[quote name='bmulligan']Obama does that at every rally where he repeats his racially fueled allusion that Republicans are racists:
"We know what kind of campaign they're going to run. They're going to try to make you afraid of me. He's young and inexperienced and he's got a funny name. He doesn't look like all those other presidents on the dollar bills. And did I mention he's black?"[/quote]
I don't think he has mentioned that for months.
[quote name='bmulligan']You make the same assumption that Myke does when he thinks eye-for-an-eye political bashing make his own candidate clean by mathematical cancellation.
Unfortunately for you, I'd agree with everything you say about McCain as well as a laundry list of other "associations" and philosophies that make his just as inappropriate a candidate for president as Obama.[/quote]
Just like you should be judged by the character of your coworkers or the guy who checked you out at the supermarket.
I don't really think it makes my guy clean. My guy is clean because my guy had nothing to do with the Weather Underground. Ayers paid his debt and now the most radical thing he does is write grants, teach, and advocate education reform.
[quote name='bmulligan']Ted Kennedy has referred to Obama as Osama. And if we can't tie Jessee Jackson to the Obama campaign, I fail to see how we can tie some redneck sheriff to McCain. Stop being so partisan and see things for what they are. [/quote]
You mean you cannot tie a person to a campaign when they are speaking at a campaign rally?
I am not afraid of him because he's black, that's pedantic and insulting. I'm afraid of him because he represents the core Democrat ideology wrapped up in sheep's clothing and sold to the faithful as "Real change we can believe in." It's not change at all, it's the fulfillment of Socialist philosophy, which I vehemently oppose. I oppose McCain for virtually the same reasons.
[quote name='bmulligan']I'd love a "liberal" president, not a socialist one. Someone who believes and practices protecting the rights and freedoms of individuals instead of confiscating wealth to buy votes would be a welcome addition to the political theater.
And technically, it's not pandering since I'm not offering anything of value to my constituency. I'm just making a casual observation that a lot of my jewish business owning friends will not take kindly to this interpretation of an Obama presidency. It may indeed scare them off in numbers. Obama needs to strong arm Jackson to shut him up quickly and retract his statement. In politics, appearances are everything, as you so eloquently pointed out.
Maybe Jackson is pining for a position and is spewing forth to get leverage for silence. Maybe a deal's already been breached and Jackson's getting retribution. Who knows what types of deals have been done in the party leading up to this election, you have to know there have been many and will be many more. I'm just making conversation with hyperbole. It's moire fun that way.[/quote]
These guys are involved in the deals as well