What’s Wrong With You Bitter White People?
By SusanUnPC on July 28, 2008 at 5:45 PM in Barack Obama, Electability, Flag officers, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, National Security, White Working Class
Barack doesn’t have much faith in you. He doesn’t think you’ll “get it.” Maureen Dowd asked him:
I asked how his “Citizen of the World” tour will go down in Steubenville, Ohio.
“There will probably be some backlash,” he said. “I’m a big believer that if something’s good then there’s a bad to it, and vice versa…”
Backlash? What in the hell does he mean?
That we’ll grouse about him spending time overseas?
No. What we complain about is, to quote a McCain press release:
- Barack Obama’s record of not calling a single oversight hearing on NATO’s mission in Afghanistan
- not visiting in Iraq for over 900 days
- not supporting our troops when he voted against critical funding in 2007 and
- not visiting our wounded troops in Germany when he made time to go to the gym but cancelled trips to Ramstein and Landstuhl.
Not only does Obama flat out not know enough about international politics, he doesn’t know enough about the U.S. military.
As Larry Johnson said last night on the John Batchelor radio show (podcast), it’s doubtful that Obama even knows the ranks in the military.
McCain’s TV ad also says it well:
Anncr: Barack Obama never held a single Senate hearing on Afghanistan.
He hadn’t been to Iraq in years.
He voted against funding our troops.
And now, he made time to go to the gym, but cancelled a visit with wounded troops.
Seems the Pentagon wouldn’t allow him to bring cameras.
John McCain is always there for our troops.
McCain. Country first.
Now, if Hillary is our nominee, the Republicans will not be able to use ANY of these arguments against her.
That is why over 30 flag officers endorsed Hillary Clinton.
I am reprinting my story, “34 Flag Officers and the Out Of Iraq Caucus Support Hillary Clinton“:
It is highly significant that both elected anti-war activists and 34 top flag officers support Hillary Clinton to be our next Commander in Chief:
[VIDEO: Some of the 34 flag officers who support Sen. Clinton. TRANSCRIPT below.] |
From the Out of Iraq Caucus: ”As firm opponents of the Iraq war, we believe there is no higher priority for the next President of the United States than ending this war, and we believe there is no one better prepared and more committed to bringing this war to a responsible conclusion than Hillary Clinton. The best way to honor the sacrifices of our brave young men and women in uniform is to bring them home. |
From the caucus: “We support Hillary Clinton because she is the candidate with the stature, strength, and experience needed to end this war as quickly and responsibly as possible.” … (Read all below.)
Who signed this letter today? These elected Iraq war opponents:
| Del. Donna Christian-Christensen (D-VI) Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-NY) Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-TX) Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) Rep. Richard Neal (D-MA) Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ) |
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA) Rep. Jose Serrano (D-NY) Rep. Hilda Solis (D-CA) Rep. Edolphus Towns (D-NY) Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D-OH) Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) Rep. Diane Watson (D-CA) Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-CA) |
Hillary has put forward the most comprehensive plan for bringing our troops home, with troop withdrawals beginning within 60 days of taking office. She bravely pressed the Pentagon to begin planning for the withdrawal of our troops from Iraq. And she has introduced legislation to bar the Bush administration from unilaterally negotiating a long-term security agreement with the Iraqi government and thereby tying the hands of the next administration.
Hillary’s commitment to ending this war is matched by her experience. Her knowledge of the armed forces, her service on the Senate Armed Services Committee, and her extraordinary efforts on behalf of our veterans have earned her the respect of our men and women in uniform.
We are proud to support her because we know that she is the candidate ready to bring our troops home.
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TRANSCRIPT OF THE NEW CAMPAIGN VIDEO:
Hillary for President
Admirals and Generals
(Ret) Rear Admiral David Stone: There’s a large group of retired Admirals and Generals that believe that this is the most important election in their lifetime…
[Screen: 34 retired Generals and Admirals including two chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff endorse Hillary Clinton]
…We face growing threats around the globe. Sen. Clinton is the candidate that we believe is the strongest, most experienced leader.
(Ret.) Lt. General Joe Ballard:
She has spent time in discussions with foreign governments and has spent time on the ground with military in Iraq and Afghanistan .
(Ret.) Brigadier General Evelyn “Pat” Foote:
The woman has traveled to over eighty countries; she knows this world
D. Stone:
Sen. Clinton has served for over five years on the Senate Armed Services Committee. She’s intimately familiar with the challenges that we face in our military today.
J. Ballard:
Sen. Clinton is the only candidate that has articulated a clear plan for getting us out of Iraq .
(Ret.) General Wesley Clarke:
On Iraq , she has a plan to bring our troops home in a smart, safe way.
(Ret.) Brigadier General Michael Dunn:
I have seen her get legislation passed that provides resources for our combat veterans.
(Ret.) Brigadier General John Watkins:
She took it upon herself to make sure that the National Guard and Reserve members who didn’t have access to TriCare insurance would get access to TriCare.
(Ret.) Major General George Buskirk: Sen. Clinton came out early and often, to fight for upgraded body armor, and you can ask any soldier-you can ask my son-how appreciative they are.
M. Dunn:
I admire charisma, I admire intellect. In a Commander in Chief I want more than that. I want proof. I want a track record.
J. Ballard:
You cannot learn on the job, you have to have a base of experience-a framework of experience.
J. Watkins:
Who do we believe would be the best person to occupy the Oval Office and to answer the red phone, as we said, at 3 o’clock in the morning or three o’clock in the afternoon? We come down on the Sen Hillary’s side of the ledger
W. Clark:
I believe Hillary Clinton is the right choice for America .
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I can send my daughter over to see Obama, shes not far from there in Ohio, she can take the guns she clings to. And maybe a bible?
http://nativeamericansagainstobama.wordpress.com/
Hey, if your daughter will just donate $5 to BO….she might get to (gasp!!) meet him backstage when Hillary gives her acceptance speech!!
“This year, the convention will be built around the participation of ordinary Americans. Democrats like you are opening up the political process like never before, and it is a bold and exciting time for our party.
Free tickets to the convention will be available soon. But if you make a donation in any amount by Thursday, July 31st, you and a guest could be flown to Denver, spend a couple of nights in a hotel, participate in the convention, and then go Backstage with Barack before the big event”
Sounds like they copied that idea from Hillary, too- except it was for tickets to see Elton John, meet Hillary & party. That sounded like a MUCH better deal. Who the hell would want to hang out w/Barky?
Senator Obama is now stealing ideas from the last Rolling Stones contest. If one went to Radio Shack, bought a $5 battery, one would be entered into a contest for seats on stage and visit backstage to have one’s photo taken with the Stones.
Doesn’t his campaign have one original thought or idea? He’ll probably steal from Miley Cyrus/Hannah Montana next and release a 3D version of the Berlin speech and his world tour on dvd, free with a $500 donation. September should bring us an U2 steal, an Obama iPod with a $1500 donation. And in October, $2000 will enter you in a contest to win a pair of tickets to an inaugural ball (one he’ll save for last and never get to IF he’s elected) and a special VIP area to view the swearing in ceremony that will be several blocks away.
Michelle Obama does not want any white people at the events of her “babies’ daddy.” Michelle Obama hates WHITEY.
Obama’s detractors bitched that he didn’t travel overseas, then when he did, they bitched that he did travel overseas. And when he said some would bitch about it, you bitch about that too.
Note that he didn’t phrase the question to reflect a white working town, the interviewer did. But that’s on Obama too of course.
The overwhelming need to criticize everything Obama does is comical. His sign in Berlin – a dead ringer for a Nazi sign, and then dead ringer for a communist signtoo . Which of course means the Nazi sign was a dead ringer for the communist sign. You couldn’t make this stuff up…
Bitter white folks will not vote for a nominee who wishes defeat on America…Period!
When Obama failed to stand at the state of the union and clap the success of our troops like other patriot Americans that was the moment when I knew that Obama wished defeat and retreat for America
If we had listened to Obama America today would be a defeated humiliated country running with our tails between our legs out of the middle east.
Shame on Obama for wishing defeat on America!!!
Did I mention that Hillary stood and clapped the success of our troops even though it cost her votes with the Anti-American wing of the party.
Contrary to popular opinion, Hillary is not some rabid war hawk. What she does understand is that in the military you go where you’re sent and you can’t just quit. You can try but you’ll most likely go to jail or prison. A felony conviction by the federal government can really ruin your day.
She understands that by law Generals must follow the orders of the CiC or resign their commission.
She understands that the Generals that were against this debacle in the first place, or who called for a larger invasion force, were simply replaced by those who would go along.
If fewer people are dying in Iraq, and I include Iraqis and not just Americans, that is always a good thing. Hillary also understands that.
That’s what experience can do for you.
thank you, candymarl. you said it so well!
RNC creates Obama Facebook parody site.
Obama with friends – Rezko, Ayers, etc.
LOL
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/28/rnc-creates-facebook-parody-site-for-obama/
What a brilliant idea. The Repubs are improving with their internet use.
Here’s the link – LOL
http://www.barackbook.com/
Damn, that’s funny!
>>> A felony conviction by the federal government can really ruin your day.
Hey, I remember that from 1968! Either go kill short people, or spend a few years as a guest of the Federal Corrections system.
Just a paragraph on my resume: “Running Dog Imperialist War Monger.”
We were winning when I left!
If Obama conducted himself like this and they have it on tape then McCain should use this in a ad especially if Obama is sulking.
I truly believe that The One has convinced himself that he will win – without his Dem base – with new, young, enthusiatic supporters and so he does not care a bit how stupid he sounds and the demeaning things he says about the majority of Americans.
The man is stupid – like W – just stupid in other ways.
I think Kerry believed the new, young, enthusiastic voters would come out in record numbers and support him as well.
I guess the Dave Matthews Band and such were busy that day and couldn’t throw a free concert to encourage the voting.
Doubt the Dave Mathews band is very popular in Chicago after dumping the septic tank from their mobile home band bus in the Chicago River.
I’m surprised they have not shown the clip which was very noticeable.
Most people including Hillary stood and clapped the president.
Obama and Kennedy both sat on their hands sulking wishing that America would be defeated.
Very shameful performance of Obama!!
I believe that it is the smoking gun of how Obama really feels about the United states and Iraq.
Please…Someone get a video slice of that moment which was televised by the networks at the state of the union in 2008 which clearly shows Obama wishing for defeat.
It’s probably coming closer to November. The Repubs wouldn’t want anyine to miss it while they are away at their cabin.
They are probably waiting until there is no question that Iraq is a success.
I’m sure at the Republican convention they will hoist McCain up as the hero who won Iraq for America.
Then they will show the clip of the defeatist.
The Repubs are waiting until after the Dem convention – to make sure Obama is the nominee.
Winner, winner, chicken dinner.
Dean, Pelosi, Brazile, Obama and their faction are Bolsheviks and should be called so.
Not for VP. Did you read the post “Divided Loyalties, Obama’s Eligibility Problem”?
He’s not going to be POTUS.
lezi’s a hijacker AKA an onramp troll and suffers from nutcracker envy syndrome.
LOL…Good one Basil
The MSM actually had an article up about this today, Yahoo! News. Richardson also is unqualified to hold an Executive level office because of dual citizenship.
What is the article?
TexasDarlin.
Will this website be of help in anyway?
http://www.city-data.com/forum/immigration/103285-why-do-we-allow-dual-citizenship-5.html
It’s on this site as well
Richardson is a tur-coat and unfortunately our Governor.
New York Times: “Where’s The Bounce [Dammit]?”
Wiping the nervous sweat from his brow, Adam Nagourney at the New York Times tries to figure out who misplaced the emperor’s clothes.
http://patriotroom.com/?p=635
Obama is still bouncing in Gallup, but down in Rasmussen.
I just checked Gallup about an hour ago, and he’s headed back down again. I guess that’s why AOL took down the story about his big lead.
If he’s the candidate who can “bring Americans together” (as one of his celebrity endorsers said), then why have his poll numbers never gotten out of the 40s? He’s not bringing Americans together. He’s dividing us. It’s just too bad that the mule-headed SDs can’t see it.
Gallup Poll Shows McCain Ahead of Obama 49-45
AOL News
After eight years of a photo op talk the talk republican in the White House. Mr. Change We Can Believe In tried to pass of his talk the talk photo ops from his summer vacation as competent foreign policy and national security matters management experience. The only pressing questions now are what international horse association is BOBO secretly president of and will hurricane season be over before November.
WC you’re doin a heck of a job!
Ahhhh the dividends of the Uhhbamapalooza Tour start paying!!
PRIDE GOETH BEFORE THE FALL
and so it begins
OMMM
HILLARY IS POTUS
He is bringing bitter white dems and republicans together!
Such a uniter!
..and don’t forget us bitter black Americans–with a “slave mentality”. Please let me wake up from this nightmare!
PUMA Power, Hillary or
McCain without a second thought!
I hope this is not offensive, but that so-called church he went to preaches that
Black Americans can never get anywhere or do anything. How is that supposed to empower people? Preacher lives in multi million dollar mansion, but the rest of you, uh no chance. I don’t understand that type of thinking. How can anybody buy into that?
People like that preacher want to keep others down to gain riches for themselves.
Imho….It is NEVER offensive to expose Hypocrisy…
No. There are two Gallup polls. The general electorate poll has a bounce but the likely voters poll has him plummeting.
I just want to know what Obama hasn’t been – and still isn’t – up 20 points over that grumpy old man who will follow all of Bush’s policies.
Something is very very wrong.
only wrong if you want BOBO to win…there are plenty of PUMAs here to say …we told you so (but its not too late!)
Could it be…I don’t know… he’s a piss ant of a candidate?
ding ding ding, give that poster a cigar ladies and gentlemen!!!
What’s wrong is were growing by the day, those taken out of the process by Dean and Company! Add in Nobama’s stammering speeches, gym with the local German’s (which we already like) and not with the troops.. surprise mccain didn’t fly over and show him how one enters the hospital without INTHETANK media up his rear. I’ve been sensing the group was growing and while I”m just ONE VOTE IN KANSAS CITY that no pollster calls either…I can almost believe with enough voices, just maybe the super delegates will realize the hill he has to climb and SWITCH BACK to Hillary. If we could get a few good protest showings in the next few weeks and show his UNITY speeches of get over it and get on the bus or else attitude.. If not I’m forced to vote mccain as retaliation along with voting against all who supportted him locally.
I can only hope his numbers drop each day…
Hi D&C… I’m your neighbor in KC, so you’re not alone!
Actually, I don’t know one single person in my “real life” who is supporting Obummer. My boss is a lifetime Democrat, and a redneck, who said he will be voting Republican if they don’t bring Hillary back! And I’ve never discussed politics with him, he just volunteered that out of the blue!
A lot of white people don’t trust him. He went to a racist church for 20 years and we believe that it still in his heart.
Thank you
Keep the change
What’s wrong is this: No one believes in the change Obama promises, the ‘Grumpy old man’ is in fact a true American, a patriot. See the difference?
USA Today/Gallop: McCain +4
Gallop tracking: obama +8
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/us/general_election_mccain_vs_obama-225.html
And Gallup/USA Today’s latest poll has McCain actually ahead by 4 points natioinallty. Go figure.
The polls are all over the place. Most people haven’t really started to look seriously at the election yet, and they won’t until the conventions roll around in a few weeks. This is still very much anybody’s race.
Like many McCain supporters I value HRC highly and consider her in the same category as McCain: patriotic, experienced, competent and Presidential material. She would always try to what is right according to her moral compass and put Country first.
She will only get the nomination if enough SDs change their minds. This is only be achieved by the following things happening:
(1)She will have to be placed in nomination
(2)BO’s poll numbers have to go considerably down.
(3)the SDs will have to see that BO will inevitably lose to McCain.
(2) & (3) can be achieved by hammering two issues home, namely BO birth certificate problem/in-eligibility and the concern about long term effects of his admitted cocaine abuse, as evidenced by his speech, gaffes, stuttering and delusional behaviour.
By “hammering” I mean all the Nobama blogs co-ordinating that they constantly emphasise these issues. Eventually this tidal wave will break down the walls of silence in the MSM
Ain’t gonna happen, Doc. If Hillary were to somehow get the nomination at this late stage, the blacks and hard-core leftists in the Democratic Party will riot. Literally. They will feel that their chance to elect one of their own as president has been “stolen” and they will take to the streets. It would tear the Democratic Party in two and guarantee a McCain win.
The best chance the Democrats have to win back the White House is to stay with Obama.
Yes, Hillary would have been the stronger, better candidate. But it’s too late now.
Sorry, Dan R. but if the case is that Obama is unelectable they won’t be rioting anywhere. It’s a myth about AA’s – they would vote for Clinton in a heartbeat. The progessives are a hell of a lot less likely to vote for McCain than HRC’s moderate base.
The MSM would start telling the REAL story – that they called the race too soon and it’s not over. They would do it if Obama imploded. They’d have to.
No, if HRC was made the nominee, the Dems would win.
Pollpatrol,
I will agree with you that if Clinton were somehow nominated at this stage there would be no riots. That is a myth consistently put forward by some. I disagree with you that AA would fall in line with Hillary. No democrat can win without significant AA support. She won’t have it under these circumstances. PUMA folks would, however, find how the repubs reallly think of Hillary. She would receive the kind of grilling that Obama never gave her. The repubs would then switch from trying to court Hill backers to AA outreach. Fox and the repubs would run stories of how the Democratic party stole it from Obama. Having volunteered during the primary in NC I can say we registered a lot of new voters of all races, as has the campaign generally. I don’t think many of them would come out for Hill. The way to blunt that would be for Obama to come out in full support of Hillary. That could work for some, but for others not so much. There would be an Obam-like PUMA group that would believe that every positive utterance of Clinton by Obama would have been forced and done only so Obama would have a future in democratic politics. Sound familar?
Hillary need to stay well away from the disaster which is the democrat party.
They need to go down hard for showing their Anti-American two bit totalitarian socialist thuggery.
Hillary and the Clinton wing can pick up the pieces.
Of course the Republican party is in the process of being Reborn and will become the party of respect,opportunity and a champion against sexism towards women
So maybe the democrat party needs to die!
I’ve thought about this. It seems the point of the Obama World Tour was to impress the SD’s, so they wouldn’t do anything rash like nominate Hillary. I am not afraid of riots but just depressed voter turnout. The DNC set this up. They have been giving quotes to the media vouching for Obama as the official nominee despite protocol and rules. I think Obama will lose the election, and they knew this. Once again, they served their pockets and not democracy and its guiding principles.
Huhn?
Pollpatrol,
He’s at it again down thread. This time, he advises that “the decision has made”..blah, blah, blah.
yeah well they are gonna riot when he loses in November anyway, Id rather have a smaller riot now than a bigger one later, a Denver riot over a national riot
and when the GOP lets loose all the crap they have the facts that were never revealed by our complaint media, then there will be no REAL riot, cause it will be totally justified when he loses the nomination
I think it will happen post Denver when the GOP unloads on him with their oppo
I think Guiliani got sloppy cause what he has on Uhhbama is sooo damaging he was sure hew would win
MCCAIN hired Rudys campaign mgr and it cant be cause he ran a great campaign…
if the SDs have guts Hill will get the nom in Denver, if not, she will get it post Denver after Uhhbasma goes down in flames under heavy GOP oppo unloading
reply to Dan R..and to quote him:
“The best chance the Democrats have to win back the White House is to stay with Obama.
Yes, Hillary would have been the stronger, better candidate. But it’s too late now.”
fly’s reply..that is not a reason to vote for Obama..he is in-experienced, he will be dangerous to our National security..he is an idiot..he is a liar..and personally the democratic party brought this upon themselves letting a cheater steal caucus’s and the DNC stealing my vote and the votes of 2 million in my state of Florida and Michigan..it is all the reason i need to vote for anyone but Obama and the democrats that did this and allowed this and did not stand up to this bullshit!
no obama now ,.not ever for me!..let them steal your vote and see how you feel about it..watch a caucus get stolen and tell us how you feel about your democracy being stolen..
it makes me sick beyond words!
I value my democracy and consitution too much to ever vote for the crook Obama!
fly
Oh and Dan R…keep remembering, if you are old enough to remember..in 2004 it was Democratic candidate Kerry that begged McCain to be his running mate..i remember it well..
fly.. a 2004 Elected Kerry Delegate
Well, I guess that’s one way to win the Democratic nomination, threaten to riot in the streets. And what will they threaten if their guy isn’t handed the presidency in November, hold their breath ’til they turn blue, throw a tantrum, eat worms and die?
Ah, a kindred strategist! Thanks Doc!
I agree that there is a pressing need to consolidate forces, come to a common game plan and do this right. Too much energy may be being spent on complaint and not enough on direct action.
It is fun to pull up next to someone with a Barry bumper sticker and yell out, “Obama? Yo Mama!” real loud, but it isn’t efficient to put these chumps down one at a time.
Now, how about some suggestions, people.
What, other than individual proselytization is available to us?
I agree. the BC/eligibility issue is the strongest issue we have right now (thanks TD & Judah)…the cocaine issue I think a different approach: of course remind people of overuse of cocaine, but, it is the lying about his past–writing about it in a book but lying about it in applications. Raising issues of security clearances.
The last piece is his obvious ignorance of all matters!
Kos calls Obama “an outsider agent of change”
I’m trying to make sense of that statement but Obama sure does seem like someone outside the democratic party that I use to know and belong to.
It means he’s not really an American patriot, but rather a global citizen who has the best interests of the planet at heart. Sounds like a Scientologist to me!
Oh geez, that’s all we need. People who think an alien lives in a volcano and is somehow going to do what?
LOL Real Hope…
Great and funny. I still believe that laughing at the craziness of the Obama
coronation is the thing his campaign hates the most.
He has a “gravitas” issue. LOL Thin, thin little resume.
I never understood what the “change” gimmick was supposed to be about. Apparently it is just a slogan where people fill in the blank for whatever they want changed. Similar to “They can put a man on the Moon but they can’t _____”. Decide what it is you are not happy with and fill in the blank. But voting for Obama will not make it come to fruition.
hey Uhhbama says he will cut NASA to fund his education plan, so they cant even use that anymore huh…..
When my body gets hit by an “Outsider agent of change,” I usually take a cold pill or something and sleep it off.
What kind of cold pill is available to relieve us of this viral infection?
Excellent post-thx!!!
You had me until you included Wes Clark. He’s not worth getting excited about. He’s Obama with five stars.
FYI: There are no more Five Star Generals. Omar Bradley was the last living one. He died in ‘81.
Wes Clark was a very strong supporter of Hillary.
Wes Clark and WJC were the successful architects of our part in the Bosnia revolution. It was a triumph for our Military and Wes and Bill.
On a related note,
Last Spring when W went to Bosnia, the crowds loved him. All they knew is that America stopped the killing and so anything America must be good.
A that dufus W just lapped it up and thought it was him that they adored.
Heh..
That reminds me of someone.
It’s all about him.
I’ve read this on a few threads and did not see any follow up but I’m very curious.
All of these polls that we hear day in and day out. Who are they polling?
I live in PA which is a ‘battleground’ state and have yet to be polled nor do I know anyone who has.
If you have been polled, please share. I’d love to hear if any of us are included in these polls.
Aye Aye from Ohio. Home all day. No ringy dingy!
No rings in Florida.
No ding a ling in Tampa.
I’ve been to Tampa. Standard issue/ration of ding-a-lings there, trending towards ding-a-ling saturation on the St. Petersburg side of the bay.
And those people in Tarpon Springs are just plain dinky-dau.
No rings in CA, nor has anyone I know been called. I’ve asked.
No rings in Phoenix
No rings in Utah or Wa state for us.
Nothing in glorious people’s republic of massachusettsazakistan
they only call the Peoples Republic of Berkley
None here in IL.
They don’t bother way down here in the Sunny Mildly Fascist state of Texas…LOL
Not in Colorado, home all day and even have a land line.
i was called many times in the state of MO, until they figured my voting tendencies, none for a while…..
I have a theory. They wander around the streets of New York City and ask people where their home town is and include that data …. hahahahaha
I really do think they make it up day by day. It just does not make any sense how they can be so all over the board.
By george, I think you’ve got it.
I know what you mean. Whenever they say, xx% of Independent voters support Obama, I always respond with, “Nobody asked me.”
I caught someone talking to my dog with an Obama button on, I think they were pollsters.(pssst one of my dogs is not registered to vote).
The other is too young.
So that one can only vote in caucus’, right?
Hopefully, one of your dogs is male and registered your preference against the pollster’s legs and shoes…
LOL…funny that Mr. Dobbs
FYI. Gallup and Rasmussen poll about 1,000 people daily by telephone. So, their 3-day tracking statistics cover the opinions of roughly 3,000 people. That information is on their websites.
I live in NJ and about a month ago Rasmussen called and polled me. I told them I would vote for someone other than Obama or McCain.
Thanks for sharing. At least we know they actually do poll people.
I realize they post this on their website – call me cynical but I don’t believe everything that I read.
Oh I get polled to bits. I get online polls and such. I got a telephone poll last fall but that was the only one. I’ve been polled by Zogby, Rassmussen, Polling Point, NDPR, and some other poll whose name I can’t remember.
I have no idea why. It must be my demographic and the fact that I’m one of those registered voters that are so important. /snark
I was polled about a month ago. told them I was definitely not voting for Obama.
I live in Colorado and was polled by Quinnipiac (sp?)last week which reported McCain gaining 7 pts from the previous poll to go ahead by 5 pt.
In the part of the State where I live, those numbers would be low for McCain. I think Boulder and Aspen are probably the Obama hotbeds where the rich, educated people live. We clingy, bitter, gun-toting, Bible-toting, pickup driving folks live in the rest of the State.
Maybe that other Kennedy imitation, Gary Hart, talked the Democrats into thinking Obama can win Colorado. Hart, of course, was not a native Coloradan and was probably the main reason I became an independent rather than a Democrat in my younger days. Couldn’t stand the man.
Do they still have those, “Honk If Gary Hart Owes You Money!” bumper stickers in Colorado?
Nope- nada- bupkis. Been home all day- no calls from pollsters. AND nobody I know has ever been called by any polling outfit. I live in PA- another of those battlegound states. Maybe Obama told them not to poll anybody here cuz we are all bitter and clingy?
Nothing here in Wa either and I don’t know anyone who has been polled.
I posted about this over a month ago. Two of my daughters went to the local dem caucus 4 yrs ago. There were, they told me, about ten people there with the end result being they were elected as Chair and Vice-chair.
Now that the stage is set:
The Democratic Party has been phoning my house for three years with “independent polls.” Originally they were directed at the phone number, but once this old dog started letting them know that ‘Marxists is tasty,’ they stopped.
Now and then a “Poll Call” will come in but it is directed to my daughter by name.
Polls are ALWAYS manipulated. Its how they function.
Any poll, before being taken, must define its area of interest, create questions which gather data relevant to the point, categorize the answers, and then process the data.
I am reminded of an old line, “Anybody can lie, but to do it right, you need STATISTICS!”
>>> ‘Marxists is tasty,’
They are quite crunchy, and go well with ketchup!
With an ICE COLD WORKING CLASS LOCAL BEER CHASER…LOL
I live in PA too, a state with an overwhelming number of over 50 residents and most of them vote. I don’t know anyone who has ever been polled. I was wondering this morning, what demographics are they calling and what kind of numbers? Cell phones? Text messages? What?
No rings in Twin Cities, MN!
My aunt got polled in Virginia.
Something is definitely wrong in ObamaLand. After the International Messiah Tour, with constant, almost adoring, attention from all the major news media, nightly profiles from all the anchors about the inter-galactic “love” that all beings supposedly feel for The One…looks at the polls. Obama has something like a 3-8% edge on John McCain. And the media has been virtually ignoring McCain – and when they do report on him, it is usually something negative. What is going to happen when the Republicans REALLY start going after Obama?
It’s the same with Hillary. She’s not even in the news these days and still out-polls Obama against McCain, and still wins key battleground states.
Even in the roar of of the European love-athon, he is fading, continuing a downward trajectory of 3 months and counting…
Mike Dukakis was up by seventeen points at this stage of the game during his run.
Amazing how some chickens just don’t hatch…you can’t be counting your November assets in July–it just doesn’t work.
We know Hillary Clinton is qualified and so is John McCain but Obama is not. A lot of people assume they are intelligent because they adopt a race card voting strategy. This sorry approach is the reason we are getting stuck with a clown like Obama. This is an ominous portent for more rubbish down the road.
“‘I’m a big believer that if something’s good then there’s a bad to it, and vice versa’”
Barack never misses a chance to play both sides of anything.
Wow, what a patently moronic statement. Does that gasbag ever engage his brain prior to flapping?
Naaah, he doesn’t HAVE to.
See, Barack Who’sVain Obama thinks being a male model with a winsome smile is more than enough. And for the stupid, the naive, the appearance-based, why, perhaps it is.
For those of us stodgy codgers who presume to care about our nation and its future, though, “I’m So Pretty” is not, and never will be, a foreign policy strategy.
Has anyone noticed the increase gray hair he’s been sporting lately?
Could this be a makeover for him too? Maybe so we think he is older and possibly mature enough to handle the POTUS?
Nah! His whole head could be gray or bald for that matter, won’t win me over.
He got the short end in his deal with the devil. The picture in the attic is turning handsome and bo, oops, not good.
I’ve noticed! I think it’s because Barky can’t take the pressure. He could grow his hair out, give himself a mohawk, tint it red, white and blue and I still wouldn’t vote for him!!!
Same goes for body jewelry and tats.
OMG ~ so beautiful I wish I’d thought of that one!
Sorry, but right here and now, I am officially stealing that line, and plan to lay it on everyone I meet, everywhere:
Barack Obama, male model
like dan ackroyd’s Fred Garvin – Male Prostitute
LOL…Too funny Idiocracy08
That statement of his is typical Barry bullshit. How does that philosophy function in the light of his supposed Christianity?
There’s some good in God, but there’s gotta be bad, too?
I love my children, but I have to hate them too?
The undying love in the eyes of my Red Bone hound, Jack is really hiding his desire to rip out my throat?
What a load of crap!
What a dickhead he is….
Jeeze
I am not bitter or white.
Obama’s rise as the presumptive nominee of the Democratic Party saddens me because years and years of allowing race baiters like Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson to run freely without question in this country has finally come home.
Donna Brazile isn’t qualified to wash windows let alone have a position in the DNC leadership.
The black community in this country has proven time and time again that race trumps everything else. I know there are some within the black community that have refused to follow this path, but they have been vilified and called “traitors”.
It is time for minorities to demand change in this country. We cannot wait for someone like Obama, Jesse Jackson, and Al Sharpton to be removed from the bully pulpit. We need action now!
We are only victims of our ancestors plight if we allow ourselves to be used in such a manner. Opportunities knock at the door. You cannot wait for white America to knock on that door and hand it to you. Get off your butt and get the job done.
We need leaders in the minority community that understands the following:
Poverty isn’t just a black or brown thing. Poverty is no respecter of man, color, or creed.
Fathers are an important part of the family unit. I hear many minority leaders profess this loudly from the microphone, but sit on their butts and do nothing. Stating the obvious isn’t going to work unless punishment is enforced. You don’t take care of your kids, you’re going to pay the price. The taxpayers in this country should not have to pay for your reckless abandonment.
Education isn’t a white thing. People of all nationalities in this country are given the opportunity to advance via education. If you choose not to do so, then you have yourself to blame and not white America or the system.
Racism is rampant in the minority community. To turn a blind eye and then yell at whites for perceived racism is not only unfair, but hypocritcal to say the least. You cannot expect tolerance from white America if you aren’t willing to demand it of yourself and those around you.
Blacks are not the only people to have suffered injustices in this country. Read your history books and find out about early immigration in America. Look at what was done to Irish, German, Jews, and other Americans.
Yes, slavery was awful and a terrible tragedy in this country. However, Native Americans were here first and look what happened to them and what continues to happen to them. You aren’t the only ones that suffer.
This country was founded by WASP. When the Declaration of Independence was written, they didn’t have many of us in mind with the words “all men shall be created equal”. Yet, those words are near and dear to me because it establishes that while we’re not perfect—we’re never going to stop trying.
To condemn this nation to someone that does not understand this nation, tells me that some Americans simply don’t care.
America’s Revoluntionary War wasn’t just about our freedom. It outlined what kind of people would walk this great land. We weren’t just fighting invaders—our forefathers were fighting against their own government. The American Revoluntionary War became an inspiration around the world. We were once David and England was Goliath.
We have our imperfections and stains, but we also live in the greatest country in the world.
If Obama doesn’t understand this, then I suggest we send his ass back home to Illinois or to Kenya with his cousin.
Sorry for the long rant.
Great comment Republican Chick. If you want to see some poverty you can go to any town, big or small, or a reservation, it’s everywhere.
Well said, RepublicanChick.
Republican Chick..You nailed that one. All the points you brought up are valid but if I, a white , said them I would be called racist by the kool-aid drinkers. All those points need worked on by people of every race and this country would be much better for everyone. I think Bill Clinton said it best….work hard and play by the rules. I know it is simplistic but something everyone should do. Thanks for your comment.
I am with you Republicanchick
but please….
We do NOT want him back in Illinois!
amen
I’m not sure what white America is supposed to mean. There is so much diversity in white people — more than any on this planet I can think of — they don’t act as a unit or have anyone speaking for them. Blacks, on the other hand, are the least diverse people I can think of. They have a few people who speak for them as if they have no diversity of thought amongst themselves. And the people they choose to speak for them all preach victimology, ie, Jackson, Sharpton, Farrakhan, and Obama. Obama toned himself down only because he is running for president. Blacks hold Wright in esteem since he preaches BLT (victimology) and the one white person they admire is Phleger who preaches it as well. The vast majority of blacks seem to just follow each other in a line.
well said
Yes — that was insightful.
However there is a large gap in opinion that was forged during the 1960s.
On one side there a group represented by MLK and his movement — peace and the understanding that we need to work TOGETHER for racial understanding.
On the other side the Black Liberation/Black Panther/Black Power -> Liberation Theology — represented by the church Obama has attended for 20 years. Remember Obama refused to be part of the MLK memorial — that Clinton and McCain attended. The gang of thugs in this group liberally plays the race card and the victim card and the hate card.
There is also this problem of the far left that created by keeping them on welfare, Affirmative Action and other social welfare that keep black people down. And they were created by the liberal white who think they can think for blacks(instead of let them think for themselves). That kept the blacks down by getting use to the idea of demanding everything from the government, and earn everything on their own merit. The so call black leaders are only gaming the system for power. They don’t really care for the well being of ordinary black people. They do not wish blacks to be successful, that’s their power base. When black people stand-up, they will be free thinker without their slave mentality.
As Republicanchick put it, every other race in this country had been treated badly in the past. Native Indian had it the worst, and the black had it worst than most. But living in the past can never help one person achieve their potential. And I think the white liberal and self serving black leaders are the one who’s keeping the black people down.
Blacks who live in my area are mostly respected. Because giving the cost of living here(a high end location in San Fran), everyone knows they earn the right to be respected. Well, San Francisco being the best city for minority can’t hurt. But then we have too many liberal(you just can’t have everything I guess). What I am saying is that we have more of a Classes problem than we are with a Race problem in the 21st century.
and not earn everything on their own merit. Sorry for the typo.
RepublicanChick;
We have our imperfections and stains, but we also live in the greatest country in the world.
If Obama doesn’t understand this, then I suggest we send his ass back home to Illinois or to Kenya with his cousin.
I say “Hallelujah and Amen” to you RepublicanChick. You took the words right out of my mouth.
KsGirl, who is a moderate Republican that will vote for McCain if Hillary is not at the top of the ticket, without BO.
right on, well said!
RepublicanChick, I agree with this statement. I also agree that virtually no group has been free from injustices, Native Americans, Irish, Italians, Asians, Hispanics, etc…But don’t you think that even though poverty is found in all groups, some blacks still have to deal with racism as well as poverty? People will always be judged by their skin color. When this happens in places like school and work, it sends the message that maybe hard work is just not enough.
Racism will always exist. Although majority of the people in this country aren’t racist, a large portion of them are still some what stereo-type. It’s hard to change the image they see in poor area that are mostly live by minorities. The poor white are facing similar problem being called trailer trash.
When I was in the military, most of my shipmate are from the southern states and white. I have to deal with some of them as well as some blacks who use racial slur and jokes all the time. I don’t tolerate that. I would confront them and stop them front ever using it in front of me again. That did not stop me from making friends and winning respect once they get to know me. They were just fear of the unknown. If you can be easily discouraged by how people judge you, then you aren’t likely to get very far anyway. That’s the job of teachers and parents. How people feel about the color of my skin don’t bother me. And it’s should never be the excuse of any one’s failure. Prove them wrong by hard work and smart thinking is the only way.
Wow, thanks for the story. So you don’t think racism will go away? But at least it can decrease.
You’re right. Racism is not the only problem. Calling poor whites “trailer trash” is also wrong. I feel that in some ways racism is worse because a black person can’t change her skin color. But I agree that the color of your skin should not be an excuse for failure. It’s just that some people have to work harder than others to get over it.
Sorry DoraB, but Irish, Italian, Asians, Hispanics, etc. Have suffered institutional discrimination as they immigrated in waves to this country and today they still encounter ethnic discrimination at school, at work, in marriages, etc.
Didn’t Obama called the Italians in NYC, whom I suppose supported Hillary, “garlic noses”…
Eehmmm…..This cracker suffered institutional descrimination when I had to through a series of sudden misfortunes attempt to get emergency GOVT. relief for me and my daughter 4 years ago….I didn’t fit the profile
Ummm, I think that was Rev Wright. Not even Sasquatch…er, Michelle is that tone deaf.
Darn good point Dora,
Certainly America’s treatment of minorities over its history has its share of shameful occurrences. As Andy (if I recall correctly, Andy) might be able to share, the treatment of American Chinese had its period in the 19th Century where those great people were treated horribly… no better than slaves in the treatment they received. Yet today, American Chinese in California routinely set academic records in the schools there. American Chinese have an industriousness that puts all of us to shame and their positive example of citizenship is exemplary.
There has been, over the past thirty years, a concerted effort on the part of the same types who now are trying to forcefeed us Obama to differentiate us from each other in a divisive fashion.
The appellations of African American, Native American, Italian American, Chinese American, Martian American and every other Blank American has done way more than its share to cause us to hate each other simply because of the ORDER of that appellation.
I hereby propose that we try a little CHANGE!
I propose that from now on, we ALL try to call our brothers and sisters of differing appearance by the NEW appellation of AMERICAN Africans, AMERICAN Mexicans, AMERICAN Chinese and AMERICAN INDIANS as they wish to be called.
This minor change emphasizes our Commonality rather than our differences.
At last it would be possible for WE, THE PEOPLE to treat each other equally due to the simple fact that we ARE ALL THE SAME!
I now cede my soapbox to the next person in line.
Thanks for reading this old dog’s ramblings.
Thank you. I thought your ramblings were very inspirational, and your suggestion is interesting and worth thinking about. But why should we just switch the order? Why not just call everyone Americans?
Yes, American Chinese and many other types of Asians are excelling in academics and going to medical schools, engineering, etc…because they have worked and studied hard.
So people look at the American Asians and wonder why the Hispanics and Blacks can’t be the same? Why don’t they just work harder and do better in school? The Chinese did it…
I guess I have a problem with that argument. While Chinese and other Asians work hard, they also have to deal with racism, like every other minority. Maybe the people who succeed can ignore it and move on. This is great, but it doesn’t make racism go away. The same goes for black people then. That’s one reason why I have a problem with Obama. His race-baiting only benefitted himself, while he has no plan to address the real racism in society.
It is good to work hard and not see oneself as a victim, but is that enough to create a more just society? It’s something I’ve been thinking about for a long time, and I don’t know the answer, so I really appreciate your input.
That’s also one of the things that Obama really p**s me off. He’s camp painted the Clintons as racist, the Clintons who did so much for minorities all their life. He’s action will be more harmful than helpful to black people in general.
Also, I must point out that most Hispanic are hard working people. But we Chinese and Hispanic immigrants had to spend too much time making a living to worry about much of anything else. We Chinese do have an advantage, our strong sense of family. I think this is important to blacks and Hispanics as well. The country have divorce rate of well over 50%. Broken family aren’t good for the nest generation, especially those of poor minority. If look, you will see that traditional Asian family had divorce rate in the single digits. That will help with the up bringing of the minority youth.
Some might think that I am a bit off. I think we should get rid of housing like those in Chicago. It only keep people in bad living condition as well as environment. You will become who you associate with. If you don’t want your kid to use drugs, keep them away from people who sell and use drugs. If you want to study, you hang out with like minded people. My family qualify for public housing when we came to this country 20 years ago, but we never took the help. We(family of 4) rather stay in a studio the side of my current bedroom. The public housing are bad for families. Get them voucher instead.
Also, the Chinese has always believe in education. They had always believe that education is the best way to move up. This had been the tradition of Asian culture for more than 2000 years. Confucius said that only the educated are the most envied.
The government can only enforce law to stop open discrimination. There is no way that though policing can be allowed. So we are let with the choice of either self improve or being left behind(equal). I don’t see racism will be a big problem down the line. The global economy open up the world in front of our eyes. To stay competitive, business owner have no choice but to choose that best candidate for the job. The only thing that I can think of that will do anything, will be special educational help poor children of all color. Like I said, the problem is more classes than races.
Thanks for very valuable input Andy, I was hoping you were around, buddy. Did you see that we actually had a lady here tonight who marched with Martin Luther King?
Talk about someone who knows the value and cost of freedom.
Thanks for your post!
Thanks Doro,
I do know that the racial acrimony and distrust I see feeds on itself. I know it will never get better if one group always blames the rules for their plight when everyone else who plays by the rules constantly improves their lives.
Trying to assign blame for its existence now makes no more sense than deciding whether the Catholics in Northern Ireland or the Protestants are the villains.
What it takes, just like the ever improving lives of the great people of Northern Ireland is TRYING!
In a country which has 20,000,000 Illegal people living in it, (because life is better here than anywhere they can go,) it is hard for non-blacks to understand how so many people born with the language and endowed with the citizenship of the nation they would lie cheat and steal to get into, can blame the fact that they live here for all their problems.
That’s exactly how I feel!!! They can’t never understand this until they live in another country for a while.
Brava.
Oh, my God…..Republican Chick for president….it’s not even an AA thing, but an all American thing…get up and better your life!! If I didn’t know better, I’d think you were Newt, Rush, etal in disguise! Get your message out, God knows, we other Repubs can’t! God Bless!
thank you Republican Chick
Well, Obama is back from his whirlwind international tour. Who is left to impress? I say it is time to send him on his intergalactic tour to a galaxy far, far away!
He can take all the MSM he wants to take along with him, just leave us Joe Scarborough and Sean Hannity.
All of the Obamabots can see how hot Barky looks in his space suit.
Sorry aliens, get your death ray guns handy!
that’s the first time I’ve heard summer vacation called a whirlwind international tour
What was it 8 or 9 countries? I wouldn’t exactly call it an international tour:)
I’m sorry all I can think of when I hear
is, “A Three Hour Tour, A Trhee hour Tour”
If not for the courage of the fearless media,
The Messiah would be lost….
Funny. We should send him off to Obama’s island. Not only would I buy him a ticket, I might even go so far as to build him a special boat!
If others were on that island they would vote Obama off.
I think of ‘if this is Tuesday, it must be Belgium’
Lovely, tropical Liberia and unspoiled SIerra Leone need leadership of his caliber…
Gilligan was smarter than Oblowme!!
laughing here…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iM4QOflsV0
I love Gilligan!!
Had his own theme song to go with the holiday and a bus.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdJCtqegd8A
OMG, this is hysterical!
Found this interesting article about Obama: “Don’t be conned by globalist Obama”
Read more…..
Source:
http://www.independent.ie/opinion/letters/dont-be-conned-by-globalist-obama-1441993.html
Irish newspaper.
Barack and I do not need WHITEY.
Republican presidential candidate John McCain moved from being behind by 6 points among “likely” voters a month ago to a 4 point lead over Democrat Barack Obama The Friday-Sunday poll, mostly conducted as Obama was returning from his much-publicized overseas trip and released just this hour, shows McCain now ahead 49%-45%
http://blogs.usatoday.com/onpolitics/2008/07/gains-for-mccai.html
With Hillary out of the race (I know she isn’t) Barack Obama will turn to his secret weapon to woo Hillary supporters back into the fold. Drum Roll Please. The secret weapon is Michelle Obama. What do you think ladies? Can Michelle woo you?
http://cbs2chicago.com/local/michelle.obama.womens.2.782143.html
She can’t woo me. I am gald she will be keeping busy with people she cannot win over as opposed to any she can win over (if there are any).
It would be a cold day in hell if she wooed me!
I see right through her fake fashion sense and desperate attempts to appear like a typical soccer mom.
Maybe she’ll be back on The View in as a regular guest? She can pimp out some more clothes and take a cut from the profits to pay for those Spanish lessons her daughters should be taking.
>>> …to pay for those Spanish lessons her daughters should be taking.
Brava!!!
Not a chance in hell!!
Michelle “I hate America” Oblahma can get all the make overs she wants but that angry face of hers will never go away!
No soul healing needed here…
PUMA!
OY
After Michelle trashed talked Hillary, yeah let me run right out and support her arrogant husband. Upon reading the article, I was really amazed at how Obama and his people just do not get it. They can’t understand the “hurt” that Hillary supporters feel? That is the most absurb statement I have ever heard. Why don’t they substitute pissed off for “hurt” and go back and read some of the absolute trash they claimed about Hillary along with their conniving, cheating ways. “Hurt” tries to make us out to be weak, sensitive people who just need a little time to heal and nothing is further from the truth.
EEEWWWW! That women comes on my proeperty I am not responsible if the dog chews her up or the horse stomps her or the chickens peck her eyes out or the cats run up her back! I wouldn’t be surprised if the wild birds went after her!
Animals are always better than at judging people, I think that’s why they don’t have a dog. My animals can smell a bad person a mile away and I am sure she would set them off!
Michelle wooing female Clinton supporters?! Good luck with that! That makes me cackle!
Oh honey, those teeth scare me.
I believe I’m woo-proof…
OMG Omarosa is gonna woo us!!???
BWAAAAHAAAAHAAAAHAAA
Ahhh heeeeee haaaaa
ROTFLMAO
-sigh-
ahh that was good :0>
Michelle Obama thinks women over 40 are concerned about the following issues? They don’t have a clue what issues we are concerned about!
“Barack is going to work to restore fairness to our economy, to ensure a world-class education for all of our kids, and create quality, affordable healthcare for everyone who wants it and needs it,” Michelle Obama said.
After all the hateful comments she made about Hillary, this is one of the dumbest moves by the Obama camp.
I know. We’ll hear all about how “racist” we are for not embracing Her Snottiness but that’s not the problem. We hate her as much as she hates Hillary.
Another stellar outreach program!
She is repellent.
The She = Mrs. Obama??
She is repellent.
If Hope-a-Dope wins, she’ll be the new First Gargoyle.
Fred…Aside from the obvious…chuckle….Does Meeeechelle remind you of anyone in particular form your past or something….
Her scowl and voice ( especially when finger wags ) is dead on for a 5th grade Math teacher I had who tortured us into blackboard humiliation contests and wouldn’t let us go to the bathroom….Just wonderin….chuckle….
Fred Sanford’s sister-in-law….
Who you calling ugly, sucker?
McCain takes lead in the polls
s McCain now ahead 49%-45%
http://blogs.usatoday.com/onpolitics/2008/07/gains-for-mccai.html
How DO the faithful explain how their OMessiah isn’t wildly outpolling old McCranky?
I know! They lay it down to racism (well, even if, that’s STILL a losing ticket!) and the meme that they “don’t poll cell phone users” and younger people tend to have only cell phones. Yeah, and they also tend not to vote. End result? STILL a losing ticket.
And to think we still have a month to hammer the SD’s to GIVE US A WINNING TICKET.
ENDORSEMENT,S FOR OBAMA AND McCAIN.
Here is a list from TheHill.com.
No endorsement
No Comment
Haven’t endorsed, but support the nominee:
Endorsed
http://www.thehill.com/endorsements-2008.html
http://ph2dot1.blogspot.com/2008/07/hustling-hustler-lapsus-linguae.html
Senator Obama inadvertently calls himeself a hustler
He is a hustler alright.
I think that many Americans were offended by Obama acting as though he were already President. He’s making agreements, trying to set policy, making promises to allies and foes. None of which he has the authority to do.
I also think some Americans are tired of being told that they better vote for Obama or else. They’re tired of Obama making absolute statements and then saying he never said that.
Some may be tired of Obama surrogates continuously explaining WORM. They’re tired of the rhetoric and fainting. I think they want actual policy. Which, I think, is why Hillary still beats McCain by a larger margin in the polls.
I’m still wondering why the Corporate owned MSM is pushing so hard for Obama. Corporate America always works in it’s own best interests. Why do they want Obama so badly? They’re not going to promote a candidate that won’t do their bidding. (See GWB)
On the rare occasion the MSM/Corporate Media points these things out some people may be turned off.
OBAMA play acts as POTUS….kinda like that wonderful New Seal.
I think he’s working on currency next…STAY TUNED
I would think that there’d be better bucks and a LOT more sex in his being a televangelist than a pol. All those old white ladies fainting from The Belafonte Effect should be GLAD to send him their SS checks and take out reverse mortgages on their home to support his Missionary Work in Kenya.
FIRST CHURCH OF THE WORLD!!!!!
Yeah! THAT’S the Ticket!
HEY! The Universal Church of BOB should be helpful to Barry….
I agree with you Mr. Dobbs….OBAMA GOT BAD CAREER ADVICE…LOL
I hope people will start making ads comparing and contrasting what Obama said and did on his international tour with what he has said in the past and what he has or has not done. One example that I can think of is his comment that the international community has to help the US in Afghanistan. Take that and fade out to a picture of an empty senate seat and a narrator saying something like “Senator Obama is Chair of the Senate Subcommittee on European Affairs which has oversight of NATO’s role in Afghanistan. Senator Obama did not hold even 1 hearing about NATO’s role in Afghanistan. He never called any of our European allies to discuss their military role in Afghanistan. He never talked to our military leaders in Afghanistan about troop levels….Show the clip of Senator Clinton reminding the public of Senator Obama’s failure to hold a hearing….then have the narrator say something like “It took an election to get Senator Obama to pay attention to Afghanistan. Is this leadership we can count on?”
I cannot bring myself to watch his speeches, but I am sure there are lots of gems that would make great ads. The “my banking committee” moment would make another great ad. Tie that to the fact that he is not a member of the committee, is not an author of the legislation, and did not vote for the legislation he claims credit for. Remind voters this is not the first time he has taken credit for legislation he had nothing or little to do with. “Is this leadership we can trust?”
“‘I’m a big believer that if something’s good then there’s a bad to it, and vice versa’”
It is another red flag warning from Obama,most deceitful spin master than GWB.
Is this his explanation for taking two sides on every issue?
It’s like my old boss who used to answer every question with, “Yes and no.”
On NBC news this evening, there was a story regarding McCain’s VP choices and a pundit interviewed for the story said that McCain’s choice needs to appeal to HRC supporters, “who are probably going to determine this election.”
That’s the strongest argument for McCain choosing Gov. Janet Palin of Alaska. However, I think Mitt Romney will, and should, be the choice.
For one thing, Romney knows and understands the economy and the financial markets better than any candidate from either party. This is McCain’s single biggest weakness (aside from the fact that he’s from the same party as George Bush, and nothing can be done to change that)
Also, Romney has a very impressive record of turning around troubled situations and making them work. If McCain were to announce his intention to have Gov. Romney run a special bi-partisan commission to reduce the sprawling US budget deficit, I think that it would be very well-received by voters.
Third, Romney has a ton of personal money and he isn’t shy about spending it.
Finally, he can probably deliver Michigan for McCain, and winning Michigan would give a huge boost to McCain’s chances.
I still think it will be Lieberman. He could gain CT, Jewish vote, Independents, and Democrats.
But anybody but Romney!
I agree! Not Romney!! Romney’s stiffness and pretty boy look reminds me of Dan Quayle. YUCK!
Romney. He comes across to me like one of Monty Python’s upper middle class twits.
Palin or Crist :0)
Stop it!!!! Of course we want it to be Mittwit…he will be a laugh a minute.
Maybe you missed all his boners before, but yes….they were Quayle-worthy!
My fave was his chanting Commie slogans to the Cuban-Americans in Florida!!!
” . . . HRC supporters, ‘who are going to determine this election.’”
I HEARD that!!!
YESSSSS!!!!!
Hmmmm….Commissar Donna Brazeal and Comrade Dean might have MISCALCULATED…..ya think ?
*** FOLKS ENCOURAGE YOUR KIDS TO READ HISTORY…nuff said ***
Start with:
Out of Our Past – Carl Degler
The Strange Career of Jim Crow – C Vann Woodward
When I taught a survey American History course, I found that even the dumbest seat warmer could grasp at least SOME of the concepts therein.
Unfortunately (for the Eastern academic establishment) the history of the trans-Missippian west is a shitload more interesting.
If this economy doesn’t pick up, I may have to go BACK to teaching American History to numb-nuts Freshmen and Sophomores.
I will check those out….I have been swamped in the Crusades for a while….Spose’ it’s time to return to the more local and recent. Thanks.
I appreciate a good history….
Damn straight we are.
That may not be the best strategy for McCain. Conservatives do not like McCain and they expect McCain to pick someone to appeal to them. McCain on the top of the ticket should be enough to appeal to Clinton supporters who do not want Obama.
I don’t think Jindal is a good pick for VP because he is too inexperienced but I would not dismiss him at this point. Jindal would be a nightmare for the media already in the tank for Obama. The media is hesitant to criticize a non-white like Jindal and would be forced to make a big deal out of him being Indian. Any hint of criticism of Jindal’s inexperience at the VP slot would finally open Obama up to greater criticism at the president slot. Jindal’s intelligence and accomplishments are superior to Obama’s plus he does not have all of the baggage Obama has.
Jindal would become a big distraction to Obama and divert some of the media attention from Obama.
I’m afraid Jindal’s inexperience might give BO some legitimacy as far as the MSM is concerned.
I thought that way a few weeks ago but I don’t anymore. The media has essentially been ignoring Obama’s inexperience. If the media decides to make an issue of Jindal’s inexperience at the bottom of the ticket they have to make a bigger issue out of Obama’s inexperience at the top of the ticket. Jindal is ten years younger than Obama but has been more successful in the positions he has held than Obama has. I don’t condone playing the race card but the MSM and voters have decided that race is a big deal and that is how we got Obama. I am suggesting that the Republicans may decide to play this game as well.
Jindal has spent 6 months running Louisiana as its Governor. That 6 months longer than Barack Obama has ever been responsible for anything!
Isn’t Jindal a Governor? Isn’t that experience? California, god help them, has an ACTOR.
Maybe McCain should look at AHNOLD. Then Barack can ante up his bc.
Ahnold….aint’ elegible….nuff said
You know, I haven’t looked at Jindal in that regard. Excellent point!
McCain will get his GOP support….GOP is disciplined….No worries
I love the old – “If you don’t vote for Obama you’re a racist” line.
It reminds me of those smarmy guys who hit on a woman and if she rejects him, the guys say,”You must be a lesbian.”
Without a prewritten speech and a teleprompter, Obama has the “Umm umm umm, ” habit when asked a direct question.
Every woman who has raised a kid knows what that means – the kid is buying time to put together the most believable lie.
Listen to him — watch his eyes shift while he’s putting his lie together.
And whatever comes after Obama’s “Umm, ummm umm,” is usally a dose of rhetorical double-talk. Which he can slither out of down the road and say, “What I really meant was…”
Oh god, that line about men calling you a lesbian if you don’t like them hit me right in the gut. How many times have I heard that and they are not polite enough to say lesbian either.
I always responded: “Yeah? So What? That has nothing to do with why I won’t talk to you.”
“Always aim high, work hard, and care deeply about what you believe in. When you stumble, keep faith. When you’re knocked down, get right back up. And NEVER listen to anyone who says you can’t or shouldn’t go on.”
- Hillary Clinton -
God, I miss her! She made me want to be a better American.
This “citizen of the world” b.s. is exactly why OB won’t win VA or probably any other state Bush won. I won’t be shocked if this line of thinking gives McCain PA.
This is only my second post. I am a Republican but was hoping that HRC would be your nominee. The odds are still against my kind, and I’d rather lose to a true American Patriot.
A true American Patriot is a requirement for POTUS; therefore, it’s either HRC or McCain!
McCain WILL win PA!
I’ve noticed more and more signs popping up.
Dem’s in PA know Ed Rendell is just playing the game for the party, he was Hillary’s strongest supporter here.
Sen. Casey on the other hand can kiss his seat goodbye!
Yes, there is a place where the Left and the Right can meet– in the middle for America.
Does anybody know anything about Idaho? It bristles with militia and retired cops. They will vote repub, right?
I’m in PA too and he won’t win in Western PA. We may be old, but we’re not stupid.
thank you!! thank you for posting also!!
HILLARY OR MCCAIN!!
WooT!!
You guys are exactly right: Hillary would have been your party’s strongest nominee and she wouldn’t be vulnerable on the national defense issue like Obama clearly is.
But the contest is over. The decision has been made. Barack Obama will be the Democratic nominee. You don’t have to like it, but you need to accept it.
So, vote for McCain this year, and then for Hillary in 2012. She’s still got plenty of time to make another run at the White House, and hopefully she’ll have learned by that time that she needs to organize a whole lot better in the caucus states.
to Dan fucking R. :
Just how do you figure that the “…contest is over.”
Based on what, exactly?
And this little gem of yours, “… and you need to accept it.”
Hey, fucker, “accept” some of THIS. {grabs own crotch in a menacing manner]
Maybe you haven’t been paying attention:
PUMA = Party Unity My Ass
Go peddle you trite horseshit somewhere else.
That’s kind of uncalled for. Dan R is not trashing Hillary but he’s telling the truth. Hillary would have been the strongest Dem candidate.
For whatever reason, the leadership of the Democratic Party didn’t want Hillary.
The leadership will fight tooth and nail at the convention to keep her name out of nomination.
Same as the brilliant Democratic leadership tried to do to FDR.
But those were different times and the Corporate/MSM media did not exist. People still received most of their info from newspapers or radio.
I think when the Democratic convention starts in August it will again be all Obama all the time. The various anchors will report the nomination as a done deal. It’s much harder to fight against an organized propaganda arm like that.
Do I want Hillary to get the nod? Yes. Will she? I don’t know.
Especially from inside those steel cages where Denver ‘authorities’ are planning to put the protestors.
Dude, where’s my Democracy?
Caucuses need to go.
I’m hoping by then there will be no more caucuses.
I can’t believe some states still have such oddities. It’s like the honor and bully code all rolled into one.
Everyone I know in Washington state hates them and after this last one with the bullyying and intimidation and outright lying, we need to get rid of them. How do we do that?
The caucus system existed before Bill and Hillary and will be around long after they have exited the political scene. That is why Hill, assuming Obama loses, still won’t be president in 2012 or the dem nominee. Her and Bill’s past statements about the caucus system will come back to haunt them and some other democrat will study the rules and use it as Obama did to gain the nomination.
All these damned nay-sayers.
Nice try.
Apparently you’ve not heard of Bill Nelson’s bill. Or maybe you’re just an anti-democratic schmuck who wants to predict its demise?
Did the math, and it’s 600 miles from Kansas City to Denver; a days drive to have my say about backtrack, Dean & Company… PRICELESS
Give’m hell for me. I wish I could be there too.
//BREAKING// Obama-90% McCain-10% of likely voters
I heard it on fight the smears
Yes and Everybody Loves Raymond!
Aaaand….Mork loves Mindy…..
Annnd Joanie Loves Chachi….
michlle obama said in a you tube video that “the black folks will wake up and vote for obama”. Maybe so.
Guess what michelle, the white folks will wake up too and they will NOT vote for obama.
So where does that leave you and Barack Hussain? Your husband in the can, and you still hating America!
Please note that I didn’t even capitalize your names.
I think there might be a problem there. Some black folks are waking up to the fact that Obama has done nothing for them. Everything he did in the black community was for his own personal benefit. Rezko anyone? Slumlord. Remember the little black boy that the fence fell on? It killed him. Another slumlord that received public taxpayer money to “improve” public housing.
What was the slumlord’s reply? It was the kids climbing the fence all of the time that made it fall.
This is Chicago mind you. Obama’s response? *crickets*
Those must have been some Hulk-like kids. When several grown men tried to lift the fence to save the child they couldn’t pick it up.
I never do either. They mean less than nothing to me and I won’t give them the courtesy of capitalizing the names.
I listened to that one again over the weekend and it sounds to me like she is talking like a lot of women I know. She doesn’t even realize that the very things she is saying reflects the oppression of women.
OT, I got my PUMA wrist strong bracelet today.
Tres elegant. One side PUMA and a paw print other side “18 MILLION STRONG” Black on understated gold.
GO PUMA all the way to the voting booth.
That’s where the rubber meets the road.
I got mine too! Sending one to Ed Rendell in the morning!!
oh that is truly awesome!!
WooT!!!!!!!
PUMA!
I can tell you what the people in Ohio think about the trip…PFFT and the little Ohio church ladies are saying.”Isn’t that special”.
Registered voters prefer Obama, but likely voters prefer McCain. Likely voters tend to be the ones who count since they actually show up at the polls. OOPs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4qGB-NpiNo
nope you won’t get none of Hillary’s supporters..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4qGB-NpiNo
if something’s good then there’s a bad to it,…
The good, the bad and the ugly?
SNL doesn’t have anything on this guy!
I can’t stand this man. I am bitter and I am pissed.
Here’s a “typical white person” honoring the women of Rwanda.
“If wealthy nations want their assistance programs to be effective, they should look to the women who form the backbone of every society. With some education, training, basic rights and empowerment, women will transform a society — and the world.”
http://online.wsj.com/article_print/SB121720134007588395.html
I was on Huffpo and saw a post by a European who lectured us that if we do not elect Obama it will “Reflect poorly on the people in the USA.”
Dare I point out that England – which has huge numbers of racial minorities — has a bad record for electing any racial minority to office.
Or how about France (with it large numbers of middle eastern people living in ghettos)– how’s their track record for electing minorties? Nada.
But there’s Obama, cuddling up to the Europeans as a citizen of the world. Bad-mouthing the USA in Europe.
Meanwhile — if he lived in England — he would have no political career thanks to his skin color.
I’m sick of Europe looking down their noses at the USA when they ignore the stench of their own racist attitudes.
And whenever a Brit lectures me about racism in America or America’s racist past, I remind them that slavery was a British innovation which the Brits brought to their colonies throughout the world.
They usually get annoyed at that minor detail.
What’s your point, Susan1968? Are you REALLY suggesting America has a moral leg to stand on when it comes to race? You think that by pointing out racial inequalities in other nations our own evaporates?
What has happened to you people? There’s no longer a discernable difference between this site and Limbaughcafe.com
Compare to most countries around the world. We are in fact a lot better than most of you give it credit for. Try to live in another country as a minority for a few years. Racial discrimination is not allow in this country!!
There are still a lot of improvement for us, but not by selecting someone as president simply because the color of that person’s skin.
I had friend who I can talk to here in SF. He’s biggest reason is that he think electing a black man will send a message to the rest of the world. But, if Obama ever is a failure as a president, he will prevent another minority from being elected for a long, long time.
A loss by Hope=a=Dope will squander hard fought political gains by African Americans all the way back to WEB duBoise.
Too big a chance at losing the farm, in my estimation.
You’re also a troll at Limbaughcafe?
You know what’s racist, “What?”
Racist is romanticizing the Magic Negro.
Obama is a FRAUD and whatever color they are, people who think, read and reflect will WAKE UP AND REJECT a stammering narcissist who steals votes, lets elderly constituents freeze, aids his cousin Odinga in his murderous quest for power in Kenya while letting the orphans he promised to help lose their center.
Obama is a walking disaster. Every last thing about him is a lie: his book of “memories” is a load of lies, his supposed distance from Ayers, Wright and Rezko is a load of lies, his antiwar stance is a lie, his no money from lobbyists is a lie, his promise to stand up for constitutional rights and stand against nuclear interests, more lies.
You know, the position of strength is supposed to be “walk softly but carry a big stick” — not “shout and screech nonstop and try to cudgel people with the STRAW argument of Racism.”
The ones setting race relations back are those who think they can sell Obama as the Magic Negro and call the high information voters “racist” because they will never buy the bs.
SPOKEN LIKE A PROPERLY INDIGNANT LITTLE FASCIST….WHAT ?
If I gave a flying shit what anyone in Europe thought about American politics, I’d reverse 400+ years of progress and haul my kilt-wearing, pipe-playing, caber-tossing ass BACK to Scotland, from whence my ancestors set sail for The Colonies to raise their sheep, play their pipes, enjoy a wee drop o’ the dew and steal their neighbors’ cows in peace.
FYI, I lived in France for a time. Once they figure out that you put your pants on one leg at a time like them, they treat you like Family.
Slightly retarded, emotionally immature Family, but Family nonetheless.
Only their Chattering Classes dish up that shit, and our Chattering Classes (You know…the ones who can’t say, “The Ramp” relative to the airport…have to say, “Tarmac”? And, “KEEN-yah?”) stand downwind of them, and, like a line of dogs passing a fireplug, imitate the ones in front of them.
Aaaahhh….Socialist wannabees can be sooo SNOTTY ! This recalitrant PO’d former workingclass democrat of primarily IRISH descent…agrees with Mr. Dobbs.
NO WHITE OR AMERICAN PHONY GUILT….SORRY !
Donna Brazile has a stranglehold on the DNC. Everything that she has done since 2003 has led up to Obama getting the nomination. If Hillary pulls off the nomination, we could very well see DB come unglued.
I hope the convention is made-for-TV drama!
A thing devoutly to be wished.
Susanunpc –
Fabulous article. Hillary was, is and always will be the best choice of the three.
Clearly, if we can’t get her, McCain is a better second any day than Obama.