CHICAGO, June 20, 2008

Obama, Clinton To Campaign Together

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(AP)  Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama's campaign announced Friday that he will campaign with former rival Hillary Rodham Clinton next week, a step toward unifying a fractured Democratic Party after a bruising primary fight.

Obama's campaign said in a brief e-mail that said the two senators and former opponents will campaign together for the first time on Friday, June 27, and more details would be forthcoming.

A day earlier, Obama and Clinton also plan to meet in Washington with some of her top contributors in an effort to calm donors who remain frustrated with Obama's presidential campaign. The former first lady will introduce Obama to her financial backers.

Clinton, a New York senator and former first lady, suspended her campaign for the Democratic nomination earlier this month after Obama, an Illinois senator, secured enough delegates to clinch the nomination.

Obama's campaign disclosed the joint appearance - but offered few details - one day after announcing that he would reverse an earlier position and reject some $85 million in public financing for the general election. That announcement opened him up to a flood of criticism and dominated the news cycle.

Thus, Obama's campaign sought to redirect attention by putting word out a full seven days in advance that Obama and Clinton would campaign together.

Clinton ended her campaign on June 7, four days after Obama got enough delegates to clinch the nomination. "I endorse him and throw my full support behind him," she said at the time.

The two met privately on June 5 after ditching reporters to make sure there would be no photos or coverage of the first post-race meeting. Obama was asked Wednesday whether they were talking.

"I have not had conversations with Senator Clinton because she has been getting a well-deserved vacation," he said at the time. "We will be speaking I think in the next few days or certainly the next week and will be having an ongoing conversation."

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by dotindixie June 23, 2008 1:01 PM EDT
Great Texas Rancher analogy.
While suturing a cut on the hand of a 75 year old Texas rancher, whose hand was caught in a gate while working cattle, the doctor struck up a conversation with the old man. Eventually the topic got around to Obama and his bid to be our President.
The old rancher said, ''Well, ya know, Obama is a ''post turtle''.
Not being familiar with the term, the doctor asked him what a ''post turtle'' was.
The old rancher said, ''When you''re driving down a country road and you come across a fence post with a turtle balanced on top, that''s a ''post turtle''.''
The old rancher saw a puzzled look on the doctor''s face, so he continued to explain. ''You know he didn''t get up there by himself, he doesn''t belong up there, he doesn''t know what to do while he is up there, and you just wonder what kind of a dumb a** put him up there.''
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by jack3213 June 23, 2008 10:18 AM EDT
What a line of BS- CLinton needs Obama''''s money to pay off her debts.. not the other way around. And, if he doesn''''t help her she can say that he is nothing but a loser. If he does help her she can say he is nothing but a loser. LOSE-LOSE situation. Writing her name in the ballot is a wasted vote- voting for Obama is a vote for higher taxes in an economy that can''t afford it. Wake up. His plans are all wrong- and people are just so stupidly blind- how ridiculous.
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by jack3213 June 23, 2008 10:17 AM EDT
What a line of BS- CLinton needs Obama''s money to pay off her debts.. not the other way around. And, if he doesn''t help her she can say that he is nothing but a loser. If he does help her she can say he is nothing but a loser. LOSE-LOSE situation. Writing her name in the ballot is a wasteed vote- viting for Obama is a vote fro higher taxes in an economy that can''t afford it. Wake up.
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by clovisbuford June 23, 2008 12:51 AM EDT
Please CBS NEWS do NOT DELETE the following message! The following message is a proof that GOD changed GOD''''S LAW; therefore, everyone (other 99.9%) can GO HOME! Analize the following message!Mr_know11
errr analize the message when this site has spellcheck ,,,Troll be gone i cast you from this site .. where is gandalf and his balrog kicking butt when you need him
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by clovisbuford June 23, 2008 12:42 AM EDT
"When you get through killing them all, go to the ******* graveyard and dig up the grave and kill them a-*******-gain, because they didn''''t die hard"terrorislami..wow I assume you are quoting mohammed in the Koran ,,,funny cause he sounds like them west texas boys I grew up with ..and this from an arab man centuries old who did not even speak English, much less Texan I would be interested to see you pull up that quote from the english version of the koran with chapter and verse ,or the Tarrantino movie you cribbed it from , both would be entertaining .
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by clovisbuford June 23, 2008 12:30 AM EDT
"If Obama is not a Muslim let him renounce it the way a Muslim would renounce it!A Negro Man" great logic there
If John Mccain is not a cros dressing homosexual with a preference for boys , let him renounce it the way a cross dressing homosexual with a preference for boys would..... yeah that does sound ridiculous doesn''t it? ..why do you hate America "A Negro man?" Why do you hate freedom? ...cough .. Are you getting you material from the comedy channel?
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by clovisbuford June 23, 2008 12:23 AM EDT
I mean how many passes are Obama supporters going to give this idiot before they wake up!!!???RowdyWiccan
err seeing a pagan claiming to support Mccain is as much of an oxymoron as Log Cabin Republicans (*** for the republican party).lets see republicans don''t support your right to your religious freedom .The majority of their supporters think you are whats wrong with America , and are devil based from Satan and you support them .. i don''t know whether to giggle at you , or think you are a troll ...or both
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by a_negroeman June 22, 2008 7:43 PM EDT
Is it the Wright way to have Damnation with Obamanation through Decapitation?
Listen all, Jews and Christians, and beware of the practice of the Muslim faith!
Sura (8:12) - "I will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve. Therefore strike off their heads and strike off every fingertip of them"

There is some cool beheading videos online for those who want to see first hand experience of Muslim people who read the Koran that follow the path of the way of the beheading bliss?

The blade goes around your throat as you cry out for this not to happen? You begin to grasp for air as the Muslim cuts deeper and deeper into you throat. You realize that in a few seconds your head will be removed for the purpose of Islam. The last thing you notice is the eyes of the person who is cutting into your bone. You shriek your final breath as you know that time cannot go backwards for this not to happen to you!

This is the Muslim way to a better way!
Do you think Decapitation is the Wright way to have Damnation with Obamanation?
Listen all and practice!

If Obama is not a Muslim let him renounce it the way a Muslim would renounce it!
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by minnick8-2009 June 22, 2008 7:18 PM EDT
I hope that Hillary supporters keep their promise to vote for John McCain if Obama won the primary.

Obama is a good orator, but none of his policies or philosophies are new; they are are all old Democratic ideas that have previously been tried.
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by zerato-2009 June 22, 2008 4:17 PM EDT
"Terror islam" is there a conspiracy theory about obama you don''t like. Need to change the foil covering your head, the alien beams are warping your thoughts.

I am wondering how well hillary will campaign when Obama is not helping her with her campaign debts. Money problems have strained many relationships.
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by terrorislami June 22, 2008 2:51 PM EDT
HUSSEIN AND THE NEW BLACK PANTHER PARTY

The racist NBPP is led by notorious extremist, Malik Zulu Shabazz, and is a registered team member and blogger on Obama%u2019s campaign website.

Barack Obama and The New Black Panther Party
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DQAOZlNrO8

Snarling at the White Man
Leaders of the New Black Panther Party, unlike those of its namesake of the 1960s and 1970s, speak of ''white devils'' and ''bloodsucking Jews''

Khalid Muhammad.
Muhammad, who first appeared publicly as the new Panthers'' leader at the Jasper demonstration in 1998, had long been known as the leading spokesman for the black separatist Nation of Islam. He lost that post after Nation leader Louis Farrakhan was widely criticized for Muhammad''s violently hateful speeches.

He has blamed slavery and even the Holocaust on the "hooked-nose, bagel-eating, lox-eating, perpetrating-a-fraud, so-called Jew."

He has launched repeated diatribes against his enemies: "white devil crackers," "bloodsucking Jews" and "*******."

Muhammad had clear ideas for dealing with whites who did not leave immediately: "We kill the women. We kill the babies. We kill the blind. We kill the cripples. We kill them all. We kill the *******. We kill the lesbians. ,,, When you get through killing them all, go to the ******* graveyard and dig up the grave and kill them a-*******-gain, because they didn''t die hard enough" the first time.
http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?pid=394
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by rowdywicca June 22, 2008 12:27 PM EDT
Obama pissed off the Arabs and Jews in one speech
Obama gave three different stances on Venezuela in two days
Obama pissed off a whole nation by calling them typical white people
Obama pissed off rural people by basically calling them ignorant
Obama pissed off half the country by insinuating everybody the criticizes him are racists
Obama lied about his ancestors, his stances on half the issues, his associates and mentors, his legislative prowess which is NIL
Obama promoted public financing, then killed his own stance by being greedy
Obama pissed off half the voters by buying the nomination and threatening his opponent into backing him or else
Obama''''''''s grumpass wife hasn''''''''t done anything for anybody but herself, says she''''''''s never been proud of her country, and calls America mean...what the hell?
Obama''''s just pissed because McCain suggested a solution before he got to it...I mean that''''s what his oil and energy people PAID him to do...

I mean how many passes are Obama supporters going to give this idiot before they wake up!!!???
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by toldyouso12 June 22, 2008 9:39 AM EDT
HRC should tell her donors to give to Obama but earmark the money for her to pay off her debts.
That way, her supporters get to help her through the back door, it looks like they are on board and Obama supporters don''t have the ugly and wholly contemptible task of appearing to foot the bill for Clinton''s questionable and ugly drive ignore her bills and debts and to stay in a race she had already mathematically lost by March. LOL
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by nanc12 June 22, 2008 1:54 AM EDT
eeeeyyyiiikkkessss, it''s weird in here. cya
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by mr_know12 June 22, 2008 12:20 AM EDT
Barack Obama needs Hillary Clinton for a good FOREIGN POLICY. Barack Obama does NOT have a good FOREIGN POLICY, concerning IRAQ, IRAN, RUSSIA, and CHINA.

Barack Obama NEEDS to put N.A.T.O. BASES in IRAQ to secure the region. The REASON: IRAN already has low yield ATOMIC WEAPONS from the former SOVIET UNION that were purchased with OIL MONEY!!! Furthermore, IRAN is an ally with RUSSIA, and RUSSIA is an ally with CHINA! Both RUSSIA and CHINA have I.C.B.M.''s pointed at the UNITED STATES!!!!!!!! Therefore, negotiations with the FOUR (4) SUPERPOWER NATIONS (UNITED STATES, "EUROPEAN UNION", RUSSIA, AND CHINA) are necessary, concerning OIL and the WORLD ECONOMY!
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by mr_know12 June 22, 2008 12:13 AM EDT
GOD, THE COUNSEL (12), AND MYSELF want Hillary Clinton to be VICE-PRESIDENT.
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by terrorislami June 21, 2008 11:06 PM EDT
THE REAL HUSSEIN, HIS REAL HATE OF WHITEY, HIS REAL RACISM

FROM HIS OWN MOUTH

Wright / Obama: "White Folk''s Greed Runs A World In Need"
MALCOLM-O-BAMA LAUDS MALCOLM-X
HUSSEIN THE MARXISTS
HUSSEIN THE RACIST
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfC4OOm1aoM
There''s only two kinds of white folks, there''s only two kinds, bad white folks and worse white folks. That''s the only two kinds of white folks there are. Malcolm X, used to say, from the teachings of the nation of terrorislam founder Elijah Muhammad, that all white folks are bad. He said if you find one good, kill him first before he turns bad. Because he''s only faking.
http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?sid=169

SHOCKING Obama words: what he really thinks of white folks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lI77cU3jsFs&feature=related

The shocking video Barack Obama does not want you to see!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Prhnc2fxAzg&feature=related
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by zerato-2009 June 21, 2008 10:16 PM EDT
Mr know did you not take your xanax today? I think you forgot that the orcs and goblins were to be breed wiht elves and man to create a new creature , so taht sauron could fight and capture middle earth.

It is not a surprise that they will be campaigning together. They have what the others have, campaign donors for their respective campaigns
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by mr_know11 June 21, 2008 8:55 PM EDT
THERE ARE SEVEN KINGDOMS OF BABYLON (BOOK OF DANIEL CHAPTER 2):

FIRST KINGDOM OF BABYLON is BABYLON (about 2,600 years ago)

SECOND KINGDOM OF BABYLON is THE SON OF THE KING OF BABYLON (SILVER)

THIRD KINGDOM OF BABYLON is THE MEDES AND THE PERSIONS (BRONZE)

THE FOURTH KINGDOM OF BABYLON is THE GREEKS (LEGS OF IRON)

THE FIFTH KINGDOM OF BABYLON is THE ANCIENT ROMAN EMPIRE, until 312 A.D. (FEET MIXED WITH IRON AND CLAY)

THE SIXTH KINGDOM OF BABYLON is ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, that was founded by CONSTANTINE (ROMAN PAGAN GENERAL/SUPPOSED FIRST CHRISTIAN EMPEROR) during 312 A.D.--subdivision KIGHTS TEMPLAR (STILL IN THE FEET)

THE SEVENTH KINGDOM OF BABYLON is THE "EUROPEAN UNION"/NEW ROMAN EMPIRE, under the anti-christ for seven (7) years (STILL IN THE FEET)
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by mr_know11 June 21, 2008 8:48 PM EDT
Please CBS NEWS do NOT DELETE the following message! The following message is a proof that GOD changed GOD''S LAW; therefore, everyone (other 99.9%) can GO HOME! Analize the following message!
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