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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 (30348)	6/9/2008 3:50:24 PM
From: TideGlider	Respond to of 224864

You are really sweating this election. Don't worry about it. Take it easy Kenneth.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (30348)	6/9/2008 4:27:22 PM
From: PROLIFE	Respond to of 224864

An interview with British MP George Galloway On Al-Aqsa TV - May 2, 2008 I hope that the new presidency in the United States… I pray for the safety of Barack Obama, and I pray that he can shift the United States attitude to this question. But as you know, Palestine cannot free itself. It is a small country against a huge superpower. The real problem is not in Palestine. It’s not even in London or Washington. The real problem is in the Arab world. From Marrakesh to Bahrain – 300 million Arabs, oil at 136 dollars per barrel… If the Arabs wanted to solve this Palestine problem, they could do so in six days… The Americans are not in a position to intervene anywhere in the Arab world, because they have been defeated by the muqawama [resistance] in Iraq. And so, sunk in this swamp in Iraq and in Afghanistan, the U.S. is no longer able to assist its puppets in the Middle East. So as we come towards the November elections, and the real prospect of a significant victory for Obama, everyone will have to re-find their footing, and these puppet presidents and corrupt kings may discover that the ground has moved under their feet, Allah willing.. I think there are important changes coming in Israel also. Olmert may be in prison by the weekend. He may be replaced by the foreign minister or by Barak. He may be replaced, God forbid, by Netanyahu. I don’t believe the key lies in Tel Aviv. Israel is not an independent country. It must act under the orders of the United States, which provides every bullet and every dollar. So we have to change the policy of the United States, through our work in Europe, through a change in the attitude, or a change of the leaders of the Arab world, to show the United States that it must change its policy in the region. After all, if the United States can take everything she wants from the Arabs, and still follow a policy of cutting throats of the Arabs – why to change? If you can have whatever you want, and do whatever you want – well, why to change? Mr. Obama sure has interesting fans.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (30348)	6/9/2008 5:16:06 PM
From: Brumar89	Respond to of 224864

MCCAIN TEMPTS HILLARY VOTERS McCaskill: Worried Obama backer. June 9, 2008 -- WHAT do women want? That may end up the overriding question for the rest of this campaign. Polls show around 30 percent of Hillary Clinton's voters saying they'll vote for John McCain. Most will come around - but if only 5 percent of her 18 million voters stray to the GOP side, that could be enough to swing the election. The McCain camp is on it. It believes it can siphon off older female voters, who are skeptical over Obama's lack of experience. McCain clearly heard Clinton's battle cry after the final primary, when she said she wanted her voters to be respected. His surrogate, Carly Fiorina, even told reporters she believed Clinton suffered sexist treatment during the campaign - music to these Clinton supporters' ears. McCain started courting Clinton's voters in the days between that last primary and her concession speech. He said the media had mistreated Clinton and talked of how much he respects her, noting she was often underappreciated. Now he's planning a campaign tour to reach out to her voters, as well as to independent female voters. His campaign has dedicated part of its Web site to them, and is mobilizing high-profile female surrogates to flood states where Clinton won. The McCain camp no doubt knows what the Bush camp knew in 2004: The Democratic Party has a history of taking its base voters for granted. Women are now being treated the way African-Americans normally are: We don't need to do anything to win them over, because where are they going to go? After 2000, the Republican National Committee began an aggressive outreach effort to try and peel off black support from the Democratic Party and saw success in swing states such as Ohio and Florida, where it targeted its efforts. John Kerry won the 2004 black vote in Ohio by only 84 percent to President Bush's 16 percent, a 7 point jump in black support there for Bush over 2000, in a state that was key to Bush's victory. In Florida, Bush gained six points over 2000, going from 7 percent to 13 percent of the black vote. Kerry won the black vote 88-11 nationally. And with Obama heading the ticket this year, no one expects blacks to stray. But the Bush effort demonstrates that Democrats shouldn't take any constituency for granted. Many Democrats believe all Clinton's supporters will "come home" once they learn about McCain's position on the choice issue. But some doubt it. Geraldine Ferraro dismissed the idea in a conversation with me last week - noting that these voters had already voted for an anti-abortion rights Republican before: Ronald Reagan. More, she said, these sophisticated voters know that Democrats will keep control of Congress no matter what, blocking any extremist nominees for the Supreme Court. One of the many Web sites that has cropped up for disgruntled Clinton supporters, "Don't Be a Good Democrat!" has a section called "Is it safe to vote Republican?" This outlines why Hillary supporters needn't fear voting for McCain, including Ferraro's argument. Another group, called "Clinton's for McCain" is making the case for switching their votes. Working to McCain's advantage is that Clinton supporters will get angry all over again if Obama doesn't choose her as his running mate. (And he most likely won't, by all accounts.) They remember when Clinton was ahead and conventional wisdom said that she'd have no choice but to choose him as her veep, lest African-Americans would feel slighted. One Obama supporter, Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), told The New York Times of Clinton voters: "We need them very, very badly, and we shouldn't be able to be afraid to say that we need them." She's right: It's time to start wooing the ladies. nypost.com