What the...? So now the same show that painted Gore as an exaggerating flavorless candidate, Kerry as a boring politician with nothing genuine to say, is now portraying Clinton as the victim with Obama being the overrated media darling? Have they been missing from Earth as of late?
I'm by no means surprised to be honest. We have been stuck for 8 years with Dubya because of inaccurate portrayals, so let's hope we no longer have to suffer the same fate again just because some feminist SNL cast members feel obliged to push their beloved New York senator just because they happen to share the same kind of genitals.
The truth will prevail in the end I believe, and the not one bit funny and unfair portrayals of Obama will have to be substituted by something somewhat funny if this show has any chance of reviving the same kind of actually humorous political sketches of the forgotten past.
And Hillary, rest assured darlin, not even an out of character last attempt at humor will win you anything on the long run. Mathematically you have no shot unless you overturn the people's will; and by even attempting to do so you will only alienate the majority of the party and forever doom the democratic party's chances of any near future success. So might as well enjoy it while it last, because a couple of months from now, a mediocre post at the new administration is all you'll have a bargain at.
Obama..another step closer to the beautiful dream.
I'm sorry mamas and papas but California Dreamin is no longer the title of the song; Texas Dreamin is.
I certainly hope there are no ifs and buts this time, and that the dream does not turn into bitter reality. But no matter what they say, rest assured that one thing only remains to be true: what was once a dream is now amazingly a 'near distant reality'.
So come through Texas; come through for the country as a whole, and the world too for that matter.
O'hope
than ever vote for Hillary. Yes everyone, I've reached this stage; a stage where I'm finally starting to witness, up close, what Republicans have long been saying about the Clinton machine. Once Bill's charisma is gone, and you're close enough to matters, it really starts to hit you: it is, by far, the dirtiest political machine in modern history; one that will not stop at anything in order to win. Last minute phone calls to voters denoucning Obama's full name, onto Bill Clinton influencing one of the biggest caucus sites; where does it stop?
I'm still full of optimism however that South Carolina will be an Obama rout, and from there on who knows what will happen on February 5th. What is crucial right now though, more than ever before, is to work as hard as we can, and understand that the sole fact of Nevada being so closely contested after months of it being declared a lock for hillary is in its own a victory and a huge sign for the positive things to come.
The main negatives and positives out of Nevada:
Big Negative: The extremely low percentage of Latino support for Obama brings me to this ever lasting question: when will racial tensions finally be overlooked when analyzing a candidate? It is a fact that Obama has done more for minorities, through his grass root organizational work, than the Clintons ever have, or ever will for that matter. I've also read some reports suggesting a huge chunk of the white vote is starting to favor Hillary. And it sickens me that some people will still not vote for someone just because of their color. To all human beings out there, I ask you this: had Obama been white, would you have reacted to some of the ludicrous claims differently? Let us once and for all get over the race issue and analyze a person for who he is on the inside, and not the outside. I know many of us are already at this advanced level of intellect, but sadly, some still aren't.
Horizonal Positive: The race for delegates(dubbed by many analysts to be the deciding factor in the end) is now only a virtual tie between Obama and Clinton.
Let us work harder fellow Obama supporters; Call every friend in California, and New York; making sure they're the first to vote, and last to go home. We need our base to show up heavily to see this genuine man through.
Bless you all.
Dismissing the latest positive polls, as I've learned not to pay a lot of attention to any after NH, and moving onto the issue of race. Whether we want to admit it or not, there is a significant amount of racism still present in our society. And I'm not even talking about the latest issue with the Clintons; for I am of the belief that they themselves are not racists, but are just the kind of politicians who would have no problem with manipulating such tendencies in the more susceptible human being in an overall bid to enhance their chances (a more evil wrongdoing in my opinion). Anyway, what I'm trying to get at here is that, one way or the other, there will always remain a few individuals who judge a person by color, name, or the kind of factors that we are born with but had no choice in what so ever. It's the sad reality of our world today. Things do gradually get better yes, but certainly not at the speed I'd love to see. Should Obama win the Democratic nomination, we will even hear a lot more of the sort of name bashing, and totally unjust attacks that are starting to flourish onto the scene right now. And I sincerely believe there is no way to communicate with individuals of this nature, or counter those groundless attacks, other than by leading through example, strengthening our own base, and rallying behind our candidate in the positive manner that he instilled into this otherwise largely negative campaign.
The truth is with us everyone; and if there's any ounce of justice in this world, we will prevail. So let us remain tighter around one another, and see Obama through.
All for one, and one for O.
A very accurate post in my opinion; worthy of being selected as my first post of the day:
"Re: Dirty tricks out West |
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Thank you Randy for the post. And as I said in my reply on the other thread, Obama is already a step ahead when it comes to staying on course and not drifting off the scope of his message. On the same day he counters with his first detailed Economic plan outshining that of the ex first lady while finally squashing any remaining dumbfounded claims about his readiness to rule from day one. A link to which could be found at: http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/samgrahamfelsen/CVhB
I honestly dream of the day we rid the political arena of such calculating minds; and that dream is finally not a very distant reality for we have the last beacon of hope in Obama. Let us in return do our parts by multiplying our efforts and support.
Vote.
Just came across this on Politico's website:
" Obama: Clinton rewrites history
Obama, during his endorsement from Claire McCaskill, accused Hillary of distorting her words and his and of trying to change her story on Iraq.
Here's the whole thing:
What we saw this morning is why the American people are tired of Washington politicians and the games they play. But Sen. Clinton made an unfortunate remark, an ill advised remark, about King and Lyndon Johnson. I didn’t make the statement. I haven’t remarked on it, and she I think offended some folks who felt that somehow diminished King’s role in bringing about the Civil Rights Act. She is free to explain that, but the notion that somehow this is our doing is ludicrous. I have to point out that instead of telling the American people about her positive vision for America, Sen. Clinton spent an hour talking about me and my record in a way that was flat-out wrong. She suggested that I didn’t clearly and unambiguously oppose the war in Iraq when it is absolutely clear and anyone who has followed this knows that I did. I stood up against the war when she was voting for it, at a time when she didn’t read the intelligence reports or give diplomacy a chance. She belittled the most sweeping ethics reform since Watergate despite the fact that she stood on the sidelines during that negotiations on that bill. I have to say that she started this campaign saying that she wanted to make history and lately she has been spending a lot of time rewriting it. I know that in Washington it is acceptable to say or do anything it takes to get elected, but I really don’t think that is the kind of politics that is good for our party, and I don’t think it is good for our country, and I think that the American people will reject it in this election. What I want to do is spend talking about how we are going to make sure that people who are losing their jobs get work. How are we going to make sure that our young people are going to afford college? How are we going to make sure that the subprime lending crisis does not lead to an all-out recession? How are we going to create the kind of foreign policy that allows us to bring our troops home and makes us safer and goes after a genuine terrorist threat? Those are the issues that we are going to spend time talking about in this campaign and if Sen. Clinton wants to be distracted by the sorts of political point scoring that was evident today then that is going to be her prerogative.
What we saw this morning is why the American people are tired of Washington politicians and the games they play. But Sen. Clinton made an unfortunate remark, an ill advised remark, about King and Lyndon Johnson. I didn’t make the statement. I haven’t remarked on it, and she I think offended some folks who felt that somehow diminished King’s role in bringing about the Civil Rights Act. She is free to explain that, but the notion that somehow this is our doing is ludicrous.
I have to point out that instead of telling the American people about her positive vision for America, Sen. Clinton spent an hour talking about me and my record in a way that was flat-out wrong. She suggested that I didn’t clearly and unambiguously oppose the war in Iraq when it is absolutely clear and anyone who has followed this knows that I did. I stood up against the war when she was voting for it, at a time when she didn’t read the intelligence reports or give diplomacy a chance. She belittled the most sweeping ethics reform since Watergate despite the fact that she stood on the sidelines during that negotiations on that bill.
I have to say that she started this campaign saying that she wanted to make history and lately she has been spending a lot of time rewriting it. I know that in Washington it is acceptable to say or do anything it takes to get elected, but I really don’t think that is the kind of politics that is good for our party, and I don’t think it is good for our country, and I think that the American people will reject it in this election.
The strength in Obama's response, and position too I would argue, is evident for all to see, so instead I will tackle matters from a different angle. To think that the best the Clinton camp could come up with now is to try and question Obama's voting record on the war, which has been clearer than the sun from day one, is really beyond me. If anything, this just speaks volumes on how tough it is to find anything credible against Obama; highlighting his increasingly firm grip on this race. I'm not entirely sure whether this was just their way to try and get the focus off their Martin Luther King gaffe, or what exactly. Could they possibly be banking on the American public being ill informed? Or better put, not tuning into matters very closely? A very risky move if the latter; as it clearly seems to me that a record number of people are up to date this time around. So essentially, rather naive of her and her staff to be doing so now when all this really does is shed the spotlight back on the fact that she is the candidate who mistakenly voted for the war, and, in general, on her inferior voting record; one that, as the alert follower in you might already know, has been mostly motivated by polls and not true stances like those of Obama.
In the end, it all attributes to desperation on her part, and as things stand right now I'm of the firm belief that this will backfire tremendously in the days and weeks to come. Hillary, I'm sorry, but it looks like you'll need to force out a lot more tears this time if you are to have any chance of coming out of this mess unscathed.
Si Se Puede
The first ray of realistic hope to hit the political arena since JFK continues to prove why he's exactly just that. At a time where other campaigns are trying their hardest to distort his image, Obama manages to steer clear and instead stick to his very consistent message; countering dirty tricks, unfair claims, and the usual dosage of what's sadly been common in politics with his rare breed of O'class and objectivity. Extending an olive branch to an audience at a church in South Carolina, he went on to explain how faith necessitates political participation then went on to discuss his own Christian faith tying it to his life in politics "My faith teaches me that I can sit in church and pray all I want, but I won’t be fulfilling God’s will unless I go out and do the Lord’s work”. Later on, revealing more about the kind of transparent change he will bring to Washington to an audience in Nevada, he went on to say “We will all be sitting around the table--- but you know the insurance companies won’t have all the chairs…and I’ll have the biggest chair—because I’ll be president…but we will do it on CSPAN, because then you will see what’s going on, and you will be able to watch us to make sure we are doing your business.”
What continues to be the case here, and what is really admirable about Obama, is how he does not only lead by his inspiring words but rather via a steady course of examples where he has always been the one candidate to stick to his message no matter what; only responding to false claims about his character when necessary. This just shows who's the one embarking for real change; and not just using it as a slogan after polls started showing that this is indeed what the country demands. You have a clear choice between someone who's been entirely consistent-always crystal clear, and another who opts to muddy things up at every opportunity. I'm personally full of optimism that residents of South Carolina will be able to tell genuine from not, grasping onto his olive branch, and giving his campaign the much needed momentum ahead of super Tuesday on February 5th.
Together we can create history everyone- Yes we can.
