Letters to the Editor
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Arhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
I was HOPING for CHANGE (wink wink), but alas, it's the same ole, same ole political games that we are seeing once again.
I am so utterly disgusted and dismayed. I could never vote Rep. with my heart, but I wouldn't know which Dem to vote for. Obama and Clinton are engaging in a sandbox fight, fighting over their plastic buckets and shovels. I've seen toddlers behaving better.
While O. and C. are busy kicking sand in each other's faces, John McCain must be chuckling and singing Bomb Bomb Bomb Iran.
Furthermore: these pre-election and exit polls must stop! Now the reports are that O. has a narrow lead ahead of C. in Nevada. Let the voters make up their minds without any polls influencing them. How about folks just refuse to answer poll Qs?!
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this article is obsolete
"I've been a little concerned about the tenor of the campaign over the last few days," Obama told reporters in Reno, Nevada, after speaking to about 2,500 people at a rally. "We share the same goals, we are all Democrats, we all believe in civil rights, we all believe in equal rights."
"I think that (former President) Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton have historically and consistently been on the right side of civil rights issues," he added. "I think they care about the African American community and they care about all Americans and they want to see equal rights and equal justice in this country."
Clinton, a New York senator, took an equally conciliatory tone, hailing the fact that the Democratic Party's top two presidential candidates were a woman and a black man.
"Each of us, no matter who we are or where we started from, is a beneficiary of Dr. King," she said. "Both Sen. Obama and I know that we are where we are today because of leaders like Dr. King and generations of men and women like all of you."
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Go Ahead & Vote for Hilary
I'm Repub and unless McCain is on the ballot, I'd likely pull the handle for Obama. Heck, I'd even vote for Edwards if he's the nomimee, soley because I'll trust a Southerner any day over an impudent Yankee like Hilary. C'mon, you Dems get serious and knock this poseur out of the race.
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Hillary has issued a fig leaf tonite..... I will give it some thought....OK I gave it some thought
Hillary should withdraw and support a Obama/Edwards ticket...
WOW I'm glad I accepted that fig leaf...
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people can't attach Hillary without telling lies
look at what Edwards said tonight.
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go ahead an pull for a repug
You will have four more years of Bush or worse.
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why
Why does Salon publish a story where a Clinton supporter is called a surrogate? Where is the story about Oprah being an Obama surrogate? Geeze. When we look back on this blog, cached somewhere. it will be obvious how publications were as slanted as they were in the prior presidental election when Gore was getting raked by the media.
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DurianJoe
Something to think about:
I haven't read Krugman's book although I've been on the library waiting list for two months for it--I think he's wrong. Or to put it this way, Obama is more cautious but he is definitely not more conservative.
If you match up his voting record with Clinton's he is not to the right of her. If you are arguing about something it is the approach. Obama believe in a "big tent" plan where you pull all the people you can in--his health plan offers health coverage to everyone and 3% of the voters even in Edwards or Clinton's plan would/could opt out.
You might not like his approach (cautious) but calling him a "conservative" for being "cautious" is a sorry conflation of terms, and I don't care how many degrees Krugman has after his name. A person's health care proposal is only as good as their political leverage to get it passed. Those who find Obama more convincing will vote for him, but it isn't because he's a closet Republican.
Remember when Clinton accused Obama of being a waffler for believing in a single payer systems and yet promoting something different? Obama replied that he still believes in a single payer sytem (Krugman, are you listening?) but he's trying to get it done without creating a conservative backlash. Disagree with his methods, but consider all angles before passing that silly line about him being more conservative that the others. (I believe obama's record holds up to both candidate in "liberal" credentials--he proposes bills and votes in a liberal way ie. His Iraq De-Escalation bill in 2007--which would have had US combat troops out of Iraq by April 2008, a bill to reduce Greenhouse Emission in half by 2050)...Or better, if you don't believe me, try this. Google Obama on conservative websites and they will spell out for you his liberal voting record. The funny thing is that despite his position on the left (I mean, no anti-flag burning amendments etc.) the people on the right dislike his politics but like him.
Something to think about when you're considering political capital to accomplish what you say you're going to accomplish. Sometimes it does take a president to get the job done.
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Drug Use
I'm amazed sometimes at how hypocritical people can be. After Pres. Clinton made his "I did not inhale" statement that was talked about for years, and still is. But if someone brings up Obama's use of hard drugs, that's being mean and terrible. Obama's turning Hillary's MLK quote into "racism" is really low and does not befit a candidate of "hope." I'd advise him not to get so giddy and sanctimonious. Playing the dirty race card while being the candidate of "hope" is not an easy high-wire act to perform. And it's a long way to November.
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ask and ye shall receive
Cool.
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/14/obama-tries-to-stop-the-silliness/#more-3846
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@Jameka
are you saying that you've never tried drugs? Never? Because I'm a white girl who was raised in a christian conservative church attending family and I've tried a lot of things at least once. Almost everyone I know has. Are we horrible people? Maybe in your book.
I think what I like is that Obama already admitted it and got it out the way. Clinton, if you recall, played some verbal game about not inhaling and got torn up in the press for years about it. Sometimes just admitting something and saying "and your point is?" is a better way to go. Obama is not out of step with his generation so why should he lie about it or people judge him for it? After all, George Bush took cocaine and once got drunk enough to go "mano-a-mano" with daddy, and no christians ever decided it should keep him out of office. (unfortunately!)