Political Punch

Gina, we don't hate Obama and the fact that we wouldn't vote for him has nothing to do with race but with his lack of capacity, his divisivness, his radical friends, his selling of political favors in exchange fo money to Rezko and Blackwell, his old politics tactics he used to win the Illinois senator seat. He is fake and deceiving

Write Hillary in on the ballot. I am sure she will get more votes than Obama.

Oh man, it was so sweet, Barack and Larry Sinclair pulled up the rally in a pimped out '64!

I'm a lifelong Democrat, however, after seeing how deceptive, ruthless and divisive Obama has been throughout this campaign, I could never vote for him. Better a moderate Republican than Obama. Also, I don't think I could stand another 4 or 8 years of race cards being thrown at all who disagree. That's really getting old.

Paul: No, Hillary did not agree that the voters and delegates of Florida and Michigan should not count. The agreement signed by Hillary and Obama was an agreement not to campaign or participate in the primaries there, nothing more. Hillary abided by the agreement; Obama did not. He advertised in Florida for 10 days on the radio prior to the Florida primary.

Didnt Hilary agree to not counting the votes from the 2 states? Since she was ahead then she did not really care about the votes from Florida or MI but now that she is loosing she thinks thier important. THAT'S Hilary for you...only supports what will benefit her, if she had disagreed back then maybe she wouldnt be in the postion that she currently finds herself in. How experience does Hilary really have? She cant even manage her own small campaign how much more a large country like the US.(Remember she hasn't got enough money to loan to the US should)

Why do you Obama folks play the race card every chance you get.
Why do you not understand that supporters of Hillary do not "HATE" Omama.
We are in fact really angry at the DNC, first they screw 2 states from being part of the primary. Then they shove a brand new inexperienced 143 day senator down our throats as the greatest thing since sliced bread. He is not, period!
It is time for all who are totally fed up with the DNC to go to your town or city hall and change to an independent. We can watch their heads spin. We have little power or control on this disaster they have caused. We can of course opt out of the democratic party. I will give no more money and no support to any Dem except HIllary.
People show your power, give them nothing!

It's funny that the supposed progressive Dem party is now saying "Little lady, time for you to step aside and let the men handle this one. Don't worry your pretty little head."

It will be interesting to see how Obama will woo women back after his surrogates call Clinton yesterday's news.

margi iagree if what you just wrote. I am really amazed at how much people hate Obama. I am an Obama supporter but would easily vote for clinton if she were the nominee as i believe that both are better than McCain. The onl;y reason ppl are angry is because Obama is black. It really sadness me when some people say America is not ready for a black president. Why? are blacks still second class citizens? What is sooo differnet about a black or white president I thought people's stand on issues was more important but obviously i was wrong.

tomdavie & LL Barra

Obama misspoke , he meant 47 states already visited, if that's all you have against him, go luck. Why does it hurt so bad to have a black president?

If Black were so racists , I don't even think that Bill Clinton would have won the WH twice, remember in 1995, HRC told him this about the White working class "Screw them"
Barber reports in his 2001 book that Hillary Clinton said "Screw 'em" about southern working class whites who did not support Bill Clinton.

Two other scholar-particiants, Alan Wolfe and Harry Boyte, agree she said this

Mccain also misspoke when he said he wanted a missile defense for tchekoslovakia. It does not exist anymore , now we it is the tcheck Republic. He also said he will meet with president of germany.

I rest my case.

i continue to be amazed at the comments on these blogs. i have never seen such a lack of critical thinking. i especially love the argument that obama is only winning because he is black. huh? without going into how laughable that argument is given our country's history toward black folks it shows a lack of critical thinking. but i'll play along...so if obama is only in this position because he is black, is hillary only there because she is a woman? please point out her accomplishments over john edwards. she is in the position she is in because she is a clinton and a woman. the harsh reality for both candidates is that neither has done enough on the world stage. but i submit no previous job can prepare you for president other than being president. it is not enough to just be a senator and it is not enough to be the wife of a president. if we set the bar at experience neither can claim it. the problem is that hillary has tried to claim it, but has failed to prove her experience improved her judgment. thats the catch-22. she claims she has all of this experience, but how did that experience help her with iraq? how did that experience help her with the gas tax holiday debate? for obama he can't claim the world stage experience because he hasn't been on the world stage long enough. however, he has never argued he has the experience for the job. he argued that he had the judgment for the job. here lies the fundamental difference in their appeal. experience is something that is measured by judgment so when you claim your experience is what gives you great judgment, if your judgment is faulty (i.e. mystery sniper fire), your argument gets defeated. this is the problem hillary's campaign created. had she originally run as the candidate of change she would be winning now, but she isn't because her judgment told her that she would be the inevitable candidate not the change candidate. for obama his judgment comes into question because of his association with wright and he paid a price for that association. however, the problem with the argument is that his actions have been completely counter to the words of wright. it would be one thing if someone could show that obama's policy making was in line with wright, but you can't. so the argument is purely guilt by association. again that is not critical thinking. i think everyone from both sides should take a deep breath. peace be unto you.

the media has taken upon itself the position of HR in this election and they identified who they wanted to hire and determined how to write the job description to achieve it. it will be interesting to see if they change what is important and what is not when the race is between obama and mccain. for those who believed clinton the strongest candidate, many have said they will vote for mccain. i think this is true and short of arnold switching to obama from mccain i don't think they will change their mind.

ALL ABOARD

Quick Clinton supporters -- hop off your train and board the Obama Express. You will, you know. Resistance is futile!

Be a good little democrat and forget you're abandoning your moderate principles and are joining the ultra-left.

If after all the way whites treated our ancestors, i still believe that not all whites are racist, then how can you say that Obama is racist just because heof what his pastor not him , has said in the past? I guess its a different rule for whites and blacks right? The only reason people are threatening to vote McCain is because they feel that a white republican whose party has brought such misery to America in the last eight years is far far better than any black president the world has tooffer and yet you call Obama a racist? you are the racist who need to get over yourselves.

Geevill.

So you think that pundits would be BIASED and tear a strip off Clinton no matter what she said? Nah.

Whats next? The entire Liberal media slanting all their news for 4 months to favor Obama?

Josie.

Read the article. It was written like a military coup. It reads like Obama has staged an overtaking of the entire united states with armed forces and a strategic covert operation.

The piece goes on to claim that Obama is about to be crowned KING of the united states , and NOTHING CAN STOP US (evil genuis diabolical laugh not included )

I have to tell you, this stuff is typical liberal thinking. Over throw the goverment. This time do it from the internet out.

Yeah, I am convinced as well that there is a major problem brewing with an Obama administration.

There are way too many radicals involved in his process.

This blog sent me over the edge and convinced me to abandon the Dems and go Green party should Obama be nominated, even to the point of voting for McCain
(as opposed to writing Hillary's name in)

I don't know which is more appalling, Obama's agenda or the attitude of the blogger towards him

tomdavie, nice to see you on this post too. am going to say goodnite here also. you are a true dem. god bless. go hillary. go usa. you tomdavie are a true democrat. thanx. carla sue

hi everyone...yes, i cannot believe that one who would attend a KKK meeting for 20 years would not be racist.....geee wizzzz....think about it. what if hillary had an acciation with theKKK grand wizard,. poopah, dragon, or whatever the hell 'it' is... what the hell would happen then

George. Of course its reasonable. Will the liberal media ALLOW it to be reasonable ?

Not a chance.

It is not unreasonable to assume that those who have attended KKK meetings for 20 years are racists. It is also not unreasonable to assume the same about Obama, who attended a racist black liberation theology church for 20 years.

Democrats = 48 states

Republicans = 49 states (mich and florida 1/2 state each)

Sounds to me like Obama needs some R&R.

It's Heinz 57
The USA 50.

Oh, the Drama of Obama the Younger.

Once Obama is President of the 57 US states he is going to meet with the President of Canada. You decide for yourself if he is smarter than a 5th grader.

Obama has been to" 57" states so he says ...I know he's tired but is this man credible....everyone knows there are only 48 states (sic) according to the DNC.

Bishop

The reason we have the super delegates is to play partisan politics within the democratic party.

There was a movement to create a LIBERAL party away from Bill and Hillary Clinton.

They think they can expand the party using their liberal platform and blow off the moderates and conservate democrats.

Obama cannot win them because he appeals to liberals. He has a lot of freaky people around him and only LIberals think its not a big deal.

Trudy.

I agree. There are many who loved Obama, until they found out about Wright, the bitter comments, and just how liberal the guy actually is.

I would strongly prefer a left leaning republican over an ULTRA LEFT liberal.

Kennedy Kerry and Pelosi want a LIBERAL party. Not a democratic party.

They have no room or desire for the moderates and conservatives within the party.

BJinChicago: Well said. Obama must be stopped, not because he is black, but because he is an inexperienced, deceptive, and divisive politician. If not Hillary in November, then McCain.

Hillary has forgotten more than Obama will ever know.She deserves to be POTUS, but the Dems seem bent on self-destruction. I will not vote for the racist Obama and his America-hating spouse, even if Hillary were his nominee.

I will happily vote for McCain and against Obama. Hillary can comeback in 2012. I want my vote to be a repudiation of the four horseman of the apocalypse of the Democratic Party, namely Kennedy, Kerry, Dean and Brazile. I want them out. They are not fit to lead.

Obama is toast; racist toast.

hi everyone..so nice to hear your voices...altho i must express mine in a political point of view...wow...i was brought up a staunch dem because of who my late father was...he was a teamster union truck driver who died behind the wheel of his truck while working.....this makes me cry typing this....and this was in 1995....i was his baby and still am...but anyway, i am all that he stands for, freedom, war vets benefits, children's rights, people that are alone, ssi benefits, social security, and all that we have paid in for. my late father is the epitome of freedom and the american dream. he was the striker of the teamsters union, the uaw, the sheetmetal workers, hw was all that and more....my dad was and is an addonniss.....god bless.

Well she can still win if they split the Del in the next six primarys she can win go to cnn and do the del count map on fifty/fifty she can win also and it is the super del jobs to elect the best nominee or why the hell do we have them

So... let's get the ball rolling again!

right on eyes wide open!!!

I think this election has proven that the press deserves no freedom.
I think Obama would be back at the starting gate if he were not Black!
The story of Obama is that of someone whose motives, according to his autobiography, are questionable...but he knows how to work a crowd and please the press .
Like his cousin Raila Odinga who ran for office in Kenya under the slogan "Your agent for change", and like George Bush who also chanted for "Change", Obama echoes the cheer.
But the change which now seems eminent.... at least until the G E in November... will send us back to the late 50's!
And the Clintons, who have been staunch supporters of all races... are being treated like lepers by the press and by B O's followers because they have acknowledged this truism!
Ninety two percent of the black vote in North Carolina was for Obama.
Ninety one percent of the black vote in Philadelphia voted for Obama.
True some of these people and some whites really thought about who they were voting for when they (mis)voted B U T you cannot honestly say that this isn't exploitation of race and thus, r a c i s m!
The prestige of an HONEST news story.... remember them???.... disappeared early on. And the joke of Obama being swallowed by eight American flags on a podium defending his belligerent pastor lingers. His free publicity was granted again when he finally flung his belligerent pastor "under the bus". We know little of his policies but lots about his magnificent race speech and his talks of his young impoverished life... all free publicity!
Little was mentioned of his lack of accomplishment.... of his earmarking money for Michelle's employer.... of taking money from Rezko supposedly intended for heating this landlord's broken down tenements and freezing tenants.
Meanwhile, Accomplishments of Hillary have been swept beneath the carpet; All ears and eyes have been diverted to THE blue dress and her initial failed health plan. (The successful health plan which helped in the healing of 6,000,000 children is never mentioned!)
During the last debate through which Obama stumbled and stuttered, Clinton answered a question about what to do about Iran. (Obama was still trying to get thoughts to reach his tongue).
She suggested the "Umbrella of Deterrence"... not a unique idea.... but an IDEA which might have become a stepping stone to other ideas (Although I think that it's a great idea which, used with caution and p unity might prove quite worthy in its own right.
The press colored Hillary's spur of the moment response as something very suspect. Obama's posters went wild in their disdain... dis remembering that Obama was still thinking of an answer!
In addition to the prejudiced press,The DNC is broken! It has effectively disenfranchised two states full of voters from being able to select their nominee...... but it is very satisfied with itself because it's self-analysis has deemed itself G-D to the Constitution!

My point is this:
Obama is a new face. He hasn't accomplished much....so aside from his questionable associates there's not too much to fault him for.
He presents a neat presence, speaks well in front of a teleprompter... though I have seen his querulous side peeking through several times.
The press decided early on that they favored him.... and skewed their news stories his way on too many occasions.
There have been instances in which a story issued incorrect information... but corrections either required a password and a mouse-over.... or were omitted!
I think this election has proven that the press deserves no freedom.
I think Obama would be back at the starting gate if he were not Black!
The story of Obama is that of someone whose motives, according to his autobiography, are questionable...but he knows how to work a crowd and please the press .
Like his cousin Raila Odinga who ran for office in Kenya under the slogan "Your agent for change", and like George Bush who also chanted for "Change", Obama echoes the cheer.
But the change which seems eminent.... at least until the G E in November... will bring us back to the late 50's!
And the Clintons, who have been staunch supporters of all races... are being
treated like lepers by the press and by B O's followers because they're being honest about this truism!
And I blame the Press and the DNC for most of this onesided pre-determined circus which, if we are not lucky, might win us a President who is unfit.... and undeserving.

Meantime, I'll continue to back Hillary because of the three, I think she's best.

hi all, wow, yes, the media has been truly biased. we all know that. but there is one simple question i would like to ask of obama in person......what is a hate crime....and when is it acceptable for one race to commit crime on another...and not the other.....someone help me out here...i am trying to understand the words 'hate crime'....wouldn't that apply to anyone who killed someone of the opposite race, creed, gender.......why does it only apply to white on black...is that why farakhan has his boxers in such a bundle???? some one give me an answer please!!!!

I have listened to hundreds of interviews with the clintons that were class A interviews.

If they do hate her, I dont see it to the point where you would throw an election .

Only a piece of garbage would not only justify why the media would be so overwhelming BIASED against Clinton, but then have the gall to BLAME IT ON HER to boot.

Its like you dont like someone.

So what do you do?

Punch them in the face ...then DEMAND that THEY apologise to YOU ?

Sorry. This exuse for widespread media BIAS doesnt wash.

Your first and foremost responsibility is to the public trust. Not childish ego games.

There is a simple reason that the media has been biased against Hillary. They hate her. there is a reason for that, and maybe one of these brave ABC reporters will step up in a few weeks to write an article discussing this very topic. The press literally cannot stand her. It's a fact, and if the press doesn't like you, you are going to get some biased treatment. Simple human nature. The press hated Richard Nixon too. Doesn't do any good to complain about it. A good politician treats the press with respect and not disdain, as the Clintons always have. You are not a good boss, if you treat your employees like second class citizens. All you press guys know exactly what I'm talking about. It's not about popularity, it's about respect and access.