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		<title>By: WWS</title>
		<link>http://strata-sphere.com/blog/index.php/archives/5187/comment-page-2#comment-296201</link>
		<dc:creator>WWS</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 16:34:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Conman and Sooth - better start sucking up to Hillary again, she&#039;s gonna be your nominee and you&#039;ve got to practice telling everyone how much you love her!

Oh and next tell us how this extended primary campaign between them is really good for the dem party.  LOL!


&#039;Cuz after this weekend, Obama&#039;s toast.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Conman and Sooth &#8211; better start sucking up to Hillary again, she&#8217;s gonna be your nominee and you&#8217;ve got to practice telling everyone how much you love her!</p>
<p>Oh and next tell us how this extended primary campaign between them is really good for the dem party.  LOL!</p>
<p>&#8216;Cuz after this weekend, Obama&#8217;s toast.</p>
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		<title>By: AJStrata</title>
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		<dc:creator>AJStrata</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 13:52:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well,

Sooth did provide a clear example of why Obama&#039;s religious world is fair game - given all the crap spewed around Bush&#039;s how could  it not be?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well,</p>
<p>Sooth did provide a clear example of why Obama&#8217;s religious world is fair game &#8211; given all the crap spewed around Bush&#8217;s how could  it not be?</p>
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		<title>By: MerlinOS2</title>
		<link>http://strata-sphere.com/blog/index.php/archives/5187/comment-page-1#comment-295880</link>
		<dc:creator>MerlinOS2</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 00:33:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Macker

I agree fully with your opinion of supporter comments unless their is a specific endorsement of them by the candidate.

This election cycle we are being fed way to much in the way of guilt by association fluff from all directions and it is just a waste of time and energy.

Does anybody have a clue of when the MSM and the candidates are going to start discussing the issues related to the job these candidates are running for?

Now that&#039;s a &#039;change&#039; even I could go for.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Macker</p>
<p>I agree fully with your opinion of supporter comments unless their is a specific endorsement of them by the candidate.</p>
<p>This election cycle we are being fed way to much in the way of guilt by association fluff from all directions and it is just a waste of time and energy.</p>
<p>Does anybody have a clue of when the MSM and the candidates are going to start discussing the issues related to the job these candidates are running for?</p>
<p>Now that&#8217;s a &#8216;change&#8217; even I could go for.</p>
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		<title>By: lurker9876</title>
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		<dc:creator>lurker9876</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 22:20:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Speaking about NAFTA...there are some grumblings up in Canada.  Some winner in some Canadian election vowed to open up free trade to Asia while cutting back on free trade IF the democratic candidate ends up winning in November.

USA will no longer be the largest exporter of Canadian oil, water, electricity, and lumber.  

Wright marred Michelle and Barack and baptized their kids.  Did Hagee marry McCain and baptize their kids?  Did McCain attend Hagee&#039;s church for twenty years?

I&#039;m sure we will find all kinds of speeches Wright made over twenty years AND that all of his speeches will be very similar to this &quot;God Damn America&quot; speech.  Why?  Because of what he believes (and what was stated on his home page of the church website.

What hypocrits!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Speaking about NAFTA&#8230;there are some grumblings up in Canada.  Some winner in some Canadian election vowed to open up free trade to Asia while cutting back on free trade IF the democratic candidate ends up winning in November.</p>
<p>USA will no longer be the largest exporter of Canadian oil, water, electricity, and lumber.  </p>
<p>Wright marred Michelle and Barack and baptized their kids.  Did Hagee marry McCain and baptize their kids?  Did McCain attend Hagee&#8217;s church for twenty years?</p>
<p>I&#8217;m sure we will find all kinds of speeches Wright made over twenty years AND that all of his speeches will be very similar to this &#8220;God Damn America&#8221; speech.  Why?  Because of what he believes (and what was stated on his home page of the church website.</p>
<p>What hypocrits!!</p>
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		<title>By: The Macker</title>
		<link>http://strata-sphere.com/blog/index.php/archives/5187/comment-page-1#comment-295734</link>
		<dc:creator>The Macker</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 22:19:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Whew!

Conman,
Why does a candidate need to comment on the views of all his supporters? That&#039;s potentially millions of comments. And quite different from commenting on the views of his mentor.

Sooth,
How does your military experience compare with GWB&#039;s? And can you fly military jets?

So 911 is  Bush&#039;s fault? That&#039;s choice! Can&#039;t you even find a little blame for Clinton and Jamie Gorlick?

Your dripping- at- the- mouth jealousy of Bush even extends to his &quot;hell hole&quot; in Texas. Interesting.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Whew!</p>
<p>Conman,<br />
Why does a candidate need to comment on the views of all his supporters? That&#8217;s potentially millions of comments. And quite different from commenting on the views of his mentor.</p>
<p>Sooth,<br />
How does your military experience compare with GWB&#8217;s? And can you fly military jets?</p>
<p>So 911 is  Bush&#8217;s fault? That&#8217;s choice! Can&#8217;t you even find a little blame for Clinton and Jamie Gorlick?</p>
<p>Your dripping- at- the- mouth jealousy of Bush even extends to his &#8220;hell hole&#8221; in Texas. Interesting.</p>
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		<title>By: conman</title>
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		<dc:creator>conman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 21:52:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Owl,

Wow - so now you are acknowledging that Obama has been a Christianhis whole life?  Funny,  I thought you all said he was a Muslim set on taking over our country and killing all of the Christians.  You folks need to keep your stories straight.  

As CJ mentioned in reference to Soothsayer, bald statements without citation to sources is nothing more than your opinion.   Where&#039;s your proof that Wright has been making these kinds of statements regualrly in his sermons for 20 years?  Obama&#039;s specifically stated that he did not use this kind of rehtoric in his sermons, but rather preached the gospel of Jesus.  So unless you have some source to back up your ridiculous claim, your accusation is hollow.  Also, your suggestion that every member of a church congregation is assumed to agree with and accept EVERYTHING the priest/pastor says or believes in is ludicrous.  It is pretty obvious you are not a regular church-goer, so maybe you shouldn&#039;t weigh in on something that you have no personal experience with.  

So what about McCain?  Why is it not relevant that he happily accepted the endorsement of a religious leader whom regulalrly preaches hatred agaisnt fellow Christians?  Somebody please explain why you all are not complete hypocrits.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Owl,</p>
<p>Wow &#8211; so now you are acknowledging that Obama has been a Christianhis whole life?  Funny,  I thought you all said he was a Muslim set on taking over our country and killing all of the Christians.  You folks need to keep your stories straight.  </p>
<p>As CJ mentioned in reference to Soothsayer, bald statements without citation to sources is nothing more than your opinion.   Where&#8217;s your proof that Wright has been making these kinds of statements regualrly in his sermons for 20 years?  Obama&#8217;s specifically stated that he did not use this kind of rehtoric in his sermons, but rather preached the gospel of Jesus.  So unless you have some source to back up your ridiculous claim, your accusation is hollow.  Also, your suggestion that every member of a church congregation is assumed to agree with and accept EVERYTHING the priest/pastor says or believes in is ludicrous.  It is pretty obvious you are not a regular church-goer, so maybe you shouldn&#8217;t weigh in on something that you have no personal experience with.  </p>
<p>So what about McCain?  Why is it not relevant that he happily accepted the endorsement of a religious leader whom regulalrly preaches hatred agaisnt fellow Christians?  Somebody please explain why you all are not complete hypocrits.</p>
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		<title>By: owl</title>
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		<dc:creator>owl</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 21:25:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>McCain should shut up about taking Obama at his word.

I sure do not.   Racist Wright did not just become that way when Obama happened to miss a service.  It&#039;s not an accident when Wright gives Farrahkan an award and travels  with him.

Twenty Years of it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>McCain should shut up about taking Obama at his word.</p>
<p>I sure do not.   Racist Wright did not just become that way when Obama happened to miss a service.  It&#8217;s not an accident when Wright gives Farrahkan an award and travels  with him.</p>
<p>Twenty Years of it.</p>
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		<title>By: owl</title>
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		<dc:creator>owl</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 21:18:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Conman
Could it be because McCain did not sit and listen to him for 20 years?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Conman<br />
Could it be because McCain did not sit and listen to him for 20 years?</p>
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		<title>By: owl</title>
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		<dc:creator>owl</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 21:16:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>FOX has been running with this some today.  They just got a statement from Obama&#039;s camp that says he does not endorse those statements.  

Took this off S&amp;L from NYT 4/30/07
    â€œIf Barack gets past the primary, he might have to publicly distance himself from me,â€ Mr. Wright said with a shrug. â€œI said it to Barack personally, and he said yeah, that might have to happen.â€</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>FOX has been running with this some today.  They just got a statement from Obama&#8217;s camp that says he does not endorse those statements.  </p>
<p>Took this off S&amp;L from NYT 4/30/07<br />
    â€œIf Barack gets past the primary, he might have to publicly distance himself from me,â€ Mr. Wright said with a shrug. â€œI said it to Barack personally, and he said yeah, that might have to happen.â€</p>
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		<title>By: conman</title>
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		<dc:creator>conman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 21:10:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>These are Rev. Jeremiah Wright&#039;s words, not Obama&#039;s.  Obama just issued a statement condemning and denouncing these comments.  Here is the link - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/barack-obama/on-my-faith-and-my-church_b_91623.html

Here is the key part of his statement:

&quot;Let me say at the outset that I vehemently disagree and strongly condemn the statements that have been the subject of this controversy. I categorically denounce any statement that disparages our great country or serves to divide us from our allies. I also believe that words that degrade individuals have no place in our public dialogue, whether it&#039;s on the campaign stump or in the pulpit. In sum, I reject outright the statements by Rev. Wright that are at issue.&quot;

McCain, on the otherhand, gladly accepted the endorsement of John Hagee, who is as anti-catholic as you get.  Hagee has written extensively in negative ways about the Catholic Church, &quot;calling it &#039;The Great Whore,&#039; an &#039;apostate church,&#039; the &#039;anti-Christ,&#039; and a &#039;false cult system.&#039;&quot;  http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/02/28/mccain_endorsement_angers_cath.html.  McCain has yet to condemn or denounce Hagee&#039;s comments or his endorsement.  

So AJ, why aren&#039;t you criticizing McCain about the folks he is associated with?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>These are Rev. Jeremiah Wright&#8217;s words, not Obama&#8217;s.  Obama just issued a statement condemning and denouncing these comments.  Here is the link &#8211; <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/barack-obama/on-my-faith-and-my-church_b_91623.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/barack-obama/on-my-faith-and-my-church_b_91623.html</a></p>
<p>Here is the key part of his statement:</p>
<p>&#8220;Let me say at the outset that I vehemently disagree and strongly condemn the statements that have been the subject of this controversy. I categorically denounce any statement that disparages our great country or serves to divide us from our allies. I also believe that words that degrade individuals have no place in our public dialogue, whether it&#8217;s on the campaign stump or in the pulpit. In sum, I reject outright the statements by Rev. Wright that are at issue.&#8221;</p>
<p>McCain, on the otherhand, gladly accepted the endorsement of John Hagee, who is as anti-catholic as you get.  Hagee has written extensively in negative ways about the Catholic Church, &#8220;calling it &#8216;The Great Whore,&#8217; an &#8216;apostate church,&#8217; the &#8216;anti-Christ,&#8217; and a &#8216;false cult system.&#8217;&#8221;  <a href="http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/02/28/mccain_endorsement_angers_cath.html" rel="nofollow">http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/02/28/mccain_endorsement_angers_cath.html</a>.  McCain has yet to condemn or denounce Hagee&#8217;s comments or his endorsement.  </p>
<p>So AJ, why aren&#8217;t you criticizing McCain about the folks he is associated with?</p>
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		<title>By: WWS</title>
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		<dc:creator>WWS</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 19:53:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Obama signs God Damn America, that&#039;s the important part.</description>
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		<title>By: Terrye</title>
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		<dc:creator>Terrye</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 19:50:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I wonder if Soothie sings God Damn America........</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I wonder if Soothie sings God Damn America&#8230;&#8230;..</p>
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		<title>By: Terrye</title>
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		<dc:creator>Terrye</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 19:49:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Soothie:

You are such a hypocrite.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Soothie:</p>
<p>You are such a hypocrite.</p>
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		<title>By: cj_thespook</title>
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		<dc:creator>cj_thespook</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 19:37:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Soothsayer,

It is very easy to spout falsities, but much harder to cite sources.  Please cite your sources for every claim you have just made.  Oh, and please use scholarly sources.  You do know what scholarly sources are right?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Soothsayer,</p>
<p>It is very easy to spout falsities, but much harder to cite sources.  Please cite your sources for every claim you have just made.  Oh, and please use scholarly sources.  You do know what scholarly sources are right?</p>
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		<title>By: momdear1</title>
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		<dc:creator>momdear1</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 18:40:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Now we know why Michele Obama is ashamed of her country. If a rabble rousing radical&quot; Ellmer Gantry&quot;  gets his congregation all riled up every week, like this guy does, it&#039;s no wonder those who listen to his &quot;sermons&quot; hate their country, hate all white people, and feel like they are being persecuted regardless of how affluent they have become. I have never discriminated against anyone because of their color, but my sons were denied beginner jobs in  high paying tech fields because  employers were &quot;under a mandate by the federal government  to hire a minority.&quot; In the past 30 years, since the less than most qualified have been getting preference over the most qualified, our country&#039;s competitive edge has gone down the drain. You can&#039;t compete with countries that put their best and brightest in charge when you relegate your best and brightest to menial jobs like carpet cleaning, pet care, truck driving,  and garbage handling. 

Since the Obama&#039;s have  regularly subjected themselves to the hateful indoctrination of this demigod, and apparently at least the wife has bought into it, has anyone given any thought to just who Obama would appoint to be in charge of agencies regulating us? Since whites are blamed for black criminal behavior, could we expect blanket amnesty for all blacks in prison? Would law enforcement be ordered to look the other way when blacks commit crimes gainst whites, such as the two recent murders of white college girls by blacks? Is it possible that whites would once again be forced to put sheets over their heads and get justice in the night as they did during Reconstruction after the Civil  War? The KKK was created because there was a dire need for it., but just like labor unions and the civil rights movement, it did not go out of business once the problem was solved. Once they realized that by banding together they all  had the  power they all began to abuse it. 

I fear an Obama as president almost as much as I would fear the Taliban if it were to take over. I don&#039;t think there would be a dime&#039;s worth of difference between them.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Now we know why Michele Obama is ashamed of her country. If a rabble rousing radical&#8221; Ellmer Gantry&#8221;  gets his congregation all riled up every week, like this guy does, it&#8217;s no wonder those who listen to his &#8220;sermons&#8221; hate their country, hate all white people, and feel like they are being persecuted regardless of how affluent they have become. I have never discriminated against anyone because of their color, but my sons were denied beginner jobs in  high paying tech fields because  employers were &#8220;under a mandate by the federal government  to hire a minority.&#8221; In the past 30 years, since the less than most qualified have been getting preference over the most qualified, our country&#8217;s competitive edge has gone down the drain. You can&#8217;t compete with countries that put their best and brightest in charge when you relegate your best and brightest to menial jobs like carpet cleaning, pet care, truck driving,  and garbage handling. </p>
<p>Since the Obama&#8217;s have  regularly subjected themselves to the hateful indoctrination of this demigod, and apparently at least the wife has bought into it, has anyone given any thought to just who Obama would appoint to be in charge of agencies regulating us? Since whites are blamed for black criminal behavior, could we expect blanket amnesty for all blacks in prison? Would law enforcement be ordered to look the other way when blacks commit crimes gainst whites, such as the two recent murders of white college girls by blacks? Is it possible that whites would once again be forced to put sheets over their heads and get justice in the night as they did during Reconstruction after the Civil  War? The KKK was created because there was a dire need for it., but just like labor unions and the civil rights movement, it did not go out of business once the problem was solved. Once they realized that by banding together they all  had the  power they all began to abuse it. </p>
<p>I fear an Obama as president almost as much as I would fear the Taliban if it were to take over. I don&#8217;t think there would be a dime&#8217;s worth of difference between them.</p>
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