No Ordinary Joe

To all Hillary supporters, we need to stand behind Obama. He knows what he's doing. Hillary can do great things in the Senate. I've been behind Hillary too, but now support Obama as she does. McCain would be further disaster to America. Are you happy with the way things are?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/25314965#25314965

Where is "Change" now? Obama targeted Biden, Clinton, and Edwards on their Iraq votes and for being life-long politicians (not to mention PAC or lobbyist $$$- goodness!). NOW Obama & David Axelrod require experience: Biden. I like Biden (for Defense Secretary!), but Obama has done a 180 degree turn on his rhetoric of 'Change'. I wonder if Biden had to kiss Obama's "ring" for the position (Biden initially supported Clinton). Also, Biden said that he was "not the VP guy". Now, I initially supported Edwards initially due to his campaign in 2004, and once he was on Kerry's ticket (sic), he debated a fair "stalemate" against Dick Cheney. Since the affair broke (well, it's been known to the Edwards' since 2006) why such HUGE coverage now?? Maybe to get him off the VP list, but I wonder who helped push the media domino that disseminated the news so quickly (Axelrod?). What was Obama's start? "Community Organizer" = getting folks to vote for you in the future while denouncing other candidates via challenging any write-in signatures vying for the same position within the IL legislature and beyond. I'm not sure of Obama; he utilized tactics that helped him "win" the national Democratic nomination. Additionally Richardson, Biden, Dodd & Hillary Clinton have done more for the US than Senator Obama. Richardson had decent foreign credentials with the experience of balancing budgets & improving the lives of constituents. Senator Obama utilizes Axelrod's marketing company to enhance his image and to sway public opinion in his favor: http://www.nbc4.com/news/15616529/detail.html
You see, as a new member of the US Senate, Obama had 'no intention' of running in 2008: http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A48523-2005Feb23?language=printer (but we know he was running since the 2004 DNC in Boston)
Lastly, for the entire 'lowdown' regarding this Democratic campaign, please review this: http://www.thecityedition.com/Pages/Archive/Winter08/2008Election.html
I'm not voting for McCain, but I might abstain voting in the presidential category for the first time in my Democratic life; the Biden selection will cause folks to say that if the Obama/Biden ticket doesn't win in November, it will be Clinton's fault (?!?). No, it will be Senator Obama's fault - the primary has been over (by the MSM and respective parties)- so if Obama cannot sway opinions about him (with a PR firm to boot!), the loss is on him. BTW, I'm African American!

Let's look at the judgement of McCain as he had numerous affairs upon returning from the war. Then later started a relationship with Cindy while still married to his previous wife who had been crippled in a car accident while McCain was a POW. Are these the traditional family values that the conservative party is always talking about? McCain is an empty politician hiding from the past, always talking about his service to the country but not mentioning his lack of service to his original wife and kids. He does not deserve to be President of this great nation. He bends to the will of the Lobbyists that are weaved through his entire campaign. He got into politics to be self serving and that's why he put his family last and his own desires first. This is documented and can be checked out through many sources. He will get us into more wars, he will return us to the cold war state of politics and our economy will continue to suffer. McCain is not and never will be the right person to lead America into these new times. Wake up America and smell the truth.

At the onset of the demoratic primaries, Biden was my initial pick for the democratic party. When he dropped out, I was a little dissappointed, but took it in a stride. I took an online quiz that matched the issies that were important to me, with the candidate that best supported those issues and Obama came up as my man!! I have been an avid Obama supporter since!! I have always hoped that he would pick Biden as his running mate though because of his diplomacy in foriegn affairs! When the President of another country blows off Your countrie's President, because he thinks he's a joke & doesn't respect him, that's when you know it's time to get someone in office who can help re-build those bridges. Joe Biden is definitely our man when it comes to that!! He is passionate, eloquent and will bring some much needed experience to the Democratic campaign for the Presidency. That, along with Obama's inspiration and ideas for "change" in this country, and we should have this thing in the bag!! (I'm not saying these are the only things that will clinch it, because there is so much policy I couldn't possibly discuss here, but foreign policy is a biggie and a strength for Biden, which I feel will help the campaign emmensely).

This country needs a change, and Senators Obama and Biden are our only hope. The war is breaking our financial back with very little positive outcome for our country. We have tens of thousands of injured veterans with substandard care, and Arlington is digging holes every day. The oil nations (including Iraq who we are helping) are experiencing unheard of profits in oil and in essence our enemies have won the war by breaking our financial back, with oil prices and their domino effect. Our schools are substandard and the $10 billion a month for the war can be so much better spent in education, health care, infrastructure repair, shoring up Social Security for our seniors, creating jobs in alternative fuels - I could go on and on. No disrespect to Senator McCain but four more years of the Bush philosophy will bankrupt America. We don't need a Rambo for President with a "lets get the evil guys" philosophy (we've had that philosophy for eight years) -- Let's have a President who understands that Americans need help and who understands that the economy has never been this bad except in the 1930's. We also need a President who knows how many houses he owns and does not think that the current American economy is fundamentally sound -- unless like the Republicans currently in office -- you are counting your Halleburten and oil stocks. I wanted Hillary to run. but my vote is soundly for Obama/Biden and so is my husbands. Our only hope is change and these are the guys that can start the process! They can't fix it overnight but at least they realize that we NEED change!

avondale -

You make me laugh. You start by sneering that anyone who doesn't share your narrow views of the world "really don't research these topics very well". Then you go on to bleat every liberal talking point in the book.

Don't you find it an amazing coincidence that your superior research has resulted in world view that is generic liberal dogma? Nah. Like most arrogant liberals, you lack the required self-awareness.

Keep on bleating out liberal propoganda and convince yourself that you came to those conclusions because you are so much better informed than the rest of us. In the words of David St. Hubbins, "I believe almost everyhting that I read, which I believe makes me a more selective human being".

What an interesting background......

Failed his legal methods class in law school because he was caught cheating....
Drummed out of his run for the presidency because he was caught cheating / plagiarizing speeches.....
Spewed racist comments about convenience store owners and was given a pass by the media.......
And very strongly stated his running mate was "NOT READY TO BE PRESIDENT" on nationwide TV......

They just proved the point of "inexperience" by choosing the old white guy clearly as chaperone for the inexperienced pied piper of Marxism.

Posted By: softball mom @ 08/23/2008 11:20:59 AM
Comment: Voting for Obama/Biden will keep you, you children and grandchildren paying higher taxes. I would
rather have then fighting to keep our county safe than paying taxes for more social programs and
government hand outs.

Wow! that has to be one of the dumbest comment's I've ever read on this site. So, you'd rather pay taxes to let some moron sent our young people to get killed. Makes perfect sense to me. Why help the poor when we can just kill them off.

if you say obama is a socialist you don't know what a socialist is. and if you say hitler was a socialist, you don't know what hitler was, what a socialist is, or what a national socialist was, or a fascist for that matter. perhaps read some history books rather than watch fox news brainwashing to get some real information. that said, biden isn't a strong choice - very unpopular when he's run for president - different now?