Obama Kicks Hillary's Ass

[Run BJM]

I don't know much about politics either but I've been following the primaries more recently since I'll be 18 for the general elections. I haven't really heard much about the Republican party but McCain doesn't sound too bad. Living in the Bay Area I hear a ton about the democrats and I am completely turned off by Hilary. Some of the ideas she brings up are nice and I like what her husband did as president but it seems like she talks more about why you shouldn't vote for other candidates then why you should vote for her. Its really sickening to be honest, I understand its a part of politics but its getting to ridiculous levels with her. Now shes disobeying the democratic party and she and her husband are constantly shit talking and menacing.

Obama and Edwards both seem to want to get away from that kind of politics. I like both of them as candidates though Edwards stands little or no chance of getting the nomination. I like Obama because hes not as hardcore democrat as Hilary, hes appealing to the undecided and I just think his policies seem more realistic than Hilary/Edwards. Hilary/Edwards both have some nice ideas, like I said, but where the hell are we gonna get the money and resources to pull this off? Pulling out of the war is one example, Hilary said if she becomes president she'll have them out within a few months, a nice thing to think about but it seems like shes just setting herself up to fuck it up by putting a set date on when they need to be out. Obama on the other hand says he'll have them out as soon as is safely possible, which makes much more sense even if it isn't the sexy answer.

Anyway I still don't know much but its interesting to hear you guys give opinions and break it down for us ignorants.

 

[Денг Гордон]

Ted Kennedy to Endorse Obama

anuary 27, 2008 12:26 PM

ABC News' Rick Klein Reports: Senator Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., will endorse Barack Obama's presidential bid on Monday in Washington, a source close to Kennedy tells ABC News.

The endorsement gives Obama a boost in the eyes of the Washington establishment, and comes after some prominent Democrats criticized Senator Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., and former president Bill Clinton for their campaign tactics before Obama's landslide victory in South Carolina.

Caroline Kennedy, the late President John F. Kennedy's only daughter, announced her endorsement of Obama in an Op-Ed for the New York Times on Sunday.

And in an exclusive "This Week" interview, Obama hinted that the senior senator from Massachusetts might be next.

"I'll let Ted Kennedy speak for himself. And nobody does it better. But obviously, any of the Democratic candidates would love to have Ted Kennedy's support. And we have certainly actively sought it," Obama said. "I will let him make his announcement and his decision when he decides it's appropriate."

Obama also spoke out on Bill Clinton’s involvement in his wife’s campaign after a week of mounting tension between the two camps.

In response to Bill Clinton’s comments comparing Obama’s South Carolina win to those of Jesse Jackson in 1984 and 1988, Obama suggested Bill Clinton’s "frame of reference" and racial politics may be outdated.

"His frame of reference was the Jesse Jackson races. That's when, you know, he was active and involved and watching what was going to take place in South Carolina. I think that a lot of South Carolinians looked at it through a different lens. . . As long as we were focused on those issues, we thought those would transcend the sort of racial divisions that we've seen in the past," he said.

The 55 percent won by Obama in South Carolina was more than double the 27 percent of the vote that went to Clinton, with Edwards coming in third at 18 percent.

But Obama did clarify, however, that he did not think Clinton’s comments this week were intended to negatively harm his campaign.

"I don't think they were trying to demonize me, but I do think that there is a certain brand of politics that we've become accustomed to, and that the Republican Party had perfected and was often directed against the Clintons, but that all of us had become complicit in, where we basically think anything is fair game," he said.

He also reiterated that the "slash-and-burn politics" that exists in Washington today "is not the Clintons' fault. It is all of our faults, in the sense that we've gotten into these bad habits and we can't seem to have disagreements without being disagreeable. So part of what I think we have to do is to set a new tone in politics. Not a naive one."

ABC News' Mary Bruce contributed to this report.

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/20...kennedy-to.html

 

[Brand New]

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Obama got his ass rape in Florida.

 

[Denny Crane]

I think the Democrats penalized Florida for changing the date of their primary, and no delegates are awarded.