The world laughs at the US regardless of what we do. World opinion has no effect on how most Americans vote – and frankly that is how it should be.

I’m Panamanian Jewish for those who don’t know me and my dad is too and believe me he’s said worse stuff about the USA to me than Jeremiah Wright ever did. I went to college and grad school in the US and I speak and write both languages just fine, but the thing that really bugs me about the US is the disrespect ALL Spanish-speaking people get. Even down to this new word “hispanic” that all the reporters use. I even know the difference between a “judio consteno” and a “judio antioqueno”. Is it so hard for them to say “Mexican-American,” or “Cuban-American,” or “Puerto Rican,” or “Guatelmalan-American”?

I like Barack Obama. I like Muslims. I like Jews. I like Catholics. I like Hindus. I like Buddhists. I like atheists. I like Jainists. Except if the individual person is a jerk and then I don’t like him or her.

Americans, however, are starting to grate on me a little.

If you didn’t love your wars so much and your tax breaks for the upper class, you could have the kind of stuff we have: a flat 10% corporatate tax, 1% capital gains tax, a personal income tax which is variable between 0% and 10%, no tax on world-wide income, no AMT, single-payer health, subsidized college tuition, a balanced budget, 5 straight years of 8-9% growth, contraceptives sold over the counter, gay unions, all sorts of tax holidays for development AND for homeowners, strict telecommunications privacy, strict bank privacy, plus strong unions.

@ Irma: If you are a Latina, I have no idea how you could possibly consider voting for Colin Powell unless your “latinismo” doesn’t extend to Panamanian people.

That coward slaughtered 10,000 civilians and made 100,000 homeless bombing a dense urban neighborhood just to bring Noriega, whom he installed over the assassinated Omar Torrijos and the deposed Spadafora, up on white collar federal charges.

Noriega was a pain in the butt to be sure, and I’m quite happy with Martin Torrijos as president but Noriega was a “liberal” compared to Obama and Biden, and a down-right NICE GUY compared to McCain and Palin.

Besides, seemed to me the only candidate who could speak a word of Spanish (including Richardson) was Dodd!

If Americans want to keep being the laughing stock of the world, VOTE McCAIN/PALIN

Whether or not Barak Obama is Christian, Muslim, or Hindu is his own business and no one’s elses.
If he says he is Christian – why does anyone question that ?

I am no Obama supporter but hey his religion has NOTHING to do with his political message.

Stop with the personal attacks.

ELECTION 2008
Obama slips on TV: ‘My Muslim faith’
Presidential candidate drops line in interview discussing his belief

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Posted: September 07, 2008
3:42 pm Eastern

By Aaron Klein
© 2008 WorldNetDaily

Slip of the tongue or momentary confusion? In a television interview today discussing his religion, Sen. Barack Obama stated, “My Muslim faith.”

Obama, speaking to ABC’s George Stephanopoulos on “This Week,” was talking about what he described as “smears” that were claiming he was a Muslim when he maintains he is a practicing Christian.

“Let’s not play games,” Obama stated. “What I was suggesting – you’re absolutely right that John McCain has not talked about my Muslim faith. And you’re absolutely right that that has not come.”

Stephanopoulos immediately interrupted Obama, stating, “Christian faith.”

“My Christian faith,” Obama quickly said. “Well, what I’m saying is that he (McCain) hasn’t suggested that I’m a Muslim. And I think that his campaign’s upper echelons have not, either. What I think is fair to say is that, coming out of the Republican camp, there have been efforts to suggest that perhaps I’m not who I say I am when it comes to my faith – something which I find deeply offensive, and that has been going on for a pretty long time.”

Slip of the tongue, I don’t think so. Wanting to finally say something truthful for once, probably.

HRC ‘s candidacy grew on me. I was an Edwards supporter but when he dropped out,
I began to listen . It was her campaign in Texas that sold me on her. Obama’s storming of the
caucuses in Texas (according to my family who live there) helped cement me into the HRC camp. Things got pretty ugly in Dallas – I was told. So, no I will not vote for him.

The best I can do is offer some advice as to how to try to sell Obama with a diehard Clinton
supporter. Lay off the insults and say NOTHING about Bill unless it is good.
It is common knowledge that HRC supporters
admire Bill Clinton.

I don’t know how you would consider voting for Condi Rice but not Barack Obama. Condi Rice has basically walked in lock step with GWB, while Barack Obama hasn’t.

Why don’t you want to help further Hillary Clinton’s agenda by getting Barack Obama in the White House? How is a McCain presidency going to help the issues that Hillary cares most about? Like Hillary said in her speech to the DNC, were you in this for her or for the issues? Talk about the cult of personality w/ Hillary Clinton and her followers.

I am confident that Obama has surrounded himself with a good set of advisors. He has many of Clinton’s former advisors on his team, including economic adviser Jason Furman. Do you think that Obama would have come this far without seeking the help of the best and the brightest?

Let’s face it, you are too hung up trying to prove you are right than help the very democratic party (HRC’s party) win this election.

When this campaign started most of my family were staunch HRC supporters and only myself and my brother-in law were had made different choices. I also accepted if Hillary was the candidate I would vote for her. I recognized that though there are differences between the Dem candidates,