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Monday, February 11, 2008 12:00 AM

Paul Krugman criticizes Obama supporters

The New York Times columnist says the Democratic race is turning into "Nixonland," and that the Obama campaign verges on a cult of personality.

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Wednesday, February 13, 2008 06:02 AM

Senator Clinton Voters

Let's See If The Senator Clinton Supporters Will Go Out Into The Cold To Support Mr Obama,Like The Rest Of His Cult.I For One Wouldn't Vote For Mr Obama,If He Promised Me I Could Be His Vice President,I'd Vote For Mr Mcain And I Recommend That Other Clinton Supporters Do The Same,Why I Feel Like This It's True That You Can't Say Anything Negative About Mr Obama,Without His Supporters Reversing It Into Something Negative Against Sentator Clinton,Mr Obama And His Staff Is The One's That Started This Racial Issue Business,The Switch From The Politics Of Hope,The Allowing The Latino's Driving License To Illegal Immigrants,Reciting Republicans Propaganda,Not Being Able To Actually Be Precise At Any Of The Debates,And I Could Go On And On,But I Want Because I Hate Even Using This Man's Name In A Sentence,So Let's See If He Can Get Senator Clinton's Supporters To Back This LIARS Candacy.

Wednesday, February 13, 2008 03:50 AM

McCain said last night...

“I don’t seek the presidency on the presumption that I am blessed with such personal greatness that history has anointed me to save my country in its hour of need. I seek the presidency with the humility of a man that cannot forget that my country saved me!”

~Senator John McCain (R) at his victory speech on February 12, 2008 after winning the Potomac Primary!

Hmmm...I wonder who he is talking to!?

………as if Saint Obama is going to be able to fight off this kind of wisdom that is rooted from real experiences in life, years in government, and a being a POW for 5 years! He has been experiencing longer than Obama is old!

What? Are you going to disrespect him like you did the Clintons? That will never work!

Wednesday, February 13, 2008 03:30 AM

Krugman is right

Funny how the left, and by extension, Obamabots, liked Krugman when he slammed Bush, but now that he is pointing out the unnatural zeal of Obama's fans, he is getting slammed in turn. As a witness to rude and unruly Obama campaign workers at the PATH station in Jersey City, NJ, I can personally attest to Krugman's observation...

Tuesday, February 12, 2008 09:37 PM

Correction

Just a correction to Ethel M. Michelle Obama was asked whether she would "work for" Hillary Clinton if she became the nominee. (A rather presumptuous question at this stage of the game, and rather unfair.) Her answer was tentative, naturally, and her response was "I'll have to think about it."

Please, don't try to take the position that Bill would have behaved any differently. (Or if he would, might he be lying?)

Remember, she has two little girls at home. Support/voting for someone, and actual working and campaigning for someone are very different things.

Tuesday, February 12, 2008 08:28 PM

@drichmond

"p.a.mb.'s reference to Obama as BHO, maybe it's just me but the H in BHO since this is the first time I've seen it in this context here isn't too subtle a reference to his gasp horrors middle name..."

Uh, sorry to take this sturm und drang to a lighter place, but would you rather the LW had written his initials *without* the H?

Poor Obama. This guy was blessed with a lot of political gifts, but his name isn't one of them. I support Hillary all the way, but if I were leaning instead toward him, I would try to coin something a little more like 'Bama (pronounced like "Bamma"). You know, football and all that.

Tuesday, February 12, 2008 03:09 PM

A Different Way!!

What is incredible is that the Clinton supporters only hear and see what they want. Didn't Clinton bring up the "slumlord" when asked about her tax forms. Didn't Clinton supporters say that Bill Clinton was blacker then Barack because Bill dated more black women. Now a Clinton supporter says whites will not vote for Barack because many just are not ready for a black President.

Clinton supports logic does not compute. If Sen. Obama can beat Sen. Clinton in 18 states when she is suppose to be so tough then it stands to reason that he can beat the GOP.

The Clintons may have been in office but I believe at best he and his enemies fought to a tie.

As I remember Bill Clinton was impeached. In his last years his approval rating was high but he could not get anything passed because the GOP held everything up. The right wing was able to spin everything he tried to do as "Wagging the Dog." All show and no substance they said. Wow, that sounds like Krugman against Sen. Obama. I guess with liberal friends like Krugman, Obama does not need Conservatives enemies.

Yes, many so called Liberals are closet racist. This election is going to make this country deal with that issue. Listen to the way liberals are attacking Barack. Sen. Clinton stated that Barack only won in some states because black turn out dismissing states that had very few blacks. She and her supporters refuse to believe he had a better organization, message,charisma,and yes intellect.

Many like Krugman think that his black supporters are just emotional and voting for him just because he is black. Many blacks and whites were not voting for Barack because they wanted to first hear what his policies were. Then he did a super smart thing and brought in Ophra (who many dismissed)where many got to hear him for the first time and liked what he said. That attention won him (90% White)Iowa and if Hillary had not cried he would have won New Hamshire.

Many of still do not want to believe he is winning because so called liberals probably don't listen,read or have conversations with a lot of black people.

Notice how the so-called liberal media brought out every black pundit they could find during the S.Carolna contest but they can't seem to find black,Hispanic,Asian,Native American, pundits when it comes to issues of the war,education,health care or the economy. The only time Lou Dobbs ever has a Hispanic on his show is when he is talking about immigration but he says he is not a racist.

The media's bias reflects our larger societies views on race and intellect. What happens is that when blacks like Obama do speak on those issues they get dismissed as shallow because many in our society including minorities are not use to seeing blacks in charge or even having input to the discussion.

But youth who have grown up,party,date,go to school and work with other races are changing their parents minds. Those parents,friends and children of a new generaton are the ones that are blowing the roofs off of Obama forums.

They are opening their minds to the possiblilities that voting for someone that does not look like the majority may not be all that bad or catasthropic as some try to make it seem. Maybe Sen. Obama might do for America what Jackie Robsinson did for America and us all think differently. That their may be a different way to do and think about politics and policies besides the Rush,Clinton,Coulter,Dobbs,Shuster,Matthews,O'Reilly,Barnicle,Couric,Hannity,Combs,Boorz,Savage,Maddow,Randi Rhodes,Brokaw,Hitchens,Alter,Fund,Sawyer,Jennings,Dowd,Mitchell,Klein,Friedman,Kristol,Liasson,Kondrack,Doocy,Susteren,Cauvto,Gibson,Crier,Stahl,Safer,Noonan,Kopel,Imus,Scarbourogh,Stewart,Rooney,Safir,Priest,Blankley,Blumenthal,Barnes,Cameron,Abrams Russert and KRUGMAN way of thinking.

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