McCain Camp Cozies Up to Bill Clinton On Obama and Race

To Jake Tapper
Obama campaign sent a 4 page memo accusing Clinton of being a racist.
Bill Clinton himself said they played the race card on him.
Remember when Hillary praised MLK and then said it took a president to get the laws in place the Obama campaign went off. They had Clyburn go after them.

The McCain campaign is making an issue out of a nonissue.
“THEY’RE going to try to make you afraid. THEY’RE going to try to make you afraid of me. He’s young and inexperienced and he’s got a funny name”
“THEY’RE” as in they the republicans. This could include the McCain camp but he did not specify. Watch foxnews and visit these conservative blogs and websites… THEY’RE doing exactly what Obama said they would do.
This entire race debating issue is pointless. Another way for the GOP to distract the American people from the real issues. If McCain thinks this is the route to victory he is sadly mistaken.

Tell Mr Gibbs what Obama said June 20th at a fundraiser in Florida.
Obama said republicans would scare voters because he was black.
Clear as day Mr Gibbs.
Yesterday Obama mentioned McCain for the first time saying McCain specifically is playing it.
This is outrageous. McCain had real attacks against him in south carolina in 2000 because of his daughter.
Obama is protected by the media.

Republicans were called racists when they put Obama in an ad with a black man (Jeremiah Wright). Republicans are accused of racism when they put Obama in an ad with white women.
Maybe the Obamedia should just tell McCain he is forbidden from doing any commercial about Obama. Maybe the so-called free speech advocates should just declare that it is okay for Obama to smear Hillary Clinton with lies, and to distort the comments John McCain made about the Iraq War during a commercial. Why not have the NY Times editorial board declare that Barack Obama is protected from any dissent and criticism under the federal hate crimes legislation. Why not tell Americans there will only be one name on the ballot in November.

Bill Clinton had “Don’t Stop” by Fleetwood Mac as theme song for his campaign. Now Obama has “Politics as Usual” by Ludacris as the theme song for his campaign.

“What Barack Obama was talking about was that he didn’t get here after spending decades in Washington. There is nothing more to this than the fact that he was describing that he was new to the political scene. He was referring to the fact that he didn’t come into the race with the history of others. It is not about race.”
BS. So why didn’t he say “I am not like other past candidates” as opposed to “I do not LOOK like” other cadidates.
Pure nonsense.

The Obama campaign fired back a lot more more aggressively when Ferraro and Bill Clinton brought up the race card, aka reverse discrimination, with Ferraro stepping out of the Hillary Clinton campaign. Yes, come to think about it, the McCain campaign is recycling an issue from several months back. Linking him to Britney and Paris was more original, though reminiscent of Rove characterizing Obama at the country club with a martini in one hand and his arm around an attractive woman.

The Obama camp played the race card continuously during the primaries, and it worked. However, it worked only because a huge percentage of the Democratic base is black, the leadership wanted to get rid of the Clintons, and the press was star struck by Obama.
Now, here comes Obama pulling out the card again. It is not going to work this time because the press is tired of this tactic, and there simply are not enough black people who are not already supporting Obama.
Why is race baiting being tried now by Obama? Obviously he is worried that if he is not 20 points ahead now, before the Republicans have really started to challenge him, he has no chance of winning in the fall. So, this is his way of going negative. It worked with Bill and Hillary, so why not McCain?
But, as we see, it is like a magic trick we have seen too many times, and McCain was expecting it. Race baiting by Obama is not going to work, and it exposes him for the cynical politician he is.

Brining up old “anger” is the only thing the McCain campaign knows how to do right now. My prayer is that the Clintons will come out of hiding and start supporting Obama. They haven’t shown much courtesy and sportmanship in this campaign year. I am disappointed. We need to unite to win, and the idea that Bill or Hillary would in any way support McCain is ridiculous….

Bill Clinton had told the truth that Jackson wasn’t offended by the South Carolina reference, and it was the Obama camp stirring things up. It’s sad they rely on the slash and burn school of politics. I also don’t think Obama was referring to just the one dollar bill. I believe he used the plural presidents which includes the ones in more modern dress.

After Jesse Jackson’s real thoughts on Obama came out, it became apparent that Bill Clinton had told the truth that Jackson wasn’t offended by the South Carolina reference, and it was the Obama camp stirring things up. It’s sad they rely on the slash and burn school of politics. I also don’t think Obama was referring to just the one dollar bill. I believe he used the plural presidents which includes the ones in more modern dress.

It doesn’t matter to me the color of his skin. Nor the amount of experience.
But I do believe that one sounding board for a President is his wife.
Michelle is level headed, intelligent, and she cares.
I can’t see her influencing foreign policy with other than her discussion and opinion.
Cindy has a business relationship in Cuba. One can only assume the amount of money there, as she won’t disclose. Will she become an influence for McCain?

McCain’s previous silence proves that when playing the “playing the race card” card, the impression you create–an impression of your rival saying something racially outrageous that benefits you politically–is far more important than whether or not you actually think he said something racially outrageous. In this case, I don’t believe that’s what Obama did–and judging by June 21, neither does McCain. But unlike whoever was running the show back then, new head honcho Steve Schmidt–a pugilistic Karl Rove protégé–seems to have decided that it benefits his boss to give voters the impression that Obama is the type of person who “plays the race card” (even though Obama strenuously, and necessarily, avoids doing so). And that’s what’s unsettling about this incident. If Schmidt and Co. were worried, as they say, that Obama was trying frame any “conventional campaign attacks as race-based” and were merely seeking to pre-empt his efforts, they could’ve simply said “we’ve never played the race card and we never will.” But instead they lashed out. In playing offense instead of defense, Team McCain is actively characterizing Obama as another Al Sharpton–a “divisive, negative” Black Politician with vocal grievances who uses race as both shield and sword. This strikes me as too convenient to dismiss as a coincidence.

Didn’t Rev. Wright give him that title “Audacity of Hope”? The only “HOPE” I see coming from Obama is the country “CHANGING” to affirmative action PLUS.

Where were you after NH Jake. The Obama campaign actively brought race into the race on every major television network in the US. They have been doing it ever since every time obama is criticized or questioned. Other countries are beginning to make fun of the US political press’ lack of ability to cover this race with any objectivity or to question the Obama campaign. Obama brought race into this several times in his speech and in a direct accusation against McCain. They do this all the time and then try to say the other camp brought it up. Enough already.

Everything has been just fine I am sure. I haven’t seen any E-Mails or comments on the blogs about Obama’s Race. I am sure none of the readers here have seen or read any such thing.. FOX news hasn’t bought it up before. No no race, nothing about being a Socialist, Muslim, angry black man, no reports about 10% of the voters think race is an issue.
If there are any negative E-Mails out there, I am sure they are not originating from any Republicans.

Typical Obama spin. They come out and give several different versions rather than just tell the truth.
The only people believing that rediculous story are the ones that believe Obama is their savior.
The Obama camp has been using his ethnicity for sympathy and votes from the very beginning.

If people are ignorant enough tgo vote for a party who literally screwed everything this nations used to stand for, go for it. Let Mccain screw it further. GOP is the MOST corrupted institution of this country.

I will say this for him, the man does give a hitleriffic speech. It is a privilege to watch him perform.
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Ya. What’s Obama talking about? I didn’t even realize he was black. And i’m sure Hannity, Rush, and all the other right-wing haters wouldn’t try to put the fear into voters about Barack HUSSEIN Obama. Ya.

Obama has no clue regarding cutting spending. He will increase taxes even more and spend all the money on more inefficient government programs paying bureacrats to sit around and get fat on taxpayer funds. If there is a problem, let the govt throw money at it. That’s obama’s answer, which has not worked in the past. Govt is the problem, not the answer Mr. Obama. You are not the Messiah. Get out of our ways and let the creativity of Americans work. This country is great because of the hard work of Americans and we don’t need you or any other Presidential candidate to “fix”it in a paternalistic, Chinese communist manner.

Of course, being biracial Obama doesn’t resemble the presidents on money. But for that matter, he doesn’t exactly resemble individuals from a black history textbook. It’s impressive (for Obama) that the McCain campaign could come up with nothing better than an interpretation on a couple of statements.

You know Jake if the media had did a halfway job in the primaries this would have been established already. That the obama camp lied and tied a racist tinge to the Clintons.

Vanessa, don’t delude yourself. Who got more votes April, Hillary or Obama? Had America known in January what it knew in April, Obama never would have gotten started in the primaries. As it happened, he was able to rig the caucases to gain a formidable momentum which, thanks to priceless aid from the media and spineless SuperDs, couldn’t be overcome decisively.
The Dems can still undo this mess, but they won’t have the guts to. So…
McCain ’08, Hillary ’12!

To this female, Obama looks just like those guys on our currency. Unfortunately, his campaign just doesn’t get it.

Anyone who thinks that McCain will be any different than President Bush should know this – McCain has voted 95% of the time with Bush. 95% How would he be any different? The fact that he’s shorter? Stumpier? Oh wait, I’ve got it! He’s older! His interview on This Week with George Stephanopoulos was a sample of what you’re going to get during the debates! He just kept repeating that “Senator Obama doesn’t understand” Senator Obama doesn’t understand” Senator Obama doesn’t understand” Sadly he sounded like most people in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease. He also said as far as raising taxes, everything’s on the table. Then, 2 days later when asked by a little girl at one of his snoozer town halls if he would raise taxes, he said No! But, instead of the MSM focusing on this, we’re talking about “the race card”? Face it, he’s too old and undisciplined to be President. Look at his stupid macho reaction to Obama not visiting the injured troops in Berlin. He said if he’d been told he couldn’t visit the troops there would have been a seismic reaction! What the hell does that mean? Would he have started WWIII? This is the kind of sound judgment that got us into Iraq.

If you look at the tone and message in most of the posts here, it is clear that the American people are really getting tired of Barack Obama and his racist politics. It worked in the primaries because most Democrats are very, very sensitive to racism. It WILL NOT work in the general election as Independents and Republican voters are far, far different and most can see right through Obama’s racist accusations.Whenever he slips in the polls or has a bad week, he immediately starts calling any opposition to his campaign racist. This tactic is getting old and will eventually hurt him in the general election. Many Americans, Republican and Democrat alike are very proud of the progress this country has made in race relations. Obama has succeeded in undoing part of that and this does not resonate well with many Americans.

Yes, Fredda, he’s just another face from the patriarchal political machinery, which chewed up and spat out Hillary Clinton. Some may wonder if I’m being facetious.

As the mud begins to thicken in the inevitable smear campaign that my once upon a time Grand Ole Republican party has become so skilled at waging, I always am amused at the morons that latch on to the half truths, misreprsentations, sly ineundos and down right lies that are put forth daily. With almost uncanny regularity, these idiots repeated these misleading sound bites over and over, diverting the attention of many voters with short attention spans away from actual meaningful issues (Economy, Health Care, a little issue of “we are at War in the wrong country” and has anyone seen Bin Laden?)to name calling (elitist) what politician isn’t, race card no race card, christian muslim, to he speaks to good (so did Reagan)and countless others still to come.
We might live in the 21st century, but many still mentally reside in the past. Fear is a scary thing for little insecure minds!

JRS
Then, why is Obama still leading?

i HAVE NEVER UNDERSTOOD HOW A TRUE STATEMENT COULD BE CONSIDERED RACIST! i AM SICK OF HEARING RACIST. IT SIMPLY IS NOT TURE.

With all the money, glitz and “speeches”, Obama can’t get an edge on the “old guy”. Hmmmmm. Maybe during the primaries playing the “race” card with the Dems against the Clintons worked, but this is repulsive to the general election folks. No affirmative action in the voting booth….unlike the DNC’s primaray that was like a five year old’s T-ball game tournament where EVERYBODY gets a trophy, the general is not played by the same rules. Whine away Obama, we can hear ya, but we can’t reach ya.

The obvious follow-up to Gibbs. But Geroge Washington was a political newcomer.

about time!

Obama is so cocky and full of himself! Did you see him chewing gum coming off the plane in Afghanistan. When he does,nt like a certain question from a reporter, he always says “look” like he’s talking down. The media will pick up on this soon.

Sam writes: “Obama has no clue regarding cutting spending. He will increase taxes even more and spend all the money on more inefficient government programs paying bureacrats to sit around and get fat on taxpayer funds. If there is a problem, let the govt throw money at it. That’s obama’s answer, which has not worked in the past. Govt is the problem, not the answer Mr. Obama. You are not the Messiah. Get out of our ways and let the creativity of Americans work. This country is great because of the hard work of Americans and we don’t need you or any other Presidential candidate to “fix”it in a paternalistic, Chinese communist manner.”
Sam has obviously bitten into the right wing apple. The talking points are never brighter than when the truth is told regarding race relations. Many of the broad brush taunts contained in Sam’s post have been heard before and sadly will continue if McSame is successful in pulling the proverbial wool over the eyes of the masses. Some of the points in this post are simply laughable, some are downright frightening. To accuse Sen. Obama of being a Messiah (Rush Limbaugh?) and a Chinese communist (Joe McCarthy) are taken directly from Steve Smith’s playbook and taken from Karl Rove’s misdirection techniques. If you push the message through the non-thinking public it will spread through right wing blogs and keep bubbling. The suggestion is that governments have no place in oversight or assisting the populace. But one only has to review the public works projects developed by Franklin Roosevelt that not only brought this country out of depression but built the infrastructure that is now crumbling from neglect. We could use some of that forward thinking now to push us away from carbon based fuels in to a future of renewable energy instead of leading us down the path that the oil companies want – drilling. A governmental program to repair the infrastructure puts the unemployed to work and repairs the infrastructure. If we go down Sam’s path we end up with nothing. Crumbling roads and bridges and all that oil captured by offshore drilling goes directly into the pockets of Exxon to keep maximizing profits at the expense of the rest of us. Let’s get away from the same old rhetoric and implement something proven that will work and stop us from repeating the same mistakes that got us here in the first place.

Nobody’s fool
“sometimes you have to fight”
not on this…
the fight is the loss.
for both sides and the country.
This past week is an embarrassment in the history of our country.

He (0bama) tried to portray the Clintons as racists, and it worked – for the simple reason that a lot of Democrats in this country are just plain stupid.
Posted by: New Repub | Aug 1, 2008 10:51:09 AM
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Hey, only those 90% and other 30%.

Enough please people
step outside yourselves and look at what you are arguing about.
Everyone on this post if you were an adult and a real American
proud American
would look at what you all are talking about and say…
this is not what our Presidency is about.
It is about liberty and freedom…and democracy,,,and give me your poor and hungry and let them compete in a fee market …
under a living constitution that was created by people who had the foresight that a country needed to progress to evolve…but hold true to the standards of all people are created equal for the pursuit of happiness…and let no terrorist or dictator or fear take that away from us.
this argument that is happening here is a misstep on that road.

Calling the Clintons racist was beyond outrageous and was hurtful to all of us who are so dedicated to civil rights, social justice and equality.
Posted by: hopesprings52 | Aug 1, 2008 11:01:02 AM
Yup. That was the time when it was decided that Zero-bama will never get this vote, and will make sure he will not get elected in November.

The Britney, Paris, Obama ad was funny, doesn’t anyone have a sense of humor anymore? Is Obama planning to put himself on the one dollar bill before or after he thinks he’s going to win the election?

hokey is good dl
I agree with your post, thank you
(except the part about the living constitution) :)

Danny wrote: “I really appreciate the posters on here who are trying to refocus things back on the most important issues that face *all of us*.
Whatever happens we shouldn’t let this campaign and anyone or anything make us start hating each other for a bunch of political positions coming from people we don’t even know.”
At last a voice of reason. The threat of violence present in most of these blogs is truly frightening. It only proves that we have a lot of work to do to ensure equality.

Serioulsy how you allow these people to lead you by the nose is beyond me. I have a word for middle class white voters against Obama and it’s not racist…it’s just plain stupid. McCain is exploiting your pride in whiteness, to allow yourselves to be exploited in this way is just a shame. Wake up…McCain is for himself and his rich ‘friends’. You are being exploited and are highly expendable, believe that.

1. Alternation of Presidential Seal
2. The act like President in Europe and Middle East.
3. The wish of his arrogant picture in US dollar
4. The change he will make is American flag mix with Kenya flag.
Ha! Too arrogant.

Bill Clinton did make a racial statement. I watched him on type several times on every news station possible.
McCain has started this racial thing with his comment about “Obama does not look like any other president on a dollar bill”. I watched that 3 weeks ago on all the news stations.
Now, can we stop all the lies. I am so sick of all the lies. We have gone 8 years with nothing but lies.
I can care less what color of skin Obama has or what age McCain is.
I want to hear about the issues. I want to make a good decision. I want to know if I will have a home, food on my table, and a job to go to come January 2009. Stop the bull sh*t and get on with issues.

You mean the right wing conspiracy that was against Bill when he was president now agrees with him when it comes to the race cards. Just goes to show which race stick together no matter what political party they are from.

Who cares about race. Obama’s energy plan? Raise taxes 65 billion dollars on “big oil.” Who do you believe “big oil” will pass that to? AlGore? NObama?
Obama also wants to raise taxes on anyone who earns more than $250,000. There goes you’re job…if you have one.
Obama’s foreign policy plan: Surrender, quick!
Obama’s multicultural instink: The right and rightous reverend Wright.
Who cares about race when Obama has nothing but tax increases for Americans and American businesses.
Nobama!!!

Why would Obama want to play the race card when most are saying it would do nothing but hurt him?
From Chuck Todd: “Let’s get something straight: Anytime race is THE topic du jour in the campaign, it’s a bad day for Obama. Period.”
It makes more sense that the McCain campaign heard these comments, thought it over for a day, and decided that injecting race into the campaign would be a good move, though it’s been there ever since Obama announced his candidacy.

Obama definitely played race card, all along. It’s no question.
What surprises me and disturbs me is that he couldn’t allow other people mention race at all but he and his followers can do that all the time. This is no fair game.

Our country isn’t so clear minded that race doesn’t matter. It does play into it. Everyday I hear black cussing out whites, whites cussing out blacks, Koreans cussing out blacks, Latinos cussing out Vietnamese, Chinese cussing out Taiwanese, etc. It’s not a black/white issue, it’s multi-based. It’s just the white catch hell more when they say something that’s not polically correct.It’s only been thru Obama that ther’s been so much flak from reverse discrimantion minded folks. Obama needs to watch out, he may bring out black fears from white and latino voters. Obama’s church or Jessie sure didn’t help quell any fears.

Obama hasn’t shouted his love for nuclear energy from the top of the buildings doesn’t prove anything.
Posted by: JJ | Aug 1, 2008 11:49:10 AM
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It proves he is clueless, having no idea of urgency for the development of technology for the future of your grandchildren.
He only cares about himself, deceiving you and getting elected.

In the 2000 South Carolina primary, Karl Rove and Steve Schmidt suggested that McCain’s adopted daughter Bridget was his own, illegitimate black child.
McCain was understandably outraged. Both he and his young daughter were smeared
Now in 2008, McCain hires Schmidt and is being advised by Rove.
How is that for “family values”? Although being a family values man isn’t something McCain is often associated with.

JJ,
You are absolutely right, and I completely agree. I have no evidence, because there is none since your political Jesus provided none, said none, absolutely no substance.
What is his plan to make this country competitive in Energy 100 years from now?
Wait, just 50 years from now?
You think that inflating your tires will solve oil-independence problem. You call that “clue” abundance?

Yestarday 120 French nuclear energy employees were contaminated after a leak. This is the second accident in less than a month. The first occured on July 7th. The French’s nuclear program is rife with problems.
Posted by: jmc663 | Aug 1, 2008 12:02:04 PM
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Typical scare-tactics of those oppose nuclear energy.
More than half those aboard Mayflower died in the first year. That did not prevent the creation of a new country.

Danny wrote: “I really appreciate the posters on here who are trying to refocus things back on the most important issues that face *all of us*.
jblog wrote: “Kind of tough to do that when the Obama campaign and his supporters characterize any criticism of him and his positions are racist.
That’s the definition of playing the race card.”
Nice try, but your broad brush smear implying that Obama’s campaign characterize criticism as racist is patently untrue. By pointing out the obvious, Obama tries to minimize the subtle visual attacks (two blonde women merging into a shot of Obama) of the “celebrity” ad. Your definition of “race card” is only partially correct. George Dei and other authors argue in a recent book “Playing the Race Card” that the term Race Card is a rhetorical device used in an effort to devalue and minimize claims of racism. Race is and continues to be a hot button issue and plays directly into Steve Smith/Karl Rove’s playbook of divide and conquer. Danny’s desire for the campaigns to discuss differences between the candidates on real issues has nothing to do with the distraction of having to argue the “race card” issue. There are many who simply want a discussion of what the candidates will do to help us out of the disaster of the past 7.5 years of Republican missteps.

fact check wrote:
Typical scare-tactics of those oppose nuclear energy.
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LOL! I am not opposed to nuclear energy. We just must do it safely. Storage of nuclear waste is a concern. We cannot place the waste in the Yucca Mountains if the residents are opposed to it.
PS – Scare tactics are hypothetical, facts are simply that. FACTS!

OK first of all against Pres. Clinton, Obama had his surrogates attack Clinton using the race card under his orders or his puppet masters so Obama did use the Race card, he also gave a similar speech back then.
Oh and by the way Obama experience is an Issue, it has nothing to do with Race, to say question your experience is racial is beyond comprehension!!
By the way Obama drilling here and now will bring down gas prices overnight, why don’t you do some fact checks – oh thats right your elitist buddies do not want to help the poor and middle class!
Vanessa – Please give facts – ok – when is questioning his experience (i know we cant question something he does not have) have to do with race, or saying his middle name Hussein?
Vanessa – Do you work for Obama, i mean you are distorting the facts, Obama has about 79% Favorable reports while McCain has about 79% unfavorable. If you do not work for Obama, you should stop listening to his employees at MSNBC, CNN, and the NYT!

just because Obama isn’t confessing his undying love for nuclear proves nothing.
Posted by: JJ | Aug 1, 2008 12:10:03 PM
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One more time. It proves that he is clueless. There is an urgency, a president who has, let’s say, the “courage” to say, to shout out, that Nuclear Energy is the future, and he will put his 1 trillion dollar spending he proposed to develop nuclear energy to solve the energy problem once for all in the next 20 years, just like JFK said to put a man on the Moon by the end of that decade.
0bama? Clueless.

“By the way Obama drilling here and now will bring down gas prices overnight.”
And I’ve got a bridge to sell you.
The Department of Energy says there may be 18 billion barrels of oil in coastal waters, but they also say that drilling for it would not have a significant impact on production or prices until 2030.” Oil industry insiders “say drilling won’t ease the oil pinch.” Matthew Simmons, President of energy investment bank says, “It’s really misleading to hold that out as a panacea. It won’t work. It might work for our grandchildren.”

Shanon, Let’s look at it. Your gas prices are through the roof, we loose jobs every quater and we are mired in a war that is costing billions. The national debt is at a historic high and you want MORE.

Obama Aide Concedes ‘Dollar Bill’ Remark Referred to His Race
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Zero-bama has been accusing other people “going to” place race cards and his dollar bills not race card remark.
There is another CHANGE, We Can HOPE for! Wait, We Can Count On!

@jj: Speculation led to the current high prices, not supply or demand. It is a commodities market so subject to moods, fears, distant events, and so on.
Drilling will drop the prices. Even legislation in Congress to drill will drop the price. You are arguing past each other and making our citizens hostage to political ambitions. Meanwhile, a cold winter is coming and worse economics if we don’t get moving.
Dropping the price is not the same as solving the problem of dependence of foreign suppliers or that we are at or near peak production and the price problem will come back. Doing nothing will make it worse. So quoting the projected supplies or inanely repeating the numbers for when the oil becomes stock gasoline only begs the question of a sound strategy.
A combination of tactics will. Nuclear, wind, solar, natural gas, conversion of biofuel sources all are tactics. All are on the table and overfocusing on any single source will just make us pawns in the competition for the monies to be had in their production.
Energy and the economy is a game of jumanji. Pull the right pieces to win. Pull the wrong ones and the tower collapses. We can increase our nuclear resources fairly quickly. We can put wind and solar online but not without serious investments in infrastructure and that tends to localize. Our natural gas reserves can be harvested quickly but that requires considerable conversions at the meters (in house).
There are no perfect fast solutions. But we can bring down the price. Bush already has by taking the executive sanctions away for offshore drilling. Congress should follow suit. Some immediate relief will be helpful. Then look at some windfall profits investments from the energy company instead of making promises to cure global poverty by taxing the hell out of the Americans.
Pelosi and Company really don’t have their priorities focused on their constituents. It’s time to get some representatives who do.

“The scary part is Obama really believes that racism is the only reason why someone won’t vote for him.”
No, I’m sure he thinks there are plenty of other reasons.
Many people are naturally interested in a government that doesn’t work. They want to keep what we have now.
So they are naturally interested in another GOP administration.

Race seems to be the defining issue in this election cycle. It’s a distraction and there is every indication it will continue with a Democrat victory. I like Obama, but it’s in the best interest of the country to hold your nose and vote for McCain.

Yes, because John McCain wants to give Exxon Mobil a 1.2 BILLION dollar tax cut every year. …
Vote YES to Exxon Mobil!
Posted by: jmc663 | Aug 1, 2008 12:52:53 PM
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Mr. Educated – Fact is 0bama voted FOR the Cheney bill that gives Exxon Mobil 1.2 Billion dollars Tax Cut.
On the contrary, McCain and HRC voted AGAINST the Cheney Oil Bill.
Indeed, vote Zero-bama yes to Exxon Mobil.

jmc663 -
I gave up and resign for the day. So far, you have not posted a single thing that is actually factual or that is not twisted mind set.
What a pity for people like you created a phony candi in an election that any other candidates in the primaries would have surely won in November.

“Obama Aide Concedes ‘Dollar Bill’ Remark Referred to His Race
I think all the Liberal news Media just had a massive heart attacks after spending the past few days on damage control for Obama claiming the statements Obama made were not bringing race into the fray.”
Uh oh, time to start back-peddling again.

“FACT – Obama is leading in polls”
Better check your facts.

Dean N/ Duh / Don’t Be Fooled:
I guess you didn’t read all of what I had to say. Condi Rice and Colin Powell are true Americans and they are black. Race was not an issue intitially until I have listened to them all whine about how they are the poor victims of right conservatives. Even Mr. Obama whenever someone says something that he doesn’t have the intelligence to respond to uses the race bs. I listened at first, now when he speaks I get sick to my stomach. What a phoney! I am just stating the 80% of the black population are stupid and lazy and have no idea what the issues are – just that their soul brother is running for Pres. Remember O.J. Simpson? A good American DOES NOT sit in his church for 20 years and listen to what Obama listened to. What a bunch of bs. I can understand the blacks wanting them in power, but not those of us that work everyday and take care of our responsibilities.
Any 10 year old knows if you keep your tires inflated and keep your care tuned up you will get better gas mileage – DUH!! We need to be drilling here and now. No dependence on third world countries that want to kill us.
He’s going to kill us on taxes, he is already stating that.
The biggest part of the black population is much more racist than the conservatives, and Barack Obama has been raised in that same mindset.
I think Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity or Newt should run….they’d straighten it all out.
As to your comment Dean about my citizenship as the blacks put it “its my freedom of speech”.

“He backs everything up with FACTS! No BS there”
Good lord.
Mr. “No Hole in the Ozone Layer”?

Do they talk about the economy, the coming war in Iran, the failure to secure our borders, no NEVER!!! Why even bother voting for either of these BUMS!?!

Obama himself did not say Clinton was a racist, all he did was to press those high-profile politicians to come out and suggest Clinton was racist or race-baiting. Obama and his campaign was the biggest liar and ran the most disgusting campaign in disguise. Hillary’s MLK and LBJ remarks and Bill’s “fairy tale” remarks may have been a little insensitive, but it was the Obama campaign that pushed to make them be interpreted in the worst racist way.
Shame on you, Obama. You have no records, no accomplishment, all you can tout is your great uncle, your pity background, your family, and your empty words. Whenever other people criticize you, you cry racist. No matter your skin color, you are the least qualified candidate in the entire US history. You do have a funny name and somewhat questionable background. Those are your own weakness, not something made up by other people.

Cause you know how well the Republicans have treated the Clintons over the years. Well except for trashing the national healthcare plan. Or Whitewater and Ken Starr. Hmm, I guess the whole impeachment thing wasn’t all that nice either.

I guess you can’t blame most people for not knowing that McCain had an ad on his website using the image of Barack Obama on a dollar bill, saying that he’ll change that. However, you would think that people in the “news” business would know that. Anyone in the “news” business who doesnt know what Obama was referring to is either 1) Incompetant, or 2) Willfully Ignorant for Partisan Purposes.

Nick – All that you said has been happening since the Dems/Obama took control of Congress!!
Obama will not win Texas or any of the other red states, Ohio is the only question.
But then again Obama thinks they are all bitter!
Nick – all the numbers you say are statistical ties, and lets not forget Kerry was 14 points ahaed of Bush this time in 04 and Gore was like 17 points at this point, And Pres. Bush won both!!

I couldn’t believe it when Obama threw President Clinton under the bus, looking back now, why was I surprised. Obama will throw anyone under the bus, including his own grandmother whom Obama also referred to as a racist. He’s going to be a president of all Americans – don’t bet on it. He’ll throw any group under the bus that gets in his way. I would go back to the President Clinton days in a heartbeat – he knows the issues inside and out.

Patriot1001 – Is it about race? Or is it about choice and shared identity? If an African American votes for Senator Obama, how is that different that when Italians take pride in an Italian candidate or Jews in a Jewish candidate? When a Catholic candidate runs, it’s not unusual for Catholics to gravitate toward that candidate…same as other religious groups. Women take pride in women candidates. Union people more frequently support union people. I think the attempt to construe these actions as some form of racism is pretty far fetched. African American candidates for years have voted for white candidates. They now have the opportunity to support a qualified and talented African American candidate. How they might vote shouldn’t come as a surprise.

Hell yeah Obama played the race card against Bill Clinton and tried to play it on McCain but McCain wasn’t having it. This African American female is happy about that Good for you McCain try that with someone else.

We have been here before, but we apparantly did not learn the lesson.
In 1960, it was okay for JFK to mention that he was Roman Catholic – but not appropriate for anyone else to mention that fact as criticism. It was perfectly appropriate for both Geraldine Ferarro and Hillary Clinton to mention that they are women and their candidacies historically significant – but not at all appropriate for anyone else to raise that issue in a negative manner.
So also with Obama: he has every right to mention that he is African-American, that his candidacy is historically significant, and even that his ethnic background may be troubling to the narrow-minded. But that does not give anyone else the right to use that fact in any negative way. For the candidate to appeal to his or her uniqueness is a positive thing: for opponents to cite it as a weakness is racism, plain and simple.
Or think of it this way: Obama has a right to play the “race card” because THAT IS A CARD HE HAS BEEN DEALT IN THE GAME CALLED LIFE. But for anyone else to play this card from Obama’s hand is cheating – just as it would be in poker.

Obama has never accused anyone of playing the race card. His comments are dead right, the Republicans will try to make sure you don’t vote for him by making you scared of him. Its exactly what McCain is trying to do right now. Of course if McCain really wanted to avoid the race card he would do what he said he would do, and run a positive issue basd campaign.

I will be thrilled this November when that smug, arrogant and egocentric BO loses!!!!!He and his staff have thrown the race card since he started running and everytime it is thrown whether at Hillary, Bill or McCain BO says the same thing (I’m sure they personally didn’t mean to be racist) Give me a break!!! The only racist in this election is BO!!! Try talking out of your mouth for a change BO!!!

LOL, “McSame” will cozy up to anyone whos name he thinks will give him credibility. What a joke. Not like anyone is taking “McSame” seriously anyways!
JT
http://www.FireMe.To/udi

Statistics don’t lie
but liars use statistics.
Republican Party use to be small government. Government spending is up under Bush II or is that congresses fault. If so then Bush is a very weak President.
The Republican Party courts the anti-choice crowd, but Roe v Wade still in place after 8 years of Reagan and 16 years of Bush I & II.
How again has the Iraq war got us any closer to catching Bin Laden?

And, just where IS Bill Clinton? Touring Africa and delivering aid for communities with HIV/AIDS health clinic needs. Is this the same Bill Clinton that was vilified as a racist? The Obama campaign should be ASHAMED. On one good day, Bill Clinton does more for the world community that Obama has EVER done.

Jen,
Obama will win so called red states and he will win in a landslide ala Reagan in 1980.
I have actually voted more for McCain than most people, he is a fiscal conservative and socially middle of the road, or at least use to be. Political mudslinging aside, I think John McCain is a great American and has served his country well. He has not done the pork barrel politics of so many other politicains that reside on both sides of the aisle. However, I have read more than just short clips written in the newspaper and blogged online as well as have listened to more than the 15 second soundbites that are run over and over again on tv.
I like Obama better than McCain.
If you just vote party lines, thats your choice. I think for myself and make up my own mind. It does take a little more effort but then I sleep good at night.

Drew-
Thank you for saying what has needed to be said for a LONG time.
You are a genius.

It’s time for the Democratic Party to throw Obama under the bus, take charge of their convention, and nominate a winning candidate – Hillary Clinton.

Funny how the Repubs criticize Obama as “a celebrity and a showman”. Now, what was the life-long occupation of their patent hero, Ronald Reagan???

What will those Republicans do next?? They are really trying to get some Clinton supporters over to their side! Will do or say whatever it takes. The American people are sick and tired of all the spinning for nothing. Wait until the “Great Debates” these candidates will have and all your questions will be answered about Obama and McCain. It won’t be pretty, just like Bush, it will be embarassing and shameful again for the Republicans. I have been a lifelong Republican until George Bush walked upon the stage. Thank the Lord I did not vote for him in 2000. Listen to the words coming out of the mouths of the candidates, not what is spinning in the news, epecially Fox TV, who should loose their license.

I am not surprised that Obama is playing the race card again. He had been playing that many times against Clinton during Democratic primary. He got what he wanted – more than 92% of the black votes. He is just a shameless empty politician. Nothing more.

He has made race an issue at every chance in the primary. Then he stated that John McCain would make race an issue….just like he stated that Hillary Clinton would ‘throw the kitchen sink’ at them. Jock-speak, name-calling, racism, sexism, lots of campaign tools in DNC campaign chest. Tired of the divisiveness and want real solutions, then vote McCain 2008.

A deal?
Clear Bills racist name, by bringing down Obama as a race baiter to repair Bills legacy?
I smell a RAT!

The Clintons and John McCain have a genuine respect for each other. Hillary and John McCain have worked together on many projects in the Senate. They really like each other…. McCain tells the truth.

We LOVE Bill. We MISS Hillary. The Clintons are the greatest political success story of the Democratic party since FDR and Eleanor Roosevelt. In fact, Bill is the ONLY Dem to be re-elected since FDR! The arrogance and audacity of Barack Obama to try to denigrate the great legacy of Bill Clinton is unforgiveable.
Obama has destroyed the Democratic party. Obama is neither qualified or electable. The Dems are very foolish if they nominate the “one” candidate who cannot win.
It’s NOT too late for the Dems to wise up and nominate the best candidate, Hillary Clinton, who has already won the popular vote, winning MORE votes than ANY candidate (including Bill) of ANY party in history! Hillary rocks. Let’s give credit where it’s due.
The DNC MUST open up this convention in Denver and allow BOTh Hillary and Obama’s names to be placed in nomination, allow speeches by and for BOTH, allow BOTH names on ballots, allow votes to be cast for BOTH, and yes, gasp, actually COUNT ALL THE VOTES!
It’s the ONLY democratic way to resolve this nomination.
In 1932, FDR came into the Dem convention, 90 delegates short of the needed number and he won the FOURTH, 4th, ballot!
Hillary has earned the right to be nominated. The DNC will find that paybacks are hell if they deny her.
It’s Hillary or McCain 08 and Hillary 2012. Country first, party second.
The DNC MUST be held accountable.

I know lots of Hilliary female supporters that will be voting for McCain and against Obama…..the more we know about Obama, the more we dislike him. Bye, Bye Obama.

Are you kidding that the Obama campaign didn’t play the race card?
They have been doing this crap for months — it started with Jesse Jackson, Jr. back in January and has not abated. How dare you say that Obama wasn’t invovled before this week. THIS IS HIS CAMPAIGN!! Jackson Jr. is one of his chief advisors/campaign heads — this was out of his mouth from the beginning — Obama could have stopped it at any time.
This is Obama’s typical M.O. — have someone else under his bannedr do it, then disavow he had anything to do with it.
Sorry, Jake — I’m not buying it.
Finally, McCain (and Rick Davis) stepped up to the plate and called him on the stuff the mainstream media has been too chicken to say.

Only thing Obama is good at is playing race card. He makes every critism toward him a racial issue. This is what he runs on. Even the great President Bill Clinton became OB’s racism victim. This is about time that the Republicans call OB’s race card bluff.

Obama has been playing the race cards since the day he graduated from colleges. From the church he attended to the people he associated with clearly showed his ambition and characters. I’m not surprised to see why the Obama fans don’t even know what he wants to achieve if he becomes president except his ambition. Any issue Obama said yesterday, today is different. Let be honest, American people don’t even know what the heck he will do after he gets elected. But surely there are many people will vote for him, then after that they will be complaning just like they voted for Bush. MaCain is the same. He is just an old dog. He is no difference from Bush as I see it. He keeps following the “global economy” band wagon of big corporations. The old fool thinks tax break for big corporations moving jobs overseas is good for the country. Do you see any country gives tax break for companies sending jobs overseas. Only in America. So, do I care who will become the next president? Frankly I don’t give a damn!!!!!!!!!!!

Marylou, I must congratulate you. It’s good to see the traditional Democratic “vote against your own interests on matters of principle” approach in full cry.
With any luck, you’ll be able to enjoy all the benefits of the America proposed by Senator McCain.

Camp Obama looks pathetic these days —Who else is going to be thrown under the bus to get this fraud elected? Now the bus is getting ready to run over Pelosi as team Obama flip flops on off shore drilling. No principles, no convictions, every Dem core principle is up for grabs to put an empty suit in office. Look at the polls Clinton-Mccain and see who would have run away with this election…

I gotta tell you I’m laughing here. A political party that made a career of bashing Bill Clinton is now cozy with him… what strange bedfellows. I gotta believe that Bill has taken a couple showers just to wash the McCain off, to remove that lingering ring of Republican smug. Given that all polls show a 50-50 McCain/Obama split, the entire country is at least 75 percent against Bush, so about 1/4 of the voters will represent a vote against rather than for anyone. Gonna be an interesting 6 months. Let us prey.

Hillary supporters voting for McCain? What a JOKE! Name one women’s issues that McCain supports. McCain will turn back the hand of time for women. We really need to use our brains and STOP venting our emotions. Hillary lost. Let’s move on. Obama is the best candidate for WOMEN!

Hillary supporters voting for McCain? What a JOKE! Name one women’s issues that McCain supports. McCain will turn back the hand of time for women. We really need to use our brains and STOP venting our emotions. Hillary lost. Let’s move on. Obama is the best candidate for WOMEN!

I actually felt sorry for Hillary Clinton whenever her campaign was accused of racism.What a nightmare it must have been for her.

“McCain and his wife combined are worth $150 million. Out of touch with the average American.”
Posted by: Vanessa | Aug 1, 2008 10:00:37 AM
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Does this mean that Kennedy and Roosevelt should never have been Presidents because they were also too rich and out of touch with the average American?
Or….. are you just jealous?
Or… what, exactly, IS your point?
FYI: The poorest president to enter the White House since the late 1900′s was Bill Clinton…. the one B O’s bloggers and spokesmen (never Obama himself!) has accused of using the “R” card… and I DON’T mean “Republican”!
Bill Clinton!

This is in response to “questioner”:
Questioner:
Yet the percentage of white people who voted for Obama was larger than the percentage of Black people who voted for Hillary….. Racism in reverse?
Not really ’cause none of those interviewed stated they did not vote for Hillary because she was white. They were never asked, it was just assumed by white people that this was the reason.
Questioner:
And as for ethnic stations existing for various ethnicities…. those are like comfort zones for a lot of people.
Not everyone would be interested in a station catering to Yiddish music… or to Telemondo…. but why shouldn’t they exist?
Drew’s Response:
So the best you got is that watching a black station is a comfort zone. I’m sorry, I speak English as a first language and I shouldn’t have to buy cable to see Black people on it. Do you have to buy cable to watch white people. I’m sorry America was built on the backs of native Americans, blacks and whites. Don’t you think it’s presumptuous to think whites should dominate the TV screen. That’s why they shouldn’t have to exists. They exists cause regular tv doesn’t cater to their issues. Yet America can find time to take their taxes. Run the country on just the taxes from white people and see how fast this country will fall apart.
Questioner:
I think a lot of people only have a problem with that when those of us who preferred Hillary or choose McCain… are told that we are racists because ‘re not voting for B O !
Drew’s Response:
I never said anyone was racists because they were not voting for B O as you call him.
Questioner:
In fact, I think this is a turn off for a lot of people who already feel that this newbie has been crammed down our throats by the broken down DNC and the politically pushy media.
Drew’s Response:
It’s funny how the media is politically pushy when they aren’t eating out of McCains hands. Remember, McCain was once a media darling too. He prided himself on that fact. In fact, he thought that was one of his pluses until it was taken from him by B O! Now, he’s crying fowl to the same people who were kissing his butt in 2000. (FLIP-FLOP)
Questioner:
And why is it acceptable for B O’s bloggers to label McCain as a a doddering old man…. but not acceptable to label Obama for the unscrupulous egomaniacal politician whose actual accomplishments (aside from penning two semi-autobiographical novels of hype) are minimal.
Drew response:
It’s not acceptable to call him a doddering old man, but the truth hurts! What has McCain written? He can’t put two words together without looking at his cue cards. Is he running for president or for host of the Family Feud?
Questioner:
Granted, B O’s campaign is great; all hail David Axelrod. Perhaps HE should be our candidate…
Drew response:
Our candidate? Are you a democrat or is this a gaffe on your part? If you like David Axelrod so much, then it’s poor judgement on McCain’s part to no lead his campaign by hiring a great staff. He fired his first staff based on poor judgment, right?
Questioner:
If Colon Powell were running for office, he would have been way out in front by now and, frankly, I think lack of credentials will play a bigger role in this outcome of this election than the color of Obama’s skin
Drew response:
I hope you’re right cause McCain has no leadership experience as well. He hasn’t lead a business. He’s never been an executive. He was right about the surge, but doesn’t know who we’re fighting. Sunni or Shiites? Come on, this is simple stuff and you actually think he’s a great leader.

Janice First off, the majority of the Senate needs to approve any Supreme Court nominee. I would remind you that the Supreme Court Judge, Harry Blackmun, who wrote the majority opinion for Roe vs. Wade was a Republican Judge from MN who was appointed by a Republican President Nixon. McCain has been pro-choice before as has Romney and one of the other potential VP’s under consideration, Ridge, is adamantly pro-choice. So I’m not too worried about any Litmus test in regards to abortion for Supreme Court choices by McCain.
In fact, the far right is even more concerned then the Democrats as to what kind of Judge McCain would appoint. Obama recently fudged on later term abortion in an interview and said he doesn’t think a woman should be able to get one just because she’s “feeling blue”. The comment showed some lack of understanding on that issue . Obama has a pro-choice record but the comment makes one question his understanding and committment in all regards to Roe vs. Wade. One of Obama’s potential VP choices under consideration is Kaine, who is adamantly anti-choice. Most importantly though both the economy and foreign policy are women’s issues. There are women struggling to pay for gas to get back and forth to work, women who are losing homes to foreclosure, women who have children serving in Iraq and so on. As Obama himself has said “the Democrats do not have a monopoly on good ideas” , there are some women out there who feel the policies being proposed by McCain in regards to energy are best. The majority of military families support McCain. All of the major issues pertaining to the economy and foreign policy are women’s issues and not every woman believes Obama has laid out the best solutions to those problems. Women are impacted by all major issues in this election and women have the capacity to engage in critical thinking and come to their own conclusions as to which candidate represents the best approaches to them. Obama supporters need to quit insulting us and holding issues such as reproductive rights over our heads to get us to either stay with the party (Democrats) this election or to come on board.

Obama is an Arrogant, Radical FRAUD. He is NOT qualified to lead our country and that is the reason he will never win – has nothing to do with race.
I will not vote for him – and Millions of Americans feel the same way.
The DNC made a huge mistake and picked the wrong guy.

So Alan you are saying that would be a bad thing?

We know the creepy Clintons are sexist. Bill is a guy who exposes himself to women and Hillary enables that behavior by defending him and going after those women. Why is it difficult to believe they are creepy in other ways?
During this election we have the tapes of them saying one terrible thing after another. Now creepy Bill is biting his lip and trying to intimidate Kate Snow.
Maybe the world prefers to simply call them creepy thugs. By the way, riding around in Google’s 767 does not seem like a huge commitment to any higher cause than lining their own pockets. Chelsea wore heals.

McCain is nothing without his advisors and “surrogates.” Every time he opens his mouth he’s either sticking his foot in or spewing some sort of incoherent gibberish. He’s a puppet. It absolutely blows my mind that Americans would be duped into four more years of this garbage.