Comments on: Wright Throws Obama Under The Bus and Steps On The Gas

By: Anton Wills-Eve

Anton Wills-Eve — Fri, 02 May 2008 08:09:54 +0000

How about this for a solution to the party in-fighting? We have recently done it here in Britain.
Senator Obama agrees to step aside for Senator Clinton providing she puts him on her ticket as vice presidential candidate. They appear chummy and happy as a team in public and McCain can’t possibly fight that. But the agreement goes deeper. Hilary says to Barrack ” Okay by me and I will stand down in four years time and you can run for the White House with me as vice president at the November 2012 elections. That way we both win.”
Why Hilary first? Well two obvious reasons, firstly she is older and at her political prime at the moment, and secondly it will give Barrack four years to learn the job.
The important thing is that he should spend the time learning! Over here Blair and Brown did the same thing in 1997,but they didn’t like each other and Blair kept Brown in just ONE job (chancellor of the exchequer) for 10 years so that when he became prime minister on Blair’s resignation- as promised – he didn’t have a clue about anything except how to get as much money out of the public as possible. Clinton and Obama would have to avoid that one.

Anton Wills-Eve
West Kirby,Wirral,England.

By: Janis

Janis — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:12:54 +0000

And I have to ask- – what’s with the bus metaphor this time around? That one’s really caught on this election cycle.

By: Janis

Janis — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:36:48 +0000

John P, I've said before that I am considering voting McCain in the fall if Obama is the candidate. This is for process reasons. Think about it: We've got one party right now that won an election by rigging votes and disenfranchising a shitload of people. We've got another party that is bumbling and incompetent, but at least not entirely evil. If we reward the Democratic party for disenfranchising two states and shoving an unqualified candidate on us, we will have reinforced this behavior in both parties. Instead of one corrupt party and one stupid one, we wil have two corrupt parties and we will never be able to trust a national election again. Ever. What do you think American foreign and domestic policies will look like in 20 years if that's the case? The Democrats have got to get slapped down from this nonsense and slapped down hard. After the Greek chorus of wailing we set up after Florida 2000, we dare not permit the nomination of a candidate that got where he is by selectively disenfranchising two states. We will be toast. Whatever damage John McCain does to this country, I can guarantee you that teh damage that will result from that for the next century will far outstrip it. We will never have a trustworthy election ever again. The United States will become a third world dictatorship, the Roman Empire where they slit one another's throats for power, only with nuclear weapons. I will not act in a way that will reinforce this. The meta-issues of this election outweigh the disgust I feel at electing John McCain by far.

By: Pamela Leavey

Pamela Leavey — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:30:37 +0000

Janis

“As someone who is an artiste at bitching, even I have to admit that you can’t marinate in bitterness.”

I’d have to join you in that sentiment.

By: John P

John P — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:08:12 +0000

PoliticalPuck, why are you hanging out on a Democratic blog if you plan on not supporting our candidate?

By: PoliticalPuck

PoliticalPuck — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:38:51 +0000

Barack Obama and his poor judgement are taking the Democratic party down.; I know if Obama is on the top of the ticket that I’m voting McCain in the fall.

By: Anton Wills-Eve

Anton Wills-Eve — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:43:22 +0000

Of the three effective candidates still in the running for the White House McCain walks in the shadow of the Bush administration and should, to a sensible population, be unelectable. Obama has little or no experience of International politics and could potentially be a global, not just a US, disaster in the event of a world crisis – Iran, China and Terrorism are just three issues with which he could not cope. That leaves Clinton. She has charisma, the experience of eight years alongside the encumbent in the White House,a strong senatortial record on domestic and foreign issues and would satisfy the need for America to show it can elect a woman as president. It is not important that the president should be a woman but it is important that a woman shows that she can be elected president. I sincerely hope for the sake for the US and the rest of us that she makes it.

Anton Wills-Eve, West Kirby,Wirral, England

By: Janis

Janis — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 04:30:16 +0000

“I think people will understand that I am not perfect and that there are going to be folks in my past like Rev. Wright that may cause them some concern but that ultimately my 20 years of service and the values that I’ve written about and spoken about and promoted are their values and what they’re concerned about,” Obama said. OUCH. That stung me. I keep feeling strange about this -- I can totally understand a great deal of black bitterness. It's just the crappy judgment Obama showed in continuing to visibly support it despite his political ambitions, the idea that Wright kept it up day in day out with the mantle of divine authority on him while families sat there and expected to hear uplifting and motivating things ... And the fact that Wright goes on and on about him literally being in chains, when he is a millionaire who will be living in a 10,000 sqft house! NOBODY put you in chains, mister -- and I don't think you need to blame anyone for making you that color. What the hell's wrong with being that color? As someone who is an artiste at bitching, even I have to admit that you can't marinate in bitterness.