The Respectfully Republican Conversation

Rosemary,

Thanks!  

ONE WEEK til MCCAIN wins the election!!!

From you're link, Daffodil.

Obama thinks world conflicts are basically the west's fault, and so it must right the injustices it has inflicted. That's why he believes in ‘soft power' - diplomacy, aid, rectifying ‘grievances' (thus legitimising them, encouraging terror and promoting injustice) and resolving conflict by talking. As a result, he will take an axe to America's defences at the very time when they need to be built up. He has said he will ‘cut investments in unproven missile defense systems'; he will ‘not weaponize space'; he will ‘slow our development of future combat systems'; and he will also ‘not develop nuclear weapons,' pledging to seek ‘deep cuts' in America's arsenal, thus unilaterally disabling its nuclear deterrent as Russia and China engage in massive military buildups.

The whole article was good. 

I'd like to know what Obama's smoking these days.  The stuff about him cutting our defense...I know you all have seen the YouTube video where Obama tells us exactly what's stated above.  When I saw that months ago my mouth dropped open.  What is he thinking? 

Also, from your link takes you "OBAMA WOULD FAIL SECURITY CLEARANCE."  http://www.danielpipes.org/article/5983 

People are made to feel one is foolish if one brings about questions of his "acquaintances."  People who formed his opinions starting from his childhood.  And the thing that bothers me is he has had  relationships with some unsavory characters and groups as recently as, heck, I don't know.  To hear him one guy is someone who lives in my neighborhood, that was a boneheaded thing I did...referring to Rezko and the property deal and heck, his involvement with this slumlord.  And Frank.  Good ole Frank was a communist. 

How can a man who has no record, gives eloquent rhetorical speeches, don't ask hardball, legitimate questions are you'll be criticized and/or boycotted, even brings race into this campaign alleging that "they" will tell you that I look different and have a funny name, and so many more questions about him that are off limits including his mentor racist pastor who he claims he never heard saying things that were lies, hate filled messages.  Why are people falling for this BS?  I'm just thinking with my fingertips on the keys..LOL

If you didn't see Palin yesterday with "Tito the Builder" please watch this video.  It will bring tears to your eyes (well it did me), and make you so darned proud of our country when all we hear from over <------------------------------- and other people how ashamed they are of our country.  Watch it to the end.  Tito will warm your heart.  Does Obama have any of these kinds of people standing on stage with him?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKZUzcT-MmQ&feature=related

Rosemary:

Thanks for that latest tracking poll . . .

Pat - still drowning here in Michigan. 

IBC

Relieved to hear that you are going home. Keeping you both in my thoughts.......

Was surprised to see this on ABC's political punch today.------

FYI-Regarding the article below Haaretz is a very left leaning liberal paper in Israel.

Political Punch

(Jake Tapper is ABC News' Senior National Correspondent based in the network's Washington bureau. He writes about politics and popular culture and covers a range of national stories.)
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October 28, 2008 11:39 AM

Sources Say Sarkozy Finds Obama's Iran Policy ‘Arrogant,’ ‘Utterly Immature’

The respected Israeli newspaper Ha'artez reports that according to a "senior Israeli government source, the reports reaching Israel indicate that Sarkozy views the Democratic candidate's stance on Iran as 'utterly immature' and comprised of 'formulations empty of all content.'"

Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., met with Sarkozy in July and they are said to have discussed Iran at length.

French authorities are said to be concerned that the international community doesn't take the Iranian threat seriously enough. French intelligence has concluded that Iran has already obtained up to 40% of the enriched uranium it needs for a bomb, the newspaper reports, and will have obtained the rest next summer.

"According to the reports reaching Israel, Sarkozy told Obama at that meeting that if the new American president elected in November changed his country's policy toward Iran, that would be 'very problematic,'" Ha'aretz reports. "Until now, the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany have tried to maintain a united front on Iran. But according to the senior Israeli source, Sarkozy fears that Obama might 'arrogantly' ignore the other members of this front and open a direct dialogue with Iran without preconditions."

The Obama campaign did not respond to a request for comment.

-- jpt

Biden is a gaffe a day now.  He fumbled and said people earning over $150K will bear the brunt of the higher tax burden.  They said he corrected himself, but out of the mouth of loons.  How do we know what they'll do once in power?  They're already making other dumb plans so we should be expecting them to suddenly stop and think a little bit about what they're doing? 

On to another subject.  PA has always voted for dems.  Every election, that State is blue.  What do the repubs know that we don't?  I know they do their own polling, and something is giving them hope, but if I were running the campaign, I wouldn't be counting on PA to suddenly go red.  There are other States that I'd be living to campaign in myself, so something is going on there.

Shirley

I have a I (heart) Sarah T-Shirt!  Last weekend, there was an "Endless Summer" Festival in North Myrtle Beach, and I helped my dh work the "Belches & Burps" booth.  While I was there, I mosied on over to the Republican booth, where this lady had T-shirts and buttons you could wear.  She gave me one with McCain and Sarah on it (their pictures).   I have been wearing it all week, to my dh's dismay!  He told me that I will get into a fight with someone over it, especially yesterday when we were in Charleston, which is a BIG OBAMA town!!  I didn't care, I wore it anyway. 

Pat,

I guess but as I look at the electoral map, there's VA, IN, NC, FL, these States have been known to vote republican and if one or two of them are looking good for Obama, I'd be there. 

Anyway, would anyone like to lunch with Michelle?:

http://api.ning.com/files/XilMSRXzOg79ioKossuvg8sKdEOOPPUDYiARyky4uX9h2QIejf5536osDGmwzvILTwkcQIrzYxZhVDIMeHPD-mvo4m3wcgfY/LetThemEatLobster.bmp

She ate 1/3 of the cost of Palin's clothes. 

Sorry, I just read her clothes cost $150K.  I thought it was $1,500.  Anyway, she didn't buy them a campaign worker did.  I want that campaign worker shopping for me. And I want to eat with Michelle.

I know I had to go eat a piece of cheese.  Closest I could come to lobster in this house. 

LA Times is refusing to release a tape of a tribute where Obama was singing the praises of Rashid Khalidi:

Why is the Los Angeles Times sitting on a videotape of the 2003 farewell bash in Chicago at which Barack Obama lavished praise on the guest of honor, Rashid Khalidi - former mouthpiece for master terrorist Yasser Arafat?

At the time Khalidi, a PLO adviser turned University of Chicago professor, was headed east to Columbia. There he would take over the University's Middle East-studies program (which he has since maintained as a bubbling cauldron of anti-Semitism) and assume the professorship endowed in honor of Edward Sayyid, another notorious terror apologist.

The party featured encomiums by many of Khalidi's allies, colleagues, and friends, including Barack Obama, then an Illinois state senator, and Bill Ayers, the terrorist turned education professor. It was sponsored by the Arab American Action Network (AAAN), which had been founded by Khalidi and his wife, Mona, formerly a top English translator for Arafat's press agency.

Is there just a teeny-weenie chance that this was an evening of Israel-bashing Obama would find very difficult to explain? Could it be that the Times, a pillar of the Obamedia, is covering for its guy?

Gateway Pundit reports that the Times has the videotape but is suppressing it.

Back in April, the Times published a gentle story about the fete. Reporter Peter Wallsten avoided, for example, any mention of the inconvenient fact that the revelers included Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn, Ayers's wife and fellow Weatherman terrorist. These self-professed revolutionary Leftists are friendly with both Obama and Khalidi - indeed, researcher Stanley Kurtz has noted that Ayers and Khalidi were "best friends." (And - small world! - it turns out that the Obamas are extremely close to the Khalidis, who have reportedly babysat the Obama children.)

Nor did the Times report the party was thrown by AAAN. Wallsten does tell us that the AAAN received grants from the Leftist Woods Fund when Obama was on its board - but, besides understating the amount (it was $75,000, not $40,000), the Times mentions neither that Ayers was also on the Woods board at the time nor that AAAN is rabidly anti-Israel. (Though the organization regards Israel as illegitimate and has sought to justify Palestinian terrorism, Wallsten describes the AAAN as "a social service group.")

Perhaps even more inconveniently, the Times also let slip that it had obtained a videotape of the party.

Harley, glad you got a FREE t-shirt.  Don't get into any fights.  You are a very small person and they'll beat you up.  Those Obama people are MEAN!  Why do I say that?  Cuz those people over <-------------------------------- are not nice.

Shirley

Your Michelle Obama lunch scandal is a lie.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/roomservice.asp

Anne

Hi Shirley, thanks for the warm welcome.  I assume you are referring to the woman over <-----------who has a photo of herself and Rosie O'Donnell?  That's all I got to say about that.

This country is in a world of trouble if Obama is elected.  And it is looking like that will be the case.  Besides the fact that the division amount republicans and democrats is getting MEAN, there is going to be more true racism  coming to the forefront again.  Having those two young men who were arrested plotting to kill blacks and Obama does not help the republican cause.  I am convinced that there will be an attempt on his life, and those "radical" people seem to forget Obama IS a human being.  He is a husband and a father, and to plot, or attempt, or to actually carry out harming someone for any reason is just WRONG.  AND the consequences of racial uprising would set this country back 50 years.

OB is scary because of all his lying, not because of his skin color, or his political views, or his tax plans.  He continues to lie about every questionable association, he investigates anyone who brings anything to "light" and accuses those who disagree with him of being racist.

Everyone is so full of hate, people need to be full of Jesus, then we wouldnt be "hating on no one" we would all be "loving on everyone".  Now THAT is a "radical" idea......

Donna, I was going to ignore your post, but I felt I needed to ask you a question.  Why are you so upset with us?  Because we are saying what we believe is true on this thread.  You say what you believe is true on your thread. 

I'm not giving up my country is Obama is elected.  He will, unfortunately, be our president.  Have you heard about the 401K the dems are cooking up to make it next to impossible to have so you will put YOUR hard earned money into somekind of retirement account because THEY cannot trust YOU to handle your own money?

I am truly scared that if we have Obama and a dem house and senate...what can I say.  Pelosi truly scares me. Reid scares me.  Dodd scares me.  Barney, who wants to cut 25% of our funding to the military, scares me. 

I've seen Obama CHANGE big time since he's gotten this nomination.  He has flipped and flopped and I'll be darned if I want him to take away money from more fortunate people that have earned their way...educated themselves..worked hard to get where they have gotten.

So, why are you so angry, Donna?  I think we have been pretty polite and fair to you on THIS thread.

Shirley

OMG those are horrible!!!!!  Those people need to be taken out and put on an island where they won't bother anyone else.  You can dislike someone and their opinions without being so down right nasty!!!!