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Paul de Jong Speaks on Obama Campaign
Let the records be your guide, consistency matters! Obama stood up to the Bush regime against the war in Iraq when that was vastly unpopular in Washington! He has consistently held his ground and he is inspirational! He is truly a new kind of presidential candidate.
One of the reasons the Republicans have been so successful is that they have been able to take people with vastly divergent opinions and bring them together to vote for them. With the Democrats it has been more like herding cats. The Republicans win when the Democrats split over tiny differences in ideologies. Hillary Clinton is doing a HUGE disservice to the party by not letting it come together behind the winner. Hillary Clinton, please, please, please, help us move on.
I think Barack Obama could have avoided this entire thing with his church and these pastors if he would have admitted early on that he knew about these occasional outcries and that is part of why he understands the need for change better then most other politicians in Washington. The message could be that, yes, those outcries happen even though those outcries seriously dilute the true message of the church and they are part of my motivation for working for change.
Barack Obama could say something like "Yes, I have been in the trenches of under served communities, where the school, city services, etc... are all sub standard and I understand the inequalities. I have heard people lash out and know the explosive nature of these situations. One only need to think back to incidences like Rodney King to see this come to the surface. This is not just the Black community, all under served groups have some level of frustration. Of course they do! I am running for president in part to try to heal some of these wounds. I have seen them my entire life. I was lucky in that I had a great mother who lifted me above it and gave me great morals to stand on. And yes, I could have gone and hid in a closet pretending like people are not mad and that people don't say stupid things and there is no excuse for a preacher to say dumb things like that. Or I could simply refuse to talk to these people as is per the policies of this current administration. But instead, those outcries only helped to build my resolve and sense of urgency that change needs to happen now. The time has come. The time is now! I want to bring this great nation together, because we are the greatest when we all work together. We can bring this nation together. The neigh sayers want to say we can't. But I say 'YES WE CAN!' YES WE CAN! YES WE CAN!" I think if Barack were to make it part of his message the situation would have been better. Don't step in the traps, instead turn them upside down so they are rendered harmless once and for all! I am sure there will be more traps... the trick is to be ready for them! Thanks for reading, ~Paul Mr. Senator Barack Obama,
It made me very sad when I heard you say that you would not talk to Hamas. I grant you that you did caveat it by saying "under current circumstances". I also applaud you for refusing to criticize Jimmy Carter for his continuous work towards peace in the Middle East. Please Mr. Senator, the vast majority of the people know that you have to have dialog to solve a problem and the current path of the Palestinian/Israelian crisis is mutual annihilation! The only way to solve the problems in the Middle East is through peace and you can not achieve peace without negotiations. I really thought you would say something like "my goal would be to achieve peace and if that means we have to talk to Hamas, then we will talk with them. Once the dialog stops the problems only get worse." I am sure you would be far more eloquent, but that is the basic message I have been hearing from you thus far. It is the truth and it IS what people want to hear! I view you as a lone voice of reason in a crazy cesspool of ignorance led by mass hysteria. The media will pick up on reason and the reason will overcome the ignorance as long as it is done with integrity, as with your race speech, that even the Daily Show praised. Thank you Mr. Senator for the hope you have given me, please keep up your good work! Sincerely yours, Paul de Jong The trickle down theory, which actually means what it says, i.e. everything stays at the top, except the little bits that accidentally trickle down! In moving on from the primary, Reagan was able to sell the ultra conservative agenda to the public via his ability to speak in a powerful way. He presented many simple slogans that people could remember. One of the things I would like to see Obama do during his campaign is to start debunking those myths thereby taking this powerful tool away from the Republicans. The slogans are almost without exception contradictory, if not down right nonsensical. I implore Obama to challenge Clinton to continue her campaign to win the nomination for president by showing who would be better in the fight to win against McCain by focusing on that fight rather then bringing the Democratic party down. If she thinks she would be better she should prove it, but she knows she can not win that fight. The Republicans know she can not win that fight. I think that by making that challenge Obama will be able to focus on the high road again with fewer distractions. Paul de Jong
McCain will undoubtedly use the "Tax and Spend" claim against Barack Obama's foreign aid packages. I would welcome that attack. It is an empty claim that can not be supported and is easily countered.
If we were to have used the over One Trillion dollars spent on the Iraq war we could fund the foreign aid packages as proposed in the Obama plan for over two centuries! If we can come up with that kind of money to wage a war that is arguably a setback to our safety, we should have no problem at all coming up with 1/200th of that money to actually promote our safety, help others, help restore our good name as well as our pride as International citizens. Here is an exert from a speech made by Avram Noam Chomsky on September 16th, 2001: "Two distinct possibilities seem the most likely candidates for the goal: 1) revenging the killings, and 2) ending terrorism... If we want to end terrorism, we must do what is needed to change the perception a large proportion of humanity holds of America, that we are an exploiting nation which favors the rich and powerful over the poor and weak. Perhaps their view of us is unfair, but in achieving our goal of ending terrorism, that matters little. Their perception is what they act on, so it is their perception we must change. There is only one way to do so. We must bring as much good as we can to as many people of the world as we can, including the poor and underprivileged of our own nation. It will require just as much time, money, work, ingenuity, and sacrifice as the bloodiest war. The results will often be discouraging, progress imperceptible, but our courage must hold and the work must go on. If it does and if it succeeds, we will have won by far the greatest victory of our history. And in achieving it we will not have sent our sons and daughters to kill and die, but to build and celebrate with all the races of the world." I posted the full text on http://thinkofasolution.com/noam_chomsky_on_9-11/index.html. It is worth reading. ~Paul I really do not like how the media repeats things that candidates say verbatim without verifying it. McCain and Hillary are both completely off the mark when they claim that Barack Obama does not have substance. All one has to do is look at the legislation he has written and voted on and compare that to any other candidate to be convinced that Obama truly is a candidate of change! http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/2/20/201332/807/36/458633
Uniting the people with a new kind of social networking.
I have been sucked in! This is crazy! They have turned this into a social networking site and a video game. I now have 73 points and am in 139,549th place - tied (only 1 point more to move up)! And down the road Barack Obama will be able to use this to directly access his crowd instantly. Can you imagine what would happen if he asked people on this site to call the representative regarding an issue when he is president. Talk about uniting the people... holly shit! When Bill Clinton ran for office he did what every other candidate does, promise the world and then forget everything he said once he got into office. The clue that everyone seems to ignore is that his promises did not reflect his record, and that is the exact path that Hillary Clinton is following. She voted for the war and she has not stood up to Dick Chaney's and George Bush's policies. What makes people think she will do that if she were to get elected for president. http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/samgrahamfelsen/Cmzm Content on blogs in My.BarackObama represents the opinions of community members and in no way should be interpreted as endorsed or approved by the campaign.
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