hey, politics aside. that blows. shame she couldnt make it a week more to see her son become the first african american president of the USA.

RIP & god bless.

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so even if he wins - it will be surrounded in sadness for him personally.

at least he took those few days to be with her. I personally thought that showed his character.

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:(:(:(

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[quote=Huggie Smiles;671534]at least he took those few days to be with her. I personally thought that showed his character.[/quote]

totally agree.

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[FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3][COLOR=silver]Politics aside, my prayers are with him. It was tough when I lost my grandmother. I still hope he loses the election, but my prayers are with him and his family for their loss.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]

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[quote=Huggie Smiles;671534]so even if he wins - it will be surrounded in sadness for him personally.

at least he took those few days to be with her. I personally thought that showed his character.[/quote] I don't mean to suggest that he didn't/doesn't love his family members, but keep in mind that every politician would be compelled to behave the same way if for no other reason than their own political self interest.

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surprised palin isnt out there demanding to see the corpse. =\

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^^ I'm surprised she's not out there calling the corpse Socialist and terrorist-loving.

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when will mccain acuse acorn of having registered a dead person?

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[quote=88Mariner;671678]when will mccain acuse acorn of having registered a dead person?[/quote] The day after tomorrow when realizes that he has lost...

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[COLOR=black][FONT=Helvetica][COLOR=silver]You guys bitch and cry if someone makes a negative comment about Obama, but read some of your posts against McCain and Palin. A bit Hypocritical.[/COLOR] [/FONT][/COLOR]

[COLOR=black][FONT=Helvetica][quote=88Mariner;671678]when will mccain acuse acorn of having registered a dead person?[/quote][/FONT][/COLOR]

[COLOR=black][FONT=Helvetica][quote=ddr;671671]surprised palin isnt out there demanding to see the corpse. =[/quote][/FONT][/COLOR]

[COLOR=black][FONT=Helvetica][quote=Miroslav;671673]^^ I'm surprised she's not out there calling the corpse Socialist and terrorist-loving.[/quote][/FONT][/COLOR]

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well, McCain has been making dogshit comments like this all the past two months. It's not really a stretch that he'd do this.

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[quote=88Mariner;671692]well, McCain has been making dogshit comments like this all the past two months. It's not really a stretch that he'd do this.[/quote] [COLOR=silver] [/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Helvetica][COLOR=silver]Obama is a big boy and I am sure he can handle it (McCains comments. I am not referring to his recent loss) . Maybe Obama should make it a point to avoid controversial people and groups in his career. But the way you make it sound is Obama never said anything negative about McCain. I guess he was running an actual honest campaign[/COLOR]. [/FONT][/COLOR]

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[quote=speciale;671690][COLOR=black][FONT=Helvetica][COLOR=silver]You guys bitch and cry if someone makes a negative comment about Obama, but read some of your posts against McCain and Palin. A bit Hypocritical.[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR][/quote] McCain is a big boy and I am sure he can handle it. Palin is a big girl and I am sure she can handle it.

Don't get me wrong, it's not that I don't think that Obama should be criticized. It's normal and fully appropriate for politicians to criticize each others' policies and ideological positions. Obama should absolutely have his feet held to the fire and be tested on his proposals, just like every other politician.

But then again, it's different when McCain and Palin decide to make it a central point in their campaign to repeatedly aledge that Obama is a Communist, a Socialist, a terrorist sympathizer, that he is somehow not "real American" enough in their book. That didn't have to be the case, and it frankly says a lot more about them than it does about Obama. Obama has criticized McCain and Palin's viewpoints, but he hasn't repeatedly suggested that they are heavy-handed, freedom-hating fascists.

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[quote=Miroslav;671706]But then again, it's different when McCain and Palin decide to make it a central point in their campaign to repeatedly aledge that Obama is a Communist, a Socialist, a terrorist sympathizer, that he is somehow not "real American" enough in their book. That didn't have to be the case, and it frankly says a lot more about them than it does about Obama. Obama has criticized McCain and Palin's viewpoints, but he hasn't repeatedly suggested that they are heavy-handed, freedom-hating fascists.[/quote]

agreed. this isnt elementary school where we put down each other, its for the fuckin presidency. get serious and stay with your politics. saying one person is more american than another is sheer ignorance and stupidity.

what is even more bullshit is that palin and mccain will continue to have a political career if obama wins.

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[quote=Huggie Smiles;671534]so even if he wins - it will be surrounded in sadness for him personally.

at least he took those few days to be with her. I personally thought that showed his character.[/quote]

i disagree. being there with his dying grandmother doesnt show character. its what would be expected.

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[quote=shosh;671756]i disagree. being there with his dying grandmother doesnt show character. its what would be expected.[/quote]

I actually agree with you for once.

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I think it would have been very easy for a candidate (of any party) to think running for the highest office in the states, with a country depending on you - to put the campaign first.

You see it (putting job ahead of family) all the time in businesses where people want to succeed.

Either way. Not worth a fight.

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[quote=Huggie Smiles;671848]I think it would have been very easy for a candidate (of any party) to think running for the highest office in the states, with a country depending on you - to put the campaign first.

You see it (putting job ahead of family) all the time in businesses where people want to succeed.

Either way. Not worth a fight.[/quote] When you become CEO, you're not voted in by the public. You're voted in by a board of directors. They are top executives like you and they may not care as much about subtler aspects of your character.

When you become President, you [I]are[/I] voted in by the public. They spend a lot of time on the character thing, and the opposing candidates spend a lot of time finding ways to smear your character. It's not a great strategy for getting votes to demonstrate that you'll let your own family drop dead for the sake of your political opportunism. People tend not to like it.

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what are the odds of this??

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[QUOTE=Miroslav;671865]When you become President, you [I]are[/I] voted in by the public. [/QUOTE]

if that were true, Gore would have won in 2000.