Mea Culpa

im an obama supporter and i want hillary to show her softer side – i’m sure she has one somewhere!

I want to see Mrs. Clinton finally admit she made up her “Tuzla” story. She needs to improve her honesty ratings.

I want to ask ABC why they would would have George Stephanopoulos as a questioner for this most important debate (he being a former appointee of the clintons). Seems like a stark contrast of interest to me.

the only thing that obama could say that would improve his standing with me is something he will never do he would have to admit that his rise has been based in a significant part of the biased media that does nothing but praise him and cut hillary down. He should appologize to hillary and bill for falseley accusing them of racism

It’s be nice if someone would ask tender candidate Obama, all things to all people, where he comes off criticiziung Jimmy Carter for meeting with Hamas? And why Obama, who’s sometimes presented himself as pro-Palestinian, today assured the AP that he’s all for Israel.

“They are trying to “RADICALIZE” Obama.”
Good luck with THAT.

Sen. Clinton can concede the race tonight. That would be acceptable. Of course, she will not. I expect that she will come out swinging, and like the boxing references she is prone to invoking, will end up knocking herself out.

I would like Obama to better expain his association with Nahdmi Auchi, as it was revealed by a witness in the Rezko trial that Obama did actually meet him, which differs from what he and his campaign have claimed.
I would like Hillary to explain her plan to create new manufacturing jobs for the U.S. defense industry.
I would like them both to be questioned about biofuels in light of the recent findings that production of them and the deforestation that occurs because of it may actually be increasing our carbon emissions. Along these same lines, I would like their thoughts on other alternative energy sources.
Oh and one other thing Jake – Go Big Green!

You guys really think Hillary will answer any question Honestly??? For some reason I do not see that happening….. Save your breath!!!!

Hillary should be asked why she told her husband to “screw ‘em” meaning the “lunch pail democrats” during his administration. Sam Stein has the article up on the HuffPO and MSM has started carrying it.

“the only thing that obama could say that would improve his standing with me is something he will never do he would have to admit that his rise has been based in a significant part of the biased media that does nothing but praise him and cut hillary down. He should appologize to hillary and bill for falseley accusing them of racism”
How can you anti-Obama people STILL say the media is pro-Obama after the last week? Seriously, you may have had a point before Bittergate, but on what planet have you been watching the news lately? It’s all been BNN, Bittergate News Network, on every channel.
The fact is, Clinton has a longer history to disect, and a husband who, love him or hate him, has a LOT of baggage and has given the media plenty of fodder himself. If she gives the media more material to work with, then they are gonna cover her more, period.
Seriously, the only two Obama items that have come up that didn’t turn out to be smoke and mirrors on further review have been Rev. Wright, and the “Bitter” thing, and they’ve been BEAT TO DEATH by the media.
That’s like OJ saying “Why do you always arrest me and not Leslie Nielsen. We were both in Naked Gun, there must be some legal system bias in favor of Leslie!!!”
Sheesh.
P.S. He’s never once accused Hillary or Bill of Racism. Not…One…Time. Look it up, it’s a fact.

Obama: I am withdrawing from the race as of tonight.
Clinton: You can still be my wingman.

I don’t’ get those that are supporting Obama just dismiss his advisers talking to Canada about NAFTA and in England about the Iraq war, that what he says is not necessarily why he means. Then to sit and listen to Rev. Wright for 20 years and not have any affect on him. You also dismiss is misleading ads about the oil money and special interest groups. You are fooling yourself if you think he is better than any other politician. There is a lot of things about Obama that the news media doesn’t cover. But American can’t seem to figure it out, they elected Bush for 2 terms and now we will have another inexperience person in the White House. I wonder what the learning curve will be for him? That will be the excuse that will be given when he fails.

Jake,
Would you please look into the story about the Obama campaign talking with Hamas? If true, I think America needs to know about this ASAP!
“Following their conversation with Dr. Yousuf, at approximately the 8 minutes, 15 seconds mark, Batchelor and Klein discuss the possibility that someone speaking on behalf of the Obama campaign has already been in contact with a representative for Hamas. However, to date, that person has not been named.”
Also I want to know if John Gibson in the debate have a gut to ask Obama question about his lifelong cadre of friends, mentors, and associates who adhere to radical, even Marxist, ideology, William Ayres
THANKS!

I look for Hillary to be a little
more aggressive than she has been
in the debates. I look for Obama
to make a fool of himself as usual.

Obama should explain why he is not another politician with all the piggybacking on what he says and what he claims to be.

I would like to see a question related to capital punishment asked. This week, the Louisiana courts will determine if a man should receive the death penalty for his crime of child rape.
Is this cruel and unusual punishment?
I would like to see the punishment for crimes against children expanded, especially those crimes committed by trusted family members.

“Would you please look into the story about the Obama campaign talking with Hamas?”
And whether it isn’t a little schizophrenic, not to mention disrespectful, for Obama THEN to criticize former president Carter for his middle east meetings, as he did today to the AP while trolling for Jewish votes?

1 – First Question Obama – Your Mentor and preacher spew Racist remarks that you even repeated in your book – Do you stand by those comments! And If you did not know your mentor had those views after 20 years, how can the American people be sure you will pick the best people for positions?
2 – Question to Hilary – why do you buckle and fire Penn and other loyal campaign people because they spoke the truth?
3 – Obama – As a State and Federal Senator you worked with Rezko on your campaigns knowing he was a Slum lord against blacks in Chicago why is that?
Why did you only return 1% of his donations?
4 – Obama – You have a friendly relationship with a admitted terrorist william aires, you spoke along side him why is that?
5 – Obama – Do you stand by your wifes College term paper
6 – Obama – Do you stand by what you wrote in your book?
7 – Obama / Clinton – Will you stop illegal Immigration by putting up a fence and more officers?
8 – Will you keep the tax cuts in place so people do not get their taxes raised?
9 – what is your view on Global 2000?

Why was Obama”s Memory loss pulled from the ABC News Headlines after appearing on-line? Because of the influence of the article revealing some truth before the debates tonight? Yes, it would be unfair to Obama followers know some truth. The article regarding the testimony of Stuart Levine under oath that Obama and his wife Michelle BOTH attended the April 2004 reception of the Iraqi billionaire Nadhmi Auchi at “Rezko”s house. Obama gave several toasts! How can he forget this meeting? Sorry I can’t buy memory loss! Attending a reception for a billionaire from Iraq is hardly forgettable

Rita – That’s too funny. Sadly true, but funny.
I still hope they run together in November.

Obama can say that he is gettin the HExx out and that will make me happy.

Not since Walt Frazier have New Yorkers seen such exquisite basketball skills. Now Barack Obama has taken center court and his basketball skills are legendary in the recreation centers of Chicago. The buzz is that his head fake is deceptive and his jump shot deadly. He is apparently attempting to transfer his head-fake skills to the American political arena — fake right, go left. The American electorate should not fall for it.
Three revelations over the past month have started to reveal a very different portrait of the junior senator than what Mr. Obama and his promoters have been painting during this campaign. These recent revelations could redefine the campaign, and put him on unsustainable footing.
Mr. Obama’s candidacy was unanticipated. He came from obscurity in 2004, and was sworn in as senator in 2005. He started running for president in 2006.
With that lack of anticipation came a lack of vetting.
Mr. Obama advertises himself as a unifying figure who shares the hopes and values of the vast majority of Americans. But three separate occasions in the past month are at odds with his rhetoric of getting past party, race, and division, and bringing Americans together around ideas that can unite us.
Last week I explored Mr. Obama’s tax-raising and government-expanding agenda. While millions take issue with that agenda, millions more react strongly to his recently revealed social views. His remarks about abortion and gun rights are particularly troublesome.
If one looks at Mr. Obama’s recent unscripted comments in Pennsylvania and his answers on a 1996 candidate questionnaire, a coherent picture begins to emerge.
The first issue is abortion. Mr. Obama opposes restricting partial-birth abortion, which ends a late-term or even full-term unborn baby. More than 75% of Americans support banning that practice. Back in 1996, he wrote on the questionnaire that he opposes the legal rights of parents of a minor child to be informed of their daughter having an abortion unless the daughter is 13 years old or younger. This is not about parents giving their consent, just notification.
Mr. Obama also opposes state laws requiring the parents of a 14-year old who is about to undergo an abortion to be informed that their daughter is about to have a surgical procedure that could render her permanently infertile or involve other lifelong complications. More than 80% of Americans believe parents have a right to know.
Several days ago, Mr. Obama commented in unscripted remarks to a Pennsylvania audience that when his daughters become teenagers, he does not want them to be “punished with a baby” if they make a mistake.
Punished with a baby? Is that any way to refer to the miracle of life, even under unfortunate circumstances?
In that same 1996 questionnaire Mr. Obama revealed that he supports an absolute ban on Americans owning handguns. Almost 75% of Americans believe that the Second Amendment secures a right to private citizens to own and possess firearms, and therefore understand that banning handguns is unconstitutional.
Also last week, Mr. Obama said he opposes laws that would permit law-abiding citizens who pass a background check and complete any required classes from having concealed-carry permits. Most Americans favor concealed carry, especially if permit applicants go through a statutory licensing scheme. Opposing such laws is hardly mainstream.
Mr. Obama’s extreme views on the Second Amendment and abortions, coupled with giving benefits and driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants, and his opposition to surveillance of terrorist phone calls overseas, start to form a coherent portrait of a political radical with a pleasant smile and easy manner. The candidate who has said that evangelical leaders who speak out on issues like religious liberty and same-sex marriage have “hijacked” Christianity has provided us with an ample supply of social and national security issues to vet.
When we add his positions on economic issues to this picture, his naïve foreign policy and willingness as president to meet with tyrants without preconditions, we get a sharper portrait of Mr. Obama. It is a disturbing pattern.
Voters are being sold a bill of goods. The more we discover about him, the more he goes from looking like a big-government, doctrinaire liberal, to being a radical on the fringe of the political spectrum.
That leads to the second newsworthy aspect of these revelations: the complete disconnect between who this man is and who he claims to be.
Part of the presidential selection process we have in America is that candidates go through a long, arduous process to make their case to the American people. It includes more than giving speeches and releasing policy papers. It’s a conversation over a period of time.
Through this process — a process that normally takes several years — the American people take their full measure of a candidate.
Americans are now taking their measure of Mr. Obama and defending against the head fake.
Mr. Blackwell is a columnist for The New York Sun.

I would like to know how Obama would reach across the aisle as McCain has proved he can do. Obama’s liberal record doesn’t seem to indicate he can make inroads with Republicans, as McCain has done with the Dems. He has no real record of true non-partisan negotiating–the only thing that can break the gridlock.

“don’t’ get those that are supporting Obama just dismiss his advisers talking to Canada about NAFTA and in England about the Iraq war, that what he says is not necessarily why he means. Then to sit and listen to Rev. Wright for 20 years and not have any affect on him. You also dismiss is misleading ads about the oil money and special interest groups. You are fooling yourself if you think he is better than any other politician. There is a lot of things about Obama that the news media doesn’t cover. But American can’t seem to figure it out, they elected Bush for 2 terms and now we will have another inexperience person in the White House. I wonder what the learning curve will be for him? That will be the excuse that will be given when he fails.”
Point 1 – Canada/Nafta flap, according to the Canadian government, actually turned out that Obama’s advisor said nothing of the sort in his conversations, and the “wink-wink” was actually done by a Clinton contact. Also hard to swallow Clinton working to get NAFTA passed while secretly opposing it all along. Don’t have to “inhale” to see through that one.
Point 2 – Last I checked, Obama’s the only one running who wasn’t involved in starting this Iraq mess, and has opposed it from the word go. If he said it might take more than a couple months to get out, I’d say that’s better than making false promises about immediate withdrawal like Clinton when we all know that’s impossible.
Point 3 – He didn’t say that Wright had no effect on him. He learned about charity, and faith, and so on, but he didn’t agree with some of what the preacher had to say. Just ask the millions of Catholics who’ve weathered the sex abuse scandal, or the Mormons who endured racist “preisthood” rules until they were finally repealed, the hundreds of millions of peaceful Muslim folks who hold pacifist ideals sacred, I could go on… Moral – You don’t abandon your beleifs or your church just because you don’t agree with someone in it, or per Clinton’s approach, because it makes you look bad in the polls.
Point 4 – Obama has more in common with Ronald McDonald than he does with George Bush. There’s ZERO platform similarity, ZERO approach/problem solving similarity, ZERO supporter/inner circle similarity, and ZERO background/character similarity. By your rationale, anyone with less than 25 years in politics is doomed to be Bush part 2, right? Please…

Obama — how, in fact, did you loose all records of your stint as an Illinois state senator? Aren’t they on a computer somewhere?

“I would like to see Obama asked the tough questions for a change, about his false NAFTA flier”
You mean the one that pointed out the solidly proved, substantiated, unequivocal fact that Hillary has not only repeatedly defended and praised NAFTA, but that she was also deeply and enthusiastically involved with promoting and helping to secure it’s passage? That “false NAFTA flier” ?
In that case, I hope they ask about this as well…

banner headline on the Huffington Post
“Hillary on Southern White Voters: “Screw em ”
somewhere Carville is calling his boy Stephanopolous and telling him not to ask any elitist questions anymore.

A question for Hillary:
This past week you made much of your support for gun owners and the second amendment.
Yet you voted for legislation to allow weapons to be confiscated during national emergencies.
Were the US to be invaded by Al Queda after a major disaster, such as a hurricane or rash of tornadoes and flooding, could you explain how this legislation would make us safer?
Obama 2008 — Yes, WE CAN!!!

I would like for obama to get the first question-and I would like for it to be abouth healthcare.
on the jimmy carter thing
you know obama knows he had better say what ever his handlers tell him to say to get the jewish money.
he needs the money more than he needs jimmy carters endorsement,
I want him to be asked about the black community and how he feels about black people who support sen. clinton-have been threatened
I want him to be asked if he becomes president-how soon will the healtcare for all program be up and running
and how will he pay for it.
unlike others on this blog
I do not want him asked questions about ayers, wright, the bitter comment,resko
I only want him to answer in depth the issues questions-because we are about the nominate a person who has to be coached on the issues.
and then even after all of that
he still will not get my black vote.
he is underqualified to be president

Mecksi
that article by kenneth blackwell
that wouldn’t happen to be the same kenneth blackwell who was the sec of state and the head of george w. bush’s re election campaign in that state …would it?
Yeah it is… it’s great when you are referencing such “unbiased” lol reporting.
You use a George W. Bush operative’s editorial story from the New york Sun to embolden Hillary against Obama. yeah that pretty much sums it up.

Mecksi
that article by kenneth blackwell
that wouldn’t happen to be the same kenneth blackwell who was the sec of state for the state of ohio and the head of george w. bush’s re election campaign in that state …would it?
Yeah it is… it’s great when you are referencing such “unbiased” lol reporting.
You use a George W. Bush operative’s editorial story from the New york Sun to embolden Hillary against Obama. yeah that pretty much sums it up.

Senator Clinton, as long as you had a lead in the nomination race, you said that the votes in Florida and Michigan weren’t gonna count for anything. Now that you’re trailing Senator Obama, you suddenly feel you have ‘stand up’ for these votes to count, even though you signed with your own name for counting them OUT.
How are we to understand and respect your sudden change of position? And do you think your change of position makes you look more trustworthy?

I would like her to tell me the difference in these statements made by her husband and herself: Printed in Times today….
APRIL 16, 2008 4:27
Sounds Familiar
HRC’s “screw them” (where “them” = working class Democrats)comment is getting all the attention, but I was struck by this contemporaneous statement by Bill:
I know how you feel. … It makes me mad too. Sure, we lost our base in the South; our boys voted for Gingrich. But let me tell you something. I know these boys. I grew up with them. Hardworking, poor, white boys, who feel left out, feel that our reforms always come at their expense. Think about it, every progressive advance our country has made since the Civil War has been on their backs. They’re the ones asked to pay the price of progress. Now, we are the party of progress, but let me tell you, until we find a way to include these boys in our programs, until we stop making them pay the whole price of liberty for others, we are never going to unite our party, never really going to have change that sticks.
Can you imagine Bill saying that today?

“Maybe he found the pin at Wright’s new $1.6M “retirement house” funded on the backs of the TUCC folks from the poorest areas of the south side of Chicago. What a joke.”
Nope, he was given the pin by a disabled veteran at the event, caught on camera. Before he spoke, he explained that to everyone, thanked the vet for his service, and donned the pin.
Not a flip-flop, just a sign of respect. I suppose Hillary would have thrown it back in the vet’s face and refused for fear of getting labeled a flip-flopper and losing a half a point in some poll.

How come, Senator Clinton, that a large majority of Americans say they don’t trust you?
And Senator Clinton, how electable do you think is a candidate who’s been seen as ‘untrustworthy’ by a large majority of American voters?

fontapa
That’s my point. She shouldn’t have accused him of being an elitist because that charge was stupid anyway considering his life-story. Besides, calling him an elitist so narrowly defined the offensive nature of his comments, it allowed him room to wiggle out of it. She should have allowed the Republicans and media to do their job and allow the voters to reach whatever conclusion they might. I bet you, if Hillary hadn’t so narrowly defined Obama’s comments as elitist, most folks would have tied it into the Rev. Wright issue and concluded that maybe Obama has a problem with white folks, period. Obama might still pay for his comments in Pennsylvania. But it’s becoming clear that nationally and with Superdelegates, it has backfired big time. Democrats know that elite white democrats are their base, not blue collar workers (or so-called Reagan democrats) who cannot be relied on to deliver the vote. The people Obama insulted, basically, are not Democrats. They are Republicans. So while Obama’s negatives have risen, his margin against Hillary has also risen. This comment will have more of an effect in the General. Not in a Democratic primary.

Hillary needs to come clean on the fact that her healthcare failed last time predominantly because she went to far with such a large and costly overhaul. I think she needs to come clean about the fact that a forced payment is NOT working in Massachusetts… they are looking at huge hikes in cost and this is a state with lots of healthcare resources. She needs to show all the problems they have has and discuss how this plan would be better than medicare (which is the worst type of care in the US…ask any doc, elderly person or medical billing professional…the medical billing professional will tell you the beraucracy that coexists with Medicare in our country is a big part of the costs of doctors and why visits keep getting more expensive)…
She also needs to talk about understanding that when families that are middle class to lower middle class are trying to work outside of a system fighting to cover their families…and they have money taken out of their rent budget with a mandatory stipend… a tax credit doesn’t help with people who don’t have accountants and have a tough enough time trying to figure out budgeting for groceries… these are the same people whose stipend taken out will bare the brunt of covering everyone including pre-existing conditions…
…and how when she says by everyone paying in to this bureaucratic system the costs are going to go down when you are implementing a massive bureaucratic system to an overtaxed bureaucracy and billing mess (ask any doctor billing is half to 2/3 of their costs) … during a time of economic downturn…
and finally once she has gotten through that part of the question…how is she going to get this through a divided country’s congress when her own party is divided on the issue?
It is about costs FIRST. Why has it not succeeded before…because she is of the “fight for it” attitude…opponents going mano y mano…and try to dwindle back rather than get steps through.
This is one of my two biggest problems with Hillary Clinton… it is about fighting from square one polarization to get something through, rather than reasoning as much as you can with as many as you can on issues like this to attack the issue that everyone agrees with…costs are too expensive no matter what.

A NEVER BEFORE ASKED QUESTION!
Barack Obama to comment: Per Barack’s own words from an article published in the Chicago Tribune on 6/26/05 by Jeff Zeleny entitled “When it comes to race, Obama makes his point–with subtlety”.
These comment from Barack pertained to his Senate race in Illinois.
Obama acknowledges, with no small irony, that he benefits from his race.
If he were white, he once bluntly noted, he would simply be one of nine freshmen senators, almost certainly without a multimillion-dollar book deal and a shred of celebrity. Or would he have been elected at all? His words.
Now, if Barack Obama believed this to be true in 2005 concerning his US Senate race in 2004, it is very fair for someone to believe these same comments to be true in 2008. What makes this election any different than an election that was not even 4 years ago? Geraldine Ferraro basically said the exact same thing. Does he that he owe her an apology?

LOM: It makes a difference, it shows me how two faced she really is.

Senator Clinton, did your opponent ever call you a liar, aven at the height of Tuzlagate? Did he ever exploit the Tuzla video and your account of that landing to attack to personnaly attack you?
Why then the almost grotesque exploitation of Seator Obama’s remarks in San Francisco, the personal attacks and ‘elitist’ accusations, and the bitter hammering and pounding for days?
If we make comparison between Tuzlagate
and Bittergate, what do you conclude from it? Wouldn’t you think that Senator Obama’s silence on Tuzla in the end has been more effective than your bitter so called ‘ working class’ hysteria?

I’m acutely aware of where he got the flag. But couldn’t resist the tidbit about Wright.
Despite the source of the pin. No wait – because of the source of the pin…Obama continues to be a flip-flopper. Let’s go back to that day last year when Obama first stood on his flag soapbox. Are you telling me he’d have acted differently if some mother of a fallen soldier approached him with a pin? That the pin is meaningless unless it’s explicitly connected to an individual who served? You disgust me. I’m not saying the flag is an absolute sign of patriotism any more than the absence of the flag is a sign of treason or other lack of national loyalty. But to grandstand by implying that wearing the flag should be confused with not being patriotic is inexcusable.
Essentially, Obama attempted to marginalize a benign symbol. Now, for a photo opp he backed off from standing firm on that position. He’s blurred that line so much that he’s not even sure where to stand in relation to it.

Most politicians are rich…including Obama. At the same time, most don’t make the kind of elitist arrogant remarks that OBAMA made! And most have not told as many lies as Obama has told. He has run his entire campaign on lies. Too bad the media didn’t release them until half the country had voted.
Hillary gives about 10% of her income to charity…compared to that elitist cheap-skate, Obama, who only gives less than 1% in most years.
Hillary pays another 33% in taxes…which is 12% above the average in her tax bracket. She even proposes taxes on herself and others in her tax bracket. Here are more links to govt. officials speaking out/offended by Obama`s remarks…Mont, Indy, and WV are weighing in:
They join numerous government officials in several other states who’ve spoken out against Obama`s comments.
Hillary 2008!

“I am wondering if that vet giving him that pin was staged.”
Probably so … wonder WHICH campaign staged it? Maybe McCain?

If Obama would say he would support a re-vote in Florida and Michigan, I could have some respect for him. This will never be a legit nomination without it. Most likely it would never be asked.

4mycountry
Hillary lives in a tax bracket where it may behoove her to pay that much in taxes… and she can afford to do that quite comfortably. Obama just finished paying off his loans and for most of his adult life lived in a one bedroom condo… and did it partly with kids. and that was after he spent a few years doing non profit work (this is the guy that was the President of the Harvard Law Review remember…could have done what Hillary did and just gotten a job in Washington looking at her future in politics and then on the board at walMart)
So 1% sounds about right.
and if you are going to bring up lies and scandals… and you are a supporter of Hillary …I would just advise you …that is probably not the playing field Hillary is best on.

Some of you Obamabots are totally losing it. I’m all over the net daily and I see Obama supporters swarming, dominating the blog comments, attempting to intimidate those who disagree with them. In addition, they have a nasty habit of calling for posts to be deleted simply because they disagree with the opinions expressed. I don’t put much stock in polls but I do know desperation when I see it. The Obamabots appear to be worried about something.
I’ve heard there’s a big bomb to be dropped on Obama in the next few days… is that the cause of your concern?

East Coast
How many times can more people say it… when you keep posting that little bitty list compared to the Clintons lists of scandals and lawsuits and investigations and lies and favors and missing files and dying witnesses…and unexpected windfalls…
We don’t want to play on that field…and if you are supporting Clinton you should surely not want to.

“Why would McCain stage a vet giving Obama a flag pin?”
Possibly for the slightly-wicked pleasure of watching him back down on yet another of his “leftist” positions?

I would like someone to question Obama on his “real” feelings about small town people and their bitterness causing them to cling to religion and guns and xenophic positions. While he has recently admitted he could have said it better and now dwells on the “bitterness” element, the truth is that he espoused exactly the same objectionable opinion in his Charlie Rose interview way back in 2004.
Paraphrasing from that interview:
People having hard economic times do not vote economic issues. Rather, due to their insecurity, they go out hunting and to church for stability. In the end, they go to the Party that does not look down on them.
Charlie Rose interview of 2004 is online. The above dialogue can be found at about 11-minute footage.
In essence, this was no slip of the tongue by Obama. This is his longstanding belief. He owns it. Further, notable is that he said, “They go to the Party that does not look down on them.” That is precisely what he has done.

These issues are holding me back for voting for Obama next Tuesday:
1. Relationship with William Ayers?
2. Relationship with Tony Rezko?
3. Relationship with Rev. James Meeks?
4. With Rev. Jeremaih Wright issue, why did he introduce it as a race issue, when it was clearly a anti- American theme for Wright.
5. Why this deception, take money for lobbyist (as he claims with Clinton). Or take money for bundlers as he does, same thing – splitting hairs. Factcheck.org.
If he could answer those questions with clearly and not dance them. I would give him a vote on Tuesday. Otherwise, Clinton is getting it or McCain in the general.

“I’m also reminded of Obama running ads in Florida prior to the primary. But he got away with that because of the adoring media.”
Get informed. He got away with it because these were ads running on national television.

Becky — Like you need to be convinced. If she says she didn’t say it, you’ll call her a liar. If she is honest about it or tries to say what I really meant (like Obama did), you’ll say she is two-faced. Does that mean that Obama is two-faced? Or is this where we apply the now commonplace double standard?

“These issues are holding me back for voting for Obama next Tuesday”
vote for Hillary then! LOL

countall the votes
although some of you who like to say it doesn;t count there are numerous studies done that show (and I implore everyone to go look at them…google anything with economic downturn studies and violent crime, ethnocentrism, racism, etc.) you will find many studies that support what he is saying…not to mention it is common sense…
when a community is hit with an economic downturn they turn inward and to what they know…but also violent crime, racism, violent ethnocentrism and anger goes up.
It’s been studied and considering where our country is heading over the next couple of years…you better well hope that the other two candidates know that too…because if they don’t and by some horrible fluke they won…
This country is not going to be just a hard economic challenge…but the difference in culture, sexism, race and religion may get really nasty when those things go wrong.
Wouldn’t you hope that the President of the United States would be smart enough to see those effects and studies.
It’s the hard thing to address them…it’s the politically safe thing to use those statements as a wedge tool.

Edgar Cayce,
Thanks for answering my question and you are probably right…lol. I am sure the Obamabots will blame Clinton for it.

cappamore,
Obama did run ads in Florida, you are correct. That is well documeted. Obama said they were national ads so he had no control. Oops! Note Hillary Clinton did not do that.

Other questions to Obama:
Why are you afraid of counting votes in Florida and Michigan?
If you don’t count votes in those states, then why did say one thing and do another?
Why are you so arrogant to say that if people think you are wrong (your bitter comments) then you declare it’s ‘political foolishing season’?
Why do you think you are the best candidate to be president? Don’t you know you are a below average US Senator?
Don’t know you have been given free ride from media for so long? Everytime, when Hillary said something wrong, oh, bad mouth from every where, but when you said somethings wrong, there were not many news from the web. Don’t you know that?
Hillary is the one I adore. She has been working hard consistently, persistently for so many years. I feel psychologically balanced to see a person work harder than me to lead me.

dl,
The statement by Obama re: small town people and bitterness and clinging to faith and guns etc, was a direct answer to a direct question he was asked about not having support among the working class/small town voters in PA. Note PA is an incredible hunting state. This is not a commment about inner city Chicago and gangbangers. In fact, violence was never mentioned. As for turning to religion, people turn to religion even when not in economically depressed circumstances. It is called FAITH!! WHY IS IT THAT ONLY OBAMA CAN PRACTICE HIS RELIGION OUT OF A DEEP SEATED BELIEF AND SMALL TOWN PEOPLE ARE CLINGING TO THEIRS OUT OF DESPARATION.

Senator Obama, you have a clear habit of saying something, commenting on it once put on the spot, but usually without apology and instead express blame and deflect onto other topics to avoid accountability for your words and actions. Why have you expressed regret but NOT apologized for your small town America comments? Also, did you apologize for your racist smear about ‘typical White people’? Finally, did you apologize to your grandmother for trashing her in public as a racist?
Matthew

josephine: are you really Randi Rhodes?? You don’t get it, do you? Stop making excuses for this guy.
What excuses do have for the other lies? Rezko, Auchi, nuclear legislation, not running for president in 2008, on and on…

Jack – thanks for your service to the country. Unwilling as it may have been. With all due respect, you’re missing the point of this issue. Rewind 30 years when you returned from war…
In mixed company of other veterans (i.e. WWII), how do you explain your silent protest of the flag vis-a-vis the Vietnam War? In a crowd of hundreds, the statement is difficult to make.
I’m not condoning a suspension of free speech, but grandstanding on a national symbol whose history is as rich with benevolence, freedom, and amnesty as it may have unjustly spilled blood…it confuses matters. Do you get to the point where you say – I’ll honor the flag at remembrances of the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, WWI, and WWII, maybe for Teddy Roosevelt, for the first term of FDR, for Nixon’s trip to China – but not Watergate, etc., etc.? Whatever.
The whole flag thing is the equivalent of taking the cross out of Christian churches because crusadors carried the symbol into racist battles like the crusades (and countless other military actions in the name of religion). I’ve yet to see a Christian denounce it – including St. Obama. And no, I’m not calling you a Christian or he a Muslim.

Why can he not unite the party?

“I would like to know why Obama put Wright in charge of the religious outreach on his campaign when he has said so many offensive things.”
Most likely as a means to transfer a whole lot of campaign donations to the church.

A voice of reason: The only way the democrats will capture the white house is together. I will not vote for Barack because of his thin resume, but if he added eight years as vice president, no one could claim that he was inexperienced and I think this would all but assure the democrats of 16 years in the white house. This is sound reasoning and Barack could end this all now and fill in the gaps of experience and probably make a wonderful president. They are so close on issues, they just need to come together. If democrats came together and made this the sound that both candidates could hear, maybe we could get this done. They could capture the White House together. Let’s revist this idea!
Hillary/Barack….Barack/?

Brian: wrong!!
The one should quit is Obama!
We should have a rule, if someone is a beloow average US Senator, while other candidates are, then he should be filterd out at the beginning.
Just like a job interview, if so many people want a manager’s position, we need to set a bar to filter out the unqualified candidate at the beginning.
Remember, US is the strongest country in the world. We don’t want just anybody can be president. We need to set the bar high!!
Obama can be rocky star, if he is popular. He can be a great speaker, but he can not be president.
Although he got many votes so far, but that’s wrong.

Guess us Hillary supporters will just have to vote McCain and keep him out. You know he is the uniter, hope…..change…..hope….change….

HoosierSue,
I agree with you on that but for some reason knowledge has nothing to do with election. It’s come down to who is prettier and who can give a speech more eloquently. Have half of us become that stupid?

“We should have a rule, if someone is a beloow average US Senator, while other candidates are, then he should be filterd out at the beginning.”
Please explain. If Obama is not a good Senator, how to explain that he got a clear lead in endorsements from fellow Senators over Clinton?
Apparently his colleagues (and they’ll know his work as a Senator a LOT better than you do) have a very positive impression of him, and less so of Clinton.

Remeber, how the dot com stocks fooled people and made people addicted?
Obama is such kind of dot com stock.
People said, Warren Buffet is wrong, he dare not to try dot com stock.
MMM? What happened later? dot com stocks crushed. Blue chip stocks are always good, no-lose choice.
Hillary is such a blue chip stock!

I too would like Obama to thoroughly justify his Michigan/Florida stance. If he is the candidate of change, why does he oppose changeing an Iwoa favoring primary system?

Harald,
If you believed all the polls Obama would have won New Hampshire. Wright is an issue to Americans, maybe not the media who are in love with Obama.
I have had the hardest time understanding why press and other politicians support him and my husband had an interesting point…that when Clinton is elected she will have a very strong hand in selecting the people around her and the issues she wants to tackle and she won’t be easily swayed. With Obama, he is a newbie, with the ability to repay favors and be easily influenced.

“If he has to win like that, then the Constitution is meaningless, like all the people who gave their lives to protect it.”
The Constitution IS meaningless, at the moment.
Especially because Bush has converted the presidency to an imperial office, and because there’s a depression growing, committing the Democratic Party to a character with a made-up biography who wants to substitute his own self, and a few borrowed slogans, for the Constitution as an organizing principle would be VERY dangerous: he consorts with mobsters, and has risen to his present office by questionable means. And there are several guys from the same shop — Deval Patrick, Governor Acevedo — who’ve flamed out in office.
We need a leader — preferably John Edwards. We DON’T need some full-of-himself figurehead who’s a puppet for the socially-clueless corporadoes who’ve constructed the Obama candidacy.
How complicated IS this?

What Hillary doesn’t get is this isn’t about black, white, elite, redneck etc. It should be about uniting all the various segments in American rather than divide them in Carl Rove fashion. It’s about beating John McCain. Yet her latest Rove style strategy has her campaign insinuating that the Montana Yellowstone County Commissioner “picked Clinton only after he heard Barack Obama’s now famous “bitter” comments. But Kennedy told FOX News on Tuesday that he decided on Clinton long before that. “I had been leaning toward Hillary for months,” Kennedy said. “I actually decided to endorse her two weeks ago.”
Think about it. If someone created a website which allowed us to vote on one simple question, ‘are we bitter about how things have been going here in the United States’, do you think the happy campers would ‘win’ or do you think the Americans who are fed up, been pushed down, passed over and trickled on would outnumber those who prefer to wear blinders or blindly put a politician above the interests of their party or the interests of our country.
For Hillary to try to twist Obama’s words in this regard is beyond her normal campaign games, it’s an act of desperation. When more google for information on her pastor and spritual advisor, Doug Coe, they may come to realize it is all a game to her. When they google through all the campaign lies alone, whether it’s bullets flying, joining the Marines or simply her stands on issues, they will realize we’ll be the losers in these games.
If we want to discuss someone out of touch or elitist, think about the string of unpaid bills Clinton has left in every state she’s been in, bills owed to small vendors. Consider why one would fork out $26,000 for an orchestra for a fundraiser yet not pay her workers’ health insurance premiums for two months. Is that not elitist?
Bill is now trying to help Hillary again but he needs to clean up his own front porch first. His charities not only support Alibaba, Inc., accused of collaborating with the government in its crackdown on Tibetan activists, his scholarships finance schools in Dubai who won’t even accept Israeli students. These stories hit the news about the same time as Bill’s Columbian deal. Maybe this bittergate is simply wmd – weapon of mass distraction.
Was Bill’s taking advantage of a young girl in his employ not elitist? Was his putting himself above her interests, the interests of his family, the Democratic Party and our country somehow not elitist?
Perhaps Bill needs to do twenty years of community service in the south side of Chicago to get a grip on what constitutes an elitist.
Hillary needs to figure out which political party she works for. I have yet to hear her rally her people to vote Democrat no matter who wins the nomination. Not one word. I thought the whole idea was to beat McCain, not hand him on a silver platter 28% of the Democratic vote.
And btw, we were fooled by a beer drinking party guy trying to act like the common man before, look where it got us. If using that campaign game is not elitist, I’ll eat my hat.

“It should be about uniting all the various segments in American rather than divide them in Carl Rove fashion. It’s about beating John McCain.”
You CAN’T “unite” everything out of existence. There are REAL problems to be solved, which can only be done by choosing ONE way over the OTHER.
Obama’s “one America” blabla was mostly a put-down to the “two Americas” John Edwards was talking about. There very certainly ARE two Americas, and Barack Obama’s never strayed from the one that rules the other.
And it’s NOT “about beating John McCain”, who may well not BE the final Republican nominee. It’s about taking the Democratic Party back from the “post-partisan” error, and out of the hands of the present “leadership”, which would rather KEEP losing elections than disturb the plutocrats-only makeup of its platform and practice.
There are, for example, at least a MILLION people living in the streets NOW — not just the “veterans” the candidates bleat about, but women and CHILDREN. How many will be there when next winter comes? You can’t “unite” that, you’ve got to DO something about it — or NOT do something about it, and get ready for the full-tilt revolution the U.S. barely avoided in the 1930s.
There’s nothing about Obama (OR Clinton, for that matter) that suggests either of them has the stuff to deal with the real conditions outside the upper-middle-class media version of the U.S.
The best thing is to give BOTH these guys the hook, and nominate John Edwards. If he hadn’t been outspent 10-to-1, and sabotaged by the (corporate) media, Edwards already would BE the nominee.

The Chicago newspapers have investigated and exonerated Obama in any wrongdoing with Rezko.
The Canadian Government apologized to Obama for getting the NAFTA story wrong.
You people need to keep up.

Of course Nellie, bring up statements made 13 years ago. If that is the case I am sure we could find some from Obama. Wait, he was a nobody until last year. Why can’t you people admit he was wrong?

I think Obama would have had to stop spinning and i would have liked him more. I can’t stand the hyprocisy of him insisting his campaign is uplifting when I know it is based on a formidible attack and PR machine.
His inability to really express a knowledge of the issues and his obvious resentment and anger and lame attacks against Hillary make him less appealing than ever.
When ever he is “offscript” he continues raise questions about his ability to be “commander and cheif”.
The similarities to Bush in personality and arrogance astound me.

Don’t forget the comments Obama made on April 6th at a private fundraiser in San Francisco. There, the freshman Illinois senator, opining about people in small towns where the jobs have fled, said: “They get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.”
“This is elitist behavior by Senator Obama,” says Schmidt (reporter). “The condescension Obama shows toward the values of people who are the backbone of America is very clear.”
Those few words, transcribed from a more than 45-minute recording of Obama, buried in the midst of a very ruminative, rather personally-oriented piece Mayhill Fowler, an activist blogger who supports Obama and contributed the maximum allowable $2,300 to his presidential campaign, kicked off a media firestorm.
“We recognized it was a politically volatile story and thought it would create news,” says Marc Cooper, editorial coordinator of Huffington Post’s “Off The Bus” project for “citizen journalists” such as Fowler. “We had no idea that the controversy would reach this magnitude.”
I GUESS THEY HAD NO IDEA SMALL-TOWN AMERICANS REALLY CARE ABOUT OUR BELIEFS, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR RIGHTS AS AMERICAN CITIZENS!
NO OBAMA — GO HILLARY!

If Barack wanted to go after all the dirty hands that the Clintons have touched a two hour debate wouldn’t be long enough. Last night was an poor use of our first amendment and a damaging night for the ABC News Team. Having seen as many debates as I have, it was an obvious setup. The pundents want this race to go on for the ratings. The outcome is already set, get used to the idea, it will be Barack Obama as the nominee. He has played by the rules, which a Clinton has no idea of such things.

I like Hillary’s fluid and detailed explanations of good Democratic policy we need to take this country back for all of us who are not making out like its the Gilded Age again.