http://statenews.com It’s not hard to think highly of Sen. John McCain, especially when he is as gracious and high-minded in defeat as he was Nov. 4. I know that President-elect Obama wants to usher in an era of unity and healing, but it’s important that we never forget that Obama is the president-elect despite the fact that the McCain campaign promoted fear, xenophobia and racism because he believed people’s ignorance was the margin of victory. en-us Gryphon 2.2.3b-tsn (woodward)/Foundry5 Sun, 16 Nov 2008 16:46:20 -0500 webmaster@statenews.com http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/27683 http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/31868_Obama_Lied_About_Firing_Anti-Israel_Adviser It looks like Obama is already a liar. He is sending anti-semitic advisors to go negotiate with the terrorists in Syria and Egypt. It didn’t take him long to screw America over. Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:21:36 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/27683 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/27690 Obama is a politician. Democrat or Republican, politicians lie. I am willing to give him a pass on this one. I’ll jump down his throat when he turns toward abortion, gun control, taxation, and the Fairness Doctrine. Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:50:00 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/27690 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/27699 I just pray that someone catches him red-handed when he tries to steal the Hope diamond. Mon, 10 Nov 2008 23:33:43 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/27699 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/27707 If he’s not a third party then he’s not a “huge departure from the status quo”. Tue, 11 Nov 2008 05:36:13 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/27707 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/27720 No, Obama does not want unity, and when supporters of his write letters like this using accusatory language such as “fear, xenophobia and racism,” it’s impossible to take such claims seriously. Tue, 11 Nov 2008 08:46:07 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/27720 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/27731 JVD, I bet that won’t be the first time you’ve been in another man’s throat. Tue, 11 Nov 2008 09:32:18 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/27731 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/27779 Mike, you’re an idiot. Obama’s anti-Semitic and supports terrorists, which is why he selected Rahm Emanuel, a fervent supporter of Israel and a Jewish-American, as his first choice for White House Chief of Staff. Trying to play to people’s racism and xenophobia is precisely why republicans lost. By the way, Arabs are also Semitic people. Crawl back in your whole. Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:15:21 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/27779 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/27780 Todd, I see you’re from the Sarah Palin school of non-thought. The right-wing can call Obama a terrorist, an “uppity” Negro, anti-America, an Arab, a Muslim (as if those last two things are insults, which they are not) — and yet if they are challenged on this, they cry that the media is using “accusatory language.” Sarah Palin had the same fascist argument, arguing that “mainstream media” was to blame for her tax-payer funded shopping sprees, her ethics violations, her lynch-mob rhetoric at McCain rallies, her garbled syntax, her blanket ignorance of the world around her, and ultimately, her loss. Thank God the American people didn’t fall for this garbage this time around. To quote George W., “Fool me once, shame on — shame on you…fool me —- you can’t get fooled again!” And we’re all thankful. Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:26:40 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/27780 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/27781 You mean like the fear that Obama instilled by saying that McCain would be just like Bush? And what racism are you talking about? OMG, if someone says anything bad about Obama, it automatically has to be that they are racist? Get over yourself. McCain lost because so many people were sick of Bush and McCain’s campaign did a poor job (to put it mildly) of proving Obama wrong. I can understand with Bush’s approval rating how some folks would want to go with the other party, but how can you explain the democratic congressmen getting reelected? They had a 14% approval rating and got re-elected? And WTF about Murtha? How many times do you have to insult your own constituents before they don’t vote for you? Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:42:56 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/27781 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/27783 Cel-e-brate good Obama, c’mon!!! It’s Obama Obama YEAHHHHHH EVERYTHING’S CHANGED!!!!! OBAAAMMMMAAAAAAA!!!!!!!! CHANGE!!!!!!!!!!!!! Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:41:13 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/27783 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/27789 You’re an idiot. If third parties can’t win State House and City Council seats they sure as heck can’t win the White House. Tue, 11 Nov 2008 22:17:18 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/27789 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/27790 Murtha won. McCain would NOT have been the same as Bush, he would have been WORSE. McCain wanted to take the wheel from Bush and hit the gas in the same direction. Tue, 11 Nov 2008 22:19:42 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/27790 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/27799 No one called Obama a terrorist, he simply worked with a proven terrorist. I suppose the line of thinking was that if he co-oped with a terrorist before, whats to stop him from continuing to take advice from people like that in the future? McCain nor his campaign ever suggested that Obama himself is going to do anything intentionally harmful to the U.S., it was more aimed at the fact that bad people could work their way into his list of advisors and use that influence for negative motives. Also, Sarah Palin donated those clothes back… She never used any “lynch-mob rhetoric” at any rally. Some idiot in the back yelled out something obscene, and while she likely wasn’t able to react promptly, the McCain campaign promptly issued a statement saying that what was yelled was inappropriate, and asked rally-goers in the future to be more respectful. Meanwhile, Obama’s own campaign put out an ad that was quickly recalled after a small media issue that poked fun at McCain for needing assistance to use a computer…because of his arm injuries sustained as a prisoner of war…real classy Obama…way to mix up the campaign strategy status quo! Hey, one more thing that nobody seems to be talking about. In years past (primarily the last 8), people have chanted about the President and V.P. accepting donations during their campaign which would likely cause bias in years to come. So why is it that nobody is noticing that Obama raised more money in the history of presidential campaigns? Will he magically not have the bias because he is bringing “change”??? Not at all. Honestly, I hope to God that Obama does very well during his term. As an American I voiced my difference of opinion and my choice lost (actually in the primary, I was a Romney guy). Therefore, I choose to move forward and wish much luck to President-Elect Obama. Part of me also is glad that a Democratic candidate won, because the next 4 years are going to be very rough no matter what, and I don’t think any president will be able to stop it really. And really, I just don’t think the Republican party would be able to take that kind of P.R. hit at this point…regardless of how justified it actually would be. Remember, many presidents were extremely controversial during their presidency, but how do history books remember men like Jimmy Carter? Wed, 12 Nov 2008 01:15:52 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/27799 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/27800 So you know what would have happened how seems like you are just guessing and making baseless claims. Why don’t you go look up the legislation that obama has introduced 2 of his bills have been to make a day in the summer national summer learning day. OH and the all important congratulating the White Sox for winning the World Series, and that beauty of a piece of legislation was longer than most the others he wrote. And the one that sticks out best in my mind was the bill that he sponsored that Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend temporarily the suspension of duty on certain epoxy molding compounds. God that last one bill number S. 3163 is something to stand by and i know we will be a better country because of the suspension of the duty on epoxy molding compounds. None of you know what the hell is going to happen but ya know what WE GOT SOME MO ****ING CHANGE. Wed, 12 Nov 2008 01:22:39 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/27800 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/27805 John McCain doesn’t use email. If all he needs a computer for it word processing, he might as well just hand-write whatever it is, and not use a computer at all. http://www.rd.com/your-america-inspiring-people-and-stories/john-mccain-interview/article93739-2.html Wed, 12 Nov 2008 04:13:59 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/27805 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/28167 All you Obama supports forget one thing Obama had over 600 Million to use to became President elect. Obama says share the wealth that fine I say We tax his rich supports if they can gave 600 million in a short time. And then share the money from the tax with the folks making min. wage, the taxes Obama money 600 million and his high class home in Chicago. Hey share the Wealth that fine lets put Senator Chris Dobb and Senator Edward M. Kennedy on the same list, also all the Liberal Stars out there in California. Then tax nut case Barbra Streisand and lets not forget the worst Liberal Oprah Winfrey. Tax them dry spread the wealth as Obama wants….. Sat, 15 Nov 2008 17:30:54 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/28167 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/28178 You are illiterate trash. Are you suggesting that Obama can or wants to tax wealthy liberals differently than wealthy conservatives? Well yeah, way to not think. P.S: Obama won, and he’s going to win again in four years. Suck. It. Bwah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha Sun, 16 Nov 2008 16:46:20 -0500 http://statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/28178