Carter Will Not Endorse Until The Convention

I think it is Obama who has destroyed the Democratic Party. Certain Democratic Party leaders supporting Obama just because of their jealous for not able to become President is evident. Kennedy and Kerry are just a few two to name.
FI and MI votes must be counted. I am surprised the super delegates have continued to support this inexperienced person even after the unpatriotic pastor news and his continued support to his pastor, and now this small town talks. OBAMA you should drop out, you are unelectable,

I respect you very much former Pres. Carter. However, you still have in mind what happened to you and still you do not step up and rescue the Party from spliting up.
All Super Delegates who haven’t shown their role of putting things right, should be blamed in case things turn sour!

Jimmy Carter? Isn’t he meeting with Hamas this week for Obama? Why not just endorse him and get it over with.

So Carter is pro Obama. Ok
Obama is already endorsed by Carters arch enemy Kennedy.
Kennedy refused to drop out of the Democratic primary in 1980 (like Clinton) and took it all the way to the 2nd last day of the convention.
Kennedy wants Clinton to drop out.
Carter wants the delegates to follow the will of the people.
Kennedy the Sen from MA endorses the candidate who didn’t win the state he represents.
Obama doesn’t want old Washington politics but seeks former President Carters endorsement and celebrates the endorsement of the countries second longest serving senator – Kennedy.
This is like those relationships on the soaps.

What Carter fails to point out is that Kennedy is now a prominent Obama supporter – still feeling so-entitled, with that spoiled brat personality of his that he prematurely endorsed a candidate who has insufficient experience, hasn’t been properly vetted and who now risks splitting the Democratic Party apart in 2008.
People have been blaming Clinton for the emerging divisions – that’s not fair. Carter, in this interview, gives us the opportunity to place blame where it belongs – That spoiled brat Ted Kennedy et al who think they can hijack the Democratic Party and create a far left enclave.
There’s still time in the Primary season to let the DNC know that traditional Democrats want their voices to be heard.
Hillary Clinton in 2008!!!!!!

It’s cute how Obama supporters attack Hillary because she downed a shot and yet they say nothing about their candidates love affair with the Marlboro man.
If this is a big deal, the supporters are clearly bankrupt of any important issues.

And why do we care who Carter endorses – he was the worst president ever elected and anyone who would want his endorsement is nuts!

The DNC and high powered Democrat leaders are the ones Destroying the Democratic Party.
They had ample notice of the States of Florida and Michigan Governing bodies, changing the voting dates. They failed the people and the democratic party by not Adapting and permit that.
They were playing God and Political fixers with peoples votes.
They told the people of those states, their votes do not count and that they do not care.
They tried to pressure super delegates to commit to a candidate publicly before the convention. Trying to sway voting.
They Talked down on certain candidates trying to sway voting.
So The DNC and high power Democrats and their boy toy Obama to thank, for the Strain on the party.

I suppose it means Obama begged Carter NOT to endorse him.

So this morning Carter says someone has to encourage Hamas to stop attacks on innocent civilians in Israel.
Excuse me President Carter, Hamas is a terrorist organization, how about stopping all attacks on Israel!
–S.B.
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You argument is not very logical. The only way one can be certain that attacks from Hamas don’t kill civilians is if they stop those attacks.
So to convince Hamas to stop killing innocent civilians means to convince them to stop their attacks all together.
There are many organizations around the worlds that were called terrorists but many of them are now part of the political process in their countries. I hope you know the history of North Ireland and ANC in South Africa to name a few.

Republicans are responsible for Cuban oppression???
Remember — Carter was president for four years and followed the same basic policies. Now he’s your hero.
Bipolar?–S
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I think the strongest advocate of the hardline were and still are the republicans. Except the USA haven’t gained anything from that stance.
Carter is not my hero, but right now I think he is one the most reasonable voice in American politics.
Who else do you expect to have such a voice? W. Bush who cannot construct a single sentence that is structured and logical?
Please don’t call me bipolar. We can have a civilized exchange with a tone of respect.

John in Cape May
In fact, an Obama endorsement by Hamas would carry more weight than an endorsement by Carter — among the idealists who live in dreamland. It would be a nice exchange for the publicity and photo-ops that the terrorists get by being pictured with an ex-American president.
Of course, Obama too would meet with terrorist leaders. He is unmistakably on record saying as much.

I’m trying to determine who is the bigger moron — Carter or Obama. I’m stuck! Can anybody help me?

Carter the worst president in history? Far from it. We need to get a Democrat back in the White House, after the last disastrous 8 years. Unfortunately, if Obama is the nominee, we’ll be stuck with 4 more years of disaster under McCain. WAKE UP AMERICA, OBAMA IS UNELECTABLE. He’s the one tearing the party apart.

Iswear Carter is becoming senile. There things we are not being told here.I mean who in his right mind would take on a trip such as this in the middle of a campaign??? if it were not for a political statement!!!! It is like turning missles facing Israel.
Why not an OBAMA/Osama ticket or the other way around while we’re at it?. Hamas never wanted peace with Israel Only its destruction.The United States is its only ally. Obama is not going to keep that promise with Israel.

Thank you Holmes

As regards the Hillary binge drinking, I have to admit I was half asleep when I read the papers and I was just as dissapointed as all the rest when I realized it was THAT kind of shot that Hillary took. I figured she was under sniper fire again.

Who cares if Hillary had a shot and a beer? Like none of you have ever done that before.

Interesting postings. Obviously, Americans would never face the truth about your country. We will see how far down the ladder you will drag your country, which used to be the most admired in the world. I guess 8 years of GW Bush is not enough to come to your senses. Keep sticking to the ignoble parts of your pasts and detest change to something better for the future.

Face it Obama-nuts. According to Rasmussen, Obama’s favorable numbers have plummeted — now under 50%. Hillary now leads the empty suit NATIONALLY! Check it out!
And just think where his numbers will be in the next poll — after voters have dissected his anti-rural-American speech.

SJ
Obama and Carter. Two peas in a pod.
How could one possibly believe Carter would support Clinton?

My mother tought me that “poeple will judge you not just on or merits but also the friends you keep”
Obamas friends include: Wright, Meeks and Carter. Not a great list.

Dave, The friends that we keep eh? McCain was a member of the Keating 5 outlaw gang. And lets not even start naming all the questionable people surrounding the Clintons because I would need to write a novel.

taking with hamas ? about what? they have consistantly denied israel’s right to exist,they want the right of return,to what,to lands they left 62 years ago when their religous leaders told them to,at that they left to live under petty dictators while the arabs that remained are full voting citizens of israel with representatives in parliment.talk to hamas that takes over gaza with the gun,talk with hamas that shoots unguided rockets and sends suicide bombers into israel.yea carter is a great role model that we as democrats should listen to ,not.

So what if people vote for McCain instead of Obama at least they are not being hypocritical as some Obama supporters.
Take a look at any 9/11 video or pics where persons were jumping our of windows rather then end up being burnt to death and ask yourself is any country in the world deserves that, or should of just taken that hit and done nothing?
Look at the destruction and sadness 9/11 caused and tell me is any of you did not feel anger and just wanted to talk with who ever was responsible for this, or try through diplomacy to encourage them to be a little kinder towards us in the future.
It’s hypocritical to pretend that the war should not of been started just because it has not turned out as expected, but if we went in and was out by now am sure all the same talkers would of be praising the USA for a job well done.
Obama with his fake speech on the war and he feels he knows what is right for this country, yeah he can always say he was right because he was not in a position to push the button, but then again he has a attitude of pressing the switch then saying opps wrong one.

YES WE CAN!!
What a stupid slogan. Reminds me of a children’s show.

YES WE CAN STOP THE CLINTON LIES!!
VOTERS PROVED IT!! THEY WILL PROVE IT AGAIN!!
OBAMA08!! YES WE CAN!!

It could also say “YES WE DIDN’T MEAN TO SAY THAT”.

“YES WE DIDN’T MEAN TO SAY THAT”.
and no we didn’t attend those sermons either

yes we are marxist and carter has never met a terrorist he has never liked,obama if elected will be a president like carter ,blame ourselves for our troubles its americas fault,for those too young to remeber regan won the presidancy by telling america that we were the greatest nation not that we were bitter.go ahead support obama who has consorted with marxists since childhood,if that is the change you all are talking about i want none of it!

The problem with Hillary and Bill is that they are NOT AUTHENTIC. You could even read it from Hillary’s facial expression. She is too FAKE. However, it is becoming clearer to me that DECEPTION is what you need to win an election in America, and these goes all the way to define who Americans really are: GULLIBLE, if not how can Clinton still be in the race to be the leader of the “MOST GULLIBLE country in the World”
In the case of Obama, he is too AUTHENTIC for America politics. Good for him, he is being schooled on how in America, politician should not speak the TRUTH. Here, you can’t just continue to be honest with your words and expect to win votes. The way to do politics in America is to tell the people what they want to hear, even if it is not the TRUTH. Drink whiskey where voters love to drink whiskey, claim you are an avid hunter where people like hunting even if you have never shoot a catapult. Obama if you want to win an election in America, GO AND LEARN HOW TO TELL LIES!

Good for you, President Carter.
Let the race run its course. This is just what democracy is all about. Noone needs to silence any one candidate when the race is this tight and close and when there are votes still not counted in MI and FL. And when there are quite a few states still to vote.
There’s alot left to be played out. Unknowns about candidates are yet to be revealed.
Give it the time it needs for the truth to be uncovered about the candidates.
And let America freely and fairly vote.
Those who want to silence the voters and to end the process are afraid of something … Losing the White House is the least of our worries.
Choosing the right candidate for the Presidency of the United States far supercedes the interest of any one party.
Vote America …
You are a good man, President Carter.
You have a good heart ..
Let the democratic process fairly work in the interest of the country first, before any one party

Giz – good for you …
Same with me. If Obama is the Democratic nominee, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY ADULT LIFE, I WILL BE PROUD TO VOTE REPUBLICAN TOO.

According to polls, far more Clinton supporters say they won’t vote for Obama than vice versa.
It looks to me like a good many of Clinton’s supporters share her mean-spirited self-centered contemptuous nature.

JJ, so we should just stand back and let them do to us what your saying we are doing to them.

Carter is becoming senile, he was senile in the late 70′s when he was the President. The name did more harm to the West and its values than any man woman and child that has lived in the last 100 years.

Hillary is a repulsive phony !
Every word, every expression is fake.
Never thought anyone could be as sickening as Bush but she is worse..

ProgressivePam
Who do you think is more dangerous? A decorated war hero, or somebody you know nothing about. You have no clue what Obama’s agenda is.

Granted, Obama might be “giving” Republicans some ammunition for the general election, but do you honestly feel there is any Republican out there who wouldn’t have a field day if Hillary was the Dem nominee? I mean, come on, the Republicans have literally been praying for this for some time, and if you think the attacks wouldn’t end with Obama, multiply that by a couple 100 and you’d get Hillary totally crushed. Personally, I’d sit that election out.

Our National Security Advisor doesn’t know the difference between Nepal and Tibet? We need help!

Since when that Obama is considered the winner of the election. The Obama people keeps counting the chickens before they are hatched.
Obama has no legitimate claim to the nomination unless they secured enough pledge delegates to be a clear winner.
The legitimate tie-breaker is at the convention. Obama is hurting Hillary’s chance as much as Hillary does to him and Pelosi, Leahy, etc are bending the party rules in favour of Obama. This is against the standing order of the party.
The only count which is important in the election is electoral vote. Without Michigan and Florida, the party is an obvious loser running against the conservatives with crazy liberals like Randi Rhodes.

Amazing that Mr. Carter can, after all these years, still blame his loss on Kennedy’s missed hand-shake. Perhaps someone could remind him that the dismal failure of his prior 4 years as President might have contributed…just a little.

I THINK PEOPLE SHOULD LOVE THEIR PARTY DESPITE THE CONFRONTATION BETWEEN HILLARY AND OBAMA. I WOULD ABSOLUTELY VOTE FOR ANY OF THEM WHO WILL GET THE NOMINATION. WE SHOULD SHOW OUR REAL LOVE TO THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

Carter was a fool when he was President, and he is an even bigger fool now. All this nonsense about him as a spokesman for peace is just silly. His Peace Prize was bought with BILLIONS of US taxpayer dollars going to Egypt and Israel. Carter has done nothing but make himself and America look stupid.
You can all forget with this selective memory process you have, but I remember the 21% mortgage rates, unemployment, the expansion of communism, the runaway inflation and our hostages in Iran.

sad how Obama and his constituents push for hope and workings together and the Clintons divide Whites and Black and Latinos and rich and poor in the worst way, pitting one group against the other as if we were voting during the civil war, this election season is turning out to be worse than 4 years ago when the issue that decided the election was gay marriages. We do nees to improve education because we can’t see two feet in front of us, that our dollar is worthless, we are in a recession, jobs are gone and more to go, that China is becoming the Country that the world goes to for industry and trade. We are stumbling in world ideas and leadership and fighting a war in a region that did not ask for our support and who do not respect our efforts or presence. We blog civil war messages as if we are waging a war against ourselves. Our markets are collapsing and our enemies are looking and laughing because we can’t wait to blog about race problems which keep us deadlocked, take off the blinders.

Reading between the lines, Carter is saying his whole family supports Barack Obama but he is not publicly endorsing Obama at this time. President Carter is involved in sensitive and controversial negotiations with Syria and Hammas and does not want his actions drawn into the sillyness of presidential campaigning. If he were to endorse Obama at this point he would find his action hindered by not wanting to embarrass the candidate. President Clinton is a gentleman and a statesman from a bygone time that will be restored when Barack Obama becomes president.

If Obama is nominated, for the first time in my life I’ll vote for a republican. Because he’s black and I don’t like black people.
That’s what you people really mean, isn’t it? Why don’t you just admit it?
Whether he’s more electable than Clinton in the general election remains to be seen, but I’d rather be going in with him than Clinton for no reasons other than, 1) He’s run a better campaign (hers has been terrible by all accounts except the insane)and this is a sign that he’s better organized, 2) Clinton’s so antagonistic that she’ll increase Republican turnout, which will likely not affect the presidential election, but will likely give house seats to Republicans. And 3) I’m flat out tired of Bush/Clinton/Bush and the prospect of another Clinton administration brings me down. Let’s let someone with a different approach in and avoid more of the same. He’s intelligent and even if he’s as much of a “liberal” as Republicans will label him maybe a new approach will help the country. It sure couldn’t get much worse …

Takeofftheblinders: Somebody must have told Hillary that half the population has a below average intelligence. She now seems to be targeting her campaign at this segment of the population as her own niche market.

Jason,
No, I don’t like Obama because he’s immature and arrogant. If I wanted immature and arrogant I would elect Paris Hilton to office.
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Obama, do you think he will be able to un-jump the shark through fast talk?
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good point a, at this point not a thing because the issue of the day to always having to defend one’s reputation. But the republicans get caught up arguing over abortion and gay marriages, issues that will not fix our economy, or they continue to fight a war that equals nothing for America except borrowing more money from Mexico and China to finance it. We are looking at the wrong things while Europe and the rest of the world gets better and brighter and richer and…you get my point.

Who are you going to vote for, John? Obama and Clinton’s policies are so similar. Clinton has no real experience advantage of her own (you can’t count 1st lady of Arkansas and the US … sorry) and McCain kills her on the experience factor.
Explain his “obvious” lack of experience compared to Clinton, please.
You’re either racist or bitter. Either are bad reasons not to vote for someone.

Smartcookie,
Arrogant and immature? First, any politician is arrogant, including Clinton. So I’d say they’re about equal there. Immature? Evidence for this besides people’s blogging opinions, please? I’d say you judge immature by how people run their campaigns and Obama’s has been more mature.

westcoastmanager, can an arrogant person solve problems? Yes, better than a timid person can. Bill Clinton was arrogant, heck he got impeached for scandal and refused to step down, George Bush was and is arrogant, Bush sr. Was arrogant, Ronald Reagan was arrogant, it comes with the territory.

Gee Sylvia — I’ll bet you were a democrat with all the southern politicians and congressmen were the worst racists around. Did your obsession with the party make you lean to George Wallace? Is your creed ‘Democrat or nothing’?

Everyone knows Jimmy wants Obama. He’s waiting for the convention on the off chance Hillary looks set to be the winner. You can be sure he won’t endorse Obama if that happens; otherwise the Clintons would send him to political Siberia, where he belongs.
Whoever Jimmy endorses will lose more votes than he/she gains.

S: In answer to yourquestion. The United States needs a leader with the wisdom of a world perspective; and good manners, dignity and decency worthy of a great nation. We need a leader who can recognise all sides of an argument and all viewpoints and bring the world together in reconciliation. I will be voting for Obama, however if he is not on the ballet, I would most likely go for Ron Paul or McCain. I disagree with McCain on just about every point, but at least he has integrety.

I feel utterly on the outside of the entire political process.
My singular vote belongs to “non-committed delegate” and can quashed by a “super-delegate?”
Why can’t the entire country vote on one day in the primary elections for the party candidates without the “caucuses” and “delegates?” With everyone voting simultaneously across the country?
And then all vote the same day in the general election without the “super-delegates? Again, with simultaneous voting?
When did the democratic principle of “one person – one vote” die?

RE: Obama’s attack on common people …
Most country folk are not bitter. Most contribute significantly to the moral and financial wealth of this country. Beware of all the Obama maniacs sounding off from Pennsylvania. If country folk really so bitter, they’d be sounding off from all states. The fact that they’re confined to PA should signal a warning to intelligent people who can see through the lying plants..

First Obama and then his supporters want to tell us that we are bitter even though we have said we are not cruel,harsh,and resentful def. of [bitter]. I think he is bitter that he shares a race bitter that his mother was a flake and white. The hippies backing him have always hated America they burnt our flag I am not a republican but I am also not a flag burning, American hating Democrat

What is wrong with you people? What in the world do you see in Hillary Clinton? The woman is not qualified for anything, not even to be any man’s wife. She lies through and through. I really don’t understand what people see in her. Oh, you think she will have an easy time with the republicans if she gets the nomination? yeah right, go on deluding yourselves. Sometimes I think America deserves bad presidents because most voters are so uninformed (or even lack the simplest common sense to notice dishonesty/lies)they base their decisions on who to vote for on very silly arguments. And the problem is, voters never seem to learn any lessons, they vote in stupidity and duplicty and when things start going wrong, start complaining as if it is someone else’s fault.

Who would vote for anyone that Carter endorses? While gutless, he’s actually doing the candidates a favor. BTW: Does anyone think that Ol’ Grits would be for anybody but Obama?

Jimmy Carter is the reason the Philly sub. are republicans.

Sean,why should we hope that the Democrats “pull it together”?

Democrats.
You have Pelosi.
You have Reid
Are you really sure you want Obama too?
Think about it.

I really could care less if both bill and hillary lied to us, but– I get very angry when they both say I am not
smart enough to know when and how they
lied to us and we don”t count anyway.
If they are elected they will lie to us
just as bad or worse as little george.

Imagine if Jimmy Carter IS the last vote – the rest of the party is evenly divided – and there is one vote left – Jimmy Carter.

Boy, there’s so much hate and hypocracy this morning, I just don’t know who to rip apart!!!
Seah, for his support of Jimmy Carter’s visit to Hamas, though we know he’d be ripping Obama for supporting the visit, if the shoe were on the other foot!!!
But my favorite, from tomdavie:
“black libertarian”
Sounds like a perfect running mate for Ron Paul!!!
Obama 2008 — Yes, WE CAN!!!

I like what Carter had to say on all counts.

I always liked Carter, still do. I do believe that he’s with Dean and Obama this time round. The party insiders have a plan and that’s to slow walk Mi., Fl and Clinton out of the process. It’s slick political maneuvering but politics none the less. They will move the process along without counting Mi. and Fl, while keeping Obama in the front runner status. The Clinton ceiling will be established by the fact that Obama is seen as the winner. It’s a two pronged plan and the clock benefits them while they freeze voter rights. Once they complete the first course they switch to the other prong and force the delegates to recognize the will of the people. After the impact of Fl and Mi. is moot, they will move to recognize the delegates from those states. If the grassroots of the Democratic Party cannot recognize that they are being played they will have to live with the results. It’s as simple as Obama over the people. I see everyone seems to agree that George Bush was a bad choice but I don’t see a lot of commentary on what motivated millions of Americans to vote for him. CNN and the American voter just float from one frivolous item to another. Sad to see Carter involved in this especially where Obama is dividing the party in the same fashion that Kennedy did years ago.

Does it really matter?? The Dems are so split right now McCain is practically a shoe-in…

I think from what Carter said he had given a sign to Hillary’s supporters to support him in Ge if he won the election because sounded he leaned to Obama.
He knows without Hillary’s supporters Obama can not win in the GE.

What a shameless pandering to voters on the part of Hillary Clinton-McCain. Yuck, I’ve had it with that lady.
Sane people support Obama.

The major issue in this campaign according to some is the economy others the war and still others health care. All very important issues however the fundamental and most important issue in this campaign may not ever be fully understood or addressed. The issue of voter’s rights is not Clinton’s, Obama’s or Deans to cast aside. The integrity of the process being shelved by anyone runs contrary to democracy. There should be a consensus on this issue and if there is not then everything that comes after is tainted.

“Yes we can!”
Why would anyone vote for someone who stole his campain slogan from Bob the Builder?

Have you ever wondered why it seems that our best political leaders through the history of the United States of America are from the earliest days of our country ? Consider this for a moment. These people came from the fabric of our society at those times and were farmers, scientists, writers, and people involved in manufacturing as silversmiths or distillers. They were thinkers and doers who had to solve real life problems on a day to day, sometimes hour by hour basis and whose decisions and solutions meant the difference between survival and less favorable outcomes. They also knew that when their jobs and responsibilities in government were completed that they would again revert to their full time occupations.
Contrast that scene with our present situation in both components of Congress. We have Senators and Representatives who are certain that they have a job for life. Their success or lack of same at their jobs really has no relation to whether or not they will continue in their legislative positions and the operation of our government increasing reflects this fact. They have their own health care program, retirement plan, travel perks and many other premiums that are attached to their “job for life”. In addition, many of them view their fiefdom as something that can be bequeathed to their offspring and spouses. They are the patricians of our day and we are the serfs, tied to our own less beneficial plans that our ruling class has no real incentive to remedy. They pay much lip service to the “suffering” of the poorer members of the working class, but have few ideas, programs or frankly much incentive to fix the situation. As long they continue to empathize with the populace and create more government positions for their electorate to work in, they will continue to be re-elected without ever really engineering a real solution to foster new technologies to achieve true national economic success. The financial, educational, legal and industrial lobbyists will continue to fund their campaigns and junkets to perpetuate their reign. The whole scene in Washington is essentially the system that medieval Europe suffered under for hundreds of years. The “landed gentry born to the manor” ruled over the population, collected their tribute and made the laws. While some were good, some bad and some were tyrants. They all had the same characteristics in that they were in their jobs for life.
Today we find ourselves in the same situation and have become the same type of government which our patriot forefathers fled, bled and died to liberate themselves and their children. It is incumbent upon us then to pick up that banner and demand term limits for all elected officials. Not eventually, not in five to ten years, but NOW and forever. Our representatives must know where they came from, have real life experience in business and industry, and know that they have a finite amount of time to make their contribution to our country and return to join us in the common stream of American life. To that effort, we must meet in Washington, on the steps of our capitol building to voice our demands that we will no longer subscribe to the status quo. We want REAL change in our government and the ONLY way to implement the new ideas and break the paradigm is to change the people responsible for perpetuating MEDIOCRATY.

Kris
You obviously haven’t been watching the latest polls.

Love watching the dems rip themselves apart in all these postings.
I am a lifelong republican who was considering switching not necessarily parties, but support at least, to a strong democratic candidate (I was in favor of one of the two in particular).
Then dems starting showing their stripes. And I said – ha,…should have known better. Bitter. Manipulative. Bile flinging.
I will stick with my own party thank you.

Carter is probably not endorsing Obama right now because he knows it will hurt him, what with his decision to go and talk with anti-Israel terrorists (Hamas).

Obama is coming home to roast.His campaigh has failed the mainproblem we have now in the democratic party are the poeple like Kennedy and Kerry that are jealous of Clinton. Those peole to me are very wicked and as a result that they cant get to the WH they want to pull Hillary down in every way. And this man(ObamaOlama) that doesnt know what he is doing is taking them aboard his ship to oppose Clinton. How can there be unity withi the party for Gods sake .Obama is a divider he is using divide and rule tactics but He will not and never succeed because God in heaven will conitue to fight for America and will not give our cherished America to haters of America(Obama). HILLARY FOR EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THIS JUST IN: “WE NEED MORE DUMB PEOPLE”
Obama is forming the backdrop for his November aspirations: 5 yellow people, 4 brown people, 20 white people, 1 black person, 4 green people, 20 purple people and 55 “million” dumb people required.
The Obama committee will move people around from where they were sitting to have more “dumb” people in the front row, sitting directly behind Obama, to cheer him on.
Obama, Michelle, Pelosi, Dean, Reid and Jeremiah Wright are stuck on stupid!
DON’T YOU JUST LOVE IT!
HILLARY 2008!

The only thing this discussion settles is the fact that the American education system is laughable at best and totally embarrassing.
The misspellings, grammar errors, and failure to even complete logical thoughts are ridiculous. No wonder the rest of the world is laughing at us.
Whoever wins better make education a top priority and help local government fix our schools because they obviously suck. The high school graduation rate in the USA is now 57%. Pathetic.

INSTEAD OF WASTING TIME EMOTIONALLY.
READ THE FOLLOWING VERY CAREFULLY.
Subject: just 545 people CONTROL YOU
545 People
Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them.
Have you ever wondered why, if both the Democrats and the Republicans are against deficits, we have deficits?
Have you ever wondered why, if all the politicians are against inflation and high taxes, we have inflation and high taxes?
You and I don’t propose a federal budget. The president does.
You and I don’t have the Constitutional authority to vote on appropriations. The House of Representatives does.
You and I don’t write the tax code, Congress does.
You and I don’t set fiscal policy, Congress does.
You and I don’t control monetary policy, The Federal Reserve Bank does.
One hundred senators, 435 congressmen, one president and nine Supreme Court justices – 545 human beings out of the 300 million – are directly, legally, morally and individually responsible for the domestic problems that plague this country.
I excluded the members of the Federal Reserve Board because that problem was created by the Congress.
In 1913, Congress delegated its Constitutional duty to provide a sound currency to a federally chartered but private central bank.
I excluded all the special interests and lobbyists for a sound reason. They have no legal authority.
They have no ability to coerce a senator, a congressman or a president to do one cotton-picking thing.
I don’t care if they offer a politician $1 million dollars in cash. The politician has the power to accept or reject it. No matter what the lobbyist promises, it is the legislator’s responsibility to determine how he votes.
Those 545 human beings spend much of their energy convincing you that what they did is not their fault. They cooperate in this common con regardless of party.
What separates a politician from a normal human being is an excessive amount of gall.
No normal human being would have the gall of a Speaker, who stood up and criticized the President for creating deficits.
The president can only propose a budget.
We cannot force the Congress to accept it.
The Constitution, which is the supreme law of the land, gives sole responsibility to the House of Representatives for originating and approving appropriations and taxes.
Who is the speaker of the House?
She is the leader of the majority party.
She and fellow House members, not the president, can approve any budget they want.
If the president vetoes it, they can pass it over his veto if they agree to.
It seems inconceivable to me that a nation of 300 million can not replace 545 people who stand convicted — by present facts – of incompetence and irresponsibility.
I can’t think of a single domestic problem that is not traceable directly to those 545 people.
When you fully grasp the plain truth that 545 people exercise the power of the federal government, then it must follow that what exists is what they want to exist.
If the tax code is unfair, it’s because they want it unfair.
If the budget is in the red, it’s because they want it in the red.
If the Marines are in IRAQ, it’s because they want them in IRAQ.
If they do not receive social security but are on an elite retirement plan not available to the people, it’s because they want it that way.
There are no insoluble government problems.
Do not let these 545 people shift the blame to bureaucrats, whom they hire and whose jobs they can abolish; to lobbyists, whose gifts and advice they can reject; to regulators, to whom they give the power to regulate and from whom they can take this power.
Above all, do not let them con you into the belief that there exists disembodied mystical forces like ‘the economy,’ ‘inflation’ or ‘politics’ that prevent them from doing what they take an oath to do.
Those 545 people, and they alone, are responsible.
They, and they alone, have the power.
They, and they alone, should be held accountable by the people who are their bosses – provided the voters have the gumption to manage their own employees.
We should vote all of them out of office and clean up their mess!

Obama is the one dividing the party not Clinton. I will not vote for Obama even if he would apologize for all the demeaning remarks. You cannot think that by insulting the voters you will win the election.

I believe that most of the posts I read today reflect lack of consensus on candidates as well as lack of discussion of what are the important issues of the day.
I propose that if this blog serves any useful purpose the contributors ought to be about defining the important issues. We won’t all agree–I’m sure everyone agress on that!!! What is important is that we, average American citizens, start talking among ourselves about what is truly important to us. The smart candidates will take their cues from that.
No candidate is likely to satisfy my views on all the issues I find important. It is my job as a voter to determine who comes closest and who has demonstrated the leadership to create a vision for our nation that incorporates at least some of those issues.
I am interested in learning what others here see as important. I am not interested in reading any more vitriolic attacks on the reputations or character of the candidates or the participants in this blog.
To start things off, I am willing to list what issues I would like to see candidates address:
1. How to reduce and retire our enormous national debt (no matter what anyone says about Clinton, and there is lots of negative, he did leave the nation in the black at the end of his term.) Until we return to balanced budgets we will not be able to solve any of our problems!
2. How to reverse the decline in numbers and influence of the middle class in our nation. (I believe that a robust middle class is related to improved quality of life for all citizens and is vital to maintaining a democracy.)
I am interested in seeing candidates address problems in ways that involve and improve options to live “a middle class lifestyle.”
By the latter I mean: the ability to earn a living without sacrificing family life due to economic constraints; adequate disposable income to provide access to education, health care, and cultural pursuits for self and children; sufficient security to engage in philanthropy and service. Those whose finances come from sources other than their direct work (e.g., family inheritance, pension, Social Security?)or whose condition precludes gainful employment (e.g., children, infirm, elderly)together should comprise a smaller percentage of the total citizenry than those in what I have termed middle class (for lack of imagination!).
3. Proposals to ensure adequate defense without assuming that we will be able to continue to attempt to police the world.
4. How to achieve energy – sufficiency to support our economy without degrading our ecology. (I would like to see a leader who is committed to economic expansion based on renewable energy resources.)
Over-all, we need a leader with a vision that will inspire great action on the part of all citizens. I am not sure any of the candidates offers that. If I knew they had thoughts on the above concerns I would have a better idea. I tried to look at overriding issues that if progress were made would have a ripple effect on many other concerns of the day.
FYI–I am in my late 50s, have had the same marriage partner for 37 years, 2 young adult children and 1 grandchild so far. I appreciate conservative and moderate positions in both mainstream parties. My overriding value is: we will never solve our problems by trying to stockpile enough –you name it–to assure security. True security is an illusion if it depends on external conditions. The only true security is being grounded through love, community, faith–these can sustain and have sustained humanity through all perils. We are on a globe hurtling through space, at the mercy of errant asteroids. Fortunes can be exhausted by medical or environmental castrophe. Were we to cease seeking security at all costs and expend similar energy in building up each other, our quality of life could be sustained and a pattern transmitted to any future generations who survive tragedies that are out of our control. We would be expressing our dignity and reaching for our potential were we to view things in this way. comments?

Carter is still the stupid old fool he has always been. And he has not gotten any smarter since they ran his dumb A*S*S out of Washington in 1980. Next to BUSH they are the two dumbest fools ever to darken the Whitehouse front door. Both are total IDIOTS..It is a toss up who is the dumbest.

I think Carter is enjoying the Dems ripping each other apart. And, look at him, he wants to be diplomatic with the Hamas, the very people who want to destroy Israel. Listening to the Compassion Forum tonite, Obama still did not answer why he denounced small town people turning to religion. Hilliary, according to political analysts, and I agree, won this forum. She answered directly and didn’t beat around the bush. Obama, as always, when he is put on the stump, stumbled, was contradictory, etc. And now, that Rev. Wright is resurfacing with racial slurs, Obama is imploding. He won’t win Pennsylvania, Indiana, or North Carolina. One African American commentator stated that he feels the Super Delegates, after listing to the forum tonite and watching Hilary win Pennsylvania, will go with Clinton….that Clinton will be the Democratic nominee.

I CAN SEE A”BITTER CLUB” AGRESSIVELY ATTACKING HILLARY.SOMEONE IS UNPROUD OF AMERICA AGAIN.BLAME YOUR GRANDMA AGAIN!I AM GLAD I AM NOT YOUR GRANDMA. TAKE PRIDE OF YOUR FAMILY AND COUNTRY !!!

I suppose it depends if Obama is being endorsed by humanitarian Carter and enviromentalist Gore.
OR
Former President Carter and Former Presidential nominee Gore.
They do excellent work in the frist instance and ordinary in the second.

If I were either canidate I would give Jimmy (THE JERK) Carter, 1 MILLION dollars NOT to endorse me..It is the kiss of death..This guy is about as smart as a pumpkin..He does not have brains enough to run a popsicle stand.On 20 January 1980 when Regan gave him his one way ticket back to Peanutville, Georgia, on the TURNIP truck I was in Korea and every one in the building clapped, with joy when we heard the news on AFKN.

i know about 120 people (most of them from myspace) have said they will not vote for him if he becomes the nominee and will vote for john mcain or ralph nader

OBAMA AND HIS ANTI-AMERICAN WIFE SHOULD BE ASHAMED! SHE NEEDED MORE “WHITE” PEOPLE. HE NEEDS MORE “DUMB” PEOPLE!
THIS JUST IN: “WE NEED MORE DUMB PEOPLE”
OBAMA IS FORMING THE BACKDROP FOR HIS NOVEMBER ASPIRATIONS: 5 YELLOW PEOPLE, 4 BROWN PEOPLE, 20 WHITE PEOPLE, 1 BLACK PERSON, 4 GREEN PEOPLE, 20 PURPLE PEOPLE AND 55 “MILLION” DUMB PEOPLE REQUIRED.
THE OBAMA COMMITTEE WILL MOVE PEOPLE AROUND FROM WHERE THEY WERE SITTING TO HAVE MORE “DUMB” PEOPLE IN THE FRONT ROW, SITTING DIRECTLY BEHIND OBAMA, TO CHEER HIM ON.
OBAMA, MICHELLE, PELOSI, DEAN, REID, KENNEDY, KERRY AND JEREMIAH WRIGHT ARE STUCK ON STUPID!
DON’T YOU JUST LOVE IT!
HILLARY 2008!

It’s Obama, Kennedy and Kerry who have destroyed the democratic party. Kennedy and Kerry started propping Obama up in 2004, because they wanted to block a woman (Hillary) from being the nominee. It’s as simple as that. Hillary has won all the big, important states that we need to carry in the general election. Obama primarily has won small, Republican (caucus) states that the Republicans always win in the general election. The Republicans deliberately and willfully crossed over in those states to prop up Obama because they know he has serious flaws that would be easier to go up against in the general election. They are scared to death to run against Hillary, that’s why they propped up Obama.

John Baer: Decades of working-class neglect – now that’s insulting
By John Baer
Philadelphia Daily News
Daily News Political Columnist
SOME THOUGHTS on the latest diversion of Campaign ’08, a campaign apparently hell-bent on keeping the nation mired in its own stupidity.
As a native-born, small-town Pennsylvanian, a son of native-born, small-town Pennsylvania parents – one from the coal region, one from Lancaster County – let me assure you that the so-called offensive, condescending things Barack Obama said about the people I come from are basically right on target.
“Bitter” perhaps best describes my late mother, an angry Irish Catholic who absolutely clung to her religion.
Dad, also a journalist, wasn’t really bitter as far as I know, but he sure liked to hunt.
So, despite carping from Hillary Clinton and annoying yapping from her surrogates (really, it’s like turning on the lights at night in a puppy farm), I take no offense.
What’s offensive to me is suggesting that small-town, working-class, gun-toting and/or religious Pennsylvanians are somehow injured by a politician’s words.
Are you kidding me?
They’re injured all right, but the injury is long-term and from lots more than “just words.”
They’ve been injured from decades of neglect by political cultures in Washington and Harrisburg driven by special interests.
They’re injured by a system of isolated, insulated political leadership that protects itself and the status quo above all else.
They’ve been harmed by a lack of political guts to fix a health-care system that works against the poor and forces middle-class families to pay more for less, while at the same time giving politicians the best coverage taxpayer money can buy.
They’ve been taken for granted by political parties and candidates who stay in power by – and this was the apparent gist of Obama’s remarks – forcing attention and debate on issues tied to guns, religion and race (precisely because such issues resonate) rather than real problems such as health care and the economy.
They’ve been consistently made fools of by their own elected representatives who, year after year, pull fat salaries ($169,000 for every member of Congress; $150,000 in salary, perks and benefits for every state lawmaker) with automatic raises no matter how little gets done.
A new Associated Press poll shows Congress’ approval rating at 23 percent. And don’t even get me started on the Pennsylvania Legislature.
Insulting?
What’s insulting are the sizes of salaries and perks of politicians in a state where the median household income is $43,714.
What’s insulting is the ongoing failure of elected “leaders” to deal with long-term, working-class worries while insuring their own futures with hefty, over-rich pensions.
And, look, what Obama said, given a charged atmosphere close to a critical primary, was ill-advised – not because he’s wrong, but because it changes the discussion.
The 24-hour broadcast-news cycle will jabber on this for days – the irony being that Obama’s “words,” which had positioned him so well, now threaten to trip him up.
Another irony is that the candidate running to effect change where change is needed, and to offer hope to those without it, is suddenly tagged as somehow diminishing those he seeks to serve.
So the question is whether Obama effectively defuses this, as he did the controversy surrounding his former minister. And that remains to be seen.
Just don’t tell me that he insulted a state or, given his background, that he’s an out-of-touch elitist.
And I especially don’t want to hear such arguments from a candidate who spent decades in the bubble of a governor’s mansion, the White House and the U.S. Senate, and under the blanket of $109 million income during the last eight years.
Pennsylvanians might cling to religion and guns. I hope they don’t cling to stupidity.
Send e-mail to baerj@phillynews.com.
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http://go.philly.com/baer.

I wish this old fool would just drop dead some place..Then the world would be rid of him.

GS and giz, I fully agree with you!!

Carter layed a wreath on Arafat’s grave this morning. When Carter dies, I will lay a turd on his grave.

Obama’s politics are NOT pure and above it all. He continously speaks of doing things differently, but in practice his campaign is as bullying as anything I have ever seen. His people were in a common event with Clinton’s supporters and when someone tried to speak for Clinton his people started screaming over the speaker like a bunch of children. Hillary’s people were civil during the entire event, even though I was insulted by his patronizing “si se puede” remarks….to “connect” with the hispanic vote…I suppose…but what do we cling to, behind close doors—with whatever interest group or “fundraising group” he is addressing?
I have read blogs by his people, and they are full of rage for anything other than Obama support.
I see how anyone who questions Obama is attacked…like George and Charlie….I have seen this so many times. I am personally afraid for anyone who goes against Obama, because it seems that these people are radical and violent…and I am speaking of his “white supporters” as much as anyone else. It is unbelievable.
When I see him speak of how he is keeping things nice….I think of the Mafia Godfathers….gang leaders…who keep their hands “clean” while lower people do the killing…not to be stereotypical, but his senate area has been run this way for years by the other leaders in the Mafia etc.
Some people see through his lies.