Waiting for Obama

Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena seats up to 14,000, but the Buzz would be surprised to see the place completely fill up. Two hours before Sen. Barack Obama is scheduled to speak, there are at least a thousand in place.

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[Thy names is destroy legitimate business]

In the interview, which has been available online for months, Obama talks about the importance of coal. He went on to talk about his cap and trade proposal to help curb global warming.

"If somebody wants to build a coal power plant they can, it's just that it will bankrupt them because they are going to be charged a huge sum for all that greenhouse gas that's being emitted," Barack Obama said to the San Francisco Chronicle in January.

[Comrades]

In this election season, Americans are becoming increasingly convinced that if they don't vote Democrat they will all get sick, paralyzed, dismembered, and ultimately die for lack of on-demand embryos available for their consumption. The good news is, once they are dead they'll be voting Democrat forever! Dead voters are playing a progressively important role in the American democratic process, consistently casting their votes for the Democratic Party. According to "Countdown" on MSNBC, the International Coalition of Dead Voters has endorsed all Democratic candidates in this election cycle. "We have always sided with progress and unilateral disarmament, and it is very important that this November all dead people of good will, once again, vote Democrat," said the Coalition's spokesperson to Keith Olbermann in a segment called Bush Disenfranchises The American Dead. "Not all of us are from this country, though" the spokesperson said, adding that a standard term for his constituents would be "necro-proxies."

[C. Sykes]

I understand that McCain's also holding a rally now, and a whole 1,000 people have shown up....total.

For the last few days, he's been busing school kids in by the thousands to get rally totals over a few thousand...

The police in Chicago are gearing up for a possible 1 million people crowd for the Obama election watch.

One thousand in place?

At 6:30 a.m. on a Monday, Sept 15th in Jacksonville there were 5000 in place for John McCain.

NEFL is McCain Country.

FLORIDA is going to McCain and Team North Florida and the small business Joes will put him over the top.

[Cheryl - OBAMA/BIDEN 2008]

GO OBAMA!!! 2008

[dantheman]

McBush is done! All that is left now is for the GOP imploding to begin as the fight for the party gets underway. The fundies will probably win and make the GOP noncompetative for the next 12 years. thanks religious right, you have made this all possible.

[Cheryl - OBAMA/BIDEN 2008]

directed to the 9:24 poster

From an article dated 9/15/08

John McCain returned to the campaign trail on Monday, only this time without his popular vice presidential pick, Sarah Palin. The results were somewhat less than enthusiastic. As reported by MSNBC's First Read, the Republican presidential nominee addressed a crowd of roughly 3,000 people in a stadium that seats 16,000.

The pictures, however, tell many more words. The Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena where McCain spoke had large swaths of sections entirely empty, an American flag draped over the seats.

Palin has helped McCain make up much of this enthusiasm gap he had with Barack Obama - though, as as Bloomberg News reported on Sunday, the campaign has been exaggerating its crowd numbers. And it remains to be seen how many people the Alaska Governor attracted at her own stop today in Colorado. But McCain's low attendance figures on Monday may, in the end, persuade his campaign to plan more joint appearances going forward, a small but potentially important development.

UPDATE: Jonathan Martin at Politico reports that Palin drew approximately twice as many people as McCain this morning. All of which, the McCain campaign says, is no big deal -- taunting a bit by pointing to the polls.

"Scoreboard check," said McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds. "They're hurting in Florida - our attendance on a Monday morning is better off than Barack Obama's empty rhetoric and absent record - that won't deliver change."

[Southern Bob]

Why hasn't anyone done more research on Sarah Palin's husband and his hatred of America? A secessionist party? You must be kidding? If that was Mrs. Obama, the right would go mad! Mad I tell you! Time to alter course right now and elect Democrats who do not hate America like the GOP--out for only the wealthy! I was a Republican, but I can't trust that party any longer to protect our great nation.

SOCIALISTS UNITE!

9:35 They have! Billions of dollars of corporate welfare socialism and government bailouts under Bush. Much more coming if McBush is elected.

[a Savage]

to Thy names is destroy legitimate business
Good -- or do you want to leave the next generation a wasteland?
This is the only earth we have and I am glad someone is stepping up to the plate to take care of it.
--Savage

[C. Sykes]

Also for the 9:24 poster:

On September 15, we didn't know that Sarah Palin was ignorant, had abused her power in Alaska, practises the same kind of cronyism Bush has, fires anyone who doesn't do what she wants, (even when what she wants isn't ethical) and has not even bothered to read the Constitution she would swear to uphold as VP. (She thinks the 1st Amendment protects government officials from being criticised by the press.)

We also hadn't yet experienced the truly vile blizzard of smears and attacks from the "we will not go negative" McCain campaign.

We have a little more information now...and the number of people attending the respective rallies reflects that. And also Obama's campaign that has emphasized hope and bringing America together as one nation.

Yes, we can.
Yes, we will!

the reality is that Obama knows he will lose in Northeast Florida so having a rally here in Jax is great - his entire ground team has stopped working and is attending the big love in downtown - with so little time those of us who are running the ground operations need the big fish to stay away they steal the focus and get people distracted - we have some surprises for Mr. Obama in Northeast Florida and we are certain that they will help McCain/ Palin surge in this last push....we will fight to remain free from socialism and the class warefare that has become known as the Obama campaign plan.

[C. Sykes]

You know, I'm still trying to figure out why it's socialism to propose letting 90 percent of Americans keep more of the money they EARN.

EARN!

And I still don't understand why, for McCain supporters, tax cuts for the rich are always good.....tax cuts for everyone else are always bad.

By the way, you do know that your tax money--the "bailout"-- is currently being used to pay fat, multi-millon dollar bonuses for the Wall Street execs who got us into this mess in the first place? Obama argued against that, but I guess Bush and his pet financial advisors didn't listen.

Go ahead, shoot yourself in the foot by voting for McCain...I'll wait.

[McCain = HATE TALK EXPRESS]

McNasty has done nothing but lie and smear.......90% of what comes out of his mouth and Gov Palin's mouth about Obama are lies......America has had a liar in the White House for 8 yrs we don't want another LIAR in the White House and can't afford one.

American's have woken up and will do the right thing

Obama/Biden 08

[David]

Sarah Palin should have known that having a child at the age of 44 was likely to bring problems if not for her then certainly for her child.

There are ways to prevent pregnancy, Sarah.

Think of what life will be like for your Downs Syndrome child.

9:50 Obama's Campaign does NOT emphasize hope, but is emphasizing the U.S. government "Spreading the Wealth."
That's our harding earned money redistributed. No thank you.

GOVERNMENT HANDOUTS are not hope. Socking it to small busniesses with higher taxes would cripple the economy. no thank you.

Btw, 95 percent of the working U.S. population does NOT pay taxes, so do your homework Obama.

*See Socialism or Marxism in the dictionary.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialism

North FL will not buy into Obama's vision of Socialism for America; the voters in Jacksonville are proficient in Civics.

McCain-Palin '08

Country and Capitalism first.

[Cheryl]

For the poster at 10:01 am...so you had to be to work for 8:00 am and your posting on a political blog at 10:01 am. Your lucky you still have a job. I'd fire your butt!!!

[Cheryl]

To the poster at 10:31 am who is quoted as saying "9:50 Obama's Campaign does NOT emphasize hope, but is emphasizing the U.S. government "Spreading the Wealth."
That's our harding earned money redistributed. No thank you."

1st of all - I've been part of the OBAMA campaign for several months now and for the first time in 8 years...I feel hope. So you are 100% incorrect.

2nd of all - So, I'm assuming you are middle class. Do you realize that the BUSH administration has been spreading your wealth to the rich for years now? Our middle class wealth has been spread out everywhere, but where it needs to be...reinvested back into the middle class.

I've been banging my head up against the wall for months now trying to figure out how people just don't get it. I'm going to chalk it up to being ignorant, brainwashed, or racist. Just no other way to explain why anyone would want to follow the same taxing plan that has gotten us into the mess we are in now.

And LAST...I'm tired of billions of our dollars going to Iraq! We need to invest that money into the US economy.

VOTE OBAMA...2008!!!

I can blog from the business I own and I am voting for Obama!

Are you chuckleheads serious? The Republican party of which I am a member has totally messed this country up for the last 8 years and I am supposed to vote for McCain and fundamentalist Palin.

Not on your life.

Oligarchs UNITE! Soon we'll be just like Russia, where the Billionaires rig elections and run the country. John McCain's plan is almost complete! Can't wait for the AMERO and the Exxon logo on the White House!

[GOP guy]

I support United States of North America and I support John McCain. The Amero is what we need. The sooner we consolidate our currency, the sooner our small businesses can start using cheap labor down in Mexico and tax them on our terms. Look at the European Union! We need consolidation. Vote John McCain and we will finally have control of North America and we will win in Iraq too! Can you imagine the power we would wield?

[GO McCAIN!]

I agree! This bugaboo of the "amero" and "one world government" is a farce. I can't wait for the corporations to finally take this country over and run it like a business! Then maybe we'll run in the black for once!

McCain/Cuda '08!

[Sheep for "The One"]

baaaaaarack! baaaaaarack!

[Are you kidding?]

You want these corporations who ran our economy into the ground to run this country? REALLY?! I will never vote for John McCain and his oligarch buddies. You really want the Amero? I knew McCain was a little touched in the head when he selected Palin! You AND McCain truly are nuts.

[Obamatons for Barack]

Hillary says: Hey, he gave a nice speech once, but aside from that, Barack is utterly unprepared for the Oval Office.

But, hey, as Bobby Brown said, it's your prerogative to put your brain on hold, go with your emotions and pull the lever for the empty suit.

Obama supporters just want to be taken care of... By a socialist evil non-american!

C. Sykes...Another Kool-aid guzzler. Have you noticed that Barack Obama wants to continue to fund Social Security rather than allowing seniors to invest that money themselves? I call that SOCIALISM!

Did you also know that he supports UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE? John McCain wants to end our addiction to Social Security and put the money back in the hands of seniors so they can invest it in the stock market and strengthen our corporations, which in turn makes us more competitive on a global scale!

A vote for Barack Obama is a vote for WELFARE for seniors! McCain/Cuda '08

[GOP Guy]

Amen! Let's get back to personal responsibility and abolish Social Security. If you don't invest properly while you're working then who cares if you starve when you're old? You made your choice.

VOTE McCain-Palin!

[Tarpon08]

From the British author Melanie Phillips, writing in The Spectator(UK): "You have to pinch yourself--a Marxist radical who all his life has been mentored by, sat at the feet of, worshiped with, befriended, endorsed the philosophy of, funded and been in turn funded, politically promoted and supported a nexus comprising black power anti-white racists, Jew haters, revolutionary Marxists, unrepentant former terrorists, and Chicago mobsters, is on the verge of becoming President of the United States. And apparently, it's considered impolite to say so."

[DaddyD]

Why do some keep banging their heads against the wall? People have turned economic theory into a form of religion... same with other policies. How about just doing what works?

Look at the facts: Bill Clinton Raised taxes on the wealthy, and we experienced economic growth. Bush lowered taxes for the rich, twice, but things keep getting progressively worse. 'Trickle-down' doesn't work.

After the economic meltdown of the Great Depression, numerous regulations were put in place in the banking industry, and for over 65 years the banking industry was stable and sound. Republicans pushed and got their deregulation agenda, and whups - look what happened? Huge SOCIALIST-STYLE government purchases of the banks.

Neocons got to run foreign policy: no negotiating with people we don't like; shoot first, ask questions later; go-it-alone unilateral approach, defy our international agreements and torture suspected criminals, ignore our own laws constitution to spy on American citizens. Now we have two failing wars, and we never did catch Osama, did we? We've lost power and respect around the world, and have no moral standing when other dictators cite us as an example of why torture is acceptable. We send suspected terrorists to trial and evidence gets tossed because confessions and other information were coerced.

Trickle-down has failed. Deregulation has failed. Neoconservative foreign policies have failed. The Republicans had a chance to make their policies work - they had it all: the White House, control of both houses in congress, and a modestly sympathetic Supreme Court. And, they failed spectacularly.

The gig is up. The policies failed. Time to do what works. Even pea-brained rats recognize that when there's no cheese at the end of the tunnel it's time to go looking elsewhere for better results.

[GOP GUY]

Whatever Daddy? I think the best part of you trickled down your mama's leg!

Did you know his plans to "renegotiate" NAFTA would put many American farmers in Jeopardy. He would make it more attractive for farm workers to move back to their home countries, which would devastate American farmers and drive up the cost of food HERE.

John McCain supports a comprehensive immigration reform which would keep most of the existing farm workers right here! Working with dignity and on a path to citizenship.

Mr. Obama clearly lacks the judgment and experience to lead this economy out of the quagmire we are in. He claims he is for keeping jobs "here in America", but he will let millions stream out of this country if we allow him to obliterate all of the agreements we have made with our partners in Canada, Mexico and Central America.

Obama will hurt this economy even more. A vote for John McCain and Sarah Palin is a vote for American jobs, RIGHT HERE!

Barack Obama's planned tax increase on those of us making over $250,000 per year is a sham. Like many of you, I make a little more than this, but I also have four children to raise and send to college. Apparently he thinks we are "wealthy". With the cost of higher education and many Americans facing higher interest rates and falling home values, the middle class is in trouble. His proposal would make hard working folks like you bear a disproportionate burden, while many Americans who foolishly invested beyond their means are rewarded with tax breaks and small business incentives. Its time to show Barack Obama and Joe "the Biden" that taxing hard working Americans isn't the answer. Please, get out tomorrow and make your voices heard loud and clear. Tell them that $250,000 is NOT "wealthy"!