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- inactive, on 09/29/2008, -12/+211Still more smart people for Obama.
- ChessPieceFace, on 09/29/2008, -9/+167FTA: ""We are supporting Senator Barack Obama because of his judgment, experience, and ability to inspire people to come together around a common purpose," the letter said. "Senator Obama's talents offer an historic opportunity; for the sake of America's security and standing in the world, we must seize it."
The letter, signed by officials from both major political parties, said the foreign policies of the Bush administration have diminished America's alliances abroad."
Seize it!
Obama/Biden '08 - TunaFishGangsta, on 09/29/2008, -5/+102Obama is strongly counting on newly registered voters. If you have not registered already, better get to it. Additionally, call your friends and family and make sure they are registered as well. Follow up to ensure they actually did it. Time is ticking...
- Echota, on 01/05/2009, -4/+74FTA: "As former diplomats, we believe it is past time that we had a President with the judgment and confidence -- in himself, our diplomatic corps, and our values -- to talk directly to America's adversaries with due preparation but without preconditions," the letter said.
And to this day, McCain Still dosen't Get It!!
Obama/Biden 08!! - larsone86, on 09/29/2008, -3/+64This is on top of all the conservative pundits who endorsed him last week. Both candidates talk of bipartisanship and unity but only Obama delivers on that promise.
- charm803, on 09/30/2008, -1/+42I love this related article:
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/09/28/Newspaper_e ...
Newspaper ends 72-year streak, backs Obama
STOCKTON, Calif., Sept. 28 (UPI) -- A Stockton, Calif., newspaper Sunday endorsed Barack Obama for president, ending a 72-year record of endorsing only Republicans for the office.
The Record, which did not endorse a presidential candidate in 1992, has endorsed Republicans in every other White House election since 1940, when it went for Wendell Willkie over President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The newspaper had endorsed Roosevelt over Alf Landon in 1936.
In an editorial, the newspaper said it backs Obama over Republican John McCain because Obama "has demonstrated he will think things through, seek advice and actually listen to it." - Bartboy919, on 09/30/2008, -0/+30http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Barack_Obama_ ...
a pretty good one to say the least. - inactive, on 09/29/2008, -0/+25I said smart, not dorky.
:P - franco313, on 09/30/2008, -1/+25is there any site out there that shows an accurate as possible list of endorsements for obama?
- brianjlowry, on 09/30/2008, -2/+23I wish this was in the news more! I guess the MSM has to do whatever is possible to keep people in tune with this horse race of an election. I don't fault Republicans for backing McCain; but come on, there has to be a breaking point where 10-15% of them peel away and say enough of this clown show they are calling a campaign - I'm voting for the guy that will restore America's street cred.
- meirav, on 09/29/2008, -1/+22http://www.voteforchange.org to make sure you are registered.
- TunaFishGangsta, on 09/29/2008, -3/+24I've said it once and I'll say it again. We need more people of less than average intelligence endorsing Obama.
For example, John McCain currently has a 40-point lead amongst NASCAR fans. NASCAR fans equal 76 million people, or 1/3 of our population.
http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/zogby_poll_deba ... - BristolMyLove, on 12/21/2008, -0/+2114.14213561^2 for Obama!
- Wakkyweed, on 09/30/2008, -1/+21In other news, 200 members of the Flat Earth Society have signed a statement announcing their support for Republican presidential nominee John McCain.
- inactive, on 09/29/2008, -0/+18Good luck!
- zyklon, on 09/30/2008, -2/+17I'm sure that if the same people endorsed McCain/Palin, you'd be singing a different tune. They're not telling you how to vote, they're telling you that Obama has their suppourt with educated decisions behind it.
- BristolMyLove, on 12/21/2008, -0/+15Hah, I'm studying for two huge exams so my brain is in total dork mode right now.
- Paulorific, on 09/30/2008, -6/+21Except Onion headlines aren't stupid.
- algaeturd, on 09/30/2008, -2/+17Come on! You know that Palin and her army of supporters are more intelligent than these people!!
/sarcasm - Ohashikto, on 09/30/2008, -2/+16Too bad the entire dinosaur race is on Palin and McCain's side...
- aussiejan, on 09/30/2008, -0/+13That's an amazing list, much longer and more complete than McCain's list of endorsements particularly in the areas of academics and military. Basically, smart people know who the best leader is.
- charm803, on 09/30/2008, -1/+14Sweety, you have to be 18 to vote. We haven't lowered our age to 13. Only Nickelodean lets you vote if you are 13, and only for your favorite show character.
- inactive, on 09/30/2008, -0/+13Here's McCain's list too if anyone wants to read it
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_John_McCain_p ... - esus4, on 09/30/2008, -8/+21On the other hand 200 former owners of Dodge Diplomats have endorsed McCain.
- noahgelman, on 09/30/2008, -3/+15Well its either 200 diplomats, or 1 random guy on the internet who doesnt offer any reason for his position, one of these two choices are/is an idiot. What's your guess?
- Taiyoryu, on 09/30/2008, -0/+12There is one glaring disparity between the two lists besides the length, but the fact there are no notable academics endorsing McCain. In other words, the smart people of this country endorse Obama. Did you see the number of Nobel Laureates on that list?
- JenniferInMO, on 09/30/2008, -0/+11The NAMBLA thing is a smear, and I think your party has the "morality vote" shored up. Here's a snippet:
2008
Bruce Barclay, former Cumberland County commissioner, videotaped hundreds of sexual encounters — many with male escorts — using cameras hidden throughout his Monroe Township home.[1]
Matthew Joseph Elliott, former aide to Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, was convicted of sexual exploitation of a child.[2]
Vito Fossella, the only Republican member of Congress from New York City, admitted to police to having a child out-of-wedlock when stopped for drunk driving.[3]
Robert McKee, Republican delegate from Western Maryland, announced his resignation after authorities seized two computers, videotapes and printed materials from his Hagerstown home in a child pornography investigation. McKee also resigned his position as executive director of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Washington County.[4]
Daniel Dean Thompson, 31, a Utah retailer of "family-friendly" tapes and DVDs (Hollywood films with the "dirty parts" cut out of them), arrested and booked into the Utah County jail on charges of sexual abuse and unlawful sexual activity with a 14-year-old.[5]
Derek Walker, former Eagle Scout and candidate seeking the GOP nomination in a race for north-central Pennsylvania district, was charged with felony burglary and criminal trespass stemming from an encounter last year with an ex-girlfriend, during which he allegedly broke into her home and used his cell phone to videotape her engaged in an intimate moment with another man.[6]
2007
Robert "Bob" Allen, Florida state Rep. Arrested in the afternoon at a Veteran's Memorial Park for solicitation of prostitution from an undercover male officer inside a restroom. According to the papers Bob "offer[ed] to perform oral sex for $20". Bob Later claimed that his offer had something to do with his being afraid of black people.[7]
John David Roy Atchison, Republican prosecutor, was arrested for soliciting sex from a 5-year old girl, then killed himself three weeks later. At the time of his arrest, Atchison was an "assistant U.S. attorney" appointed by President Bush's attorney general.[8]
E. Ozwald Balfour, chairman of the Utah Republican Black Assembly and elected to the Republican State Central Committee in 2007, even though he was awaiting trial on four felony counts of forcible sex abuse dating back to his arrest in February, 2005.[9]
John Bryan, Republican city councilman, killed himself after police began investigating allegations that he had molested three girls, including two of his adopted daughters, ages 12 and 15.[10]
Larry Craig Republican Senator for Idaho, was arrested on July 11, 2007, by plainclothes police officer investigating complaints of lewd behavior in a Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport airport men's room. On August 8 in Hennepin County Municipal Court in Bloomington, Minnesota, Craig entered a guilty plea and paid a $500 fine.[11]. On September 1st, Craig subsequently announced his retirement from the Senate[12]. Five days later, Craig changed his mind, renounced his retirement and began a battle to have his guilty plea overturned.[13]
John R. Curtin, Monroe County state Republican committeeman, was convicted of molesting an underage teenage boy and sentenced to serve six to 18 months in prison.[14]
Richard Curtis, Washington State Rep., resigned from the House after reports of his sexual encounter with a male escort became public.[15]
Donald Fleischman, Brown County, WI, Republican Party Chairman, resigned his post after he was charged with two counts of child enticement, two counts of contributing to the delinquency of a child and a single charge of exposing himself to a child.[16]
Larry Dale Floyd, Republican Constable in Denton County, Texas Precinct Two. Arrested for allegedly crossing state lines to have sex with an 8-year old child and was charged with 7 related offenses. Age 62 at time of arrest.[17]
Ted Klaudt, former South Dakota State Rep., found guilty of four counts of second-degree rape of two teenage foster daughters.[18][19]
Ronald C. Kline, Republican Judge in Orange County, CA, pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography on his home computer after six years of legal wrangling. In 2002, charged with child molestation and under house arrest on federal charges of possessing child pornography, political analysts still gave him a 50-50 chance of winning the March 5 primary for the Orange County Superior Court seat. He lost the election to a write-in candidate.
Joseph M. McDade, 75, was issued a summons on a charge of exposure of sexual organs, a misdemeanor that carries up to a year in jail and a $1,000 fine. The longtime Pennsylvania Republican congressman who served for 36 years in the House and now works for a Washington lobbying firm, has been accused of exposing his private parts to two women at a beach resort on Sanibel Island. [20]
Patrick Lee McGuire, former former Flagler County Commissioner, surrendered to police after allegedly molesting girls between the ages of 8 and 13.[21]
Jon Matthews, Republican talk show host in Houston, was indicted for indecency with a child, including exposing his genitals to a girl under the age of 17.[22]
Joseph Monteleone Jr., Elyria city councilman, was found guilty of fondling underage girls and asking them, to have sex with him.[23]
Glenn Murphy Jr., chairman of the Clark County Republican Party and president of the Young Republican National Federation, resigned both posts, after the Clark County Sheriff’s Department began investigating Murphy for alleged criminal deviate conduct. A 22-year-old man claimed that Murphy performed an unwanted sex act on him while the man slept in a relative’s Jeffersonville home. During the investigation, a similar accusation from 1998 came to light.[24]
Armando Tebano, Schenectady County Republican Chairman, pleaded guilty to fondling a 14-year-old girl.[25]
David Vittner, junior Senator from Louisiana, became one of the few high-profile politicians to be implicated as a client of "D.C. Madam" Deborah Jeane Palfrey.[26]
2006
Steve Aiken, campaign manager for a Republican candidate for Congress in Arizona, former Quakertown, PA, police officer and self-proclaimed reverend, was convicted of having sex with two underage girls.[27]
Louis Beres, chairman of the Christian Coalition of Oregon. 3 of his family members accuse him of molesting them when they were pre-teens. In August 06, Beres confessed.[28]
Howard L. Brooks, Republican legislative aide and adviser to a California assemblyman, was charged with molesting a 12-year old boy and possession of child pornography. [29]
Randall Casseday, Washington Times newspaper executive, pleaded guilty to soliciting sex from a 13-year old girl on the internet.[30]
Larry Corrigan, Republican operative and Director of Operations and Budget at King County Prosecutor's Office, OR, was arrested for soliciting sex from 13-year old girls.[31]
Carey Lee Cramer Political consultant and anti-Kerry ad producer, tried for molesting two young girls, one of whom lived with him, and was 8 yrs old; the other starred in an anti-Kerry commercial. Diary [32]
Mark Foley, Republican Representative, Florida Sixteenth Congressional District. Resigned after trying to solicit sex from male congressional pages via an instant messenger program. The conversations included his asking a sixteen-year-old "stud" whether his penis was erect and requesting that he take out and measure his penis. The cover-up involved Republican House Majority Leader John Boehner, Ohio Eighth Congressional District and Republican House Speaker Dennis Hastert, Illinois Fourteenth District.[33]
Jim Gibbons, then US Rep. and Republican candidate for governor, was accused by a Las Vegas casino cocktail waitress of grabbing her, shoving her against a wall and threatening her after she rebuffed his advances.[34][35] Since elected Governor, Gibbons is under investigation by the FBI on corruption charges and is embroiled in what looks set to become a very messy divorce.[36]
Ted Haggard, was fired as pastor of the New Life Church and resigned from his position as president of the National Association of Evangelicals in November 2006 after a former male prostitute alleged they had a cash-for-sex relationship. The man also said he saw Haggard use methamphetamine. Haggard confessed to undisclosed “sexual immorality” and said he bought meth but didn’t use it.[37]
Don Haidl, Assistant Sheriff of Orange Country, in violation of California's rape shield law, led a smear campaign against the child his son poisoned and then violently gang-raped on videotape, adding up to 24 felony counts. He said that his son "acted accordingly" because the child was a "slut".[38][39]
Jeffrey Ray Nielsen, Christian conservative activist and lawyer with close ties to Republican Congressman Dana Rohrabacher and Scott Baugh, head of the Orange County Republican Party, was arrested for having sex with a 14-year old boy.[40]
Jeffrey Patti, Republican Committee Chairman, was arrested for distributing what experts call "some of the most offensive material in the child pornography world" - a video clip of a 5-year-old girl being raped.[41]
Brent Schepp, Republican County Board Candidate was charged with molesting a 14-year old girl and killed himself three days later.[42] - BristolMyLove, on 12/21/2008, -1/+12BRISTOL! My LOVE!
- rajid, on 09/30/2008, -2/+13Let's hope there are enough smart people in the US to actually get him elected. I fear that it may be a really close call. The average intelligence in the US isn't very high.
- inactive, on 09/29/2008, -0/+11sponsor a nascar vehicle perhaps? haha.
- 13373h4X0r, on 09/30/2008, -1/+11*I* endorse Obama, too! : - )
Finally, after many years, a SMART president! I am *so* going to party on November 5th!!
Obama and Biden are going to RULE!!! - inactive, on 09/29/2008, -39/+49If this were an onion headline it would read "200 diplomats, out of work since Bush took office, are backing presidential candidate Barack Obama today in hopes of regaining a steady income."
- Wakkyweed, on 09/30/2008, -0/+10According to those two lists, there were no scientists at all endorsing John McCain. Obama had 64 of them endorse him.
- relaxeder, on 04/17/2009, -0/+10http://www.voteforchange.com/
fix'd. - inactive, on 09/30/2008, -1/+11"I dont see how his ideas are game-changing."
His education agenda is designed to ensure that American schools churn out fewer people who write as poorly as you. - sublingo, on 09/30/2008, -0/+9I'm not 'young', definitely not naive, and have paid taxes for a couple decades. For some strange reason I wholeheartedly support Obama as the person the country needs right now.
- perfectsquare, on 09/30/2008, -0/+9That photo is a literal picture of this election. Obama is trying, McCain is averting and trying to get by.
- charm803, on 09/30/2008, -1/+9He does. He has had a very diverse upbringing and understands that not all of us are white.
I learned how to speak English in 5th grade, but I sure as hell don't sound a thing like Palin. - inactive, on 09/30/2008, -0/+8Yes, all of that.
Those people who served their country abroad and saw first hand what needs to be done to raise America's image, are all idiots who don't know as much as random internet mouthpieces.
Congratulation on cracking the Obama Mystery! - representDLV, on 09/30/2008, -0/+8especialmente si no habla ingles
- aookay, on 09/30/2008, -0/+8It cracks me up that people find it both amusing and almost mocking to call Senator Obama by his middle name.
All to get us scared of him, right? Make him sound foreign? At this point, if you were an intelligent person, you would be more afraid of what Senator McCain clearly displays as his irrational behavior. Trying to get everyone scared of something Senator Obama "might do" is not as threatening as what we know Senator McCain has and will do. - enantiodromia, on 09/30/2008, -0/+7it really can't get worse than the last 8 years dude
- JenniferInMO, on 09/30/2008, -1/+8Doesn't it embarass you a little that all the smart, informed people endorse Obama? Are you proud to be hanging with the stupid bunch?
- magus_melchior, on 09/30/2008, -1/+8@jakkyl: Your transparent attempt to paint the Democrats as cheaters, while Republicans cage away voters and manipulate voting machines, is disheartening.
It is funny to see you attempt Spanish and demonstrate the same intellectual curiosity of other hard-right Republicans. - rv73, on 09/30/2008, -0/+7Usually yes, but when you see Obama speak, and the way he, "has demonstrated he will think things through, seek advice and actually listen to it." (see quote two comments above from the newspaper), you know that you have a person who will do a good job.
Remember - he was the ONLY senator who voted AGAINST the Iraq war. He has foresight, and wisdom.
If you've ever been a employer, or interviewed anybody for a job, or voted on a leader before ? Did you see him in the debate ? You know that Obama is a cut above any politician. Is he perfect ? Probably not, but he is a damn sight closer than anyone in this world has seen in a LONG time.
America, I really hope you get this man for your President. The world needs him at the moment.
Australia for Obama '08 - dagnabbit, on 09/30/2008, -0/+7Is that why they're donating SIX times more to Obama's campaign than to McCain's?
- absurdist, on 09/30/2008, -0/+6Re BristolPalin:
"A 17 year-old grrrl from Next to Russia (US) who joined Digg on September 30th, 2008"
*yawn* This is getting TOO easy... - neognostic, on 09/29/2008, -0/+6This article reason out that it is only 18 million. http://www.backseatblonde.com/December6.html
- JenniferInMO, on 09/30/2008, -1/+7You had better get to bed so you can apply to take your GED test. Third time's a charm.
- sublingo, on 09/30/2008, -0/+6What's wrong with you?
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