Re: NY TIMES stops ****lling for McCain

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>>>> >> >> >>Your boy has already said he'll pull the troops out of Iraq
but
>>>> >> >> >>leave
>>>> >> >> >>a small force there "just in case there's a problem". Is he
so
>>>> >> >> >>****ing
>>>> >> >> >>naive as to think if he pulls the troops out of Iraq before
the
>>>> >> >> >>Iraqi's are ready to take full control of their own security 
>>>> >> >> >>the
>>>> >> >> >>taliban won't flood into Iraq and total choas will ensue?
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>>>> >> >> > The Taliban? Are you as stupid as McSame? The Taliban has 
>>>> >> >> > NOTHING to
>>>> >> >> > do
>>>> >> >> > with Iraq.
>>>>
>>>> >> >> > Perhaps you think they'll cross the "Iraq/Pakistan border"
that
>>>> >> >> > McSame
>>>> >> >> > cited?
>>>>
>>>> >> >> Should Obama get the op****tunity to implement his hap-hazard 
>>>> >> >> plan,
>>>> >> >> perhaps
>>>> >> >> when Iraq fall into total chaos you'll come back and address
the
>>>> >> >> larger
>>>> >> >> point how your messiah's visions is a total failure, but I
doubt 
>>>> >> >> you
>>>> >> >> have
>>>> >> >> the honesty to do so......
>>>>
>>>> >> > Nope. They'll blame Bush.
>>>>
>>>> >> Nope ....the Republican party for choosing jr and for choosing 
>>>> >> McCain-
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>>>> > You should'nt have chosen Dr.Gore and John Kerry to run for 
>>>> > President.
>>>> > Maybe Bush would'nt have served two terms.
>>>>
>>>> Are you recognizing that bush,jr has been a total failure?
>>>> Are you recognizing that bush,jr has harmed the Republican party and
>>>> America?
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>>> Never said that sidney. Was my post too cerebral for you? Let me put
>>> in plain english. If you kooks would'nt troll the drunk tanks,looney
>>> bins,flop houses,halfway houses,psycho wards,homeless
>>> shelters,bars,jails and whorehouses for your candidates you might have
>>> a better chance of winning the Presidency. I voted for Bush simply
>>> because you ****ing pinheads have NOTHING to offer, and STILL DON"T !!
>>> I don't consider myself a republican. I'm a conservative and the
>>> republican party is much closer to my way of thinking than the leftist
>>> fringe kook moonbat liberal democrat party. There. Simple enough for
>>> you sidney??
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>> Oh, he's one of the drunks we rolled
>> out...the Republicans seized him for
>> their candidate....now they found as
>> low a candidate on the Naval Academy
>> graduate rolls as was available....another
>> play boy who got his appointment through
>> pull...not merit
>>
>> It's time for merit...The Democrats
>> present a candidate with merit.
>
> Let's see some of this "merit". Please list what you consider
> to be Obama's five most significant accomplishments since being
> elected to public office.
>

Obama authored, co-authored, or sponsored almost 1,000 bills since his
2004 
election.
Some became law.
These include:

The Coburn-Obama Government Transparency Act of 2006 (became law)
The Lugar-Obama Nuclear Non-proliferation and Conventional Weapons Threat 
Reduction Act
S.2488 : A bill to promote accessibility, accountability, and openness in 
Government by strengthening section 552 of title 5, United States Code 
(commonly referred to as the Freedom of Information Act) (the 2007 
Government Ethics Bill)
S.2803 : A bill to amend the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 to

improve the safety of mines and mining.

In addition, he's authored and/or sponsored many bills and amendments to 
other bills. Some of the bills and amendments that have successfully
passed 
the Senate include the following:

S.1418 : A bill to enhance the adoption of a nationwide inter operable 
health information technology system and to improve the quality and reduce

the costs of health care in the United States.
S.792 : A bill to establish a National *** offender registration database.
S.558 : A bill to provide parity between health insurance coverage of
mental 
health benefits and benefits for medical and surgical services.
S.378 : A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to protect judges, 
prosecutors, witnesses, victims, and their family members.
S.5 : A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for human 
embryonic stem cell research.
S.RES.383 : A resolution calling on the President to take immediate steps
to 
help improve the security situation in Darfur, Sudan, with an emphasis on 
civilian protection.
S.1120 : An act to reduce hunger in the United States.
S.AMDT.2692 to H.R.2764 To require a comprehensive nuclear threat
reduction 
and security plan.
S.AMDT.2588 to H.R.976 To provide certain employment protections for
family 
members who are caring for members of the Armed Forces recovering from 
illnesses and injuries incurred on active duty.
The Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act
S.AMDT.3073 to H.R.1585 To provide for transparency and accountability in 
military and security contracting.
S.AMDT.41 to S.1 To require lobbyists to disclose the candidates,
leader****p 
PACs, or political parties for whom they collect or arrange contributions,

and the aggregate amount of the contributions collected or arranged.
S.AMDT.55 (and other amendments) to S.1 To require disclosure of lobbyists

on "earmarks."
S.AMDT.524 to S.CON.RES.21 To provide $100 million for the Summer Term 
Education Program sup****ting summer learning op****tunities for low-income 
students in the early grades to lessen summer learning losses that 
contribute to the achievement gaps separating low-income students from
their 
middle-class peers.
S.AMDT.1041 to S.1082 To improve the safety and efficacy of genetic tests.

Looking at the Congressional Record, Obama has been one of the more active

Senators in introducing and pursuing new legislation. Many Senators
sponsor 
between 40 and 70 pieces of legislation that pass the Senate every two 
years.