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Politics : President Barack Obama -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: ChinuSFO who wrote (4564)	12/29/2007 5:46:50 PM
From: MJ	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

ChinuSFO Clinton in spite of and maybe because of all of his education and serving as Governor of Arkansas did not have a grasp on the significance of the various constant attacks of terror(war)and the need for preparations for homeland security. Clinton and Bush are both baby boomers. With all due respect to that generation, many failed to understand that WWII, the Korean War and Vietnam Wars did not end the need for constant vigilance and preparation. I don't know whether or not Obama can embrace that concept. He is an intellectual who wants to talk. Talk between leaders is great however talk is just one aspect of avoiding physical confrontation. The other aspect is Peace Through Strength. And yes you are right that the Clintons' experience on fighting terror is not debatable since they have no experience in such. mj

To: ChinuSFO who wrote (4564)	12/29/2007 6:04:15 PM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 149317

Patrick hits Iowa campaign trail to stump for Obama bostonherald.com By Jessica Van Sack Saturday, December 29, 2007 FORT MADISON, IOWA - On the stump for Illinois Sen. Barack Obama in the critical days before the nation’s first caucus, Bay State Gov. Deval Patrick compared his own against-the-odds win to Obama’s presidential aspirations in this small town on the border of Missouri and Illinois. “I’m not here to talk about the strategy for winning or the electability of Sen. Obama,” Patrick told the crowd at Fort Madison High School. “I’m tired of candidates who spend so much time on how to win and say almost nothing on why they should.” Patrick recalled that during his own 2006 campaign for governor, many questioned the electability of a lawyer who had never run for office. Obama, a first-term senator, has been criticized by opponents including New York Sen. Hillary Clinton about his own lack of political experience. “I am so familiar with this,” Patrick said. “When I ran for governor, I’d never run for office before.” Patrick said he recalled cynics telling him, “You don’t know how we do things. You don’t have the chips to call in from the political establishment in Massachusetts.” Patrick is traveling the length of Iowa with Obama today and tomorrow, introducing him at events. He is scheduled to campaign during future weekends with Obama in key early voting states New Hampshire and South Carolina as well. Touching upon the grassroots theme that propelled his own campaign, Patrick said Obama will bring back a sense of “community” that the country lacks. In a town that has suffered the closure of manufacturing plants and a steep population decline, Patrick related to the crowd by describing his own hard-scrabble upbringing on the South Side of Chicago, where he lived in a two-room tenement before winning a pivotal scholarship to Milton Academy. “I went to broken schools. We were surrounded by broken families, broken people,” Patrick said. “But there were things we had and one of those things was community. We have to start coming together in that way.” Obama took the stage to boisterous applause, after first delving into the crowd to shake hands and greet audience members. He countered the recent attacks on his credentials and electability. “I think experience is very important,” Obama said. “But what I’ve also said is my experience is rooted in the real lives of real people.” Referring to his rivals, Obama said: “They say, ‘vote for me because I need to play the game better in Washington,’ ” in a clear reference to Clinton. “We need to put an end to the game-playing.” Obama heaped praise upon Patrick, calling him “a dear friend.” “He is one of the greatest governors in the country,” Obama said. “He could be watching the Patriots [team stats] today and he chose to come to Fort Madison instead.”