Last Round: Rendell Gets a Call From Obama [Updated]
By SusanUnPC on March 29, 2008 at 1:19 AM in Barack Obama, Pennsylvania
Order your last round. You’d better make it a stiff one. Here’s what Pennsylvania governor Ed Rendell told CNN’s Larry King about the call he got from Barack Obama:
RENDELL: “I had a call from Senator Obama and he said, you know I’m going to be the nominee, and I didn’t argue with him, I said, sure, and he said I just want to make sure nothing happens in Pennsylvania, the campaign here, that will make it harder for us to win in the fall. And I said, senator, don’t even worry about that for five seconds.”
The video shows Rendell’s affable demeanor — but underneath that affability lies a tough, hard-knuckled fighter:
(Thanks to C.S. for grabbing this.)
what insufferable presumption; what wanton impropriety; what complete and utter audacity; what vulgarity: barack obama feels entitled to the nomination, and he believes he can intimidate governor ed rendell. we shall never capitulate to obama, who we will derail.
entitlement is right. I just hate Ted Kennedy right now.
>>> I just hate Ted Kennedy right now.
I got ya beat by 28 years.
Me too! Hated him ever since he savaged Jimmy Carter and then ignored Carter after he was nominated. Not a “good” loser our Teddy.
Sometimes I think we lose sight of the fact that just because someone is a liberal that in and of itself doesn’t make them a good person.
rrrreally? I never knew all that about Teddy.
I’ve learned a WHOLE lot this last 8 yrs. When I changed from Indie to Dem in 2000 for Gore I thought I did a GREAT thing.
Then I got all involved in Wes Clark’s campaign again thinking I was doing a GREAT thing.
After he was upstaged by Kerry I willingly went along thinking it was a GOOD DEM thing to do.
Years at the DNC blogs turned me into a PUG hating, flame throwing Liberal until about a year ago when all the TRUE natures of some of these OLD OLD long time DEMS like Kerry and Kennedy and Leahy started rearing their ugly head for me.
I’ve been late in coming to the realization that there are NUTS and BOLTS on BOTH sides and I need to be a better interpreter of reality. (apparently)
I learn more every day coming here and a few other places.
Thanks & Peace
GO HILLARY
btw I served 6 yrs under Carter and that especially pisses me off to hear that!!! I love that mans heart. They don’t get much more pure than that! Shame on Teddy.
Lucky you to have served under Carter. I know of NO other politician that I respect as much. Probably because he’s not all that good of a politician. He is too smart not to know how to play the system so it must be that he just refuses to do so. He’s way too honest for our system.
Amazing. Your experience is almost the same as mine except that I switched from Republican to Democrat in 2000.
I, too, like Wesley Clark. I’m amazed at Obama’s sense of entitlement with everything. I wish the Gov had put him in his place a little more. This is the problem with political parties. They rarely do reflect the will of the people, only the will of the few.
You know I lost respect for him many years ago when I was a girl. He let a young lady die in his car. Just left her. He like Ob has no morals. It is true, just because people claim to beliberal doesn’t make them have integrity. Rev Wright should have been the downfall of Obama. Lou Dobbs show..wants more dialog on this. We need to make sure all people in North Carolina are azware of Rev Wright. Keedp him in the media. Its amazing there are people that don’t know about Rev Wright. WE need to get this out more.
Ditto and then some. I never liked him or trusted him. He’s perfect for Obama. Two hypocritical thugs who want to ‘help’ the poor and middle class just so long as they don’t live nearby. With the other hand, they are taking money from Wall Street.
The smarmy phoney underbelly of the Democratic Party.
“I just hate Ted Kennedy right now.”
Oh please I gotta have a piece of that.
On http://www.savagepolitics.com there’s a great article in their archives that talks about Ted’s dividing the Democratic Party which led to Reagan being elected. The article also talks about how the Party keeps doing this and not putting up the most electable candidate. It’s worth a read considering that they are doing it again.
Recently seen in Nevada (where Hermann Goering would be a Liberal) bumper sticker:
“I’d rather hunt with Dick Cheney than ride in Ted Kennedy’s car.”
For those of you with friends and family who voted for Obama and now regret their decision, here is a new website for former Obama supporters who want to take back their vote in light of the Rev. Wright scandal among other things. Pass it along.
http://www.itakebackmyvote.com/
This web site is not credible and no one will take it seriously.
He really is an arogant SOB to presume anything…
I hate this guy more and more every day if that is possible…
yes, it is possible. he and his supporters make it possible.
truthteller- you are absolutely correct-Obama is suffering from self-inflated importance. But the media person’s comment “Obama’s call might be the only thing that will make the governor watch his tongue” indicates an inflated perception of her own importance, too. On O’s payroll?
Many in the media are on O’s payroll. Why do you think they are so biased? Don’t think Obama could put together a campaign himself. Even though he had J Kerrys email lists from his 2004 campaign that gave him a good start.
you gotta be kidding me with this.
I think it’s safe to assume that the more personaly invested a person is in a POTUS camgaign, the less they are “kidding”.
There’s opinion running around, even from other senators (Leahy, Dodd etc.) that continuing this race damages democrats in the fall.
BULLSHIT
You know who’s definitely not kidding around? Karl Rove.
On c-span yesterday:
(unfortunately not viewable now, but maybe they’ll fix that)
http://www.c-spanarchives.org/library/index.php?main_page=product_video_info&products_id=204606-1
I heard Karl describe this race as a problem for Republicans, because McCain is now only getting 20% or less of the exposure that Clinton and Obama are getting. He was trying to motivate listeners at the venue (many of whom were diligently taking notes) to resolve this.
I’m sure many would like to jump in at this point with how they hate Karl, but consider this;
based on his own success and experience, does Karl’s opinion about how the election is going have credibility?
Duh…YEAH!
Were this a legal case, that call would be referred to as ‘jury tampering’.
I call it racism. Eventually peeps need to address this because it is oppressing kids who try and elevates kids who don’t give a d***n
what the hell? what are you gaming now? and what does this have to do with ‘oppressing kids who try and elevates kids who don’t give a damn’?
Racism?
Like John Kerry saying we need to elect Obama because he’s a black man?
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/03/kerry-obama-cou.html
If we all started referring to Obama as biracial and not black some people might actually think differently. They want to make history, he’s not black. He’s half and half.
Are you serious?
Oh go away!
People have a right to their opinion and to not be guilted into voting for this biracial fraud. Besides, a lot of young people have been deprogrammed because of Wright’s statements. The kool-aid ain’t happening for a lot of folks anymore.
Isn’t it clear you should stop drinking it.
OMG, WOW I cannot believe it … Was that a threat?
Is Obama accusing Rendell? What a nerve…What a pompous arrogant…
This is really really scary. Unbelievable…
Chicago mafioso all the way.
It is hard to believe the fix is not in.
Rendell better show some teeth and stand up for HRC
in every single TV show on Sunday…
It’s outrageous…
Thankfully, he has been. Rendell has been a fabulous and loyal Clinton supporter.
He was great on the Charlie Rose show Wed evening, he pointed out how the media gave Obama a free pass for months and has dumped on Clinton. Was very sharp and convincing. I think the other senators need to shut up and let the people vote.
Gov. Rendell was great/articulate when Charlie Rose was asking him some very intense questions. Rendell covered all the important facts about why Hillary is the most qualified, why she needs to stay in the race, etc. and he said it with great strength and conviction. Am going to try see if there is a YouTube of that interview and will try to post it.
Hope this works: YouTube of Gov. Rendell on Charlie Rose. This is just one of his answers to one of Charlie’s questions. The interview was about 15 minutes long and the rest may be at PBS website:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXYDNibSbOo
I think Ed Rendell acted appropriately. This is what you say to someone who is mentally ill. Agree with him and make him go away and then do just as you were going to do before he called.
But I agree this is a threat.
I don’t even know what to say about this any longer. It is all very perplexing. I think the Democratic Party has been coming to this point for many years now. It is just all coming to a head. I don’t believe that the schism is just going to magically heal up like some party leaders seem to envision. These fissures and cracks are just too deep at this point.
I will not vote for Obama and in fact, hate to say it, might in the end vote for that sour puss McCaine just to prove a point. What point - I’m not sure. I’m just completely dizzy over this and want revenge.
Obama is a scumlord.
Yes, they MUST be shown that they cannot do this, cannot ram an undesirable nominee down our throats. This is why I sent an email to Howard Dean. And I encourage others to do so.
I am sick and tired of him, Pelosi, Reid, Leahy and others standing before the press and declaring that everyone is going to make nice come Nov and also suggesting that it’s Hillary Clinton’s fault if we don’t.
WRONG!
It is Obama, Kennedy, Kerry, Dean, Pelosi, Richardson, Casey, Reid, and the host of other Democrats who have waged an all out full assault on Hillary and have allowed Obama to come off as if ‘butter wouldn’t melt in his mouth.’
They haven’t played fair. And I’m never going to forget that.
I called Dean this week and left a message with his receptionist saying I was disappointed in how he handled Florida, in the personal attacks on Hillary, and the calls for her to drop out.
That is the “Audacity of Arrogance”.
Gemmie some.
I am SURE Gov. Rendell had a few choice comments for the gutless wonder.
Michelle Obama: “Give Us Something Here.”
http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/03/17/michelle-obama-give-us-something-here/
Ed Rendell is one of the sharpest people out there which is why Obama is so jealous that he supports Hillary. Even though the entire media supports Obama he can’t handle it if Hillary gets good endorsements.
that is going to be the name of the new book that ObamaMama’s twin in Boston, Gov. Duval Patrick is going to write. Another example of racial pride…he has done jack s*** since he became Governor a year ago.
His one big item that he wanted to get passed in the Legislature last week……(3) casinos for Massachusetts…where the hell is Duval, in New York scouring with publishing houses to get his new book published. Naturally, the casinos got shot down, the people in the state are wondering what in hell did we give this guy a chance for when he can’t even be here to back the biggest piece of legislation yet on his agenda… Kinda makes you wonder what the priorities are of the likes of Duval and Obama…are they really all “talk”….no action…food for thought…
Oh!…the best thing he did for himself once he became Gov….got himself a new Caddy and couldn’t understand why people were outraged on his selection…in the end, he kicked in half of the cost. Mr.big shot…nice new Cadillac…high taste, no morals.
I am from MA, how do you think we feel? We voted for him because he too promised “change”. This is what we got. And he succeeded Mitt!!!
Oh for fuck’s sake!!!! Excuse me a sec, I need to polish off this Bombay Martini…Obama needs to…he’s such a little…I can’t even…uuuuuuuuh. I’m trying hard to stick to my creed of NO DEM ON DEM VIOLENCE but this just breaks the friggin’ camel’s back!!! Obama is an ass, a self absorbed prick. That’s it, not only will I not endorse Obama if Hillary loses or gets squeezed out, I will openly endorse McCain JUST to live up to my namesake. Screw him. Shit, I’m pissed…and out of vermouth.
Now that’s serious. Being out of vermouth, I mean.
Antigone! The misery of our girl Hillary could put your suffering to shame.
And what is this crap I hear tonight regarding giving Hillary Clinton an exit strategy by having her run for the Governorship of New York? I heard it on MSNBC Olbermann tonight just a few minutes ago. Who are they kidding? Are they planning on killing off the brand new Gov Pat or what? I believe it was Jonathan Alterman (sp) who made this statement. He said they were trying to save Hillary’s chances for the presidency in 2012????He also said that he couldn’t say he who his source was but it was a prestigious PERSON in the senate.
What a load of crap.
Alterman is a buffoon who has been calling for Hill to drop out every day since well before Texas and Ohio. And he and the rest can just STFU. She will be no one’s governor, Patterson is just fine, but she will be our president…
I am sick of these anonymous democratic or campaign sources. Without a name I assume they are lying.
Hope, do yourself some favors here, QUIT WATCHING OLBERMANN. Its not hard.. I just turn it to a more credible station like FoxNews. (snick)
I have watched Countdown almost everyday (recorded every day when I didn’t watch) for 5 years. Went cold turkey and its not hard. He’s gone from our channels, same with Tweety, and Dan “my own voice is all I hear” Abrams. Just tune out…check out some CSPAN instead.
Chris
I think I’ll take your advice and ban the channel from my house.
We did, my remote has a delete/add feature (I’m always accidentally deleting channels) but we did intentionally delete MSNBC. We’d been wanting to do it because of the constant prison and catchapredator shows that disgust us, but now it has become clear they’ve really lost all journalistic integrity. FoxNews never had any, but…know thy enemy. I had been avoiding HC, OReilly and all others but Brit Hume, but now they are exposing how it looks outside the Democratic race. That becomes invaluable in some ways.
But MSNBC is a joke, their ratings suck, they are full of their own leftist crap and need to have their ratings tank.
Chris
Yes who wants to watch that horrible predator show. God life is hard enough without having to watch those sex offenders.
Headphones and a laptop.
My habits have turned upside down.
No more Stephanie Miller, Randi Rhodes, Rachel Maddow, Keith Olbermann. I never did listen to blowhole Ed Schultz. 12 hours a day of in the tank and over the top for that obmamanation.
Amen. No more suffering those am radio commercials.
a prestigious PERSON in the senate like Teddy Kennedy, John Kerry, Pat Leahy and on and on? All the “old bulls” that run things and have been waiting for a chance to get back in power?
They might want to let Giuliani in on that. He’s already feasting on Gov Paterson with the help of Bruno. They’re even talking about a ‘Special Election.’
These people are slime!
He also said that he couldn’t say he who his source was but it was a prestigious PERSON in the senate
I got it….I bet the prestigious PERSON OR persons WERE, either Kennedy, Kerry, Dowd, Leahy, ….give me a break….what a bunch of BS artists….like they give a flying leap for Hillary and what she can or cannot do…she sure as all hell has done wonders on her own so far without the likes of this “tribe”….with friends like them, well…who needs enemies…she needs to tell them all to go pound sand….
Hope the good people of Ma vote them out for good….hypocrites….
Alterman is the latest Hillary Hit Man for Obama and MSNBC a wholly owned subsidiary of the Obama for Pres. campaign.
He has been a relentless critic of Hillary and has presumed himelf [courtesy of pompous ass Olbermann] of being a political sage and “insider” . Alterman is nothing but a leftist bigot who has been an Obamaton from the start. He has little “insider” info, except the Talking Points that obviously are being directed at the media. He’s repeating what he’s told to do. So is Talking Points Memo as Josh Marshall is doing the same.
Why has the Media been pushing Democrat Talking Points? Because they feel the political climate calls for a Dem win, and they believe that endorsing the winner [OB], they will have ACCESS,
The Media are whores and enablers whether for Bush or Obama. It’s all opportunism. They are running true to form. Olbermann started as a pompous liberal obsessed with O’Reilly as Fox’s numbers by far exceed MSNBC. Now he’s become an absurd partisan who should NOT be tuned into as he has not shown any fairness or balance. This is a mean spirited program that featuresMatthews,Russert,Olbermann,Alterman, as a showcase for Obama.
None of them know what Hillary wants, or if she doesn’t gt nominated what her plans or aspirations are. And Alterman sounds more like an ass every day.
I need to polish off this Bombay Martini
Anybody that Blogs while drinking Bombay Martini’s is ok in my book..
Somebody make a run to the store and get some Vermouth for Strawberry Bitch.
( was that shaken or stirred?)
What is status of SEIU union in Pennsylvania?
I asking because Obama was jacking aroung the SEIU in Nevada.
Yeah, but Bubba came to town, causing the Obamabots to scream, “NO FAIR!,” and tightened them up.
The Obamabots tried to rig the Nevada caucuses by holding them in some of the casinos, “the better to reach those service workers not able to take off work.”
The reach was for the Culinary WOrkers’ Union vote, which has a string AA and New American (Hispanic) membership.
Bubba went up and down Las Vegas BLVD (da Strip), gladhanding and drawing TV cameras.
Result: of the nine Strip caucus locations, SEVEN went for HRC.
The Obamabots got their clocks cleaned in this county.
Good Point. I was attempting figure out what part of the Penn. party machine BO was strong arming.
What an arrogant Ass Obama is! Yeah! You are going to be the nominee Obama. You are right. We’ll just give up now, and hand you the Presidency. We’ll ask Bush to leave the White House now, so you and Michelle can move in tomorrow, and start destroying our country. You deserve it, you know because it’s all about running un-contested for you, Isn’t it? Everyone just needs to get out of your way so your destiny can be achieved.
I DON’T THINK SO! You don’t deserve to step on the White House lawn you Anti-American arrogant fool. You are never going to be President period! And every arrogant step you take is bringing you closer to your downfall. I’m looking forward to watching your demise. And by the way, I love long dramatic movies too. Watching your tragic drama unfold is going to be movie worthy of The Oscar!
I swear to God that is totally how I feel, his antics have made me so angry I cannot contain it at a healthy level. I will vote McCain before him, no way in hell will I help him get into the WH. Again, how is it that he’ll be a “uniter?”
You took the words out of my mouth and probably out of another 100,000,000 people!
I just read the article Susan linked (is at the end) and yes, it was a clear threat b/c at the end the correspondant says:
Unbelievable…Truly disgusting.
That phone call may be the only thing to get Governor Ed Rendell to watch his tongue.
A Brown Shirt “nazi” threat. You know where this shit is going don’t you?
Yeah, and how strange of CNN to insert that in there…because from Rendell’s quote alone, I did not totally get the significance. So this was a threat? What were they threatening?
>>> What were they threatening?
Oh, maybe that Al and Jesse might descend upon him, in their borrowed jets, and stip up the local pot.
Maybe find someone to sun against Rendell?
Brown shirt indeed !! What is Obama trying to do? Pull a John Lewis on Rendell?? Now Obama will pull some shit and cry foul in PA on election day ; hell Obama is already accusing Rendell.
What do you expect from Obama when the media is telling him he’s the one 24/7 , when they convince him that he can prevaricate until the cows come home and never be called on it, when the democratic leadership shills for him. Give me a break he’s telling the governor of PA who used to be chair of the DNC I believe what, no hanky panky ? Is this because of what Casey just pulled ? I’ve heard there is no abiding affection between him and Rendell. Also, what makes Obama think that he has not done more than enough himself or through his minions to ruin the whole deal for the general? He almost sounds like Bush did when he told Gore that Jeb said he won Florida on that fafeful election night.Obama is seriously full of himself and his hubris will be his undoing.It is just a question of when.
I smell a bowl.
It’s a psy ops method of propping your enemy up, to the point he feels so entitled, so arrogant, he will do anything he chooses, sort of like Bush, and Cheney.
And given he feels an illusory absolute power, you can then tweak him, tweak his arrogance, sort of like a sculptor chipping away at a piece of wood. YOU see him, he doesn’t see you. He has, in effect, given complete control to his enemy, buying into an artificial environment that was deliberately created for him, by his foe, sort of like a Skinnerian box. That’s the ideal, anyway, this in no way indicates how Obama, and the democrats were set up, or even if they were.
Heh.
What it means for Clinton, I don’t know, what it means for Obama and the democrats, I do know: losers. I hope she perseveres, she is the only shot the democrats have at the Presidency, period.
I read this morning Bush was seeking more power for the Fed, and it occurred to me he, and they, really are trying to run the country like a corporation, the two are incompatible.
Bush and Cheney’s plans to dismantle the federal government would never have succeeded, and this one won’t either, it feels like 2005 all over again, but this time, it’s obvious nothing they plan has any hope of working, they simply don’t get it.
If he is the nominee then he’ll find out real quick what his arrogance cost him. MY VOTE.
Fuck Barack Obama and his minions. I’m fucking fed up with them, and their audacity of hope. Talk about sense of entitlement…this fucker is smug, arrogant, and full of himself. His arrogance makes Bush seem like a monk. His followers are political neophytes at best if they think trying to guilt me or others into voting for him or blaming us for a potential McCain is sound politic. Do they use this technique to get dates? “Hey baby, if you don’t go out with me, you’ll wind up with Ted Bundy”
I don’t care what they think about Clinton, she didn’t pander to me, didn’t guilt me into anything, and she got my vote. If she is the nominee in Nov, i’ll vote for her. I’m not a card carrying democrat, i’m an independent who hates the Democrats more than the Republicans. I know the Republicans are moral freaks, control mongers, coward yellow belly chicken littles, but at least they are consistent and show it. Democrats lie to you. They tell you they want impeachment, then yank it off the table when you vote for them. They are the party of inclusion, unless you live in Michigan and Florida and didn’t vote for their candidate of choice. They are all about bringing in the VOTERS, unless those voters didn’t crown their king.
I’m voting independent in November and damn proud of it, unless Clinton is the nominee and then I’ll consider it because of she will have proven to outlast all the fire storm.
Barack Obama is a fucking myth folks. His followers are enchanted by their own self-esteem floating trips. He steals his ideas from others, claims them as his own, and then scoffs when called on it. The male bonding is disgusting to watch between Leahy, Dodd, Richardson, Olbermann, Matthews, and on and on. They wreak of their own bad colognes. And I have no problem waiting out another 4 years of a Republican because I already lived thru Reagan/Bush I before the Democrats got it together. I’m not a pedestrian citizen, and I don’t mind suffering some more to not cave in to some peer pressure punk like Barack Hussain Obama.
“You know I’m going to be the nominee”
yeah, jackass, just like John Kerry was “reporting for duty”, put that in your “lockbox” and smoke it you fucking cokehead.
(note: yes, i’m in a grumpy mood, it will pass..after November when Conyers balks on his impeachment promise and proves to you yet again its all just bad theatre)
Chris, try to relax, and now that you have been effing off everybody, why don’t we examine and give serious thought to why are so many people supporting Obama
I am not challenging you or anyone on this site, but have we ever examined why you have keep blaming CNN, everybody at MSNBC, Radio hosts, better known blog sites, various journalists and commentators?
I don’t know why, but maybe we should give it some thought. What do they know that we don’t?
Isn’t it simplistic to believe as some people here suggested that everybody is ‘paid off’.
Would like to find out your, and anybody’s thoughts about this.
Thank you.
I do believe their is a relation between special interests and Obama’s media coverage. And I believe your thinking is predicated upon a dangerous metalepsis that mistakes effects for causes.
amateur etiologist here:
do not effects eventually become causes?
Thanks for briinging this up. I was wondering that myself.
I visit this site because I was looking for a group of people to engage with who are supporting Hillary, because, frankly, I don’t know anybody, professionally and socially, who are Hillary fans. But I believe you can be supporting Hillary and still try to be realistic and wanting to find out why all those we are complaining about here, the media, etc., do not.
I completely agree. I’m not what one should call a “hillary supporter”. I rarely speak about Hillary because my criticisms are already well heard by others and effectively covered. I’m focused on the myth that is Obama and the myth that his people are about the “end of the politics of destruction”.
Additionally in some events like the Bosnia story, I’m focused on the exaggerations of her attackers because I find them completely hypocritical and over the top. Including the assholes who say stuff like, “SHE TOTALLY LIED”.
No she didn’t…she was in Bosnia, she met with the people she said she met with, she published the account in her book then got cocky later. TOTALLY LIED would mean…she was really in Washington having tea, watching it on TV and just made it up.
Does she have issues? Yep, and they are well covered and getting a magnifying glass on them ever second. But she gets one slip up and it gets 10 magnifying glasses. He gets one slip up and his apologists come out.
Additionally I am well documented on NQ for stating clearly I wasn’t a supporter of either. But then some lies came out towards her, Obama’s thugs started threatening superdelegates, making arrogant comments towards her supporters, and heckling anyone who wanted to question his credentials.
On NoQuarter there were some serious questions brought up and to what outcome from the Obama supporters? Sneers, insults, calling people Rethuglicans who are clearly Democrats, and then worse…saying Clinton was dividing the party.
You know, when this all started and I still thought Senator Obama was a-okay, just that Senator Clinton was better, I really wondered about this. I felt like I was living in a twilight zone with all the Obama fawning…I liked the guy fine, but I couldn’t understand the fawning. So I figured I must be missing something and started doing independent research on my own, actually looking at his voting record, looking at his record in the state senate and I just walked away thinking “Huh??? This guy is just not qualified to be President…”
And I just don’t see how any sane person who cares about the issues, not just about charisma, can come to a different conclusion. I am smart, I am successful, and I did the leg work to try and examine this angle. To me, it is a bias, pure and simple. I think part of it is they are tired of the Clinton story, Clinton is nothing new for them, and they are sick of covering the Clintons.
But the most important lesson I have learned from this election is to trust myself. It doesn’t matter what the media says, I am just as smart as any of them, and am perfectly capable of recognizing bias when i see it.
Sam,
You are not alone. I had planned to support the Party in Nov. in the beginning. I was a Hillary supporter. But then, Obama and his gang of thugs PISSED ME OFF. Add to that the media’s BIASED coverage and then gaslighting everyone that they were being fair and square.
Chris above makes an excellent point with regard to the way the Bosnia story was covered:
“I’m focused on the exaggerations of her attackers because I find them completely hypocritical and over the top. Including the assholes who say stuff like, “SHE TOTALLY LIED”.
No she didn’t…she was in Bosnia, she met with the people she said she met with, she published the account in her book then got cocky later. TOTALLY LIED would mean…she was really in Washington having tea, watching it on TV and just made it up.”
It’s been this kind of over-the-top coverage on Hillary while giving Obama a pass on just about EVERYTHING.
Lest we forget, blogs like No Quarter, Savage Politics and voters like us FORCED the media to cover the Wright flap with any degree of scrutiny. They just couldn’t ignore what everybody was watching on youtube. They wanted to but they couldn’t.
Like you, I did my own research on Obama. And I stand by what I discovered: HE IS NOT QUALIFIED or READY TO BE POTUS!
Oh boy … DJ, are you that naive ? Did you vote for Bush in 2000 or 2004?
A better question would be how does a 2 year Senator raise 200 Mill to run for the presidency when he has no known accomplishments. You want to believe the myth? Go ahead — I will see you in the Bread Line. We have serious problems in this country and it sounds like Obama doesn’t care for us typical white people especially if we don’t vote for him.
The fat cats in this country who have given money to Obama want to stop Hillary from getting elected and going back to those evil days of the 90’s when we had peace and prosperity.
How do we know there isn’t campaign/money laundering going on for Obama - maybe coming from some questional countries in the Middle East?
There’s got to be many many reasons for his rise and we aren’t privy to the info folks. Politics as usual I guess.
Rezko wanted the Illinois Governor to run for President but the gov got caught and so did Rezko. Do you think they fingered Obama for President to do some evil work?
I’m sure Rezko will expect a pardon at the very least if he wins the nominee and the general. With the Wright stuff coming to light, I don’t think he has a prayer in the general though. Too many people have doubts about him now and the Republicans are going to exploit his weakness over and over on patriotism. Michelle opened her mouth, Wright opened his, Obama didn’t have his hand on his hear, blah, blah, blah. It’s crazy to have him for the nominee. I will be very interested to see how he does in NC and PA. All the polls that I have read that show him doing well in NC, have really weird internals.
I do think that Rezko is hoping for a pardon.
“You want to believe the myth? Go ahead — I will see you in the Bread Line. We have serious problems in this country…”
This just about sums it up for me. But I don’t think he cares about black people either. He’s just exploiting our history to be POTUS.
This guy is scary. The Gov Rendell phone call is just on record.
Mimi
I think you have a great point there. I think the basic problem with Obama is that he simply is absent of any empathy. He is a very cold and calculating person without true emotional depth.
Mimi,
I agree with you. Came across this article that was very interesting read titled, Obama Plays a Crooked Game
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
“Obama ascribes all racial offenses to the past, where the only guilty white people are dead.”
http://www.blackagendareport.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=565&Itemid=1
Frig Off!! and your psycho babble DJ!! Don’t come here and patronize! You, maroon, should know better than come to a site NOT knowing anything(!!!) and treat any of us like a baboon! Frig Off, I say and don’t tell me or anyone else to ‘calm down’.
Vimes, I appreciate your view. I welcome DJ’s comments to me. I am not going to simply calm down when patronized and condescended, and I appreciate the solidarity on the issue.
As was said on CNN tonight…maybe this makes both candidates stronger…but it certainly makes me examine my own bullshit and make sure its sound. In most cases it is because its simply my view. I don’t have to quibble about my view.
And last, I type so many words on these issues that its a shame DJ and others enter the conversat