Not that I needed it, but this is another reason I can put on the list to vote for him.

A lot of people say he is just full of empty rhetoric, and that his message of hope and change is specious and vapid.

I disagree. He has proven on numerous occasions, both before and after his announcement of his run for presidency, that he is worthy of my vote, and my hope.

RichieLaw: He has proven on numerous occasions, both before and after his announcement of his run for presidency, that he is worthy of my vote, and my hope.

But but but - Republicans don't count stuff like this as important, so it allows them to say the stupid shiat they do.

Landslide.

I bought a homeless guy a sandwich one time. I guess I should have run for president.

I just donated $103. Anyone else?

That was sweet. I met the man very briefly back in 2002 (he mentions the rally at my alma mater in the beginning of his second book) and I can't say I'm surprised. He just seems like a genuinely nice guy. Plus, he's obviously totally into his wife, which has always been a good rubric of character for me.

MisterTweak: I just donated $103. Anyone else?

Dammit, that's a great idea. I just gave $103 as well. Would have been the first weekend I got through without donating something :)

Call Paul Harvey and send this in to The Reader's Digest.

Barack healed my Grandma's bunions!

Whenever I hear Obama's "Change" rhetoric all I can think of is Homer Stokes from "O Brother Where Art Thou".
Where's Obama's midget with a broom?

2,000 years ago, a man walked on water. That man: Barack Obama.

*rolls eyes*

Some Bass Playing Guy: 2,000 years ago, a man walked on water. That man: Barack Obama.

*rolls eyes*

Uh huh. But it's okay when Sarah Palin is making pundits cream in their jeans, second coming of Reagan, etc, amiright, there, now, then, hey?

Do *try* to make the "It's okay when *I* do it!" a little less obviously, dontchaknow.

That doesn't surprise me at all.

+ + = Barack Obama

ragekage: Do *try* to make the "It's okay when *I* do it!" a little less obviously, dontchaknow

HEY!

YOU SHOULD RESPECT HIS POLITICAL INDEPENDENCE!

In the spring of 2006 Mary's parents had heard that Obama was considering a run for president, but that he had still not decided. They chose to write a letter in which they told him that he would receive their votes. At the same time, they thanked Obama for helping their daughter 18 years earlier.

Look, I know it is a story that was drugged up from his youth in order to reflect well upon him as a person. I know that it is being played here for maximum sap value. I get that, I really do. This still made me genuinely smile. I also happy that, with certainty for once, I can vote for a candidate that I believe is a kind, thoughtful person.

Some Bass Playing Guy: 2,000 years ago, a man walked on water. That man: Barack Obama.

I have no idea what you're going on about. Somebody has already declared the Messiah for this election.

When I was 13, my twin brother and I needed kidneys.

The man who donated his kidneys? Barack Obama.

Some Bass Playing Guy: 2,000 years ago, a man walked on water. That man: Barack Obama.

6,000 years ago he was fighting dinosaurs...at least according to Sarah Palin.

ragekage: Some Bass Playing Guy: 2,000 years ago, a man walked on water. That man: Barack Obama.

*rolls eyes*

Uh huh. But it's okay when Sarah Palin is making pundits cream in their jeans, second coming of Reagan, etc, amiright, there, now, then, hey?

Do *try* to make the "It's okay when *I* do it!" a little less obviously, dontchaknow.

One of these things is not like the other. Let's see if you can focus long enough to understand.

If "pundits" were crowing about some good deed Palin or McCain did, you'd have an actual point instead of a knee jerk.

Obama doing a good deed some time in the past does not warrant a green light much less any sort of news coverage. The same thing applies to any of the candidates. It's not news.

Some Bass Playing Guy: Obama doing a good deed some time in the past does not warrant a green light much less any sort of news coverage. The same thing applies to any of the candidates. It's not news.

No farking shiat it's not news.

IT'S FARK, DUMMY.

Some Bass Playing Guy: ragekage: Some Bass Playing Guy: 2,000 years ago, a man walked on water. That man: Barack Obama.

*rolls eyes*

Uh huh. But it's okay when Sarah Palin is making pundits cream in their jeans, second coming of Reagan, etc, amiright, there, now, then, hey?

Do *try* to make the "It's okay when *I* do it!" a little less obviously, dontchaknow.

One of these things is not like the other. Let's see if you can focus long enough to understand.

If "pundits" were crowing about some good deed Palin or McCain did, you'd have an actual point instead of a knee jerk.

Obama doing a good deed some time in the past does not warrant a green light much less any sort of news coverage. The same thing applies to any of the candidates. It's not news.

It's not news - It's FARK.

Try to keep up with the tour group.

Some Bass Playing Guy: ragekage: Some Bass Playing Guy: 2,000 years ago, a man walked on water. That man: Barack Obama.

*rolls eyes*

Uh huh. But it's okay when Sarah Palin is making pundits cream in their jeans, second coming of Reagan, etc, amiright, there, now, then, hey?

Do *try* to make the "It's okay when *I* do it!" a little less obviously, dontchaknow.

One of these things is not like the other. Let's see if you can focus long enough to understand.

If "pundits" were crowing about some good deed Palin or McCain did, you'd have an actual point instead of a knee jerk.

Obama doing a good deed some time in the past does not warrant a green light much less any sort of news coverage. The same thing applies to any of the candidates. It's not news.

When John McCain was held captive as a P.O.W. he was offered to be let free before the other servicemen, he said he wouldn't leave before them.

Nevermind that every single captive was offered this and every single one refused it.

From KoS:

"The Norwegian newspaper VG has reported ..."

To whit: reported as news.

Some Bass Playing Guy: From KoS:

"The Norwegian newspaper VG has reported ..."

To whit: reported as news.

To quote your post:

Some Bass Playing Guy: Obama doing a good deed some time in the past does not warrant a green light much less any sort of news coverage.

So, to rebut: It's not news, it's fark.

Some Bass Playing Guy: From KoS:

"The Norwegian newspaper VG has reported ..."

To whit: reported as news.

Congratulations... you've just found out that not a lot goes on in Scandinavia.

Some Bass Playing Guy: From KoS:

"The Norwegian newspaper VG has reported ..."

To whit: reported as news.

Yes, yes, we know. Kos wargarbl. As was previously mentioned- it's not news, it's FARK.com. But nice deflection from your original post- hell, you had me going for a minute.

I hear the Vatican is going to make him patron saint of checked baggage, St. Samsonite

It was part of the profit he made from blow he just smuggled in from Colombia.

Dupa: I hear the Vatican is going to make him patron saint of checked baggage, St. Samsonite

he should be wary of Gorillas

Typical enabler! Maybe she should try letting go of her baggage.

I wish he was single. I'm a Democrat, from Chicago.....not a White Sox fan but for him I'll become one. I don't care if he's a ZOMGSEKRITMOOSLIM either.

that made me want to have anal secks

jerry2a: Some Bass Playing Guy: 2,000 years ago, a man walked on water. That man: Barack Obama.

6,000 years ago he was fighting dinosaurs...at least according to Sarah Palin.

Barack Obama never had to fight dinosaurs; he persuaded the atmosphere to thin instead.

I'm honestly curious about this - have there been any stories about Barack Obama being a jerk in real life? I mean, it wouldn't mean much either way, but I don't think I've ever seen a story like that.

John McCain couldn't help people because he was a POW FOR 5 AND A HALF YEARS

She should have pulled herself up by her baggage straps.

Ponying up $103 to the crying lady at the airport is a nice thing to do.

vartian: Look, I know it is a story that was drugged up from his youth in order to reflect well upon him as a person. I know that it is being played here for maximum sap value. I get that, I really do. This still made me genuinely smile. I also happy that, with certainty for once, I can vote for a candidate that I believe is a kind, thoughtful person.

I agree entirely. I'd still be voting for the man even if he were a jerk since I make that decision based on policy. However, it certainly helps that he's a genuinely nice guy to boot.

adiabat: It was part of the profit he made from blow he just smuggled in from Colombia.

FTW!

DamnYankees: I'm honestly curious about this - have there been any stories about Barack Obama being a jerk in real life? I mean, it wouldn't mean much either way, but I don't think I've ever seen a story like that.

here's one about McCain from this month's Rolling Stone:

It's the spring of 1974, and Navy commander John Sidney McCain III has returned home from the experience in Hanoi that, according to legend, transformed him from a callow and reckless youth into a serious man of patriotism and purpose. Walking along the grounds at Fort McNair, McCain runs into John Dramesi, an Air Force lieutenant colonel who was also imprisoned and tortured in Vietnam.

McCain is studying at the National War College, a prestigious graduate program he had to pull strings with the Secretary of the Navy to get into. Dramesi is enrolled, on his own merit, at the Industrial College of the Armed Forces in the building next door.

There's a distance between the two men that belies their shared experience in North Vietnam - call it an honor gap. Like many American POWs, McCain broke down under torture and offered a "confession" to his North Vietnamese captors. Dramesi, in contrast, attempted two daring escapes. For the second he was brutalized for a month with daily torture sessions that nearly killed him. His partner in the escape, Lt. Col. Ed Atterberry, didn't survive the mistreatment. But Dramesi never said a disloyal word, and for his heroism was awarded two Air Force Crosses, one of the service's highest distinctions. McCain would later hail him as "one of the toughest guys I've ever met."

On the grounds between the two brick colleges, the chitchat between the scion of four-star admirals and the son of a prizefighter turns to their academic travels; both colleges sponsor a trip abroad for young officers to network with military and political leaders in a distant corner of the globe.

"I'm going to the Middle East," Dramesi says. "Turkey, Kuwait, Lebanon, Iran."

"Why are you going to the Middle East?" McCain asks, dismissively.

"It's a place we're probably going to have some problems," Dramesi says.

"Why? Where are you going to, John?"

"Oh, I'm going to Rio."

"What the hell are you going to Rio for?"

McCain, a married father of three, shrugs.

"I got a better chance of getting laid."

Dramesi, who went on to serve as chief war planner for U.S. Air Forces in Europe and commander of a wing of the Strategic Air Command, was not surprised. "McCain says his life changed while he was in Vietnam, and he is now a different man," Dramesi says today. "But he's still the undisciplined, spoiled brat that he was when he went in."

dgc360: I have no idea what you're going on about. Somebody has already declared the Messiah for this election.

so how is this going to be spun?

1) stupid MSM with sappy human interest story!

2) Obama is a liberal pussy!

3) Palin gave $206 and an unnamed sex act to a down-and-out lumberjack at the Anchorage airport! Vote for her, you could be next!

Yeah well, big whoop. Back in 1903 John McCain gave a women 5 cents for a sasperilla and Curative Galvanic Belt.

DamnYankees: I'm honestly curious about this - have there been any stories about Barack Obama being a jerk in real life? I mean, it wouldn't mean much either way, but I don't think I've ever seen a story like that.

Well, he did tell that reporter not to make fun of his ears rather sternly.

This is all part of Obama's deep cover as a secret Muslim. His handlers had him at the Miami Airport for 3 days before spotting this "damsel in distress".

/very clever, these Muslims

darthbandon: John McCain couldn't help people because he was a POW FOR 5 AND A HALF YEARS

Well technically he did help people during those 5 1/2 years. He helped the VC commies make anti-American propaganda films.

Jesus and Mary Magdalene

Obama and Mary Andersen

newmoonpuppyhead: DamnYankees: I'm honestly curious about this - have there been any stories about Barack Obama being a jerk in real life? I mean, it wouldn't mean much either way, but I don't think I've ever seen a story like that.

here's one about McCain from this month's Rolling Stone:[snip]

The insinuation that John McCain, a former prisoner of war, was ever a "jerk" should be offensive to all Americans. For five-and-a-half years, John McCain couldn't be a "jerk."

What makes this story more awesome is that in 1988 i'm assuming 103 dollars was probably not a trivial sum for a community organizer. Just freaking awesome.

I've given thousands to charity, 100's when people need it. When I was a mechanic I even paid for and installed an entire exhaust system on a single mothers car, on a Sunday we were closed, just so she could pass state inspection. I never got any kudos like this.

/Feels like shiat now.

steverockson: What makes this story more awesome is that in 1988 i'm assuming 103 dollars was probably not a trivial sum for a community organizer. Just freaking awesome.

We all know what "Barry" was doing for duckets back in 88, fool. 103 dollas ain't shiat to the working fiend

This is just the kind of nanny state crap I would expect from a "community organizer". If this woman had planned her life better, she would not have been in a position where she was unable to pay a $103 surcharge. In fact, if allowed to pull herself up by her bootstraps, it's likely that she would have been able to use the freedoms and liberties granted by the Constitution to eventually be able to buy the airline herself! Barack Obama has instead ensured that this woman is now dependent on charity and probably welfare.

OMG, i am so glad this got submitted and greenlit.

I am so thrilled to be able to vote for a decent person for president.

/random acts of kindness FTW