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By: Barack Obama, Israel, the oppressed and global socialism. « Constitution Club

Sun, 23 Mar 2008 01:48:04 +0000

[...] friend and Conclub contributor thompaine asked me to expandon certain concerns I had regarding Senator Obama’s outlook on Israel and the Middle East. [...]

By: Senator Barack Obama, Israel, the oppressed and global socialism. « Constitution Club

Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:52:46 +0000

[...] friend and Conclub contributor thompaine asked me to expand on certain concerns I had regarding Senator Obama’s outlook on Israel and the Middle East. [...]

By: E the Wise

E the Wise — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 14:28:58 +0000

Interesting info on Florida and Ohio. . . hmmmm

By: Dana

Dana — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 11:55:53 +0000

I don’t know whether I believe that Mr Obama is further to the left than Mrs Clinton; Mrs Clinton has been triangulating to run as a centrist — having seen what happened to the-most-liberal-record-in-the-Senate John Kerry in 2004, but I simply don’t believe her record, or her. I think she has one, and only one, principle: what’s best for Hillary Clinton, and the rest of us can go to Hell.

Hillary Clinton — and her husband — strike me as thinking that they are jusy so much smarter than the rest of us that they ought to run our lives for us. No, no, no, a thousand times, no! To (mis)quote Johnathan Edwards, “She can’t even run her own life; I’ll be damned if she’ll run mine!”

By: Bob

Bob — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 05:59:21 +0000

Dave: Dana, my guess that this whole Wright thing was leaked to the media by a Clinton operative.

It didn’t really need to be leaked. Trinity UCC has been selling the DVDs all along. All the media had to do was take the time to view them.

By: Dave the Infidel Sage

Dave the Infidel Sage — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 05:48:22 +0000

Thanks DFV, I always deeply value your opinion.

By: DFV the Scribe

DFV the Scribe — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 05:45:39 +0000

Update to my comment #16: A close look at the latest polls at Real Clear Politics confirms that Obama is significantly weaker than Clinton in both Florida and Ohio.

I think Obama will struggle mightily in FL, because he openly supports trade and dialogue with Cuba, and because his connection to Wright and his position on Israel will hurt him with the Jewish vote. And for whatever reason, Obama isn’t nearly as popular in OH as Hillary is. If a Democratic candidate can’t win FL or OH, they are in trouble in the general. Not eliminated, by any stretch, but definitely in trouble.

Maybe I will need to re-reassess my desired Democratic opponent.

By: 1dumblonde

1dumblonde — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 05:35:35 +0000

The real Barack is standing up. He’s a vapid, charismatic person who can talk about his grandmother so eloquently one day and then call her a “typical white person” the next. He can make Clinton out to be oh-so-terrible for just about anything, but if she says one word that could even remotely be construed as anti-Obama-our-savior, God help her. He had a two-hour long ad on MSNBC tonight. It’s all presentation. The emperor has no clothes!

By: hairybeast

hairybeast — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 05:25:51 +0000

DFV- same here. Hillary is a grown-up. She would be better than Obama-Jimmy-Carter-Hussein.

By: DFV the Scribe

DFV the Scribe — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 05:23:47 +0000

Excellent column, Dave. I basically agree, too, with everything PG says in comment #6. I’ve always believed that Hillary is one of the most responsible Dems, and I would therefore fear her presidency less than Obama’s, but I have come to believe that she will be a weaker general election candidate than Obama, as well.