The Trail: A Daily Diary of Campaign 2008

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GOD BLESS AMERICA OUR HOME. Harvard Scholar Barack Obama.

Americans are too smart to fall for diabolical divisive Republican tricks.
Leave out divisive hate mongering (race, gender, religion).

Barack

Focus on the ECONOMY, HOMES, IRAQ WAR, OIL, ENERGY, FAMILY, MORALITY, INTERNATIONAL FRIENDSHIP, AND ONE AMERCA.

Barack Obama has a wonderful, loving, intelligent and spiritual family with high morals. This is exactly what is expected of the First Family.

If Hillary didn't run such a trashy campaign, then the American People would have been more responsive to her message whatever that was.

The dysfunctional Clintons (Billy, Hillary, Monica) disgraced the White House and will never be allowed to do that again.

Hillary's message whatever that was got lost in all of her hate, racist, and sexist mongering, which was not beneficial to Americans. McCentury McCain is doing the same, because he lacks an agenda except Bush's policies of continued failures.

Americans, Europeans and the World are under the impression that Rich Republicans are pathological liars and thieves. And they are right. False statements, cheating and undermining Democratic values are Republican tools to hurt mankind in their selfish destructive quest to own and control this beautiful world that's temporarily enjoyed by all.

Republican Failures McCain-Bush must answer to the fact that a barrel of Oil was $24 when Bush took office and now a barrel of Oil is $135. Republican rich Oil conspiracy has undermined the American People and Our Economy in their quest for selfish, destructive and greedy ill gotten super-capitalistic Wall Street gains.

MCCAIN-BUSH SEVEN YEARS AGO CHANGED A BARREL OF OIL FROM $24 INTO TODAY'S SUPER-CAPITALISTIC GREEDY OUT OF CONTROL $135.

WILL THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SIT ON THEIR HANDS AND ALLOW MCCAIN-BUSH CONTINUED OUT OF CONTROL WALL STREET SUPERCAPITALISTIC GREED TO RAISE A BARREL OF OIL TO $200?

THE PRICE OF OIL IS A NATIONAL EMERGENCY. OIL SHOULD BE IMMEDIATELY NATIONALIZED FOR UNITED STATES NATIONAL DEFENSE.

REPUBLICAN FAILURES MCCAIN-BUSH WITHIN SEVEN YEARS CHANGED A $24 BARREL OF OIL INTO A $135 BARREL OF OIL.

WERE THE REPUBLICAN FAILURES MCCAIN-BUSH SERVING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE OR SERVING THEIR SUPER-RICH FRIENDS WHEN THEY HELP CHANGE THE PRICE OF A BARREL OF OIL FROM $24 TO $135 IN JUST SEVEN YEARS?

IT'S TIME TO NATIONALIZE U.S. OIL AND THE ENERGY INDUSTRIES FOR NATIONAL DEFENSE.

300,000,000 Americans come first when it comes to the greatest benefits to the greatest number. When one percent of the population (super rich), owns and runs everything to the destruction of the ninety nine percent (typical Americans), then something must change. McCain-Bush represents greed and destruction that must stop.

If you love America, then you should inspire the American People to rise higher and HOPE for better days.

America is HOPEFUL and GREAT and will follow the HOPEFUL and INSPIRATIONAL message of Harvard Scholar Barack Obama.

This is the greatest presidential race in history, because Harvard Scholar Barack Obama is flying like an eagle.

GOD BLESS AMERICA OUR HOME. Harvard Scholar Barack Obama.

Barack Obama loves America and the troops.

Barack Obama will work with the international community to end the Iraq War in 2009.

Barack Obama will bring American troops home in 2009 and reward them with benefits for homes, college, medical care, and jobs.

American troops are overwhelmingly voting for Barack Obama

EUROPE, CHINA, RUSSIA, SAUDI ARABIA, AND SOUTH AMERICA ARE WATCHING YOU

THE WORLD IS WATCHING AMERICA'S 2008 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
THE WORLD IS WATCHING AMERICA'S 2008 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
THE WORLD IS WATCHING AMERICA'S 2008 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

AND THE WORLD WILL JUDGE WHETHER AMERICA IS SUITED TO BE ITS MORAL LEADER.
AND THE WORLD WILL JUDGE WHETHER AMERICA IS SUITED TO BE ITS MORAL LEADER.
AND THE WORLD WILL JUDGE WHETHER AMERICA IS SUITED TO BE ITS MORAL LEADER.

London, Paris, Berlin, Moscow, Madrid, Rome, Tokyo, Peking, and the other capitals all look forward to cooperating with President Barack Obama.

McCain and Bush with their policies of failures are afraid to stand on stage with Harvard Scholar Barack Obama.

McCain and Bush have petitioned to have a dictionary at their disposal to keep up with Barack Obama's intellectual discourse.

McCain's public insults towards his own wife and Bush's public insults towards the AMERICAN PEOPLE have precluded them from moral judgment upon the World. McCain-Bush lacks moral and intellectual credibility to sit in judgment of the World and serve the AMERICAN PEOPLE.

AMERICA is voting in an intellectual scholar from Harvard Law to right OUR COUNTRY and prosecute the criminal super-capitalists.

The World is watching how a self professed Christian Moral Nation handles its pivotal point in history during the 2008 presidential election.

Will AMERICA rise to the occasion with maturity, dignity, intellect and grace?

Or will AMERICA degenerate into the Republican's Policy of Hate?

Will Republicans again toss evil words of hate to OUR PUBLIC and promote a filthy campaign worthy of pre-WWII Germany?

This is a pivotal time in AMERICAN history.

Will AMERICA run a dignified 2008 presidential election?

Or will AMERICA allow Hillbillies to take over the media and orchestrate the message of hate that will shock the watching World?

A barrel of oil was $24 when Bush took office.

It's time for AMERICA to nationalize Oil and Energy Industries for National Defense.

Rich Oil billionaires and Wall Street (super-capitalism) selling out OUR COUNTRY THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA for their own selfish profits is unpatriotic and treason.

AMERICA belongs to AMERICANS and not to Wall Street sell-out super-capitalists who send trillions of OUR U.S. DOLLARS overseas in chase of the highest immediate return on their private investments. Greed does not work and greed is destroying OUR COUNTRY. Dependence on foreign oil and oil billionaire businessmen are destroying OUR COUNTRY.

Immediately nationalize oil and energy industries for U.S. National Defense. It's the intelligent thing to do. AMERICANS are collectively much more important than a handful of billionaire super-capitalists on Wall Street who have allegiance to no one, but their own private, selfish, destructive, and nation undermining capital gains.

Hillary does not appear very patriotic staying in a loss race strictly to gather more money to store in her $109,000,000 favor money chest that she and Billy received from South American cartels.

Is Hillary working for the Democrats?

Is Hillary working for All AMERICANS?

Hillary is working for herself and has become and unpatriotic joke.

McCentury McSame (Bush Part III) wants to continue Bush's failed policies.

McSame (Bush III) is not very smart and will go after Hillary's Hillbilly and pig farmers votes.

MCCAIN-BUSH (POLICIES OF FAILURES) HAS A LOT TO ANSWER FOR:

WAR FOUGHT ON THE PREMISE OF UPROOTING WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION THAT WERE NEVER FOUND,

THE FAILURE TO CATCH OSAMA BIN LADEN,

MCCAIN-BUSH DISGRACEFUL PROCLAMATION "MISSION ACCOMPLISH"

MCCAIN-BUSH ASSUMPTION THAT WE WOULD BE GREETED AS LIBERATORS AND NOT INVADERS

MCCAIN-BUSH INVASION OF OUR WHITE HOUSE (AMERICA HOUSE)

TURNING IRAN INTO THE "GREATEST BENEFICIARY" OF THE IRAQ WAR

MANIPULATING THE PRICE OF OIL FROM $24.00 A BARREL TO $135.00 A BARREL. WHOSE INTEREST ARE THEY LOBBYING FOR? MCCAIN-BUSH POLICIES ARE NOT IN AMERICA'S INTEREST.

PLANS TO KEEP AMERICAN TROOPS IN IRAQ FOR 100 YEARS

PLANS TO INITIATE THE DRAFT TO SECURE ENOUGH TROOPS

These are just a few of McCain-Bush policies of failures that must stop.

AMERICA needs change now in a better direction.

Harvard Scholar Barack Obama will demonstrate how McCain-Bush has hurt OUR COUNTRY.

THE WORLD IS WATCHING HOW A SELF PROFESSED CHRISTIAN MORAL NATION HANDLES ITS PIVOTAL POINT IN HISTORY DURING THE 2008 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

EUROPE IS LOOKING FORWARD TO RENEWING FRIENDSHIP AND COOPERATION WITH THE UNITED STATES THROUGH PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA.

THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF AMERICAN SOLDIERS ARE VOTING FOR BARACK OBAMA

THE WORLD IS WATCHING ONE AMERICA.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

IT'S OFFICIAL, HILLARY CLINTON IS TRASH.

You thought that Hillary's stupidity could no sink lower and it did.

Hillary Clinton has run the worst and trashiest campaign in U.S. history and now she is not worthy to continue her carpetbagger position in the adopted state of New York.

It's fitting that Hillary is a carpetbagger for New York, considering that New York sold out the Americans and housed the British troops during the entire time of the American Revolution.

Everyone is ashamed of Hillary Clinton's trashy ways.

Tell Bill and Monica that they will never again deface the honor of the White House.

Republican McCentury McCain is a weak nominee and lack the intelligence to receive the 3:00 am call from Monica calling for Bill.

Hillary and Billy (HillBilly) Clinton must immediately return the $109,000,000 favor money to the South American cartels, because their criminal political influence is over.

Americans are tired of corruption from Bush, Clinton and the old ways of McCain-Bush.

Super capitalistic privileged C- students with no business running a hotdog stands are illegally placed in the highest positions because of their ill gotten wealth.

Greed and stupidity are destroying Our Country and it must stop.

America must get back to moral decency, family values, respect, honor, scholarship, and service to the general Public.

America is about Public Service and not private greed.

Change is happening and America, Europe and the World welcome cooperation.

We The People Are Voting For Change.

"Clinton is sick," President Ford told DeFrank in 1999, the year the Senate acquitted Clinton of perjury and obstruction of justice in an impeachment trial stemming from his affair with Monica Lewinsky. "He's got an addiction. He needs treatment." Ford said Clinton had "damaged his presidency beyond repair."

President Ford told DeFrank that Clinton was brazen in his attentions to other women even when the then-president visited the Fords at their Colorado home in 1993. "I'll tell you one thing: He didn't miss one good-looking skirt at any of the social occasions," President Ford told DeFrank.

"Clinton got a wandering eye, I'll tell you that. Betty had the same impression. Clinton isn't very subtle about his interest."

President Ford described talking with Clinton during the impeachment debate and pressing him to admit that he lied to federal investigators and accept censure.

"Bill Clinton," President Ford recalled saying, "I think you have to admit that you lied. If you do that, I think that will help -- and I'll help you. If you'll admit to perjury, I'll do more."

"I won't do that," Clinton replied. "I can't do that."

As for Hillary Clinton, President Ford saw her as the driving force in their marriage. By 2002, President Ford was predicting that Hillary Clinton would be on the ticket in 2004 or 2008 but would lose the general election because the country is not yet "ready for Hillary Clinton."

I'm not an Obama-supporter, but those comments by Pflegler could have been seen on SNL or a Dave Chappelle skit. It was hilarious. Why should Obama have to answer for someone else's good time? He is throwing a whole lot of friends under the bus for this election and for what? The people who don't like him simply don't like him. His membership resignation and repudiations aren't going to change their minds. He's going to be real lonely after he loses in November. (And for those who think the WaPo is deleting entries that make Obama look bad, a big whatev! There's tons of Obama-hating on this website.)

And has anyone honestly and transparently seen McCain distance himself from either Pastor John Hagee or Rod Parsley? It's more of the same hypocritical double standards from the typical media controlled Republican attack machine via the likes of Bill O'Reilly and Rush Limbaugh. I have to laugh when people make the audacious claim Obama has done too little too late to distance himself from Rev. Wright but, maybe we should be asking ourselves who McCain has affliated himself with for the past 20 years. From the looks of it, McCain has associated himself with religious figures with equally hateful and incendiary speech. If that weren't bad enough, one of McCain's long time friends and personal advisors Joe Lieberman said he would attend a summit in Washington with Pastor John Hagee if McCain wouldn't. They are associated with each other. What's to say that Lieberman isn't speaking to Hagee on McCain's behalf? And vice versa? Almost as if Lieberman were acting as McCain's middle man. Should make everyone stand up and think about all this smoke and mirrors BS. More typical neo-con deceptiveness going on right under our radar but, no one in the media seems to be turning their attention to them. McCain is just as guilty of religious pandering to boost his popular vote. First he told everyone he was Baptist, then a few weeks later he told everyone he was an Episcopalian. Then he decided to pander votes with the endorsements of a Baptist and Pentecostal minister? McCain has done enough neo-con, religious flip flopping in the attempt to manipulate and consolidate the conservative vote without adequately answering any questions regarding the contraversial pasts of his Pastors. For McCain, he simply says, I denounce my affiliation with these contraversial Pastors and their disturbing remarks, yet the media all point their fingers at Obama. The character or credibility of any political figures, including McCain should be scrutinized objectively, not solely from a one sided point of view. Considering Lieberman's ties to both McCain and Pastor John Hagee, I simply don't believe his problem just "went away." Like any deceptive politician, it simply went behind closed doors.

And has anyone honestly and transparently seen McCain distance himself from either Pastor John Hagee or Rod Parsley? It's more of the same hypocritical double standards from the typical media controlled Republican attack machine via the likes of Bill O'Reilly and Rush Limbaugh. I have to laugh when people make the audacious claim Obama has done too little too late to distance himself from Rev. Wright but, maybe we should be asking ourselves who McCain has affliated himself with for the past 20 years. From the looks of it, McCain has associated himself with religious figures with equally hateful and incendiary speech. If that weren't bad enough, one of McCain's long time friends and personal advisors Joe Lieberman said he would attend a summit in Washington with Pastor John Hagee if McCain wouldn't. They are associated with each other. What's to say that Lieberman isn't speaking Hagee on McCain's behalf? And vice versa? Kinda like the middle man. Should make everyone think about all this smoke and mirrors BS.

Is America ready for a female president? a black man president? I don't think so. Obama deserts his church, his people and flirts with white people who endorse him. What are the odds that Obama will win against the ancient and wise McCain? well lets say the republicans may not have wanted Hillary to win so they take the black man and endorse him even though they know he isn't goin to win. Seeing that he was ahead of Rodham, the republicans may have brought up the racism issue to tarnish him so he fails in november against their own. Where is Rodham Clinton? She is out there fighting hard to help all of us including Obama(to save him from being used by the system that doesn't like female leaders and black presidents). Obama has no solid foundation but will betray anyone to pursue his ambitions. Plus once he becomes a president, the nation will fall back into bitterness and racial wars that will cripple our already falling economy.

3-4 snippets out of 30 years worth of sermons - sheesh - and in context not so far off

And what's so damning about the quotes from his book? They aren't racist at all! READ it, use the context, consider and acknowledge that there were issues that he had to deal with as he grew up that us 'whites' never even had to think about. He's brave, and I'm sad that he had to leave his church, but I understand, and he and his family can come to mine any day. I left a 'white' church because they preached that gays were evil and cursed. Should I have stayed because I'd been there 5 years?

Enough with the feigned indignation already. Obama is damned if he quits his church, and damned if he doesn't. Just admit it - you guys are a bunch of racists and will not vote for a black guy. Ever.

Obama words: what he really thinks of white folks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lI77cU3jsFs

He was FOR Religious Based Reverse Racism(Over20 Years as just a "Christian" Convert);

BEFORE,

He was AGAINST it! ;~)

But, He did NOT have Spiritual Relations with that Preacher! :-)

So what.

This is what he has been waiting for.

He has had his use of them and has just been waiting for the excuse the drop them.

He already had the Black vote.

Do you believe his "great speech" would be so great now? I'm mean since he has dropped them?

Obama's Chickens Come Home to Roost too little, too late. The Wright controversy had revealed a major character flaw and calls into question his judgment once again and truthfulness of the candidate whose entire appeal has been based on character. Wright is like an uncle you love and respect As imperfect as he may be, he has been family to me for so many years, I can no more disown him than I can disown the black community" "I can no more disown him [Jeremiah Wright] than I can disown my white grandmother." a woman who once confessed her fear of black men after a black man had tried to shake her down for money. She gave him some, but he kept demanding more. "If the bus hadn't come, I think he might have hit me over the head," Obama says she told him. Rev Wright was right! Obama speech is ONLY for political purposes after the severe drop in polls!

Obama is now declaring himself shocked and disappointed at Wright's unrepentantly racist and anti-American views? Obamas obviously support his feelings of anti-America and white hatred that the church endorses to stay for 20 years and raise young daughters in that atmosphere Obama can no longer plausibly claim innocence in this matter, because he is the one who has encouraged Wright by trying to excuse and explain his views. All of this is why it is no use for Obama to backpedal from his association with Reverend Wright, or to denounce him six weeks after publically defending shows Obama cannot be trusted on his word.... It was Obama who sought to provide the Reverend Wright with immunity from criticism--and he can't complain when the reverend tries to take full advantage of that immunity. This is the final collapse of the noble promise of the Obama campaign. The man who had once put himself forward as the candidate who would transcend racial politics once and for all has ended up legitimizing a Christian equivalent of Louis Farrakhan--and injecting him into the American political debate. http://www.dontvoteobama.net

Obama proved Rev Wright was correct!!! When he said, he is a politician quitting the church for POLITICAL reasons only; he still believes what is spewed at that so-called White hate church of Christ!

WE DO NOT ACCEPT OBAMAS POLITICAL DAMAGE APOLOGY!!!

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

An Obama Presidency Will Set Race Relations Back Decades
Just this Sunday Father Michael Pfleger (a longtime friend and associate of Senator Obama) mocked Hillary Clinton & AGAIN ATTACKED WHTE PEOPLE at Obama's church OF 20 PLUS YEARS. "theres a whole lot of white people crying!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_H11x6bMu4Y

http://www.dontvoteobama.net

http://www.dontvoteobama.net
We already have a parallel by which to gauge what will happen in this country should Barack Obama get elected: O.J. Simpson. The so-called trial of the century is a perfect template by which to measure what will happen between black and white in this country after Obama takes the White House. You'll recall that guilt and innocence closely followed the racial divide between black and white while the O.J. trial was on going. Blacks by and large assumed he was innocent of the charges of murder. Oh, they didn't necessarily know what the evidence against him was, nor did they care. The assumptions of innocence that many blacks evinced for O.J. was built on their feelings that whites are racists and that, therefore, O.J. must be being railroaded by the white establishment. Worse, there were many blacks that didn't even care if O.J. was guilty. they wanted him free just to get even with the white justice system that they so despised. By and large, blacks in America gave O.J. a pass and his case was used as a way to attack the legal system quite regardless of the merits and evidence of the case.
Many whites, on the other hand, felt he was guilty based on the evidence they heard

Why did it take a presidential campaign for Senator Obama to make this decision? Shouldn't this decision have been made years ago based on the principles that the party stands for?

Oh get over it. You sound like a broken record. Stop passing judgement on things that you don't know.
You don't know how often Barack actually heard divisive messages in church. I'm sure he heard messages about the racism of America, but there IS a such thing as racism in America and YES black people do talk about it!!

Barack is running for president not Jeremiah Wright.

larry777 - Quit your fear-mongering with regards to Clinton supporters voting for McCain. You neglect the fact that Democrats are expected to take larger majorities in Congress. It is my belief they will take their filibuster-proof majority which would keep McCain in check. If McCain wanted to nominate Alito and Roberts-like Justices, guess what? The Democrats will vote them down. If McCain wants to veto progressive legislation passed by Democrats or veto attempts to bring out troops home, the Democrats will simply override his vetoes.

So quit your fear-mongering because it isn't going to work! The DNC and its RBC need to be punished and voting for McCain is the best way to punish them!

BO is a true politican..

He will do anything to get elected..

You can disown a church, but never the 20 year influence it has on you.

This guy obviously used this church and its pastor to gain political advantage in the Chicago political community many years ago. This church was fine for him, Michelle, and the children until he felt he had to appeal to white people, it was then that he began the distancing process. First dis-inviting Reverend Wright from speaking at his announcing for president event, then throwing him under the bus for the well known remarks, now selling out the entire church!
If Obama will sell out his entire church, its new pastor, and its members, he'd certainly be capable of anything once President. He admitted today during the press conference to announce that he'd resigned from the church, that it had been several months since he'd even attended services. This guy is revealing himself to be quite the poser. I'm out, won't vote for him under any circumstances now.

Oh Barack the "magic N E G R O", the fat lady has sung, it's going to be a slow and painfull death for your political ambitions. Did you really think you had what it took to be president of the US? Personally, I wouldn't want you in charge of a bible school class, much less in charge of the US military. Hope you enjoy spending the rest of your life as a racist, blame USA hate-monger. And would you please shut your freakin wife's mouth up?!!!

PRESIDENT CLINTON WAS IMPEACHED FOR NOT SAYING THE TRUTH ABOUT MONICA AND THIS GUY OBAMA WAS IN THAT CHURCH FOR 20 YEARS AND NOW HE IS SEPARATING HIMSELF FROM IT BECAUSE HE DID NOT KNOW WHAT WAS HAPPENING THERE!!! WHAT A BIG LIE!!!!!

I support Hillary Clinton.

There are penalties for breaking rules. EVERYBODY on that Committee including Hillary's supporters (like Ickes, who passed the penalties in the first place), knew that a full reinstatement was not going to happen. The formula Democrats followed in halving delegate votes is the same one the Republicans followed.

You can be as angry as you want about the process not advantaging Hillary, that is your right; but don't pretend it's because somehow the right to fairness and justice have been perverted. It's an insult to our intelligence to suggest so and I refuse to engage in intellectual dishonesty.

Hillary mismanaged her campaign and was outsmarted by a better opponent, her chance is gone and I want a Democrat in the White House more than I want Hillary in the White House.

"What is more ... voters in Florida and Michigan are only half the citizens, half the voters, half the human beings because that's the only way Obama can declare victory on Tuesday night.
Am I just dreaming or is it that Democratic Party just committed self-immolation and handed over the White House to the Republicans?

Posted by: ithinker | May 31, 2008 11:17 PM"

ithinker needs help. Ithinker obviously has not kept up with this primary situation in MI or FL or what Sen. Clinton said.

I, for one, like to play by the rules, whatever they are. To change rules after the game has been played or even during the playing of the game is not fair under any circumstance. Both candidates have presented appeals that MI and FL votes be recognized.

The math is too daunting for Sen. Clinton under any situation. She is the one who decided that the caucuses should be avoided. This was a decision that she and her campaign made without any rulings by the DNC. To support the intent of the DNC rules and based on materials that the Obama campaign received, he decided not to have his name placed in the Michigan primary. It is too his credit and the credit of the other candidates who did similarly that as many voters showed up to vote "uncommitted."

Who would have ever guessed that the Democratic Party would have fielded two such stellar candidates for this election cycle? Unfortunately for Hillary, she led her campaign down the path of sarcasm and theatrics. Bill Clinton also got caught up in a campaign style that I have not seen him do before. Both Clintons have been tarnished as a result of this campaign.

McCain is not a viable candidate for the Republicans. However, it looks like our infighting may give the country worse than Bush III. McCain is proving his senility on a daily basis. Without his handlers, he would be no where.

Hillary has her own baggage. She wants to get things done, but was instrumental in the failed attempt to get healthcare reform when assigned this task by husband Bill. She has the highest negative ratings of any candidate before the American people today. There are people who will not vote for Obama only because he is Black. There are people who will not vote for Hillary because she is Hillary. Sad, but true. I know these people. They are churchgoing Christian people.

Obama has done a courageous thing by resigning his membership in his church of 20 years. I've been in mine for over 30 years and have thought about it many times. If you ask a typical church member in an urban church, I am sure that changing churches has come up in his/her mind more than once. Most people do not change for many reasons, the main one is the problem of building new friendships in a new church. For all intents and purposes, there is a little "conservative" in each one of us. Changing is hard.

Regarding Washington, a change is needed now. Our country is going down a hole and fast. You can thank George Bush that so many Americans have come out to vote for a woman and a black man during these primaries. Think about this, all of you prejudiced people out there.

Of the three candidates left standing, Obama has presented his vision for America in his book, The Audacity of Hope. It is in black and white for all to read. Hillary wrote, It Takes a Village. A nice book, but not one to use as the backbone of a presidential campaign. Obama's book has some of the most profound political writings of the 21st century. The author of this book knows the way. Obama is still the one to carry us forward.

Chief said @May 31, 2008 11:17 PM

"Hussein is going to be in a bind now."

@Chief :
I thought the 'neocons' killed him.

@Chief stop confusing folks... isn't Hussein dead? Oh, not far as HRC know?

lary777 is an idiot.

Both major parties deserve to go away.

We've seen what the neo-Republicans can do. But voting Democrat is not going to change the trajectory of government - it will continue to grow in power and scope, and these very charismatic people will continue to sell us on "hope" and "change". I am done buying this from the power climbers in Washington. Obama may be a nice fellow, but he is a climber like all the rest. These people are a special class, and will never make the same sacrifices they ask us to make, ever. I am done voting for more government for government's sake. I am voting libertarian, or "no confidence."

In other news, an aging Hitler quit his membership in the National Socialist party, citing its extremism. "I know I belonged for 80 years," said Hitler," but I've only just started listening to what goes on there. I can't support some of these extreme positions".

It is sad but necessary that Barack and Michelle Obama have had to resign from Trinity United Church of Christ (TUCC). As a UCC member for my whole life, and as the (white) son of a UCC clergyman, I hope that this resignation from Trinity UCC does not end Obama's connection with the UCC as a denomination.

Power in the UCC is very decentralized, and folks in the religious groups with traditional top-down church government (Roman Catholic, Episcopal, Methodist) can't seem to understand that. My father was politically quite liberal, but he believed that it was inappropriate for him to endorse or condemn politicians or political causes during sermons. Pastors of his generation tended to follow that same rule.

TUCC does NOT represent the entire UCC denomination, but is atypical in being very large (~8,000 members) and mostly black. It has gone its own way, and there is no mechanism in place by which the central UCC denominational office can force it to put on the brakes with respect to what can be said from its pulpit.

TUCC has done a lot of good in its community, but would have been an albatross around Obama's neck. It's totally clear that he himself is not a racist; I have read both of his profound books cover to cover. Those who criticize him for resigning, or for not resigning sooner, are overlooking TUCC's record of good works and also the inability of one member family to control what is said from the TUCC pulpit.

I still enthusiastically support Obama for President.

Secular Liberalism in America certainly doesn't work very well, but Christian Conservatism doesn't work at all - 7 Bush/Cheney faith-based government finally proves it. The great shame of the modern American Christian Conservative movement is not that it has hijacked our politics, but that it has hijacked our religion. Our churchly TV pundits are no different our retired TV generals, and no less insidious a threat to both our democracy and our religious heritage. To the average American, religion is a personal issue - the driving force behind all this noise and conflation is from the networks, and after the Pentagon/Media Analyst debacle it's hard not to see all the yapping heads on the news as totally corrupted on this story as well. Obama does well to move on to the issues that real Americans are actually concerned about. The heads on TV should pay attention, lest in the end they roll.....

Yo Barry

Your chickenssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

Are Coming Hoooooooooooooooooooooooooome

To Roooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooost

The Honorable Rev Chevy

"Why would someone who is really hateful aspire to lead a country?"

Happens all the time in third world countries. Happened big time in Germany and Japan in the 1930's, and World War II was the result. And, occasionally, haters run for and hold high office in the U.S.

ithinker wrote: "...voters in Florida and Michigan are only half the citizens, half the voters, half the human beings because that's the only way Obama can declare victory on Tuesday night.
Am I just dreaming or is it that Democratic Party just committed self-immolation and handed over the White House to the Republicans?"

Maybe you should read the papers more often, "thinker".

Then you'd know that the Republicans have already cut Mich + Fla's delegate totals in half for exactly the same reason.

Sad to say (because it's true), but Rev. Moss 's comments about Hillary ring true. He just made them in the wrong setting.

It sounds like a good number of posters here are sycophants of Rush Limbaugh and Karl Rove continuing to Cause Chaos which the two Ditto-Head-Puppet-Masters instructed you to do.

The rest of the negative posts are evidently angry women who still are supporting Hillary.

This message is for women who desperately want to see a woman elected as President:

1. Hillary was too devisive of a character. She had so much baggage that some of you young women have not even heard of and some of the rest of you older women have evidently forgotten. An 18 year old who is getting to vote for the first time was born in 1990 just as Bill and Hillary were campaigning for their first co-presidency.

2. At present, there are three great women governors who are getting the experience needed to be Presidential candidates in 2016, hopefully the next time we have to change our President.

3. If you want to read about all the baggage the Republicans would have thrown at Hillary, read these two biographies of her: "Hell to Pay" by Barbara Olson and "A Woman in Charge" by Carl Bernstein."

4. Be very cautious in deciding who to vote for in November. Don't throw away your chance to vote for a Democrat. John McCain is very strong on "The Right to Life." If he should win two terms as a Republican President, he will be responsible for appointing 4 judges to the Supreme Court who will change the Supreme Court for decades to come. McCain has stated that he will pick judges who are against abortion. - He wants only "right to life" judges. . . Now even 60% Republican women are "Pro-Choice" in their views on abortion, and some of them are going to move over and vote for a Democrat. How many of you want to give up your right to have an abortion is you should become pregnant as a result of rape or incest or if a doctor told you that you were going to have a severely deformed baby or if a doctor told you that you would die is you didn't abort a baby due to your own physical problems?

Democratic Women - - Think very carefully before you attempt to destroy Barack Obama. Instead, let's unite around our Democratic candidate. We have the chance this year to put a good man in the Presidency for 8 years and to elect many new Democratic Senators and Representatives.

Please don't ruin the Democrats chances to win this November.

From this article and his quotes Hussein indicates he seems to be going white. Seems black churches might be a little too radical. Isn't that what he said. Got those blacks in line and now lets get the whites in line. It's too late. You done stepped in your on dodo of your own making.
Hussein, are you sure you want to be one of your typical white racist. Your words.

'he acknowledged that joining another black church might be equally problematic. "There's a different religious tradition, or a worshiping style, in some of the African American churches," he said'
Damn. Throwing black churches under the bus too. What a scum bag.

Lynn said @May 31, 2008 11:12 PM

"You know what he's probably doing with his left hand while his right one is typing."

@Lynn :

Classless just like HRC. nuff said.

There may be a Hillary supporter somewhere who DIDN'T support the invasion of Iraq, but I've never met one, that's for sure.
Posted by: OD | May 31, 2008 8:38 PM
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OD:
Well, I'm one.
I'm a Hillary supporter since she ran for the Senate.
And I'm a military wife.
My husband is retired now, after 33 years with the U.S. Army and the Texas Air National Guard as a reservist.
When the war drums began throbbing in the fall of 2002, we turned off the news in this house because my husband, who was still serving at the time, became so upset.
He knew it was coming because his unit had been tooling up for war since the first weekend after Bush was inaugurated in 2001, 9 months BEFORE 9/11.
9/11 -- all those people died to afford that venal snake in the White House and his cabal an excuse to invade Iraq.
All through the fall of 2002, everyone kept saying, "Why Iraq?"
No one could answer that question.
We all knew the sales campaign was a crock.
My husband was summoned to serve in Kuwait, but because of some medication he was taking and his age, was held back, and given his retirement papers.
As one after the other, the administrations paper-mache excuses were ripped away, nothing surprised us.
We knew it was all about a personal vendetta and for the oil, thanks to Cheney's secret meetings.
Later, we found out that the even-larger gold mine the cabal dipped into were the no-bid contracts, the reason why this war was fought "off-budget."
So, OD, don't say you didn't hear from me.

Problem is, as I see it, one day Obama awoke and found himself a viable candidate for President of the United States of America.

I really believe this. It just happened as in a surprise does when winning the lottery.

However, and especially now, it ain't enough to just be very bright and articulate. If we are honest about this the job is really complicated. Now, Bill Clinton was the chief executive of his state for many years. And he is very bright and articulate.

However, we know that he had a difficult time at the job. It got off to what I consider as a somewhat messy start.

And the place wasn't as broken then as it is right now.

So...Mr. Obama has more then his work cut out for him. And I don't care how many "advisors" he has and how competent and experienced those "advisors" are. I care about POLICY, and implementing policy.

And I really have trouble visualizing his hitting the ground running fast and breaking into a sweat. I more visualize him waking up in the job and asking just what the heck have I let myself in for.

As for Mrs. Clinton, well, she's going to need more work then "This Old House" ever did. And that's with all the help of Home Depot and Bob Villas together.

@Chevy :

The hotel you stayed at last night is missing some white sheets and pillow cases. Did you get one for "Toxic Avenger" too?

Today, Obama wants McCain to own up to his misspeak on the troop count in Iraq.

The bigger question is, when is Obama going to own up to his own errors in judgment?

Obama needs to start holding himself to the same standards he's demanding of his opponents.

I'm actually sad to hear he felt it necessary to resign from his church.

For those who want it to matter, it's too late, as many of them have posted. For me, it's one of those ittybitty-isms that have no meaning. As is, it's a symbolic jesture meant to appease those who want it to matter.

If we were all held responsible for statements made by our associates (incidental or otherwise) we would find it necessary to inact laws to prevent communication. The world would become a SILENT place. Think about it.

He did the right thing, regardless. I am not sure about Obama yet, but I am sure this was the right act. Maybe there is something to them after all.

Hussein is going to be in a bind now. No church to attack Hillary and McCain from. This is the point Husseinuts miss. He used his church to attack his opponent. That is as low life as one can get. Don't say he had no control over it. Pure BS. These two guys were on his staff. Didn't Axelrod make the statement that candidates could control their supporters when one of Hillary's got off base. Old Scum Bucket keeps apologizing after the fact.
Too late for Hillary but not too late for Nov.

Yo Barry

Your chickenssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

Are Coming Hoooooooooooooooooooooooooome

To Roooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooost

How sad ... the candidate of hope, the candidate of change is without a church and his spiritual advisors tonight.
Another funny thing happened today. The democratic Party establishment embraced Obama as their candidate, giving him votes in Michigan that he never received. What is more ... voters in Florida and Michigan are only half the citizens, half the voters, half the human beings because that's the only way Obama can declare victory on Tuesday night.
Am I just dreaming or is it that Democratic Party just committed self-immolation and handed over the White House to the Republicans?

http://www.dontvoteobama.net/

Any wise person, like Obama, knows that when it comes to the "herd", you can never win. Fox News has become a full time anti-Obama firewall for those who practice baseless negativism as dogma, even if their polar attitudes ultimately make their economic lives worse! Can you say "rational objectivity"?
Imagine our fingers being constantly at war with each other because they fail to understand that they are part of the same hand. So it is in war, or even blogs where people can only lift themselves up by tearing others down, not knowing that there are no "others", only SELF!! The real church is neither made of glass, wood or stone!
"It's in us, and all around us!"

If only Obama would declare all religion to be a foolish fraud unbefittting of a rational reasonable person, I would send him a $2300 check tommorrow! Sadly, this would be more likely to cost him election than 20 years at UCC.

Hey AsperGirl, the WaPo is deleting a lot of my posts as well.

Don't let that trash typing moron bother you for a minute. You know what he's probably doing with his left hand while his right one is typing.

Any wise person, like Obama, knows that when it comes to the "herd", you can never win. Fox News has become a full time anti-Obama firewall for those who practice baseless negativism as dogma, even if their polar attitudes ultimately make their economic lives worse! Can you say "rational objectivity"?
Imagine our fingers being constantly at war with each other because they fail to understand that they are part of the same hand. So it is in war, or even blogs where people can only lift themselves up by tearing others down, not knowing that there are no "others", only SELF!! The real church is neither made of glass, wood or stone!
"It's in us, and all around us!"

Proverbs says "Do not mock."

This Priest mocked as if he has had a lot of practice. Why does he wear the cloth?

Jesus is very clear on adultry. In this life, sin has consequence. When anyone blames anyone else for their state of being, how can they be sure they got the attribution right?

Unless they are without sin...

Obams

Your chickenssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

Are Coming Hoooooooooooooooooooooooooome

To Roooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooost

PRESIDENT CLINTON WAS IMPEACHED FOR NOT SAYING THE TRUTH ABOUT MONICA AND THIS GUY OBAMA WAS IN THAT CHURCH FOR 20 YEARS AND NOW HE IS SEPARATING HIMSELF FROM IT BECAUSE HE DID NOT KNOW WHAT WAS HAPPENING THERE!!! WHAT A BIG LIE!!!!!

too little too late. we all know where his heart truly is. He will stay faithful to that church on the down low and continue to support them. Right now he is like the little boy who has been caught with his hand in the cookie jar for the second time and is trying his damnest to not have to stand in the corner. He is so transparent.

If Obama loses election is he going to go back to his church? Will he ask Rev. Wright for spiritual advise?

Obama did the right thing. I'm sure it was an agonizing decision for him and his family. But it is obvious that the Repub party will do anything necessary to win. Disenfranchising voters due to the color of their skin, using machines to cheat, and shamelessly mimicking a U.S. war veteran are shameless, nefarious deeds. But the GOP has done it. Wingnut partisan hacks like Karl Rover, FOX News, and the Washington Times will do everything possible to keep a Democrat out of the White House, let alone a person of color. So all things considered, Obama made the right move. No offense, but McCain cannot remember where he is sometimes. Dems can win in November the old fashioned way - by earning it.

Can you spell SET-UP certain staff members of Trinity church, or Father Pfleger must be under-cover CLINTON supporters. This MAKES ABSOLUTLY NO SENSE. Why would his long time church family continue to allow him to be humiliated knowing this type of nonsense could ultimately hurt him? Remember Rev Wright was asked to speak at the white house during President Clinton problems with Monica. I'm sorry that Sen. Obama had to leave his church, church family ties are hard and painful to cut.

However I believe you can listen to divisive, backward, rhetoric and still form an educated opinion based on the truth as you see it. Example "YOUNG BLACK MALES" are told everyday their not smart as WHITE MALES, they will either end up in jail or dead, the only thing their good for is being an athlete, rapper, OR drug dealers. There is never any stereotype surrounding an educated BLACK MALE all the statements above are divisive, but with these types of stereotypes stacked up against them there are those BLACK MALES that still prevail. So yes Obama did attend the church for approximately 20 years but his awareness, integrity, intuitiveness would allow him to formulate an educated opinion on matters he disagrees with.

There is NO other candidate that has the poise, confidence, intellect, and experience in working with all types of people for a common goal other then MY FRIEND Senator Obama.

Please let's learn to walk in another man shoes before we judge a lesson all American's should challenge ourselves on.

OBAMA 08

Oh, what's the score in the baseball game???
Posted by: | May 31, 2008 10:46 PM

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Nats are down 4-0 in the 9th. Bergmann pitched a pretty good game, though.

Enough with the "what's the big deal about Rev. Wright occasionally being controversial". And, "so what does this have to do with Obama". Just imagine a non-black candidate's preacher and spiritual adviser, disparaging the marital problems of Obama and Michele. Imagine this same preacher speaking in the same tone against a Black American politician, using the N-word. That candidate would rightly be challenged about his association with such a hateful and racist pastor. It would not be enough that a white candidate denounce the pastors words, he would have to explain why he contributed money to the "church". In fact, I don't think Americans would care to hear about White Liberation Theology. This white candidate would be rightly be run out of contention.

You're 20 years too late Barry. Even Oprah had the sense to leave years ago.

Oh dear...the clay feet keep showing...what fools democrats are to put this untested 'wunderkind' on display as our representative. Not to say Hillary doesn't have just as much baggage...but these close allies of Obama are really jerks...who else is waiting in the wings? Why aren't we forcing candidates (and current elected officials) to speak to the REAL issues?

So, let me get this straight, WJS. Your argument is that Obama is a politician. Thanks for the update!

The idea of a President who is from without the expectations of the cultural mainstream is more than a bit confusing to people. I'd also say worrisome to others and a alien to most.

Hence, when looking the issue straight in the face we are looking into a culture that many of us are unfamiliar with.

And if we factor the idea of ABUSE OF BLACK PEOPLE into this, and factor the history of SLAVERY into this, and factor the issue of SCHOOL SEGREGATION into this then we are, perhaps, just now REALIZING THAT THERE JUST MIGHT BE A FEW BLACK PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO JUST MIGHT HARBOR A BIT OR RESENTMENT TOWARD the mainstream of America and it's Character.

However, I gotta believe and I DO believe that Mr. Obama is so much a better prospect to be President than McCain that I will not for a moment hesitate to vote for him.

And I will believe with all of my intellect and with all of my heart that HE WILL DO A WONDERFUL JOB as President. He will begin to repair this BROKEN NATION.

And he will not and I mean NOT allow RESENTMENT to defer to principle when governing our nation.

I BELIEVE HE IS ABOVE THIS. And I believe so because there's going to be nothing to gain from acting on resentment.

He would hurt ALL OF AMERICA by doing so and he knows that.

Just let's be honest with ourselves and believe this is not a petty man. And that he will take his oath of office seriously.

That is a good place to begin.

I betcha some of these same people who are so appalled at the priest making fun of Hillary and declaring that she has a white person's complex have used the "N" word on multiple occasions and thought nothing of it..but..because they are not on camera ..it's ok.. such a double standard and why may I ask is it such a crime to mock Hillary..I believe that she did use the crying card to win New Hampshire...and the white people card to win PA ..so she made herself the subject of a late night joke..it just happened to be a priest instead of a comedian.

After today's DNC 'love fest' for Obama, this Idaho Democrat after 45 years of consistly voting in every election, will stay home in protest, and will never cast a vote for this rude, arrogant and untested upstart Senator who has the audacity to think he deserves to be President of the United States of America! Talk about entitlement!

So after 20 years, and just 5 months before the election, Obama just NOW decides to walk away from his friends and parishioners? Why? Because they're in his way? Sounds pretty shallow to me. Or is it that he was never really close to them, and his so-called religious life was all a ruse? He's no different than the Clintons. He'll do anything to get elected. He's not fresh. He's not a beacon of "hope." He's just another politician with a really good spin doctor pulling the wool over our eyes. Face it - nobody can get this far in a Presidential Election without playing old-fashioned, hard-ball politics. Obama's just blind-folding his supporters into believing his sainthood.

"Please do your job Washington Post! How can you allow such comments? There is nothing in this anonymous, cowardly, hateful comment that advances the discussion.

"AsperGirl,

go have oral sex with your ugly girlfriend and maybe try to shave once a year too, you box-eating, hippie lesbian

Posted by: | May 31, 2008 10:09 PM "
Posted by: Rosemary | May 31, 2008 10:34 PM

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Rosemary:

They're not deleting comments like this toward me, but they are deleting my comments like my response to it, where I describe about how Trinity is homophobic as well as racist and sexist.

The deletions on the Washington Post are all about removing information that makes Obama look bad, but sexism, racism and verbal abuse is okay, especially if it's against a Clinton supporter.

It's the same double-standard that applies that says that black-on-white racist hate speech at Trinity by Obama insiders is supposed to be ignored by the Post. Hell, its own staff writers and editorials posted a lot of sexist, mysogynistic and strange Clinton-bashing. They're okay with it and I'm used to it.

Obama not only sat at UCC for 20 years. He took advantage of UCC to advance his political goals. Now, his Church, where he found Jesus, where he got married, baptised his daughters, and got spiritual advise, serves no practical purpose. He had to move on. That's what honest, principled people do.

That's the change we've been waiting for!!!

May God be with you Obama as you find another worship center for you and your family to join and worship at.

What's the big deal about whether or not Obama sat in some church pew listening to a preacher twisting Biblical phrases to adhere to whatever point was being made? That's what Hagee, Parsley, Robertson, Falwell, et al do too - and gee, no one in their "right" mind would call those white preachers liberal Democrats. . . I guess Biblical hatred being shouted from the mountaintops is okay in this country as long as the preacher is a white conservative evangelical Christian Republican. . . .so much for that "shining city on a hill". . .

It's fine for "Christians" to discriminate against homosexuals. It's fine to slaughter animals for food because they are only animals.

Where's all the moaning and crying about that???

Religion and America are built upon HATE!

Oh, what's the score in the baseball game???

And oh what a "coincidence" that he just happens to do this on the very day the committee is voting on how to resolve FL and MI. The DNC is making so many backroom deals with this chump they need an entire hotel to conduct their meetings.

The racists are again coming out of the woodwork, where they hide and destroy the moral structure of our country.

Tillie: learn to spell, honey. As Al Pacino might have said, "No, YOU'RE the piece of work. YOU'RE the piece of work."

rskin: You seem to be Tillie with a spell checker. You, too, should eat dirt.

triciaautr: Sorry, but Obama can't slip in and out of being black and white. He's both, but you racists can only see the black part. That's what makes you bigoted. Wake up and smell the coffee of tomorrow. Race isn't going to count to the next generation, Hallelujah.

Jason: Obama's father may have been Muslim, but in case you didn't notice, he took a hike when Obama was 2 years old, or so. You, sir, are another bigoted idiot. I might also point out to you that the Constitution specifically FORBIDS a religious test for political office.

anonymous at 8:27, what's a "kkk meating," a bbq where they wear their sheets? You're a Republican't through and through, so we care not a whit what you think.

SukieTawdry: What an apt name! You seem to believe, like Clinton, that "mainstream" is a synonym for "white." I've got some demographic news for you. Pretty soon "mainstream" is going to be "of color." You better get down with that, girl.

ds in houston: Racist ties? How about Reagan using race to turn the South to the Republican Party (the Southern Strategy)? Did that turn you against Reagan? Have you ever listened to the Nixon tapes? The Republican'ts ARE the party of racism. Wake up!

akg: if you think "Chicago south" is the most dangerous place in the country, I've got some places I'd like to sell you in South Central LA, Hunter's Point SF, and almost anywhere in Baltimore.

Hey Hopelessnonetheless...I truly hope Obama looses the election...he's an empty suit. No wonder he voted "present" so many times in IL...he would actually have to make a decision. We need a leader not a person who can make speeches.

So what else can this guy do to absolve himself of relationships that he things are not good for his career.

grandmother, Rev. Wright, his first literary agent who launched him, his church...

who's next? ...his wife?

do you want this man for president!

Fellow Americans:
It is always sad when politics is employed to destructive ends.
I implore all of those convinced that the Obamas and members of Trinity are racists to carefully and if need be quietly/privately ask yourself is this your true belief? Why would someone who is really hateful aspire to lead a country? It makes no sense. What saddens me most about these entries is how little hope there is for a truly unified America. The world is leaving this great nation behind. We are struggling economically and we are divided into red and blue states, liberal and conservative people and haves and have nots. There is no time for all of the anager and bitterness that exisits among people who need each other realistically.
I truly hope that Senator Obama wins the election. I feel strongly that he is a man of true character and I think that he will be good for the country.
Please use Sunday to pray for God's mercy and direction.
A sad American

Please do your job Washington Post! How can you allow such comments? There is nothing in this anonymous, cowardly, hateful comment that advances the discussion.

"AsperGirl,

go have oral sex with your ugly girlfriend and maybe try to shave once a year too, you box-eating, hippie lesbian

Posted by: | May 31, 2008 10:09 PM "

Everything Obama has done in his life has been done in the name of political expediency. He turned on his friend Alice Palmer,he threw his white grandmother under the bus in his "race speech", he disowned Pastor Wright, now he disowns his church of 20+ years, all for political gain. Will he disown Jesus next for his 30 pieces of silver[ie the Presidential nomination].
This NOT the kind of person I want as my President. Someone who can so easily disown anyone or anthing that is not a political gain for him. Will he disown the American people for the next gain that is good for Obama?

Three years ago I moved from the San Francisco Bay Area to Rural Southern Michigan to care for my parents. Mom died in February at age 87. Dad is 91. We worship at the church my Dad's family helped charter nearly 180 years ago. As a christian and an Obama supporter I worship freely in this church with constituants who likely would disagree with me politically as well as spitiually. But we have thrived for so long because of a higher common purpose and respect one another as we would like to be respected.

Barack was a different kind of democrat, he is the religious kind, man of faith

the problem is that he is running away from his faith and church because it was the voodoo faith

Barack spent many years in community service in the south chicago area - so if he was a leader, you would think that Chicago south side is a better place than say 20 years back,
NO Chicago south is the most dangerouf place in the country

Critics: Obama endorsements counter calls for clean government

By David Jackson and John McCormick
June 12, 2007
there was little controversy earlier this year when Sen. Barack Obama endorsed Mayor Richard Daley over two black opponents for a sixth term, lending his star power to an inevitable rout.

But Obama's record of local endorsements -- one measure of how he has used his nascent political clout -- has drawn criticism from those who say it reflects his deference to Chicago's established political order and runs counter to his public calls for clean government.

In the 2006 Democratic primary, for example, Obama endorsed first-time candidate Alexi Giannoulias for state treasurer despite reports about loans Giannoulias' family-owned Broadway Bank made to crime figures. Records show Giannoulias and his family had given more than $10,000 to Obama's campaign, which banked at Broadway.

Obama endorsed former Ald. Dorothy Tillman (3rd), calling her "a very early supporter of my campaign." Tillman was then under fire for her stewardship of the scandal-plagued Harold Washington Cultural Center, where contracts benefited members of her family.

Obama rejected the notion that such endorsements conflict with his promotion of ethics reform in government.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/chi-obama_endorse_12jun12,0,484394.story

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enough said about the "change we can't believe in".

The same fools posting over and over again. Calling a black man running for president a racist. You either have no idea what you're talking about or you're being completely disingenuous. I can't think of what's worse.