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Friday, August 22, 2008 12:00 AM

How Obama can be the un-Kerry in Denver

Three veteran Democrats game out the Democratic and Republican conventions. Beware of PUMAs!

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  • Friday, August 22, 2008 09:19 AM

    Barack, Milque Toast, Obama

    No blood in the man. But then, he's a Democrat, and we're pretty damned bloodless. Dean? oh, he screamed! Gore? oh, remember when he seems so angry!!! and Edwards, and his whole class war thing!

    Nobody, and I mean nobody, has gone after Bush. Nobody has repudiated that man. And certainly not Obama, not before McCain got in the running, and now it's too late to go after Bush.

    Going after McCain is petty. It's the policies that are no good.

    But where oh where are the policies of Obama? what does he really want to do? Energy? Health? Infrastructure? Education? Technology?

    "McCain has 7 houses so he's out of touch..." Nonsense. Everyone who's making it is out of touch! And anyone who's not making it isn't gonna run for office.

    It is oh so sad.

    Some stuff in this country is bad. Obama ought to have the guts to say so. It's not unAmerican to find things we need to fix!

    Give that man some blood. Can't he be an angry American without getting pigeon holed as just an angry black man?

    Whatever the American dream is, we know for certain that first we want our children to be safe, to be healthy, to be smart, to persue happiness, fresh air, clean water. Safe and happy. That's America. All this other stuff is shopping, big cars and houses and boats and we will NOT put that ahead of our children.

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