Good thing they're throwing all the punches during the primaries, which it looks like he's going to win. Now they won't have any dirt on him for the Presidentials. I'm so excited to vote for my country's first president of color!
And the "dirt" starts flying!
The only thing is,IT IS NOT OBAMAS "DIRT"!
It's those who are jealous of him,AND WHO ARE GETTING VERY DESPERATE,who are insulting his ancestry and family.Not to mention MAKING FUN of,and cheapening,the culture of African people.
So now they have to stoop so low as to flash photos of Barack Obama in traditional(National/Cultural) African/Somali attire,AS IF HE WERE A TERRORIST?
JEEEEEEZ! If he'd been wearing a BLACK turban,would the cheap-a***d SOB's have said he was a TALIBAN??? Go and get a brain!
What a joke! Except,that how dare they insult someones personal family heritage and ancestry. I suppose that means that any black Americans who trace back their roots,visit their ancestral homeland and are HONOURED in public ceremony with the robes of their ancestral tribes are 'enemies' of America,and part of a 'secret cell'? Give me a break!
Don't worry Senator Barack, those who have seen the world,know that the day you were honoured with your ancestral traditions and attire,must have been a very personal,proud,moving and humble day! CONGRATULATIONS!
Och away! I'd better not wear my ancestral Scottish family/clan/tribe TARTAN KILT! I'll be tarred and feathered, or labelled 'PAGAN'or'INFIDEL'! lol!
This cheap and dirty stage in the Presidential campaign does NOT paint Americans in a good,honourable light. But, it DIDN'T WORK, because the dirty trick back-fired! LOL!
It's SO CHEAP and WHOEVER is behind turning personal family pride of ancestry into "dirt" from their OWN pig-sty should be ashamed,because it reflects on ALL good Americans,saying they are so isolated,insulated and TOTALLY racist and narrow-minded that they will begin to see Obama as an 'enemy'of America,as if we are ALL brain-washed stupid boneheads! Duhhh!
At least BARACK OBAMA has nothing to hide. What you see,is what he is.
QUANTITY AND QUALITY!
Which is more than I can say for Mack the knife 'neckless' McCain,OR pathetic icemaiden 'Hillarity' Clinton and her impeached,perjuring,'looking for nookie' ex-pressie spouse William!
Rock on Obama!
Yeh right! That should be a laugh considering THEIR OWN history of dirty politics and unethical behaviour and Bills personal history from Governorship,through to the White House impeachment/perjury and 'little black dress' etc.
How does the saying go,"Those who live in glass houses,shouldn't throw stones"!
LOL!
With the great showing Obama had on Super Tuesday watch now for the dirty campaigning the Clintons and their handlers will be conducting to taint Obama's character.
If you want to end the Bush dynasty, end the Clinton dynasty, end corruption, end the hold of interest groups on American politics and repair US standing in the world then I urge you to vote for OBAMA! This is your chance to make change real change happen!
I like Barack Obama's talk about unconditional meetings and dialogue with ALL other countries(friend or foe)and trying to reach peaceful compromises THROUGH friendly,diplomatic dialogue.
That fits in SO common-sensically with the rational tenet that aggressive,military action should ALWAYS be the very LAST option on the board,and only when it can be proved that all else,including dialogue,has failed.
Obama shows very good judgement and diplomacy that is far healthier,civilized,progressive and democratic than those who would stubbornly set UNACHIEVABLE,DISAGREEABLE and often DISRESPECTFUL conditions PRIOR TO TALK!
Obama appeals to my reason,stirs my soul and raises my optimism and I would be proud to accompany such a President on his 'unconditional dialogue bus' to ANY country,ENEMY OR FRIEND on this planet!
Peace,Salaam,Shalom!
LOL!I don't know Loch...have you noticed,Obama has quite a tough stubborn chin that pokes out(diplomatically)when it looks like someone is try to corner him.I would rather see a fleet-footed middle-weight in the ring,than a heavy-weight one-punch lump!
And he can't be that innocent/naive if he's a lawyer.One has to have a few sharks teeth to do that!
But,because he doesn't come with 'baggage'and ALREADY promises CHANGE,when AIPAC gather round him to cut off his air supply and sensibility,and offer their 'wisdom' saying 'what ya gonna do Barack,this is the way it's ALWAYS bin,take our word for it,my boy'. I HOPE HE WILL have the gonads to say,'EXACTLY,boys that's why it's GOTTA change'! Not all habit is healthy.Status quo can be that QUAGMIRE/QUICKSAND!And the best thing for Obama is NOT step into it AT ALL! Stay focused,on the outer edge!
I don't see him weighted down or beholden by obligations. No-one can call a debt on him,BECAUSE HE DOESN'T HAVE ANY! That reminds me,I must check on 'opensecrets.org',to see who the latest candidate contributors 'benefactors' are!
So I hope he can keep his neutrality as just AN AMERICAN with a free vision!
Because many of the people voting FOR Obama(and other candidates too),are probably getting SO sick of many MILLIONS of their hard-earned annual tax dollars going to Israel,routinely,as an expected part of the U.S.economic budget(FORGET THE U.S.KIDS AND THE ELDERLY AND THE 40 MILLION ALREADY BELOW THE POVERTY BELT HERE)to re-arm the IDF to kill non-Jewish people,and CONTINUE to build illegal settlements on indigenous Palestinian land and CONTINUE to TOTALLY IGNORE THE United Nations Security Resolutions!
LOL! The pre-rigged voting machines will be a big problem unless Congress get off their fat-posteriors and do right FOR THE American voters,WITHOUT WHOM THEY WOULDN'T HAVE A JOB!
They'd better be quick before America ships all the pre-rigged machines to KENYA for their elections LOL! Now Obama WOULDN'T like that! Half his family,and reputation is Kenyan!
And,he's not a practising Muslim,Loch,he spent a couple of years in an Islamic school when he was a boy.But,to me,that doesn't matter,because to me that GIVES HIM first hand experience and PROVES that not everyone who spends time in an Islamic 'madrassa',or studying one of the great earth religions comes out as a jihadist,born-again,Mossad etc 'nut-job'! Which is far from the truth!
Even at 45 years old(which is no spring-chicken)baby-face Obama has already 'tasted' quite a varied,wordly'buffet',WHICH can only make him MORE knowledgable and aware of wolves and hawks and 'greeks bearing gifts'etc,sneaking up to the Oval Office door.
It's ironical that many great leaders with very apparent souls and GOOD consciences,are targeted by those who are blatantly soul-LESS AND an insult to their own faiths AND GOD!
Decent,ordinary people worldwide are YEARNING to be brought together in peace,to exchange dialogue,culture,music and laughter.
After all,we all have the same blood.
If Obama is keen and careful,I think he can do that,with a clean-slate! Not one pre-scripted and headed,'gift from AIPAC' or ANY OTHER special-interest group.
Rock on Obama! I need some tea!
Peace,Salaam,Shalom!
Of all the major candidates (and I wish I could include Ron Paul in that category- maybe before it's all over!), I think Obama is the most even tempered and reasonable candidate. Unlike Hillary, he hasn't been involved in cocaine smuggling and money-laundering, or even perhaps, murder. Unlike McCain, he isn't completely owned by AIPAC and the Israeli government (Mossad). Look at his handler, Joe Lieberman... this guy's true colors have come out. He never was a democrat, he was a war-mongering neocon fascist thug all along. Talk about someone you can love to hate! Giuliani, thank God is out of the race, but not before he showed us all who McCain really is by giving him the "Don's kiss". Wanna bet? I bet we see a McCain Lieberman ticket in November 08. To whom will the voting machines be hacked? Hillary/Bloomberg or McCain/Lieberman? Who cares?
McCain and Hillary...not nice people. Really ugly, mean, nasty killers, both of them. Obama is... a nice guy! He's an innocent, and that might be what we need, someone whose hands are not stained with blood. Of course, I think Obama will be a pushover. After the big meeting, the one where They sit him down and say, "Mr. President, here's what the reality is," and show him the UFO's and the money scam and the fact that everyone who really controls the world is in cahoots together to enslave the planet forever, he'll just roll over and be the good little puppet they expect him to be.
But with Obama, there is an x-factor. He still has a soul. (Hillary and McCain- no souls there! They are poster children for David Icke's reptilian shape-shifters) Obama has a soul. That's why he resonates with people. And the trouble with having a soul is, there is a chance one can act using free-will. Whoa now! That is too much x-factor! If Obama actually gets elected, I bet he doesn't last a year before he is assassinated, by "Islamic terrorists" of course, who are hell-bent on killing the first Muslim president in American history. I think Al Qaieda is spelled M_O_S_S_A_D.
LOL! That depends on who you speak to. One mans "quagmire" is another mans comfortable status quo,and they are usually the ones STANDING outside the quagmire,watching all their 'inconvenient'enemies sinking further INTO the mud-pit!
I also watched the debate and listened carefully to what was said,not said,and completely danced around with just pure political hogwash,mainly by Hilary Clinton,who to me,is a status quo(quagmire)corporate dinosaur.
I do not think that she is strong enough to keep Bill out of the Oval Office and interfering with Americas international,AND NATIONAL issues,as if he were President again! He is NOT,and he will NOT BE!
People forget that although it seems,that times were good with Bill Clinton in office,that he was ALSO responsible for,or neglectful of,many errors of judgement domestic and FOREIGN! And also IGNORED or INDIRECTLY ENDORSED
many human rights abuses.That to me is a WEAK President and stains his character which then stains the Nation.
And besides,all of ordinary America knows that the main difference between Repubs and Dems,is that the Repubs EMPTY the nations coffers,and the Dems REFILL them,and the Repubs to empty AGAIN! It's a standing circus agreement.
I would be happy to see a female President,but I don't think Hilary is the right woman YET! She speaks of PAST experience,BUT that doesn't mean that qualifies her for a FUTURE America,where many changes,for the better,are needed.
Sometimes past experiences can handicap a perfomance and just because someone comes with a thicker 'resume',DOESN'T mean it's a good one OR HONEST!
Barack Obama comes with NO PAST BAGGAGE,DEBTS,UNFULFILLED PROMISES,or biases. He is a 'clean-slate' ready to be filled with Just progress,healthy growth and sincere promise.Obama is also an excellant diplomat and those that worry about his public eloquence are nit-picking.He speaks well and will bloom in eloquence as the job goes along. Besides it's not the delivery,it's the content,that REALLY matters,to the listeners THAT CARE! I am pleased that MOVEON.org have endorsed him too.
He IS comparably young(middle-aged),especially when one looks at the 'dinosaurs' around him who FEAR CHANGE will take away their 'status quo' comforts or effect their 'special interests'.
Obama is like a breath of fresh air in a stale room,that raises the head UP.
He is fair AND CERTAINLY NOT NAIVE.I know many older people who are MORE Naive!LOL!
Obama is not afraid OR AVERSE to acknowledge that America has MILLIONS of people in REAL POVERTY,though he NEEDS to address it more,publically because it is a BIG REALITY,not a myth.
He has an oath,as a lawyer,to the Rule of Law and I can't see him ABUSING Executive Privilege. BUT,I can see 'Corporate'Hilary DOING THAT!
Barack is a uniter of people rather than a divider. I was also impressed by his emphasis on DIALOGUE with Iran. Diplomacy AND Dialogue are long-past much needed and far healthier for all!
I found at the end,that Obama,though possibly new to the Oval Office,shows a lot of good judgement,honest character,sincerity and answers ALL questions directly,without fear of treading on 'special interest' toes(a great phobia amongst the political 'Dinosaurs').
It was embarrassing to see Hilary squirming with her 'hedge-the bets',eyes-down answers,just like Michael Mukasey does.Body language tells you a lot!
And the fact that she COULD NOT ADMIT,face-up,that she made a mistake in her vote for going into Iraq made me nauseous and lost her a big point.
I do NOT want a President who CANNOT or WILL NOT admit to mistakes.That,in itself,insults the American citizens and shows she does not value humility,but merely sees it as a weakness in a politician.I see it as a strength of character!
AND,her sanctimonious answer/joke about the "Clintons cleaning up after the Bushes AGAIN!" was insulting and un-necessary and even as a 'joke' FELL FLAT! Who the 'flip' does she think she's SPEAKING TO?
The debate questions,themselves,to BOTH of them were TOO polite and should have been tougher and pushed them further to account and commitment.But we have lots of time to go.
I would imagine a "Saudi businessman" WOULD want the Clintons back.If he's already rich,corporate and comfortable and in denial about REAL-TIME poverty in the majority of Saudis,OF COURSE he'd be afraid of any change that may alter that.
Even the wealthy Bin-Ladens probably want the Clintons back!
But,I don't think the average Saudis have anything to fear from Obama,if they,THEMSELVES,believe in Freedom and Democracy.
Barack Obama,may be new to the White House,but he will have plenty of 'dinosaurs'on his staff and queueing up to give him 'advise' and buy his favours with sticky smiles ad greasy handshakes. I hope he is strong enough to know the wheat from the chaff and still do what's right for everyone.
My instinct tells me that he will listen to all and STILL only ACT on good,fair and LEGAL judgement that considers ALL,and not just the FEW!
And,at the end of the day,Barack Obama stirs MY SOUL,makes me FEEL American AND universal,and make me HOPE positively.
I CAN see positive "change" with him and that's ONE THING we ALL need.
Rock on Barack!
Peace,Salaam,Shalom.
p.s. Bill would be a good emissary,yes,but for the South Pole! But that wouldn't be fair to the endangered species down there.They don't like saxophone music!LOL!