Obama supporters! - A positive place to talk about his campaign

[jme829]

Thanks for the good thoughts, and sorry about your friend. I very feel fortunate that I've been inflicted with health problems that there are treatments for. And I'm on the ready list, so I hope to be good as new some time this year and in DC for Obama's inauguration in January.

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thinking of you!

 

[chris1gill]

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(translation: hugs plus wishes plus pixiedust = YOU visiting pcsurfer soon!!)

Let us know when you go in so we can send you all the positive thoughts in the world!

That's a very good point, there will be an inauguration, I should plan ahead!

PR Surfer, you are doing an amazing job!!

On an aside, a serious aside, I was talking with my MIL this evening, she is not voting. She is one of those people that no longer sees the point. She is 72, and has lived through the great depression, she's lived through the last 8 years, she lived through, well, a lot.... and she sees no hope that anything in Washington will ever change, and she is BITTER to the tenth degree. I feel really badly for her, that she can't see the hope in her life. Her economic outlook is very good for herself, but for her country's future she is very doubtful. She see's no hope in any of the candidates..... very sad indeed I tried my best, but she is too bitter to even see past it.

 

[pr surfer]

heh, a second article about our rally yesterday

http://www.elnuevodia.com/diario/noticia/portada/noticias/calientan_motores_en_la_isla/394148

 

[Honu]

Nice slideshow of Obama's whistlestop tour of PA.

dailykos.com

I'm such a sucker for the cute kid pics.

 

[yasmina]

The Pittsburgh Tribune Review, owned by Richard Mellon Scaife, today endorsed Clinton:

In Pennsylvania's Democrat primary for president: Vote for Clinton

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/opinion/...

<snip>

She has a real record. He doesn't.

She has experience of value to a president. He doesn't.

Clearly, she's the wiser choice to represent Democrats this fall

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At first blush, this may not seem like a good thing for Obama. However, this is the same paper that propagated the Vince Foster suicide garbage, and Scaife is a long term Clinton hater.

Obviously, he believes that she would be easier to beat in the GE.

Oh, and BTW Dick, it's Democratic
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[chobie]

Obviously, he believes that she would be easier to beat in the GE.

Oh, and BTW Dick, it's Democratic
.

That's why all the Republicans have suddenly found this new "respect" for Hillary and are so hoping she is our nominee. They know they can beat her, but they don't know if they can beat Obama. That is why there is so much "fear" about Obama. That is the "eerie" feeling they just can't put their finger on when they hear Obama speak. The eerie feeling and the fear is that he may just beat the Republican nominee but they have know for 8 years now that Hillary cannot win based on the overwhelming dislike (albeit an irrational dislike) that so many in this country have for her.

 

[Honu]

Get y'r Obama action figures here...jailbreaktoys.com

 

[marybet]

Did anyone see McCain on This Week w/George Stephanopoulos? I used to really like George but he has sure messed up this week. Today McCain was going on about Obama's relationship with Ayers (Weatherman Underground) and how he would never serve on a board with him. Then George asked about his relationship with Hagee and McCain said he has denounced Hagee's comments on Catholics but he was okay with accepting his support. George did not follow through and ask way McCain's denouncements were enough but Obama's weren't. McCain used a double standard and George just let it go.

I could not find one good thing that McCain said today. We must not let him become our next POTUS.

 

[Honu]

Obama's numbers are up on the FEC site.

March contributions $42M!!!!! WOOT!

Debt $662k

In the bank $51M

Still waiting on the Clinton numbers.

 

[chris1gill]

Obama's numbers are up on the FEC site.

March contributions $42M!!!!! WOOT!

Debt $662k

In the bank $51M

Still waiting on the Clinton numbers.

Clinton numbers are in, she's 6 million in the red when you subtract out the 23 million set aside from the general, the 10 million she owes and then her five million dollar loan..... Not a great situation to be in.

Has everyone heard about the million dollar minute tomorrow for Obama? YOu can pre-arrange for your donation to be made at that time.

 

[NewJersey]

Did anyone see McCain on This Week w/George Stephanopoulos? I used to really like George but he has sure messed up this week. Today McCain was going on about Obama's relationship with Ayers (Weatherman Underground) and how he would never serve on a board with him. Then George asked about his relationship with Hagee and McCain said he has denounced Hagee's comments on Catholics but he was okay with accepting his support. George did not follow through and ask way McCain's denouncements were enough but Obama's weren't. McCain used a double standard and George just let it go.

I could not find one good thing that McCain said today. We must not let him become our next POTUS.

I'm glad my intuition that he was never really a journalist in the first place is coming true.

 

[crcormier]

I'm glad my intuition that he was never really a journalist in the first place is coming true.

Pretty much anyone working for a corporate media company can't really be considered journalists anymore.

 

[chris1gill]

Did anyone see McCain on This Week w/George Stephanopoulos? I used to really like George but he has sure messed up this week. Today McCain was going on about Obama's relationship with Ayers (Weatherman Underground) and how he would never serve on a board with him. Then George asked about his relationship with Hagee and McCain said he has denounced Hagee's comments on Catholics but he was okay with accepting his support. George did not follow through and ask way McCain's denouncements were enough but Obama's weren't. McCain used a double standard and George just let it go.

I could not find one good thing that McCain said today. We must not let him become our next POTUS.

I surely avoided this interview yesterday.... McCain lovefest anyone?

 

[marybet]

I surely avoided this interview yesterday.... McCain lovefest anyone?

I have not really listened to McCain so I wanted to hear him. He does not have the Bush smirk but he had this stupid smile that was annoying. It seemed to me that he thought everything he said was amusing. None of the plans he talked about made much sense either. He is going to save money in the budget by cutting earmarks, nice idea but even if he could cut all the earmarks it would not begin to pay off the debt. He's not going to raise taxes but he will raise the cost of Medicare to certain people, I think it was anyone making more than $100,000 in retirement.

I can't wait for the debates between the two nominees, once we can compare McCain and Obama side by side I think McCains numbers will drop. I also think that once Independents see what McCain really will do if elected they will flock to Obama.

 

[LuvDuke]

I have not really listened to McCain so I wanted to hear him. He does not have the Bush smirk but he had this stupid smile that was annoying. It seemed to me that he thought everything he said was amusing. None of the plans he talked about made much sense either. He is going to save money in the budget by cutting earmarks, nice idea but even if he could cut all the earmarks it would not begin to pay off the debt. He's not going to raise taxes but he will raise the cost of Medicare to certain people, I think it was anyone making more than $100,000 in retirement.

I can't wait for the debates between the two nominees, once we can compare McCain and Obama side by side I think McCains numbers will drop. I also think that once Independents see what McCain really will do if elected they will flock to Obama.

McCain wants to cut out the earmarks which would save 18 billion dollars a year. OTOH, that's the cost of 6 weeks in Iraq, but no change there.

He is one helluva joke of a candidate.

 

[lilyv]

A few thoughts on Miss Hillary. I really can't think of a decent reason why she's staying in. At this point, I think she's really rooting for McCain to be a one-termer. Bill must have convinced her that in 2012 she'll still be the only woman in the entire Democratic party that is deserving of the nomination-so she's just hedging her bets.

It's looking grim - but Clinton won't exit
"In fact, many Democrats think her odds of winning are so slim that all she's doing is helping John McCain.

Some Democratic elders, including party Chairman Howard Dean, are getting edgy about the beating Obama and Clinton are inflicting on each other. Even Clinton stalwarts such as Rep. Barney Frank suggest the candidate who is trailing - Clinton - should bow out by early June.

"No! No!" moaned one Clinton backer at the prospect of a daily fight until the August convention. "It's so painful."

But that unappetizing path is the only one Clinton can still follow all the way to the White House - and the former First Lady isn't about to step off.

One uncommitted superdelegate told the Daily News that senior campaign officials have confided that Clinton has only a 20% chance of winning.

"That's generous," the delegate said. "It's more like 10."

And a recent ABC News/Washington Post poll said that Democrats, by 2 to 1, think Obama is the best candidate."

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/pol...ts_looking_grim__but_clinton_wont_exit-1.html

 

[Laugh O. Grams]

McCain wants to cut out the earmarks which would save 18 billion dollars a year. OTOH, that's the cost of 6 weeks in Iraq, but no change there.

He is one helluva joke of a candidate.

Kinda like his grand gas tax holiday, where the average driver will save a whopping $0.18/gallon, or $2.70 per tank of gas. I tell you one thing, the guy knows how to work our sound bite saturated media, because if you listen to his ideas for 10 seconds, they sound rational. At 10.1 seconds, you can immediately tell the guy's full of hot air.

 

[Fitswimmer]

Kinda like his grand gas tax holiday, where the average driver will save a whopping $0.18/gallon, or $2.70 per tank of gas. I tell you one thing, the guy knows how to work our sound bite saturated media, because if you listen to his ideas for 10 seconds, they sound rational. At 10.1 seconds, you can immediately tell the guy's full of hot air.

he's counting on that-and there do seem to be a lot of Americans with the attention spans of gnats-so it may work.

 

[Fitswimmer]

A few thoughts on Miss Hillary. I really can't think of a decent reason why she's staying in. At this point, I think she's really rooting for McCain to be a one-termer. Bill must have convinced her that in 2012 she'll still be the only woman in the entire Democratic party that is deserving of the nomination-so she's just hedging her bets.

It's looking grim - but Clinton won't exit
"In fact, many Democrats think her odds of winning are so slim that all she's doing is helping John McCain.

Some Democratic elders, including party Chairman Howard Dean, are getting edgy about the beating Obama and Clinton are inflicting on each other. Even Clinton stalwarts such as Rep. Barney Frank suggest the candidate who is trailing - Clinton - should bow out by early June.

"No! No!" moaned one Clinton backer at the prospect of a daily fight until the August convention. "It's so painful."

But that unappetizing path is the only one Clinton can still follow all the way to the White House - and the former First Lady isn't about to step off.

One uncommitted superdelegate told the Daily News that senior campaign officials have confided that Clinton has only a 20% chance of winning.

"That's generous," the delegate said. "It's more like 10."

And a recent ABC News/Washington Post poll said that Democrats, by 2 to 1, think Obama is the best candidate."

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/pol...ts_looking_grim__but_clinton_wont_exit-1.html

I don't think she should leave until after all the Primaries are over. That way everyone will have had a chance to vote. Once all the votes are in, a decision should be made-and I would say the same thing if Obama were in her position at this point.

 

[LuvDuke]

Hmmm, I wonder how he meant that:

"Would I like to win by double digits? Sure," said Clinton backer and Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell on CBS.

"But I don't think that's going to happen," he said, adding that a four-to-seven point margin of victory would be "very significant."

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5h9S3Y_nwOjjNV1pLctcMS4UJa3jQ

Yessirree, Mr. Rendel, it sure would be significant. It would mean she blew a 20+ point lead in a state that was tailor made for her. Yup, that should mean something.

Call me crazy, but some of these Hillary supporters are getting a little ridulous with their constant reshaping of the primary results. Hell, change Hillary to Bush and it's positively "Planet Bush-ish".