Well they called it.
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Topic: Well they called it.
Posted By: Benjichang
Subject: Well they called it.
Date Posted: 04 November 2008 at 11:03pm
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wewt The times they are a-changin'... -------------  irc.esper.net #paintball |
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Posted By: Uncle Rudder
Date Posted: 04 November 2008 at 11:08pm
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Thank God. As long as it's over I am happy. ------------- 
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Posted By: Hysteria
Date Posted: 04 November 2008 at 11:09pm
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Posted By: jmac3
Date Posted: 04 November 2008 at 11:10pm
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Yeah cali has 0% reporting in. Lolwut?
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Posted By: Benjichang
Date Posted: 04 November 2008 at 11:10pm
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jmac3 wrote:Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 04 November 2008 at 11:13pm
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Good.
Though I love war, obama being elected president is really good for America... especially for the world's opinions of America. ------------- <just say no to unnecessarily sexualized sigs> |
Posted By: pb125
Date Posted: 04 November 2008 at 11:15pm
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I just cried my eyes out...
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Posted By: Benjichang
Date Posted: 04 November 2008 at 11:19pm
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I guess McCain already conceded.
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Posted By: mbro
Date Posted: 04 November 2008 at 11:25pm
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Very statesmanly concession speech. ------------- 
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Posted By: ParielIsBack
Date Posted: 04 November 2008 at 11:25pm
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So, FE... How you like dem' apples (I think there's a pun in there)? ------------- BU Engineering 2012 |
Posted By: Linus
Date Posted: 04 November 2008 at 11:30pm
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I just lost faith in 50% of Americans. ------------- 
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Posted By: STOcocker
Date Posted: 04 November 2008 at 11:31pm
If the John McCain that made that speech showed up the entire election, the election would have been a lot closer. Great speech. |
Posted By: Benjichang
Date Posted: 04 November 2008 at 11:33pm
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Posted By: TheDude
Date Posted: 04 November 2008 at 11:34pm
Absolutely. I've been an Obama supporter from the beginning, but seeing John say the things he said made me proud to have had him running, and working with Obama in the senate. I'm so incredibly happy right now. For the nation as a whole, and the great victory for African Americans. What an amazing time in history. ------------- "According to Sue Johanson, theres nothing that can increase your manhood, trust me I've already looked into it for myself." -Zata <keep the sigs friendly, please> |
Posted By: BARREL BREAK
Date Posted: 04 November 2008 at 11:34pm
I can't believe I was worried. 
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Posted By: reifidom
Date Posted: 04 November 2008 at 11:35pm
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I went for McCain, but I'm not upset that Obama won. I support my president.
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Posted By: JohnnyCanuck
Date Posted: 04 November 2008 at 11:36pm
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GJ democracy.
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Posted By: Linus
Date Posted: 04 November 2008 at 11:37pm
What? You actually think one party having a super majority in congress AND the presidency is GOOD for America? -------------
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Posted By: Zata
Date Posted: 04 November 2008 at 11:38pm
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I'd say theres a real good chance of him being assassinated. Anyone else think so? Racism is still really strong, and I can easily see people not caring about going to prison for life/death to take out a black president. |
Posted By: ¤ Råp¡Ð F¡rè ¤
Date Posted: 04 November 2008 at 11:38pm
Unfortunately for the worse.
QFT. That's the best speech I've heard from him. Apparently, from what I've been hearing, that's the real McCain, and that's how he acts/speaks everyday. Too bad he couldn't show that side of himself while he was campaigning. ------------- 
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Posted By: pb125
Date Posted: 04 November 2008 at 11:39pm
Dude just shut the hell up. You're not breaking any ground by saying that. Enjoy history and support our new president :) -------------
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Posted By: Linus
Date Posted: 04 November 2008 at 11:42pm
Well, he's still not our president yet... you have to deal with a republican for the next 3 months who can do whatever the hell he wants now. "Not my president" Man, this is going to be fun doing the same stuff that some Dems have done for years. "Not my president!" "NoBama!" More to come throughout the years, I'm sure. -------------
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Posted By: Ford
Date Posted: 04 November 2008 at 11:43pm
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I don't see him being killed. I'm sure some attempts will be foiled but nothing major. I had hopes McCain would get it. Oh well. It's probably safe to join the military now. ------------- 
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Posted By: reifidom
Date Posted: 04 November 2008 at 11:44pm
This was posted elsewhere. Funny.
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Posted By: Linus
Date Posted: 04 November 2008 at 11:45pm
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You have a skewed sense of funny. -------------
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Posted By: STOcocker
Date Posted: 04 November 2008 at 11:47pm
All I have to say about that:  |
Posted By: ParielIsBack
Date Posted: 04 November 2008 at 11:47pm
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I have no clue what that first face is on Obama...
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Posted By: ThatGuitarGuy
Date Posted: 04 November 2008 at 11:47pm
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So, one of my facebook friends just changed her status to "believes that the Republic is offically dead." I really can't believe how much some of the people bought into the "OMG He's a Muslim, he's the anti-christ, he's turning the country over to his terrorist friends." ------------- Skillet: I've never been terribly fond of the look of a vagina |
Posted By: Linus
Date Posted: 04 November 2008 at 11:49pm
I doubt many people actually believed that. It's more of he claims change, but shows none. He will raise taxes. He will bring us closer to a communistic type of country. He will raise spending of the government. tl;dr He will do all things liberal democrats do. -------------
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Posted By: ThatGuitarGuy
Date Posted: 04 November 2008 at 11:51pm
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No. This girl believed that. Trust me. This girl once told me you could see fairies on the night of a full moon, if you looked through the eye of a needle at them, and that you would get sick if you left water by your bedside overnight and drank it in the morning, because the devil would send demons to get into your water, and they're what makes you sick. She believed it. And as much as I hate to say it, my mom did too. She kept forwarding all the stupid "Obama is bad" e-mails to me, but if I sent her anything about McCain, she would send me back the link to Snopes that rebutted everything. ------------- Skillet: I've never been terribly fond of the look of a vagina |
Posted By: tallen702
Date Posted: 04 November 2008 at 11:51pm
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Posted By: Benjichang
Date Posted: 04 November 2008 at 11:53pm
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Oh yeah.... FE SUCK IT ------------- irc.esper.net #paintball |
Posted By: reifidom
Date Posted: 04 November 2008 at 11:55pm
And that picture does not begin to hint at it all. -------------
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Posted By: Rambino
Date Posted: 04 November 2008 at 11:55pm
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I think I've seen other versions of this before. Still funny. ------------- [IMG]http://i38.tinypic.com/aag8s8.jpg"> |
Posted By: BARREL BREAK
Date Posted: 04 November 2008 at 11:56pm
And I can only hope Obama goes through with a social-democratic agenda. |
Posted By: tallen702
Date Posted: 04 November 2008 at 11:57pm
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F/E certainly can suck it, but none the less, this isn't going to turn out nearly as well as everyone seems to think it will. The Democrats now have an undisputed run of government for the next 4 years. FSM help us all......
Obama I would have been fine with, but the establishment of a Democrat-majority senate and house with Pelosi and Reid in charge and Obama ready to sign whatever they want into law is scary. You should all be very, very wary. ------------- <Removed overly wide sig. Tsk, you know better.> |
Posted By: tallen702
Date Posted: 04 November 2008 at 11:58pm
Link got fixed Apparently the UBB code here removes the ( and ) from urls. ------------- <Removed overly wide sig. Tsk, you know better.> |
Posted By: Gator Taco
Date Posted: 05 November 2008 at 12:00am
Sigh. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/trailgator01 - last.fm |
Posted By: Zata
Date Posted: 05 November 2008 at 12:05am
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Did anyone else see Oprah in the crowd during Obama's acceptance speech? I'm pretty sure it was her... |
Posted By: Benjichang
Date Posted: 05 November 2008 at 12:09am
How isn't it? ------------- irc.esper.net #paintball |
Posted By: Zata
Date Posted: 05 November 2008 at 12:13am
| In before a racial debate between a bunch of white guys. |
Posted By: Linus
Date Posted: 05 November 2008 at 12:16am
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He's an American citizen and he's black, he's not 'african american'. -------------
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Posted By: BARREL BREAK
Date Posted: 05 November 2008 at 12:17am
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Posted By: Linus
Date Posted: 05 November 2008 at 12:21am
Doesn't mean it's right, does it? Honestly, everyone needs to stop screaming for equality and then turn around and find ways to make their group of people separate from the others. We're all American's, so why not just leave it at that? WHy do there have to be separate divisions? -------------
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Posted By: ¤ Råp¡Ð F¡rè ¤
Date Posted: 05 November 2008 at 12:23am
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So on either side of the stage, there are short panes of glass... what for?
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Posted By: Tical3.0
Date Posted: 05 November 2008 at 12:24am
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Posted By: BARREL BREAK
Date Posted: 05 November 2008 at 12:32am
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Posted By: agentwhale007
Date Posted: 05 November 2008 at 12:38am
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Forty years ago, black people were lynched who wanted civil rights.
Tonight, my country voted a black man for president. I have never been more proud to be an American than I am tonight. |
Posted By: brihard
Date Posted: 05 November 2008 at 12:45am
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I'll be curious to see how the continued issue of his
actual place of birth plays out... He skated over that one pretty constantly, and now legislation's been introduced to mandate that presidents prove their place of birth. Don't get me wrong, I'm happy Obama won- but this doesn't negate a potentially important constitutional issue that still needs to be looked into. ------------- "Abortion is not "choice" in America. It is forced and the democrats are behind it, with the goal of eugenics at its foundation." -FreeEnterprise, 21 April 2011. Yup, he actually said that. |
Posted By: Predatorr
Date Posted: 05 November 2008 at 12:54am
| So Ralph Nader just said that he may go from being uncle sam to uncle tom, on Fox News. Yikes, Shephard Smith flipped an absolute poop. |
Posted By: agentwhale007
Date Posted: 05 November 2008 at 12:55am
State of Hawaii already stated about two weeks ago that they had all his records of birth for whoever wanted it. |
Posted By: Monk
Date Posted: 05 November 2008 at 1:49am
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I fear for my future in this nation. That being said, I will follow my president the hell and back because I love this nation, and the freedoms it allows me. As a student right now I should probably be rejoicing, but as a future working man, I can only hope that the economic decisions made by the next president of the United States do not screw me to the point that I can no longer afford to live in my most favorite of nations. I also find it very uncouth that even after a win, some people find it neccissary to dog on the losers of the race. I was around a mostly liberal group when the news broke, and it seemed all they could say was how odd it was that the "maverick" lost. Way to be a gracious winner. (by no means is this a reflection on all democrats btw, however it has shown on this forum already). But everyone whether winner or loser, we must remember that this is the UNITED States of America, and we should act as such. Good election everyone, and I hope that the nation has truely picked the best candidate for the job. |
Posted By: Darur
Date Posted: 05 November 2008 at 2:07am
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Not my personal choice, however, as with President Bush before him, I
will support President Obama despite where our views will differ. I think both McCain and Obama's speeches were perfect for America and a bit of what we really need right now: Unity. That being said, I do worry about this democratic super majority in the house, senate and white house. Whats more worrisome is no one at my school finds this a bad thing, and instead they think its great. On the whole, I'm pleased that the American attitude looks to be shifting slowly towards bipartisanship and we can only hope that this trend continues. ------------- Real Men play Tuba [IMG]http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/1859/newsmall6xz.jpg"> PH33R TEH 1337 Dwarf! http://www.tippmann.com/forum/wwf77a/log_off_user.asp" rel="nofollow - DONT CLICK ME!!1 |
Posted By: TheDude
Date Posted: 05 November 2008 at 2:56am
I think a lot of that branches of several people in our generation just not believing our form of Government as much as we used to. A super majority in the house, senate, and white house is far from a democracy, and that might be why so many people our age are excited about it. It allows us the opportunity to experiment with a system in which there are less checks and balances in the party, but the people's opinions and beliefs still play a critical role in the decisions being made. ------------- "According to Sue Johanson, theres nothing that can increase your manhood, trust me I've already looked into it for myself." -Zata <keep the sigs friendly, please> |
Posted By: Linus
Date Posted: 05 November 2008 at 6:32am
I'm sorry but that's about the dumbest rationalization I've heard. We now have the single most liberal presidential elect, with some very liberal heads of congress, and you're not worried that half the country is getting the shaft at a time like this in the US? My only consolation is the Supreme Court in major cases. -------------
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Posted By: Enos Shenk
Date Posted: 05 November 2008 at 7:36am
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I usually say a supermajority is a bad thing as well, but after 8 years of the worst president in the known universe, it might take that supermajority to put the country back together.
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Posted By: Reb Cpl
Date Posted: 05 November 2008 at 8:05am
I don't buy it. I think that we're in for major 'change' to use President-elect Obama's own words- now only politically, but constitutionally. A super majority will practically have the authority to mold and 'fix' the constitution to their ideals, with no consequence. The only thing that could 'put this country back together' would be a moderate who is willing to cross party lines in the white house. He (or she) wouldn't be aligned to stringent party affiliations, which would hamper one sided politics- the torpedo to our national ship. It'll never happen though. You're either right, left, or not in office. ------------- ? |
Posted By: Eville
Date Posted: 05 November 2008 at 8:11am
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i personally voted obama for pres and pubs for congress just for that reason, i personally enjoy having the checks and balances system. also on the african american subject: I am neither a cauc, nor an asian, but i am still caucasian. |
Posted By: Reb Cpl
Date Posted: 05 November 2008 at 8:24am
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The checks and Balances system will be shot once he starts appointing Supreme court justices. ------------- ? |
Posted By: adrenalinejunky
Date Posted: 05 November 2008 at 9:09am
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after watching that speech, mccain '12
too bad he'd be like 80 when his term was over... failing, that, ANYBODY but palin '12 :) |
Posted By: Reb Cpl
Date Posted: 05 November 2008 at 9:13am
My guess is that the republican party will be grooming someone like Romney for '12 ------------- ? |
Posted By: tallen702
Date Posted: 05 November 2008 at 10:54am
God I hope not.... Romney is a polarizing figure within his own party, let alone in a multi-party election system. The reason that McCain did not win this election is that the Republican Party is no longer seen as the "Party of Reagan." It is seen as a party that only exists to bring power to its members and benefit it's benefactors. The only hope for a balanced government over the next four years is for the Republican Party to put forth moderate candidates for the senate races coming up in 2010 and 2012. As for The Dude's thoughts on experimentation and the lack of checks and balances. That's exactly what got us here in the first place. Doing more of the same won't get us back to a better standing. ------------- <Removed overly wide sig. Tsk, you know better.> |
Posted By: Benjichang
Date Posted: 05 November 2008 at 10:54am
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Yeah, I'm going to bet we're going to see some changes in the Republican party in the coming years. Which won't be a bad thing at all, IMO.
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Posted By: Reb Cpl
Date Posted: 05 November 2008 at 10:55am
It won't hurt my feelings any. The republican party has become so shambled that half the time I don't know if I should agree with them or hang my head in shame at my party affiliation. ------------- ? |
Posted By: Darur
Date Posted: 05 November 2008 at 3:48pm
Yeah, I think Caesar noticed that ------------- Real Men play Tuba [IMG]http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/1859/newsmall6xz.jpg"> PH33R TEH 1337 Dwarf! http://www.tippmann.com/forum/wwf77a/log_off_user.asp" rel="nofollow - DONT CLICK ME!!1 |
Posted By: Linus
Date Posted: 05 November 2008 at 5:05pm
Someone needs to read a history book... or 10. -------------
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Posted By: Rambino
Date Posted: 05 November 2008 at 5:42pm
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That seems unlikely. Justices, Roberts, Alito, Scalia, and Thomas are showing no signs of slowing down. Scalia is the oldest, and he has a lot of juice left in him. We'll see some replacements on the left side of the court, but I would not expect that balance to shift significantly. ------------- [IMG]http://i38.tinypic.com/aag8s8.jpg"> |
Posted By: ¤ Råp¡Ð F¡rè ¤
Date Posted: 05 November 2008 at 8:14pm
QFT. Today in class I heard some one talking about how the Dems have the super majority and all this new power, and he referred to it as "awesome." I don't think anyone in this generation realizes what that truly means. -------------
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Posted By: Hades
Date Posted: 05 November 2008 at 8:18pm
Progress, instead of the per-usual gridlock? I'm ignorant. What is your doom and gloom hypothesis as to why this majority is a bad thing? ------------- 
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Posted By: agentwhale007
Date Posted: 05 November 2008 at 8:30pm
There is good reason to believe that George W. Bush could go down in history, at least in the political theory circles, as one of the worst presidents we have ever had in charge of the country. |
Posted By: Shub
Date Posted: 05 November 2008 at 10:10pm
May I ask if you would still consider it to be the potential for progress if McCain had won, and had a Republican-controlled House and Senate? |
Posted By: ParielIsBack
Date Posted: 05 November 2008 at 10:20pm
Exactly. Also, someone needs to look up the word "exaggeration". ------------- BU Engineering 2012 |
Posted By: SSOK
Date Posted: 05 November 2008 at 10:30pm
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Im still dissapointed our President-to-be wont Pledge Allegiance to the Flag ------------- 
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Posted By: agentwhale007
Date Posted: 05 November 2008 at 10:32pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIyBwkuqF4E - Ahem... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Fx16ZxFB4w&feature=related - What was that? |
Posted By: Zata
Date Posted: 05 November 2008 at 10:55pm
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I'm getting sick of everyones myspace and facebook bulletins and what not about the election. I'm pretty that like 99% of my friends have no idea what they're talking about. Oh well, I guess thats what you get for having a myspace/facebook. |
Posted By: mbro
Date Posted: 05 November 2008 at 11:30pm
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Posted By: brihard
Date Posted: 06 November 2008 at 12:15am
What has been publicly released is a 'certificate of live birth' for the state of Hawaii, which is drawn up simply based on the word of the parents. It is NOT the same as a legal birth certificate, which Hawaii says it has on file, but which has not been released. Look into the history of Obama's father and some of the issues surrounding Indonesian citizenship and the couple of marriages he was in. Furthermore, members of his family in Kenya are on record as stating that he was born there. There's enough that's come out to suggest the *possibility* that Obama may not be U.S. born that it's worth looking into, if only to protect the intent of the constitution. I have no doubt that Obama will prove to be a fit leader- but at the same time he has sworn and will swear again to uphold and defend the constitution, and so he should show no reticence whatsoever (as he has thus far) to release all documentation proving his birth. Of course, with a democratic supermajority I suspect the proposed legislation mandating that Presidential candidates submit an affidavit with documentation proving their place of birth will quickly flounder. The legislation is, obviously, partisan motivated- but at the same time I don't personally think it's unreasonable. ------------- "Abortion is not "choice" in America. It is forced and the democrats are behind it, with the goal of eugenics at its foundation." -FreeEnterprise, 21 April 2011. Yup, he actually said that. |
Posted By: Evil Elvis
Date Posted: 06 November 2008 at 12:22am
After after he got caught and raked over the coals. HE even wears a US flag pin after being flamed over that. The Dude its just not that much into his Country as he's into himself. ------------- 
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Posted By: agentwhale007
Date Posted: 06 November 2008 at 1:18am
Yeah... That first one was from back in June 2007. Not so much. |
Posted By: Mack
Date Posted: 06 November 2008 at 1:55am
I have never seen the big deal about the flag pin. No one should be expected to wear one to prove their loyalty to the nation. Expecting someone to do so is as incorrect as the loyalty oaths that were so popular during WW2*. *Actually, http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/05/02/8675 - they're still around in some places. ------------- 
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Posted By: TheDude
Date Posted: 06 November 2008 at 3:32am
I didn't realize open-mindedness towards a new age in American history was considered "dumb". This is still an incredibly young country, we still have a lot of growing and evolving to do. To deny that would just be plain ignorant. And you don't strike me as ignorant, just incredibly rude. ------------- "According to Sue Johanson, theres nothing that can increase your manhood, trust me I've already looked into it for myself." -Zata <keep the sigs friendly, please> |