Obama extends his campaign into Republican states

Friday 17th October, 07:10 AM JST

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Molenir at 03:35 PM JST - 17th October

Did you really say decrease taxes? You gotta be joking right. Obama is all about increasing taxes. Oh, he pays lip service to it, talks about how hes going to lower taxes on the poorest of Americans. Basically, under Obama, if you make more then 20k a year, you'll pay more. And Obama has said repeatedly, he is pulling out the troops, period. Call him little Carter. The worst president of the 20th century.
Nippon5 at 04:31 PM JST - 17th October

Molenir

I have to go by the budgets and tax plans they have submitted, I can not go by what is said by supporters of either side and based by the plans submitted the both try to lower overall taxes and they both plan to spend more then now.... Obama has stated he will remove the troops from Iraq, but he will also shift them to the Afghanistan so both will keep troops overseas.

Sorry Im not stating it to please on political party or the other, Im just stating facts that have been submitted by the actual candidates..
leitmotiv at 05:25 PM JST - 17th October

Basically, under Obama, if you make more then 20k a year, you'll pay more.

You mean if you make more than 250K, which will thus not apply to 95% of US taxpayers

The worst president of the 20th century.

Well it looks like you have already accepted defeat. But that title has already been given to the current WH occupant
Nippon5 at 05:44 PM JST - 17th October

Hes also confused on what century we are on... 2008 is the 21st century

Carter was a president in the 20th century and that was what the poster was saying...

Who ever wins this election will be a president in the 21st century.....

What century are you in?
yabits at 06:17 PM JST - 17th October

That damn buffoon is going to be president and destroy the worlds number one nation.

If you'd had said that in 2000 you'd look a lot more credible. Bush has already given the next president a big starting push on that road.
Sarge at 07:12 PM JST - 17th October

smithinjapan: "It's over, sargie"

We'll see, smithie.
SuperLib at 09:00 PM JST - 17th October

Help is on the way...

http://www.theonion.com/content/newsbriefs/scottbakulajumpsinto
Sarge at 09:14 PM JST - 17th October

McCain has graciously given Obama a nice lead going into the final stretch because without a 15 point lead on election day, Obama's not going to pull it out. At least now, he has a fighting chance! We should all thank McCain for making it exciting!
smithinjapan at 09:21 PM JST - 17th October

Oh, oh... what's that, sargie?? Only a 15 percent lead now? Wow... only a week ago you were saying, "Obama should have a 10 percent lead...", and only 2 days ago said, "Obama should have a 20 percent lead" when he was at 11. What's next? a 30 point lead? Keep predicting higher, sarge... I think it might actually be helping this time.

Anyway, it's McCain who doesn't stand a chance. I just hope you are ready to come on here and admit defeat on the day of. You still have three weeks to prepare, and I suggest you use them instead of spending them in denial. You're going to need a whole lot of power to pull the feet out of your mouth for all the pompous talk of McCain/Palin over the past weeks.

Anyway, as you said, we'll see, alright... president Obama in office in a very short time.

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SezWho2 at 09:42 PM JST - 17th October

It's 1948. Dewey defeats Truman. Stop that. Reverse it. (My Willie Wonka moment).

From Wikipedia:

The early returns showed the Republican ticket leading Truman and Barkley pretty consistently in the western and southern states," and added that "indications were that the complete returns would disclose that Dewey won the presidency by an overwhelming majority of the electoral vote."[[footnoted]] As it turned out, Truman won the electoral vote by a 303-189 majority over Dewey and Strom Thurmond (though a swing of just a few thousand votes in Ohio, Illinois, and California would have produced a Dewey victory), and the Democrats regained control of both the House and the Senate.

Confidence is a good thing. Gloating before the fact is not. It's not even so good after the fact.

Yes, supporters of Obama would be well off to remember Thomas Dewey in the pages of The Chicago Tribune, Tom Bradley in his failure to get the governorship of California and Barack Obama in New Hampshire.
yabits at 11:23 PM JST - 17th October

McCain has graciously given Obama a nice lead going into the final stretch because without a 15 point lead on election day...

Is that the spread being given by GOP-Vote-Fraud central?
Sarge at 11:30 PM JST - 17th October

smith - And now, to strike fear into your heart -

I hereby predict Barack Obama will beat John McCain in a landslide!

yabits - "GOP-Vote-Fraud"

Um, the GOP isn't benefiting from ACORN's fraud, the Democrats are. Check it out.
yabits at 11:45 PM JST - 17th October

Um, the GOP isn't benefiting from ... fraud, the Democrats are.

First of all, there is no fraud on the Democrats part until someone who has allegedly improperly registered actually shows up at a polling place to cast their vote.

On the other hand, since no candidate in modern history has ever come back and won being as far behind this close to an election as McCain is now, predicting a McCain victory likely means that Republicans are going to be working overtime playing their dirty tricks to rob as many Americans as possible of their right to vote. Republicans have always fared poorly when the turnout by middle and lower-class voters has been heavy.
Sarge at 09:00 AM JST - 18th October

Joe Biden: "John's last minute economic plan does nothing to tackle the number one job facing the middle class, and it happens to be, as Barack says, a three-letter word - jobs - j-o-b-s - jobs."

So Biden can't count up to four! Hee hee!
Molenir at 10:31 AM JST - 18th October

First of all, there is no fraud on the Democrats part until someone who has allegedly improperly registered actually shows up at a polling place to cast their vote.

You're a little late on this ya know. Early voting in Ohio, and we've already read reports of people who registered improperly, showing up to vote illegally. So, its already occured. Democrats are trying to stuff the ballot box. I don't think its systematic in either party, its most likely small groups of people without any connection to either candidate who are doing this.