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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 (27176)	5/1/2008 7:39:47 PM
From: tonto	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224742

Is Clinton on O'Reilly again tonight?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (27176)	5/1/2008 8:32:15 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Respond to of 224742

Re “In His Own Words, Then and Now” (excerpts from Obama remarks, April 30): When Senator Barack Obama made a nuanced attempt to distance himself from the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. in March, the senator had specific knowledge of the controversial remarks of his former pastor. The chief intervening event between then and the senator’s clean break with Mr. Wright this week was the increase in controversy caused by Mr. Wright’s migration from video clips on Fox News to center stage in Washington. Thus, Mr. Wright is correct in one respect: Senator Obama acted out of political expediency, not principle, in this matter. David Seidemann Brooklyn, April 30, 2008

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (27176)	5/1/2008 8:33:52 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Respond to of 224742

FORT WAYNE, Indiana (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama sought to convince Americans he is not elitist on Thursday as new polls showed his aura of inevitability has declined after weeks of negative headlines. "The irony is, I think it is fair to say that both Michelle and I grew up in much less privileged circumstances than either of my two potential opponents," said Obama. A flap over racially charged rhetoric from his former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, and Obama's comments that small-town Americans "cling" to guns and religion, appears to have taken a toll on the Illinois senator as he fights for the right to face McCain in the November election. A New York Times/CBS News poll found that 51 percent of Democratic primary voters say they expect Obama to win their party's nomination battle against New York Sen. Clinton, down from 69 percent a month ago. The poll said 48 percent of Democrats say he is the candidate with the best chance of defeating Arizona Sen. McCain, down from 56 percent a month ago. Similarly, a Pew Research Center poll found a tighter national race between Obama and Clinton, with him holding a 47 percent to 45 percent lead over Clinton, down from 10 points a month ago. Clinton, campaigning in Brownsburg, Indiana, tried to perpetuate the elitist label on Obama, pointing out his opposition to a proposal she supports, a temporary suspension of the federal tax on gasoline of 18.4 cents per gallon.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (27176)	5/1/2008 11:18:11 PM
From: PROLIFE	Respond to of 224742

Post Turtle While suturing a cut on the hand of a 75 year old Texas rancher, whose hand was caught in a gate while working cattle, the doctor struck up a conversation with the old man. Eventually the topic got around to Obama and his bid to be our President. The old rancher said, "Well, ya know, Obama is a 'post turtle '." Not being familiar with the term, the doctor asked him what a ' post turtle ' was. The old rancher said, "When you're driving down a country road and you come across a fence post with a turtle balanced on top, that's a 'post turtle' ." The old man saw a puzzled look on the doctor's face, so he continued to explain. "You know he didn't get up there by himself, he doesn't belong up there, he doesn't know what to do while he is up there, and you just want to help the dumb ass get down."