Comments on: Clinton Pick Would Be Big Gamble For Obama

Politico: Appointment Would Show President-Elect's Icy Tolerance For Risk And Belief In The Power Of The Grand Gesture

[Stratmaster7]

While naive, giddy and myopic establishment leftists have been celebrating the great %u201Cchange%u201D heralded by the election of Barack Obama, the President elect has been busy appointing people to key positions who advocate the same Neo-Con imperialist foreign policy crafted during eight years of the Bush administration.


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Posted by WarDogLRS at 06:45 PM

haha! So now Obama is... a neocon? y''all just can''t accept the fact the best man won the election can you? Here I thought he was the "uber liberal", or a terrorist, or a marxist, or a socialist, or a white-hater, or Hitler, or Stalin? Now he is a neo-con. This is hilarious. My sides hurt.

[byeneocons]

God, Jesus, Salvation?

What a bunch of right wing neocon nutjobs.

Thanks for 8 years of deaths, deficits, and destruction.

Pray for forgiveness. Denied.

[devilspeaks]

Your on the right track for my way as you already know? The SELF way?
Soon you will be down here with me separated from the love of God you could of had had you called out to Jesus to save you. Your need because you are a sinner!


Good with SELF you will spend a glorious eternity alone without the love of God if you so chose at the time of your exit out of your life and into the life of darkness? Excellent! No hope of love no hope of assurance no hope of joy etc etc just alone with no God ever to tell you what to do?

[devilspeaks]

The bible is against me and I hate it?
When it talks about Gods chosen people I get mad as hell.
The Lord Jesus even quoted it to me when I tempted him in the wilderness and I had to flee?
The bible is the only place where it talks about Gods chosen people. I rather have any good than Gods absolute right and wrong?
Because self then rules by its own understanding with God not being in the picture?
My hope is that no one else will turn to Jesus as their sin bearer so that they can have eternal life here and there.


I influence peoples motives without them realizing it is me, the devil, thats doing it.

[devilspeaks]

Where is Obama?

Where?

[velma179]

"An early trend seems to be that Obama is hiring team players on positions that require team playing, but tough independent minds too if necessary.
My provisional conclusion is that Obama is a very smart boss who''''s not intimidated by experienced, intelligent and strong minded people. Way to go!!!!"

Posted by karl2m
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I totally agree with your excellent reasoning.

[velma179]

"You voted for Obama and you''''re telling me I''''m not a good judge of character?
Wow, you libs have no problems serving your selfish needs."

Posted by TheMasses10

Exactly. You implied I''m fat, then I''m a racist as well as likening Obama to Hitler. Wrong on all counts.
We disagree (obviously) on the votes we cast in this last election -- I wouldn''t say that necessarily means you serve "selfish needs". That just doesn''t make sense.

And another miss on your profiling, my dear. Politically, I am a registered non-partisan and a moderate.

Liberal, yes, when giving love to my family and serving God.

[karl2m]

Obama has probably read the book "Ogilvy on advertising". David Ogilvy is the founder of one of the largest advertisement agencies, called Ogilvy&Mather, currently part of the WPP group. In his book, Ogilvy describes how every time a new local branch was opened, he would give a set of Russian matryoshka dolls to the local manager. These dolls are wooden figures, and if you open them, you find a smaller one inside, until you end up with a really tiny one. Inside the tiniest one, there was a tiny letter saying that "if we only hire people that are smaller then ourselves, we will become a company of dwarfs. If we dare to hire people that are bigger then ourselves, we will become a company of giants".

This is what Obama is doing. He''s not afraid of strong, competent people. I can only applaud this approach.

An early trend seems to be that Obama is hiring team players on positions that require team playing, but tough independent minds too if necessary.
My provisional conclusion is that Obama is a very smart boss who''s not intimidated by experienced, intelligent and strong minded people. Way to go!!!!

[velma179]

TheMasses10, Masses...

So, I may not be fat, but I could be a racist???

Huh...? What is your criteria for racism as exemplified by anything I''ve posted?

Pray tell.

PS - the 1933 Germany comment must mean you are comparing Obama to Hitler. You aren''t a very good judge of character, are you?

[nanc12]

TheMasses10..

You calling me fat?

Oh man... now I am really laughing.
Posted by velma179

He called me rotund, Velma, lol. Don''t be too hard on him, he comes online when the school bus drops him off at 3.

[jamshied]

I THINK RICHARD HOLBROOK WOULD BE THE BEST CHOICE.
WELL, HE DID NOT RUN IN PRIMARIES, HE IS NOT A SENATOR OR GOVERNOR, BUT HE IS A VERY GOOD DIPLOMAT. THAT IS WHAT WE NEED IN A SECRETARY OF STATE, TO BE A CLEVER DIPLOMAT NOT A POLITICIAN OR CELEBRITY.

OF COURSE, ANY OF THE PEOPLE UNDR CONSIDERATION, (SEN. CLINTON, GOV. RICHARDSON, SEN KERRY ) WOULD BE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN CONDI RICE.

[wardoglrs]

While naive, giddy and myopic establishment leftists have been celebrating the great %u201Cchange%u201D heralded by the election of Barack Obama, the President elect has been busy appointing people to key positions who advocate the same Neo-Con imperialist foreign policy crafted during eight years of the Bush administration.

[libra217]

Geezus...why continue the lies and BS

Posted by Rowdydfw at 06:29 PM : Nov 20, 2008

Why indeed, Rowdy. Everyone on these boards is so sick of your slimey hatred of Obama and your endless lies about him. He won. Get over it.

It is simply a fact that Hillary campaigned tirelessly and enthusiastically for Obama, criss-crossing the country over and over giving dozens of rallies for him in all the swing states. Your not liking that fact does not negate the TRUTH.

[velma179]

One thing about the Hillary Clinton pick -- many people who voted for Barack Obama did so merely because he was the Dem (and not Bush and not McCain/Palin) candidate.

They truly supported Sen Clinton, this is not a small minority group. I have friends whose eyes light up about the Clinton pick when they only felt okie-dokie, better than the alternative before.

President-elect Obama has promised to listen to, ask opinions of and represent "we the people".
I think this decision serves a purpose to bring more of the "we" on board.

He is a smart man, I''ll trust his decision.

[cheteunice]

libra217, As I said ''seemed'' I didn''t see any coverage or read any articles about her extensive campaigning for him. In any case I would not trust her as far as I could throw her!

[velma179]

I also hope Gov Richardson gets a prominent spot in the Cabinet. My sister thinks it will be National Security Adviser... this could be so. Then, if necessary (and I certainly don''t predict it will be, but...) he can step into Sec of State laterally.

[libra217]

She didn''''t seem to be working very hard for Obama--just turning up occasionally!

Posted by stlouisman3 at 06:06 PM : Nov 20, 2008

Not true. In fact she made nearly 100 (I think it was) appearances for Obama. I don''t think it was broadly covered by the mainstream media, but when I did see an occasional article about it, it was reported that she had worked tirelessly and ethusiastically for him.

[citizenusa-2009]

You guys are just jealous because Hillary looks better in pants than you do!

[ajmarine111]

Posted by AJMarine111 at 05:55 PM : Nov 20, 2008

Bill did not say that about "the whole Obama thing". He said it specifically about the idea that Obama had been opposed to the Iraq war "from the beginning".

Posted by libra217 at 05:58 PM : Nov 20, 2008




NEW YORK%u2014Former President Bill Clinton says his comment about Barack Obama telling a "fairy tale" about opposing the war in Iraq has been misconstrued as a criticism of the senator''s run for the Democratic nomination.

more stories like this"There''s nothing ''fairy tale'' about his campaign. It''s real, it''s strong, and he might win," Clinton said in a phone interview for the Rev. Al Sharpton''s Radio One network talk show.

Clinton said his "fairy tale" remark on the eve of the New Hampshire primary -- won by his wife, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton -- was only intended to describe Obama''s claim to have exercised better judgment about the war, not as a sign of "personal disrespect."


http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/01/11/bill_clinton_obama_no_fairy_tale/





You are correct sir,...........my mistake.

[citizenusa-2009]

ANYBODY has got to be more effective than "Condi". The only thing she was ever good for was "photo ops" at Funerals. What a waste case!