Ten Days and Counting
Barack Obama has not taken questions from his traveling press corps in the form of a media availability for ten days now. While we don’t expect to have one prior to when polls close tomorrow in Pennsylvania, Senior Advisor David Axelrod told reporters today, “I’m sure that he’ll be spending time with you sometime soon.”
For the past three days the travelers have been clamoring for an “avail.” On Saturday, Obama campaign staffers promised the group there would be a chance to question the senator on board his train during his “On Track for Change” tour, but it mysteriously went away. The campaign informed us they’d try to reschedule it for Sunday, but later said they couldn’t fit it into Obama’s schedule. Perhaps today, Monday? The campaign said they could add one at any time, but as of 9:30pm, not yet.
Obama notoriously holds fewer media avails than the other two candidates left in the race, so reporters covering the Democrat often resort to lobbing questions to him on the fly – on a ropeline following an event, on the tarmac at the airport, or while the candidate is pressing the flesh at a retail stop along the trail – at a Dunkin’ Donuts in New Hampshire or a Iowa supermarket, for example. This way of questioning the candidate comes with mixed results, however.
Last Friday a reporter threw Obama a question on a Pennsylvania tarmac as he deplaned and the candidate obliged with a two sentence response. He made a blip of news, but Obama’s senior aides were none too happy and admonished press wranglers for not loading the press buses sooner. Other times, however, Obama will scold the reporter – usually with a smile or a wink – or just ignore the question all together.
Just today, when asked about former President Jimmy Carter’s meeting with Hamas, Obama replied, “Why is it that I can’t just eat my waffle?” The reporter responded, “I’m just asking…” Obama put an end to question period by winking and saying, “I’m just gonna eat my waffle right now.”
Later when Obama taped an appearance on “The Daily Show,” the print pool reporter allowed to witness the interview attempted and failed to get a comment from the candidate. Here’s her dispatch: “On the way into the studio, I asked Obama why he felt it important to respond to the late-breaking Clinton ad with an ad of his own and what he thought of her ad. “Are you supposed to be doing this with the pool?” he asked, and laughed. Then he sat down and had the earpiece put in. I asked him if he’d give us a comment after the taping and he said, “Maybe, it depends on how well behaved you are.” But then after the taping, I was whisked off ahead of him and didn’t get to bug him again.”
Other reporters who travel regularly with the candidate have similar stories. Once while sorting through stuffed animals and Lego sets at a Toys-for-Tots toy drive in New Hampshire before Christmas, Obama gladly answered questions from the press about the holiday. But when a reporter asked Obama a substantive question on the Iraq war, he chided, “That wasn’t a question about Christmas,” and walked away. “But it was a good try,” he added with a disarming smile.
Another time while walking through a factory in Pennsylvania with a gaggle of press surrounding him, Obama was asked to react to a bit of news. Slightly exasperated, he replied, “See, this is what we get,” to no one in particular. He did not answer the question.
To be fair, Obama does frequently sit down with local media outlets and on occasion, as he did today, taped interviews with anchors with the three big networks and “The Daily Show.” We’ll keep you posted on when he holds another avail for the traveling press - which he typically has done the day after a big primary.
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His speech writers must be on vacation. Lord knows, he doesn’t have a thought on his own.
Obama doesnt like suprise un rehearsed questions. Especially questions off his associations because he is one son of b* and guilty…. it will be a cold day in hell before i give this idiot my vote.
Yep, agree, Cheerleader in Chief is NOT what we need, No WAY, NO HOW, NEVER would I vote for Obama or Shrill because of their terrible socialism policies.
He is such a joke. He can’t take any questions??? What the hell is he going to do when it is
people other then just the media? How about a foreign issue???? I am so embarrassed when
it comes to Obama. I just want him to go away!!!
It still amazes me that people are easily impressed by NOTHING and actually he and Schrill would be VERY DANGEROUS & DESTRUCTIVE for our country. Romney was my 1st choice now hoping for McCain/Romney, but will vote for McCain regardless.
This used car salesman gone politician is a gutless wonder. I bet Obama had his share of ass kickin’ when he was young with this attitude.
Substance Abuse
A widely forwarded e-mail claims that Obama’s bills are more substantive and numerous than Clinton’s. Don’t believe it.
Obama’s Oil Spill
Obama says he doesn’t take money from oil companies. We say that’s a little too slick.
Barack Hussien Obama
Wright
Rezko
Farrakhan
William Ayers
Black Phanther
Malcolm X
They are the same kind or type of people.
It is up to you now to decide what is best for our country.
“Birds of the same feathers flock together.”
“Tell me your friends are, and I tell you who you are.”
What a scary thought ahead for our country…
Think people… think…
Just today, when asked about former President Jimmy Carter’s meeting with Hamas, Obama replied, “Why is it that I can’t just eat my waffle?” The reporter responded, “I’m just asking…” Obama put an end to question period by winking and saying, “I’m just gonna eat my waffle right now.”
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How arrogant. I would get fired. How anyone could even think of voting for this guy is beyond me…He is rude..and is a COWARD…ARAID to answer the hard questions heck he’s afraid to answer any questions. I think he better get out of the KITCHEN…those gorilla cookies are burning…
He’s been told not to talk by Axelrod I bet.
Anybody BUT Obama..
OBAMA THINKS HE IS SPECIAL AND SHOULD NOT TO BE HELD TO THE SAME SCURTINY THAT OTHER POLITICIANS ARE HELD TO!!!!! HE BELIEVES HE IS PRIVILIGED AND SHOULD NOT HAVE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS FROM THE PRESS UNLESS THEY ARE SCRIPTED BEFORE HAND!!!!!HE BASICLY CANNOT HANDLE TO THE PRESSURE!!!!
HIS NEW PATH AND DIRECTION FOR AMERICA IS OBVIOUSLY EMPTY AND ONLY INCLUDES ALOT OF EMPTY WORDS!!!!! JUST BECAUSE HE’S YOUNG, BLACK AND ABLE TO SPEAK ENGLISH DOES NOT QUALIFY HIM TO BE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES!!!!!
Obama doesn’t want to answer question period, he wants mindless followers so he can turn this country into the biggest nanny state on the face of the planet. I heard today that Joe Liberman thinks Obamas ideas and veiws are very similar to Marxism. I call a spade a spade Obamas a Lennenist. He wants the intellectural elite to control all aspecs of the masses life.
How amusing that Fox News would consider Obama taking a break from the media for a week to be news when it never seemed newsworthy that Bush couldn’t even attend his own press conferences.
It’s still only April plenty of time for Obama to truely put his foot in it.
To AMERICAN WOMAN….Becouse its the old ask me no questions, I`LL tell you no lies thing.
Obama thinks he shouldn’t have to answer to anyone.
When the going gets tough, the tough get going…the rest start hiding.
wow nothing suprises me about dumbass obama supporters anymore. He can be friends with racists, anti-semites, terrorists, and show his arrogance and elitism towards working class voters and his supporters will still swoon everytime he farts.
That’s not exactly true Vonay, Obama does answer to someone, his wife and if you think HRC was bad when Bill was in the White House, MO is going to make HRC look like pussy cat.
I feel sorry for the press trying to cover this man. They are just doing their job, or trying to anyway. The Obama press group obviously got the short end when drawing straws, as to which campaign to cover.
All those who are stuck with Mr. Obama should get to cover Hillary when she goes up against McCain in the GE. It is only fair!
So when will the press corp start really putting the screws on the Obama camp and start demanding some time with the candidate? It seems tha it should be some type of policy to oblidge the press. dodging the press as he does should be turned into a story all it’s own…It’s a fact now that his speeches are glowing and rousing with cheers and hugs…but get in in a debate or a line of questioning by reporters and he stumbes and falls. DOES HE THINK HE CAN RUN FOR PRESIDENT WITHOUT TALKING TO THE PRESS? IF he gets the nomination, will he even debate McCain? Food for thought (for people with brains…that counts out the moveon.org people.)
BOY!!!!!
This is where all the Obama haters are. I can’t blame him. Look at what happens when he does speak. His words are twisted and statements taken out of context. I have not seen anyone mention Ed Rendells connection to Louis Farrakan.
For those of you who have been watch Ed Rendell.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qo7fIPW8Tu0
“Fox” Where The Obama Haters speak
get a life 2351 go to your home were your king lives MSNBC or CNN ..the guy is arroggant ..
C’mon people, the guy DOES have to eat you know! I’ll still venture some late night talk show says Senator Obama “waffled” on the question.
Comment by 2351
April 21st, 2008 at 11:18 pm
“Fox” Where The Obama Haters speak
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WRONG KOOL-AID DRINKER.. “FOX” WHERE THE CLINTON LOVERS VERBALIZE
“FOX” WHERE WE ALL KNOW OBAMA IS A WEAK CANDIDATE, A WEAK SPEAKER WITHOUT HIS SCRIPT AND A WEAK DEBATER..
BUT HE IS A CLOSET MIDDLE FINGER MAN… YEA, {2351} YOUR GUY IS ALL CLASS
To An American in Canada
Come on, the finger was pretty funny. And don’t tell me you never gave antone the finger
HILLARY 4 ALL-
If you’re a Republican who is fiscally conservative yet socially tollerant and have had it w/ Bush.
Hillary Clinton is your gal.
Good solid centrist. “Not a radical” lefty or righty.
Good on economy, good on defense, good on global leadership, moderate socially but not a bigot.
You know it and I know it.
Pull the trigger when no one is watching “Fox”y’s.
Vote Hillary ‘08
I won’t tell.
This is ridiculous…does not entertain questions for 10 days? Who does this guy think he is and what is he hiding?
To LeighB
He tired of stepping on his manhood, silence might be prudent at this point
Clinton DONOT DROP OUT WE NEED YOU
hes just as arrogant as the white people that he observes in his books. i dont think that he really likes people at all! he gets very bugged by us doiesnt he? i guess we are not his kind of people. maybe if i blew up a building or swore to hate jews or said that i would side with the muslims agains the us? maybe then he would want me to be his friend?
Comment by Mike
April 21st, 2008 at 11:45 pm
To An American in Canada
Come on, the finger was pretty funny. And don’t tell me you never gave antone the finger
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WELL MIKE, WHEN OUR FUTURE, SO CALLED LEADERS DO NOT HAVE ANY DECORUM WHAT HAPPENS TO OUR SOCIAL STRUCTURES.
IT IS NOT A CASE OF WHETHER I USED THAT JESTURE OR NOT, WHICH I HAVE BY THE WAY, WE EXPECT OUR LEADERS TO BE ABOVE THE FRAY AND CONDUCT THEMSELVES WITH HONOR AT LEAST IN PUBLIC.
IT DEMONSTRATES A LACK OF SELF RESTRAINT ON OBAMA’S PART BECAUSE HE DID SO POORLY IN THE DEBATES….
I PERSONALLY BELIEVE OBAMA TO BE A WEAK PERSON, AND BY THAT I MEAN SOMEONE WHO IS EASILY SWAYED, SOMEONE WHO DOES NOT HAVE A TRUE SENSE OF SELF, AND THUS COVERS THAT LACK, WITH A HAUGHTY ATTITUDE…..
AND OF COURSE BECAUSE I AM ALREADY BIASED, I AM NOT QUALIFIED TO GIVE AN OBJECTIVE OPINION.
Did the media not get the articles they wanted? I think I would get tired of having to answer “press” stories all the time too. Maybe he didn’t feel there was anything new. We always pretend we know the intentions of another person.
Would the Media tolerate this from Bush? Would Clinton ever lose that much control? Obama is just not ready. Worse, he is an elitist bigot who does not understand why his subjects object to him. Clinton is just a better choice.
We all know what “Obama” is we can tell by his FRIENDS.
1. BARACK HUSSIEN
a. Wright
b. Rezko
c. Farrakhan
d. William Ayers
e. Malcom X
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To An American in Canada
personally I really like Obama, wonderfull speaker, funny at the right times, seems very inteligent, pretty likeable, I’m not going to vote for him, but I still like him. I think just too far left for my tastes.
big up 2351! Another Obama supporter on these blogs. For all of you leveling criticim at Obama, do you feel the same about Cheney’s disdain for the press? I doubt it. You’re lucky though. McCain is the press favorite. They won’t write hard stories about him and Fox won’t dredge up his flagrant affairs or marriage for money.
anyone that votes for obama is blind or deaf or stupid. all of the us have to ask you why? what is it about this man that makes you so? we dont really think that you are that stupid but you might be if you have to cling on to this mans coat sleeves just to feel like you are somebody. if you need this man to “complete” yourself and finally discover your identity then i can see why you hid from yourself all this time.
Watch this.
Obama is not good for the good people of this country!
http://election.newsmax.com/ncf_obama/
Why wonder???
This is who he is!!!
Obama is like an actor that can’t act or perform without a script PERIOD!!!
Is this is the guy that DNC ELDERS are grooming so hard to be our next President???
DNC ELDERS and SUPERELEGATES WAKE-UP!!
Please let our Democratic Party Win!!! We can’t win against McCain if Obama will be the standard Bearer of our party. This is a fact!!! You should know better!!!
Support Senator Hillary Clinton to be assured of getting back the White House!!!
To gotta love hills
I would bet you that every Obama supporter or Mccain supporter would call you stupid or deaf for supporting a lying, cheating, dirty underhanded, power hungry b__ch that has remade her image more times than I’ve changed my pants to con you into thinking she actually cares one little bit about you or your concerns.
got to love hills wrote:
anyone that votes for obama is blind or deaf or stupid. all of the us have to ask you why? what is it about this man that makes you so? we dont really think that you are that stupid but you might be if you have to cling on to this mans coat sleeves just to feel like you are somebody. if you need this man to “complete” yourself and finally discover your identity then i can see why you hid from yourself all this time.
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Oh I don’t know. He’s beaten, for the most part. your girl, HRC starters. He authored as many significant pieces of legislation in his short time as HRC did in 6 years. He’s self made. He didn’t ride on a spouses coattails and hasn’t had to destroy others to preserve his spouses position as HRC has done. He hasn’t sought to claim accomplishments that were not his, i.e. no SCHIP, peace all over the world, etc.
To Proud Dem
Lets not forget the lying, not just the lies about her accomplishments, the stupid one that just prove she doesn’t have the ability to tell the truth.
10 days?
Thats just amazing.
You know something..the REALLY amazing thing is all the Democrats on a “Fox Blog Site”…I thought “Fox” was a…”Republican Party mouthpiece”?
Er..Ah…Proud DEM…exactly WHAT pieces of legislation has Obama authored?…I thought the guys political life was spent voting “present” in the state senate and US Senate?
HEY PRINCESS OBAMA, falling down on the job already. Mortgage crisis is out of control but Marie Obama Antoinette says “if zey have no homes, let zem eat waffles.”
Sisterdo
Seriously, I just about hurt myself laughing with that one
Barack Hussien Obama threw michelle on the dough ,,,facing down ,,,,
so he is baking some gorrilla face cookies,,,,,,,,,,yum,,yum ,,,,,i am proud of my country for the first time
ENJOYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
What is “FIX NEWS” going to do after the election is over? Are you and the MSM still going to stalk Pres. Obama and hound him for interviews? It literally amazes me how you fixate on something and don’t let it go. For crying out loud, they’ve been working non-stop for hours for the last 15 months and you’re taking count of the days that Sen. Obama hasn’t made time for the media that bashes him on a daily basis??
I know you won’t post this because you never do when it concerns someone speaking out about your “unfair” and “unbalanced” ways of reporting. So tell me, when did you turn into a tabloid news station??
By the way, where’s the story that should be the headline in every media site concerning Rendell and Farrakhan? Ohhhh yah, I forgot…it’s only Sen. Obama who you want to throw under the bus concerning the non-stories of the Rev. Wright and Farrakhan. Check out the link……I dare you to post it.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=DXum_-8I1TA
Sonia….are you using the computer from the prison library to post your rubbish?
http://youtube.com/watch?v=DXum_-8I1TA
http://www.southernpoliticalreport.com/storylink_421_351.aspx
New InsiderAdvantage Poll
Clinton 49%, Obama 39% In Latest InsiderAdvantage Pennsylvania Survey
Compiled from InsiderAdvantage and Southern Political Report staff
April 21, 2008 — Sen. Hillary Clinton has a significant lead over Sen. Barack Obama with just a day to go until the Democratic Pennsylvania presidential primary, with an unusually high number of voters still undecided.
Here are the results of Sunday night’s poll:
Hillary Clinton 49%
Barack Obama 39%
Undecided 12%
http://www.myleftwing.com/frontPage.do
GO BLOG HERE
ALL HILL SUPPORTERS
http://cartoonbox.slate.com/hottopic/?image=0&topicid=28
FUNNY CARTOONS OF OBAMA AND HILL AND MCCAIN
Wow! I wonder IF he’s president how many interviews will he dodge? He’s a joke and full of BS. The more exposed “relationships” come up, the more I think “He Is The One” who needs to drop out of the race - he’ll never win in the general election. At least Hillary will give McCain a run for his money. Hillary08!
Proud Dem,
Obama’s and Clinton’s legislative records:
Obama Clinton
Years in Senate 3 7
Bills sponsored* 129 358
Bills passed by Senate 7 32
Bills signed into law 2 19
Sponsored, per year 43 51.1
Passed by Senate, per year 2.3 4.6
Signed into law, per year 0.7 2.7
*Sole original sponsor
http://www.newsweek.com/id/129976/page/2
‘Surprisingly, one such reluctant Obama supporter is state Rep. Monique Davis, D-Chicago. A 17-year veteran legislator, Davis sponsored a pair of significant bills — one designed to track incidents of racial profiling, and another that mandates the taping of police interrogations in murder cases — that were central to Obama’s campaign platform.
Though she worked closely with Obama to pass the bills into law, and says she toiled to keep the bills alive before he became their Senate sponsor, Davis claims her efforts were largely ignored.
“I was snubbed,” says Davis, who endorsed Hynes in the primary though she belongs to the same church as Obama on Chicago’s South Side. “I felt he was shutting me out of history.”‘
http://www.illinoistimes.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A3015
SCHIP turned out to be true.
Obama wants to pick who he talks to and what the topic is. He needs a tele promoter to make sure he’s saying the right things. He’ll never make it as a president so he just as well drop out of the race.
Proud Dem,
That’s about Barack’s legislative records,
http://www.newsweek.com/id/129976
http://www.illinoistimes.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A3015
Proud Dem,
Barack’s records:
In the black - News - News - Illinois Times - Springfield, Illinois
http://www.newsweek.com/id/129976
Proud Dem,
Have problem with posting. That’s Barack’s link.
http://www.illinoistimes.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A3015
RCMO,
YAh. He is a snob. Read the article I posted to proud Dem from Illinois times. Old dirty “smart” politician.
What upsets me about this guy is that he is running a campaign of change while in fact, the only change he’ll bring is the Change himself.
good night.
Why haven’t we heard any of this before. It shows how rude and arrogant he is.
I have seen it all…
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/04/21/ed-rendell-clinton-surrog_n_97784.html#postComment
May be worth reading….
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/04/21/ed-rendell-clinton-surrog_n_97784.html#postComment
Obama not talking to reporters = Hillary’s Momentum !
I think he needs to be a Preacher, not a President!
Tomorrow’s Headline : Obama’s Reporters Held 11 Days In “Obama Files” Closet…
This closet must be quite large because I think Rev. Wright, Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson and Michelle are in there too!
day 1–call Reverand J. Wright
day 2 –check out Resko’s real estate offerings and then Reverand Wright
day 3–call Reverand J. Wright every hour on the hour
day 4–vote present—call Reverand Wright
day 5–call William Aryes and Reverand Wright
day 6–call voters “bitter” again and call his Mentor, Reverand Wright
day 7–call white people “typical” again and call Reverand Wright
day 8–call Larry Sinclair and Reverand Wright
day 9–call Michelle from the limo with Larry Sinclair then Reverand Wight
day 10–call Michelle from Kenya where he will be on R and R and then Reverand Wright
MR. NOT READY YET!!!
to begin with, in the Tex. debate, there was the ignorance Obama showed to the world when he told that story about the platoon, etc…displaying a fundamental lack of knowledge about how the military is structured, etc…
next, in the Cleve. debate, BO stated that he`d take action…if intel indicated that Al-Qaeda was building a base there…what?…wait a min!…this from a guy who stated he was against the war from the start?!…
when the war started, the US had intel which indicated that Al-Qaeda had bases in Iraq…the very same condition in which Obama states he`d take action over there…just like Bush did!!!
which means Obama was either lying in the debate or when he says he was against the war from the start.
Hillary was correct in pointing out that Obama wasn`t in the Sen. at the start to vote on the war…and he`s going to say what ever makes him look good…so, of course he`s gonna say that he was against the war from the start…makes him look smarter than everyone else…especially to his supporters…
and speeches, etc., aren`t the same…there`s a HUGE difference between giving speeches, etc., and voting with a constituency to answer to, nearly all of who were for the war at the time!
my 12-yr. old also gave a speech against the war…yet, no one`s claiming that he has the judgement/experience, etc., necessary to run the most powerful country on earth…he obviously doesn`t…and neither does BO!
in fact, on and just after 9/11, very nearly every American was for going to war or dropping a bomb on those responsible for what took place.
quite simply, Today`s world is far too dangerous for a Pres. to be learning on the job…and openly negotiating without pre-conditions…with our enemies/terrorists…many of who HOPE every American drops dead this very moment…and would CHANGE the United States to something other than democracy…to think otherwise, like Obama, is extremely naive!
so, i can see it now…terrorists in the streets with signs which say,
“OBAMA 08!…CHANGE EVEN WE CAN BELIEVE IN!!!”
EXPERIENCE MATTERS!!!
Obama`s record/experience is a joke conpared to Hillary`s…and i don`t care what he did as a state Sen…except for the criminals, etc…it`s looking like he associated with to help him get money…to get, by comparison, only a few things done…
meanwhile, Hillary`s met with leaders all over the world and has visited no less than 80 countries to help out any way she could…meanwhile, the media`s busy letting the facts get in the way…afterall, many now have 24 hrs. to fill with total BS!…what a shame!!!
in addition, here`s just some of All Hillary`s achievements/experiences as a US Senator:
http://hillaryclinton.com/about/senator/
and as 1st Lady,
http://hillaryclinton.com/about/firstlady/
spin it any way you like, the FACT still remains that Hillary has far more experience in foreign matters than Obama does…in Obama`s latest flurry of COMPLETELY ARROGANT statements, he said that he has superior world experience to both McCain and Clinton…just because he was in Kenya and Indonesia for a grand total of 4-5 countries he`s ever been to…that`s not a typo…only 4-5…and, on top of everything else, mostly as a kid…yep…guess he learned how to watch cartoons real well over there…Alrighty then…I`ll give Obama credit for more experience than both McCain and Clinton watching cartoons there!…
I represent a large group of Independents and we`re all voting for Hillary!…even if we have to write her name in…or vote for the Honorable War Hero, John McCain…anyone but BO…we will never, ever vote for the Arrogant, Inexperienced Obama!
EXPERIENCE MATTERS!!!
Obama`s record/experience is a joke conpared to Hillary`s…and i don`t care what he did as a state Sen…except for the criminals, etc…it`s looking like he associated with to help him get money…to get, by comparison, only a few things done…
meanwhile, Hillary`s met with leaders all over the world and has visited no less than 80 countries to help out any way she could…meanwhile, the media`s busy letting the facts get in the way…afterall, many now have 24 hrs. to fill with total BS!…what a shame!!!
in addition, here`s just some of All Hillary`s achievements/experiences as a US Senator:
http://hillaryclinton.com/about/senator/
spin it any way you like, the FACT still remains that Hillary has far more experience in foreign matters than Obama does…in Obama`s latest flurry of COMPLETELY ARROGANT statements, he said that he has superior world experience to both McCain and Clinton…just because he was in Kenya and Indonesia for a grand total of 4-5 countries he`s ever been to…that`s not a typo…only 4-5…and, on top of everything else, mostly as a kid…yep…guess he learned how to watch cartoons real well over there…Alrighty then…I`ll give Obama credit for more experience than both McCain and Clinton watching cartoons there!…
I represent a large group of Independents and we`re all voting for Hillary!…even if we have to write her name in…or vote for the Honorable War Hero, John McCain…anyone but BO…we will never, ever vote for the Arrogant, Inexperienced Obama!
and all her experiences/achievements as 1st Lady:
http://hillaryclinton.com/about/firstlady/
what, Obama speechless?
Hillary is the best qualified candidate ever to run for President!
HILLARY 08!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OBAMA`S UNELECTABILITY!!!
Obama won`t win enough of the large Dem. states…and the gen. election because:
1. Obama is the risky liberal. Every time the Democrats run a liberal like Obama, who the National Journal reports has a 100 percent liberal voting record, they lose.
Remember President McGovern, President Dukakis, President Kerry? Mrs. Clinton, however, has been quite clever in her record and rhetoric to come across as more moderate. In New York state, she consistently won hardcore Republican districts in her two Senate races.
A McCain insider stated that Obama’s support — for example, for driver’s licenses for illegals — is worth at least “five percentage points in the election.” Mrs. Clinton was smart enough to back away from that hot-button issue.
2. Obama energizes Democratic voters. It’s been talked about quite a bit that Obama is a charismatic man who energizes young voters. But young voters notoriously don’t vote.
Remember all the hoopla in the last election with MTV and its “Vote or Die” campaign to bring out antiwar young voters for President Kerry?
Indeed, Obama, as the first African-American candidate of a major party, will energize black voters. But the black voters vote as a bloc for the Dem. candidate already?
What does Obama actually bring to the table for Democrats? It’s not clear. Mrs. Clinton, as her longtime critic Dick Morris likes to point out, would most assuredly energize women voters, especially millions of single moms that have never voted before.
3. Obama’s Latino problem: Clearly Latino or Hispanic voters are shaping up to be the key swing vote in this election, as they have been in recent elections. Some political pundits say George Bush’s come-from-behind win in 2004 was due to the solid 40 percent of Hispanics who voted for him, tipping the election in his favor.
This year was shaping up to be a terrible year for the GOP vis-à-vis Hispanic voters. But in primary after primary, Obama has had great difficulty winning over Latino voters.
Even in Illinois, where he beat Hillary to 2 to 1 in the primary, he only captured 52 percent of his home state’s Hispanic vote.
There are a variety of explanations for Obama’s Latino problem, including the belief there is an ethnic rivalry between Hispanics and blacks. Hispanics would like to see a Latino president in the White House, so the theory goes.
Mrs. Clinton, on the other hand, has done extremely well among Latino voters, perhaps owing to her husband’s likeability among these voters.
The recent primaries show Obama improving with Hispanic voters. Republicans, however, believe the problem with this key group will persist.
And then there is John McCain, who is the one Republican who is very well liked by Latino voters. He’s also a strong leader, which Hispanics respect. He’s pro-immigrant. As we all know, McCain joined Ted Kennedy in backing the recent immigration bill.
However, there’s little doubt Hillary could keep the Democratic stranglehold on Latino voters. Obama won’t.
4. Obama’s naiveté: Don’t forget, America is still in a war on terror. It is doubtful America will be tempted to go for an untested leader, no matter how charismatic he may be.
Some have drawn the comparison between Obama and JFK’s election win in 1960 during the height of the Cold War. But the Kennedy-Obama comparison is a weak one. For starters, John Kennedy was a war hero when he was elected president. Obama can make no such claim. Kennedy also had far more Washington experience in Congress and the Senate than Obama.
JFK also had his well-known father Joe at his side. And certain Democrats like to forget this, but Kennedy outflanked Nixon on defense issues, arguing that Nixon was too soft on communism. Obama’s dovish complaints about the Bush administration being too hawkish on terror won’t resonate with middle-of-the-road Independents/voters.
5. Obama will not be able to lay claim to the good economic times of the 1990s that Bill Clinton presided over, as Hillary can.
6. And Obama will be a nightmare for Democrats with swing voters in key states. Take for example the highly influential Cuban-American vote that Bill Clinton won in 1992 and 1996 — and was one of the key reasons George Bush beat Al Gore.
The Cuban vote has been moving into the Democratic column but they will not go for Obama because he has clearly stated he will open up relations with Castro.
Sen. Clinton’s announced Cuba policies take a hard line, which resonates with these voters.
7. And then there are the key Jewish communities in swing states like Florida and Ohio that are already deeply worried about electing Obama to the presidency.
Obama has talked openly about sitting down — without any preconditions — with Iran’s diabolical leader Ahmadinejad, who has referred to Israel as “bacteria” and has said in the past that the Jewish state is a “disgraceful blot” that should be “wiped off the map.”
With the McCain campaign blanketing key markets with TV ads featuring “independent Democrat” Sen. Joseph Lieberman, Obama will be in deep trouble.
http://www.newsmax.com/ruddy/Why_the_GOP_Loves_Obama/2008/02/20/74275.html
other reasons:
8. The Rev. Wright
9. The, “Bitterness”, Comments about small town American workers like All the ones in Penns.
this is what i`m talking about when i say that Obama won`t beat McCain in enough of the large states in the gen. election…when Hillary would…because Obama won`t get enough of her supporters…including me in Ohio…
for ex., just using the Latino vote in the extremely important swing states such as Florida:
According to the many recent lpoll avgs., Hillary`s up 37%, (67- 30), over Sen. McCain among Latino voters in Florida.
Otoh, the polls shows Sen. Obama behind Sen. McCain, among Latino voters, by 7%, (49-42), in Florida.
Florida is just one typical ex.
another ex…in Ohio, Hillary won a very impressive 67 percent of the white women, many single moms…Obama simply will NOT get this kind of support from woman in such important key swing states…especially aftertrying to paint Geraldine Ferraro as a racist…and many of these voters were voting for the 1st time…some even admitted in exit polling that it was almost as much of an anti-Obama vote as a vote for Hillary…
so he`s not getting that high % of new voters which he thinks he is…in a recent Fox news report, many interviewed at Obama`s entertaining speeches, were actuallyClinton supporters just there for the show!
Obama is a sissified liberal loyal only to his own ego.
Comment by Jim
April 22nd, 2008 at 4:56 am
OBAMA`S UNELECTABILITY!!!
Obama won`t win enough of the large Dem. states…and the gen. election because:
1. Obama is the risky liberal. Every time the Democrats run a liberal like Obama, who the National Journal reports has a 100 percent liberal voting record, they lose.
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I am a life long Democrat and Obama is too liberal for me. I will vote for McCain, IF Obama is the nominee.
HILLARY is the only choice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HILLARY 08!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Obama and Clinton are socialists, but won’t admit it or they’d be relegated to the political trash heap like Bernie Sanders.
You want change from Obama? You’ll get it - higher taxes and more of them, too. Everytime a tax is raised or levied your liberty is decremented as well.
You want experience from Clinton? You’ll get it - she’s well versed in pushing more nanny state government programs that require higher taxes and more of them. Same net effect as Obama.
These two have the same political ideology. The only discriminating factor between them is sex and skin color.
I’m appalled by Americans’ susceptibility to the “false prophets” from the liberal left.
OBAMA is a PUPPET of the extreme Left Anti-american groups.
He and his MASTERS are really getting very DESPERATE since the ABC debate.
Michelle Obama - Wife, never was proud of her country prior to obama winning primaries.
REV. WRIGHT - Racist, anti-american, “God D@m^ America”.
TONY REZKO - Slumlord lowlife Scu^^,
AYERS - Unrepentent Terrorist
BLACK PANTHER - Left wing, racist thugs.
Louis Farrakkhan - Anti-American, racist Left Wing radical Muslim. Leader of Nation of Islam.
Oprah - Rich, racist, very liberal celebrity.
ACLU - Far Left Liberal Anti-American group.
Moveon.org - Far Left Liberal group.
Michael Moore - Far Left liberal fatty. Who’s fatter? Moore or a PIG?
Al Sharpton - Far Left Looser!
John Kerry - Very Rich, Far Left liberal politician, chronic FLIP-FLOPER, Bigtime LOOSER!
Ted Kennedy - Far Left liberal politician, bigtime LOOSER!
If obama wins the dem nomination I will vote for McCain
We want someone who is proud of our Country.
We all know what obama is.
Notice how the Far Left anti-american groups and obama-goons complained about the ABC debate? The complained that the “tough” questions, relating to obama’s association with people at the fringes of society, have no relevance in this election.
They think that questioning obama’s JUDGEMENT, MORALITY, HONESTY, PATRIOTISM has no relevance to electing a president!
But did anyone hear them complaining when obama make an appearance in “The View”, where a bunch of liberal obama-loving ladies, interviewed obama on how he is related to Brad Pitt,?
LIKE BEING RELATED TO BRAD PITT IN SOMEWAY I