Nomination His, Obama Now Wants Full Recognition for Michigan and Florida

What a little man!!! He fought tooth and nail to keep them out of the primaries bacause if they were counted Hillary would win. Now he needs those two states and he suddenly realizes their votes do count!!! Give me a break, if you pump all the BS out of Barack Obama you could bury the rest of him in a match box.

This is not a good move for Obama. Is it him or the DNC insiders that think that alienating two key swing States (once again) and reigniting the anger held by many Clinton supporters will win votes this fall? Is it arrogance, inexperience, or sheer stupidity? Not a very smart move at this stage in the election.

When BO won, I reluctantly said I'd support him, even though I was a Hillary supporter. I thought he was still, the lesser of two evils. Now, I have changed my mind. This guy is clearly pathological, and the flip flops are getting out of hand. Not sure what I will do in November, but BO is not getting my vote. Count me in the PUMA ranks. Gotta stay true to myself. The democrats really mucked this up good.

Flip Flop... he can't be trusted.
Democrats for McCain

Obama makes me sick. Just give him a star at Graumans CHinese theater and be done with it.

Good Morning to all.

I am happy to reaffirm my position either Hillary or McCain but no Obama. I will never flip flop.

Posted by: markymark | Aug 4, 2008 5:49:29 AM

bho and his dnc,pelosi, reid, kerry, kennedy supporters have torn this party apart! there will be no unity. denver may look like a love fest, but only because the PUMA are not there.
hillary must not cut-off-her-nose-to-spite-her-fsce, so she must support bho to stay viable in the party.
were it mine to choose, i would love her to run as a third party(fifth party) candidate! i have no doubt she would do really, really well. now she could win back the reagan dems!

Pretty good political spin from the post-politics candidate.

And last week his campaign admittedly used the race card... so much for the post-racial candidate.

What's left is just your typical politician, except he has no record - though his handlers can point to just how "purdy" he speaks.

Isn't that special.

This really isn't any surprise, and is entirely justifiable.

When the nomination was still up for grabs, it was entirely wrong for two states that had broken the rules of the DNC to have such an important part in the process. [Especially I mihgt add with prominent members of the Clinton campaign happy to arguie a clearly biassed position in front of the committee they are members of and then vote for there candidate (yes I am talking about you Mr Ickes, your head should be firmly bowed in shame!)

Now though, the primary process is over and there is a clear, though narrow, winner. The party needs to come together, so lets help it come together.

This man sickens me. If he really felt this way he should have said it when it counted. Not now.

Been a democrat all my life but I will NOT vote for this man. Never in a month of Sundays....

I'm not crazy aabout Obama either with all his position shifts.

But anyone who has bothered to check his voting record in recent years knows McCain is neither a maverick nor a centrist.

ok gang heres the bottom line
BO and his band want to look like he is creating Unity by bringing these states into full vote fruition (now that there has been enough time to pass when these votes would have mattered and vitually tied the primary race for HRC and BO)... and it theoretically is brilliant because now he can go either way and say - 1. we did this for Unity of the Party (not pick HRC as veep) but talk sideways out of his mouth and say he is trying to provide a bridge to bring the clinton 18 million along... OR... 2. we did this for Unity of the Party (realising that he is virtually dead even in the polls with MCain select the only way he can win for sure and bring Hillary as veep and say 'this shows all along he was going to pick her' and get her 18 million votes

wow he is truly genius ... let me just say this for sure as an independent voter (voted for Reagan - Reagan - Perot - Clinton - Gore - Kerry) there is only ONE candidate I will vote for this year and I am calling on all independants as well as dems and reps to write in HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON if her name is not on the ballot. that is a decision already made on this end... I am sure many will be doing the same. if this means that the dems lose because of Unity then having a Maverick like McCain will be just fine by me (anyone who knows McCain's history knows that he is not truly GOP and many dems will be fine with him for President because he is a true independant running on only one of possible two tickets.

write in HRC

I have supported Obama over Hillary, and I consider this to be a cheesy move. If it was invalid to seat them a few months ago, and it was, why is it valid now to seat them?

I'm rapidly moving away from Obama becasue he is shifting position on issues on a daily basis.

If Obama thinks that this cheap stunt is going to result in somehow gaining favor with Hillary supporters, he better think again. This just galvanizes my vote against him.

Where was this "fairness" on counting ALL the votes when it mattered? Typical Obama, say one thing when the timing helps him and then reverse himself after he has already benefited. Can you say FISA, leaving Iraq, offshore drilling and now this?

PUMA!!!

Good night all!

To Dan Rains:

You have made our point.

Most Americans are not ashamed of the US. You fall into a very strong voting block for Obama.

The real test will come this fall. It's predicted that Obama will win.

We will see!

Good night.

Shadow -

As to your comment:

"Do you not see that the rest of the world (more or less) likes him as he shares the same values and principals as they do?"

Okay, I'll answer, but this is the last time because I have to work.

Anyway, yes, I do realize that Europeans appear to like Obama, and yes, it's probably because he shares their principles and values.

Only, I don't think that's a bad thing because I share some of those same principles and values, many of them espoused by the Democratic Party, of which I am a member. Now I'm not saying I have all their values or principles. America is a unique country in terms of its political history and our system of checks and balances will always weigh upon my mind against those European values which do conflict with this.

As to your comment:

"He doesn't respect the American values, and our way of life. They have NEVER been proud to be Americans throughout their lives"

An undecided would have to ask themselves what "American values" and "our way of life" are to see things your way. Now I believe that these two things "values" and "way of life" are open to much evaluation and debate, so for me it's hard to use that as a measuring stick. I don't question Obama's patriotism, nor do I question McCains, so this is a non-issue for me. An undecided may have a different take on this.

As for whether or not Obama is "proud" to be an American, again, I don't question his pride, nor that of Michelle. And nor do I question McCain's. I think most undecideds don't take this argument seriously.

But if one were to believe that the Obamas are not proud to be American, I can see why. I for one was not proud and am not proud of what we have done in Iraq (hear me out, please) and so, on the issue of the war in Iraq, yes, I am ashamed to be an American. But being ashamed does not mean that I don't love my country. It just means I have a disagreement with what we did there.

An undecided who shares my disagreement might be inclined to vote for Obama in spite of the "pride" issue.

Many thanks,

Cheers!

Response to Dan Rains:

You are correct that McCain is not as exciting, but what is emerging (and is not being reported) are very different groups (McCain and Hillary supporters) coalescing to oppose Obama. Obama's arrogance and hubris is causing a huge backlash that is growing!

Obama is the media darling and gets 75% more coverage than John McCain. What I find fascinating because the media is "in love" with Obama that they are missing significant stories. Jake Tapper is an exception -- he is an excellent reporter. He is concerned with the truth and is fair.

During the last elections, all the exit polls had Kerry winning. When Bush won Ohio the main stream media was shocked!
The reality is that no matter what the media wishes this country is moderate to conservative. Bill Clinton ran as a moderate. Carter, Dukakis, Gore, Kerry were all liberals and Obama is the most liberal member of Congress with no record of leadership.

When I talk of the working class, I mean average Americans that can not wrap their brains around why someone would stay in Rev Wright's church for 20 years or why parents don't give out Christmas presents (the Obama's admitted in a People Mag interview) or why you would replace the American flag with a manufactured O campaign symbol or that if you dare to question Obama's qualifications you are a racist.

By historical standards, Obama should be up by 10 - 15 points and he is not. For whatever reasons, Obama has not closed the deal with this group.

Dan,
Do you not see that the rest of the world (more or less) likes him as he shares the same values and principals as they do? He doesn't respect the American values, and our way of life. They have NEVER been proud to be Americans through out their lives, until they think he is all that and more!NOBAMA now or ever!

Okay friends, sorry I have to leave the post, but sleep calls. This has been cool, I really enjoy reading the posts. May your candidate win, whichever one that is, and health and prosperity to all of us who watch from the sidelines!

Cheers!

P.S. Did I mention I was voting for Obama?

Ciao!