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6.24.08 @ 12:01AM

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The reason this matters is that Obama has been caught in a lie and the media, for once, isn't letting him slide on it right now. Even some of his most vociferous supporters know that if Obama wins this way he can be credibly accused of "buying" this election and that he has struck a blow at one of the left's biggest complaints about running for office... the "corrupting" influence of money in campaigning.

Personally I have no problem with a candidate raising his own money to campaign on, but it does matter when the candidate has pledged to play by the campaign finance rules and then bailed out at his first opportunity. And the worst of it is that he has tried to make excuses for his actions instead of taking responsibility for them. That matters to me and it will probably matter to a whole lot of those independent "swing" voters who were looking at him as a political change of pace. This may be the point where they start to recognize him for what he is: just another politician.
-- Eric Edwards
Walnut Cove, North Carolina

It is amazing!

The words were barely out of my computer's mouth when Barack Obama went and proved them once again (as if they needed to be proven).

This is the essence of what I wrote on Friday:

"The recent history of the Democratic Party -- both in politics and in government -- has been a steady stream of broken promises and broken own-rules.

"It's a pattern, I tell you, a pattern!"

Absolute monarchs, you see, are exempt from rules. They are exempt even from rules they make themselves.

Look on, ye mighty, at a future under Barack the Exempt and his Democrat minions, and despair.
-- A. C. Santore

It seems Tracy Mehan III is as goo goo for the new age messiah Barack Obama as his leftist base who justifies his goring one of their sacred cows by lying. Obama skewered his beloved campaign finance, because of "attacks" Republican 527s are waging against him? What the hell is this narcissist talking about? What Republican 527s are attacking him? Do we have any 527s operating? I know Obama 527s are spending millions attacking McCain (they probably should save their money and let Rush do their work for them), but for the life of me I don't know of any Republican 527s attacking Obama.

In fact, Obama is receiving very little scrutiny for his connections to convicted felons, terrorists and hate mongers; not knowing how many states there are in the U.S.; referring to living veterans as "fallen heroes"; failing to know what town or city he's in when giving a speech; saying he'll isolate Hugo Chavez while promising to meet him without conditions, but refusing to meet with John McCain in unscripted town halls; promising to support Jerusalem as the capital of Israel only to renege in less than 24 hours after Muslims around the world objected; coordinating his campaign with MoveOn.org; refusing to release his birth certificate; his wife's refusing to release her taxes or explain her anti-American and anti-white rhetoric; using liberal powerhouse bundlers (extortionists) to rake in millions from rich individuals and corporations (more than half his donations come from "greedy" CEOs, Wall Street, multinational corporations and large foreign donors); pledging to accept Federal funds in the general election, but when politically expedient flip flopping; complaining about high gas prices, but refusing to place a Federal moratorium on gas taxes, allow new U.S. drilling or building new refineries; having a campaign and support network full of ultra wealthy CEO's and beneficiaries of sweet heart deals with mortgage brokers; having a Nobel prize winning economist and father of the Euro write his planned tax increase and "economic plan" will send the nation's economy into a nosedive; arrogantly reworking the Presidential seal into a egocentric campaign prop; refusing to answer hard questions or conveniently cowering behind his race when his kooky schemes are questioned or analyzed to be rehashed liberal politics. Really impressive and tough as nails.

Maybe if Mr. Mehan spent more time looking at the real Barack Obama he wouldn't be so goo goo over the media created image. God save us from liberal-admiring "conservatives."
-- Michael Tomlinson
Jacksonville, North Carolina

NO APOLOGIES
Re: George H. Wittman's Irish Eyes Aren't Smiling:

The plain fact of the matter is that the common folks, the blue collar and middle class folks, in many of the countries covered by the EU have said, and are saying, no to a united Europe. It is the societal and governmental elite in Europe and the British Isles that are so dead set on having this sovereignty eclipsing, bureaucratic monstrosity. The one-worlders, like George Soros and the whole Davos crowd, are absolutely determined, and the commoners are being told to bugger off and do as they are told. After all, that is why the treaty is not being put to a vote of the people, except in Ireland. As for NATO, I am all for the arrogant, ungrateful Europeans paying for their own defense. I think, after over 60 years, it is time.
-- Ken Shreve

I would like to ask for an apology to be published in response to George H. Wittman's very inappropriate reference to a stereotypical behavioral image of the Irish, as shown in the quote from his piece below. No other ethnic group would be expected to tolerate such a reference. The Irish should be afforded the same degree of respect. Besides being disrespectful and biased, Wittman is wrong on his facts. You may wish to consider dropping him until or unless he improves.
-- John J. Coleman, PhD

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