Can Asheville Deliver For Sen. Barack Obama?

Can Asheville Deliver For Sen. Barack Obama?

Sen. Barack Obama at Asheville High School Sunday afternoon.

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Asheville, N.C.—Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama called Republican rival John McCain “out of touch, out of ideas, and running out of time,“ during a speech at Asheville High School’s Memorial Stadium.

He criticized McCain’s health care plan, economic agenda, and aggressive television advertisements. 

McCain increased his staff presence in North Carolina last month, from 20 to 30 paid staff.  The Obama campaign said it has at least 375 paid staff.

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Flag Comment Posted by mstnwithclass on October 08, 2008 at 10:46 pm

re: comments made by royalchild777

Well well well…..................... It’s interesting to me how white students in this country can go to any and all the colleges they want! no one questions how they pay for it. They can even travel around on summer break to various foreign countries without question but as soon as a black student does it…...........then people need to know how is that possible? hhmmm well so here’s some info for you. Lots of us college educated African American who attend college find ways to go to whatever schools we choose and travel when and where ever we want when we want. Have you ever thought that he just didn’t go into ever little detail about every dime he made or that someone gave him for something…....or did you think he could have had any other possible resources or a part time job?............yeah probably not!......................Oh and let’s see now!........All that about trying to connect him to this bad person and that, name a politician who hasn’t been connected to someone who’s a little shady. Oh yeah and now he’s MUSLIM…..................yeah, that rumor has been going around for some time now. So I’m wondering why we are questioning his name change? Do we usually do that with white candidates?....nope! Just can’t understand why he might change his name from Barry to Barack huh?...........all this is just indirect racism. that’s all!

Flag Comment Posted by royalchild777 on October 07, 2008 at 6:51 pm

sorry I meant they would read what follows

Flag Comment Posted by royalchild777 on October 07, 2008 at 6:49 pm

if people are smart they will not read as follows:This election has me very worried.  So many things to
> consider.  About a year ago I would have voted for Obama. I
> have changed my mind three times since than.  I watch all
> the news channels, jumping from one to another.  I must say
> this drives my husband crazy.  But, I feel if you view
> MSNBC, CNN, and Fox News, you might get some middle ground
> to work with.  About six months ago, I started thinking
> ‘where did the money come from for Obama’.  I have
> four daughters who went to College, and we were middle
> class, and money was tight.  We (including my girls) worked
> hard and there were lots of student loans.
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> I started looking into Obama’s life.
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> Around 1979 Obama started college at Occidental in
> California .  He is very open about his two years at
> Occidental, he tried all kinds of drugs and was wasting his
> time but, even though he had a brilliant mind, did not apply
> himself to his studies. ‘Barry’ (that was the name
> he used all his life) during this time had two roommates,
> Muhammad Hasan Chandoo and Wahid Hamid, both from Pakistan .
> During the summer of 1981, after his second year in college,
> he made a ‘round the world’ trip.  Stopping to see
> his mother in Indonesia , next Hyderabad in India , three
> weeks in Karachi , Pakistan where he stayed with his
> roommate’s family, then off to Africa to visit his
> father’s family.  My question - Where did he get the
> money for this trip? ! Nether I, nor any one of my children
> would have had money for a trip like this when they where in
> college.  When he came back he started school at Columbia
> University in New York .  It is at this time he wants
> everyone to call him Barack - not Barry.  Do you know what
> the tuition is at Columbia ?  It’s not cheap! to say the
> least.  Where did he get money for tuition?  Student Loans?
> Maybe. After Columbia , he went to Chicago to work as a
> Community Organizer for $12,000. a year.  Why Chicago ?  Why
> not New York ? He was already living in New York .
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> By ‘chance’  he met Antoin ‘Tony’ Rezko,
> born in Aleppo Syria , and a real estate developer in
> Chicago .  Rezko has been convicted of fraud and bribery this
> year.  Rezko, was named ‘Entrepreneur of the Decade’
> by the Arab-American Business and Professional
> Association’.  About two years later, Obama entered
> Harvard Law School .  Do you have any idea what tuition is
> for Harvard Law School ?  Where did he get the money for
> LawSchool?  More student loans?  After Law school, he went
> back to Chicago . Rezko offered him a job, which he turned
> down.  But, he did take a job with Davis, Miner, Barnhill
> & Galland. Guess what?  They represented ‘Rezar’
> which Rezko’s firm.  Rezko was one of Obama’s first
> major financial contributors when he ran f! or offi ce in
> Chicago .  In 2003, Rezko threw an early fundraiser for Obama
> which Chicago Tribune reporter David Mendelland claims was
> instrumental in providing Obama with ‘seed money’
> for his U.S. Senate race. In 2005, Obama purchased a new
> home in Kenwoood District of Chicago for $1.65 million (less
> than asking price).  With ALL those Student Loans - Where
> did he get the money for the property?  On the same day
> Rezko’s wife, Rita, purchased the adjoining empty lot
> for full price. The London Times reported that Nadhmi Auchi,
> an Iraqi-born Billionaire loaned Rezko $3.5 million three
> weeks before Obama’s new home was purchased.  Obama met
> Nadhmi Auchi many times with Rezko.
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> Now, we have Obama running for President.  Valerie Jarrett,
> was Michele Obama’s boss.  She is now Obama’s chief
> advisor and he does not make any major decisions without
> talking to her first.  Where was Jarrett born? Ready for
> this? Shiraz , Iran !  Do we see a pattern here?  Or am I
> going crazy?
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> On May 10, 2008 The Times reported, Robert Malley advisor
> to Obama was ‘sacked’ after the press found out he
> was having regular contacts with ‘Hamas’, which
> controls Gaza and is connected with Iran .  This past week,
> buried in the back part of the papers, Iraqi newspapers
> reported that during Obama’s visit to Iraq , he asked
> their leaders to do nothing about the war until after he is
> elected, and he will ‘Take care of things’.
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> Oh, and by the way, remember the college roommates that
> where born in Pakistan ?  They are in charge of all those
> ‘small’ Internet campaign contribution for Obama.
> Where is that money coming from?  The poor and middle class
> in this country?  Or could it be from the Middle East ?
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> And the final bit of news.  On September 7, 2008 , The
> Washington Times posted a verbal slip that was made on
> ‘This Week’ with George Stephanapoulos.  Obama on
> talking about his religion said, ‘My Muslim faith’.
> When questioned, ‘he make a mistake’.  Some mistake!
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> All of the above information I got on line.  If you would
> like to check it - Wikipedia, encyclopedia, Barack Obama;
> Tony Rezko; Valerie Jarrett: Daily Times - Obama visited
> Pakistan in 1981; The Washington Times - September 7, 2008 ;
> The Times May 10, 2008 .
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> Now the BIG question - If I found out all this information
> on my own, Why haven’t all of our ‘intelligent’
> members of the press been reporting this?
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> A phrase that keeps ringing in my ear - ‘Beware of the
> enemy from within’!!!
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Flag Comment Posted by Jedz on October 06, 2008 at 3:10 pm

Actually Obama has been very open about his plans for the country.  You can find more info here…

http://www.barackobama.com/issues/

He has also been open and forward in discussing Bill Ayers.  You can start here…

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,420341,00.html

Flag Comment Posted by Bill on October 05, 2008 at 9:25 pm

What did he say in Asheville that has not been said and been found be mostly be untrue? Why will he not tell anything he plans to do but critize what McCain plans? Why will he not admit his connection to terrorist thru people he has been and worked around? People will believe what the want, and vote who they believe in. He has never gave me a good reason to vote and deserve my vote.

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