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Dear Senator Obama:
On Saturday night I gave a speech in which I used a poor choice of words when discussing the national security policy positions of the Presidential candidates. I was quoted as saying "That boy's finger does not need to be on the button."
My poor choice of words is regrettable and was in no way meant to impugn you or your integrity. I offer my sincere apology to you and ask for your forgiveness.
Though we may disagree on many issues, I know that we share the goal of a prosperous, secure future for our nation. My comment has detracted from the dialogue that we should all be having on legitimate policy differences and in no way reflects the personal and professional respect I have for you.
Sincerely
Geoff Davis
Btw he just sent a letter to Obama..here is part of it
"My poor choice of words is regrettable and was in no way meant to impugn you or your integrity. I offer my sincere apology to you and ask for your forgiveness."
LOL...poor choice of words now he wants forgiveness? same forgiveness being afforded to Rev. Wright?
D - these are your people.
There's no good explanation for this, no good spin.....nothing.
There's no words to explain just how DUMB of a statement that was.
Not to mention that it's from a guy named "Geoff Davis."
When will the sh%t end!
Page One, one of KY's best news blogs has already weighed in saying, "Regardless of what Davis meant by his strange choice of words, “boy” is a racist code word."
I plan to make a few calls to Davis' office and other KY leaders to get further reaction.
Stay tuned to my blog,The SOULution for more.
About an hour ago he apologized.
"I offer my sincere apology to you and ask for your forgiveness," Davis said.
That his assitant actually fixed her fingers to type “in no way reflects…”…c’mon! Don’t apologize. Don’t tell us not to get distracted by what you said because there are more important things to think about. We’re looking at electing a Black President in a country that wrote the book on racism and used Black people as its example. So don’t say you’re sorry because you’re not. Maya Angelou has said “when someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.”
I believe you.
These people are unbelievable!
"He said in his remarks at the GOP dinner that he also recently participated in a "highly classified, national security simulation" with Obama."
"I'm going to tell you something: That boy's finger does not need to be on the button," Davis said. "He could not make a decision in that simulation that related to a nuclear threat to this country."
Another example of Republican "outreach" to the Black community.
Rep. Davis, wow, he speaks so well!
BWA HA HA HA HA HA HA
oh dnA,
I'm feeling ya, my Brother.
And he can shove his insincere apology. He's not from Idaho, he's from Kentucky. Knows damn well what BOY means.
Cut that racist mofo NO slack.
For this nut job, all it takes to be a man is the willingness to drop bombs. He has some serious "manhood" issues to resolve.
It fits the Republican play book: pro-gun (I have no quarrel with the 2nd amendment), anti-gay, and dropping bombs.
I expect more of this stuff during the general election: whoever promises to kill the most wins.
Time to get out my DVD of Dr. Strangelove.
Hmmm...interesting.
Just another scared, bigoted, angry white man in fear of losing his power.
Basically.
"Today is a terrible day to be a conservative, Republican, right-winger"
Today?
There's been a few times where I wonder why the hell I support these people. This is one of them.
D-
"Today is a terrible day to be a conservative, Republican, right-winger"
Today?
I just spit out my drink.
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More positive notes:
This is priceless:
Decades of working-class neglect - now that's insulting
And this has to be the most beautiful piece of political and sports writing I've read in a long time. What an artful response to the "bitter" controversy. No wonder why this man owns a Pulitzer Prize.
Nation of Bridges
Imagine if Obama were running against any other Democrat. Not only would the contest be more civil, but you wouldn't have these racist barriers crashed through by a Democrat.
So if the Republicans made a comment like this, it would be Trent Lott all over again and even worse. They would only marginalize themselves further.
But now that the Clintons have crossed these barriers, the nation gives them greater legitimacy, and also gets more used to them.
I've never seen a worse misuse of talent as in the Clintons.
And they are harming this nation in huge ways; inflicting huge moral wounds on this country .
And for what? By repeating right wing GOP talking points, they only help that cause. Even if they should steal the nomination, this same GOP would only be strengthened against Hillary.
Folks, it's gotten to the point that the Clintons are inflicting serious damage to this country. I wish the superdelegates would step in and shut Hillary down.
Great post. wish you'd copy and paste it all across the blogosphere wherever this topic is.
Singleton referred to "Obama Bin Laden" in his question.
Obama handled it with grace, of course, but it was a brutal moment.
(Love this blog, by the way ...)
It's Obama, stupid: Carter and Gore to end Clinton bid
By Chris Stephen
in New York
DEMOCRAT grandees Jimmy Carter and Al Gore are being lined-up to deliver the coup de grâce to Hillary Clinton and end her campaign to become president.
Falling poll numbers and a string of high-profile blunders have convinced party elders that she must now bow out of the primary race.
Former president Carter and former vice-president Gore have already held high-level discussions about delivering the message that she must stand down for the good of the Democrats.
"They're in discussions," a source close to Carter told Scotland on Sunday. "Carter has been talking to Gore. They will act, possibly together, or in sequence."
An appeal by both men for Democrats to unite behind Clinton's rival, Barack Obama, would have a powerful effect, and insiders say it is a question of when, rather than if, they act.
Obama has an almost unassailable lead in the battle for nomination delegates, and is closing the gap with Clinton in her last stronghold, Pennsylvania, which votes on April 22.
Clinton remains publicly defiant, insisting she will continue the battle with Obama all the way to the Democratic convention in August – when superdelegates, or party top brass, will have the chance to add their weight to primary votes.
But the party's top brass have concluded her further participation in the race can only harm the party as Republican nominee John McCain strives to take advantage of her increasingly bitter battle with Obama.
Both Carter and Gore occupy the rarefied position of elder statesmen – in addition to their White House past, both are winners of the Nobel Peace Prize, giving them additional gravitas to carry the party with them.
Neither of them is likely to object to the role of bringing down the curtain on Clinton. While neither man has formally endorsed either her or Obama, both have clashed in the past with the Clintons.
Gore blames his loss to George Bush in the 2000 presidential election on the impeachment of Clinton triggered by his White House affair with Monica Lewinsky.
Carter, who has carved out a successful career as an international mediator, is believed to detest the flashy style of the Clintons. He recently told an interviewer that his entire family are committed Obama supporters.
A number of options are being considered by the higher echelons of the Democrats, but they fall roughly into two categories. One is for Carter and Gore to go to Clinton privately and ask her to step down. The other is for both men to appear in public and endorse Obama – a move which would see a majority of superdelegates go with them.
The campaign to force Clinton to make an early exit is being masterminded in Congress, home to the most influential of the superdelegates. Senate Leader Harry Reid and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi have called on superdelegates to hold an unofficial congress in early June to anoint a winner, rather than waiting for the convention in Denver.
Pelosi has drawn withering fire from the Clinton camp for saying that these superdelegates must follow the national vote, with Clinton insisting that they should "vote with their conscience".
Yet some in the Democratic elite are wary of moving too soon. Polls show that 30% of Clinton's supporters would vote for McCain if she fails to become the nominee. To close off Clinton's bid before millions have had the chance to vote risks causing the very split that officials are desperate to avoid.
But a loss to Obama, or even a single-digit victory, in Pennsylvania will seal Clinton's fate. Pennsylvania is the last big state left in the race, and the last chance for Clinton to claw back Obama's delegate lead. "If he (Obama] wins (Pennsylvania] flat out, I think the big foot will come down," a source said.
Anything less than a resounding victory by her will probably see the race choked off ahead of the final primaries on June 3.
In the 10 remaining primaries, only a catastrophic loss of support by Obama will see Clinton overcome his lead of 160 delegates.
She admits she has little chance of winning the public vote, and is basing her strategy on convincing party-appointed superdelegates that she is, in her own words, the more "electable" of the two candidates.
Clinton enjoys strong support among superdelegates, many from a party elite who worked for her husband Bill during his years in the White House. There are more than 350 superdelegates who have yet to show a preference, potentially enough to rub out Obama's lead and give the presidency to Clinton.
But historically, superdelegates have never gone against the public vote, and party insiders say they would face a revolt, or even riots, if they were to do so now.
Obama's campaign has been a phenomenon in American politics, bringing in record numbers of new voters and record funding, and few think the superdelegates would dare deny him victory if he wins the popular vote.
It would also invite the unedifying spectacle of a mostly white elite denying an African American candidate a chance for the presidency. "It would cause a scandal to do that," says one party official. "To turn around to the black community and say, 'You got the most votes, but no'? Unlikely."
Clinton insists she will see her campaign through to the final primaries in June, and then on to the national convention, where her supporters have powerful lobbies in the organising committees.
But a chain of events in the past two weeks has worked to undermine this strategy, pulling the rug from under her claim to be more experienced and better organised than Obama.
It began with her extraordinary suggestion that she braved sniper fire during a trip to Bosnia in 1996, a statement contradicted by TV footage showing the event was peaceful.
There are suggestions that the long list of wealthy benefactors may be expecting favours to be returned once Hillary is in the White House, suggestions sharpened by the Clinton's refusal to release the list of donors to the William J. Clinton Presidential Library.
Such conflict-of-interest issues came into the open last week when it emerged that Clinton's chief campaign strategist, Mark Penn, was lobbying for the Colombian government to secure a free trade agreement with America, despite Clinton's public opposition to such a deal. Penn stepped down, the second high-profile sacking of a campaign manager this year.
Together with reports that Clinton's money troubles have left her unable to pay event organisers and even the health insurance of her staff, the impression is of a campaign in trouble.
These issues have undermined Clinton's claim to be more "electable", with her own stormy campaign contrasting with the disciplined control of Obama's organisation.
Obama himself has refrained from criticism on these issues, his staff keen to portray their candidate as "presidential" and above the fray.
Conspiracy theorists among her opponents claim Clinton is prolonging the race not because she hopes to win, but to inflict such damage on the party that a weakened Obama loses to John McCain in November, allowing Clinton to have a second tilt at the nomination in four years' time.
For Clinton, defeat in the nomination process would mean consignment to the political wilderness.
Losing nominees rarely get a second chance to run, and although Clinton's seat as a New York senator seems safe, failure in the nomination process leaves her politically neutered.
Talk of a possible consolation prize, in awarding her the job of Senate Majority leader, has petered out with several more senior senators also coveting the job.
Meanwhile, Clinton's poll numbers continue to slide. Obama now leads her nationally by about 10 points, and a CNN poll in Pennsylvania showed him closing the once-yawning gap to just three points.
Should Clinton lose Pennsylvania, the defection of growing numbers of superdelegates from her to Obama could become a flood.
http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/It39s-...-and.3976738.jp
A boy! I can't believe he said that out loud. I know he thinks it - lots of them think it. But to actually say it- that is monumentally stupid.
Phillip Bailey- I agree with the comment you reposted from KYOne ...except for one thing- 'boy' isn't a racist code word. It's not even a code- that indicates some subtlety- there's absolutely no subtlety in that - it's just racist- no coding there. No dog-whistle to listen out for- he blared it loud and clear.
I don't know, does a cushion of wealth cause you to lose your self respect?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24118882/
"What I believe Geraldine Ferraro meant is that if you take a freshman senator from Illinois called 'Jerry Smith' and he says I'm going to run for president, would he start off with 90 percent of the black vote?" Johnson said. "And the answer is, probably not."
***To my understanding, Obama did not start off with 90% of the black vote....
"I don't know, does a cushion of wealth cause you to lose your self respect?"
It sure does.
Texas Girl in L.A.,
"***To my understanding, Obama did not start off with 90% of the black vote...."
Exactly.
What's absolutely sickening is that this strategy has proven to work with even a few Democrats. So it's likely to work like a charm with most Republicans.
The key will be for Barack to step up; acknowledge that some folks won't vote for him under any circumstances; and make his case to those people anyway. He must NOT avoid these folks. He must isolate them; answer their questions and prove to them that, despite their racism and ignorance, that he's going to be the president of and for all Americans.
"Today is a terrible day to be a conservative, Republican, right-winger"
Dude, this is just the beginning. By the time October rolls around, Republican strategists are going to be doing minstrel shows on FOX News.
You might wanna get used to pulling out your "I've always been an independent" card. You're gonna need it.
Well said, true and I agree with the strategy. Let's acknowledge these folks, set them aside and move on.