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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: SiouxPal who wrote (322116)1/21/2007 10:44:59 PM
From: American Spirit  Read Replies (1) of 1576329
 
BS. Obama is nowhere within a hundred million miles of the Dem nomination. You are living in a fantasy world. By your standards Jesse Jackson would have been the nominee back in '76 or whenever he ran. And Howard Dean would be president now.

Do you know what would have happened if Dems had nominated Jackson, Dean, Jerry Brown, Eugene McCarthy or whomever the leftward base loved as the anti establishment candidate? They would have ended up just like McGovern and Dukakis did. Losing 45-49 states.

Listen my friend, the deck in the presidential races is stacked against democrats. The electoral system means the GOP can win even if they lose the popular vote. And this country is split 42.5-42.5% so the only voters which matter in the end are the 15% inbetween, and only those who decide swing states which are mainly white and fairly conservative. So maybe 2% of voters really matter. And those voters are almost all white and fairly conservative. Which is precisely why Hillary is trying to pander to them. But those voters would likely choose McCain or Romney over Obama. They are turned off with Bush but not all Republicans.

Obama could be a very helpful VP or Senatorial cheerleader. But he could also hand the GOP back congress and the White House if he's too successful. So beware who you support, especially when the GOP smear machine is salivating to get to your guy, and has already begun painting him as "Borat Hussein Osama".

Also, it would not be real smearveting. Obama was indeed raised as a Muslim in Indonesia and his father was a Muslim Kenyan, both Al Qaida countries. Which is exactly why Obama always talks about us getting beyond labels and names. Because he starts out with the worst ones imaginable. He is also arguably the most liberal guy in the Senate and has had a loit of close dealings with Jesse Jackson, which is death when it comes to the national election. So don't get mad at me, I'm just preparing you. A little reality check.

All that said, Obama is a wonderful democratic leader, just not for the top job.
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