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by fl_vet March 27, 2008 6:13 PM EDT
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In a January speech at the University of South Carolina, First Lady aspirant Michelle Obama made remarks making the rounds on the internet today.

Talking about her experience at Princeton where she hung with a largely African-American crowd, she said, "We don%u2019t like being pushed outside of our comfort zones. You know it right here on this campus. You know people sitting at different tables- you all living in different dorms. I was there. You%u2019re not talking to each other, taking advantage that you%u2019re in this diverse community. Because sometimes it%u2019s easier to hold on to your own stereotypes and misconceptions. It makes you feel justified in your own ignorance. That%u2019s America. So the challenge for us is are we ready for change?"

I''m sure we all know what she''s talking about when she reflects on the comfort many of us feel with those of our specific cultural or ethnic groups.

But her comments are under fire by many conservative commentators because of her construct that seems to imply that feeling justified in one''s own ignorance in somehow quintessentially "America."

The Obama campaign says that''s a mis-interpretation of her comments, that it was the proclivity for "comfort zones" that she thought was so "America."

Source: ABC News

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by fl_vet March 27, 2008 6:00 PM EDT
Obama is a dope who has not been tested. He''s a newbie on the job and already we have lots of dirt on him. At least, we all know Hillary''s issues since she has gone throught the meat grinder for 30 years.

We do not yet know much about Obama such as:

1. His mother was married 3 times
2. Has 8 brothers and sisters
3. Is proud to call the lunetic racist Rev. Wright "Uncle" and whose church rec''d $27,000
4. Is budy-budy with the disgraced Tony Rezko who gave him $147,000
5. Is friendly with William C. Ayers, the sefl-proclaimed Pentagon terrorist
6. Whose wife, Michelle calls Americans "Ignorants" (Source: ABCNews)
7. Should I go on?

You dopes who are supporting Obama need to wake up and smell the coffee. If you want a BLACK man for president, vote someone else ... anybody except racists like Obama and Rev. Wright. Read:

http://www.wmal.com/Article.asp?id=629269&spid=

Vietnam Vet
Where 58,000 Americans gave up their lives for your liberty and freedom!
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by future_watch March 27, 2008 5:08 PM EDT
Splitting the Florida and Michigan votes 50/50 is a ridiculous solution. You might as well not even count them if that is the only option. That split completely discounts what those voters intended. In a race this close, we need to count every single vote before we can come to any sort of fair resolution.
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by b-easy63 March 27, 2008 3:53 PM EDT
ONCE AGAIN....Obama may find himself in hot water--not for something he did, but for who he knows. Those Rezko indictments are sure to heat up and spill over and cause damage!!

Unfortunately for Hillary--she can''''''''t catch a break, soon to potentially break in the news is the story before the California appeals court which could DeLay her candidacy for good. this time evidence shows that Hillary (HERSELF ONCE AGAIN)was involved. At issue is a 250K donation made to her senatorial campaign. Her staff said she had no knowledge of it, so she was not roped into the scandal when her campaign mgr faced charges of hiding that money from the IRS.

Unfortunately VIDEO may again place Hill in deep doo, doo. It seems there is a video tape recording her discussing the fund raiser with the donors (on it, she talks about who would be there and what they will do) this means she performed what is known as a direct campaign request. donations from donors for that kind of request are limited to 25K. Since the donation was for 250K, that would be considered campaign fraud.

Woe is Hillary and Damnnnn those videos and tape recordings that make being a great liar so hard to keep up these days!!! ROTFLMAO.

Maybe Hill should quit, before she finds herself in court this time, with no way to hide her hand in shady dealings. Here''''''''s the Link: http://www.usjf.net/modules.php?op=modlo

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by blkpresident March 27, 2008 3:24 PM EDT
fl_vet,

In spite of your threat to vote for Clinton if the voting public in Florida and Michigan cannot be heard, it''s your vote and if you want to waste it, go ahead. Is lil'' missy worth it?
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by blkpresident March 27, 2008 3:22 PM EDT
dsnow1961,

Face it, Florida and Michigan have had their chance. They blew it. Stop trying to make Obama out to be some monster because Lil'' Hillary didn''t have the leadership ability to warn Florida and Michigan way back in January about the consequences of their actions. Some "leader" she turned out to be...
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by blkpresident March 27, 2008 3:19 PM EDT
craigh9,

There''s only one option for the Democrats this year. Hint: He doesn''t wear an apron or bakes brownies. It''s as simple as that!
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by craigh9 March 27, 2008 3:13 PM EDT
To those from Michigan and Florida who are outraged that their votes won''t count - place your anger where it belongs, on the state poitical bosses that made the bone head decision to move up the primary needlessly.
Be careful when you wish for the Democratic Party to step in and make a decision about this - they are already discussing nominating a candidate different then the remaining 2 running. Leave it to the wise people in the party to find the perfect solution to not having Florida or Michigans votes count - don''t have any of the votes count and nominate whoever you want! Can you believe in an election year where the Democrats should waltz to the Whitehouse they have found a way to screw it up again - what a bunch of incompetants!
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by blkpresident March 27, 2008 1:46 PM EDT
Fast-forward to the year 2072: A seventh-grade social-studies teacher is quizzing his students:

Class who can tell me what river was borne out of the states Florida and Michigan back in the year 2008?

Lil'' Johnny: The answer is the Lil'' Hillary River of Tears.

Teacher: You''re correct, Lil'' Johnny. Now, who wants to share with the class where the tears came from to make this river?

Lil'' Susie: The river came as a result of all the Clintonians in Florida and Michigan holding hands across multiple states in between and all crying at a designated hour in hopes of the DNC allowing the another chance to follow the rules.

Teacher: Tomorrow, we''ll discuss how the Obama shuffle steamrolled OLD man McCain.
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by blkpresident March 27, 2008 1:39 PM EDT
moxienana,

It''s your vote, but why waste it?
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