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By: Donklephant » Blog Archive » What did I miss?

Donklephant » Blog Archive » What did I miss? — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 16:59:29 +0000

[...] also because he learned during the primary campaign that he can raise more money than God. This has distressed some of his supporters, who are concerned that Obama might superficially appear to the uninitiated to resemble a [...]

By: Divided We Stand United We Fall

Divided We Stand United We Fall — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 05:39:47 +0000

Friday Flotsam – Naked Ambition Edition…

This has distressed some of his acolytes, who are concerned that Obama might superficially appear to the uninitiated to resemble a self serving ambitious politician….

By: mw

mw — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 04:13:43 +0000

So. A politician who cut his political teeth in the wards of the bare knuckle Chicago political machine, turns out to be just another politician who will say whatever he needs to say to get votes and do whatever is politically expedient to get elected. Huh. Who would’ve thunk it?

By: Stan

Stan — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 22:40:20 +0000

No More Lobbyist!!!!!!

Senator Obama has said many times, “Lobbyist will not run my White House.”

Getting rid of the extremely negative impact of lobbyist is one of the major reasons I support Senator Obama.

McCain has flip-flopped on many things. Yesterday he told the citizens of Missouri about a gas tax holiday he knows Congress will never approve.

Prior to McCain’s event in Missouri yesterday, Democratic U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri said in a conference call that McCain’s plan would cost the state 6,000 jobs and $167 million in federal gas tax dollars for Missouri’s roadways.

“The people of Missouri can smell a phony deal a mile away,” she said. “Frankly, thatâ€™s what John McCainâ€™s gas tax is. He knew it wasnâ€™t going to have any meaningful impact on peopleâ€™s real pain â€“ our dependence on foreign oil.”

McCaskill said it was “a promise he knew he would never have to deliver on.”

The “Could McCain Have Come Up with a More Ill-Suited Economic Advisor Than Phil Gramm?” is one of many examples for the damage caused by lobbyist specifically gas prices and the subprime housing damage.

http://www.alternet.org/election08/87999/?cID=936047#c936047

By: LEE

LEE — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:52:13 +0000

When is the Republican base going to wake up and put some real support behind John McCain? Sitting back while Obama gains ground is like fiddling while Rome burns. Surely Republicans and corporate America prospered during the last 8 years. Now is the time to allocate some of those resources to help McCain beat Obama. I know some Republicans don’t like McCain, but would you rather see Obama get elected? Republicans … Don’t bite off your nose to spite your face!
Support John McCain NOW!

By: wj

wj — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:16:56 +0000

Somehow, this looks mostly like a typical case of a candidate in the primaries running away from the center, and then for the general election running back towards the center. Which always makes for fun opportunities to carry on about flip-flopping positions — but also reflects the reality that positions that are necessary to win over primary voters are not the ones which are required to win general elections.

Or can someone cite a case where a candidate won the party nomination (either party, federal or state office) and then won while running away from the center for the general election?

By: Jimmy the Dhimmi

Jimmy the Dhimmi — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:50:09 +0000

Public financing, NAFTA, Trinity Church, unconditional talks with Iran, dividing Jerusalem, timetables for withdrawal from Iraq, Habeus Corpus for terrorists…

Can Obama say one thing in front of one audience, then completely backtrack and take a different position when he is in front of another – and get away with it? Yes he can!