Comments on: Damn Proud To Be A Democrat

By: glennmcgahee

glennmcgahee — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 13:48:57 +0000

As much as I would like to think that a Clinton/Obama ticket would happen, I’ve seen alot of familiar vitrol aimed at the Clinton campaign from Obama supporters. Spewing hateful things reminds me of the religious right nutjobs when they don’t get their way or are gathered together for “Justice Sunday” or something. Hopefully, its the youth-types that are showing thier immaturity. This is the same type of stuff that ended up hurting Al Gore’s candicacy. Led by the media of course.

By: redX

redX — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 22:01:53 +0000

So they will just bash eachother under the table for the next few days.

By: redX

redX — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 22:01:28 +0000

I thought it was a bore. They are both very close on policy (or the way they are presenting it) and seemed to know it was not in their interest to “bash” eachother.

I think the general election debates will be OK - but all that debate showed is that the entire setup of the nomination process is a choice between the same thing (with the excitement of a historic first to placate people).

By: amberglow

amberglow — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 20:54:12 +0000

I was disappointed. And waking up to a new Harry and Louise mailer from Obama about Clinton’s Health Care plan shows that this whole thing is a farce at this point.

Just appalling.

By: charb08

charb08 — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 19:26:09 +0000

i love obama. i think he’s exactly what this country needs. I just read someone compare him to “Buttermilk and tobasco”, “Smooth and sharp, calming and hot.” i like that

By: phm731

phm731 — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 19:22:12 +0000

America doesn’t need to be ready… only a little more than half does. 270 delegates is all we need.

By: ralphbon

ralphbon — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 17:47:08 +0000

No idiotic calls to double Gitmo. No squabbling about who thinks Iraq is more awesome. No nativist demagoguery. And they both accept evolution!

Sorry, but this sets a pretty low bar for adulthood, much less progressivism.

By: PrimordialOoze

PrimordialOoze — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 17:24:59 +0000

Thanks Richmond!

By: brodie

brodie — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 17:20:40 +0000

It’s not so much whether AC actually prefers HRC over McC in that matchup, but rather for Dems it would be advantageous for righties like Coulter to be out there publicly dissing St John and keeping his overall support down.

So I like the reaction I’ve heard so far from AC and Limbaugh and the potential for many RWers to stay home this fall. At the very least it might resemble the tepid turnout from the Right that Poppy got in 92. And it could muddle or neutralize the GOP’s effort to turn out their base to stop Hillary.

By: sagewater2

sagewater2 — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 17:12:54 +0000

I supported Edwards. I guess I still do. It’s difficult for me to let go of what I feel he brought to the process. Edwards was the one who spoke to and for me as a voter concerned about the future well-being of our democracy, not just regarding the issues but on the need for real reform. In my view, what we need most is politicians willing and able to stand up to the powers-that-be to minimize at the very least if not rid us of the poisonous influence of corporate and moneyed interests in our system. Please understand I am not anti-business. What I am against in the distortions in and corruption of a democracy that no longer is capable of identifying much less responding to the will of the people.

I agree with the the comment from Obama referenced by MsAnnaNOLA @ 7. Obama inspires when he says things like we must work to understand and transform the mindset that allows us to get into a war like Iraq in the first place. This is exactly right. But inspiration isn’t enough. Neither compromise (or it’s political version, triangulation and bipartisanship) nor divisiveness (or its political version, i.e. Contract for America) are appropriate ends in themselves. What matters most are the policies that matter and the commitment of our representatives to fight to implement policies that actually represent and address the concerns and needs of the vast majority of the American people.

We the people and those who seek to represent us must do everything in our collective power to insure that our representatives are not, and will never again be, beholden to anyone whose primary interests are blind, short-term greed. The time when we had the luxury to live that way has past. The profound appreciation for this reality and the desire to convince the voters of their sincerity and ability to fully engage this challenge is what I want from a progressive Democratic nominee, ticket and administration.