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Freedom Rider: So Long Suckers
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
"The Obama campaign has lied to its most fervent supporters."
The
yearlong joke that was the Democratic primary battle is now over. It is
official. Barack Obama offers absolutely nothing new except well
executed political strategy. The grand political rallies/come to Jesus
meetings were nothing more than political theater and viral marketing
on an off the charts scale. It is true that thousands of people became
involved in politics through the Obama campaign, only to be told now
that he represents the same old same old and that they had better
accept it and shut up.
yearlong joke that was the Democratic primary battle is now over. It is
official. Barack Obama offers absolutely nothing new except well
executed political strategy. The grand political rallies/come to Jesus
meetings were nothing more than political theater and viral marketing
on an off the charts scale. It is true that thousands of people became
involved in politics through the Obama campaign, only to be told now
that he represents the same old same old and that they had better
accept it and shut up.
The
Obama campaign slogan ought to be "Never give a sucker an even break."
It isn't clear which sight is more painful to watch, the progressives
who fell for the hype and are now heart broken or the cynics who knew
the game all along and now applaud the campaign's increasingly
rightward shift.
Obama campaign slogan ought to be "Never give a sucker an even break."
It isn't clear which sight is more painful to watch, the progressives
who fell for the hype and are now heart broken or the cynics who knew
the game all along and now applaud the campaign's increasingly
rightward shift.
The fact that Barack Obama will opt out
of public campaign financing proves that he is the ultimate corporate
candidate, confident that he can continue to be a fund raising machine.
His cash collecting prowess is a result of corporate fealty and nothing
else. The story of small campaign contributions propelling him to
victory is just one of many bogus tales spun in order to fool
idealistic voters.
of public campaign financing proves that he is the ultimate corporate
candidate, confident that he can continue to be a fund raising machine.
His cash collecting prowess is a result of corporate fealty and nothing
else. The story of small campaign contributions propelling him to
victory is just one of many bogus tales spun in order to fool
idealistic voters.
The supposedly mysterious flip-flop on
FISA legislation is anything but. The same man who promised to support
a filibuster of legislation that gave law breaking telecoms immunity
now tells us to just forget we heard him say those words. Just follow
the money and the mystery is solved. Is his decision to contradict
himself a result of not wanting to cross ATT, Verizon, Comcast, Sprint
and all their corporate buddies? Unless two plus two no longer equals
four, the answer is a definite yes.
FISA legislation is anything but. The same man who promised to support
a filibuster of legislation that gave law breaking telecoms immunity
now tells us to just forget we heard him say those words. Just follow
the money and the mystery is solved. Is his decision to contradict
himself a result of not wanting to cross ATT, Verizon, Comcast, Sprint
and all their corporate buddies? Unless two plus two no longer equals
four, the answer is a definite yes.
"It is time for Obama supporters to be called to account for their complicity in the charade."
The
old song remains the same, Democrats must move to the "center" which is
actually to the right, or else the Republicans will win. Democrats have
to prostrate themselves before corporate interests. After months of
hearing about change and a new paradigm and citizen organizing, we have
nothing but the tired, pathetic, corporately controlled Democratic
party up to its old tricks of peddling a losing strategy. Not a single
Democratic incumbent lost in the November 2006 elections while
Republicans were sent packing. Voter disgust about the continued Iraq
quagmire was the key to victory and disproves the corporate media and
Democratic leadership propaganda that only Republican talking points
can win the day.
old song remains the same, Democrats must move to the "center" which is
actually to the right, or else the Republicans will win. Democrats have
to prostrate themselves before corporate interests. After months of
hearing about change and a new paradigm and citizen organizing, we have
nothing but the tired, pathetic, corporately controlled Democratic
party up to its old tricks of peddling a losing strategy. Not a single
Democratic incumbent lost in the November 2006 elections while
Republicans were sent packing. Voter disgust about the continued Iraq
quagmire was the key to victory and disproves the corporate media and
Democratic leadership propaganda that only Republican talking points
can win the day.
It
is easy to berate Obama and the rest of the Democratic leadership for
their craven behavior, but it time for Obama supporters to also be
called to account for their complicity in the charade. A group calling
themselves Progressives for Obama announced their formation on March 24, 2008. While campaigning in the
Pennsylvania primary on March 28, 2008, Senator Obama announced that he
would have a foreign policy akin to the first President Bush and Ronald Reagan.
is easy to berate Obama and the rest of the Democratic leadership for
their craven behavior, but it time for Obama supporters to also be
called to account for their complicity in the charade. A group calling
themselves Progressives for Obama announced their formation on March 24, 2008. While campaigning in the
Pennsylvania primary on March 28, 2008, Senator Obama announced that he
would have a foreign policy akin to the first President Bush and Ronald Reagan.
Progressives
for Obama were made to look like chumps in less than one week. Although
that assessment assumes they ever cared in the first place. Only they
know the answer to that question, but they certainly failed in the
integrity department. If they had any at all, they would have
immediately disbanded and done so publicly. They didn't. They are still
around and still peddling Obamaism. A perusal of their web site shows
that they have nothing to say about Obama's reversal on FISA, or his
threats to attack Iran or his rejection of public financing or his
support of Supreme Court rulings on the death penalty and gun control. They
are silent on any issue that reveals the extent to which the Obama
campaign has lied to its most fervent supporters. Are they hapless
chumps, or evil hustlers? It doesn't really matter. They are
accomplices to Obama's wrong doing.
for Obama were made to look like chumps in less than one week. Although
that assessment assumes they ever cared in the first place. Only they
know the answer to that question, but they certainly failed in the
integrity department. If they had any at all, they would have
immediately disbanded and done so publicly. They didn't. They are still
around and still peddling Obamaism. A perusal of their web site shows
that they have nothing to say about Obama's reversal on FISA, or his
threats to attack Iran or his rejection of public financing or his
support of Supreme Court rulings on the death penalty and gun control. They
are silent on any issue that reveals the extent to which the Obama
campaign has lied to its most fervent supporters. Are they hapless
chumps, or evil hustlers? It doesn't really matter. They are
accomplices to Obama's wrong doing.
"Progressives still
don't know what their agenda ought to be, or worse yet, they don't even know they should have one."
don't know what their agenda ought to be, or worse yet, they don't even know they should have one."
Progressives
for Obama are not alone. As has happened throughout the campaign
season, his supporters either say nothing or succumbed to torturous
mental gymnastics to defend him. Maybe he has a secret plan to
undo the FISA legislation. Maybe his Attorney General will take care of
it. Maybe he is counting on other senators like Christopher Dodd and
Russ Feingold will do the heavy lifting. Maybe pigs will fly.
for Obama are not alone. As has happened throughout the campaign
season, his supporters either say nothing or succumbed to torturous
mental gymnastics to defend him. Maybe he has a secret plan to
undo the FISA legislation. Maybe his Attorney General will take care of
it. Maybe he is counting on other senators like Christopher Dodd and
Russ Feingold will do the heavy lifting. Maybe pigs will fly.
The
endless claims of change were phony and almost everyone knew it. It was
never a matter of sounding the alarm to unsuspecting Obamaites, it was
a matter of exposing political hucksters who found a new source of
unsuspecting marks.
endless claims of change were phony and almost everyone knew it. It was
never a matter of sounding the alarm to unsuspecting Obamaites, it was
a matter of exposing political hucksters who found a new source of
unsuspecting marks.
If there were any true political
organizing in American politics, the Obama sham would be seen for what
it is. Instead corrupt Democratic leaders sell snake oil, and the rank
and file go along in confusion or succumb to paralysis out of fear of
electing John McCain. Because progressives never fought the good fight
amongst themselves, they still don't know what their agenda ought to
be, or worse yet, they don't even know they should have one. Falling
for high flown rhetoric became a substitute for hard headed political
decision making.
organizing in American politics, the Obama sham would be seen for what
it is. Instead corrupt Democratic leaders sell snake oil, and the rank
and file go along in confusion or succumb to paralysis out of fear of
electing John McCain. Because progressives never fought the good fight
amongst themselves, they still don't know what their agenda ought to
be, or worse yet, they don't even know they should have one. Falling
for high flown rhetoric became a substitute for hard headed political
decision making.
So
we now have the Al Gore and John Kerry campaigns all over again, albeit
with more charisma and a better campaign. The fact that Obama has a
better campaign means that he is more likely to win. The fact that he
is just another bought off Democrat with a constituency who refuse to
make demands means that his term will be like that of the last
Democrat. In January 2009 we will have an even slicker Willie in the
White House.
we now have the Al Gore and John Kerry campaigns all over again, albeit
with more charisma and a better campaign. The fact that Obama has a
better campaign means that he is more likely to win. The fact that he
is just another bought off Democrat with a constituency who refuse to
make demands means that his term will be like that of the last
Democrat. In January 2009 we will have an even slicker Willie in the
White House.
Margaret
Kimberley's Freedom Rider column appears weekly in BAR. Ms. Kimberley
lives in New York City, and can be reached via e-Mail at
Margaret.Kimberley(at)BlackAgandaReport.Com. Ms. Kimberley maintains an edifying and frequently updated blog at freedomrider.blogspot.com. More of her work is also available at her Black Agenda Report archive page.
Kimberley's Freedom Rider column appears weekly in BAR. Ms. Kimberley
lives in New York City, and can be reached via e-Mail at
Margaret.Kimberley(at)BlackAgandaReport.Com. Ms. Kimberley maintains an edifying and frequently updated blog at freedomrider.blogspot.com. More of her work is also available at her Black Agenda Report archive page.
Comments (7)
Subscribe to this comment's feedEXCELLENT, AS USUAL!
written by alex , July 02, 2008
The only thing I don't agree with- I still don't feel the charisma that everyone talks about.
written by alex , July 02, 2008
The only thing I don't agree with- I still don't feel the charisma that everyone talks about.
Uninformed and lazy electorate
written by George Thompson , July 02, 2008
Americans
don't know the truth anymore and are too lazy to look for it. We want
everything served to us in a nice convenient package for consumptions.
We are loyal consumers of American indoctrination from birth and
nothing can change that short of usurping the public airwaves and
violent revolution which Americans don't have the guts for out of fear
of losing the sanctity of their inviolable consumerist existence. Even
if Americans knew the truth there is little evidence to suggest it
would change their drone-like behavior.
This is a pathetic
excuse of a country. Black people would do well and better to immigrate
to Africa but the media has even turned us against our own homeland.
How will this play out? The only answer we have thus far is very badly
for everyone but always worse for blacks. Things will continue fine for
the insiders who are presently relocating everything they own and
themselves to Dubai to escape the coming storms. They know what
globalization had to do. It had to bring us down to lift everyone else
up. I cannot bemoan that pursuit, as I have dreamed about the fall of
the Great Satan since becoming conscious but I did not dream of another
one arising.
written by George Thompson , July 02, 2008
Americans
don't know the truth anymore and are too lazy to look for it. We want
everything served to us in a nice convenient package for consumptions.
We are loyal consumers of American indoctrination from birth and
nothing can change that short of usurping the public airwaves and
violent revolution which Americans don't have the guts for out of fear
of losing the sanctity of their inviolable consumerist existence. Even
if Americans knew the truth there is little evidence to suggest it
would change their drone-like behavior.
This is a pathetic
excuse of a country. Black people would do well and better to immigrate
to Africa but the media has even turned us against our own homeland.
How will this play out? The only answer we have thus far is very badly
for everyone but always worse for blacks. Things will continue fine for
the insiders who are presently relocating everything they own and
themselves to Dubai to escape the coming storms. They know what
globalization had to do. It had to bring us down to lift everyone else
up. I cannot bemoan that pursuit, as I have dreamed about the fall of
the Great Satan since becoming conscious but I did not dream of another
one arising.
Obama's Defining Moments
written by Lou , July 02, 2008
Excellent
column and on point as always. If only more Blacks would read BAR
instead of toying with myspace and blackplanet all day or night. Pity
the fool. In the first instance, Obama was NEVER a true progressive,
neither was Hillary Clinton, any smidgen of home work would have
disclosed their "centrist" (Republican-lite) tendencies. Despite
my considerable belief in the absolute corruption of national politics,
and the fact that few events seem to shake it, I thought maybe, just
maybe Obama would at least give us critical thinking and less
pandering, in contrast to Bush, the GOP and their sycophants. Then came
Barack's defining moments.
I. AIPAC Speech, FISA, Urban Renewal, "Faith"
This
summer Obama went to AIPAC, a right-wing, Israel-first, "hate group"
that smears all Muslims as terrorists and all critics (including fellow
Jews) as anti-semitic. At AIPAC Obama and OUT-BUSHED GWB!
No
credible politician had ever gone on record for supporting an undivided
Jerusalem capital. Thus enters Obama, in his effort to assure Jewish
and Christian Zionists of his undying fealty to Israel actually came
out saying Jerusalem should be Israel's undivided capital, after
previously indicating sympathies to the plight of Palestinians, and
signaling greater balance and equity. No group is pushing harder for a
disastrous war with Iran more than the Jewish and Christian Zionists. A
war that is not only unnecessary, counterproductive, but preemptive,
illegal, a war of aggression that consumes all of the sins of war. The
fact that Obama would provide succor, and cover to a rank terrorist
attack on Iran, an attack that would result in possible nuclear
conflagration or world-wide economic collapse; the fact that a
constitutional law scholar would support the expansion of the death
penalty to rape cases (talk about inviting disparate justice)or
capitulate on FISA giving Bush "more than he even asked for" according
to press, his sole "policy" for Blacks is to give us Bill Cosby
platitudes on fatherhood but won't step foot in New Orleans to advocate
a new, environmentally sound new urbanism, or extoll how inner city
development not only benefits those living therein but also reduce
energy and environmental stress factors.
He
doesn't even have the "audacity" to talk inner-city micro enterprise,
to bring in the Nobel winner who built a multi-million dollar program
from nothing in the poorest reaches of Asia. He won't do that but he
can espouse "his patriotism" by criticizing the Civil Rights Movement's
as essentially "counter-culture" blame-America types, thus deeming
their response to American Slavery/Segregation as "overwrought," and essentially "unpatriotic," a law scholar who'd permit "Faith-based" entities to discriminate in hiring on the basis of their individual creeds/polemics.
What more do you need to know?
Sure
I'll most likely vote for him, but for the love of Allah, God, Jehovah,
Buddha, karma, or yourself, please don't equate this man with a "change
movement." Learn from your organizing experiences and apply to
grass-roots to your community. To parapharase former Sen. Bensten, "I
know MLK, and Barack Obama ain't no MLK. Remember, MLK did his best,
gave his life to stop the imperialistic, race-based American war
machine,that divided us race and class. Obama on the other hand? You
know the answer, read his comments. He intends to EXPAND the War
Machine, not shrink it. Yet he's going to pay for all of the social
goodies he and Democrats have promised for ages.
Obamites
should/will need to channel their enthusiasm, energy, passion, and
money by supporting existing activists and entities, building new grass
roots networks and economies, do this and save yourself a ton of
disappointment. Assure your quest for "change" won't be for naught.
written by Lou , July 02, 2008
Excellent
column and on point as always. If only more Blacks would read BAR
instead of toying with myspace and blackplanet all day or night. Pity
the fool. In the first instance, Obama was NEVER a true progressive,
neither was Hillary Clinton, any smidgen of home work would have
disclosed their "centrist" (Republican-lite) tendencies. Despite
my considerable belief in the absolute corruption of national politics,
and the fact that few events seem to shake it, I thought maybe, just
maybe Obama would at least give us critical thinking and less
pandering, in contrast to Bush, the GOP and their sycophants. Then came
Barack's defining moments.
I. AIPAC Speech, FISA, Urban Renewal, "Faith"
This
summer Obama went to AIPAC, a right-wing, Israel-first, "hate group"
that smears all Muslims as terrorists and all critics (including fellow
Jews) as anti-semitic. At AIPAC Obama and OUT-BUSHED GWB!
No
credible politician had ever gone on record for supporting an undivided
Jerusalem capital. Thus enters Obama, in his effort to assure Jewish
and Christian Zionists of his undying fealty to Israel actually came
out saying Jerusalem should be Israel's undivided capital, after
previously indicating sympathies to the plight of Palestinians, and
signaling greater balance and equity. No group is pushing harder for a
disastrous war with Iran more than the Jewish and Christian Zionists. A
war that is not only unnecessary, counterproductive, but preemptive,
illegal, a war of aggression that consumes all of the sins of war. The
fact that Obama would provide succor, and cover to a rank terrorist
attack on Iran, an attack that would result in possible nuclear
conflagration or world-wide economic collapse; the fact that a
constitutional law scholar would support the expansion of the death
penalty to rape cases (talk about inviting disparate justice)or
capitulate on FISA giving Bush "more than he even asked for" according
to press, his sole "policy" for Blacks is to give us Bill Cosby
platitudes on fatherhood but won't step foot in New Orleans to advocate
a new, environmentally sound new urbanism, or extoll how inner city
development not only benefits those living therein but also reduce
energy and environmental stress factors.
He
doesn't even have the "audacity" to talk inner-city micro enterprise,
to bring in the Nobel winner who built a multi-million dollar program
from nothing in the poorest reaches of Asia. He won't do that but he
can espouse "his patriotism" by criticizing the Civil Rights Movement's
as essentially "counter-culture" blame-America types, thus deeming
their response to American Slavery/Segregation as "overwrought," and essentially "unpatriotic," a law scholar who'd permit "Faith-based" entities to discriminate in hiring on the basis of their individual creeds/polemics.
What more do you need to know?
Sure
I'll most likely vote for him, but for the love of Allah, God, Jehovah,
Buddha, karma, or yourself, please don't equate this man with a "change
movement." Learn from your organizing experiences and apply to
grass-roots to your community. To parapharase former Sen. Bensten, "I
know MLK, and Barack Obama ain't no MLK. Remember, MLK did his best,
gave his life to stop the imperialistic, race-based American war
machine,that divided us race and class. Obama on the other hand? You
know the answer, read his comments. He intends to EXPAND the War
Machine, not shrink it. Yet he's going to pay for all of the social
goodies he and Democrats have promised for ages.
Obamites
should/will need to channel their enthusiasm, energy, passion, and
money by supporting existing activists and entities, building new grass
roots networks and economies, do this and save yourself a ton of
disappointment. Assure your quest for "change" won't be for naught.
P.S. Kerry, Gore Redux
written by Lou , July 02, 2008
Kimberly
is absolutely correct that Obama is running a losing strategy. For all
you "pragmatists" who theorize about "running in the center" you need
to check out Glenn Greenwald at Salon.com, his Sunday, June 29, 2008
post entitled "The baseless, and failed 'move to the center' cliche."
This isn't the only posts where Greenwald destroys with EMPIRICAL
EVIDENCE the "professional class" notion of running in the center. As
Obama "runs to the center" watch his support dwindle and enthusiasm for
him wane, and also watch the Clintonistas come out and say, "I told you
so." Notwithstanding the lies and propaganda of Hannity, Limbaugh and
others, the reason Congress is unpopular is because they DON'T STAND UP
TO BUSH/CHENEY. Obama is setting himself up for failure and possibly
painting himself into a corner where he'll need to put Hillary on the
ticket for sake of generating enthusiasm, or risk becoming even more
susceptible to losing. He needs to SHARPEN distinctions. How on earth
does he expect to win if he sounds like McCain?
By
the way, all summer Israel has been negotiating with Hizbollah, Hamas,
and Syria, arguably (in their minds) their "axis of evil." What did you
say Barack about talking to Iran and Cuba? Huh?
written by Lou , July 02, 2008
Kimberly
is absolutely correct that Obama is running a losing strategy. For all
you "pragmatists" who theorize about "running in the center" you need
to check out Glenn Greenwald at Salon.com, his Sunday, June 29, 2008
post entitled "The baseless, and failed 'move to the center' cliche."
This isn't the only posts where Greenwald destroys with EMPIRICAL
EVIDENCE the "professional class" notion of running in the center. As
Obama "runs to the center" watch his support dwindle and enthusiasm for
him wane, and also watch the Clintonistas come out and say, "I told you
so." Notwithstanding the lies and propaganda of Hannity, Limbaugh and
others, the reason Congress is unpopular is because they DON'T STAND UP
TO BUSH/CHENEY. Obama is setting himself up for failure and possibly
painting himself into a corner where he'll need to put Hillary on the
ticket for sake of generating enthusiasm, or risk becoming even more
susceptible to losing. He needs to SHARPEN distinctions. How on earth
does he expect to win if he sounds like McCain?
By
the way, all summer Israel has been negotiating with Hizbollah, Hamas,
and Syria, arguably (in their minds) their "axis of evil." What did you
say Barack about talking to Iran and Cuba? Huh?
...
written by jacksmith , July 02, 2008
I
hope that all of us that can will do our best to help Hillary Clinton
pay off ALL of her campaign debt quickly. She deserves that. You all
knew Hillary, and Bill would go out on a limb for us if they felt they
had too. That's what they do. :-) As I said before Hillary Clinton was
STUNNING!!!
You witnessed the greatest political campaign
struggle in American history. One for the textbooks, and the history
books. Hillary Clinton fought her heart out against all odds to win for
all of the American people. While at the same time doing her best to
prepare Sen. Barack Obama to win in November if he was the nominee.
STUNNING!!! WELL DONE HILLARY CLINTON. WELL DONE! Your AMAZING! :-)
Sen.
Obama could not have had a better opponent than Hillary Clinton. Nor
could he have had a better opponent to prepare him for the battle royal
to come against John McCain and the Republicans ahead of the November
elections. Hillary Clinton was like a big Mama cat determined to teach
her kitten how to hunt, and hang with the big dogs for the fights
ahead. The Clinton's have won the Whitehouse twice before. They know
what it will take.
Hillary
Clinton took Sen. Obama to every brawl, and cat fight she could find
for him to develop his fight, and his chops. She even let her men
(President Clinton, Governor Rendell, and many others) loose on Sen.
Obama a little bit. So as to give Sen. Obama a taste of just how rough,
and tough the big boys will be to do battle with. :-)
From sea
to shining sea and US territories Hillary Clinton took Sen. Obama to
see all of America. To meet, and greet all it's people. And to ask for
their votes and support, which he will need if he becomes President.
She took him to see what he will be fighting for. And to see what she
and President Clinton have fought so heroically for over so many years.
Sen. Obama could not have ask for any better. Nor had any better
teachers.
Bill
Clinton, Chelsea, Mrs. Rodham, and the whole Clinton team were
magnificent. They really showed their metal. BRAVO! TEAM CLINTON...
BRAVO!
And YOU! my fellow Americans. I'm so proud of you. And
proud to be one of you. You showed what you are made of. And what makes
America so great. You never gave up on your Champion Hillary Clinton.
Time, and time again you eagerly waited your turn to vote for Hillary
Clinton. To raise her up and pass her along down the line to the rest
of your waiting fellow Americans.
You never gave up on her.
Just as Hillary Clinton never gave up on you. No matter how many times
they counted her out. No matter how many times her detractors, and
attackers brutally knocked her down. You knew she would get back up and
get after it. And when she did you were ready to support her. This is
your role model America. AMERICA LOVES A FIGHTER. AMERICA UNDERSTANDS A
FIGHTER. AMERICA IS A FIGHTER. I'M PROUD OF YOU AMERICA!
Sen.
Clinton looked a little tired her first day back at work in the senate
after her history making heroic campaign. She has good reason to be
tired. Doesn't she America. But with time and good attention to the
basics she, and you will recover. The basics are good well balanced
nutrition, hydration, rest, exercise, recreation, POSITIVE! emotional
support, and time (the greatest healer of all).
Y'all be good
to President Clinton. I never saw a man fight so hard for a woman, and
the American people as President Clinton fought for Hillary Clinton,
and you. It's going to take Bill a while. No one except Hillary Clinton
could have fought any harder than President Clinton did for you.
I
imagine President Clinton still remembers how the American people
wailed, reached, and cried out for him as he took that last flight home
as your President on Air Force One after the 2000 elections. Yes, many
of us knew back then what was coming for the American people under a
republican administration. Back to living like dumb animals again.
Fighting over territory, and scraps of meat. You are dieing like fly's
now. Republicans too. But it's ok because some people are making a lot
of money off of your needless deaths. :-(
As always, Hillary Clinton, and President Clinton did their best for all of us. It was an EPIC!
YOU MADE US VERY PROUD HILLARY CLINTON! HOLD YOUR HEAD HIGH :-)
WE LOVE YOU. AND ADMIRE YOU...
jacksmith... Working Class :-)
written by jacksmith , July 02, 2008
I
hope that all of us that can will do our best to help Hillary Clinton
pay off ALL of her campaign debt quickly. She deserves that. You all
knew Hillary, and Bill would go out on a limb for us if they felt they
had too. That's what they do. :-) As I said before Hillary Clinton was
STUNNING!!!
You witnessed the greatest political campaign
struggle in American history. One for the textbooks, and the history
books. Hillary Clinton fought her heart out against all odds to win for
all of the American people. While at the same time doing her best to
prepare Sen. Barack Obama to win in November if he was the nominee.
STUNNING!!! WELL DONE HILLARY CLINTON. WELL DONE! Your AMAZING! :-)
Sen.
Obama could not have had a better opponent than Hillary Clinton. Nor
could he have had a better opponent to prepare him for the battle royal
to come against John McCain and the Republicans ahead of the November
elections. Hillary Clinton was like a big Mama cat determined to teach
her kitten how to hunt, and hang with the big dogs for the fights
ahead. The Clinton's have won the Whitehouse twice before. They know
what it will take.
Hillary
Clinton took Sen. Obama to every brawl, and cat fight she could find
for him to develop his fight, and his chops. She even let her men
(President Clinton, Governor Rendell, and many others) loose on Sen.
Obama a little bit. So as to give Sen. Obama a taste of just how rough,
and tough the big boys will be to do battle with. :-)
From sea
to shining sea and US territories Hillary Clinton took Sen. Obama to
see all of America. To meet, and greet all it's people. And to ask for
their votes and support, which he will need if he becomes President.
She took him to see what he will be fighting for. And to see what she
and President Clinton have fought so heroically for over so many years.
Sen. Obama could not have ask for any better. Nor had any better
teachers.
Bill
Clinton, Chelsea, Mrs. Rodham, and the whole Clinton team were
magnificent. They really showed their metal. BRAVO! TEAM CLINTON...
BRAVO!
And YOU! my fellow Americans. I'm so proud of you. And
proud to be one of you. You showed what you are made of. And what makes
America so great. You never gave up on your Champion Hillary Clinton.
Time, and time again you eagerly waited your turn to vote for Hillary
Clinton. To raise her up and pass her along down the line to the rest
of your waiting fellow Americans.
You never gave up on her.
Just as Hillary Clinton never gave up on you. No matter how many times
they counted her out. No matter how many times her detractors, and
attackers brutally knocked her down. You knew she would get back up and
get after it. And when she did you were ready to support her. This is
your role model America. AMERICA LOVES A FIGHTER. AMERICA UNDERSTANDS A
FIGHTER. AMERICA IS A FIGHTER. I'M PROUD OF YOU AMERICA!
Sen.
Clinton looked a little tired her first day back at work in the senate
after her history making heroic campaign. She has good reason to be
tired. Doesn't she America. But with time and good attention to the
basics she, and you will recover. The basics are good well balanced
nutrition, hydration, rest, exercise, recreation, POSITIVE! emotional
support, and time (the greatest healer of all).
Y'all be good
to President Clinton. I never saw a man fight so hard for a woman, and
the American people as President Clinton fought for Hillary Clinton,
and you. It's going to take Bill a while. No one except Hillary Clinton
could have fought any harder than President Clinton did for you.
I
imagine President Clinton still remembers how the American people
wailed, reached, and cried out for him as he took that last flight home
as your President on Air Force One after the 2000 elections. Yes, many
of us knew back then what was coming for the American people under a
republican administration. Back to living like dumb animals again.
Fighting over territory, and scraps of meat. You are dieing like fly's
now. Republicans too. But it's ok because some people are making a lot
of money off of your needless deaths. :-(
As always, Hillary Clinton, and President Clinton did their best for all of us. It was an EPIC!
YOU MADE US VERY PROUD HILLARY CLINTON! HOLD YOUR HEAD HIGH :-)
WE LOVE YOU. AND ADMIRE YOU...
jacksmith... Working Class :-)
ABANDONMENT OF PRINCIPLES
written by NAT THE TURNER , July 02, 2008
All
these sneaky little Republican -lite moves by Obama cannot be defined
as "a tactical shift to the center" as some Pharisees would have us
beleive. What we are witnessing is the inevitable shape shifting which
is common to the political type who harbors no core convictions to
begin with.....Barak Obama is an avid proponent of the evolving
historical narrative which downplays the Civil Rights Movement's impact
on this country--and he does not hesitate to slyly insult and diminish
the accomplishments of the men and women who were involved in it...
After
AIPAC, telecom immunity,The State of Black America Forum, the stated
affinity for empire and that Father's Day smackdown, I see in him
little of the element that excites or inspires....but much that saddens.
written by NAT THE TURNER , July 02, 2008
All
these sneaky little Republican -lite moves by Obama cannot be defined
as "a tactical shift to the center" as some Pharisees would have us
beleive. What we are witnessing is the inevitable shape shifting which
is common to the political type who harbors no core convictions to
begin with.....Barak Obama is an avid proponent of the evolving
historical narrative which downplays the Civil Rights Movement's impact
on this country--and he does not hesitate to slyly insult and diminish
the accomplishments of the men and women who were involved in it...
After
AIPAC, telecom immunity,The State of Black America Forum, the stated
affinity for empire and that Father's Day smackdown, I see in him
little of the element that excites or inspires....but much that saddens.
Ruthless to the core
written by jerel , July 03, 2008
Let's
just face it. It is what it is. Obama is just another ruthless
politician. This means that he will sucker punch any one who gets in
his way, including Jesus Christ or any of his disciples. He is and will
use us (Oh, and white people, too). And, don't be surprised when more
Black men are going to the gas chambers. Don't even be surprised if he
drops a nuclear bomb on Iran. Imagine, a renegade Christian pushing for
faith-based funding. Maybe Pastor Wright's church can get some that
money. LOL.