Comments on: Obama’s Sweet Nothings

By: libbyliberal

libbyliberal — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:21:35 +0000

Too true. Thanks for the education. I am chastened and I hope emerging from my anger stage. Obama seems ready to throw the baby out with the bath water in order to get elected. Alarms me. It’s not one vote, its a pattern, and his incapacity for sustained empathy and loyalty alarms me. He campaigned on being different. Now he turns out to out-politician the politicians? Well, maybe that is different?

By: MarkH

MarkH — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:14:11 +0000

I hear Obama would consider Lieberman for the Supreme Court

If you’re going to put the knife in so fast and in broad daylight could you at least twist it gently.

By: newtonusr

newtonusr — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:12:19 +0000

Welcome Weirdsmobile

By: Weirdsmobile

Weirdsmobile — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:01:23 +0000

It may be worth pointing out that Wellstone voted for the Defense of Marriage Act and the Patriot Act. Not to denigrate the man at all, but to point out that there are no spotless saints in politics, and it’s folly to judge any politician on the basis of one vote.

By: libbyliberal

libbyliberal — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 03:35:39 +0000

http://airamerica.com/maddow/

enjoy… she’s the best. This is the blog for her AirAmerica show though the more she is on Olbermann the more frequently David Bender subs for her.

By: mostlygrey

mostlygrey — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 03:29:46 +0000

I can’t wait for Pres. Obama to let us all know what the coversation between Cheney and the Halliburton home office in Dubai contains. Hey, just trying to look on the bright side!

By: JimC

JimC — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 03:27:12 +0000

Obama has said that he would have voted against the 2002 Authorization to Use Military Force (AUMF). Given his cowardly performance in the FISA vote today, does anyone really believe that anymore? He sought cover under cosmetic amendments, and then voted to eviscerate our civil liberties. That is the essence of triangulation. This was a much easier and clearer vote than the AUMF. It was a no-brainer for a Constitutional lawyer, and he still did not have the back-bone to oppose this unconstitutional Bill that has no support among his real constituents. He would have done the same thing in the 2002 AUMF vote. He would have triangulated, and then voted with the herd.

You now know all that you need to know about Obama. He does not have the back-bone or the courage to stand up for fundamental principles. That is his essence and it will never change. That is Obama.

By: Carlo

Carlo — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 03:15:34 +0000

Exactly.

By: shell

shell — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 03:05:28 +0000

I agree! You cannot judge Hillary’s July stances with what she would have done had she won the nomination.

I am very angry with Obama on several issues, but that does NOT mean I wish I had voted for Hillary. Apples and oranges.

By: ubetchaiam

ubetchaiam — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 03:04:31 +0000

“be really believes that we will ultimately cave in because we have nowhere else ta go.”; I don’t accept that ‘we have nowhere else to go’. Is not voting a matter of principle as well? I have an advasntage that I live in CA and can write in a candidate AND have my vote counted as long as that candidate has electors. (THAT, people, is what you’re really voting for, not a candidate).
But, yeah, I’m old enough to leave the country. And I won’t feel bad about it because I served in the military and have paid taxes for 45 years.
And I still think that the majority of the population is “drowning in a solipsistic consumer culture, borrowing against the future to maintain an excessive and opulent standard of living without actually manufacturing anything of value.”