Shrum On Clinton Memos: An "Ugly" "Appeal to Stereotypes"

according to current poll projections - Obama can count on 141 solid electoral college votes with another 97 leaning his way. McCain has 99 solid and 64 leaning. 270 are needed to win.

source - realclearpolitics.com

The dirty little secret is that the media has been complicit in nominating a flawed candidate and now they're blaming the Clinton camp or anyone else they can think of! They know that Obama is nothing more than a puppet. Big international interests are the ones who will be pulling the strings. And guess what, kiddies - they are anti-American!

There's a lot of talk about Obama not being qualified and not enough talk about McCain's unqualifications. He's definitely too old and showing signs of his age almost every day. He doesn't strike me as being terribly sharp anymore. This isn't his fault but he's clearly lost a few steps since 2000. His whole stature just isn't presidential. And don't even get me started on his temperment. Experienced or not, you have to worry about how a deteriorating mind will hold up under the pressured of being president. That's a legitimate concern for the man's health. You guys can vote for gramps if you want but I just don't think he's up for the gig.

the funny thing about racists - they don't know they are racists! lol Unless you are an American Indian - you are not an American either. the funny thing is that John mcCain was born in Panama and obama was born in the United states. Who's the outsider? What a bunch of dumb americans.

Amy - McCain is an empty head. the guy is stupid. He can't remember his lines. No way will he lead this great nation! Start crying now!

I couldn't be happier that Hillary Clinton lost. I am estactic that McCain is using her campaign tactics and he will also lose. Mccain is an idiot. All we know about him is that, due to his own incompentence, he was shot down and was a POW for 5.5 years. That qualifies you for military disability payments - not for President. He has done NOTHING in the Senate but plot for the presidency. Let's not forget that he has had several mistresses and married the one who could finance his senate career. John McCain isn't fit to shine Obama's shoes. He is so jealous of Obama's brilliance, he can sit still. His commercials are like him - downright stupid. Oh I forgot - he did graduate at the bottom of his class (5th from the botton) dumbass!

The reality is that the Obama rate increases would hit millions of Americans who make well under $200,000. In 2005, 47% of all tax returns reporting capital gains were from households with incomes below $50,000, and 79% came from households with incomes below $100,000.
By the way, a higher capital gains tax rate isn't the only middle-class tax increase that Mr. Obama is proposing. He also wants to lift the cap on wages subject to the payroll tax. ... Ignoring the no-tax pledge he had made five minutes earlier, Mr. Obama explained that such a tax increase was nevertheless necessary.
In other words he dodged the question, as he so often does with impunity. But thanks to Charlie Gibson's persistence, on 90 minutes, Mr. Obama didn't get away with it. The voters learned a lot about Mr. Obama, who needs to learn a lot more about taxes and revenue.

this was posted elsewhere on ABC by someone else. Do we need a ruling by the US Supreme Court on the eligibility of BO. I hope there is a ruling if needed before the election and not after the election.

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The DNC is a joke. Barry was an adult citizenship of Indonesia proven by his using an Indonesian passport used to travel to Pakistan in 1981, his own operatives rummaging around in state department files to try to purge the docs on their ineligible POTUS candidate, makes Nixon erasing the tapes look like a sweetheart picnic. He's off in Hawaii trying to mop up his Barry Soetero birth certificate mess, a little strong arming, a little hush up advisements to some key relatives. What he's got to do is unseal his original birth certificate to try to make it look like he was never a citizen of Indonesia, which he was (is still?). But he was adopted by Lolo Soetoro and moved to Indonesia and became a citizen knowingly into adulthood. He also never legally changed his name to Barack Obama. Man! What an Article II unconstitutional mess! These people can't even run a good con job, I mean if you're going to perpetrate the biggest con on the American public since the inception of the United States of America, you probably should do a really good job of it. If the DNC is a joke, all its candidates are a joke too. Notice the focus of attacks is back on Hillary? Go to it and see who owns barrysoetoro.com too! It's a riot!
PullmanHerb 4:09 PM

It is more important to say the truth than it is to worry whether someone will characterize those truthful statements as "ugly...sterotyping." It is time to begin calling a spade a spade.

AL from NJ--Great post--keep the message going--

Dear Clinton Dem,

With the convention just around the corner, it is imperative that Democrats all around the country understand that whether or not Hillary is nominated, we are in this for the long haul.

This primary has revealed DNC "leadership" to be corrupt, mean-spirited, and lacking respect for basic democratic principles. They have completely and effectively ceded the moral high ground to Republicans at this point.

• We have seen the race card played, with assistance from both Dean and Brazile.
• We have seen rampant sexism with no objection by the DNC.
• We have seen the superdelegates endorse as quid-pro-quo for campaign contributions.
• We have seen arm-twisting of the congressional delegates by "neutral" Nancy Pelosi to declare for Obama.
• We have seen an unabashed ageism campaign against John McCain, calling him "confused", and that he has "lost his bearings".
• We've seen a softening of support for the gay and lesbian community.
• We've seen caucus cheating.
• We've seen intimidation of Hillary supporters, hack attacks and coordinated threats against voters and media that dare to dissent.
• We've seen manipulation of the party nominating system and media to favor one candidate over another and the outright redistribution of votes cast for one Hillary and given to Obama.
This is now a democratic party in name only.

TAKE ACTION:

We need to get the word out.

I will definitly vote for Obama this country needs change from the olsd status quo and washington insiders. Yes there will be people that will smear him to keep the status quo Mccain doesn't have a plan of getting out of this recession ,energy independence,Iraq just stay there for another 100 years.Look at the suspreme court god help us if he selection far right juctices.All you women out there just see what happens with Roe V Wade just wait.t

Why is it that Obama supporters think that somebody who doesn't support Obama is a racist? I am so sick of hearing that excuse. That is just tacky and weak. Why can't you just accept the fact that we don't like Obama because of his apparent judgment, inexperience, glibness, lack of leadership, pretensions, machiavellian, etc. I suppose you don't like Hillary because you hate women. How juvenile do you think we are or, more importantly, what's your problem?

B0 is divisive, inexperienced, egotistical, narcissistic - would make a great Rock Star, though!

I don't have to get over it. You see I supported Hillary mainly as an anti-Obama person. I don't believe Obama is qualified to be president and yes, I am angry that Hillary wasn't the candidate as she is much more qualified than he. Lastly, I think this is still America and I can be just as angry as I want and I don't have to get over it just because some Obama supporter thinks I should. I used to vote the party line, but not any more. I think Pelosi and Reid are weak leaders for the party. I didn't like the way MI and FL were handled. So get over yourself! It is quite liberating to now be an independent.

The one thing Barack Obama's candidacy has done is make this country confront its issues with race. That's a good thing. The sad thing is that the discourse proves that we are far, far away from the ideal notion of equality and justice for all. Whether or not Barack Obama becomes President will be decided by White people. So whether or not he's elected will say more about Whites than it ever will about the minority populations in this country. This is your world; we just live in it. Barack Obama is one of the best and brightest--in this country. He's as qualified to be President as anybody who threw their hat in the ring this election year because no incumbent is running.

Shrum is a hypocrite! Pity he wasn't outraged at the B0's Campaign for the memo they circulated about playing the race card against Hillary and Bill! I can't wait till it is his turn to be thrown under the B0 bus!

The Clinton campaign was exercising reasonable caution and appropriate ethics to negative ads, unlike McCain and his camaign. There's a Time analysis on the McCain camp video, The One. Anyway, the analysis points out anti-Christ imagery in the video. There is a multitude of other similar trash, from Obama anti-Christ bumper stickers to the e-mails and Google hits. I watched the video and it indeed had sinister undertones far beyond mocking Oprah's declaration, which I've done myself.

amy - "Obama is not electable" - Are you going to be upset when an unelectable candidate wins the Presidency?

Virginia Independent - "she will have the luxury of waiting the four years through a McCain presidency" - You do realize that if Senator McCain wins in November that both Senator Obama and Senator Clintons' political career is done, right?

Even if Hillary doesn't win the roll call at the Convention, she will have the luxury of waiting the four years through a McCain presidency; during which time she will continue to increase her support base, work on legislation, and build her own political identity (separate from her husband's). Smart strategy from a smart woman!

Hillary '12