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Howard Fineman

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Inside Barack Obama's Southern strategy.

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  • Posted By: atl_indy_voter @ 09/03/2008 10:28:22 AM

    Will it never it never stop....On Sunday, the NTC/Washington DC news outlets go after a 17 year old pregnant teenager likes she was the anti-christ and she must be vanquished before the full moon, then yesterday a reporter (Fatimah Ali) from the Philadelphia Daily News warns me that if Senator Obama doesn't win and race war will engulf America. And now almost like clockwork, some news publication rolls out the link to the Confederacy of no less 143 years ago, as if slaves were still bought and sold like shares of General Electric. What is wrong with Newsweek? Do you really think that it is fair to interview civil war re-inactors, and paint them as if they long for the 1860s. Just as women are the biggest impediment to a woman reaching the office of president or vice president, the mainstreet media outlets will never allow this country to truely come together. What you really go out of your way to ignore is that in the south we have moved along, you haven't. In my neighborhood (suburban Atlanta), we are quite a cross section of colors and beliefs, much higher than the national average. We help each other, we entertain each other, we are on a constant watch for each others safety. Most importantantly we respect each other, for who we are, not what we are. When I see articles that do nothing more than dredge up the past for the purpose to divide, I see jounalists that really don't care about this country and its real treasures....the citizens of America. Is the sale of advertisement really worth continually attacking the people of this country, group by group?

  • Posted By: ICYEYES800 @ 08/17/2008 12:50:18 AM

    The subtle (very apparent) effort for Obama to grey up his hair a little in order to look more worldly, more experienced, and trustworthy is FUTILE...He still looks like curious George and he'd just as well stick with the black shoe polish in the hair....He'll never look trustworthy or smarter....all he has to do, is open his mouth and DISASTER FOLLOWS.....Just say NO to O

  • Posted By: mightnotvoteobama @ 08/14/2008 9:28:32 AM

    I am bothered, in the first place, by the promises being made by both men. I am bewildered that both men are making legislative promises.

    ???When I am president,??? each man says, ???I will ...??? Now correct me if I am wrong, that I might have missed something while I was busy getting old, but when I studied government in school, I think I remember that there were three branches of government: executive, legislative and judicial. For the purpose of this essay only, the judicial branch of government will be overlooked.

    In an over-simplification of job descriptions, the president and cabinet are the executive part of the branch trio. The president should keep himself busy conferring with the cabinet and agencies, being commander in chief, setting policy, giving state dinners, making nice with other countries, declaring states of emergency, signing or vetoing legislation, etc. The legislative part of the trio (the representatives and senators) has as its job initiating legislation as needed for the good of the country and their constituents, serving on investigative committees, etc.

    Now we get to my contention. Both Senator McCain and Senator Obama are expounding on what they will do as president while continuing to speak like legislators. What they are promising to do in the future as the executive is what they should be proposing now in their current positions as legislators.

    Come on now, fellas, if you believe so strongly in what changes need to be made for the good of the country???s problems with the economy, the oil crisis, education and health care, why have you not been back in Washington rallying support in the Senate and writing bills which would begin the miraculous cures now that you are promising for the future? Both you senators remind me of poker players with your cards clutched to your chests. Both of you are bluffing that you have a straight flush, ace high, while holding nothing more than a pair of jacks.
    Unfortunately, the other people sitting at the table are about to be taken. Their names are Americans and Voters. Come on now, fellas, if you plan to play this game, show us your cards. Lay them on the table. Show us how you plan to win the game. Show us a workable plan for the cures you are promising. If these plans are so good, why haven???t you been busy in the Senate doing what you are paid to do for the country? Why are you holding back? Is it all a bluff?

    Up to this point in the election process, the only thing that has been shown to the voters is age and charisma, experience and inexperience, war hero and academic scholar, pedigree and boot strap climber. Show us some substance. As the commander in chief, how, I repeat, how will you act as leader to make your promises reality? I need to know before I vote; otherwise I will continue to be bothered and bewildered, but certainly not bewitched.


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