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Monday, May 5, 2008 12:45 PM

Obama has destroyed the party's chances in November

He couldn't wait his turn and now we'll all pay, except Obama's supporters, saucer eyed trust fund college freshmen and tenured professors.

http://www.americanresearchgroup.com /

NC:

Clinton leads 62% to 27% among white voters (60% of likely Democratic primary voters). Obama leads 88% to 9% among African American voters (36% of likely Democratic primary voters).

IND:

Clinton leads 60% to 38% among white voters (84% of likely Democratic primary voters). Obama leads 90% to 8% among African American voters (12% of likely Democratic primary voters).

Monday, May 5, 2008 06:58 PM
Original article: This Modern World

One more frame

This Clinton supporter loved this cartoon. I would have added a frame though:

Obama wasn't REALLY talking about how people are bitter because the economy is bad and so they have turned to religion for comfort.

He meant what he said, and he said that people in small towns go to church and hunt because they are too stupid and confused to sort out their emotional reaction to bad economic conditions.

Monday, May 5, 2008 07:06 PM
Original article: This Modern World

Hey this is fun

Obama doesn't REALLY believe voters in Florida and Michigan should be included in the Democratic nominee selection process.

He wants to win "affirmative action" style and sent his lawyers to those states to throw up obstacles to any chance of a re-vote, and opposed seating the delegates as they are.

Monday, May 5, 2008 07:07 PM
Original article: This Modern World

Obama doesn't REALLY believe

Obama doesn't REALLY believe a position in favor of relief from the gas tax is pandering that no politician should engage in. He did the same thing when he was an Illinois state senator!

Monday, May 5, 2008 07:10 PM
Original article: This Modern World

Obama doesn't REALLY believe he's qualified

Obama doesn't REALLY believe experience doesn't matter. And he doesn't even believe he's qualified to be president!

In 2005, just after he was elected to his first Senate term, he said he was too inexperienced and ethical to run for president this year:

"I'm a believer in knowing what you're doing when applying for a job, and I think that if I were seriously consider running on a national ticket, I would essentially have to start now before having served a day in the Senate. Now, there are some people who would be comfortable doing that, but I'm not one of those people."

http://obamaaintjesus.blogspot.com/2008/02/obama-explains-why-he-wont-run-for.html

Monday, May 5, 2008 07:15 PM

So we have two typical politicians running?

Between the two typical politicians running on the Democratic side, I'll take the one who panders openly and not the one who panders on the same issue in the state senate and then lies about not being a panderer.

Wednesday, May 7, 2008 08:38 PM

Obamapaths lost the election for Democrats

48% of Clinton supporters in Indiana and North Carolina said they would not support Obama if he is nominated.

Only 17% said they would stay home. The rest said they will vote for McCain.

Denver we have a problem.

The good news about Obama's defeat in November is the national career of this narcissistic blowhard will be over.

Thursday, May 8, 2008 08:53 PM

She was trying to be precise

These comments sound like she was describing a demographic group that supports her and she was trying to get it right because she wanted to be precise in her description.

They sound and read as if she is reciting exit poll data and wants to make sure she didn't imply blacks are not "hard working" or that she didn't dishonestly include blacks in her working class demographic group.

It appears she was bending over backward not to get it wrong but by merely being specific she is being unfairly slammed as a racist. Enough is enough. I can't wait until Obama loses in November.

Thursday, May 8, 2008 09:01 PM

Obamapaths are playing the race card. Again.

Listen to the tape. She says working class, and then goes back to correct herself and clarify her statement by saying "white" Americans.

This is clearly intentional, and the question of whether the Clintons are racist is moot. The discussion of the impact of Senator Clinton talking about race in a manner that appears to be playing the race card is appropriate.

You're right it was intentional, but not racist.

If she had not clarified by adding "white" then she would have been including black working class voters in her claim of support, which would have been FALSE.

She was trying to be precise.

You Obama race card players are disgusting.

Thursday, May 8, 2008 09:10 PM

What if she left out "white Americans"?

Let's look at what Hillary Clinton said, but this time we'll leave out her "white Americans" clarification. Then let's guess how the Obamapath race card players would have reacted.

"that found how Senator Obama's support among working, hard-working Americans, [ ], is weakening again, and how whites in both states who had not completed college were supporting me,"

OBAMAPATH: "Did you hear what she said? What, only WHITES are "hard working" now? She obviously thinks so because his BLACK support isn't weakening. She said blacks are lazy! RACE CARD RACE CARD RACE CARD!"

You people are disgusting.

Thursday, May 8, 2008 09:32 PM

Comments aren't racist or clumsy

She was either malicious or intentional or whatever or she was unspeakably clumsy!

Racism thrives as much due to unspeakable clumsiness as it does from hood-wearing.

She was the opposite of "clumsy."

She did not want to take credit for black support she is not receiving, so she corrected herself.

If she left out "white" and claimed she was receiving "working, hard working Americans" the clear meaning would have been that blacks are not "hard working Americans, since everyone knows she isn't getting support from the black working class.

To leave out "whites" when pointing to non-college educated voters would be to suggest she was also getting non-college educated blacks, which she isn't. Thus, it would be a second dishonest claim.

Again, here is the quote. Remove references to "whites" and you are left with a false claim OR a racist claim against blacks. It's disgusting that she is being called a racist by people who obviously can't read or think because they're out for a cheap smear.

"that found how Senator Obama's support among working, hard-working Americans, white Americans, is weakening again, and how whites in both states who had not completed college were supporting me,"

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