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  LIBERTAS at 08:47 AM JST - 5th September

  Why so vitriolic? Simple. Politics is one filthy business.

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  tkoind2 at 10:01 AM JST - 5th September

  A lot is at stake this time. And that puts people on edge.

  I'm not a Democrat or a Republican. My politics are my own independent collection of beliefs. But I have very strong opinions about what our country needs and which of the realistic contenders have a chance at delivering some of those things. And that means getting into debates and talking with people to try to show them what I hope is good information and to help make sure that the wrong people don't end up in office.

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  cracaphat at 09:43 PM JST - 5th September

  Why is it like it is ? It's the unspoken fact Obama is NOT white,though he's half white. There are a lot of white Americans here and in the states who wouldn't want Obama under any condition. The people defending Palin so fiercely over her daughter would be saying a lot of nasty epithets if it were Obama's daughter,including the closets on here. There's no denying that,though some would try.

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  Sarge at 09:53 PM JST - 5th September

  "vitriolic"

  Who the heck says that?

  "Obama is not white, though he's half white."

  Amazing, isn't it! Well, he looks more black than white, so he's "black." Black enough, apparently, to get 90% support from blacks.

  But enough about race. Let's talk about gender. Obama blew it when he snubbed Hillary, the woman who half the Democrats wanted as their nominee! Meanwhile McGenius picked a superb woman to be his veep!

  Moderator: Please refer to candidates by their correct names.

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  TheNewZen at 10:01 PM JST - 5th September

  As an european I find the whole he is half-black, half-white, half-hispanic, etc side-splitting.

  If you classify him as anything other than an american you are showing racist tendencies and biases, IMO. Heck, in the US no immigrant can run for presidency, how will that work out when you got more immigrants than naturally born US citizens? I foresee a situation like south africa where only members of a minority group(need to be born in the states) can run for presidency.

  Anyhuh back to diversity. Why do I say that most european family trees go wildly across the nations, etc. same counts for many asians, etc

  My nationality is austrian & identity, yet my mother was born in germany(grew up in austria) and my father is hungary descent(both were born during the end of WWII and lived the 10yr occupation of austria) as you go down the line it gets funnier my grandfather was french his wife was german. Other side of the family we go into the austro-hungarian empire, never mind that I got a swedish uncle and a jewish aunt, etc. My sister married a spanish guy.

  My Wife is japanese and my son(austrian citizen) has also japanese citizenship. We are mixed bunch but we are ONE family.

  Those whole US election is a hoot as people tend to focus more on personal details, etc than the candidates policies and what they can really produce.

  Just look at the recent VP affair, in europe no-one would care about it nor would they care about the religion of a candidate.

  Yeah we get slammed as leftist, liberals, whatever by the US posters but we don't have the drama and arguments you guys have before an election.

  Heck in my country the leading party and president can come from different parties. Why because we got separate elections and it works for us.

  Over and out.

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  TheNewZen at 10:10 PM JST - 5th September

  Forgot:

  Example: We voted in heavy right-wing leader, 2yrs later we kicked him out as he did nothing good for us. His ideas sounded good we gave him a try/chance but didn't pan out so he was a goner.

  That for me is true democracy, when the populace can evict a poor leader. No need to wait for the next election if he don't perform he is gone.

  Just my view.

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  cracaphat at 10:48 PM JST - 5th September

  Well,his mother is white,duh!So despite your pigeon holing,he is half white. And mentioning getting 90 percent of the black vote ? That's not gonna get him elected.Only non biased fair and balancedwill.... I was told today that this is the "Era of the Depression." That was in reference to hard working people on the verge of a mental breakdown. But when a 72 year old who meets a woman for the first time and offers her the VP slot after a couple hours without checking up on any potential dirt thoroughly ? Tells us that if elected,it's going to be a third Bush term and a probable depression throughout the world.Economic wise.

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  cracaphat at 10:49 PM JST - 5th September

  is not

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  Nessie at 11:52 PM JST - 5th September

  It's the unspoken fact Obama is NOT white,though he's half white.

  Apparently not white enough, anyway.

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  cracaphat at 11:54 PM JST - 5th September

  What genius ? The value of the word has been watered down. If he were all THAT,he wouldn't have lost the nomination to Bush 8 years ago.Bush dodged serving like Clinton. And choosing Palin ? Let history or the Nat. Enq.expose that joke. But stay in denial a la WMD.

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  ColAmerica at 11:57 PM JST - 5th September

  As a staunch Republican, i must say the comments and bickering are becoming tiresome, and diverting us from the real issues.

  Lets get back to policies, not name calling.

  I am referring to Republicans and Democrats, both are acting as badly as each other at the moment.

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  kjunluc2 at 01:25 AM JST - 6th September

  I, personally, would rather see a Gomer/Goober ticket than what we have; republican and democrat. Regardless of which wins we are in for 3 more years of crap.

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  ca1ic0cat at 02:09 AM JST - 6th September

  uh, that would be four more years...

  what I find so amusing about some of the diatribe on this thread is that the topic is supposed to by "why is there so much vitriol." Instead of discussing that point a lot of posters are just spewing more vitriol.

  So instead of debate of the issues....more politics as usual.

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  buttamimi at 07:24 AM JST - 6th September

  I agree. There is too much vitriol going on, but what do you expect when you have a millionaire geriatric and his pig with lipstick wanting make the White House part of McCains property portfolio. Perhaps McCain is looking at the White House as his retirement home.

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  kjunluc2 at 12:19 AM JST - 7th September

  3 years was a typo. I was feeling so vitriolic that I neglected to notice.

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