It didn't happen overnight. But in college, the young Barry took to being called by his formal name. What this evolution tells us about him.
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Comment: Hillary Clinton's father was the descendant of coal miners who became a small business entrepreneur. Her mother was an office worker who supported herself before she became a homemaker.
The year Hillary Rodham graduated from college, instead of all expense paid travel abroad, she went to work. She worked her way across Alaska, washing dishes in Mount McKinley National Park and sliming salmon in a fish processing cannery in Valdez (which fired her and shut down overnight when she complained about unhealthy conditions).
In the summer of 1970, she aoplied for and was awarded a grant to work at Marian Wright Edelman's Washington Research Project, where she was assigned to Senator Walter Mondale's Subcommittee on Migratory Labor, researching migrant workers' problems in housing, sanitation, health and education.
In law school, instead of lobbying to become editor of the Law Review, Clinton went to work. During her second year, she worked at the Yale Child Study Center, learning about new research on early childhood brain development and working as a research assistant on the seminal work, Beyond the Best Interests of the Child (1973). She also took on cases of child abuse at Yale-New Haven Hospital, and volunteered at New Haven Legal Services to provide free advice for the poor.
Who would you rather have as president? A super smart guy, so smart he didn't have to study and spent his time fooling around in gyms and strange men's rooms doing cocaine (that's from his book) and then backpacking around the middle east, who now thinks he should be POTUS, or someone who has been working for the working people and children of this country for her whole life?
Comment: Obama is so out of touch with middle America. He hasn't ever had to work for a living the way most people do. The son of a broken home who was raised to age ten in a foreign land by his mother who worked at the US embassy, and was then raised by his affluent bank executive grandmother, he has never worked in a mill or taken a day labor job, and neither did his mother or grandmother. He may be "at home in the world," but not in America's manufacturing mainstream. Obama's comments this morning to the AAM show how out of touch he is with both workers and their managers. Instead of focusing on what could unite them behind the Dems this year, like restoring steel manufacturing jobs the way Birmingham Steel and Nucor have done in Alabama, the way Alabama has brought new automobile manufacturing jobs to the state, he focuses on what separates union workers and managers like NLRB voting rules, organization fights, negotiations, and CEO salaries. It's like he's got his talking points from who ever is writing his speeches, and doesn't know how to address a mixed audience like this group. The applause from the crowd was underwhelming. Understanding the nightmare of human misery does not require that you travel abroad to observe it, and besides, the question is who is better equipped to change these conditions.
Obama is very intelligent and talented, but he would not be able to force change on people just because he wants to. Change requires a worker's perspective and ethic, which Obama does not display. He has not indicated that he wants to "learn the ropes" or spend the time that would require, and instead wants to vault into office asking the voter to assume that personal exposure to the misery of people in Pakistan and other middle eastern countries for the brief periods of time he claims is sufficient.
Obama may have traveled abroad, but he hasn't been exposed to the American workplace. If he gets the nomination, some of his comments to the AAM will be turned into a 927 ad portraying Obama as a Marxist who wants to control American businesses from Washington, as though that would appeal to the growing segment of small business owners who drive our economy right now.
Comment: Under the Obama bus you will find women, Jews, new born babies, latinos, his grandmother, and most ???typical??? white people.
Obama dismisses those that don???t embrace ???the great Obama light??? as laughable and ignorant. He relishes ???a following??? that includes college kids that don???t pay taxes, liberals consumed by guilt, the party dedicated that want change for change???s sake, and everyone else with a chip on their shoulder that portray America as an evil country ??? while wrapping themselves in the free speech and liberty that allows them condemn us.
Comment: All this article did ws confirm my fears that Obama is nothing more than a thinly-veiled racist. Since early adulthood, he clearly has promoted his partial blackness over the partial whiteness that flows through his genetic make-up in equal parts. He continues to berate the white family that nurtured and raised him, while promoting and supporting the black parts that abandoned him early in life. Americans must remember, Hitler was a great orator who swayed the people with his words
Comment: Whar about the reports that Obama is ahlf Arab andone fourth Black only from his father. Which is which.. why he lied his identity in his book? How are we to expect a president who is ashamed of his roots and reluctant to embrace his heritage, that of being an Arab Balck American..
Comment: The bottomline fact is that the DNC is worried and they should be because the Demos cannot get to the White House without going through Florida and Michigan which most of you continually forget. Obama did nothing to ensure the votes of those two states just as he did nothing about the Afghanistan debacle or when he finally had position and power he did nothing to change the course of the Iraq war.
1/3 of Obama's republican supporters will return to McCain in the general because they did not want Hillary as the nominee. The other 2/3 will vote for Obama (maybe if he's lucky enough). 1/2 of Hillary's supporters will vote McCain and 1/4 will vote for Obama with the other 1/4 to Nader. The other independents and undecided will go to Nader. All the registration going on will not matter in the general election.
Obama is not ready to tangle with McCain. If he promised either Richardson or Patrick the second position than he definitely needs to win because both of them will not get re-elected. They both voted against their states wishes.
I guess all of you who continuously advocate the fact that all the delegates should vote their states, don't realize Hillary won less states with the most delegates. She knew how to campaign to get those states. The states needed to win the White House. Also Florida and Michigan are not mad at her for their votes not counting she is advocating. One more thing if the election were not so close than the votes in Florida and Michigan would not have mattered but as it stands, they do. Mistake for the Dems to disenfranchise them regardless of the rules. The presidency is at stake and ALL votes need to be heard.
Comment: The ignorance in this country is overwhelming!!!
Comment: After reading the comments on this and many other blogs I've come to the conclusion people in this country have lost their minds. I'm so sick of the racist bashing of blacks, whites, Jews, Middle Easterners and whoever else you fine Americans have an opinion of. WERE ALL HUMAN BEINGS. NO ONE IS SUPERIOR!!!!!! If you don't want to live on this planet with blacks, latinos or whoever you spew your hateful words against LEAVE!!!
Comment: The only way for Barack Hussein Obama to win this Presidency is using the super dream ticket: Barack Hussein Obama - Osama Binladen. This super dream ticket will CHANGE the world forever. CHANGE WE CAN BELIEVE IN. YES WE CAN !!!
Obama - Binladen '08
Comment: WHO CARES?
Yeah, and Billy became Bill, and Tommy became Tom, Jerry became Gerald, and Dickie became Dick.
Why is this news?
Did Newsweek need an excuse to put Obama on the cover? Somewhere in Newsweek HQ they have a board with a spinner and it landed on Obama and they needed to come up with something.
Comment: This simplistically written article is one of the most unsophisticated and stupid piece of reporting and analysis I've read in a while. So, what are readers supposed to draw from this article? That Barack Obama is less authentic as a multicultural candidate because he decided to embrace his birth name? The article suggest readers should infer he is, what?, too black to be president? Or too Muslim, something he is not. Get real. Lots of people go through what was reported about Barack Obama. A lot of us never have the courage to embrace our difficult to pronounce names ( as far as monolinguistic Americans are concerned) because it just requires too much time and sometimes draws unexpected animus. It seems, in response to the Clintons' call for media to spill some Obama blood, Newsweek went to absurd lengths. this article is just stupid.
Comment: This simplistically written article is one of the most unsophisticated and stupid piece of reporting and analysis I've read in a while. So, what are readers supposed to draw from this article? That Barack Obama is less authentic as a multicultural candidate because he decided to embrace his birth name? The article suggest readers should infer he is, what?, too black to be president? Or too Muslim, something he is not. Get real. Lots of people go through what was reported about Barack Obama. A lot of us never have the courage to embrace our difficult to pronounce names ( as far as monolinguistic Americans are concerned) because it just requires too much time and sometimes draws unexpected animus. It seems, in response to the Clintons' call for media to spill some Obama blood, Newsweek went to absurd lengths. this article is just stupid.
Comment: i guess i just a way to chat about Obama's character. it's obvious that even a little story regarding his name is simply a way to flag its roots and above all to let voters raising an opinion on him. However, it's common to change your own nickname when u "start growing up".Nothing more
Comment: ???When Barry became Barack???
You make a mountain out of a molehill. It is SO common for young people to want to change their name from when their parents called them when they were kids. It???s part of ???wanting to be grown up??? as Barack was quoted as saying. But to make this a case for a major cover story for a news magazine?
Billy wants to be William or Will. Tommy suddenly insists he is Tom. Betsy wants to be Elizabeth. Some even choose a totally different name such as a second given name or pone no has heard of.
But does that mean it has DEEP psychological overtones? It usually is just another way to separate themselves from being a child - like riding a bike - or having a cigarette if parents had banned it, or staying out later than parental curfew.
Betty Walling, Orem UT
(who chose to be Elizabeth when she went to high school instead of Betty)
Comment: To devote the page after page puffing Obama without any research is disgraceful. What were you six doing other than writing meaningless anecdotes. Why didn't you address the history of his father set out in the London Daily Mail article in 2007? It itemized the alcoholism, poligamy, and multiple children of an egomanic who Barack never new. His book, "Dreams of My Father", was a political tool similar to "Profiles in Courage", written by Ted Sorenson to give John Kennedy some of that Al Hunt "gravitas'. Not a word in the article about two people who really formed Barack's views, John Franklin Davis and Saul Alinsky.
Comment: Barack Obama began going by his real name vs his childhood nickname during his college years. Surely, there were more important topics to dedicate a cover and seven-page articles to in last week's Newsweek...?From Cynthia H in Mission, KS (formerly "Cindy")
Comment: Now that Clinton said that she would have left her church if her pastor said those words, Obama has come out and said that if Rev Wright had not retired as pastor of the church, Obama would have left. Why didn't he say that in his speech about his typical white woman (grandmother)? Obama is such a fake. Obama is saying that now. However, Rev. Wright is still the senior pastor of the Trinity church. How can a person retire but still hold the title of Senior Pastor? The reason Rev. Wright retired was to help Obama win the Presidency.........so that is a bunch of bull.
Comment: Now there is church bullentins that are being produced that shows Rev. Wright making written remarks concerning: Anti Israel, Anti Jew, Anti Catholic, Anti America, Anti Italians. These church bullentins were maile to the members home. So while Obama who was a faithful support of Rev Wright claims that he never heard Rev. Wright make such statements, Rev Wright mailed the bullentines to Obama's home. So how can Obama deny that. Also this is not the typical subject of Black churches across America. This is an embarrasement to Black churches that teach and preach God's truth.
Comment: It seems like from lack of REAL heroes, America is trying to make a hero out of this opportunist who has absolutely nothing to offer. If Obama becomes president, it's because it can ONLY happen IN AMERICA.
Comment: Typical White Person:
He doesn't. If he did, he would hate half of himself -- and ALL of the people who raised him and whom he loves. Wipe the hate from your eyes and pay attention to the real message.
Comment: If I follow your logic we will not have hate in this world. More to the point John Lindh will have never have become the American Taliban. I do not know what is in the mind of Obama. But what I can tell you he failed to show leadership when it was required of him. You would think someone who view themself as presidential would have worked to changed the rhetoric of a hate-filled man or simply walk away. Especially as so many black folks are looking up to this pastor for hope and inspirations. Can you imagine the incalculable harm that was visited upon these folks whilst Mr. Obama just followed (instead of lead)?
This matter is not over by a long shot and the democrats will be the loser for getting side tracked on a I-HATE-HILLARY campaign.
Comment: The real question is when did Obama start hating white people and Jews.
Sincerely,
Typical White Person
Comment: This article actually tells a great deal about Obama to anyone that knows anything about the culture in Hawaii. Obviously the author doesn't or fails to reveal the truth. First of all Punahou is a pretty exclusive private high school. Hawaii is still a total melting pot with a great deal of what we would call racism but really is national pride. I can't see why he wouldn't have felt comfortable there?? If you read between the lines it sounds like he did. It's pretty typical that the islanders from the private schools end up on the mainland especially the west coast. What doesn't make sense is how he then got wrapped up in the Chicago mess he is in today. It does make it appear very political. I think we will find he is still doing a lot of searching for the real person. There is probably still a lot of Barry in him but the supporters have no insight into his upbringing in Hawaii and won't dig in to find out. The article leaves a lot of clues but they sail right by.
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Comment: If the jews don't vote for Obama, The catholics don't vote for Obama, The typical white people don't vote for Obama, The Italians don't vote for Obama, The blacks will be the only ones that do vote for Obama.
The republicans will win................I will vote republican for the first time in my life if Obama is the best the democrates can do for a nominee.
Comment: well the story continues. I just saw on TV where Rev. Wright had put out Church Bullentins with more garbage raciest slurs in them. Rev. Wright wrote Anti Israel remarks and Rev Wright Called Italians names such as Garlic Noses. This Rev Wright who is Obama mentor, pastor, advisor is so full of racism, it is pathetic. HOwever they(Trinity Church and Rev. Wright) want to call everyone else racist.
Obama and Michelle and their children had to be part of this since they were part of the church for the last 20 years. The more and more I hear about Obama the more and more I hope Obama doesn't get the nomination. The reason that the Obama followers wants Hillary to drop out is because they are afraid of what else is going to come out about Obama. According to the news report I just heard there is much more to come out. The Republicans will have a land slide this November. Vote for Hillary
Comment: Hey Petra Politics maybe you should work to clean up your own troubled country. Get off your knees to Mother Russia and think for yourself. Norway is one of the most racially biggotted Countries in the world just under Germany. By the way way the "Newspapers here in Norway" you refer to is one guest deitorial in one newspaper.
Comment: Hi, there!
Just a comment from overseas, from someone observing what`s going on there....
The newspapers here in Norway, calls Obama the "teflon politician" - he gets away with his attacks on Hillary, and his mistakes, so much easier than her (many thanks to the media!). To her, things "stick like glue" - and she is really punished, almost for every move she makes. He has an amazing ability to go clear of attacks - of ducking, making fancy footsteps, so the other person takes the heat instead.....might be good in an election..but as President?
Why is Hillary under pressure to quit, even though it`s still close - when you must know, that Obama certainly wouldn`t do so, if he was in this position! (And is someone told him to quit early on, he certainly didn`t listen!)
Why is this so?
Easier to "yell at mommy" than "the cool new kid on the block"?
Or - do Americans have a lot longer way to go, when it comes to women, than colored people, maybe?
Clever Obama lawyers managed to stop new primaries in Florida and Michigan.
Thousands and thousands of people will not have their voices heard.
They did their job; took the time off, made an effort, cast their votes - like true Americans....and they shouldn`t count?
Why is not Barack Obama being "politically punished" for this, and why is there not an uproar in the media?
Why isn`t his integrity challenged on this - especially as he likes to present himself as Mr. Decent & Fair; the Saviour of the people, the Hero with the Halo - and a true member of the Democratic party?
I seem to recall a similar, very much so unfair, episode - wasn`t that Florida also? -Between Mr. George Bush and Mr. Al Gore. No one stood up for the not counted voices....and the time has shown, that things like that always comes back to haunt you, doesn`t it..
You guys want to do the same mistake again? And, even between "two good colleagues"?
Mr. Obama, who presents himself almost "without dirty laundry", was so "politically heroic and correct", that he made the suggestion that no one should spend more than a certain amount on ads. (Don`t remember what you call it over there....but McCain`s been haunting him about it!) The "heroic act" - "on behalf of the people" - seem to be (o, the human nature & shadow).....fear of not being able to compete financially with "the big guns".
Now, that he has the biggest gun.....taking in heaps of more money that the others....he`s not all for restrains on sums being used. As he outspends Hillary with millions - without people being too aware of this, and "follow like sheep, the leader with the bell" -or; money.
So...another character "flaw" passing by, without the medias attention? Him not living what he preaches?
I do get, that this is what I`m - with amazement, am picking up from Norway. I`m not actually in the States, to hear all that is going on.... But it s
Comment: Hi, there!
Just a comment from overseas, from someone observing what`s going on there....
The newspapers here in Norway, calls Obama the "teflon politician" - he gets away with his attacks on Hillary, and his mistakes, so much easier than her (many thanks to the media!). To her, things "stick like glue" - and she is really punished, almost for every move she makes. He has an amazing ability to go clear of attacks - of ducking, making fancy footsteps, so the other person takes the heat instead.....might be good in an election..but as President?
Why is Hillary under pressure to quiet, even though it`s this close....when you know, that Obama would certainly not have done so! (And if someone suggested that to him in the beginning, de certainly didn`t listen!)
Why is this so?
Easier to "yell at mommy" than "the cool new kid on the block"?
Or - do Americans have a lot longer way to go, when it comes to women, than colored people, maybe?
Clever Obama lawyers managed to stop new primaries in Florida and Michigan.
Thousands and thousands of people will not have their voices heard.
They did their job; took the time off, made an effort, cast their votes - like true Americans....and they shouldn`t count?
Why is not Barack Obama being "politically punished" for this, and why is there not an uproar in the media?
Why isn`t his integrity challenged on this - especially as he likes to present himself as Mr. Decent & Fair; the Saviour of the people, the Hero with the Halo - and a true member of the Democratic party?
I seem to recall a similar, very much so unfair, episode - wasn`t that Florida also? -Between Mr. George Bush and Mr. Al Gore. No one stood up for the not counted voices....and the time has shown, that things like that always comes back to haunt you, doesn`t it..
You guys want to do the same mistake again? And, even between "two good colleagues"?
Mr. Obama, who presents himself almost "without dirty laundry", was so "politically heroic and correct", that he made the suggestion that no one should spend more than a certain amount on ads. (Don`t remember what you call it over there....but McCain`s been haunting him about it!) The "heroic act" - "on behalf of the people" - seem to be (o, the human nature & shadow).....fear of not being able to compete financially with "the big guns".
Now, that he has the biggest gun.....taking in heaps of more money that the others....he`s not all for restrains on sums being used. As he outspends Hillary with millions - without people being too aware of this, and "follow like sheep, the leader with the bell" -or; money.
So...another character "flaw" passing by, without the medias attention? Him not living what he preaches?
May the next states choose wisely.
Comment: When Barry Became Barack
This is the cover of the latest Newsweek -
I can think of a dozen more appropriate titles for the article -
It is a loaded title ladden with negative connotation used
not solely to slander, but to aid in the sale of "magazines"
anyone who thinks . . . believes even for one second that racism in
our country is dead needs to take a good look at this article -
I was shocked at Newsweeks' "Audacity".
I've cut and pasted some of the "gems" I found . . .
Why did Obama make the conscious decision to take on his formal African name?
- Firstly, Barack is the name he was born with - why should its origin matter? - Secondly,
because it is his name, is he not at liberty to use it when he pleases? regardless of the reason?
I have a lot of problems with this question - just as I do with the title on the cover . . .
His was a typical immigrant transition
- why don't the authors say what they wanted to say here: You don't want to have a Foreigner
to be elected President do you? - I am at a loss for words . . .
America was a melting pot, and it was expected then that you melt???or at least smooth
some of your more foreign edges.
- We should celebrate our differences - not assimilate - variety is the spice of life
Obama wrote a whole book about his quest for identity, called "Dreams From My Father,"
and in it he never directly deals with the reasons he reverted to his birth name
- Maybe because he never saw it as a big deal. . .
Newsweek would have us believe he was intentionally hidding this - which would naturally lead to the
question - what else is he hidding? - are you sick yet?
That is perhaps Obama's greatest talent: to weave compelling narratives about himself that
seem to include everyone in a common epic. The stories have a fierce intelligence, but like any
good mythmaker, Obama sands down pieces that don't quite fit. How Barry became Barack is
just such a story.
- Puke
Apparently Barack is not the only one "weaving" and "mythmaking"
There are more of these "gems" throughout -
If you can ignore the slander and blatent racism through out the article, there
are some heart warming stories to be found.
Comment: When Barry Became Barack
This is the cover of the latest Newsweek -
I can think of a dozen more appropriate titles for the article -
It is a loaded title ladden with negative connotation used
not solely to slander, but to aid in the sale of "magazines"
anyone who thinks . . . believes even for one second that racism in
our country is dead needs to take a good look at this article -
I was shocked at Newsweeks' "Audacity".
I've cut and pasted some of the "gems" I found . . .
Why did Obama make the conscious decision to take on his formal African name?
- Firstly, Barack is the name he was born with - why should its origin matter? - Secondly,
because it is his name, is he not at liberty to use it when he pleases? regardless of the reason?
I have a lot of problems with this question - just as I do with the title on the cover . . .
His was a typical immigrant transition
- why don't the authors say what they wanted to say here: You don't want to have a Foreigner
to be elected President do you? - I am at a loss for words . . .
America was a melting pot, and it was expected then that you melt???or at least smooth
some of your more foreign edges.
- we should celebrate our diversity - not assimilate - variety is, afterall, the spice of life
Obama wrote a whole book about his quest for identity, called "Dreams From My Father,"
and in it he never directly deals with the reasons he reverted to his birth name
-Maybe because he never saw it as a big deal. . .
My birthname is Jonathan - but I went by Jon for a time . . .
Newsweek would have us believe Barack was intentionally hidding this - which would naturally lead to the
question - what else is he hidding? - are you sick yet?
That is perhaps Obama's greatest talent: to weave compelling narratives about himself that
seem to include everyone in a common epic. The stories have a fierce intelligence, but like any
good mythmaker, Obama sands down pieces that don't quite fit. How Barry became Barack is
just such a story.
- Puke
apparantly Barack is not the only one "weaving" and "mythmaking"
There are more of these "gems" throughout -
If you can ignore the slander and blatent racism through out the article, there
are some heart warming stories to be found.
Comment: No Killary, no Billary, no chelsary...been there, done that. Her health care plan failed before because she couldn't./wouldn't work with anyone else, when she loses she gets mean and nasty and exhibits no moral core. I spent many yrs. in the Methodist Church and have known Muslims as well and believe me, if one's church is all we can base a presidential choice on, we deserve another Bush! Go for it. Obama is a good man. Bury your rampant prejudice and give him a chance to succeed. Our country needs him NOW!!!P.S. I am a white woman with a lot of success under my belt and have worked with people of all stripes and believe me, political candidates of this quality don't show up every day. Be grateful he is willing to put up with all this ignorant, narrow-minded political
b.s.
Comment: News Flash~
Fix News just caught Shrillary singing on tape:
How much is that Super Doggie (Delegate) in the window... ruff ruff ...
He/she might be FOR SALE today ... ruff ruff ... Smile!
Comment: Hillary has her faults, good lord we all know that. However, she one tremendous attribute. She is not a member of Trinity Temple and the Nation of Islam. Methodist beats mohammed in America every time.
NOBAMA!!!
Comment: Hillary is a member of the secret religious society, The Family. Founded in Europe by nazi supporters.
Article coming out soon. Read all about it!
Comment: Big deal, HRC is part of a weekly Senate Prayer Breakfast. Though mainly Republican, the breakfast
is regularly attended by about 40 members and is bipartisan and gives HRC the chance to profess her faith with men such as Brownback as well as Inhofe and Coburn. Democrats in the group include Arkansas Senator Mark Pryor, who told us that the separation of church and state has gone too far, and yes even Joe Lieberman a Orthodox Jew, is also a regular. You compare that to the hate mongering of Rev. Wright? Wrong!
Comment: Spoken like a true ignorant repubnik biggot
Comment: By: Edward I. Koch Article Font Size
Barack Obama???s speech last week addressing his 20-year relationship with his radical pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, was very well done, yet unconvincing.
Obama sought to explain that relationship and why he could not end this close association, despite the minister's hate-filled rhetoric. He said, ???There will no doubt be those for whom my statements of condemnation are not enough. Why associate myself with Rev. Wright in the first place, they may ask? Why not join another church????
Yes, those are the questions that people are asking.
Many of Rev. Wright???s incendiary statements are on videos sold by his church. Minister Louis Farrakhan, a friend of Rev. Wright with whom he traveled to visit Muammar Qadaffi in Libya, also makes his sermons and those of others associated with the Nation of Islam available for sale. Their attacks on the U.S. and Israel often coincide with those of Rev. Wright.
Rev. Wright???s sermons charge that the U.S. government gives African-Americans drugs, created AIDS, and is deliberately infecting blacks with that disease. His sermons claim that the U.S. unjustifiably nuclear bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki in World War II, and that 9/11 and the deaths of 3,000 Americans were caused by U.S. foreign policy.
He alleges Israeli state terrorism against the Palestinians; calling Israel a ???dirty word??? and ???racist country.??? He blames Israel for 9/11 and supports the divestment campaign against it, denouncing ???Zionism.??? His venomous thoughts are summed up in his most discussed sermon in which he says the U.S. government ???wants us to sing God Bless America. No, no, not God Bless America. God damn America. God damn America for killing innocent people.???
THE ENTIRE PIECE CAN BE VIEWED ON NEWSMAX.
NOBAMA!!!
Comment: The fact that this race is even close is a testament to how out of touch with reality some people in the Democratic Party are.
On one side you have a woman who has served the public for 35 years and who was in the White House during one of the greatest economic booms in history.
On the other you have a freshman senator who with out a single major accomplishment under his belt.
The Republican challenger is very beatable by any middle of the road Democratic canditate.
Democrats are calling for the more experienced canditate to quit the race.
It is amazing how some Democrats love to snatch defeat from the jaws of vicory.
Comment: No weapons of mass destruction were found in Iraq. No mobile biological weapons labs were found. Iraq did not seek to acquire yellowcake uranium. The aluminum tubes were not sultable for nuclear weapons. The lead hi-jacker in the events of 9/11 did not meet with Iraqi intelligence. Iraq did not provide chemical weapons training to Al-Qaeda. There was no relationship between Iraq and Al Qaeda. Hussein nor Iraq was involved in the events of 9/11.
One million Iraqi citizens have died. 2 million have been displaced. Four thousand US soldiers have died. 100,000 have been wounded physically and mentally.
Only the oil remains. The conflicts of interest inherent in this Bush Administration are currently confiscating the natural resources of Iraq.
Should this entire Executive Branch he hung? Should there simply be another election and a new President to continue this nightmare? Only the American electorate can decide what treason and insurrection against the American electorate means.
But make no mistake....this Bush Administration used lies and innuendo to place the US military into Iraq.
Comment: Top Clinton donors object to Pelosi saying superdelegates should back pledged delegate winner
By NEDRA PICKLER Associated Press Writer | AP
Mar 26, 2008
Post this here just in case you folks haven't had a chance to read the latest scoop regaring the Superdelegate Scandal and Election Manipulation.
Clinton donors object to Pelosi comment
Top Clinton donors object to Pelosi saying superdelegates should back pledged delegate winner
To Thevail @ 03/26/2008 6:50:24 PM
Re: your comment: "This letter confirms the fears of most people that you can buy the Presidency."
My Comment: You're absolutely right. Although, anybody that has been around the block a few times, like some of us old folk, have known this for years. Backroom deals are made all the time, before and after an election. It's the ol' you scratch my back now ... and I'll scratch your back later. This type of politics has been going on forever. Not saying I like it, or condone it in anyway, shape or form. But it is ... what it is.
The worst or most embarrassing part about this whole mess is that this years Democratic Primary has shined a national--NO WORLD--spotlight on election manipulation at its worst. All the talk about "Do-Overs" in Florida and Michigan. The "Machine" making backroom deals long before the primaries. Sheesh ...
John McCain ... WHERE ARE YOU SIR!
The country NEEDS you now! We need a man of honor and integrity. GOD BLESS AMERICA!
P.S. Note to Nancy Pelosi. Stick to your guns! Don't let either camp manipulate or strong-arm you. JUST DO THE RIGHT THING! Thank you ma'am.
Comment: Did you notice that Obama co-authored this piece? Just another bit of campaign rhetoric. What is that supposed to tell us?
Comment: We had a poll on when your magazine would finally put Obama's photo on your cover....when you did, most of us won the bet: you finally did so in an obviously diminishing, demeaning and negative manner, making us wonder why you've been so in favor of McCain and if not him, then at all costs, Hillary, who does not stand a chance now. Very telling indeed. Good luck with your political reporting--it's beginning to look a lot like Fox News.
Comment: Was wondering when Newsweek would put Barack Obama on its cover...it's been obviously absent...now it's there, in diminshed form, negatively reported....someone in your organization must be terrifed of this candidate. All the more reason for us to vote for him.
Comment: John Batchelor takes another look at the connections between Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) and indicted political fixer Antoin "Tony" Rezko, former domestic terrorist, Weatherman William Ayers, Rashid Khalid, and Nadhmi Auchi, stating "it is reasonable to assume that more discovery will result in more anecdotes, comments, even electronic and paper records of the relationships."
Comment: Who cares what his name is, or that she is a "decorated under fire veteran". I can't sleep past 3 AM anymore waiting for the mushroom clouds to appear. Like it or not, until these two dickwads quit bickering like a couple of 3 year olds, McCain will be the next President, and your kids and grandkids are headed for battle overseas.
Comment: The federal fraud trial for indicted political fixer Tony Rezko resumes Monday, March 31, 2008. Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) appears on a 237-name list of possible witnesses.
Getting better and better.
NOBAMA!!!
Comment: Former Air Force Chief of Staff Merrill A. McPeak, Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.)'s military adviser and national campaign co-chairman, "has implied U.S. politicians are afraid of Jewish voters in Miami and New York City and that American Jews are the 'problem' impeding a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict," Aaron Klein reported March 25, 2008, for WorldNetDaily. McPeak "also compared the Hamas and Hezbollah terrorist organizations to what he described as religious radicals in Oregon and claimed 'born-again [Christians]' supported the war in Iraq to help Israel."
WOW-BarackStar's policy for the middle-east getting clearer and clearer. Bet the Jewish vote is slipping a tad.
NOBAMA!!!
Comment: Uhh, there are a lot of uninformed people on this board.
Comment: AS A LIFE LONG DEMOCRAT(I AM 68) I WILL NEVER VOTE FOR OBAMA. WHY? HIS PASTOR. A PERSON CAN NEVER LISTEN FOR 20 YEARS THE HATE FILLED DIALOG OF ANY PERSON AND NOT HAVE IT EFFECT THEM. AND HIS CHILDREN? WHAT KIND OF A PERSON WOULD SIT THERE AND HAVE HIS CHILDREN LISTEN TO "GOD DAMN AMERICA"? NO WAY OBAMA. I WILL PRAY EVERYDAY FOR MCCAIN.
Comment: NEWSWEEK: Warm, fuzzy story about name Obama used.
NEWSWEEK: Scornful, judgemental story about name Hillary used.
NEW DEMOCRATIC Bloggers: Lynch that woman for using her maiden name. Praise that man who promotes racial separatism.
OLD DEMOCRATIC PARTY: May it rest in peace.
Comment: BARAK THE VOTE!
GOBAMA!!!!!!
Comment: GOBAMA??? don't you mean, ROLL TIDE!!!
NOBAMA!!!
Comment: Nancy Reagan endorses John McCain.
Just say NO...BAMA!!!
NOBAMA!!!
Comment: Go Obama! You're almost there!
Comment: Holy Roller, go climb back under your rock!!
Comment: Sticks and stones may break my bones, but please don't call me mohammed.
NOBAMA!!!
Comment: People have become so hateful, on both sides. Dems that love Obama - hate Clinton. Those that love Clinton hate Obama. I'm a democrat, but when we lose to McCain in November I won't be surprised because we are doing this to ourselves - making this a popularity contest instead of trying to determine the best candidate without making the other candidate a monster and spreading more hate. It has all become way too personal...we're on the same side!?! This is usually how the Republicans treat the Democrats...maybe we learned too much from how they win and now think it's acceptable to treat ourselves that way. Do anything to win - at any cost. That doesn't sound like the democratic way - it sounds like the Carl Rove way.
Comment: No, I don't think we are on the same side because there is no loyalty to a Democratic Party "team". Obama fans support him without regard to party, platform, or policies; it is in fact all about personality. They only see Hillary as an obstacle to their man's race for the goal post. If he is put on the bench, they quit the team and hope the other side wins.
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How many are of Obama supporters will turn up in November anyway? When its a new school year and there are no Obama rallies, etc. Theyre already silent on the blogs. His shine (which was never there) has worn off. People are starting to see the Chicago politician that we in Chicago have known for years. Obama the politician who basically sued his opponent in his first race by challenging her signatures. First thing he said was lets sue her (Alice Palmer). First election folks. He was hooked up with Rezko even then.
And hes supposed to grow morals? Judgment? Hope? Change? Transparency? Obama folks he just released his IRS forms that he said he did last year. No more Washington politics because Chicago politics are the dirtiest in the nation. What is most disturbing is that the financing comes from powerfully rich Arab-Americans (with international ties like Rezko), the largest concentration are in the Chicagoland area. Check out the Bridgeview mosque-home of the Muslim Brotherhood. Osama Bin Laden actually visited there in the 80???s. No joke.
Obama says hes only met Rezko 7-8 times (Obamas words) and yet he admits to knowing him for 17 years. In 2004 Rezko sat on his Finance committee for the US Senate. Why are people buying this? Utter madness.
Im not voting for anyone. I seek the truth. And the truth about Obama has been kept from the American public by the hypnotized media. I have to wonder why. For the life of me I cant see why people cant see this man without substance using race as his only strategy. For those still interested Wright told Obama he would have to distance himself from him back in 06. Obama wouldnt let Wright lead the prayer service when he kicked off his presidential race 07 but then appointed him to lead a religious council in 08. And then after all Wrights inflammatory statements came out Obama still cannot distance himself. Never gonna happen. And Obama wants us to believe that 20 years in Wrights pews he didn???t know Wrights views?
Folks please wake up. See Obama for what he is: a fraud. A fraud with very scary ties. Fact not fear mongering.
Comment: It is sad but not totally true. I don't hate Obama I just question 1) his loyaties to the United States because of his affiliation with haters himself and 2) i am yet to find anyone to define hope and change. All I see is thre same old politics happening on both sides. McCain will get my vote if Obama is his opponent. I do not question his loyalties but I also know that he will not be able to pass anything without the house and the senate which the Democrats currently have majority of.
Comment: You have very clear insight to this election. You should post more.
NOBAMA!!!
Comment: Thanks. i've been busy. At fifty I've gone back to school and am raising a grandchild. Like a single parent. I see you sporadically here and there. But still accurate and fiesty as usual. Take care.
Comment: Well said!
Comment: You should realize that Barack (Barak or BaraQ) is the name of the beloved steed which took Mohammed to heaven. See also the "hoofprint" in the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem.
Comment: What's really in a name? I mean Hillery sounds so nice doesn't it? Does not mean you will grow up to lie, steal, cheat or become a political whore does it? Hussein a Muslim name like Smith an English. King Hussein of Jordon one of the Mid east best examples of a caring person that looked at the world with compassion. So make fun of his name if you must, I understand racism will not end in anyones lifetimes.But Holly Roller you are an Abomination to religion!
Comment: Didn't she kill some of those people involved with Whitewater??? LOL...Oh Brother!
Comment: Close your eyes and breathe deeply. Now take the black/white race out of the equation as it seems it clouds the thinking process. Now imagine that this was a white man surrounded by white radicals with some twisted church doctrines that embrace Germany (the home of Nazism). Further, his pastor video-taped words affirms that hostile view. What would you be thinking? If after this simple gut-check you think Barry is fine then he is your man. End of story.
I think it is presumptous for you to assume that most decent folks are saying what they are saying because of the black/white race factor. For your information there are blacks, asians, hispanics, and multitacial folks saying the same thing. Do you think this diverse group are hung up on race? It is precisely because these views are coming from a diverse bunch that give a lie to what some folks will have us believe - that saying NO to Obama means we are still stuck on if a black man is suitable to lead. His earlier showing in the race says that thinking is outdated. And the results of the remaining races should be seen as judgment on how the American people perceive the Obama-Wright issue.
Comment: Tour point is well noted. BUT I do not agree with you that Obama hates himself.
You are entitled not to vote for him BUT he does not hate himself.
Comment: I have tell you, noel, again, you are too obsessed with this black/white, white/black, argument of yours. You go on and on about it incessantly.
Aren't you bored with yourself yet? How about a new subject?
Comment: I am hardly hung up on black/white. I am just responding to folks who believe that a judgment against Obama is somehow connected to his skin color as opposed to what we perceive his character represents.
Comment: Islam is the abomination. Racism has nothing whatsoever to do with your comment. Mohammeds come in every shape size and color. They practice a doctrine of death. The religion has no redeeming human qualities and needs to be cast out of the camp. Just like its daddy Ishmael was. I could care less about the color of any ones skin. Its the inside part that is so troubling.
NOBAMA!!!
Comment: Poor BarackStar has imploded and turned back into plain old Barry Hussein. The thrill is gone.
NOBAMA!!!
Comment: HolyRoller, You represent hate in America. You hate EVERYONE.
Comment: I most certainly do not. I hate the attempt by Allah and its followers and friends attempt to destroy the country we call home. The USA is the shining city on the hill. She is still under the divine protection of the GOD of Abraham, ISSAC, and Jacob. Hussein Obama has absolutely verifiable connections with this movement. Add to that, the Soros funded , euro-marxist hijacking of the DNC that has anointed Hussein as its messiah, and I see a real threat to our nations safety and well being. I will sound the trumpet. Let him with ears listen. Truth is truth.
NOBAMA!!!
Comment: Have ya'll heard about the BarackStars mohammed Christian massacring Kenyan cousin??? TIME, the BBC, HolyRoller and LOTS of his friends certainly have. Seems his devoted cousin was a Presidential candidate in Kenya. Must be like the Bush family, dedicated to civic duty. Well, the BarackStars mohammed cousin LOST. I'll wager that's a family tradition also. But anyway, cousin gets beat. How does he handle defeat??? His henchmen decide to do a little ethic cleansing on the infidel Christians. Machete's, guns, and their favorite. Burned alive. Burned a group alive inside their church in one raid. Condi R/Bush admin. have asked the "mohammed messiah" to try to get cousin to chill out. I believe he has done so. Don't look good in an election to have cousins in ethnic cleansing. Anyway, like the old wise saying, BLOODS THICKER THAN WATER.
NOBAMA!!!
Comment: The article doesn't impress me. Rather, I feel somewhat disgusted with the stress on identy being in the name. Who you are as a person is what matters for me! Was Obama a perennial poseur, or was he for real. Why didn't he like conservatives "thinking they have the truth." If Obama is for real, he himself would be seeking as much truth as possible! Secondly, and this is the part that disturbs me, is that Obama, after all, "was born with a silver spoon in his mouth." This means, that the sound of his name was de facto irrelevant! He had the respect that is due to a well-off person! People in a soup kitchen do not have this luxury: they more often are called names, not their names! The whole article is an exercise in shallowness! Who is Obama, the article doesn't say! Who is that person who for twenty years listened only about "Catholic Antichrist," and stayed as church's member? That says it all about who Obama is as person, not the rhetoric outbursts about his name!
Comment: I dont believe that writer intended to put Obama's grandparents on the spot. How can you say that Obama is ungrateful? Did you grow up with him in the same household? What about his grandparents? Did you know them? I assume that you didn't but that's just my guess. I knew that his run for president would bring out the worst in people and today, your comments serve as proof.
Comment: This just in, Obama has changed his first name! While I am an Obama fan, I am so annoyed with the media's celebrity treatment to Obama. And HolyRoller, just shut up. You have no idea what the hell you're even talking about.
Comment: Thank you!
Comment: You should be very careful. Word is that the mohammed terrorists, are actively recruiting the mentally challenged to be suicide bombers. Would hate for you to suddenly go KABOOM.
NOBAMA!!!
Comment: Mentally challenged you say? You best go hide in your bomb shelter, HolyRoller. They're coming for YOU!
Comment: The Obama evolution makes Darwinism viable.
Comment: Nancy Reagan endorses John McCain
Former first lady to throw her support behind her 'good friend'
Hussein gets Judas, McCain gets Mrs. Gipper. Looks like things are going from bad to worse for the BarackStar.
Has anyone else heard the rumor, that Mr. & Mrs. Messiah have actually gone to Cuba, to visit Fidel before he goes to that great fiery furnace of eternal damnation??? Enquiring minds want to know.
NOBAMA!!!
Comment: btw, prettylie, this article was not put down but a campaign piece co-authored by Obama. check the credits at the end, where it says: "This story was reported by Richard Wolffe, WITH OBAMA;..."
Comment: prettylie, I care. and so do a lot of other people. Christ didn't teach hate, he taught people to accept one another, that's the whole story of the good samaritan. Oprah had the sense to leave a church that preaches racial animosity, why didn't Obama? Why did he stay and let his children be expose to it? According to his book, it was politically expedient. It helped him organize the black community and get their votes. And this is who you want to be POTUS?
I care about what Obama does too. Please, tell me something he has done that I can verify, something that would make me want to vote for him. Don't give me a list of legislation with his name as co-sponsor, because there is enough out there to discredit that. Give me something real, a position he has held, a group he has organized, a stand he took because it was the right thing to do even if it risked his reputation. I've been looking and I can't find anything that comes close to what Clinton has done.
Comment: Funny how everyone calls it a name change when his name has always been Barack. Usually at the time we become adults, both in mind and body, we would use an adult name. My sister went from being Shelly to Michelle, my brother changed from Scotty to Derek, and I changed from Mimi to Amy. Who cares what Rev. Wright said? He is not Obama's mouthpiece. Who cares about what his african relatives do? I only care about what Barack Hussein Obama does. Interesting how people who wish to put this man down end up looking extremely foolish.
Comment: His moutpiece maybe not, but mentor and spiritual advisor. I think those are all we need to know.
NOBAMA!!!
Comment: Just stop it, HollyRoller!
Comment: The fact that Sen. Obama considered the Trinity Church his spiritual Mecca for twenty years rattles me! In that Mecca, the Catholic Church was daily being called the "Antichrist," and the Jews were also being villified! Only the poor Black race had any chance in the "church" of Barack Obama! Is this a "unity church" one would want? Or are we talking about an anthill of hate?
Comment: Check out Obama`s church web site, www.tucc.org/home, and the church`s magazine web site, www.trumpetmag.com/, and then you can make a decision on whether you think this church is 99% white, what you voters think about this Wright and Trinity United Church controversity, where Obama has been going to church for the last 20 years. This is in a article in the church web site, explaining the church:
We are a congregation which is Unashamedly Black and Unapologetically Christian... Our roots in the Black religious experience and tradition are deep, lasting and permanent. We are an African people, and remain "true to our native land," the mother continent, the cradle of civilization. God has superintended our pilgrimage through the days of slavery, the days of segregation, and the long night of racism. It is God who gives us the strength and courage to continuously address injustice as a people, and as a congregation. We constantly affirm our trust in God through cultural expression of a Black worship service and ministries which address the Black Community.
You use to be able to buy the Wright sermons on the church website, although I did not see them there tonight. I think a person should be able to get a idea after reading thru both the church and their magazine web pages, what this church he attends is all about and get a idea the kind of person Barack Obama is.
We are being told by Obama that we should no longer talk about this subject, but I think there is still people that want to know more, before making a decision on whether they should vote for him. What does he not want us to know, that he is telling us people to quit digging about him, that he has to hide???
Comment: Sticks and stones may break my bones, but please don't call me mohammed.
NOBAMA!!!
Comment: MSM has also failed to raise the issue of Obama's exaggerated claims to legislative success. When asked about his experience, Obama typically points to his legislative record in Illinois and rattles off several bills he sponsored as an Illinois lawmaker. The problem is that he was assigned credit for this legislation by Emil Jones, Jr., who had decided to make Obama a U.S. Senator, even though he hadn't worked on the bills before.
From www.dallasobserver.com/2008-02-28/news/obama-and-me/
Several months before Obama announced his U.S. Senate bid, Jones called his old friend Cliff Kelley, a former Chicago alderman who now hosts the city's most popular black call-in radio program.
"He said, 'Cliff, I'm gonna make me a U.S. senator.'"
"Oh, you are? Who might that be?"
"Barack Obama."
Jones appointed Obama sponsor of virtually every high-profile piece of legislation, angering many rank-and-file state legislators who had more seniority than Obama and had spent years championing the bills.
"I took all the beatings and insults and endured all the racist comments over the years from nasty Republican committee chairmen," state Senator Rickey Hendon, the original sponsor of landmark racial profiling and videotaped confession legislation yanked away by Jones and given to Obama, complained to me at the time. "Barack didn't have to endure any of it, yet, in the end, he got all the credit.
"I don't consider it bill jacking," Hendon told me. "But no one wants to carry the ball 99 yards all the way to the 1-yard line and then give it to the halfback who gets all the credit and the stats in the record book."
Comment: why is the Obama camp so worried about Clinton's foreign affairs experience? Maybe they are trying to keep the focus on her so his pro-Palestine connections and flip-flop won't become an issue. MSM shapes the discussion by determining what articles they publish and by chosing what they do NOT publish. For example, there hasn't been any coverage of Obama's flip-flop on Palestine/Israel on MSNBC?
Comment: Obama has fomented more racial controversy than anyone since the black panthers, and if you think he wasn't promoting himself as a black candidate to black voters, you didn't hear his radio commercials in the black belt states. He should realize that he is not electable and bow out, especially since there is more bad news to come. His campaign will be doomed by his flip-flop on the Palestinian issue in order to win his senate seat and be a viable candidate for POTUS.
I can see Republicans using this both ways since Obama seemed to be pro Palestinian then shifted to become pro Israel. Ali Abunimahsays this about Obama's political positioning:
"Obama's about-face is not surprising. He is merely doing what he thinks is necessary to get elected and he will continue doing it as long as it keeps him in power. Palestinian-Americans are in the same position as civil libertarians who watched with dismay as Obama voted to reauthorize the USA Patriot Act, or immigrant rights advocates who were horrified as he voted in favor of a Republican bill to authorize the construction of a 700-mile fence on the border with Mexico."
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article6619.shtml
For different perspectives on Obama's position on the Palestine/Israel situation and his flip-flop, check out these articles:
http://www.motherjones.com/commentary/columns/2008/01/obamas-israel-shuffle.html
http://www.americanthinker.com/2007/03/barack_obama_and_israel_1.htm
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/
