Give me a break...

[Jenny_Jackson]

Oh, I forgot that's a "RACIST" remark.

This is typical of Obama's distorted campaign.

http://blog.oregonlive.com/breakingnews/2008/05/obamamayvisit.html
Obama rallies tens of thousands at Portland waterfront
Posted by The Oregonian May 19, 2008 06:15AM
Tens of thousands jammed Gov. Tom McCall Waterfront Park in Portland today to watch Barack Obama wrap up a busy weekend in Oregon and a historic campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination.

The Portland Fire Bureau estimated the crowd at 72,000. About 60,000 squeezed inside the gates and 12,000 watched from outside.

It was a record crowd for an Oregon political event. In 2004, an estimated 50,000 turned out to see Democrat John Kerry, who brought along movie idol Leonardo DiCaprio and rocker Jon Bon Jovi.
Obama was the biggest star at Sunday's gathering -though a popular Portland band, The Decemberists, provided the warm-up act. With blue skies and temperatures in the 80s, thousands waited in lines that snaked through downtown Portland streets.

The article continues...

But let's look a little deeper. Portland has been in the cloudy, rainy 45-50 degree doldrums for months. Saturday it suddenly became 90+. People flocked to the four places in Portland they always go when the weather breaks - Sauvie's Island, Willamette Park, Dittler's Beach and McCall Waterfront Park. Actually, on Sunday most people went to McCall park because there was a concert scheduled and announced Friday morning.

Obama announced at 2:30 PM on Sunday he was holding a "rally at McCall Waterfront Park." The "rally" took place at 3:30. Now either 60 or 70,000 people showed up in ONE HOUR or they weren't there to see him, even though that is what Obama and the national press has twisted this to say.

This morning on the news films of six or seven people interviewed were shown. Who were those people? Oddly, the same faces you see in his downtown campaign office.

Typical

 

[DesertPirate]

Jenny the media will do anything to get him elected. There is no honesty or objectivity anymore.

 

[Trinique_Fire]

What? You're RACIST?

 

[DesertPirate]

What? You're RACIST?

A black man will be President someday, just not this year. If Colin Powell had run ...

 

[Trinique_Fire]

A black man will be President someday, just not this year. If Colin Powell had run ...

Remember when Carol Moseley Braun had her chance? Boy, she fucked that up good.

 

[Jenny_Jackson]

What? You're RACIST?

Appearantly, but only because I don't believe in bullshit.

A black man will be President someday, just not this year. If Colin Powell had run ...

I said that way back in 2000. Unfortunately, GW destroyed any chance Powell had in Politics.

The other thing I saw yesterday was an article on CNN.com cleaiming "38% of Democrate think Hillary should drop out."

Ummm... Does that mean 62% are hoping she won't and kick Obama's ass at the Convention in July?

 

[TE999]

Leave us face it Jenny, the MSM has anointed him their next President.

Unfortunately, when you strip away the rhetoric he is well meaning but not qualified--yet.

A silver tongue and playing to the crowd does not a president make--black, white, brown, yellow or any shade inbetween.

The emperor is naked--or at least in his underwear.

I suppose the above remarks make me a racist--then so be it.

When expressing your opinion or stating facts about a prominent person is frowned upon, then we as a nation are in serious trouble.

My $0.02.

 

[Liar]

Who said it's a racist remark?

From what you told me, I can do nothing but shrug.

From his campaign's side, is the same "project an image of success at every opportunity" that every candidate for the last three decades has been pimping a thousand times before at every chance they could. Or have you ever seen anyone downplay something that could work in their favor?

For the media's side, it's the same thing. They sell a story. This is a good narrative. Good narratives sell ads.

 

[cloudy]

Who said it's a racist remark?

From what you told me, I can do nothing but shrug.

From his campaign's side, is the same "project an image of success at every opportunity" that every candidate for the last three decades has been pimping a thousand times before at every chance they could. Or have you ever seen anyone downplay something that could work in their favor?

For the media's side, it's the same thing. They sell a story. This is a good narrative. Good narratives sell ads.

Exactly.

Pretending that Obama's circle is the only one doing this type of thing is just downright silly.

 

[Quiet_Cool]

Exactly.

Pretending that Obama's circle is the only one doing this type of thing is just downright silly.

by the time either candidate actually runs for president, McCain will be in a position to not even need firepower. They're (as always) destroying each other in favor of the Republican party. I seriously doubt a black man or a woman will stand a chance in the Presidential election, not because of their qualifications or lack thereof (let's face it, we're not going to be voting for qualified candidates any more; we're guessing which candidate is the lesser of two evils these days, and pickings in that arena are even getting slim) or because of any ethnic, gender-based discrimination, but because the slander and division among the democratic party alone is debilitating at this point.

Q_C

 

[rengadeirishman]

by the time either candidate actually runs for president, McCain will be in a position to not even need firepower. They're (as always) destroying each other in favor of the Republican party. I seriously doubt a black man or a woman will stand a chance in the Presidential election, not because of their qualifications or lack thereof (let's face it, we're not going to be voting for qualified candidates any more; we're guessing which candidate is the lesser of two evils these days, and pickings in that arena are even getting slim) or because of any ethnic, gender-based discrimination, but because the slander and division among the democratic party alone is debilitating at this point.

Q_C

Exactly, I respect perseverance, But hillary should have surrendered by now, and i would say the same for obama were he the one on the losing end, all this is doing is throwing away democratic money and time, time and money that could be better spent fighting McCain, if McCain becomes president, he'll owe Hillary a thank you letter.

 

[Quiet_Cool]

Exactly, I respect perseverance, But hillary should have surrendered by now, and i would say the same for obama were he the one on the losing end, all this is doing is throwing away democratic money and time, time and money that could be better spent fighting McCain, if McCain becomes president, he'll owe Hillary a thank you letter.

Nah. The two should have just shook hands and run together. No matter who was at the helm and who was playing second fiddle, they'd have pulled both minority votes (and yes, people will vote simply based on them being minorities--I'm hearing a lot of "it's about times" over both black and female presidents being voted in, and not hearing anything on the opposite spectrum, and these people aren't talking politics, simply vanity for the most part) and wouldn't have torn their chances to shreds in the process of running against each other. Things would have been a lot simpler and more productive for the democrats if one would have swallowed their pride and run for President when their term together was over from the "incumbent" position of Vice-president.

I'm a fan of neither, nor am I a fan of McCain for that matter, but it would have been a stronger, less destructive path for the party as a whole. It gives the feeling that the Republicans, who aren't saying much at this point, are united and the democrats are divided, and therefore, unstable. To a point, it speaks the truth.

Q_C

 

[Jenny_Jackson]

The real problem is this - a year ago there was a clear choice: Hillary or McCain.

Now it's coming down to the better of the worst possible choices

 

[DesertPirate]

The real problem is this - a year ago there was a clear choice: Hillary or McCain.

Now it's coming down to the better of the worst possible choices

Part of the problem was trotting out Bill, it reminded everyone of the blatant corruption at the end of his term. All those pardons that resulted in campaign contributions for Hillary's Senate run were a bit obvious. Renting out the Lincoln bedroom didn't help either. It was a very corrupt administration.

On your ealier post, Bush had nothing to do with Powell not running. He refused to put his family through the media bullshit! And moved a couple notches up in my regard by putting them first.

 

[Jenny_Jackson]

Part of the problem was trotting out Bill, it reminded everyone of the blatant corruption at the end of his term. All those pardons that resulted in campaign contributions for Hillary's Senate run were a bit obvious. Renting out the Lincoln bedroom didn't help either. It was a very corrupt administration.

On your ealier post, Bush had nothing to do with Powell not running. He refused to put his family through the media bullshit! And moved a couple notches up in my regard by putting them first.

Okay... Powell never was in the loop. The Bushies had him running around like an idiot lying to the UN. Then they give him the sack. So what's he supposed to say? Now I'm running for president?

 

[DesertPirate]

Okay... Powell never was in the loop. The Bushies had him running around like an idiot lying to the UN. Then they give him the sack. So what's he supposed to say? Now I'm running for president?

There was a lot of pressure for him to run in 2000, that's when I'm talking about. He would have been the Republican instead of Bush.