Obama says he highly respects the opinions of Rev. Wright who Obama has said brought hope to many and gave an award to the notorious Louis Farrakhan. Nation of Islam Minister who said we are witnessing the phenomenal rise of a man of color in a country that has persecuted us! Obama hasn't distanced himself from Farraklhan as he wants the media to believe. A number of Jewish and pro-Israel voters have concerns and raised questions about Barack Obama. In case you haven't followed this ongoing issue, here's a brief summary of the complaints:Obama has called for engaging Iran. Daniel Ayalon, Israel's former ambassador to the United States, told the New York Sun he is concerned Obama would want to negotiate with a "Hitler-like" regime. Some of Obama's policy advisors of various stripes, such as Samantha Power, Robert Malley, and Zbigniew Brzezinski, have come under attack for their views on Israel. World Jewish Congress President Ronald Lauder fears, it's only a matter of time before the president becomes anti-Israel Howard Friedman, the president of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, said the leading presidential candidate are all interested in continuing close ties with Israel. Obama in traditional muslim garb brought these questions back to the fore Obama is a closet Muslim. Obama hasn't distanced himself from Farraklhan as he wants the media to believe, Obamas and his church said Farrakhan "epitomized greatness. For Americans, Farrakhan epitomizes racism, particularly in the form of anti-Semitism. Over the years, he has compiled an awesome record of offensive statements, even denigrating the Holocaust by falsely attributing it to Jewish cooperation with Hitler "They helped him get the Third Reich on the road." His history is a rancid stew of lies. Any praise of Farrakhan heightens the prestige of the leader of the Nation of Islam. His anti-Semitism and particularly his false insistence that Jews have played an inordinate role in victimizing African Americans. Farrakhan's dream has vilified whites and singled out Jews to blame for crimes large and small. He talks of Jewish conspiracies to set a media line for the whole nation. He has reviled Jews in a manner that brings Hitler to mind. And yet Obama and Rev Wright heaped praise on Farrakhan. He applauds his "depth of analysis when it comes to the racial ills of this nation." He praised "his integrity and honesty." He called him "an unforgettable force, a catalyst for change and a religious leader who is sincere about his faith and his purpose." These words of the black man who touts change and claims to be a uniter of all people?

Mr. Bayh, raising the point is reasonable; you are still, however, losing the point. The fear-mongering is the sleeping children, which people rightly object to. We don't want to vote for people with such a low opinion of us. (I'm reminded of Clinton's recent interview in which she claimed, straight-faced, that last April she foresaw it would come down to her and Obama in Texas, and they needed to start planning for Texas--the transparent lies.)

Obama is the one I want answering the phone.

Putin must be distraught that Shrillary may lose on Tuesday!
All that back channel money down the tubes.

Wolfson, Hillary's advisor, needs to paint Obama as the same as Hillary. Actually, the are quite different. Hillary has been very pro-military, see some of her history here:

http://backpedals.blogspot.com/2008/03/hillary-military-votes.html

She voted for Iran, having not learned from Iraq (the only Democratic to do so).

She voted against the Iraq funding bill that tied funds to political progress (the ONLY DEMOCRAT to do so, along with only 13 other Republicans).

She voted for cluster bombing.
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/12/21/151841/41/822/425303

She does not oppose torture.
http://letters.salon.com/news/feature/2008/01/22/debate/view/index11.html?show=all

YOU MIGHT BE AN IDIOT:-)

If you think Barack Obama with little or no experience would be better than Hillary Clinton with 35 years experience.

You Might Be An Idiot!

If you think that Obama with no experience can fix an economy on the verge of collapse better than Hillary Clinton. Whose ;-) husband (Bill Clinton) led the greatest economic expansion, and prosperity in American history.

You Might Be An Idiot!

If you think that Obama with no experience fighting for universal health care can get it for you better than Hillary Clinton. Who anticipated this current health care crisis back in 1993, and fought a pitched battle against overwhelming odds to get universal health care for all the American people.

You Might Be An Idiot!

If you think that Obama with no experience can manage, and get us out of two wars better than Hillary Clinton. Whose ;-) husband (Bill Clinton) went to war only when he was convinced that he absolutely had to. Then completed the mission in record time against a nuclear power. AND DID NOT LOSE THE LIFE OF A SINGLE AMERICAN SOLDIER. NOT ONE!

You Might Be An Idiot!

If you think that Obama with no experience saving the environment is better than Hillary Clinton. Whose ;-) husband (Bill Clinton) left office with the greatest amount of environmental cleanup, and protections in American history.

You Might Be An Idiot!

If you think that Obama with little or no education experience is better than Hillary Clinton. Whose ;-) husband (Bill Clinton) made higher education affordable for every American. And created higher job demand and starting salary's than they had ever been before or since.

You Might Be An Idiot!

If you think that Obama with no experience will be better than Hillary Clinton who spent 8 years at the right hand of President Bill Clinton. Who is already on record as one of the greatest Presidents in American history.

You Might Be An Idiot!

If you think that you can change the way Washington works with pretty speeches from Obama, rather than with the experience, and political expertise of two master politicians ON YOUR SIDE like Hillary and Bill Clinton..

You Might Be An Idiot!

If you think all those Republicans voting for Obama in the Democratic primaries, and caucuses are doing so because they think he is a stronger Democratic candidate than Hillary Clinton. :-)

Best regards

jacksmith...

I hope the Obama campaign jumps on the video clip (2004?) of Bill Clinton promoting John Kerry's campaign. He tells the audience that the opponents are trying to create fear [about world affairs] then he says, quote, "You better vote for the person who wants you to think and hope," HA HA Thanks Bill, for supporting Obama [again] (look it up on YouTube)

Yeah, that's why J. ROckefeller, the chair of the Senate INtelligence Committee on which Bayh serves) has endorsed Obama!

EXCELLENTLY STATED JACKSMITH!!! TOO BAD SO MANY PEOPLE CNA'T SEE THE FOREST FOR THE TREES! WAKE UP AMERICA!
HERE IS A QUOTE FROM MICHELLE OBAMA FROM http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Front_Page/JB26Aa01.html
Michelle Obama speaks with greater warmth of her mother-in-law than of her husband. "She was kind of a dreamer, his mother," Michelle Obama was quoted in the January 25 Boston Globe. "She wanted the world to be open to her and her children. And as a result of her naivete, sometimes they lived on food stamps, because sometimes dreams don't pay the rent.

HEAR THAT OBAMIACS OR WHATEVER YOU CALL YOURSELVES, "DREAMS DON'T PAY THE RENT."

I always hear this stuff about Hillary's 35 years of experience. I know what she did for 8 of her last 35 and that qualifies her how? She knows the White House maids. I also know she voted for the war authorization without reading the intelligence. She chose instead to rely on what the Bush people told her. Duped by a dope and we want her answering the phone at 3 am? Don't think so.

I always hear this stuff about Hillary's 35 years of experience. I know what she did for 8 of her last 35 and that qualifies her how? She knows the White House maids. I also know she voted for the war authorization without reading the intelligence. She chose instead to rely on what the Bush people told her. Duped by a dope and we want her answering the phone at 3 am? Don't think so.

Here's what causes me fear: I heard on the news this morning (OHIO) that some Ohio poll workers would be able to take voting machines home with them...This is in traditionally Hillary-country. Perhaps Ohio will end up with the same results as New York City, when 80 precincts reported "0" votes for Obama, then later apologized....

Senator Clinton, who has served only one full term (6yrs.), and another year campaigning, has managed to author and pass into law, (20) twenty pieces of legislation in her first six years.

These bills can be found on the website of the Library of Congress (www.thomas.loc.gov), but to save you trouble, I'll post them here for you.

1. Establish the Kate Mullany National Historic Site.
2. Support the goals and ideals of Better Hearing and Speech Month.
3. Recognize the Ellis Island Medal of Hon
4. Name courthouse after Thurgood Marshall.
5. Name courthouse after James L. Watson.
6. Name post office after Jonn A. O'Shea.
7. Designate Aug. 7, 2003, as National Purple Heart Recognition Day.
8. Support the goals and ideals of National Purple Heart Recognition Day.
9. Honor the life and legacy of Alexander Hamilton on the bicentennial of his death.
10. Congratulate the Syracuse Univ. Orange Men's Lacrosse Team on winning the championship.
11. Congratulate the Le Moyne College Dolphins Men's Lacrosse Team on winning the championship.
12. Establish the 225th Anniversary of the American Revolution Commemorative Program.
13. Name post office after Sergeant Riayan A. Tejeda.
14. Honor Shirley Chisholm for her service to the nation and express condolences on her death.
15. Honor John J. Downing, Brian Fahey, and Harry Ford, firefighters who lost their lives on duty.
Only five of Clinton's bills are more substantive:

16. Extend period of unemployment assistance to victims of 9/11.
17. Pay for city projects in response to 9/11
18. Assist landmine victims in other countries.
19. Assist family caregivers in accessing affordable respite care.
20. Designate part of the National Forest System in Puerto Rico as protected in the wilderness preservation system.

There you have it-the facts straight from the Senate Record.

Now, I would post those of Obama's, but the list is too substantive, so I'll mainly categorize.

During the first (8) eight years of his elected service he sponsored over 820 bills. He introduced:

233 regarding healthcare reform,
125 on poverty and public assistance,
112 crime fighting bills,
97 economic bills,
60 human rights and anti-discrimination bills,
21 ethics reform bills,
15 gun control,
6 veterans affairs and many others.

His first year in the U.S. Senate, he authored 152 bills and co-sponsored another 427. These inculded:

**the Coburn-Obama Government Transparency Act of 2006 (became law),
**The Lugar-Obama Nuclear Non-proliferation and Conventional Weapons Threat Reduction Act, (became law),
**The Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act, passed the Senate,
**The 2007 Government Ethics Bill, (became law),
**The Protection Against Excessive Executive Compensation Bill, (In committee), and many more.

Jack Smith - forget about the "might be" - you are an idiot if you believe that Bill Clinton had anything to do with the economic expansion that took place during the 90's. He was too busy using Monica as a humidor. You probably believe Al Gore invented the internet as well. What a fool.

If experience mattered, proven Governor-ex diplomat-ex cabinet officer Bill Richardson would have swept to the nomination...sadly, smooth appeal (Obama) or a name (Clinton) gets votes, while talents without style fade...Not sure if either Obama or Clinton is well-qualified, but I sure hope so, because if they don't beat each other until July, one is likely to get the job.

You Might Be an Idiot!

If you have no original thoughts and are a parrot for the Clinton machine.

HEAR THAT OBAMIACS OR WHATEVER YOU CALL YOURSELVES, "DREAMS DON'T PAY THE RENT."

Posted by: Bonnie | March 2, 2008 12:47 PM

Horrible insults don't sway voters either you feeble minded hillrod!!!

Take your vote and shove it. Better yet vote republican. You sure sound like one. Not a bright one either I might add. Sorry smart republicans!!! I don't mean to lump you in with this turd.

Hillary is counting every year of experience since she graduated from Yale Law School. What an overstatement. The majority of her experience came from working at a corporate law firm. Being First Lady is why she feels entitled to be President of the US. She hasn't even completed her second term as a US senator.
If she hadn't been married to Bill Clinton, would she be running for President now? Absolutely not. Get real.

I haven't seen either ad and don't plan to but it sounds as if Obama's team has gotten their feces organized to the extent that when the Senator from New York runs a cheap shot attack ad they are ready with its equal.

This still doesn't answer the question - do the Democrats have any grown-ups running for president? Are there any? It's not too late.

Please - give us a reason to vote for you.

Terry,

Thas all u got?

!GOBAMA!

They are going to have a very hard choice to make after Tuesday if she loses Texas or Ohio," top Obama adviser David Axelrod said Saturday. "There are people in the party who are very concerned about this turning into some kind of a Bataan Death March."

The Bataan Death March tour continues through Tue.

A few words from who knows about more about this subject than we do.

Rockefeller says Obama best for U.S.

Sen. Jay Rockefeller endorsed Barack Obama's candidacy for president on Friday, calling the Illinois senator the best candidate on national security issues.

By Tom Searls

Staff writer

Sen. Jay Rockefeller endorsed Barack Obama's candidacy for president on Friday, calling the Illinois senator the best candidate on national security issues.

"Barack Obama is the most qualified person - Democrat or Republican - to lead our country in the face of enormous challenges: the very real threat of terrorism, economic uncertainty, and instability at home and abroad," said Rockefeller, D-W.Va. and the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee.

(Full Story Below)

http://sundaygazettemail.com/News/200802290687

You might be an idiot if the only reason you can think of Hilary Clinton being president is her husband. As much as I would love to see Bill as the first lady, Obama brings the country together, Clinton seems to be tearing it apart.

When you will do anything to win no matter how low its somewhat depressing and the last person I want is another president who things that they are right and everyone in the whole world is wrong. Maybe she should run under the republican ticket, pro military, pro special interest, and im sure shes anti cigar.

"Nation of Islam Minister who said we are witnessing the phenomenal rise of a man of color in a country that has persecuted us! ... A number of Jewish and pro-Israel voters have concerns and raised questions about Barack Obama.

Posted by: Louise | March 2, 2008 11:40 AM

Nice try, Louise.

But here's what I FEEL you're arguing.

"Obama's campaign is about race. You shouldn't support him because he doesn't support MY race's concerns."

It's the same racial duplicity that whites play.

Frankly, I don't believe Obama will win in November.

I believe the millions of people who call themselves Democrats and voted for Hillary will vote for McCain - a Republican. They will say it is because of McCain's policies which are no different than the Bush policies Hillary has been attacking for the past 14 months.

Jews who have voted overwhelmingly for Democrats will also turn on Obama despite the fact that blacks overwhelmingly voted for Gore-Lieberman.

Why?

Jews are all about THEIR issue - Israel. They are NOT about the USA, they are all about the State of Israel.

But let a black man run for a legitimate campaign for president and they use the white man's argument, complaining that candidate "Black" is only concerned about black issues and black people like Farrakhan, never once recognizing the hypocrisy of the argument.

It happened to Jesse Jackson in the '80s. Bill Clinton was so confident in the white man's hypocrisy that he brought up Jackson's campaign in dismissing Obama's victory in South Carolina.

I am pleased that Obama has run such an effective campaign. Not because I think he will ultimately win the presidency, but because his success has shown the ugly underpinnings of people like Louise.

If Obama wins the Democratic nomination, I expect to see at least half of the white Democrats running to the Republicans. It will be reminiscent of the white flight from the Democratic party in the aftermath of Harold Washington's primary victory in the '80s.

In that case, Washington may have carried the Jewish vote. But then again, Chicago doesn't have a foreign policy on the only issue that matters to people like Louise. No, not the well-being of our beloved United States of America, but the well-being of the State of Israel.

Reference jacksmiths' entry relative to "You might be an idiot if"
For jacksmith - You might be an idiot if you really believe that Hillary Clinton has 35 years experience.

Oh, Mr. Jacksmith, please stop sending the exact same "idiot" message over the internet. It's getting tiresome. The topic of this blog was supposedly this morning's Sunday talk shows. No matter, what the topic, you xerox yourself and say the same old thing, using the exact same words over and over again. Why not read the blog before you write . . . and then make a response that's relevant.

jeez, you Hillaryites and Barackanistas are getting ugly. How can you positively support either corporate whore? the fact is Hillary's negatives outweigh Barack's. I think her voting record in the Senate clearly demonstrates she's down with the "unitary executive" theory of governance, so for me it's...BARACK OBAMA, THE LESSER OF TWO EVILS!

Am I the only one who thinks Obama looks like a black MAD Magazine's Alfred E. Newman, complete with toothy grin and jug ears? The portrait will look great in the White House!

Terry:

Assuming that you are equating grown up with John McCain, I think you are confusing grown up with geriatric. So how is it that McCain will be different from Bush?

TO "THE PLUMBER". IF YOU TOOK THE TIME TO GO TO THE WEB SITE I POSTED YOU MIGHT REALIZE I'M NOT THE ONE WHO SAID "DREAMS DON'T PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE." OBAMAMANIACS KNOW ONLY HOW TO CRITICIZE AND CALL NAMES WHEN THE TRUTH BE TOLD. SAME AS THEIR CULT LEADER BO!

I counted no less than four references to Bill Clinton's "accomplishments" in jacksmith's "you might be an idiot" tirade - plus a reference to Hillary being at Bill's "right hand" during his eight years in the White House and a statement that we would have "the experience and expertise of two master politicians" on our side should she be elected.

First of all, by jacksmith's logic, any wife would be qualified for her husband's job based on HIS acomplishments. Secondly, if Hillary was at Bill's "right hand"during his eight years in office, where was she when Monica was hanging out in the Oval Office? And if we bristled at the unconstitutional idea of a "co-president" when Bill was running for the most powerful leadership position in the free world, why does jacksmith feel this concept is a positive when Hillary is seeking the job?

Me thinks jacksmith is a sexist in liberal clothing. I see no mention of her acomplishments in his inane rant - only Bill's. The insinuation that the best reasons to vote for Hillary is because of what her husband has done is an affront to women everywhere, whether they support Hillary in her ambitions or not. To suggest that her policies and decisions would be identical to his is an insult to her intelligence and her ability to think for herself.

To those who think these are the best reasons to vote for Hillary: perhaps it would be wise to rethink your position.

Jacksmith...if you try in vain to make a coherent argument for Hillary Clinton, pausing with the phrase "you might be an idiot,"...well, frankly, you might be an idiot.

35 years of WHAT experience?? Does being the wife of somebody give you experience?? I guess my doctor's WIFE could diagnose and treat me?? Hillary is a joke, and the "35" years of experience is a BIGGER joke.

Some 80% of Americans gave into Bush's fear mongering and agreed with the Iraq invasion, turned away when news of shameful torture was committed to individuals who didn't have a day in court. I let my fear get the best of me. We as a nation let our fear get the best of us and gave way too much power to Bush/Cheney/Rove.

It's time to overcome our fears and use our heads and hearts to rebuild America.

Have you ever stopped to ask yourself what the hell was the objective of the Iraq war? It was to disarm weapons of mass distruction that never existed and that many voices have come forth to say that we were mislead, that Bush knew we were mislead but he is a war monger and he preyed on our fears. Almost 4 thousand of our finest have been killed, and for what purpose? We will have spent trillions on war instead of rebuilding America. The region is definitively less stable. Iran has been emboldened.

Clinton is a pathetic, shameful, desperate fear mongerer, no better than Bush.

People, let your brains and your heart guide you, not your fear. The best person to answer that call is the one with the level head and the sound judgement. Clinton is an unbalanced woman with horrible judgement. McCain has post traumatic stress of the worst kind from being a prisoner of the vietcong. Obama has the judgement and the steadfastness to lead us out of this Iraq hell.

Obama gets props for being against the war in Iraq based on a speech he gave while serving as an Illinois State Senator when he had NO power to make a difference on that issue.

In 2003, Obama was an Illinois State Senator and never spoke out against Mayor Daley's illegal destruction of Meigs Field, where fully load C-130s could land in case of a disaster in downtown Chicago.

Guess those Tuskegee Airmen and their aviation program at Meigs primarily benefiting young urban African Americans ages 7-17 wasn't as important as not stepping on Daley's toes (Cause Axelrod wouldn't be helping Obama if Obama wasn't a friend of Daley's.)

In the Meigs situation Obama had some authority to do something. And he did nothing.

Obama says he will meet with international dictators and yet Obama doesn't have the ba**s to stand up to Daley.

I hope voters in Texas, Ohio, Vermont and Rhode Island all understand that Obama is all hat and NO cattle.

check out SNL's cartoon from last night called the Obama files..hilarious. All about phony Obama keeping Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton in the closet until her gets elected. It was great.

So, "jacksmith", non-Hillary voters are really going to be swayed to vote for her by calling them idiots?? You sound like a Republican trying to sway Democrats to vote for your party's preferred candidate to me. Nice try. But please, try again. It will do no good as your pathetic party is going DOWN.

To Jacksmith et al:

Short of being first lady, Hillary Clinton has less experience in elected office than Barack Obama. Period. I love how she lumps earning fat cash with public service. It's all the same, right? Being next to someone who makes decisions...that qualifies as "presidential," right? Thirty-five years. Utter nonsense. Four more years of Clinton-Bush. Equally nonsense. Obama 2008!

Hillary is relentless and heartless. Relentless in playing the same old dirty tear-down politics. Heartless in voting for a war that she knew was wrong because she had her eye on the prize. She was not simply showing bad judgment then; she was showing her lust for power. The prize is the Presidency of the most powerful country in the world. Her lust for power has resulted in the deaths of thousands of our brave men and women and of innocent civilians and in the near bankrupt condition of our nation. It may be that she will win against Obama because of her fear mongering and war mongering, and the Clinton dynasty will once again make money for themselves and their wealthy supporters in the WH. But I for one will not vote for the Clintons in November, and many of the younger and newer Democratic voters will be, like me, registering independent for the next decade and more. This will be the Clinton legacy, a relentless and heartless empty victory.

Obama is the clear choice. If Hillary gets the nomination, then McCain it is.

Clinton's ad didn't say that Obama wasn't qualified, or that he would destroy the country on answering that phone. Her ad just raised the issue.

Maybe Clinton thinks that the voters should be reminded that there are more serious issues to be considered by voters than how charming and eloquent the candidates are, which is what the press is focused on.

Obama successfully wasted weeks on this faux debate over NAFTA, which, if you know anything about the pace of globalization over the last 12 years, is a ridiculous thing for him to be allowed to focus debate on (has he been in a coma since the rise of China manufacturing and outsourcing of jobs to India????).

There's nothing wrong with Clinton reminding us that there are security issues, too. She had to force the debate on MSNBC to spend some time on health care. Her commercial reminds us there are terrorists targeting the U.S. If she didn't do these things, all of the immature, Obama-infatuated media focus would be Obama-centric: Obama's nagging about NAFTA and endless discussions about how charming Obama is.

Mr. Jack Smith It was great. The Clintons are very protective of USA, they now how to improve the economy, and allow the Arm Forces to do their job, that's how it should be. She is very pro military, Mr. Obamas wasn't in the senate to vote for the Iraq war. Given the information given to Senator Clinton and the fear those weapons will fall in the hands of the enemy she voted to defend this country.

BO STINKS!

100 REASONS TO VOTE FOR HILLARY

VOTE FOR EXPERIENCE NOT JUST TALK

100 REASONS TO SUPPORT HILLARY

Reason #1 to support Hillary:
In Arkansas she was instrumental in straightening out their school system - taking it from one of the worst systems to a role model used by other troubled schools on how to improve public education.

Reason #2 to support Hillary:
In 2006, she led the fight to kill the anti-gay Republican constitutional amendment that for the first time would have added laws to the Constitution that would INCREASE discrimination

Reason #3 to support Hillary:
After being pummeled by the public for trying to pass Universal Health care while she was First Lady, she dusted herself off and in 1997, led a federal effort that provided insurance support for children whose parents were unable to provide them with health coverage.

Reason #4 to Support Hillary:
She was able to secure a raise in research funding for prostate cancer and childhood asthma at the National Institutes of Health.

Reason #5 to Support Hillary:
She initiated the Adoption and Safe Families Act

Reason #6 to Support Hillary:
She's authored a great deal of legislation during her years on the Armed Services Committee that has passed regarding increased and improved benefits for our returning Iraq veterans.

Reason #7 to Support Hillary:
She was one of the key Senators who fought to give our military badly needed raises and increase in benefits. For being such flag wavers, it was the Republicans and Bush who resisted these attempts to show our military how much we value and appreciate them.

Reason #8 to Support Hillary:
Since 1974 she has been fighting for a woman's right to choose.

Reason #9 to Support Hillary:
She is fighting to lift the ban on stem cell research to cure devastating diseases.

Reason #10 to Support Hillary:
Voted YES on $100M to reduce teen pregnancy by education & contraceptives. (Mar 2005)

Reason #11 to Support Hillary:
Rated 100% by NARAL, indicating a pro-choice voting record. (Dec 2003)

Reason #12 to Support Hillary:
Vows to protect next generation by paying off national debt.

Reason #13 to Support Hillary:
Fought in Congress to "Help people facing foreclosure; don't just bail-out banks." (Aug 2007)

Reason #14 to Support Hillary:
In 1962 she met MLK Jr. preaching a sermon in Chicago and learned from him the importance of equal rights for all.

Reason #15 for Supporting Hillary:
In 1965 she brought black classmates to her until-then all-white church.

Reason #16 to Support Hillary:
Since 1995 has criticized China's human rights abuses.

Reason #17 to Support Hillary:
IN 1988 Instituted gender diversity Report Card within the American Bar Association, which sets standards for lawyers in the U.S.

Reason #18 to Support Hillary:
In 1972 worked as a lawyer suing white-only schools, working with Marian Wright Edelman on enforcing school desegregation in the South.

Reason #19 to Support Hillary:
In October, 2000 she said it's not enough for America just to apologize for slavery and move on; we need to concentrate on civil rights now.

Reason #20 to Support Hillary:
Has been pushing for a "Privacy Bill of Rights" for all Americans since 2000.

Reason #21 to support Hillary:
Will end don't ask, don't tell in the military, "Gay soldiers need to shoot straight, not be straight." November 2003.

Reason #22 to Support Hillary:
Supports civil unions, with full equality of federal benefits.

Reason #23 to Support Hillary:
Voted YES on adding violent crimes based on victim's sexual orientation to definition of hate crimes.

Reason #24 to support Hillary:
Rated 96% by the NAACP, indicating a pro-affirmative-action stance.

Reason #25 to support Hillary:
Freedom of Speech: Voted NO on recommending Constitutional ban on flag desecration.

Reason #26 to Support Hillary: [A.K.A "Whoopi Goldberg's reason to support Hillary"]
Voted YES on repealing tax subsidy for companies which move US jobs offshore. (Mar 2005)

Reason #27 to Support Hillary:
Voted more funding and stricter sentencing for prosecution of hate crimes. (Apr 2001)

Reason #28 to Support Hillary:
Voted to Require DNA testing for all federal executions. (Mar 2001)

Reason #29 to Support Hillary:
Although she was in college during the height of the drug culture in the late 1960s, she was devoted to work on civil rights instead of partying and taking drugs.

Reason #30 to Support Hillary:
She is fighting for Universal pre-kindergarten.

Reason #31 to Support Hillary:
Wants to establish an education "Bill of Rights" - Establish right to education from pre-school thru college.

Reason #32 to Support Hillary:
Since 1998 has fought publicly to keep art and music programs in public schools. "Arts education is needed in our schools."

Reason #33 to Support Hillary:
'Government should pay off all student loans for teachers who go to urban schools." March, 2000

Reason #34 to Support Hillary:
Wants a complete re-write, a Total change in No Child Left Behind. (August, 2007)

Reason #35 to Support Hillary:
Rated 82% by the NEA, indicating pro-public education votes.

Reason #36 to Support Hillary
Voted YES on spending $448B on education & debt reduction instead of Bush's tax cut for the rich. (Apr 2001)

Reason #37 to Support Hillary:
Wants to "Remove energy dependence on countries who would harm us." (Jun 2006)

Reason #38 to Support Hillary:
Wants to build a "$50B strategic energy research fund from taxing oil companies." (Oct 2006)

Reason #39 to Support Hillary:
Wants to Invest in alternative energy; jobs that won't be outsourced.

Reason #40 to Support Hillary:
Called on U.S. to Ratify Kyoto; and fund more mass transit. (Sep 2000)

Reason #41 to Support Hillary:
Rated 100% by the CAF, indicating support for energy independence. (Dec 2006)

Reason #42 to Support Hillary:
Voted NO on drilling for oil in the Alaska National Wildlife Reserve on national security grounds. (Apr 2002)

Reason #43 to Support Hillary:
Voted YES on targeting 100,000 hydrogen-powered vehicles by 2010. (Jun 2003)

Reason #44 to Support Hillary:
Voted NO on Bush Administration Energy Policy. (Jul 2003)

Reason #45 to Support Hillary:
Voted YES on banning drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. (Mar 2005)

Reason #46 to Support Hillary: (listen up Louisiana!)
Voted YES on $3.1B for emergency oil assistance for hurricane-hit areas. (Oct 2005)

Reason #47 to Support Hillary:
Voted YES on factoring global warming into federal project planning. (May 2007)

Reason #48 to Support Hillary:
Voted YES on making oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal. (Jun 2007)

Reason #49 to Support Hillary:
Rated 89% by the LCV, indicating pro-environment votes.

Reason #50 to Support Hillary:
Voted NO on confirming Gale Norton as Secretary of Interior. (Jan 2001)

Reason #51 to Support Hillary:
Called on Bush to "Put someone in charge of Katrina recovery who actually cares." (Aug 2007)

Reason #52 to Support Hillary:
Her Support for green-collar job training

Reason #53 to Support Hillary:
Introduced bill to Better track kids' products for exposures to toxic materials coming from China.

Reason #54 to support Hillary:
Calls for the government to treat kids as "child citizens" not "minors" under the law. (Since Dec 1999)

Reason #55 to Support Hillary:
Rated 0% by the Christian Coalition

Reason #56 to Support Hillary:
Voted YES on enlarging NATO to include poor Eastern Europe nations. (May 2002

Reason #57 to Support Hillary:
"Smartest strategic choice is peace." (Nov 1999)

Reason #58 to Support Hillary:
Calling for a NATO-enforced no-fly zone to end Darfur genocide. (June, 2007

Reason #59 to Support Hillary:
IN the 1970s worked to pass Constitutional Amendment to allow young people aged 18, 19, 20 to vote.

Reason #60 to Support Hillary:
Voted NO on allowing lobbyist gifts to Congress

Reason #61 to Support Hillary:
Pledges to support $50B for AIDS relief in US and world

Reason #62 to Support Hillary:
Rated 100% by APHA, indicating a pro-public health record.

Reason #63 to Support Hillary:
Voted NO on funding GOP version of Medicare prescription drug benefit. (Apr 2001)

Reason #64 to Support Hillary:
Voted YES on allowing patients to sue HMOs & collect punitive damages. (Jun 2001)

Reason #65 to Support Hillary:
Says, "Torture cannot be American policy, period." (Sep 2007)

Reason #66 to Support Hillary:
She would never say anything as creepy and cult-like as "We are the ones we have been waiting for."

Reason #67 to Support Hillary:
Rated 100% by SANE, indicating a pro-peace voting record.

Reason # 68 to Support Hillary:
Voted NO on extending the PATRIOT Act's wiretap provision. (Dec 2005)

Reason #69 to Support Hillary:
Voted YES on requiring CIA reports on detainees & interrogation methods. (Sep 2006)

Reason #70 to Support Hillary:
Voted YES on preserving habeas corpus for Guantanamo detainees. (Sep 2006)

Reason #71 to Support Hillary:
Voted YES on limiting soldiers' deployment to 12 months. (Jul 2007)

Reason #72 to Support Hillary:
Voted YES on giving Guest Workers a path to citizenship. (May 2006)

Reason #73 to Support Hillary:
Voted YES on comprehensive immigration reform. (Jun 2007)

Reason #74 to Support Hillary:
Voted: No salary increase for Congress until minimum wage increased.

Reason #75 to Support Hillary:
Would accept minimum wage as president. (Jul 2007)

Reason #76 to Support Hillary:
Rated 85% by the AFL-CIO, indicating a pro-union voting record.

Reason #77 to Support Hillary:
Voted NO on repealing Clinton's ergonomic rules on repetitive stress. (Mar 2001)

Reason #78 to Support Hillary:
Voted YES on increasing minimum wage to $7.25.

Reason #79 to Support Hillary:
Voted YES on restricting employer interference in union organizing

Reason #80 to Support Hillary:
Admits she made mistake in believing in WMDs in Iraq after being mislead by the Bush Administration.

Reason #81 to Support Hillary:
Reaches out to conservatives but voting record is progressive.

Reason #82 to Support Hillary:
"Karl Rove is obsessed with me because I take Republicans on & beat them." (Aug 2007)

Reason #83 to Support Hillary:
Served as a Staff attorney on Watergate/Nixon impeachment investigation.

Reason #84 to Support Hillary:
1976: Organized Indiana for Carter-Mondale campaign. She knows what it is like to work on a democrat campaign in RED STATES!

Reason #85 to Support Hillary:
Rated 100% by the AU, indicating support of church-state separation.

Reason #86 to Support Hillary:
Voted NO on confirming John Roberts for Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

Reason #87 to Support Hillary:
Voted NO on confirming Samuel Alito as Supreme Court Justice.

Reason #88 to Support Hillary:
Rated 100% by the ARA, indicating a pro-senior voting record.

Reason #89 to Support Hillary:
Voted YES on increasing tax deductions for college tuition.

Reason #90 to Support Hillary:
At Wellesley in 1968, steered college anti-war movement.

Reason #91 to Support Hillary:
Recommended by EMILY's List of pro-choice women.

Reason #92 to Support Hillary:
Voted YES on shifting $11B from corporate tax loopholes to education. (Mar 2005)

Reason # 93 to Support Hillary:
1980s: Led her church to found the largest daycare in Arkansas.

Reason #94 to Support Hillary:
1978: chaired Legal Services Corp. in President Carter's Administration - allowing Poor Families access to legal aid

Reason #95 to Support Hillary:
Voted YES on implementing the 9/11 Commission report to get us out of Iraq in a fast, safe manner.

Reason #96 to Support Hillary:
Voted YES on restoring $565M for states' and ports' first responders eliminated by the Bush Administration.

Reason #97 to Support Hillary:
Worked with Evan Bayh, Al Gore, Bill Clinton and others in the 1980s to rejuvenate the Democratic Party from within.

Reason #98 to Support Hillary:
In 1969, she entered law school as "vehicle for social change"

Reason #99 to Support Hillary:
Calls to Increase spending for libraries.

Reason #100 to Support Hillary:
In October, 2006 - called for "Phased redeployment out of Iraq, beginning immediately

From San Franscisco Chronicle
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/03/02/MND6VC4O8.DTL

Obama could feel heat from developer's trial
Fundraiser who sold land to senator faces corruption charges
Mike McIntire,Christopher Drew, New York Times
Sunday, March 2, 2008

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Tony Rezko was obviously in trouble. He was a defendant in at least a dozen lawsuits, federal investigators in Chicago were poking around, and his name was in newspaper stories about corruption and fraud.
None of that stopped Rezko, a politically connected developer, and Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., from completing real estate deals a few years ago that resulted in the Obamas obtaining their dream house and the Rezkos buying an empty lot next door.
Nearly three years later, fallout from Obama's relationship with Rezko, who raised more than $150,000 for Obama's campaigns, continue to dog Obama on the presidential campaign trail. That distraction promises to linger as Rezko goes on trial on corruption charges starting Monday.
Obama, a Democrat, is not part of the case against Rezko, who is accused of shaking down companies seeking business with the state of Illinois. Obama has conceded it was a mistake to bring Rezko into his personal real estate dealings, although he has insisted there was nothing unusual about the developer deciding to buy a sought-after lot in an upscale neighborhood. But a review of court records, including new details of Rezko's finances that have emerged recently, show that the lot purchase occurred as he was being pursued by creditors seeking more than $10 million, deepening the mystery of why he would plunge into a real estate investment whose biggest beneficiary appears to have been Obama.
Dodging creditors

As Obama and Rezko were completing the property purchases in June 2005, Rezko was fighting to keep lenders and investors at bay over defaulted loans and failing business ventures. But he sidestepped that financial dragnet by arranging for the land to be purchased in his wife's name, making it the only property she owned by herself, according to land records.
As a result, when Obama and his wife, Michelle, bought a portion of the land from Rezko seven months later to widen their yard, the money they paid was beyond the reach of Rezko's creditors, including one conducting a court-ordered hunt for his assets to recover a $3.5 million debt.
Two lawyers involved in the civil litigation against Rezko said they believed that the property was subject to possible seizure on the premise that Rezko had been trying to hide behind his wife, Rita, who had little money of her own to complete the $625,000 purchase.
The lawyers, both of whom requested anonymity because they did not have their clients' permission to speak about the cases, said there was little purpose in pursuing it because the legal costs would have outweighed the value of the property, which was encumbered by a $500,000 mortgage.
Lawyers representing Rezko in the civil litigation declined to comment.
When the property deals first surfaced in late 2006, Obama said he had done nothing wrong. In a statement at the time he also said: "It was a mistake to have been engaged with him at all in this or any other personal business dealing that would allow him, or anyone else, to believe that he had done me a favor."
Obama's campaign emphasized on Saturday that the criminal proceeding against Rezko "is not a case about Sen. Obama."
The statement added: "Sen. Obama knew Tony Rezko for two decades in very different circumstances, none of which involve the actions with which Rezko has been charged."
The fuller picture of Rezko's financial maneuverings emerged from an examination of civil suits in state and federal courts, as well as newly filed documents in his criminal case.
Ties to governor

Rezko, a longtime confidante and fundraiser for Gov. Rod Blagojevich, a Democrat, has pleaded not guilty to charges of extorting campaign contributions and payoffs from companies looking to do business with the Blagojevich administration.
Obama's name is likely to surface during the trial, if only because $10,000 of the money Rezko is accused of extorting wound up in Obama's 2004 Senate campaign. There is nothing to indicate that Obama did any favors for Rezko, but there is ample evidence that Rezko did favors for Obama.
The two men met in the early 1990s when Rezko tried to hire Obama to work on his low-income housing developments. When Obama turned to politics, Rezko was an early supporter and fundraiser. Rezko also stepped in when Obama, a newly elected U.S. senator, and his family found a Georgian mansion for sale in the Kenwood section of Chicago.
When the transactions were first reported, Obama said only that he had asked Rezko, as a developer, whether he thought the house was worth buying. But last month, Obama's campaign staff said the senator also recalled walking around the house and the adjacent lot with Rezko.
Obama has said he did not know why Rezko decided to buy the lot. Business associates of Rezko said he gave various explanations, among them that he wanted to help the Obamas expand their backyard and that he thought it would be a good investment to own a lot next to a prominent politician. But Rezko's involvement was important because the owners of the house and the lot had stipulated that neither could be sold unless a deal for the other closed on the same day.
Some critics say that given Obama's long-time emphasis on ethics, it is puzzling that he would have been so involved with the Rezkos on the house and lot deals after questions had begun to crop up about Rezko's political and business activities.
For at least two years before the property purchases, news articles had raised questions about Rezko's influence over state appointments and contracts. There also had been reports that the FBI was investigating allegations of a shakedown scheme involving a state hospital board to which Rezko had suggested appointments.
Also, Chicago officials had announced that they were investigating whether a company partly owned by Rezko had won public contracts by posing as a minority business.
As a result, said Jay Stewart, executive director of the Better Government Association in Chicago, Obama "should have been on high alert."
Shaky finances

In addition, although Rezko enjoyed a reputation as a man of means, with a Mediterranean-style mansion, a sprawling chain of fast-food businesses and frequent multimillion-dollar real estate deals, the court records show, he was also sinking in financial quicksand.
Federal prosecutors recently filed papers saying Rezko had trouble paying creditors for years. At least 12 lawsuits had been filed against Rezko and his businesses from November 2002 to January 2005, including one by GE Commercial Finance Corp., which had extended more than $5 million in loans for Rezko's pizza franchises.
GE obtained a court judgment against Rezko in November 2004 for the $3.5 million it said was outstanding on its loans, but the company put collection efforts on hold during the first half of 2005 as it negotiated with Rezko, court records show. When the Obamas and Rezkos bought their adjacent parcels that June, Rezko's wife, Rita, put down $125,000 in cash and financed the rest with a bank loan.
In October 2005, GE obtained an order allowing the company to begin seizing Rezko's assets. The company's lawyers filed a claim against the Rezkos' home and began issuing subpoenas to banks where Rezko had accounts, finding very little cash. Court records show GE was due to be in court on Jan. 5, 2006, for example, obtaining an order to seize $1,297.39 from one of Rezko's checking accounts.
Less than a week later, Rita Rezko sold a 10-foot wide strip of the empty lot to Obama, for $104,500, so that the senator could widen his side yard.
The Rezkos had little to show for the entire transaction.
Asked by a judge to give an accounting of his and his wife's assets last year after he was indicted, Rezko said his wife had recently sold the remainder of the lot, and that the small profit it generated went back to the buyer to help cover an old debt.
"So, she didn't walk away with any cash?" asked the judge.
"Not one dollar," Rezko replied.

I hope voters in Texas, Ohio, Vermont and Rhode Island all understand that Obama is all hat and NO cattle.

Posted by: MACK | March 2, 2008 4:10 PM

Mack Voters DO realize that Hillary's campaign has degenerated into all insults and nothing positive. You guys just don't get it. We've moved on!!! Voters have more or less made their choice. Seems to me voters have choosen Obama.

Now on to Bonnie. Bonnie, with all due respect to you, and your NEVER ENDING slander of Barack Obama but...
NEXT TIME WRITE A F%CKING BOOK!!! A BIG ONE!!!

Bonnie you can list ad nausea all the reasons YOU think people should vote for Hillary Clinton who is in my opinion a good person.

I'll be the first to admit that there are a great many reasons why Hillary is good for America. She will do great thing in the Senate. THE SENATE!!!

The bottom line is adults make up their own minds, your BOOK is unnecessary!!!

Hillary has had all the time in the world to convince voters. What makes you think your going to accomplish something she couldn't. Maybe YOU should be the one running, since you obviously have no faith in your candidates ability to articulate HER OWN POSITIONS!!! Bonnie I know it's difficult to accept defeat, but it might just be that time. Obama 2008!!!

If you think Senator Hillary Clinton will bring a change from the same, old power and political games in Washington that we have witnessed for way too many years, then there is no changing your mind.

If you think Senator Hillary Clinton has not played the woman card, has not played the victim card, has not played the fear card, and has not played the race card, in her efforts to win, then there is no changing your mind.

If you did not see Senator Hillary Clinton mock Senator Obama's message of hope, but would not believe it even if you saw it, then there is no changing your mind.

Hillary Clinton is a toss up. By her very own behavior and actiosn, she has turned off as many voters as she may have gained during her campaign.

I much prefer the calm, steady, hopeful, inspiring, promising, leadership and integrity offered by Senator Barack Obama.

Why is it that all the Hillary supporters sound like Bush supporters? It is the same drunk the kool-aid crap every time.

Post #1 - Tie Obama to a hated public figure that he has no relation to other than being black.

Post #5 - You might be an idiot if... Isn't this "You might be a redneck if"? Straight from the Bushie propaganda mill

Also, why am I an idiot if I support someone who is against the war in Iraq? Why do Hillary supporters love war so much?

I think it is bad to displace and kill millions of innocents. I am sorry to see that, like Bush and the Republicans, Hillary supporters cannot be counted on to support those who would put a stop to slaughter.

Stop funding the terrorists!

No more Oil Wars!

Energy Independence Now!

Drill in Anwar.

Build more nuclear power plants

Use More coal.

Use more natural gas

Turn trash into energy

Double the efficiency of windmills and solar cells.

If France can do nuclear power so can we.

If Brazil can do biomass/ethanol power so can we.

If Australia can do LNG power so can we.

Domestically produced energy will end the recession and spur the economy.

Stop paying oil dollars to those who worship daily at the altar of our destruction.

Preserve our Civil Rights and defend our Freedom by ending dependence on foreign oil.