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Politico: N.Y. Senator Believes Recent Events Have Twisted The Race In Her Favor

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by eddynewhope May 2, 2008 1:51 AM EDT
Senator Obama stuck by his former pastor even when it was not politically expedient to do so. His opponents cry foul saying "he should have denounced Wright, he''s anti-American, etc. etc." After betraying Senator Obama''s loyalty, Senator Obama distanced himself from his former pastor and what do his opponents say? "He threw him under the bus! How could he." Laughable. Typical, short-term memory politics of the worst kind. Kind of like touting a useless "gas tax holiday" that would save the average American $12 over 3 months at the expense of our freeways after riding to a photo-op about gas prices in a caravan of 10 Chevy Suburbans as Clinton did. LOL What a joke.
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by nancy971 May 2, 2008 1:48 AM EDT
Obama08 times are a changin

"Bob Dylan''s words echo as Obama is sweeping the nation and ushering a new political landscape. These clips only begin to tell the story. America, please heed the call!!
To find out more and get involved go to www.barackobama.com"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=en8_fPsZUCI
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by tawpdawg11 May 2, 2008 1:45 AM EDT
Concerning the commitment today of 3 more delegates to Obama as well as a decommit from Clinton to Obama, perhaps the Democratic Superdelegates feel the same as I do....I''m not voting for ANYONE who is touted by Bill O''Reilly and Rush Limbaugh!
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by blackshaft-2009 May 2, 2008 1:34 AM EDT
When my man Obama and my good friend Farahkhan gets the win as Prez and vice Prez boy black country will be united!
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by nancy971 May 2, 2008 1:32 AM EDT
What The Old Farts Don''t Get

"The mistake is reading this as an Obama personality cult, in which case "grow up" would be appropriate. But the Obamaniacs I meet are nothing like that...
they don''t sing his praises, they sing their own. They are intoxicated by the idea of a politics where things they thought were not possible become possible, and people talk to each other like adults. They don''t think he''s going to fix things, they think they are.

What the old farts might want to consider is that these young people who have no particular vested interest in the current system might be seeing the rot much more clearly than the fogeys who have been entangled in it for decades. And the mature folk might want to accept that the burden of proof is on them to show why such a viscerally disgusting political game is worth playing.

Opting out of that is not immaturity, it''s intelligence."

http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/05/what-the-old-fa.html#more
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by pepperwood2 May 2, 2008 1:30 AM EDT
A vote for Hillary Clinton is a vote to continue%u201D a long, self-destructive Democratic campaign, former national party Chairman Joe Andrew wrote in a letter designed to have an impact on the turbulent race nationally as well as in his home state of Indiana.
He urged Democrats to %u201Creject the old negative politics%u201D and unify behind Obama.

This attempt to demean Reverend Wright is a perfect example. Being white the Old Guard Clinton Campaign are hoping that old people like us will become intimidated. Become bitter, & negative concerning Obama & rally around Hillary our Great White Hope.

I was a Clinton supporter but have been much disappointed with this Negative polictics of Hillary''s. She claims to have 35 years experience in Washington and when I look at the polictics in Washington during this time. It was a very negative, hostile, & warring time. The all about me agenda.

I realize that she has made a small fortune 110,000,000 dollars practicing her polictics of personal destruction. Little has been done for the People during this time of Bitter rhetoric.

The special conciderations the Judge gave her in the Peter Paul case. Its becoming evident that the Clinton campaign is biased and getting special considerations from the Judical & Media. It''''s time to stop this policy of personal destruction and get back to doing the work of the American people. 35 years of negative polictics is not the answer. Chairman Joe Andrew has it right.
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by sgtrds May 2, 2008 1:29 AM EDT
If it is slime, why did Barack Hussein throw Wright under the campaign bus? No integrity?

Posted by trapbreak at 10:21 PM : May 01, 2008

He did not.
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by bajaan May 2, 2008 1:28 AM EDT
When Bill Clinton came to the White House in1993, Democrats were a congressional majority, with 258 seats in the House. When he left in 2001, they were a minority with 46 fewer seats. There were 30 Democratic governors, when he arrived, 21 eight years later.
A recent ABC News/Washington Post poll found nearly 60 percent of voters think Clinton is dishonest and will lie when she thinks she needs to.
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by pepperwood2 May 2, 2008 1:28 AM EDT
A vote for Hillary Clinton is a vote to continue%u201D a long, self-destructive Democratic campaign, former national party Chairman Joe Andrew wrote in a letter designed to have an impact on the turbulent race nationally as well as in his home state of Indiana.
He urged Democrats to %u201Creject the old negative politics%u201D and unify behind Obama.

This attempt to demean Reverend Wright is a perfect example. Being white the Old Guard Clinton Campaign are hoping that old people like us will become intimidated. Become bitter, & negative concerning Obama & rally around Hillary our Great White Hope.

I was a Clinton supporter but have been much disappointed with this Negative polictics of Hillary''s. She claims to have 35 years experience in Washington and when I look at the polictics in Washington during this time. It was a very negative, hostile, & warring time. The all about me agenda.

I realize that she has made a small fortune 110,000,000 dollars practicing her polictics of personal destruction. Little has been done for the People during this time of Bitter rhetoric.

The special conciderations the Judge gave her in the Peter Paul case. Its becoming evident that the Clinton campaign is biased and getting special considerations from the Judical & Media. It''''s time to stop this policy of personal destruction and get back to doing the work of the American people. 35 years of negative polictics is not the answer. Chairman Joe Andrew has it right.
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by waitsburgsty May 2, 2008 1:20 AM EDT
I have no confidence in Hillary Clinton. Hillary has a lock on the media. They are not talking about the Peter Paul case in California. The Judge that said that Hillary does not have to testify in the fraud case until after the November election is a Bill Clinton appointee. She is a divisive, untrustworthy, and is pulling the wool over the eyes of many in the country that are not aware of here antics and that of blumenthaul; her senior campaign manager who has been spreading right wing propaganda to discredit Obama over the last 6 months. She has and is working with the right wing for her own gain at our expense and that of the nation. So much for the sophisticated American. Remember we are not stupid; We are just American, and the media shapes our thoughts and beliefs. Who gives a rats butt about lapel pins and Rev. Wright? when the country is experienceing record gas and food prices and losing homes. Does not make sense america. Don''t be Myopic or distracted... Above all Don''t be a stupid American be a smart American least we all suffer.
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