Obama lavishes praise on Clinton
Barack Obama, the new presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, made sure to praise Hillary Clinton again in opening his speech this morning to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.
He called her an "extraordinary candidate, an extraordinary public servant," and "a true friend of Israel."
"I'm very proud to have competed against her," he said.
UPDATE: As reported by the Politico, Obama told reporters on Capitol Hill that he talked to Clinton today.
"I just spoke to her today, and we are going to be having a conversation in the coming weeks. I am very confident about how unified the Democratic Party is going to be to win in November," he said.
Asked whether Clinton had given him any indication that she’d be dropping out of the race, Obama replied: “It wasn’t a detailed conversation.”
Clinton, however, still hasn't acknowledged her defeat.
Indeed, she hasn't gone as far as President Bush, who has congratulated Obama on his victory to become the first African-American nominee for a major party.
White House press secretary Dana Perino told reporters this morning, "Senator Obama came a long way in becoming his party's nominee. And his historic achievement reflects the fact that our country has come along way, too."
And Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called Obama's nomination an "extraordinary" development for the United States.
Clinton is scheduled to speak before AIPAC later this morning.
What about an Obama / Rice ticket? All of my doubts about Obama's lack of experience are erased if he had someone as seasoned and reliable as Sec. Rice with him.
I think it's the leftwing media that's responsible for Obama's winning the Democratic nomination. They've treated him like a rock star. I'm not any fan of Hillary Clinton either, but now she knows how the Republicans feel when the media doesn't treat them fairly either. I hope the Country wakes up to what is happening here.
True...although Obama is still not qualified to be POTUS. Oh, well, he makes for a great story and the media in all forms will eat up as it has been thus far.
like the far right once had control of its party and lost it, the far left has control of its party and will soon lose it. Both parties will soon be drawn to the center under the leadership of John McCain. I sure hope he wises up about energy and the exageration of global warming.
WGB
To quote the story: And before the same group earlier today, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called Obama's nomination an "extraordinary" development for the United States.
Ain't that just like the liberal media...provide ONE WORD surrounded by quotations, and pretend it's an actual quote.
Try a little journalistic integrity...
blah blah blah
he is still a socialist/ a "pink" black panther idiologist
he will defeat our military, have tea with Iran, tax us to death, kill big business and place his cronies of chicago in high places
Let the love fest begin.
It is great to see. We now have a nearly color-gender blind political system. Mr Obama will get a lot of white votes, perhaps so many that he will be our next president. What is sad is that John McCain will get few if any black votes.
"EXTRAORDINARY" is not a complimentary word...it merely means that what happened is not NORMAL nor necesarilly LOGICAL.
Republicans October Surprise on Obamas. Revelation of a shocking recording of rival Barack Obama’s wife Michelle coming soon.
MICHELLE OBAMA RAILING AGAINST WHITEY
http://www.dontvoteobama.net.
Republicans October Surprise on Obamas. Video of Michelle Obama railing against whitey in Rev. Wright’s church.
http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/05/16/will-barack-throw-mama-from-the-train/ More video showing Michelle Obama, railing against whitey from the pulpit of racist, anti-US pastor Reverend Wrights church, former Deputy Director in the US State Department.
Whitey cut folks off Medicaid?
Whitey let New Orleans drown?
Whitey do nothing about Jena?
Whitey put us in Iraq for no reason?
MICHELLE OBAMAS RACIST THEIS
"There is no doubt in my mind that as a member of the black community, I am obligated to this community and will utilize all of my present and future resources to benefit the black community first and foremost". Michelle Obama, in her own words, does not lookout into a crowd at a political rally and see Americans, she sees whites and blacks.
It is no wonder they chose Rev. Wright as a pastor, because his comments and his church's mission statement go right in line with her thesis. Promotion of the black race at ANYcost! If she didn't consider her inner thoughts of this thesis being revealed a liability, then why did she have access to the thesis blocked at the Princeton website until November 8th. A few days AFTER the national Presidential election on November 4th.
SHOCKING: What Obamas really think of white folks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lI77cU3jsFs
http://www.dontvoteobama.net
An Obama Presidency Will Set Race Relations Back Decades
Just this Sunday Father Michael Pfleger (a longtime friend and associate of Senator Obama) mocked Hillary Clinton & AGAIN ATTACKED WHTE PEOPLE at Obama's church OF 20 PLUS YEARS. "There are a whole lot of white people crying!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_H11x6bMu4Y
http://www.dontvoteobama.net
The idiot comments posted on here (e.g. blah blah blah
he is still a socialist/ a "pink" black panther idiologist) just goes to show the level of ignorance that still exists. Can't make a coherent policy argument, so the BS comments come flying out. Get a life.
And as for the experience argument, I see that Bush's experience did us a wealth of good. The country has been in great hands for the last eight years. Great executive decisions/policies.
The Clintons are like a chronic and nasty rash, that will not go away. They sure know how to manipulate and spin, don't they? What Bill, a man with "cavernous narcissism"? He is too arrogant to ever see himself as he really is. Hillary is a willing victim of his abuse, only in hopes of being President. He failed to help her. Now she can divorce him and build a new image on her own for 2012.Now the longtime Dems will finally get rid of them--- for four years anyway.
Good Bye Slick and Hill!
Did you all see Mac and Obama's speeches last night? O was energized, you could almost feel the excitement in the air. Mac looked like he was taking a crap.
Republicans October Surprise on Obamas. Revelation of a shocking recording of rival Barack Obama’s wife Michelle coming soon.
MICHELLE OBAMA RAILING AGAINST WHITEY
http://www.dontvoteobama.net.
Republicans October Surprise on Obamas. Video of Michelle Obama railing against whitey in Rev. Wright’s church.
http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/05/16/will-barack-throw-mama-from-the-train/ More video showing Michelle Obama, railing against whitey from the pulpit of racist, anti-US pastor Reverend Wrights church, former Deputy Director in the US State Department.
Whitey cut folks off Medicaid?
Whitey let New Orleans drown?
Whitey do nothing about Jena?
Whitey put us in Iraq for no reason?
MICHELLE OBAMAS RACIST THEIS
"There is no doubt in my mind that as a member of the black community, I am obligated to this community and will utilize all of my present and future resources to benefit the black community first and foremost". Michelle Obama, in her own words, does not lookout into a crowd at a political rally and see Americans, she sees whites and blacks.
It is no wonder they chose Rev. Wright as a pastor, because his comments and his church's mission statement go right in line with her thesis. Promotion of the black race at ANYcost! If she didn't consider her inner thoughts of this thesis being revealed a liability, then why did she have access to the thesis blocked at the Princeton website until November 8th. A few days AFTER the national Presidential election on November 4th.
SHOCKING: What Obamas really think of white folks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lI77cU3jsFs
http://www.dontvoteobama.net
An Obama Presidency Will Set Race Relations Back Decades
Just this Sunday Father Michael Pfleger (a longtime friend and associate of Senator Obama) mocked Hillary Clinton & AGAIN ATTACKED WHTE PEOPLE at Obama's church OF 20 PLUS YEARS. "There are a whole lot of white people crying!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_H11x6bMu4Y
http://www.dontvoteobama.net
MCCAIN STOLE MONEY FROM SENIORS IN A KEATING 8 SCANDEL.THIS IS THE TYPE OF MAN AMERICANS WOULD RATHER HAVE IN THE WHITEHOUSE VERSUS ELECTING A CANDIDATE WHO HAS NOT STOLE FROM SENIORS OR CHEATED ON HIS WIFE, OR LIED TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THAT COST THE LIVES OF 5000 AMERICANS SOLDIERS.
John Mcain as people may not know got a lot of political heat over the employee of Richard Quinn, editor of the Southern Partisan .Quinn is still involved with the Southern Partisan, he is one of two owners of Southern Partisan.
Quinn’s articles have called Nelson Mandela a “terrorist” and King a man “whose role in history was to lead his people into a perpetual dependence on the welfare state, a terrible bondage of body and soul.” In another piece, Quinn said of former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke, “What better way to reject politics as usual than to elect a maverick like David Duke?”
Why does John McCain continue to employ Richard Quinn as a spokesman?
While he himself may disavow racism, paying a person
How can anyone vote for this man
I understand that Obama is 6% African-American(44% Arab)? Andrew Jackson was reportedly 50% black.
Um, are those Michelle Obama quotes for real? Because if they are it looks very obviously like she's saying "Why'd he ..." referring to Bush and not "Whitey" as in all white people -- or are you a moron, an extreme racist, or both?
It does not matter WHO gets in. Special Intrest runs the U.S. Government, State governments, Local governments. Nothing will change other than the name of the POTUS...
It is fascinating to me that Obama could be our next president. His rise is based on a "super-star" image that is fueled by media. Many people buy into this Hollywood mentality -where appearance takes precedence over reality. So, if Obama wins - I'm going to settle in, sit back and get ready to watch an ongoing four year Mini-series - Obama and the Democratic Congress. I'm thinking it will make a great comedy.
As an Israeli, I'd like to know will the real Barack Obama please stand up?
Because today I heard statements of policy directly in opposition to Obama's many many campaign statements over the past months.
Suddenly the IRGC is a terrorist agency, but before it was not and he voted openly with great fanfare to that effect. Now he will do 'everything in his power' to stop Iranian nuclear weapons, hinting at the use of the military, yet we all know he wants to appease Iran at the expense of my country & the free world's security by personally 'negotiating'... Despite endless statements by Iran that they will NOT negotiate and end to enrichment EVER and seek the destruction of my country..
This man is an empty suit, and the American media is a farce, Obama may have wowed AIPAC, but here in Israel his record is clear, and the better Presidential selection even clearer.. Obama will offer my country up as the paschal lamb to usher in his new vision of weakness and slavery to radical islam, two words he never uses btw, but are a very vivid reality to people living here in the holy land.
He testified to the glorious history of Black & Jewish relations in regards to civil rights, yet for 20 years was a central figure in a Church so steeped in anti-Jewish & Israel hatred I'd be frightened as an Israeli Jew to enter there..
Your assurances mean nothing to me Mr Obama, too little too late.
Birds of a feather flock together, NJ Politico. YOU need to brush up on your facts.
Obama / Rice? No way in hell.
Ms. Hillary will be a big power to deal with in the Senate no matter who is POTUS and is not gone. In fact with Ted K. soon to be out of the picture I think her roots in the Senate are going deeper she will not forget this or forgive it.
IF the GOP does not get it collective head out of th backside of the jackass she will have them in her lock box.
Obama is the Untouchable. Never pressed on real issues or his policies. I think it's ignorance is what got him where he is...most of his supporters seem to want Big Government to come into EVERY aspect of their lives and make things ALL better. Listen to what this guy says...not much. Nothing about freedom, choice, independence...because he promises you'll have to do nothing and he and Big Government will do EVERYTHING. Don't think he won't raise taxes like never before to pay for the socialist programs this broke, in debt country can't afford to take care of you. Awww, Obama is so thoughtful...of you. NOT!!!
everyone's runnin' scared.
GObama!
it will be so nice to finally have some intelligence in the white house.
DNC STOLE VOTES FOR OBAMA wrote "Republicans October Surprise on Obamas. Revelation of a shocking recording of rival Barack Obama’s wife Michelle coming soon."
Wow. The crazies are out with their crayons and sweating brows. No one has seen or heard this tape you peddle this crap from. If you don't like him - based on policies or race or ideology -- just have the balls to say that. The FUD is demeaning to you and just seems a little bit nuts.
Let's argue facts not urban legends and GOP whisper campaigns.
I am always leery of Pied Pipers..Obama has gotten away with spewing multi platitudes with out any real beef up to now. We shall wait and see...
Clinton HAS acknowledged her defeat. She sent out an email yesterday, which said:
Over the course of this campaign, I have seen the promise of America in your courage and character, your energy and ingenuity, and your compassion and faith.
Your spirit has inspired me every day in this race. While I traveled this country talking about how I wanted to help you -- time and again, you reached out to help me. To grab my hand or grip my arm, to look me in my eyes and tell me, don’t quit, keep fighting, stay in this race for us. There were days when I had strength enough for the both of us -- and on the days I didn't, I leaned on you.
This has always been your campaign, and tonight, there's no one I want to hear from more than you. I hope you're as proud as I am of what we've done and that you'll take a moment to share your thoughts with me now at my website.
I want to congratulate Senator Obama and his supporters on the extraordinary race that they have run. Senator Obama has inspired so many Americans to care about politics and empowered so many more to get involved, and our party and our democracy are stronger and more vibrant as a result.
Whatever path I travel next, I promise I will keep faith with you and everyone I have met across this good and great country. There is no possible way to thank you enough for everything you have done throughout this primary season, and you will always be in my heart.
Sincerely,
Hillary
Sounds like an acknowledgement of her defeat to me!
Sadly, Lanny Davis has just said on Fox that Senator Clinton has no reason to concede until the Democratic Convention in August.
To "DNC STOLE VORES FOR OBAMA"
Whitey? LOL
In the video she said "Why'd he" Not Whitey. Stupid.
It is ok to b bias, but not ok to out right lie. Dude.
I like Obama - but if he picks that lying sack to be his VP - He'll lose my vote
8 years ago, I would have loved to see McCain as the nominee.
But now he's just a sellout to the Anti-middleclass NeoCons - he supports endless war, unbalanced trade, open boarders, etc.
I wish Ron Paul was running as an independent.
The President is largely a figurehead anyway. The real power lies with the Tri-lateral commision, they are the real source of power in the US.
If the Socialist Democrat Party had an ounce of honesty they would create the Obama / Farrahkan ticket for 2008.
Ron Paul would balance out his ticket. AND guarantee a win for civil rights. (that's the Constitution for those of you who are public school educated)
If he lets Hillary be V.P., he will need better body guards than Vince Foster and Kennedy had. That's for sure.
You guys are hilarious.
I love the "leftwing media comment responsible for Obama's win" comment....where exactly was this leftwing media when Bush was elected twice???
To NJPolitico....no one from New Jersey can lecture ANYONE about idiot comments or the failures of govenment, until he looks inward at his own state and representation. One would have every right to call NJ voters "idiots" and "ignorant" judging from the people they have elected and tolerated to represent them.
Most of American "have a life"...that statement is merely words...like Obama's...that pretend to mean something, but reflect absolutely no meaning or substance at all...just a rally cry for non-thinking sheep-following liberals loud mouths.
Your state has also been in the hands of great executive decisions and policies...but for longer than eight years. Helps the rest of us understand your relative comparisons and lack of appreciation of anything resembling reality and the big picture.
Maybe NJ folks could shut up long enough to look into what they dismiss first as BS....and what ACTUALLY constitutes coherent argument.
"Get a life" and "BS" and sarcasm are not coherent arguments. They merely show clearly the lack of depth of the folks that criticize and have no capacity themselves to see beyond their own nose.
Rumor has it that the Clinton's have a bombshell to drop that pertains to Obama. I wonder what it is and if it is JUST a rumor? Would this type of info cause Obama to make Hillary his VEEEP to continue to keep it a secret? We shall see. Stay tuned.
MORONS
Why'd he cut folks off Medicaid?
Why'd he let New Orleans drown?
Why'd he do nothing about Jena?
Why'd he put us in Iraq for no reason?
Comment number 11 is right on the money!
Obama's lack of experience is what makes him a great candidate!
Bush's invaluable "experience" is what meaninglessly murdered your children in Iraq.
So much for experience...
Before Susan Sarandon's comment, I was telling people I would move to Italy if Obama wins. I still will. He'll destroy this country if he becomes President. And I think he's gonna win the Presidency, so I should start planning the move now.
I look at it like this...at least I know what I'm gonna get when I move to another country. Besides, the Euro is kind of hot; thinking gold is the way to go at this point (and 6 years ago). All those fools who said gold is dead have changed their tune now.
Either way, whoever wins won't be able to fix the oil market problem, which is ultimately leading to real inflation (even if oil and food aren't calculated in the inflationary index since the Clinton era). Its too big for any President to take care of. Why can't they just make a deal with the Saudi's to buy X amount of oil at $70 a barrel? Oh wait, the greed will get in the way on either side of the purchase and the American consumer would *never* see the savings, so let the "free market" take care of it.
And keep printing money and bailing out corporations, that's always a good solution for poor business decisions. Let's just send the signal that if your company is important enough, you don't have to worry about responsibility in decision making. I'm sure no one is upset at the government for devaluing our currency and proving that the fiat system is futile. Its ok, the stock market will save us...right?
Why is it wonderful when 80% of blacks voter for a black. When 52% of whites voter for a white its called angry white men
Mary, you need to get over the obsession with “unfair” media. This has been the Republican mantra since the days of Richard Nixon. It does nothing more than signify you as sore losers. What about when Ronald Reagan won? Was the press unfair to him, or to George Bush when he won? It seems that it’s only when your candidate loses that the press is unfair. Now the Clinton camp has hoisted the same banner. It’s not the media’s fault that Senator Clinton lost the election; by all standards she ran a disastrous campaign, and if those managerial skills are any indication, we ought to be glad that she won’t, at least for now, be Commander in Chief. At the beginning, she had everything going for her (including a favorable press that seemed ready to anoint her on February 5), the Clinton name recognition, a powerful political machine, and a vast war chest. The fact that she squandered her golden opportunity cannot be laid at the feet of the press!
I don't get Americans backing Obama. Nothing he's evern done shows me he is qualified to be our President. In fact he is so left that all he does is spin in circles.
We face heavy burdens in the future and there is no way I am going to bet my kids future on a smooth talking Junior Senator.
Futher I am amazed that out of the millions of Americans who we are left to Vote for... Slim Pickens,,, Wow were in trouble...
I have never heard a Democrat dispute the fact that their party is steeped in Socialism. Obama is the most Liberal voting Senator in Washington. Liberal Politics is Socialist Politics. Obama is a Socialist.
Sorry Mary, but the 75,000 people who rallied with him in Portland; the 30,000 in Washington Square Park in NYC and the 20,000 in Minneapolis last night are the reason he is won. Not the media.
He is the choice of the people; the next generation.
Hillary is now being a sore loser. Sorry, but that is just what she is. She is an utter disgrace and should NOT be on Obama's ticket.
In all my 65 years as a white southerner coming of age during the Civil Rights era of the 60's, I have never been as proud of the American people as I have in this Presidential race. To read some of the hate filled venom in these postings remind me of the insidious racism of the 60's. But, thankfully, the American people have shown that they are now kinder, more tolerant, smarter and more inclusive than the few fanatics that live in the past. By the way, I voted for George W. Bush, and I am now an ardent supporter of Barack Obama. I, and people like me, will be the Republicans worst nightmire in November.
I for one am a Clinton supporter and will not be voting for Obama, In fact I will be voting for Mccain. I know Mccain represents the Republican Party which I can forgive for past domestic policies (Lincoln). I know Mccain is a man of honor and will represent the christian values this country represents. I'm the white middle working class that will not be voting for Obama for one simple reason and that all you need to know.
Its funny, since Democrats took control of Congress in 06, oil prices have doubled. If they control everything, maybe they can get gas up to $10.00 a gallon.
Racism can now thrive once again in the American mainstream...not whites against blacks...but blacks who hate whites, just because they are white...and love blacks just because they are black. Never has anything been more clear. Blacks are voting overwhelmingly for a man who is half black, just so they can say they voted for a black man. He's half white, but makes no claim to be a white man. I wonder why he makes any claims at all...if race doesn't matter....why does he feel the need to be black? If people vote for who will be the best man or woman to be President, then race will not enter into the fray. But...this election won't be about what is best for America, it will be about those who will vote based on race against those who will vote based on the right choice for America. It will be about revenge for the election in Florida in 2000. It is hard to believe that anyone can think that someone who was a member of Reverend (and I use that term lightly) Wright's racist congregation for 20 years, who's wife has uttered such anti white statements (odd since her husband is half white) someone who embraces communist leaders and icons such as Gueverra, Someone who is tied very closely to black panthers and other racists hate / terrorist groups, someone who tells us that change is coming when the reality believes in more of the same tax and spend policies, will actually be considered as the leader of this great country. Are we so desperate to erase the perceived error of the 2000 Florida election that we will vote for anyone not Republican?
God Bless American, God please have patience with us, we are struggling to overcome the hate felt for what has been thought a lie and theft of the Florida election for 8 long years. Please God, allow us to vote for what is right, not out of hate for a race or hate of a political party. I wonder....if Stalin were alive and ran as a Democrat...would Democrats still vote for him over any Republican?
I'd rather see a McCain/Rice ticket.
K, look...I don't ever post on these blogs; I just enjoy reading what people have to say about this process. But in response to #10...in all honesty, are you truly that desperate? I haven't seen the video, but I can tell by your mere transcript that she is saying "Why'd he". Are you guys serious? Is White America really THAT afraid of black people? Calm down...we're not going to do anything to our fellow Americans once a Black man gets in office.
...and for the record, you racist reprobate, black people don't use the term "Whitey" anymore. www.myspace.com/sintexera
Delegates will win you the nomination, but the electoral college will win you the presidency. Obama will not win the key states.
MANY OF US WERE DONE INDULGING THIS SELF-INDULGENT, POWER-MAD POLITICIAN AND HER FELLOW BULLYING, CHEATING, POOR-SPORT, SORE-LOSER MACHINISTS MONTHS AGO. NOW IT'S TIME THE REST OF THE NATION JOINED US. AND TO THE UNBELIEVABLY WRONGHEADED HILL SHILL CRYBABIES BLAMING THE MEDIA FOR HURTING THEIR FALSE MESSIAH-ESS: PRETTY ROUGH BEING HIT WITH 1/10 OF 1% OF WHAT EVERY REPUBLICAN HAS ENDURED IN THE DEMOCRATIC-MARKETING LIBERAL MEDIA EVERY SINGLE DAY FOR THE PAST 50 YEARS...ISN'T IT! YOU ALL RODE A PRO-CLINTON WAVE FOR A DECADE OR SO, BUT FOX NEWS, INTERNET NEWS AND TALK RADIO EXERTED A GRAVITATIONAL PULL THAT FORCED ALL NEWS OUTLETS (WELL, EXCEPT FOR CBS) TO COVER THE NEWS MORE HONESTLY AND COMPLETELY...AND IN THAT HARSH LIGHT OF DAY THEY ACTUALLY DID SOME OBJECTIVE REPORTING ON THE CORRUPT CLINTON MACHINE...AND THAT DOOMED THE MACHINE TO THE FATE IT DESERVED ALL ALONG. GET USED TO IT. AND GOOD RIDDANCE TO BOTH YOU AND YOUR BELOVED MACHINE.
The people (half of them) in their wisdom have nominated a totally inexperienced extreme left-winger given to policies reminiscent of the best communism and marxism had to offer, literally associated with bomb-throwing revolutionaries, the 20-year spiritual pupil of several men preaching the destruction of whites and calling God's damnation down on the US.....
That's what has been nominated. Indeed, it is extraordinary. It also speaks volumes about what our political system has become, and our prospects in the world we live in.
I know that it is the party line to attack Obama as being weak on defense, as Bill has done in an earlier post. However, I have spent a good deal of time in the field with senior commanders and their biggest frustration with the civilian leadership is that it does not seem to understand the importance of "soft" power. Even during the height of the Cold War, Reagan and Baker were talking with the Soviet Union - a country with the stated goal of destroying market capitalism and the United States and posessing thousands of nuclear weapons aimed at our homeland. When the mere suggestion of having a dialogue with Iran, a country that is THE major power broker in the Middle East, is turned into charges of supplication and appeasement, we, as a party, have lost the plot. As conservatives we have a long tradition of dealing practically with policy (in contrast to the abstractions of the left). I am not saying that Obama is the guy to run the whole show, but I am saying that we as a party have to have an honest dialgoue about where our party has gone.
I never thought I would see a day when a liberal from Chicago is presenting a more reasonable approach to foreign policy than a Republican. Then again I also never thought I would see a Republican President and the Republican nominee both support open borders, massive debt to foreign governments and new unfunded entitlement programs
Seriously? An OBAMA/RICE ticket? She is more conservative! If Rice is on a ticket it will be MCCAIN/RICE.
The bad, DANGEROUS thing about this race is people who don't pay any attention to politics or the candidate's agendas will turn out in mass numbers this year to vote for a person....because he's black or she's a woman...and that is it!!!!!
Too many uneducated, clueless people who will believe ANYTHING...will vote without understanding what they are really doing...until it is too late.
Remember....our problems with AlQueda and IRAQ were brewing BIG TIME when Bill Clinton was in office....He had many chances to make a move to stop them. He chose not to....and as soon as Bush was in office, we were attacked by Alqueda.
They hit us when we were in transition with a new president...their planning took years...while Clinton was in office fooling around!
Republicans didn't cause the mess we are in....we have been trying to mop up a mess that has festered for years. You watch and see........
Come on people.....don't vote because of age, race, or sex.......VOTE with wisdom and UNDERSTAND what each candidate is saying and how their decisions can effect us all....read the fine print!!!!
War is NEVER pretty......but it is necessary in order for us to remain a free country......otherwise......we will end up like them!
I can't wait for the debates between Obama and "Flip-flop" McCain. Already
McCain is trying to distance himself from Bush and move to the center. Let
him try to explain his comments about being in Iraq for 100 more years (if necessary), not knowing anything about the economy, support for Bush tax cuts to the rich, his health plan for the "healthy and wealthy" and his flip on his own immigration bill. Not only will his age be apparent next to Obama, but his stumbling, stuttering style will not sell. I love the guy, being a Viet Nam Marine vet, but he will be no match against the young guy. And if he swollows his pride and selects Hillary as his VP, she will eat any of the Republicans alive in a debate. Its going to be fun.
Obama has run a great campaign so far. Internally, Hillary's was a disaster. Obama isn't the most seasoned presidential candidate, but he is smart and hasn't shown the self-delusion that Hillary has.
All candidates have to talk bull, to some extent, to win over the public. I'm saddened by the knowledge that the majority of voters aren't deemed smart enough to hear the more pragmatic and honest aspects of presidential debate issues and vote according to candidates' real views. Still, what's important to me is that Obama has run a great campaign and has the potential to be a pragmatic and diplomatic President if he wins.
These:
Whitey cut folks off Medicaid?
Whitey let New Orleans drown?
Whitey do nothing about Jena?
Whitey put us in Iraq for no reason?
...wouldn't be posed as questions if she was saying "whitey". Those questions all start with "why'd he"
Obama will create a socialist state. You ain't seen nothing yet if you think that will make things better in this country. The Democrats are socialists. The Republicans blew the last eight years with their arrogance. God Help Us All...
Hey Mary;
Don't worry too much about the media being the one to cause Hillary to lose.
Hillary was her own worst enemy.
Most inportantly, It won't be the media voting in the General Election. And most moderates, independents, and conservative watch Fox, who is the most fair and balanced about reporting on the candidates.
Obama, at this point is like "puff." He looks good but there is not much substance inside. The man is carrying a lot of baggage that has not yet been fully opened but will during the campaign. To sum it up, America needs a man with experience, proven patriotism and a defender of the US Constitution. Obama lacks all three!
THE CLOSET RACIST ATTACK AGAIN!!
You would not let your 15 year old drive your car alone...even after teaching them, it doesn't make them ready just because you're sitting there.
Using this analogy, why would you put this pandering socialist in the oval office- even if someone is the VP who might know what to do?
Is America full of idiot victims??? Why would they nominate this guy? It is totally missing me, here. Look at the company he keeps, look what he says-when he gives speeches, he uses big words to sound smart- doesnt' say anything.
Your taxes will go up, we'll see amnesty, you'll pay a global warming tax, if you're rich, your income will be redistributed to poor people.\
And if you think this random token black guy (who conveniently ignores being half white, because it doesn't score big points) is going to fix some kind of racism here, while calling his grandmother a "typical white person"-oh yes he did, go google it- (cause he wouldn't be able to say "typical black person") is insane!!!! It's NUTS!
If you really beleive that crap, I guess you got your man. He sure doesn't represent me!
And he isn't my mommy, either. He wants you to beleive that the government will take care of you, rather than you take care of yourself...Too mcuh.
Oh, and what about his attendence in the senate? He has the poorest record- worse than the senator that was out with a brain tumor!
America- WAKE UP!!!!
Now as a voting public we must decide between Obama (Big Government-Generic "change" ala Jimmy Carter 1976) and McCain, who makes Bob Dole look like Tony Robbins by the way he speaks. If someone throws in something different on McCains teleprompter(sp) (ala Will Farrell's character in Anchorman) have mercy on all of us. Does anyone see the irony in this campaign that the race card has been brought out by the Obama handlers when his wife uses racially charged statements and we're told she is off limits? Bigotry is a two way street. Except now our culture has wrapped our arms around the notion that it is all right to have a black man call whites names but when we ask a candidate legitimate questions based on his and his wife's past statements then we are focusing on the color of their skin not the content of their character. I will give Obama his due when he provided his Clintonesque revision of statements on meeting with Iran's leaders. No one called him on it. Sort of like Clinton in 1992 when asked about his stance on abortion. Clinton remarked, "I am Pro-Choice but I choose life!" The wheels are greased my friends and guess who is on the tracks?
obama will be the next president,If he picks clinton for VP slot no one can stop him.GO OBAMA
Not so fast, M. Lindon. I believe that Obama will understand that many Clinton supporters will switch to McCain, and many of the rest will not vote. He has no chance to beat McCain without Hillary on the ticket. Even if he can't stand the sight of her, he will choose her as a running mate for political expedience. You heard it here!
This is a new era....The politics of PC will rule the day and handcuff Mr. McCain....Any disagreement McCain Has with Obama will be spun a racist,,,
The former black leaders will spin this campaign as its Big business//Republicans against the black people...
As it closes in on November the politics of race will sure to heat up...
Remember most people think Rev Wright is nuts....But I am a black man and I know of more people in churches just like his who think he is spot on correct...
LOL I think it's funny that small town people believe environmental issues are exaggerated when places like Texas don't even recycle. Then I see an unlikely to happen speculation that Obama would side with Condeliza Rice when they differ greatly in ideology. Too many stupid white people own dell computers these days.
Here is how it's going to be. Bill Richardson s Obama's VP, he has extensive cabinet and proven foreign policy record, also could neutralize latino vote and satisfy bigoted older white vote that supports Clinton because they are nostalgic for a long gone era of Clinton prosperity.
What about an Obama / Rice ticket? All of my doubts about Obama's lack of experience are erased if he had someone as seasoned and reliable as Sec. Rice with him.
Obama brand Seasoned Rice? mmmmm. Has a nice ring to it.
You folks are sure quick to castigate Sen. Obama and label him as "inexperienced". Look how much "experience" we had in the White House over the past year years (between Rumsfeld, Cheney, Rice and Wolfowitz) and where has it gotten us?
Hold your tongues, when the man does great things for this country (unlike this Administration) you'll be biting them off...
"...although Obama is still not qualified to be POTUS."
and Bush is/was???
C'mon nowwwww.
YAY! now if Hitlery will concede then the nation (at least the blue half) can move on. As far as Lurch, He will probably stroke out before november, but if he doesn't, he really doesn't have much to run on.
Besides, who really wants 4 more years of Iraq, bad economy, corrupt executive branch, the list goes on....
Oh, and while we are at it, let's get the war crime's tribunals up and going
Yeah, it is quite obvious that Michelle was saying "Why'd he..."
What a stupid idiot.
Now people can vote for Obama to prove to themselves that they are not racist.
McCain / Rice is a more likely ticket than Obama / Rice.
The infatuation that people have with Obama is as a pop-culture icon -- not as a serious statesman. People get giddy and swoon over him as they would for, say, Justin Timberlake. There is no more substance in what Obama has to say than there is in a Justin Timberlake song. That's what concerns me about the current bubble-gum hysteria that has bouyed Obama thus far. But...we know how fickle people are about their pop culture icons. In watching the crowd in St Paul yesterday I felt sorry for the poor saps.
ADAM SMITH: Experienced as Condelezza Rice. Are you smoking dope? She's terrible and hasn't done one thing worth while her entire tenure in office as Sec of States. Name one.
REPUBLICANS EAT OUR DUST. Barak will show you idiots how to run a country. God knows Republicans and the Bush Administration has run this country slam in the ground for the past 8. WAY TO GO OBAMA!! John McCain doesn't stand a chance. To damn old if you ask me. I'll be glad when these old dinosaurs die off.
He speaks of change. He means change for his special interest group. There should been an understanding and now a law that prevents congress from spending our taxes on their special interest groups. Had there been such,there wouldn't be nearly as many demos now born bastards on welfare. And the schools wouldn't have been dummed down for them making it easier to nominate a socialist candidate now. As far as the change he speaks of. Change is constant. The big change was in the 60's and except for a brief pause in the 80's we have been going downhill ever since. The size and power of government will grow and change could become chains. France has become Algeria and we have become France.
POTUS is one job affirmative action won’t help . You go tot have a strong résumé with experience and not just polished 30 minute tela prompter speeches of hot air.
If a moron like George Bush was president ... more power to Obama
Bush was and is too much of a democrat
What's with the folks saying they're leaving the country? I've been noticing this more and more--Susan Sarandon wasn't the first.
Go if you want to, whatever your reason. I prefer to stay with the folks who give a damn and don't buy into doom and gloom--we just see a lot of things that we need to get a jump on. but load your wagon up--you'll find things tough wherever you go.
So Andrew--you're going to Italy? Ciao, MF. Don't let the terminal gate hit you in the ass on the way out.
hey Ron M.
"Now he will do 'everything in his power' to stop Iranian nuclear weapons, hinting at the use of the military, yet we all know he wants to appease Iran at the expense of my country & the free world's security by personally 'negotiating'... Despite endless statements by Iran that they will NOT negotiate and end to enrichment EVER and seek the destruction of my country.."
How about "YOUR" country does something about there own problems. Why do you believe it is MY countries problem. I do believe Mr. Obama is running for president of AMERICA not ISREAL. Maybe Isreal should open up its boarders to international inspectors and we find out what Isreal has for nuclear armaments.
What Obama/Colin Powell? Integrity and leadership and experience.
#72 has it right, Bill Richarson will be the VP for all trhe reasons he stated. That's why Bill got out of the race (he never really had a chance anyway) and endorsed Obama early. I'm sure he's been working behind the scenes for Obama for quite a while now.
What is is up with the person who want a LIAR like Condi Rice on the Obama ticket!
Sorry the Republican Party is EXPOSED as corrupt as the COMMUNIST PARTY was in the USSR.
American's like that must be SHAMED into realizing how dumb and dangerous they are after they voting in this corrupt administration TWICE.
Ignorant Dangerous Trash that LOVES corruption and lies develops in even the best countries (think Germany / Japan / Italy in the early 20th century).
I am just wondering how you Democrats can keep saying the last 8 years have been horrible. In the first 4 we had a Republican President, and Republican controled Congress....inflation...didn't exist...jobs...all time high...incomes all time high....stock market setting new all time highs...your home, if you owned one...and more people especially blacks did than ever in history... tripled or more in value....we withstood a terrorist attack on our Country worse than any in history....then...the Democrats convinced many of you that the economy wasn't good enough...they could do better...so we as a country elected a Democratically controlled congress...results...higher inflation...losses in the markets.... gas prices have over doubled...wages down...more jobs lost...GM now closing 4 more plants.....housing starts way down....housing values down record amounts....
Wow...Too bad Bush won in 04....without him they could have gotten inflation higher... taxes higher...unemployment higher....home values even lower....wages lower...and even more Govenment programs to help those who are already getting too much free.
We tried to fix something that wasn't broken....this Country was at an all time high in virtually every aspect economically, then the Democrats came to town and well....the rest as they say is history.
The only lies being told are not by President Bush...but by Democrats who claimed that if we elected them they would "fix" everything...all they have done is make a great situation a bad one...thanks to the Democrats your home is probably worth 75% or less than what is was under and all Republican Congress and White House... So...do you really want an all democrat Congress and White House?...Guaranteed double digit inflation... higher taxes on everyone...not just the rich...more jobs lost because it will be too costly to do business here....Remember Carter and his Democrat Congress?oh...and a man who is 6% African American and 50% white running as a black man just to get the black vote....when did this country get so stupid?
The Dems are stupid to ignore Joe Biden for VP - He's got more foreign policy experience than all of them and he can appeal to inde's and some republicans.
Obama-Biden - 09
One stupid redneck after another can't discern between "whitey" and "why'd he".
Another good rule of thumb is learning to immediately negate any commentary that begins with "liberal media" blah blah, as there is no such thing unless you live in the fantasy world of Far Right Extremist Hate Radio.
Congratulations Senator Obama, you've beaten the odds that were clearly against you with the Redneck Smear Machine and the Far Right Whiners still wishing it was 1955 McCarthy era.
What Obama needs is a white male former governor, because that's what McCain will have.
Reading the comments on both sides.....why would anyone ever run for public office in the United States today? The entire population of forum bloggers is smarter than anyone in God's world, and the entire government and military is filled with fools, liars, cheats, and miscreants. Such hatred and mud slinging.
Maybe hate politics should replace the noose and swastika as symbols of evil and derrision of everyone of an unlike political opinion.
At any rate....since all candidates running are both way down on everyone's choice of President anyway...just what we have presented to us....maybe it will develop into some kind of hysterical laugh-in campaign....except for the raging libs and cons that have a need to demostrate anonymous "power" vis ranting and raving against each other.
Personally, I like calling the candidates: Bamaplop and Flip-Flop....anyone got some better ones.....BTW....no serious replies needed.
Adam Smith, an Obama-Rice ticket would be great.....I'd love seeing a lesbian as vice-president of the Puritan States of America! But in the real world, I'd like to see Bill Richardson as VEEP.
I am so glad Obama got this nomination, first Black to do so of a major party. Now what will Jessie Jackson and Rev Al do with all their free time since a Black man has now put his toe on the start line to become President????
thank goodness those Evil Republicans stopped Al Gore's father and the rest of the Democrats in the 60's.
I love how you all hate the left and hate Obama.....People wake up!! Bush has done nothing but destroy our great country!!!! Ms Rice has not closed one deal in her in office.....the world leaders laugh at her!!
Is Obama the answer...maybe yes.....maybe no....who knows......but the Right Wingers had a shot....and blew it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CONGRATULATIONS SENATOR OBAMA. But please stop complimenting the Clinton's, they don't deserve it. The Clinton's cannot be appeased so don't bother. I know you're trying to do the right thing -- to heal the party. But after what the Clinton's have said about you, it only makes you look weak. Hillary's supporters need to realize that Hillary has lost. It is time for them to realize that the Party counts most and that personality cults don't count at all. It is time for Hillary and her supporters to do the right thing. (Though I doubt Hillary and Bill even know what the right thing is.)
Maybe Obama is a rank amateur and and he'll make many blunders, but he can do no worse than the current occupant of the White House. EVEN IF HE TRIED TO DO WORSE.
Obama is as far left as it can go!
He spoke of taxing the big oil companies last night, big companies do not pay tax's theyj ust pass them on. I see him as in-experinced and the worst person to possibly be presidnt. Now we will see if the media will ask about his links to terriosts and race.
WE need a REAL AMERICAN for president, not some Panamanian wannabe!
Wouldn't it be fun to see a McCain/Clinton ticket? As long as we're flushing the country down the toilet with any of these three candidates, we might as well make it one huge turd...
I'm thinking of running for President...I am friends and business associates with former members of a political organization who bombed American cities and spread hate and fear throughout our communitees. I attend a church where the leader is well known for saying hateful things about many of the people I want to represent. I find leaders of communist uprisings inspirational. I believe that Americans don't pay near high enough taxes and think the Government should insure that everyone has access to free health care, and should be guaranteed a minimum level of standard of living, all at the expense of those who work hard for their money. I am married to someone who was never proud of her country until I , as her husband, I was considered as a possible candidate for the highest office in the country...the most powerful position perhaps in the world today.
I refuse to denounce the things the man I have followed in faith for 20 years says about my government or about people of another race. I refuse to admit my close relationships with many very questionable political terrorists...but hey...I'm for change and a new start...so vote for me
ARE WE REALLY THIS DESRERATE FOR CHANGE?
But he's half white, and all socialist ! I would say the most extrodinary part is that the democrat party has now both endorsed and embraced a marxis/socialist candidate and agenda, that is out in public for the first time.
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McCain is a bigger flip-flopper than Kerry ever was. He used to be a viable candidate for independents, but now he he has turned off both independents and conservatives a like. Conservatives are going to stay home and wait for 2012.
It's all on video at: http://www.progressiveblogger.org/John_McCain.htm
I am apalled at the stupidity of comments such as "the most liberal senator, socialist, inexperienced, etc."
To RonDarling: We are in deep s*#^% now because of the Bush policies during the first four years with a republican congress.
To several others: I am sure that some taxes will increase, but the main reason will be to pay the enormous debt that BushCo has created.
BushCo has enriched the mega-corporations, many of which are not headquartered in the U.S. to avoid taxes.
If handled properly windfall profit taxes on the oil companies will not raise gas prices.
Congratulations President McCain!
hey- the possibility of having someone at the helm with an i.q. above 65 seems refreshingly novel for a change...i could care less if mr. obama was purple just as long as he has no ties to halliburton or any of the other bush cronnies and that he serves no more than one term...if fact would it not be novel if no one in congress were allowed to serve more than.. say..two terms...what would we do with all of those unemployed lobbist...is two terms enough for any politiian to be bought or is that too long...looks like an end to the big government spending by the republican party elete...refreshing indeed.
Rice is seasoned AND cooked.
Hmmm, I'm still waiting for one Obama supporter to tell of his wonderful qualifications, experience and policies. Besides he's intelligent (big deal), he's a great speaker (so what), he inspires (oooh) and therefore is qualified to be president. Ugh, some dimwitt is going to copy and paste a web site of or copy and paste from a web site his "accomplishments".
Rice would have beat Obama and McCain! Condi in 2012!
The media built the Clintons. The media killed the Clintons.
Beware. What the media giveth, the media soon taketh away.
Why in the world would Obama ever determine that Hillary should be his best choice as a running mate?
To win, that's why!! And winning is everything in this game of politics.
Doesn't anyone remember when the Kennedys hate Lyndon Johnson and Johnson stated very emphatically that "I will not run with that SOB." "Good Old Boy" Lyndon wound up a president.
Hillary "ain't" the problem for Obama - if she got off course as VP he could rein her in and send her off on good will tours requiring months.
The problem is "Bad Boy" Bill. This guy isn't going to give center staged to anyone at any time. He would lay back for a few months and then he would suddenly show up and say or do something stupid.
The Clinton's crave the White House to feed their egos.
Obama understands that and if he does choose Hillary he signing his own demise. His time as President would be nothing but a living hell and one he would deserve if he was that blind. And we don't need anymore chaos in the WH.
The Obama's are as racist as the KKK are,he is a master con-man and he will put a tax on white people only. he hates white people ecspecially jews.If you are jewish you better watch your back. The Obama's are a dream for muslims and illegal aliens who want to destroy this country. As a country we should prepare ourselves for a war inside America. Obama hates America and should not be allowed to be president,he is a hateful black man.
Maybe now we can discard those useless minority quotas and other EEO rules, because Obama has broken the race barrier. Any other black man facing failure instead of success will just have to admit that it wasn't "the man" holding him back!
NJPolitico
Follow this logic, if we have an idiot as President because people were feeling represented by this idiot , don't you think that the logical argument is that the mayority of the voters of this country are a bounch of idiots?
I am no big Bush supporter but Obama?!!! What a joke. In the words of Michael Bolton he's a "no talent a$$-clown". He is dreamy to listen to though.
I love reading the comments of readers who came in from Drudge Report. I love read the sound of fear in their voice. The hatred. The clatter of spider's feet crawling around in their cranium's.
Anyone who thinks Barak Obama is a socialist has spent too much time inside the neo-con echo chamber. Your talking points are all the same: "he has no policies, he has no experience, he's a muslim/commie/bomb thrower"
Sorry guys. The age of fear is over. Soon, the White House will be occupied by an intelligent, compassionate pragmatic person who respects and represents all americans. He will not take orders from the Defense industry, AIPAC, or right wing lunatics. He will represent me and you. He'll focus on education, health care and infrastructure. He'll bring science back into the policy making process. Things are going to get better... even in your little swamp. Go Obama.
June 4, 2008. 2008!!!!
and there are still that many racist delusional idiots that troll the internet. Now that is a story that needs to be reported. And for all you Hill lovers out there.. repeat the same statement but insert sexist. We are all humans. I really don't know where people get off saying that Obama is not fit for POTUS, my 2 year old son could do a better job than any president that ever existed.
How about we in the U.S. grow up, grow a set of balls and catch up to the rest of the world? Let's all just live through this... we're all going to end up in the same place at the end.
No, Condi... Obama's nomination as presidential nominee is not an extraordinary development for the Unites States