Rasmussen: Mixed bag for Clinton, Obama, McCain

For all of you brave and open-minded individuals, the tides have turned. Obama has regained his lead over Clinton in the Gallop polls by 3 points - just yesterday, he was behind by 3 points.

This is truly a celebration of the strength and the courage exercised by the brave Americans that have opted to reject fear politics.

See for yourself:

http://www.gallup.com/poll/105529/Gallup-Daily-Obama-Edges-Ahead-Clinton.aspx

Well at least the people are finally starting to see through the fraud that is Obama juding by McCain 8 pt lead over him and more people see him as unfavorable than favorable for the 1st time. I think the double standard that has been afforded Obama by most in the press is going to backfire even more as this election wears on.

Apparently Obama has such strong emotional ties to this racist hate-mongering preacher that he is unable, or unwilling, to acknowledge that Wright's influence is inappropriate and indeed harmful.

If the American Citizens elect Obama despite the knowledge of Wright's influence over him, then it will be an acceptance, and a tacit blessing, of the union.

Let this country HEAL. It can't thrive any longer or heal on more and more lies Hillary.

If you're as patriotic as your husband says, stop pretending that the Bushes and Rupert Murdoch aren't helping you get elected to carry on the George Bush agenda and step aside and give our country a fighting chance here PLEASE!

Obama's supporters will forgive him for anything.

If Obama was found in bed with a dead girl, they'd say she died of happiness.

If Obama was found in bed with a live boy they'd say Obama cured his leprosy.

They're in love.

Never fall in love with a politician.

They'll break your heart every time.

Coming soon to a superdelegate near you:

"Hillary in Tuzla".

It's an unbelievable tale of heroism, written and directed by Mark J. Penn.

The Baltimore Sun calls it a "whopper."

"Four Pinocchios!" says the Washington Post.

"Requires enormous suspension of disbelief" raves the Huffington Post.

http://www.jedreport.com/2008/03/hillary-in-tuzl.html

WWSD?
What Would Sinbad Do?

Note to supporters of any candidate except Obama: You may already know this, but there are numerous media outlets which are in the bag for Obama, and will not allow any, or many criticisms of him on their blogs. Some of them are: The Baltimore Sun, Huffington Post, CNN, MSNBC, and the Los Angeles Times. There are probably many more, but these are the ones I've noticed so far. Obviously, there are some very powerful people who are trying to sway this election towards Obama. It reminds me very much of the way the media helped George Bush so much in his early years. Very scary.

THERE IS NO WAY THE AMERICAN PEOPLE CAN HAVE A ARAB BLACK PRESIDENT.. IF IT WAS A COLIN POWELL IT BE DIFFERENT ...NO WAY HUSSIAN OBAMA CAN BE PRESIDENT OF U.S.A. HE DOES NOT EVEN LIKJE THIS COUNTRY. WASKE UP AMERICA BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE PLEASE. ARTIE

THERE IS NO WAY THE AMERICAN PEOPLE CAN HAVE A ARAB BLACK PRESIDENT.. IF IT WAS A COLIN POWELL IT BE DIFFERENT ...NO WAY HUSSIAN OBAMA CAN BE PRESIDENT OF U.S.A. HE DOES NOT EVEN LIKE THIS COUNTRY. WASKE UP AMERICA BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE PLEASE. ARTIE

I have been appalled at the amount of ridiculous, irrational, virtriol, hatred, and lies that flame across the web about the presidential candidates - and the number of my friends and neighbors that quote that crap to me daily. In addition to trying, tactfully, to correct the gross misinformation, I have posted several time on my blog in an attempt to create a more rational dialogue - futile, right?

Reckless is Not the Answer

I supported HRC and donated to her. But I have seen the writing on the wall and I'm now speaking of truth for unity purposes. The rest of the race for Hillary is a myth and deception. She had expected the race to be a cake walk. As a result, she is psychologically tormented. She currently needs at least 64% of the remaining pledged-delegates. In terms of popular votes, she is 700,000 votes shy. She has an insurmountable task to accomplish. It is not a tight race as it is claimed.

HRC is not staying in the race because she is a fighter but to recoup her financial losses and vent out her anger against her own Party. She does not know how to exit this race with class and grace. At the end of February, her debts were nearly $9 million. She should exit the race if she fails to achieve 64% in the PA primary. Her current strategy is not good for any one except the Republican Party. She has so far ruined the possibility for a Dream Team ticket and she is burning the bridge for a potential future presidential run.

HRC is in serious need of counseling to overcome her second major disappointment in life. This is when her peers including Harold Ickes and Bill Clinton are to step in and help her. Bill should give precedence to the Party that gave him presidency twice rather than the selfish ego of his wife. Hillary is a seasoned politician but she has lately been very reckless in her trade. Statesmen and women like Jimmy Carter, Al Gore, and Nancy Pelosi are to step in to save the Party from further ruin before too late. It is very painful to see what one of the most respected families in our party is doing. What are they trying to teach to our kids? If you can not win any contest fairly, ruin it.

The causes of HRC failure are not her Gender, the Democratic Party or Barack Obama. It is Bill Clinton as well as her long time political involvement that created a Republican Party machinery against her. Over the years it has distorted her image and creditability. Mostly, it is a payback for her departure from that party during her early political life.
The Clintons are currently using Obama as scapegoat. They are indirectly attacking the majority of Democrats and Independents who voted for Obama. In addition, without shame, they are persuading her followers not to vote for the Democratic nominee in the general election. It is kitchen politics that resembles Third world politics. The Democratic Party is far above and beyond that level. It deserves better management and control than what currently exists. The country state of affairs is in trouble and reckless politics is not the answer.

I don't always feel like I have my thumb on the pulse of America, but the recent polls confirm what I feel in my gut.

Obama was dragged down as his political enemies tried to equate his attitude with that of his former pastor.

Obama rose to the challenge and did the doubters one better, bringing his considerable insight and intellect to shine light on the entire subject of race in America, accomplishing with his speech more in 40 minutes than most of us have seen done in our lifetimes.

learn how to spell artie before its to late!!!

This will impact the polls as more people see it.

http://weblogs.newsday.com/news/local/longisland/politics/blog/2008/03/video_hillarys_race_to_the_car.html

"Video: Hillary's race to the cars

We mentioned yesterday that both a picture and video that seemed to contradict Hillary's claims about a hair-raising First Lady trip to Bosnia had surfaced/

Her quote, from last week: "I remember landing under sniper fire. There was supposed to be some kind of a greeting ceremony at the airport, but instead we just ran with our heads down to get into the vehicles to get to our base."

Here's news footage from the time, just available in YouTube. Is this a memory lapse? Spinnable? She's just not running with her head down. And she can't just make stuff up, can she?"

All of you Republicants out there who are jumping up and down and clapping because John W McCain is getting a free pass right now are in for a rude awakeining this summer.

Americans aren't paying attention to old man McCain for a very good reason. They're not going to vote for McCain and effectively give Bush and Cheney a third term, it's not even debatable, period, end of story.

"McCain's grades were "marginal." at best He drew so many demerits for breaking curfew and other discipline issues that he graduated fifth from the bottom of the class of 1958. Despite his low "class standing," and no doubt because of the influence of his family of famous Admirals, McCain was leap-frogged ahead of more qualified applicants and granted a coveted slot to be trained as a navy pilot".

http://www.usvetdsp.com/jan08/mccain_military_record.htm

We were Edwards supporters and Obama's race-baiting in SC - assisted by the pro-Obama media - and then Obama accusing the Clintons of racism was despicable!

And really turned us off Obama for good!

Now - we're supporting Hillary.

I agree with Fred.

Mike Jones, Learn how to spell. It's not 'to late', it's 'too late.'
:-)

Am I the only one who noticed that, during the debates, almost every time John Edwards began to speak about one of his central campaign themes, corporate power and corruption in Washington, Wolf Blitzer would begin to interrupt him? Brain Williams at NBC did it too. Edwards could ramble on all day long, but as soon as he mentioned corruption, he was suddenly out of time.

Then, after Edwards dropped out, the eulogies for his campaign, at least in the corporate media, reduced his message to fighting poverty. How quaint. No message of corporate power or corruption in Washington. Suddenly Edwards's whole campaign was about poverty. You would think he had been running for president of the Salvation Army.

We're seeing the same thing with the Obama speech. In today's New York Times, plastered all over the front page of their 'Week in Review', are African American lips. Seriously, you really have to see it. African American lips. Suddenly, with all that's at stake, from war to the economy to global warming, and yes, corporate power, this election is all about race. Of course, the Times is not alone. While Obama himself has never made race a campaign issue, the corporate media has done it for him.

We can attribute the sensationalization of Reverend Wright, or the propping up of Hillary's faltering chances as keeping the race alive for ratings. Maybe that's all it is. But the systemic pattern of occluding our candidates messages every time the message involves corporate power, or anything that even resembles populism, is not about ratings. General Electric didn't buy a TV network to provide a platform for the common folk to redress their grievances. GE and Time Warner are direct beneficiaries of the very corruption in Washington CNN and NBC don't want to talk about.

We saw this same phenomenon at work after Jim Webb spoke the unspeakable during his Democratic response to the State of the Union address last year. I wrote a diary about it. What were the unspeakable words? "Corporate influence." The corporate media's response? It never happened.

Are they really this stupid?

A freshman writing student could identify the dramatic climax of Obama's speech. "Not this time." In fact, if you had to title the speech, that would be it. But in the corporate media, that part of the speech doesn't even exist. Because if they acknowledged that part of the speech, then that would mean the candidate was getting to set the terms of the debate. This cannot be allowed. Let's revisit that part of the speech. It's really good.

Or, at this moment, in this election, we can come together and say, "Not this time." This time we want to talk about the crumbling schools that are stealing the future of black children and white children and Asian children and Hispanic children and Native American children.

This time we want to reject the cynicism that tells us that these kids can't learn; that those kids who don't look like us are somebody else's problem. The children of America are not those kids, they are our kids, and we will not let them fall behind in a 21st Century economy. Not this time.

This time we want to talk about how the lines in the emergency room are filled with whites and blacks and Hispanics who do not have health care, who don't have the power on their own to overcome the special interests in Washington, but who can take them on if we do it together.

This time we want to talk about the shuttered mills that once provided a decent life for men and women of every race, and the homes for sale that once belonged to Americans from every religion, every region, every walk of life.

This time we want to talk about the fact that the real problem is not that someone who doesn't look like you might take your job; it's that the corporation you work for will ship it overseas for nothing more than a profit.

This time we want to talk about the men and women of every color and creed who serve together, and fight together, and bleed together under the same proud flag.

We want to talk about how to bring them home from a war that never should've been authorized and never should've been waged, and we want to talk about how we'll show our patriotism by caring for them, and their families, and giving them the benefits they have earned.

This was nothing less than Obama reasserting what this election is about. Issues that affect all races, all Americans. I'm sure Obama understands that hardship breeds contempt. And that one of the best ways to heal class and racial divisions is for everyone to get a piece of the pie.

But the corporate media doesn't want an election about crumbling schools, jobs, or special interests. And they sure don't want to talk about this, also from Obama's speech:

Just as black anger often proved counterproductive, so have these white resentments distracted attention from the real culprits of the middle-class squeeze -- a corporate culture rife with inside dealing, questionable accounting practices and short-term greed; a Washington dominated by lobbyists and special interests; economic policies that favor the few over the many.

Now, when we compare the actual message of Obama's speech with the way it's been covered, we have only two possibilities: the corporate media are so incredibly stupid that they can't even comprehend a fairly straightforward narrative, or they are at it again, manipulating the national debate to their advantage - they are all millionaires you know, beneficiaries of the very corporate power Obama, Edwards and Jim Webb have spoken of.

Not this time! We aren't going to let the Repubs "swift boat" their way to stealing another election, it isn't going to happen for them this time, they know it and that is exactly why they're screaming so loud, it's all of their pent up self-hate boiling to the surface for everyone to see.
The establishment media is trying to hijack this election. We have to fight back. "Not this time" should become our mantra, right up there with "Yes, we can." Even if the corporate media refuses to acknowledge what the people and the Barack Obama want this election to be about, at least we can.

I AGREE WITH MARGARET!!!

OBAMA IS THE REAL RACIST!

WAKE UP DEMOCRATS BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE ---OBAMA WILL NEVER --I REPEAT --NEVER --WIN THE GENERAL ELECTION.

HE SHOULD STEP DOWN FOR THE COUNTRY HE "SUPPOSEDLY LOVES".

Some of you people are scary. I'm glad some of you are not the candidate for this elections; otherwise, I'd stay home and not vote.

As for the poster falsely accusing the media of protecting Obama, you have it wrong; however, they are doing just the opposite - attempting to sabotage him.

Most of them allow their commentators and posters like yourselves to post, but erase posts that object to their (the media) bias and slanderous ways of handling the Wright issue.

Hey Hillary, the fat lady is SINGING!

Say GOODNIGHT!!

It's OVER!!!

Casey Knowles, the young girl from Hillary Clinton's "3 a.m. Ad", rejects Hillary's politics of fear.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXmYVRIpu2w

Fred,
You're kidding, right? This is the same media that has been destroying him by playing and replaying that same misleading video ad nauseum. What they filter out are stupid attacks and name-calling. Clinton supporters are getting desperate, so there is probably a lot more name-calling. Try making an intelligent point, without any personal slams, and your comments will get through.

For you Fred:

Obama's haters will criticize him for anything.

If Obama helps to stop the Iraq war that is taking lives and crippling the USA, they would say he "cut and run."

If Obama helps revive the economy and the global reputation of our nation, they would say he "raised taxes and pandered to our enemies."

They're mired in hate.

Never trust a neocon.

They'll break your country every time.

For you Fred:

Obama's haters will criticize him for anything.

If Obama helps to stop the Iraq war that is taking lives and crippling the USA, they would say he "cut and run."

If Obama helps revive the economy and the global reputation of our nation, they would say he "raised taxes and pandered to our enemies."

They're mired in hate.

Never trust a neocon.

They'll break your country every time.

It's a sad day for America when a candidate who played footsie for 20 years with Black racist and anti-Semitic preachers has a good chance of winning the nomination of a major party.

Celine Dion has sold millions of records, but do you actually KNOW someone who bought one?

Someone once observed: Celine Dion has sold millions of records, but I don't know anyone who has actually bought one! And Hillary Clinton has received over 12 million votes during the primaries...

I'm a 34-year old married guy living in Charlotte, NC. I think I have a pretty diverse group of friends & colleagues. I know folks on every end of the political spectrum. But truly, I don't know a soul who supports Hillary Clinton. Hell, my mother is a 60-year-old white woman in Florida and even SHE doesn't know a single Hillary supporter.

Every single one of my liberal/progressive cohorts (and there are many) support Obama. And the ones who aren't nuts about Obama STILL choose him over Hillary.

Which begs the question... where are these Hillary people? MSNBC's Chris Todd noted a few weeks ago that Hillary's main constituency (aside from the elderly) is the uneducated. When I stop to think, I don't believe I routinely interact with anyone who lacks a high school education. So maybe that explains my lack of experience with Hillary supporters.

I think that it's an unavoidable fact that after Marc Rich, Norman Hsu, the Iraq War vote, "Obama isn't a Muslim, to the best of my knowledge," and Hillary's blatant middle-finger that she is now flipping to the Democratic Party as a whole, if you STILL support Hillary, you are either completely ignorant of the facts, or have an unhealthy obsession with seeing a female president.

The Right likes to call her Hitlery, the Hildebeast, etc. I think I'll start calling her Celine.

I wonder what Hillary would say about race. I'm pretty sure that she wouldn't go very deep into the matter, not because she doesn't have an opinion, but simply because her opinion is not very well founded.

Apparently when someone talks about a touchy subject, that person has no way of pleasing everybody. Too bad that so many people cannot go beyond their prejudices. I'm certain that if a human rights activist talked in abstract about the subject and said mostly what Obama said (although not disclosing names or sources), everybody would consider the speech a very good lecture on the current state of racial affairs in the US. The big criticism that so many people express on Obama's comes only from the fact that he makes it personal. Honestly, the fact that he made it personal is what makes me believe it more. If he was abstract, I would not have been sure of his sincerity.

I think that, whether or not Obama wins the primaries or he becomes POTUS, his speech will have affected many people favorably. Now, are YOU ready to face the subject, or would you rather hide behind the excuse of a presidential campaign's tos and fros? It's up to you, are you going to make any use of the opportunity? The rest is crap, and you know it.

Hey republicans! enjoy the current polls because they are not going to last.

Jay Leno: "According to the latest polls out today, John McCain now in a double digit lead over the Democrats. ... To give you an idea how far McCain is ahead in the polls, today, Hillary offered him the vice presidency."

hehehe Nobody wants a 3rd bush term
Obama08

Hey republicans! enjoy the current polls because they are not going to last.

Jay Leno: "According to the latest polls out today, John McCain now in a double digit lead over the Democrats. ... To give you an idea how far McCain is ahead in the polls, today, Hillary offered him the vice presidency."

Hehehe Nobody wants a 3rd bush term.
Obama08!!!

Yea!
OBAMA-WRIGHT 2008
GD America

It's a sad day for America when a candidate who played footsie for 20 years with Black racist and anti-Semitic preachers has a good chance of winning the nomination of a major party.

Posted by: Garvey | March 23, 2008 4:51 PM

It's a sad day when the citizens can allow discrimination to exsist in our country for over "200" years and then play politics with a "REAL" issue. What Garvey, racism doesn't exsist in your HOOD? I know...you even have a black friend somewhere right? I know...you've never heard anyone tell a black joke...right? As long as you can live in your lily white neighborhood and "they" don't move into the area...everything is just dandy. When you want to have an open and honest discussion on race let me know.....but I won't hold my breath.

Of course the media's shilling for McCain and their concerted attacks on Obama are having an impact on the polls. A black man advocating peaceful resolution of international conflicts doesn't have a chance against a white warmonger. "Shock & awe" explosions over heavily populated cities gets much better ratings on the cable news channels than peace talks.

The media are ignoring McCain's "gaffe" about Iran and al Qaeda that proves he is either a liar intent on justifying another war, or simply incompetent.

And while the media fixates on the irrelevant views of Obama's minister, they ignore the crackpot ravings of the fundie preachers who are supporting McCain specifically because they expect him to carry out their deranged visions of apocalyptic war with Islam.

And McCain won't disappoint them. Furhter, it was Jerry Falwell, whose endorsement McCain eagerly sought, was the first person to blame the 9/11 attacks on America.

But you won't see McCain giving an eloquent speech to distance himself from the nutjobs who endorsed him because he's a nutjob himself.

Remember it was ABC,
that spliced together a few remarks of 5 sermons, to make viewers think this was done every Sunday. People of all colors visit the church on a regular basis, and they disagree.

ABC was the same stationed that cropped out a picture of Senator McCaskill talking to Obama then falsely claimed Obama turned away from Clinton and snubbed her.

ABC was the same station that played a sympathetica endless loop of Clinton's teary moment in New Hampshire. They failed to show Obama's classy response which

From MSNBC:

Obama said the campaigning was a "grind" when asked his reaction to hearing that Hillary Clinton had choked up at a campaign event earlier today.

"I didn't see what happened. I know this process is a grind. So that's not something I care to comment on,"

ABC station was the same station that turned down the Cosby Show because they thought it wasn't Black enough.

God is dead. Don't bring religion into politics; it's responsible for all the USA's problems already. Why can't Warren Buffet be President?

Well, we must all remember there is time for everything on this planet earth.There is time to SAY NO and time to be YES. God has a purpose and reason for everything. Nothing happen by chance. For this ,I think Obama is a man from above. Nobody can stop him. The bible says , at the right time, God will make all things beautiful. Lets put race aside and lets come togther to build Our country. I think Obama is capable of ruling . LETS VOTE FOR HIM. GOOOOOOOO ...........OBAMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

I soooooooo agree with the comments by Fred.Obama supporters will forgive him for anything,they see nothing wrong with him sitting in the pews for 20 years and listening to the anti-american trash coming from the pulpit.I also have noticed that MSNBC and the Baltimore Sun will not post a comment if it's against Obama.I have never logged on to the Huffington Post.Although I am a young democrat who supports Hillary,I watch Fox news and I heard on Bill O'Reilly that Hillary supporters have been getting death threats on that anti-american,hate-filled website.I guess Rev.Wright loves the huffington post.Most of the mainstream media outlets are "in the tank" for Obama.I thought it was funny when SNL did a skit about it,they even had the "Obama girl"in the audience,but the reality is that they are so caught up in "Obamamania"that they don't even realize that the democrat's will lose the whitehouse AGAIN if he is the nominee.The GOP has so much dirt to throw at him in the general election,from his racist pastor who associates with Louis Farrakan,to his dealings with Rezco,not to mention his wife saying she had never been proud of this country till now.Which I don't blame her now that I have seen and heard these sermon's of Rev.Wrights.It is no wonder she feels that way,after what all she has heard for 20 years in this church.I am not giving up on Hillary,I know she will win Pennsylvania by at least the same margin she won by in Ohio.And my home state of Kentucky doesn't vote till May 20th.I will be voting for president for the first time in my life,and although I fit the age group who are"in love" with Obama,I am a realist.I don't want to regret voting in my first democratic primary,and I do not feel that Obama has the experience to turn the economy around,or end the war in Iraq RESPONSIBLY.I have done my homework on all of the candidates,and I believe that Hillary would make a great leader.I would love to see a Clinton/Edwards ticket.If Obama wins the democratic nomination,I will be voting for McCain in the fall.I would rather be safe than sorry.

I would love to see a Clinton/Edwards ticket.If Obama wins the democratic nomination,I will be voting for McCain in the fall.I would rather be safe than sorry.

Posted by: kentuckygirl4hillary | March 23, 2008 7:46 PM

So anotherwords either the issues don't matter to you OR you are dumber than the day is long.

Hillary want's to end the Iraq war and McCain want's to continue it for 100 years.

You're from Kentucky? that says it all for me.

Let's all keep in mind that Hillary Clinton has a 10% chance of getting the Democratic nomination. That's virtually nil. Her only chance is for he superdelegates to overturn the will of the people, and I assure you, it will not happen. If it were anyone other than a Clinton, she'd be gone, however, that very sense of entitlement to the presidency keeps the Clintons clawng that way to nowhere. Once the Clintons, who have been more negative toward the other Democrat than the Republican, are finally tranqualized, (probably in June), we'll see some realistic polls. For now, it's a real shame that these people don't know when to fold, and just keep getting nastier and nastier.

they see nothing wrong with him sitting in the pews for 20 years and listening to the anti-american trash coming from the pulpit.
Posted by: kentuckygirl4hillary | March 23, 2008 7:46 PM

Well Kentuckygirl....I guess you living in a state like Kentucky that was one of the first to embrace slavery means something too huh? I know all your redneck friends are sweathearts...aren't they. I live in the south...who the hell you kidding? Is it you just don't like those uppities? Or are you one of the ones who live in their all white neighborhoods and as long as "they" don't come here there is no race issue?

I am confused about how Hillary plans to win.

She can't get the delegate count.

She can get the popular vote, but only if she counts the current totals from MI and FL, which is not realistic (without a revote).

She cannot win by total states won.

So that leaves the supers, what in the world is her plan there? If she contradicts her statements from Gore in 2000 and not follow the popular vote to her nomination, McCain can just play the flip-flop angle and we end up in another Kerry situation.

This electability question involves the assumption that if Obama loses a state in the primary then he will lose it in the general election. She further contradicts herself by saying the red states he won cannot be won in the general election. It's really silly logic.

If you form your opinions based on O'Reilly and Fox, no wonder you like Hillary. And you probably even believe she has 35 years of experience, since you probably haven't seen the Time article or looked at her appointments diary.

Take a look at this, if you dare:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOsGo_HWP-c

My minister sometimes says things I disagree with; sometimes even strongly disagree with, but that doesn't require me to change churches. There are many reasons people select a particular church, and mindless agreement with everything the pastor says is not mandatory.

And anyone who thinks MSNBC, Huffington Post or the Baltimore Sun will not post a comment if it's against Obama has obviously never logged on there. They do delete comments that are content free attacks though... and many Clinton supporters can't tell the difference.

I am a young democrat who supports Hillary,I watch Fox news and I heard on Bill O'Reilly that Hillary supporters have been getting death threats on that anti-american,hate-filled website.

Posted by: kentuckygirl4hillary | March 23, 2008 7:46 PM

No, you're not a Democrat, you're a race baiting Rethuglican who wants to prop up Hillary because you're scared to death of running dumb old man McCain against Senator Obama in the general election.

I would say "nice try" but it wasn't even that, it was a pathetic and transparent attempt to race bait against Obama by a nutty Rethuglican (you).

To everyone else, I know you...

Five years ago we marched together quietly and peacefully against the start of the worst foreign policy action in modern history. You're that person who used to nod and smile at my Dean'04 pin on the subway, and then like everything else in your political life, you politely accepted his subsequent loss. And today, a little bit louder and a little bit more forceful, you honk, give me the thumbs up, and shout "Yes We Can" at my Obama bumper sticker.

I know you. You've worked your heart out for the last eight years, and what have you got? One loss after another. More troops. Higher gas prices. Less affordable healthcare. More Bush. Sure you've had some victories along the way, but still you've become defeated. After Kerry's loss in 04' you went through the normal stages of grief - anger, denial, misery, etc. You battled with your friends about the best way to move forward. Some said that 'to beat'em we gotta play their game... you know, get dirty, play nasty.' But, for some reason - despite all of your failures - in the back of your mind, you still held an ounce of hope that one day a true progressive thinker would rise up and represent a real shift from the past. Not more of the same failed moderate policies, same failed dumbed-down rhetoric, and same failed negative campaign styles, but something totally different. In your heart of hearts, you still found a way to believe that you didn't have to act like a republican to beat a republican.

I know you. You're pissed off right now. You hate Hillary Clinton. You think she's painting an ugly picture of a beautiful person. You hate her because she voted for the war and helped to create lousy trade agreements, which have taken jobs away from your uncles in Pittsburgh and water from your pen-pals in Accra. You hate her for her ridiculous claims of plagiarism, Rovian politics, and race-bating. But more than anything, you hate yourself for allowing our party to continue to prop up those who represent the moderate acceptance of the past, and not the smart, passionate, progressiveness you vowed to fight for when you were just a bit younger.

I know you. You're a Democrat. You believe in the endless possibilities of tomorrow and not the failures of yesterday. And truth be known, you don't really hate Hillary Clinton. After all, you know that if she somehow manages to win the nomination, you'll probably buckle after the first debate and volunteer for her before Labor Day. But what you really hate is losing. You're tired of never voting for the winner. You're tired of living through embarrassing and deadly wars, and not being able to stop them. And you're tired of the media deciding what wars we fight, and who commands those wars. You're tired of the divisions of race and gender and wealth and justice and nearly everything in between and beyond. And yes, perhaps most frustrating of all, you're tired of nobody seeming to care that you keep losing.

I know you. You're me, and I'm here to tell you that this time it's different. This time we're going to fight fire, not with more fire, but with water. We're going to be smart, loving, strong, and honest. We're not going to let the Hannity's and Buchanan's perpetuate ignorance and lies. We're going to shake our heads, smile, and call our uncle's in Pennsylvania, and remind them what is important in the world: their daughter's education, their father's well-being, and their cousin's safety. We're going to win this election and then we're going to win the rights and justices we deserve.

I know you. You're me, and we're going to change this world together.

Obama was sitting in a pew at his chruch. A Pew is very fitting since there was a piece of crap conducting the so called mass

Barack said it right: His grandmother is a typical white woman. Hillary is a typical white woman too. They just don't get it. We need changer. We need change and new ideas. We don't need a typical white woman for President we need someone totally new.

Barack 2008
Michelle 2016

So funny...
I can't believe that Obama still is taking stuff for what a pastor has said. Hmmm... anyone been to a church where the preacher has said every other group is going to Hell for Eternity because they don't believe the same things? Does everybody in the church believe all of that?
Besides... I'm whitey...
But I personally think that Wright is right... How racist are people in America? Didn't we at least bring on 911 or maybe, just maybe our government was part of it? hmmm are the American people that easy to fool?
Yeah, Obama may not be able to pull off everything that we, who want change, want, but the alternative just sucks!
We have to believe that change can happen, we have to believe that good will prevail, we have to move beyond the failed policies of yesterday... In my opinion, less political experience is a blessing beyond belief!!!
Blessingz to all...

I don't know how Obama can get away with so much. Hillary might not be the perfect candidate, and McCain seems to be wearing 2 suits. But Obama and Michele have shown there they are not above anbody else. If Obama gets the nomination, McCain or an independent might not be looking so bad.

"Well Kentuckygirl....I guess you living in a state like Kentucky that was one of the first to embrace slavery means something too huh? I know all your redneck friends are sweathearts...aren't they. I live in the south...who the hell you kidding? Is it you just don't like those uppities? Or are you one of the ones who live in their all white neighborhoods and as long as "they" don't come here there is no race issue?"

bill "Hussein" r

Ahhh. Bridging the divide and bringing people together in the spirit his exalted holiness. So Obamaesque, not to mention a dumb analogy.

It is Obama supporters like these that have ensured I will vote for a Republican presidential candidate for the first time in my over 40 years on this Earth.

Even if she doesn't have a prayer in hell, Jesse, I sincerely hope Hillary hangs in there until the bitter end. (Like you really supported her at one time). Obama's camp didn't given a hoot about the "party" when they thwarted redo's in Michigan and Florida. Why should Hillary?

I can live with McCain, and I'm betting many other disaffected Clinton supporters can as well.

Obama is in serious need of a reality check if he thinks he's winning in November after tolerating racism for 20 years in his church. America must reject racism in all its forms!!!

I can live with McCain, and I'm betting many other disaffected Clinton supporters can as well.

Posted by: Biggdawg | March 23, 2008 9:37 PM

Yeah, you can live with McCain...because you're already to old to go over and die in his 100 years in Iraq plan.

Go ahead and vote for the nut because he would be nothing more than a third term of Bush/Cheney, just make sure that you volunteer your kids and grandkids for his wars.

We don't want week knee'd "Dems" like you anyway, these are tough times and we need fighters.

Barack - 6

Hussei = 6

NoBama = 6

NoBama/NoAnti-Christ in 08

John = 4

Sidney = 6

McCain lll = 9

469 = President McCain

Paulo

I am a 57 year old white female. I grew up in an all white community. My father and mother were born in the early 1900's (I was a very late baby). My father was from the south and he was a racist. My mother was raised in southern IL and Canada. She had no problem throwing around the "n" word - it was what she grew up with, but she was not a racist. She felt every person should be judged on the merits of their character rather than the color of their skin or where they came from.

Thankfully, my mother's influence was what took.

We are all products of the history of our families. How we feel about things (until we learn differently) is as much a part of us as the color of our eyes and our skin.

I have for several years spent much time doing the genealogical research of my family. Much of the history of this country I have learned from this research. It certainly wasn't taught in my white schools. And what I have learned about our treatment of blacks is that it has been deplorable. No I had nothing to do with it, but my ancestors were slave owners.

My first view of the black world was a trip we made to FL during the late 50's. As we were traveling through the south, I saw shanty after shanty with black people sitting on their porches with dirt (not grass) for yards and who were obviously "dirt poor." It was my first understanding of the phrase.

My first real contact with blacks was after I graduated high school and made friends with black co-workers. In 1968 I went with a male black co-worker for coffee. The looks we got when we entered the restaurant were searing.

A couple of years ago, I learned from an aunt that my father's mother had once turned away a black man during a blizzard that had knocked on the door and asked to sleep in her barn. He was found the next morning frozen to death.

Do you think attitudes have changed? Yes, somewhat, but not completely.

Following the Katrina storm, I was on my way to Mississippi to work on Katrina claims. At a layover in Houston, I went outside and overheard a conversation involving a female Texan who was discussing the storm and New Orleans. Her statement was that she was "so tired of taking care of THOSE people!"

I, too, have been the "victim" of the affirmative action program. I was passed over for a promotion in order to give it to a black and when I complained, I was further victimized by my employer.

But, I get it.

Our government programs were not designed to alleviate the problems of the black community; they were simply an effort to throw money at the problem and nothing more. That money would have been better spent helping the black community create businesses, jobs, training and increasing education. Instead we got affirmative action which made the tensions between whites and black worsen.

We brought blacks to this country in the 1600's, we "freed" them during the Civil War, and then walked away from them, giving them no support whatsoever. The south installed Jim Crow laws that prevented them from owning property, voting, going to white schools, riding on the bus (except in the back), drinking from the same fountains, going to the same bathrooms. And on and on and on. Finally, these laws where changed again with the Civil Rights Act, but again, we walked away. Here's your freedom but do with it what you will. Red-lining was not stopped until several years later.

What whites have expected to take place has not happened. It has taken the white community over 200 years to collect wealth as free and independent persons. We have expected blacks to attain that wealth in 50 years.

Both communities have at one time or another blamed each other. But the problem does not lie with us worker bees. The problem lies within the government. Whether good intentions or not, they're actions made the problem worse, not better.

What was done was to take away the hope of these communities. Why do students drop out of school? Why should they work hard when they have little hope of going to college? When jobs are low paying (because of the lack of education), what alterative is there than to turn to crime to survive? Or to have the "things" they want that are advertised daily on TV?

A few manage to break free of the chains they are still burdened by. But only a few.

Rather than provide education and jobs and hope, we have built more prisons. We've spent enough money fighting the unending War on Drugs (that has made little difference) that we could have built new schools for everyone in this country with the best paid teachers and the best equipment.

By failing the black community, our government has also failed the white community. The end game of their efforts (whether intentional or not) has put us at odds with each other.

We haven't done any better with the American Indians. But since their group is smaller, they get less attention.

Try reading “Slaves in the Family”, Black Like Me, and That Dark and Bloody River. All will give you a better perspective.

As for Rev. Wright, before condemning him, I suggest you actually listen to the complete sermons: http://essence.typepad.com/news/

The comment regarding the "chickens coming home to roost" was a quote from Edward Peck, the Ambassador to Iraq and a white guy. Would you like to call him a white racist?

I fear the media (owned by those rich white guys, not us poor white or black folks) are manipulating the system. Edwards was too populous for them and no one thought Obama would have a chance. Now that he does, they had to discredit him. What other explanation is there for why they promoted this story without providing the entire truth of the story?

Both Clinton and McCain are tied to the corporate teat.

We are already losing our Republic to fascism. (If you think not, I suggest you read "The Shock Doctrine" by Naomi Kline.) Either one, Clinton or McCain, will seal the deal.

Great leaders are often called upon to sacrifice for the betterment of the people. Hilary, whom has the ability to be a great leader, is at a crossroads – a crossroads between political aspirations and the good of the country. The reality is that she cannot hope to gain the nomination as it is mathematically impossible –if not highly improbable.

The road best travelled is the high road, the road to party unity and an unified stand against the failed policies and politics that has brought this great nation to its knees.
So I say to the gracious senator from New York, and her husband – one of the greatest Presidents to have graced our country… step back and abdicate for the benefit of our nation. Our country needs you and your sacrifice will not go unnoticed.

obama wears empty shirt- hate america so his pastor jeremiah wright- plus obama still a muslim barack hussein oabma plus hes wearign white turbana nd cloths muslim.. get out and vote now people pick the right candidate good econmy and etc. clinton pls.

If some jerk hadn't assassinated Martin Luther King, Jr., maybe Obama would have had a different pastor, or Obama's current pastor wouldn't have as much justification for his feelings.

Illinoisgirl4Obama:

You are nuts.

this type of stupid dribble from Obamamanics is what has soooooo turned me off to him. I'm sick to death of the "touchy-feel good, goodie too-shoes" wing of our party.

I want a health care system that works, I want a world class education system, I want a green economy and that is just for starters.

All Obama can offer is a bunch of hot air and insincere words. The gal that got supposedly fired for calling Hillary a "Monster" was REALLY fired because she contridicted during that interview her bosses REAL position on the war. That his campaign rhetoric is different than what he'd actually do as president.

Hillary has it all. Experience. Perseverance. She's a class act and she's SMART!

Americans that have opted to reject fear politics... accept and spread that Hillary is a monster

Their country can't thrive any longer and heal on more and more lies Hillary. Their country thrives on "I wasn't aware of such comments until they came up."

Coming soon to a super delegate near you:

"I'll be a better leader for this country than Hillary, but Hillary's answers are just fine."

http://youtube.com/watch?v=QLM689tdvp4&feature=related

You guys are all pretty silly if you truly believe in the poll.

Not that I'm saying it's wrong, it's just that the 2008 campaign has pretty much crushed all polls and left them in the dust.

Like the 4+ Republican frontrunners, McCain's Lazurus ability, Obama's rise against the "inevitable candidate," or Clinton's crucial wins in New Hampshire, Ohio, and Texas.

Speaking for "TRUTH AND UNITY." MYTH and DECEPTION. She EXPECTED. PSYCHOLOGICALLY TORMENTED. TASK INSURMOUNTABLE. NOT a FIGHTER. HER GREED. HER ANGER. NO CLASS. NO GRACE. HELPING the ENEMY. RUINED. BURNING. HELPLESS. HER SELFISH EGO. RECKLESS. FAILURE. NEED OF COUNSELING.

"It is Bill Clinton as well as her long time political involvement that !created! a Republican Party !machinery! against her. Over the years !it! has !distorted! her image and creditability."

But not you, not you. You were one of the lucky ones who were able to escape the steam roller of distortion and credibility attacks.

"At its heart, this has always been the essence of the women's movement in America - the quest to ensure that our daughters will have the same opportunities as our sons.

Now, I realize that one day, my girls will discover that this journey is not over - that there are doors left to be open and glass ceilings yet to be shattered."

-Obama Nov 10, 2005

Not her Gender.

What makes you think people are able to look past gender when they can't get past race. . .

Do you know what sexism sounds like? Any girl but that girl. Girls don't do that. Girls can't play rough. They need to be saved. Failure. Greed. Anger. Needs her husbands saving grace. Insurmountable. Helping the enemy. Selfish. Ego. Reckless. Expected. Burning. Voodoo Magic.

"Not This Time--"
"Not This Time--"
"Not this Time--"

...Tomorrow
...Tomorrow
...Tomorrow

Goodnight the Fat Lady Sings, Uneducated Supporters

Irony.

"For this ,I think Obama is a man from above. Nobody can stop him. The bible says, at the right time, God will make all things beautiful."

Hillary supporters:
Former Governor Jim Blanchard and Janet Blanchard
Joel Ferguson, Civic leader, Michigan State Trustee
Jewel Ware, Chair, Wayne County Commission, and Jesse Long-Bey
Virg Bernero, Mayor, Lansing
Hon. Dianne Byrum, Former State Representative
Hon. Jim Barcia, State Senator
Rev. Harold Hampton, City Councilman, Benton Harbor
Florine Mark, Businesswoman
Barbara Rom, Managing Partner, Pepper Hamilton
Michael Hodge, Principal, Miller Canfield
Archie Bailey, Chair, Genesee Board of Commissioners
Ken Lampar, Democratic Activist, Macomb County
Larry Owen, Former Consul General, Bermuda and Faylene Owen, MSU Trustee
Zina Kramer, Businesswoman, and Michael Kramer, Attorney
Hon. Barry Howard, Retired Oakland County Judge
Francis Brouillette, Attorney, Iron Mountain
Abdul "Duke" Fakir, Entertainer, Member of the Four Tops
Ted Gatzaros, Detroit Developer
Greg Morris, Detroit Businessman
Roger Goun, a former software engineer turned progressive political activist
Nedra Armstrong, member of the Deltas, Treasurer of Las Vegas Branch of the NAACP
Yolanda Arrington, advocate for children and community
Hannah Brown, Community activist
Anthony Cartwright, Housing Chair, NAAACP, Las Vegas branch; employed by US AIRWAYS; Board of the Detroit Connection Incorporated
Brenda Chaney, Community activist
Patricia Cunningham, Founder, Alliance for Social Justice
Evelyn Mount, Founder, Reno's Community Outreach; known for organizing holiday food drives
Dr. Robert Fowler, Pastor, Victory Missionary Baptist Church
Rekaya Gibson, EMERGE candidate and small business owner
Mildred Gilliard, Longtime Political activist in Ohio and Nevada politics
Rosemary Hall, Educator
Verlia Davis-Hoggard, Formerly of Clark County Social Services, community activist
Marsha Irvin, Education advocate
James Brown, Retired Business Owner, Retired Union Member UFCW
Jo Cato, President, Pulse Magazine
Kenneth Dalton, Reno firefighter, past president of Reno-Sparks NAACP; founded "Our Story" history project
Lavonne Lewis, Political activist
Carrie Lewis-Willis, National Coalition of 100 Black Women, local chapter
Lonnie Feemster, real estate broker and community activist
Lucille Adin - Current president, Reno-Sparks NAACP; past chair and current trustee, Washoe County Library Board
Dr. Ronan Matthew, Principal, Canyon Springs High School
Denyse McGuinn, Retired Army Officer
Mujahid Ramadan, Community Activist and mentor, Coalition of 100 Black Men
Sumayah Ramadan, Executive, Treasure Island Hotel and Casino
Dr. SS Rogers, Pastor, The Greater Mt. Sinai Missionary Recruiting Ministries
Cordell Stokes, Founding Member of the Caucus of African American Nevadans (CAAN) and former president and spokeman for CAAN; Political Advisor to Gubernatorial Candidate and the Nevada State Democratic Party
Genie Stokes, Community Activist
Pastor Ronald Thomas, Pastor, Reconciliation Apostolic Ministry
Dr. Porter Troutman, Professor, College of Education at UNLV focusing on diversity and multicultural education; Founder of the National Association for Multicultural Education
Elizabeth Valentine, Political activist
Donna Watson, Political activist
Reverend Ralph E. Williamson, Pastor, First African Methodist Episcopal Church
Jeff Wilson, doctoral student, UNLV
Dr. Linda Young, Education activist

I know who you are.
You are who I tell you to be. I know what I want. I want you to say Mother May I. Mother May I chant your words so I too can believe.

Kentucky says it all to me. Typical white woman for President says nothing to me. I'm telling you all and myself there is no dignity.

Also, although it may be anti-American, Wright presents a credible viewpoint.

Al Qaeda, the Taliban, and Saddam Hussein originally had U.S. support at some time of their lifespans.

For Al Qaeda and the Taliban, the U.S. was clearly at fault. What the hell was the government thinking, funding terrorists and leaving them hanging as soon as the Russians ended their invasion of Afghanistan?

For Saddam, he gained U.S. support as a buffer against Iran, which had recently exiled their Shah back in the 80s.

Flame me as you like now, but you can easily wiki most of this info.

No matter the candidate, I think the general race will be close. There really is something there for everybody.

May the best person win.

bill "Hussein" r

Ahhh. Bridging the divide and bringing people together in the spirit his exalted holiness. So Obamaesque, not to mention a dumb analogy.
Posted by: Biggdawg | March 23, 2008 9:37 PM

Maybe so Biggdawg...I guess that was the point. To say Obama is a racist because of his attending church is a dumb analogy. If you believe McBush is going to bring this country together...I think you are mistaken.

The comeback by Obama in opinion survey shows that many Americans indeed do not want to blackmailed by politics of fear.
As a Kenyan observing this election keenly, Obama's spirit represents to us the best qualities we know of America. Your voters can uphold the promise that we look up to America here in Africa or sacrifice this great moment at the altar of race.

OBAMA IS UNELECTABLE IN GENERAL ELECTION
Easy to see already see Republican attack ads against Obama. First open with videos of racist wife, Michelle, saying she was proud of America "for the first time" because of her husband's presidential candidacy, next Obama explaining that he doesn't wear an American flag lapel pin or hold his hands to his heart during the Pledge of Allegiance because it is a "substitute for true patriotism." Then flash a clip of Obama explaining that his Caucasian grandmother was a "typical white person" because she uttered racial epithets and was afraid of black people. Finally, the coup de grace, pictures of Obama's angry, arm-waving preacher blaming the United States for 9/11 and shouting "God Damn America" to the rafters of Chicago's Trinity United Church of Christ and preaching the U.S. government formulated the HIV AIDS virus to commit genocide against blacks. Even though Obama supposedly condemning Wright's shocking verbal assaults against the U.S and White Americans, even last year; Obama was the first to public ally demand Don Imus ouster for making a racially insensitive remark, and Obama continues to support Wrights racism and remains at the church for more than 20 years, he and Michelle obviously feels it’s a good environment to expose his young daughters too. His opinions and issues change with the weather, he is too UNSTABLE and proven he cannot make a decision or stay with one. If that’s not enough, then you start showing his terrible senate voting record, Obama when faced with tough choices always gave in to pressure from the Bush administration or corporate lobbyists, Obama dealings with one of his largest contributors, Exelon, a big nuclear power company and the deals he cut behind closed doors to protect them from full disclosure in the nuclear industry. Obamas record shows he infact did support the war when he got to the senate, voted twice against bringing America's troops back home. He voted for war appropriations giving our money to Halliburton and Blackwater where Texas woman, was gang-raped by her co-workers at a Halliburton/KBR camp in Baghdad, His latest bit of posturing S 433 allows the Bush Administration to suspend any troop withdrawal, if not suspended, keeps the troops in Iraq for a long time to come, but in his camp stumps touts he wants to bring troops home, but as we have witnessed his recent lies to voters like Canada he cannot be trusted on his word and lastly ALL the corrupt indicted financial backers, like Rezko…Get out of the race Obama you are destroying the democratic party!

Jose from above: Have you returned to the forum from your last post "Posted by: Jose Cuervo | March 23, 2008 1:33 PM from the Death Valley thread"? You created quite a stir over on that thread with your off the wall comments too. Nothing in your post here would swing an educated voter to vote for HRC. You need to use a whole lot less assumptions, a whole lot less "what if" scenarios, and many more facts to be effective. And remind me again why the leader in this race that has a lead that can not be beat should drop out again. Oh, that's right, cuz Jose said so. Such stupid rhetoric. How bout you go meditate in your closet and come back later to post something when you get your facts all straight.

I am supprised to see how many HRC supporters just copy and paste their posts from column to column. It is a great indication of being Republicans in disguise. I almost did not respond to this article, because I laughed when i read it. If Obama or HRC supporters are still listening to polls, it reflects their lack of education on the subject. REPUBLICANS ARE VOTING FOR HRC BY THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS PEOPLE!!! You will not find a blog spot, a poll, or a vote tally from here on out that will not have a heavy Republican influence. I expect Obama to win less than 50% of the races from here on out due to this factor. Obama 08

If Obama win the nomination, I WILL be voting for Barack Obama because he is a once a life-time leader.

I see something good happening in America and it is barack Obama.

God bless Obama and America

Fred: "If Obama was found in bed with a dead girl, they'd say she died of happiness."

So what's your point, Fred!

-:)

I agree with the conspiracy thoerists on this election. It's already been rigged for McCain. Google: "Greg Palast"

When you want to have an open and honest discussion on race let me know.....but I won't hold my breath.

Posted by: bill "Hussein" r. | March 23, 2008 5:59 PM

This is for the bigot bill "Hussein" who posted last week "get use to it white boy" would you include this post as your " open and honest discussion" Mr. Bigot?

No people anywhere has done more to lift up blacks than white Americans. Untold trillions have been spent since the '60s on welfare, food stamps, rent supplements, Section 8 housing, Pell grants, student loans, legal services, Medicaid, Earned Income Tax Credits and poverty programs designed to bring the African-American community into the mainstream.

Governments, businesses and colleges have engaged in discrimination against white folks -- with affirmative action, contract set-asides and quotas -- to advance black applicants over white applicants.

Churches, foundations, civic groups, schools and individuals all over America have donated time and money to support soup kitchens, adult education, day care, retirement and nursing homes for blacks.

We hear the grievances. Where is the gratitude?

Barack talks about new "ladders of opportunity" for blacks.

Let him go to Altoona and Johnstown, and ask the white kids in Catholic schools how many were visited lately by Ivy League recruiters handing out scholarships for "deserving" white kids.

Is white America really responsible for the fact that the crime and incarceration rates for African-Americans are seven times those of white America? Is it really white America's fault that illegitimacy in the African-American community has hit 70 percent and the black dropout rate from high schools in some cities has reached 50 percent?

Is that the fault of white America or, first and foremost, a failure of the black community itself?

As for racism, its ugliest manifestation is in interracial crime, and especially interracial crimes of violence. Is Barack Obama aware that while white criminals choose black victims 3 percent of the time, black criminals choose white victims 45 percent of the time?

Is Barack aware that black-on-white rapes are 100 times more common than the reverse, that black-on-white robberies were 139 times as common in the first three years of this decade as the reverse?

We have all heard ad nauseam from the Rev. Al about Tawana Brawley, the Duke rape case and Jena. And all turned out to be hoaxes. But about the epidemic of black assaults on whites that are real, we hear nothing.

Sorry, Barack, some of us have heard it all before, about 40 years and 40 trillion tax dollars ago.

I agree with you, Julie.
Barack Obama is a fine leader, and can bring the country together, and offer hope to the world.

Barack Obama is a very special man, One would have to be blind not to see that.

Barack can bring the country together? When exactly has he done ONE thing that was difficult, where he did something in the national interest rather than in a partisan, self-serving personal interest? His record says NEVER.