Bubba: Obama Is Just Like Jesse Jackson

Anyone who has seen more than one presidential election knows first hand that it's the same campaign rhetoric over and over again. Hillary's number one boast is her experience over Obama. This is not necessarily as positive a quality as one would normally think. She has way more experience in double talk outright lies and deceipt. And that folks is what she is using to pave the way for her campaign. We don't want someone who is already moulded to the typical politition. We want someone whose integrity has not been compomised by experience. We want Obama!!!

I am a Hillary fan all the way. American needs to WAKE UP! Why would any American want a President named "President Barac Obama" That just doesn't sound American. And that man has not once solidly said what he would "TRY" to do for any American cause. I think he is just a lot of chatter with nothing to say and has shown very little leadership. He is riding on Ophra's apron string. Not much there either. WAKE UP!

Way to go Jim from Georgia, well said. This has been my feeling for the last year, and I just cannot understand how people think Obama, because he would like to change Washington, will be able to, just like that. I worked for the Feds in DC for a few years, and learned enough to know that you must really know how to work the system in order to get in and get anything accomplished. Please, everyone, read Jim from Georgia's post. One would never hire a CEO with just 2 years of institutional experience. Please, think carefully when you vote. Learn about how long it takes and how much negotiation it takes just to pass a bill and to hire new commissioners (who lead all the federal agencies) and which ones won't change. It takes time to learn the ins and outs of an institution, especially a beaurocratic one. Not only will Obama not be able to change the beaurocracy, he will have a very hard time making any of his ideas come into fruition due to his lack of experience.

Way to go Jim from Georgia, well said. This has been my feeling for the last year, and I just cannot understand how people think Obama, because he would like to change Washington, will be able to, just like that. I worked for the Feds in DC for a few years, and learned enough to know that you must really know how to work the system in order to get in and get anything accomplished. Please, everyone, read Jim from Georgia's post. One would never hire a CEO with just 2 years of institutional experience. Please, think carefully when you vote. Learn about how long it takes and how much negotiation it takes just to pass a bill and to hire new commissioners (who lead all the federal agencies) and which ones won't change.

While Hillary's claims of being prepared and ready to take the reign of being President sound good, the fact of the matter is she was only the wife of a president and was in no way in charge of making any decisions that would qualify her claims of having so much experience. However, Bill does have the experience needed to make that claim and if Hillary were elected who do you think would really be pulling the strings? Face it niether Hillary or Obama has the experience behind them that would qualify either of them to be president, but at least Obama does not have a spouse who would potentially be making the decisions of our nation. He would be doing it himself. For those of you who refuse to see the racial remarks and inferences that the Hillary campaign is throwing out there, open you blind eyes, especially those of you who are black and want to say no, it isn't so. Get real! Obama is the best man for the job, although Ms. Clinton sure has given it a good effort, she is just not up to the demand, but Bill is and that is what she is banking on.

This is a report based upon a meeting we had within our friends and family about Senator Clinton and Obama.
I will like to share the basic core issue at stake and that help me win our internal debate in favor of Senator Clinton.
Things need to change and that is what this election is all about.

1)Believe it or not this is the only Job application process where you do not have to be a President before.
2)However one of the most difficult job on the planet should not be looked at any differently.
3) Say I want to change a company for various reasons for good of employees, products, environmental issues, community and so on.
Will it help me to know the system or be a new comer?
Will it help me to be successful in order to know right people in the company to make changes that I want?
Would it help me to know other companies and relationships that my current company has or should I begin everything from the scratch?

The answers to these are obvious. Chances are a company would be at risk if you were to bring someone fresh at the top and expect to bring about fundamental changes. It sounds too good to be true and it should be that way. It is taking a huge gamble.

Looking at our country and its size and reach and its Governmental machinery we are talking about millions of people working in this system not just the senators and congress leaders and secretaries and governors.

If I am new wanting to bring some fundamental changes not knowing the system inside out, not knowing key people who are going to be there at least initially. ( If I am a President I cannot get a new senate or congress or governors for my self who would all embrace my policies) I cannot replace the govt structure at my will overnight.

I need to know ins and out more than any one else. Does not mean you know everything but my dear voters experience is a key, familiarity is the key, having nerves like steel is the key.

The rest is really good sound bites. Inspiring yes but with this kind of idealism and having not enough experience is a HUGE GAMBLE THAT WE CANNOT AFFORD TO TAKE WHEN THE STAKES ARE TOO HIGH.
Even otherwise the job is too serious.

People are so much fedup with current administration that they would be very happy to get someone that can relate to them.
This is not a guarantee that it would work. (It is almost the other way round)
The challanges are so huge it would not be even start to deliver results end of the 4 years if we have a new comer to the system.
Vito power does only so good. We have been seeing it more often than ever, it is almost autocratic.

We do not want republicans to walk out of Senate or endless fillabusters for bring fundamental changes. We do not want mudslinging which the Reps are so good at.
We can almost derail our system if this new President goes wrong on one of the things or his approach.

My fellow Americans Obama has done a very good job in bring more Americans out to vote but they were already waiting for some to call.

However he is not ready yet. Period.

God please give our people enough wisdom to make this big decision

Hey,
i just want to say that Bush is an awesome president and i say this because he is doing the best he can. i also think Hilary Clinton should not be prez because she is just being lead by clinton. so i believe Bush should stay for prez, but that will never happen. The one person i want to win for this race would be Obama! you go man!
God bless America

Hillary Clinton's use of the phrase "We are going to take back America" is "plagerism" of Pat Bauchannan is his presidential political race.

Guess what?

My 7 year old daughter just said that my household is for Hillary because my wife, her 1 year old sister and herself are rooting for Hillary, while my 12 year old son and I are for Barak.

Reason? They "...are girls" and we "... are boys"! Matter of factly!

Sounds familiar?

I still love her though.

Amazing!

I have kept an incredibly close tab on the so called racial aspects of both campaigns and the only potential racists and/or racially inflammatory statements I've seen are from behind the words of the numerous comments by members of the public on thi blog.

Africans, especially those who have lived in Europe and the US like myself (14 years EU, 6 months City of Angels, also know a bit about racism.

Let me share some thoughts with you.

1. I've seen Africans treat other Africans, on a micro and macro level, more disgustingly prejudiced than most white racists I've ever encountered have treated blacks.

2. Self respecting Africans dont make such an issue of race or racism, they simply live above it - most Africans look down at whites anyway, so deep down they laugh at 'racism'.

3. When I said 'macro level' I meant the injustice that corrupt and inept governments mete out to their owm people in Africa - the total absence of public infrastructures, utilities and collective essential goods such as health and education create a generational psychology that you guys would not even begin to understand, yet Africans live with and in a way 'above' these injustices and their perpetrators and move on, get on with it however harsh and frustrating their daily situations.

4. The way most of you carry on about a non-issue,you confirm the long held comic belief of Africans in the US that their are only two types of people in America; a) those who emigrate there and who work damn hard because they know what they left behind ie Jews, Italians, Irish, Eatern Europeans, Asians, Africans, etc and b) 'white' and 'black' Americans who take their country for granted so much they live their life on a ficticious bed of excuses and accusations against each other about NOTHING! Just like African kids switch off Jerry Springer for being too spolit, childish and nonsensical.

5. Neither Barak Obama nor the Clintons have said anything racist during this campaign, so you lot stop carrying on as if you are a bunch of mentally lazy buggers and discuss real issues.

JPT you let me down a bit by your intro; let's not get too personal or inflammatory. Consider the disposition of your audience and lead us towards constructive issues. In any case, I can't see much wrong with Bill Clinton's statement. Thanks nonetheless.

Cherio!

It occurs to me that Hillary Clinton has managed to shed the blacks and the Kennedy's and in doing so my lure back the white independents that are pro-choice and anti-war that would normally vote for McCain. I personally could care less about uniting this country. It has been divided since its founding. I want a president who can stabilize this econony. Even Greenspan admits she isthe best qualified.

Liberal politicians and 'journalists' protect Barack Obama with a personal vigor because it is in fact very personal to them.

They view black people as their children. And if anyone picks on your kids - come on, nothing is more personal.

Liberals are the parents. They garner themselves with a parental role towards the black community.

They offer them welfare and all manner of social programs to 'take care of them'. Liberals have an emotional investment in the black community. They want to make sure they are 'ok'. Sort of coming out and checking on them as they sleep, pulling the blanket up just a little higher.

Having tried to influence the greater society to cater to their specific needs their entire professional life - failure at this point would be a 'personal' failure. Much passion and time they have poured into raising the black community from infancy.

Like sending your kid off to school. Make sure he has his lunch packed, "call me if you need anything". And anxiously help them onto the bus hoping they will be ok.

Then finally they get to watch Barak Obama at the 'graduation day' of the black population. On stage representing the black population accepting his diploma figuratively by running for president in his tassel'd hat on stage .

The parents are so proud of their child's accomplishment, wiping a tear form their eye, they marvel and think to themselves that it has all been worth it. All the trials and hardships and their child has finally made it through his difficult teenage years.

Now the parents, Liberals, can sort of sit back and rest knowing that they have done good. But there will always be that little bit of worry that comes along with being a parent.

Yet Liberals are the ones who claim that non-Liberals are the "racists". Perhaps its Liberals who use the black community to keep themselves feeling good while the black community remains disproportionately dependant.

I don't think adults need parents. Other adults simply aren't superior.

I am a mixed Black man (like Obama) and I wanted to share my thoughts on why I would NEVER vote for him.

My primary concern with Obama has to do with how his presidency will affect race relations in America. I am a bit of a race man, which appears to be an outdated stance in today's America. I am someone who still knows that racism exists, that its not going anywhere, and that for the most oppressed and most silenced Blacks that racism will continue to keep them at the bottom of the totem pole.

Barry has waged a rather ridiculous campaign of "hope," offering little substance and even less action (just take a look at his voting record in Illinois. And before you criticize, I am an Illinois resident, i.e. his constituent). Not surprisingly, the disorganized and easily-led Democratic masses have flocked toward his message without really thinking about the ramifications of an Obama presidency.

With regard to race relations, an Obama presidency will take this country one step closer toward colorblindness, taking any remaining political focus off of race-based oppression and race-conscious programs to remedy such prejudice. When that happens, the real winners will be White America -- which is pretty fed up with the whole "race problem" anyway -- and prominent Black conservatives such as Ward Connerly and Shelby Steele. The losers? Well the poorest and least well off of Black Americans of course! An Obama presidency will cause racial discourse amongst the White majority to shift from one of annoyance with race to one of ignoring it altogether. And lets face it, once the theoretical discourse on race shifts amongst White Americans, it won't be long before that shift manifests itself on state ballots in the form of statutory racial preference bans and other similar measures.

Now I am in NO WAY blaming Barry for who he is, but I do take issue with his politics. His elementary approach to politics is not only sickening, but also dangerous. He speaks as if he will have sole authority to bring the "aisle" together. I suppose he envisions his presidency with Republicans and Democrats holding hands, Blacks and Whites arm in arm, and he and the Iranian president playing checkers. Sadly, since we live in a democracy and not a monarchy, neither Barack nor anyone else can "change the system" as dramatically as he claims. The "political system," by nature, is adversarial and is predicated upon some level of division. Barack's claims of false hope fail to take this in regard.

It amazes me that large numbers of Democrats fail to see what I see. Although, what is more likely is that most democrats don't care about Black America anyway and the Black Democrats that support Obama are too blind or too caught up in one of Barry's speeches to think of the long term ramifications of an Obama presidency.

I can see it now. President Obama will become a poster child for the "pick yourself up by the bootstraps argument." All over the country, poor, oppressed Black children will be subjected to condescending White America telling them, "Barack became president and he is Black, so why can't you get a job?"

Think about it. White America controls racial politics. Minority advancements are ALWAYS subject to majority approval. This is not to undermine the efforts of Black America to compel the majority to comply, but slavery, the Civil Rights Movement, etc still required the approval of the majority in order to be effective.

If Obama becomes President, the majority will shift the discourse on race again and Black America, I predict, is not going to be happy with what they see. Obama is a perfect candidate in the majority's eyes because he is an intelligent, well-spoken, mixed-race Black man that is bound not to mention race --- because if he does, all of his majority support is out the window. Now this isn't to say that if a viable White male candidate existed on the Democratic side that White America wouldn't flock to him, but given that such a candidate doesn't exist, Barack greatly benefits in this regard.

And again, I am not criticizing Barry for who he is -- I want to make that clear, rather I am merely explaining why I would vote Republican (or perhaps not even vote at all) before voting for him.

Regarding Michelle Obama comments while Barack was seated at her side in a 60 minutes interview where she stated "as a black man, Barack can get shot just goin' to the gas station."

This is very true, however, statistically, as long as the gas station is not in a black inner city Barack should be just fine.

The overwhelmingly vast majority of violence and murder of blacks in this country is committed by other blacks.

I find her comments disgusting and a view into her paranoid madness that she lives with day to day and probably infects her kids with.

No wonder they go to a segregationist church, it sounds like they are afraid of white folks shooting at them. Racists? Or delusional? You decide.

So Michelle Obama should have qualified her statement to show reflect like this: "as a black man, Barack can get shot just goin' to the gas station.... if he is in a black neighborhood."

And I suppose violence in the black inner cities is the greater societies fault as well according to the Obamas.

Hypocritical blame game. These people are through backs to the era of segregation yet they claim to be futuristic and cutting edge.

America, remember that this country isn't made up of only blacks and whites; there are the latino votes, the jewish votes, the asian votes and all the other races that make up a diverse America.

Saying that Bill Clinton introduced race into this campaign is at best a huge media fabrication. The Obamas have been playing the race card from the beginning. It was Michelle Obama with Barack seated at her side that said in a 60 minutes interview that "as a black man, Barack can get shot just goin' to the gas station." There is a youtube clip of an interview with Michelle Obama from NOVEMBER 12, 2007 saying ---- and I quote "black america will wake up and get it".

Hillary Clinton is the most experienced and qualified candidate for President. The Clintons are BOTH great Americans!

I agree with Pete: Bill Clinton's remarks in this case--and others--are highly inappropriate, but I don't think that he realizes what he's doing.

What stands out most to me in the clip is that he can't stand still.

I'm left with the impression that the Clintons believe that they are somehow entitled to another presidency. It has been shown that narcissism and conceit are at the root of anger and righteous indignation. I suppose it's hard to be humble after having been elected twice.

The Clintons are clearly blinded by ambition, and probably by their backers. They seem to be focused on winning at any cost. They cannot possibly unite the nation. I would not be at all surprised to learn that Clear Channel is a major donor, given the boost their candidacy--let alone their election--would give to talk radio.

I am sick of the media's creative editing and their lies about the Clintons. Who runs the media anyway? Clear Channel, etc. Obama is right out of Karl Rove's playbook. Falsely accusing the Clintons of making racist remarks: the media has promoted this myth and Obama's people have gone along with it. Says a lot about the man. Says more than what the man actually does say. He's for change. Hmmm. When attacked on facts he says the Clintons will "say anything" but does not address the content of their attacks. Never have I see a man of such little substance get away with so much. American Idol has conditioned the stupid people of America to be swayed once again by the cult of Personality. Americans have become so dumb.

Jesse Jackson Jr. cuts ad for Barack Obama

By Mike Dorning

Barack Obama began airing radio ads in South Carolina today featuring Chicago Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr., son of the prominent civil rights leader the Rev. Jesse Jackson.

The senior Jackson won the South Carolina Democratic primary during his 1988 campaign for president, a victory the younger Jackson recalled in the ad, which is airing on gospel and R&B stations with a predominantly African-American audience.

“Once, South Carolina voted for my father, and sent a strong message to the nation,” the younger Jackson said. “Next year, you can send more than a message. You can launch a President.”

The advertising campaign comes a month after Jackson's father criticized Obama for "acting like he's white" because the Illinois senator did not speak more aggressively in the racially charged "Jena 6" case. The elder Jackson, who is supporting Obama, later said the remark was taken out of context.

African-Americans are a crucial demographic group in the South Carolina primary, a key early contest in the presidential nomination. They comprised about half the electorate in the Democratic presidential primary in 2004.

The younger Jackson lauded Obama for legislation he passed in the Illinois state senate combating racial profiling and for seeking to counter "the railroading of the poor in the justice system."

Though Jackson did not mention front-runner Hillary Clinton in the ad, he appeared to suggest Obama would better represent the interests of blacks.

"A lot of politicians call themselves our friends," Jackson said.

"But Obama has a heart that beats for our community. And he’s dedicated his life to the struggle," added Jackson, who cited Obama's work as a community organizer on Chicago's South Side and as an attorney working on voting rights cases.

Pat, you wrote: "When George Sr. left office his "projection" was 5.66 Trillion when in actuality it was nearly three times that much."

The total outstanding debt on Sept 30, 1993 (which was President Bush 41's final budget, submitted in 1992) was actually $4.41 Trillion. Now then, the total outstanding debt on Sept 30, 2006, was $8.51 Trillion. I have yet to locate the official totals for Sept 30, 2007. However, the website that is keeping track of the national debt shows $9.20 Trillion as of today (Jan 28, 2008).