2004 News Article About Obama's Senate Race
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Sunday, June 27, 2004
Kenyan-born Obama all set for US Senate
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Kenyan-born US Senate hopeful, Barrack Obama, appeared set to take over the Illinois Senate seat after his main rival, Jack Ryan, dropped out of the ra
More..ce on Friday night amid a furor over lurid sex club allegations.
The allegations that horrified fellow Republicans and caused his once-promising candidacy to implode in four short days have given Obama a clear lead as Republicans struggled to fetch an alternative.
Ryan’s campaign began to crumble on Monday following the release of embarrassing records from his divorce. In the records, his ex-wife, Boston Public actress Jeri Ryan, said her former husband took her to kinky sex clubs in Paris, New York and New Orleans.
Barrack Obama
"It’s clear to me that a vigorous debate on the issues most likely could not take place if I remain in the race," Ryan, 44, said in a statement. "What would take place, rather, is a brutal, scorched-earth campaign – the kind of campaign that has turned off so many voters, the kind of politics I refuse to play."
Although Ryan disputed the allegations, saying he and his wife went to one ‘avant-garde’ club in Paris and left because they felt uncomfortable, lashed out at the media and said it was "truly outrageous" that the Chicago Tribune got a judge to unseal the records.
The Republican choice will become an instant underdog in the campaign for the seat of retiring Republican Senator Peter Fitzgerald, since Obama held a wide lead even before the scandal broke.
"I feel for him actually," Obama told a Chicago TV station. "What he’s gone through over the last three days I think is something you wouldn’t wish on anybody."
The Republican state committee must now choose a replacement for Ryan, who had won in the primaries against seven contenders. Its task is complicated by the fact that Obama holds a comfortable lead in the polls and is widely regarded as a rising Democratic star.
The chairwoman of the Illinois Republican Party, Judy Topinka, said at a news conference, after Ryan withdrew, that Republicans would probably take several weeks to settle on a new candidate.
"Obviously, this is a bad week for our party and our state," she said.
As recently as Thursday, spokesmen for the Ryan campaign still insisted that Ryan would remain in the race. Ryan had defended himself saying, "There’s no breaking of any laws. There’s no breaking of any marriage laws. There’s no breaking of the Ten Commandments anywhere."
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Added: Oct 17 2009 In: leak
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No matter where he was born...
...HE'S STILL A GODDAMN COMMUNIST ! ! !
Tell your Senator to NOT ratify that treaty that Kommisar Obama intends to sign in Copenhagen in December.
http://wattsupwiththat.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/un-fccc-copenhagen-2009.pdf
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=02e_1255793051
Posted Oct-17-2009 by "jsczerby" (R)
Not sure how trustworthy a source that article is considering the journalist can't even spell Obama's first name correctly!
Posted Oct-17-2009 by "shitappens" (R)
...HE'S STILL A GODDAMN COMMUNIST ! ! !
Tell your Senator to NOT ratify that treaty that Kommisar Obama intends to sign in Copenhagen in December.
http://wattsupwiththat.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/un-fccc-copenhagen-2009.pdf
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=02e_1255793051
I'm with you.
Posted Oct-17-2009 by "555chevy" (R)
There are many other sources claiming Obama was born in Kenya.
Here are a few others:
http://www.graphicghana.com/news/page.php?news=2497
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http://www.theobamafile.com/_exhibits/AfricaContinentOfHisBirth.htm
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Screengrab of a Headline from another source for a seperate story. 2008
http://www.usafricaonline.com/barackbama08usafrica.gif
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http://allafrica.com/stories/200908200781.html
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Scroll down to the 13th post.
http://www.africa-ata.org/ug_newsletter.htm
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http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95550177
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Posted Oct-17-2009 by "dustin1514" (R)
...HE'S STILL A GODDAMN COMMUNIST ! ! !
Tell your Senator to NOT ratify that treaty that Kommisar Obama intends to sign in Copenhagen in December.
http://wattsupwiththat.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/un-fccc-copenhagen-2009.pdf
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=02e_1255793051
Yup.
Posted Oct-18-2009 by "BarrySoetoro" (R)
Guess Winston get this one down the memory hole in time.
Posted Oct-18-2009 by "AvgDude2" (R)
No kidding. I could come up with something more convincing with Powerpoint. No complete article. No link to a source. Just a phoney graphic some dipshit came up with.
Posted Oct-18-2009 by "too_much_noise" (R)
...HE'S STILL A GODDAMN COMMUNIST ! ! !
Tell your Senator to NOT ratify that treaty that Kommisar Obama intends to sign in Copenhagen in December.
http://wattsupwiththat.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/un-fccc-copenhagen-2009.pdf
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=02e_1255793051
He's still your goddamn democratically elected President.
Posted Oct-18-2009 by "too_much_noise" (R)
LMAO. He's president fellahs. Suck it! Suck it Hard!!! LOL.
Posted Oct-18-2009 by "verm242" (R)
...HE'S STILL A GODDAMN COMMUNIST ! ! !
Tell your Senator to NOT ratify that treaty that Kommisar Obama intends to sign in Copenhagen in December.
http://wattsupwiththat.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/un-fccc-copenhagen-2009.pdf
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=02e_1255793051
Damn right.
Posted Oct-18-2009 by "josh_97501" (R)
No kidding. I could come up with something more convincing with Powerpoint. No complete article. No link to a source. Just a phoney graphic some dipshit came up with.
are you blind or just stupid?
I added the link to the newspaper, and it is a Kenyan based outfit. I don't personally believe he was born there, but they sure seem to think so.
Put your cursor on that think up that there that says Source (link) and push the left button of your mouse once, and POOF, like magic, there it is!
Posted Oct-18-2009 by "menderman" (R)
Funny, there are a few who think Obamanation
was elected.
Posted Oct-18-2009 by "jph1162" (R)
...HE'S STILL A GODDAMN COMMUNIST ! ! !
Tell your Senator to NOT ratify that treaty that Kommisar Obama intends to sign in Copenhagen in December.
http://wattsupwiththat.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/un-fccc-copenhagen-2009.pdf
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=02e_1255793051
He's still your goddamn democratically elected President.
What point were you trying to make by pointing out the obvious?
Posted Oct-18-2009 by "jsczerby" (R)
No kidding. I could come up with something more convincing with Powerpoint. No complete article. No link to a source. Just a phoney graphic some dipshit came up with.
are you blind or just stupid?
I added the link to the newspaper, and it is a Kenyan based outfit. I don't personally believe he was born there, but they sure seem to think so.
Put your cursor on that think up that there that says Source (link) and push the left button of your mouse once, and POOF, like magic, there it is!
"DOO-OH!" - Homer Simpson, 1989
=D
Posted Oct-18-2009 by "jsczerby" (R)
was elected.
Elected? Yes of course he was. Qualified? Prove it once and all this becomes useless drivel. Intil he proves it, I am not convinced. After all, what's he hiding if he's legit?
Posted Oct-18-2009 by "TOAORick" (R)