Obama is a fucking capitalist pig, he is not a fucking socialist.You fucks are fucking desperate
On Sep 19, 7:59 am, piratelt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The only message he and the rest of the demoshits ever had was > socialism is > great. rah rah rah SOCIALISM > > ---------------- > Oh I think that is going on as we speak....Bush did a bang up job in > getting us there. > > On Sep 18, 3:25 pm, Travis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The only message he and the rest of the demoshits ever had was socialism is > > great. rah rah rah SOCIALISM > > > On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 4:06 PM, Keith In Tampa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > > > *Can Obama Get Back On Message?* > > > ** > > >http://www.powerlineblog.com/ > > > > John McCain's selection of Sarah Palin threw Barack Obama off his stride > > > to > > > the extent that it sometimes seems that he thinks he is running against > > > Palin for Vice President. The conventional wisdom is that Obama needs to > > > get > > > back on message. > > > > Perhaps. I wonder, though, what message he is supposed to get back to? > > > Obama won the Democratic nomination with two themes: 1) I represent > > > change, > > > and 2) I'm the purest anti-war candidate. But even by the middle of the > > > Democratic primary process those themes were wearing thin. Obama's > > > substance-free "yes we can" mantra had become a standing joke and, with > > > the > > > U.S. well on the way to success in Iraq, Obama's anti-war position was > > > becoming simultaneously suspect and moot. > > > > When he transitioned to the general election, Obama acted as though he > > > were > > > running against George Bush. His main message was that John McCain is a > > > Bush > > > clone. But that message didn't sell, and the more the public focuses on > > > the > > > race, listens to McCain and looks forward rather than backward, the less > > > power it has. John McCain is obviously anything but the second coming of > > > George Bush. > > > > It is true, of course, that Bush is unpopular and that after either party > > > has occupied the White House for eight years, countless grievances have > > > accumulated and many voters are ready to give the other guys a chance. But > > > that is a fact, not a message. It's already factored into the candidates' > > > standing in the polls, and Obama can't just stand up and say "I'm not a > > > Republican." Besides, Republicans' standing with the voters, as measured > > > by > > > party identification and generic Congressional preference, is rising, not > > > falling. > > > > So what, exactly, is the message that Obama should go back to? It's not an > > > easy question to answer. He can't focus on his own achievements, because > > > there aren't many. Worse, major areas of Obama's past are off limits. He > > > really doesn't want to open up a conversation about his years in Indonesia > > > or at Harvard Law School, or about his work as a "community organizer" in > > > Chicago or the friends he made there. Nor can he talk in any detail about > > > his role as a legislator in Springfield or Washington, since he has been a > > > go along/get along careerist, not a reformer like John McCain or Sarah > > > Palin. > > > > What does that leave? Mostly, hoping for bad news. The Obama campaign > > > assumes that anything bad that happens, whether a hurricane or a > > > bankruptcy, > > > somehow strengthens their position. They might be right. But, apart from > > > the > > > fact that it's not a very attractive basis on which to run for President, > > > it's not at all clear that if times are tough, it will make people want to > > > pull the lever for an untested, unqualified, uncreative and--strangest of > > > all--still largely unknown politician. > > > > So it will be interesting to see what message, exactly, Obama decides to > > > get "back" to. > > > -- > > *~@):~{>- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
