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by carlyle4 on Mon May 05, 2008 at 07:13:37 PM PDT
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...that gives a shit...
Abortions for some, miniature American flags for others.
by Aqualad08 on Mon May 05, 2008 at 07:18:32 PM PDT
They don't even try to do their job.
by kosophile on Mon May 05, 2008 at 07:33:13 PM PDT
nationally, but they'll keep beating Rev. Wright with a stick.
"The man and the hour have met!" Ladies and gentlemen, the next President of the United States, Barack Obama!
by PittsburghPete on Mon May 05, 2008 at 08:08:28 PM PDT
back shelf...assuming HRC doesn't wrest the nomination out of B's hands. That's the way these jokers operate. God forbid, give the voters and the public relevant information...we need more Pastorgate, Snipergate, Bittergate. Voters don't really care about possible conflicts of interests or shady pardons, or unethical behaviour....no we can't possibly find that interesting.
by CeeusBeeus on Mon May 05, 2008 at 08:25:49 PM PDT
right away. This is very important news. Screw the MSM, they still haven't even done a half way decent story on HRC's Nuclear/Obliterate story, nor her latest: That she's going to break up OPEC..
I've stopped kidding myself. MSM is swift boating Obama (the Corporate news is owned by Republicans...duh) I've watched over the past week and on MSNBC every one of their talking heads shows has 10 people for Hilary and 1 or 2 people talking for Obama throughout the entire day.
Except for Keith Olberman. Send this story to him to right away, tonight. Shit, why do we get this kind of news the day before primaries? This happened in PA too...that video of Rendell praising Farrakhan came out the day before the primary there. This really sucks.
'Course I'm respectable. I'm old. Politicians, ugly buildings and whores all get respectable if they last long enough. Noah Cross, Chinatown
by Badabing on Mon May 05, 2008 at 08:47:31 PM PDT
but he keeps plugging away at the "Obliterate" story, but Obama refuses to make an issue out of it -- and I don't understand why.
by CeeusBeeus on Mon May 05, 2008 at 08:49:40 PM PDT
Obama is perceived to have a problem with Jewish voters, depending on how you read the results of exit polling, it could be true. If he goes too far in pushing against Hillary he crosses into the territory of being "weak on Israel" while simultaneously playing into the "weak on defense" meme. Primary opponents shouldn't give the opposition any ammunition for the general, and the candidates themselves definitely should not. He will be facing John "bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran" McCain and so he does not have to go too far to paint a clear difference between himself and McCain. He has also stated his willingness to go into Pakistan to capture or kill Bin Laden without Pakistan's permission if necessary. His position on wars is nowhere near Kucinich, but luckily it is not near Clinton or McCain either. He can not be seen as too much of a Dove now or too much of a Hawk otherwise he is a flip flopper so if he stands back and lets Hillary sound nuts, he is actually winning.
by pgm 01 on Tue May 06, 2008 at 01:45:59 AM PDT
his campaign has failed miserably to hammer away at stuff like this:
most of those jobs were lost to China, not Honduras or Mexico. Bill Clinton supported liberalized trade with China.
The Obama campaign had a golden opportunity to make a real issue of this in Indiana with that Indiana plant that went to China due to things that Bill Clinton put in place, which Hillary tried to blame on Bush, and the Obama campaign did nothing with that.
Why?
Is Obama really just an Obambi at heart with no fight in his dog, or is Obama really just a secret pro-international-corporatist at heart, just like Billary?
There are some here who say, "Oh, Obama can't go too negative, because Obama must be careful not to offend the Hillary voters",
but I fail to see how making an issue of Bill selling America out to China would alienate the lunch-bucket pro-Hillary voters.
I have come to truly hate Billary, and I am an ardent Obama supporter, but I also want Obama to actually win and not just spread pixie dust, and regretably, I am afraid that he just does not have enough fight in his dog to win.
by BonzoDogBand on Tue May 06, 2008 at 05:18:25 AM PDT
I dunno. My guess is that Obama figures that he's got it won without trotting out things like this and that he doesn't want to pull out all the stops against someone who could (and might be inclined to) hurt him in the general election.
Why piss off a large number of people that you're going to need in the Fall if you don't need to?
"Unseen, in the background, Fate was quietly slipping the lead into the boxing glove." P.G. Wodehouse
by gsbadj on Tue May 06, 2008 at 06:05:27 AM PDT
he didn't make as much a big deal on these issues, that you correctly point to, is because he has spent the last 10 days trying to get back on message - thank you Rev. Wright.
Rather than being able to go on the attack, Obama has had to reassure voters that he's not a secret Muslim, or an angry Black man, or an elitist. The result has been his not being able to frame the issues, rather it's been about re-introducing himself to voters.
MSM likes to blame Obama for his not being able to:
ALL AT THE SAME TIME
by CeeusBeeus on Tue May 06, 2008 at 09:08:40 AM PDT
That's where the battle is now. If they're wringing their hands over Reverend Wright and worried about what the campaign against Obama will look like they'd better spend some quality time fantasizing about the campaign against Hillary. She won't be accused of hanging out with intemperate jerks. She and her husband will be accused of receiving millions of dollars in exchange for pardons, positions on trade and some will claim influence peddling.
They still haven't released the donors to the library. Bill's behavior hasn't been closely examined these last 7 years but certainly will be.
Super delegates and other Democrats may end up feeling nostalgic for the Reverend Wright controversy if they lose their nerve and nominate Hillary Clinton.
by St Louis Woman on Mon May 05, 2008 at 08:32:55 PM PDT
that most superdelegates would be deeply concerned about. Regular voters, yes, but not supers. Is it just me?
"The great lie of democracy, its essential paradox, is that democracy is first to be sacrificed when its security is at risk." --Ian McDonald
by Geenius at Wrok on Tue May 06, 2008 at 04:12:27 AM PDT
electability.
by St Louis Woman on Tue May 06, 2008 at 04:16:17 AM PDT
it might affect their electability. But this is Clinton's issue. They themselves have no reason to be concerned. Voters won't connect the dots.
by Geenius at Wrok on Tue May 06, 2008 at 07:23:59 AM PDT
that was mentioned in a thread last night. The home is TAX FREE for 10 years. Perks of being rich
by mouser68 on Tue May 06, 2008 at 08:37:26 AM PDT
I was just reading a story about the recount in Guam
by mouser68 on Tue May 06, 2008 at 08:38:57 AM PDT
It's looking like they need a merger to stay alive. But what's ironic is that what saves them may just marginalize their worth to independent journalism.
McClatchy is suffering from Bush fatigue. But, mostly that fatigue is caused by concerted BushCo retribution. It got so bad, for a period of time, McClatchy reporters were denied press credentials to accompany Rumsfeld and weren't allowed on his plane.
Now, it seems, BushCo's trying to ruin them financially.
"It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong."- Voltaire - [François Marie Arouet] (1694-1778)
by markthshark on Mon May 05, 2008 at 11:01:34 PM PDT
wide narrow
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