Posted By: dm on Wednesday, August 20, 2008
[sigh] More pro-Obama rhetoric... Arianna - are you Obama's campaign manager, or are you bucking to be in his Cabinet?Every campaign becomes a mud-sling festival, why should it be any different because the Obamasiah is running?
Just to clarify, though - I don't consider McCain's ad comparing the Obamasiah to Hilton/Spears as necessarily "mudslinging" mainly because he does have a point. All we have seen from Obama so far is a media circus with nothing else backing it up. McCain is attacking Obama where both his greatest strength and his greatest weakness lies - his popularity.In response to the book of lies spread about Obama, none of that was actually ENDORSED by McCain, so I'm not sure how you figure that as mudslinging by McCain. Agreed, it was impolitic (if not impolite) of McCain to make that statement about having a sense of humor, but I think McCain was reacting to the book as anyone would to a National Enquirer story - just fluff with no basis in reality.All in all, I think many Obamasiah followers are over-reacting almost to the point of religious zeal.
Posted By: rees on Thursday, August 21, 2008
It's funny- I was just observing to my brother the other day that when I am discussing politics at work or on social occasions, the only people I hear talking about Obama as 'the second coming' or a 'rockstar' or a celebrity are McCain supporters! Seriously, I have heard people come up with many reasons for deciding to vote for Obama. Some are very factual, based on his ideas for dealing with our current problems. Some are very honest about just wanting ANYTHING different from what Bush and the 'new' John McCain represent- but they are all valid reasons. Only McCain supporters mouth the rockstar allegations and try to make Obama supporters look uninformed and ridiculous. I don't think having a president who is popular here and in other countries (something we haven't tried for quite a while, and which has served the US well in the past with both GOP and Dems) is a bad thing. Nor do I think that hopefulness or wanting something different is the same as being starry-eyed or naive. McCain supporters are preaching this drivel to their own choir and no one else.
Posted By: dm on Thursday, August 21, 2008
rees: I am not a supporter of McCain or of Obama, and have not cast my vote either way. I am an unbiased observer of the campaign up to this point. This is what I have seen so far:1) The media fawning all over Obama. If he sneezes, the major network camera crews are there to wipe his nose.2) Many (not all) supporters of Obama tend to have an almost religious fervor in their support, as evidenced by their reaction when someone says something negative about him or his campaign.3) When McCain has traveled abroad, it is not even a blip on the news media, but it's an absolute media circus when Obama visits some foreign dignitaries (which is actually illegal since he was apparently negotiating with the Iraqi PM for troop pullout timetables without the authority of the Presidency).All in all, this seems to point out that Obama is getting some special treatment because he is the (apparent) Democratic nominee when the current GOP lameduck is unpopular. I want a change from GW as well, but I can't tell what change Obama is representing because he still hasn't told us.
Oh, and one more that I forgot:4) Obama will be giving his acceptance speech in a friggin' football stadium. Talk about showmanship!
Posted By: Sue on Friday, August 22, 2008
I'm with you, Rees. All that kind of whining seems to me to be sour grapes. Obama IS popular. He resonates with all of us who were trampled by the big business-big oil Bush machine. Wiretapping, torture, trillions of dollars poured into a war we shouldn't have ever started, not to mention the economy and infrastructure of our own country going to the dogs and no one even has a voice anymore to protest that or make this administration accountable. Then we hear from Barack Obama, and he speaks to our inner dreams of taking back our country, and he has made us feel like we Can do what needs to be done and make our nation into the bright star it was and should be once again. He's made us believe we are Not helpless under government but that we can BE the government once again, as it was meant to be.Pie in the sky? No, I don't think so. Grassroots rebellion? Maybe. Getting a chance to once again feel like we are part of the government and we have a say so over our lives? Yeah, I think that's most of it.McCain? War, heavier taxes on the middle class, war, shooting from the hip and shooting off his mouth, destroying our coasts to drill drill drill and there won't even be any difference made in our gas prices by all that drilling for years and years, and still we are addicted to oil and the oil companies are raking it in as always to our detriment.Ready for a change? You bet I am! Go Obama '08 We love ya!Old white Southern woman from Alabama
Posted By: John Handforth on Friday, August 22, 2008
If Senator Obama is elected in November, it wil probably be the worst thing that could happen for minority causes. The man lost millions of dollars for the city of Chicago with his low-income housing blunders. Then he got a sweet deal from a felon on his own house. Feel free to read about it... The felon is named Rezko.There are quite a few good African-American people that would make a great president. Colin Powell is a great example.Barack Obama reminds me of Richard Nixon in 1972. Nixon had a secret plan to end the VietNam war, but wouldn't divulge it until after he was elected. Barack Obama promised change if he is elected, but hasn't got or given a clue about what that change will be.Yes, I saw the video where he claims that he did not vote for the war in Iraq. At least he didn't claim to have voted against it. After all, he was not a member of the Senate when the war was initiated.The other promises and statements on that video are all manure from many different creatures.Save America, save the political future of many minority candidates. If Barack is elected and soils his pants, he'll make it that much tougher for future minority candidates.
Posted By: Olivier Thelin on Monday, August 25, 2008
Hi Arianna: you look cute with short hair!Look at www.kindergartenpolitics.comI am the author of this political/editorial comic strip trying to collaborate on line or on paper.Please let me know.Olivier Thelin in New Orleans
