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Saturday, August 9, 2008 07:52 AM

Obama is a hypocrite because:

He claimed he wanted to run a primary free of negative attacks yet he and Edwards attacked Hillary for weeks before she defended herself.....Bill tried to defend her but was smeared a racist.

He attacked Hillary over fund raising and lobbyists yet (Behind those larger donations is a phalanx of more than 500 Obama “bundlers,” fund-raisers who have each collected contributions totaling $50,000 or more. Many of the bundlers come from industries with critical interests in Washington. Nearly three dozen of the bundlers have raised more than $500,000 each, including more than a half-dozen who have passed the $1 million mark and one or two who have exceeded $2 million, according to interviews with fund-raisers.....full story at the NY Times link at bottom).

He was against counting Florida and Michigan delegates when he wasn't the presumed winner but suddenly supported counting them now that he is.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/06/us/politics/06bundlers.html?_r=1&scp=4&sq=bundlers&st=cse&oref=slogin

PS no where in my earlier posting did i say obama is a hypocrite because of edward's affair....that is an assumption you made

Saturday, August 9, 2008 12:55 PM

Edwards has proved his disdain for the voters

but running for the presidency while trying to hide his affair.

It's the same arrogance and ambition that Obama has shown by using Edwards to smear Hillary.

Say what you will about the Republicans, at least they don't attack each other.

Sunday, August 10, 2008 06:40 AM

Evidently Salon thought it wasn't worth reporting but yesterday the DNC

blocked any attempt to ban the corrupt caucus vote. This is an insult to everyone that believes in one person, one vote.

WASHINGTON — When Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill endorsed Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, she said she'd found a candidate who "gives us a reason to believe again."

Obama believed in her, too, donating $10,000 from his political action committee to McCaskill's 2006 campaign. She received nothing from the PAC of New York Sen. Hillary Clinton.

And when California Rep. Doris Matsui endorsed Clinton, she said the former first lady had been "a consistent champion and friend" of Asian Americans. Clinton's PAC had also befriended Matsui, giving $5,000 to her campaign. Matsui received nothing from Obama's PAC.

And if that's the case, it's good news for Obama. Since 2005, his PAC has donated $710,900 to superdelegates, more than three times as much as Clinton's PAC has. Her PAC distributed $236,100 to superdelegates during the three-year period.

The study found that the presidential candidate who gave more money to the superdelegates received their endorsements 82 percent of the time. That's based on a review of elected officials who are serving as superdelegates and who'd endorsed a candidate as of Feb. 25.

If that's not buying votes, I don't know what is.

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/31905.html

The Democratic Caucus:

Where your vote can be bought by the richest nominee.

Where you can lose the popular vote but still get more delegates than your opponent.

Where if your the last state to hold your vote you can an extra 2 delegates, just for the hell of it.

Sunday, August 10, 2008 07:07 AM
Original article: Happily never after

Marriage is a legal agreement, not a religous one

vote no on prop. 8 in California.

Let religion discriminate in their own churches, not in our legal system.

Monday, August 11, 2008 06:37 AM
Original article: Michelle on Monday

just what the democrats need

another unqualified, inexperienced person who has done nothing to earn this priviledge

Monday, August 11, 2008 06:40 AM
Original article: Veep alert = cash call

if there is something Obama knows how to do, it's raise/spend cash

WASHINGTON — When Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill endorsed Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, she said she'd found a candidate who "gives us a reason to believe again."

Obama believed in her, too, donating $10,000 from his political action committee to McCaskill's 2006 campaign. She received nothing from the PAC of New York Sen. Hillary Clinton.

And if that's the case, it's good news for Obama. Since 2005, his PAC has donated $710,900 to superdelegates, more than three times as much as Clinton's PAC has. Her PAC distributed $236,100 to superdelegates during the three-year period.

The study found that the presidential candidate who gave more money to the superdelegates received their endorsements 82 percent of the time. That's based on a review of elected officials who are serving as superdelegates and who'd endorsed a candidate as of Feb. 25.

If that's not buying votes, I don't know what is.

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/31905.html

Monday, August 11, 2008 06:45 AM

Because Obama has done nothing to earn the priviledge of running for President

He claimed he wanted to run a primary free of negative attacks yet he and Edwards attacked Hillary for weeks before she defended herself.....Bill tried to defend her but was smeared a racist.

He attacked Hillary over fund raising and lobbyists yet (Behind those larger donations is a phalanx of more than 500 Obama “bundlers,” fund-raisers who have each collected contributions totaling $50,000 or more. Many of the bundlers come from industries with critical interests in Washington. Nearly three dozen of the bundlers have raised more than $500,000 each, including more than a half-dozen who have passed the $1 million mark and one or two who have exceeded $2 million, according to interviews with fund-raisers.....full story at the NY Times link at bottom).

He was against counting Florida and Michigan delegates when he wasn't the presumed winner but suddenly supported counting them now that he is.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/06/us/politics/06bundlers.html

The DNC might not care about hypocrites (like Edwards and Obama) and corrupt caucuses but the people sure do.

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