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Friday, May 30, 2008 11:11 AM

Unbelievable

Enough Ferraro.... enough, I've just had enough of all of this. If you don't like that your candidate didn't win just that is the way it goes, some people wont vote for her because she is a woman, some won't because she is a Clinton and some just plain wanted their candidate... get the hell over it! Take the loss like a grown up. Don't you know the game of politics by now?

Enough.

Friday, May 30, 2008 12:45 PM

@farnsworth

That is great farnsworth, then I will know exactly who to blame for the next war (with Iran), for more ultra conservatives on the supreme court, I will blame the women who couldn't stand to loose a fair primary election and then did the martyr thing, what a great choice and such a great feminist you are! My you ought to be proud of yourself. But hey it is much easier to stomp your feet, hold your breath and let the nation devolve into more conservative bullshit. I am so proud of you and women like you. You have no problem sending children off to war to die, right, all because your candidate lost fair and square. Because as long as you can use the victim card the rules are meaningless. You are acting the same way those terrorists act, we didn't get our way so we blew the place up.

So stomp those feet, hold your breath and volunteer for the military, so you can take the place of my sons, who will probably be drafted to fight in our upcoming war with Iran.

I will blame you and your ilk, you are a big baby.

Friday, May 30, 2008 12:55 PM

@farnsworth

Ok I take it back too cause I didn't think you were kidding.....

;} sorry!

Sunday, June 1, 2008 05:59 PM
Original article: Big weekend news

Trinity United and Barack Obama

Hi Joan

This is what I can conclude from this episode. Having been raised in Part in Hawaii I think I know why Senator Obama chose Trinity United as his church. Barack Obama was raised by white people, his mother and his grandparents for the most part with an small stay in Indonesia because of his mothers second marriage, as everyone knows. I think when Barack Obama found trinity united he found a part of him he hadn't yet known, but his other roots. Regardless of what others call him, Senator Obama is seen as a black man. He didn't know much about the black experience being raised in Hawaii is a multi cultural experience, with an overwhelming Asian influence. I think he joined this church to learn about himself, and his connection to the black experience.

Wouldn't it have been easier if he was only the member of a Lutheran church, they are liberal and giving, very Catholic in their beliefs and good works philosophies.

In the end how much can this hurt? I don't know. But most of us don't care so much about religion, just maybe how you government, They've been good at managing their money, they've run a campaign in every state. There is not denying he is a good democrat. Maybe it will all be ok, and there isn't a good deal to worry about now, especially since John McCain cannot get his facts straight on Iraq his so called specialty. I think Pastor Wright is a thing of the past and we are onto challenging McCain. There is much to challenge.

Monday, June 2, 2008 04:49 AM
Original article: Big weekend news

@Tina Trent

You can't be serious. Father Pflegler is an idiot. Hpw is Barack Obama responsible for this man? Is Hillary responsible for her woman hating husband? I mean hasn't she put up with plenty from him? No one will every disrespect her more than he has, and that is a cold hard fact. He is a womanizer, and by all accounts this hasn't stopped. Have you read the Vanity Fair Article yet? And yet she's stayed with him. Are you going to say multiple affairs isn't disrespecting her?

What is this black and white thing going on here anyway. My candidate didn't win and the answer is obviously sexism and not the crappy way her campaign was run.

The delegate game is over. Your candidate lost, be a good sport and loose with grace. Your candidate will Tuesday or Wednesday. She is a democrat you know. She will be campaigning for Barack Obama. What will you say then?

Tuesday, June 3, 2008 01:15 PM

ESP

I suppose this is because Fallon has ESP, oh wait, he is pulling a CYA. Nice Adm Fallon, but I will ride this term out and see what Georgie does before believing you.

Tuesday, June 3, 2008 02:16 PM

@jebldmm

McCain is more qualified to deal with Iraq. hahahahahahaha, He doesn't even know how many troops are there, he is clueless about the difference between Shia and Sunni's and he agrees 100% with GWBush, explain how exactly that makes him more qualified. Oh and if you say because he was a prisoner of war, in actuality there is no correlation between the two, unless you have proof. Except I have offered proof of his obvious lack of real knowledge.

Tuesday, June 3, 2008 02:25 PM

@jebldmm

More qualified, lay out exactly what your qualifiers are, because you don't seem to have any. Except to say in your opinion, opinions aren't proof. However, needing to know how many troops are in the area would be a good start and knowing the difference between Shia and Sunni would go a long way in helping to tamp down the rhetoric john mccain spews. So again what are your qualifiers...

I am off to catch my ferry

Cheers folks!

Obama, Webb 08.

Wednesday, June 4, 2008 06:06 AM

No Concession?

No concession no spot on the ticket. Only a poor sport loses the way a Clinton loses, by never admitting a loss, oh I mean insisting she is the winner. You can't bully your way onto the ticket. It isn't the way it is done. Had she been a gracious, conceded, done all that she needed to do, well it might be a good choice, but unfortunately she is acting like a Republican and attempting to usurp the spotlight and bully her way onto the ticket using her and her husbands cronies.

If Obama picks her fine, I can live with it, but she sure hasn't helped herself.

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