As a Southerner, the attacks on Obama being elitist by the elites of this country, it made me uncomfortable. Not just because the attacks are generally unfair and a distortion of what he actually said, but because it smacks of the sort of dirty, snide, racial attacks of the old South - the "uppity" black man attack. That somehow he just doesn't seem to "know his place", that his "reach has exceeded his grasp". Sort of like the attacks that he wasn't "black" enough. Being made by white people. ("high yellow", anyone?) I could continue with the sort of vile, negative, stereotypical attacks that have been made by rich, white Southerners against black men that they view as a threat, but I wouldn't want to give Hillary any ideas. This is a disgusting, racial attack against Obama being portrayed as an attack on Pennsylvania voters, and I will have none of it.
grandma
· 1 year ago
Agree Bcre8ve
As was said by the op ed in the NY Times today:
This toxic issue[race] is at the core of the Clinton camp’s relentless effort to persuade superdelegates that Senator Obama “can’t win” the White House. It’s the only weapon left in the Clintons’ depleted armory.
Except for people who have been hiding in caves or living in denial, it’s pretty widely understood that a substantial number of those voters — in Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia and elsewhere — will not vote for a black candidate for president.
This toxic issue is at the core of the Clinton camp’s relentless effort to persuade superdelegates that Senator Obama “can’t win” the White House. It’s the only weapon left in the Clintons’ depleted armory.
Typical white hardworking, 2nd ammendment supporting, God fearing, workingclass, smalltown, and bitter, Obama supporter.
Corporatist and the Washington elites that they fund are raping us.
sore.
grandma
· 1 year ago
Sir Elton John’s recent performance at a fund-raising event for Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton has drawn a formal complaint from Judicial Watch, a conservative watchdog group.
Mr. John, a foreign national, cannot under federal law make any contribution to a federal, state or local election campaign. The group, in a letter from its president, Tom Fitton, described Mr. John’s appearance at the fund-raiser as an “in-kind contribution from a foreign national.”
The Clinton campaign could not be reached for comment. More than 5,000 tickets were sold to the event at Radio City Music Hall in Manhattan.
Public Funding for private profit. Death for Dollras.
dad
· 1 year ago
Dollras = Dollars
For my birthday today I'm taking out a personal loan to pay my mortgage and put a deposit down towrd my son's college education.
Celebrating the American Dream!
(Damn right I'm bitter)
grandma
· 1 year ago
Last Friday Bush admitted he was aware of the meetings on the application of torture and he approved. As was reported in The Washington Post yesterday: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/bl...
And the media spent the entire week-end and, still is, focused on Obama's 'bitter' remarks....
While Bush gets another pass from the media for literally committing murder and again breaking the law.
Sage24
· 1 year ago
I hope someone in the Obama camp quotes this in the media.
"If [Republicans] could cut funding for Medicare, Medicaid, education, and the environment, middle-class Americans would see fewer benefits from their tax dollars, feel more resentful paying taxes, and become even more receptive to their appeals for tax cuts and their strategy of waging campaigns on divisive social and cultural issues like abortion, gay rights, and guns."
-- Bill Clinton, in his 2004 memoirs, My Life, making the same argument as Sen. Barack Obama.
wmforr
· 1 year ago
I was watching FX News with my morning coffee (what can I say? I'm a masochist.) and all these rich, white pundits were talking about how Obama's "blunder" had maybe cost him the nomination. (They REALLY want Hillary up against their McCandidate!)
Unbelievable! His "contempt for working people", "thinks they're a bunch of dumb rubes", their economic self interest is "Marxist philosophy". And worst of all "thinks big corporations are their enemy."
Imagine. He's just lost the vote of every poor Pennsylvanian who knows that big corporations are their friend, especially the corporation that just laid them off.
BY DAVE BARRY ....time to file your federal tax return. Yes, this is a pesky chore, but remember that paying taxes is not a ''one-way street.'' When you send your money to the government, the government, in return, provides you with vital services, such as not putting you in prison. The government also uses your money to pay for programs that benefit all Americans, such as the Catfish Genome Project.
And along with my Fakes News breakfast, I learned that Obama wants to spend lots and lots of money making the government DO things, but that the government always screws up doing things, and as proof, they offered all the Federal agencies that have become screw-ups under Bush's watch.
No sense of irony. These greedy asshills have no sense of irony.
If Obama really wanted to insult working Americans, he would say, "And they believe what they hear on Fox News."
McCain, Rove and Clinton seem to be working together to take Obama down.
SarainKC
· 1 year ago
DCinDC: McCain, Rove and Clinton seem to be working together to take Obama down.
Of course they are. Obama is the so called fly in the ointment of the Washington establishment. Obama ends the gravy train they all depend on. For them, this is about survival and Obama must be destroyed. All the more reason to vote for Barack, if nothing else to pry their cold dead hands off our tax dollars.
grandma
· 1 year ago
From Nat'l Review Online on Arianna Huffington: (Jim Geraghty)
How, exactly, can Arianna Huffington brag that Obama's description of what ails "bitter" small town Pennsylvanians were "broken here on HuffPost's OffTheBus" and then moments later attack Hillary for "relentlessly using these comments for political gain"?
Isn't she basically arguing, "Obama's comments are really big news... that are completely inappropriate for her to comment on!"
But by showcasing a comment that reinforces all kinds of negative memes about Obama, that batters him in small-town Pennsylvania, and that will make valuable fodder for McCain in the general election, I have to admit... nice job, Arianna.
McCain, Rove and Clinton seem to be working together to take Obama down.
He threatens their way of life.
Obama is change. The same has worked just fine for McCain, Rove and Clinton.
TheOriginalLiz
· 1 year ago
Obama scares the bejeesus out of the status quo politicians and corporatocracy. They are willing to unite to defeat a threat to their continued rape of America.
grandma
· 1 year ago
Arlen Specter on C Span now....asked about Obama he said his only problem with Obama is his lack of experience in Washington.
Heck....I see that as a plus !!!
grandma
· 1 year ago
I hope McCain chooses Pawlenty....get him out of office in MN.
From Minnesota Monitor: New ads target Pawlenty on medical marijuana Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 12:53:48 PM Andy Birkey A bill to allow patients with debilitating, intractable pain to legally possess marijuana, having already passed the Minnesota Senate, is set for a vote in the House. Gov. Tim Pawlenty is threatening a veto of the bill, and advocates of medical marijuana targeted Pawlenty in a series of ads featuring patients who have found relief from their conditions only through marijuana.
Just another day in the reign of the Election Fraud Emperor.
Indigo
· 1 year ago
It's reasonably clear to most observers and at-home commentators that nominating Hillary would be the DNC's donation to the McCain presidency. I'd like to know more about how the DNC and its enablers profit from throwing away the presidency. Tax cuts for the wealthy certainly help all wealthy including Billary and Daughter, so there's that. Senator Kerry and his lovely wife have no doubt invested wisely overseas. Senator Gore is now draped in a Nobel toga but I don't think the Republican administration supported that, not even secretly. He's a good thorn in their sides and it probably amuses the Scandanavians no end to see him doing so well in the face of repeated fascist attacks. But then there's the so-called "little people." My neighbors and their new driveway, the repeated anti-gay heckling that is Floribama's panhandle wisdom, the unfinished highway repairs, the schools closed to punish the public for voting the "wrong" way, the speeding tickets for going 40 mph in a 45 mph zone, and so on. I guess it's the Stockhom Syndrome at work (I don't mean the Nobel prize, I mean the internalizing of the values of an opressor). The benefits of voting Republican are everywhere in the confused thinking of the voters. I can only guess what's wrong but I suspect it's all that crystal meth from the trailer park labs of Amerika. "Breaking Bad" is not just TV fiction, it's reality TV as we're living today. Maybe the world up-north is a better place, but they've got Connecticut, so I doubt it.
KarenMrsLloydRichards
· 1 year ago
Cindy McCain is a THIEF! She steals husbands, drugs, and now: recipes! (see Huff Po for the goss)
Bcre8ve
· 1 year ago
I don't believe Ms "social x-ray" McCain eats, much less cooks. That they thought the rest of us would believe it shows just how stupid his campaign people think the American voters really are. I can see her now, in her black leather apron, Condi at her side, whipping up a batch of John's favorite doughnuts. NOT!
Besides, Ahi Tuna with Napa Cabbage and Passion Fruit Mousse? Sounds a little "elitist" to me.
dad
· 1 year ago
Thank you Indigo
aquarius2
· 1 year ago
ah ha, this may be why the GOP does not want Obama as President. He would, as president, ask his Attorney General to look into "crimes" committed by former government staff.
Well, that is the elephant in the room, though -- whether racism is still strong enough in this country to make it impossible for a black man, no matter how qualified, to be elected president.
But to be fair this has been part of the conversation for the last year, and the same can be said about misogyny and Hillary's candidacy. Is Barack unelectable because he's black? Is Hillary unelectable because she's a woman? Are they both unelectable because of other issues besides race and gender?
I guess it's a milestone that either of them even had a shot at the nomination, and clearly one of them will get the nod, making another milestone... but will either of them truly be electable, breaking that glass ceiling?
How much hidden misogyny and racism is still left? How accurate are any polls in reflecting what real people will really do in the voting booth in November?
Have we progressed enough as a nation to make either dream possible?
jr
· 1 year ago
republican talking points are the secret password to the beltway dinner party treehouse
jlsdunn
· 1 year ago
Well, if Clinton is lucky and plays her cards right, McCain just might pick her as a running mate.
tommytoonz
· 1 year ago
Watch this clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4xPuDgKO04 A Fox News host interviews this old guy in Allentown, PA asking if people are bitter and if Obama's words were correct and he says yes and he's a McCain supporter!
Busboy
· 1 year ago
Meanwhile; Hillary starts using sports analogies:
> Hillary says Memphis National Champs Despite KU Having More Points: > In a move that's sure to be seen as controversial, Hillary has contacted the NCAA Board of > Directors to argue that Memphis is actually better qualified to be National Champion. > Ms. Clinton stated that Memphis, while losing the game, had actually shown more ability to act > like a National Champion on Day One. She argued that Memphis had passed every test during the > game, including scoring more points than Kansas for 38 minutes. For 38 minutes they had shown > the experience necessary to be National Champion. "Just because some team comes along in the > last minute and scores more points than the other guy doesn't mean they're necessarily able to > be National Champion on Day One." > Ms. Clinton further stated that Memphis should've won the game had Derrick Rose's second half > three pointer been allowed to count. Instead, it was ruled a two after review by the officials. > His foot was clearly inside the line. Memphis coach John Calipari said he would ask that the > rule allowing monitor review of shots be changed after this season. Hillary said she seconded > that, and pointed out had Memphis been allowed to count a three that wasn't really a three they > would've won. "It doesn't matter what the rules of the game are before it starts. What matters > is how we change the rules after the game so we can have the winner we want." > Kansas, for its part, had this to say to Hillary: "Barack Chalk Jayhawk!"
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As was said by the op ed in the NY Times today:
This toxic issue[race] is at the core of the Clinton camp’s relentless effort to persuade superdelegates that Senator Obama “can’t win” the White House. It’s the only weapon left in the Clintons’ depleted armory.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/15/opinion/15her...
From today's NY Times:
Except for people who have been hiding in caves or living in denial, it’s pretty widely understood that a substantial number of those voters — in Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia and elsewhere — will not vote for a black candidate for president.
This toxic issue is at the core of the Clinton camp’s relentless effort to persuade superdelegates that Senator Obama “can’t win” the White House. It’s the only weapon left in the Clintons’ depleted armory.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/15/opinion/15her...
Corporatist and the Washington elites that they fund are raping us.
sore.
Mr. John, a foreign national, cannot under federal law make any contribution to a federal, state or local election campaign. The group, in a letter from its president, Tom Fitton, described Mr. John’s appearance at the fund-raiser as an “in-kind contribution from a foreign national.”
The Clinton campaign could not be reached for comment. More than 5,000 tickets were sold to the event at Radio City Music Hall in Manhattan.
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/14/a...
Happy Income Tax Day!!!
Public Funding for private profit.
Death for Dollras.
Happy Income Tax Day!!!
Public Funding for private profit.
Death for Dollras.
For my birthday today I'm taking out a personal loan to pay my mortgage and put a deposit down towrd my son's college education.
Celebrating the American Dream!
(Damn right I'm bitter)
As was reported in The Washington Post yesterday:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/bl...
And the media spent the entire week-end and, still is, focused on Obama's 'bitter' remarks....
While Bush gets another pass from the media for literally committing murder and again breaking the law.
"If [Republicans] could cut funding for Medicare, Medicaid, education, and the environment, middle-class Americans would see fewer benefits from their tax dollars, feel more resentful paying taxes, and become even more receptive to their appeals for tax cuts and their strategy of waging campaigns on divisive social and cultural issues like abortion, gay rights, and guns."
-- Bill Clinton, in his 2004 memoirs, My Life, making the same argument as Sen. Barack Obama.
Unbelievable! His "contempt for working people", "thinks they're a bunch of dumb rubes", their economic self interest is "Marxist philosophy". And worst of all "thinks big corporations are their enemy."
Imagine. He's just lost the vote of every poor Pennsylvanian who knows that big corporations are their friend, especially the corporation that just laid them off.
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/14/rupert-murd...
....time to file your federal tax return. Yes, this is a pesky chore, but remember that paying taxes is not a ''one-way street.'' When you send your money to the government, the government, in return, provides you with vital services, such as not putting you in prison. The government also uses your money to pay for programs that benefit all Americans, such as the Catfish Genome Project.
http://www.miamiherald.com/dave_barry/story/493...
No sense of irony. These greedy asshills have no sense of irony.
If Obama really wanted to insult working Americans, he would say, "And they believe what they hear on Fox News."
Of course they are. Obama is the so called fly in the ointment of the Washington establishment. Obama ends the gravy train they all depend on. For them, this is about survival and Obama must be destroyed. All the more reason to vote for Barack, if nothing else to pry their cold dead hands off our tax dollars.
How, exactly, can Arianna Huffington brag that Obama's description of what ails "bitter" small town Pennsylvanians were "broken here on HuffPost's OffTheBus" and then moments later attack Hillary for "relentlessly using these comments for political gain"?
Isn't she basically arguing, "Obama's comments are really big news... that are completely inappropriate for her to comment on!"
But by showcasing a comment that reinforces all kinds of negative memes about Obama, that batters him in small-town Pennsylvania, and that will make valuable fodder for McCain in the general election, I have to admit... nice job, Arianna.
http://campaignspot.nationalreview.com/post/?q=...
Heck of a job Arianna...........sheeshhhh
He threatens their way of life.
Obama is change. The same has worked just fine for McCain, Rove and Clinton.
his lack of experience in Washington.
Heck....I see that as a plus !!!
From Minnesota Monitor:
New ads target Pawlenty on medical marijuana
Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 12:53:48 PM
Andy Birkey
A bill to allow patients with debilitating, intractable pain to legally possess marijuana, having already passed the Minnesota Senate, is set for a vote in the House. Gov. Tim Pawlenty is threatening a veto of the bill, and advocates of medical marijuana targeted Pawlenty in a series of ads featuring patients who have found relief from their conditions only through marijuana.
http://minnesotamonitor.com/showDiary.do?diaryI...
But then there's the so-called "little people." My neighbors and their new driveway, the repeated anti-gay heckling that is Floribama's panhandle wisdom, the unfinished highway repairs, the schools closed to punish the public for voting the "wrong" way, the speeding tickets for going 40 mph in a 45 mph zone, and so on. I guess it's the Stockhom Syndrome at work (I don't mean the Nobel prize, I mean the internalizing of the values of an opressor). The benefits of voting Republican are everywhere in the confused thinking of the voters. I can only guess what's wrong but I suspect it's all that crystal meth from the trailer park labs of Amerika. "Breaking Bad" is not just TV fiction, it's reality TV as we're living today. Maybe the world up-north is a better place, but they've got Connecticut, so I doubt it.
Besides, Ahi Tuna with Napa Cabbage and Passion Fruit Mousse? Sounds a little "elitist" to me.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/04/15/obama-...
But to be fair this has been part of the conversation for the last year, and the same can be said about misogyny and Hillary's candidacy. Is Barack unelectable because he's black? Is Hillary unelectable because she's a woman? Are they both unelectable because of other issues besides race and gender?
I guess it's a milestone that either of them even had a shot at the nomination, and clearly one of them will get the nod, making another milestone... but will either of them truly be electable, breaking that glass ceiling?
How much hidden misogyny and racism is still left? How accurate are any polls in reflecting what real people will really do in the voting booth in November?
Have we progressed enough as a nation to make either dream possible?
A Fox News host interviews this old guy in Allentown, PA asking if people are bitter and if Obama's words were correct and he says yes and he's a McCain supporter!
> Hillary says Memphis National Champs Despite KU Having More Points:
> In a move that's sure to be seen as controversial, Hillary has
contacted the NCAA Board of
> Directors to argue that Memphis is actually better qualified to be
National Champion.
> Ms. Clinton stated that Memphis, while losing the game, had
actually shown more ability to act
> like a National Champion on Day One. She argued that Memphis had
passed every test during the
> game, including scoring more points than Kansas for 38 minutes. For
38 minutes they had shown
> the experience necessary to be National Champion. "Just because some
team comes along in the
> last minute and scores more points than the other guy doesn't mean
they're necessarily able to
> be National Champion on Day One."
> Ms. Clinton further stated that Memphis should've won the game had
Derrick Rose's second half
> three pointer been allowed to count. Instead, it was ruled a two
after review by the officials.
> His foot was clearly inside the line. Memphis coach John Calipari
said he would ask that the
> rule allowing monitor review of shots be changed after this season.
Hillary said she seconded
> that, and pointed out had Memphis been allowed to count a three that
wasn't really a three they
> would've won. "It doesn't matter what the rules of the game are
before it starts. What matters
> is how we change the rules after the game so we can have the winner
we want."
> Kansas, for its part, had this to say to Hillary: "Barack Chalk
Jayhawk!"