JOHN6:44AMJun 9th 2008

According to the United States Code, Title 36, Chapter 10, Sec. 171 - During rendition of the national anthem when the flag is displayed, all present except those in uniform are expected to stand at attention, facing the flag, with the right hand over the heart.

Obama explains National Anthem Stance:
'As I've said about the flag pin, I don't want to be perceived as taking sides,' Obama said. 'There are a lot of people in the world to whom the American flag is a symbol of oppression. And the anthem itself conveys a war-like message. You know, the bombs bursting in air and all. It should be swapped for something less parochial and less bellicose. I like the song 'I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing.' If that were our anthem, then I might salute it.'

Isn't that nice? He 'might' salute it.

TAKING SIDES... TAKING SIDES?? IF HE IS NOT TAKING AMERICA'S SIDE, WHOSE SIDE IS HE TAKING??

OhReally8:01AMJun 9th 2008

Pretty tame for Wonkette.

John McCain may not be an einstein but the man does have a couple of things going for him 1. he tries to be honest. 2.He can work both sides of the aisle.3. He may not be the hero people think he is but at least he has SOME military experience and 4. he has experience and 5. he is NOT Obama.

Why was Bush elected to a second term? Because of no-matter-what republicans who would not change their vote short of Bush murdering his wife in front of a dozen witnesses. We were faced with a President and a congress of one party who could bring this country to a point of disaster..which they did.

As Democrats we are being handed an Ultra-liberal, terrorist loving, racist, incompetent, white-hating, snake oil salesman who gives us nothing but kool-aid and empty rhetoric.

The choice is ez. Restore balance of power to our government where neither side can run amok

You do not hire the paperboy to run the newspaper (unless you are AOL) and neither should be hire a rookie to run our country.

Phil Scott8:04AMJun 9th 2008

Yes, this election shouldn't be about issues like the economy or the war or global warming, but flag lapel pins. We need a Constitutional amendment requiring all national political officeholders to wear the American flag on their lapels.

Phil Scott8:27AMJun 9th 2008

You do not hire the paperboy to run the newspaper (unless you are AOL) and neither should be hire a rookie to run our country.

Not so fast: We did hire Bush to run the country.

JUDY fERGUSON8:39AMJun 9th 2008

John McCain the RANKING MEMBER of the SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE who responsibility is the Department of Defense, research and development, National Security, Naval Affairs, and U.S. Military should explain to the American people why our TROOPS was sent into IRAQ and AFGHANISTAN - ILL EQUIPPED without ARMOURRED HUNVEES,and BULLETS ILL - SUITED
for 2 WARS, ILL SUITED BULLET PROOF VEST that contributed to more than 4,000 casualties of our young inexperience men and woman between the ages of 20 -30 years old? IS THIS THE EXPERIENCE THAT HE OFTEN BRAG ABOUT? With inside knowledge with my son just returning from Iraq the United States put our young people at risk, especially in Iraq where they falsely initiated a War with no exit strategy!

lmay8:47AMJun 9th 2008

John Mccain will be a fine president. Unfortunately..the only two choices we have are Obama the anti america no experience "I will side with the Muslims" or a man who loves our country deeply..a man who is tough as nails..a man who has two sons fighting in this war..a man who will protect our country...a true American.

Doesnt seem like a hard choice to me.

Hillary was the only other choice but we will see her again in 2012!!

Lets get busy and help Mccain win!!!

OhReally9:03AMJun 9th 2008

Phil my point exactly...look what that paperboy got us.

Could Obama be nothing more than empty rhetoric?
You bet

His inspiring rhetoric is a potent tool for energizing college students and previously uninvolved African-American voters. But his appeals are based on two aspirational pledges he is increasingly less credible in making.

Mr. Obama's call for postpartisanship looks unconvincing, when he is unable to point to a single important instance in his Senate career when he demonstrated bipartisanship. And his repeated calls to remember Dr. Martin Luther King's "fierce urgency of now" in tackling big issues falls flat as voters discover that he has not provided leadership on any major legislative battle.

Mr. Obama has not been a leader on big causes in Congress. He has been manifestly unwilling to expend his political capital on urgent issues. He has been only an observer, watching the action from a distance, thinking wry and sardonic and cynical thoughts to himself about his colleagues, mildly amused at their to-ing and fro-ing. He has held his energy and talent in reserve for the more important task of advancing his own political career, which means running for president.

John9:48AMJun 9th 2008

OhReally and lmay,

You are both idiots. Your false patriotism is vacuous. A vote for McCain is a vote for more war, less freedom, an end to reproductive rights, and an economy that will spiral ever downward. There will be no universal healthcare, no Social Security reform, no solutions to the many problems Bush will be handing the next president. You are clearly Republican shills. Ugh. If more evidence of this were needed, your disrespect for your alleged candidate is profound. She knows the only way to make her agenda come to fruition is to elect Obama. You do not support her or her agenda. Again, you are Republicans. Ugh.

John in Philadelphia
OBAMA '08

dans irish wife9:50AMJun 9th 2008

I have 2 words that describe John McPain.......
"Grandpa Simpson"

Dee9:53AMJun 9th 2008

Obama missed his true calling in life. He has a wonderful speaking voice, knows how to twist the truth and get people to follow him. He should have been a preacher. He would have put the Rev. Jim Jones to shame. Today...we could have a historical site named "Obamatown" instead of "Jonestown."

But then...if he makes it to the White House.......maybe we will?

Phil Scott10:01AMJun 9th 2008

"Your false patriotism is vacuous. A vote for McCain is a vote for more war, less freedom, an end to reproductive rights, and an economy that will spiral ever downward. There will be no universal healthcare, no Social Security reform, no solutions to the many problems Bush will be handing the next president."

But we will have more flag lapel pins! And in the end, isn't that what matters most?

Marty Adams10:59AMJun 9th 2008

The MISinformation on this board is not surprising. Claims that Obama has done nothing bipartisan ignores his ethics reform package co-sponsored by Norm Coleman(R). That Obama is without ideas is more nonsense. His economic plan has been endorsed by Warren Buffet, three current members of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and a Nobel Laureate in Economics. Anyone who saw his speech to AIPAC now knows that he has some very specific ideas regarding how to deal with the situation in the Middle East, Iran in particular.

nmjmgsds11:04AMJun 9th 2008

Well , all you dummies who did not vote for hillary, will now probably have to suck it up with Obama. He does not salute our flag and he is a good speaker as long as he has the teleprompter...but he
says NADA. Hillary knows the issues and did a great job and almost made it but the Dems decided to GIVE half her delegates to Obama from the two states she rightfully won. All, I can say now, unless you want to hear Obama and Michelle calling us whitey and crapping on us for
4 years or more, with Teddy Kennedy
running his bought and paid for Obamam Mama around like a puppet, better get on
the stick and vote for Mc Cain. Or, we will have another remake of Gone With the Wind...in Reverse.

bonbon11:16AMJun 9th 2008

to john

I posted and reposted a blog saying that exact same theme.

because as I see it there are only 2 sides,

either you Love it and salute it

OR

you hate it and don't.

that is a no brainer.

Our GRAND FLAG, is a symbol of our independance, and stands as a beacon to honor all who love it, and those who have died defending it. and it evokes a sense of pride that goes to the very heart of who we are as Americans.

and there is no excuse, especially the feeble one given by Obama, that justifies not respecting this great ICON.

and the truth, is so obvious that Obama does not salute it, nor does he want his allies overseas to see him salute it, is he loathes, and hates it. because his loyalty, is not with America.

even a good con man would be smart enough to pretend to salute it. He does not even attempt to hide his disgust of our flag, or what it stands for.

his adversity to speaking our Pledge of Allegiance, or to sing our National Anthem, SPEAK VOLUMES. to all who will hear.

Shortly after 9/11 I had two of my grandchildren with me, and I remember the flags, the hundreds and hundreds of flags, everywhere you looked, all flown in their full glory, as a sign of unity and pride, to honor our country, and those who had been so brutally murdered, just because they were Americans.

Americans who saluted our flag.

I remember donating all the money I had to the victims fund, in exchange for a ribbon of red, white, and blue, that was tied to my car attenna, it was just a small piece of cloth, yet I was proud, to watch it wave in the wind as I drove, knowing as small as it was, it's message of hope and peace filled the air, everywhere it went, and brought pride to all that saw it.

so if I have to choose a president who laid his life on the line, and whose son's are doing the same, in honor of that GRAND FLAG, or a man who can't even be bothered to salute our GRAND FLAG, who finds it disgusting to do so. just who do you think I will choose.

that too, is a no-brainer.

four years with McCain is better than one minute with Obama.

GOD BLESS AMERICA AND GOD BLESS US ALL.

HILLARY I WILL ALWAYS LOVE AND HONOR YOU, MY SUPPORT IS ALWAYS WITH YOU.

AND I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG...

Wish Belkin11:16AMJun 9th 2008

Ron Paul for President !!

(write it in)

On The Obama Bus11:53AMJun 9th 2008

Do you ever wonder why so many people are getting on the Barack Hussein Obama bus?

Could it be that this nation is becoming colorblind and does not care if a good person is black, white, red or tan?

Could it be that the American people don’t care if a person worships as a Christian, Buddhist, Muslim, Hindu, or Jew?

Could it be that people remember the scandals of the Clinton And Bush years?

Could it be that the American people know that if it was not for the Clinton’s filth and scandals that Al Gore would be completing his second term in office.

Could it be that the American people remember Bush and McCain looking into our eyes and saying, believe me there are weapons of mass destruction?

Could it be that the American people are shell shocked that over 4,000 precious lives have been lost fighting the wrong war in the wrong country against the wrong enemy?

Could it be that the American people realize that Carl Rove politics brought our nation to where it is today?

McCain’s Understanding Of The Economy11:57AMJun 9th 2008

McCain's Understanding Of The Economy

John McCain says the economic downturn is psychological.

Having on multiple occasions admitted his limited understanding of the economy, Senator McCain instead turned armchair psychologist to diagnose the U.S economic slowdown. In April, McCain told Fox News' Neil Cavuto that a lot of our problems today, as you know, are psychological. Apparently, four months of job losses, oil at $120 a barrel, record gas prices at the pump, 47 million uninsured and a devastating home foreclosure crisis are merely figments of Americans' imaginations.

McCain’s Understanding Of The Economy11:59AMJun 9th 2008

John McCain says eBay is the answer for poverty and recession.

During his so-called Forgotten Places tour last month, John McCain offered the people of the economically devastated regions in Martin County, Kentucky and Youngstown, Ohio a path out of financial desperation: eBay. Today, for example, McCain said, 1.3 million people in the world make a living off eBay, most of those are in the United State of America. If that sounds like something McCain’s national campaign co-chair and former eBay CEO Meg Whitman might say, it’s because she did. In March, she told Lesley Stahl on 60 Minutes, We have about - around the world, about 1.3 million people make most, if not all, of their living selling on eBay.

Let me tell you Ebay is not the answer: I try to make a little bit of extra money selling on Ebay.
I know from experience that when people are having a difficult time filling up their gas tank. Paying their mortgage and putting food on the table they are not buying on eBay. Also we eBay sellers do not have health insurance. Please ask Meg Whitman why she left Ebay when the bottom fell out?

McCain’s Understanding Of The Economy11:59AMJun 9th 2008

John McCain says the housing crisis is caused by Irresponsible, undeserving homeowners.

In his widely panned March 25th address on the economy, John McCain essentially blamed American homeowners teetering on the brink of foreclosure for their plight, insisting any assistance must be temporary and must not reward people who were irresponsible at the expense of those who weren’t. Facing a backlash, McCain just two weeks later on April 11 rolled out new proposals, claiming his priority number one is to keep well meaning, deserving home owners who are facing foreclosure in their homes. As the New York Times concluded:
In both tone and substance, Mr. McCain’s remarks were something of a departure from a speech the senator delivered last month in California in which he warned that it is not the duty of government to bail out and reward those who act irresponsibly, whether they are big banks or small borrowers.

McCain’s Understanding Of The Economy12:02PMJun 9th 2008

John McCains answer to the Recession:

Work a second job, skip a vacation. In that same March 25, 2008 speech, the Republican nominee made it clear that selling Barbie dolls or Hummel figurines on eBay isn’t John McCain’s only prescription for Americans facing economic difficulties. The other? Just work harder. McCain encouraged Americans to emulate the 51 million homeowners doing what is necessary — working a second job, skipping a vacation, and managing their budgets — to make their payments on time.

Or you could just Divorce your spouse and merry a millionaire!