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The Democratic Party is struggling. History is being made with the first female and the first black to make a real run for the top office in the country, but the party is having trouble making a decision as to which one they prefer. The race is close and should go the distance, all the way to the convention floor. The party needs to address the Florida and Michigan mess so the citizens of those states have their votes counted. There is also the matter of super-delegates and the final count for that area. The party is split and there are many issues that need to be addressed in order for the party to come together in November. At this point, that will not happen and supporters of the candidate that does not win will defect to McCain or not vote. It would appear that the country as a whole is not ready for a female or black to hold the office of President. Maybe these two are just not the right ones, Clinton apparently has too much baggage and Obama apparently is not qualified enough and his voting record in his state position indicated an inability to make decisions on issues. The outcome should be interesting to watch and will be part of history. McCain may be too old for some people, but he may be the right person for the position at this point in time for the country. Time will tell! (from: http://mycommentspage.blogspot.com/ )

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Awe badaxmofo,

How%u2019s Larry Craig?

Did you have a good toe tapping session?

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Americans support terrorism simply by buying gas.

McSame will put the S in laughter.

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Airport bathroom,

toe tapping,

republican,

propagnadist,

tools.

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ISM works with several groups who advocate for a just peace in Palestine:

Rabbis for Human Rights, The Christian Peacemakers Team, International Women%u2019s Peace Service and the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions.

One of ISM%u2019s founders, Dr. Ghassan Andoni was recently nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize along with Jeff Halper, co-founder of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolition.

Divestment is a non-violent way to oppose Israel%u2019s ever-expanding colonization of the West Bank.

That bein dais, Senator Obama has no ties with the ISM nor does he sympathize with its tactics.

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The International Solidarity Movement is not a %u201Cterrorist organization.%u201D

The International Solidarity Movement (ISM) was founded in August 2001 by Adam Shapiro, Huwaida Arraf; Ghassan Andoni, and George Rishmawi. The organization describes itself as %u201Ca Palestinian-led movement committed to resisting the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land using nonviolent, direct-action methods and principles.%u201D Notice the emphasis on %u201Cnonviolent.%u201D So far, about the only thing they have done is get run over by Israeli bull dozers in their attempts to keep the homes of innocent families from bein destroyed.

Senator Obama has no ties with this group, nor has he ever. He does not approve of even this type of action- as he believes that it will not help either the Israelis or the Palestinian people.

The FBI does not consider the ISM to be a terrorist organization nor does any other government agency in the US or abroad.

The Israeli government has not declared ISM an illegal organization.

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Please, someone tell where the REAL Republicans are?

Many Americans today have been enlightened by the two wars we find ourselves involved. One war, the "war on terrorism", finds its main battleground in Afghanistan, and it is a war that costs lives and money but the majority of Americans support. Liberals, Democrats, Republicans, Conservatives, most don''t have a problem with us kicking down the doors of members of the Taliban.

When talking about the war in Iraq the parties have much difference. Democrats say that the public and congress was mislead to justify the war in Iraq and that the Bush Administration no longer deserves autonomy in situations where US service men and women''s lives are on the line. Based on the results of the last Congressional elections, most Americans see a problem with GOP/Republicans; at least in the way they make decisions about the use of our military.

So why is it that in the GOP/Republican party there are no dissenters, no independent thinkers, no moderates? Where are the real conservatives who would laugh at how conservatively the current Republican Party has been spending taxes, and creating big government? Has the Republican Party lost its identity? Can the ideology of the GOP be so easily summed up in Karl Rove talking points like support this and support that, and angry rhetoric like liberals are traitors?

Hello REAL Republicans! Anybody out there?

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OBAMA AND WRIGHT SUPPORT the ISM

%u201CSolidarity work against the occupations in Iraq and in Palestine%u201D at Barack Obama%u2019s official Web site. Note that Barackobama.com belongs to Obama%u2019s campaign, and Obama has total editorial control over this domain. He can decide what material is and is not suitable for posting there. Given the nature of other material that has been there for a long time, we assume he has no problem with this.

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Posted by RowdyWicca at 03:47 PM : May 23, 2008

The only racism in the race so far has come from the Clinton side. That aside he won''t have any choice on who he puts on his staff because he sold those rights to the lobbyists.

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badaxmofo

Clinton did not INVADE IRAQ. Why?

Read:


Excerpt from "Why We Didn''''t Remove Saddam" by George Bush [Sr.] and Brent Scowcroft, Time (2 March 1998):

While we hoped that popular revolt or coup would topple Saddam, neither the U.S. nor the countries of the region wished to see the breakup of the Iraqi state. We were concerned about the long-term balance of power at the head of the Gulf. Trying to eliminate Saddam, extending the ground war into an occupation of Iraq, would have violated our guideline about not changing objectives in midstream, engaging in "mission creep," and would have incurred incalculable human and political costs. Apprehending him was probably impossible. We had been unable to find Noriega in Panama, which we knew intimately. We would have been forced to occupy Baghdad and, in effect, rule Iraq. The coalition would instantly have collapsed, the Arabs deserting it in anger and other allies pulling out as well. Under those circumstances, furthermore, we had been self-consciously trying to set a pattern for handling aggression in the post-cold war world. Going in and occupying Iraq, thus unilaterally exceeding the U.N.''''s mandate, would have destroyed the precedent of international response to aggression we hoped to establish. Had we gone the invasion route, the U.S. could conceivably still be an occupying power in a bitterly hostile land. It would have been a dramatically different--and perhaps barren--outcome.