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11 months ago
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/7/31/3240/26...
Also, Obama has a new website up to keep track of all the McCain smears called "The Low Road Express."
http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/mccainsl...
11 months ago
I really can't stand that poor excuse for a human being.
11 months ago
a couple of seasons ago...
Just sayin'
ssshhhhh....yes I watch the show sometimes....just sometime
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now they're turning this thing around onto Obama about the Presidents on the dollar bill. No discussion of the issues Obama brought up before and after he said that.
11 months ago
No issues - just plain hatin' now!
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Money quote:
But some fear a backlash. And Mr. McCain does not like to follow a script. People who know him said that it may be a challenge to apply the Bush model — strict adherence to the message of the day by the candidate combined with a relentless drive to define the opponent negatively — to a campaign not known so far for discipline or consistency.
“It could be the Coca-Cola strategy of marketing that they’re trying to apply to Dr Pepper,” said John Weaver, a former chief strategist for Mr. McCain.
11 months ago
Same old politics. Same failed policies.
11 months ago
David Shuster is getting on my last nerve lately too.
He, for one, needs to provide some perspective on Another Sad Surge Song, but he just sings right along.
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Pundits on the talks shows say that the '08 election is all about Barack Obama: Can he pass the commander-in-chief test and avoid gaffes and reassure white voters? The burden is always put on him.
But another question is whether John McCain can pass the character test. So far, he's failing.
What? A bona fide war hero and POW survivor is being questioned about character?
Well, yes. It's time that McCain's acolytes and the mainstream media stopped assuming that his extraordinary military service nearly 40 years ago gives him immunity to questions about being President today in a different century.
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He goes there from there.
11 months ago
At least the print media is waking up.
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"For WEEKS, McCain's staff has been criticized for running a campaign that has NO CLEAR MESSAGE." "It's the CANDIDATE, said one GOP strategist [who probably is remaining nameless 'cause he values his job], who added that efforts to identify a theme for each week quickly UNRAVEL as McCain VEERS OFF MESSAGE in his public comments.
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2...
Soooo, back to the MAVERICK [=C-O-N-F-U-S-E-D] concept! First, if you watch "MCANCIENT" during his speeches, he MUST READ them! But, it appears that he is VERY UNCOMFORTABLE trying to stick to them. So any time he gets a moment to FREE FLOW [say whatever comes to my mind at that time], he does it. And he appears to be relieved and happy at that time. He smiles [sometimes laughs] and he states, "Yeah, that's a good one!" At that point, you can imagine his staff/writers aggressively scrambling and burying their heads in their hands going "OH NO!!!!!!" "OOPS, HE DID IT AGAIN!" :>) :>)
With a great deal of humility, I am stating that a psychologist would have a field day describing his behavior. It is consistent enough that it is causing CONCERN from his staff - as it should from the electorate! How can anyone expect STABILITY and CONSISTENT BEHAVIOR from "mcancient" as a POTUS??? Clear answer: You CAN'T!!!!
On second thought, you can! You CAN EXPECT him to be UNSTABLE and CONSISTENTLY C-O-N-F-U-S-E-D!!!!! His staff knows this!
Whew!!! Concerned Deep Breaths!!!!
11 months ago
If you look at the muscles in his face, the tightness around the mouth and cheeks, you see it's not really a smile. The corners of the mouth don't quite curl up and there's no mirth in the eyes. I bet if you slowed down the film and looked at the frames you'd see what psychologists call a "microexpression" of rage.
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p.s. I liked the ". . . no mirth in the eyes!" :>) Thanks, again!
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"Mcancient" appears to be imploding and there are 96 more days left B4 the election to WATCH him in that process! I think that this is more PITIFUL than laughable! Hmmmmmm.
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Again, thank you! :>) :>)
11 months ago
I cannot wait to see McSame crash and burn during the debates. They will have to apply iced sheets on him.
11 months ago
Obama and Ludacris: Apples to Apples?
The song sounded a little underproduced - but I guess it will get plenty of rotation after this.
Maybe the remix will give it some bounce.
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Then maybe it's time for him to grow up and stop being so stupid or so greedy or both.
11 months ago
Do we all have to stand at attention, smiling and clean shaven, our black suits crisply pressed, our bowties level, as if we are the Nation of Islam?
I will be the first to say black people in general need to step up their game to get what we want out of America. But if we don't, are we guilty of being race traitors? Of letting our people down?
I've said it on my blog and I'll say it here - if Obama has to apologize for all the shit black people do, he needs to quit now, because we are not going to change overnight. Or even between now and November.
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The questions you ask are irrelevant to me.
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Additional - He's losing it [I mean-he's off message a lot] ! :>)
www.politico.com/news/stories/0708/12193.html
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Claire McCaskill is my choice for Barack's VP.
I love her.
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Our ancestors were founders in the building of this country and there has never been the respect of acknowledgement of that fact or the hardships that were endured.
It has not escaped me that there has been no real coverage by the MSM on this resolution so as expected they are trying to fill their airtime with non-newsworthy garbage like airing McCain's ridiculous add for FREE but Obama is being accused of being the MSM darling. I think not!
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I was at the Opera last night seeing Aida and we met a 89 yr old white woman. She spoke to us and said something mean about Bush and then looked at us and said "Oops you are probably republicans." Ohh no said we. We spent the next ten minutes talking about Obama and Claire. PacNorWest is on board.
11 months ago
Gotta go on "billary watch" now. 'though I posted something on Wednesday's Open Thread about her speaking on Day 1 [Well, she FINALLY got to have a DAY 1 :>)] of the DNC Convention. I'm sure that it will be ALL 'BOUT HER, since that day is the anniversary of the 19th Amendment - women's right to vote! :>)
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Clinton Supporter Angered by Other Women VP Talk
The selection of either one of those instead of Sen. Clinton I would find completely incomprehensible,"
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See, this is what I'm talking about. Fake outrage. This is the same analogy Bill Clinton used when compared Obama's win in SC to Jesse Jackson's win in SC in 1988. It's the same type of thinking that Geriatric Ferraro engages in. And they JUST. DON'T. GET. IT.
Picking Hillary to placate women voters is what would be patronizing. If Ms. McCaskill or Ms. Sebelius have the qualifications and the right chemistry with Mr. Obama, why SHOULDN'T they be considered right along with all the other male contenders? Or maybe...horrors...maybe they're being considered because they might have the right stuff?
Might this be an admission that most of the Hillary voters were only voting for Hillary because she was a female, and not because they thought she was the most qualified, most experienced and best person for the job?
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"Picking Hillary to placate women voters is what would be patronizing. If Ms. McCaskill or Ms. Sebelius have the qualifications and the right chemistry with Mr. Obama, why SHOULDN'T they be considered right along with all the other male contenders? Or maybe...horrors...maybe they're being considered because they might have the right stuff?"
This is one of the most ridiculous instances for which the people who supported Hillary Clinton that are like Lanny Davis show that they care nothing about anything but their blind allegiance to her!
I don't want to hear anything else from these people crying out that HRC should be VP. You don't run for VP...you are selected by the party nominee...She ran to be the Democratic nominee and LOST!!!
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moment? :>) :>) :>)
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To your point: Now I got ta go to Wiki to find out some information on Lanny D.!!! It has been obvious that he liked the "billary-aide", but did somebody SPIKE his??? He is rabid for billary!! :>) What's up with that!??? :>) :>) Well, in the words of the Coasters, I'm going "SEARCHIN'" :>) :>) :>)
Any thoughts - y'all???
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Ugly.
And ... "Other Women" -- damn that's psychotic.
11 months ago
On the upside, my sister has $20 coming since I've lost the bet of when McCain was going to go there (I said around Labor Day, sis said early August-ish).
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Remember, they believe they've still got a chance to stop him from becoming the nominee, but they'll need him behind 10 points in the big polls before Denver to realize it.
Make no mistake. That's the goal.
Don't be surprised if that feature documentary bashing moves up its release date if it appears the attacks and the anti-Obama books seem to be moving the needle.
The Denver Project.
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Thing is, the only campaign that's brought up Obama's race....is Obama's.
Besides, how can you make a statement like "he doesn't look like all those other presidents on the dollar bills,'" and NOT be making any racial overtones? If McCain had said that, people would be all over him for playing the race card.
11 months ago
As always YMMV.
11 months ago
The thing about actual racism is that it has multiple forms, from subtle to overt, and doesn't need to be direct.
People can say very racist stuff in *code* (eg the "he's too presumptuous" thing) and then if anyone names it as what it actually they can just deny it because it's coded.
11 months ago
Obama talks more about being black than McCain does about him being black.
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1) McCain has accused Obama of presumption for setting up a presidential transition team. The problem, several past candidates and Presidents have done the EXACT same thing. And as experts have pointed out, it is a smart move. 2) McCain teases Obama for going overseas and giving political speeches in foreign country. The problem, McCain did the EXACT same thing. The only difference was he didn't coordinate his trip with the press (which as members of the press pointed out was a foolish move, and a logistical nightmare), and there isn't the same level of excitement around his campaign that there is around Obama's so he doesn't get the same response. 3) McCain accuses Obama of making a premature victory lap. The problem, as far back as May, there were ads where McCain calls himself "President McCain," and he continues to do so. He makes a weekly radio address just like, wait for it, the current President. I could go on.
My whole point is, this whole theme is completely silly in light of the fact that the McCain campaign has been doing comparable things as they apply to be President, but when Obama does something it must be because his is arrogant or presumptuous. So either they are in fact playing the race card in a back handed way, or they are just complete fools that don't have anything better to offer on behalf their candidate. Both options leave much to be desired.
And of course Obama talks about being Black. People ask him about it, there have been articles, polls, and surveys about it. He cannot ignore it. It is always there.
11 months ago
John McCain's campaign is Clinton's on acid.
11 months ago
And they still don't get how:
misspeaking on MLK;
falling asleep in MLK's church while a tribute to the man is going on;
sending black surrogates out to bump their gums questioning how "black" Obama was and claim the Clintons were blacker than Obama;
comparing Obama's win in SC to Jackson's win in SC, when there's nothing comparable to them except the fact they're both black;
Sending their surrogate Ferraro out to say he was only there because he's black;
Trashing the Hispanic man for going Obama's way much harder than any white former supporter of theirs;
claiming only blacks and eggheads will vote for Obama;
claiming they're down with the hard working Americans, white Americans;
etc. was THEM playing the race card. Black people activated their bullshit detector, it went off loud and clear on Billary and blacks said "Uh, no."
Until Bill gets how he and the rest of Billary Inc. played a role in that, he just needs to pull the bags up over his eyes and go to sleep.
As far as McCain not coming out and saying the word "black," he doesn't have to. We all know what and who he's talking about when he stresses how "American" he is. Aren't we all Americans?
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Now that is funny! LOL
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I see what you're saying, but I just can't connect the line between presumption and racism. They're two different things.
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And there is a difference between presumption and racism. My whole point is, would they be making these same arguments if Obama were white? Maybe they would, and I will give them the benefit of the doubt on that. But since there arguments are based on foolishness, it makes me more suspect.
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Your second question.....I think they would make the same argument if he was white. At least in this election cycle, with things predicted to go as bad as they are for the GOP.
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The bottom line is that the things Obama has done during his campaign that has caused McCain to label him as "presumptuous" are normal activities that have been done in prior WHITE presidential campaigns. But suddenly, when Obama does it, it's being "presumptuous".
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The fact of the matter is Barrack Obama is setting a new bar for presidential nominees. All other nominees after this will follow his steps I guarantee it. He is like every other minority who has done anything of significance. He has to do "IT" better than his white counterparts to even compete. I think they are very impressed with the junior senator from Illinois, but their prides won’t let them show it.
I don’t know about anyone here but I know I have been hearing this as a child. The elder would say you have work harder you have to be smarter, being average doesn’t work for people of color. To compete with the Majority as a minority you have to bring it.
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This was the biggest part of the "Birds & Bees" talk from my parents.!!! Actually, no birds or bees were mentioned. But "YOU HAVE TO BRING IT" -the major part of the conversation!! Hmmm. I wonder about those birds & bees? :>) :>)
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...or just run over/through everyone else.
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"virtual dap! :>)
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The surrogates on all sides are gonna sling mud; trying to defend/explain their actions at this point is pointless.
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Wait, it's 2008. You could make that leap, but you'd come off looking really silly.
You mention that, and I'm surprised someone hasn't tried to draw that parallel.
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If you take race out of the equation (as is your wont) why is it that McCain does not get tarred with the presumptuous label for visiting world leaders, saying that he has the way to end the war, etc. when BO has that accusation flung at him for the same actions? Double standard, no?
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I know that the European leg of Obama's trip was a campaign event.
I don't think McCain's trip overseas after wrapping up the nomination was. Again, that's what I think.
That might be why.
It's just as fair for Obama to say he has the way to end the war as it is for McCain. I don't find that presumptious; I find that politicking.
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Not only has John McCain said his foreign trips were a good thing for him as a candidate, he said every senator should take the same trip. McCain put out a fund raising letter that announced he had just won the election over Hillary Clinton - in fall of 2007. John McCain put out the "2013" ad bragging about what the end of his first term as president would be like. John McCain put out campaign material calling himself "President McCain."
I can guess that a hardcore Republican apologist like you has already seen every one of those things. John McCain is an arrogant, presumptuous racist piece of crap and you are a compulsive liar.
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Even had a few photo ops in churches with the cross above his head to try and woo Catholic Hispanics in the States.
He even challenged Barack to visit Columbia and do the same thing.
Even said he would take the "fella" to Iraq and educate him.
No one called him arrogant or presumptuous. Surely not a celebrity. No one called him on his haughty disrespect for Barack. Condescending brute.
McCain is pissed because Barack is a better candidate than he is and is more respected by world leaders. The Dangerous One's words and actions and demeanor in the recent weeks have told us the unfettered truth about him.
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lol! Brute is such a descriptive word!
McCain is a loose cannon, you're right to call him dangerous. I think he is probably not well liked either. I think most people sense a mean streak just beneath the surface.
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Did he win in Vietnam? Did we?
Sheesh. I must have missed that movie...
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But they want to push presumption on Obama? McCain is the pot calling the kettle black and in this case he's done more to be labeled presumptuous IMHO than Obama.
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McCain has had his moments of presumption (full disclosure)....but he has no reason to be presumptive.
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Because it works on Obama. Why does it work on him? Experience? Not likely given Clinton before him. How about age? Perhaps. How about race? Perhaps. Hence many people's problem.
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You know what I think the whole presumption thing really stems from? The media putting it in people's head that there was/is no possible way that the GOP would keep the White House. Trust, if this was Obama vs. Cheney, we could all be singing "All Hail the Power of Obama's Name," and no one would give a shit about presumption.
But a funny thing's happened: this race has turned out to be a lot closer than anyone really expected. It's not a clear blowout for either candidate. So now, things that would look normal-or even justified-under these same circumstances look presumptious.
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I think there is a difference. McCain doesn't need to make that same statement about himself because he fits the Presidential mold. White male. But Obama doesn't. And he wouldn't say it about Obama because he would in fact being making a racial argument against Obama.
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My thing is that since he can't win with these kind of statements, he should stop making them. This isn't the first time we've been down this road with Obama. Saying he doesn't have the same background is one thing, but there's only one way to take him saying he doesn't look like any other president.
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And you are absolutely right on your other point, the McCain campaign hasn't brought up the "Obama is the black candidate" meme. But, stay tuned. if these affirmative action initiatives from Ward Connelly become a hot topic, things could get ugly especially since now McCain is opposed to the initiatives and Obama still supports affirmative action. But on the other hand, I do think the McCain campaign might be making the "Black candidate" argument in an indirect way. See my posts above about this whole "presumption" thing. It's a parallel for racism in 2008--you don't need to be wearing a white sheet at night to be a racist, and you don't need blatant racial attacks to be making a racial argument. It is a very fine line in my mind, so I think that they should ditch this effort. But they won't. Look, I don't want to be paranoid or overreact, but something about their argument is too close to saying that Obama is too "uppity" for his own good and he should know his place.
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Quick question: Have you EVER heard the term - - - - -
"UPPITY WHYTE PERSON"; OR "UPPITY HISPANIC" [using some derogatory word]; OR"UPPITY ASIAN" [using some derogatory word]; OR "UPPITY NATIVE AMERICAN [using some derogatory word] - OR- etc., etc., etc.,. . . ???????
So "it swings too close to being something RACIAL."
Let me rationalize this for a moment!
O.K.!!! IT'S RACIST!!!!!!!! I humbly submit!!
WHEW! DEEP BREATHS!!!
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Additionally, I am smiling most of the time - even in the "riled up" moments! :>) :>) :>)
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You always get so riled up at this black conservative. ;)
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So, ALWAYS is not accurate! :>) :>)
The only thing that I have ALWAYS been, ever since I can remember is Black! :>) :>) :>)
Cordially yours - - - :>) :>)
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discussion. :>) :>)
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But they do.
Why can't we be honest about how we all experience this life, in this country ,in these times? Makes me a little crazy.
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Because he's black.
That's what I'm saying: there's no way this isn't racial. Even if I give him benefit of the doubt and say that's not what he meant, it still sounds-and reads-horrible.
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Have you noticed that it's always Obama who's actually injecting race into the campaign, under the guise of warning about what those Evil Republicans will do?
Jack Tapper notes that the Obama campaign is consistently making bogus charges of racism and xenophobia:
' There's a lot of racist xenophobic crap out there. But not only has McCain not peddled any of it, he's condemned it. . . . I've seen racism in campaigns before -- I've seen it against Obama in this campaign (more from Democrats than Republicans, at this point, I might add) and I've seen it against McCain in South Carolina in 2000 . . . What I have not seen is it come from McCain or his campaign in such a way to merit the language Obama used today. Pretty inflammatory."
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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121745181676698...
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And I mean put it down.
If anyone can get the video clip and post it, I think you will see it speaks powerfully for itself.
He picked apart the images of Barack and Brintney and Paris and the not-so-subtle subtext of it like no one has dared do on cable TV yet.
And he called out McCain fairly.
Bravo.
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Sherri said they're known for being dumb. What's up with the ditzy blond comparison? It seems to me McCain's dissing his own wife.
I will say though. I don't always like the chuckling tone Barack takes when he talks about this stuff. He needs to have a poker face and a stern tone and keep his voice in the lower register..and keep his arms close to his body to stay grounded. He needs to talk about the Americans who are suffering out there and line of attack is an insult to their struggle.
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He is a celebrity, no question about it.
But this is a hysteria around a personality that's attractive, but when you look under the hood, there's not a whole lot there. So fame without portfolio is, sort of, fashionable. But leadership without experience is dangerous."
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R) SC
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David Mixner [HuffPost] visited Mr. Obama's Headquarters in Chicago.
"Obama's Headquarters: Substance and Organization"
Because of my "technological-challenge", I can't post the contents! SORRY! :>) So I'll render a few of his comments: The first thing he noted was how "FRIENDLY" he was greeted upon entering the office. He described the COOPERATION: staff sharing offices/information/ideas[no one trying to TRUMP the other]; Everyone knows their assignment!
"Clearly a new age has arrived in American politics." Change is never easy. We shouldn't expect the establishment in Washington or the media to embrace it. They simply will go for the comfort zone instead of reaching for a newer world. Obama is an intelligent, substantive (organized)_ man surrounded by the best and the brightest who represent all that is best about America."
www.huffingtonpost.com/david-mixner/obama-subst...
In comparison, she muses, what would we find in "MCANCIENT'S" office?? Hummmm?
Oh, and to the point about the media: Might it be the case that, despite advances in their technology, some still expect the "old school" political process and have not grasped/caught up with --TODAY??? Hmmmmm? I'm just askin' . . . :>) :>)
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Honor would include honest criticism. It would not include criticism of either action the opponent takes. "Visiting troops is exploiting troops" or "Not visiting troops is hating troops." Anybody that does this is not honorable.
McCain is not honorable, never has been since he was in politics. It is all a big lie. He has been faking the whole time.
http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/brandnew...
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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v111/BLACKAME...
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When my sons were about 8 and 10, Bishop Adams was their favorite preacher because he gave short funny sermons when he visited and always sang "My hope is built on nothing less..." with great gusto.
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Nardwilly: Appreciate this information. Blackpoliticsontheweb had a story on Bishop Dr. Vashti McKenzie. Thanks, again. :>) :>)
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/31/obamas...
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OOOOOOOOeee!!!!! :>) :>) Attorney Donna asked - Why did he have to be compared to 2WF instead of DENZEL WASHINGTON - who is very handsome!!?? Tara: "Oh now! You're nit picking!!" WHAT!!!!!!!???? Big time WHEW!!!!
I guess I'm continually, really, concerned about Black people who close their eyes [and minds] to acknowledging and/or seeing racism when it clearly exists!! [she said lowering her head and shaking it saying Lawd, lawd, lawd!!!]
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Whew!! Deep breaths - but controlled! :>) :>)
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O.K! :>)
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Here's the entire segment (h/t dmhlt 66 of DK): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnaKlgo9y1E
She addressed it again later on her Air America radio show: http://airamerica.com/content/maddow-barack-oba...
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Rachel for VP (a joke for those of you too serious to get it)
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"mcancient" READS EVERYTHING!!! :>) :>) OOOOOO- EEEEE Brrrrrrrrr! :>) :>)
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Money passage:
The ad gave us an uneasy feeling that the McCain campaign was starting up the same sort of racially tinged attack on Mr. Obama that Republican operatives, some of whom work for Mr. McCain now, ran against Harold Ford, a black candidate for Senate in Tennessee in 2006. That assault, too, began with videos juxtaposing Mr. Ford with young, white women.
Mr. Obama called Mr. McCain on the ploy, saying, quite rightly, that the Republicans are trying to scare voters by pointing out that he “doesn’t look like all those other Presidents on those dollar bills.’’
But Rick Davis, Mr. McCain’s campaign manager, had a snappy answer. “Barack Obama has played the race card, and he played it from the bottom of the deck,” he said. “It’s divisive, negative, shameful and wrong.’’
The retort was, we must say, not only contemptible, but shrewd. It puts the sin for the racial attack not on those who made it, but on the victim of the attack.
It also — and we wish this were coincidence, but we doubt it — conjurs up another loaded racial image.
The phrase dealing the race card “from the bottom of the deck” entered the national lexicon during the O.J. Simpson saga. Robert Shapiro, one of Mr. Simpson’s lawyers, famously declared of himself, Johnny Cochran and the rest of the Simpson defense team, “Not only did we play the race card, we dealt it from the bottom of the deck.”
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It's not even quite August yet and he's still ahead in the polls, but Barack Obama has played the race card, claiming that he expects Republicans to inject race into the campaign. In Missouri, he told a crowd:
Nobody [ed: nobody?] thinks that Bush and McCain have a real answer to the challenges we face. So what they're going to try to do is make you scared of me. You know, 'he's not patriotic enough, he's got a funny name,' you know, 'he doesn't look like all those other presidents on the dollar bills."
The Obama campaign denied that the comment about "presidents on the dollar bills" was a reference to race. It claimed that Obama was referring to the fact that "he didn't get here after spending decades in Washington." But, of course, neither did the presidents on the dollar bills (Washington, Jackson, Lincoln, Grant). Thus, the campaign's spin does not pass the straight face test.
Moreover, a month ago, Obama explicitly claimed, without evidence, that the Republicans will attack him on racial grounds:
The choice is clear. Most of all we can choose between hope and fear. It is going to be very difficult for Republicans to run on their stewardship of the economy or their outstanding foreign policy. We know what kind of campaign they're going to run. They're going to try to make you afraid. They're going to try to make you afraid of me. He's young and inexperienced and he's got a funny name. And did I mention he's black?
It seems clear, therefore, that the race card has become a permanent part of Obama's hand, a wild card to be played whenever the spirit, or the circumstances, so moves him
What does Obama's latest play tell us about the current circumstances? I think it tells us that, despite Obama's presidential preening, he senses he may be in trouble. The "world tour" bounce appears to have been a short-hop only, and his pretentiousness and arrogance are beginning to grate even on some in the MSM. The McCain campaign is ridiculing Obama as a celebrity and little more. There's enough truth in this suggestion to make the candidate uncomfortable. He doesn't feel he can ignore the attack, but he also cannot respond with "I am too a man of substance who deserves my celebrity." Hence the whining; hence the race card.
Shelby Steele has divided African-American public figures into two categories: bargainers and challengers. Bargainers state, in effect, “I will presume that you're not a racist and by loving me you'll show that my presumption is correct.” Challengers say, in effect, that whites are racist until they prove otherwise by conferring tangible benefits on them. Oprah is a bargainer; so was Louis Armstrong. Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton are challengers.
Barack Obama made his political breakthrough as a bargainer. By constantly referring to the national yearning (including, he said, by many Republicans) to "come together" as blacks and whites, Obama presumed we are not racists. His reward was an almost magical appeal to broad portions of the electorate.
However, Steele (who believes that bargainers are masking their real, more subtle, view of whites) predicted that Obama would not be able to maintain his bargainer status. That prophesy began to come true when the tapes of Rev. Wright surfaced. Now, as Obama feels the heat of the campaign, he continues his transformation to challenger. In Steele's terms, he no longer offers us the assurances, required of bargainers, that he knows we’re not racists; we now have to prove it to him. Having issued this challenge, Obama can no longer receive our unconditional love.
Of course, Obama doesn't need our unconditional love; he just needs 50 percent plus one of the vote. Straining to get to that number, his mask is coming off, probably to his detriment.
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Given the GOP's history of playing the race card, it would be criminal malpractice not to assume such card would be played.
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And I keep asking - "Where's bill?" :>) :>) :>) On second thought, stay away!!! :>) :>)
11 months ago
Obama brought up race now because the press, led by Dana Milbank of the Washington Post, has accused him of being presumptuous.
Obama is also presumptuous to assume that those who will not vote for him are racist.
Scoff and laugh, but this will reflect poorly on Obama with undecided white voters.
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http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/mccainsl...
It's on.
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Meanwhile, John McCain is sitting in front of his computer, staring, and wondering to himself: "Is the internet on?"
11 months ago
Seriously, does the McCain camp really think they can match the technological acumen of the Obama camp?? That sorry ass facebook parody got laughed right off the media's radar within 10 minutes. Obama has the best and brightest from Silicon Valley on his payroll.
11 months ago
Part of the ridiculous effort to paint Obama as 'elitist, arrogant, presumptuous'
Damn, lemme just say it ...an uppity nigger
Why was this NOT on the MSNBC site?
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Go Rachel!!!! :>) GO AWAY Pat!! :>) :>)
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lololol
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