Why can't Obama break away from McCain?

Here is the next in the Investors Business Daily editorials on Obama. ACORN has been accused of voter fraud and Obama seems to have a history of supporting this activity.

http://www.ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=302914868143810

In 1995, Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar balked at implementing the federal motor voter law out of concern that letting people register via postcard and blocking the state from pruning voter rolls might invite vote fraud.

A young lawyer, a community organizer himself, sued on behalf of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (Acorn) and won. The young lawyer was Barack Obama. Acorn later invited Obama to train its staff.

When Obama served on the board of the Woods Fund for Chicago with Weather Underground terrorist William Ayers, the Woods Fund frequently gave Acorn grants to fund its agenda and voter registration activities.

Acorn has been in the lead in opposing voter ID laws and other efforts to ensure ballot integrity. Acorn has been implicated in voter fraud and bogus registration schemes in Ohio and at least 13 other states. Acorn staffers will presumably be out registering voters again this year.

Obama also opposes voter ID laws. He believes they disenfranchise voters. Last year, Obama put a hold on the nomination of Hans von Spakovsky for a seat on the Federal Election Commission. It seems von Spakovsky, as an official in the Justice Department, had supported a Georgia photo ID law. Acorn espouses the leftist view that voter ID laws are racist.

In addition to subverting American democracy to promote a leftist agenda, Acorn's radical agenda amounts to "undisguised authoritarian socialism." wrote Sol Stern in the 2003 City Journal article, "Acorn's Nutty Regime for Cities."

Acorn opposed welfare reform and opposes securing American borders to stem the flow of illegal immigrants. Acorn was heavily involved a few years back in opposing Rudy Giuliani's efforts to privatize failing New York schools.
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I don't pay much attention to the polls. Nor should you. Focus on the issues: the economy, foreign affairs, national security, etc.
 
Why? More and more folks are learning about Obama's friends. And it scares them.

www.city-journal.org/2008/eon0629df.html

"Obama has already taken political hits for his connection to Weathermen Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn. In the sixties, Ayers advocated that young people kill their parents, and Dohrn praised the Charles Manson murders. Alongside their Weather Underground cohorts, the pair declared war on the United States and participated in a bombing campaign that hit the Capitol, the Pentagon, and numerous law enforcement agencies. The couple eventually reinvented themselves—first as academics, then as players in Chicago-area Democratic politics. Obama praised Ayers’s book in the Chicago Tribune, sat with him on a foundation’s board, and benefited from a fundraiser held at the couple’s home. Ayers spoke at events organized by Michelle Obama; Barack Obama spoke at events organized by Ayers.

With the public revelation of this unseemly relationship—between unrepentant terrorists and the man who now seeks to oversee America’s war on terror—and the impact it’s already had on voter attitudes, one would think that other sixties extremists might be more reserved in proclaiming their support for Obama, knowing the damage such associations can do to his candidacy. As for Obama, he’ll need to do some distancing of his own. He protested that he was only eight when Ayers, Dohrn, Rudd, and company embarked on their bombing campaign, and that’s reasonable enough. But he’ll need to go further."
 
Here's something odd. Barack Obama responded to some 12 year old girl who asked him why he wanted to be the Prez. Part of his response was that America was not as GOOD as it used to be, or once was, or something to that effect. Now, correct me if I'm wrong. Didn't Michele Obama recently say that for the first time in her life she was finally proud of America? So how come her and her husband seem to be conflicted in their opinions of what America is today vs. what it used to be? Hmmmmmmm.

Barack Obama, a member of the not ready for prime time players.
 
Why can't Obama break away from McCain?
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Because there are still a lot of voters who'd rather have a competent president than a cute one?

Isaac Asimov wrote a story over 40 years ago "Foundation and Empire" which detailed the horror of what would happen if a leader arose who had no skill at all except that of making people like him. If you enjoy Sci Fi you might like Asimov's Foundation series. This is book #2.
 
I read earlier in this thread about Obama may have referred to "reparation" of slavery. Hope one day we will have reparation for the American Indian as maybe I will get paid for things done to my ancestors. Do I feel entitled to reparation, no. IMO, whats happened in history is done. Theres no Indians living today that should be paid cause those that where wronged are dead and unless a black man is still alive that was once a slave there`s no reparation needed to others living.
 
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121797906741214995.html

"Chicago lawyer Mazen Asbahi, who was appointed volunteer national coordinator for Muslim American affairs by the Obama campaign on July 26, stepped down Monday after an Internet newsletter wrote about his brief stint on the fund's board, which also included a fundamentalist imam."


Looks like Obama doesn't even stand behind his supporters. The guy only served briefly on the board with the guy who was indicted for being a Hamas supporter.

John
 
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