Political Punch

Obama has more experience and vision than our president Bush who has very little or none.He lacks leadership, a poor communicator. Pres. Bush was not even a good college student,sliding out of college @ Yale. I am glad we only get one vote, because some people don't know what to do with the one they get.
I rather take Obama with a vision then one who is totally blind fumbling his way through day to day.

go ralph nadar go go go!!!!!!

Both Nader and BHO are playing the Race card.

Stop Racism in Politics Vote McCain 08, the party that past the Civil rights bill, ended slavery and gave the right to vote for minorities!! The Party of MLK!!

So let's review. If Obama doesn't play the role of black power extremist, then he's hiding his race to appeal to whites. But if he does mention his 50% black heritage, he's playing the race card for sympathy. Idiots like Nader are going to get him either way. He'll always be too black or not black enough.

And let's look at Mr. Nader for a moment. He accuses Obama of trying to hide his blackness so as not to scare white voters. But what about Nader's Arab ancestry? He's 100% Lebanese, but how often do you hear him making speeches about Arab empowerment? Never? So how can he get away with blaming Obama for not making some sort of angry black-power speech?

The reality is that Nader is more than his Arab ancestry, and shouldn't be obliged to speak constantly about it. And Obama is more than his 50% black ancestry, and shouldn't be required to speak constantly about it. So get off his back, Ralph.

Oh yeah, Ralph -- here's another thing. Maybe before you seek the presidency, you should try to work your way up through the political system. You know how Obama was a State Senator, then a Senator in Washington, and is now running for the Presidency? Maybe, just maybe, instead of jumping straight to this country's highest office, you should consider serving the American people at a lower level. In Congress, perhaps. Or maybe as a Governor. Prove to us that you can hold a political office and do a good job at it. Heck, have you ever even sat on a town council? A school board?

Maybe I'll pull a Nader. I'm not a priest, but maybe I'll claim the right to become the next Pope. I'm not a scientist, but perhaps I'll try to convince people that I deserve the Nobel Prize in Physics. I've never competed in any any sports, but I think I'll demand to be on the Olympic Swim Team. I've never held political office, but why don't I just go and run for president.

Oh, wait a minute... people would be crazy to catapult me to the top of a field in which I have no experience.

That's why I love being an American, because everyone has a right to their own opinion and vote for the candidate they want. President Bush? Please! He's an idiot....

Black or white, Obama has in the past couple of weeks demonstrated that he has no clue about presidential politics or the way washington runs. I really don't think that Obama is ready to become a president. I think that if you Americans that are voting for him should think about giving him a vice presidential role instead of president. From my point of view and from President Bush's point of view, this guy doesn't have a clue.

I believe Obama is for equality, for change....and we need change. McCain is not the solution, he would be the problem, if chosen. Plus, who says that african-americans are the only ones voting for Obama?

Are people forgeting that's Obamas as White as he is Black? His mothers family has been in the US from british ancestry since before the Revolution(with an irish exception in the early 19th century). You can't get much more White than that.

Did you know that he was raised by his White grandparends from the age of 10, while his mom was in Indonesia, and that THEY are the ones that support him through college?

I'm not trying to downplay his Black Heritage, I'm sure he's proud of both sides, and I'm sure that due to his experiences and dark skin, he has a very strong black backgroundand growing up with White grandparents
Maybe he's coming off as "white" because he is BOTH. Maybe that's a an AWESOME thing for this country.

I think it is...

Obama, his staff and supporters are the ones using the race card for attention, sympathy, control, etc

Why did Obama feel the need to say "and did I mention I'm black?" when speaking to an audience last week.

How is that not using race to get votes?

Nader struck a nerve--the truth hurts and Obama isn't used to anyone having the courage to speak out against him.

This primary was the worst coverage ever by all media outlets. It was unfair to the Clinton family. Now the Democrats have a weak and inexperienced nominee because of the sexist views of Senator Clinton and the poor biased reporting favoring Senator Obama.

I won't miss reading another treatise by a man or woman, of the left or right, who says that sexism has had not even a teeny-weeny bit of influence on the course of the Democratic campaign. To hint that sexism might possibly have had a minimal role is to play that risible "gender card."

Most of all, I will not miss the silence.

I will not miss the deafening, depressing silence of Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean or other leading Democrats, who to my knowledge (with the exception of Sen. Barbara Mikulski of Maryland) haven't publicly uttered a word of outrage at the unrelenting, sex-based hate that has been hurled at a former first lady and two-term senator from New York.

Among those holding their tongues are hundreds of Democrats for whom Clinton has campaigned and raised millions of dollars. Don Imus endured more public ire from the political class when he insulted the Rutgers University women's basketball team.

Would the silence prevail if Obama's likeness were put on a tap-dancing doll that was sold at airports? Would the media figures who dole out precious face time to these politicians be such pals if they'd compared Obama with a character in a blaxploitation film? And how would crude references to Obama's sex organs play?

There are many reasons Clinton is lost the nomination contest, some having to do with her strategic mistakes, others with the groundswell for "change." But for all Clinton's political blemishes, the darker stain that has been exposed is the hatred of women that is accepted as a part of our culture.

This has been a disgrace for Democrats and to date the DNC had minimal remarks about the issue. They should be outraged.
I am saddened and angry. My entire community will not be voting for Obama this November.

Obama is not the only candidate who can talk about race. Since he's obsessed with being a victim, he's inviting these kind of comments from Nader. Obama is the only one who gets a pass playing the race card.

Thank God for Nader.
He speaks for 70 percent of the voters in the upcoming election.
Obama has played the race card since the beginning of the campaign.
Obama has played the race card against Clinton.
If anyone is a racist it's Obama.
President Clinton and Senator Clinton have fought for civil rights their entire life.
President Clinton has his office in Harlem. He chose to be in Harlem to understand African Americans and help them with civil rights.

President Clinton could have had his office on 5th Avenue overlooking Central Park.

President Clinton has gotten such a raw deal from the media and Senator Obama. I would never support Obama.

The nerve of Obama not to apologize to both Clintons for his pastor's remarks is a disgrace.

If you don't like what Obama said today, just wait -- it will surely change tomorrow!

The Candidate of Speech!

And to all the black folks out there who are voting for Obama. I hope it pays out for you, because you have chosen a black candidate over a qualified candidate. When it came time to do for your country, you choose to put your color and yourself above your country. Let's all hope that 4 years of Obama is not an extention of the Bush presidency with all of its incompetence, arrogance and ignorance.

"First of all, what’s clear is that Ralph Nader hasn’t been paying attention to my speeches," Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois,

There we go again. That's all Obama is about and that's why a lot of people will never take him seriously. Speeches are not the same as action. Obama has made a lot of speeches and promises. We all know what happens when its really time to take action. He votes present or changes his mind. I saw a pattern of speeches and now an ever more emerging pattern of broken promises in his wake.

It is what it is....Cause Obama made sure it would be about Race....

Poor White folks are Bitter and 95% of the African Americans will vote for you.....no matter how shallow is your resume and how dirty you'll play....Obama accuses the GOP will come at him rough and tough but like most cases----> it is the accuser who is guilty of the attacks.

It would be refreshing if Obama could rebuttle an attack on his substance with a actual policy or plan. Instead, we always get the accusations of his opponents' faults, racial bias, etc. Weak.

wilder5121:

I wonder why the media reports just on the attacks against Obama, Im certain others are speaking out against McCain?

In response to Nader's comment, Obama said "First of all, what’s clear is that Ralph Nader hasn’t been paying attention to my speeches...". What Nader wants is where is the action, where is the beef. Obama keeps pointing to his speeches and a broken Washington system. But no actions, not even the campaign financing issue.