Topic: Oh! Bama (Read 50507 times)

Guild · « **Reply #140 on:** April 15, 2008, 11:11:54 PM »

Ha ha ha-ha ha, McCain's gonna be president!

Arc · « **Reply #141 on:** April 26, 2008, 05:39:34 PM »

Church's Obama Message Removed After Outcry

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Pastor Roger Byrd said that he just wanted to get people thinking. So last Thursday, he put a new message on the sign at the Jonesville Church of God.

It reads: "Obama, Osama, hmm, are they brothers?"Byrd said that the message wasn't meant to be racial or political.

"It's simply to cause people to realize and to see what possibly could happen if we were to get someone in there that does not believe in Jesus Christ," he said.

http://www.sccog.com/contact_us.cfm

Thad · « **Reply #142 on:** May 01, 2008, 12:27:59 AM »

Way to put distractions on notice there, Barack.

Thad · « **Reply #143 on:** May 03, 2008, 11:39:12 PM »

...You know, if I were running for office, I'd totally wear a Gadsden Flag lapel pin.

(Wikipedia link for foreigners and Americans who don't remember its name.)

JDigital · « **Reply #144 on:** May 04, 2008, 11:11:24 AM »

Considering the emphasis people are putting on Genesis these days, you'd think they'd be more hesitant to pick the serpent as their symbol.

Thad · « **Reply #145 on:** May 04, 2008, 12:33:10 PM »

Snakes get a bad rap, but I'm from the desert and I love them. Franklin's comparison of the US to a rattler is an apt one.

Anyway. AFAIK it's mostly godless heathen Libertarians using the Gadsden flag as their personal symbol. Which makes sense, given that "leave me the fuck alone" is the cornerstone of their political philosophy.

Kazz · « **Reply #146 on:** May 04, 2008, 04:07:54 PM »

Quote from: Thad on May 04, 2008, 12:33:10 PM

Franklin's comparison of the US to a rattler is an asp one.

Thad · « **Reply #147 on:** May 05, 2008, 11:05:45 PM »

EDIT: Money shot on the bottom story:

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The USA Today poll said one-third of primary voters were less likely to vote for Obama because of his ties to Wright.

The results also showed the same portion less likely to vote for Clinton, a New York senator, because of her husband, former President Bill Clinton.

About 38 percent of likely voters said they were less likely to vote for McCain, an Arizona senator, because of his ties to President George W. Bush.

Shinra · « **Reply #148 on:** May 06, 2008, 04:59:26 AM »

So, 98% of voters are not likely to vote for anyone, at all.

Zaratustra · « **Reply #149 on:** May 06, 2008, 09:21:09 AM »

Yes, we wouldn't want someone with crazy religious ideas to be kinda close to the President.
Rev. Wright for President!

Arc · « **Reply #150 on:** May 13, 2008, 08:03:18 PM »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFfsMIYt3bs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zv4qFO2eEJY

Note, both Childers & Cazayoux won their special elections, in deeply Republican districts.

Obama has coattails, or is a non-factor at worst.

Thad · « **Reply #151 on:** May 14, 2008, 12:00:36 AM »

Definitely bodes well for November, though there's a long way to go 'til then.

Arc · « **Reply #152 on:** May 16, 2008, 01:51:55 PM »

I see this:

And blame Kentucky instead of Barack.

He hits me because he loves me.

Plus, I accidentally slipped and called Osama "Obama" over the phone last night, even after going off on someone for making the same mistake a month ago. Karma.

Arc · « **Reply #153 on:** May 31, 2008, 10:33:52 AM »

Obama on if he'd like to be placed onto Mt. Rushmore...

Quote from: CNN

"I don't think my ears would fit," he said. "There's only so much rock up there."

Kazz · « **Reply #154 on:** May 31, 2008, 04:41:22 PM »

Obama leaves his church

I wouldn't have done this if I were Obama. The people who are going to hate him will not be convinced otherwise; this will only incense those who don't hate him yet.

edit: I've given this a little more thought... I'm not sure this was a token political move. Church members seem to be making his candidacy difficult; every controversial thing they do, he has to answer for. It is disrespectful of them to continue to say politically incorrect things while their own member is seeking office.

Arc · « **Reply #155 on:** May 31, 2008, 05:15:15 PM »

... And there is the fact that his church is being targeted non-stop by zee media houndz. Not fun for the members.

Thad · « **Reply #156 on:** May 31, 2008, 10:34:59 PM »

Quote from: Kazz on May 31, 2008, 04:41:22 PM

I've given this a little more thought... I'm not sure this was a token political move.

But that's what it LOOKS like, and that's what people are going to be saying for the next five months.

It makes him look like a calculating politician.

On the other hand, Bill Clinton is the CONSUMMATE calculating politician but had the skill to make it look natural. He was wildly popular where a less charismatic politician would have been despised. I think that Obama similarly has the charisma to overcome "flip-flopper" accusations.

Kazz · « **Reply #157 on:** May 31, 2008, 10:41:54 PM »

Yeah. My immediate thought was that the very same people who were jumping on him for his association with Reverend Wright were now going to jump on him for abandoning his church.

Perhaps it'll make him look so cold and manipulative that he'll win over Hillary's old supporters!

Ocksi · « **Reply #158 on:** June 02, 2008, 07:55:40 PM »

Quote from: Thad on May 31, 2008, 10:34:59 PM

On the other hand, Bill Clinton is the CONSUMMATE calculating politician

CALCULATED POLITICS AREN'T THE ONLY THING HE CONSUMMATED

Thad · « **Reply #159 on:** June 03, 2008, 07:05:05 PM »

History is made.

I'm still too much the cynic to really expect a big shakeup to the status quo. But for now, I'll dream the dream and let a wiser man speak of change.

<a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=puf9Ifo6Fds&feature=related" target="_blank" class="new_win">http://youtube.com/watch?v=puf9Ifo6Fds&feature=related</a>

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