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He's really good

by hebi, Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 04:14:36 AM EST

At first I was a bit disappointed. Why was Barack apologising for his "bad choice of words". He simply had described the reality of some areas and cities that have lost a lot off jobs and are in decay.
Of course some people are bitter. Some of these bitter folks cling to religion, some become gun-fetishists, some become rabid anti-immigration rednecks, and some off them do it all at once. He doesn't say the reverse, he doesn't say that all religious people are bitter, he doesn't say that all hunters are experiencing hard economic times. And he also explained in his SF-speech that this description is just a part of the Pennsylvanian picture. So why apologise for describing the reality ???

But listening to BHO in Steelton, simply acknowledging that he made a mistake, making a little joke about him being not perfect by his wife (that's something we, who are regularly corrected by our spouses, can all connect to), I have to admit there is a reason why he's runnig for public office and I'm not.
If HRC continues to make a big deal out of this, it will make it so obvious that she's overreaching on this issue out of desperation.

http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=NIxmi3e2Vm o&eurl=http://www.politico.com/blogs /bensmith/0408/Obama_mocks_Annie_Oakley. html

But beyond that, he can continue to work on the real issue that should be dealt with. The Republican approach was expressed clearly by Mary Matalin in Meet the Press.
Hey, it's a free market out there, those suckers in strugling small towns, simply pulled the short straw and have to live with that.
On a macro scale that might be the most efficient approach, but I think it's kind of a hard sell in Pennsylvania. Besides I don't think any decent person should think in such a materialistic and cold way about other human beings. Of course it's impossible to reverse the big trend completely and rejuvenate big steel in Pennsylvania. But a government has the obligation to see the economic hardships of some of their citizens and help them make the transition to something new.

The voters in Pennsylvania have a clear choice.
John McCain will do nothing in Pennsylvania because it goes against his dogma's.

Hillary Clinton thinks it all optimism and rolled-up sleeves and has some very strong free trade advisors. To assume that small town Pennsylvania will be a priority for her is ludicrous.

Barack Obama acknowledges the problem and I think he has a real chance, to empower people to start solving them.

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Re: He's really good (none / 0)

Great counterpunch by Obama. This guy's political skills never fail to impress me.

A former hillary supporter.

by Cristalgirl on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 05:50:48 AM EST

Re: He's really good (1.00 / 0)

Watch the second half with the audio off.

You will notice what the body language says.

Big loss for Obama, he lost his cool.

I saw and heard a High school bully.

by DTaylor on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 06:25:22 AM EST
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Bullying us into crappy healthcare.. (none / 0)

We can do better, and we deserve more. Obama's so called consumer driven healthcare will leave people with huge uncovered costs in the interests of affordability. That doesn't make sense. Sick people and those with pre-existing conditions will have to pay huge amounts of money for coverage if they are not in large groups (i.e. employed by major corporations)

This wont work for many of us. When people get sick they lose their jobs and they have to negotiate on the free market. What good is a guarantee that they can't refuse you if you can't afford what they ask?

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by architek on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 07:27:41 AM EST
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Finally I can agree with you! (none / 0)

I've seen you post on this in other threads, but it wasn't clear to me what exactly you were objecting to. This time it's clear. Thanks.

BTW, my wife has two different autoimmune diseases requiring $25K per year of drugs to merely slow down the damage. If she did not have my medical coverage she would be pretty much unemployable.

by professor on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 11:58:32 AM EST
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Examine Obama'a advisors (none / 0)

You note that Sen. Clinton has a number of "free trade" advisers, where "free trade" means globalized corporate dominance. That bothers me as well.

But you fail to acknowledge that Sen. Obama's economic team is populated with people taken from the Economics Department at the University of Chicago, that is, representatives of the "Chicago School" pioneered by Milton Friedman. This is the epicenter of neo-liberal economic theorizing in the United States, particularly in terms of promoting deregulation and largely unfettered international trade under the umbrella of corporate trade agreements and frameworks.

Stone, meet glass house.

"We live entangled in webs of endless deceit, often self-deceit, but with a little honest effort, it is possible to extricate ourselves from them". -- NC

by Trond Jacobsen on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 08:40:09 AM EST

Re: Examine Obama'a advisors (none / 0)

Can you be more specific.
Who are you talking about and what is wrong with their ideas ???

by hebi on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 12:01:51 PM EST
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