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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (20212)	1/11/2008 2:04:39 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 224657

Oops!!... (Dimocrap) Voter Fraud "Poster Child" Is Signed Up To Vote in 2 Different States You just can't make this stuff up. The Democrat's "poster child" for voter fraud is signed up in two different states: On the eve of a hearing before the U.S. Supreme Court, the Indiana Voter ID law has become a story with a twist: One of the individuals used by opponents to the law as an example of how the law hurts older Hoosiers is registered to vote in two states. Faye Buis-Ewing, 72, who has been telling the media she is a 50-year resident of Indiana, at one point in the past few years also claimed two states as her primary residence and received a homestead exemption on her property taxes in both states. Meanwhile... The ACLU says we will defend voter fraud all the way to the Supreme Court.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (20212)	1/11/2008 2:25:10 PM
From: HPilot	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224657

Jake, like most blanket statements - That is partly wrong and partly correct. Yes, we all know with the right competent and benevolent dictator (which you are not allowed to choose), that Socialism can work. It's just that nobody has found one yet.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (20212)	1/11/2008 5:52:34 PM
From: Ann Corrigan	Respond to of 224657

Clintons dis uppity base >Bitter fight could damage Dems January 11, 2008 STEVE HUNTLEY shuntley@suntimes.com The stunning political earthquake in New Hampshire on Tuesday and its aftershocks are opening a wrenching fissure in Democratic politics -- raising the prospect of a bitter campaign with racial and gender undertones that could damage Democratic presidential hopes in November by alienating an important voting bloc -- African Americans or women. Though the respective celebrations over Barack Obama's Iowa win and the resurrection of Hillary Clinton's campaign at first obscured signs of trouble, it has become apparent that together they inflicted wounds that may be difficult to heal. In the days leading up to Tuesday's voting, the Clinton camp launched a vigorous assault on Obama's lack of experience, a point driven home stridently by former President Bill Clinton. He focused on Obama's credentials, insisted that Obama's voting record in the Senate on Iraq funding was no different than Sen. Clinton's and declared, "This whole thing is the biggest fairy tale I've ever seen." That prompted a sharp rebuke on CNN from Donna Brazile, a Democratic strategist: "For him to go after Obama using 'fairy tale,' calling him a 'kid,' as he did last week, it's an insult. And I tell you, as an African American, I find his words and his tone to be very depressing." Hillary Clinton drifted into the same troublesome waters by asserting that Obama was raising "false hopes" and saying that it took President Lyndon Johnson to enact the civil rights agenda pushed by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. That churned up blogosphere speculation about what she meant. The fairest reading seems that she suggested practical politician Johnson got a civil rights bill passed that the more eloquent President John F. Kennedy couldn't get through Congress. Still, the bottom line was that the reference to King opened Clinton to criticism that she had shown disrespect to the civil rights martyr. Michael Eric Dyson, a former DePaul professor and author of Is Bill Cosby Right? Or Has the Black Middle Class Lost Its Mind?, on MSNBC described the Clinton camp's criticism of Obama as carrying an "implicit racial subtext." Clinton's challenge in the weeks ahead will be to hone her attacks on Obama in a way that doesn't alienate African Americans. But Obama has a similar challenge in finding a way to go after Clinton without offending women. Though no one has made much of it, I wonder how the last candidates' debate affected female voters in New Hampshire. First, Obama and John Edwards avoided harsh words for each other while directing sharp barbs toward Clinton. Then the issue of Clinton's likability came up, juxtaposed with the affection Obama elicits among his supporters. As Clinton talked about how Obama is easy to warm to, Obama chimed in she was "likable enough." He came across as churlish and condescending, more mocking than sincere. If Clinton's famous choking up was a key moment in the campaign, generating support from women, Obama had set the stage for it during that debate. Female voters also are thought to have been pushed to Clinton's side by media questioning of the authenticity of her emotional display. Now, Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., Obama's national campaign co-chairman, has joined in, saying on MSNBC, "those tears also have to be analyzed." He suggested "her appearance brought her to tears" when she never showed that kind of emotion over the Hurricane Katrina catastrophe in predominantly black New Orleans. When directly asked if the tears were faked, Jackson replied, "I wouldn't say that." Jackson noted that South Carolina's primary is coming up Jan. 26, and African Americans constitute close to half the Democratic vote there and "they see real hope in Barack Obama." It remains to be seen how these wounds will play out there and on Super Tuesday when 20 states hold primaries or caucuses. If a long fight produces irreconcilable bitterness on the losing side, the larger question becomes what will be the fallout for the historic hopes to elect the first African-American or female president? Campaign's racial, gender undertones could alienate blacks or women.<

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (20212)	1/11/2008 10:05:05 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224657

big blow to hilesbian and demagogue edwardsboy: Obama Lands Arizona Gov.'s Endorsement By Chris Cillizza, The Fix Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano will endorse Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign today, according to two sources familiar with the decision. Napolitano's endorsement has literal and symbolic significance. As a popular western state governor, she could prove as an effective surrogate for Obama in Nevada's Jan. 19 caucuses. Napolitano is also one of a handful of female governors in the country, and her decision to go with Obama could undercut Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's attempts to unify female elected officials behind her candidacy. Arizona has traditionally gone for the GOP presidential candidate in past general elections, but it is increasingly becoming a swing state, due at least in part to the large Latino population.