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DaveD of Gardiner, ME
Aug 12, 2008 3:48 PM
Two very qualified candidates ?

Barack Hussein Obama was put in to play for one reason only - to be a threat to Hillary. Never meant to defeat her, just wear her down he now finds himself out in front and 'possibly' the nominee of his party.

He comes to the table with zero foreign policy experience - other than wearing his traditional muslim garb on a trip to Kenya.

He has less than two actual years of experience as a Senator - he's spent more time campaigning than sitting in his seat/office in D.C..

Associations with radical church leaders and known terrorists - oh but he promptly distanced himself from those when he was found out.

No military experience at all, Obama finds himself faced with the prospect of dealing with a born again hard Russia, a nuclear armed Iran and North Korea, genocide in Dafur (like that matters to anyone) and an energy crisis at home.

Obama. He will be (if nominated and elected) facing Russia, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, Pakistan, Al-Qaeda, Hamas (his personal supporter) and Hizbullah... yet he gets his butt kicked by a 7 year old Indiana girl - he fumbled with the question and made a fool of himself... this guy is fit to lead?report abuse
Peter Edgecomb of Hallowell, ME
Aug 12, 2008 12:07 PM
Bole, simply put and totally correct. Amen!report abuse
Bole of Augusta, ME
Aug 12, 2008 11:56 AM
That's why polls, surveys and statistics are all manipulated bull. Only the gullible believe them.report abuse
Peter Edgecomb of Hallowell, ME
Aug 12, 2008 10:46 AM
If Mr. Offer would have done just 30 minutes of research he would have found that Target Point discloses their relationship with Bush/Cheney 04 and other republican campaigns in their advertising. They want people to know so they can generate more business, it's no ssecret.

He would have also found out that the counterpart to Target Point is Copernicus Analytics, who have been hired by the democrats to find likely republicans who might be inclined to vote democrat in 29 races.

Both of these consulting companies (who happen to conduct polling as part of their consulting business) are consulting and polling all across the country. Anyone who claims this isn't done by democrats in Maine, or elsewhere, is lying, and doing it quite badly (Jonathan, I'll give you the benefit of the doubt because it's possible you just don't know, but talked too quickly).report abuse

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