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Obama picks up 9 superdelegates

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SargeMay. 10, 2008 - 09:06AM JST

If he has an extra $20 million, Obama can pick up former Al Gore supporter and 2008 super delegate Steven Ybarra's vote! Just watched the Yahoo video - hilarious!
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RomeoRamenIIMay. 10, 2008 - 10:07AM JST

Now we know what what Rezko can buy.

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RomeoRamenIIMay. 10, 2008 - 11:36AM JST
Not much is known about Barry. What American voters do know about him is:
1. He signed a paper agreeing with Black Liberation Theology and the destruction of the "White" God.
2. He said: "I never heard comments like these." -- Barry, in March 2008
3. He then said: "Did I ever hear him make remarks that could be considered controversial while I sat in church? Yes." -- Barry, also in March 2008.
4. He supports Bill Ayers. http://bp0.blogger.com/YvDCrB8xy-s/SCBXVxIl3I/AAAAAAA...BI/s1600-h/AYERS.jpg
5. He has a wife who hates America. Hates equality though she went to the best schools in America under Affirmative Action.
6. At a time when the West is at war with Islamoterrorism he has written in his book, "Audacity of Hope": "I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction."
Heh ... yup, Barry is the one who will bring us all together.

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skipthesongMay. 10, 2008 - 11:58AM JST

9 more? Man, Hillary needs to give up..
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BeatlesFanMay. 10, 2008 - 12:02PM JST

Say what you will, Obama is the right man for these times. If he's willing to open a dialogue with the Muslim world perhaps that will be the best for the Western world. The current strategy of trying to kill them all is not a good one.

As an American teenager, Barack Obama represents hope for my generation.
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skipthesongMay. 10, 2008 - 12:05PM JST

Barack Obama represents hope for my generation" for example?

willing to open a dialogue with the Muslim world" When have they tried that, it is a legitimate complaint that far too many moderate Muslims are not taking any significant stands against the radical ones.
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nucularMay. 10, 2008 - 12:13PM JST

He'll need those extra nine super delegates. He thinks America has 57 states.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpGH02DtIws

And this guy accuses McCain of "losing his bearings"?
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skipthesongMay. 10, 2008 - 12:20PM JST

nucular :

I just watched it. I can't believe it. Do you think he is including the territories such as Puerto Rico, Guam, Saipan?
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nucularMay. 10, 2008 - 12:31PM JST

skipthesong:

Notice that Obama also says, "...one left to go, and...Alaska and Hawaii I was not allowed to go to."

Does he think there are 60 states in total?

Imagine if McCain made a blunder like this...
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skipthesongMay. 10, 2008 - 12:39PM JST

nucular: No, I didn't catch that, I was too much in shock. Kind of reminds me what happened to Dan Quayle. But then again, Dan Quayle was never on anyone's pedestal.
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BeatlesFanMay. 10, 2008 - 01:04PM JST

Obama will sit down and talk to the Muslims. If other nations would take his lead I am sure peace can be attained.

The time for a new direction has come. And Obama will lead that needed shift in opinion about the Muslims. He spent time as a child with them. None of the others running for president can make that claim.
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rjd_jrMay. 10, 2008 - 02:32PM JST

We are well on our way to America's first Black president. Obama is the best and freshest pick out of this stale crop of candidates. I'm sure the closet and not so closet bigots will make a final big push to discredit him in any way, I'm sure the reality of the moment hasn't hit them yet but it will soon my friends. I will cast my vote for Obama. McCain is a joke. We need fresh blood and an inspiration to not only Americans but people all over the world.

The choice is clear: Obama for president 2008, what a story I can tell my grandkids, that I voted for the first Black president in the history of America. Hallelujah.
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Helter_SkelterMay. 10, 2008 - 02:40PM JST

As an American teenager, Barack Obama represents hope for my generation.

BeatlesFan, your optimism and idealism is admirable. Supporting the liberal candidate is what one would expect from the youth of America. As the expression goes, if you're young and conservative, you've got no heart. (And if you're old and liberal, you've got no brains)
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Helter_SkelterMay. 10, 2008 - 02:50PM JST

I'm sure the closet and not so closet bigots will make a final big push to discredit him in any way,

So what you're saying is that if you challenge or even try to discredit Obama, you're automatically a bigot and a racist. He probably will win the election with small-minded thinking like this.
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SezWho2May. 10, 2008 - 02:52PM JST

nucular,

You're comment is on par with criticizing Bush for claiming that his administration never ceases to think of ways to harm Americans. If you have the travel and speaking schedule that any of the candidates have you will find that if they speak authentically, they will occasionally make verbal slips. It is the people who make no mistakes that you need to be careful of.

Now, do you really think that Obama doesn't know how many states there are? Or are you simply nit-picking?
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SushiSake3May. 10, 2008 - 03:08PM JST

Oh dear, Senator Obama looks like he is on track to become the next President of the USA.

I sincerely hope Senator Obama doesn't win so..so...so that the Republicans can achieve yet another stunning victory of subverting the will of the American people.

Lessee...what dirt can we stick on Senator Obama this time?

I know! Let's make a play on his middle name sounding like Saddam Hussein's.

What? That's already been tried? Oh..

OK, ok, how about we get at someone else, someone who has nothing to do with Obama or his policies and yet is close enough to blacken Obama's name - yeah! his pastor - wha? That's been tried too?

Running out of options here...

Hey! I know - why don't we make an under-the-radar implication that the Black Vote that has been so strong for Senator Obama doesn't really count as much as the White Vote?

Wha!? Republicans have been trying that in their robo-calls to voters for months?

I'm sorry, I really am running out of options here......(sob!)
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SushiSake3May. 10, 2008 - 03:25PM JST
rjd - "We are well on our way to America's first Black president. Obama is the best and freshest pick out of this stale crop of candidates......I'm sure the reality of the moment hasn't hit them yet but it will soon my friends. I will cast my vote for Obama. McCain is a joke. We need fresh blood and an inspiration to not only Americans but people all over the world."

Bring. It. On!

It's getting funnier by the month -

the American Republicans - especially the ones on JT have been
- wrong on Iraq
- wrong on Saddam
- wrong on the WMD
- wrong on the 45-minute mushroom cloud
- wrong on the yellowcake
- wrong on the WMD labs
- wrong on climate change
- wrong on the intentions and aspirations of their own people
- wrong on Mitt Romney
- Wrong on Ron Paul
- Wrong on Mick Huckabee
- Wrong on Hillary,
- flat wrong on George Bush, and to cap it all off
- wrong on Obama.
Heck, and these are the same people who criticize non-Americans like me for not being able to read the American people, while they themselves have made enough wrong judgements, botches assessments and screwed up assumptions to fill an omnibus of encyclopaedias.

Even those dreaded "European-types" can read Americans better than the American Republicans - ROFL!!

Has anyone on this board got any idea how the Republicans could have got SO out of touch with the reality and mood of their own electorate??

Barack Obama is on his way to win, and once he gets Al Gore's endorsement, it'll be lights out for Hillary, and game over for John McCain.
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nucularMay. 10, 2008 - 03:57PM JST

sez who2 :" Now, do you really think that Obama doesn't know how many states there are? Or are you simply nit-picking?"

As I asked in my second post on the matter can you imagine the reaction if McCain had made a blunder like this.

I'm fairly certain that Obama knows we have 50 states.

But maybe he should wear one of those flag pins to help him remember.
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RomeoRamenIIMay. 10, 2008 - 04:04PM JST

Do you think he is including the territories such as Puerto Rico, Guam, Saipan?

Nah, Skip. Barry is including the other states where his Islamoterrorist buddies live like Syria, Lebanon, Sudan, Kenya, Somalia, Yemen and Iran.

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RomeoRamenIIMay. 10, 2008 - 04:21PM JST

But maybe he should wear one of those flag pins to help him remember.

Heh ... if Barry did, the terrorists with whom he associates with and accepts financial support from would push him down and walk all over him.

http://bp0.blogger.com/YvDCrB8xy-s/SCBXVxIl3I/AAAAAAA...BI/s1600-h/AYERS.jpg

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SushiSake3May. 10, 2008 - 05:31PM JST

Romeo - who's Barry?
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RomeoRamenIIMay. 10, 2008 - 05:43PM JST

he accused him of . . . repeatedly suggesting the Islamic militant group Hamas preferred Obama for president.

Mr. McCain tells the truth about Barry and the empty suit starts hyperventilating:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25NiwvPNanM

Heh ... perhaps Barry is hoping Mr. McCain will just leave him alone so that he can eat his waffle.

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skipthesongMay. 10, 2008 - 05:58PM JST

rjd_jr

We are well on our way to America's first Black president." Why do you deny him half his other race?

Obama is the best and freshest pick out of this stale crop of candidates." I like him, but do you even know how he got elected in Illinois? I don't think you do, or you wouldn't put that up.

I'm sure the closet and not so closet bigots will make a final big push to discredit him in any way," Do you know how weak you make yourself out to be? Very weak. Willy at that. What are you the great savior and being able to pin point out racists or do you over look all and only chummy up to those you are scared of?

I will cast my vote for Obama." So will I, just quit being so weak about it. McCain is a joke." Well, either way, Obama and he are going to have to work together, so at least you can take Obama's stance on McCain that "a lot of respect for Sen. McCain." So here is your hero, your Moses so to speak and you are downing a guy he respects.. It just sounds so immature.

We need fresh blood and an inspiration to not only Americans but people all over the world." Yes, we do, but why do you think Obama has it?

The choice is clear: Obama for president 2008, what a story I can tell my grandkids, that I voted for the first Black president in the history of America" Ok, will you then vote for the first Oriental, Asian, Hispanic, Native American, Arab president.. you want people to believe you are down with the program, but you are not..

Weak and controlled. I would prefer people like yourself not advertising you are going to vote for Obama... the people undecided are mostly worried about weaklings such as yourself..
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RomeoRamenIIMay. 10, 2008 - 06:01PM JST

Sake2/3:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/1/18/181128/082

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nucularMay. 10, 2008 - 06:14PM JST

Very interesting link, RR.

The message accompanying Barry's photo includes more personal history the media selectively ignores.

"Choom" is Hawaiian slang for getting high.

Again, imagine if a Republican had a high school background like this.

Imagine how savagely McCain would be attacked if even his son, who served in Iraq, had ever publicly displayed a druggie lifestyle.
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SushiSake3May. 10, 2008 - 06:15PM JST

Romeo - "Mr. McCain tells the truth about Barry and the empty suit starts hyperventilating."

Heh, not unlike yourself in response to the onrushing freight train of an Obama Presidency.

Straws. Time to stop clutching at them.

rjd - "We need fresh blood and an inspiration to not only Americans but people all over the world."

skipthesong - "Yes, we do, but why do you think Obama has it?"

Are you implying someone else remaining in this race does???

McCain is too old. There, I said it.

Skip, glad to hear you are going to vote for Obama.

Meanwhile, the Republicans on this board have approximately 6 more months to vent and hyperventilate at the ever increasing reality of an Obama Presidency.

I'll admit, it feels good to be a non-American and to have called it right a bunch of times more than the Americans who back Sen. McCain :-)
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SushiSake3May. 10, 2008 - 06:18PM JST

Romeo, thanks for the link - I checked it.

So, you're sure the posting of some pictures from Obama's High School yearbook is going to drive a cold steel shaft through the heart of Obama's campaign??

I'm getting shivers already....
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skipthesongMay. 10, 2008 - 06:21PM JST

Sushi: I will be very clear. I never vote along party lines, and I still hold the notion that government corrupts. Right now McCain, Hillary, and Obama are basically the same just wearing different suits. The only issue is Iraq and terrorism.

I am giving Obama a chance because the war has not worked, but I do believe there is an Islamic force wanting to turn the world into some place where religion rules and I ain't down with that. But, I do think/perhaps believe that maybe they would think twice about "revenging us' if Obama is in.

Additionally, as I posted above. It is so immature to down someone like McCain who has done well for the country and at least while the Clintons were getting high, he was a POW for x years.

I am merely giving this a chance only. Either way, I never once cared about Dem or Repub. The KKK was originated by the Dems, then they flipped, Teh Repubs freed the slaves, and they seem to have flipped. How much flipping are we going to allow. My vote for Obama will go out the window if a good indy comes along.
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RomeoRamenIIMay. 10, 2008 - 06:25PM JST

Why do you deny him half his other race?

Skip, even Barry lives in denial (one of the 57 states he must have been referring to in Oregon) of being half white. From his book, "Dreams of My Father":

"I ceased to advertise my mother's race at the age of 12 or 13, when I began to suspect that by doing so I was ingratiating myself to whites."

And,

"I found a solace in nursing a pervasive sense of grievance and animosity against my mother's race."

And this loon is who the Leftists of our are uniting behind? A guy who is ashamed of half of his lineage?

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RomeoRamenIIMay. 10, 2008 - 06:26PM JST

Read that:

of our nation

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SushiSake3May. 10, 2008 - 06:31PM JST

nucular - "Again, imagine if a Republican had a high school background like this."

Tell us honestly - do you REALLY care whether or not Sen. Obama may or may not have smoked 'choom' in high school?

I don't.

And I doubt many Americans care either.
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nucularMay. 10, 2008 - 06:36PM JST

"I'll admit, it feels good to be a non-American and to have called it right a bunch of times more than the Americans who back Sen. McCain :-)"

If you say so.

Who are we to argue with the echo you hear in your lunchbox.

But I don't see people like you "calling" anything.

I think all that most Americans here see you do is advertise how badly you want to vote in our election or be American.
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RomeoRamenIIMay. 10, 2008 - 06:36PM JST

"So, you're sure the posting of some pictures from Obama's High School yearbook is going to drive a cold steel shaft through the heart of Obama's campaign??"

No, you asked, "who's Barry." Please try and keep up.

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SushiSake3May. 10, 2008 - 06:39PM JST

Skip - "but I do believe there is an Islamic force wanting to turn the world into some place where religion rules and I ain't down with that. But, I do think/perhaps believe that maybe they would think twice about "revenging us' if Obama is in."

If I was you, I'd be FAR more worried about crop failures in China and Australia this year than I would be about the remote possibility of your country being overrun by Islamic forces.

"Additionally, as I posted above. It is so immature to down someone like McCain who has done well for the country.."

You mean like getting shot down - how many times was it - 3? - and launguishing for years in a POW camp because he was shot down yet again?

Is this the new 'honorable'?

I think we need to think a little more before we start calling simply everyone who signs up to fight 'honorable' and automatically assuming they have 'served their country.'
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SushiSake3May. 10, 2008 - 06:40PM JST

Romeo - why do you continue to go on and on about 'Barry'.

Just get used to it - your candidate isn't going to win.

Romeo - "And this loon is who the Leftists of our are uniting behind? A guy who is ashamed of half of his lineage?"

Give it a rest, will you? You're embarassing yourself in front of all of us.
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RomeoRamenIIMay. 10, 2008 - 06:42PM JST

nucular:

True. Americans don't care what the wannabees from Third World socialist stinkholes think about us.

Never have. Never will.

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RomeoRamenIIMay. 10, 2008 - 06:49PM JST

Look how Barry reacted when Mr. McCain spoke the truth about Hamas supporting his bid for the White House. Think hillary was hard on him? Heh ... after the GOP gets through with Barry he'll realize that hillary hit him with only the corner of the kitchen sink.

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nucularMay. 10, 2008 - 06:51PM JST

"Tell us honestly - do you REALLY care whether or not Sen. Obama may or may not have smoked 'choom' in high school? I don't."

Barack is supposed to The One who can heal our 'broken souls', his wife claims.

He was given by his white grandmother the means to attend the most exclusive high school in Hawaii and at the end of four years there it's his "choom gang" that looms largest in his life?

Even in America you are known by the company you keep...

Add to the list of shady pals like the slum lord Tony Rezko, the terrorist Bill Ayers, and the racist Rev Wright the name Keith Kakugawa, one of Barry Obama's "choom gang," a thrice-convicted drughead loser now homeless in L.A. -

http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB117461620851146360-oaQpgJQXqks0usbmVrJaYNRJCg20070330.html
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SushiSake3May. 10, 2008 - 06:54PM JST
nucular - "But I don't see people like you "calling" anything."

Myself and a whole lot of others on JT have called it correctly on Bush, the non-existant WMD, didn't believe the hype about Saddam, the WMD, didn't get caught up in the breathless propaganda pouring out of the White House, didn't buy any of the Republican candidates, ....
- is that good enough?
"I think all that most Americans here see you do is advertise how badly you want to vote in our election or be American."

Why do I always find obvious inferiority complexes like this amusing?
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SushiSake3May. 10, 2008 - 06:57PM JST

Romeo - "Americans don't care what the wannabees from Third World socialist stinkholes think about us."

And it's at's attitudes like that that ensure your country will always have enemies.

Own goal.

But I bet you don't even realize it :-)
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SargeMay. 10, 2008 - 07:00PM JST

Are the Democrats really dumb enough to nominate Barack Obama for president?
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SushiSake3May. 10, 2008 - 07:02PM JST

nuclear - "Add to the list of **shady pals **like the **slum lord **Tony Rezko, the **terrorist **Bill Ayers, and the **racist **Rev Wright the name Keith Kakugawa, one of Barry Obama's "choom gang," a thrice-convicted **drughead loser **now homeless in L.A."

Heh, I love all the labels. They're kinda cute. :-) Did you get them from the Republican Playbook?

When you've got nothing on Obama, bash anyone who is remotely related to him.

Keep it up - you are giving us a heap of reasons not to vote for whoever you support.
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RomeoRamenIIMay. 10, 2008 - 07:05PM JST

nucular:

Wow!! Great read about Barry's "choom gang" buddy. Yet another skeleton falls out of the empty suit's closet. Heh ... Barry's swift boating himself. By Nov. 4th the only ones still supporting him will be non-voting American wannabees.

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RomeoRamenIIMay. 10, 2008 - 07:12PM JST

giving us a heap of reasons not to vote for whoever you support

Hate to be the one to break this to you, Sake2/3, but you're not an American. You can't vote in our General Election.

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nucularMay. 10, 2008 - 07:13PM JST

Back to the topic -

Obama picks up 9 superdelegates

The whole idea of superdelegates is just one more example of how the Democrat
primary contradicts the party's and basically the New Left's entire platform.

The same party that has filled the universities, TV, airwaves and media with an army of loyal groupthink apparatchiks insisting that Washington doesn't listen to the average voter believed they had to appoint a bunch of cronies and race pimps to ensure a primary outcome in which rank and file Dems don't get nominated an individual who is unelectable in the national.
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SargeMay. 10, 2008 - 07:16PM JST

"Obama is just 165.5 delegates short"

So close, and yet so far.
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RomeoRamenIIMay. 10, 2008 - 07:43PM JST

nucular:

The Superdelegate system was created to avoid landslides after 1972 (Oops! Sorry about that. Also in 1984 and especially 1988. Didn't seem to work very well those times, either).

Add to that the sheer stupidity of the DNC "rules committee" shooting itself in the ass (never mind foot, that's too generous) with the "if you jump the gun you won't get delegates" crap. I mean, did anyone honestly not see that potential SNAFU.

This is a sad, pathetic example of the type of plodding, self-conflicting, broken, inefficient, boneheaded way an entire party runs itself.

The jackass party always wanted a House of Lords, so they created one. They are not even pretending to be egalitarian about it.

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cleoMay. 10, 2008 - 08:01PM JST

"Obama is just 165.5 delegates short"

I think it's just terrible the way Americans go around cutting people in half just because it's an election year. It shouldn't be allowed.
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nucularMay. 10, 2008 - 08:09PM JST

">> Obama is just 165.5 delegates short" << I think it's just terrible the way Americans go around cutting people in half just because it's an election year. It shouldn't be allowed."

The half-delegate is a token rep we let our Democrat party toss to Europe and the various other America-wannabes demanding the right to participate in our election.
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SargeMay. 10, 2008 - 08:37PM JST

Cleo - Good one.
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SushiSake3May. 10, 2008 - 10:26PM JST

Sarge - "Are the Democrats really dumb enough to nominate Barack Obama for president?"

Gee, even Republicans are dumb enough to vote for Obama, too.

More and more of them :-)
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SushiSake3May. 10, 2008 - 10:33PM JST

Romeo - "Wow!! Great read about Barry's "choom gang" buddy."

This news - that Barack Obama was at one time called 'Barry' - gets you THAT excited??

I feel tempted to buy you a new crayon set for Christmas so that you can let all of your pent up excitement about 'Barry' out :-)
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SushiSake3May. 10, 2008 - 10:35PM JST

nucula - "The same party that has filled the universities, TV, airwaves and media with an army of **loyal groupthink apparatchiks **insisting that Washington doesn't listen to the average voter believed they had to appoint a **bunch of cronies **and **race pimps **to ensure a primary outcome in which **rank and file Dems **don't get nominated an individual who is unelectable in the national."

MORE CUTE LABELS! :-)

Can we please move beyond the immature labels and onto real issues?

Thanks.
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SushiSake3May. 10, 2008 - 10:43PM JST

Romeo - "This is a sad, pathetic example of the type of plodding, self-conflicting, broken, inefficient, boneheaded way an entire party runs itself."

OK, let's not bother to mention how the Republican party you so ardently support is effectively dead and buried, Rove and Cheney's mates are getting subpoenoed, every 'real' Conservative candidate has been booted out of the competition, Bush's popularity is lower than Nixon's the day before the latter man resigned in disgrace, or how more and more Republicans are now throwing their support behind Democrat candidates.

Or maybe the GOP has a cunning plan for Sen. McCain to rise up from near-death and lead the GOP to a stunning victory?

Maybe they will when they finally figure out how Hillary is out-raising Sen. McCain by $2.5 to every dollar he raises, and why Obama is outraising Sen. McCain by $3/$1 and pulled in a record $235 million in March.

But by then, it will be too late.
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soothsayerMay. 11, 2008 - 12:22AM JST

Obama picks up 9 superdelegates

Wow! There's no way Hilary could lift that many. This guy is amazing!

Just thought I'd bring some depth to this forum.
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SezWho2May. 11, 2008 - 01:14AM JST

nucular,

Not every mistake is a blunder. Obama misspoke. That is all.

I think if McCain made a mistake like this, bottom feeders would try to live on it. But that is not an acceptable excuse for practicing distraction. By intentionally misrepresenting people you contribute to the corruption of democracy.
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SezWho2May. 11, 2008 - 01:20AM JST

RomeoRamenII,

As I read the quotations you have excerpted from Obama's book, the key words that jump out at me are:

ceased

the age of 12 or 13

found

If I must be more clear, I notice the age and the past tense.

My daughter is 13. I've been assuming she's not going to be like this forever. I'd really hate for future society to hold her to her current thoughts and feelings.
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WhiteHawkMay. 11, 2008 - 03:10AM JST

BeatlesFan:

Say what you will, Obama is the right man for these times. If he's willing to open a dialogue with the Muslim world perhaps that will be the best for the Western world. The current strategy of trying to kill them all is not a good one. Obama will sit down and talk to the Muslims. If other nations would take his lead I am sure peace can be attained. The time for a new direction has come. And Obama will lead that needed shift in opinion about the Muslims. He spent time as a child with them. None of the others running for president can make that claim.

Funny how Obama is the only candidate who lived among Muslims yet he is still clueless about how dangerous radical clerics and jihadists can be.

I can understand your naivety, since you've only been around a little while and have to read about history that I've lived to see unfold. You're dependent on other people's perspectives, but you get to pick and choose which ones you want to believe. As for me, well, I can't rewrite my memories.

What is the point of "talking to the Muslims"? Not all Muslims are terrorists, nor do all support Islamic terrorism. Only a small percentage (less than 10% worldwide) are actually terrorists, and only -maybe- 30% worldwide are sympathetic to the actions of that 10%. Granted, 10% of 1.7 billion is still a lot of people...

The thing is, that majority of peaceful, non-radical, non-fundamentalist Islam is willing to sit and talk with an American or Western leader, but they have nothing to discuss. They're on our side! And they have no control over the radical segment of Islam. That radical segment, by the way, is not interested in talking to us, unless we are offering our unconditional surrender to Allah. So Obama's promise to "open a dialogue with the Muslim world" is as useless and empty a campaign promise as saying he doesn't take any money from lobbyists or oil companies.

By the way, I've had Muslim neighbors and friends. Does that qualify me to run for president? I've got as much, if not more, executive experience as Obama. And my pastor isn't a raving, paranoid, hypocrite loon.

rjd_jr:

We are well on our way to America's first Black president. Obama is the best and freshest pick out of this stale crop of candidates. I'm sure the closet and not so closet bigots will make a final big push to discredit him in any way, I'm sure the reality of the moment hasn't hit them yet but it will soon my friends. I will cast my vote for Obama. McCain is a joke. We need fresh blood and an inspiration to not only Americans but people all over the world. The choice is clear: Obama for president 2008, what a story I can tell my grandkids, that I voted for the first Black president in the history of America. Hallelujah.

So you're voting for Obama because he's black. And unproven. Great. Obviously, it hasn't crossed your mind that such statements make you look like a bigot.

I would never consider voting for Obama, just as I've never considered voting for the other Marxist candidate, the one with two white parents. Just as I've never considered voting for the Marxist candidates that preceded them. Why not? Well, let's see... um... oh yeah, because I'm a bigot. I'm bigoted against Marxists.

I wonder, have you ever been critical of Dr. Condi Rice? It wasn't because she is black, was it? Maybe I should dig through your old posts...

Oh, and I look forward to seeing your support of J.C. Watts or Bobby Jindal, once they can be convinced to run for president.

Finally, the irony just slays me. The same liberal mindset that was crying about the electoral college in 2000 and calling for its death, now has to watch as a group of politically-selected elitsts decide the fate of the "one man, one vote" party. I may be loving this more than adaydream is...
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amerijapMay. 11, 2008 - 09:58AM JST

Looks like he's gonna turn the table by keeping the gold in his pocket.
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HughgarseMay. 12, 2008 - 11:30AM JST

what kind of superpowers do these superdelegates have to make all the fuss?.. ex-ray vision, flying skills, ability to fix the economy?
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user1684May. 12, 2008 - 10:56PM JST

Obama isn't any more "unproven" than Bush or Clinton were when they were both elected.

Actually, a senator may be more qualified to be president than a governor. The Senate many times can be the nemesis of the executive branch. So, the experience in the Senate gives the person perspective. While governors are responsible for the health of the state in which they are governor, they are not considered to be Washington "insiders" as some senators are.

This year the three candidates that are left are all senators and all are equally qualified.

So you see, the only thing that all three have "proved" is that they all can be elected to the Senate, and that is the only thing that matters.

With all three being on equal footing the only issue then is whether Americans want another 8 years of war, unstable economy, and one party flushing the environment down the toilet. If they say enough is enough, we want a change, they will elect Obama, because Hillary is history.
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RomeoRamenIIMay. 12, 2008 - 11:32PM JST

Actually, a senator may be more qualified to be president than a governor.

Though the streak is about to end, no sitting senator has been elected U.S. President since JFK in 1960. The record is something like 0-72.

Meanwhile, carter, Mr. Reagan, clinton and Mr. Bush -- all governors -- were voted into office.

RR
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WhiteHawkMay. 13, 2008 - 03:32AM JST

user1684:

Obama isn't any more "unproven" than Bush or Clinton were when they were both elected.

A one-term Senator with no executive experience whatsoever? Riiiiight. Maybe his experience is in skipping votes. He's missed almost twice as many senate votes in his three years as Hillary has in her seven years on the hill.
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Triple888May. 15, 2008 - 08:37AM JST

My bet is on Obama to become USA's next president.
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SargeMay. 15, 2008 - 08:54AM JST

Triple8 - Do you think that going to be a good thing?
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M_LammerseMay. 15, 2008 - 08:09PM JST

Politically hardly anything will change in Americastan, by either Clinton or Obama into power. Economically the country will slide down, not only by their huge political mistakes in the past by Bush but also because of a combination of 3 major world wide problems (energy, raw materials and a rice in costs of anything related to the first 2, including the production of food.) Foregin politically and for world stability seen it might be better a democrat will get into power (which one makes no diffrence) Oh, yes and for all those thinking that Americastan will quickly retreat from Iraq after the 'change' forget it. A retreat will mean a high unstabile situation in Iraq and more improtantly to the oil price, and than Amricastan (by means of oil price stability, the reason the war wa started) is back into 2003.)
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VORMay. 15, 2008 - 08:53PM JST

Actually I am hoping Obama does become the next president.

I expect him to make everything right for African Americans without imposing on the civil rights of everybody else.

Finally, no more excuses for not being able to get a job, finally no more excuses for teen pregnancy, finally no more violent crime in African American communities, finally high school graduation rates on par with more affluent americans. Finally no more AIDS and famines in Africa.

The Messiah is finally here! All hail Obama!
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WhiteHawkMay. 16, 2008 - 01:51AM JST

VOR, if Obama could actually do that, I would vote for him!
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Triple888May. 25, 2008 - 10:28AM JST

Do you think that going to be a good thing? -Sarge

Yeah I think so because, as I said, I've already got my bets placed on Obama. If he wins I'd be a rich man.