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As Feb. 5 draws near, a stark racial divide appears to be hardening. The campaigns are trying to soften it.

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  • Posted By: pbr90 @ 04/23/2008 11:23:24 AM

    The sidebar effect of Hillary in the 2008 election serves to lessen the impact of what would otherwise be a presumption of black males vs white males - harkening back to the post-Civil War days - when lynching became the remedy of choice in the challenge between free blacks and bewildered white males, with most women caught in the middle - as Hillary is today.

    Much of the chastisement and animosity Hillary faces may well be due to the psychological transference of that frustration where she offers a convenient target rather than allowing the ultimate clash between the races to fester and be fueled by a Presidential contest. If that is what men are hoping for in their modern thrill seeking, Hillary has done her job well.

    But, Hillary is entitled to more given her present and past positions.

    If women can make their houses comfortable for men, they can make the country comfortable for men.
    And why not? It is the only true win-win among the candidates yet presented.

  • Posted By: okfine @ 02/25/2008 6:41:00 PM

    Can this rag, uh, mag, please write to inform not influence? Obama's "charismatic wife"? Is that the one who has not been proud of this country she lives in? The one who collects a check from Wal Mart? Does Newsweek have any intention of looking at the other side and printing articles about this, or are you too busy going after Hillary?
    Glad I don't subscribe.

  • Posted By: Rinnovato @ 02/02/2008 8:06:28 AM

    QUESTION: Does Hillary's Health Care Plan cover SUICIDE PREVENTION in the United States Armed Forces????

    What no one is talking about is the impact of Hillary Clinton's lack of serious judgment. The Army has reported that 121 Soldiers committed Suicide, with over 2000 attempts in 2007. The stress of long tours in Iraq has forced some young men and women to take their own destiny in hand.

    Hillary voted for this war... why isnt she apologizing to all parents who lost their children, either by enemy fire, friendly fire or suicide? She would not admit that she failed in judgment. OBAMA knew the war was wrong, and there was no clear strategy for the U.S. to exit out of Iraq when the mission was completed.

    THE TRUTH is that Senator Dick Durbin admitted on the Senate Floor that members of the Intelligence Committee KNEW that President Bush and Dick Cheney were going to war on false pretences. John Edwards, who was on the Intelligence Committee at the time, voted for the war as well. You can watch at the following LINK the statement by Senator Dick Durbin: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyonYGeyFb4

    Some members of the Intelligence Committee voted AGAINST the War. Why wasnt Hillary's eyes open? She admits in the Senate that she SAW the Intelligence reports: WATCH HER HERE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkS9y5t0tR0

    And on top of all these Suicides, McCain wants to keep them there for 100 years? If Iranians, Al Queda or the insurgents dont kill our troops, they will kill themselves. Not to mention that Al Queda was NEVER in Iraq before Bush, McCain and Clinton Invaded Iraq. But all three wanted Saddam Hussien out of Power and they wanted control of billions of dollars in Oil.

    SHAME ON HILLARY CLINTON! Part of Being President is being Accountable!!! Take responsibility for your vote to "Authorize Military Force on Iraq" and finally admit that you were WRONG!

    John McCain - This time you have left men behind... to die at their own hand.

  • Posted By: eddiewhere @ 01/29/2008 2:14:02 AM

    THE CLINTON"S ARE JUST TO polarizing. Too many scandals, to many investigations. I do not believe they are guilty in all those scandals I just believe AMERICA needs a change from the establishment. We do not need a years worth of divisive campaigning. IT would be amazing to see McCain vs OBAMA. A GOOD CLEAN HEAVY WEIGHT FIGHT. NO ONE GETS THEIR EAR BIT OFF. A ROMNEY CAMpaign would be just like BUSH'S very divisive and full of lies. IF AMERICA CHOOSES THESE TWO CANDIDATES to represent their respective parties then I think the AMERICAN political process can begin to heal and set an example to the rest of the world. WHAT KIND OF MESSAGE ARE WE SENDING IRAQIS and AFGHANS. IF we promote racial divide why shoud they give us the benefit of the doubt concerning ABU GRADE and BLACK WATER. ARE WE REALLY RACIST CAN IT BE THAT THE CLINTON"S ARE A REFLECTION OF OUR SOCIETY. DIVIDE people so we the CLINTON'S can attain the power we are entitled too and so rightfully deserve after my conduct in the OVAL OFFICE. No one else is capable of being president. I will become nasty and play the race card because the "MEDIA" is trying to take away the presidency from me and my wife.

  • Posted By: eddiewhere @ 01/29/2008 2:13:21 AM

    The coveted endorsement of TED KENNEDY " is a huge blow to New York Senator Hillary Clinton, who is both a senatorial colleague and a friend of the Kennedy family. In a campaign where Clinton has trumpeted her experience over Obama's call for hope and change, the endorsement by one of the most experienced and respected Democrats in the Senate is a particularly dramatic coup for Obama"Milligan 2008

    'Kennedy believes Obama can ``transcend race'' and bring unity to the country, a Kennedy associate told the Globe. Kennedy was also impressed by Obama's deep involvement last year in the bipartisan effort to craft legislation on immigration reform, a politically touchy subject the other presidential candidates avoided, the associate said".Milligan 2008

  • Posted By: ericrsiny @ 01/28/2008 8:13:44 PM

    The fact is the media is fanning the flames as even Jesse Jackson stated that Bill Clinton's comments about him winning in 1984 and 1988 and Obama winning in 2008 in South Carolina was NOT racist.

    Also, the truth is the African American turnout was 55% of the vote in South Carolina and Obama got 80% of this vote. Of course race matters...even if just a little.

  • Posted By: ericrsiny @ 01/28/2008 8:13:11 PM

    The fact is the media is fanning the flames as even Jesse Jackson stated that Bill Clinton's comments about him winning in 1984 and 1988 and Obama winning in 2008 in South Carolina was NOT racist.

    Also, the truth is the African American turnout was 55% of the vote in South Carolina and Obama got 80% of this vote. Of course race matters...even if just a little.

  • Posted By: glooper @ 01/28/2008 5:33:11 PM

    Hillry will win!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! kept it up. the meada is bashing her. what wrong with you?

  • Posted By: BernieO @ 01/28/2008 5:03:06 PM

    The campaigns may be trying to soften the racial divide but the media keeps fanning the flames.

  • Posted By: jlanz @ 01/28/2008 4:18:29 PM

    YES OBAMA IS ANTI CHRIST. IT IS GOING TO BE A MAN NOT A SPIRIT. HE WANTS TO CHANGE AMERICA CHANGE KENYA CHANGE ARABIA THIS STILL IS NOT THE WORLD YET. HE SAYS SOME PEOPLE USE RELIGION TO DRIVE A WEDGE BETWEEN PEOPLE. i GUESS HE WILL SET HIMSELF UPON A THRONE IN THE NEW AMERICA HE WANTS CREATE AND THAN HE WILL CALL HIMSELF GOD AND UNITE EVERYONE. SIMPLE. YES WE CAN YES WE CAN IS HIS SLOGAN AND DESTROY AMERICA IS HIS GAME. ALL THAT WAS AMERICA IN THE PAST AND NOW WAS NOT GOOD ENOUGH . WE HAD TO WAIT FOR OBAMA TO APPEAR ON THE WORLD SCENE AND NOW WE WILL SEE WHO IS THE SUPERIOR RACE THE BLACK RACE OR THE WHITE RACE. SOMEONE ONCE SAID THAT THE EASIEST WAY TO DESTROY A RACE WAS THROUGH SEX. OBAMA IS THE RESULT OF THAT INTERMARRIAGE. WHEN HE WANTS SOMETHING HE CAN PLAY BOTH CARDS THE BLACK AND THE WHITE THE TEST IS TO SEE THIS MAN THROUGH AND THROUGH AND EXPOSE HIM.

  • Posted By: Fight_the_Hype @ 01/28/2008 2:07:38 PM

    please take a moment to turn down the tv and turn off the radio and do some work on your own America. I have spoken to many voters and many didn't even know who was in the initial race for Democratic nominee. I was blown away! We have allowed the media to lead us to believe that the Democratic nomination is a fight between only two candidates. Please let me remind you that to date there are three. The third candidate is no media super star but a honest fighter for the middle class. The third candidate has taken no money from special interest groups which makes him the only candidate who will be held accountable only to the American people and not any corporation or group. He was endorsed by Martin Luther King's son for his continuing fight against poverty. He has and continues to be a strong supporter of unions and employee rights. He has fought for families of all walks of life and all races. His name is JOHN EDWARDS. John Edwards has exactly what he intends to do in WRITING. There is no I didn't say that it is simply here are the issues here is where I stand and what I intend to do. Please do not let the media blind you, sincerely take a look at where each candidate stands. Go to the websites review the policies that each would put in place evaluate how they would affect you, review there voting record and then compare to the other candidates. We America have a responsibility to select a leader that will improve our childrens future, to hand them a country that we can all believe in again. Show that we are a nation that does elect based on what they would provide and not who they are and how often we hear there name.
    JohnEdwards.com

  • Posted By: eddiewhere @ 01/28/2008 4:53:27 AM

    THE CLINTON"S ARE JUST TO polarizing. Too many scandals, to many investigations. I do not believe they are guilty in all those scandals I just believe AMERICA needs a change from the establishment. We do not need a years worth of divisive campaigning. IT would be amazing to see McCain vs OBAMA. A GOOD CLEAN HEAVY WEIGHT FIGHT. NO ONE GETS THEIR EAR BIT OFF. A ROMNEY CAMpaign would be just like BUSH'S very divisive and full of lies. IF AMERICA CHOOSES THESE TWO CANDIDATES to represent their respective parties then I think the AMERICAN political process can begin to heal and set an example to the rest of the world. WHAT KIND OF MESSAGE ARE WE SENDING IRAQIS and AFGHANS. IF we promote racial divide why shoud they give us the benefit of the doubt concerning ABU GRADE and BLACK WATER. ARE WE REALLY RACIST CAN IT BE THAT THE CLINTON"S ARE A REFLECTION OF OUR SOCIETY. DIVIDE people so we the CLINTON'S can attain the power we are entitled too and so rightfully deserve after my conduct in the OVAL OFFICE. No one else is capable of being president. I will become nasty and play the race card because the "MEDIA" is trying to take away the presidency from me and my wife.

  • Posted By: eddiewhere @ 01/28/2008 4:53:06 AM

    The coveted endorsement of TED KENNEDY " is a huge blow to New York Senator Hillary Clinton, who is both a senatorial colleague and a friend of the Kennedy family. In a campaign where Clinton has trumpeted her experience over Obama's call for hope and change, the endorsement by one of the most experienced and respected Democrats in the Senate is a particularly dramatic coup for Obama"Milligan 2008

    'Kennedy believes Obama can ``transcend race'' and bring unity to the country, a Kennedy associate told the Globe. Kennedy was also impressed by Obama's deep involvement last year in the bipartisan effort to craft legislation on immigration reform, a politically touchy subject the other presidential candidates avoided, the associate said".Milligan 2008

  • Posted By: samfernandez @ 01/27/2008 10:29:54 PM

    There's plenty of latino support for Obama. You're forgetting the family values, morality, notwithstanding the immigration reform many want for the community. Some of us realize that much of the things we want will not happen with someone like Clinton, who, to put it mildly, is just not liked by many. She also can't add new voters to the party like Obama. These types of articles mean very little to voters like myself. Sam Fernandez


  • Posted By: PRoughneck @ 01/27/2008 8:13:53 PM

    Your and idiot! Whites have killed everything including there own, this is not about race, in fact latinos are from a African blood line that filters down into the the Mayan and Aztecs to the Arawak indains- The Asian communtiy around the world will marry anyone or anybody to get out of there sitaution in Asia. The fact of the matter is your ignorant and it is a shame that people like you are allowed to vote. Latinos support Obama,
    whites support Obama up to 26% percent, and guess what 82% percent of the black- and the city of Houston, Texas and all the Latinos incluing myself will support Obama. So if you think what you've written is true- go visit Iraq and then move your ass to Iran and join there narrow minded views; they would be glad to have a anti-American.

    We need change!

    From: Puertorican Rouhneck - Oilfield supports Obama!

  • Posted By: PRoughneck @ 01/27/2008 8:13:50 PM

    Your and idiot! Whites have killed everything including there own, this is not about race, in fact latinos are from a African blood line that filters down into the the Mayan and Aztecs to the Arawak indains- The Asian communtiy around the world will marry anyone or anybody to get out of there sitaution in Asia. The fact of the matter is your ignorant and it is a shame that people like you are allowed to vote. Latinos support Obama,
    whites support Obama up to 26% percent, and guess what 82% percent of the black- and the city of Houston, Texas and all the Latinos incluing myself will support Obama. So if you think what you've written is true- go visit Iraq and then move your ass to Iran and join there narrow minded views; they would be glad to have a anti-American.

    We need change!

    From: Puertorican Rouhneck - Oilfield supports Obama!

  • Posted By: PRoughneck @ 01/27/2008 8:12:41 PM

    Your and idiot! Whites have killed everything including there own, this is not about race, in fact latinos are from a African blood line that filters down into the the Mayan and Aztecs to the Arawak indains- The Asian communtiy around the world will marry anyone or anybody to get out of there sitaution in Asia. The fact of the matter is your ignorant and it is a shame that people like you are allowed to vote. Latinos support Obama,
    whites support Obama up to 26% percent, and guess what 82% percent of the black- and the city of Houston, Texas and all the Latinos incluing myself will support Obama. So if you think what you've written is true- go visit Iraq and then move your ass to Iran and join there narrow minded views; they would be glad to have a anti-American.

    We need change!

    From: Puertorican Rouhneck - Oilfield supports Obama!

  • Posted By: PRoughneck @ 01/27/2008 8:12:00 PM

    Your and idiot! Whites have killed everything including there own, this is not about race, in fact latinos are from a African blood line that filters down into the the Mayan and Aztecs to the Arawak indains- The Asian communtiy around the world will marry anyone or anybody to get out of there sitaution in Asia. The fact of the matter is your ignorant and it is a shame that people like you are allowed to vote. Latinos support Obama,
    whites support Obama up to 26% percent, and guess what 82% percent of the black- and the city of Houston, Texas and all the Latinos incluing myself will support Obama. So if you think what you've written is true- go visit Iraq and then move your ass to Iran and join there narrow minded views; they would be glad to have a anti-American.

    We need change!

    From: Puertorican Rouhneck - Oilfield supports Obama!

  • Posted By: PRoughneck @ 01/27/2008 8:11:28 PM

    Your and idiot! Whites have killed everything including there own, this is not about race, in fact latinos are from a African blood line that filters down into the the Mayan and Aztecs to the Arawak indains- The Asian communtiy around the world will marry anyone or anybody to get out of there sitaution in Asia. The fact of the matter is your ignorant and it is a shame that people like you are allowed to vote. Latinos support Obama,
    whites support Obama up to 26% percent, and guess what 82% percent of the black- and the city of Houston, Texas and all the Latinos incluing myself will support Obama. So if you think what you've written is true- go visit Iraq and then move your ass to Iran and join there narrow minded views; they would be glad to have a anti-American.

    We need change!

    From: Puertorican Rouhneck - Oilfield supports Obama!

  • Posted By: Foxy @ 01/27/2008 6:45:13 PM

    Poor whites, Latins and Asians are butchered by blacks everyday and nobody cares. Is a complete Holocaust what blacks do to the poor.

    Blacks abuse,exclude rob and beat latins
    Blacks rob,exclude, beat and sodomize asians
    Blacks beat,exclude, rob, murder and sodomize whites

    Whites, Latins, asians vote for Obama?
    Of course not!!!!

    ONLY RICH WHITES ARE FOR OBAMA THE CRACK SMOKING MUSLIM MAN.

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