Howard Dean is first.

I have never heard Barack Obama whine about how hard it is being black and running for POTUS. Hillary said in an interview with ABC just how hard it is to be a woman running. Perhaps there is a kernel of truth to that statement but IMO she should stop with the victim stuff - she is setting feminism back like 50 years. Cripes.

had an interesting local meeting tonight with the group putting together the county convention

we are going to wait to make our guess as to turnout for ordering the number of meals for the caterer til after Tuesday thinking if Hillary gets blown out we will lose 10-15% attendance, if she wins everyone will show and be counted for electing delegates

but either way will be big and boisterous

seashell you need to get to an Obama rally and catch on to what is happening, the call to do better as a country and do it together has turned into a movement

but in our little group tonight we had people from Clinton, Edwards, Richardson. and Obama all working together to keep the effort going thru November

our girls basketball team won and will play in the state finals and the roads were so bad two of the fan buses bumped into each other coming home, since they didn't know whether they would play again turn around and head back to DesMoines

the Presidential Contest is like a basketball team that wins the state tournament, the winner never had a bad game

heard to imagine Clinton with all those turnovers can win

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The covenants - part of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights - commit Cuba to freedom of expression and association, and the right to travel.

Correspondents detect a possible signal of a shift in human rights policy.

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seashell :-)
Thu, 02/28/08

...If HC were younger, with a D cup and long blond hair, I bet she'd be doing better.  Hormones rage in the youth and BO is just the guy to get 'em going.  Not a bad thing...but this is a presidential election fer god's sake...

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Dont kid yourself sea,

Obama is picking up where Dean left off.  The Dean Revolution was about going straight to the people for support and money and snubbing the special interests.

 90% of his money is from small donars and has just passed the 1 million individual contributor mark.  He openly as disparages special interests money and goes into office beholden to none.  Hillary tries to sing that song but just cant.  Big money is her lifeblood and obligation.

Fred - from the previous thread. Good eyes catching Obama's stuff is made in the USA. It's the little things, isn't it? I thought the O'Bama tee was pretty cute.

I have never heard Barack Obama whine about how hard it is being black and running for POTUS.

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It's harder being a Clinton than being a woman.

mary vb

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thanks, not cheap either, but quality stuff.  We're getting it while we can, maybe a gift for my Republican brother too.

50 yrs.?

 Prepare for more "misty-eyed" bullshit--esp. w/lowly educated TX female voters.

Hell, no. Shit all over low income women (how Hill has climbed her career ladder).

 A disgrace--has no right to call herself a feminist.

Cult of True Womanhood, personified. 

Phil, there are no BO rallies here and I don't like crowd mentalities.

Of course it's a movement and a powerful one filled with hope and expectations.  As Audrey asked, what happens if he doesn't fulfill his supporters' expectations... the way Pelsoi and the dems haven't? 

Apparently people here not only don't like articles about him that I post but my opinions are also unwelcome.  I never said ALL youth.  Please read carefully.  And the *Obama Girls* shaking their booty is sexy, even tho it wasn't his idea.  The notion of sex has been in his campaign for months.  Sex is good.  Sex is fun.  Sex sells.  Ånd it is all those things.

So we have a choice between the rock star/sex symbol and the old crone.  :-) 

Phil, I'm not undecided; I'm turned off by both and will help a little to replace Smith.

I think it would be very interesting to read a study about the psychology of the BO and HC voters...and the JE supporters in days of yore.

My uneducated guess is that BO will win OR.

How about scrolling instead of being unloving?  Better karma for you. 

Cuba to freedom of expression and association, and the right to travel.

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a bit of irony given the main thread post don't you think, Cuba ending up a freer country than the US

bbl - takin a bath and then watching Eli Stone

How Hillary Clinton Betrayed the Children's Defense Fund for Political Gain

Two words:  welfare deform.

If it were up to me, I'd tax all churches, especially now that they're becoming political, which may not be the case here.  I'm neutral on this one.

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February 28, 2008 at 07:46:26

Headlined on 2/28/08:
Obama's General Synod speech prompts IRS to investigate UCC's tax_exempt status

by J. Bennett Guess   
http://www.opednews.com
           
The Internal Revenue Service has notified the United Church of Christ's national offices in Cleveland, Ohio, that the IRS has opened an investigation into U.S. Sen. Barack Obama's address at the UCC's 2007 General Synod as the church engaging in "political activities."

In the IRS letter dated Feb. 20, the IRS said it was initiating a church tax inquiry "because reasonable belief exists that the United Church of Christ has engaged in political activities that could jeopardize its tax_exempt status."


The Rev. John H. Thomas, the UCC's general minister and president, called the investigation "disturbing" but said the investigation would reveal that the church did nothing improper or illegal.

Obama, an active member of the United Church of Christ for more than 20 years, addressed the UCC's 50th anniversary General Synod in Hartford, Conn., on June 23, 2007, as one of 60 diverse speakers representing the arts, media, academia, science, technology, business and government. Each was asked to reflect on the intersection of their faith and their respective vocations or fields of expertise. The invitation to Obama was extended a year before he became a Democratic presidential candidate.

"The United Church of Christ took great care to ensure that Senator Obama's appearance before the 50th anniversary General Synod met appropriate legal and moral standards," Thomas told United Church News. "We are confident that the IRS investigation will confirm that no laws were violated." 

http://www.opednews.com/articles/genera_j__benne_080228_obama_s_general_syno.htm 

NY Times: Obama and his Wonks (Economics)

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/200...

I think one you media pundits needs to pen an op-ed asking this question:

Does Obama's Success Signal the End of Atwater Politics?

Ready. Set. Go.

JE & Dodd dropped out, because they're both in the hole, seashell.

 Neither will be on your May 25th OR ballot.

You'll have either Clinton or Obama--not both. 

 What part of reality can't you comprehend? Opensecrets.org

Would you care to send him a $2300.00 check (not that he isn't wealthy enough to absorb it) ?

It's very difficult for women to run (and to win).

However, Hillary's had more than enough money (esp. seed monies) & name rec.

 Her burn rate is outrageous (high negatives, too).

Most don't.

Therefore, she has no bitching/whining rights. 

Begin quote:

A thought on Bush's never-ending assault on our liberty and the rule of law.

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“Unfortunately, most people around our nation are still unaware of the massive subterranean usurpations against liberty and democracy that have been unknowingly mined beneath their very feet.” – Frank J. Ranelli

http://www.opednews.com/maxwrite/diarypage.php?did=6307 

Time Mag: Early Voting in Texas Way UP - especially in Obama rich areas with high percentage of African American voters as well as upscale areas.

http://www.time-blog.com/swampland/2008/...

mainefem, are all the women in Maine like you?

I have more than two choices and am smart enuf to know that.  :-)

SUPERDELEGATE UPDATE

Capital Eye reported two weeks ago on a connection that superdelegates have to the candidates that voters and pledged delegates don't -- nearly $1 million in campaign contributions. As the uncommitted superdelegates have been deciding which candidate to support at this summer's nominating convention, the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics has identified an additional $42,800 that flowed in the last three years from Clinton or Obama's coffers into the hands of superdelegates with campaign accounts, bringing the total to $947,000. About 80 percent of the time, the candidate who gave more money has received the superdelegate's endorsement.

Texas Republicans cross over to vote for Obama...

"One of Sen. Barack Obama’s surest applause lines comes about halfway into his standard stump speech. It goes like this:

“They whisper to me. They say, ‘Barack, I’m a Republican, but I support you.’ And I say, ‘Thank you. Why are we whispering?’”

BREAKING: This is truly a WTF article. Clinton threatening lawsuits over TX caucuses.

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/2...

You're known by the company you keep, the advisors you have, the votes you cast.

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"....Jimmy Carter had been chosen and
groomed for the presidency by David Rockefeller and Zbigniew  Brzezinski,
the leaders of the Trilateral Commission.  When Carter reached the White
House, he turned US foreign policy over to Brzezinski.  The results were
the seizure of power by the Ayatollah Khomeini, the Soviet invasion of
Afghanistan, and the founding of Al Qaeda by the CIA (Brzezinski’s
strategy) as an Arab Legion to fight the Soviets in that country.  Carter
turned economic and financial affairs over to Paul Adolf Volcker of the
Federal Reserve, who raised interest rates to 22%, thereby destroying the
industrial potential of the United States, and contributing to a
disastrous fall in the standard of living.  Volcker, by the way, has just
made a rare presidential endorsement-of Obama. "

more

http://thesun-news.com/

Jeez - any shred of respect left for the Clintons is going down the drain. To threaten a suit over the TX caucuses is beyond the pale. Hillary's slogan should be *Whatever it takes to win*

I'd like to add that *poblano* is a first rate diarist over at Kos.

Nite all.

Not in the May 25th primary, you don't have more than two Pres. choices, seashell.

 You'll have one (after next Tues. is tallied). Neither can continue to burn thru millions each week, as they're doing.

OR's primary ballots aren't printed that far out. 

Here's your answer to whether or not BO would bomb Pakistan

seashell
the way I understand his statement is that he would bomb Al Queda
(Al Queda, I also don't know how to spell or pronounce the name of the Russian president)
not a country.
He would go after any group whose goal is to destroy the U.S.

Is there any country whose declared goal is to destroy the U.S. ?

I don't like crowd mentalities.

I'm with you on that one.

12:48 am

Stopping Gordon Smith:

http://www.stopgordonsmith.com/ 

Clinton threatening lawsuits over TX caucuses.

What desperation! It's like sending Chelsea to Vermont.

Chelsea will have no influence over Vermonters (esp. college students).

 VT knows how to GOTV w/o any help--they always have high primary turnout numbers.

Clinton fatigue, indeedy.

Nor did she in Maine--it had the opposite effect.

We had hardly any vis for Obama (5 small signs on the walls); and the old ladies ripped those off in no time.

Scoff some up, if you find any extras, Jo & Reed? 

Esp. now that the word is out, re: caucuses are "insignificant."

 Ouch. The Alamo is an understatement!

ME may lose two of ten superdelegates, also.  Outa here.

Ken Curtis now lives in FLA; and Fmr. Sen. George Mitchell in NYC.

 Not registered to vote in ME=no can do.

Curtis committed to Clinton, so that's one less for her.

mainefem, you are misunderstanding.  In the primary, I have several choices besides HC and BO.  I can not vote, vote, write in...that's what I meant. 

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The deputy defence mister said the stepped-up rocket fire would trigger what he called a "bigger holocaust" in the Hamas-controlled coastal strip.

Israeli air strikes have killed about 30 Palestinians, including six children in the past two days

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did he really mean to use that word?

from the February 28, 2008 edition - http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0228/p01s05-uspo.html

In Ohio, which has lost nearly 225,000 manufacturing jobs since 2001, NAFTA is an easy target. For many working-class Ohioans – and the voters Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton hope to win in Tuesday's critical primary – it stands as a symbol for much that troubles their state. Against that backdrop, say experts, it's not surprising it's become a political piñata.

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'bout time Washington took its head out from where the sun don't shine on trade (my edited version to keep Danny from getting upset)

if you produce nothing  (alternative energy ?) you are dependent

think a two year old that wants a cookie

and then you throw a tantrum

so what are we saying with a stimulus package that hands out imported cookies (borrowed dollars)

or go to war to claim access to oil with our military

I'm getting worried that the Fed still doesn't get it about sub-prime and the way that the risk was bundled and passed off makes it impossible to hold the perps to account

so what if capitalism works like it is supposed to and people make millions of rational choices which in this case means walking away from a home that is worth less than you owe on it

bring ten million more into that situation

they put 15% down on a $200,000 home that because a foreclosed house sits on the block is only worth $150,000

I'm used to letting the market set prices at the Chicago Board of Trade, where a reversal leads to the market taking back 60% of the gain (in this example a house that cost $100,000 to build originally)

leaving that $200,000 house worth $140,000

think it can't happen?

I lived through it in the Reagan Depression in Agriculture because a Fed didn't get it

in the Ford Administration