Politically Tone Deaf, Morally Bereft; The Cowardly Obama Campaign Strikes Again
By Ani on July 19, 2008 at 12:53 PM in Barack Obama, David Axelrod, David Plouffe, Democratic Nomination, John F. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan
The Obama campaign’s idea of political courage is to run it up a flagpole and see what they can get away with. Then when it doesn’t work, pretend they weren’t really trying to do it in the first place.
Not unlike a naughty child who just threw a water balloon at teacher and doesn’t want to get caught.
First we have the Obama Presidential Seal – i.e., Obama as Übermentsch. This blue hellaciousness was a grotesque lift of the real Presidential seal even though he is only the presumptuous nominee. Remember, he hasn’t yet ‘arrived’ at the Convention. How arrogant and how sad. To think he needs to stand behind a symbol like this to make himself “look” more presidential. You know, sort of like subliminal advertising in commercials and/or the ‘Vulcan mind-meld.’
Gee, Senator, how about doing your job once in a while? You know, like holding even one subcommittee meeting on Afghanistan these past 18 months, you know, since, umm, you are, like, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on European Affairs. That might be kinda presidential. And our troops and our citizens might really appreciate it.
When his ‘logo’ was met with outrage and ridicule, suddenly it was ‘oh gee, this was only a one time deal, for a special event, we never really intended to use it.’ Right.
Then we have Obama deciding to give another one of his glorious speeches at the Brandenburg Gate in Germany. While I don’t usually find myself in agreement with Charles Krauthammer, his new opinion piece, The Audacity of Vanity, is spot on:
What Obama does not seem to understand is that the Brandenburg Gate is something you earn. President Ronald Reagan earned the right to speak there because his relentless pressure had brought the Soviet empire to its knees and he was demanding its final “tear down this wall” liquidation. When President John F. Kennedy visited the Brandenburg Gate on the day of his “Ich bin ein Berliner” speech, he was representing a country that was prepared to go to the brink of nuclear war to defend West Berlin.
When Chancellor Merkel kinda sorta told Obama that was not a good idea, the basic response was: ‘No worries, we were never really planning to do it anyway. We’ll just find some other powerful monument to stand in front of for our campaign backdrop.’
Senator Obama’s self-congratulatory European/Iraq tour is merely another marketing ploy designed to make him “look” more presidential – without ever actually having done anything that is Presidential. So just flying around a bunch of foreign countries is supposed to give him foreign policy street cred? Not unlike sitting in Rev. Wright’s church for 20 years was supposed to give him Chicago street cred? Got it.
Instead of doing his American Idol victory lap, dragging the three biggest news anchors in tow to worship at his feet, why doesn’t he consent to do a town hall meeting or two and face Senator McCain? You know – talk to the American people. Umm, yeah, like, the ones who he is supposed to be helping out of the morass we are in as a nation right now.
And now, the pièce de resistance. His treatment of Senator Max Cleland. I would say it is the latest of his blunders, but, sadly, there is a new one every day.
From Politico:
Former Georgia Sen. Max Cleland was an icon of Sen. John Kerry’s 2004 campaign, a badly wounded war hero who lost his seat, Kerry deplored, after a television advertising campaign questioned his commitment to national security.
But to the Obama campaign, Cleland has another qualification: Registered lobbyist.
So Cleland — despite his iconic status — was abruptly disinvited from appearing with Obama in Atlanta July 8, three sources familiar with the incident said.
“This was a hard decision regarding Senator Cleland,” said Obama’s deputy campaign manager, Steve Hildebrand, in an email. He cited Obama’s policy of banning lobbyists from participating in fundraising or giving money.
“If we make exceptions, we will open ourselves to criticism,” he said.
Cleland has told associates he was asked to appear at an Obama fundraising event in Atlanta on July 8, only to be told at the last minute that he wouldn’t be welcome.
The policy has been a key symbol of Obama’s outsider status, but many Democrats have also quietly questioned whether it goes too far when prominent party figures like Cleland, who an associate said has never actually lobbied in Washington, are left out in the cold on a technicality.
Cleland is registered to lobby for a company whose products are aimed at helping soldiers recover more quickly from battlefield injuries, Tissue Regeneration Technologies.
So let me get this straight. A man who is in a wheel chair, an icon of the Democratic party, who works to help wounded soldiers’ recovery when he himself lost three limbs in the war is told he is not welcome because – I must repeat this – if the Obama camp makes exceptions they will “open themselves to criticism”?
Hold fast my heart, Obama – you wouldn’t want to be criticized!! Horrors. Better to defecate on a man who almost died for his country, who served honorably in the Senate only to be swift boated in 2002. Now you – the standard bearer of the Democratic Party – tell him to get lost? Nice going, Senator.
Truly, this is among the worst of his idiotic, insensitive and cowardly behaviors. Once again, Senator Obama has proven there is no one person, no policy, no ideal, nor code of conduct he won’t throw under the bus for his own political gain or to cover his own shape-shifting persona.
For someone who is running on his great judgment, he seems to exercise none.
Senator Obama’s endless gaffes and misstatements, his blunders and the well of seemingly never ending arrogance are given grateful audience by his supporters and unfathomable political cover from mainstream news outlets and the Party powerful.
A good friend said to me today, a cruise ship is slow to turn. I’m still waiting for all those aboard this particular Titanic to change course.
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The way they treat Cleleand should give us all pause. Purity in the Party is paramount. There will be no exceptions. The civilian national security force will make sure of that.
Purity - only expected from the rest of us, never the Great BO.
I mean - it’s Cleland, for heaven’s sake….AND the group he is registered with is Tissue Regeneration Technologies.
Barack Obama is a dickweed…and I’ve only ever said that about two other people…Bush and Cheney.
Sigh.
The idea that Obama has not received ample help from lobbyists or taken special interest money is laughable. His entire candidacy was a creation of the oil companies, investment banks and corporate law firms that do most of the lobbying on Capitol Hill. Two of his biggest fundraisers have been oil company lobbyists. It’s too bad someone like Max Cleland doesn’t come out and expose this hypocrite. Here are the facts and sources, Mr. Cleland, to save you some time with the research.
http://www.thecityedition.com/Pages/Archive/Summer08/BushThirdTerm.html
As for the three anchors tagging along on Obama’s trip, click on my screen name to participate in a public pressure campaign to get the Senate Commerce Comm. to investigate the over-the-top bias.
I think the only true Honesty in news for Obama’s trip will come from the European Papers. Let’s hope the Bushes and MCcain’s have more friends over there in the newspaper businesses than Enemies,We Just Might Get a Positive Negative News releases on Obama’s Arrogance.More than I think we’ll get from our own Newspapers.
I think we can count on Isreal to tell the truth. The article about Cleleland brought tears to my eyes…I love this unity in the party. I think thier real reason for not letting him appear is because he is a War Hero…and they don’t want to bring anymore Hero’s out that might upstage his lack of involement with our Militaries causes. This indeed should give every True Democrat pause. The idea that any Politician running for the highest office in the land doesn’t except any money from Lobbyest is absurde and insults the commone sense of the American People…
Titanic is right. Where the hell is an iceberg when you need one?
Great line!!!!!
West Bank..
lmao. Perfect line!
How can someone as arrogant, self centered and down right mean have gotten so far?
Could it be that he’s never really been tested in a real campaign? We know he’s managed to get his competition kicked off of the ballot.
Now he’s acting like he is the presumptive Prez — and that the convention is a mere time wasting event — he’s preparing for his coronation at a foot ball stadium.
Obama is just plain MEAN.
PUMA
Yes, but aided and abetted by the media. Is there a precedent for all the news anchors to follow a presumptive nominee on a tour?
Just Christ, but they paid their own way.
HARP
To Hell They Did!!!!
Really bunches your shorts, doesn’t it?
Bad Obama! How dare you make nobody pay attention to us?!?
Lackey…are the onlinetrolls part of the 2,000 Obama staff or are you all “non-official covers?”
Bet the Civilian Security Force is the “jobs” he’s promising his followers. Wonder what rank the trolls would be? Hope they don’t object to the draft, or the possibility that they could be transferred to another branch of the military and end up in battle.
Max Clelland is a man who has done more for this country that that racist - anti american - know nothing would ever begin to understand.
obama’s roots are starting to show. His cousin taught him well. Try to destroy all opposition and if the country is harmed tough luck.
All of his followers deserve a weekend in the country, Kenya. Just don’t take your family to church there.
obama is and never will be a democrat.
Even the republican party would not lay claim to him. He is SO NOT what this country stands for.
COUNTRY BEFORE PARTY ALWAYS
PUMA RULES
Nov 4 can`t come soon enough.
That says it all so beautifully. Great article Ani.
You vill LOVE der Annointed One! Und you vil LIKE IT!
No, you vil chow me your papers! YOUR PAPERS!!!
Dis wunderkind is kaput!
barkys speech in Germany:
I know nuuuutttthhhinng.
When he gets back we should start calling him Shultzie.
Fine. I can’t post the link. I’ll post without the link.
Whatever!
THURSDAY, JULY 17, 2008
Obama’s paid staff=2000 people
The kingdom of Obama is larger than Bush’s currently whole White House staff!!! Can you imagine that?
…A paid staff of 2,000 is unheard of in the history of presidential elections. Consider that it’s five times larger than Bush’s campaign staff in 2004, which is the next biggest ever assembled. Indeed, Obama will have more people working on his campaign than President Bush currently has in the whole White House. …
H/T:Weekly Standard Blog
UPDATE: In addition Obama has 300 foreign policy advisors according to Herald Tribune. It goes on to say that,”300-person foreign policy campaign bureaucracy, organized like a mini State Department, to assist a candidate whose limited national security experience remains a concern to many voters…”
The point is, while dodging town meetings and posing for photo ops in Europe attended by the major news anchors, Obama needs a staff of hundreds and even thousands to try to prevent his next gaffe.
ooooo - I really cannot wait for barry to find
time to show up for a debate or town hall
with mccain! with all the poop that’s on
tv these days it should make for some
classic entertainment.
just not sure when meeeeechelle is going to
get around to signing the permission slip
to allow him to do it!
Barrack you can’t go play with johnny till you
pick up your stinky socks!
Are those people divided into Staff, Entourage and Posse?
Jus’ keepin’ it real, see what I’m sayin’?
I want to know how Obama is wired…they’ve gotten rid of the HUMP that almost got Bush in trouble, but when Obama immediately corrected his Jerusalem gaffe he said “we” not “I.”
Just like Bush….a narcissist who can NEVER take responsibility for any error…and has to be wired up to a staff of hundreds because he’s just not that sharp.
That is classic! I think we should call it is Foreign Policy Posse from here on, and let’s see if these serious people “playing advisor” to Obama can perceive the irony here.
299 foreign policy advisors and not all of them can match the….
Sorry, Senator Clinton! But we know YOU have a sense of humor!
The United States only recognizes 194 countries… 195 if you include Taiwan.
How many foreign policy advisers does it take to screw a policy….I mean light bulb?
I guess this explains his 300 positions on Iraq.
All the king’s donkeys and all the king’s men (and maybe a couple of underpaid women) couldn’t put Humpty Obama together again.
You all need to send some of these ideas to the late night comics!
Maybe the late night comics need 2,300 advisors on staff, too?
Maybe if they got that many, there might be one with the balls to tell a good Obama joke (there is sooo muich to work with!). They poke fun at everyone and everything else except Der Fuhrer…
Has anyone noticed a little bit of moustache growing on Obama?
It’s not as prominent as Michelle’s yet…
I got poison ivy and went to the doctor. He prescribed steroids and said I’ll be on a leveled dose for the next four days. When he warned me that I’ll be a little “feisty” on the meds, I laughed and thought of Michelle.
A lot of the heavy-hitters in this retinue are from Hillary’s old staff…now that she no longer needs one.
Careful who you mock.
Sure, Lackey. We already know the two backstabbers Obama chose from her campaign.
Senator Clinton didn’t need 2,300 on staff the way Obama does and still can’t tell where the Great Lakes are, what states border Kentucky and what language they speak in Afghanistan.
You’re probably just jealous because the lackeys like you aren’t even counted in the 2,300.
Piss off, troll!
It’s not us making a mockery out of this whole thing. We’re just pointing out the obvious.
and for all that vaunted staff he says the bomb that dropped on pearl harbor and his backdrop in berlin is the victory monument[thats not for barkys victory troll,its to commerate prussia win over france in 1876 which was the birth of modern german aggression and milartisism]im shure the french will appreciate the significance.
Careful who you mock
The walls have ears?
This is the best thing that could happen to her. Better to find out who your real friends are on the campaign trail than when you’re in office. PSD and Richardson turned out to be snakes.
This was what we were up against in Iowa and didn’t know it.
Iowa is next to IL, and Obama put a lot of face time there. Her campaign did a rotten job, but Iowa will go for Obama in the GE, too. He loves corn and ethanol subsidies.
How can he pay so many people? And spend so much in ads, etc…
In other words, not because it’s the right thing to do. But because they will “open themselves to criticism”.
In a year in which everything is going the Democrats way, we chose the nominee who is still afraid of being a Democrat.
It depends on what you mean by “right”. It looks like what is right for Obama is what will get him elected, not what is right for this country and the American people. For 20 years, when he was trying to get his foot in the door of Chicago politics the right thing was “Wright”. Now Wright is wrong.
He’s posing as a Democrat just like he poses on every other issue. That’s why he projects onto us that we are Republicans…because he is? Looking at his district in Chicago, we see that he does not have a Democrat bone in his body. Anyone can call themselves a Democrat. Being one is very different than calling oneself a Democrat.
Cindy McCain has way more of a Democrat heart than Obama does.
I think we all see this phony Democrat plain as day.
This is the starting point of relieving some confusion of his actions. He wants to be just like Bush.
Is that what he calls good judgment, I wondeer? Duh
He is a dem, just one with socialist, commumist and marxist twists.
A bad Democrat stereotype you don’t want to reinforce: technocrats bogged down in bureaucracy.
Leaders know when to make the call that “THE RULZ” always have exceptions. Invite Cleland not as a lobbyist, but as a Senator! As a vet!
There’s an old nugget about never introducing your girlfriend to another man with a more expensive car, more money or a bigger…boat.
Since it’s obvious that Max Cleland has more balls than Hope-a-Dope, even with three hooks and a wheelchair, that The Great Mahogany Hope is avoiding being upstaged by better Talent.
Max Cleland stands taller in his wheelchair than Obama does on a soapbox.
Amen…
Let’s bring back Cleland and replace Wexler.
Seats up for re-election.
Wexler
Pelosi
Kerry
Dodd
I’m not sure if Wexler will be on my ballot, but I sure hope so. When I watched the DNC debacle that so kindly made me half a person, I hated looking at his smug face. It was all like a big joke to him. Helping to throw that bum out would give me great pleasure.
Why is Obama worried about “open themselves to criticism”? Anybody who dares to criticize the selected one risks death threats from the cultists.
I swear this guy will throw the military under the bus and replace us with civilians. It really gets harder each day because I cant believe anyone would allow an individual like this to run for the highest office?
For the first time ever, and I never thought I would be saying this, I actually fear what would happen under an administration with him. I cannot in good conscious vote for a democrat this year because I just cannot believe what they are allowing to play out each day.
He proves daily why he should not be running for office. WTF? Are the Democrats TRYING to lose? This shit is unreal. Senator Obama cares about Senator Obama. This is like being awake in a nightmare. He is running around the country like he is president to give his followers the impression that its some kind of foregone conclusion and he miraculously becomes president.
The Dems are not going to just lose. There pitful party needs to crumble.
I agree, Soldier. I am also afraid of the world and military consequences of an Obama administration.
I’d slightly modify this to say This pitiful party needs to be destroyed!
If you’re a real friend, you’ll shoot your friend in the head before they turn into a zombie.
The party needs to be buried under an avalanche of votes for the other === sort of like voting for anybody but an Obamacrat.
The democrat party is dead — when they gave snObama votes that he did not win because he was NOT on the ballot — at that point the party as we knew it was dead.
So we send a clear message.
PUMA!!
The Republican Party is dead too.
The people sent to Washington DC have failed everyone.
Ultimately the People of America are failing themselves.
Don’t try to buck the meme, Vince.
The troll force has marching orders to infiltrate this site and act as “PUMAs” and spew the meme “downticket Dems” and “destroy the Dem party” over every thread.
It was a VALIANT effort, but the PUMA PROTEST consists of voting for McCain if Hillary is not in the roll call vote in Denver. Slight variations thereof.
rethuglicans, independents and others may be chiming in, but HOW can you PROTEST without having been a DEM? It doesn’t even make sense. And if you are a Dem the PURPOSE of the protest is to get the Dems back on track with standing with the VOTERS.
We’re going to SUCCESSFULLY elect McCain if Hillary is defrauded. No one is going to successfully “destroy” the Dem party and trolls who wish to do so are BORING and should run along and poop up the Free Republic site instead.
You are correct. The buck stops here. And I’m keeping it here until there’s a party or individual candidate worthy of it. (That includes the tax return donation, BTW)
We all need to say NO to these pirates and take our great country back! No bucks, no votes, and no more silent acquiesence! Disgruntled Republicans need to take their cue from PUMA and form their own opposition.
Anyone have a good book on how to run for public office with no party affiliation?
People are now taking toilet paper and writing dollar signs on them and sending them to the DNC.
Writing with what?
Neither party is dead per se. It is only their current platforms that are dead. The Clinton Democrat platform is dead and the Reagan Republican platform is dead. The parties are experiencing another cycle.
The new Democratic platform is:
-the environment over the people (replaces the environment for the sake of the people)
i.e. Don’t drill in ANWR because it might hurt Caribou but force everyone to buy highly volatile fluorescent lightbulbs that contain deadly mercury.
-the world over America (replaces America and the world)
i.e. Obama argues that we should consume less so that the world likes us more
-winning over what is right (replaces winning by doing what is right)
i.e. Kick out the former Senator because you might get criticized.
-socialism/communism/radical populism (replaces moderate capitalism and corporate accountability)
i.e. Michelle’s “everyone has to give up a piece of their pie.”
The new Republican platform is:
-the people first and then the environment (replaces What is the environment?)
i.e. Drill for oil because Americans are hurting, but do it responsibly.
-America first, then the world (replaces America is the world)
i.e. That which is in American interests is paramount; however, the interests of our allies are important too.
-win through ideas (replaces win through smearing opponents)
i.e. Hold townhall meetings where people can ask question, not hold big rallies where people worship the rock star.
-capitalism with minor regulation (replaces laissez faire (who cares?) capitalism)
i.e. Use competition to spur economic development but hold corporations responsible for scamming the public.
As anyone can see, the new McCainian Republican party is more like the old Clintonian Democratic party but with stronger foreign policy and the new Obamian Democratic party is more like that of Central and South American populist states like Venezuela’s 21st century socialism but with more cultism and corruption.
The problem is, when you buy a product (say Tide) for years and then suddenly P&G puts cow dung in the bottle (or box), you still think you bought Tide till you wash your first few loads. Then you start to get the idea that maybe there’s something wrong with your washer or the water. Because you’ve been buying Tide for years and it always cleaned your clothes just fine. Why would they change it? We all liked it the way it was! Many people will change everything else involved before coming to the conclusion that their beloved Tide is now cow dung.
The brands are what is broken. I’ll never buy New Improved Democrat or Republican Lite. I need a new brand that I can be sure isn’t tainted.
raise my business taxes to 51.3%
can’t wait.
I’m against drilling in ANWR. There is not enough oil there to merit it. There are billions of barrels along the OCS. There is the shale in CO. Our reserves are 97%. That buys us time to develop new energy solutions. But ANWR is more than just caribou and polar bears. It is protected by federal law initiated by Eisenhower and supported by Bill Clinton. Endangering plant and animal species that mat prove invaluable to the survival of the planet and the human race is not worth a few paltry barrels of oil.
I’m from Michigan and the DNC GAVE my vote to Obama, I had voted for dems for 40 years but never again, I’m voting straight REPUBLICAN this year.
Replacing the military ith the Nation of Islam.
Oh boy. Can’t wait. (sarcasm)
The problem being that you are probably closer to the truth than many will realize … until it is too late.
My fear is that the Nation of Islam becomes our new powerful and well-funded National Security Force!
Or the New Black Panthers!
By KATE ZERNIKE
Published: July 12, 2008
A coalition of military groups is planning a nationally televised town-hall-style meeting with the presidential candidates near Fort Hood, Tex., the largest active-duty military installation in the country. But so far, only Senator John McCain of Arizona, the presumptive Republican nominee, has agreed to attend.
CBS has agreed to broadcast the meeting live from 9 to 11 p.m. Eastern time on Monday, Aug. 11. The candidates would face questions directly from an audience of 6,000 people, made up of veterans, service members and military families from the base.
Senator Barack Obama of Illinois, the presumptive Democratic nominee, has not agreed to participate.
BO is a no show. I would have booked that ASAP. BO is not the sharpest pencil in cup.
I absolutely agree. This isn’t about hate or even disgust over what the DNC did although I’m still mad as hell. It’s not about Hillary Clinton though I think she and other women have been treated abominably during the primary season. It’s all about what has Barack Obama done during his lifetime that has prepared him to take the reins of the world’s most powerful country? What sacrifice, what moment of decision, what accomplishment can anyone point to and say . . . oh, okay he’s qualified; now, I understand.
Photo-ops don’t count. Grand speeches do not qualify as prime preparation. The question remains: he can talk the talk but can he walk the walk? From what I’ve seen so far? No. I still do not know what this man’s core values are other than winning an election, anyway he can. I don’t like what we know of his past connections to Chicago and Axelrod makes me feel downright queasy. His gaffes and switches on policy issues mark him as the amatuer he truly is. His intelligence isn’t in question. I think he’s a very bright, possibly brilliant man. But you need more than IQ to be a good leader. You need more than charisma. You need a vision, not simply for yourself but for those you wish to lead.
I don’t see that in Barack Obama.
Everything I’ve seen and heard so far makes me think: fraud. Another puppet being offered up to the American public. He and his honchos will bow and scrape to every special interest group and add only more arrogance to the mix and leave more disillusionment in their wake.
This is not The One. This is another actor, who can’t get his lines straight. And the script? We should really be asking ourselves: who’s writing and directing it? And why the MSM is willing to give a standing ovation to every act.
PUMApac.org
We need someone who has proven he/she has worked very hard to accomplish something - not for himself but for others - without the work and accomplishment being public and praised. Obama has only worked for his own promotion, not for others, and certainly not anonimously.
And Axelrod = Rove. Exactly the same. Although, believe it not, I am beginning to almost listen to Rove on Fox. He sometimes makes good sense.
If I were Cleland, I’d call Obama a bigot for boycotting the handicapped…
In fact, I’m not Cleland and I’ll call him that anyway. This is the same man that didn’t want Muslim women in burkas seen in the camera shot at his event. Think maybe he doesn’t want to be seen with the “wrong type”? I do.
The selected one can’t possibly be bigoted or racist. After all, he is black (not).
Well, he is handicapped if you count Michelle
I don’t think we need to bring in his wife to discuss the problems with Obama. She is not running for president. What handicaps Obama is his inexperience, impatience, arrogance and probably a personality disorder (narcissist or sociopath). Despite all of these problems he is being propped up by the DNC, MSM and Netroots. If any of his crutches are removed he will fall.
Senator Obama’s self-congratulatory European/Iraq tour is merely another marketing ploy designed to make him “look” more presidential – without ever actually having done anything that is Presidential. So just flying around a bunch of foreign countries is supposed to give him foreign policy street cred? Not unlike sitting in Rev. Wright’s church for 20 years was supposed to give him Chicago street cred? Got it.
You nailed it Ani. Every credible report about Obama’s political history says the same thing: he does not like to work, but is happy to accept the glory for others’ efforts. He is a joke compared to the great leaders he mimics. MLK JR? Please. What has he done to sacrifice and risk his life that merits such adulation? People are so desperate for a savior that they are projecting all their “hopes and dreams” onto a highly undeserving marketing creation.
And the “unfathomable political cover from mainstream news outlets and the Party powerful” has been the main problem. The average American has no idea about who BO really is and only see the carefully crafted and protected image.
And the Cleland story is the height of hypocrisy. When is the media going to accurately report the source of his finances? When are they going to tell the American people that his “no special interest money” is a crock? Better to insult a genuine war hero (again) than tarnish that bright & shiny lie.
He thinks he is doing a victory lap before the race has even started.
While he strolls along the West Bank…wait-He’s to scared to leave the plane. Maybe he lie and pretend he went.
You have their attention:
Top Dem Party Officials Send Sharply-Worded Email Demanding That Hillary Donors And Supporters Get Behind Obama:
http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/07/top_democratic_official_sends.php
They gave Pelosi a standing ovation at netkooks convention.
HAHA OK we will get right on that.
I thought there was only a few of us…insignificant, dead enders.. so what are they worried about? Boy we sure are going to get the blame on Nov 5 though. Right Brazille nut…you don`t need us. What a bunch of panty waist, useless dolts they are. Are you listening Dean, Brazille nut, Pelosi, Reid, et all. YOU MAKE ME SICK. I`m ashamed to even admit I used to vote Democratic for longer than alot of you. GO, damn it and hang your heads in shame.
Naturally, what other action could one take after being sent a sharply worded e-mail?
Gawd.
I think there’s a couple Nobama comments after that article but most of it is typical Obama cult spiel and personal attacks against PUMA.
Fowler;
The Los Angeles Lakers didn’t establish conditions to recognize the Boston Celtics as NBA Champions; Roger Federer did not demand concessions before recognizing that Rafael Nadal defeated him at Wimbledon.
Hey Fowler, did you notice that this is not a basketball game?
This is for POTUS. PUMA. I am not going to get behind anyone in lockstep ’cause you say so. And just because you had the audasity to tell me so, you can kiss the down ticket Dems ga’ bye.
“…stand with him to secure his election…”
Hey Donny, if you take my place under the bus I might vote for him…
Naw man, I’m just messin with ya. You can stand with BO on the “group W” line and get your birth certificate, ’cause BO is not good with papers.
Unbelievable letter from Fowler and Germond. Just unbe (expletive deleted)lievable.
The only threat we have left is to not vote for down line Democrats. This is the only bargaining power we have, and I fear that even this will not change the minds of these self-destructive, arrogant fools. Perhaps we can have an effect on the rest of the elected party members, though.
I strongly recommend a grass roots effort to contact your local and state Democrats directly and let them know you won’t be voting for them or any other Dems if Barack Obama is selected as the nominee. Ever.
Stop the downticket dem TROLL MEME.
Go back to your rethuglican World Nut Daily sites and start your OWN CAMPAIGN.
TROLLS.
I cannot even begin to tell you how offended I am that you would refer to me as a troll. I have been threatened by these people on this site, and obviously despise them for this and many other reasons.
Prior to your posts, I haven’t heard of this supposed troll “meme”, but I stand by my statements that we must do more to defeat the people who have stolen the nomination and the nation than just threaten to vote McCain in November. This crap goes right from the top on down to your local councilmen, etc. and the only way to destroy them is to take down the New Democratic Party.
And pardon me for thinking the Republican brand is broken as well.
Zee..is that you? has your name been hijacked? Cool it.
Nice try, tho.
All those repeating the “downticket dem” meme are trolls.
Go back to square one and get new IDs because you are outed.
BevAnn, is that you? The last time you threatened to “out” me, you stinking piece of troll sh*t, you got a lot more graphic about it! What’s the matter? Axelrod cut back on your hours?
Piss off, troll!
Grail Guardian; Zee is on his last letter. After reading that paper airplane of Fowlers and then watching it auger in, the Down ticket Dems just lost MY vote. That letter was a request, no demand that say I stand up and say “Sieg heil mein fuhrer”,
Well, I am not doin’ it. ‘Guess I just became a troll for a day.
Brilliant idea, Grail Guardian.
Only when down ticket Dems fear losing their phony-baloney jobs will their change their tune.
You can already smell the fear. The trolls have added it to their talking points.
I’m saying this as an independent voter and PUMA sympathizer and supporter:
My message back to them would be FOAD.
Hillary did not “lose” by any (prior) standard of the primary process, and BO did not “win”.
The Dems deserve what is going to happen in November.
They may “demand” anything. However, this is a Democratic Republic. We are not required to comply. Or are we? According to the Democratic Party leadership we are.
1984, anyone?
The idiots can send all the messages they want to — I’ve blocked all incoming messages from the Democrat Party on my IP’s server.
Here’s how you do it — if you can access your email online you should be able to block specific email addresses. When Dean sent a very obnoxious email I clicked on that email on the online mail access that my IP has set up. One of the choices at the top is “block mail from this sender” (or words with that meaning). So I clicked that option and I have not gotten another stupid DNC email!!
When is the Dem leadership going to get it — THEY do not select the winner and then demand that we fall in line with their choice???
The majority have made our choice — Clinton.
PUMA!
The only problem with blocking idiot email from the DNC — is that I can’t return the email with a nasty, fowl message to the DNC.
McCain is looking better and better every day. I hope that the Clinton delegates can pull off a victory but the DNC seems hell bent on forcing a crooked, psychopathic liar on us.
Clinton or McCain — there is NO other option.
BARB
Better if you re-route it to the Socialist party.
Dear Don and Alice
You two remind me of the Mad Hatters Tea Party in Alice and Wonderland.
By Greg Sargent - July 19, 2008, 12:20PM
In a sign that senior Democratic officials remain deeply concerned that post-primary bitterness could imperil Barack Obama’s chances, two top Democratic officials have emailed a sharply-worded letter to major donors and other leading Dems confessing “fatigue and irritation” at those withholding full support from Obama and demanding that they get behind him “without conditions or demands.”
“I supported Hillary Clinton and am proud and pleased that I did,” reads the email, which was written by Donald Fowler, a former DNC chair and DNC member-at-large who was one of Hillary’s most prominent supporters. Alice Germond, the Secretary of the DNC, is also a signatory. (*wrong-Alice was in the tank for Obama*)“But she lost,” continues the email, which was sent our way by a source. Barack Obama won. It’s over.”
“It is time for all Democrats, supporters of Senator Clinton and all other contenders for the nomination, to stand with him to secure his election and the election of Democrats at all levels of competition,” the email continues.
The email also laces sharply into Hillary supporters who remain embittered by the primary and are demanding things in exchange for their support.
“I must confess a bit of fatigue and irritation with people who continue to carp, complain, and criticize the results of the primary and lay down conditions for their support,” it reads. “It is time to act in a mature and resourceful fashion. It’s time to put the primaries behind us. It’s time to support Barack Obama without conditions or demands.”
Pretty stern stuff. The full email after the jump.
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Saying Obama won does not make it so. He did not win enough of the required pledged delegates to be the presumptive nominee. How many times do we have to say this? When will Democracy be upheld? Obama did NOT win!
Besides-you don’t own us, we are not one of your many little puppets. Alice Germond never supported Hillary-They like to say they did when really they were the people who squashed Democracy on May 31st.
Alice Germond repeatedly referred to the Michigan primary as “an event” at the RBC meeting. She refused to use the words primary or election.
I am sure the good people of Michigan were surprised to learn they did not have a primary but were just invited to “an event”.
I think Germond actually aggravated me even more than the Brazile nut that day. She was so obvious in her disdain for the people testifying and in the audience. If she was ever a Clinton supporter, then so was Mechelle!
Not just invited to the event, but paid for it. If the DNC wants to do their own thing, they can ask Obama for some money.
Amen, Lou.
Oh and Alices’ state of WV voted Hillary in a landslide!
They were the state that decided the election for Bill Clinton in 1992. Obama never visited, but the residents were thrilled to see the Clintons after the bitter remarks and accusations of racism.
Delusions of grandeur! Isn’t that a psychiatric symptom? Because Fowler sure is friggin’ nuts! Ordering people to fall in line or else. What a joke. There is no POWER behind the DNC anymore. So newsflash Fowler- stop acting and talking like you have something to threaten people with!
A sharply worded e-mail! Heavens to Betsy!
Wow. I am quaking in my booties.
Gee, better go cough up some dough now, huh?
I thought we were only a few bitter voters, not enough to write home about or to threaten “the One” - Donna BrazileNut told us to stay home. I thought the messiah just raised $52 million. What do they need our support for?
Just buy the Presidency…
Oh yeah, that’s right, they can’t buy our votes. Gee, maybe they’ll figure out how to do that, too. Or maybe that $52 million is more b.s. from the Obambi campaign.
As ye sow so shall ye reap, Howard.
I guess their chickens are coming home to roost.
Filthy bunch of cheating liars.
He raised only 9 million from his own base and 5 million from Hillary Funders. He is coutnign money on hand from the primaries for the GE…go to politically drunk on power dot com and see the post and comments about his money numbers for June. He’s hurting but lieing again.
Here’s the link:
http://politicallydrunk.blogspot.com/2008/07/obama-donor-base-shrivels-campaign.html
THey can buy my dead white grandma. She got hit by a bus.
One can hope that the supporterrs and donors send the DNC a “sharply worded email” suggesting that the Dem Party Officials go cheney themselves.
Wait a minute, Hold on, I thought that the DNC didn’t need us and we didn’t matter. So I’m confused since I’m not needed and don’t matter why oh why would the Annointed One be so concerned about what I do?
Don Fowler is full of himself.
He just wants something in return for his appeasement.
It will NOT be a good year for Democrats across the board. Christine Gregoire(Governor, D-Washington) is far from safe.
There is a good chance she will lose. She has a do nothing record on par with Mr. Obama.
I hope she loses big time. She stole that election by a handful of votes and blocked a recount.
I no longer take orders from the Dems. I am proud to say my 1/2 of a person is now Independent.
I hope they smile politely and scratch their cheek with their middle finger!
The Democratic party will be the laughing stock of the world.
great post Ani!!
The above is from the email linked by gotalife.
“I must confess a bit of fatigue and irritation..?” Then take an aspirin, put yourself to bed, and fuck off.
I must confess that I experienced fatigue and irritation at rigged caucuses and the racist campaign run by Barack Obama, not to mention seeing DNC officials like Donna Brazile practically take up housekeeping at CNN headquarters to continually blow the trumpet for the Chosen One (while claiming neutrality, of course.)
I continue to experience fatigue and irritation at people who want to treat me and 18 million other Hillary supporters like POWs who must now surrender our judgement and fall in line behind the contrived Obama Bandwagon.
How’s this? I’m donating to McCain, and I’m voting for McCain. Hope that doesn’t fatigue or irritate you too much, poor baby.
Here’s what I hope DOES fatigue and irritate you: the McCain tsunami coming in November.
BRAVO,BRAVO.
How about throwing lots of guilt in with these symptoms?
Now go to your doctor DNC ers and get some Ambien.
You pitiful bunch of creeps subverting Democracy.
We are taking back our party one email at a time.
They better brace for more fatigue and irritation.
They should resign.
My support is unconditional and not demanding to understand at all- NObama. Not now. Not ever. Nobama.
Well said!!
That e-mail makes me feel proud. Fatigue? Irritation? By golly we’re doing something right.Yeeeehaaaaaaaaaaw!
Here is another suggestion.
Contribute money to Nader in addition to McCain and help him get on the ballot.
Hit Obama from the left and the right.
I am sorry but I do not think Senator Obama cares for the military. period. I honest to god believe that he doesnt. I dont ink he has a patriotic bone in his body. He barely knows the country or history. He dont even know how many states we have! Think about it. Your trying to become president of this nation and you dont understand the basics. There are no great lakes in oregon and we dont have 57 states, 48+2 does not equal 48.
I never could of possibly thought I would have even a small drop of fear in regards to a particular candidate. But not fear for myself. But those who I leave behind when I deploy. If this is any indication how vets and military will be treated under a Obama presidency. God help us all.
His supporters do not know what its like because they support him. But for those who dont an entire different story.
You will all be commanded into the new Obama Armed Forces.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igDoHZ0hVUY
Nation of Islam forces..bring your wrap around sun glasses and a clean Armani suit.
First, thank you for your service and commitment to our country.
I don’t think Obama cares about our armed services personnel either. And he certainly isn’t any more qualified than my 10yo to lead you.
Notice that Obama’s support comes from the Civilian leaders of the various military branches.
He wants to establish a civilian national defense force.
What does that mean? No one knows and even his own campaign can’t say what it is.
He has also said he has no problem with companies like Blackwater.
Blackwater and friends. Coming to a city near you.
I’ve seen videos of people reporting that this type of thing is coming. They were all dismissed as ‘conspiracy theorists’.
Guess not.
The things that Were considered “way out there” when this campaign started are suddenly not so outlandish, are they? We look at these suggestions as conspiracy, because no sane person would do them. But we are not dealing with sane people here. We are dealing with pure, unmitigated greed and corruption. I will say it again: we don’t know what we’re really in for here until we see who his puppet masters really are!
What’s odd is that Robert Greenwald, a man who testified before Congress about Blackwater’s doings, is staunchly pro-Obama. Apparently Obama’s support of Blackwater doesn’t bother him.
The left doesn’t mind support of a mercenary organization as long as one their own does it.
On another note, when Bush and his minions disrespected Max Cleland the left was highly upset.
Obama does it and not a peep.
We are so screwed.
Foul! You just made me choke on my soda. Oh my gosh, I never caught that before. Did he really say that? Great lakes in Oregon. hehehehehehe A college graduate who lives in Illinois. Unbelievable. Kelly Bundy is running for president disguised as a man and calling herself Obama.
don’t forget the time that they dropped a bomb on Pearl Harbor.
57 states anyone?
Sir Edmund Hillary anyone?
Kellie Alexrod’s sweetie:
You’re so cute. Good to have you back. Let the hits keep on coming!
Now stop the hate!
I tried to stay away, but I just missed you guys so much.
Those dynamic one liners you have and the cutting and pasteing are absolutely adorable.
Could you do me a favor and explain to me why Axelrod sent you here to waste time with all these dead enders?
Surely someone of your immense talent should be with Obama on his first ever world tour!
I’m sorry you have such a pitiful job.
Stop the hate!
Honestly, I don’t know why I come here. It’s fun because you guys are so crazy. Plus, if you know who I am it will be more fun on November 5th when I come here and post HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA a million times over.
This is why we don’t let children pick presidents.
That’s what the republicans did in 2004. But then, that’s what you BOBOweenies did back in June.
You have a great laugh too! One more HA and it would have been perfect. I know you’ll do better next time.
Axelrod found the right sweetie for this job!
Don’t forget to stop the hate!
bad bye, believe
Hey, could you tell me where those states are. So I can get a magnet from them.I collect magnets of all the states and I don’t have them.
Iraq, Iran, Syria, Pakistan just to name a few.
Patsy — Obama does NOT understand the US military. It takes work and effort to understand how the US military works and to understand the dedication of the military to their jobs.
Ordinary Americans can’t be expected to understand the military culture — HOWEVER, a Senator and a person running for office of Prez of the US — MUST understand the military — no exceptions, no excuses.
This is one of the main reason I will NOT vote for Obama — EVER! He is unfit to be CiC of the military. He will never be ready — he is too lazy.
PUMA!
If Soldier ever needs a new carreer, the time is ripe for starting a firing range teaching women how to protect themselves. A small business loan would get you going.
Obama was never a child in America, he was in Indonesia from age 6 to 10. In America he would have learned about the States at that age, he would have gone bowling. Instead Obama leaned about the Muslim religion and even learned how to recite evening prayers, but he has NEVER BEEN A MUSLIM. Nick Kristoff did a interview with Obama and Obama sang the evening prayers for Kristoff. Why did Obama go to Pakisten as a young man? Maybe just to visit terrorist friends. I liked to travel when I was young but only went to beach resorts like Acapulco, never thought to travel to Pakisten.
Age 2 to 10
I think you’re wrong, Fareed Zakaria interviewed Obama about a week ago and he asked Obama what he remembered most about living in Indonesia. Obama answered, “It was when my mother told me she married a man from Indonesia and we are moving there”. I don’t think a 2 y.o. would remember that, but I can see that it rocked Obama’s world.
You couldn’t be more right. I mean the guy doesn’t even know that there are 50 states? What a jerk!
What’s next? He’ll probably claim to have been under sniper fire in Bosnia or something….oh wait….
Hey, he might claim to oppose Telecom immunity… oh wait…
Do you sit by the computer waiting for me to post? I think you find me endearing….
Wildchild this must be Rory again….I thought he left.
LOL this isn’t Rory. This is a different kind of stupid.
Once again you ignore the things that are important and obsess on the things that aren’t. Even your narcissism isn’t new.
What does narcissism mean? We haven’t gotten that far in English class yet.
(cue the Obama/narcissism jokes)
You have a computer. You must have word or it’s equivalent. It shouldn’t be too difficult for a person of average intelligence to figure out.
Oh thank you? What would I do without you! You’re too good to me.
Anyway I gotta run. My mom needs the computer and I’m gonna go smoke some weed and listen to The Audacity of Hope audio version on my IPOD.
I’ll try and check in later.
Love you guys!
LOL running seems to be something you excel at.
I hear coke is better! The ride is incredible but you’d have to ask you know who about that one.
See you later!
Stop the hate!
I do!
Kellie, Zee, pumastic, believe, Tom Jeff, BevAnn, Shane - do you have multiple personality disorder?
My son (special ops at Ft. Bragg) recently arrived at the same conclusion, tho he was an Obama supporter for a while); his concern was McCain voting against the GI Bill, etc. I certainly disagree with McCain’s votes there, but in the end, most all of the military will vote for what they perceive is the best interest of the country, not who appears to support the military the most. Frankly, I can think of no greater supporters of the average troop than Bill and Hillary Clinton.
May the Lord watch over you and all of our military. BHO is evil and against the USA. If he is elected we will all pay the price. I may not be in Iraq or Afhganistan (spelling) but I will not go down without a fight!!!
typo think
Hello, Hurray! How are you?
I have to ‘beleave’ to clean my home. You are my sister. I hope to meet you someday. (we’ll have to have clearance and a bug swoop beforehand).
blessings. joy. peace and love.
S4H, My kind of warrior.
Thank you once again.
Imagine if a candidate for President of France or any other country wanted to make a campaign speech in front of the Statue of Liberty, most Americans would call him an arrogant pompous jerk and hope he or she loses the election. The fact that Obama, a candidate for President, was vain enough to plan on making an election speech at the Brandenburg gate should send the same warning signals to American voters.
I’m convinced this is a strategy of Obama and his minions. The more honorable the person or the more respect she/he deserves, the more dishonor and disrespect are heaped upon them (think Bill and Hillary, Wes Clark, now Max Cleland, how many others?).
Diminishing these real leaders, in their twisted minds, makes bambi look the tallest.
Watch - what the Obama camp did to Cleland was the dog whistle to their enablers in the media to start dissing him - if they haven’t started already (don’t watch anymore, so I don’t know). Anything to prop up the empty suit. The media pooches are such good little pets…
Yes — to make him look taller by comparison –
Amazing observation. Spot on, Sharon.
Saxby Chambliss got ELECTED for crapping on Max and impugning his patriotism.
I was so ashamed of Georgians that I took speech and elocution lessons, so that no one would know I was a native Southerner.
Tore that cheezy, “American by Birth; Southern by the Grace of God!” bumper sticker off the pickup.
I won’t expect anything less from the Obama camp - amoral and immoral.
Can’t we just beam him & Pelosi & Dean & Axelrod to outerspace? Send them into orbit permanently.
Nah… I think they have rules about polluting space.
How about a weekend in the country? Kenya. Obama could have a family reunion and invite his friends.
Just don’t take their families to church there.
COUNTRY BEFORE PARTY ALWAYS
PUMA RULES
Obama will claim credit for this too — the Sunnis are rejoining the Iraqi government
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L19716131.htm
I have a male peacock that struts around the yard and when another animal, chicken, duck or goose comes around, he throws his feathers up and rattles them. He walks up to them and tries to force them down. Mr. Obama reminds me of a peacock strutting around trying to force himself on everybody and the world. Hence the network so in love with the jerk has a peacock as its emblem. MSNBC. The problem with my peacock. He’s a little wuss. Sadly so is Mr. Obama.
great post!
Like our Shrubbie, Hope-a-Dope suffers from never having been poked in the snot locker for being a supercilious little shit in his formative years.
The DNC is demanding that Hillary donors give to Obama? What will the DNC do next? Go to the donors’ homes with guns to collect money for their chosen one? DNC arrogance is boundless.
And Obama doesn’t want Max Cleland at a campaign event? He didn’t mind having Tony Rezko, William Ayres, Rev. Wright, Father Pfleger participating in his campaign before. Everyday I am more and more appalled by this pathetic excuse for a human being.
Good points.
they’re so damn stupid. They are just making it worse. What makes me utterly blissful is they feel the need to get pissy about demanding our support. Apparently things are not going so well for their Messiah coronation. A little worried eh? PUMA/Just Say No Deal is making an impact. They greatly underestimate by calling our efforts at demanding democracy that we “Carp, complain and criticize”. They ain’t seen nothin’ yet…..
wodiej….
beautifully stated.
The PUMA convention in August is scheduled at the same hotel as the DNC May 31st convention. The first 250 people to register, get 3 nights and free breakfast with convention entry for only $250 at this five star Hotel. Expect it to double after they get 250 paid sign ups.
They ain’t seen nothing yet is right.
Busses are being reserved from around the country to go to Denver.
We DO NOT WANT Obama. Period.
Absolutely right, wodiej.
JOHN KERRY MUST BE SO PROUD OF OBAMA FOR THROWING MAX CLELAND UNDER THE BUS. WHAT DO YOU SAY TO TO A VETERAN WHO SACRIFICED FOR HIS COUNTRY AND IS TREATED THIS WAY MR KERRY? MY BET, YOU WOULD ASK HIM TO DONATE TO OBAMA
Wasn’t there some mention in one of Larry’s Blog posts, under superdelegates will vote Clinton at convention(which I can’t find) mention John Lewis, was also attacked by Obama for not showing up at one of Obama’s speeches.
I’d love to see a John Lewis come back and support Clinton.
They are trying to keep Hillary off of the nomination roll call in an open convention.Soros and Brezinski are backing the DNC and has Dean by the cajones.
Not true. Dean has no cajones. His huevos were rancheroed months .
ago.
That really upset me. John Lewis was beaten bloody for his Civil Rights stance. I’ve seen the film.
Now he’s ‘not good enough’ for Obama and his supporters.
That’s beyond disgusting.
Obama threw poor blacks under the bus in Chicago. Now he’s throwing all the Civil Rights leaders that paved the way so that he could be where he is now under the bus.
Remember - not the color of your skin but the content of your character -MLK.
Just wondering…do all of you Obamabots really want a president who refuses to talk to the American people? Obama refused to meet with the military families of Fort Hood. McCain agreed to meet with them and answer one on one questions. Obama refused to be present at an open question for the audience segment with Greta Van Susteren, McCain has agreed to answer all questions from her audience. Obama has refused to hold joint town hall meetings with McCain to answer spontaneous questions from the audience. He REFUSES to meet with Americans and answer questions, yet he tours the globe putting on a show for foreigners? This man lacks character, is a coward and could care less about Americans. He, Dean, Pelosi, etc have destroyed the Democractic Party. Obama considers Americans an embarrassment because we don’t speak Spanish? Obama, you are a sorry excuse for an American, a patriot, a man. No, Obama, ain’t gonna happen……can you hear me now, Senator? My support, my vote, my money is going to John McCain, a true American, a patriot.
Bots can only understand small words anyway…they are happy with basic chanting.
Thank you. Thank you so much for saying this. Why cant they wake up…something has to give because obama is slowly sinking the dem ship. Every time I think about him declining my blood boils. And if he was CIC material he would of known why its important. The same damn soldiers that deploy to go overseas, he throws them there families and everyone who paid for that town hall just to go have a damn rock concert tour. All of those advisors and no one to tell you that was a huge mistake. Oh I forgot. He threw him under the bus already a week and a half before.
He knows he can’t put two words together without a prewritten speech so he runs scared from any townhall-type engagements.
Here I thought Bush was the most arrogant politician ever, but Obama beats him by more than a mile! The arrogance of this man is freakin’ unbelievable. He is going to give his nomination speech at a stadium?!!! what is that if not presumptious of him. What a narcissist! And then he wanted to give his little campaign speech at the Berlin gates?! as if he were the prez already- I hope his arrogance buries him big time. I’m praying every day that this man packs up his bags and goes back to his dirty old Chicago political scum den of his.
His arrogance will be his undoing.
More and more people are starting to sicken of his behavior — especially when he doesn’t have the goods, experience, smarts or anything else worthy to back it up.
There are a lot of people across the country– who don’t blog — but they are already of this opinion.
They just are not public about it.
Obama in Afganistan presently seeking support and Presidential appearance, with the audacity to face soldiers who’s lives are in peril every single day and this worthless politician never lifted a finger to support them with his commitee.
Isn’t this the same as a community organizer looking for support from the community he represented and did nothing for except advance himself, meanwhile the people are suffering wirse from the community organizer doing nothing for them?
Anyone expect a bad report from the 3 anchors traveling with Bambi? Likelihood is before landing in Afganistan they were told that if a bad report is made on this trip, they might miss the departing flight accidentally.
Probably the reason noone from FOX was invited on the “World Comedy Tour.”
Perfect!
BlueWhite Collar Politics?Why is an American Presidential candidate campaigning overseas?
He won’t agree to town halls where, I don’t know, Americans might ask him questions.
He won’t agree to any debates, outside of the scripted ones set up by the media, with McCain. He’s afraid of a man that he’s quick to imply is old and feeble.
Ordinary Americans complain about his lack of accomplishments. Does he answer their concerns? No. What does he do? An overseas tour.
Just like…Bush.
Obama has an untreated mental illness and his slaves are going along with it.
bloggers who are mental health professionals have agreed that Obama is ill.
As a psyc major, I totally agree that Obama has a mental disorder. He is a functioning mental patient that is dangerous to society. He really must be stopped. Hitler was mentally off as well, who later became a drug addict.
In all seriousness, Obama needs to be stopped. This has gone on far too long.
From your fingers to Gods ears!!
I saw the Politico article and was outraged by the Obama campaign action against former Sen.Cleland. Not only is he a veteran who served honorably but, the comments of some Obots were “beyond the pale”. Max, has always worked to help our nation’s veterans, of which I’m one, its disgraceful.
Those registered lobbyist who are bundling dollars for Obama should be exposed by name. He also has
John Demers as an advisor, isn’t he the one who works
with Pfizer. I’m sure there are others.
Max, should be invited because, there was an injustice done to him. But, I seem to recall Sen.
Obama being uncomfortable around wheelchairs. Anyone
recall the situation with the mother and her disabled child with the small group on the campaign trail?
The ADA and veterans should protest this ill treatment of Sen.Cleland.
If the John Demers you are referring to is from NH, he is a son of one of the dirtiest most despised families in NH. They are all rotten to the core.
If BO’s numbers fall so far behind McCain’s before the dumbo convention, do you think the Super D’s will nominate Hillary?
The latest poles say he’s now neck & neck with McCain.
I’d say a 40% chance. They are afraid of black rioting.
Nice article Ani.
Obiwanascrewyou doesn’t have time to hold meetings of the European Sub-committee, he’s too busy campaigning in Europe. Maybe they can tell him what’s going on in Iraq.
Soldier4hillary is right when she says that Obi doesn’t care about the military. That’s why he supports the messianic leaders of Blackwater. They all worship at the alter of mammon.
As for Max Cleland, why in God’s name would Obi want to support him? After all, Max gave for his country and gave more than Obi could ever comprehend. It’s just too mind boggling for a devoutly spiritual person to like Obi to understand. He needs guidance from Rev. Wright to know which things to hate.
oooh, that was good…ouch!
True. Max Cleland served his nation with honor as did John McCain. All the while, Barack Obama was
hobnobing with and admitted AND PROUD terrorist (William Ayers), a known bigot and preacher of hatred towards others who were not just like him(Jeremiah Wright), and does not respect the foundation of this nation.
And snorting coke!
God help us all.
Wake up DNC
We do not want him. He is not fit. He has a third grade comprehension level and is mentally ill.
DO NOT WANT.
Barack Obama has a 3rd grade comprehension level?
This would be the guy who was chosen as an editor of the Harvard Law Review, then was elected its president. This wasn’t merely an honorific position; he functioned as the Review’s editor-in-chief and supervised its staff of 80 editors. He graduated from Harvard J.D. magna cum laude. You can do that based only on academic achievement and merit. Obama later went on to teach constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School for twelve years, as a Lecturer for four years (1992–1996), and as a Senior Lecturer for eight years (1996–2004). You can’t simply be good and do that; you’ve got to be truly exceptional.
McCain, by the way, graduated in the bottom 1% of his class at Annapolis–894th out of a class of 899. Both his father and grandfather had been Annapolis graduates and both were Navy admirals, so McCain was what you might call connected.
Is that like a legacy?
Stop the hate!
The difference between the two being under McCain the US will have balls coupled with experience and under BOBO it will have 57 states after all the editing is done.
I keep hearing this experience mantra.
Just what sort of experience on the part of John McCain are you referring to, that makes him so much better qualified to address the problems our nation currently faces than Barack Obama?
McCain has actually been a leader of men during grim circumstances.
Oh by the by, when you say McCain has no leadership experience, you’re pissing off a lot of military people and pushing them to Mccain. In the military, you have to take a shit load of leadership classes. Enlisted as well as officer. You have no clue what the military puts their people through. But you nor barky knew that did you? Douche. That to me means more experience than snorting coke in a college dorm.
I believe that coke sniff was to hide his daddy problems!
Can you say Hanoi Hilton for five years?
Come back when Obama has experience at something other than whining.
Life experiences make McCain the best choice, period!
He has some. He also has a verfiable record of every vote, every action he has taken. Everything that has transpired in his life. Good and bad.
Obama remains an enigma: no school records, no Illinois Senate records, no actual birth certificate, no 2007 tax records, no firm stance on anything from FISA, to Nafta, to Iraq, to Women’ rights, etc. All he has is a mantra.
McCain, warts and all, is a known quantity. I can deal with the known. Even when I disagree. With McCain, when I do disagree it is treated as relevant.
So far, no one has called me a racist, a bigot, or an idiot when I have pointed out my disageements with aspects of McCain’s policies on conservative sites. My concerns have been met with serious discussion. Try getting the same on an Obama site.
Messianic, enigmatic, shape-shifting con-men trouble me far more than known devils. Obama was my least favorite of the original known candidates for the Dem. nomination, based on the shallowness of his history. He still is.
I will vote for McCain and deal with trying to see that he governs for far more of the American people as a whole than Bush has.
I trust him to do so!
Hey tie, please link to one thing barky wrote while he was editor. No Quarter has already done stories on how Barky became the editor. I’m not impressed. And I would love for you to actually show us his grades. From what I understand his grades won’t be released until after the election. What is he hiding?
Magna cum laude at Harvard:
I presume that means his GPA was in the upper 20% of his graduating class–and we are talking about Harvard, not some community college. This would have been an unusually well-qualified field of highly competitive students. There are no “affirmative action” considerations when it comes to Latin honors at Harvard. Latin honors are based entirely and exclusively upon merit.
It must have been a bad year for the curve.
Tiberius:
I’m going to have to cry foul on this one. I believe part of the question was to link to one thing Obama wrote while editor.
Everyone know, grades don’t tell the whole story.
I’ll be waiting for that one thing he wrote.
But that doesn’t prove Barky graduated Magna cum laude, all I see in your post is you saying he did. Link please. I want hard facts and nothing from obama’s website. He has no credibility left anymore. He is a joke. So are you.
And the never published one thing.
The biggest fix ever.
Krauthammer has Obama pegged. It was a pleasure reading his article, which you poted.
Obama couldn’t even be bothered to ask his grandparents about family history hence the ignorance of what his uncle(s) did in world War II. Why should he be interested in some old guy like Max Cleland did in Vietnam and allow him to appear on the same stage.
Isn’t Dashle a lobbyist? Or is he an election consultant?
I believe having Dashle’s smug smartass face in front of every camera he can steal is much more detrimental to Obama’s campaign than having one of the few veterans who actually supports Obama there.
Cleland a decorated hero who actually did sacrifice for his country. Obama could do much worse than Max Cleland to put a human face on his campaign. Of course maybe Cleland as a triple amputee isn’t pretty enough. Obama is all about the pretty people. Don’t want to remind anyone that war has consequences.
How about AXELROD???
Check this shit out:
http://www.newsweek.com/id/138519
No, what Axelrod is doing is taking money from corporate clients and using it to bullshit people to hector those public officials on behalf of the corporate client via sleazy ad campaigns. Basically, the bastard is using the media to make stupid people (he likes working with them, apparently) do his lobbying work FOR HIM.
Newsweek called him on this–did the rest of the “Get in line to blow Barack” media do the same? Hell, no. No guts. No glory.
Dashle is one of the big backers of corn alcohol that drove up prices all over the world, I heard he has made big $$$$$ from it.
Sad part, what do the poorest of the poor eat here in America, cheap corn products, which will now become more expensive for them.
It sounds to me like BO invited Cleland to speak in order to make a point of rejecting him. Democrats may lose majorities in the House and Senate if they (I used to say we) persist in advancing this hateful man as the nominee. All he had to do was approach HRC supporters with humility and ask us for our votes. Instead, he continues his brow beating thuggery. It just won’t work.
Ann - I totally agree! But Obama and his enablers in the DNC refuse to admit that they did anything wrong in FL and MI. They didn’t do anything wrong in pre-selecting Obama. They didn’t do anything wrong when they allowed him to use the race card against our first “black president” and his First Lady. They didn’t do anything wrong when they allowed Obama to spread the meme that Hillary wanted Obama assassinated. Nope, nothing to see here.
Since they didn’t do anything wrong, there’s nothing to apologize for. We just need to “get over it.” See how that works?
Idiot DNC schmucks. PUMA!
AXELROD is a de facto lobbyist. What, it’s OK to make money from the “lobbying profession” but only if you’re not REGISTERED? That’s like saying it’s OK to be a prostitute so long as you don’t have a PIMP! The judgment to serve, all right–serve to rile up the stupid who don’t see the profound hypocrisy behind the hype.
Obama is an idiot. A particularly dispicable one, in this instance. His campaign whiz kid, Alexrod, is making a BUNDLE off of the profession he pretends to eschew, but he’s fucking Cleland because Cleland is just making a living.
Veterans don’t take kindly to the mistreatment of Senator Cleland, and that’s something that won’t be forgotten.
PRESUMPTUOUS nominee is an apt descriptor.
If you really give a rat’s ass about veterans, you might want to take a close look at John McCain’s voting record on veterans’ health care and veterans’ benefits. It’s appalling.
I assure you, veterans take much less kindly to that.
The same way they might take to Obama saying that he enacted legislation to extend health care to wounded veteran’s but didn’t even vote on the bill.
Is there a sadder word than ’sad’?
I once saw the Pieta when I was a child. That’s the Word.
P U M A courage
rise PUMA rise
Great read Ani.
There is a place for people who tell people like Max Cleland to get lost.
http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/04/20/senator-obama-debate-this/
http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/03/08/obama-youre-nobody-to-me/
Last year, Republicans feared a “brokered convention” and a civil war within the rank and file of the party.
Last year, the Democrats could honestly believe they would fully restore their party back to national greatness by taking the White House and gaining in Congress.
And then came Obama.
If this man doesn’t disturb you by now, there is no hope you’ll change anytime soon.
God help this great land of ours.
Obama’s “Big” Crowds: All Jockstrap, No Jock?
The fainting. The swooning. The thunderous applause everywhere he goes. The MSM can’t show us enough of His Rockstarness. For example, here he is after his victory in the North Carolina primary speaking, to a “rousing ovation.”
Check out how many people were actually in the arena.
http://patriotroom.com/?p=570
BACKDROPS. It’s the backdrops stupid. Exactly like George Bush. Stick the fool in front of something to belie the fact that you are looking at an empty suit. Why are democrats falling for this? I will never understand. I am a person without a party. I will never vote for a republican and I can’t vote for Sen. Obama. What a mess.
You should vote for McCain. He may be a Republican, but he’s not an ideologically-bound far right wing Republican. At least he’s had the courage to go against the base of his party on important issues when he felt it was in the best interests of the country to do so. When has Barack Obama ever gone against the far left wing of the Democratic Party … that is, before he won the nomination and suddenly needed to re-invent himself as a “centrist”.
McCain is nobody’s pawn. He will do what he believes to be in the best interests of the country, and if it pisses off the GOP base, then so be it. Any man who endured 5 1/2 years of torture in a North Vietnamese prison isn’t gonna worry about what the far right thinks of him.
Tom Daschle’s second wife is a HUGE lobbyist for the airline industry, among others. She was critically important when the airlines faced ruin after 9-11 for THEIR lax security operations that facilitated the attacks.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/07/17/EDFM11R6KI.DTL
What do you think of this article in SF Chronicle?
Barky needs to toughen up. I saw harsher satire going up and reading M.A.D. Magazine.
The answer is simple; the people pulling Obama strings are pro-war. Step-back and take a look at the larger picture.
“The Obama campaign’s idea of political courage is to run it up a flagpole and see what they can get away with. Then when it doesn’t work, pretend they weren’t really trying to do it in the first place.”
What a terrific turn of phrase! It so essentially, yet succinctly, captures the essence of Barack Obama as a political figure. The guy has no core convictions whatsoever. I may disagree with liberals, but at least I can respect them if they are consistent and reasoned in their positions. (And no, mindless shit like “Bush lied! People died!” doesn’t qualify.)
What I hate more than anything is a candidate who has sold himself as one thing throughout his political career suddenly trying to re-invent himself to win an election.