Ok..this is a comment re: Amber's Obama "list" that drives me crazy when (I assume) Bush loving repubs list "wants to make the minimum wage a "living" wage" as a bad thing...think about it...people at the lowest end of the wage scale would actually be able to feed their families and heat their homes on their EARNINGS! What a concept!
Monday March 17, 2008

AP Photo/Bizuayehu Tesfaye
Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner hosted a fundraiser for Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama Sunday in the actor's hometown of Boston.
Wearing a gray suit and black Converse All Star sneakers, Affleck said he and his wife were just doing “their part for society.”
He called the Illinois senator a “genuine, real force," the Boston Herald reports.
He said “there are a lot of things" he loves about Obama, "but I won’t bore you with all of them.
“I’m an actor,” Affleck added. “I’m not going to create 10-point policy details of why.”
Affleck has been an Obama supporter since he first met him at the 2004 Democratic convention in Boston, according to the Herald.
He joked that he's glad their relationship hasn't gotten too close for comfort.
“I think I’m just grateful he didn’t ask me to do a sexy YouTube video with him,” Affleck said, referring to his raunchy Jimmy Kimmel music video.
Check back to Usmagazine.com later for more coverage of Affleck's bash.
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how about obama and how he got affirmative action for university if he is so intelligent
Since you're too ignorant to get past a made-up, genetically and biologically disproven societal concept such as race, then let's exam some race & history. The first & most advanced society (B.C.) on the face of this Earth were the ancient Egyptians in Africa. The Ancient Egyptian society was ALL BLACK. They invented & practiced advanced arts & sciences including astrology, advanced mathematics, engineering, arts, writings, medicine & even the first spoken language amongst many other achievements including construction of the Great Pyramids of Egypt & the Sphinx of Giza! Which by the way, the "white" race with all their advances and so called "intelligence" can't duplicate or even figure out how they were constructed even until this day! So "black power" sounds pretty good to me, if you want or need to call it that, because we can see where 2000 years of "white power" has gotten us so far. And as far as being scary, that's always the first reaction of people with inferior intelligence to those of superior ones, which they can't understand. What's to be afraid of? As a Black man in this racist society, we all know as President he would be watched & scrutinized closer than a hawk. For instance, he would never get away with getting a blow job in the Oval office from someone who isn't even his wife & allowed to stay in office, right? Or, allowed to remain in office when its been proven that he didn't get the majority of the electoral votes needed. We all know that, NOW don't we?
ouch. Just to read these comments hurts my head. To think these are living, breathing persons alive in America. Ugh, Idiocracy is real. Very very real.
SO disappointing! Thought Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner were considerably intelligent people. A vote for Obama is a vote for Socialism, and for the "black power" platform his former pastor and church promote. Regardless of race, we should choose someone who reflects right values on the important issues. Ultimately, he would raise our taxes sky high. That's about all you can "hope" for. Some of What Defines Obama:
• He voted against banning partial ' birth abortion.
• He voted no on notifying parents of minors who get out-of-state abortions.
• Supports affirmative action in Colleges and Government.
• In 2001 he questioned harsh penalties for drug dealing.
• Says he will deal with street level drug dealing as minimum wage affair.
• Admitted marijuana and cocaine use in high school and in college.
• Has said that one of his first goals after being elected would be to have a conference with all Muslim nations.
• Opposed the Patriot Act.
• First bill he signed that was passed was campaign finance reform.
• Voted No on prohibiting law suits against gun manufacturers.
• Supports universal health-care.
• Voted yes on providing habeas corpus for Guantanamo detainees.
• Supports granting driver's licenses and extending welfare to illegal immigrants.
• Voted yes on comprehensive immigration reform.
• Voted yes on allowing illegal aliens to participate in Social Security.
• Wants to make the minimum wage a 'living wage'.
• Opposed to any efforts to Privatize Social Security and instead supports increasing the amount of tax paid.
• He voted No on repealing the Alternative Minimum Tax
• He voted No on repealing the 'Death' Tax
• He wants to raise the Capital Gains Tax.
• Has repeatedly said the surge in Iraq has not succeeded.
• He is ranked as the most liberal Senator in the Senate today and that takes some doing.
I guess the people who have written here must have seen Hillarys income tax .I must have missed it .
Do NOT vote for Obama. He endorses the racist comments of his Pastor, Jeremiah Wright (calls him family). Obama is a liar ... says he's never heard his Pastor make racist or negative comments about the United States. Bull! Obama was a member of this church for 20 years! There are hundreds of racist and negative comments caught on video of Pastor Wright making these racist comments and yet Obama (a 20 year supporter and attender of this church) has not heard 1 negative comment? Add that to the lies he tells Americans when behind closed doors with Canada and France he states to ignore his public comments. What about Rezco? Did we forget that already? C'mon people ... this is a muslim, racist liar who regularly associates himself with corrupt individuals such as Rezco. Not to mention Obama's association with a confirmed terrorist, Bill Ayers.
Do your research people!!!! What has Obama really done? What does his resume look like? Read my comments above, Obama is a scary individual. We are all in trouble if this is our new President.
Obama has been sent here by outer space and is messing with us.My friends are so afraid of him. I want everything to remain as it is now - we all need to google how to buzz people sent from outer space.
Things are just fine in our country - we dont want anyone new messing with things that work so well.
Obama iS NOT muslim. Don't read Newsmax. Obama is a true american, and is a new generation leader. Ask him anything, he'll tell you the real news.
After I read newsmax magazine ,and saw Obama church on youtube the church he goes for 20 years that hurt so much ,because he was my super star, I do not trust him any more .No vote for OBAMA.
Obama comes from amusilm backround, therefore if he wins we are screwed. DONT VOTE FOR A TERRORIST.
I don't believe he's anti-american. I do believe there is false hope with him. I won't be voting for him because of lack of experience.
And who really cares about celebrity endorsments anyway?
Once again, 5:05 AM reminds us that anybody who dares to criticize Obama in any way is "evil." What a cult.
For all you that changes your mind in terms of which candidate to vote for, you all are just political prostitude. I mean, you can agree with me that, this young man OBAMA, has no spot yet because there's nothing to say against him, Instead they took to hooking him up with what other people says or do. Tells us what he's done wrong directly or is it wrong to be a member of a church for 20years? You evil minded people.
For all you that changes your mind in terms of which candidate to vote for, you all are just political prostitude. I mean, you can agree with me that, this young man OBAMA, has no spot yet because there's nothing to say against him, Instead they took to hooking him up with what other people says or do. Tells us what he's done wrong directly or is it wrong to be a member of a church for 20years? You evil minded people.
hehehe, so true. i usually go for my political readings on the new york times online, not the us weekly internet sight. i read both, but i read here for gossip about pretty people in pretty clothes. nothing wrong with a little meaningless distraction to help the post-work stress!
Ugh. Boring, mundane, run-of-the-mill political campaign employees infiltrating our celebrity news site. We read this sh-- to stay away from a-holes like you!!! Please, go back to Washington, blog elsewhere, take a cold shower, do whatever you have to do, just GO AWAY. This is a CELEBRITY NEWS SITE - nothing more. If we wanted serious, we would read the freakin' New York Times. And we do. You, however, need to leave us alone. You are out of your league here.
-First up, Obama does put his hand on his heart for the Pledge, he does not do so for the NATIONAL ANTHEM. As a matter of fact, Hillary and her cohorts tried to make an issue of that.
-Second, the origin of the Pledge...it was not intend for anyone to put their hand over their heart, like some form of salute. It matters more what you believe, than what form of public ballet you perform.
-Third, to not vote for someone because they don't stand, sit, or move their hands the same way as you is good if you are voting for a Drill Team, not good if you are voting for someone to be President.
You should seriously consider doing us all a favor and NOT VOTING at all. After all, NOT VOTING is your right, just like VOTING is and we can all hope that someone such as yourself, who has shown that you base things on issues that are clearly trivial, will do their patriotic duty, and just stay home on election day.
I'm with Brian. There are a lot of stupid and ignorant commentors to this article. For those of you who still think that Barack doesn't put his hand over his heart while reciting the pledge, you are listening to too much anti-Obama bs. You know the photo of him that was being passed around the internets a while back? That wasn't even during the pledge!
Know your facts before coming to conclusions. This is common sense.
It is Obama and his campaign that has continually brought race into this primary and cleverly made it appear that it was the Clintons. I truly believe that Pres. Clinton and Hillary truly do NOT see color and it is more and more apparent to me, that Barack Obama DOES(the exact opposite of what he claims). It defies common sense to believe his statement that he never heard Pastor Wright's offensive comments or that he had no idea after twenty years of considering him his mentor and attending his church, to have no idea of this man's anti-white beliefs. I hope people are starting to realize that Obama, instead of uniting us, is actually dividing us more and more every day. It is completely offensive to be associated in any way with a man who says Hillary Clinton is not qualified to be our president because she has never been called a n-----. It is completely offensive to be associated in any way with a pastor who said that the thousands of people who were killed on 9-11 had it coming to them because of U.S. foreign policy (which they had no control over) is offensive and unacceptable.(as if murder is EVER justifiable, as the pastor seemed to be saying). Finally, a Christian pastor should be about love, forgiveness, fellowship, etc. This Pastor seems to be about only extending those essential Christian values to blacks and not to all people. Since he is Christian, he should know as we celebrate Holy week (I mean those of you who are practicing Christians....)that Christ died for all mankind so that when Pastor Wright damns Americans for their sins he is damning the very people that Christ gave his life for because He so loved them. I will never cast my vote for Obama. I simply no longer trust him.
If people actually read they would know and understand why Barack Obama is the best candidate for president. And I'm pretty sure most of the people who have posted a comment on this article have not done any reading.
To condemn Barack Obama for comments that his pastor made contradicts everything that the Bible tells us. How many of us attend church but do not follow everything our priests tell us? How many of us have sought counsel from a priest, listened to their sermons and then discovered that they were molesting altar boys. Does that make me guilty? Do you see anyone promoting the good things that Rev. Wright has done for his community? Where does it say that empowering a black community means that they are racist?! I don't see it that way and I am a lily-white W.A.S.P. If those of you who are citing the false claim (check it out on SNOPES or politifact) that Obama doesn't recite the pledge of allegiance (heck, you can see him on the Senate floor leading it if you take the time to google) you are ignorant. Do yourself a favor and spend a little more time educating yourself on FACTS before you start spewing hate. We squandered all the international goodwill we got after 9/11. Right now the world is watching and hoping that we will have the foresight to elect the person who has proven leadership and diplomacy skills. Hillary has her own agenda and McCain is stubborn and hotheaded. I'm betting on the guy who has spent his LIFE advocating for other people rather than building personal wealth and power. Obama '08
What kind of change does he want? And please name one accomplishment of this Anti-American man? He is a no good excuse for an America! I mean come on he can't even put his hand over his heart to say the Pledge!
I am really disappointed when celebrities endorse, as it means fewer choices for me at the movies.
I was with Obama until I saw the Reverend's anti-American, anti-white rants. You are not telling me that Obama happened never to be in attendance while this hate speech spewed forth. He sat in that pew for twenty years listening to hate and black supremecy. It rubbed me up the wrong way when I went on the church website and read the "unashamedly black," jargon. Funny how they've changed up the website today.
Come on people - if you're going to get personal and show how biased and hateful you truly are, then you should sign your name to your post - sigining as anonymous reminds me of those guys who wear white sheets and those retarded pointy hats! Come on people - be proud of your stupidity and ignorance!
Who cares what Brian says? I'll still vote for anyone but Obama. Anyone can PROMISE "change", but that doesn't mean it will happen, or that it will be for the better.
Kym, "America" doesn't owe you anything. You are supposed to create your own opportunities. If it is getting harder and harder to do so, you should ask yourself what kind of policies and political philosophies are responsible. I'll give you a hint - big government leftism.
MACCAIN AND HILLARY SUPPORTERS ARE JUST JEALOUS OF OBAMA, SO THEY USE THIS MEDIUM TO TRY TO CHANGE PEOPLE'S MIND... COMMON, IF YOU HAVE EVER ATTAINDED ANY CHRUCH, COULD YOU HAVE STOPPED YOUR PASTOR AT THE ALTER WHILE PREACHING, SIMPLY BECAUSE HE'S SAYING THE WRONG THING? HE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH WHAT THE PASTOR SIAD.
Brian Cooper, when the picture of Obama in Muslim garb came out, I dismissed it as race-baiting. When Obama's wife said that for the first time in her life she was proud of America, I dismissed it because a man is often more optimistic and benevolent than his wife. When videos of Obama's anti-American pastor showed up, I was uncomfortable.
But there is no possible benign explanation for Obama's visiting the Pentagon bomber, not simply once, but several times over a span of years, and taking in that guy's views. There is only one rational conclusion: That within Obama's deepest-held beliefs, he has anti-American premises, he rejects the values on which we were founded, and he is a little resentful of our nation's success, even if on the surface, he says and may even believe that he is for America.
I just cannot support somebody who, at the very least, would exhibit such questionable judgment. Anti-American is as anti-American does.
i didn't mean to push the post button so many times. ignore the multiple postings.



