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Aug 4, 2008, 3:35 GMT
In unity overture to Clinton, Obama wants Florida, Michigan, counted
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'Madison writing the constitution?'
Madison wasn't the sole author of the constitution, indeed it went to a constitutional committee. He had also helped write Virginias Declaration of Religious Freedom and served in the Virginia state legislature a hell of a lot longer then the 143 days that Obama served before HE decided he was ready to be president.
EVEN STILL, it was TWENTY THREE YEARS serving in government before Madison decided he was ready to be president. Not 143 days. Lincoln served state and federal government for 26 years.
McCain has 50 years of service to the USA through the military and congress.
The thing that obama has done the longest is attend the 'damn America church.'
'McCain is just too dangerous'
Better to elect someone who you know nothing about because you can't believe what he says and has no real record other then a short trip in the senate where he got the 'Most liberal Senator' title from the National Journal.
'I'm voting purely on race. I want to see a nation of white people elect a black guy. That's all. That's it. And that's the truth for most of us, deep down'
An honest Obamna supporter at last.
Great news!
I am looking forward with hope that this nation will wake up and realized what a great president Barack Obama will be. I am proudly voting for an honest, intelligent, wise man. I am a retired resident in the state of Florida
Same old politics. In a way I am disappointed with this, more because this is a slight towards other states, and undermines the reason that our society has rules. If Obama's move is to get acclimation, then it would a shrewd move. However, this clearly shows Obama's lack of experience and unwillingness to show that he is willing to make hard decisions.
What an outpouring of moronic blather from the Republican trolls who haunt this blog. It must take extraordinary stamina to keep repeating the same vapid blather over and over again. I hope you're getting minimum wage for your efforts, at the very least.
Flip Flop again.
Oblama did everything he could to keep these states from being fully counted until Hillary was out of the race - now he wants them counted!
Obama just set a new record for Flip Flops in this election!!!
Lets just call him the 'Say Anything' candidate.
well, no one is impressed with you.
And the europeans can have obama.
'Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama on Sunday urged the party's credentials committee to give a full vote to the defrocked state delegations from Florida and Michigan - a move that could heal the lingering, deep divisions with narrowly defeated rival Hillary Clinton.'
Wow. What spin. He will count them when they don't matter. Why would this be something healing?
'Wow. What spin. He will count them when they don't matter. Why would this be something healing?'
Exactly.
Obamba played by the rules, Clinton did not and still her backers are still saying that Hillary really won! To quote Frazier Crane 'What color is the sky in your world...?'
His record is non existent and his words mean nothing.
He simply stands for absolutely nothing what so ever.
He lied about Campaign matching funds.
He lied about filibustering telecom immunity.
He flip-flopped on the DC gun ban.
He flip-flopped on Iraq troop withdrawals
He flip-flopped on the government's eavesdropping program.
He flip-flopped on late term abortion and then re flipped.
He flip-flopped on gay marriage.
He flip-flopped on NAFTA.
He flip-flopped on The Cuba embargo.
He flip-flopped on welfare reform.
He flip-flopped on Donations from Lobbyists.
He flip-flopped on serving his full term as senator.
He flip-flopped on Meeting with Foreign Leaders like Iran.
He flip-flopped on tossing Jeremiah Wright under the bus.
He flip-flopped on Jerusalem being undivided.
He flip-flopped on the PATRIOT Act.
He flip-flopped on Coal mining.
He flip-flopped on 'PAYGO'
He flip-flopped on legal Immigrants getting Driver's Licenses.
He flip-flopped on school Vouchers
Add seating the delegates to the list, along with many others...
I am really disappointed in the level of ignorance of people in this country. I am a registered independent and have voted for republicans and democrats. However, in this contest there is only one choice and that is Obama. McCain is lower on the intelligence scale than Bush and that is really hard to do. McCain would continue to keep us hated by the rest of the world. McCain would have us in another uncalled for \'war\' the first time he got upset. (which is quite often) How can people like someone who cheated on his crippled wife, called his current wife a \'cunt\' in public, cusses regularly in senate hearings, and cheated on his current wife. He also has two major ethical violations while he has been serving. If you are stupid. If you are ignorant. If you think Rush Limbaugh is your God. Then you should vote for McCain because he is like you.
'I am really disappointed in the level of ignorance of people in this country. '
Well, most of us have figured out how to hit the 'submit' button only once, but you are free to get out any time.
Obama sounds so smart when he is reading other peoples speeches.. McCain has written some excellent books I suggest you read some of them, you might change your mind. Start with 'Faith of My Fathers'...
www.amazon.com/Faith-My-Fathers-John-Mccain/dp/0375501916
'McCain would continue to keep us hated by the rest of the world.'
So you are going to vote for someone who is clearly unqualified in order to be 'liked'? Isn't that pretty insecure?
As for the rest of your post, using the 'c' word (and regurgitating a proven lie) shows you to be a lowlife.
Is this guy for real? He has flip-flopped on NAFTA, campaign reform, off-shore drilling, the surge working/not working, and NOW he wants FL and MI delegations seated? Talk about talking out of both sides of your mouth!!!Snake oil, anyone?
ok gang heres the bottom line
BO and his band want to look like he is creating Unity by bringing these states into full vote fruition (now that there has been enough time to pass when these votes would have mattered and vitually tied the primary race for HRC and BO)... and it theoretically is brilliant because now he can go either way and say - 1. we did this for Unity of the Party (not pick HRC as veep) but talk sideways out of his mouth and say he is trying to provide a bridge to bring the clinton 18 million along... OR... 2. we did this for Unity of the Party (realising that he is virtually dead even in the polls with MCain select the only way he can win for sure and bring Hillary as veep and say 'this shows all along he was going to pick her' and get her 18 million votes
wow he is truly genius ... let me just say this for sure as an independent voter (voted for Reagan - Reagan - Perot - Clinton - Gore - Kerry) there is only ONE candidate I will vote for this year and I am calling on all independants as well as dems and reps to write in HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON if her name is not on the ballot. that is a decision already made on this end... I am sure many will be doing the same. if this means that the dems lose because of Unity then having a Maverick like McCain will be just fine by me (anyone who knows McCain's history knows that he is not truly GOP and many dems will be fine with him for President because he is a true independant running on only one of possible two tickets.
write in HRC
I've spent 2 hours reading comment after comment. I think the tides are turning. 3 months from now, BO won't no longer be the ONE. He's losing in polls daily.
America deserves someone with more integrety and character.
McCain served our country and paid for it with his imprisonment in Vietnam. What did Obama do? Attending that racist church listing to Wright for all those 20 years?
McCain '08
No one is really qualified to be President.What ever you say right or wrong it is always questionable.So how can you be qualified?Give Obama a chance, thats what the other Presidents had.
'Give Obama a chance, thats what the other Presidents had.'
So did Hitler.
'BO would win either way counted then or now.'
Yes, BO would win either way. This guy is trying to be slick. We do not need a slicko for president.
i have lived in michigan all my life
i really never thought of michigan as a state.
frankly i don't know what it is.
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