Letters to the Editor
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Obama talks hope, but not before attacking Clinton
So nice to see a typical Illinois politician in action!
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to be honest...
let's face it, brothers and sisters, that really IS the choice...
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But..but
He was transforming and transcending. You just don't get it, it's a new kind of unity. He somehow has managed to transfer the Bush dislike and distrust to Hillary. Not so cool. People pick up that vibe and they don't like it.
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To be honest
I really can't stand the sight of his smarmy face. If he gets the nomination, I will hold my nose and vote for him. But he sometimes seems more eager to attack Democrats and embrace Republicans than vice versa--and it is turning off huge sectors of the Dem base.
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Thanks for Leaving Out the Important Part
That I was waiting for as he went through all that:
"We are the ones we have been waiting for."
That was the crux and the key moment of the speech. It would have been nice to see you discuss that moment of his message instead of focusing on the "attacks" Obama supposedly mercilessly leveled on his opponent.
Perhaps you were just so taken aback by Clinton's refreshingly decent speech that you no longer found Obama's usual rhetorical flourishes to be of any merit. But if anyone that reads this blog happened to miss Sens. Obama and Clinton's speeches, it would be nice if you afforded your readers the same insights you granted into Obama's finer moment that you did Clinton's.
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And saying that HRC is for torture?
Not cool. And neither was his remark that HRC's health insurance mandates were "like solving homelessness by making people buy houses."
I'm really tired of hearing how Obama is the "progressive" choice when, aside from one really great anti-war speech before he was a US Senator, his policy positions are the same as or somewhat to the right of HRC's.
I'm an Edwards supporter who voted for Clinton today.
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Obama talks hope, but attacks Clinton
If anyone was noticing, Barack Obama attacked Hillary Clinton a long time before South Carolina and the supposed race card came into play.
When we take away the chant of "Hope and Change," let us look for the substance that is missing from Barack's stand on issues. Inspiration is fine when backed up by concrete ideas.
All he seems to be able to bring up continually is his non-vote on Iraq when he wasn't in the Congress or his non-vote on Iran when he was absent while campaigning. He did vote to fund the war as did Hillary.
So it is not surprising he is attacking her again.
When will the day come when the media finally starts asking tough questions of Barack Obama?
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the spinning goes on...
CNN totalled all of the vote counts in all the contests.
As of about 1:30 AM EST, Hillary had the most votes, 100000 more than Obama. Way more than any Republican.
With many votes in CA still to be counted, this number may grow, if the distribution that has been reported so far holds.
Yet for the spinning media, this was a great victory for Obama. They talk like he will be the nominee.
At what point do the voters who voted for Hillary get respect?
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So she didn't............
Vote for the war in Iraq? The Kyl-Lieberman amendment? Waffled on torture or didn't give Bush the benefit of the doubt?
Seems to me everything he said was just a plain fact.
When HRC stands against McCain, Obama is right.... she will not be able to argue against Bushs war, she will not be able to argue against Bush, she will not be able to argue against torture....she has, in the end, taken away those stances from the democrats. And not having a real choice, and seeing the fact that she says one thing, yet did another while in the senate....when the people catch on that she too went along with all of Bushs BS, then we will lose our greatest advantage in the coming election- american disillusionment with Bush and his disastorous policies.
Whatever, if Obama doesnt pull this through and the dems are this stupid, i'm tuning out. Call me in Nov so i can pull a lever at random for all the difference its gonna make.
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Obama and Hillary
Got a quarter more votes than all the Republicans combined.
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Obama didn't vote for the Iraq war
resolution because he didn't have to. It was a misleading comment. He *has* voted to fund the war several times.
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Cytherea.....
Please, save the tortured logic and the double think for the Hilbots.
The rest of us aint buying it.
First off, since you are not a God or omnipotent, you have no way of knowing what he would have done had he had a chance to vote. To say you do, is just ridiculous. All evidence points that he was making very brave speeches against the war when it was very poltically risky to do so. Remember, a large majority of the People were supporting the prez back then. For Obama to speak against that war showed political moxie that Clintons will never have.
Also it seems a bit of a projection on the Hilbots part. Since what we do know about the Clintons is the ability to do just about anything for politics and to follow the current political winds. She voted for the war because everyone else was supporting it- end of story. We all know it.
Second, if voting to fund it after the fact is support for the war, then by voting democrats, we are also, technically, supporting the war- right?
So basically Obama is right. We have lost the ability to argue against Bushs policies with the rep front runner.
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Obama is right -- an I hope he can make a comeback
Obama's attacks against Clinton are entirely fair. Clinton is indeed more of the same. She did indeed make the Iraq was possible. She sat on the board of Wal-Mart shortly before her husband removed trade barriers with China that allowed them (and Wal-Mart) to overwhelm the U.S. economy.
I still do not understand why anybody in his right mind would choose Clinton over Obama. Because she's female? Not a valid reason. Because she has "more experience"? Highly debatable. Because she's "already been vetted"? Not a reason. Because "she's more likely to beat McCain"? Not a valid reason, not true, and either of them would destroy McCain anyway.
I don't think Hillary is horrible, but Obama is such a better candidate, I am at a loss to know why people would prefer her. Oh well. Obama still has a chance. Obama SHOULD be the candidate. He is the best hope for the future of the United States, not "Bush/Clinton/Bush/Clinton."