Attention Must Be Paid

" What Senator Obama and I share
is so much greater than our differences;
and no matter who wins this nomination,
I will do everything I can to bring us together
and move forward!"
Hillary Clinton

Thanks for writing a rational article. This angry, older female - disgruntled, teary-eyed, I'm taking my marbles and going home, Hillary devotee thing is getting old.

I am a 50-something female, and these childish women who "threaten" to vote for McCain are embarassing to me. I agree - it reinforces the stereotype of women deciding based on emotion - not facts. It's ridiculous for them to say that Hillary was a target of the press any more than any other candidate - especially a Black person!!!! We could talk about who smeared who all day - but the bottom line is Obama played by the rules, spoke kindly of Clinton throughout the campaign, and got more delegates. Nobody cheated anyone. It was just a close match and Clinton lost.

Obama should not have to pander to women any more than any other group. Democratic women who are truly liberated will use their heads, chose based on the issues, and prove to the men who would like to type- cast them that they are rational Democrats who are team players. They should prove that supporting Democrat positions is FAR more important - If they vote for McCain, it will call into question whether they have biases that have nothing to do with the issues - be it bias against men, or bias against people of color...I hope these women recognize their power by not fearing the power of others.

The inequities I saw as a young female professional are a minimal factor now. True, men still have it better, but not such a big difference now in pay or position. I think another 10 years and even less difference will remain. You can see the younger generation of women don't feel any big disadvantage, which is why they did not feel a need for special representation solely based on being a woman - and did not vote diproportionately for Hillary.

I am a 44 year old female who voted for Hillary because I still believe she is ready to lead our country. I have been a Democrat since 1992 when I voted for Bill Clinton. I honestly don't think I can support someone I don't believe in and trust. My inlaws live in TX and told me exactly what happened during the El Paso caucuses. Most of the Clinton supporters were turned away and not allowed to cast their vote. I believe that the Obama team have shown how unAmericans they have been. We are supposed to be united, but I have never felt so alone in my 16 years. Obama and the DNC has shown over and over how much they don't care about the women's vote. How will they win without reaching out to the 18+ millions who voted for Hillary???

BY THE WAY, I WOULD EMBRACE THE HILLARY SUPPORTERS IF SHE WON, I THINK ANY DEMOCRAT IS BETTER THAN ANY REPUBLICAN. BUT WHY SHOULD WE BE EXPECTED TO INITIATE THE EMBRACE, OR EVEN TOLERATE THIS RETALIATION TALK, ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE ARE SO MANY SOCIALLY NEGATIVE AND AMERICA AND LIFE-CHANGING NEGATIVE THREATS COMING FROM THAT CAMP? WHAT KIND OF DOUBLE STANDARD IS THAT? I AM JUST BEING HONEST. OBAMA SUPPORTERS WOULD HAVE NEVER THREATENED TO UPSET THE BALANCE OF THE ISSUES AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT THEM AS SEVERE AS THIS. THE ISSUES SUPERCEDE ANY PERSONAL DIFFERENCES, SERIOUSLY.

It has been the stated goal of the religious right to appoint conservative judges to overturn Roe vs. Wade for years. Bush is on board with this plan. Every single judge that Bush appointed to every single Federal bench that came open during his tenure was a right wing Christian conservative. The Democrats were stymied when the GOP controlled congress, and Bush got to appoint two right wing Supreme Court Justices.

First Bush appointed John Roberts to replace Sandra Day O'Connor when she stepped down. When Chief Justice Wm. Rehnquist died in 2005, Bush appointed Roberts as Chief Justice, and then filled O'Connor's empty chair with Samuel Alito. Both Roberts and Alito are Catholic, and both are outspoken against abortion.

Bush has appointed two of the nine Justices, including the Chief Justice. The current Supreme Court has been sharply divided on a number of high profile issues, including abortion rights, affirmative action, eminent domain, gay rights, the separation of church and state, sovereign immunity, and states' rights. The number of close votes in cases involving these areas suggests that a change of one or two key justices could completely shift the thinking of the Court on such issues.

Right now there are four Justices who are elderly and will soon either retire or die. The next President will get to appoint at least two new Justices. If the next President is McCain, those two will both be conservative right wing Christians. McCain has publicly PROMISED to do this, and explicitly said that his goal is to overturn Roe vs. Wade.

Most Americans, even most Republicans, value the separation of church and state. That clause is in our Constitution to protect us from exactly what is going on in America today! Allowing any religious group (especially a radical one) to control the interpretation and application of our laws in the highest court in the land is NOT democratic. Nor is it wise.


I don't care if you are a disappointed Hillary supporter or an undecided Independent or a life-long Republican or are pro-Obama. ANYONE, regardless of stripe, needs to vote against a candidate who had declared his intention of appointing partisan judges. Judges are supposed to be impartial. That is the basis of our legal system. Without that, you might as well live in a dictatorship, without recourse to law.

You Obama lovin sweetie! You do not speak for me or for the 18 million others who voted for Hillary.
So it doesn't matter to you that Obama has been a member of a racist church for twenty years right? Lets look past that. So it doesn't matter to you that Obama's friends and associates have been found guilty of fraud. So it doesn't matter that Obama has literally no experience right, lets look past that. So it doesn't matter that the DNC selected Obama not elected him right? Lets look past that.
So Character means nothing to you? Do you not surround yourself with like-minded individuals? Don't you think Obama does too? Should we just keep looking past everything just so we can say that America voted a black man into office, never-mind he has no experience whatsoever, even though he obviously has racist beliefs, even-though his friends are criminals, see how open Americans are? They will even vote for someone who is in no way ready to be President, just to say they did it? Are you willing to put our nations security at risk? That is exactly what you are doing if you vote Obama into office. You do not speak for women my age. You think just because you say that women are flocking to Obama that will make it true?
You are so full of crap! I want you to tell me what contributions Obama has made since being in the senate.
I want you to tell me why you think this man is ready and prepared to run this country. I want you to answer the hard questions, not just print fluff. I want to know why Obama was the member of a racist church.
I want to know why Resko is his friend and how the deal with the land went down.
I want to know why Obama continues to patronize women? I want to know why Obama made all the sexist remarks and references about Hillary. I want to know why a man who says he can bring people together, has torn apart the democratic party.
Why would you put your faith and our country's future in the hands of the most inexperience candidate.
I refuse to vote for Obama, he is a racist, his character is in question and it would be unethical of me as a lifelong democrat to put our country into Obama's hands. You do not speak for me or the 18 million people who voted for Hillary, you might be ready to make nice to Obama regardless of his shortcomings, I will not because of his shortcomings. My vote is for McCain. The democratic party needs revamping, and the American people will see to it that is done.
Puma Democrat
blog.pumapac.org
People United Means Action

McCain has already said he has no intention of overturning Roe VS Wade due to the danger for women .
Get over it, they have not been able to overturn it yet, certainly not now. McCain is bipartisan and Nobama seems to be a crook.
N'cobra is disturbing and the main supporters are NObamas posse for the last few decades.
Maybe we will get lucky and Rezko will turn on Nobama!
Cross your fingers!
There is also a lawsuit to determine Nobamas citizenship coming soon!!!

???Sweetie??? is a term of endearment, not derogatory. And ???touchy-feely??? types sometimes let endearing words slip out when they are trying to be ???nice??? to someone.

I hate it that people beat up on such a classy guy. Your counsel for Obama to pay attention to your concerns would be great ??? but, it comes off as a bit of an ???ultimatum??? ... I think it would be better received by anyone if it didn???t continue to direct anger at Obama, who only played ???hard-ball??? with HRC when she threw the ???kitchen sink??? at him.

He was WAY more respectful to her than she was to him. It???s also a bit hypocritical to pound him for not championing her as a woman before the media, when she was constantly egging on the racist divisiveness. She shocked me with this. I thought better of her and President Clinton. I was so disappointed by their sliding into this tack.

On the whole, I enjoyed your article if, again, it wasn???t so much of an ultimatum.

Don???t be angry at Obama for some of the media???s harshness directed at Ms. Clinton. I can???t believe some women would throw away a guy that would obviously be better for them than McCain because Hillary did not win. He waged the better campaign; it was better managed and better conceived. If she had run her campaign from the start as she did in the latter quarter, perhaps she may have turned the tables. But, she didn???t.

Don???t be angry at Obama for that!

Also, Hillary bashing is not productive, and does nothing to move our party forward.

Are you a Republican plant? Obama made it clear we should respect Hillary Clinton and he is a better candidate for her having run. If you agree with his message, why contradict this? You don't have two aliases here, so you can argue back and forth, do you? :~)

Ladies .. ignore the Republican "plants" that bash Hillary ... they are just trying to keep you stirred up. They can't manipulate you ... just think about what a McBush administration means for you compared to a united Democratic party. This administration has done more to undermine women's rights than any in recent history. Obama loves women. He was respectful ... even when he had to be tough... to Hillary. Remember, she hit at him three times as hard. He HAD to respond!

Don't blame Obama for those in the media that disrespected Hillary ...and many of them did. But, now we have a nominee. Don't let the schemers fool us again!

Everyone to their opinion, this is America after all. One can speak and not be judged, look at Rev. Wright and father Pflegher, they spoke for the pews for 20 - 30 years their hatred for white Americans, and Mr. Obama and his wife took their children to the church to hear the same rhetoric.. People still praise Obama, and his choices. Well , they are his choices and we have ours. The pundits and elder DNC, Howard Dean, the RBC of the DNC and super delegates made Obama the democratic nominee. Now we have a choice to vote or not vote for him. I believe in one person-one vote, but the democratic party does not. They asked us to vote for them to over ride congress, we did and still no results. Platitudes and rhetoric will not get the job done. Until Obama shows me and others the steps (a b c or 1 2 3) how he is going to bring this change, I will not vote for him as an independent!

???Tennessee Democratic Party Executive Committee member Fred Hobbs tells The City newspaper in Nashville, ???I don???t exactly approve of a lot of the things he stands for ??? and I???m not sure we know enough about him. He???s got some bad connections, and he may be terrorist connected for all I can tell. It sounds kind of like he may be.???

Hobbs was giving an interview to the paper about fellow Tennessee Congressman and Democratic superdelegate Lincoln Davis, who has not yet declared his support for Obama.

Reacting to Hobbs, Davis??? Chief of Staff Beecher Frasier says he does not know for sure if Obama is terrorist connected, but he assumes he is not.???

NOBAMA!!!