This is the Presidential Campaign Thread.

Barack Obama Vs. John McCain.

Edited November 6, 200817 yr by Toups

I'll reserve an opinion on the cabinet spot but I am glad that he responded this way and I hope more people do because Bush was way out of line. KO already got me yesterday with Bush's ridiculous statements about giving up playing golf out of respect for the soldiers who lost their lives.

I could have sworn yesterday that I heard more than once on MSNBC/CNN that John Edwards had 18 delegates but I guess my hearing is bad though I prefer to believe they erred.

I think I heard that too.

Did anyone happen to catch MSNBC Wednesday. Man, Keith Obermann lit Bush up over some stupid comments in made in an interview. Bush said he had given up golf as a sign of solidarity with the family of the troops. :o

I think I heard that too.

Did anyone happen to catch MSNBC Wednesday. Man, Keith Obermann lit Bush up over some stupid comments in made in an interview. Bush said he had given up golf as a sign of solidarity with the family of the troops. :o

Yes. That's what I was talking about above your response. KO.

I watched that and thought Whoa. He just busted Bush's rump.

if Obama had Al Gore in his cabnet i would vote for him no doubt.

and ikm sure by now we all know i do not like the man.

Obama has already said Al Gore has a spot in the Cabinet if he wants it but now matter what he will his main advsior on GW and climate Change. In fact he already is Obama runs all GW and Climate change issues through him now.

I think I heard that too.

Did anyone happen to catch MSNBC Wednesday. Man, Keith Obermann lit Bush up over some stupid comments in made in an interview. Bush said he had given up golf as a sign of solidarity with the family of the troops. :o

That was the most emotional and passionate SC KO has done.

I was laughing my ass off at 3am this morning.

GWB got everything he deserved. You give up your golf game?!

What BS is that?! On top of that crap he said today, comparing Obama sitting down with Iran to appeasing the Nazis during WWII.

I look out the window every day and say the same thing:

"Well, the idiot has blown us up yet."

I watched that and thought Whoa. He just busted Bush's rump.

I got a kick out of what he had to say about McAuliffe's statements about the media bias.

I got a kick out of what he had to say about McAuliffe's statements about the media bias.

That was hilarious.

And I think that is what some don't understand. Folks have been turned off by the campiagn, not necessarily by the person.

That was the most emotional and passionate SC KO has done.

I was laughing my ass off at 3am this morning.

GWB got everything he deserved. You give up your golf game?!

What BS is that?! On top of that crap he said today, comparing Obama sitting down with Iran to appeasing the Nazis during WWII.

I look out the window every day and say the same thing:

"Well, the idiot has blown us up yet."

I was laughing my ass off too. What was really funny is he points out that Bush said he gave up his golf game on the day the Iraqi ambassador was killed. Then he shows a picture of Bush playing golf two months later.

I wonder if Bush commenting on Obama isn't a good thing

If we can make it a few more months without Bush setting off a nuclear incident, I will be happy. What an idiot.

I was laughing my ass off too. What was really funny is he points out that Bush said he gave up his golf game on the day the Iraqi ambassador was killed. Then he shows a picture of Bush playing golf two months later.

I wonder if Bush commenting on Obama isn't a good thing

If we can make it a few more months without Bush setting off a nuclear incident, I will be happy. What an idiot.

It's very good for Obama. He'll hardly have to do any work if GWB keeps opeing his mouth.

I don't know if this will work or not because MSNBC video seldom works for me in IE but will play for me with Firefox. Here's a link to the worst person countdown that includes the bit about McAuliffe:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/24633980#24633980

This other clip is the GWB giving up golf among other mind boggling statements:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/24635229#24635229

I decided to add one more clip with KO about SNL since he mentioned it re: McAuliffe:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/24586622#24586622

Edited May 15, 200817 yr by Wales2004

Oh gosh Bush and his golf...I wish a golf ball would lodge in his throat and you know the rest

I like Hillary but not this McAuliffe guy

I don't know if this will work or not because MSNBC video seldom works for me in IE but will play for me with Firefox. Here's a link to the worst person countdown that includes the bit about McAuliffe:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/24633980#24633980

This other clip is the GWB giving up golf among other mind boggling statements:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/24635229#24635229

I decided to add one more clip with KO about SNL since he mentioned it re: McAuliffe:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/24586622#24586622

Thanks, Wales.

And this party wonders why they're getting their asses kicked.

From CNN:

Michelle Obama takes heat from Tennessee Republicans

Posted: 04:20 PM ET

From CNN Ticker Producer Alexander Mooney

Tennessee Republicans took aim at Michelle Obama Thursday.

(CNN) – In a preview of the potential political onslaught Michelle Obama may face in the fall, the Tennessee Republican Party unveiled a new Web video Thursday that highlights her controversial comment earlier this year saying she was proud of America "for the first time in my adult life."

The four-minute video coincides with Mrs. Obama's visit to the state for a Democratic Party event later Thursday. It features several Tennesseans saying why they are proud of America while repeatedly cutting to Mrs. Obama's comments.

"The Tennessee Republican Party has always been proud of America. To further honor the occasion of Mrs. Obama’s visit, the Tennessee Republican Party has requested the playing of patriotic music by radio stations across the state," said a statement on the party's Web site that accompanied the video.

"While Mrs. Obama has trouble being proud of the country where she earned degrees from Princeton University and Harvard Law School and then became a multi-millionaire, her husband makes statements that belittle average Americans’ response to the difficulties of life, including his recent statement that, in tough times."

The Obama campaign called the attack "shameful."

"This is a shameful attempt to attack a woman who has repeatedly said she wouldn't be here without the opportunities and blessings of this nation," said Obama spokesman Hari Sevugan. "The Republican Party's pathetic attempts to use the same smear tactics to win elections have failed in Mississippi, failed in Louisiana, and will fail in November because the American people are looking for a positive vision of real change.

"And if the Tennessee Republican Party has a problem with Senator Obama, maybe next time they’ll have the courage to address him directly instead of attacking his family," Sevugan also said.

Michelle Obama's comments came at a campaign event in February, telling a crowd, "for the first time in my adult life, I am really proud of my country, because it feels like hope is making a comeback… not just because Barack has done well, but because I think people are hungry for change."

The comments immediately drew fire from many conservatives and Mrs. Obama later clarified her statement.

"What I was clearly talking about is that I am proud in how Americans are engaging in the political process," she said later. "I mean everyone has said what I said, in that we haven't seen these record numbers of turnouts, people who are paying attention, going to rallies, watching debates.

The Tennessee Republican Party took heat in early February when it used Barack Obama's middle name, Hussein, in a statement that questioned the Illinois senator's support of Israel. That statement also included a photograph of Obama from a 2006 trip to Kenya, in which he is dressed in traditional attire. Republican National Committee Chairman Mike Duncan later said of the statement, "The RNC rejects these kinds of campaign tactics."

I think people are blowing Michelle Obama's quote way out of proportion. She said this is the first time in her ADULT LIFE that she is proud of America...because this is the first election in her adulthood that she sees people very invested in what is going on for America. That is what she meant...and before this election, people just seemed to not pay as much attention. 2004 appeared to be one where others got into it but too many voted for Bush. Now, those who voted for him regret their decision...so they are just even more invested in not repeating the same mistake.

I think Michelle Obama has a right to her comments and to be represented accurately but you won't get that with this media and, of course, Republicans who love twisting words

Clinton: It'd be 'terrible mistake' to pick McCain over Obama

Story Highlights

Clinton: "Grave error" for her supporters not to vote for Obama if he is nominee

Clinton trounced Obama in West Virginia on Tuesday

Despite being more than $20 million in the red, she vows to keep going

Talks of a joint ticket would be "premature," she says

(CNN) -- Hillary Clinton on Wednesday reiterated her vow to stay in the Democratic presidential race, but she said it would be a "terrible mistake" for her supporters to vote for John McCain over Barack Obama.

"Anybody who has ever voted for me or voted for Barack has much more in common in terms of what we want to see happen in our country and in the world with the other than they do with John McCain," Clinton said on CNN's "The Situation Room."

"I'm going to work my heart out for whoever our nominee is. Obviously, I'm still hoping to be that nominee, but I'm going to do everything I can to make sure that anyone who supported me ... understands what a grave error it would be not to vote for Sen. Obama."

Clinton was responding to a question from a CNN iReporter who asked why she thought so many of her supporters would choose McCain over Obama. Watch the question

Exit polls out of West Virginia indicate that only 36 percent of Clinton's supporters would vote for Obama if he were the nominee. A bare majority of Obama's voters said they would vote for Clinton over McCain.

In response to Clinton's comments, Republican National Committee Spokesman Alex Conant issued a statement:

"Just as Sen. Clinton herself has questioned Obama's qualifications to be president and enact change, so do many of her supporters. The biggest mistake would be to raise taxes and prematurely withdraw from Iraq like Clinton and Obama have proposed," he said.

Clinton trounced Obama on Tuesday, carrying West Virginia by a 41-point margin. Because she trails him in pledged delegates, in superdelegates and in the popular vote, she's faced calls to drop out of the race.

Despite her campaign being more than $20 million in the red, Clinton confirmed that she plans to keep going.

"I'm not going anywhere except to Kentucky and Oregon and Montana and South Dakota and Puerto Rico," she said. Watch what Clinton says about the road ahead »

Those five contests round out the primary season, which ends June 3.

Kentucky and Oregon hold primaries Tuesday. Clinton expected to do well in Kentucky, but Obama is the favorite to carry Oregon.

Clinton has continued to do better than Obama with the white working-class voters, and Obama continues to get more than 90 percent of the black vote. The racial gap has become a key issue in the media, but Clinton said she regrets "people exploding an issue like that."

"It's offensive. I think people vote for me because they think I'd be the better president. I think people vote for him because they think he'd be the better president. ... That's the way it's supposed to be." Watch the full interview »

Clinton drew criticism last week for comments she made to USA Today about having a broader appeal to white voters.

"There was just an [Associated Press] article posted that found how Sen. Obama's support among working, hard-working Americans, white Americans, is weakening again, and how whites in both states who had not completed college were supporting me," she told the paper.

"I have a much broader base to build a winning coalition on," she added.

New York Rep. Charlie Rangel, a Clinton supporter, said "that was the dumbest thing she could have said."

Clinton conceded Wednesday that "he's probably right."

"Obviously, I have worked very hard to get the votes of everyone, and I have campaigned hard. I understand that we've got to put together a broad coalition in order to win in the fall. ... I know Sen. Obama has worked hard to reach out to every community and constituency," she said.

Clinton said the Democrats will have a unified party once they have a nominee, but she shied away from the idea of a joint ticket, saying talks about it would be "premature."

Obama said the same thing while campaigning in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, on Tuesday.

"Sen. Clinton is still competing; we haven't resolved this nomination; I haven't won the nomination yet," he said. "I'm not going to talk about vice president this or vice president that until I've actually won. It would be presumptuous of me to pretend like I've already won and start talking about who my vice president's going to be."

Asked how she's able to keep campaigning each day, Clinton said that something always happens that lifts her spirits.

"A lot of the people who have worked their hearts out for me in this primary season, they're not quitters in their own lives," she said.

"It's been a privilege and an honor to have met so many Americans, been to so many of the beautiful places in this country, and I feel like I'm doing it for the right reasons."

Clinton teared up as she described what she called "one of the most incredibly gratifying experiences" of her life: having her 28-year-old daughter, Chelsea, campaigning for her.

"She is an exceptional person, and she's worked so hard, and she's done such a good job that I'm just filled with pride every time I look at her," she said.

"She's doing it because she's my daughter, but she's doing it because, as she says, she's a young American who cares about our future."

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Good for hillary, this party needs to be united so we can beat McCain. Bush needs to STFU nobody listens to that rambling idiot anymore, he has the worst approval rating in history and he has the nerve to criticize anyone???

Edited May 15, 200817 yr by EricaKane70