Obama Prepares to Declare Victory

Let Him do that he is not the nominee he has 1740 to her 1625 they are 115 delegates apart he will look like the — he is. I will never vote for him ever it is to bad he coulndn’t wait with all that has gone on in this race and oh by the way 55 of his delegates plus all the Afirmative action were taken from Hillary.

Fox News has just announced that the AP is reporting that Barack has clinched the Dem nomination.
Rise, Hillary, Rise!’08

He does not have the “magic” number!
A pox on his MATH!
I declare Mickey Mouse the nominee.I see mickey as the better candidate BO is a fraud!
The convention, we are going to the convention.
How dare he give this to McCain, we are never voting for BO. NEVER!

do you all realize that if Bill Clinton’s opponents had the millions that Hillary has they could have loaned there campaign money and Bob Kerrey had a great chance at winning… he could have gone on even with what they had…but all the serious caniddates running did not want to see that kind of drag out race because history had shown what it does to a party.
Bill only won because Perot took 19% of the fiscal conservatives votes predominantly from Bush.
If the candidates against Bill had fought on and were less of great Americans by doing so… by putting their own candidacy ahead of the issues at stake…Bill Clinton would not have won.
but selective memories work for those who are wrapped up in blind faith in one candidate.
They all know these stats and they don’t care.
and yes they dropped out months before Hillary has…and probably could have either beaten or tied Bill with all the “scandals” that came up during that primary.
Bob Kerrey was still favored in most of the states that were left to go in the 92 primary…but there is something more important than one individual.

finally and end well hillary you were great im very proud of you me being a woman and see you coming this far ok dems its time to unite and defeat john mccain in nov obama08

How can he be the “nominee” until there is a nomination? There will be no nominee until the convention because no candidate got enough pledged delegated.
yeah, that’s right superdelegates are not pledged to a candidate and need to vote.
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In Hillary’s own words:
“My husband didn’t win the nomination until June.”
- Hillary Clinton 05/08
That was WELL before the convention that Bill WON the nomination. Hillary isn’t lying again is she?

Its time the super delegates get off their “butts” and get their endorsements in………….Let’s end this circus and get on to beat McBush!!

as someone else pointed out bill cinton didnt wrap up the nomination until sometime in june
that someone was hillary clinton
so tell me if you have to go to the convention how did bill win the nomination?
im sorry bishop and geevil you guys are wrong hes 30 delegates away

Another typical boneheaded move by one who constantly makes boneheaded mistakes.

@dl – Nope, hp boston was correct. It is “we” as in millions of Hillary Supporters. Don’t get it twisted because you think we should follow the party line…
TAKE IT TO THE CONVENTION, HILLARY!
Rise, Hillary, Rise!’08
A Proud, Black, Hillary Supporter
(It ain’t over until the lady in the pantsuit says so!)

Bob Kerrey Paul Tsongas…
great Americans who stepped aside and helped Bill Clinton with the help of Ross Perot win the democratic party back for the dems in 92…
and there were almost as many angry supporters saying they would defect if Bill got the nom back then…
If either of these two fought on there is a great chance that Bill and the dems would not have won.
even thought they both had the “right” to fight on to the end for the nomination…they got out early as to be fiscally responsible to their supporters (even if their supporters screamed for them not to) that is the sign of a great american who puts the values, the issues and the people first.

also i cant wait to see this supposed tape, i seriously DOUBT there is one.. if there was one, hillary would have it and she would have leaked it to take the nomination
secondly michelle was giving a speech yesterday i read it it was good. I think she is going to be a great first lady

Geevil opponents to Bill Clinton they dropped out well before he had the numbers…
they put the issues before themselves.

Obama to declare Victory tonight the Race is over.

He should be prepared for defeat in Nov too.
Dukakis was 17% ahead at this time.
Dems are dumb.

Geevill,
Another prediction from you wrong AGAIN.
Looks like he’s the NOMINEE!
Now, on to POTUS. Would you be so kind in providing another one of your dumb a$$ predictions, so we can assume the opposite?
Please say it! McCain in a landslide, right?
RIIIIIIIIIIIGHT!
OBAMA POTUS
YES WE CAN
YES WE WILL
YES WE DID

s.b.
dukakis didn’t have an economy that was sinking…america hadn’t lost this much ground with it’s allies because of his opponents foreign policy, and Dukakis didn’t have a war that was crushing our military men and woman not to mention it’s strength.
and dukakis didn’t bring out and motivate americans like Obama has done…he got the message right.

John McCain best days are behind!

John McCain’s best days are behind him!

Here is the best quote, straight from Bill himself:
“Now one of Clinton’s Laws of Politics is this,” Mr. Clinton says. “If one candidate’s trying to scare you and the other one’s trying to get you to think; if one candidate’s appealing to your fears and the other one’s appealing to your hopes, you better vote for the person who wants you to think and hope. That’s the best.”

Wake up Johnny. It’s time to rumble.

Hallelujah and hooray. Best candidate we’ve had in a long long time. I can’t wait until he gets into the WH and starts undoing some of the mess Bush did. I think he’ll make a fantastic president. I’m happy.

@dl – Your logic is whack, just like your candidate. I have been reading your posts for months, now, and you don’t want people to vote for logic, you just want them to vote for Obama. Sorry, millions of us won’t. Take it to the bank.
TAKE IT TO THE CONVENTION, HILLARY!
Rise, Hillary, Rise!’08
A Proud, Black, Hillary Supporter
(It ain’t over until the lady in the pantsuit says so!)

Nat Turner: One more “Empty Suit” is full now.

It is amazing how majority of Americans react in this issue.If you are democracy and say you will vote for republican if Obama is elected, is clear to me that you have your secrete agenda in your mind (racist). The truth is, if you vote for republican, you will continue to suffer as you do now while Obama will be having his normal life. My point is, dont use your hate in election, you dont punish anybody but yourself…

I will never vote for Obama. Not ever, and I am life long democrat. Even if Hillary is on the ticket, I just won’t do it. The guy has a personality disorder.
Well done superdelegates! You’ve shown you’re not worthy of the title!
McCain ’08

gEEVIL,
Oh No. The problem is the DNC knows who the winning candidate is and they’ve made their choice and there’s nothing you can do, whine or say about it. Right?
Go take a walk. A long walk. Check back in January. You will be amazed at finally realizing OBAMA will be your next POTUS.

Obama never!
Country first, party second!

Wait, did the DNC suddenly change the nomination convention to tonight?
I mean it’s obvious he will be the nominee (barring something totally unforeseen), but saying he is the nominee months before the convention is just silly.
Even though McCain is the obvious GOP nominee, he is still referred to as the “presumptive” GOP nominee, as the convention has not yet been held and he has not in fact the official nominee.

I don’t think Hillary is going to drop out or concede. She knows and Obama knows this is just one big waiting game. Waiting for one of Obama’s bombs to drop and it will… Can Obama beat the clock? That’s the question.
TAKE IT TO THE CONVENTION, HILLARY!
Rise, Hillary, Rise!’08
A Proud, Black, Hillary Supporter
(It ain’t over until the lady in the pantsuit says so!)

The high gas prices are the fault of the Democrats. President Bush has been trying for years to get the Democrats to let oil companies drill for more oil here on our own soil and build new refineries. If this had been done eight years ago (as President Bush wanted) the US would not be experiencing the high gas prices we are now and would be much less dependent on Middle Eastern oil.
If Obama gets elected our energy crises will get even worse. Obama is for placing even more restrictions on energy production. Obama is trying to con the public into believing there is some type of magic bullet out there that will replace oil when there is none. Obama is using Global Warming fear tactics to justify higher taxes. As Obama stated “We can’t drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times … and then just expect that other countries are going to say OK,” Obama said.
“That’s not leadership. That’s not going to happen,” he added.
In addition, Obama has said his spiritual advisers include Rev. Wright and Father Pfleger who are apostles of black liberation theology. Most people view black liberation theology as a racist creed. That is why some people think Obama is a racist.
If you want higher taxes, more layoffs, higher gas prices and a guy who hangs out with racists for President, Vote Obama

Mission Accomplished??? Ha! Ha! Just because you say it, doesn’t make it so.

The Democratic Party, and the Media, have turned out to be nothing but a bunch of misrepresentational power brokers. Send ‘em all to Russia! Ha!
Keep on pushin’ Hillary! You’re the one WE want!

Why a vote for Obama may lead to more war and deaths, not less. The facts on the ground now in Iraq is that the surge has been successful and the US is winning the war in Iraq. That is why Obama’s plan of pulling defeat out of the jaws of victory in Iraq is so idiotic.Barack Obama: more defeatist than the French.
French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said on Sunday that the security situation in Iraq was improving and reaffirmed France’s willingness to help rebuild the war-ravaged country.
“I have the feeling that things are better. Statistics show a drop in security incidents,” Kouchner told AFP after a working lunch with his Iraqi counterpart Hoshyar Zebari on the last day of his two-day visit to Iraq.
Al Qaeda is on the run in Iraq but if the USA retreats and turns Iraq over to them, Al Qaeda will have access to Iraq’s large oil reserves and thus the means and opportunity to attack us and attack us hard. Our Middle Eastern allies will have no reason to trust our word and abandon us. Not to mention the boost a withdrawal from Iraq will give to Iran, Syria and Hamas. Think WWIII, If Obama is elected his defeatist policies will put us all at more risk of another 9/11 attack and even worse the blow up the middle east which will mean more will die, just like what happened in WWII when people thought Hitler could be appeased and were wrong, very wrong. Whats more, the killing fields of cambodia could be played out again in Iraq by Al Qaeda, Only this time the people murdered could be the very people that risked their lives to support the US. Question, if Obama wins,can you sleep well at night if you get what you want and this happens? I hope not.
P.S. If Obama had got his way and Saddam was still in power the West would be dealing with TWO major middle eastern powers on the brink or already in possession of nuclear weapons thumbing their nose at the US.

Obama is lying about his stand on the Iraq war. When in the Senate he voted for every bill funding the war in Iraq and even stated that his position on Iraq was the same as President Bush. Obama’s numerous lies and gaffes makes him unfit to be President. Obama cannot be trusted. I will never vote for Obama.

dl,
May I remind you, I am currently a strong Clinton campaigner, so I would beg to differ that you know more Hillary supporters now than I do, since you’ve obviously been on the Obama campaign after your “8 months last year”. And you said its probably the Hillary supporters angry enough to stick to their convictions that will vote McCain in November. Well, the majority of Hillary supporters are pretty damn angry now and each day that goes by that Obama disrespects her with his cocky crap, is one more day of anger for us.

insanity. the nomination occurs in denver
this guy is crazy

get real
Most Hillary supporters are angry but the issues of the economy, the war, healthcare, our standing in the world, women’s rights, the supreme court, the housing market, lobbyists working on the us dime are more important than being mad at perceived “cockiness”.
Maybe you should get out and talk to some of these women who fought for these issues for decades… 90% of them think voting for McCain would be stupid and a transgression against all the work they have doen for decades.
and to argue otherwise just looks…(drumroll…my favorite word) dumb.

Terry
al quaeda is not on the run …by all accounts outside of GW’s it’s growing stronger…check the news.

What if all of the die hard Hillary supporters abandoned ship and voted for McCain. We’ve already seen what the Republican’s have done in the past 8 years via the wars, housing foreclosures, and the price of gas, just to mention a few of the haphazard occurrences that are now plaguing our our country. Can you honestly sit back and say that by putting McCain, a Republican, back in office that any of this will change for the good? People are struggling to make ends meet. Companies are trying to figure out ways to save money on gas by cutting the work week down to just 4 days. Some schools are considering shortening their weeks as well. Just how much money are these oil tycoons making based on these ridiculously high gas prices? Think past color people, because that’s what it all boils down to!!

You know, no matter what, I’m pretty proud of Hillary. She’s a strong person and a strong candidate… This has been a tough match… so close!
However, if Obama does win the nomination, I’m not going to fight against him beacuse he’s not Hillary. I respect myself and the human rights of others far too much to ever vote for McCain. My God, Can’t you see he’s the next Bush?

Announcing his victory before it is his is just one more act of arrogance, which makes OB detracters dislike and disrespect him. NEITHER BO or HRC currently has or will have enough primary pledged delegate votes to claim victory as the democratic presidential candidate (even if the ~30 votes given to BO contrary to DNC rules are included) by end of day. The efforts of the DNC, super delegates and media to push HRC out of the contest prematurely is self-serving, and contrary to the rules of the DNC. As neither candidate has enough pledged delegate votes to claim victory, the decision goes to the super delegates (“SD”), who will not be able to cast their votes until the convention; the pledge of their votes in advance before all events have been played out, is an attempt to prejudice the results. The SDs are supposed to take into account a myriad of factors to determine which candidate is most electable in the GE. This does indeed include consideration of the popular vote, which will determine who actually wins in the Nov. HRC will likely carry that vote including in the important swing states, among Latinos, working class, etc. She has a solid argument about her electability in support of her continued bid for the presidential nomination. The decision of the SDs will be no easy task as suggested by the BO’s desire to pack up everything and get to the GE. An example one blogger pointed to is apt here: should Ed Kennedy and Patrick Kennedy cast their super-delegate votes for BO who they backed, or for HRC who their states (Mass & RI) elected by overwhelming popular vote with the majority of their pledged DELEGATES going to HRC. The SD’s should be held accountable for their votes.

“I’m doing fine but I thought this was off limits, basketball. I’m doing all right.”
Again, he’s too important to be bothered as he already assumes he is the nominee. This is the same attitude he has exhibited throughout this campaign, and just another reason I can’t stand him. He and his wife both think they are better than anyone who doesn’t belong to their inner circle, I just can’t believe people can’t see it.

OhioDem2008 and ed, great to know you guys are out there. If HRC won the primary I would have voted for her this November, because *nothing* is more important than liberating us from a warmongering, large cooperation serving president!
I think Barack is very qualified to lead our nation and has accomplished a lot so far, if some don’t agree, then they don’t agree, but saying the game was unfair because you don’t like the end results is rediculous.

dwc, and I’m sure you’d just love to have the media try to talk to you *all the time*! Public figures are entitled to a little time off to play basketball or do whatever as much as anyone else. Since when has the media ever respected that?

Talking from a teleprompter is not very impressive to me. I saw BO in the last debate look like a boob and that is why he didn’t want to debate again! Not to much logic there!

Sterling Greenwood, You bring up a good point. I am a Hillary supporter from Ohio who was scandalized to find out that my conservative friend had voted in the primary for Hillary– because he thought it would benifit the GOP!

Ah! The end is near! All of you Clinton Supporters remember! She’s going to lose and that’s almost as important to us as Obama winning the general. I know, you’re going to say that he won’t win the general but let’s not skip over the fact that she’s not going to WIN the nomination! You can’t lose the general election if you lose the nomination.!
DEAL WITH IT LOSERS!
YEAH!

There must be a lot of people worried that a lot of Clinton supporters really are going to vote for McCain based on comments today. Call us names if you like, I don’t vote based strictly on party or issues, as most politicians waffle on those after they are elected anyway. If a nominee had been chosen based strictly on issues and solutions, Hillary would have won this nomination a long time ago. I vote for someone based on their basic values, judgment,past experiences, and whether I think I can trust them or not. Obama hasn’t convinced me his values are the same as mine, actually, he has done just the opposite lately. Plus, arrogance and aloofness are very unattractive traits in a public servant.

OBAMA’S HOPE
That the rest of the garbage in his past won’t be unearthed.
OBAMA’S PROMISE
I never heard Wright when he delivered such sermons.

If I do not love America
I would not have run for president.
If I do not love the church
I would not have sit in for 20 years.
If I do not run for president
I would not have to quit the church.
If I do not quit the church
I would not have to love America.
Get it or get lost?
Come on.
You can sit in the church AND love America as you have done for 20 years.

ed, Why are you voting for a man, Obama, with zero experience who lies a lot?
Obama’s accomplishments in the state Senate for 6 years was zero. Obama spent his time getting into the good graces of people like Rezko and Ayres in order to financially benefit his future in politics. When Obama asked Emil Jones to make him a federal Senator than Obama started to show some accomplishments. However, those accomplishments included Emil Jones, President of the Illinois state Senate, appointing Obama the head of every piece of high-profile legislation in sight to pad his resume. Jones aside all the senior state senators who had been working on bills for years and gave the credit to Obama by naming Obama as sponsor. Bottom line after six years of doing nothing in the Obama’s 7th and final year as a state Senator, his record went from zero accomplishments to being falsely credited for the sponsorship of 26 passed bills. None of which Obama worked on or fought for!
This is what Obama is doing in the US Senate as well, look at his record, it is zero. Except of course, when it comes to getting earmarks for his wife’s employer passed for the University of Chicago Hospitals, where Michelle Obama was vice president of community affairs. Michelle had already benefited when her salary went to $316,962 in 2005 just after Obama took office.
P.S. The fact that McCain supports American business is a good thing. Unless you like higher taxes, high unemployment and think some faceless self serving government worker should be invested with the power to tell you “We can’t drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times … and then just expect that other countries are going to say OK,” Obama said.
“That’s not leadership. That’s not going to happen,” he added.

The Clinton supporters are losers. Where ever they go, they will be losers. If McCain wins the general, Clinton supporter’s demographic, “bluecollar whites” will be the big losers. If Obama wins, the election, they will still be losers because it won’t be Hillary.
How come losers spend so much time talking about “Obama can’t win.” No, you losers can’t win. Stop projecting.
Why listen to these losers. They’re the same “swing” democrats that gave us eight years of Bush. They don’t know Jack. It’s time for a younger, better educated class of American to take control of the direction of the country. Obama 08.

Wrong answer Mary. If Bush did not invade Iraq under false pretenses, we could be agressively attacking Iran right now. Because of the foul up of WMD in Iraq, we now have to sit and wait for the Iran to provoke an attack. The world won’t let us “cry wolf” twice. We should have made the first call a worthy one. Stop making excuses for a failed policy.

Wow Dems…. I am really dissapointed in most of you. To Obama supporters – now is not the time to gloat. Don’t be sore winners. start saying constructive things to the HRC supporters. They are obviously really hurt by the way that things turned out and it is time to rise above all of this inter-party bickering and focus in on the goal that we all had at the beginning of this election.
To Hillary supporters – I can empithize with you (even if I can’t spell it). I know what it is like to put all of your heart and soul behind something and not have it prevail. However, we need to really look for the common good here. Remember that you decided to become a demecrat, not because you wanted to put the first woman in the presidency (which by itself is a great goal which I truly applaud) but because of where your moral compass resides. Lets remember the issues and not get caught up in the media frenzy of having to pick one, stay with one, and nothing else.
It is time to come together for the good of our country, for our children, our economy, our image abroad, and most importantly, our faith in our own government.
Thanks

Rodger, Intelligence is an art not a science, so mistakes are always a possibility. Again, every intelligence agency in the world thought Saddam had WMDSs and post 9/11 Bush did not want to take the risk of another 9/11 attack from a very vocal enemy of the US who was thumbing his nose at the US.

Rodger, Obama does not support the American people. No no no. Obama supports confiscating money from the American people and giving it to a bunch of faceless self serving government workers who will sit on their high horse telling everyone what to do. Not to mention Rezco

My whole family is so pleased that Sen. Obama is going to win the Dem. nomination tonight.I was all for a woman President and a Africian American, i didnt know who to choose. But hearing some of what hillary was saying about Sen. Obama, my vote changed from hillary to Obama. I dont even want her on the ticket with him anymore. she needs to be home with her husband, he is off the chain.