The Swing States: Undecided Pennsylvania Voters Could be Key for Barack Obama and John McCain
Polls show Obama lead in the state after the first presidential debate.
And Obama's race remains an under-the-radar issue. "The biggest issue we have is the racism," says Ed Hardison, 78, a Middletown township Democrat. But just how large it will ultimately loom is anybody's guess. Obama's strategists are hoping that turnout will obliterate the race effect. The state, after all, has 4.3 million registered Democrats, an astounding 1.1 million edge over Republicans. Obama has 70-plus offices in the state, and Pennsylvania, for all of its battleground importance, has gone Democratic in the past four presidential contests, though John Kerry eked out a win over Bush in 2004 by just 2.5 percentage points.
Obama's task in the waning weeks of the campaign, strategists say, will be to convince voters here that he's better on economic issues, that he shares their values, and that his judgment can be trusted. Ditto for McCain. Urban says the week following her visit to Media was decisive. Palin has become "a liability," she says. After watching the men debate, Urban decided to cast her lot with "something new."
"Obama's going to try to prove himself as the first African-American president," she says, "and I think he deserves a chance." And that desire for something new from a moderate female former Republican spells trouble here for McCain.
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401(k) and the Election
Maybe he talks a smooth talk on taxes, but has anyone ever asked him what the Dems are going to do with our 401(k) plans? Read below.
If you value your 401(k) account, please go to the following link, and keep this in mind when you vote. Don't stop there, please contact your representatives. Contact your friends. Spread this information across this great country of ours.
Link
If you can't reach the link, google 401(k) or Abolishing 401(k) tax breaks and you should find the link.
Even if you don't have a 401(k), to paraphrase, this article sets out that if you are a worker and this Democratic proposal makes it through Congress, you will be FORCED BY THE GOVERNMENT to pay into an additional Government sponsored retirement account as well as your existing FICA payments. This is an issue for ALL WORKERS.
If Democrats continue to control our government offices, we may as well just turn over our paychecks to them.
Unfortunately there is alot of Racism involved even in my small PA community
There is a reason he went to Jeremiah Wright's church for 20 years.
Obama tells us he has good judgment but he sat under Jeremiah Wright teaching for 20 years. Now he is condemning Wright's sermons. I wonder why now?
Obama said Jeremiah Wright led him to the Lord and discipled him. A disciple is one in training. Jesus told us in Matthew 28:19 - 20 "Go and make disciples of all nations." This means reproduce yourself. Teach people to think like you, walk like you; talk like you believe what you believe etc. The question I have is what did Jeremiah Wright teach him?
Would you support a WHITE President who went to a church which has tenets that said they have a
1. Commitment to the WHITE Community
2. Commitment to the WHITE Family
3. Adherence to the WHITE Work Ethic
4. Pledge to make the fruits of all developing and acquired skills available to the WHITE Community.
5. Pledge to Allocate Regularly, a Portion of Personal Resources for Strengthening and Supporting WHITE Institutions
6. Pledge allegiance to all White leadership who espouse and embrace the WHITE Value System
7. Personal commitment to embracement of the WHITE Value System.
Would you support a President who went to a church like that?
Just change the word from white to black and you have the tenets of Obama's former church. If President Bush was a member of a church like this, he would be called a racist. Jessie Jackson and Al Sharpton would have been marching outside.
This kind of church is a racist church. Obama did not wake up after 20 years and just discovered he went to a racist church. The church can't be about race. Jesus did not come for any particular race. He came for the whole world.
A church can't have a value system based on race. The churches value system has to be based on biblical mandate. It does not matter if it's a white church or a black church it's still wrong. Anyone from either race that attends a church like this would never get my vote.
Obama's former Pastor Jeremiah Wright is a disciple of liberal theologian James Cone, author of the 1970 book A Black Theology of Liberation. Cone once wrote: "Black theology refuses to accept a God who is not identified totally with the goals of the black community. If God is not for us and against white people, then he is a murderer, and we had better kill him.
Cone is the man Obama's mentor looks up to.
our president and national debt
to all who are undecided check out this web site http://www.lafn.org/politics/gvdc/Natl_Debt_Chart.html this site should sum it up for anyone who cares about our national debt and wants america to recover from our tragic debt were in now! I personally am a non partisan voter who likes to find facts to help me determine my vote i found this chart and it helped me decide the only way to vote is obama all the way!!!!
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