Comments on Advance Indiana™: More On That Change Obama Is Promising

LegalDiva, please, oh, please, tell me what "scien...

2008-06-09T11:13:00.000-05:00

LegalDiva, please, oh, please, tell me what "scientific facts" back up the notion that the US government infected the African-American community with AIDS.

Simply because I am not familiar with it - Please ...

2008-06-06T13:17:00.000-05:00

Simply because I am not familiar with it - Please provide a direct citation to the facts that support your position that Obama's actual campaign put out a statement that "if a tape should surface in which it appears Michelle uses the term whitey, you should know she was actually saying 'why'd he.'" I think you are inappropriately tying the blogsphere public directly to Obama's campaign.

By the way, a Rasmussen poll just released today shows Obama ahead of McSame in Missourri - first time since December. Is the GOP getting nervous yet about the changing political map?

ipopa, Obama did respond to a question, which prom...

2008-06-06T12:46:00.000-05:00

ipopa, Obama did respond to a question, which prompted MSM news reports on a matter which had been limited to the blogosphere. But before Obama did that, his campaign's prolific bloggers began disseminating a message to the effect that "if a tape should surface in which it appears Michelle uses the term whitey, you should know she was actually saying "why'd he". If the Obama campaign is confident no such tape exists, why would they bother to put out that explanation of why someone might think she has used the term "whitey" in a public discussion?

You're right, Gary. It's only THREE degrees of se...

2008-06-06T12:15:00.000-05:00

You're right, Gary. It's only THREE degrees of separation. I heard about the "non-denial, denial," and if you've run a national campaign before, you'd know that even responding to it makes it a story. Obama's point is valid. I'm not going to respond to anything until it needs responding to, otherwise I'll be spending the entire campaign beating down a whispering campaign. Even Republican sources, such as the National Review, cast serious doubts on the veracity of the charge. Did you know McCain once had sex with his now wife in his senate office? I have it from four Republican sources, two of whom used to work in his office, that this happened. So blog on that until a mainstream reporter asks him about it. When that happens, will he issue an outright denial, or will he call it a scurrilous allegation? And if he does the latter, can we assume he gets freaky in Congress? OR might it just be that he believes the question should not be answered? You already know.

But I'm willing to put my money where my mouth is. Are you? I've got $100 that says no type in which Michelle Obama says "Whitey" ever surfaces. (The whole why'd he versus Whitey thing is silly...we'll know form the inflection whether it's a statement or question).

You got me covered?

The point of the post, folks, wasn't so much to sl...

2008-06-06T12:00:00.000-05:00

The point of the post, folks, wasn't so much to slam Obama as it was to point out that he politic's as good as anyone. All these people that he has on his steering committee are typical of any politician, hence no "change". Trotting out all the people McCain surrounds himself with doesn't change that, and it shouldn't really enter into this discussion, because McCain has never claimed to be the agent of change that Obama (and his supporters) claims to be.

They are both corrupt and worthless and since many...

2008-06-06T11:37:00.000-05:00

They are both corrupt and worthless and since many people feel that the only role of government is to enrich themselves and there friends, it is not suprising that this is the choice that we have. This country will continue to deteriorate until the revoltion occurs.

Tarrandwolley,"Single-handledly responsible?" Riii...

2008-06-06T09:48:00.000-05:00

Tarrandwolley,

"Single-handledly responsible?" Riiiiiiiiiight. McCain is by no means perfect, but you really gotta do better than that.

Legaldiva,Tell me how one can take "God Damn Ameri...

2008-06-06T09:46:00.000-05:00

Legaldiva,

Tell me how one can take "God Damn America" out of context. Or "America is a sin against God." Obama himself describes Wright as his spiritual mentor and attended his church for 20 years being immersed in this racist filth. Obama also describes himself as close to Pfleger.

Tell me how one can trust someone to protect us from terrorists who would bomb us when he staretd his political career in the home of two people who actually did bomb America and are less than sorry for their actions.

And Michelle Obama? A "victim" with a seven figure income?

Obama has no political track record. The only way to tell what he is going to do is to look at his associations, associations by choice, mind you. And his associations by choice are with peopel who really, REALLY do not like the United States.

The chief job of POTUS is to protect the United States. Obama inspires no confidence that he is even interested in carrying out that duty, let alone capable of it.

Yes, lobbyist who shape McCain's policies and whos...

2008-06-06T08:16:00.000-05:00

Yes, lobbyist who shape McCain's policies and whose policies and lobbying is thought to be single handedly responsible for the mortgage crisis. You can try to shift focus, but the truth remains that Obama's policy is not so clearly shaped by those who he is surrounded by.

Your fear mongering will not work. John McCain = Recession = Depression. We won't have to protect America if John McSame's policies drive the American economy into the ground. John McSame - not good for the middle class.

To say that the people he surrounds himself with h...

2008-06-06T06:44:00.000-05:00

To say that the people he surrounds himself with hate the USA is a gross mischaracterization of fact and logic. I could take sound bites from the most patriotic folks and find something negative they've said about the USA, the gov't, etc. It doesn't mean they don't love their country. It's a particularly disturbing rationale when considering that Rev. Wright is a veteran.

At some point, I hope, white America (not all, but a lot) will realize that people of different backgrounds view things differently based upon our experiences. Just because you disagree doesn't mean you can knock the person's experiences and perception. That makes you more ignorant that them. Believe it or not, there are a lot of people who believe the AIDS ideology. It's not new and was widely floated during the late 80's, early 90's. It was seemingly backed by scientific fact. Some folks still believe it, especially in light of the astounding numbers of Af-Am people affected. It may also come as a shocker to you that a lot of people Af-Am and otherwise believe that Hillary has a sense of entitlement about the presidency...how is that racist? The expression of frustration through animated antics may not be the best way to deal with situations, but it's just that...frustration, not a hatred of this country.

Obama, who is running for the job of protecting Am...

2008-06-05T21:37:00.000-05:00

Obama, who is running for the job of protecting America, surrounds himself with people who hate America (Jeremiah Wright, Michelle Obama, Bill Ayers, Bernadine Dohrn, Micheal Pfleger) and is endorsed by people who hate America across the glopbe (Hezboallah, Iran, Venezuela, etc.)

And Tarrandwooley is complaining about McCain's connection with lobbyists?

Standard liberal misplaced priorities.

Chris, Now you're just making a fool of yourself. ...

2008-06-05T20:45:00.000-05:00

Chris, Now you're just making a fool of yourself. This isn't six degrees of separation with these people. You twist the facts to suit your argument. How did you like Obama's non-denial denial of the "whitey" videotape?

I can't leave it at one comment. I guess having s...

2008-06-05T20:01:00.000-05:00

I can't leave it at one comment. I guess having seen John McCain give a disastrous speech with no real vision to it, you are now more desperate than ever to play Six Degree of Separation...from Obama. You're faulting Obama because somebody on his VP selection committee worked for a company that got a contract from a city government that had somebody indicted? Yowza.

www.ipopa.blogspot.com

Out of curiosity, who got the pardon for Scooter L...

2008-06-05T19:49:00.000-05:00

Out of curiosity, who got the pardon for Scooter Libby?

Well, on that point, I say at least the people Oba...

2008-06-05T18:54:00.000-05:00

Well, on that point, I say at least the people Obama has been friends with has not directly affected his Presidential policy.

Lets look at John McCain’s national campaign general co-chair who, at the same time, was being paid by a Swiss bank to lobby Congress about the U.S. mortgage crisis while advising McCain about his economic policy (which McCain admits he know nothing about).

This story can easily be found on MSNBC. Lobbying disclosure forms, filed by Swiss Bank UBS, list McCain’s campaign co-chair as a lobbyist dealing specifically with legislation regarding the mortgage crisis as recently as Dec. 31, 2007. Gramm registered as a lobbyist for the bank by 2004. To this day, Gramm continues to serve as a UBS vice chairman.

As early as October, 2006, RealClearPolitics.com reported that Gramm was advising McCain on economic issues. Politico.com quoted McCain advisors saying that Gramm had input on McCain’s March 26 policy speech about the mortgage crisis. McCain himself has often cited Gramm’s influence as a way to establish his bona fides with economic conservatives.

When Gramm chaired the Senate Banking Committee, he wrote and passed deregulatory legislation in more than one industry, establishing himself as a pre-eminent foe of government regulation. McCain’s March 26 speech recommended further deregulation of the banking industry as his response to the mortgage crisis.

McCain and Gramm have been friends for more than a decade. McCain chaired Gramm’s 1996 presidential run and Gramm says the two men speak every day. McCain reportedly has hinted Gramm might serve as his Treasury secretary.

After Gramm passed a law easing regulation of energy-commodity trading, California experienced a sharp run-up in energy costs. The energy-trading company Enron was blamed and soon collapsed.

In 1999, Gramm successfully undid the Depression-era Glass-Steagall Act, removing the decades-old wall between commercial banking, which was heavily regulated, and investment banking, which was not. The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act did not extend significant new regulation to investment banking.

Some economists fault Gramm’s deregulatory successes, as well as lax enforcement of remaining oversight powers, not just for the subprime mortgage crisis, but for its spread to other sectors of finance. Even Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson has expressed interest in toughening regulations.

Jared Bernstein of the Economic Policy Institute told the Washington Post, “McCain is counting on people having very short memories and not connecting some pretty obvious dots here.”

The final UBS form listing Gramm’s work as a lobbyist says he was lobbying the Senate in the second half of 2007 regarding the Helping Families Save Their Homes in Bankruptcy Act. The bill would have let bankruptcy judges rewrite mortgage terms for Americans facing foreclosure so they could repay their loans and keep their homes.

The banking industry opposed this measure. The bill failed.

John McCain - someone whose friends influence his policy.

Give Sen. Obama the benefit of the doubt for a mom...

2008-06-05T17:54:00.000-05:00

Give Sen. Obama the benefit of the doubt for a moment. Assume it is possible, just possible, that he really had no idea what his former spiritual advisor was saying, no idea what his friend Rezko was into.

In a "Best for Obama" Case Scenario, do you want a guy whose judgment in selecting personal friends is this poor, to be selecting important cabinet members and various appointees?