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 .
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