Obama in touch with Montana
By Colleen Howard, 756 N. Hannaford - 08/26/08
It’s obvious that John McCain is out of touch with reality. There are many Montanans that can’t afford to even buy a home, yet McCain can’t remember how many he owns! He had to refer reporters to his staff for an answer.
McCain hasn’t found Montana worth visiting, so how could he possibly know what the state of our economy is? What does McCain have to offer except another four years of Bush economics?
Barack Obama offers us a different view. He is giving us, the people of America, the chance to change the way things are done in Washington, D.C. He is giving us back the power to make a difference; the power to direct the way we want our country to run. Barack Obama definitely knows what the state of our economy is. He has visited here four times and plans are in the works for a fifth visit. He doesn’t just spend that time with big politicos. He has spent time listening to the people of Montana, finding out what our concerns and needs are. He does bring us hope: Hope for a change that matters, a change that will truly make a difference.
McCain hasn’t found Montana worth visiting, so how could he possibly know what the state of our economy is? What does McCain have to offer except another four years of Bush economics?
Barack Obama offers us a different view. He is giving us, the people of America, the chance to change the way things are done in Washington, D.C. He is giving us back the power to make a difference; the power to direct the way we want our country to run. Barack Obama definitely knows what the state of our economy is. He has visited here four times and plans are in the works for a fifth visit. He doesn’t just spend that time with big politicos. He has spent time listening to the people of Montana, finding out what our concerns and needs are. He does bring us hope: Hope for a change that matters, a change that will truly make a difference.
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Reader Comments:
montanadude wrote on Aug 28, 2008 11:28 AM:
" I find "barest"'s comment to be humorous and ironic. Tucked in bewteen the usual paranoid rant about muslims dominating the world and the hype about not having a flag on a plane (also not true), this comment expresses disdain that out of the five trips to Montana, Obama never visited Helena.
And how many times has the McCain campained in Helena or even Montana? That's right: Zero. And, that, freinds, is not very encouraging at all.
Obama has campaigned in other countries to prove his value in foreign policy and world relations. I guess we will never know how the McCain ranks on the issue, since so far he has forgotten the concerns of the world like another vacation home. Seems like so far the McCain's global strategy is to just "bomb, bomb, Iran" and everything else. Hello? The current tyrant already tried that; and it failed.
Clearly, Obama's five visits show a lot more concern for our state then any other previous presidential canidate. And clearly, the more proven and effective leader of this country will be Barack Obama. "
And how many times has the McCain campained in Helena or even Montana? That's right: Zero. And, that, freinds, is not very encouraging at all.
Obama has campaigned in other countries to prove his value in foreign policy and world relations. I guess we will never know how the McCain ranks on the issue, since so far he has forgotten the concerns of the world like another vacation home. Seems like so far the McCain's global strategy is to just "bomb, bomb, Iran" and everything else. Hello? The current tyrant already tried that; and it failed.
Clearly, Obama's five visits show a lot more concern for our state then any other previous presidential canidate. And clearly, the more proven and effective leader of this country will be Barack Obama. "
independantwoman wrote on Aug 28, 2008 9:00 AM:
" Obama is in touch with Montana! Obama is in touch with Veterans. Obama is in touch with women! Obama is in touch with America.
Now before you right wing thinkers start spewing hatred, fear, and smears, please at least take the time to get your story straight. Obama does have a flag on his plane. Obama is NOT a muslim! There are several places that you can find the truth, and they are not even liberal websites. Look it up! This is just another Republican't smear tactic, which is why I left the party in 2004. For all the other "Independent Thinkers," please do some research and don't read or listen to fear. I did, and guess what I found out? John McCain voted against Veteran's issues 15 out of 17 times. John McCain has a D- grade with the DAV, Obama has a B rating. John McCain does not support equal pay for women, nor has he voted for a minimum wage increase. The price of EVERYTHING goes up, so why not our pay? Very simple policies that he has voted against. John McCain hold the #1 spot of missed votes in the senate! Wake up America, and wake up Montana. We are smarter than fear and lies. "
Now before you right wing thinkers start spewing hatred, fear, and smears, please at least take the time to get your story straight. Obama does have a flag on his plane. Obama is NOT a muslim! There are several places that you can find the truth, and they are not even liberal websites. Look it up! This is just another Republican't smear tactic, which is why I left the party in 2004. For all the other "Independent Thinkers," please do some research and don't read or listen to fear. I did, and guess what I found out? John McCain voted against Veteran's issues 15 out of 17 times. John McCain has a D- grade with the DAV, Obama has a B rating. John McCain does not support equal pay for women, nor has he voted for a minimum wage increase. The price of EVERYTHING goes up, so why not our pay? Very simple policies that he has voted against. John McCain hold the #1 spot of missed votes in the senate! Wake up America, and wake up Montana. We are smarter than fear and lies. "
laverne wrote on Aug 26, 2008 11:21 AM:
" The houses McCain owns are for his daughter and aging aunt...hardly the cold-hearted man you make him out to be. In contrast - Obama lives in a million dollar mansion, his brother George lives in a 3x3 shanty made of wood scraps and corrugated metal. Obama has a gate to protect his family. George has scars from fights in his Kenyan neighborhood where people are routinely hacked to death with machetes.
And if you think Obama is "giving us back the power" you're out of touch with reality yourself. He's a socialist - no power there. Were you sick that day in school when a socialistic society was taught? "
And if you think Obama is "giving us back the power" you're out of touch with reality yourself. He's a socialist - no power there. Were you sick that day in school when a socialistic society was taught? "
c'est moi wrote on Aug 26, 2008 10:15 AM:
" Until THE ONE treats us to a rock show with free beer and sausages (a la Berlin), I refuse to believe that THE ONE is as serious of courting our votes as he is of courting Europe's.
Anyway, that's my DREEEEEEEAAAAMMMMM... "
Anyway, that's my DREEEEEEEAAAAMMMMM... "
kplatts wrote on Aug 26, 2008 9:11 AM:
" Mark my words, there will be no change. He is a leftist messiah who speaks of change, but offers no REAL change.
Then again, he does offer to change the current climate from right to left, which a lot of his supporters want, but that isn't real change either.
Fact is the liberals have been in charge of Congress for the last two years and haven't done a single thing to make positive changes. Funny that they continually vote against oil exploration, but now with the rising price of gas, they are suddenly offering their own oil exploration plans. They are merely trying to placate the public to ensure they keep their seats in Congress. Nothing more, nothing less. "
Then again, he does offer to change the current climate from right to left, which a lot of his supporters want, but that isn't real change either.
Fact is the liberals have been in charge of Congress for the last two years and haven't done a single thing to make positive changes. Funny that they continually vote against oil exploration, but now with the rising price of gas, they are suddenly offering their own oil exploration plans. They are merely trying to placate the public to ensure they keep their seats in Congress. Nothing more, nothing less. "
skooter wrote on Aug 26, 2008 8:36 AM:
" Exactly right - if the working people of Montana want someone who will vote and look out for THEIR INTERESTS and not those of the wealthiest and the corporate caste...then its got to be Obama.
McCain is all about big business, tax cuts and more houses for the rich (everyone making more than 5 Mill he says - so all of you out there making a measly 3 or 4 Mill are stuck with the rest of us), more Bush deficit management and telling the American people how to live their lives. "
McCain is all about big business, tax cuts and more houses for the rich (everyone making more than 5 Mill he says - so all of you out there making a measly 3 or 4 Mill are stuck with the rest of us), more Bush deficit management and telling the American people how to live their lives. "
barest wrote on Aug 26, 2008 8:28 AM:
" If Obama cared "truly and deeply" about Montana economics, then why does he do most of his campaigning in other COUNTRIES? Also on that note, why does the man NOT ONCE come to the capital city of this state that he has visited 5 times? What the heck is in Butte (other than being one big eye sore...no offense to the current residents),but Helena is FAR greater a prettier place with more opportunities than Butte. Plus it is the CAPITAL OF MONTANA. The man is too fake with making his decisions to be "for the people and their needs." Also, why would he pick his running mate who has a TON more experience in running this country than him? Is it in the attempt that someone does try to kill him if he eventually does get in the White House(probably with the demanding of a recount)? I REFUSE to vote for someone who doesn't even want the AMERICAN FLAG on his dam* jet. So, then what country is he really representing when he does that? Is it ONE WORLD UNDER ALLAH? I don't think so. I will not allow him to take what our original founding fathers of our great country did to it so it can be torn down and thrown to the "sheep" who are following Obama without thinking for themselves. I believe I still live in the country where I can stand up and overthrow the government if I don't see them doing whats right FOR the people BY the people. "
mtsilvertip wrote on Aug 26, 2008 7:56 AM:
" Yes, obama is really in touch with Montana, or at least those in the population that support infanticide, confiscation of guns, intrusive and confiscatory taxes and blaming the United States for every evil in the world.
I don't care how many houses John McCain owns or obama owns for that matter. I would like to see taxes lowered, oil drilling so the supply is increased to lower prices, I would like to see the United States stand up to the tyrany of terrorism not bow and scrape to international despots and tinhorn dictators.
I would like Montana Farmers and Ranchers have the ability to leave their land to their children and not have the children reqired to sell the land to pay the death tax.
Yes, obama has visited the state, so have a lot of other people. And he is like so many others that came before, rape the land and people to get what he wants and run back to his penthouse in Washington.
I don't care who a person votes for, but at least vote for someone who actually has a plan and the ability to make things happen.
All obama will do is make Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton look good by comparison.
Vote Alan Keys! "
I don't care how many houses John McCain owns or obama owns for that matter. I would like to see taxes lowered, oil drilling so the supply is increased to lower prices, I would like to see the United States stand up to the tyrany of terrorism not bow and scrape to international despots and tinhorn dictators.
I would like Montana Farmers and Ranchers have the ability to leave their land to their children and not have the children reqired to sell the land to pay the death tax.
Yes, obama has visited the state, so have a lot of other people. And he is like so many others that came before, rape the land and people to get what he wants and run back to his penthouse in Washington.
I don't care who a person votes for, but at least vote for someone who actually has a plan and the ability to make things happen.
All obama will do is make Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton look good by comparison.
Vote Alan Keys! "
purple wrote on Aug 26, 2008 1:25 AM:
" Put away the democrat talking points.
Sen McCain DOES NOT own any of the house he lives in with his wife. Those houses are HERS from BEFORE they were married.
And before the usual dim/lib suspects show up to whine and snivel about him marrying into money, they better remember that John [I spent Christmas in Cambodia] Kerry married into money, not once, but TWICE. "
Sen McCain DOES NOT own any of the house he lives in with his wife. Those houses are HERS from BEFORE they were married.
And before the usual dim/lib suspects show up to whine and snivel about him marrying into money, they better remember that John [I spent Christmas in Cambodia] Kerry married into money, not once, but TWICE. "
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kzeiler wrote on Sep 2, 2008 7:21 AM:
purple - Not that it matters that much if Cindy McCain bought those houses before they were married, but since they were married in 1980 - I'm going to go out on a limb here & say that you may have just made that up or are parroting that from someone who made that up.
http://marriage.about.com/od/politics/p/johnmccain.htm
Since the Republicans tried to make hay in 2004 about Kerry marrying into money, it's just chickens coming home to roost.
laverne - Well, I certainly don't think that Senator McCain is so cold-hearted that he wouldn't have a house for his own mother! Why didn't you add her to your list? (Ok, sounds like she has her own home.) So counting the places in Phoenix, Sedona, and the D.C. area and then 2 more, we're still either 2 or 3 homes short (depending on whether it's 7 or 8 total). Oh, some of those properties are investments! You know, it doesn't really bug me nearly as much that the McCains' own that many homes with some of them being investment properties as the fact that he couldn't answer the question properly. All it would have taken is something along the lines of "We have our places in Phoenix and the D.C. area and a place in Sedona. Cindy's got some investment properties - I can get back to you on the number of investment properties if you'd like." (He could have even thrown in the part about the aging aunt!) If he's going to bumble a question like that....
As for George Obama, you got hoodwinked by the Italian version of Vanity Fair. Here's a link to CNN where he's quoted as being angry about the article and refuting it.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/08/22/bts.obama.brother/
And Barack Obama is not a socialist any more than John McCain is a fascist. Give it up.
independentwoman - Thanks for bringing up veterans. It's difficult to understand why McCain is having such trouble with vets because he is one. A little shameless cross-posting here - check out my post at:
http://helenair.com/articles/2008/08/28/top/55st_080828_obama.txt
On the Europe whining - Yep, Obama made 3 stops in Europe. And that's 2 less than he's made in Montana. And 5 more than McCain has made in Montana - he either thinks he's got Montana in the bag or he just doesn't care. And you're just jealous that Obama got a better reception in Europe than McCain did back in March & will do a better job of repairing our relationships with our allies. "