Oh I agree with you actually on the medical records.

I mean just look at how sick JFK was.

Good question, wonder why no one asked him personally in a TV interview...

Palin=Michaels
McCain=Jannety

This is hilarious. McCain getting mocked at his own rally.

He has released his birth certificate. He is an American citizen.

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2008/jun/27/obamas-birth-certificate-part-ii/

http://www.newsweek.com/id/154599/page/1

http://fightthesmears.com/articles/5/birthcertificate

OOh, as editor of the Law Review, I'm sure his Harvard grades are dismal. And I read that none of the candidates have released their medical records, although Obama did produce a doctor's letter certifying that he had been examined and is in good health.

You guys find out in a week who wins right?

I can't believe how long this has gone on for. Must be frustrating for you guys.

Oh and Freddie C, Even I know from down here you're going to have to see Obama for the next four years.

I wonder If one day an Indigenous Australian will become Prime Minister down here?

I highly doubt it though.

Well that certainly convinces me he is a sleeper cell terrorist and that we'll
all be forced to convert to Islam on January 21.

BTW Freddie, I trust you will stand up and salute your commander in chief on that date.

Yeah, after reading this 1990 article from the NY Times, it's obvious he wouldn't want his Harvard records released.


February 6, 1990
First Black Elected to Head Harvard's Law Review
By FOX BUTTERFIELD, SPECIAL TO THE NEW YORK TIMES

LEAD: The Harvard Law Review, generally considered the most prestigious in the country, elected the first black president in its 104-year history today. The job is considered the highest student position at Harvard Law School.

The Harvard Law Review, generally considered the most prestigious in the country, elected the first black president in its 104-year history today. The job is considered the highest student position at Harvard Law School.

The new president of the Review is Barack Obama, a 28-year-old graduate of Columbia University who spent four years heading a community development program for poor blacks on Chicago's South Side before enrolling in law school. His late father, Barack Obama, was a finance minister in Kenya and his mother, Ann Dunham, is an American anthropologist now doing fieldwork in Indonesia. Mr. Obama was born in Hawaii.

''The fact that I've been elected shows a lot of progress,'' Mr. Obama said today in an interview. ''It's encouraging.

''But it's important that stories like mine aren't used to say that everything is O.K. for blacks. You have to remember that for every one of me, there are hundreds or thousands of black students with at least equal talent who don't get a chance,'' he said, alluding to poverty or growing up in a drug environment.

What a Law Review Does

Law reviews, which are edited by students, play a double role at law schools, providing a chance for students to improve their legal research and writing, and at the same time offering judges and scholars a forum for new legal arguments. The Harvard Law Review is generally considered the most widely cited of the student law reviews.

On his goals in his new post, Mr. Obama said: ''I personally am interested in pushing a strong minority perspective. I'm fairly opinionated about this. But as president of the law review, I have a limited role as only first among equals.''

Therefore, Mr. Obama said, he would concentrate on making the review a ''forum for debate,'' bringing in new writers and pushing for livelier, more accessible writing.

A President's Future

The president of the law review usually goes on to serve as a clerk for a judge on the Federal Court of Appeals for a year, and then as a clerk for an associate justice of the Supreme Court. Mr. Obama said he planned to spend two or three years in private law practice and then return to Chicago to re-enter community work, either in politics or in local organizing.

Professors and students at the law school reacted cautiously to Mr. Obama's selection. ''For better or for worse, people will view it as historically significant,'' said Prof. Randall Kennedy, who teaches contracts and race relations law. ''But I hope it won't overwhelm this individual student's achievement.''

Change in Selection System

Mr. Obama was elected after a meeting of the review's 80 editors that convened Sunday and lasted until early this morning, a participant said.

Until the 1970's the editors were picked on the basis of grades, and the president of the Law Review was the student with the highest academic rank. Among these were Elliot L. Richardson, the former Attorney General, and Irwin Griswold, a dean of the Harvard Law School and Solicitor General under Presidents Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard M. Nixon.

That system came under attack in the 1970's and was replaced by a program in which about half the editors are chosen for their grades and the other half are chosen by fellow students after a special writing competition. The new system, disputed when it began, was meant to help insure that minority students became editors of The Law Review.

Harvard, like a number of other top law schools, no longer ranks its law students for any purpose including a guide to recruiters.

Blacks at Harvard: New High

Black enrollment at Harvard Law School, after a dip in the mid-1980's, has reached a record high this year, said Joyce Curll, the director of admissions. Of the 1,620 students in the three-year school, 12.5 percent this year are blacks, she said, and 14 percent of the first-year class are black. Nationwide enrollment by blacks in undergraduate colleges has dropped in recent years.

Mr. Obama succeeds Peter Yu, a first-generation Chinese-American, as president of The Law Review. After graduation, Mr. Yu plans to serve as a clerk for Chief Judge Patricia Wald on the of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

Mr. Yu said Mr. Obama's election ''was a choice on the merits, but others may read something into it.''

The first female editor of The Harvard Law Review was Susan Estrich, in 1977, who recently resigned as a professor at Harvard Law School to take a similar post at the University of Southern California. Ms. Estrich was campaign manager for Gov. Michael S. Dukakis of Massachusetts in his campaign for the Presidency in 1988.

October 28th, 2008 11:32 AM Eastern
FOXNews

As McCain Cancels, Obama Rallies

by Bonney Kapp

CHESTER, PA - Dressed in blue jeans and a black jacket, Barack Obama braved the cold rain falling in Pennsylvania, and held his scheduled rally - outdoors. “A little bit of rain never hurt anybody,” he quipped to the 9,000 who showed up in ponchos and futilely holding umbrellas.

Just an hour away, the rival ticket cancelled their outdoor rally due to the same poor weather conditions that the Democrat embraced.

“I just want all of you to know if we see this kind of dedication on election day – there is no way that we’re not going to bring change to America,” he said as the soggy crowd cheered.

Obama delivered his “closing argument” speech in full - even though his teleprompter seemed to give out midway due to the rain. Glancing down at a hard copy of the speech on the podium, he accused John McCain of embracing George Bush’s policies. “John McCain has ridden shotgun as George Bush has driven our economy towards a cliff, and now he wants to take the wheel and step on the gas. And when it comes to the issue of taxes, saying that John McCain is running for a third Bush term isn’t being fair to George Bush,” he said, arguing that not even the unpopular president would support even more tax cuts for the wealthy that McCain is touting.

In what is likely to be his final campaign event in the Keystone State, Obama urged his supporters to be as resolute in the coming days as they were today, braving the elements.

Why did McCain cancel? Did Cindy get worried the rain would ruin her hairdo?

McCain's final campaign slogan: "I'll fight for you ...unless it rains".

McCain gains backing of Joe the Plumber

By PHILIP ELLIOTT – 30 minutes ago

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Joe the Plumber endorsed Republican John McCain for president on Tuesday and agreed that a vote for Democratic candidate Barack Obama would be "a vote for the death of Israel."

Samuel J. Wurzelbacher gained national attention when Obama told him during a campaign stop that he wanted to "spread the wealth around." Their exchange about Obama's tax plan aired countless times on cable news programs, and McCain repeatedly cited Joe the Plumber in their third and final debate and again at campaign events.

McCain points to Wurzelbacher as an example of the middle-class worker who would be hurt economically by an Obama presidency, However, Wurzelbacher likely would fare better under Obama's tax plan because it calls for no tax increase for working couples earning more than $250,000 a year — Wurzelbacher earns far less — and provides for a middle-class tax cut.

In a McCain rally at a flag store, Wurzelbacher said he feared that Obama would turn the U.S. into a socialist nation.

When a McCain supporter asked him if he believed "a vote for Obama is a vote for the death of Israel," Wurzelbacher replied, "I'll go ahead and agree with you on that." He didn't elaborate on how Obama, who has said his commitment to Israeli security is "nonnegotiable," would be caustic for the Jewish state.

Fame brought media scrutiny to Wurzelbacher, who turned out to be an unlicensed plumber with unpaid back taxes.

I cannot think of too many big names. Ken Lay from Enron would have been pardoned had he not died. Scooter Libby was also already pardoned. There weren't too many others from this administration who were charged with anything.

You know, he can do an end run around the system by pardoning people who haven't even been charged yet (Roger Clemens for example).

Who's gonna take election day off?

Not me!!

Poor McCain. Now that they're all leaving him alone, the only adviser on middle east affairs is good old Joey.

For the life of me, I don't understand some of the comments people make about the results of someone being elected President. Don't those people read the Constitution. The President's Constitutional authority is actually quite liminted. To get the most accomplished, a President must work with and through the Congress which means he must engage in bargaining and compromise. Even the candidates do it themselves and that is frustrating to hear.

I just got a phone message from Mike Huckabee asking for me to vote for someone runninng for state senate.

Obama will be the death of Israel?

Somebody gotta tell his 75% Jewish electoral backing!

Honestly, is this a reason to get worked up over?

Actually, Scooter Libby was commuted, which means his conviction stands, but he served no jail time.

Every President pulls questionable pardons at the last hour, from Clinton with Marc Rich to Bush Sr. with the convicted Iran-Contra figures and so forth.

Dubya oddly, save for the Libby incident, hasn't gone as wild with pardons as his predecessors have.

Another Republican endorses Obama

Charles McC. Mathias Jr. (R), represented Maryland in the U.S. House from 1961 to 1968, and in the U.S. Senate from 1969 to 1986

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/27/AR2008102702407_pf.html

WTF are you talking about?

Well, since you don't work outside the home, I'm sure it was an easier decision for you than the people who would have to burn a vacation day.

Even when I was working outside the home I never took an election day off.

I think that people should work for their candidate when and if they can. If you have faith in them, then you should be willing to act on it.

What is it my concern if someone decides to burn a vacation/sick day for a campaign or to vote? That's their discretion.

What is it my concern if someone decides to burn a vacation/sick day for a campaign or to vote? That's their discretion. [/quote]



Well, call me daffy, but I am. Actually I'm taking the next day off. Yes, I am the only one I know that is but I put in for a vacation day several months ago. I was gonna take election day itself, but decided that the returns wouldn't be coming in til later and I'd be better off the next day either celebrating or crying.... One way or another it's a day off. So hell yea. I'm into this election. It's history and I wanna grab all I can of the moment.


TIS

What is it my concern if someone decides to burn a vacation/sick day for a campaign or to vote? That's their discretion. [/quote]

No skin off my nose.