Rachael Ray Serving Up Secret Political Agenda?!

151. Wow thats low this lady has no class using the magazine to promote Obama are you kidding me ?

Posted at 2:08AM on Oct 31st 2008 by Gia

152. All the McCain items are on top of the Obama Items in each photo. McCain Buttons on top in both and if you look closely McCain cup is higher in the picture. Wonder if this was read wrong maybe.

Posted at 6:11AM on Oct 31st 2008 by just a guest

153.
OMG! Tmz, have you actually eluded to some bias in the media and Hollywood? Keep it up, there is hope for you yet!

Posted at 7:25AM on Oct 31st 2008 by sickoftmz

154. I cannot figure out that if you are in Hollywood you automatically become an expert on all politics. Whats sad is that some people will vote for whomever their favorite star is supporting. Do they ever stop to think where Ombama is getting all his moving? Can we say suspicion???

Posted at 9:59AM on Oct 31st 2008 by FED UP

155.
An impassioned letter from a "nobody". But he gives his telephone number at the end.

Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 3:19 PM
Subject: FW: A letter from Illinois

Dear Friends:

My name is Joe Porter. I live in Champaign, Illinois. I'm 46 years old, a born-again Christian, a husband, a father, a small business owner, a veteran, and a homeowner. I don't consider myself to be either conservative or liberal, and I vote for the person, not Republican or Democrat. I don't believe there are "two Americas " but that every person in this country can be whomever and whatever they want to be if they'll just work to get there and nowhere else on earth can they find such opportunities. I believe our government should help those who are legitimately downtrodden, and should always put the interests of America first.

The purpose of this message is that I'm concerned about the future of this great nation. I'm worried that the silent majority of honest, hard-working, tax-paying people in this country have been passive for too long. Most folks I know choose not to involve themselves in politics. They go about their daily lives, paying their bills, raising their kids, and doing what they can to maintain the good life. They vote and consider doing so to be a sacred trust. They shake their heads at the political pundits and so-called "news", thinking that what they hear is always spun by whomever is reporting it. They can't understand how elected officials can regularly violate the public trust with pork barrel spending. They don't want government handouts. They want the government to protect them, not raise their taxes for more government programs.

We are in the unique position in = this country of electing our leaders. It's a privilege to do so. I've never found a candidate in any election with whom I agreed on everything. I'll wager that most of us don't even agree with our families or spouses 100% of the time. So when I step into that voting booth, I always try to look at the big picture and cast my vote for the man or woman who is best qualified for the job. I've hired a lot of people in my lifetime, and essentially that's what an election is - a hiring process. Who has the credentials? Whom do I want working for me? Whom can I trust to do the job right?

I'm concerned that a growing number of voters in this country simply don't get it. They are caught up in a fervor they can't explain, and calling it "change".

"Change what?", I ask.

"Well, we're going to change America", they say.

"In what way?", I query.

"We want someone new and fresh in the White House", they exclaim.

"So, someone who's not a politician?", I say.

"Uh, well, no, we just want a lot of stuff changed, so we're voting for Obama", they state.

"So the current system, the system of freedom and democracy that has enabled a man to grow up in this great country, get a fine education, raise incredible amounts of money and dominate the news, and win his party's nomination for the White House that system's all wrong?"

"No, no, that part of the system's okay we just need a lot of change."

And so it goes. "Change we can believe in."

Quite frankly, I don't believe that vague proclamations of change hold any promise for me. In recent months, I've been asking virtually everyone I encounter how they're voting. I live in Illinois, so most folks tell me they're voting for Barack Obama. But no one can really tell me why only that he's going to change a lot of stuff "Change, change, change." I have yet to find one single person who can tell me distinctly and convincingly why this man is qualified to be President and Commander-in-Chief of the most powerful nation on earth other than the fact that he claims he's going to implement a lot of change.

We've all seen the emails about Obama's genealogy, his upbringing, his Muslim background, and his church affiliations. Let's ignore this for a moment. Put it all aside. Then ask yourself, "What qualifies this man to be my president? That he's a brilliant orator and talks about change?"

CHANGE WHAT?

Friends, I'll be forthright with you I believe the American voters who are supporting Barack Obama don't have a clue what they're doing, as evidenced by the fact that not one of them - NOT ONE of them I've spoken to can spell out his qualifications. Not even the most liberal media can explain why he should be elected. Political experience? Negligible. Foreign relations? Non-existent. Achievements? Name one. Someone who wants to unite the country? If you haven't read his wife's thesis from Princeton, look it up on the web. This is who's lining up to be our next First Lady? The only thing I can glean from Obama's constant harping about change is that we're in for a lot of new taxes.

For me, the choice is clear. I've looked carefully at the two leading applicants for the job, and I've made my choice.

Here's a question - "Where were you five and a half years ago? Around Christmas, 2002. You've had five or six birthdays in that time. My son has grown from a sixth grade child to a high school graduate. Five and a half years is a good chunk of time. About 2,000 days. 2,000 nights of sleep. 6,000 meals, give or take."

John McCain spent that amount of time, from 1967 to 1973, in a North Vietnamese prisoner-of-war camp.

When offered early release, he refused it. He considered this offer to be a public relations stunt by his captors, and insisted that those held longer than he should be released first. Did you get that part? He was offered his freedom, and he turned it down. A regimen of beatings and torture began.

Do you possess such strength of character? Locked in a filthy cell in a foreign country, would you turn down your own freedom in favor of your fellow man? I submit that's a quality of character that is rarely found, and for me, this singular act defines John McCain.

Unlike several presidential candidates in recent years whose military service is questionable or non-existent, you will not find anyone to denigrate the integrity and moral courage of this man. A graduate of Annapolis, during his Naval service he received the Silver Star, Bronze Star, Purple Heart and Distinguished Flying Cross. His own son is now serving in the Marine Corps in Iraq . Barack Obama is fond of saying "We honor John McCain's service...BUT...", which to me is condescending and offensive - because what I hear is, "Let's forget this man's sacrifice for his country, and his proven leadership abilities, and talk some more about change."

I don't agree with John McCain on everything - but I am utterly convinced that he is qualified to be our next President, and I trust him to do what's right. I know in my heart that he has the best interests of our country in mind. He doesn't simply want to be President - he wants to lead America, and there's a huge difference. Factually, there is simply no comparison between the two candidates. A man of questionable background and motives who prattles on about change, can't hold a candle to a man who has devoted his life in public service to this nation, retiring from the Navy in1981 and elected to the Senate in1982.

Perhaps Obama's supporters are taking a stance between old and new. Maybe they don't care about McCain's service or his strength of character, or his unblemished qualifications to be President. Maybe "likeability" is a higher priority for them than "trust". Being a prisoner of war is not what qualifies John McCain to be President of the United States of America - but his demonstrated leadership certainly DOES.

Dear friends, it is time for us to stand. It is time for thinking Americans to say, "Enough." It is time for people of all parties to stop following the party line. It is time for anyone who wants to keep America first, who wants the right man leading their nation, to start a dialogue with all their friends and neighbors and ask who they're voting for, and why.

There's a lot of evil in this world. That should be readily apparent to all of us by now. And when faced with that evil as we are now, I want a man who knows the cost of war on his troops and on his citizens. I want a man who puts my family's interests before any foreign country.

I want a President who's qualified to lead.

I want my country back, and I'm voting for John McCain.
Phone: 760.434.1395
E-mail: ronald.hess@alumni.purdue.edu

Posted at 11:25AM on Oct 31st 2008 by Freedom

156. Dear i hate retards.
I believe this is your post:

"Okay, I gotta say that i would embrace a 1st black president. If he didn't have such a scary past like Obama does! 2nd Obama is not black and he is not white! Everyone knows his mother was 100% white and dad was black from Kenya. My question is why does everyone keep calling him the 1st to be black president? Obama is Bi Racial ....So if everyone is into stating race. Why not call it as is really is? Our soon to be 1st Bi-Racial president! Anyway i'm not voting for him! Doesn't matter his color cause that man is gonna break this country! He is gonna make us weak and wide open to terrorist. McCain and Palin has my vote!"

thank you NOWAY--could not have said it better myself! i myself happen to a white woman married to a black man with three beautiful bi-racial children. i dont want someone saying my children are black or white. i keep telling my husband everyone keeps conveniently forgetting that his mother is WHITE!!! my husband has NEVER given any attention to a presidential raec (and he is 37 but just not interested in politics) until now and the only reason, in my humble opion--and i have known him 15 years now--he is all on obamas jock ONLY because he is "black". so flip the coin, black people whine whites wont vote for him just because he is black, but hell, blacks are voting for him just because he IS black. when i ask my husband why he is voting for him he says "he makes good decisions"--ha, laugh my ass off. i tell him its just like him wanting black quarterbacks and head coaches to win--its just because they are black, not because he likes the team, per se. i cant wait for this freaking thing to be over and i hope against hope mccain/palin win, not because i think they are any better, just not as bad.


Posted at 12:53PM on Oct 30th 2008 by i hate retards

You did WRITE you would vote for a black President if he didn't have such a scary past like Obam does!!!! Infact that is the first line of your post. Please refer to what you write before you try and correct someone else. Now in response to your last post. Initially I wanted John Edwards for President (and even with his flaws, I still believe he JOHN EDWARDS is the man for the job). Because some of the issues the candidates including Obama are talking about, John Edwards was the first to talk about when he was running for president (Please refer to his interview in Essence Magazine from 2007) Health Care reform and tax breaks for the middle class Bring the war in Iraq to an end and getting our BRAVE soldiers MEN and WOMAN back home with their families...etc etc etc. BUT that is a done deal and Obama is the Democratic candidate. While his ideals (his being Obama) are ideas that are not orignally his, but John Edwards, I still want to see the good ideas flourish. That is why Obama has my vote. Not because he is bi-racial or Black or whatever title you want to give him. The important thing is that he is American and the best MAN for the the job....regardless of his racial make up.

With that being said "RETARD" STFU and take care of your man and 3 kids.

Posted at 11:42AM on Oct 31st 2008 by This BLACK women's opinion!!!!

157. I see a lot of people saying that if white people won't vote for Obama because he is black; it's the same as black people voting for Obama because he is black. To me it's not the same at all.

A big portion of the black community are democrat. Black people have voted democrat in most elections in recent history. So yes they may finally be really "getting out to vote" because they recognize the importance of Obama presidency but they aren't changing their whole political ideal to vote for him.

Some white democrats on the other hand are. Let's take my uncle for example. A lifelong democrat, that when it came down to Hilary Clinton and Barack Obama in the primary said,that he guess he wouldn't be voting in November because he wouldn't vote for a republican but he wouldn't vote for a woman or a n***er either. That's when it's racist. When a life long democrat won't vote for him simply because he's black. And being a liberal in a redneck town in Kentucky; I have heard it ALL. So to me at least it's a little different when black democrats who may not be faithful every year voters come out to try to make history in droves. Hopefully this will make them more aware of how important a vote is and they will be back to vote next year and the next.

Not saying that only democrats are racist but the republican ones have an excuse. Even if they are scared of a black president they can just throw up their party card and they get a pass.

Posted at 12:17PM on Oct 31st 2008 by Stacy

158. CAN'T STAND HER SHOW...SHE'S LOUD, AND OBNOXIOUS AND JUST PLAIN ANNOYING. WOULDN'T EXPECT ANY MORE FROM HER...YUCK!

Posted at 12:52PM on Oct 31st 2008 by LULU

159. You know, reading through these posts has confirmed so many things that I already felt very strongly about. As white people, we can't win. No matter what we say or what we do, it will always be twisted around so that we are made out to be racist. I put in an earlier post that I would happily vote for Condoleeza Rice if she was running for president and was making the point that it doesn't matter to me whether the most qualified candidate is white, black, purple or green. The response I got from Kimmie was that my saying "I would vote for Rice if she were running is code for, I have black friends, that so many whites try to say in their defense". Kimmie has never met me and knows absolutely nothing about me but can make such a statement about me because I am white. Who is the racist now??? As for Mo and his response to me, he says that black people don't vote for candidates bacause they are black, and goes on to say that the reason he is voting for Obama is because "Republicans have traditionally looked down their noses at us, whether they choose to admit it or not. A lot of righties traditionally denounce lefties as lazy, looking for handouts, uneducated, etc" Hmmmm, so your reason for voting for Obama has nothing to do with his qualifications as president or what his views are on the issues?? It seems to me that it is all about empowering a black man. Well, I have no problem with a black man being president, IF HE IS QUALIFIED!!! Because I am white and because I am a republican, I have been accused of being racist, I have been called a bitch, I have seen other posts telling republicans to STFU. So who is spewing the hatred!!! It is these kinds of people who keep racism going and who keep the divisions in our country. As I said, it's a no win situation for white republicans because it doesn't matter what we do, there are people keeping racism alive and well, and it sure isn't the white people any more than the black people.

Posted at 1:27PM on Oct 31st 2008 by lara

160. heee heee heeee...I FINALLY have a reason to like Ra Ray...OBAMA/BIDEN '08...it's time to kick some rePUKE ass.

Posted at 2:06PM on Oct 31st 2008 by SIENNA IS A HOMEWRECKING WHORE

161. hey, This BLACK women's opinion!!!! or should i say typical angry black woman. you prove my point about why i hate retards and why you still need reading comprehension lessons. my original post in this whole thread was #35 which was in response to #29 who ORIGINALLY stated "Okay, I gotta say that i would embrace a 1st black president. If he didn't have such a scary past like Obama does! 2nd Obama is not black and he is not white! Everyone knows his mother was 100% white and dad was black from Kenya. My question is why does everyone keep calling him the 1st to be black president? Obama is Bi Racial ....So if everyone is into stating race. Why not call it as is really is? Our soon to be 1st Bi-Racial president! Anyway i'm not voting for him! Doesn't matter his color cause that man is gonna break this country! He is gonna make us weak and wide open to terrorist. McCain and Palin has my vote!"

thus why it was in quotes in my post and why i stated, "couldnt have said it better myself NOWAY" who was the original poster. i then say in MY ORIGINAL post what i couldnt have said better myself is the fact that people are forgetting obama is half white and i dont want my children being referred to as only black. so no I DIDNT WRITE that he had a scary past and NO I DIDNT comment on his scary past in my original post so how about YOU READ before you make stupid ass comments about those things which you obviously have not fully researched and comprehend.

and now since you are fully versed in what i REALLY said, how about you STFU. and as an aside, i do take care of my family so that the government doesnt have to and no i still dont want to redistribute MY wealth to lazy, RETARDED ass people. that is why i am voting for mccain.

Posted at 2:23PM on Oct 31st 2008 by i hate retards

162. Who better to lead our country than a war veteran?? A man who served his country and was a prisoner of war for 5 years. Do you know the reason his arms don't look proportioned? It's because when he was a prisoner they beat him so often and never gave him medical attention his broken arms healed wrong and he is permanently affected. He understands war and how the world operates. I want JOHN MCCAIN to be the next president of this wonderful country. Obama has no experience in anything...!! He says he was a community organizer?? I am still very concerned about his friendships with people who have bombed government buildings right here in the US. Why would he be friends and have dinners and hang out with terrorists?? Everyone out there needs to wake up and see what is going on. It's very scary!! Please vote, but be sure to really investigate and understand the issues before you cast a ballot!

Posted at 3:39PM on Oct 31st 2008 by pay attention

163. to: Your ignorance is only overshadowed by your stupidity

wow, does anyone on here not prove my point about why i hate retards?!?! first of all, did you just learn how to cut and paste because you did one f'ed up job. second, that is what message boards are for, commenting and interacting with others. if you dont like the forum, why are you here? as for time on my hands, i have enough to do what i want to do. take care of my children and run my own successful business from home via the internet, hence the ability to check a thread that i happended to comment on. i seldom comment on any boards but agreed with another poster who originally stated that most people seem to forget that obama is black and white, touting his "blackness", my original comment was that i dont want my children to be referred to as only black. so third, i am not arguing with someone over obamas "blackness" or "bi-racialness" but over the fact that she has not read what i have said, ergo making erroneous comments on her part, and that she needs reading comprehension courses, as do you. fourth, i am NOT voting for obama because HE has said he wants to spread the wealth. i have heard this from his own mouth numerous times, not from FOX news. btw, do you listen to MSNBC exclusively? and lastly, in all my posts i have never said blacks are voting for obama just because he is black, but that some are voting for him just because he is black. and no matter what you say, this is true. just i have said, yes, some whites will not vote for him just because he is black. neither stance is ok, but that is just the way some people are. so, to "Your ignorance is only overshadowed by your stupidity" you are an ass not because you have assumed i am voting for mccain and i am white and therefore a racist, but just because that is what you are. if you havent read the whole thread and comprehended everything that was written, please keep your stupid ass comments to yourself.

Posted at 3:41PM on Oct 31st 2008 by i hate retards

164. I USED to like her when she first came out. But celebrity and "Okra" have gone to her head. Is anyone surprised by this. Yummo
NOMORE for me!

Posted at 4:46PM on Oct 31st 2008 by Goldie B

165. Like some people have WAT tooo much time on their hands. And who cares at this point anyhow. And who cared before. Seriously, we have too many really important things to worry about than all of this who is doing what secretly, etc. perhaps aliens only appear to republicans since they do seem to appear only in the red states. Hahahaha.

Do something valuable today,

Posted at 5:30PM on Oct 31st 2008 by boomer Broad