But the Obama campaign is making a grave mistake if they don’t recognize what’s happening here with the rumors and innuendo. “Obama is a Muslim, Obama doesn’t say the pledge, Obama’s wife Michelle is not proud of her country”. These are all paving stones to a line of attack that is going to come. Some Democrats may give him the benefit of the doubt, but two thirds of the country will not.

What does this list have to do with policy?

I agree! I haven’t heard that one in a long time. Snaps to the person that pulled that one out!

The thing about the Deval Patrick/Obama words is being laid at Hillary’s feet as an cheap attack, but the Boston Globe had reported on this some time ago – it never got any traction – and ABC News picked it up again after the Wisconsin speech, and was rolling with it before the Clinton campaign even weighed in. The Obama supporters, the “no big deal” crowd doesn’t want people to think about that – much better to make it seem like this is all just desperation from HRC instead of much-needed and previously lacking media scrutiny.

What I dislike about either health care plan is that they are both FOR PROFIT keeping private companies and the profiteers involved in our health care. Saying they can’t get anything else passed in congress is hardly a good reason for playing safe to the money party. We already have Medicare and Medicaid and we could include the country. Obama’s response to this was that he can’t do that because it would put too many ins co. employees out of work…DUH! That’s the point. He asked what do we do with them? Put ‘em to work for Medicaire should be a natural revelation.
Whebn Clinton points out that O borrowed his inspirational from the heart speech she was immediately criticized as attacking O with some petty charge saying everyone does it. I was deeply disillusioned because I thought he was filled with inspiration and these words were coming from the heart and just flowing out only to find out he was being a phony and just acting while he led me to believe it was coming from his heart in an original moment.
When I mentioned this on one site I was told the attacks are coming from Hillary, O had permission to use another person’s words. Words…it was the whole speech and he acted like they were his out of inspiration. The inspiration being borrowed too.
I wanted a progressive candidate and here he comes with these Libertarian conservative economic advisors.
Plus who would O call behind the scenes to get information …he hasn’t been around long enough to have that many connections in the NSA, FBI, CIA, DoD etc. Elected to the senate in ’04 he’s spent most of his time running for president.
Anyone still mentioning al qaeda’s influence in Irag is blowing smoke up my butt. No one in Iraq would allow al qaeda to operate there much less to suggest they would build military bases there.
That said, unless we get a democratic congress and senate the same obstructionist tactics will continue. But if we do have a majority, then there is no excuse for not having a NOT FOR PROFIT healthcare plan or any of the other progressive policies we need. Progressive as you want to be but I’m still waiting for Obama to start listening. Thanks, I’ve learned alot here.