Technorati Tags: Obama,Citizen,Natural Born,Constitution Naturalized citizens are ineligible to hold the office of President. If the framers of our constitution merely intended for birth alone on U.S. soil then all would had been necessary was to say the President shall be “native born.” Barack Obama is not qualified t

Oprah wants her, and so do Letterman and Leno. Fresh from her political defeat, Sarah Palin is juggling offers to write books, appear in films and sit on dozens of interview couches at a rate that would be astonishing for most Hollywood stars, let alone a first-term governor.

So now, Sarah Palin is the talk of the town, instead of the butt of the joke. Fresh from her vice-presidential defeat, Palin is in high demand by most of the lowlifes of the entertainment industry. Leno, Letterman and Stewart, and that is just the night owls. Oprah, Stephanopoulos, Brokaw and Schieffer, they all want her

  President-elect Barack Obama cannot appoint Sen. Hillary Clinton as his secretary of state. Frankly, I think Sen. Clinton would do a good job. But her husband, President Bill Clinton, is too mu

Jesus H. Christ, what is it with all this hero worship of Barack Obama? Bad enough that his election was a sham. Now we have to endure all the self flagellation by the Media over the one-sided coverage they gave to “The One”, right after they spent 18 months hand picking McCain to be his weakest challenger. Then they

Finally, the outlines of a coherent debate on the federal bailout. This comes as welcome relief from a campaign season that gave us the House Republicans’ know-nothing rejectionism, John McCain’s mindless railing against “greed and corruption” and Barack Obama’s detached enunciation of vacuous bailout

Iraq is a problem without a solution, and the blame for the coming foreign relations disaster belongs entirely to President Bush. The only way to avoid the coming bloodshed is to never have invaded Iraq in the fist place.   Even John McCain's prescription of remaining in Iraq 100 years would not avoi

LOS ANGELES - On the first Sunday after a gay marriage ban passed in California, activists rallied in defiance, including hundreds of protesters outside an Orange County megachurch whose pastor brought Barack Obama and John McCain together last summer for a "faith forum."

Shasta County was a firm fire-engine red on electoral maps interpreting the Nov. 4 presidential election results.But a look at precinct-level voting patterns in the county reveals a whole palette of scarlets, tomato reds and pinks of varying support for Republican John McCain.

I'm still trying to digest the fact that several members of my immediate family voted for McCain/Palin due to Sarah Palin's "pro-life" stance. This doesn't sit well with me, for a myriad

Obviously John McCain won Shasta County, but the vote wasn't 100 percent monolithic. And even in the red swaths, there are differences of opinion. In a few districts, McCain narrowly won; in a handful, he took more than 75 percent...

During the final presidential debate, Bob Schieffer asked both McCain and Obama which of their campaign promises (cut taxes, invest in renewable energy research, institute universal health care, etc.) they would have to delay

Apparently Sarah Palin and the Palin Bunch have returned home to govern/mis-manage Alaska... The real question is what will Sarah Palin do now that she helped John McCai

I am so proud to be a Democrat today. The last eight years have made me - and many others - a stranger in a strange land, a country that was unrecognizable to me, a country governed by hate mongers and power whores and money grubbers. On January 20, we start the work to undo the considerable damage.A

ABC News just said they wouldn't call the election until one candidate clinches 270 electoral votes, but if Obama's won Ohio -- and it appears he has -- then the rest is commentary. Maybe McCain should have picked Lieberman after...

A great orator of our time, John McCain:--heard of sheep?

As a member of the American Association of Public Opinion Research, I spent the months following the 2004 elections reading the pollsters rationalize how the exit polls (that said Kerry should have won) were wrong. I was never convinced. This is just my opinion, but based on the polls last time, I think the Republicans w

As I write this there are 25 hours and 59 minutes until the polls close in California tomorrow, and hopefully we will see the end of the McCain and Palin Magical Mystery Tour. Until then, we have little choice but to endure a final round of McCain and Palin misrepresenting Obama's positions. It would be a relief, if

"Just A Joke!"

Senator McCain appeared with Tina Fey on QVC last night (aka Saturday Night Live). I

In February 2007, Barack Obama promised, for the sake of the principles he believed in, to accept public financing for his campaign. He loftily stated, "My plan requires both major party candidates to agree on a fundraising truce, return excess money from donors, and stay within the public financing system

I have been good. I have been nice. I have refrained from speculating on what sort of mental disorder could account for the devotion of some middle-income voters to John McCain. But I have had it with Joe Numbnuts Wurzelbacher and his ilk (too bad it's ilk and not elk; doubtless Palin shoots elk).

Students at Shasta High School have elected Sen. Barack Obama to be their president.Across the parking lot at University Preparatory School, students voted in Sen. John McCain.

Yesterday, in a lightly reported story, Fred Bramante stepped down from John McCain's New Hampshire Leadership Committee and endorsed Barack Obama for president. Bramante, former chairman and current membe

I hate to admit it, I was wrong. Senator McCain did not go after Barack Obama for being a celebrity again. I was wrong because I underestimated John McCain's shear, unmitigated gall. After picking Sarah Palin because of her political appeal rather than her preparedness to take over as president should the need arise, it

I could be wrong, it happens about twice a year, but I suspect after Barack Obama's thirty-minute commercial tonight we will hear John McCain again trying to gain some leverage out of calling Obama a celebrity

My cell phone was ringing off the hook last night. First the call from my friend in the midwest asking me if I'd seen the Barack Obama Half-Hour Variety Show

I love Election Year Halloween!Get y'er Campaign 2008 Halloween Masks he

As much as I would like to tear down every sign for the candidate I do not endorse, I have too much class to do so. The illiterate (I doubt they know what it means) who took my yard sign probably wanted it for their yard. Vote McCain/Palin.

Poll results are all over the map, but today's Pew survey has to give McCain supporters the blues. Barack Obama leads John McCain by a 52% to 36% margin in Pew's latest nationwide survey of 1,325 registered voters. This is...

A major news organization is intentionally suppressing information that could provide a clearer link between Barack Obama and Rashid Khalidi http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.p…w&pageId=79384 L.A. Times refuses to release Obama video McCain Campaign slams newspaper, demands evidence be made public….why not?

Without thinking about it (and isn't the lack of thought part of the problem) both John McCain and Sarah Palin admit that they are characterologically unfit to be president-both admit to being mavericks.

In another example of how, in comedian John Hodgman's words, the 2008 presidential election is a "referendum on reality," we find that Senator McCain's Healthcare Program only works in wonderland.

Barack Obama and Joe Biden have consistently lied to Americans about John McCain’s plan. Their claims have failed every fact check from CBS to the Washington Post. John McCain is not going to raise taxes on middle class families. Barack Obama and Joe Biden are the only ones in this race [...]

It is worth repeating comedian John Hodgman's observation that the 2008 presidential election is a "referendum on reality" which may provide the sharpest distinction between Barack Obama and John McCain. Obama's campaign is anchored in reality, while McCain's campaign headquarters appears to be in fantasyland.

On the Rachel Maddow show last Monday night (10-20-08), comedian John Hodgman delivered the single most cogent summation of the 2008 presidential campaign yet offered. (Never underestimate the power of good comedians to place their forefinger on the truth) The campaign, according to Hodgman is a "referendum on reality."

NEW YORK - The war of words waged by John McCain and Barack Obama for the votes of plumbers and other average Joes is a reminder of the nation's long-standing doubts about concentrated wealth - and its qualms about doing something about it.

The economic crisis and recently falling gas prices have pushed the need for the US to switch to non-oil based energy lower on the voter's priority lists. This is unfortunate because the best hope for a quick economic turnaround is for the United States to take the lead in developing new energy technologies. &nbs

Contrarian that I am, I'm voting for John McCain. I'm not talking about bucking the polls or the media consensus that it's over before it's over. I'm talking about bucking the rush of wet-fingered conservatives leaping to Barack Obama before they're left out in the cold without a single state dinner for the next

Intelligence by itself is not enough to make a good president. A certain level of intelligence, however, is a prerequisite, and neither Palin nor McCain have enough to work the cash register at McDonalds.

Vote with care: Socialism or democracy? Obama plans to put the people in the hands of the government and McCain plans to put the government in the hands of the people. Review words and platforms. Research records and ideologies. Remember to vote.

I get a lot of crackpots writing in to Philbertosophy, none pottier than my nearly beloved. She saw another McCain/Palin ad. She had seen quite a few and just simmered and muttered under her breath (like a lot of us) but this time Mac & Lucy Ricardo’s retarded cousin made her head explode. I’ll go [...]

An old joke about borrowing a jack illustrates the kind of "analysis" McCain, Palin and their supporters use in discussing Barack Obama's Health Care and Tax Plans. In this posting, I will examine how this inaccurate "analysis" it is applied to Barack's Health Care Plan, and return in Part II to examine its use against h

As its days dwindle down to a precious few, the McCain campaign is giving new life to old myths. In an attempt to suppress minority voting, it has conjured up the specter of voter fraud, though there is no evidence that voter fraud exists. Even more impressive is its attempt to resurrect the welfare queens again

Why I Can't Vote For Obama By Huntley Brown Dear Friends, A few months ago I was asked for my perspective on Obama, I sent out an email with a few points. With the election jus

Senator McCain is trying make political capital on Senator Biden's boneheaded statement that if Obama is elected president, "We're gonna have an international crisis, a generated crisis, to test the mettle of this guy." (With running m

Today on Meet the Press, General Colin Powell endorsed Barack Obama for president. While this endorsement does not close off all arguments against Barack Obama, it should be sufficient to put a stop to the fringe argumen

Let me get this straight. A couple of agitated yahoos in a rally of thousands yell something offensive and incendiary, and John McCain and Sarah Palin are not just guilty by association - with total strangers, mind you - but worse: guilty according to The New York Times of "race-baiting and xenophobia."

COLUMBUS, Ohio - "Say it with a kiss." Hershey's "Ask yourself: Can we afford John McCain?" "That's Barack Obama."Relieve your worst cold symptoms fast." TheraFlu.