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Videos of the Week - Best So Far
Welcome to Videos of the Week, and sorry for my absence these past several weeks. It is good to be back, even if it is during a slow-as-molasses news week.
Because it has been such a slow week, this will be a shorter than usual VOTW. For the same reason, our lead video this week is a compilation of Election 2008 web videos, put together by PoliticsTV.com.
Of course, I think they've forgotten a high quality web video that deserved inclusion, so I intend to remedy that. Here's BallWitness News' Special Report: Electile Dysfunction.
Of course, the big story this week is actually from last week, but here's TPM's roundup of fake apoplexy over Wesly Clark's appearance on CBS' Face the Nation.
The Political Machine is home to many talented writers, but also, I've discovered, talented readers. Some of us got together to celebrate the birthday of John from Philadelphia, and he favored us with a song at a piano bar in Philadelphia. You can read about it, and see the uncensored videos here, but I wanted to spotlight John's gift.
Now, even though I just did a story on this, I liked the end of this video so much, I thought it bore repeating.
Again, here's a story I just did, but with a slightly different angle. Here's Fox News' take on singer Rene Marie switching anthems on the mayor of Denver.
Here's Cenk Uygur's take on Fox News' extreme makeover of a couple of New York Times writers.
Finally, here's another look at a really funny clip from The Onion. In case you had forgotten, We still have a president, and his name is George W. Bush.
Bush Tours America To Survey Damage Caused By His Disastrous Presidency
Recent Comments
(Page 1 of 1)DELEGATES-NOT-PEOPLE9:52PMJul 7th 2008
Obama's been paying off superdelegates since 2005:
http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2008/02/superdelegates.html
Many of the superdelegates who could well decide the Democratic
presidential nominee have already been plied with campaign
contributions by Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, a new study shows.
About half the 800 superdelegates -- elected officials, party
leaders, and others -- have committed to either Clinton or Obama,
though they can change their minds until the convention.
OBAMA'S POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE HAS DOLED OUT MORE THAN $694,000
TO SUPERDELEGATES SINCE 2005, THE STUDY FOUND, AND OF THE 81 WHO HAD
ANNOUNCED THEIR SUPPORT FOR OBAMA, 34 HAD RECEIVED DONATIONS
TOTALING $228,000.
THE DEMS IN CONGRESS HAVE BEEN BOUGHT AND PAID FOR! WE NEED TO VOTE
THEM OUT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!
VOTE FOR McCAIN IN 2008.
MORE-OBAMAS-GAFFES9:54PMJul 7th 2008
DON’T FORGET OBAMA’S:
Flip-flop on FISA;
His flip-flop on taking public vs private money;
His close association with Wright and Farrakhan;
His claims of having voted for things he never voted for;
His habit of either not showing up for votes,
Or showing up and voting "present" rather than yea, or nay.
Obama is running commercials in PA and elsewhere that make one bizarre (and false) claim after another. A key one is his claim to have "passed" welfare reform. In fact, he opposed President Clinton's welfare reform bill, one of the signal achievements of the Clinton era. He also claimed to have brought about better treatment for wounded veterans. That was legislation almost no one opposed; however, Barack Obama was absent from the vote.
As the WSJ recently put, "Obama is running for Bush's third term."
Barack Hussein Obama has no legislative record of accomplishment, so he's busily making one up.
VOTE FOR JOHN McCAIN IN 2008 --- HILLARY IN 2012.
REPLACE-DEMS-IN-CONGRESS10:03PMJul 7th 2008
OBAMA WAS "SELECTED" BY THE DNC --- NOT "ELECTED" BY THE PEOPLE.
One of the reasons Hanoi John Kerry, the true ‘American Traitor’, went down so hard in defeat was his elitist attitude. Apparently the liberals need something to attack in order to make them feel better about their continual losses. Zell Miller was right in 2004: “A democratic party no more!”
This election is new territory for our country and it does not look bright; and in my humble opinion, if the Democratic Party continues to control Congress, they will continue to divide our country.
This election has proven one thing: ‘We the People’ is no longer viable; it is ‘We the powerbrokers’!
What you NEED to have — in order to be the Democratic Nominee:
1) Backers with power;
2) Backers with big money;
3) Ability to ‘act/perform’ (poker-face);
4) Great speech writers;
5) MSM in back pocket;
6) DNC in back pocket.
What you DON’T NEED to have — in order to be the Democratic Nominee:
1) Credibility;
2) Experience;
3) Character;
4) Issue Resolutions;
5) Pride in Country;
THE DNC AND BIASED MEDIA ARE DESTROYING AMERICA — BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA WAS “SELECTED” — NOT “ELECTED”.
VOTE FOR JOHN McCAIN IN 2008.
ANYBODY-BUT-OBAMA11:30PMJul 7th 2008
Barack Hussein Obama is a typical, slimy politician who will stoop to the depths of hell to get what he wants. He and his wife scare the hell out of me!
READ OBAMA'S BOOKS! READ HIS WIFE'S COLLEGE THESIS.
Someone just sent me this link to a comprehensive video covering Barack Obama. In it...is a complete history of where he came from, what he thinks, things he's said (in his OWN voice) and I'm sure he hoped that they would be lost and forgotten forever, but someone has captured them and put them on this shocking video for all to see and hear. It is called "Connect The Dots."
Please watch and listen to this video and share it with others. It is the only way we can wake people up in time and try and stop this "Changeling" from overtaking the White House in November.
God help us all...!!!
http://www.eyeblast.tv/Public/Video.aspx?rsrcID=2036
ANYBODY-BUT-OBAMA11:33PMJul 7th 2008
Barack Hussein Obama is a typical, slimy politician who will stoop to the depths of hell to get what he wants. He and his wife scare the hell out of me!
READ OBAMA'S BOOKS! READ HIS WIFE'S COLLEGE THESIS.
Someone just sent me this link to a comprehensive video covering Barack Obama. In it...is a complete history of where he came from, what he thinks, things he's said (in his OWN voice) and I'm sure he hoped that they would be lost and forgotten forever, but someone has captured them and put them on this shocking video for all to see and hear. It is called "Connect The Dots."
Please watch and listen to this video and share it with others. It is the only way we can wake people up in time and try and stop this "Changeling" from overtaking the White House in November.
God help us all...!!!
http://www.eyeblast.tv/Public/Video.aspx?rsrcID=2036
C. Jenkins1:06AMJul 8th 2008
FLIP-FLOPPING-OBAMA9:49PMJul 7th 2008
DON’T FORGET OBAMA’S:
Flip-flop on FISA;
_____________________________
Maybe between one of the flips and one of the flops, he'll turn white and you will vote for him.
His flip-flop on taking public vs private money;
JUST-SAY-NO-TO-OBAMA1:56PMJul 8th 2008
OBAMA WILL SAY OR DO ANYTHING TO GET WHAT HE WANTS. HE CANNOT BE TRUSTED.
OBAMA HAS BASED HIS ENTIRE CAMPAIGN ON LIES. HE HAS TOO MANY TIES TO TERRORISTS AND ANTI-AMERICANS.
HAD THE DNC TOLD THE TRUTH ABOUT OBAMA BEFORE OVER HALF OF AMERICA HAD VOTED, HE WOULD NOT BE THE CANDIDATE --- HILLARY WOULD BE.
WATCH THIS VIDEO! SHOCKING!!! YOU WANT THIS AS A PRESIDENT?
THIS IS THE NATION OF ISLAM TEACHINGS. JEREMIAH WRIGHT GAVE THIS MAN AN AWARD AND OBAMA PRAISED HIS WORK. THIS MAN WAS BANISHED FROM THE NATION OF ISLAM BECAUSE HE WENT TO A SPEECH CARRYING A GUN IN HIS BIBLE TO KILL WHITE PEOPLE. THIS IS WHAT “BLACK LIBERATION THEOLOGY TEACHES”. IT PRODUCED A GREAT SPEAKER BUT THE HATE IS UNNECESSARY.
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/456363/khallid_muhammads_speech_kill_the_white_man/
Khallid Muhammad, RIP
Farewell to a hater.
VOTE FOR McCAIN IN 2008.
JUST-SAY-NO-TO-OBAMA2:01PMJul 8th 2008
OBAMA WILL SAY OR DO ANYTHING TO GET WHAT HE WANTS. HE CANNOT BE TRUSTED.
OBAMA HAS BASED HIS ENTIRE CAMPAIGN ON LIES. HE HAS TOO MANY TIES TO TERRORISTS AND ANTI-AMERICANS.
HAD THE DNC TOLD THE TRUTH ABOUT OBAMA BEFORE OVER HALF OF AMERICA HAD VOTED, HE WOULD NOT BE THE CANDIDATE --- HILLARY WOULD BE.
WATCH THIS VIDEO! SHOCKING!!! YOU WANT THIS AS A PRESIDENT?
THIS IS THE NATION OF ISLAM TEACHINGS. JEREMIAH WRIGHT GAVE THIS MAN AN AWARD AND OBAMA PRAISED HIS WORK. THIS MAN WAS BANISHED FROM THE NATION OF ISLAM BECAUSE HE WENT TO A SPEECH CARRYING A GUN IN HIS BIBLE TO KILL WHITE PEOPLE. THIS IS WHAT “BLACK LIBERATION THEOLOGY TEACHES”. IT PRODUCED A GREAT SPEAKER BUT THE HATE IS UNNECESSARY.
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/456363/khallid_muhammads_speech_kill_the_white_man/
Khallid Muhammad, RIP
Farewell to a hater.
VOTE FOR McCAIN IN 2008.
NO-BARACK-HUSSEIN-OBAMA2:07PMJul 8th 2008
OBAMA HAS BASED HIS ENTIRE CAMPAIGN ON LIES. HE HAS TOO MANY TIES TO TERRORISTS AND ANTI-AMERICANS.
HAD THE DNC TOLD THE TRUTH ABOUT OBAMA BEFORE OVER HALF OF AMERICA HAD VOTED, HE WOULD NOT BE THE CANDIDATE --- HILLARY WOULD BE.
WATCH THIS VIDEO! SHOCKING!!! YOU WANT THIS AS A PRESIDENT?
THIS IS THE NATION OF ISLAM TEACHINGS. JEREMIAH WRIGHT GAVE THIS MAN AN AWARD AND OBAMA PRAISED HIS WORK. THIS MAN WAS BANISHED FROM THE NATION OF ISLAM BECAUSE HE WENT TO A SPEECH CARRYING A GUN IN HIS BIBLE TO KILL WHITE PEOPLE. THIS IS WHAT “BLACK LIBERATION THEOLOGY TEACHES”. IT PRODUCED A GREAT SPEAKER BUT THE HATE IS UNNECESSARY.
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/456363/khallid_muhammads_speech_kill_the_white_man/
Khallid Muhammad, RIP --- Farewell to a hater.
Yes this guy makes JEREMIAH WRIGHT look like a choir boy.
People need to watch nation of islam's farrakhan. In his speechs to 20,000 people saying the white people need to give all of america to them? and also america must burn.
Yes obama comes from this cesspool, they give him awards --- praise him, etc. --- real nice!
VOTE FOR McCAIN IN 2008.
NO-OBAMA2:23PMJul 8th 2008
This is a video someone posted of Gaddafi supporting Obama. He talks a bout campaign contributions.
NO WONDER OBAMA DIDN’T WANT “PUBLIC FINANCING”.
The entire tape is very interesting.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSemkPChvHo
Gaddafi basically says OBAMA is lying through his teeth. Nothing he says it true. All of it is to get elected. Oops, getting called a liar by a ruthless dictator. That is just a reflection of how bad Obama is.
NO-OBAMA2:30PMJul 8th 2008
This is a video someone posted of Gaddafi supporting Obama. He talks a bout campaign contributions.
NO WONDER OBAMA DIDN’T WANT “PUBLIC FINANCING”.
The entire tape is very interesting.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSemkPChvHo
Gaddafi basically says OBAMA is lying through his teeth. Nothing he says it true. All of it is to get elected. Oops, getting called a liar by a ruthless dictator. That is just a reflection of how bad Obama is.
OBAMA-DOES-THE-\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\2:42PMJul 8th 2008
OBAMA MOVES UP, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT — IT’S THE “HUSTLE”! --- HE WILL DO OR SAY ANYTHING TO GET WHAT HE WANTS. He was sworn into office January 4, 2005. He has spent most of his time in the Senate running for President! If he can’t do his Senate job— he surely can’t lead our nation. Obama has lost credibility with all his lies and his ties to anti-Americans, Marxists and terrorists. READ HIS BOOKS - he hates what this country stands for and will try to desecrate everything to appease his radical “racist” followers. From Obama’s book: “Audacity of Hope”: “I WILL STAND WITH THE MUSLIMS SHOULD THE POLITICAL WINDS SHIFT IN AN UGLY DIRECTION.” You can’t change a tiger’s stripes. He was “selected” by the DNC — not “elected” by the people. Hillary should be in this race.
McCAIN stands behind what he says. He was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Arizona in 1982. John McCain’s reform agenda to reduce federal spending and lower taxes quickly elevated him to statewide office and he was elected to the United States Senate in 1986, after serving two terms in the U.S. House. He will do the best he can for the people of the United States of America. He is ethical, honest, trustworthy and has the ‘experience’ and ‘judgment’ required to lead our country. I admire his willingness to reach across the aisle to get things done. He has proven he loves this country enough to die for her. He has two sons fighting for us now.
JOHN McCAIN FOR PRESIDENT 2008 --- HILLARY 2012.
OBAMA-DOES-THE-\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\3:42PMJul 8th 2008
OBAMA MOVES UP, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT — IT’S THE “HUSTLE”! --- HE WILL DO OR SAY ANYTHING TO GET WHAT HE WANTS. He was sworn into office January 4, 2005. He has spent most of his time in the Senate running for President! If he can’t do his Senate job— he surely can’t lead our nation. Obama has lost credibility with all his lies and his ties to anti-Americans, Marxists and terrorists. READ HIS BOOKS - he hates what this country stands for and will try to desecrate everything to appease his radical “racist” followers. From Obama’s book: “Audacity of Hope”: “I WILL STAND WITH THE MUSLIMS SHOULD THE POLITICAL WINDS SHIFT IN AN UGLY DIRECTION.” You can’t change a tiger’s stripes. He was “selected” by the DNC — not “elected” by the people. Hillary should be in this race.
McCAIN stands behind what he says. He was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Arizona in 1982. John McCain’s reform agenda to reduce federal spending and lower taxes quickly elevated him to statewide office and he was elected to the United States Senate in 1986, after serving two terms in the U.S. House. He will do the best he can for the people of the United States of America. He is ethical, honest, trustworthy and has the ‘experience’ and ‘judgment’ required to lead our country. I admire his willingness to reach across the aisle to get things done. He has proven he loves this country enough to die for her. He has two sons fighting for us now.
JOHN McCAIN FOR PRESIDENT 2008 --- HILLARY 2012.
REPLACE-DEMS-IN-CONGRESS3:56PMJul 8th 2008
One of the reasons Hanoi John Kerry, the true ‘American Traitor’, went down so hard in defeat was his elitist attitude. Apparently the liberals need something to attack in order to make them feel better about their continual losses. Zell Miller was right in 2004: “A democratic party no more!”
This election is new territory for our country and it does not look bright; and in my humble opinion, if the Democratic Party continues to control Congress, they will continue to divide our country.
This election has proven one thing: ‘We the People’ is no longer viable; it is ‘We the powerbrokers’!
What you NEED to have — in order to be the Democratic Nominee:
1) Backers with power;
2) Backers with big money;
3) Ability to ‘act/perform’ (poker-face);
4) Great speech writers;
5) MSM in back pocket;
6) DNC in back pocket.
What you DON’T NEED to have — in order to be the Democratic Nominee:
1) Credibility;
2) Experience;
3) Character;
4) Issue Resolutions;
5) Pride in Country;
THE DNC AND BIASED MEDIA ARE DESTROYING AMERICA — BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA WAS “SELECTED” — NOT “ELECTED”.
VOTE FOR JOHN McCAIN IN 2008 - HILLARY IN 2012.
REPLACE-DEMS4:55PMJul 8th 2008
Obama is an empty suit, created by the DNC and the biased media with the help of the Chicago political machine.
He is a weakling whose strings are manipulated by Kennedy, Kerry-Heinz and Joe Biden. He is at their beck and call and is unable to make a decision without their help. An empty suit. Obama is further creating a cult which is being incited to hate the Clintons and John McCain.
Along with the above three are Howard Dean, Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi, who are panting for Obama to become nominated --- they are further manipulation.
Pelosi wants to be the first female president.
The Democratic party is split and I for one, will be glad to see it buried and never alive again.
The big-wig democrats stabbed Hillary in the back. I will vote for McCain and I will campaign that each of the above, when faced with their own re-election, may not win. Obama is an unknown. He has told too many lies. He has no leadership experience and is not qualified to become president.
And, Yeah --- I AM A TYPICAL, HARD-WORKING, MIDDLE-CLASS, BLUE COLLAR PERSON.
They should have counted Florida and Michigan.
Florida voted. Both candidates were on the ticket.
Michigan has an election in August. They should have added Hillary and Obama to the August ticket!
BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA WAS “SELECTED” --- NOT “ELECTED”.
Vote for America!
Vote for John McCain in 2008 --- Hillary in 2012.
ANYBODY-BUT-OBAMA5:18PMJul 8th 2008
This election has proven one thing: ‘We the People’ is no longer viable; it is ‘We the DEMOCRATIC powerbrokers’!
The President of The United States is limited to eight years.
ALL political offices should have ‘term limits’ (members of Congress, Supreme Court, etc.). We can’t trust anyone to be good forever.
WE NEED TO REPLACE ALL DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS.
Obama was “selected” — not “elected”.
“We The People” should count — not DNC delegates.
VOTE FOR JOHN McCAIN IN 2008.
EVENTUALLY-THE-TRUTH8:10PMJul 8th 2008
This is a video someone posted of Gaddafi supporting Obama. He talks a bout campaign contributions.
NO WONDER OBAMA DIDN’T WANT “PUBLIC FINANCING”.
The entire tape is very interesting.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSemkPChvHo
Gaddafi basically says OBAMA is lying through his teeth. Nothing he says it true. All of it is to get elected. Oops, getting called a liar by a ruthless dictator. That is just a reflection of how bad Obama is.
JOHN McCAIN IN 2008.
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FLIP-FLOPPING-OBAMA9:49PMJul 7th 2008
DON’T FORGET OBAMA’S:
Flip-flop on FISA;
His flip-flop on taking public vs private money;
His ties to Rezko and the money Rezko contributed to his campaign;
His close association with Wright and Farrakhan;
His claims of having voted for things he never voted
for;
His habit of either not showing up for votes,
Or showing up and voting "present" rather than yea, or nay.
Obama is running commercials in PA and elsewhere that make one
bizarre (and false) claim after another. A key one is his claim to
have "passed" welfare reform. In fact, he opposed President Clinton's
welfare reform bill, one of the signal achievements of the Clinton
era. He also claimed to have brought about better treatment for
wounded veterans. That was legislation almost no one opposed;
however, Barack Obama was absent from the vote.
As the WSJ recently put, "Obama is running for Bush's third term."
Barack Hussein Obama has no legislative record of accomplishment, so
he's busily making one up.
VOTE FOR JOHN McCAIN IN 2008 --- HILLARY IN 2012.