Obama's appeal transcends race and party. His Iowa victory suggests that it may be possible to reclaim the national unity America has lost.
Comment: He speaks the logic of JFK . . . I hope for him - Mike, Peace Corps 1962- 64 Africa (an ASK NOT American there are a few of us alive, who beleive)
Comment: http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/1/8/185438/7845/186/433066
RON PAUL'S RACIST NEWSLETTERS REVEALED. and he ADMITS IT!
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/1/8/185438/7845/186/433066
RON PAUL'S RACIST NEWSLETTERS REVEALED. and he ADMITS IT!
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/1/8/185438/7845/186/433066
RON PAUL'S RACIST NEWSLETTERS REVEALED. and he ADMITS IT!
Comment: You have to really wonder why the "phony" label stuck to Romney. He has had a recent record of resume inflation, sometimes outright lied, then backtracked, and continues to do so, about the most trivial things and about his record. And you have to wonder why Hillary Clinton brings to mind "facist" which has been tied to her since her days in the white house. As her husband was being elected she had private detectives after all the women that were associated with Bill to keep them quiet during the election. During the Monica Lewinsky Scandal she had the white house phones tapped. In her own interviews with the public in the recent town hall meetings, it was revealed that she had a massive list of types of people to get her to ask questions taht she had prepared answers to. I love Bill Clinton. But Hillary has been running her campaign since the 90s, and a really dishonest one at that.
Comment: Our least experienced president was Abraham Lincoln. He has served only one term in the House of Representatives. And that several years before he was elected president.
Our most experienced were Herbert Hoover and James Buchanan. Buchanan has been Secretary of State, Senator, Representative, Ambassador to England and advisor to 4 presidents: Jackson, Van Buren, Polk and Pierce. Hoover???s experience with getting relief to the European people after World War I and as Commerce Secretary should have made him the perfect choice to lead this nation during the Great Depression.
These two, with all of their valuable experience, left the United States with the two biggest crisis in our history, the Civil War and the Great Depression. It took less experienced leaders to lead the United States out of these holes. Experience has value, but pales beside the need for leadership.
Comment: From Dreams of My Father, " I FOUND A SOLACE IN NURSING A PERVASISVE SENSE OF GRIEVANCE AND ANIMOSITY AGAINST MY MOTHER'S RACE".
Comment: Obama terrifies me. I love how he talks, but why am I the only one who seems worried about what will happen when he is confronted with the Republican microscope that will soon be shining lights on places he would rather not have people see. Rolling the dice is exactly true. I sincerely hope he comes clean about anything in his past now, before its too late. They (the republicans) will uncover anything and everything and use it to smear him. How will he hold up? We don't know, but I've seen him flustered a few times over minor things and it does not give me confidence. We all know how vicious that republican machine can be, and though I'm not a huge Hilary fan, at least we know she can stand up to it and as she said, no one has been more vetted already. I can see Obama hoping things he's done...drug use, etc...just doesn't come to light, but it all will, we know that. They could use any and all weaknesses (maybe he did innocent research into his muslim heritage they will twist to make it appear he was conspiring with terrorists, for example). whatever they find they will use, and this scares me as it will lead to another idiot republican in the white house. I have much more confidence going with HIlary Clinton as this is not a personality contest. Lets use our heads people. I feel like Casandra, warning of doom with no one listining. I don't want to say "I told you so". So, to Obama...please come clean on everything now, take the teeth out of their bite before it kills this chance the democratic party has at finally getting this country back on the right track.
Comment: A neutral comment from a foreigner observer ( outside of the US)
Looking at history and specifically US one, every 8 year or so, some candidate comeup and present himself as an agent of change, sometime in messianiqc term. It worked sometiem in the past, and we ended up in cymism and broken promises and sometiem disaster for teh US and the world at large.
US political system is fundamentically flawed at its hearts by BIG MONEY! For America toget back its soul, it need a RADICAL REVOLUTIONARY TRANSFORMATION, NOT JUST SO CALLED CHANGE AND HOPE
Let dont mention ist health care system and other things, just to start with its own political selectioon
process. It run more than a 18 months, with at end, bilions of dollars spend.
One simple transformation would be having just one day nation wilde primary contest to select the 2 or 3 candidates for president. One day and it is done , it is fair and simple. Other countries has it already , France, Germany to say a few
Then you guys can spare several biillions of hundred of millions of dollars enough to fund basc heahcare of all for the next 4 year!
Sound simple, Who has suggest the idee, no one !! even not the so proclaimed Change agent and its followers, why drag on for several month and waste somuch money ?? well just do it.
The truth is US politics is wired with Money, that is, and the world with it!! materialistic world that will lead us to downfall , if no revolution comes up!
What change is going on this time ? talk and blaabla ,they ALL want power, that is ..No real heart and innovative ideas !
You want change? go after the latest fashion and nice talker
You want transformation ?
- be a leader youself instead of followers
- help people around you
- look at your own attitude very day as a citizen of the world, what can you do not what can you get more
- do something practical to help someone
-stop watching Holywood video.
- stop driving car as much a spossible, use publictrabsport
- eat whole food and boycott process food and support fair trade
- held your elected official accountable
- Travel the world and see in your own yes, make friends , dont need much money :)
voila some ideas :))
Freespirit
Comment: A neutral comment from a foreigner observer ( outside of the US)
Looking at history and specifically US one, every 8 year or so, some candidate comeup and present himself as an agent of change, sometime in messianiqc term. It worked sometiem in the past, and we ended up in cymism and broken promises and sometiem disaster for teh US and the world at large.
US political system is fundamentically flawed at its hearts by BIG MONEY! For America toget back its soul, it need a RADICAL REVOLUTIONARY TRANSFORMATION, NOT JUST SO CALLED CHANGE AND HOPE
Let dont mention ist health care system and other things, just to start with its own political selectioon
process. It run more than a 18 months, with at end, bilions of dollars spend.
One simple transformation would be having just one day nation wilde primary contest to select the 2 or 3 candidates for president. One day and it is done , it is fair and simple. Other countries has it already , France, Germany to say a few
Then you guys can spare several biillions of hundred of millions of dollars enough to fund basc heahcare of all for the next 4 year!
Sound simple, Who has suggest the idee, no one !! even not the so proclaimed Change agent and its followers, why drag on for several month and waste somuch money ?? well just do it.
The truth is US politics is wired with Money, that is, and the world with it!! materialistic world that will lead us to downfall , if no revolution comes up!
What change is going on this time ? talk and blaabla ,they ALL want power, that is ..No real heart and innovative ideas !
You want change? go after the latest fashion and nice talker
You want transformation ?
- be a leader youself instead of followers
- help people around you
- look at your own attitude very day as a citizen of the world, what can you do not what can you get more
- do something practical to help someone
-stop watching Holywood video.
- stop driving car as much a spossible, use publictrabsport
- eat whole food and boycott process food and support fair trade
- held your elected official accountable
- Travel the world and see in your own yes, make friends , dont need much money :)
voila some ideas :))
Freespirit
Comment: A neutral comment from a foreigner observer ( outside of the US)
Looking at history and specifically US one, every 8 year or so, some candidate comeup and present himself as an agent of change, sometime in messianiqc term. It worked sometiem in the past, and we ended up in cymism and broken promises and sometiem disaster for teh US and the world at large.
US political system is fundamentically flawed at its hearts by BIG MONEY! For America toget back its soul, it need a RADICAL REVOLUTIONARY TRANSFORMATION, NOT JUST SO CALLED CHANGE AND HOPE
Let dont mention ist health care system and other things, just to start with its own political selectioon
process. It run more than a 18 months, with at end, bilions of dollars spend.
One simple transformation would be having just one day nation wilde primary contest to select the 2 or 3 candidates for president. One day and it is done , it is fair and simple. Other countries has it already , France, Germany to say a few
Then you guys can spare several biillions of hundred of millions of dollars enough to fund basc heahcare of all for the next 4 year!
Sound simple, Who has suggest the idee, no one !! even not the so proclaimed Change agent and its followers, why drag on for several month and waste somuch money ?? well just do it.
The truth is US politics is wired with Money, that is, and the world with it!! materialistic world that will lead us to downfall , if no revolution comes up!
What change is going on this time ? talk and blaabla ,they ALL want power, that is ..No real heart and innovative ideas !
You want change? go after the latest fashion and nice talker
You want transformation ?
- be a leader youself instead of followers
- help people around you
- look at your own attitude very day as a citizen of the world, what can you do not what can you get more
- do something practical to help someone
-stop watching Holywood video.
- stop driving car as much a spossible, use publictrabsport
- eat whole food and boycott process food and support fair trade
- held your elected official accountable
- Travel the world and see in your own yes, make friends , dont need much money :)
voila some ideas :))
Freespirit
Comment: Dear Ms. Ciift,
First, big fan... Second, Barak Obama is NOT from Kansas. His mother and maternal grand parants are from there. Barak Obama was born and raised in Hawaii, but for the time he lived with his mother and step father in Indonesia. I heard you declare this on MacLaughlin Group. Small gaff, but thought you'd like to know? Sincerely Ellen Cohn
Comment: Camelot???? With Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi???
Gimme a break
Comment: ted
I would advise anyone considering this man for the presidency to study the information contained here http://www.examiner.com/a-534540~Can_a_past_of_Islam_change_the_path_to_president_for_Obama_.html carefully.
As you read the article, pay special attention to:
"Obama???s stepfather was a practicing Muslim". ???It was to Lolo (stepfather) that I turned to for guidance and instruction, Obama recalled.???
???In Indonesia, I had spent two years at a Muslim school,??? he wrote in his first memoir, ???Dreams from my Father.???
???He comes from a father who was a Muslim,??? said civil rights author Juan Williams of National Public Radio. ???I mean, I think that given we???re at war with Muslim extremists, that presents a problem.???
???The person who made me proudest of all,??? Obama wrote, ???was Roy. He converted to Islam.."
Although the overwhelming majority of Americans describe themselves as Christians, Obama does not believe that any one religion should define the United States.
???We are no longer just a Christian nation,??? he argues in ???Audacity,??? which was published last year. ???We are also a Jewish nation, a Muslim nation, a Buddhist nation, a Hindu nation, and a nation of nonbelievers.???
He is also protective of civil rights for Muslims in the U.S. ???I will stand with them should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.???
Although Obama was raised by his mother, he identified more closely with the race of his father, who left the family when Obama was 2.???I ceased to advertise my mother's race at the age of 12 or 13, when I began to suspect that by doing so I was ingratiating myself to whites,??? he wrote.
???There were enough of us on campus to constitute a tribe, and when it came to hanging out many of us chose to function like a tribe, staying close together, traveling in packs,??? he wrote. ???It remained necessary to prove which side you were on, to show your loyalty to the black masses, to strike out and name names.???
He added: ???To avoid being mistaken for a sellout, I chose my friends carefully. The more politically active black students. The foreign students. The Chicanos. The Marxist professors and structural feminists.???
After his sophomore year, Obama transferred to Columbia University. Later, looking back on his years in New York City, he recalled: ???I had grown accustomed, everywhere, to suspicions between the races.???
???The emotion between the races could never be pure,??? he laments in ???Dreams.??? ???Even love was tarnished by the desire to find in the other some element that was missing in ourselves. Whether we sought out our demons or salvation, the other race would always remain just that: menacing, alien, and apart.???
How can the American public even consider this man for presidency of the United states?
http://www.freedomsenemies.com/_more/obama.htm
Comment: If I was old enough, I'd vote for Obama.
Comment: I'm with you Woody Rufus Leeks...a WPA/race to the moon campaign to rebuild America's infrastructure, develop in alternative energy sources to eliminate our dependence upon foreign oil, and eliminate the privilege and destructiveness of current tax breaks and corporate greed are getting my attention and my vote...I am an Edwards supporter, but for whoever wins the Democratic nomination...
Comment: He's not John Kennedy...and Camelot is not a real place...We should strive to improve the country and by whatever measure the world in light of reality and not through clouded conjecture or romanticized speculation about the reinvented memory of an idyllic, but non-existent past...Is the suggestion that we 'change' back to a vision of the past that never really existed?...I still remember where I was the moment I heard about the assassination of JFK...I, like most others grieved immeasurably. I believe to this day that that moment in November of 1963 in culmination with those further unconscionable days in 1968 when his brother and MLK Jr suffered the same fate were a turning point that future generations will look back upon as the beginning of the fall of the America into a second tier power; a pivotal and cataclysmic five years. I do not believe that by fantasizing about those lost dreams and aspirations through some charismatic vision of 'hope' will either bring back 'Camelot' or otherwise alter the reality of the foibles of that time. We need to look forward with a sense of vision and determination not to repeat the past (those who don't know their history are destined to repeat it), but to improve upon the present with all candor and an unimpaired, unvarnished understanding of current events.
Comment: He's not John Kennedy...and Camelot is not a real place...We should strive to improve the country and by whatever measure the world in light of reality and not through clouded conjecture or romanticised speculation about the reinvented memory of an idyllic, but non-existant past...Is the suggestion that we 'change' back to a vision of the past that never really existed?...I still remember where I was the moment I heard about the assisination of JFK...I, like most others grieved immeasurably. I believe to this day that that moment in November of 1963 in culmination with those further unconscionable days in 1968 when his brother and MLK Jr suffered the same fate were a turning point that future generatiions will look back upon as the beginning of the fall of the America into a second tier power; a pivotal and cataclysmic five years. I do not believe that by fantasizing about those lost dreams and aspirations through some charasmatic vision of 'hope' will either bring back 'Camelot' or otherwise alter the reality of the foibles of that time. We need to look forward with a sense of vision and determination not to repeat the past (those who don't know their history are destined to repeat it), but to improve upon the present with all candor and an unimpaired , unvarnished understanding of current events.
Comment: i'm a red stater and i'm starting to warm up to obama. i've never considered voting democrat, but i'm giving obama a second look. washington is broken and maybe some new blood and new ideas and new a approach to problems that face our country is exactly what is needed. experience ever heard of OJT?
i want someone who can put politics aside and do what's right for the country. ie: fix our social security, reduce taxes, create jobs, build a fence, address immigration, enforce our immigration laws, make healthcare affordable. i think the any other dem will go down in flames against who ever the gop elect.
the dem's have no substance, other than the change card which only obama can play. he's got my attention.
Comment: I supported McCain in his first bid for the presidency but have had some reservations so I???m looking intently at Obama. The one fundamental question that I have is this: Define change and what does it mean to the average American. Does it mean National Healthcare, a solvent Social Security and Medicare system? An effective public education system? Does it mean the reversal of the systematic dismantling of our industries, national security and subsequent well being? A plan for developing new energy sources such as the one initiated in the 60???s for a race to the moon? A fundamental change in how the American Elitists and corporations are allowed to line their pockets by whatever means necessary at the expense of the rest of us? These are my concerns and an acceptable answer to those questions gets my vote???
Comment: I supported McCain in his first bid for the presidency but have had some reservations so I???m looking intently at Obama. The one fundamental question that I have is this: Define change and what does it mean to the average American. Does it mean National Healthcare, a solvent Social Security and Medicare system? Does it mean the reversal of the systematic dismantling of our industries and subsequent well being and national security? A plan for developing new energy sources such as the one initiated in the 60???s for a race to the moon? A fundamental change in how the American Elitists and corporations are allowed to line their pockets by whatever means necessary at the expense of the rest of us? An acceptable answer to those questions gets my vote???
Comment: dont you proofread your copy and have fact checkers? as someone who lived through it, the cuban missle crisis was in october, 1962. you have to do a better job guys
Comment: dont people see through the scam and realize that ms clinton is simply a vehicle to allow bill and his cronies to come back into the white house? they are the national nightmare that wont go away. this is the hillary "you owe me" ego tour, and bill's "reunion"tour. im a democrat and i want nothing to do with these two.. she constantly talks about bush and the republicans, but the issue is our future and our place in the world. i agree with sorenson- just because she lived in the white house, thats not experience. im married to a trial lawyer- could i plead a case in court? no way. the clintons need to go do something useful instead of tying us to a past that has less to this present mess.
Comment: As a 66 year old Republican disgusted by party behavior in G.W.B years I'm rooting hard for an Obama vs. Huckabee choice. I don't know yet which way I would vote - Republican or Democrat, but expecting to get a fresh approach by a smart president willing to consider all the options will be the test. On the Democrats side, only Obama seems likely to pass that as it now stands.
Comment: Bill Clinton, on the Charlie Rose show some weeks ago, said a vote for Obama is a "roll of the dice."
And the voters' ears perked up. . .
Comment: As an international reader, I agree with the article. Obama would change how the world looks at USA. We would again see a country run by hope instead of fear, and one that is more open to discussion and debate than to shoot at us if we disagree. I want to like USA again, that's why I want Obama to win.
Comment: Let's see, other than looking great on T.V. and giving inspiring speeches, what did JFK do as President? His weakness gave us the Bay of Pigs debacle which, in turn, gave us the Cuban Missile Crisis, the largest foreign policy crisis of the Cold War. And we know now that he had to trade our Jupiter Missiles in Turkey to get himself out of the hot seat. He started the Vietnam War. His foreign policy was an utter nightmare. Most of his domestic priorities were socialistic and didn't get passed until he was killed and Johnson persuaded Congress to pass them as a memorial to him. We've spent four decades trying to unwind the damage those programs have caused in black America and beyond. If Obama is as popular as he seems to be, let's pray that he is no JFK.
Comment: What did JFK ever do as President besides looking great on T.V. and giving inspiring speeches? Let's see, his weakness and indecision gave us the Bay of Pigs debacle which, in turn, gave us the Bay of Pigs, which was the biggest single crisis of the Cold War. He started the Vietnam War. And he began campaigning for most of the socialist "Great Society" programs that LBJ eventually got enacted, which we've spent decades trying to disentangle ourselves from. If Obama is as popular as he seems, pray he's no John F. Kennedy.
Comment: I've been hesitant about Obama, partially because I'd like to see a woman as president, and Clinton is more experienced -- in the Senate, as well as a partner to the former president. But i feel that we need some kind of radical change, as well as leaders who inspire us to participate in the political process, and this article helped me see Obama in a different context....For all our sakes, let's hope he is another JFK.
Comment: I've been hesitant about Obama, partially because I'd like to see a woman as president, and Clinton is more experienced -- in the Senate, as well as a partner to the former president. But i feel that we need some kind of radical change, as well as leaders who inspire us to participate in the political process, and this article helped me see Obama in a different context....For all our sakes, let's hope he is another JFK.
Comment: To :devan95 comment : Same ol same ol .... Because liberal democrats do make a difference!!!
Everytime a Republican comes into power this country goes into the pit hole... You moron !!!
Bush Sr. = War : Bush Jr.=War Torture Disaster just look at this country now !!!!!
Comment: We are in the 53rd consecutive month of job growth with money to spend on movie tickets, video games etc in record numbers. It is Dems who have gotten us into wars and Repubs who have to come in a clean the mess. This is what the last liberal dems gave us:(Maya Angeloo eat your heart out!)
The Clinton Question
A Farewell Ode to the Oder
Bimbos threatened with bodily harm
of this there is no doubt.
People dying everywhere,
bodies strewn about
No need to raise the question of
Bill Clinton and his clout
Long term government employees
forced out in a seatless van
victims of the Arkansas mafia
and their Hollywood klan
No need to raise the question of
Bill Clinton and his clout
Watergate was bad indeed.
the media was thrilled
there may have been abuse of power,
but - nobody got killed!
Why would Vincent Foster
with everything to gain
throw his career, his wife, his kids
down that eternal drain?
No need to raise the question of
Bill Clinton and his clout
Something must be very wrong,
very bad indeed,
which may give whole new meaning to
the term "decade of greed."
Was Leona Helmsly the only one
allergic to payment of taxes,
or was the Governor of Arkansas
guilty of similar "laxness!"
No need to raise the question of
Bill Clinton and his clout
The media was outraged
when Anita Hill accused
but when the cad is of their own
the behavior is excused
There was Sally, and Dolly and Paula
but Juanita takes the cake
the only American president
to have gotten away with rape
No need to raise the question of
Bill Clinton and his clout
God gave us a vision of pilgrims,
seeking salvation at Waco;
Bill Clinton's arrogant reply was
the damnation of satan's inferno.
And never forget Somalia
where unarmed boys were stuck
no truer words were ever spoke when
she said "Clinton, you suck!"
No need to raise the question of
Bill Clinton and his clout
Billy and the young Lowinski
with Macanudo and blue dress
tought our children a few things
we'd sooner they forget
So great their lust for power
no secret would be free
on sale for cash donations
from agents of the Red Chinese
two for one the deal they made
with Hillary Clinton Rodham
Now a President she seeks to be
will America hit rock bottom?
No need to raise the question of
Hill Rodham and her clout??????
Ego drove his every move
that his legacy be reached
But the bottom line on Clinton Blythe
will forever read IMPEACHED!
No need to raise the question......?
http://www.therealcuba.com/elian_gonzalez.htm
DeVan95
Comment: HILLARY DID THIS:
http://www.wizardsofaz.com/waco/waco2.html
for the children! Dems don't want to "torture" terrorists but had no problem torturing their own citizens. Obama will be no different. If he really wants to be different why is he a liberal Democrat? Same ol same ol.
Comment: Why do you have the idea that all Democrats are somehow liberals and all Republicans are somehow conservative? Did you ever consider that some people in this country might be moderates in either party? Or that there might be a reason for so many Independents in this country who are tired of the labels 'liberal/conservative/Republican/Democrat' or that you have to be a hardline party member at all?
The partisan bickering........the dirty politics........the unfulfilled promises of both parties......are tearing this country apart........we need to get down to what really works for all Americans........what is fair and sensible for all of us........not just the special interests, the wealthy, the priviliged few. We need to get people back in the workforce, making a living that puts a decent roof over their heads, giving them the sense of pride and self-worth........somehow you consider that 'radical' or 'liberal'......is it because it doesn't 'conserve' the status quo ? Middle of the road Americans, moderates who are concerned about this country's direction internally and internationally, those 'independents' that are being courted by everyone running, will determine this election if it is handled fairly with no vote manipulating. They care much more about the candidate's depth of character and the ability to lead than what party they are from or other such sacred cows........this is the age of information.......plastering someone's face on tv won't capture independent votes........or all the negative, dirty trashing of the other guy. We put up with 8 years of internal embarrasment because our wallets got a little thicker........and 7 years of international embarrassment while our wallets got alot thinner.......now it's our chance to vote for a candidate who is smart and decent at the same time with no favors to dole out and a real vision for America.
Comment: I thought Ted Sorensen was dead? Only Ms. Clift would reach that far into the file to come up with anything positive on Obama to connect him to JFK. Gimme a break!... We all knew JFK and Mr. Obama is no JFK.
Comment: I agree he is no J or RFK. He is a more liberal Jimmy Carter and would be just as much a disaster.
Comment: Obama as JFK? I do not know what you are smoking Eleanor, But did you get from your candidate! Give me a break. You have completely given leave of your senses.
Comment: Actually, Obama reminds me more of RFK.........more honest, more determined than his brother........and alot less of a political risk of being seen with the wrong woman...........yes RFK and Obama had possible ties to the wrong woman, but at least it wasn't an habitual thing. I don't mean to diminish JFK in the least as a president and a leader, but he did has a real problem in that particular area.............and no, I will never forget the hope he inspired, the courage he showed with Nikita K. I will never forget the 22nd of November, 1963...........leaving school early, coming home to see my mother, a diehard Republican who voted for Richard Nixon, crying when I got home..........watching 2 weeks of Jackie and her children on TV every day.......JFK Jr. waving goodbye to the casket on the horse-drawn carriage......the lighting of the Eternal Flame at Arlington........I remember it all so vividly.......and who doesn't remember.........but JFK, all in all was no saint......most likely Abraham Lincoln wasn't either.......but who have we had the chance to vote for in decades who has much of the character of Lincoln, JFK, RFK, and MLK all in one person? They were all hated by a significant part of the American population for their strong stands on what they believed.........but each is a beloved leader in America by such a large portion of the population today. We all need to take a serious look at the character of this man........forget whether he is a black or white candidate........and listen to the common cord he strikes in his message of positive vision for America.
Comment: I'm so sick of Obama's pretending/imitating JFK, so silly and non-original, and yet people think he's inspirational. All he says is old old stuff, empty hope slogans, trying to sound like Martin Luther King, like he's an oppressed Black. But the fact is he's a muslim or a former muslim, and black people are not being oppressed and need liberation and hope. Just because he's black does not qualify him as need to be president
Comment: Obama as JFK? I don't know what you are smoking but you have completely lost control of your judgement! No Way!
Comment: Why can't Barak be JFK like. I nearly cried when I heard of the win in Iowa,( and I'm a 43 yr old white male). Barak is exactly to us, what JFK was to the people of the 60's. He is a breath of fresh air and leadership. I particularly like his humility, he isn't afraid to admitt that he doesn't have the answer, and that he is willing to hear all positions and ideas. That to me repesents an open mind and honesty. I wanted Clinton initially because she represented change, ( wich is what we need in this country yesterday), But she is too much of an insider. With Obama We get the best of both worlds, Change and Unity as a Country.
somewhere in the midwest; Joe Blow
Comment: Why can't Barak be JFK like. I nearly cried when I heard of the win in Iowa,( and I'm a 43 yr old white male). Barak is exactly to us, what JFK was to the people of the 60's. He is a breath of fresh air and leadership. I particularly like his humility, he isn't afraid to admitt that he doesn't have the answer, and that he is willing to hear all positions and ideas. That to me repesents an open mind and honesty. I wanted Clinton initially because she represented change, ( wich is what we need in this country yesterday), But she is too much of an insider. With Obama We get the best of both worlds, Change and Unity as a Country.
somewhere in the midwest; Joe Blow
Comment: Comment: Obama is a reasonable, thoughtful individual who looks for solutions to problems with a view of what is best for all concerned. The current administration, and the dynasty it represents, has made a mess of our standing in the world by trying to bully the rest of the world with our military might no matter what the cost. At home, the current leadership (or lack of it) has ignored the needs of the majority of Americans to line the pockets of the chosen few. We need a leader who can work with people, carry on an intellegent conversation, and get to the bottom of issues without bankrupting our country with scare tactics and special interests of their corporate friends. Jimmy Carter was an honest, sincere person.......he just lacked the fighting skills needed to be tough when necessary. Barak Obama has this same sincerity, as well as the abiltiy to fight when necessary to see that justice is served for all parties. This sense of fair-play.........this levelheaded thinking ....... is what America needs at home and abroad. The agenda of 'I'll get mine, no matter what anyone else or the rest of the world thinks', has hurt this country at home and around the world. When the middle class is feeling the crunch so badly that they are sick of Washington and the 'old boy network', and the rest of the world is having second thoughts about being our friends........then we are in danger of being in a civil war........both internally and internationally.
Barak Obama speaks with a sense of fairness, reconciliation, working together, and seeking a common ground........this quality of leadership rings true with most people even if they are too stubborn to admit it in the beginning. I believe he will be able to bring about some real change by his vision for all Americans, and by surrounding himself with capable people who share the same vision. He reminds me very much of Abraham Lincoln, a man who was so very human and yet strongly determined to do what is right and just for all concerned...... a man who was not afraid to be humble, possessed great wisdom, was determined to do the right thing, and did not hesitate to reach out to his enemies when needed and reconcile their differences. Lincoln stands tall among our countries best leaders........when someone has so much of the same qualities, we need to unite behind him. So seldom do we get the chance to see this kind of person centerstage, eager to lead this country.........most would become weary of the long fight and dirty tactics they would have to endure to get that point.
Comment: Okay, let's talk running mates.
1st choice: Russ Feingold.
2nd choice: Jim Webb.
Comment: Sorry, wrong party. Unless you're talking the New York marathon. HA
Comment: Hey......if John Connally could become a Republican.............and Joe Leiberman could be an Independent.......and Michael Bloomberg can be an Independent..........and George Wallace could be an Independent...........and a black candidate could be a Republican or a Democrat...........who knows.......who cares what 'party' they are from.......maybe we could go back to the way it used to be.........the first place guy gets to be Joe Friday.........and the second place guy gets to be his sidekick.......and Harry Morgan was alot more fun to watch on M.A.S.H. 4077 than on Dragnet in the end anyway.
Comment: ARCANUM202: Do you really think that the black man will stand up and be whatever they want to be? Are you saying that the white man is holding the black man back? Quite frankly, with the UNCF and all the white companies and people donating to it, for the education of black people, I find your comment distateful. You do remind me of the feminist movemnet. Women did not want equality they wanted to be sitting on the heads of men and show them they are better. Now your comments make me think that is what the black man also wants....AND DESERVES. To say that you fear some WHITE will harm your man, is despicable and racist. No I can see the wagon master already. "I do not know if i can cast that vote for Hillary....." indeed. Band together and get your first black president in the USA. A new day has come huh? Well not with my vote, even if it will be a losing vote. I am not going to have my children and grandchildren point a finger at me and say..."see what you helped to create". I never ever thought that anyone would hear me say this....BUT I WOULD RATHER VOTE FOR GEORGE BUSH AGAIN.
Comment: You forget that Obama is as much white as he is black.......he is as much your people as he is the people of 'ARCANUM202'......... I have a so-called 'black' granddaughter.......I am white.........so she is white also.......as much as she is black........she looks like my daughter, except her light brown hair is very curly......Obama is a white man with a black father.........as much as he is a black man with a white mother........why do we only see him as a Black man?
If you are so concerned that black people might squeak a black man into the white house, then you should be getting the last laugh.........you would have a White man in the White house with a year-around Suntan, with a portrait of his White mother on his oval office desk! Think of it........our tax dollars wouldn't be squandered on tanning salons visits every summer for our chief executive to have a 'healthy tan.' Too bad for some Americans that she is deceased......maybe they would look him as more than just a 'black' presidential candidate. As for Bush Jr..........I voted for him the first time.........he couldn't get my vote the second time.........I would rather vote for a skidrow bum...........oops maybe I did..........one with a red tie....and GWB on his lapels.......a bible in one arm.......and a sack full of tax dollars in the other hand to slip to his old buddies in the oil/energy business. I would never again put my money on Bush Jr or Bush Sr or Grandpa Bush either...........they have ruined this country at home and abroad with all of their machinations of the past 60 plus years.
Comment: Yikes he got me so riled up I forgot all about spellcheck
Comment: Oh for heaven's sake, Eleanor; there never was a Camelot to return to. That whole fantasy was manufactured after the fact and even the most die-hard of Kennedy fans (excepting you, I guess) admits it was overdone. And even if there were a Camelot to return to, Barak Obama ain't gonna get us there. Maybe some day he'll deign to tell us just how he plans to "reclaim the national unity America has lost" while simultaneously making us beloved around the globe--IF he ever stops droning on about the ephemeral "hope" and "change". Barak Obama as JFK?? Don't think so. George McGovern, perhaps
Comment: President Obama. How does that sound to you? To me it is too much like bin-Laden. Too bad Barack.
Comment: I can't agree with you more! US simply will become a laughing stock to the rest of the world when we elect a President Hussein Obama! Seriously, maybe people in US don't care, but it WILL become a joke to everyone else in the world! We've removed a President Hussein from Ireq, and now we have a President Hussein as our own commander-in-chief! What a great irony! By selecting Obama, US will show the world truely we have no racism here anymore, but will also show we're stupid!
Comment: YuWang, if we elect Hussein Obama, it will signal a readines to vote for YuWang . . .
Comment: You are gonna pick our next leader by name( this is how shallow our country has come) We deserve another Bush in the White House ! I'm tellin Ya! We need more pain before we wake up, especially with comments like that. " What a shame"
Comment: We championed the cause of the Taliban in Afganistan when the Russians were there beating them up.......and good ole Saddam was our buddy whom we supplied weapons to for years to balance out Iraq........and now we are at odds with both of them and Osama BinLaden too.......funny how the CIA under the Bushes and their friends have given us the same people as friends and bitter enemies both.......and we say the rest of the world is confused? So what if Barak Obama is a funny sounding name to some Americans and sounds like Osama........Ulysses Grant sounds like a strange Greek who heard the sirens sweetly singing to him.........Millard Fillmore sounds a bit odd...........Rutherford B. Hayes sounds like a guy born with a silver spoon who never would think of giving a loan to a poor man.........Abraham Lincoln sounds like a Jewish banker from NY who drives a big black car.........Chester Arthur could be Arthur Chester instead.........what's in a name........I suppose we wouldn't vote for Puddin Tame..........but Marilyn Monroe was still Norma Jean Baker..........and one of George Bush Sr/Jr best friends is white with the name Negroponte (?)........maybe Obama Barak should change his name to Richard Springfield since he came from the Senate in Springfield, Illinois and Richard sounds like a good name.........like Richard Nixon........oh, I forgot........Rick Springfield might already have that name already...........what's in a name, anyway...........
Comment: I think the country, the young of this country...need someone like Obama. A person that can transcend race, family lineage, color, and economics. I support Hillary, but I am questioning that support now. I am a Black man, and I think that Obama would inspire Black men in this country to stand up, and be whatever they chose to be...not what the media portrays us to be. He will legitimize those people that don't have a mom and a father in the home, or a rearing that has always steered them towards the White House. This is a country by the people, for the people...not only some people (namely, White men!). I am hopeful for an Obama in the Capitol, it would say to the world, that if we can police Democracy in everyone elses home, that we have truly shown that we can champion it for the most disenfranchised people in this Democratic society, Black Americans! He makes me happy, and hopeful. None of the other politicians do that...I don't know if I will be able to cast that vote for Hillary if it comes down to a show between her and him. I also do fear for his safety. I have seen the evil of White people in this country, and as many of them that have shown me kindness, it only takes the evil of one to undo everything Obama is. I hope, for the sake of this country, that nothing happens to that man. The 60's will pail in comparison to what can happen now.
Comment: JFK was a special person, one we all truly believed in. Obama is not one I would put my trust in, I think he still has a lot to answer for about his past and his beliefs. I agree with devan95 that he is a disaster waiting to happen to this country. I believe that there is someone out there that would and could bring America back to what it was and what it should be. There may never be another Camelot but there can and should be a better America. God bless the United States of America.
Comment: Obama is cold, man. I can't believe anybody could be this cold:
During his years in the legislature, Obama voted against requiring medical care for aborted fetuses who survive,
Comment: no way, JFK was a special person. This Obama has a lot to answer for yet. I don't trust him one bit. This country is not ready for someone with his background. This country needs someone who is for America and American values, who that is I am not really sure, but somewhere out there there is a person who can and should lead Ameica back to what it sould be.
Comment: Obama is no JFK - he is Jimmy Carter. Period. A disaster waiting to happen. If he thinks I'm going to pay for Elenor Clift's medial bills, her mortgage, her limo, etc. he's crazy as a loon. Just like Carter was. You're not getting Hope, you're getting Plains!
Comment: The day I graduated from High School in 1968 Bobby Kennedy was shot. Last Thursday something that died then was reborn. I have not felt this positive and proud of America in forty years. Go for it Obama and may God protect you and keep you safe.
Comment: To me ,it is scary to think of someone so inexperienced leading this country.Can you see Obama seated with world leaders that are against this country.I pray God helps us all think who we could depend on in that sitituation to know what is best for all this country. Thalia McGill
Comment: It's hard, if not impossible, to imagine anything scarier than what this country has had in the White House the last seven years. America has finally woken up to the fact that the United States can no longer rule through coercion and fear and that there is a better way. Barack Obama will lead us down a better path and restore a new confidence in the american people that the United Staes government can once again be "of the people, by the people and for the people". He is the only one of the candidates that is not tainted by corporate greed and it is truly refreshing he is NOT part of the existing "good ole' boy" network. "Camelot" yes it is a dream, a dream that this country can once again restore its credibility in the world. Trite, maybe but as far as I'm concerned Barack Obama is the new black King Arthur and I would be proud to have him as our next president!
Comment: have some concerns about a black man even running for president. Not to mention being elected. I hope America has matured to such a level social unity, that a man can be elected sole on he ability to demonstrated the kind of confidence that is required to gain the presidency. Time will tell. I don't want the man to win because he is black, but because he is able to convey to the voters that his plan is well thought out, that he is the right man for the job. He understands the task ahead and is will to do everything in his power to enhance and promote the level and productive qualityof life we have in this country. Running this country is about sound judgement and the willingness to be point man in a world of uncertainty.The courage to make the unpopurlar chioces and still maintain a level of national support cross all line..I don't know if politicians pray or not. At this point it would be recommended It is my hope that every christian believer take a moment to seek, God's direction in such a critical matter. Don't vote for things you like about a candidate, but what is right about the person. .Many tyime we as a people of this great country, we the want the goverment to do certain things only to find out it was not a good move. Then we want to blame the person that had the power to protect us from ourselves, for trying to be popular as opposed to being unpopular and practicle. Only God knows the future and what is best. We should pray the our next leader takes his que from someone that has the big picture.
Comment: I have some concerns about a black man even running for president. Not to mention being elected. I hope America has matured to such a level social unity, that a man can be elected sole on he ability to demonstrated the kind of confidence that is required to gain the presidency. Time will tell. I don't want the man to win because he is black, but because he is able to convey to the voters that his plan is well thought out, that he is the right man for the job. He understands the task ahead and is will to do everything in his power to enhance and promote the level and productive qualityof life we have in this country. Running this country is about sound judgement and the willingness to be point man in a world of uncertainty.The courage to make the unpopurlar chioces and still maintain a level of national support cross all line..I don't know if politicians pray or not. At this point it would be recommended It is my hope that every christian believer take a moment to seek, God's direction in such a critical matter. Don't vote for things you like about a candidate, but what is right about the person. .Many tyime we as a people of this great country, we the want the goverment to do certain things only to find out it was not a good move. Then we want to blame the person that had the power to protect us from ourselves, for trying to be popular as opposed to being unpopular and practicle. Only God knows the future and what is best. We should pray the our next leader takes his que from someone that has the big picture.
Comment: Ted Sorensen is absolutely correct about Barack Obama. And as for experience, if Obama can handle the Clinton Machine and win, he'll have no trouble handling world leaders.
Comment: I have some concerns about a black man even running for president. Not to mention being elected. I hope America has matured to such a level social unity, that a man can be elected sole on he ability to demonstrated the kind of confidence that is required to gain the presidency. Time will tell. I don't want the man to win because he is black, but because he is able to convey to the voters that his plan is well thought out, that he is the right man for the job. He understands the task ahead and is will to do everything in his power to enhance and promote the level and productive qualityof life we have in this country. Running this country is about sound judgement and the willingness to be point man in a world of uncertainty.The courage to make the unpopurlar chioces and still maintain a level of national support cross all line..I don't know if politicians pray or not. At this point it would be recommended It is my hope that every christian believer take a moment to seek, God's direction in such a critical matter. Don't vote for things you like about a candidate, but what is right about the person. .Many tyime we as a people of this great country, we the want the goverment to do certain things only to find out it was not a good move. Then we want to blame the person that had the power to protect us from ourselves, for trying to be popular as opposed to being unpopular and practicle. Only God knows the future and what is best. We should pray the our next leader takes his que from someone that has the big picture.
Comment: I agree with everything Ted Sorensen said about Barack Obama. And in regard to experience in handling world leaders, if Obama can handle the Clinton Machine and win, he''won't have any problems in handling world leaders!
Comment: I am so overjoyed to see the nation is looking for a man and a movement that can unite us again...I was afraid we werent capable of that anymore...but thank you fellow Americans and thank you Barack Obama.
Comment: I believe Ted Sorensen has hit the nail on the head in his appraisal of Barak Obama and the appeal that he has to the American public. Obama could garner many votes of the Democrats, a significant amount of the Independents, and a fair number of Republicans too. He has such a positive outlook in general........the calm, cool-headed logic of a man who desires to do right by all players in a given situation. Rather than having a 'personal agenda', his focus is on what can bring people together to find a solution. His 'racial identity' is as much white as it is black. His ability to speak clearly and intellegently before a crowd really makes people want to listen to his ideas and proposals. His separateness from the Washington crowd and cronyism makes people feel that he might be a refreshing change from the political strife and fighting we have endured for so many years. The sincerity, the thoughtful responses to questions, and the positive attitude toward other people all add up to a man of integrity and wisdom.......a real 'people person'.......a man who gives unselfishly to make the world a better place. This kind of person draws other people to himself from all walk of life.......regardless of color, income level, or party affiliation. As JohnSaul commented earlier......Iowa is predominately white........and Republican.......and yet, look at the strong showing Obama made there. How often does a strong candidate from the opposing party bother to make a significant comment about the candidates of the other party in a primary contest.........Mitt Romney is obviously concerned about Obama at this early point in time........maybe he already knows what the rest of the country is beginning to sense........maybe this guy Obama is a real challenge to all of the candidates of all the parties.......maybe he really is someone who could provide the leadership we need today........surround himself with good people and turn this country around.........at home and in the eyes of the rest of the world.......because we sure are in need of such a leader today. Can I get an amen to that?
Comment: Hell no. the guy is a far left radical. Have you looked at his policies and voting record? He will not unite America - he will trigger the next Civil War by throwing out the Constitution and embracing Marxism.
Comment: Obama is not a 'far-left radical'.........he is a reasonable, thoughtful individual who looks for solutions to problems with a view of what is best for all concerned. The current administration, and the dynasty it represents, has made a mess of our standing in the world by trying to bully the rest of the world with our military might no matter what the cost. At home, the current leadership (or lack of it) has ignored the needs of the majority of Americans to line the pockets of the chosen few. We need a leader who can work with people, carry on an intellegent conversation, and get to the bottom of issues without bankrupting our country with scare tactics and special interests of their corporate friends. Jimmy Carter was an honest, sincere person.......he just lacked the fighting skills needed to be tough when necessary. Barak Obama has this same sincerity, as well as the abiltiy to fight when necessary to see that justice is served for all parties. This sense of fair-play.........this levelheaded thinking ....... is what America needs at home and abroad. The agenda of 'I'll get mine, no matter what anyone else or the rest of the world thinks', has hurt this country at home and around the world. When the middle class is feeling the crunch so badly that they are sick of Washington and the 'old boy network', and the rest of the world is having second thoughts about being our friends........then we are in danger of being in a civil war........both internally and internationally.
Barak Obama speaks with a sense of fairness, reconciliation, working together, and seeking a common ground........this quality of leadership rings true with most people even if they are too stubborn to admit it in the beginning. I believe he will be able to bring about some real change by his vision for all Americans, and by surrounding himself with capable people who share the same vision. He reminds me very much of Abraham Lincoln, a man who was so very human and yet strongly determined to do what is right and just for all concerned...... a man who was not afraid to be humble, possessed great wisdom, was determined to do the right thing, and did not hesitate to reach out to his enemies when needed and reconcile their differences. Lincoln stands tall among our countries best leaders........when someone has so much of the same qualities, we need to unite behind him. So seldom do we get the chance to see this kind of person centerstage, eager to lead this country.........most would become weary of the long fight and dirty tactics they would have to endure to get that point.
Comment: You are really hitting the koolaide pretty hard. If you don't think this is radical you must be posting from another planet: :
During his years in the legislature, Obama voted against requiring medical care for aborted fetuses who survive,
I can't believe anyone could be that cold but that's your warm, cuddly Obama.
Comment: It seems to me that either you have forgotten or don't realize that when you are spouting propafganda about what a canidate did or didn't vote for you also have to take into consideration what else was attached to the bill ( they are bundled together). Without looking at the complete package that he voted against you are just an agent that helps spread misinformation.
Comment: I definitely do not agree with Obama's vote against giving medical care to babies who survive abortions.........likewise, I am dismayed by your referral to them as aborted fetuses.......it sounds less than warm and cuddly also. When I see bumper stickers on cars that read 'Save The Whales' or something similiar, I would love to paste another sticker next to it reading 'Save The Baby Humans'. I wonder how many of those car owners would be offended by my addition to their bumper stickers? I voted for Bush Jr the first time soley on the basis of his supposed pro-life stance.........the second time he didn't get my vote......I know so much about his attitude toward the living Americans........'the cattle' we are referred to by his kind people ..........we still have abortion.........and now we have such a mess at home and abroad to deal with too from all the years that the Bush dynasty have been pulling strings in the background for three generations. Who, among all of the Washington insiders, the good ole boys/girls network, is going to stand up and do something for the majority of Americans? We haven't had a real leader who cares about Joe American and has a levelheaded vision for where we are going in decades. Now, we have a chance to elect someone who has this leadership ability and the guts to buck the Washington establishment that keeps the status quo. I would rather go with the 90 or 95 percent sincere human being than the 50 percent sincere human being who does an occasional good deed for show.
Comment: The comparison to JFK is inescapable for all those who have met the Senator, loved JFK, and believe in an exceptional role for America in the world.
Comment: The comparison to JFK is inescapable for all those who have met the Senator, loved JFK, and believe in an exceptional role for America in the world.
Comment: Hillary Clinton is not either. Remember people it was Clinton that sold us out to NAFTA.......It is time for a new day in America. A new vision.... A new direction,. Same old same old needs to go She has been in the political arena for many years. What has she did? Nonething for the American people.
Obama ........ God Bless this man and give him the strength and all the knowledge to lead this great country we live in.
Comment: After a camdodate is elected president he needs a team ? we know Clinton can call anybody on her team; can Obama do the same?
Does Obama represents the everyday american black person? In my experience my african born friends are not familiar not sympathetic, nor identified with afro american struggle.
Besides these racial issues, what importance have women for Obama ? does he has specific goals for women improvement
It scares me that independent voted in great numbers for Obama; independent vote can swicht after a candidate becomes the party nominee; are they going to still back Obama then?
Comment: Let's face it, Obama ain't no JFK, period.
Jeffrey from LOs Angeles
Comment: We all can't really make any right and conscious judgement on Obama and how his general government policy will be, let's be more patient and learn the differences between Hillary's policy to be and that of Obama because after all Obama ain't no JFK.
Jeffrey from Los Angeles
Comment: I believe Mr. Sorensen Is correct, on so many levels, I see Obama as the American dream. Born in a mixed marrige, in lower middle class, not like (Mrs Clinton's silver spoon) gets a good education, then serves is community hand in hand with the common person in Chicago (where I am from) and services the nation in the senate, and answers the public out cry for Change and runs for President, and is able to pull every race, party,and age group together. for the first time in my voting life I feel that I will be voting next to a Republican and Independent for the same guy
Comment: Obama is the "light in the universe" which will ride the tide to the White House. Obama possesses honesty, integrity, intelligence, energy and is the real proponent for "change" Obama stands for hope and a promising future for America. His zest and zeal are magnificent and unparalled. He not only resembles "Camelot", but is a victor of untold proportions! One which will change the landscape of the "real" American people.
Comment: Yes, so Islam will be lifted high and spread like fire in the world and muslims will take over US, for after all, we'll have a muslim son as our commander-in-chief! How silly could Americans be? Basically inflicting a huge slap on itself! I think there might some appeasing thinking in his supporters' mind, since we're in this unsolvable difficulty with the muslim world, maybe by putting Obama in oval office, somehow Osama will make peace with us.
Comment: Please refraiin from any comparison of Obama to any of the Kennedys....you insult them and their legacy.
Comment: What a breath of fresh air from Mr. Sorensen. To hear from a true Wahsington in-sider who has not forgotten his roots and how they helped him in the White House. Obama is what every American with a patriotic creed should have. You are born even in poverty, (not a silver spoon like Mrs.Clinton) YOu work hard, get a good education, give back to the community as Mr. Obama did in Chicago (where I am from) serve the national public, and answer the public our cry to run for the highest office in the land. So for just a common hard worker as myself, Obama is the american dream, and for the first time in my voting life I fell that I will be voting next to a Republican for the same guy; I feel a new America comming, anybody else feel that way?
Comment: People just don't GET it. We don't WANT people with experience in Washington. We see Washington and the people who represent the old establishment as inherently CORRUPT. Barack Obama is the only candidate who represents the antithesis of that arrangement.
Besides, it always makes me laugh when Hillary Clinton implies that being the first lady gave her any experience. Where was she when Bill was getting blow jobs in the Oval Office? How soon we forget. *shaking my head* Give me a break!
Comment: People just don't GET it. We don't WANT people with experience in Washington. We see Washington and the people who represent the old establishment as inherently CORRUPT. Barack Obama is the only candidate who represents the antithesis of that arrangement.
Besides, it always makes me laugh when Hillary Clinton implies that being the first lady gave her any experience. Where was she when Bill was getting blow jobs in the Oval Office? How soon we forget. *shaking my head* Give me a break!
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Comment: What Happened in Iowa was proof that the American people are finally awakening to what is most important. We need an Obama as Sorenson said to have any hope of earning back some of the respect we've lost with the cuurent administration. What Obama offers us is HOPE. A word that we have been unable to utter for the past 7 years. You can sway a people using fear as a tool; isn't that what all the infamous dictators have done in the past? We need to look towards hope and not fear to survive the damage that has been done. Thank God for Obama and anyone like him. Hilary speaks about her experience in the White House, but again, in what capacity can she consider being an observer qualification to lead?
