Letters to the Editor
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Is it really thumping
Is it really thumping if an African American get majority of votes from the African-American community and the white votes divided between two white candidates, one of them happens to be native born? If it had been two person-race between Mr. Obama and a white candidate, would not the votes be equally divided between two and thus a cause for concern. In the real elections, Mr. Obama may face the same problem as Ms. Clinton will thanks to bickering and the one sided attack on Ms. Clinton from the press (both liberal and rightwing). I am not sure many women will go to polls if Mr. Obama wins, as they have nothing to gain by his election; after all the supreme court is already controlled by the majority; if Ms. Clinton wins then African-Americans will not go to polls thanks to subtle tactics of Mr. Obama to make them look bad. So the republican will anyway.
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Apologies
TO ANONYMOUS
You're right to call me out about my "tags." I apologize. I am just so used to reading the trash-talk about Clinton that I, too, get overzealous and put everybody into a "category." That's wrong. If it's wrong for Obama's folks it's wrong for Clinton's folks.
Thanks for calling me on this. I really do appreciate having an intelligent discussion and give-and-take about the candidates, their positions, and the issues.
BTW: I have said in other posts that I don't think Barack Obama has enough experience at this time to be president. I know what he has done and don't want to give you or others the impression that I disregard his accomplishments. If I haven't said that, I'll say it now. Barack Obama is an incredibly articulate, talented, skilled and accomplished man who has done a great deal of good in his community, in the Illinois State House, and as a U.S. Senator. I see him as somebody who can be president one day. I just don't believe that this is his time. I believe that Hillary Clinton has the record, the skills, the background, and the experience to step into this role and hit the ground running. She has a command of the issues, from the work she has already done, and knows the political climate we will be facing unlike any other Democratic candidate. But I, too, will work for and support the Democratic nominee!
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@anon
Go ahead, though, explain it to me.
Easily - it's called cherry-picking. He cherry-picked 20% of his votes and didn't show up for the other 80%.
Bur really, I'm sure the GOP and the press will let him get by with it once the help him finish off the candidate that could beat McCain (HRC).
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History
Washington. Jefferson. Lincoln. FDR. JFK. Barack.
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More Distortions?
Easily - it's called cherry-picking. He cherry-picked 20% of his votes and didn't show up for the other 80%.
Bur really, I'm sure the GOP and the press will let him get by with it once the help him finish off the candidate that could beat McCain (HRC).
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400629
Statistic: Barack Obama missed 179 of 1088 votes (16%) since Jan 6, 2005
That's not great, but...
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=300071
John McCain missed 584 of 3710 votes (16%) since Jan 22, 1997
So how exactly is the GOP (most likely McCain) going to attack him on that again?
Stop being a tool and look at the facts.
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seems like a common occurance.....
"Easily - it's called cherry-picking. He cherry-picked 20% of his votes and didn't show up for the other 80%
From CNNPolitics.com:
"Joe Biden of Delaware has missed 68 percent of the votes during the same period, Sen. Christopher Dodd of Connecticut 65 percent and Clinton of New York 63 percent."
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I am.
Stop being a tool and look at the facts.
Look at the current ones , not statistics that are nearly three years old.
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He lacks confidence
coastcow wrote:
Blown away by Obama's message? His presence? Forget about that, and wait until somebody asks him a question he hasn't prepped for. Ever notice the news doesn't show him answering questions from actual voters? It's not an accident. The obviously can't stand actual discourse. God forbid a lowly voting citizen ask his royal highness a serious question.
I've never met the man, but get the same impression - as when I've seen him on several debates trying to field questions he obviously wasn't prepared for. Then a "shuck and jive" answer, confected on the spot with littel thought emerges.
I project ahead seeing this character in a campaign debate v. McCain and having his head handed to him like Dukakis had his in the 1988 debate. v. GHW Bush. Obama is all shine, no substance. If not the 'hollow man' - close to it.
I read, I believe in a Newseek piece on him, that some Dem adviser told him NOW was the time to go for it to parlay his 2004 Dem convention speech into a candidacy. That is idiotic.
You don't exploit oratory to create a run for the presidency. You compile a record of work, serious work, by doing your time in some lesser capacity office first, with decisions for which you are held accountable. This may be a governorship, or at least a FULL Senate term. Obama never even attained seniority in the Senate before charging into a presidential run.
The man needs ripening, for lack of a better term. He's like a piece of fruit that's still not ready for plucking. Or, as I noted before, he's still a child in political terms. The reptiles will devour him like cotton candy if he's the guy - and it won't be pretty.
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@Is it a thumping?
Is it really thumping if an African American get majority of votes from the African-American community and the white votes divided between two white candidates, one of them happens to be native born? If it had been two person-race between Mr. Obama and a white candidate, would not the votes be equally divided between two and thus a cause for concern. In the real elections, Mr. Obama may face the same problem as Ms. Clinton will thanks to bickering and the one sided attack on Ms. Clinton from the press (both liberal and rightwing). I am not sure many women will go to polls if Mr. Obama wins, as they have nothing to gain by his election; after all the supreme court is already controlled by the majority; if Ms. Clinton wins then African-Americans will not go to polls thanks to subtle tactics of Mr. Obama to make them look bad. So the republican will anyway.
Bingo. We have a winner. you get it.
Obama's biggest mistake was accepting Rove's help. That's how he screwed himself. (the enemy of your enemy is NOT your friend -something most of us learn by fifth grade, but doncha know Obama is a genius).