                              NoWayMan1 year, 2 months ago

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                              has either McCain or Palin ever done anything at the grassroots level where they dealt with real people on a day to day basis?

                              if so I'd like to hear about it.

                              getting people registered to vote is pretty important stuff in a democracy, especially when one party is doing everything it can to make sure these people don't get to vote.

                              if your hat doesn't go off to people doing the very important job of voter registration at the grassroots level, then you're simply unAmerican.

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                              DiggerO1 year, 2 months ago

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                              To belittle or to laugh at a small town Mayor as the Uberllibs did is the problem, not what Palen said. What she said was a fact.
                              You may not like what she said, but that is opinion. So in the future, please state facts first, then your opinion.

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                                tchef1 year, 2 months ago

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                                No one belittled small town mayors, we just don't think that they are ready to be Vice President. I live in a small town about the size of Wassilla and I don't think my mayor is qualified to be Vice President.

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                                  Beau78901 year, 2 months ago

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                                  Does your mayor actually run your town, or did he or she hire an "executive manager" to run your town as Palin did for Wasilla?

                                  Apparently, running a town of 9000 was too much for her.

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                                  crespi1 year, 2 months ago

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                                  ODigger-

                                  Your pit bull dog's name is PALIN.

                                  Get it STRAIGHT, man.

                                  (I usually don't mention typos because we all get some, BUT NOT WHEN SOME CON IS TRYING TO SELL HER, HE HAS TO GET IT RIGHT.)

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                                    mesodude1 year, 2 months ago

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                                    I don't usually point out spelling errors (since I regularly make typos myself) but is it really too much to expect of you people to actually know the correct spelling of the names of those you support? ;-(

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                                    leprachaunred1 year, 2 months ago

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                                    If you listened to her speech you would realize she was not poking fun at community organizers but at the "total lack" of Executive leadership that Obama has. It can not be denied, no matter what way you want to put it. The man is lacking in Executive knowledge which I would hope the American people want a truly qualified Chief Executive for the Oval Office.

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                                      cc132601 year, 2 months ago

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                                      Yes, one like John McCain who finished # 884 in a class of 889 at the naval academy. Sorry he got shot down in Nam but take a lokk at his flying ability. There are many other POWs among us but you don't hear them reliving it . Bless him and I understand it took her something like 6 yrs and 5 colleges to finish;another real flash of brillance or what?

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                                        Sabretooth1 year, 2 months ago

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                                        "American people want a truly qualified Chief Executive for the Oval Office."

                                        Please explain to me how electing 2 incredibly stupid people is going to help America? Do you go to the most stupid guy to handle your finances, fly your family around, operate on your children?

                                        Please help me to understand why many Americans want to be led by stupid people.

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                                          mcstubble1 year, 2 months ago

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                                          A-motherf**kin-MEN.

                                          I just don't understand the love affair with McCain. He's an idiot, and always has been.

                                          PEOPLE! We are in a bad economy because of the Republican Party..it's that simple. Isn't that enough to not elect McCain?

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                                          NoWayMan1 year, 2 months ago

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                                          do you realize that McCain has no exectutive exerience?

                                          so I guess you won't be voting for him, right?

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                                            mesodude1 year, 2 months ago

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                                            But we didn't have "a truly qualified Chief Executive for the Oval Office" in the last 8 years and cons weren't concerned. Why should we think you know or care what that means now? ;-(

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