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- Daschle%u2019s unusually early endorsement of Obama last February gave the newcomer desperately-needed instant clout among insiders who were resigned to the inevitability of Hillary Clinton, but praying for an alternative.
I think they are going to screw Hillary again...
Money talks and Daschle knows the language. Although three years distant from the Hill (he is now a law firm consultant and lecturer at Georgetown), Daschle has carefully maintained his mailing list of 85,000 donors, and he is renting it to only one candidate %u2013 Obama. I am told that Daschle is about to do a fundraising letter for the campaign as well. %u201CHe is incredibly well-liked by Democrats,%u201D said Hildebrand. %u201CHe really doesn%u2019t have any enemies in the party.%u201D
Interestingly %u2013 tellingly %u2013 it was Obama who reached out to Daschle. In 2004, Obama was cruising to an easy victory in the Illinois Senate race, and had a lot of unused cash on hand. He gave a lot of it %u2013 some $85,000, according to Hildebrand %u2013 to Daschle, who was under White House siege in South Dakota. Even before he was sworn in, Obama knew who he wanted for his chief of staff: Rouse. Ironically, Daschle advised Rouse, a veteran with 30 years service on the Hill, to leave the Congress and take a lucrative lobbying position. But Obama sold Rouse, and in the process began the task of wooing Rouse%u2019s boss. - Reply to this comment
- Tom Daschle? Tom Daschle?
Are you kidding me?
Is this the best Obama can do?
Why not go to South Dakota and get George McGovern too?
Hey Obama, I''m still waiting for some ''change'' in Washington.
Not tired old retreads like Daschle and Biden. - Reply to this comment
- Daschle voted for the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq in Oct. 2002.
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- Thomas Andrew "Tom" Daschle (D-SD), who lost his seat in the U.S. Senate in November 2004 to John Thune [1], was the first "Senate leader in half a century to be voted out of office." Daschle is "weighing a campaign comeback he hopes might propel him into the White House in 2008," Reuters reported July 3, 2006.
Looks like he got his wish. - Reply to this comment
- I don''''t agree with the Auto Bail out. But I guess you won''''t believe me since I voted for Obama.
Posted by DJ_IL at 02:59 PM : Nov 19, 2008
No I believe you, problem is that the fix is in. Before this talk of a bailout for the Auto Industry, I was about to by a Ford Truck.
I decided to not buy it because of this bailout BS. I bought another American made Truck by Toyota. Pick it up tonight.
Also just read this:
Toyota Motor Sales (TMS) USA has announced plans to export North American-built Sequoia and Tundra vehicles to South America and the Middle East. - Reply to this comment
- It''s laughable how Obama is desperately surrounding himself with experience and qualifications to mask his pathetic lack of both. It''s laughable, too, how the Obama supporters and those who voted for him believed he was about change. What he''s doing has nothing to do with change. Obama has duped and used his lies and empty promises. We''re essentially going to end up with a de facto Clinton Administration again. Not much inteligence going on with these choices, either.
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Democrat thugs at it again.
Posted by louiville2
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We are ushering in the era of the thug.- Reply to this comment
- ThinTheHerd2
Your screen name speaks volumes. Should those who''s opinions differ from you be eliminated? So much for diverstiy. - Reply to this comment
- Another "stupid" move on the part of Barack Obama and his transisition team. Tom is a political hack, he is not well like by most Republicans and some Democrats too!!! He is going to get torn apart in the Senate to be confirm.
Posted by scb111_1
Oh, so you know more than Obama and his transition team? Do you think he''d nominate a former senator if he thought he''d be ''torn apart''! First, we don''t even know if Daschle will get the job, since it''s not official yet, but I would think his former colleagues would give him fairly easy approval, especially with a Democratic majority. - Reply to this comment
- %u201CDish out a lot of groceries and coal, Get my boys to bring the voters out, and then count the votes over and over again until they add up right%u201D- Chicago Gangster Johnny Rocco, Key Largo 1948.
And the beat goes on if you are following the recounts.
Democrat thugs at it again. - Reply to this comment
- CPelzar
No but I guess he could never be respected. You guys really need to know the difference between an American and those who only want their party to rule.
Posted by DJ_IL at 02:42 PM : Nov 19, 2008
America was born out of opposition, you guys have been opposing and whining for a long time, now payback is upon you.
These appointments are the most ridiculous excuse for "change" then I have ever seen.
None of these people could hold a high in my company, but they get put in charge.
It is like the Auto bailout hearings yesterday, I could not imagine a dumber human being than Chris Dodd and yet there he is almost incoherent discussing issues of a bailout that he without question does not have a clue about. Not ot mention it all for show anyway as you know the deal is already done with a wink and a nod.... - Reply to this comment
- God help us....
Posted by CPelzar at 02:20 PM : Nov 19, 2008
We''''''''''''''''re seeing evidence that He is.
Posted by julesarcher1 at 02:39 PM : Nov 19, 2008
I did not mean Allah.
Posted by CPelzar at 02:40 PM : Nov 19, 2008
There is only one.
Posted by julesarcher1 at 02:41 PM : Nov 19, 2008
Ye go ahead and tell a Muslim, that his god is our god, one in the same.
Or did you mean originally that God meaning (Obama) was helping us? - Reply to this comment
- God help us....
Posted by CPelzar at 02:20 PM : Nov 19, 2008
We''''re seeing evidence that He is.
Posted by julesarcher1 at 02:39 PM : Nov 19, 2008
I did not mean Allah. - Reply to this comment
- Barack Obama 1st elected Black Man in US history or otherwise known as "Bill Clinton''s third term"
Do you think he will hire Monica? - Reply to this comment
- Is there anyone he can appoint that you people won''''t hate?? Give me a break. You people need to grow up
Posted by DJ_IL at 02:23 PM : Nov 19, 2008
How about somebody new for a "change" Not this dried up has beens that are Political Paybacks..
Tom Daschile is no where near qualified for this position. - Reply to this comment
- We do not hate these people. We are only pointing out that it is and will continue to be business as usual in DC with crooks running the gov''t. Obama sold you people a bill of worthless goods. He is taking orders from the machine known as lobbyists who run our gov''t. If you do not believe this, then you need a rude awakening.
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- Not the best or the worst choice, I guess. Getting past Congress should be easy enough.
As long as we can see a positive change in health care and in the country as a whole, who cares if the candidate is male, female, democrat, republican, independent, black, white, or purple with orange polka-dots and green horns? Just find the person you think will do the best job and be completely blind to race, gender, political party, etc. Forget quotas. That''s real change from the status-quo politics as usual of the past. - Reply to this comment
- antoniof123, I have heard both sides express their opinion on this subject. Suggestion, skip over the comments you don''t like. First Amendment right to express opinions freely.
Personally, I would never tell you to sit down and shut up. Keep expressing yourself.
Try to be a little less angry and a bit more tolerant. That is the motto of the left, right? - Reply to this comment
- Bring back all the Clinton has beens......why not see what Jocelyn Elders is doing. Perhaps she has perfected ''safer guns and safer bullets''. LOL
I''m sitting back salivating over the prospect of Jimmah Carter - The Sequal - Reply to this comment
- This guy''s wife is a lobbyist for the airlines. When he was senate leader, he rammed legislation thru that was favorable to the airlines. He is a typical corrupt politician who will grant favors to his friends without any concern for ethics or fairness. He fits right in to the corruption that exists in our gov''t.
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