SIX (6) TIMES MORE to OBAMA... Guess who?

[LynnTheDem]

Military donations favor Obama

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. soldiers have donated more presidential campaign money to Democrat Barack Obama than to Republican John McCain, a reversal of previous campaigns in which military donations tended to favor GOP White House hopefuls, a nonpartisan group reported Thursday.

Troops serving abroad have given nearly six times as much money to Obama's presidential campaign as they have to McCain's, the Center for Responsive Politics said.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-08-14-military-donations_N.htm

[madmax]

1. Betcha you won't see this posted on freerepublic

'they can't handle the truth.'

[HysteryDiagnosis]

5. If several hundred "new" FR's posted it, it would be awhile before it

was completely swept away.

[DUlover2909]

42. I tried to post it with my FR handle and USA today is copyrighted and un-postable.

[JohnnyRingo]

48. Here's the list of other publications they are no longer allowed to link

Prepare to be amazed:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1111944/posts?page=1

[I Have A Dream]

50. Ummm...

:wow:

[Leftist Agitator]

56. Wow!

It seems that nearly everything but World Nut Daily and Drudge is strictly verboten to Freepers. No wonder they're so goddamned ignorant and/or stupid!

[dhpgetsit]

65. OMFG!!!

I had no idea they blacklisted so many domains. "Copyrighted" my ass! They really favor a closed society with limited access to information!

[Realityhack]

59. Copyright lawers in the house - a question

That page seems a bit odd to me for two reasons.

1. It makes it sound like Freepers are regularly posting entire articles. Isn't that almost always a copyright violation?

2. Can a website actually prevent you from posting excerpts? I thought that in the context of discussing the article in question that was almost always legal.

Are the freepers just retarded or something?

[Pab Sungenis]

66. Yes to both questions.

1. Yes.

2. Yes. There is no "fair use" exemption under DMCA. This was central to my battle with the site that must not be named.

[OnyxCollie]

64. From the link-

"Would ACLU or Rutherford or any other free speech group work with us?"

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:
Oh, the hypocrisy is just too funny.

[frogcycle]

67. holy crap!

not very popular, are they?

[kmdemqueen]

73. probably not

[Honeycombe8]

2. Wooo Hoooo!

:woohoo:

[HysteryDiagnosis]

3. Well that says it all. The people serving in the military see BO as

a domestic threat and against all they stand for. K&R.

[CountAllVotes]

4. kicking for the troops

:dem: :kick:

[ChimpersMcSmirkers]

6. Why do the Troops hate America?

[glitch]

12. Don't the Troops Support the Troops? nt

[file83]

23. ROFL!!! That has a ring to it...

[Oddball]

28. Now that was funny...

....and it points out a truth that Obama is supported by the troops who actually fight the war, and McCain is supported by retired generals and admirals.

[glitch]

37. And not even all of them...:) nt

[kenny blankenship]

13. And why don't they support our troops?

[renie408]

52. That's what I just wrote to a freeper I know. n/t

[marew]

7. These great Americans know who has their backs!

And it is not the Rethugs! We are trying. We want you home. We want you to have every benefit and reward for all you've done. We care! Sorry but after all those stories about not enough armor, less benefits than Nam vets, and quick returns back overseas and extensions of time due to Bush's delusional message from his god to free Iraq and get oil, that is exactly how I feel. Though my dad was retired military, I have no actual family members is the service now but I feel all service members are "MY FAMILY."

[rainbow4321]

8. Let's hope their votes/ballots make it back over here

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/6086931.html

As the hotly contested 2008 presidential campaign nears its finish, members of the Texas congressional delegation say they have been fielding complaints from military families about problems in overseas delivery of ballots to active duty troops.

(snip)

A post-election survey by the U.S. Election Assistance Commission in 2006 showed that 992,000 absentee ballots had been requested by the estimated 6 million eligible military service personnel and U.S. citizens living overseas.


Of those, 330,000 ballots were actually returned and counted by local elections officials— including 6,300 overseas absentee ballots from troops who voted in Texas. "If this kind of deprivation of the right to vote were occurring in the continental United States, it would just rock the country," said Cornyn, who has asked Attorney General Michael Mukasey to launch a civil rights investigation into the problems.

Overseas absentee voting has become an even bigger concern this year because of the large projected turnout in the presidential election between Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain. Some 145,000 absentee ballots had been mailed to overseas military voters by mid-October.

[monmouth]

9. Hopefully their votes will be counted. Down here in Florida thousands

were tossed and not counted in '04...

[EastTennesseeDem]

10. Guess they're not real Americans

Right, Palin?

[LynnTheDem]

15. Rush calls them "phoney soldiers".

Rush would know.


:eyes:

[Enthusiast]

39. Yeah Rush knows.

Wouldn't you like to physically just kick his ass?

[GinaMaria]

54. I'd like to see him enlist

[Enthusiast]

60. Great idea. All the chickenhawks

need to enlist.

[crossroads]

11. Support the troops - vote for Obama! K&R

[JimWis]

14. Wow that great. Hooray for our troops. Thanks for sharing the info.

[RagAss]

16. Why is this such a fucking secret ???????....MSN...bought and sold media !

[DainBramaged]

17. And these guys have NO money, what does that tell you?

And what do they know that we don't know?

[senseandsensibility]

18. We should keep this kicked

Sometimes really long threads get picked up on other blogs. This definitely needs more attention.

[medicswife]

19. This is what my street on Ft. Campbell looks like:

My car, has 5 Obama stickers/magnets, guy down the street has a new bumper sticker that says, "Had enough? Vote Democrat!" Just down the street from him, Obama/Biden sign in the yard. My neighbor, voted Obama by absentee in state of NC, One NOBAMA sticker on a big ol' Dodge truck, One McCain/MILF sticker on a scuzz heads vehicle.

My hubby is coming home soon too, you guys!!! Only about 2 more weeks and this damned deployment will be over!

[AspenRose]

36. I'm so happy and excited for you.

:hug:

[greenmutha]

20. K&R! This needs to see the light of day! n/t

[Happyhippychick]

21. Yep, this story came out weeks ago and MSMhas ignored it.

[Beartracks]

76. Yet I heard about the "Dear Mr. Obama" video...

... of a soldier explaining why he won't be voting for Obama and why the Iraq war wasn't a "mistake" before he walks away so that you can see his prosthetic leg. The local radio station played the whole thing on-air this morning, and makes it available on its Web site. I guess it's "news" when 12.5 million people watch it on YouTube?

[olegramps]

22. Maybe they are wising up that they are nothing more than Republican cannon fodder.

[hvn_nbr_2]

24. I knew that. It's been all over MSM......NOT. nt

[Duppers]

25. R & K

And sent out.

thanks for posting this jewel, LTD.

:hi:

[Joe Chi Minh]

26. What did I tell you? People who claimed the troops favoured the Republicans

were insulting their intelligence, that's what! As I also said, why do you think they don't count the troops' votes?

[BlooInBloo]

27. Apparently McNounVerbPOW didn't do it for them.

[medicswife]

68. McNounVerbPOW cracked way too fast when interrogated by the

Viet Cong. That's what a lot of soldiers think.

[mucifer]

29. article is dated 8/14/08. I wonder if it is still true.

[eridani]

30. I made a flyer with this info and have been passing it out doorbelling

[AllieB]

35. Great flyer-wish I had that when I was canvassing.

[eridani]

38. PM me and I'll email you a pdf four-up that is nice in color but also works in B&W n/t

[stuntcat]

31. wow

like wow! K & R

[progressoid]

32. Am I sure I want to recommend this thread?

DAMN RIGHT I'M SURE!!

[Cha]

33. Hallelujah! I hope this

translates in to absentee ballots:bounce:

[Window]

34. WooHoo!!

:kick:

[Joszef Pelikan]

40. Support our Troops!!! Vote for Obama!

[DeepModem Mom]

41. K&R!

[liberalla]

43. When you add in Ron Paul contributors it clearly paints the

picture that soldiers want out of Iraq.

"Among soldiers serving overseas at the time of their donations, 134 gave a total of $60,642 to Obama while 26 gave a total of $10,665 to McCain. That was less than the amount received by Republican Ron Paul, who collected $45,512 from 99 soldiers serving abroad, the report said."

233 Obama contributors to 26 McCain.

[democrank]

44. May peace soon come to these troops.

GOBAMA!

[machI]

45. Kicked and Recommended

[WallStreetNobody]

46. How Long Before Freepers Start Saying the Troops are Un-American?

[Postman]

47. This is because there are 6 times as many African-Americans in the military...

or not...

I have no idea what the ethnic ratio is but I wouldn't be surprised if that's how they would spin it.

[14thColony]

57. And if they do....

In 2005, 14.5% of US military regular forces were Black, African, or African-American, compared with 12.85% of the US population. Due to falling enlistment rates among this demographic since 2005, these numbers may be closer to parity now.

[workinclasszero]

49. Vets love Obama too!

Ask me, I'm a vet!

Here's some more Hope mongering vets: http://vetsforobama.org/

http://my.barackobama.com/page/group/VeteransforObama

Local vets endorse Obama: ‘We need new leadership'

By NICHOLAS AZZARA

SARASOTA — Medal of Honor recipient (Ret.) Col. Ron Ray called Sen. Barack Obama the best and the brightest presidential candidate during an unequivocal endorsement for the Democratic hopeful Thursday.

[davidpdx]

51. I work with someone who's husband is a US Solider

They are both voting for Obama and said they know many military families who are as well. Her husband has been deployed to Iraq once and Afghanistan twice and is finishing a tour here in Korea. But that's not the best part of the story, they are from North Carolina.

[Buzz Clik]

53. I wonder if they're aware that they are supporting an American hating socialist

[JDwho]

55. Thank You Soldiers!!!

You know how 'a picture speaks more than a thousand words'? These donations from our men and women in Iraq has the same effect. Wonderful.

Funny, just yesterday ,(I don't know which article), a repub was lamenting the probability that the military vote wouldn't be here to be counted for the repub party. Well surprise, when they do show up, it wont be for McCain...our soldiers know what's going on even when they're a world away.

[thesquanderer]

58. but look at the numbers

It is good PR for Obama, but I'd be cautious about reading *too* much into it... look at the numbers...

Donors (over $200): 859 Obama, 558 McCain

Those serving overseas: 134 Obama (contributing about $60k), 26 McCain (about $10k)

This is a very tiny percentage of the total troops (and not a scientific sample of them), so it may be a stretch to make any assumption about who the troops support from these figures alone.

[av8rdave]

61. Does this mean the rethugs have to start suppressing the military vote?

[demokatgurrl]

62. Will their votes be counted?

Isn't it sad that we have to wonder about that?

[JBoy]

63. Sounds like a lot of "Dear John" letters.

[madhawk]

69. war

if the republicans will not count our ballets then we must go to was against them and i mean real war. if we don't stand up for our rights we will loose everything not just what bush took. i am 58 and i will fight to the death for my rights.
hawk

[Maineman]

70. Is the Pentagon still making it difficult for them to vote??

[nam78_two]

71. Too late to recommend :-(

Here is a kick.

[Overseas]

72. Loved this story when it came out in August.

And I still love the story.

People don't realize how many soldiers really support Democrats.

Maybe the soldiers know that far more Democrats have served in the military, and we don't just TALK about supporting the troops, we vote for better benefits for them.


http://www.awolbush.com/whoserved.html

[KingFlorez]

74. Yes!

I really like reading this, Obama has built a broad coalition of support and broken Republican myths.

[fascisthunter]

75. you guys hear that popping noise?

That's not popcorn popping either...

[heliarc]

77. Now I know why the Obama Campaign was pushing to get...

all of the military votes counted first.