Let the Vetting Begin, Obama Campaign Says

So, Axelrod thinks he can command Senator Clinton to release her tax returns prior to April 15?
Perhaps the Obama campaign czar can get away with that when dealing with his own peasants and minions, but I doubt that the Clinton camp will do much more than laugh.
In my lifetime, April 15 has been the traditional tax deadline for all Americans. Now, we have the Internal Axelrod Revenue Service saying that isn’t good enough.
That’s about right for a campaign that refers to its candidate as “the Messiah.”

No candidate that has been less vetted? Axelrod sounds just flat out stupid. Who has been more vetted than Hillary Clinton?
So Mr. Hope and Change had the door slammed shut last night and now moves to campaign tactics he swore he would never use.
Dangerous ground for Obama.

Yes.. clinton we need to know.!!!!!!!!!.. democracy = transparency… ooops I forgot you are a Republican
Shame on you for using all the dirty tricks in the clinton’s dictoionary to steal votes and still be proud. I wonder how you are able to sleep at night.

hillary believes as long as she ignores it, it will go away. That is how she and bill handled this in the 90′s. Then a slow leak started, and the dam broke…
scandal after scandal
someone explain the experience that qualifies hillary as commander in chief.

All I can say is thank God all of this stuff is coming out on Obama before the general election, where McCain and Rove would have torn him to shreds. As far as his threat to vet Clinton, good luck — the Repubs have been at that for 16 years. There’s nothing left.

other than having a general behind her, because all three candidates have a general supporting them. If its just enough to say she understands….they all ‘understand’, so that doesn’t fly.

he’s already answered them, y’all just don’t like the answers because there is nothing there. so you just keep beating the drum….how disingenuous
The Chicago Tribune has done the vetting on this issue already. When it came up again last year, one of the reporters on CBS or NBC (whichever one it was) did a report on this issue. The result? There was nothing illegal, period.
So tell the first lady to release all her documents so the sheeple can see what she is hiding.
She would rather throw her own party members under the bus, well its about time she got dragged under the bus as well. The dragging will be much worse if she wins the nomination, because then she will surely lose.

Hillary Clinton has had it very easy on the vetting front. She has not been vetted for the presidential election. Where did that $5 million loan come from?
She thinks people will just let her skate through without revealing her current tax records? The American people deserve to know who is buying access to the Whitehouse.
Hillary is trying out for the most powerful office in the US. I think she should live by same standard that other candidates have honored.
What is she hiding????????
Why no more on her connection with Gupta of Info USA?

A lot of talk about answering questions about Rezko. Specifically what questions about Rezko has Obama refused to answer?

they can’t say what he hasn’t answered, they figure if they just keep beating the Rezko drum, then the hillary sheeple will be afraid….
besides, he is a muslim too, right?! I mean, as far as hillary knows, he’s not, right?!
just dishonest rhetoric…she will say or do anything to get elected.

Every single pundit, analyst, statistician and political strategist points out the futility of the Clinton campaign continuing…that they simply cannot overcome the delegate deficit to best Sen. Obama’s lead going into the convention. Why then is Sen. Clinton forging ahead with a campaign that is either destined to lose or lead inevitably to a brokered convention? In the face of certain defeat…against numbers, not advice, that she cannot win…she is marching on. That Sen. Clinton disregards these facts, while beseeching the people to fund her drive, she, more than anyone, echoes the Bush-Cheney mindset…which may explain why she voted for the war in Iraq…and why it is difficult to take her seriously when she claims she can remedy this failing economy — for nothing she does, as the theoretical candidate of action over words — offers any kind of “solution” to this problem.

Why hasn’t Michelle Obama released her thesis on being a black college woman? How come omana isn’t being vetted? So a Chicago newpaper vetted obama? Really? I would love to read Michelle obamas thesis – Why is it locked away?
The chosen one is kind of wobbly today?

Norman Hsu…or better yet, Peter Paul…that trial is about to start, isn’t it?

The independents and dems who voted for Obama now have another candidate they can back: Ralph Nader.

Everyone that is worried about who is bankrolling Hillary or Barak need to step back and ask: Would it be better that they were using their own money or someone else’s money to fund their campaigns?
When Mitt Romney was running, the comments were: “He’s trying to buy the presidency with his own money!”
Now, with Hillary they are asking: “Who’s buying access to the presidency?”
Which is it going to be?? Either they use their own money, or someone else’s money….

Simple minds HRC supporters, go to college and get an education.She is the biggest lier in American politics and you still believe her. She told Tim Russert during the last debate , in front of millions of people: I have requested to have my 100000 files sent to the White House. Next thing is: the White House says they haven’t heard from HRC at all!! In your face, lying. What a nerve! Simple minds like that, they like bullies & liers. Shame on that!The world is watching!

All of this should have been put to rest last night. No, voters felt sorry for a lady taking a beating by losing back to back contest. Not to mention the negativity coming from her campagin directed at him.
All I can say is this: now that she is the front runner again, she will no doubt face harsh press coverage as all front runners do. So, will she complain again of being treated unfairly?
While I hardly agree with the pundits and commentators, it will be an extremely hard road for her to BOTH attain the Dem. nomination and WIN the general election.
Seriously, she stands even less of a chance of beating McCain. That 3 am ad that she rolled out in the last week, will really bite her in the butt when she faces a war hero or military veteran. Now I can surely see why she has the most support among the uneducated of your party. You people lack deep analytical skills the see the writing on the wall. Oh well congrats to her and him. My party waits in anticipation of going against either of your candidates.

LA in Indiana:
Really?? Did you really just use “clinton/rove” together?? Really? Really?

sorry but people in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones

Oh, and Hillary has never lied about anything. ANYTHING! She’s as pure as the wind-driven snow.

I think she’s hiding something. Where did the $5 million she “loaned” her campaign come from?
If she has nothing to hide then she should release the tax returns now.

Major1:
Uh…hmmm….let’s see….what have Hillary and Bill done to make money since they let the White house?
Uh…2 best selling books, speaking fee’s, senate paychecks…etc…..

these woudl be the tax documents from LAST year, not the ones due this year. Thought those should be released as well. As well as the much touted documents regarding her Whitehouse experience.
She has plenty to hide. This is why she wants to wait until she is the nominee before she will release these docs.

what did he lie about tony?

OBAMA LIED & LOST!

Yesterday the Obama supporters were licking the feet of Texas, Ohio, and Rhode Island voters and today they curse and call them simple minded voters for choosing Hillary. Pay attention PA and other states to come because if you do not vote as the Obama supporters tell you to vote you could find yourselves being cursed and called simple minded as well. Who knew?

That was some deep thinking there Tony!!
I can do that too:
TONY LIED & AND IS AN IDIOT!!
How deep was that??

Rezko and no charges can only go so far gang especially coming from the Clintons.
Fine, finally I am at this point today…If this is the debate you all want to have about ethics … I am sure the Clintons and the American people want that to be the debate
Lets have it.

LA, Barack Obama said his relationship with Tony Rezko was purely business.. “5 hrs” of work but we all know now that not only they were partness in a business related to Obama’s house but also took Rezko for a ‘tour’ prior to buying the house. A lie is a lie.

it doesn’t matter dogsoldier, hillary will lose anyway lol

Well, as long as demands are being made to release documents, let’s hold that thought.
I, along with many others, would like to read Michelle Obama’s senior thesis she wrote while at Princeton.
The release date for the Michelle Obama’s thesis is tentatively set for one day after election day, November 5, 2008. How convenient!
In the interest of fair play and full disclosure, why not release the thesis the same time Senator Clinton releases her documents?
While Mrs. Obama is not running for office, election of the Senator would make her the First Lady.
We surely would want any skeletons Mrs. Obama and Princeton have to come out of the closet as soon as possible so that the electorate can be fully informed. Wouldn’t we?
Now, if the Obama’s or Axelrod don’t think such a request is fair, perhaps Ken Starr should be called on to dig a little deeper.

??
Nice try Obama. The vetting started 30 years ago in Arkansas. Don’t you remember that she had a special prosecutor assigned to her at birth?
You my orator friend, need the vetting.
You don’t scare anyone away from Hillary. You are the weak candidate.

Moneyman, I might be an idiot but he still LIED & LOST! Truth doesn’t need to be ‘deep’ but just the truth.

It’s all about Obama’s off-shore accounts and aliases and money in his wife’s family name. Just a matter of time

Look, if we all say we are democrats, which may well be questionable in and of itself, how can Hillary or Obama win the White House if democrats exclude Fl and Mich? Right now the republicans have a complete free run in both states without having to work for it? Currently the voter in FL and Mich are furious at democrats and I don’t blame them. We MUST count them or have a do over.

lololol Rezko is really burning the hillary sheeples brain cells
y’all are too funny.
with the list of scandals that bill and hillary have, looks like THEY have the integrity problem. They had it back in the 90s and STILL have it.
but not to worry, she won’t win
awwwwww, and after all this time she was just waiting for her coronation. That dang Obama (place badword here) just messed it up for her lol that’s why she was caught off balance after Feb 5th….what a manager she is! And she should manage the country??? lol Not!

Jill Mitchell:
REALLY??
“It’s all about Obama’s off-shore accounts and aliases and money in his wife’s family name. Just a matter of time”
REALLY???
Please take off that tin foil hat…it clashes with that sheeple look on your face…

pure hillary….if you can’t make something stick, just create something lol look how long it will take for them to investigate it, and at the same time calling the person a liar
keep looking people….I’m sure with all of you enrolled in Scooby-Doo Investigations, you’ll come up with something. I have faith in you!
=ctfu=

Why don’t you all google “Clintons” and “Scandals” and see the reams of unanswered questions and people chomping at the bit to bring it all up again.
and although you all like to say none of it took her down…all of them helped take down the democratic party in 2000. …or do we all have that short of memories.
Most of those scandals, as much as you all would like to say they were vetted and put to rest…really just went away because a new scandal came up…or convictions were made or somebody mysteriously or unexpectedly died.
…and with Hillary’s numbers each one of those is going to be trotted out several times a day if she is the nominee.

I really don’t know how come some of you cant ask yourself why would anyone buy a lot of land not big enough to build a house put up a fence with a gate then make a garden next to someones house to beautify their property which they do not own and have no relationship with the owners of the said house at all?
What is even funnier then have the mans gardener cutting the grass regularly, so exactly when is the owner of this piece of land going to enjoy this wonderful garden?
Stranger than that is access to the said garden is via the property that the house is standing on. Either the owner of this lot of land loves to waste money because he has a lot of it or he is a total idiot.

GODISNOTREAL:
Nice name by the way since your God is anything with the label “Democrat” or “Socialism” on it. Your God is the State!!
As for a unified ticket, Hillary as said on GMA: “But of course we have to decide who is on the top of the ticket.”
I bet Bill hears that every night!!

dl,here are a few moe names to add to you list..Many more left ,Greg Rhodes,Keith Mc Maskle,Brian Hanley,Tim Sakel,Sue Coleman,Barbara West,Stanley Higgins,Jerry Parks,Kevin Ives,Don Henry,James Mc Dougal Mary Mahoney and Vince Foster,,,Ask Clintons if they knew these people>>>>>>>>

SJ all that has to do with historic property/preservation in the city of Chicago. Maybe instead of just insinuating, when apparently you just don’t know….go do some research, its free AND easy

Honestly…I know the list I put on here was off the top of my head
can’t tell you how angry I am that people had to go here with the negatives…but Obama keeps trying not to go there and I am not going to let a guy like that go down because the other candidate is use to playing dirty pool.

Someone, Anyone tell me what makes hillary qualified as Commander in Chief….
while you’re thinking, her husbands presidency doesn’t count, and…
she’s not in the military either, as Obama is not….
anyone??

So Rezko is such a good kind hearted man that he wanted to ensure that the Obama’s stayed within the code of property/preservation yet the same Rezko did not see it fit to fix the high rise buildings that he took funds for under the guise that he was going to develop low cost housing, no wonder he is where he is today.

Mishiel
Why does Obamas policy statements need to be concise? That is what is wrong. His policies (and Hillarys) are intricate and complicated as they should be in a country as large and as diverse as ours.
Simple concise statements are not a policy.

Obama doesn’t have to score big hits against HRC, all he has to do is hold his own and keep his numbers from collapsing before PA. If he goes into PA with the same support he has now, even if she wins there she won’t pick up enough delegates to make a difference, and she’ll have run out of time. Her only option is to go further negative, and at a certain point it will be negative enough that voters will swing back to Obama, as they did after Bill interjected race into the campaign in S.C. The sad part is, a month ago 75% of Democrat voters were happy with either of their candidates, now only 45% are. Hillary’s mud-slinging is souring everyone on this election, and could cost us the whole shebang in November.

“White Collars” will never understand the “Blue Collars” woes. Blinded by Presidency, Obama campaign ignore the Iowa voters verdict and started playing the dirty games.

As long as he doesn’t go negative like Clinton, then I’m for asking for more details about Clinton’s foreign policy experience. She was saying that she did work for Kosovo and Northern Ireland, and I’d frankly be intrigued as to what she did.
While Kosovo still has issues, Northern Ireland seems to have settled. So if she does have the experience, then Obama can’t argue her on that point.
But if she doesn’t – that’s good to know too. I just don’t want any more negativity. Clinton has done enough for a lifetime as far as I’m concerned, and has totally turned me off joining the Democratic Party.

hillary will probably win PA too, so all you sheeple can relax. There is a large number of racist whites in southwest philadelphia…
As much as I hate to say it, its true. I’m from there, I know.
lol now someone call me a liar….hurry up!

The Clintons are rich… so what? I could care less if Hillary Clinton’s tax return showed that she was the richest woman in the world, or if she lived a mere middle class life. Now, Obama is trying to make this a class struggle. Maybe this should tell us something. Hillary Clinton has been successful in life, while Obama has been much less so. Case closed.

Obama’s Foriegn Policy:
One story for American Public and different story and closed door diplomacy with Canada. Obama does not even know that every diplomats keep records of the communication. How Naive?
Obama campaign is trying to cover their mistakes.

oh c’mon SJ….you were supposed to answer the question, not answer with another question regarding Obama. I already said he’s not in the military either.
But hillary is your candidate right? what makes her qualified to be CIC?

LA,
Philadelphia is a violent city. Much racism exists because of violence perpetrated by one race upon another. I believe that a reduction in violence would result in an eventual (since beliefs take time to change) in racism. I have been to Philadelphia and have felt threatened in certain areas. It is what it is.

David Axelrod, did Goolsbee speak to a forgeign government?
David Axelrod, please discuss totally before the courts do, the 17 year love fest between Obama and Rezko, it is a simple thing to do!
David Axelrod, do the math, your candidate cannot win the nomination either with the remaining Pimary’s, so please learn math 101 and speak without denials as your candidate has yet to be vetted, your candidate was posed a simple question, “who do you want answering the phone in the Oval Office at 3AM” Your response was the one with the better “JUDGEMENT” so the better judgement you proved over the last week was to deny and lie and twist things around!
Thank you for finally proving proof of the sort of “Change and Judgement” Obama would (past tense on purpose) bring to the Whitehouse!
So enough of the Iraq stump speech he gave with no political retribution from it in 2002 when Obama was not running for anything but was soley a State Senator at the time! We’d rather hear his position on his words of 2003, 04, o5 and 06 when he stated reality of not knowing how he’d vote if he actually was a US Senator at the time and his praise of GW Bush on his handling of the war!

Who needs the republicans to beat us up? We’re all doing a better job of beating each other up here on these bogs that any republican even could and we’re both racing for the bottom as fast as we can. I vote for Hillary because I think she is one tough lady, can take a punch, she will not meet with dictators without doing proper background diplomacy before doing so. I think Hillary is a better Commander in Chief because she did address national security that matters to folks. That’s my choice to make and I did.

no political retribution???
my God people…the man was running for the Senate. He spoke out against the war when it was not politically correct to do so….he was running for office.
But hey, he didn’t think about the consequences….he was thinking about the lives that would be lost.

golfgirlusa…Hillary needs to step down…
and dogsoldier…I just took these simple statements from a site that lists the ABC’s of the Clinton scandals(The a to z guide of the Clinton scandal…just to footnote…I have no idea but itseems to just put the topics in single sentences)…I can give them to you 5 at a time how’s that sound?
“A is for Arkansas, where Bill Clinton got his political start, where Hillary Rodham Clinton worked at Rose Law Firm, and where Whitewater began as a land deal between the Clintons and Jim and Susan McDougal.
B is for Billing-gate, Hillary Clinton’s missing law-billing records. Those records — which raised questions about Mrs. Clinton’s role in the Castle Grande deal — were subpoenaed in 1994. They were missing until early 1996, when they turned up in a White House room next to her office. She says she doesn’t know how they got there.
C is for Cattlegate, Hillary Clinton’s mysterious ability to turn a $1,000 investment into a $100,000 profit on cattle futures, a feat experts say was virtually impossible in normal trading.
C is also for Castle Grande, a real-estate scheme that federal regulators say was a sham. A federal inspector general’s report found Hillary Clinton drew up the legal papers that were used to improperly funnel hundreds of thousands of dollars to Seth Ward, father-in-law of her ex-law partner Webster Hubbell.
D is for Billy Dale, the career head of the White House Travel Office, who was fired along with six other career staffers, to make way for Clinton cronies in Travelgate. The White House then brought in the FBI to justify the firing, and Dale was hit with criminal charges that wrecked his life for two years. A jury cleared him in just two hours. “

SJ, I thought that was part of being human, changing your mind when other things in life have altered….why is he not permitted to change his mind?
All these politicians change their minds, look at Mitt Romney!
It’s the human element, stupid.
(i’m not calling you stupid sj)

Dl most of these innuendos were addressed with the Ken Starr investigations with $40 million taxpayer dollars and they came up with . . . wait for it . . . Zero! Now, do you want to address larger issues such as how do we win the White House when the democratic party excludes FL and Mich? How can anyone democrat win when we have just given the republicans complete free reign like this? How? Few, other than myself, seem to see larger problems here? Why is that?

Why, after reading the vettings about Senator Obama on this blog, I was able to be really proud of America for the first time.

Michelle Obama and Barack Obama are from the far left side of the Democratic Party. I, for one, want a more centrist politician. How can the most liberal Senator in the US Senate, who espouses so many extremely liberal views, be expected to compromise on his core beliefs? Open your eyes, people. He is not a compromiser. It has been noted that Mrs. Clinton has had more bipartisan dealings in her Senate capacity than Obama has. And for all those people who have been referring to her supporters as being stupid, etc., you should be ashamed. It is not enough for someone to cite change as a reason for running for the presidency of the US. A candidates past experiences can be a good indicator of future promises. If the emperor has no clothes, then I won’t expect much of a wardrobe in the future.

Democrats, we are killing each other! The Republicans will just have to pick up the pieces on the way to the White House.

ok clearchoice, go to google, type in obamas position in 2002….
and you will find this statement….
As a candidate for the United States Senate in 2002, Obama put his political career on the line to oppose going to war in Iraq, and warned of “an occupation …

LA for someone who frequently accuses Hillary of twisting words and facts to suit herself she could learn some serious lessons from your posts. You knew exactly what was said so why distort the meanings? This doesn’t help us to talk with each other what-so-ever. Things like this is causing us to refuse to talk with each other at all and for what purpose? I don’t understand. Why not deal with the larger issues of how can any democrat win the White House giving the republicans a free pass to Fl and Mich? How can we prevent that?

Typo: lose, not loose.

I’m putting my money on a Clinton\Obama ticket…notice who’s on top??
Obama doesn’t have the national experience….period. He doesn’t have experience with critics, and he doesn’t have personal relationships (read as: back room deals) with other members of congress. He isn’t kissing super delegates butts!!
They are gonna pick the Democratic nominee…not the sheeple!!

That’s right…she’s on top!!
Just the way she LIKES it!!

LA in Indiana sorry to disappoint you but the fact of the matter is, and you can go to the Chicago Sun Times or Chicago Tribune and verify for yourself that Obama was NOT running in 2002 for the US Senate, he only began running in 2003! The elections for the US Senate began in 2004 and were held in Nov of 2004!

Clinton said before meeting with folks from Iran, Chavez, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Cuba, and others she wanted her (if she’s even elected) state department to prepare the background diplomacy before she meets with them. Obama said he would meet with those folks period. However, in the last NBC debate Obama seems to be leaning toward Clinton’s view which she stated all along.

lawdhavmercy clearchoice….ok, if you say so….I’ll go read more about Obama. Who knows maybe I’ll learn something I didn’t know before, right?!
Any information on there about Rezko??
lololol
I gave you the information that came up on google, I didn’t make it up clear choice, but you accused me of exaggerating….you should be careful before you accuse

Florida…you are absolutely correct, I can’t speak for you, I can only speak of what has been in the news regarding FL and MI and the reason your votes were stripped because your state(s) tried to move up the primary date before super tuesday.
but I say don’t penalize the people, penalize the ones in charge, so strip the superdelegates and let the people vote.

Guys
Obama’s body language has changed. He has a sarcastic tone in his voice. He is very defensive now.
He is saying he doesnt want to go negative but is going negative. His campaign spokespersons are not helping either, complaining like kids. If he loses even one state from now, the DNC will put him aside. One big reason for this guy is not used to critics.

oh who cares, check, meet…it doesn’t matter how, just as long as they meet.
Someone needs to tell these leaders, like Chavez and others, tell them where we stand, and what we won’t stand for. Not just threaten sanctions when they don’t jump through our hoop….when did we start dictating to all countries on how they should behave? I thought there was some diplomacy involved in this process….
I could care less who does it, just get it done.
I think georgie bush is scared. what a leader, huh?!

LOM…he’s referring to his judgement opposing the Iraq war…and whether we like it or not, the man was right.
Where we are today, is exactly where Obama said we would be, back in 2002. He said he’s not opposed to all wars, just dumb wars. And he was right.

LA, I state facts, which some cannot take, the fact is the truth of the matter and in 2002, Obama was not running for anything!
But even so, let’s say he was, for a moment, then please explain why Obama told Tim Russert in 2004 that HAD he been a US Senator at the time, he had no idea how he would have voted on the war!
Also, please explain Obama’s stance in supporting Bush’s conduct of the war in 2006!
Let’s add one more thing, why did Obama accept being a speaker at the 2004 Democratic Convention supporting Kerry/Edwards who both voted for the war!
Contradictions in abundance with Senator Obama and when actions speak louder than words, what has continually occurred, Obama falls flat on his face!
This the type of President you want? A guy who claims to be a champion of workers, who did nothing for those of Maytag when their jobs went off to Mexico, yet he stood with his hand out to the Crown family (directors of Maytag) for $200,000?
So a stump speech and lousy actions, he is a typical politician and nothing more! Except for this, he claims many things to people and yet his practices prove otherwise!

The facts are neither Clinton or Obama has torn the democratic part apart. Actually, they are conducting themselves better than most of us on these blogs. Perhaps we could take their example of how we should conduct ourselves.

dl, please give me ONE place where I can go to see where the writer of the memo that exposed Obama and his campaign as liars and twisters of facts!
The person who stated it was misinterprited was Goolsbee, the senior advisor to the Obama campaign, who denied meeting with the Canadian Government, so give me a break!
So please you can’t because the facts are out there as to who did what and no Obama camp spin will change the truth!
Stupid thing is, Obama’s camp could have come clean from the begining and said someone met with them and bla bla bla, instead they denied and lied! The Change for Washington revealed!
As for Rezko, what is wrong in talking again on the truth, which will reveal itself in the coming weeks too! And how has Obama reacted since day one when the press talked of Rezko, denial and forgetfulness, give me a break, someone who has paid someones way through life you don’t forget, and it takes revealing and being confronted with discoveries to get the truth from the man!
Enough, must go, been a blast reading the blogs of misfacts and spin makers over reality once again, enjoy your play and be nice folks! Tomorrow will reveal another load on display!

lol dogsoldier, you’re cool today

Clear Choise to bad you had to leave but there is only one person spinning this Joseph Demora who wrote the memo stated that “consulate officials reach out to U.S. campaign officials to seek THEIR views,” not the candidates…and above that the Canadian government stated that the discussion was not inconsistent with what Obama was saying.
So Clear Choice I know you are stuck in this thought process and not realizing that this is politics at its worst… …but it seems from all of these blogs that I am reading the tone is changing…I think a lot of people suddenly just remembered whose campaign these attacks were coming from.
I think Hillary’s campaign just sent one of the three character arrows they have against Obama hoping no one would notice or remember they were standing in a mine field of scandals that has been covered by grass for a few years.

I understand Florida. I have never voted republican. I voted for bill both times and that was the only time I was ever satisfied with the election process, my candidate won.
But I think if anyone, no matter the affiliation, can register to vote in a particular primary, then they should only be able to vote in that primary AND the same in the general election. That way they are stuck with that position and not permitted to just jump around voting.
I realize the process isn’t perfect, and all states have made their own rules….so whatcha gonna do?

Vetting should start from DAVID AXELROD.

Axelrod was bill’s campaign manager. I guess he figured he won before, he could do it again.
I mean really….who, especially black folk, thought Obama would still be in the thick of things in this cycle?
I know I didn’t. Then they said, well he’s not really black, his mother was white…..AND??? His father was from Africa, so that makes him a TRUE African American, yes?!
And when his life story started circulating, people started to pay attention….who is this guy, and where did he come from?
I was in the desert in 2004 when he gave his keynote address for Kerry and Edwards. I couldn’t believe it, so I was interested, probably like everyone else.
I can’t take anything from him, the man is intelligent and he’s got IT. Whatever IT is, he seems to have it.
Dr Susan Rice was another one with bill…now she’s with Obama.

so Obama is walking around winking at everybody?
maybe he had something in his eye, I don’t know.
I don’t believe all the stories that come out, some of them just aren’t true. But to each his/her own.

lol Florida, but you can get what you need…
And how you feel about hillary is how I feel about barack. PLUS, I like his views regarding transparent government and getting people involved…our government has run from us. He already passed that law in Illinois to tape all arrests (I believe thats what it was) to make sure everything is open, and he eventually won the support of the police dept, but initially received push back. I believe he has the ability to really bring people together and get things done.
AFter all, teaching constitutional law, he has to know something.

I agree stripping the delegates was a blunder the problem was (is as we can see) everybody kept moving there primary up because they wanted to be more important unfortunately NH has always had in it’s state constitution that it has to be first (whether you agree with that or not) and Ohio would not let their caucuses get superceded …so states all jockeying for a more important position because they see that nh gets tourism and attention from it not to mention a focus on needs of that particular state…
So what do you do. The state should have worked harder to find the appropriate time and the demo party heads there should have pushed back against the republicans if that was the problem.
So now we are left with a mess.. in both states. It does not help that Hillary is only fighting for those states because she needs them after she agreed not to… and going in after the election and hyping for the votes to be counted was all political…she doesn’t care that people’s votes aren’t being counted. She cares that it helps her because she has name recognition and people associate her with the white house (in my opinion half the reason she gets most of her votes for being first lady…can’t wait until Mrs Bush and Rosaling Carter run for senate) but as has been proven Barack makes up the difference when he campaigns in a state.
Now we have a situation where Hillary is campaigning for their votes and it makes her seem endearing to them because everyone agreed to this and she is taking advantage of a situation that in any direction isn’t what this country is abouIt sucks…but I blame it on the DNC and the state reps. I hope people in the two states hold theior officials as responsible as the DNC…what a blunder.

LA: My apologies, but I have to say that I don’t think of Obama that way. I think of Obama as being extremely left-wing to the core. I would think it difficult for an idealogue to be able to compromise with those from the other side of the spectrum. I am a centrist, so I am more inclined to want a candidate that stays closer to the center of the political spectrum. To me, it is the centrist that compromise. Although not popular with the Republican House or Senate, that is why Bill Clinton was so popular with the American public. Bill deserves accolades. It’s too bad that since the Republicans couldn’t beat him on ideas, they smeared him (which was partly his fault). He was good on governing, but bad on personal judgment.

dogsoldier
I agree that Obama should have said “Wait” “Let me check this out?” before denying the meeting happened because he didn’t know that. That was a mistake. I think he would admit that if asked directly.
I also think he should have fired the guy … and not be loyal to be honest. There is no room for miscommunication like that …if the Canadian government didn’t fire someone for making the mistake Barack should have fired his advisor. If for nothing else than just to keep people’s trust of the importance of his message.

dl:
Wasn’t it shown that it was not a miscommunication, but reality? For Obama, it was an unfortunate thing to come to light, but if it happened, no lying is going to change it. This has exposed him in a negative light. He is trying to be everything to everyone. He was bound to slip up. That is why some people refer to him as an empty suit.

True, LA.
Have a good night.

Florida, the last news report I saw on this issue….they stated the canadians repeated what Obama had stated, that what was actually said, was true, and that the canadian official misinterpreted what the american official had actually stated. The canadians were trying to back away from the story because apparently someone attempted to beef it up a little, and that’s what made it not true.
I believe there was much more to the story, but I’m sure we’ll never know. It just looks like someone was trying to set Obama up. I could be wrong, but I don’t think so.

nite Florida

Florida …no it was not proven to reality. The only interview that the writer gave was to say that they approached the advisor as they do to political advisors on occasion on his views… and that they did not want to interfere with the US elections.
The Canadian government released one statement with regard directly to the what was in the memo,
“There was no intention to convey, in any way, that Sen. Obama and his campaign team were taking a different position in public from views expressed in private, including about NAFTA.”

RELEASE those tax returns NOW, Mrs. Clinton — NOT “on or around” (yeah, WAY around) April 15! What are you hiding?
Anyone care to discuss Vince Foster?
And who is Peter Paul, and why are we not hearing about the civil suit for fraud he has pending against the Clintons in California?
You wanna play dirty, Hillary?
Then buckle your seatbelt. It’s on! OH, is it ON!!!

I am glad that you are writing about the Afrocentric church. Admittedly, I don’t know much about it. The Trinity United Church of Christ has some strange ideas. I am Catholic. The Catholic church welcomes anyone. I don’t get the feeling that Obama’s church would welcome me in the same way as a white male since there appears to be so much emphasis on ethnicity as opposed to Jesus. Also, I don’t put race in front of my religious beliefs. I believe in Christ. Was he white or black? I don’t know. Most important to me is that he was here on earth. I don’t think race should be put into religion, although I understand that minorities may look at Christianity as the white man’s religion. This would be to their detriment. Ethiopia, Egypt, and the Sudan were Christian areas since the beginning of the Christian church. Blacks have been a part of the Christian church since the beginning! I am happy to say that the Christian church welcomes everyone! Finally, back to politics. I am not happy that blacks were forced to come to America hundreds of years ago. My view about race in America is that there are inequalities which are being addressed, but at a pace that bothers many people. I would like to see all races in the US reach their full potentials. This will ensure that America is a peaceful and free country with liberty and justice for all.

The “uniter” wants to appoint Rice’s relative to do foreign policy. Another SOS to carry on the Bush policies?
The “uniter” wants to hand off his foreign policy decisions to his vice (rumored to be Gen. Zinni). Delegate the most important part of the President’s job to someone else?
The “uniter” who pretends to be anti-war wants to have a military VP?
The “uniter” would rather split the party in half so the Republicans win in Nov because he refuses to face facts? Maybe there is some truth to the rumor of Rove stacking his camp and he is just too naive to know it?
His judgement is questioned several times with facts and his own lies. Instead of addressing them he points the finger at Clinton about a stupid tax return when the financial disclosures have been available?
He cant control his own campaign troops, wont hold them accountable, wont fire anyone to get control again.
His campaign tactics mimic Rove techniques all along the way.
The list goes on and on and on… perhaps he is just really more naive and arrogant than we thought. It is really starting to show in his mannerisms. The RNC may be deeper inside his camp than anyone knows but Rove.

DC Voter, How you feeling? Incredible?
Fact is Obama aint ready to be President. He is fickle, sorry i meant childish. In the past 24hrs since being blasted out of OH and TX, he has alleged everything else . Even calling SNL to complain. This man is a joke! Where did he come from?

I feel great llulu! It is sad to see so many people being duped though. We can hope people come to their senses at some point and focus on real issues and maybe have a more united front. I really dont want to see RNC policies continue to be carried forward.
For whoever it was that asked… I am 100% volunteering my effort because I love my country and want the best for it. I just happen to work from home so I can post a lot! I reject and denounce any accusation that I get paid to blog. LOL

My support for HRC is based on qualifications and proven track record. I think Obama has some qualfications but he has demonstrated he cant handle pressure, has no original ideas, is not honest and forthcoming, and does not have the party and the country’s needs at heart. Good orators and outsiders are not enough to be President without OJT. Bill Clinton’s first 3 years prove that. HE succeeded because he is extremely intelligent and had experience. HRC is a dedicated public servant motivated by the needs of the party and the people. If she becomes President, she will have achieved it not because of Bill but in spite of Bill.

You know, I know. Some people dont! Some will can change. Most online are, sorry to say, unchangeable. The part that gets me mad is the unwarranted hillary (clinton) hatinf for reasons,i daresay, concern them in the least. None, not one of the Clinton haters on the blogs can stand for election,in any capacity yet they have the stupid guts to vomit rubbish. When some one offers to serve publicly, that person ought to be rationally evaluated, not emotionally hyped. Sadly, Obama again is all emotions and hype. Real leadership comes from passion for the followers not passion for oneself!!

I also would advocate a national primary for all parties with the same rules as part of the FEC reform.
Notice today, HRC proved she is dedicated to the needs of the party and country by stating if she gets the nom she would ask Obama to be veep. She is truly a uniter.

well said llulu
Each president recites the following oath, in accordance with Article II, Section I of the U.S. Constitution:
“I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”
The Constitution succinctly defines presidential functions, powers, and responsibilities. The president’s chief duty is to make sure that the laws are faithfully executed, and this duty is performed through an elaborate system of executive agencies that includes cabinet-level departments. Presidents appoint all cabinet heads and most other high-ranking officials of the executive branch of the federal government.
Just thought I would remind people of the job we are really interviewing these candidates for. With the largest, most complex organization in the world, inspirational speeches wont get the job done. Management and experience are key factors.
“You cannot manage men into battle. You manage things; you lead people.
Grace Hopper, Admiral, U. S. Navy (retired), Nova ( PBS TV), 1986 “

I know first hand the importance of experience. I hold a CEO position. I have taken decisions that, with benefit of hindsight i.e experience, i would not have taken. Knowing what i know now, i wont do some things the way i did it before. You must make mistakes. Obama’s claim of superior judgement is BS. Who is perfect and can predict the future? If you never fell off a bike, you will never know how to ride abike, simple!! The US presidency is not where you make your mistakes. Judgement will always be tested by reality. Sometimes, most times, you cant control everything to make your judgement right. Then next question is do you have the capacity to effect the changes to redeem the mistake. For that, you then need ideas, people, effort/determination. Not speeches!!!

I agree… when all is said and done, the voters have to decide who they “trust” to manage the nation’s executive branch and lead its citizens based on the country’s values and laws. This is similar to a CEO and also to a COO. Clinton had it right from the start of the campaign as noted in the debates. In terms of national security, the economy, and the health and welfare of the citizens, we have to make a choice between a woman who is a dedicated public servant who has played a key role in all of the above or a man who steps up with minimal experience and claims he can do a better job than she can. I would choose my mom over my brother anyday!

Congrats on your education efforts “Hillary DID..” keep at it!
I actually know many Clinton supporters who are educated in many ways so dont worry about the antagonizers. They are just trying to upset you.
The best thing we can do is post the facts and ask them to use facts. There is no sense in trying to debate with people who make personal attacks because they are incapable of debating the issues with facts and figures.
If we only get through to one voter at a time that is ok… the effort is viral and we will have accomplished the goal of educating each other to achieve the goals of our society.

DCVoter: I have read some of your posts and I appreciate them. You are very knowledgeable and perceptive. Keep them coming. Hillary needs people like you to point out the differences between her and Obama. Hillary is being treated like cr&p by so many of Obama’s supporters. The question I would like answered is why? I have never witnessed anything that she has done that would make me feel so hateful. I may not agree with everything about her, but it is very fashionable for Republicans and some Democrats to bash her.

Hey, Hillary…
This is where the fun stuff starts.

Hillary and Camp Clinton made a big deal about Barack Obama returning money from Tony Rezko, at the same time she refuses to return money back from a firm allegedly accused of sexual harrasasment. Read the report below:
Sen. Hillary Clinton has declined to return $170,000 in campaign contributions from individuals at a company accused of widespread sexual harassment, and whose CEO is a disbarred lawyer with a criminal record, federal campaign records show.
The federal government has accused the Illinois management consulting firm, International Profit Associates, or IPA, of a brazen pattern of sexual harassment including “sexual assaults,” “degrading anti-female language” and “obscene suggestions.”
In a 2001 lawsuit full of lurid details, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission claims that 103 women employees at IPA were victimized for years. The civil case is ongoing, and IPA vigorously denies the allegations.
“This is by far, hands down, the worst case I’ve ever experienced,” said Diane Smason, one of the EEOC lawyers handling the lawsuit. “Every woman there experienced sex harassment, they were part of a hostile work environment of sex harassment. And this occurred from the top down.”
Sen. Clinton’s spokesman, Howard Wolfson, told NBC News in a statement that the senator decided to keep the funds because the lawsuit is “ongoing” and because none of the sexual harassment allegations has been proven in court.
“With regard to the pending harassment suit, as a general matter, the campaign assesses findings of fact in deciding whether to return contributions,” Wolfson said.
From NBC’s Lisa Myers and Jim Popkin

I saw one of her spokespeople on Tucker last night. They are trying to make the argument that her returns aren’t ready yet, and she has until April 15 by the law.
That’s fine, for last year. But despite the bluster, let’s not loose sight of the fact that all this is about 2006 returns, which had to be prepared last April 15. It sure seems like there is something in those returns she doesn’t want us to see.

You people really have to remember that anything and everything such as her first lady schedule down to her tax returns has to be APPROVED BEFORE being released because ONE, she is THE FORMER FIRST LADY OF THE UNITED STATES, AND TWO is MARRIED TO A FORMER PRESIDENT AND THEY HAVE A JOINT BANK ACCOUNT!!!!!!!!! Anyway, there are LEGALITIES involved BECAUSE OF her being married to a FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES!!!!!!!!! GEEZ!!!!!!! YOU OBAMABOTS ARE GRASPING AT STRAWS NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Look, there are plenty of skeletons Hillary’s closet, and there’s also Rezko. No one is squeaky clean. What happened in the past is done. Does anyone actually think that either of these candidates will repeat past mistakes?
The sad truth is that Clinton had to go negative to stop Obama’s momentum, and it worked so far. If she had enough positives qualify her as the undeniably best candidate she would have the nomination locked up by now. So apparently she doesn’t have enough positives working for her, and now has to go negative.

I want Obama to show all documentation, emails, etc. that he had with the Slum Lord, tony Rezko. Obama, defended Rezko and took money and purchased property from him. This happened after Rezko was indicted.

You know has anyone ever considered that this whole thing is a staged event for the American people — the roller coaster ride seems to be getting a bit unbelievable.

Good point, Condor. Michelle Obama needs to keep her mouth shut. She sticks her foot in it like George Bush sticks his foot in his mouth. Actually, let her speak since I support Hillary, and her comments can only help Hillary in the long run. How nervy is her comment about what people should do with their lives AFTER she makes speeches about how she was always told when growing up that she could not do this or that in life? The Obamas are “do as I say, not as I do” people. I call that hypocrisy! This should open some people’s eyes to the Obama’s chicanery.

For some reason I missed this name.
Alexis Herman
Like I said, take your time, connect the dots.

I am an Ohio voter. I’m actually a 24 yr old, white, and independent, Ohio law student. Therefore, I fit right in the Obama demographic. As an educated member of this great (or what I once thought was great) state, I was disgusted with the turn-out. I have never sided with either party. But, Obama has impassioned me. I believe he is genuine, and brilliant (harvard law editor and con law professor). Furthermore, as far as experience, he has 20 yrs of public service. A recent TIME magazine article proved, with scientific measurements, that experience is not necessary to be an effective President. If the Democratic Party wants to maintain voters like myself, stop letting Hillary the fear-mongering, personification of evil continue this campaign. She needs to put her ambition aside and do what is best for America, for once.

Vett Bill.
We need to see how many foreign hooks are in their bank account.