Obama Damps Down Racial Controversy

Yes, Bill Clinton was against Iraq from beginning, just like he didn’t inhale, just like he didn’t have sex with that woman, Miss Lewinsky. Why in the world does this man have credibiilty on anything?

Obama has my out right respect! He had class and honor. Sticks to the issues. May God bless him and his family! Obama 08!

Well done, once again, Senator!

There you go Barack…your attack dogs stir up there racial controversy and the you come afterwards withe a nice comment to show the issue is behind you. What a clever sneaky and calculated politician are you? uh-huh.
You are dishonest man!

Yes, they are fundamentally different, which is why she is obsessed with promoting herself as a leader and he as a uniter, a coalition builder. His response to Billary is very presidential. It takes a very self-confident person not to go OFFFFF.

Well, it took a little time to hear from him, but it was worth the wait. Great response!

Obama is a calculated, fake, masterminded politician, very disciplined and well coached by the same people he is saying he is going to fight. I don’t trust that man. He is a risk so are his “cult” followers that are supporting him without relaly even getting to know the man well.
He will do more damage to the Democratic party, because he is deceiving us all. SHAME SHAME OBAMA!

Get a life people … everyone gets offended because someone says something that is taken way out of context. Politicians can say something without publicly saying it. Obama is just playing politics behind the scenes .. and fooling the American people…don’t be naive .. Our country’s future depends on it
Obama does is not unique – he does not stand for anything but himself and it is ashame the people of America are going to be fool again like they were fooled when Busg was elected….

Also, if you look at what has been said over and over again during these past months; The Clinton’s have been telling us that Barack Obama, isn’t good enough to represent any race, or class of people. That is why this is so disheartening, the since of her” Entitlement.”
We don’t owe anyone our vote, you must first earn it! This is how the American people are being pushed into voting for the Clinton’s. What was done in the past is just that, the past! What matter now is what you have done Lately! We need to know Hillary’s experience now, and not Bill’s experience back then in the 1990’s.
Has Hillary made any major changes since she has been in the “Senate” now! However she did vote for the Iraq war and the Iran resolution, what bills has she passed that has helped the American people within the last 7 years? What makes you think that anything will change, does she have the ability to work across party lines?
From what I see so far from Hillary is that we are “Being had,” all talk and no action. So my point is this “We the People of the United States of America,” must judge for ourselves and not what anyone is willing to say, or do to get elected.
So, Hillary if we don’t have unity instead we will still have division, and then what good would it do to elect you?
Now, if Obama can bring about change then we are better off going with a new way of thinking instead of having the same old thing and expecting different results equal the definition of Stupidity!
As, to race and the gender card being played it has been played all along by the Hillary Clinton. Example: “I am a woman, I sorry that you don’t like me, crying to get votes in New Humphries, I’ve been vetted, and the list goes on and on” What does that say about what you are willing to do to get elected, at any cost? Remember there isn’t any crying in politics; just simply state your case and move on! Let us make our own choice, stick to the facts and stop the BS’!
Barack OBAMA, he’s smart, speaks well, inspirational, educated, young, black, but ask yourself this, does he point this out himself, our do we! He has never mentioned these things only other have.
That is what the Clinton campaign is “Afraid” of! That you will take the time to look at him, and see what is really wrong with American, because he doesn’t fit the stereotype of what White America really thinks about Black people!
This is the fear that the Clinton campaign is afraid of, that we will see this in them. That is why they have been visage in attacking Barack Obama, and they are trying to dismiss him, and all of his accomplishment.
So don’t be fooled by the Clinton’s or Karl Rove, they are both using the same playbook. “Attack, Attack, Attack, Dismiss, Dismiss, Dismiss, Blame, Blame, Blame, Destroy Destroy Destroy, Defeat, Defeat Defeat”! Then we the people LOOOOSE!!!!!
So, I ask you again; we are free to choose the candidate of our own choice, but don’t be fooled by what you see, or hear the Clinton’s say they can’t be trusted. Bill Clinton, hasn’t never been a black president for black people, but rather the president of the United States of America. That “IS” the same opportunity that Barack Obama is asking of us too!
We don’t need petty insults of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, or of any other person who was willing to lay their life on the line for America to achieve the “Dream of Equality of all its people, Black, White, Brown, Asian, Women and Children”!
To add food for thought; Perhaps we all need to look deep within our own hearts and ask ourselves the one major burning question. Why would you first of all be so disrespectful to someone whom only wants to have a seat at the table? Barack Obama, no doubt must be pretty important.
The movement of inspiration of change and hope that he brings, I would contributed this to his up bring, teaching, character, and his abilities to inspire others by the message of hope, that he now brings us. You see he is living the dream!
What compassion and strong conviction he must have to put himself, and his family out their for so many people to look at. That takes courage and the willingness of sacrifice that he wants to bring about “Change like so many others that came before him!”
He isn’t an empty suit as others have suggested; but rather most importantly enough a “Man” that has the courage to run for president, and to give apart of himself too, and for others.
He has instead demonstrated these gifts of service through his community outreach efforts, community organizer, and his works within the Illinois house of legislation, and now a State Senator. He has achieved many great accomplishments and will continue to achieve greater successes.
But, one thing that I do know; If you allow fear to rule your mind and your hearts, you will never be able to appreciate the efforts of others. “The goal for each individual is to give more than you take from this life, and not the other way around.” And lastly and more importantly: “Dare to Dream” Barack Obama for president of the United States of America!

Hillary and Bill Clinton are 2 con artists, portraying themselves to be allies of the Black community when in fact they have done no more than any other Democrat to support Black causes.
I recall that under his Administration, in 1993, the nation got its criminal crime bill that has caused the incarceration of millions of young black men due to unfair sentence guidelines regarding crack and powder cocaine. Under his administration, poor black women became the victim of Welfare Reform and dead end jobs while corporate welfare escalated. In addition, in an effort to show his military muscle, be illegally bombed Iraq and a Sudanese pharmaceutical plant. Inspired by corporate influence, he decimated the businesses of several Caribbean islands when he used the power of his presidency to transfer European markets for Caribbean bananas to Chiquita Brands, a major supporter of his campaign. He refused to intervene during the Rwanda genocide during which millions were killed and/or displaced. He did not support Lani Guinier, his nomination for the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, and the hypocrite fired Joycelyn Elders for speaking candidly about human sexuality.
Since throwing her hat into the race for president, Hillary Clinton has adopted the same, “I am Black and I feel your pain” nonsense as her spouse. Throughout his days in the White House and the US Senate, she has failed to politically demonstrate any real concern for issues facing Black people or Africans throughout the Diaspora. In contrast, during each debate, she attempts to come across as being more “black” than Obama, which I find offensive.
She, like her husband, has done nothing of value to earn the consistent loyalty and respect of black people. Moreover, while she is comfortable going to a black church, hugging black politicians and ministers, misquoting SoJourner Truth and making references to the historical oppression of Black people, such symbolic gestures should not be misinterpreted to mean that Hillary is a political ally of Blacks or Africa

Go Barack! Finally, someone shows some class up in this primary!

Oops he’s doing it again. His surrogates create and exploit the issue and at the end the “savior” Obama talks and all is forgotten. LOL
Who is he think is fooling????
What a fake man!

Obama’s campaign is full of it! If they think experience does not count in this election, wake up everyone. Even the corporate world looks for talented people who grow, get years of experience, and if they are lucky, they get promoted to run companies. Folks, we’re talking about running this country with enormous domestic and global challenges. What we need is track record of experience, know how, and less oratorical abilities and not a complainer when words seem disagreeable for them.

Bill and Hillary will say anything to get elected. They have this sense of entitlement and arrogance. I am proud to say I only voted for Bill one time (once was enough).
Obama offers real change by building a broad new, more inclusive Democratic majority. As a result, he will get more done as President than Hillary ever could.
Bill and Hillary rule by divide and conquor…the Karl Rove playbook. It’s sad and pathetic and I wont vote for her in the general election.

wow. what a pitch perfect response.

I would also like to know what kind of role model Obama thinks he is for our children?? I would ask more about his lack of voting when it counts? 130 present votes in a YEAR?????
I would also like to know what Obama is trying to tell women by this:
(isn’t this just as bad as Hillary’s comments, Yet the media doesn’t confront him…. Maybe it is a fairytale?)
“PRESIDENTIAL hopeful Barack Obama claims to run a clean campaign, but someone in his camp took a swipe at Hillary Clinton through the candidate’s theme song.
As Obama and his wife, Michelle, strolled triumphantly into his victory party in Des Moines, Iowa, on Jan. 3, Jay-Z’s “99 Problems” was blaring. In it, Jay raps, “I got 99 problems, but a bi*ch ain’t one.”
Some listeners took it as a not-so-sly reference to Hillary.
“We didn’t know he used that,” a shocked Clinton spokesperson said. ”
I would also like to know what kind of role model that is for our children??

I was going to say something but then I forgot. Oh yeah…Obama already said it!

I was not sure I would vote for Obama, if he let this dissolve into a racial issue. But now I know he has the leadership qualities for this nation.

Congrats to Obama for attempting to bring this out of the gutter.

Can’t you people hear, read???? Obama NEVER started the race issue!!!! It was the media ONCE AGAIN, just looking for a story.

New Hampshire was used!

Obama continues to prove he’s a class act. If he says Hillary’s comments weren’t racial, I believe him. Hillary’s inartful point was that it took the actions of Politicians to bring MLK’s dream [closer] to reality.
Hillary has my respect. Obama’s got my respect and my vote.

I keep hearing the same mis-quote over and over again. Bill said Obama’s record on the Iraq war was a “fairy tale.” He was not talking about Obama’s candidacy. Let’s stick with the facts.

If he wasn’t using it for political gain, then why didn’t Obama say this last week? … he is just as political as the next politician.

I echo the thanks to Obama for being decent enough to defend his opponent on this matter. Stay above the fray. GO-bama!

It seems the democrats are out to destroy themselves and create the likelihood of the Republicans gaining the white house in the next election. In my opinion, Obama appears to be the most qualified candidate for the presidency—only if people can look past petty racial matters.

Does helping the race-baiter twist the knife in your back make you perceived as a dude that has class? Ummm. This battle between Hillary and Obama needs some clarity. Obama is in a fog over this.

What style-what class! It shows that Obama is genuine! It never ceases to amaze me that people have forgotten Whitewater and Slick Willy getting impeached for lying to all of us on national TV saying he did not have an affair with Ms. Lewinsky.Hillary stayed with the idiot just for political reasons. As always the CLinton machine is at it again. They started the race mess and now are trying to say it is Obama’s fault. What hypocrites they are. I’m voting for Obama.

Way to go Barack! The Clinton’s are slinging mud so take the high road! Hey Hilary I hear Karl Rove is waiting on your call!

Obama tacitly accused Hillary of being racially insensitive when he said quote:
“Senator Clinton made an unfortunate remark, an ill-advised remark, about King and Lyndon Johnson. I didn’t make the statement, I haven’t remarked on it, and she, I think, offended some folks who felt that somehow diminished King’s role in bringing about the Civil Rights Act. She is free to explain that, but the notion that somehow this is our doing is ludicrous.”
Got that? Obama has not even remarked on Hillary’s “unfortunate” and “ill-advised” statement. And then Mr. Innocence comes in for the final kill with the observation that some folks feel that Hillary “diminished King’s role in bringing about the Civil Rights Act.” Obama buried his campaign last weekend – he lost my vote today.

Remember the uproar when Joe Biden said “Obama is articulate, bright, clean and nice-looking guy”? Remember the outrage when Bill Clinton called Obama’s campaign a “fairy tale”? And now he did the same thing to Hillary because she complemented Dr. King’s astute political intelligence. OBAMA IS A SERIAL RACE-BAITER. Race baiting is the art of taking a nice thing a white person says about a black person COMPLETELY OUT OF CONTEXT and seeing Obama play that game 3 TIMES SO FAR makes me confident in my decision not to vote for him. I wont vote for a man who fans the flames of racism, no matter how passively he does it.

How does one call a ‘truce’ on a bully? It never worked before. LOL
If bullies are relentlessly attacking you, how do you call a truce with the Clinton bullies? LOL
The Clintons are the one who decided do PERSONAL ATTACKS after they lost in Iowa in their bid for a THIRD CLINTON TERM!
Bill Clinton is using Hilary as a front to sneak a THEIR CLINTON TERM! And they will do anything for their personal ambition.
The Clintons will continue the divisiveness that causes nothing to get done in Washington on the nation’s behalf.

Now this is a PRESIDENT. Way to go Barack. Pay attention Hillary apologists. This is called class.

Hillary is a really desperate. What is wrong with her? She should talk about her policies instead of trying to further divide an already divided nation

To those who are complainting that Sen. Obama “let” this thing (whatever you want call it) go on too long, it’s my understanding that yesterday, Sunday, when it really heated up, was a day he had scheduled a long time ago to take off and be with his family. The only activity I’ve heard of was a conference call that he may have been on (or it may have been just Sen. Durbin and some others from the campaign).
I truly can’t begrudge any of them a day off now and then. That goes for Sen. Clinton, too.
In addition, none of this stuff came from his campaign – except one staffer’s statement that she was concerned there might be a pattern and a memo that was **never** given out to the press (by the campaign) exploring that possibility. So injecting himself into the issue before it was clearly and badly needed would have been inflaming rather than calming.
And, in truth, it’s not Sen. Obama’s job to ‘babysit’ everyone, staff and opponents alike, to make sure they act nice at all times — and if you think that IS his job, then surely you want him to be President!
I was disappointed that the ones I considered true statesmen (Biden and others) had left the race. But this makes me think that there may be a real statesman among the younger generation.

Good for you, Obama! Let’s not let the Clintons start irrelevant discussions.

I’m sorry, but this article missed a few key points. 1)Hillary openly stated yesterday before Obama did (one hour ago) that she would like to take race out of the equation in this election (See CNN Commentators today 01/14/07). 2) Bill’s comments were clearly about Obama’s shifting stance on the war in Iraq (you would know this if you heard what he said immediately before stating “fairytale”; watch the video please recorded on 01/07/08) 3)Obama again indirectly threw a spin on this – now it’s that she’s saying that somehow LBJ’s executive powers are more important than MLK Jr.’s inspiration and grass roots organization. Hillary NEVER said this. Listen to the MEET THE PRESS interview (01/13/08) and you will see that she clearly gives credit to MLK Jr. for the struggles he underwent, his inspiration and organization. She said this from the beginning, but again the media cut this part out of the clips, just like they did with Bill’s. 4) Obama is playing under the radar dirty politics and is, basically, perceiving the public as fools. Given some of the comments here, I think he may be right. Wake up and listen and read the full statements of both of these candidates and you will realize how badly the media has distorted the facts. Go to CSPAN and on here ABC and listen to Obama’s statements at yesterday’s congregation and when a reporter asked him questions, he clearly contributed to bringing the issue of race into this election; not to mention that Mr. Jackson, Jr., a close friend and campaign supporter of Obama’s, also rallied up the issue on several news stations, including CNN 5) Notice that Obama also came up with an economic plan ONLY AFTER Hillary came out with hers to see how well or not it was received, and then he offers the exact same plan with $5 billion more and injects the word “immediately”. Sorry, but this guy is playing us for fools and clearly it is working for some.

I sill have a little bit of respect for bill(trying to make up for him cheating on his wife by helping her get elected), however I will loose all respect if he continues these personal attack claims. They are the ones using personal attacks> I will vote for OBAMA not because of his race, because of his readiness, the fact he does not take money from federal lobbyist (like Clinton)and he has the support of Jonh kerry

WOW! Now you got my vote what a response!Proud to have some one like you.

Look, Hillary Clinton is married to the man that African Americans fondly called our first black President.
The Clinton’s are the poster family for what African Americans want white people to be like. They are more black than some African Americans I know.
So give it a rest. Because as we say down south. “That dog wont hunt.”
Sincerely
A descendant of African American Slaves…

Senator Clinton’s comment is nothing more than a statement of HISTORICAL FACT!!! What is wrong with you people??? Had it not been for the 1964 Civil Rights Act signed by the President of the United States, Dr. King’s dream would have never become a reality and he would have died in vain. It was BECAUSE of all the hard work that Dr. King did, because of Dr. King’s dream, because of Dr. King’s passion that the President was given the Civil Right’s Act to sign into law.
So stop jumping on the ani-Clinton bandwagon and go learn some history.
I’ve no doubt that Mr. Obama’s campaign was behind taking Ms. Clinton’s comments and blowing it up out of proportion so he could make himself look good.
Just remember that all that glitters is not gold, and if something looks too good to be true – generally, it is.

All I have to say is Hillary give up Bill give up. Obama seems to have alot of appeal among republicans and democrats, they should rally around him instead of trying to knock him down in order to win an election. We have learned from the last elections and we will make sure we vote for the right candidate

“Many African-Americans were “offended?”–Well, I’m African-American and many like me were NEVER OFFENDED by what Senator Clinton said. We knew what she was saying and what she meant. We’re more angry how others made and attempt to exploit what she said to their advantage in an attempt to garner African-American voters for themselves. It sicken us to no end how they used the very methods they’ve complained about to others for decades.
They sullied the name and memory of Dr. King and what he stood for and all those who fought, marched and stood for equality with him. They were of many races, many classes and varying religions. Whites fought, died and lost their livelihoods in the fight for equality for all Americans too! In fact, at least at the beginning, there were as many blacks as whites who tried to bring down Dr. King. Only after they saw he had the support of some pretty important white people did they jump center stage as if they’d been there all along!

Ex-Clinton supporter? Is this really Ann Couter? Tell me Ann, Whats with the Adams apple?

This is a media driven story taken right out of the Karl Rove”s playbook of divide and smear. Bits and pieces paste together to [create] what appears to be a story. This nonsense plays right into the hands of the drowning republicans. This country has sought “change” since 2004 prez election.Huckabee and Obama speak to this issue,but their platforms failed to illustrate or separate them
from other candidates in their respective parties on such issues as the
Iraq war,taxes and health insurance.
These polarizing issues continue to be
the core of what each candidate stands
for,but are not actually presented in the their stump speeches.THIS IS WHY
THEY ARE CALLED POLITICIANS.

Anybody that’s not voting for Barack because of this, probably was never voting for him anyways.

Obama blew it – he had my vote on Saturday but he lost it on Sunday. I feel totally betrayed AND IT’S BETTER TO FEEL BETRAYED NOW THAN AFTER I VOTED LMAO !!

Obama pulled the plug on his entire campaign last weekend – it’s over.

Why CNN wants Mrs. Clinton to win, whereas ABC is neutral. Any reason?

Race baiting is the most reliable way to destroy someone’s reputation – it’s foolproof and I bet a campaign manager told Obama to go for the kill but FOR THE FIRST TIME IN RECORDED HISTORY, a race-baiting ploy BACKFIRED. The difference is that we expect more from our American president than cheap race-baiting tactics.

For you people who continue to insist this Clinton ploy was started by Obama or the media, please refer to the statements made by South Carolina Representative, Jim Clyburn, Bob Hebert, and Donna Brazile, immediately after Clinton’s fairy tale speech. Clyburn took exception to Clinton’s statement as did Bob Hebert of the NY Times, who totally misconstrued it, then Donna Brazile, one time Gore campaign manager chimed in with “using a fairy tale as he did last week, it’s an insult”. What does Bill Clinton do then, he picks up the phone and calls the Al Sharpton radio show. He could have called CNN, or ABC, or even maybe FOX, but no, he calls the nation’s number one individual who is bound to misconsture the whole matter as being racially toned, and Sharpton also has a bone to pick with Barack for announcing his candidacy for president since Sharpton was considering announcing. Barack shot him out of the saddle by announcing first. After Sharpton starts the racial bandwagon rolling, he’s joined by Jesse Jackson Jr. Now it’s a conflagration. Bill Clinton knew this would happen if he were to call Sharpton. Barack didn’t utter a word, if he had, it would only have made the matter worse. Instead he did just as he did when in Harvard law school debates. Sit back and listen while others argued and made fools of themselves, until gathering all the facts, then lower the boom with a carefully rationalized and intelligent decision. That’s the mark of a true leader. I give Senator Obama high Kudo’s for a righteous and intelligent decision, and showing his superior intellect in this matter. It’s about time too as he now has to contend with the Clinton lawsuit in Nevada challenging the DNC caucus rules they have known about since August.

Let’s see, who did Hillary trounce in the first election? Rick Lazio. Who lost almost every single REPUBLICAN county in NY. So I guess she got some non-Dems to vote for her. Oh yeah, her re-election results. She won by nearly 30 points. And swept the Republican Northern rural districts nearly ENTIRELY. Are we going to suggest that the republicans all fled the northern counties for a day? Let’s at least give her credit for one thing that no one can ever change: she is the first first lady to win office; she is the first female in the 232 year history of this nation to win a state primary. No amount of white-out or black-out or Right-out can erase that fact.

Hillary and Bill are no more racist than they are unsavvy politicans. Obama’s response addresses the Clinton’s comments for what they were, clumsy. Obama continues to show his consistency on what in means to unify in both his rhetoric and his character and I’m tired of hearing people attack those things as if it were bad to have a motivational president who is principled. If you have any doubts listen to what his fellow senators have to say about him. From Bradley to Kerry they all praise him as first and foremost a good person. Inexperienced in the ways of our broken political system? maybe, but please stay away from the man’s character. Obama 08′.

I predict the Clintons efforts to “swift boat” Barack Obama will backfire.

A-B-C = Anyone But Clintons!
What’s really irking the Clinton clan as they vie for a THIRD TERM?
And a chance to again foul the White House and undermine the US Presidency?

This is the man I want for my president. I’m now committed to caucus for Senator Obama.
Thank you, Senator Obama, for exemplifying the respectful demeanor that the leader of the free world should. And thank you for not deliberately misleading voters, even though your opponent has done so.

Wow. Nicely done Senator Obama. What a gracious gesture. Again, Senator Obama steps up, walks the walk, and speaks above the base, business-as-usual, divisive politics that have become the norm in Washington. Kudos to you Senator Obama.

Stop it! Both of you! All of you!!…blacks and whites! We have more important things to deal with, like homelessness, soldiers dying, people without health care.
Martin Luther King was a great man, Lyndon Johnson did great things.
But one thing is for certain, neither of you, or anyone of us is great if we act like school children drawing lines in the sand in our sandboxes.
Everybody apologize…including you Obama and you Hillary!

Bret – -”I am black and I will vote for Hillary and Bill.” —- Ummm hate to break this to you, but bill isn’t running in fact, the moment he takes on even ONE function of the president, he is in violation of the 22nd ammendment and the impeachment on his wife will start immediately… This is not a co-president situation…

Mr. Obama is class act, race is still an issue no doubt but I seriously doubt it was meant in the context taken by the media at some levels.

Baracks new way of politicking is what this country needs. He’ll convince many, but will never convince some: The racsits…the bigots. Hillary will also miss the vote of the misogynists, so good riddance to all of these types.
The others who troll these sites to spew such silly vitriol as comments is disheartening. I think a 13 year old is loose on a computer somewhere…but we can change all of this.
We, Americans who are tired of this old school type of petty politics, can change this.
If Hillary wins the nomination, I unfortunately, will vote for Mike Hucabee (with Chuck Norris as his VP.) PORK CHOPS and KARATE CHOPS FOR EVERYONE!

doug, you obviously work for the clinton campaign. Your multiple posts don’t make any sense, they consist solely of insults and name-calling without any substance… I guess that’s why you relate so well to Billary, eh?

Corporate Mitt, Dead Fred, and Moody Rudy are loving this. They will use all of these pity party comments as commercials. Even if the writer’s strike continues, they have enough ammunition to please the NRA. Maybe we should agree to disagree and focus on the enemy – greed VS need.

It’s Hillary is playing the racial card……. she is scared of Obama’s popularity. She thought presidency is under her belt…but I bet Obama and Edwards wud make her to run for life…
Obama has inspired Americans..truely he is the one who measured the importance of independents, republicans and democrats … now everybody is following his method… Hillary evil intention is that ” if she somehow able to convince that Obama is playing race card” ..so that whites wud vote for her… but she is at fault …
white, blak, hispanic voted for Obama and continue to vote for him…. I’m sure on the last day Bill wud vote for Obama…
Hillary wud stant outside and clap what a man is Obama…
lastly she will embrace to become a preach at a church… hehehhehe..
Obama is the man for americans …

It’s Hillary is playing the racial card……. she is scared of Obama’s popularity. She thought presidency is under her belt…but I bet Obama and Edwards wud make her to run for life…
Obama has inspired Americans..truely he is the one who measured the importance of independents, republicans and democrats … now everybody is following his method… Hillary evil intention is that ” if she somehow able to convince that Obama is playing race card” ..so that whites wud vote for her… but she is at fault …
white, blak, hispanic voted for Obama and continue to vote for him…. I’m sure on the last day Bill wud vote for Obama…
Hillary wud stant outside and clap what a man is Obama…
lastly she will embrace to become a preach at a church… hehehhehe..
Obama is the man for americans …

Barack Obama’s response to the so-called “racial” comments from the Clinton camp reminds me of the way Tiger Woods handled the “lynching” comment from the Golf Channel — it’s a non-issue. I don’t agree with everything the Clintons say and those things aren’t always said in the best context, but the Clintons are too intelligent to resort to racist remarks or diminish the legacy of Martin Luther King. It’s refreshing to see the way Obama has handled all this. Hopefully the whole thing will be put to rest and misinterpretations of people’s words won’t stand in the way of these important campaigns.

Obama, you are a lovely lovely man. Whatever the dynamics of this issue, this evening you came out above the fray. A true class act. Very presidential. Hillary is desperate. She provides no hope. Thoughts and wishes to the Obamas

Here’s what happened. Al Sharpton made national news about 3 times more than he should have last year, nonetheless, every time Sharpton race-baited, it worked out to his favor.
So it looked like a sure thing when Hillary made a comment that could be TAKEN COMPLETELY OUT OF CONTEXT…then BOOM – it backfired.
No politician will ever make that mistake again because today we showed Washington that we expect more from presidential candidates than petty race-baiting.
Al Sharpton will still descend flapping from a bellfry like a vampire whenever an average white person tries to say something nice about a black person – but politicians can’t get away with it – we expect more than that.

Well played, Mr. Obama, well played.

OK Dan Abrams just had a great story on MSNBC about this “racial controversy.” He nailed it right on the head. The stupid media have created a race story where there is none. The Clinton comments were taken completely out of context by the media for whatever sensationalist story they wanted and then they baited the Obamba camp to comment on this story but only giving them the out of context comments so they could get a race story going. THE MEDIA S U C K S!!!

Yes, Obama’s campaign IS a fairy tale if he claims he’s been consistently against Iraq. He hasn’t, I rememeber when he said: “My views aren’t really different from Bush’s,” after Obama funded the war! And after the invasion, when Obama said, “Looking back, I don’t know if I would have voted for the war or not, really.” Calling that clean could make one laugh all day long!!

Where was Saint Obama days ago when these words could have made a difference? Answer: he was sitting back quietly fueling the controversy. This guy is no “uniter.” He’s a major con man.

Just politics people. Surprise, surprise! Yeah, they criticize each other, they want to get elected, duh! After someone wins the nomination, they will all be in love again. Does nobody know this?

Hey Obama — this is all cute fun and games that may play well in South Carolina, but Americans will ultimately reject your diviseness strategy. Keep playing your games and see what happens.

As I recall, the marches, speeches, rallies, and hosings, beatings and dogs all galvanized a country to recognize a serious flaw in our system. The contributions and sacrifices by those who engaged in that vocal public exposure cannot be minimized or marginalized by today’s leaders. It stands the test of time. Still, had there been no legislative leadership to take this energized cause and make it into something doable in day to day dealings, we’d still be marching.

I am so glad that Obama took the higher road on this one. I watched Meet the Press yesterday and did not hear Hillary answer one of Tim Russert’s questions the way it was asked. He even tried to ask her the same question a few times hoping to get an actual response out of her. Her typical response “Look Tim, we can sit here all day and argue, or we can look at the facts.” I am so tired of her facts! I have been following the race very closely, watching all of the debates, and the more I hear from her, the more I cannot stand. I will vote for the Democratic nominee whoever it may be in November (although I hope it’s Obama!!) because we need a Democrat back in the White House; HOWEVER, I will still not be proud to be American. If Hillary wins the nomination, it is because her and Bill have brainwashed and convincingly lied to a majority of people. If Hillary gets the nomination, I fear that it will be a lot easier for the Republicans to put another of their kind into the White House…especially if Bloomberg decides to run.

Will you people stop buying into the story that Obama was race baiting. He hasn’t said ANYTHING and you Hillary supporters act like he started it. Hillary and Bill made some comments that were misunderstood and some people in the black community got offended. That wasn’t either candidate starting it. It was stupid and the media took off with it.
Hillary tried to act like everything being said against her was coming from Obama and it didn’t.
Not everything that is said is approved by the candidates. Did Hillary say she was working for the black community when Barack was doing drugs in the street? No, that was a supporter.

It seems increasingly clear to me as a white, middle-aged, male professional that the Clintons are trying to incite a divide between civil rights and women’s rights, in a desperate attempt to hold onto political power. I hope Obama finds the correct balance between defending himself against these reprehensible people and staying on message about the politics of national unity. If Hillary gets the nomination by hook or crook, I’ll join the independents in voting Republican.

Obama is so in to himself I can’t stand the way he is so caught up in himsel I knew ths was going this way Edwards and him put women down then when they realized they had offended them The they changed that the Clintons were racist COME ON OBAMA SUPPORTETRS “lket the record show that Obama is the one that thiniks he is exclusive going to a black only church Obama people in glass houises should not throw stones and then when you do say it wasnt me it was them Obama is a joke

Read Obama’s history. He DOES have experience-uniting people and working in his community to better the lives of the people in it. Read about the direction he took in his law career–didn’t look for the big bucks, but worked with and for the people, as did his wife. THAT experience is more valuable in my opinion than a lawyer with shady deals in the past and a record of dividing and polarizing people for her own gain. Also–just because Hillary says his campaign is up to something doesn’t mean it is. Research the facts and quotes. Don’t even get me started on Bill’s “honesty.”

Does anyone Know that Hillary’s dad was a Republican? And I would say that doesnt make her a true Demo!

A lot of people here are dissing Obama because they claim he set up the Clintons in the first place, and is now trying to look good by being graceful about the whole thing.
Two points: (1) Hillary began the whole thing by demeaning Obama’s talking about hope by calling them “false hopes.” That escalated into the MLK reference and the racial wars. It was also Hillary’s people who were talking about drugs, dealing, “shuck and jive,” and “doing things in the neighborhood.”
(2) If Hillary said tried to dampen the fires by being as graceful as Obama was, these same people who are dissing Obama would be praising Clinton for states(wo)manship.

NOBAMA!!!!!!!!!!
NO MUSLIMS IN THE WHITE HOUSE!!!!!

I see the same three kids are here spamming about Obama. Get lives and take a bath. I’ve never seen uglier people in my life looking at your pictures.

re coop: But Obama did participate in the race-baiting. Here’s what Obama said quote:
“Senator Clinton made an unfortunate, an ill-advised remark, about King and Lyndon Johnson. I didn’t make the statement, I haven’t remarked on it, and she, I think, offended some folks who felt that somehow diminished King’s role in bringing about the Civil Rights Act. She is free to explain that, but the notion that somehow this is our doing is ludicrous.”
Get it? Obama did not remark on Hillary’s “unfortunate” and “ill-advised” statement.
And then Mr. Uniter comes in for the final kill with the observation that some folks feel that Hillary “diminished King’s role in bringing about the Civil Rights Act.”
It was a passive and sneaky way to fan the racial flames of America.

Barack Hussein is not going to win. HRC has all the delegates wrapped up. She is creaming the empty suit run on buzzwords Barack bin Obama.
He is nasty. A basketball head on a skinny body with catcher mitts as ears.

Obama is so playing people and many seem to be buying it. The guy is good.

Obama played “99 Problems But A Bi+ch Ain’t One” by Jayzee at his Iowa victory party (the bi+ch being a not-so-subtle reference to Hillary) and no one has made a big deal about that. Now THAT is blatant when you consider how far Obama had to take Hillary’s Doctor King comments out of context to try to smear her.

This is how extremist libs operate. They make the accusation, knowing it is false or misleading, then let it blow over or have someone else deflect the blame,,,, damage done, move on to the next attack. Poor Obama. He is so naive he does not know what is about to hit him next. The Clinton War Machine is just revving up.

Intricacies of the legislative process? I thought it was part of Johnsons Great Society agenda.

It’s a shame Obama had to play the race card to get SC votes. Dirty politics. It’ll work for one state, but not the rest. Signed, No longer an Obama voter.

Obama thinks hes the second coming of buda He insults women has no plan to help any of us. He gets his help from the gangsters in Chicago. But thats okay… I guess that will be his answer for the people who have foreclosed: Find A Gangster….Buy a House, even if you cannot afford it. Is that really okay? Yeah he called it a bonehead thing to do?????? What do you really owe this guy Obama???????? Whose shady now? Your supporters sure are looking for a hero(weak at that) that they overlook some very important things about you.

While I’m pretty bad at math, I’m always baffled when people question Barack’s 11 years in elected office and 13 years as a community organizer as no experience, and just blindly accept the claim of 35 years of experience from one term of elected office for Senator Clinton. After talking personally on more than one occasion, and listening to several speeches and watching campaign staffers interact (as a candidate leads a campaign, so do they lead the nation), and researching VOTING RECORDS and ETHICS…well, guess who I’m supporting??

All of this is needless noise and part of a depressing trend to focus on trivia instead of issues, many of which are burried here. Why?
Fools no longer rush in where angels fear to tread – they can’t shoulder their way past the pollsters.
The current pollster chatter is the two big issues in the presidential race are the war in Iraq and the economy, with race on standby in case those predictions develop fatal New Hampshire disease.
With February 5 and “Tsunami Tuesday” primaries less than a month away, what you don’t hear is much talk about illegal immigration and what we do about 14-16 million souls, most Hispanic and mostly Mexican.
That’s very odd when you look at the Tsunami states: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Utah. Illegal immigration has been an issue in all.
For some – notably Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado and New Mexico — it has been a Very Big Issue. Which is why the overwhelming silence from the frontrunners, punctuated by occasional projectile politicking, is so depressing.
Of the top six candidates who have yet to become trivia-quiz answers, only Huckabee puts illegal immigration at the top of his website list of issues. For the others, Clinton, Obama, Edwards, McCain and Romney, it doesn’t even make the top five. And for all six, the menu is pretty much Platitudes with Piety Salad or Red Meat With DeportEm Sauce.
All the politicians pretty much ignore that deciding the fate of 16 million fellow humans is also deciding our own, whether now or in the court we all will face. For this issue, there are no easy answers or simple plans. But there are, increasingly, frameworks for discussion, mostly in books.
I wrote one such, “Opening the Borders” (Level 4 Press 2007). Patrick Buchanan wrote another, “State of Emergency” (St. Martin’s Griffin 2007). And a search on Amazon or Barnes and Noble or other booksellers will find those viewpoints and everything in between.
All the books are probably candles in the political whirlwind, but when the 2009 presidential inauguration trash hits a landfill, the problem of illegal immigration will remain. And it will grow unless something is done that begins with thought and walks hand-in-hand with reason, fairness and a sense of common humanity.
It would be nice to see such an initiative coming from our current political leaders, but history suggests it must first come from us. Remember that individual liberty, universal voting, ending slavery and segregation didn’t come from the top down – they came boiling up from the bottom.
On illegal immigration, it’s time to bring the bottom to a boil.
Larry B

Wow he’s so refreshing! Wait a minute..have attacks dogs go after Hillary, wait a few days then go on camera to say the issue is a non-issue. And he calls this CHANGE

The sad truth of the matter is that Obama’s spin meisters have taken comments of Hilary and Bill Clinton that when heard in their full context cannot concievably be interpreted as racist, and made them so. They have done so by preying upon the sensitivities of Afro-Americans. After allowing ample time for the maximum damage to be unfiarly done to the Clinton candidacy, Obama then appears to take the high road and concede that the Clinton’s statements were not racist, but in the same comment, under the guise of explaining the difference between he and Hilary plants the unmistakable message that in fact her statememt was racist. Doing so demonstrtates real facility with the language, but do we want such disengeniousness in the next leader of the free world? Instead of rising above the fray, Obama has sunk himself deeper into the mire.The unfortunate thing is that people have swallowed it hook line and sinker. I suppose that is to be expected: the United States has failed the national intelligence test by electing one of the worst presidents we have ever had, not once, but twice. I am sure that Obama’s spin doctors can make this final comment into a racist attack on the intelligence of Afro-Americans. Afro-Americans have an understandable senitivity, but I hope they can put their emotions to one side and analyze what the Clinton’s really. said.Do we want just another skilled polititcal team to win an election. Obama’s handling of the “rascist” comments has been a display of calculated politics. He has however, served to divide,contrary to his claim to be a uniter.It comes down to who you can trust to do right by all of us. It seems that Obama has concluded, like the Bushg administration that the ends justify the means. Hilary Clinton, based on experience knows they do not.

What Obama said has not grain of truth. He’s trying to cover his after realizing that what his cult followers and the media did was going to get the white folks running frm him…its too late. Your race-neutral approach will not help you. We will respect you more if you call it as it is. You are the first Black man have come across who is race-neutral!

Thank you Obama case closed, now can we go on with the real issues everyone here?

by her uneducated and wrong use of words. That is rich, really rich.
Bill Clinton said Barack’s claiming he is different on Iraq is a fairy tale.
Barack claiming he is somehow like JFK and MLK is a fairy tale.
Claiming you are not commenting while you comment on it for 3 minutes is a fairy tale.
Saying you can bring change and unite people while hide your white family from black America is a fairy tale.
Touting your world experience because you have lived in Indonesia when you were 9, and that that is = or > than Hillary is a fairy tale.
Trying to paint Hill and Bill as racists when you know and have now said is not true is a fairy tale.
Promising what you can’t deliver because you haven’t got a clue is a fairy tale.
And there’s a few uneducated, wrong words.

I’m afraid Samir that there are many people that have more education AND Experience then your demigod Obama But obviously to you he walks on water

Senator Obama has remained focused on the issues while the Clintons argue with themselves, then blame Obama for “attacks”. Where exactly did Obama attack the Clintons? But facts and reason aren’t important in an election year: just sound bites, slimy attacks (Obama sells drugs, is a muslim, hates freedom, etc.), then the Clintons say Obama is playing the “race card” – for something the Clintons themselves said. Typical, politics as usual. Bill is selling his legacy for this election. Americans will not view him in the same light after seeing him play the attack dog on the campaign trail.

He’s been running for office for a year and a half he’s said. Anyone see his Mom yet on National TV? No? Wonder why? Hill’s Mom was on CNN while in Iowa. What gives Barack? Where are the folks that raised you? Where are the people sent you to Havard? Why are you keeping them quiet and invisible? Because, a stage of multi-racial families doesn’t turn on your target audience. It wrecks the fairy tale. But I don’t think it wrecks it at all. It makes you real. It shows your proud. It tells America look, I am a fabulous, diverse mix. I am beautiful and so is everyone on this stage. But since you are such a coward – I don’t want race in this race – you hide them. You damn sure don’t want race in this race because you are afraid your OTHER side will hurt the imaginary FAIRY tale you’re trying to perpetrate on the nation. Be proud, show them. See the results will be successful. Don’t hide them.

I can’t speak for anyone else but as for me (Doug), I was a former supporter but not anymore because last weekend, he made it black versus white. Presidents don’t do things like that.

Independent here. Fights between Obama’s and Clintons’ supporters are worse than the feud between the candidates themselves. President Bill Clinton is the leading man in this fight. I am moving away from Democratic Party for this moment and will pay more attention what Senator McCain can do for this country. I may end up vote for GOP if these candidates keep blaming others for their careless mistakes. However, I am glad to know Senator Obama came to sense and to decide to end this non-sense and I am glad that Senator Clinton was willing to follow his action.

Glad to see Obama handle the matter thoughtfully and gracefully. Quite honestly, I think the issues of race and sex have been blown WAAAAAAAAAAAAYY out of proportion by the media. Not that the Clintons’ actions helped matters, either, but the newsies really took this way further than they should have. It’s not responsible journalism in any sense.
Honestly, I’m well aware that Obama is not perfect as a person or a politician. However, compared to the rest of the field of presidential candidates he looks pretty good, at least if the comparison is done with any thought, objectivity, or open-mindedness whatsoever. He is perhaps the only candidate I’ve seen whose approach is most consistently gentle, calm, and thoughtful. My impression of him (having gotten the chance to examine many candidates thoroughly in Iowa) is that he’s the least likely to make rash decisions based on a knee-jerk reaction in a difficult moment. I think that is what we need most in a president. It will help him resist one American tendency that is becoming entirely too common: the tendency to come to snap judgments based on too little information, such as short, sensationalized media sound-bites. I mean that in all seriousness.
Clinton and Edwards do not have the necessary qualities of thoughtfulness and grace. I know less about the Republicans, but I don’t have much confidence in any of them except perhaps John McCain. (God, how I wish he’d gotten the Republican nomination in 2000 instead of Bush. If that had happened, then one way or another things would be very different today. How sad that we don’t seem to learn from our past.) I particularly think that the Clinton campaign needs to stop the acrimony. Simply put, Hillary is the most divisive candidate in the entire field because she is so immersed in negative politics, and so skilled at manipulating the media, who just LOVE to report bad news and controversy. That’s not what America needs! Does she not understand the damage she’s doing? Does she even know that there are people who’ve started referring to her as “Hitlery” because of the kind of campaign tactics she’s using? (And make no mistake, I find that very sad and disturbing, especially as a woman voter.)
If the founders really are watching us from beyond the grave, I feel really sorry for them. The situation America finds itself in today, not only with our politics at home, but also our standing in the world, were not what our founders intended for us. We have to bring an end to this nonsense as quickly and decisively as we can.
The media ought to be helping us toward that goal by being more responsible and objective in their coverage of the campaigns and the nomination contests. We need somebody rational, professional, and trustworthy like Walter Cronkite back. Speaking of not being hasty….

I am so disheartened by all of the negativity that is spewing on this blog. I’m a teacher and I’m up late trying to plan math lessons, but I can’t sit here and let people disparage an honest, intelligent, decent man who would never disparage anyone in the way that some people here have. For the person who just talked about his mother, please think before you speak. She died of cancer. Please people educate yourselves about this man that you are so quick to judge. Read both of his books. He is honest, he is being attacked from all angles and all he is trying to do is help the people of this country help themselves. I wholeheartedly support Barack Obama and have hoped that he would run for president ever since I heard his speech in 2004. It is not naive to hope for a better future, it is naive to think that it is one man’s job to bring that better future to your doorstep. It is not his job, it is our job. He has already done this country a great service by inspiring so many people to care again, to believe in the values that make the United States such a unique and amazing country. I hope that Barack is keeping his hopes high, because mine will not be affected by negativity coming from all angles. I believe in the American people and I believe they will make the right choice. Thanks you Obama, you make me want to be a better teacher, a better person and a better American!

Otillap,
I read both sides of ‘stories’ about Obama and Clinton. There are reasons behind what you mentioned about Senator Obama.
Please read the blog from newsweek (it is not so bias site):
http://www.newsweek.com/id/91755
please don’t attack the candidate you don’t support. You only drive independent like me away and look into GOP candidates. Basically, they (Edward included) are good candidates and please look into their characters without paranoid and suspicion to the ones you don’t support. Pick the one match your own characters.

Dear Frustrated -
Obama hasn’t “shown” his parents because they are both dead.
Obama is a class act. We can’t know for sure who would be the best president, but we sure can judge who is running the best campaign, and who attracts the best kinds of non-attack oriented comments.
Go Obama!

Obama brought up MLK for inspiration.
Hillary brought up MLK as a dreamer; not a doer like LBJ.
And Hillary blames Obama for the negative reaction to HER statements?
WTF?
Obama is all class. Why does Hillary have to be so goddang negative and not talk about herself but only of Obama?

Lucky for Obama they’re not voting today. He lost half his voters today maybe more. He’s going to have to do something really impressive to win us all back.

I am an African American Woman. I have followed politics sense I was 16 years old. I have voted in every election sense I was 18 years old. It was ingrained in me from a child that Martin Luther King and many other Civil Rights Activist suffered/ died so I could have the right to vote.
I have been following this race closely to make my decision on who to support.
I was watching the New Hampshire race when Hillary made the MLK Comment and Bill made his Fairy Tale Comment. I was Offended by what Hillary said. I didn’t see her statement as racist, but I did see it as DISRECPTFUL to the memory of MLK and all the others who fought and died for equality for of all Americans.
I wasn’t the only AA that felt that way. The mainstream media didn’t pick up the story on the Clinton’s comments until a couple days after Black Radio was flooded with calls. This is when the MLK and Fairy Tale Comments became a issue for Clinton’s. Bill Clinton went on Al Sharpton’s Show to do Damage Control for himself and Hillary. When that didn’t work The Clinton Camp decided to Blame Obama for the very comment that Hillary made.
Obama never commented or made a statement about Hillary putting her foot in her mouth until the Clinton’s tried to Spin their mess on him. I agree, the media started the race dialogue/ headlines, and the Clinton’s pick it up, (not Obama).
All Hillary had to do was Apologize to those who where offended by her ill advised speech. This issue would have never escalated to what it has become. The Clinton’s used the situation to their advantage by trying to make Obama interject race into his campaign. To Obama’s credit he stayed above the fray.
Having voted for Bill Clinton twice in my life time, it sadden me to see the Clinton’s try to Spin this story to damage Obama. Today they had all their African American Spin Doctors /Supporters on the shows doing Damaged Control.
It just makes me sad that Martin Luther King fought so hard to make things better for this country. And all I watched for the past few days is Prominent African Americans attacking The African American Democrat candidate running for President.
Happy Birthday Martin Luther King.
I watched Hillary on “Meet The Press”. Good job Tim Russert on bringing up how Hillary and her brothers accepted money from a a man Bill Clinton Pardoned before he left office. I didn’t know about that.

First of all this talk of voting republican out of reaction to either Clinton or Obama MUST STOP. You Republicans must think about it too. The Republican party has been corrupted by the Rove-DeLay-Chaney etc gang ( I don’t include GW into this because he is not a thinker; just an opportunist) and must be purged from the political leadership for a few years to give it a chance to receive new blood. There is nothing wrong with being a conservative. I know of no ship that will reach it’s destination without steering left and right continuously.
But this is a party that has manipulated the public and sent a man to the White house that professes to be a Christian and yet sends mindlessly the young people to die. That professes he is companionate yet lets the veterans rot in those crumbling hospitals. The Times had an article recently about veterans of the Iraq war committing murders, suicides causing tragedies in their families while suffering from PTSS. Where are the programs to help these people? They are so clueless or so callous to think that you come back from Iraq and just turn the page as if nothing happened. War is a HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE business. Anyone of you that has suffered from a broken heart, reflect on how long it took to heal and how easy was it even with so many opportunities to find a new love. The Dead don’t come back except to haunt you and then they never leave. Just like the Disneyland commercials they fed us about going to Iraq, kicking Saddam out and everybody falls into each others and be friends again. And they would rain upon our soldiers rose petals. And that the Iraqi oil would defray the costs of war. Talking about FAIRY TALES!
The awful truth is that human life is cheap and expendable. If they don’t think that in so many words they certainly act it. Go and find out how much we pay the Iraqi families for collateral life loss. I am not gonna tell you, you go find out; it’s easy.
A man so uneducated in history to think that this thousands years old distrust would just end with a few American bombs and some “democracy” rhetoric. Remember the Crusades? I am sure they were just as arrogant then. History is there to teach us.
And now he is knee-jerkily trying to end the Palestinian-Israeli conflict in his last 11 months to enhance his …legacy. I am laughing as I am writing this. It’s too funny. In the last 7 years he visited Israel how many times? Once, last week. Another FAIRY TALE. This sleep-waking dangerous man has not learned a thing.
I could go on (environment, social and economic inequality that’s becoming toxic, on and on) but you get the point. This is what this party has cooked up for us. If you think you are supporting him, or the party, think again. You are only supporting your choices. You just don’t want to be wrong. Just forgive yourself, like Jesus forgave his tormentors because they didn’t know what they were doing, and let’s move on.
Not that the Democrats have done any better with their timid, fearful, looking behind their shoulders approach. They have precious little to show since they took over.
These are dangerous times. There is no time for political fun and games. The ship is listing and may be even past the tipping point. I pray it’s not.
We definitely need a new approach. Obama may offer this ray of Hope.
I don’t know for sure but I sense (go ahead attack me) that he is not motivated by blind ambition but by a personal calling to do right. I hope he has the stamina to go through this process. So don’t begrudge him if he is using the political tools offered him. A tool is a tool. What you do with it is what matters.
Quit this reactionary talk and give your Republican party some time to…find it’s voice.

Yes, well, he’s a bit late. The purpose of Obama’s race-bating was to shore-up African-American support in South Carolina, pure and simple. Now that that’s done, he pretends to take the high road. Total bull. The guy’s a real creep.
Obama staffers infest these comment boards trying to astroturf these non issues. Notice how many cover the same points with the same cut and paste remarks. Typical of the deception we’ve come to expect from Obama. This whole race thing in a con job by Obama and his friends in the press.
No mention by Obama press officers David Wright and Andy Fies, of their close ties to the campaign. This really is the pits, ABC. When are you going to show some balance, or just change your name to the Obama Broadcasting Company?

I have watched this whole thing about MLK unfold from the very start and am sick at heart because of how the Obama campaign distorted Hillary’s comments and the media’s overt bias in refusing to quote her correctly or fairly. Obama in my mind has plummeted almost overnight from one of the good guys to scumbag. And I truly mourn the loss.

President Clinton and Hillary Clinton did a he!! of allot. And continue to do so. Why do you think African Americans named President Clinton the “first black president.” For kicks.
One among many, many things that President Clinton did for African Americans was to make it much easier for people in the African America community’s to get loans for their businesses. Favorable rates so they could open stores in their neighbors and put food on the table for their families.
Did you know it took Bill Clinton to break the strangle hold the Republicans had on the white house. Twelve long horrible years of Reagan and daddy Bush. And it will take another Clinton to get those useless Republicans out of the chair in the White House. Every American knows Bush has an October surprise in his sock drawer. Bush is watching and waiting for the very moment the DEMS think they can win the white house back and then boom. And the Clintons already see it coming and they will be prepared for Bushs October surprise. If history proves any lesson, it will come from over seas. Remember that Bin Ladens tape the media was peeing on themselves to release before the election. It changed the course of the election. And Bush is still sitting there grinning and laughing at everyone that fell for his load.
Research history, there is only one DEM president the republicans never took down and destroyed on the campaign trail. And that is Bill Clinton. When they went after Hillary and blamed her for health care, even though it was the Republicans that killed it, she stood up and kept going.
THE REPUBLICANS HAVE NEVER, NEVER, NEVER BEATEN THE CLINTON’S. NOT IN ONE THING. THAT IS WHY THEY HATE THEM SO MUCH. And that is why she will beat any republican they throw at her. She will destroy them and hopefully bring them to tears.
More than anyone I have ever seen the Clinton’s can see a railroad coming a mile away. That is why they are ready for it. They do not lay down on the railroad tracks for anyone. They work hard and get the job done. They have not said one lied about Obama. I am not talking about someone speaking for them either. They are good people and the stuff Obama is trying to do to them is laughable. They are two of the smartest, strongest people I have ever met. He has no idea who he is up against. They lay down for no one. And when they are lied about, they come out roaring like lions. We should all be more like them. Bush and Cheney would have been impeached by now.
I would give a million dollars to see Bin Ladens face when he hears a woman has been elected President of the United States. Priceless.

Unfortunately, “Bro Bill,” the first white “black” President just can’t bring “too white and Republican” Hillary into the sacred circle with him. Bill Clinton, I believe, is authentic with his multi-racial, multi-cultural beliefs. He grew up poor and in the South and he felt the pain of all the people. Hillary grew up a Goldwater Republican in the suburbs of Chicago. Sorry, she may talk a good game, but there’s no way she feels it. She’s a sympathetic white chick, but no way does she truly understand racial or economic discrimination. Get real. She may “sympathize,” but there’s no way she knows what Barack Obama went through to graduate from Harvard Law. Also, in fact, John Edwards made it through law school with less support than either Hillary or Obama.
Does that make him a superman? No, but it definitely makes him a man to consider. Remember, he got to where he is with less resources than eith Hillary or Obama.

I just want to ask everyone a question, why is it that those who actually lived through and participated in the civil rights movement support Hillary? I see that a lot of people bash these elderly people, yet, they were the ones who brought about change and gave us the opportunities we have today. Surely, they must know something about what it takes to bring about change. Thanks.

Obama = Republicians only hope.

Barack Obama is a bundle of contradictions.
It was Barack Obama’s camp that sent the memo causing all these erroneous misinformation.
I am disappointed that Barack Obama is a disgrace to our noble African heritage.
I would have recommended him for an Igbo chieftaincy title in Eastern Nigeria, but he has lost my respect.

I don’t give a flip about who said what or when they said it. AMERICANS are sad! You guys fight over Bs and talk about restoring our position in the world. Who in their right mind would want to be part of a nation that conducts themselves like this?
Black vs. White
Dems vs. Reps
Roe vs. Wade
rich vs. poor
insider vs. outsider
young vs. old
fat vs. thin
intelligent vs. stuck on stupid
beer crowd vs. wine crowd
fair trade vs. corp greed
war vs. peace
believe in God vs. any one’s right not to.
I can go on all day but, what good with it do? All you people need to go look in the mirror and take responsibility for your own lives. If you support something in life, no matter what it is GOOD!. Don’t tell me what I have to do, or what I can or can not do. Get the facts, think for yourself. Then be men and women enough to live with your decision . If you discover that you were wrong no matter the circumstance or situation, learn from it and grow! If you were right, build a bridge to those who feel left out and alienated.
What baffles me is that there is an immigration issue illegally / legally. Who wants to deal with this mess we call America? And for those of you who would tell me to leave… Its seriously under consideration. At least I will be able to live with my decision.

Looks like the educated are voting for Obama.
:-)

I am a Republican but I am starting to believe that this man will be our next President. The time has come for a concilatory and classy person to assume the Presidency. I believe that the supermajority of us can at lease agree on one thing: Hillary must go and please take that doddering con man with ya!

So here we are, trying to elect another buffoon without credentials to the Presidency of the U.S, the current one was a former alcoholic, can’t speak English or much experience; but it was O.K. He was soooo nice and we would love to have a beer with him, besides he “PROMISED” to us to be the UNITER and NOT A DIVIDER! and we believed him. Now we are listening to another buffoon, a former pothead and drugs addicted, without any experience that is also very nice, big smile and big slogans just like his ambitions; but this one really knows how to speak English and play with words. Ironically there is a parallel between both campaigns and Obama campaign is practically a play book of Rove tacts of demonizing their opponents and talk about “his” candidate to be the outsider and ready to CHANGE Washington. They demonized Gore, Kerry, McCain and anyone that dared to opposed the chosen and well financed candidate; just like is happening with Obama. They spent more time destroying other candidates reputations in order to avoid the discussion of real issues because Rove knew there as Axelrod knows now that his candidate is a light weight and can’t stand a real hard questioning.
Bush became the devised, polarized and inexperienced President that have to rely in his “big well experienced advisers” who dictated the agenda; just as Obama will do, he has no experience at all in government, business or foreign affairs or economics and he will rely mostly in his advisers. Thats scary. Not to mention the divised campaign his strategist are conducting and he passively is allowing…they playing the race card, the age card, the generation card, the sexism card. The only change Obama will bring to the White House is to replace the Texas gang for the Chicago gang! The lobbyst, corporations and special interest will be very happy to have the “nice” boy they can manipulate at the expense of the American people.

I have no ill will toward the Clinton’s, however I am just sick and tired of the 2 family DYNASTY. There has been a Bush or Clinton in the White House (counting back to George HW as Vice Pres) for almost 30 yrs!! Put in Clinton in and we are talking a possibility of almost 40 yrs!? C’mon people, wake up. Then you’ll have Jeb trotted out, followed by Chelsea….or maybe the Hispanic Bush? LOL We need NEW blood in the White House.

“I have no ill will toward the Clinton’s, however I am just sick and tired of the 2 family DYNASTY.” – Cory
True, but if you want to get rid of the real danger (Repubs). Obama will not be the winning candidate. In the real America we live in, any one of the top three Repub candidate WILL beat Obama. Unless America transformed overnight into this fantasy utopia, most Americans will vote for the white guy running against Obama, sadly but true.

It is not in the democratic party’s best interest to keep this media created non-story on the front page. Glad both candidates have called for an end to it. It is, on the contrary, in the media’s best interest to keep this nonsense on the front page.. to sell advertising, of course. Just look at this blog.

Help me out. Where/when did the Obama campaign introduce race into the dialogue. Was it when Andrew Cuomo – a supporter of the Clinton – introduced the “shuck and jive” into the conversation. Or was it when “it took a president” to effect real gains – not Martin Luther King and the myriad of individuals who supported the civil rights movement; or was it the fairy tale reference by the former president.
When the “shuck and jive” comment was made I searched for the complete text to better understand its contextual use. After reading the full text, I at first concluded that it was an objective comment directed at both campaigns – as Mr. Como himself had claimed. However, on further reflection it occurred to me that given the terms historical usage, it is inconceivable that it was used for both candidates. Shucking and jiving is not something that Mrs. Clinton can conceivable do unless of course she is a “sister.” She might be duplicitous but surely she can’t shuck and jive.
Hilary Clinton’s statement – “it took a president to bring about real action” downplays the contribution, if not Dr Martin Luther King himself, but of the civil rights movement and its demand for change. She is claiming on NBC meet the press that is an “unfortunate story line the Obama campaign has pushed very successfully.” Yet no one in Obama’s campaign uttered that statement. Should the Obama campaign allow itself to be defined by the Clinton campaign without response?
The former presidents fairy tale remark was unfortunate. Not because Bill Clinton has a greater love for blacks that anyone else, but because the comment like that of Andrew Como infuses a hostile terminology from a more general context and places it into a specific context. Even as he spoke specifically about the Obama’s record on the Iraq war issues he was introducing language – deliberate or not, conscious or subconsciously – that spoke to the wider and deeper concerns. At the time of both statements made the overriding threat of the Obama machine an its gathering momentum was surreptitiously attacked both from the context of race, and its core of hope. The vested interests do not want us to dream, for to do so will break the system from which they are poised to, or continue to reap benefits. Are you listening Charles Rangel, Andrew Como?

I think Obama handled this beautifully, great job. Now if it continues I sure hope the media will call it as it is: “Clinton attacks Obama on race”, not Clinton vs. Obama, or Clinton and Obama in race fight, etc. After all, it gets me sick in the stomach when I see that someone clearly starts a fight and the one being attacked is looked upon as though he started it. Get it right next time, media, follow the yellow brick road and it will take you to the truth, then report the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth.

I believe that both the Obama camp, and the media were watching and waiting for the first opportunity possible to jump on the “race” band wagon. It is absolutely true, The media reran only the most inflamatory snippets of the quotes by the Clinton’s…not their entire statement. Mr. Obama stood up at the most opportune time for himself, and tried to ‘smooth things over’. Too little, too late, in my opinion. My own family is culturally and racially diverse…I have found it very easy to love each and every one of them on their own merit, not color, heritage or belief. I do not trust Mr. Obama on what I have read, heard (from him) and witnessed. He touts change, but only in words…I see no clear cut plan. I unfortunately see this democratic race fracturing the party and sending another republican to the White House…and that would be a disaster for everything from the economy to the US Supreme Court.

My educated view is that Hillary Clinton was playing to the similarities that have been drawn between Martin Luther King, Jr. and Barack Obama and trying to dilute the potency of such a connection. Therefore, she attempted to discern between the ability to make a movement and to make a change. Hillary basically said that though MLK lead a great movement and had a great dream but he was not a ‘President’ and could not make change. Hillary then emphasized that it takes a “President’ to make change!” such as Lyndon B. Johnson insinuating that she is, like LBJ, the true change agent.
Hillary attempted to pose the question: “Who was the true change agent MLK or LBJ?” She attempted to make her case that though Obama has a great vision and can spark a great movement it takes a President to make change and more than a movement. Hillary was attempting to present her case that she had the resolve to be a better change agent.
Though this was not an attempt at racism and perhaps a calculated statement, the statements did belittle the image of MLK and his role in making prompting change. This was indeed a very ill-advised statement and risky contrast to try an distinguish. One could insinuate that Hillary was saying that Obama would need her to realize his vision as she implied that MLK needed LBJ to realize his dream.
I feel that any person can see that Obama has the vision and resolve of both MLK and LBJ and Hilary is no MLK but perhaps an LBJ. In spite of all, I cast my vote for Obama not because of the comments that are spun in the media but because I believe in Obama’s vision, I believe in Obama’s character, and I believe in Obama’s leadership and resolve to make this country a better place than that which we inherited. I believe in Obama’s ability more so than any other candidate.
-CDR

I think the Clinton’s camp unleashed their zoo, some of the previous comments can only be written by “insane” people: get a book, get informed, show respect for human beings and then make a decent comment; hopefully the right candidate wins, in the end this is a real test for America and Americans will get what they vote for..

Obama is all talk and little action! What change is he speaking of? What does he stand for? Health care for all but 15 million Americans! Oh yeah his plan will not start till “his 4th year”. He has the words but not the deeds. God save us all if he gets in. If we can remember the past few weeks he was the one that started the personal attachs not the Clintons!

Bill Clinton is making an idiot of himself. His rants and blaming the press and the electorate for Hillary’s near loss in New Hampshire is UN-presidential, at best. I can’t believe I once supported him.
If you folks did your homework, you’d realize that Bill Clinton’s statement that Obama wasn’t consistent in his stance against the war has no basis. If Clinton was honest, he would provide Obama’s full quote (context and all).
The New York Times printed Obama’s original 2004 quote
OBAMA SAID: “I’m not privy to Senate intelligence reports. What would I have done? I don’t know. What I know is that from my vantage point the case [for authorizing the war] was not made.
OBAMA is the only one with INTEGRITY here. Clinton and her camp are the ones making all the rude and disrespectful comments against Obama lately–eliciting racial stereotypes by bringing up the drug use, calling him a “kid”, . . .
All of you who are blindly following what the Clintons are saying, oughta do your research first. I did, and thankfully, now I see the light.
GO OBAMA!

Well, I’ll just be “side-gated,” from “Oklahoma!” What I see is Barack Obama thinks he can use those prosaic styled words and not define his program and because young people have not either lived long enough to know the questions, not to mention the answers, they are supporting him. God forbid if policy is set by young people for this country. One thing for sure, there are a lot of blacks who support him, simply because of his race. I, as a woman, 61 years old, took strong exception with the press and journalists who kept beating up on Hillary, so that is what pulled me firmly into her camp.
It does not matter that he is a black candidate (seen as a black candidate), though he would rather see himself as a candidate who transcends race, he had better be careful, because the caucasians who identify with him now might reconsider, “Now that you mention it, by God, he is a black man,” and that could back-lash on him.
Blacks must learn to look for substance in a candidate, not prose that addresses the emotions. Remember, we need to have our thinking and feeling balanced – not skewed on the bell-shaped curve too mush to the right or to the left.
As for me and everybody else, we have had one rookie in Washington who did not have any foreign affairs experience on his own, and he depended on his daddy’s oldsters, who had brought a policy forward from a time past into the Millennium and that has been a disaster. That, coupled with his hard-head, arrogance and stubborness, has made all of the difference in America’s image – and I forgot to add calculating lies told by his Advisors with the latest being the Iran Boat incident with the voice dubbed. Now, of all things, they want to investigate an apparent “jokester” who interferred with the voice transmission. Thank God the Iranians taped their encounter, or we’d be hearing a strong case for war.
Mind that we don’t end up with George Bush hanging on with the declaration of war with some other country so the inauguration of another President, of either party, would be delayed…just an idea to throw out to you.
As to the women who think a man is always the one to take charge, we must not think much of our own gender or ourselves. Other countries more archaic than ours is supposed to be have already tested the waters and as the old saying goes, “been there, done that!” Barack is young, could use more experience, tone down his ego – yes, there is ego there, and ambition (not the desirable type), who thinks he could be equated in effect to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. – not so! He went through much soul growth to arrive at his non-violence stance. I would suggest Barack slow down and grow his soul a bit longer so that he might balance his knowledge with Wisdom, or what he says will always be hollow rhetoric. He was the first to create the idea that Dr. King was being disparaged through what Hillary said. Any idiot, not just a scholar, could tell what she meant, and it was intended to be a lesson to Barack that the greatest dreamer and visionary could not make anything happen until the law was signed by the President Johnson, who succeeded JFK – and it was out of President Johnson’s emotional deference to him then. JFK he supported Dr. King’s dream, and the bill was stuck in Congress. It was actually President Johnson who signed into law many of the programs that JFK envis-ioned.
If Barack can’t take the heat, stay out of the kitchen! If he can’t keep away from pettiness on the campaign trail, he sure can’t run a country. Even if he wins the Nomination, watch out; Karl Rove has begun strategizing. He called him lazy and trash-talking like a basketball player, even offering hints on what he could do to successfully defeat Hillary. Well, he need not be flattered; he will hear those words again, should he win the nomination, and he will not win the election then. The Republicans manufacture more Republicans, it seems, and there we go with four more years of George Bush types.
While you are on the trail, I would suggest you put some teeth into your little “theological discources,” and talk to God – either way – for your nomination and for your ability to stand against the Republican machinery, should that happen.
Remember when everybody kept hearing George Bush say he was a “Uniter,” well…so much for his brand of unity. He has trampled on everybody’s rights with his Patriots Act and the War in Iraq. The deepest thing about that war is they went into there to please the fundamentalist Christians. They keep saying that: “When the temple is rebuilt in Jerusalem, Jesus will come again.” Well, I wonder what is on that site right now? I can tell you – the Mosque that was built on top of the Temple. If anyone touches that mosque, there will be world-wide fighting…for you fundamentalists, if you don’t know, you better ask somebody!!! They are trying to “force the rapture.” Well, I have news for you – there “ain’t” going to be no rapture, and Armegeddon is a strip of land that has had so many deaths due to fighting over it for years. It is basically between two half-brothers’ descendants – both Abraham’s sons (i.e. Ishmael and Isaac).
We had better be reading the Bible as an instrument that grew out of history, nnot that it made history – all in Allegorical format.
When I saw Barack on the first Debate, I realized that was a “B’sing lawyer,” waiting on some concrete idea to roll into his mind when he said, “I know what you know, and you know what I know, and what I know is….” I began to have my doubts about his candidacy then. I worked for lawyers for 12 years, and what you are talking about is the arrogance of Harvardites as expressed in Obama. A Harvard MBA co-worker told me once that “You work for a man for five years, and in five years, if you have not taken over his business and having him work for you, then you have not lived up to the Harvard principles.” I have never forgotten that. The question is, has Obama’s ego taken him down the path where he thinks he can use his “religious-styled courtroom rhetoric” to just take over from all of the Senators, Congressmen, Statesmen, etc…, and go to the “head of the class” without knowing the ins and outs of historically important methods of government, as a little maverick – I don’t care what he learned in his Constitutional Law Classes. There is a greater law, though invisible, that is in control, and it existed long before there was even a country called America, or the world, as we know it; it is eternal, changeless and unchang-. The outworking of that law is based on what you put into the universe, and it is always just, pays in mental equivalence and in reciprocity, mental equivalence, based on the Law of Sowing and Reaping.
The one thing which everyone should be mindful of is, “Thoughts held in mind produce after their own kind.” In view of the past few days, I think we should “Think on these things….” Phil. 4:8.

MarianC, you discuss the Iranian boat incident in your post, yet you know absolutely nothing of what occurred. I am NAVY, so I DO know what happened. That Iranian Boat video was taken as part of their current PR campaign to divide the American Public, so as to allow for harassment of USN Forces, while at the same time preventing actions against Iran. They have been doing this very same thing for Months on end, constantly swerving in front of our vessels, making fake attack runs towards our craft, and blaring verbal threats over comm. links. Are you so gullible that you could not even believe for one second that the radio op. was:
A. On a seperate boat from the one which the Iranian video was filmed.
or
B. The radio threat came in from an Iranian shore based comm. center.
The fact that you jump in and believe an enemy state before your own nation is very sad. It never hurts to have an open mind, but please do not insult us by taking a terrorists side over our sailors.
BTW, just to let you know, much of what the media reports in terms of military activities, and success, is off base and inaccurate. So much positivity is currently taking place within the Iraq and Afghan. OP areas, and yet it seems to never see the light of day in regards to mainstream media. I hope some of what I said has enlightened you, or at the very least garnered a feeling that you shouldn’t necessarily believe everything you hear or see on television.
On a side note, I give you credit for what you stated about Obama. You seem to be one of the few who has failed to fall victim to his empty rhetoric. I do not see why so many Americans have fallen for it, and it truly frightens me. Have we forgotten our History? Have we forgotten how some of the greatest ills of the world have come about by gullible constituents? 70 Years ago many believed one man would bring about “Hope”, and “Change”, and it ended up bringing forth World War II, and the deaths of Millions. I do not claim Obama to be as twisted as the sick individual I speak of, but I do feel it necessary to demonstrate what happens when citizens fall prey to falsified rhetoric. I would love nothing more than to have a Black American United States President, but I wish them to be an individual full of character, tenacity, honesty, and true convictions. Why not Colin Powell or Condeleezza Rice as two examples? These are two individuals who actually experienced a segregated America, and fought through real adversity to become a shining example to all. I feel it would be a shame to elect a completely empty, even controversial candidate as our History Making First Black President. We have so many better candidates, why not save the honor for them?

Obama will not be our next President of the United States! Alot of people are not ready for that kind of change!!! Hillary supporter’s will not vote or they will vote REP.