Barack Obama is wealthy, but not uber wealthy… and all he has is self earned.

That’s the difference between him and John Kerry and that’s also the difference between him and John McCain.

In 2004, numerous leading right-wing pundits had many things to say about men who do that:
Joseph Farah, World Net Daily, “President Gigolo?”:
But if there is one characteristic of Kerry’s life that should disqualify him absolutely as a candidate for president, it is the fact that he has sought out millionaire wives to take care of him. Not to put too fine a point on it, he’s a serial gigolo.
Let me ask you this: How many single women do you know worth a hundred million dollars or more? … After raising children with her, Kerry sought and received an annulment of that long-term marriage. Then he married Teresa Heinz Kerry, the widow of a Senate colleague five years his senior. She is worth approximately $500 million.
Is marrying well good preparation for serving as the president of the United States? … . He’s always had a net underneath him throughout his political career — in his case, a net woven of homespun 24K gold.
And, once again, as Boteach points out, his second wife, Teresa made him sign a prenuptial agreement when they were wed: “Which begs the question: If his own wife doesn’t trust him with her money, why should we trust him with ours?”
Teresa Heinz Kerry is not sure about her husband’s character. Are you?

Rush Limbaugh, throughout 2004:
I mean, [Kerry]’s been there, but he’s basically a skirt-chaser, folks. He’s a gigolo… .Kerry is cheap. Most gigolos are. I mean — I think it — I think it goes with the, with the definition… .[W]hat do you consider a fair wage? John Kerry considers a fair wage a wife with 500 million. So, he had to find a company that had one. Well, there aren’t too many of these companies that have little heiresses running around that are single, have 500 million that some guy can marry into… .Because see, Al Gore’s daddy was a senator and Al Gore’s daddy worked his way up from wealth and power to wealth and power. I mean, he got more of it than anybody ever dreamed of for having as little to go on. I mean, he’s one of those old boys. You know how that worked back then. Then John Kerry’s daddy is his wives. (laughter) I mean, he’s a gigolo. Everybody knows this. There’s nobody in our party really has much respect for this guy and you can see it last night, but I can’t say that. I mean, you got sugar daddy wife back then. You got sugar daddy wife now. He worked his way up from a blue blood to a platinum American Express card, and it doesn’t have his name on it.

Knight Ridder, October 30, 2004:
In Kissimmee, Fla., when Cheney brought up Kerry’s name, a listener shouted, “He’s a gigolo!” Cheney’s response: “Ahhh, I’m not sure. I got to concentrate here on my work.”

Hannity & Colmes, Jan. 24, 2004:
ANN COULTER: John Kerry can’t really speak to the middle class tax cuts, inasmuch as he is …
SEAN HANNITY: Yes.
ANN COULTER: … a kept man. He lives off the money made by other men and left to their daughters or wives.

Good Morning America, October 5, 2004:
CHARLES GIBSON: In going, in going through the book, John Kerry. You refer to him as a gigolo, the male Anna Nicole Smith … . What does that achieve, Ann?
ANN COULTER: Well, okay, then I don’t want to hear him talk about a middle class tax cut when he has made his living living off rich women. I mean, it is simply a fact that he has married two heiresses. His specialty in life, I mean, if he has an economic plan, I think the one I’d like to hear about is how to snooker millionairesses into marrying me and living off them. I mean, that is not an, a, a trivial point.

New York Times, March 14, 2004:
Comedians have tried the Rich Guy persona along with a variation of the Gold Digger, which Jay Leno used in explaining how Mr. Kerry would eliminate the federal deficit: “He said all we have to do is find a really rich country like Switzerland and marry it.”

Rush Limbaugh Online, “John Kerry’s Resume”:
[Kerry] has lived the life of a millionaire living off the inherited wealth of his two wives. As an Ivy League educated millionaire who did not have to work for his fortune, Mr. Kerry never had to worry about the money he earned, the taxes he paid, or the programs he and Ted Kennedy forced the rest of us to pay for… . Mr. Kerry Heinz is not effected (sic) when these neighborhoods are destroyed and working class families lose the largest asset in their retirement plans — their home’s value.

Rabbi Smuley Boteach, World Net Daily, May 25, 2004:
Now, having a wife who provides you with a private jet and eight multimillion-dollar vacation homes provides for a comfortable life. But is this the right preparation for becoming president? …
To be sure, that does not mean Kerry never did an honest day’s work in his life. On the contrary, he was a successful prosecutor, lieutenant governor and distinguished senator. But even while he did these jobs, his wives’ wealth always gave him a safety net. He was going to be taken care of whether he succeeded professionally or not… .
Whether Kerry wins or loses the presidency, he will still be living like a king. For most people, that would be a blessing. But for someone who wants to be the president of the United States, having such a significant fallback position is actually a curse.
Alas, there is yet one other important consideration that should get us all thinking. Before they married, Teresa Heinz made John Kerry sign a prenuptial agreement. Which begs the question: If his own wife doesn’t trust him with her money, why should we trust him with ours?

Taki Theodoracopulos, American Conservative, May 24, 2004:
If John Kerry wins in November, he will be the premiere president of this great country of ours to be also a gigolo. The dictionary defines “gigolo” as a man supported by a woman in return for his sexual attentions and companionship. It might sound rough for John Kerry, but it’s right to the point. Let’s face it. The 44th president (maybe) is as close to a gigolo as I can think of, and I have known many.

John F. Cullinan, National Review, July 15, 2004:
To the mayor’s ill-considered suggestion that commuters simply work from home, take vacation (on Menino’s schedule) or just lighten up, the Boston Herald tartly responded with an editorial aptly headlined DNC to commuters: shut up, stay home. Howie Carr, the most irreverent local political columnist [who routinely referred to Kerry as “Gigolo John” and “Senator Gigolo”], greeted last week’s addition of Sen. John Edwards to the Democratic ticket with this puzzler: “For this dynamic duo” — helpfully identified as “the gigolo and the ambulance chaser” — “all of Boston is to be placed under house arrest for four days later this month?

Michelle Malkin, “Limericks for John Kerry,” July 24, 2007:
Lucianne’s rhyming readers have responded with their own verses. A sample:
There once was a phony named Jawn
Who almost sailed in on a con
He thought he was shifty
But got beached by the Swifty
Now lives as the Gigolo Mon

Why do you continue to prove your detractors correct with your responses?

Seriously, ALLCAPS is a sign of rudeness in this “new world” of the internet. I realize that back in the pre-computer days, there was a style of drafting that required a certain “correct” way of penmanship when making drafting for blueprints. Are you a person who has not seen those style requirements? They were very strict.

Please welcome yourself to the new world of typing on a qwerty keyboard in responding to us all. I am not judging your responses with this post, but only your laziness. Yes, that is what it is when you type in ALLCAPS.

As far as your political views against Obama, I realize that you are someone not worth the time with which to argue.

There is a difference between what Shakespeare wrote and what you are writing.

First, what he had to say was good.

Second, what Shakespeare wrote were stories and poems… not an interactive ongoing conversation.

This for all intents and purposes is the equivalent of a discussion (or argument rather) that you’d have on the street… only held in a text medium. For the same reason I say you sound dumb/crazy is the same reason maybe a deaf person would also say somebody sounds a certain way… even if that information is relayed via sign language.

The main thing is what we are having a dialogue, and because of that it is more than acceptable to say you sound (and act) like a child.

That’s the funny thing about the word sound. It’s pretty versatile. It can be used both as a term to describe the physical phenomena of waves vibrating within our inner ear to produce what we hear, and it can be used as a descriptor to describe somebodies… lets say… tone for example. And luckily for me tone can be distinguished in both someones vocal expressions or their written ones.

@ FOOZBALLPAUL

You look and sound like a child when you type in all caps like that.

Being more “forceful” in trying to get our message across isn’t going to convince anyone.

You sound like a lunatic repeating random words, and your erratic thought train makes me think your crazy.

Not to beat a dead horse, but…

! - exclamation point

what is that for?
From wiki - An exclamation mark or exclamation point is a punctuation mark: ! It is usually used after an interjection or exclamation to indicate strong feelings or high volume, and often marks the end of a sentence.

I don’t see…one…of…them…in…my…comments

If you are still there neighborly neighbor, I believe were are in a literary setting,
did Shakespeare sound the way he did, or did he write way he did, I am not being smart, I am discussing with good discourse.
I wait for your reply

“Paul, you have yet to make a single point so there is nothing to refute… other than your dislike for normal discourse.”
and yet you call me an asshole, do you feel powerful young person?

“Ban that asshole before he regurgitates more… reminds me of a drunk challenging a bar right before he gets his head handed to him.”
drunk? perfect spelling, good grammer…?

Your scathing retort of my none-existent point from mom’s basement is brilliant, brilliant! (That is a shout for all concerned)

“How is it being a fart in church?”
I don’t know, enlighten me, little one.

“Keep the caps on old boy, it is much easier to ignore the person behind the foolish curtain.”
What am I ignoring, dork

God so this is what it’s like arguing with basement dwellers.
It is day light time now, star trek will be on soon.
How’s mom’s car drive.

Point out my flaws amuseinc.

Or just call me an asshole, that’s much more to your point.
and then ban me, ban me, just take a rope and hang me

P.S. Sean,
I do not understand the refrence to the “please only post comments under one name”
the computer inserts that, correct, I have no control over that.

Paul, you have yet to make a single point so there is nothing to refute… other than your dislike for normal discourse. You don’t like either presidential candidate so you come to a activist/progressive blog to complain about it? You seemingly dislike John “Same as the Old Boss” McCain less. How is it being a fart in church? Keep the caps on old boy, it is much easier to ignore the person behind the foolish curtain.

Ban that asshole before he regurgitates more… reminds me of a drunk challenging a bar right before he gets his head handed to him.