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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Carolyn who wrote (36329)	7/24/2008 8:37:28 PM
From: Ann Corrigan	Respond to of 224706

Good News:McCain Makes Significant Gains in Key Battleground States Majority of Voters in Colorado, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin Favor Keeping Troops in Iraq, According to Quinnipiac-washingtonpost.com-Wall Street Journal Survey Republican John McCain says his Democratic rival Barack Obama is wrong on Iraq. McCain says U.S. troops will withdraw from Iraq with honor and victory. By Chris Cillizza washingtonpost.com staff writer July 24, 2008 Republican John McCain has quickly closed the gap between himself and Democratic rival Sen. Barack Obama in several key battleground states even as the Arizona senator struggles to break through the wall-to-wall coverage of Obama's trip to Europe and the Middle East this week. McCain and Obama are in a statistical dead heat in Colorado, Michigan and Minnesota according to polling conducted by Quinnipiac University for washingtonpost.com and the Wall Street Journal during the past week. The surveys are part of a four-month long effort to measure voter sentiment in key battleground states that could determine the outcome of the race. The path to the presidency runs through a handful of battleground states, as both Obama and McCain seek the 270 electoral votes needed to win the White House. Thus, the four states surveyed in this project provide a snapshot of where things stand less than four months before Election Day. The first in the series of polls, conducted in the four states in mid-June, showed Obama comfortably ahead of McCain in Wisconsin and Minnesota while the races in Michigan and Colorado were closer. The latest polling, showing a much tighter race, was conducted July 14 to 22, during Obama's high-profile trip to the Middle East. While both campaigns are heavily engaged on television in most of these states, it's not immediately clear from the data what accounted for McCain's rapid rise -- particularly in Minnesota and Colorado. One possible reason is the campaign's focus over the last month on the war in Iraq and national security concerns more broadly. McCain's campaign has hammered home the idea that Obama was mistaken in his opposition to the surge of U.S. troops last year and is wrong now about his proposed 16-month timetable for withdrawing troops. Voters in all four states seem to agree. Asked whether they would prefer a "fixed date" for withdrawal or to "keep troops in Iraq until the situation is more stable," majorities in all four states preferred the latter option. Those results suggest that while Obama's initial opposition to the war plays well with voters, his plan to remove troops from the country within 16 months of taking office as president is less well received. Independents generally were far more evenly divided between Obama and McCain than in last month's Quinnipiac/washingtonpost.com/Wall Street Journal surveys. A month ago, Obama led McCain among Independents by anywhere from 21 points (Minnesota) to eight points (Michigan). In the most recent set of data, McCain actually outperforms Obama by three points among independents in Michigan while losing that crucial voting bloc far more narrowly in Colorado, Minnesota and Wisconsin. Two of the states in the battleground surveys -- Minnesota and Colorado -- are also playing host to high profile Senate races. In each, the news is good for Republicans. In Minnesota, Sen. Norm Coleman has built a 53 percent to 38 percent edge over entertainer Al Franken ¿ thanks in no small part to a series of gaffes by the former "Saturday Night Live" star. In Colorado, former Rep. Bob Schaffer (R) has pulled into a dead heat with Rep. Mark Udall (D), an affirmation of Republicans' insistence that the contest will be among the closest in the country.

To: Carolyn who wrote (36329)	7/24/2008 9:33:58 PM
From: TideGlider	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 224706

When is the American Public going to stop the Obama worship train? Who is the REAL Obama? By Dr. Laurie Roth Thursday, July 24, 2008 Aren’t’ you relieved that Obama showed such good judgment as the wanna be next President to get rid of that pesky, annoying American flag painted on his 757 campaign plane? He had his crew do a month long makeover and paint his “O’ symbol on the tail where the flag had been. Then of course, he whisks off to his trip to the Middle East and Europe. Of course he promised Jewish folks last week that he wouldn’t split up Jerusalem, then was quick to tell the Palestinians this week that was a misunderstanding and that he would be open to splitting up Jerusalem. Come close, go away; you are in you are out; its extremely clear isn’t it? Just what is it that the wanna be President wants to portray about himself? Obviously, at least in part that he is ashamed of our flag and thrilled with his Obama symbol. You see, with all his travels, you wouldn’t want the world thinking you were patriotic to the U.S., its flag, sovereignty and history when you could be gearing up to be the International, environmentally friendly President who is a globalist and serves the spirit of Marxism and communism……commonly held this, government controlled that, fixing world hunger of course by manipulating tax money from the American people. After all as he has shared before and reinforced with taking off the American flag on his plane, displaying the flag can be offensive, divisive, create separation of sorts. You wouldn’t want that as President of the United States. So, along with the flag disappearing from his campaign plane as he flies around the world he has also reminded us about the reason and roots of suffering terrorists. He said just recently according to world net daily and Aaron Klein that Obama refers to al-qaeda lacking empathy and Obama lecturing and blaming terror on poverty, ignorance and despair. Of course, I wonder if that is the same poverty and misery that fueled the millions of dollars behind the 9/11 hijackers, led by the multi millionaire Osama Bin Laden? Then there has been the ongoing millions of dollars and star treatment behind most Islamic fundamentalist, terror groups for decades now. Obama doesn’t seem to have registered yet in his vast wisdom that most of the poverty, suffering and horror experienced by most Muslims is at the hand of their own Muslim leaders. Did Obama ever notice in between taking the Flag off planes and lapels that our country is the one who has spent hundreds of billions to build up, free and support Afghanistan and Iraq. Before that we liberated and defended Kuwait. We have restored oil, commerce and freedom in those cultures, not their rich Muslim neighbors and friends. They just watched and contributed to the persecution and suffering for years. When is the American Public going to stop the Obama worship train? When are we going to finally notice, not the ‘sound bites’ but the real and endless connections that do nothing but create endless questions as to his real loyalties? Just a mini review of some of these: Remember the William Ayers connection, the story I broke on my national radio show and wrote an article released that day on newswithviews.com; (weather underground fund raiser and friend), Professor Kalidi, PLO sympathizer who brought the President of Iran over (also a big fund raiser for Obama), Toni Rezko (Fund raiser, colleague who was indicted and convicted this year), Reverend Wright scandal: mysterious birth certificate; Where is the real one??? What about the communist connection that Cliff Kincaid, editor of Accuracy in Media pointed out and documented? He has proof of Frank Marshall Davis being an identified member of the Communist Party USA and being a close mentor of Obama in Hawaii. When Cliff approached Drudge with this news, Drudge turned him down. Why? If there was a known, communist mentor found in McCain’s past would the media not be drowning in their own drool? Don’t we want someone for President who defends our country, our flag, our traditions, identifies the real evil and bad guys and supports achievement and capitalism? Don’t be suckered in. Just Who is this Annie Oakley of the airwaves? Laurie Roth has a Ph.D. in counseling and a black belt in Tae Kwon Do, is happily married and currently resides in Washington State. She is a singer/songwriter with five CD albums to her credit. She plays the piano, keyboard, and violin and has a voice that can penetrate your very soul. ? ??Laurie is also an accomplished Author, Cartoonist, and Artist. canadafreepress.com