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indimuse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 03:34 PM
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Are we being "Bamboozled?"
<<<snip>>> This crossed my mind as well, so here it is...

The Web Obama Weaves?
April 29, 2008 by Angel
by Obama Who? writer;

Everyone yells “where are your sources?” when I write an article. Today I am my own source as I am trying to figure some things out.

Rev. Wright is out there apparently throwing Obama under the bus and saying all sorts of things. I have to wonder about the motives here. Reverend Wright comes out and he acts like he is against Obama. He is speaking all over the place and saying all these questionable things which appear to be that he is against Obama. Why? Obama held fast to Wright, said he could never disown him, clung to the his church that he has attended for 20 years. In spite of all of this, Wright comes out and throws Obama under the bus? Something very strange is going on here. Everyone knows Obama statements against things are ’just words’. So perhaps there will be secretive phone calls going on saying it is not real I just have to say it.

Now, here we have Al Sharpton coming out and going against Obama also. Obama would not support him on the Bell case in NY and Sharpton got angry over Obama’s statements. Sharpton accused him of trying to “grandstand” for White people.

http://www.villarrealsports.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=480

The word is all over the internet that Obama has to gain the support of white, working class people to make the election. People are saying the superdelegates are getting nervous that BO will not win the GE if he can’t get into Hillary’s base. So, is this why all of a sudden this is happening now? If he goes up against some of the black leaders and makes a few statements then this takes a little heat off from them doesn’t it ? It makes it look like he is supporting the white point of view? Somehow I just get the feeling that this entire thing is a setup strategy to assist Obama to gain inroads into Hillary’s base. This is a really good article discussing what is going on with Obama.

http://www.anglachelg.blogspot.com/2008/04/millstone.html

This all seems too much like a coincidence for Obama to get two leaders of the black people to come out against him at the same time. Rev. Wright seems to be in this for himself. He is a true racist and radical in his thinking and is doing a lot of damage to Obama. Still I have to wonder why Obama would go against a black family and take the opposite side when it comes down to Sharpton asking for his support? Obama has fought so hard to omit himself from his white side and to appear as the all black candidate even throwing his white grandmother under the bus as a racist to do so. Now Obama changes his mind and goes against the black people? Something stinks here.

Frankly I am not buying into it. Obama has a history of lying about everything and changing his story to what people want to hear over and over again. He is just way too close to Rev. Wright for me to believe that Wright would go against him and throw him under the bus. Obama sat there in the church for 20 years and flatly refused to disown Obama or the church thus that is one heck of a bond. There is a lot more here than meets the eyes.



Here is an article from REZKOWATCH where apparently Obama is giving back even more illegal money donated to his campaign.

http://rezkowatch.blogspot.com/2008/04/follow-money-obama-dumps-international.html

All of the dirt that keeps coming out on, Rezko, Dohrn, Ayers, Wright, NAFTAGATE, Farrakhan, Million Man March, Bittergate, his constant lies and more, Obama makes me feel sort of lost. I am worried that the DNC is going to keep pushing as hard as they can to get this man as the Democratic candidate. If they do we have lost the GE that is for sure. Obama is unelectable and everyone knows that the Republicans will tear him up. They are already using him against people who endorse him in campaign attack ads. That says a lot.

In the mean time gas keeps rising, groceries have almost doubled in some areas and food shortages are starting on rice and flour so I can’t wait to see what is next. Obama’s idea to fix this mess is to raise the capital gains tax so that we will bring home even less money in our paychecks than we do now. This is a solution none of us can afford.


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DJ13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 03:36 PM
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1. "Obama has a history of lying about everything ...."
Snipers, duck!
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kenny blankenship Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 03:41 PM
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12. Oh no, now you're going to get a dozen hilbots calling the FBI about you!
Edited on Tue Apr-29-08 03:43 PM by kenny blankenship
"...he threatened us with snipers..."
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DJ13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 03:42 PM
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16. eeeekkkkk!
:scared:

:hi:
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Danger Mouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 03:36 PM
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2. And Hillary Clinton has never lied about a single thing!
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 03:37 PM
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3. Certainly not Bosnia! Or NAFTA either!
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indimuse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 03:40 PM
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7. a strategy never crssed your mind?
They are very close! Wright would do anything for Barack...I think.
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 03:42 PM
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14. Would he vote for Cluster Bombs? Back up the neo-con's lies about Iraq?
:shrug:
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 03:42 PM
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15. Deleted sub-thread
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indimuse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 03:40 PM
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10. a strategy never crossed your mind?
They are very close! Wright would do anything for Barack...I think.
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indimuse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 03:38 PM
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4. this is about Obama and Wright!
Stay on subject.
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scheming daemons Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 03:38 PM
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6. The Obama/Wright issue ended today...whether you realize it or not....
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Danger Mouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 03:40 PM
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9. and you keep re-heating the same garbage, over and over again.
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indimuse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 03:41 PM
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11. I thought this was an interesting angle.
??
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Danger Mouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 03:43 PM
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17. to be kind...i am unconvinced.
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walldude Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 03:38 PM
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5. You wanna explain how raising capitol gains tax is going
to take money out of your paycheck? I'm no economist but aren't capitol gains money you make off of investments not off of working?
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Exilednight Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 03:48 PM
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18. Here's hope capitol gains tax works.
If you invest $100.00 and you already pay taxes on that $100.00, and your investment raises to $200.00, then you only pay taxes on $100.00 when you withdraw the money.

If you invest $100.00 and you don't pay taxes on that $100.00 before you invest it, usually 401k or pay roll deduction on stock options, and your investment grows to $200.00, then you owe taxes for all $200.00 when you withdraw the money.

There's a bit of a gamble involved. What the tax rate is today and what it will be twenty years from now could be two totally different numbers.

There's also a penalty if you withdraw the money before X amount of time.
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walldude Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 04:09 PM
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23. Well since I have no investments then it won't really
Edited on Tue Apr-29-08 04:11 PM by walldude
affect me. So the OP's point that Obama is going to take money out of peoples paychecks is crap. Thanks. The OP talks about rising fuel and food prices and then bitches about losing tax money on his investments? Most people who are worried about those things only dream about having enough money to invest.
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Exilednight Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 04:16 PM
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26. You mean you're not a latte sipping liberal?
:sarcasm:

I feel your pain. I'm currently in the same boat and water it's filling with water faster than I can bail it out.
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IndianaJones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 03:40 PM
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8. Clinton lies too! Change!! amen. nt.
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DefenseLawyer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 03:41 PM
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13. The capital gains tax?
Very interesting.
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Exilednight Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 03:56 PM
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19. Let's see how this works........
All of the dirt that keeps coming out on, Rezko, (yes the Clintons' have ties to Rezko also) Snipergate, Mark Penn, Bill Clinton, her NAFTAGATE, Castle Grande Cattle Scamgate, Senator of Punjab, her constant lies and more, Hillary makes me feel sort of lost. I am worried that the DLC is going to keep pushing as hard as they can to get this woman as the Democratic candidate. If they do we have lost the GE that is for sure. Hillary is unelectable and everyone knows that the Republicans will tear her up. They are already using her against people who endorse her in campaign attack ads. That says a lot.
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BlueIdaho Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 03:58 PM
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20. Wow
Do you take a size 8 3/4 tinfoil hat? We have those in stock now you know.
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HiFructosePronSyrup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 04:00 PM
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21. I always find it funny when they forget which message board they're on.
And throw in things about the capital gains tax.
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Leopolds Ghost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 04:10 PM
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24. Are we being "Bamboozled" here?
By the OP, Tropics_Dude, NJSecularist...
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HiFructosePronSyrup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 04:15 PM
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25. No.
Nobody's falling for it.
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Leopolds Ghost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 04:08 PM
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22. The anti-capital gains tax bit at the end tells me everything I need to know.
That, plus the Scaife-style litany of code-words for "scandal of the week"
propagandizing in an effort to frame the consciousness of the people who
pay your salary to post here.
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dionysus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 04:22 PM
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27. trollspam fail....
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madrchsod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 04:23 PM
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28. oh no it`s rezkowatch.....
what is going to happen to rezko watch once the trial ends in a few more weeks? i guess they will morph into another
obama is the "black devil" site...

i must say using a sports board and someones blog is showing a bit more imagination on your part...

i really love those sports site for political insight
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Doityourself Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-29-08 04:28 PM
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29. Is your "Bamboozled" a Malcolm X reference/linkage for Obama? I didn't see it in the article. ???
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