If you missed it, it was a classic Keith O. He did his "homework" before making the commentary! Great Job Keith O.
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Tonight, a Special Comment on Sen. John McCain’s conclusion that it’s "not too important" when American forces come home from Iraq.
wonder who it will be???
http://thepage.time.com/
Somehow Mark Halperin thinks it's John Edwards?
I can't wait to see who!!!
Isnt' this just the greatest Picture of our candidate?
ok, so the $$$'s that halperin's page put on are annoying..but I think this is too cute! :)
I received this email this morning:
April 21st, 2008
Friends,
I don't get to vote for President this primary season. I live in Michigan. The party leaders (both here and in D.C.) couldn't get their act together, and thus our votes will not be counted.
So, if you live in Pennsylvania, can you do me a favor? Will you please cast my vote -- and yours -- on Tuesday for Senator Barack Obama?
I haven't spoken publicly 'til now as to who I would vote for, primarily for two reasons: 1) Who cares?; and 2) I (and most people I know) don't give a rat's ass whose name is on the ballot in November, as long as there's a picture of JFK and FDR riding a donkey at the top of the ballot, and the word "Democratic" next to the candidate's name.
Seriously, I know so many people who don't care if the name under the Big "D" is Dancer, Prancer, Clinton or Blitzen. It can be Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Barry Obama or the Dalai Lama.
Well, that sounded good last year, but over the past two months, the actions and words of Hillary Clinton have gone from being merely disappointing to downright disgusting. I guess the debate last week was the final straw. I've watched Senator Clinton and her husband play this game of appealing to the worst side of white people, but last Wednesday, when she hurled the name "Farrakhan" out of nowhere, well that's when the silly season came to an early end for me. She said the "F" word to scare white people, pure and simple. Of course, Obama has no connection to Farrakhan. But, according to Senator Clinton, Obama's pastor does -- AND the "church bulletin" once included a Los Angeles Times op-ed from some guy with Hamas! No, not the church bulletin!
This sleazy attempt to smear Obama was brilliantly explained the following night by Stephen Colbert. He pointed out that if Obama is supported by Ted Kennedy, who is Catholic, and the Catholic Church is led by a Pope who was in the Hitler Youth, that can mean only one thing: OBAMA LOVES HITLER!
Yes, Senator Clinton, that's how you sounded. Like you were nuts. Like you were a bigot stoking the fires of stupidity. How sad that I would ever have to write those words about you. You have devoted your life to good causes and good deeds. And now to throw it all away for an office you can't win unless you smear the black man so much that the superdelegates cry "Uncle (Tom)" and give it all to you.
But that can't happen. You cast your die when you voted to start this bloody war. When you did that you were like Moses who lost it for a moment and, because of that, was prohibited from entering the Promised Land.
How sad for a country that wanted to see the first woman elected to the White House. That day will come -- but it won't be you. We'll have to wait for the current Democratic governor of Kansas to run in 2016 (you read it here first!).
There are those who say Obama isn't ready, or he's voted wrong on this or that. But that's looking at the trees and not the forest. What we are witnessing is not just a candidate but a profound, massive public movement for change. My endorsement is more for Obama The Movement than it is for Obama the candidate.
That is not to take anything away from this exceptional man. But what's going on is bigger than him at this point, and that's a good thing for the country. Because, when he wins in November, that Obama Movement is going to have to stay alert and active. Corporate America is not going to give up their hold on our government just because we say so. President Obama is going to need a nation of millions to stand behind him.
I know some of you will say, 'Mike, what have the Democrats done to deserve our vote?' That's a damn good question. In November of '06, the country loudly sent a message that we wanted the war to end. Yet the Democrats have done nothing. So why should we be so eager to line up happily behind them?
I'll tell you why. Because I can't stand one more friggin' minute of this administration and the permanent, irreversible damage it has done to our people and to this world. I'm almost at the point where I don't care if the Democrats don't have a backbone or a kneebone or a thought in their dizzy little heads. Just as long as their name ain't "Bush" and the word "Republican" is not beside theirs on the ballot, then that's good enough for me.
I, like the majority of Americans, have been pummeled senseless for 8 long years. That's why I will join millions of citizens and stagger into the voting booth come November, like a boxer in the 12th round, all bloodied and bruised with one eye swollen shut, looking for the only thing that matters -- that big "D" on the ballot.
Don't get me wrong. I lost my rose-colored glasses a long time ago.
It's foolish to see the Democrats as anything but a nicer version of a party that exists to do the bidding of the corporate elite in this country. Any endorsement of a Democrat must be done with this acknowledgement and a hope that one day we will have a party that'll represent the people first, and laws that allow that party an equal voice.
Finally, I want to say a word about the basic decency I have seen in Mr. Obama. Mrs. Clinton continues to throw the Rev. Wright up in his face as part of her mission to keep stoking the fears of White America. Every time she does this I shout at the TV, "Say it, Obama! Say that when she and her husband were having marital difficulties regarding Monica Lewinsky, who did she and Bill bring to the White House for 'spiritual counseling?' THE REVEREND JEREMIAH WRIGHT!"
But no, Obama won't throw that at her. It wouldn't be right. It wouldn't be decent. She's been through enough hurt. And so he remains silent and takes the mud she throws in his face.
That's why the crowds who come to see him are so large. That's why he'll take us down a more decent path. That's why I would vote for him if Michigan were allowed to have an election.
But the question I keep hearing is... 'can he win? Can he win in November?' In the distance we hear the siren of the death train called the Straight Talk Express. We know it's possible to hear the words "President McCain" on January 20th. We know there are still many Americans who will never vote for a black man. Hillary knows it, too. She's counting on it.
Pennsylvania, the state that gave birth to this great country, has a chance to set things right. It has not had a moment to shine like this since 1787 when our Constitution was written there. In that Constitution, they wrote that a black man or woman was only "three fifths" human. On Tuesday, the good people of Pennsylvania have a chance for redemption.
Yours, Michael Moore MichaelMoore.com MMFlint@aol.com
Wyoming Governor Endorsing Obama
Land of Lincolner picks up the backing of superdelegate Dave Freudenthal.
“The negativity, partisanship and lack of purpose that characterize our national debate and government are crippling this country.”
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080328/ap_on_el_pr/obama_endorsement;_ylt=A0WTcVdp4.xHPgkAoBGs0NUE
This is GREAT news!!!
I'm so very glad of this one. I even sent his office a Thank you letter this morning.
I encourage ALL PA state Residents who support our candidate to give Sen Casey an email,
because you know he's going to get a lot of "FLACK" from the Clinton Machine & Ed Rendell.
It's great that he's gone against the "NORM" for the big guns in PA!!!! Most Political figures only
get email when there is something "wrong". Lets show Sen Casey we appreciate him supporting
our campaign!
Sen Casey's Website: http://casey.senate.gov/contact/
I sent mine under the topic of Ethics and Clean Goverment (yes there was a pun intended there)
and there was not a topic for the Election.
Here's my quick note to him:
Senator Casey:I would like to take this opportunity to thank you, tremendously, for having the honor and dignity to stand up to the Clinton machine and back the right candidate for the Democratic nomination for President. Thank you for supporting Barack Obama!You have my utmost support and respect. Shelley J Pittsburgh, PA
YES!!!!
http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080321/NATION/901617381/1002
I'm so annoyed, not that it should come as a surprise....I always knew the Clintons will do anything, say anything, who gives a crap who gets hurt along the way to get elected. I wouldnt vote for this lady if she was the ONLY person running for POTUS.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080306.wleakupdate0306/BNStory/National/?page=rss&id=RTGAM.20080306.wleakupdate0306
Decide for yourself.
Watch a great interview with George Clooney.
He's for our candidate!!
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/politics/2008/02/01/chetry.clooney.obama.cnn
WASHINGTON (CNN) — One former president has long assumed a very outspoken role in the presidential race. Now another is speaking up.
Jimmy Carter says he's not formally endorsing any candidate, but in an interview with the Wall Street Journal, the former president lavished praise on Barack Obama, calling his campaign "extraordinary"
"Obama's campaign has been extraordinary and titillating for me and my family," Carter told the newspaper in an interview published in its Wednesday edition. According to the paper, Carter was particularly praiseworthy of the Illinois senator's rhetorical skills, comparing them to those of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Carter also said Obama "will be almost automatically a healing factor in the animosity now that exists, that relates to our country and its government."
Carter, a onetime governor of Georgia and one of only two Democrats to win the White House in the last forty years, also said he thinks Obama's candidacy could put several southern states in play in a general election match up.
Carter also commented on the recent criticism surrounding Bill Clinton, following that former president's comments on the campaign trail that some have viewed as racially divisive. Carter said Clinton personally called him to explain the remarks.
"He doesn't call me often, but the fact that he called me this morning and spent a long time explaining his position indicates that it's troublesome to them, the adverse reaction," he said.
"I told him I hoped it would die down. — the charged atmosphere concerning the race issue," Carter continued. "And I think it will."
– CNN Producer Alexander Mooney
Filed under: Barack Obama • Jimmy Carter
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/
This is directly off the Glenn Beck Website. I do not take any credit for any of the content. I know a lot of Democrats Hate him. I personally do not. I don't always agree with Glenn, but I do admire his candor --- Here's his comments:
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January 23, 2008 - 13:11 ET
GLENN: Now, let me add this one in. As I'm watching the highlights of the Democratic debates from the other night, the first thing that comes to mind is, how is this even a contest? How is this even close? And I mean this sincerely. If you're a Democrat, how could you possibly even entertain the possibility of running Hillary Clinton or voting for Hillary Clinton over Barack Obama? How is that even a possibility? And by the way, just so you know, it's not some sort of reverse psychology thing. I'm just not that smart I'm not secretly afraid of Hillary Clinton. I don't secretly think that Obama is actually more beatable. I think Barack Obama, because most people won't even listen to his policies, most people will say, it says a lot about me; I voted for the first African-American. They are going to run in droves to vote for Barack Obama. And the truth is Barack Obama is 400,000 times the candidate that Hillary is. He's a much better speaker. He can ignite the imagination of people. I like him. I think his policies may come directly from hell. I think Stalin may be down in the bowels of the Earth going, "Wait, wait, wait, Barack, say this one." I mean, but I like him. I mean, I'm going to have to check his campaign finance laws because, you know, running Hillary Clinton, you know, over Barack Obama I think could actually be seen as a donation to the Republican party. Maybe it's just me. Maybe Democrats know something that we don't. Maybe they think you'll melt down under the pressure, but I don't see any signs of it. He doesn't have that much baggage and the baggage that he does, he admits to. He's smooth, he's smart, he's a significant portion of the population who will -- there's a significant portion of the population that will actually vote for him because, "Look how tolerant I am." He's obviously much more to beat than Hillary Clinton, seriously. Every Republican in the universe is cheering on Hillary Clinton like their kid in a little league game, "Go, Hillary, run! Keep running, you can make it!" In fact, if I may take a page directly out of the Democratic handbook here, I mean, seriously why won't the Democrats give the nomination to Obama? It must be racism. It must -- what else could it possibly be? What else could it possibly be besides racism? I mean, there's this wide of a chasm between the white candidate and the far superior black candidate? Are you kidding me? They're not even close. We're supposed to expect change from her? She just came from the White House and then she went to the capitol and then she went back to the White House. You're kidding me. Who's the one that's exciting the imagination? Who's the one that conservatives are saying, I don't know, I mean, he's got the same kind of charisma of Ronald Reagan, and he's losing, to the pants suit? You're kidding me, right? Democrats, you just hate black people. It's the only choice I can come up with. It's the only possible reason: You are just racist. You hate black people. It's amazing. It's amazing. I mean, when the Republicans have great black candidates, we beg them to get in the race. How many times did we have to beg Colin Powell or Condi Rice, please, run for President, please, please run. They never listen to us. So we beg them to be Secretary of State or nominate them to the Supreme Court. Damn, our racism. But what's your excuse, you tolerant Progressives? You can't possibly -- I mean, there is absolutely no way that you are looking at the same two people that I'm looking at. And then having a tough time deciding between the two. There's no way you're looking at these two people and go, "I don't know, it's pretty close." They're not close. I don't agree with either of them. I don't want either of them to be in the White House. I don't want either of them to be President of the United States President of the United States) So I can confidently say, "Run, Hillary, run." It's like Forrest. "Run, Hillary, run!" But at some point if I'm a Democrat voting for Hillary, I probably would start to wonder, why am I voting for the person who Glenn Beck wants me to vote for? And the answer to that, of course, is racism. You're racist. Celebrate. This is not going to last long. As soon as they decide, then we're going to become the racists. As soon as we say what they're saying about Barack Obama, we're racist. But right now we could say that about them. It's great. It's great. We haven't had this opportunity very often, you know. As long as they keep the African-American down in his place, they love the African-American. But as soon as that African-American starts to run and challenges the establishment and he's far superior than the established white person, hey, hey, hey, hey, whoa, whoa, whoa. I love living as a Democrat. This is the best thing ever. You don't even have to make sense. You could just... "Racist!" It's great. "Oh, see you're wearing a Hillary button. What a hate mongering racist!" Don't worry. It will come back around. As soon as -- if they pick Barack Obama, which they won't because, you know, they're racists! If they pick Barack Obama and they have him up as the presidential candidate, then we'll be the racists because we disagree with his policies. But right now the liberals are racists! And I think it's fantastic. I really do.
Rant and Rave: I just can't believe that the governor of MY STATE would pick Hilary Clinton.
Well..as I will urge ALL PENNSYLVANIANS to do PLEASE EMAIL Ed Rendell and tell him how you feel about his UNWISE choice for the Democratic nomination for President. I DID and here is my Letter:
Dear Governor Rendall:I just read on a news website that you are supporting Hilary Clintonfor the Democratic nominee for President. I have all my life (over 20yrs voting) been a registered Republican, and just yesterday did Isend in my request to change my voters registration party affiliationto Democrat, so that I may vote for the best candidate in the primary election. I served proudly in the US Navy and take my votingresponsibility seriously. I lived in the Philadelphia area while youwere the mayor, so I know where you are coming from when you make yourdecisions. However, I cannot even in my wildest imagination figure outwhy you would endorse such a candidate as Clinton. She had 8 years inthe White House as the first lady and also the last 8 years incongress to do something and her record does NOT show her doinganything of substance for this country OR New York.I am urging ALL Pennsylvania Democrats to vote for the real Democraticcandidate. Barack Obama. I'm so sorry to hear that she has you baffledand bewildered into thinking she can do the job as President of thiscountry when she has had plenty of chances for change as the FirstLady and as a member of the Congress. I'll be waiting to hear yourchange of "heart" when Obama wins the Democratic Nomination forPresident.Sincerely,Shelley J. Pittsburgh PA
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You can email him yourself here: http://www.governor.state.pa.us/governor/cwp/view.asp?a=1117&q=437853&governorNav=|
Please do!
