I Guess That’s Why They Call It The Blues

In a January speech at the University of South Carolina, Michelle Obama made remarks that are just now getting attention across the internet. Talking about her experience at Princeton where she hung with a largely African-American crowd, she said, “We don’t like being pushed outside of our comfort zones… because sometimes it’s easier to hold on to your own stereotypes and misconceptions. It makes you feel justified in your own ignorance. That’s America. So the challenge for us is are we ready for change?” Those comments are coming under fire for implying that feeling justified in one’s own ignorance in somehow quintessentially American. The Obama campaign says that’s a misinterpretation of her comments.
Are we ignorant? Do you understand Michelle Obama’s point and do you agree with it? Is she being misinterpreted? And if so, how many times can the voters misinterpret someone associated with Barack Obama’s campaign? Does this generate important discussion on race? Or is it needlessly provocative?

Enjoy your two more months of wishful thinking Hillary supporters. I hope the show (unlike her campaign) is good.

Clinton is soooo 90s. Designing Women is no longer on the air, Elton John is a has been. Her campaign seems so stale. Next thing you know, we’ll see Bill playing sax.

Joris – wake up. These things would, given the chance, will come back to haunt BHO in the GE. HE IS UNELECTABLE. He has lost any state that would vote “patriotic” which leaves him with the North East, California and Illinois, he has now lost every other state. Teh primaries have been childs play and we all can see the Barrack doesnt play well with others..

To my views this is not volunteering. Elton John makes his money by playing music. What he gets in return is money.
In other words he will be contributing to Hillary indirectly.

chris – Surely Obama has at least a 1% chance. I would argue after seeing how mobilized dems have been in the primaries vs. the republicans, that Obama would stand a very good chance against McCain. Let’s not forget that Obama can use the war issue to his advantage. 100 years of war and all the costs associated with such an undertaking will be front and center during the general election. You dems shouldn’t sweat it so much.

I can’t stand Clinton.
But this is a non-story. The rules/regulations are crystal clear. It’s not something that really deserves any time/attention at all.
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But why do so many people throw in Obama on this? He’s got nothing to do with it. Neither does McCain, nor does Christianity.
The hate thrown out (either from partisanship or racism) is rather pathetic.

If Obama through contributions to his church can pay for the Rev Wright and Farrahkan to go to Lybia and meet with Moammar Kadafi, then whats the deal with Elton John having a concert for Hillary?

Enjoy the Obama kool-aid and reefer while it lasts man….. its over for him by June. Obama-Drama is gonna lose the next 10 primaries and then you’ll see how stale Hillary is. !!

Djshay: Ya your wright the bring out the hip and happen Rev. Wright? This guy is up and coming he’s fresh and his latest the Best Of Rev Wright just made number one on Political Top 100! Keep those hits coming!

Next week she will be telling the press she had to run into the concert, because the sniper in the hill from the event were firing down on her and Bill. They did not have time to stand on the Red Carpet and take pictures because of all the danger they were in. And when CBS, CNN, ABC, show her the pictures of her smiling and waving to the the crowd…she will just lie and say she misspoke! LOL

What do you want to say eirk? I hope that was a positive statement.

Ken, chill. I’m gay and have observed this effect amongst my own friends for months. The more effeminate guys tend to support Hillary, while the more masculine guys back Obama. There’s nothing wrong with that. It’s just a statement of fact.

GO HILLARY AND ELTON JOHN. THIS IS THE HOTTEST CONCERT THIS MONTH.

Sorry Erik, I am just tired of all the comments I read from his supporters. I thought we want to be inclusive. BTW, I am a little older and remember how our eonomy was in the 90′s. I know that the Clintons have lots of baggage. But lot of it, I don’t care about. Look, Patterson admit of having affairs, I don’t care either.

You know, it should be Goodbye Yellow Brick Road for this article and its inference of wrongdoing on the part of Clinton. There’s a lot more to rock about with Obama.

To Doug: Clinton “sold” nothing, Dude!
Guests in the Lincoln bedroom, other than personal friends of the Clintons, were DNC donors, WJC did not need donors. He was already President!
The donors benefitted the DNC alone. The same DNC that backs your idol Obama!

The Clintons raised money illegally from Chinese Communists. That’s a fact.
I know Hillary doesn’t like facts. Just look at her lie about Bosnia.

Hillary doesn’t have a shot at the nomination. Barack has to win three contests out of the next ten. Pelosi has already explained to all the “Hillary” supporters “indirectly” that the SD will support the one with the most pledged delegates. How do you like them apples?

I don’t know about the rest of the country but gays in California went for Hillary in a big way. They love her. They like her toughness and she’s been very active in the gay community, human rights campaign events, etc. The fact that Elton John jumps in, well, that’s not a surprise. He loves the limelight.

Can anyone explain why Obama himself in 2004 said he would not be qualified to run for national office in 2008 and yet he is doing it now?

Why would any gay person support the clintons? That’s like saying why would any non-black person support Obama because of him going to that church for 20 years.

If it is not illegal, it is not illegal! Period. All the fulminating by Obama supporters is getting tiresome. It is divisive, unattractive, and unpleasant to read these vitriolic posts which are obviously motivated by partisan jealousy.

I see your point why does Obama think he is qualified now to be the President of this great nation? Maybe so he can continue to divide white people and black people.

Doug: Chelsea admires her mother because she has spent a lifetime in the pursuit of human and civil rights. Besides she is the only Democrat left in this race who has shown that they love their country. Thats why she and we are proud of her!

Obama is a slime ball. What kind of man throws his own grandmother under the bus. I guess one who hates white people. No wonder he went to that racist church for 20 years.

Doug: Apparently Obama is paying you by the post and not the word.

Here we go again two sets of rules ,now cry Hilly baby so you can get your way.No foreign monies what in hell don’t you understand about the words????

For the first time in my adult life I am scared of one of the candidates. If Obama wins the nomination this country will be divided more than ever. That will tell black people and white people that it is OK to say racist things because Obama says so.

Because they are beholden to Chinese Communist funding, the Clintons are throwing the people of Tibet under the bus.
Free Tibet!

Maybe we should free Iraq first?

Nancy Pelosi supports Tibet, but the Clintons do not. It’s because of all those illegal foreign campaign contributions.

I don’t trust Hillary in the least. I am sorry to hear that Elton John would support such a deceitful, dishonest, and disingeuous candidate…
What is world coming to?

We should have revotes in MI and FL

Why is Hillary still in the race? Because it is HER race! The media has helped Obama steal it from her by creating the Obamania. If you want to know what the USA would be like under president Obama, take a look at Tibet! Obama and the Dalai Lama have a lot in common: spiritual leader, star power and no accountability.

Why are Clinton thugs trying to shakedown Nancy Pelosi? She is a fellow woman. Oh that’s right, Hillary doesn’t care about other women. Just her own quest for power.

Bill Clinton repealed Glass-Steagall, deregulating the banking industry. That’s why we have an economic crisis today.

If Elton is a US permanent resident (green card holder) with a foreign passport, then it is totally legal for him to raise money for Hillary, Obama, or McCain. The only difference between a US citizen and a permanent resident is that the latter does not have the right to vote, although he has to pay all taxes.

Why didn’t Hillary read the National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq before voting for Bush’s War? Was she too sleepy at 3am?

Poll: Obama leads Clinton nationally By The Associated Press
27 minutes ago
THE RACE: The presidential race for Democrats nationally
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THE NUMBERS
Barack Obama, 49 percent
Hillary Rodham Clinton, 39 percent

westcoastmessanger…she only cared when she was behind…a few months ago she said it Michigana and Florida didn’t matter…again she uses the situation to benefit herself, not the people..

Cindy,
You don’t get it. I don’t care if Hillary or Barack cares. Guess what, I’m an American and I care. People throughout history have been willing to give their own blood to ensure the right to vote. You think this is about pedantic rules and Machiavellian positioning. It’s not. It’s about the right to f—ing VOTE and have it COUNT!
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Obama Zombies do not care about Democracy!
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The Clinton Experience: Survive scandal after scandal after scandal. Now that’s experience we can believe in.

Honest (is that a joke name?)
I have my stories straight. Howard Dean has conspired with Barack Obama to make sure that there is absolutely no possibility that the voters of Michigan and Florida will have a fair say in the nominating process. This is called disenfranchisement. In my book it’s called b.s.
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Obama is un-American when it comes to Democracy
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I am astonished by the harshness of the supporters of Sen. Obama, which includes the media, towards Sen. Clinton. Do these supporters really think Sen. Obama will win the general election? I believe that those “red” states he won the primaries in will vote Republican in the Fall. The big picture is the win in November. I truly believe that the Republicans have successfully muddied the waters during the primary by encouraging the ” party switch” during the caucuses. Why hasn’t Sen. Obama won the big states? Also, that Kennedy Camelot myth is just too much to take, especially for some of us who were around during that era. The young Obama advisors and supporters would benefit from a history lesson. And while they are at it, perhaps they should also check out Chicago politics under the Daley regime, which continues to this day.(How did JFK win?) Sen.
Obama has benefited mightly from his connections to Tony Rezko and Mayor Daley and, of course, his New Hyde Park “weathermen” friends. As a Hillary Clinto supporter I will not vote for Sen. Obama should he gain the nomination. The continued “trash” talk by the Obama campaign turns my stomach. Sen. Clinton is resilient and has withstood vicious attacks from the media and Obama supporters.
Does anyone think if Sen. Clinton uttered those words attributed to Michelle Obama about being only proud to be an American now, she would have gotten a pass as Mrs. Obama has? What if her pastor uttered hateful words? Would the Clintons get a pass? Save us from rich liberals who need to assuage their consciences and save us from bitter, jealous women who will always manage to shoot themselves in the foot sooner or later. Maureen Dowd, anyone? As a proud woman of a certain age, I am thankful for all those women who came before me and fought for the rights we now have. Too bad, we don’t know how to stick together. I am a proud Hillary supporter.

Bill Clinton dodged the draft. He definitely hates America.

Yeah Elton! Rake in the dough!!! Go Hillary!!!!

I don’t know which team of geniuses is more incompetent in their public relations tactics: The Chinese in their handling of the Tibetan crisis or the Clinton campaign and their acts of desperation as the last days of their failed campaign come to pass.

Hillary once referred to Bill as an “evil man.” One of the few times she was actually telling the truth.

There is always dirt “around” Obama. When you find “him” dirty then call me……lol
If Obama is guilty of what a pastor says then you are guilty of lying about sniper fire on your arrival to Bosnia..
Stop being un-democratic…..support Obama who is the clear winner and lets beat Mccain. Obama 08

Wow, kinda funny how HRC supporters blame ‘you people’ (presumably the press or McCain/Obama supporters)for “nitpicking every little thing Hillary says…” I feel more sorry for Obama who has to worry more about the same nitpicking, but NOT of things HE says, but what may be said by anyone he knows now or ever has known. Half of the statements attributed to him were never said BY him, but they’re taken as fact. I’ve seen and heard words come out of HRC’s (or Bill’s or Chelsea’s, etc) that are lies with video to prove it, and yet I’m supposed to believe ‘she was tired’; ‘she misspoke’; ‘You must have heard wrong’; or better yet, “I was just joking!” Give me a break! I’d rasther have BUSH back again–sorry, that last statement was just a ‘joke’.

larry996….I lived for 18 years with an alocholic and drug abuser. Does that make me one? No, I turned out pretty good, because I took my experences in life and worked for good…LIFE LESSONS

Doug: Thanks for helping me with confirming my latest hypothesis about Obama supporters. There is no relationship between intellegence and being an Obama supporter. Thanks for the help Doug!

I thought Omaba people said that they were better educated than Hillary supporters! So whats the deal with this Doug guy. Well must just be another myth perpetuated by the obamanians!

Hillary’s website has a petition up to sign to get FL & MI votes counted.
If you believe EVERY American’s vote should count you can make your voice heard!
Obama should NOT be able to steal this election like our current president did.

Noticed Alberquerque’s mayor Chavez labled Richardson as “having no loyalty” yesterday.
Good for him, he is a “real” Latino, doesn’t even need 2 weeks in a “tanning salon”, nor a goatee to prove it. And… he is much more popular with NM’s and other Latinos than Richardson.
Richardson can’t get Dems. elected in NM, much less natinolly, and dropped out to avoid loosing SW Lation vote to HRC. Look at the representation in NM, Dominici (R), Wilson(R), Pearce the only Dem.

Barack can NOT win the general election, Hillary can. Democrats – if you value our positions on the issues and seek change then your vote should be for Hillary. The electoral college polls and analyses predict she can win.

RULES ARE RULES! In life you play by the rules or you don’t play! Quit whinning about the FL and Mich. votes being counted – they didn’t play by the rules and therefor they don’t get to play!!

JD — either Obama or Clinton could beat McCain in November. So you folks in PA should vote for the one whose policies best fit you economic needs. Both Democratic candidates addressed economic issues this week. (McCain addressed it too, but his speech was a train wreck.)

Actually, Obama’s economic plan is quite savvy. Check it out on his website. Check out Clinton’s too.

Jason, 12:58:21: If you misinterpreted what Michelle had to say, it is because you wanted to. She was challenging blacks to move beyond their preconceptions (which we all have). Yet you over look that and pick on some meaningless phrase she used. Petty defines you.

As a second generation Mexican-American I am deeply offended that Obama uses “Yes We Can” at his campaign rallies.
This was Cesar Chavez’s slogan for Immigrant and farm workers rights. You can’t just STEAL something like that.
How would you feel is Hillary spewed out ” I have a dream”? …. no no no…
Los Latinos Votamos Clinton!
We Latinos Vote Clinton!

From Obama’s Book – His Own Words :
‘Dreams of My Father’,
“I CEASED TO ADVERTISE MY MOTHER’S RACE AT THE AGE OF 12 OR 13, when I began to suspect that by doing so I was ingratiating myself to whites”
From Dreams of My Father, ” I FOUND A SOLACE IN NURSING A PERVASIVE SENSE OF GRIEVANCE AND ANIMOSITY AGAINST MY MOTHER’S RACE”.
From ‘Dreams of my Father’, “The emotion between the races could never be pure….. the THE OTHER RACE (WHITE) WOULD ALWAYS REMAIN JUST THAT: MENACING, ALIEN AND APART”
From Dreams Of My Father, “never emulate white men and brown men whose fates didn’t speak to my own. IT WAS INTO MY FATHER’S IMAGE , THE BLACK MAN, THE SON OF AFRICA, THAT I’D PACKED ALL THE ATTRIBUTES I SOUGHT IN MYSELF.
From Dreams Of My Father:
“THAT HATE HADN’T GONE AWAY,” he wrote, BLAMING WHITE PEOPLE,- SOME CRUEL, SOME IGNORANT, sometimes a single face, sometimes just a faceless image of a system claiming power over our lives.”

Hillary supporters – please vote for Obama after the inevitable occurs in June. It is too important to be petty and not vote or to vote for McCain.
McCain = Pro War & Pro Life
Don’t be petty. Please come around.
Obama is a decent guy and he will get
a lot of good people to come into his administration.

Mary_chicago -
At least he admitted to using drugs, unlike Bill’s – I didn’t inhale.(Right????)
Most folks in their 40′s tried drugs in their teens, so its wrong to admit that?
(Again right????) At least they are not lying like Bill did.
If Obama has been taught ot get into weak peoples minds then what is Christianity about?
An honest man is hard to find – frauds are a dime a dozen…

billy smith – No change in hell. I would rather see McCain then a racist running the country.

I wonder if any foreign nationals might attend this concert, and whether they might be persuaded to contribute to Hillary’s campaign. Wouldn’t that make her a criminal? And how about illegal aliens from Mexico? Are any of them contributing to her campaign? Should we throw the book at her?

after 41 years of being a faithful democrat, voting and supporting every single democratic candidate chosen, sometimes taking my babies (3 girls) and their babies (3 more girls) if it was the only way i could vote, in snow, rain, you name it – I read this year that 33% of male democrats “will never vote for a woman”
i have left the democratic party
I am now an independent who supports Hillary and will not vote if she is not the nominee
41 years of watching men screw it up over and over
no more
good luck

SOME PEOPLE SEEM TO HAVE DEVELOPED A MORBID FASCINATION WITH REV. WRIGHT AND KEEP BRINGING HIM UP. REMEMBER, HE IS NOT THE ONE RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT.THEY HAVE COMPLETELY LOST SIGHT OF BIGGER ISSUES.THESE PEOPLE SEEM TO BE BLIND OR DEAF TO THE OBVIOUS FACT THAT HILARY CLINTON IS THE ONLY GUILTY PARTY HERE, AND STOP CONDEMNING OBAMA, WHO HAPPENS TO BE FOUND GUILTY THROUGH ASSOCCIATION (I AM TALKING ABOUT HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH A PASTOR WHO, DUE TO THE NATURE OF HIS PROFESSION, KNOWS LOTS OF OTHER PEOPLE, INCLUDING BILL CLINTON. NOW, ARE THEY ALL GUILTY? ARE THEY ALL UNPATRIOTIC? ARE THESE ARGUMENTS AGAINST OBAMA REALLY ABOUT TRUTH AND TRUTHFULNESS, OR IS THERE SOMETHING MORE DEEP-SEATED CLOUDING SOME PEOPLE’S JUDGEMENTS? IN ALL HONESTY, WHICH ONE IS MORE DANGEROUS? HILARY OR OBAMA? HOW MANY MORE LIES, OR “MIS-SPOKE” INCCIDENTS, SHOULD COME TO LIGHT BEFORE PEOPLE BEGIN TO WAKE UP FROM THEIR STUPORE AND REALIZE THAT HILARY CLINTON WOULD DO ANYTHING, INCLUDING TEARING APART THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND POLARIZING OUR PEOPLE, TO GET HERSELF ELECTED (BY THE WAY, THIS IS NOT ABOUT HER MIXING UP THE EVENTS. SHE NEVER FACED SNIPER FIRE, PERIOD. HOWEVER, SHE BROUGHT IT UP SEVERAL TIMES. IF THAT IS NOT A LIE, THEN, I DON’T KNOW WHAT IS). SHE RATIFIED NAFTA AND NEVER MENTIONED IT WHILE CAMPAIGNING IN OHIO. SHE HAS REFUSED TO RELEASE SOME DOCUMENTS WHICH COULD QUESTION HER CLAIMS REGARDING HER”EXPERIENCE”. SHE SUPPORTED THE INVASION OF IRAQ. SHE HARDLY MENTIONS ANYTHING ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE, WHICH, BY THE WAY, AFFECTS MORE AND MORE PEOPLE THAN ANYTHING ELSE. SHE LIES ABOUT HER ”EXPERIENCE”. SHE SIMPLY PLAYS THE FEAR AND THE ECONOMY GAME, BECAUSE SHE KINOWS THAT ONCE THE FOOD ON THE TABLE BEGINS TO SHRINK, SOME PEOPLE FAIL TO SEE THE BIGGER PICTURE. IT IS NOT THE MEDIA THAT DISTORT THE FACTS, RATHER, IT IS THE DIRE SHORTAGE OF TRUTH IN HILARY CLINTON’ STATMENTS WHICH SHOULD BE EXAMINED.

I’m a Hilary supporter who will vote for McCain before Obama gets in. He’s the better man. Any man that picks up for a racist pastor and says he doesn’t know he said those kind of things after 20 years is a LIAR…and probably just as racist…

Dear ONE —so -called political analyst.
Thank you for your very deep, ridiculous, and totally one-sided analysis.
Just stuff it, lie back and relax, Hillary will make your miserable life much better.
When the “youth” can pay their own bills, and stop asking their parents, Grandparents, and federal programs for handouts. Then they should think “about being in charge”!
However by that time thay will no longer be “youths”! they know the “real World” then, and I do not mean the one on MTV.

linda…too bad, just being a women doesn’t qualify you to be president…you need integrity, and character…

shalabalaboo…actually, I am a Republican, and I see Obama as the only candidate for change…so I won’t vote at all if Hillay gets the nomination. The first time in my adult life( I am 60 years old)…

I think they should count the votes and I support Obama. But I don’t think that even if she won she would be on top. The democrats need to look at some policies on this one, I think winner take all is the best approch in these things. I heard that Obmama wasn’t even on the ballot in Michigan. Is that true?

linda, so you would vote for McCain over Obama because men have screwed it up for so many years? I have a little know fact for you. McCain is also a man.

Joe…that is true, Obama wasn’t on the ballot in MI. The DCC asked all the candidates not to campaign there or put their names in the ballot. Hillary bulked and decided a win would look good, even though she ran against no one…

What ever happend to all those big rallies that Obama was having in stadiums?

Well said, Mokopane: “Those Democrats who would vote for McCain rather than Obama should volunteer for the military so they can sustain our troop levels in Iraq for the next 100 years. But before they go, they should just write a big fat check to a corrupt CEO of their choice.”

Obama on Iraq: Prior To Joining U.S. Senate
While running for senate in 2003, Sen. Obama acknowledged that he took his anti-war speech off his campaign website, calling it ‘dated.’ Specifically, State Senator Obama maintains that an October 2002 anti-war speech was removed from his campaign web site because “the speech was dated once the formal phase of the war was over, and my staff’s desire to continually provide fresh news clips.” [Black Commentator, 6/19/03]
Obama in July 2004: ‘There’s not much of a difference between my position and George Bush’s position [on Iraq] at this stage.’ In a meeting with Chicago Tribune reporters at the Democratic National Convention, Obama said, “On Iraq, on paper, there’s not as much difference, I think, between the Bush administration and a Kerry administration as there would have been a year ago. […] There’s not much of a difference between my position and George Bush’s position at this stage. The difference, in my mind, is who’s in a position to execute.” [Chicago Tribune, 07/27/04]
Obama on 2002 Iraq resolution vote: ‘What would I have done? I don’t know:’ “When asked about Senators Kerry and Edwards’ votes on the Iraq war, Obama said, “I’m not privy to Senate intelligence reports,” Mr. Obama said. “What would I have done? I don’t know. What I know is that from my vantage point the case was not made.” [New York Times, 07/26/04]
In September 2004, Obama says he ‘ would be willing to send more soldiers to Iraq.’ [AP, 9/19/04]

To Cindy
All the s names were on the ballot in MI. Obama and Edwards took there names off the ballot and asked the voters to vote undecided. Please get your facts straght.

But before we go too far on what a wonderful president Bill was and what a great president Hillary would be…let’s not forget these facts!!President Clinton cited executive privilege for his refusal to turn over documents to Congress related to his decision to offer clemency to members of the FALN terrorist group.
In October 2006, the group Judicial Watch filed a request with the U.S. Justice Department for an investigation, alleging that Hilliary had received $107,000 from the Edgar and Vonna Jo Gregory for the pardons, in the form of loans that were never repaid, as part of a quid pro quo scheme.
Marc Rich, a fugitive, was pardoned of tax evasion. Denise Rich, his former wife, had made substantial donations to the Clinton library and to Mrs. Clinton’s senate campaign. Emails uncovered during the course of the investigation revealed that her final donation was provided a year before (guess who??) Scooter Libby requested that she approach Clinton for a pardon. According to Paul Volcker’s independent investigation of Iraqi Oil-for-Food kickback schemes, Marc Rich was a middleman for several suspect Iraqi oil deals involving over 4 million barrels of oil.
Susan McDougal, who had already completed her sentence, was pardoned for her role in the Whitewater scandal; McDougal had served 18 months on contempt charges for refusing to testify about Clinton’s role.

So I am correct: In Dreams Of My Father Obama admits to be a racist against the white people and even didn’t like the fact his mother was white. Is that why he called his grandmother a typical white women? Obama stayed with that church because he is as racial as his pastor. The white people should wake up and smell the coffee. Black people are going to vote for him only therefore why don’t many of the white people have the sense to vote for their own. Can you imagine Wright in the white house along with Farrakhan. That’s not the American way.

On February 8, 2008, Barack Obama stood in the aisle of his airplane and told reporters that he would be “fine” with a new primary in Michigan if it could be done in a way that gave him and Senator Clinton time to make their respective cases and the DNC signed off. Since then, such a plan has garnered broad support from top Michigan lawmakers and the DNC has given its blessing.
So Barack Obama is on board, right? Guess again. It turns out that his comments about being fine with a re-vote if the above conditions were met were just words. As yesterday’s headline in the Detroit Free-Press made clear, Senator Obama is the lone standout: “Michigan do-over depends on Obama’s backing, Senate leaders say.”
False Excuse #1: Barack Obama Wasn’t on the Ballot. The Obama campaign argues that their candidate wasn’t on the January ballot because the Michigan primary wasn’t sanctioned by the DNC and they were trying to comply with the early state pledge. Let’s remember that the point of the early state pledge was to protect the role of the four states that held early nominating contests. Well the contests in those states were protected and the people in Iowa, South Carolina, New Hampshire and Nevada got a chance to vote. Keep in mind that nearly twice as many people voted in Michigan and Florida than voted in the four early states combined.
Senator Clinton signed the pledge and kept it. Senator Obama signed the pledge and kept it in Michigan. But in so doing, Senator Obama decided to go further and made a voluntary decision to remove his name from the Michigan ballot. That was his right but it was also his decision. As a result, he denied Michigan the opportunity to vote for a slate of candidates. There aren’t many second chances in life but Senator Obama has one now and should ask the people of Michigan for their vote. Why is he refusing to do so?
False Excuse #2: Obama Voters Participated in GOP Primary. The Obama camp will argue that their supporters voted in the GOP primary because Barack Obama wasn’t on the Democratic ballot. They argue that the legislation’s effort to comply with the DNC rules is unfair since the bill would prohibit people who voted in the 2008 GOP primary in Michigan from voting a second time in the Democratic contest.

cindy said —shalabalaboo…actually, I am a Republican, and I see Obama as the only candidate for change…so I won’t vote at all if Hillay gets the nomination. The first time in my adult life( I am 60 years old)…
So Cindy that means you must have voted for Bush 43 twice. Now all of a sudden “you are ready to save the world”!
Pardon my Scoff!

Mokopane:
Obama is a dirty politician.
And about NAFTA. His campaign’s economic adviser did contact the Canadians not Hillary’s campaign.
Obama tried to pin Hillary with it but the truth is that NO CONTACT WAS MADE BY HILLARY CAMPAIGN.

Myth: Hillary and Bill Clinton have control over which documents are released from the Clinton Library.
Fact: Under federal law, records at the Clinton Library are the property of the U.S. government—not Hillary or Bill Clinton. These records are in the custody and control of the National Archives.
As noted in the Washington Post, “Presidential papers can’t be released at the snap of a finger”; so “[c]alling on the Clintons to release their papers makes for great campaign theater. But it’s theater that has no bearing on reality.” [Washington Post, 2/8/08; 3/1/08].
Myth: Hillary and Bill Clinton have control over when documents from the Clinton Library are made public.
Fact: The Archives released these schedules in response to a Freedom of Information Act request. The Archives processes those requests on a first come, first served basis, and is required by law to review every line of every page.
As the Archives itself has said: “‘We’re releasing them tomorrow because they’re ready tomorrow . . . It was as soon as we could get them out.’” [Washington Post, 3/18/08].
Myth: Hillary and Bill Clinton have delayed the release of her White House records by preventing their release from the Clinton Library.
Fact: Hillary and Bill Clinton do not decide when records can be released from the Clinton Library—the Archives does and has said so publicly on the record.
By law, before releasing any documents, the Archives must conduct a page-by-page, line-by-line review of every record to ensure that confidential, security, and personal privacy information is not improperly released.
The Archives has repeatedly stated that that this painstaking process is cumbersome and responsible for the bulk of the time it takes to review and release material. In this case, the Archives took approximately 6 months to complete its review of more than 11,000 pages. For his part, President Clinton’s representative completed his review in less than 30 days — weeks ahead of the time allotted for his review.
Myth: Hillary and Bill Clinton are responsible for the redactions in the White House schedules.
Fact: The Archives made the redactions. According to the Archives, the majority of the redactions in the schedules pertain to the privacy interests of third parties, including their social security numbers, telephone numbers, and home addresses. This information is withheld under federal law.
In fact, President Clinton asked the Archives, to the extent it could under applicable law, to release extensive material in those records that otherwise would have been excluded.

To miles1967
The only one that needs to leave America is Obama and his RACIST church.

To Cindy
The DNC never asked anyone to remove their nmaes from the Ballot so they all abided by the rules by either taking their name off or leaving it on.

You all know that if Obama is nominated, 28% of Hillary’s supporters will vote for John McCain and only 19% of the votes McCain will get from Obama people if Hillary won. Do the math! More people dislike Obama than he can imagine!Let me pledge that, If Obama ever get nominated, I will make sure that my family and all my friends will never come out and vote for him. We have a group of 45 people in Dallas went out to vote for Hillary in March 4 and we are proud of it!

To Cindy:
Stop drinking the Obama koolaide. Obama, Edwards and Richardson withdrew to undercut the validity of the primary in MI
They were not asked or required to do so by the DNC.
They tried the same trick in Florida but state law prohibited this trick.

Kay: Those Democrats who would vote for McCain rather than Obama should volunteer for the military so they can sustain our troop levels in Iraq for the next 100 years. But before they go, they should just write a big fat check to a corrupt CEO of their choice

Thanks BC! I think that those people who speak against a revote are idiots. It’s not just the collective we have to think of, but of the individual who will be turned off by not rvoting. they argue MI and FL broke the rules. Is that the fault of the individual voter, did they have a choice. I hope that Howard Dean and Pelosi knows this.

cindy said —shalabalaboo…actually, I am a Republican, and I see Obama as the only candidate for change…so I won’t vote at all if Hillay gets the nomination. The first time in my adult life( I am 60 years old)…
Either you are lying, Cindy or you voted for DUBYA twice. Which is it?

Cindy…It hurts when the truth comes out about your Oboma huh?? I can’t wait if he is the nomonee, that he gets slammed by the Republicans!

ddn, Being an American might mean giging a friend a hand when she needs it. Or help the cuase you believe in. That is what Elton is doing.

Obama supporters in both the FL. and MI. legislatures “BLOCKED” votes on re-votes.
In Mi. they actually stalled action until recess.

I have to clarify the listings of Obama’s $$ “support from sub prime companies” that people without any sense are parroting from the Clinton campaign: Each company amount is a compilation of donors of EMPLOYEES THAT WORK AT THE COMPANY, not the company itself. HRC knows this, but hey, why not get the parrots to believe this too?

The only way Barack Obama can win the nomination is by disenfranchising 5 million voters in Florida and Michigan, and then stopping the process before Pennsylvania, Indiana, and the others have their primaries. That’s not exactly gently politics.
I understand Hilary Clinton’s positive numbers are down. I don’t think that’s Obama’s fault except maybe seconhand; the press has been pillorying Hillary for weeks and is getting more nasty every day. I don’t think voters are concerned that the contest is not over but the ‘pundits’ (not really) are getting more and more irrational.

Oh Mary, here we go again. Cutting and pasting things doesn’t do anything if you don’t understand what the words mean. There is a lot of media out there and if you can’t understand what the words even mean (not what they imply), you will continue to be uninformed. Curious though, if you’re willing Mary, what do you make of the lying issue this week? Do you think its important for our next president to be truthful? There was video. What you have on Obama, is all implications and innuendo.

Fact Check: Organizer of NAFTA Meeting Said Hillary Was A NAFTA CRITIC!
The Obama campaign is claiming that the fact that Hillary attended a meeting on the subject of NAFTA organized by David Gergen is proof that she was a champion of NAFTA.
Here’s what David Gergen said about Hillary’s views on NAFTA:
I was actually there in the Clinton White House during the NAFTA fight and I must tell you Hillary Clinton was extremely unenthusiastic about NAFTA. And I think that’s putting it mildly. I’m not sure she objected to all the provisions of it but she just didn’t see why her husband and that White House had to go and do that fight. She was very unhappy about it and wanted to move on to health care. So I do think there’s some justification for her camp saying, you know, she’s never been a great backer for NAFTA.” [David Gergen, Anderson Cooper 360, 2/25/08]

JJ.. Obama knows that if he focused on his experience, he’d get questions about the shortcomings in his record and the efforts he has made to embellish it.
He’d have to deal with the fallout from this week’s Washington Post report on his gross exaggeration of his role on immigration reform and housing policy.
He would have to explain why the New York Times reported that he claims credit for passing nuclear leak legislation that never got out of committee.
He’d have to confront reports from FactCheck.org and other independent organizations that say his claims of providing a universal health care plan are based on selective, embellished and out-of-context quotes from newspapers.
He’d have to discuss the LA Times story that reported on how his fellow organizers say he took too much credit for his community organizing efforts.
He’d have to explain why he regularly claims he was a law professor when in fact he held no such title.
Obama seems to think disingenuous attacks on Hillary will address the concerns voters have about his record and readiness to be the Commander-in-Chief and the steward of our economy.
They won’t.
In the end, Obama’s words cannot erase Hillary’s 35-year record of action because when all is said and done, words aren’t action. They are just words.
All facts babyyyyy

Unlike Obama, Hillary Campaign Never Contacted Canadian Government About NAFTA
CTV reported that a senior member of Obama’s campaign called the Canadian embassy, reassuring officials that Obama’s talk on NAFTA was just campaign rhetoric.
Obama campaign refused to confirm or deny the initial report. Obama and his campaign made a series of false denials about its communication with the Canadian government about NAFTA. A memo from the Canadian government established that the Obama campaign did have a meeting, making assurances contrary to what Obama has told voters.

You should know Mary, The Canadian government announced today that they will be sharing with us the findings of their investigation into the NAFTA “leak.” I guess we’ll see if Bill had anything to do with the “leak” since he flew up to Toronto that weekend. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

Um yeah. Ruth. What on earth are you talking about? You need to take a step back, relax and re evaluate your media consumption.

JJ..Who cares who leaked it..The truth came out about Obama’s dirty tricks of Nafta.

It matters who leaked it if that person was coerced by Bill Clinton, who happened to have flown to Toronto for a day before this whole thing came out. That’s the curious part. The facts on this subject are entirely misconstrued. He never met with them, it was his advisor and the reporter that asked him asked him if he had a meeting and he said no. The only meeting was 4 weeks prior. The media made this whole story and a lot truly believe it was Bill Clinton who is responsible.

To JJ
The Canadian government is not in Toronto its in Qttawa. Keep driving that Obama Kool-Aid and everything will be OK.

MICHELE OBAMA’S MILITANT RACISM REVEALED
In her senior thesis at Princeton, Michele Obama, the wife of Obama stated that America was a nation founded on “crime and hatred”. Moreover, she stated that whites in America were “ineradicably racist”.
The 1985 thesis, titled “Princeton-Educated Blacks and the Black Community” was written under her maiden name, Michelle LaVaughn Robinson.
Michelle Obama stated in her thesis that to “Whites at Princeton, it often seems as if, to them, she will always be Black first…” However, it was reported by a fellow black classmate, “If those “Whites at Princeton” really saw Michelle as one who always would “be Black first,” it seems that she gave them that impression”.
Most alarming is Michele Obama’s use of the terms “separationist” and “integrationist” when describing the views of black people.
Mrs. Obama clearly identifies herself with a “separationist” view of race.
“By actually working with the Black lower class or within their communities as a result of their ideologies, a separationist may better understand the desperation of their situation and feel more hopeless about a resolution as opposed to an integrationist who is ignorant to their plight.”
Obama writes that the path she chose by attending Princeton would likely lead to her “further integration and/or assimilation into a white cultural and social structure that will only allow me to remain on the periphery of society; never becoming a full participant.”
Michele Obama clearly has a chip on her shoulder.
Not only does she see separate black and white societies in America, but she elevates black over white in her world.

jj That’s what <i thought. You haven't a clue. My point is that why America has to be taking the all the blame for a practice that has been practiced for centuries even before it was discovered.Not that slavery in our country wasn't wrong. it was. but It is just that Obama wanted to make it seem that America is the initiater. so I wanted to clarify that he mispoke. You are asking me what am I talking about?

LOL that’s funny Cory! I wish I would of thought of that.

Well not surprising as Elton John is English, and in that country they’re about 10 decades behind us in almost everything, so the idea of a powerful Black person is still very alien to the British…
Hil-LIAR-y has already set the timer on her campaign, and its set to explode. It’s MATHS and now a matter of time!
So all you Clintonites start preparing for your futures more vigorously, hold he college fund for your 10 yrold, cos they won’t be needing it where they’re going! Our next President will be McCain according to 34% of Clinton extremist.
I have been supporting Obama since he began his journey, and i hold my reasons for doing so. But I would first offer my soul then vote for what would be another 4 years of a Bush administration.
My Mother who we both have been members of the same party for over 15years is a Clinton extremist. In her own words, she would rather ‘vote for what she has fought against for the last decade then see a Black man hold the highest position of power in the land’. My mother is not a racist but rather she is uncomfortable with the situation and will switch parties if Obama is elected.
All you extremist fanatical Clintonites should be ashamed to attempt to sing our great National anthem.
We need to stop this NOW and get the Democratic party’s common views & values that unites us all.. More importantly WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT OUR PARTIES SAKE, FOR OUR COUNTRYS SAKE, FOR THE WORLD’S SAKE.
IT IS TIME FOR THE CLINTON FAMILY EGO TO STEP ASIDE ONCE AND FOR ALL, AND STOP BESIEGING OUR GREAT AMERICAN DEMOCRACY!!
THE CLINTONS MUST LEARN TO BE GRACIOUS IN DEFEAT AND LOSE WITH SOME INTEGRITY STILL LEFT IN TACT, WHILE YOU HAVE THE CHANCE. THE PRESIDENCY IS NOT HER DIVINE RIGHT, AND NEVER HAS BEEN!!!
OBAMA’08

So who’s paying for Elton John’s airfare and accommodations? Just curious.

I think the people who are commenting on the wright issue are just clutching for straws. There is no guilt there its just guilt by association.
The guys accusing this are the same guys who accused barack as a muslim. Now they say he is a christian and a racist. All this tells me that somehow they want to point their fingers at barack.
The only reason for them to do this is because they are uncomfortable with a black. Look at it yourself anybody with half a brain can say that these things are a stretch.