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Do you think Hillary Clinton should concede the Democratic nomination to Barack Obama?She's not going to win the nomination by any means, but the last 3 contests need to be played out. Otherwise, she will start claiming she was forced out right before the finish line by all those mean ol' boys... Waaahhh!!! Let the process play out completely, so everyone can see how she lost fair and square. If she does.........imagine the star power she will be able to add to the Obama campaign! McSame does have the albatross in chief though. The campaign is not over, even though Obama will probably be the eventual winner, and in this country everyone has the right and responsibility to cast their vote and make their preferences known. Until that happens, the race is still on and Hillary Clinton is still a candidate. Further, the support of Super Delegates can be given, revoked and re-given again and there are still issues to take before the party rules committee at the convention. I'm sure the Obama campaign and its supporters want to convince the public that its all over, but the truth is, it isn't. I'm an independent and don't adhere to either party's political theology. As such, I can indiscriminately say that the Democratic Party leadership seems more concerned with themselves and their party than they do with what might be best for the American people and that leaves me very suspicious of their future intentions. Barack Obama calls for radical change in government and that scares the heck out of me. Such actions usually throw the baby out with the bathwater and do no one any good. Also, in a country with record indebtedness and extreme hardship to middle and lower class citizens, Obama's programs will most likely cause our national indebtedness to double, which will make the economy even worse than it is and deal a blow to business that may bring it to its knees. No matter how much you may hate big business, you have to realize that its what keeps the country afloat and keeps it running. Further, throughout his life Sen. Obama has established a track record of misjudgment after misjudgment from using drugs in his youth, to preferring socialist professors while in college, to associating with William Ayers and Tony Rezco, to attending what is clearly a black activist church pastored by a black nationalist pastor, to showing his clear elitist concepts in his remarks about blue-collar, white Americans clinging to their guns and religion. Michelle Obama is not going to be President, but she will be first lady if Obama is elected to office and she has remarked that Obama's campaign is the first time she has been proud to be an American. What kind of person is that to be first-lady of the country? Our next President will have to hit the deck running without taking time to deal with a learning curve first. Obama simply can't do that and both Clinton and McCain can. Bottom line to all of this is that those who are going to vote Democrat in the general election better hope that Hillary Clinton can still pull a rabbit out of a hat because is she can't everyone voting Democrat will be shooting themselves in the foot. Allright, been a long day, finally getting around to this one. At least it gave me the impetus to seek out more current sources, since the ones I already had were kinda stale, much like the issues raised here. No matter, gets me in shape for the general: One, two, three, ONE! One, two, three, TWO! I'm sure you believe what you have written, and you are entitled to that opinion as all Americans (except citylies) are entitled to have an opinion. but he's usually far left. The country may not handle another limp wristed republican well, but it will by no means be the end of the USA. The country does need a conservative strong leader who will not cower to the libs and their government media complex. A leader who speaks the truth plainly, and clearly speaks a conservative vision for the future. All others are lame salesmen in empty suits. "Obama's programs will most likely cause our national indebtedness to double" found this gem: ...All I can do is quote superdelegate Donna Brazile, who responded to one Clintonite's nasty letter demanding her support and threatening a McCain vote should Hillary lose the nomination: at speaking! Every time I watch him he stammers and pauses as though trying to come up with something people would like versus being right and having the courage of any convictions of his own. WE don't let our leaders think for us so that all we have to do is shout "Ditto!" at our radios in the morning. with all due respect I listen to both sides and I THINK FOR MYSELF and just listening I make up my own mind. I didn't get this far in life by mimicking others thoughts...but I also visit and talk to alot of people and they pretty much feel the same. We don't have excellent choices but OBAMA would be scarey. If you are a Mother do have a good day:) We are as a GREAT NATION in some real testing times. Oh and believe it or not I said "PIED PIPER" before Rushy! Why do you keep saying Obama is scary? You say it over and over but don't say why. I'm sincerely curious. The KHAOS is all around you, and engulfing the nomination process. I am enjoying it at Obama's expense. There. There's more on khaos. "Obama is a GREAT leader. Look how he's leading all of us now". since you're slowed down. The delegates are letting the primary season play out to keep the party together. It's a courtesy. Nothing more. Don't worry, I'll have my popcorn ready sitting on my couch watching the "Big show in Denver". It will rival the Olympic Games! It's 3 a.m. Who do you want answering the phone? In interviews with Salon this week, several experienced military officers said McCain draws mixed reviews among military leaders, and they expressed serious doubts about whether McCain has the right temperament to be the next president and commander in chief. Some expressed more confidence in Obama, citing his temperament as an asset.
It is not difficult in Washington to find high-level military officials who have had close encounters with John McCain's temper, and who find it worrisome. Politicians sometimes scream for effect, but the concern is that McCain has, at times, come across as out of control. It is difficult to find current or former officers willing to describe those encounters in detail on the record. That's because, by and large, those officers admire McCain. But that doesn't mean they want his finger on the proverbial button, and they are supporting Clinton or Obama instead. "I like McCain. I respect McCain. But I am a little worried by his knee-jerk response factor," said retired Maj. Gen. Paul Eaton, who was in charge of training the Iraqi military from 2003 to 2004 and is now campaigning for Clinton. "I think it is a little scary. I think this guy's first reactions are not necessarily the best reactions. I believe that he acts on impulse." "I studied leadership for a long time during 32 years in the military," said retired Air Force Maj. Gen. Scott Gration, a one-time Republican who is supporting Obama. "It is all about character. Who can motivate willing followers? Who has the vision? Who can inspire people?" Gration asked. "I have tremendous respect for John McCain, but I would not follow him." "One of the things the senior military would like to see when they go visit the president is a kind of consistency, a kind of reliability," explained retired Gen. Merrill McPeak, a former Republican, former chief of staff of the Air Force and former fighter pilot who flew 285 combat missions. McPeak said his perception is that Obama is "not that up when he is up and not that down when he is down. He is kind of a steady Eddie. This is a very important feature," McPeak said. On the other hand, he said, "McCain has got a reputation for being a little volatile." McPeak is campaigning for Obama. Stephen Wayne, a political science professor at Georgetown who is studying the personalities of the presidential candidates, agrees McCain's temperament is of real concern. "The anger is there," Wayne said. If McCain is the one to answer the phone at 3 a.m., he said, "you worry about an initial emotive, less rational response." And worrisome at the same time, re: McCain. But it will come out into the public eye as the race focuses on two instead of three. ....Or should I say, REstarted. I used to comment here all the time, but campaign demands pulled me away for a while. I'm still active in the campaign, a PCO, 29th LD Obama Captain, and a delegate to the 6th CD Caucus in Shelton next Saturday, and have thrown my hat in for National (although I may gladly cede that honor to some who have invested even more than me in this grand effort to turn our ship of state toward brighter horizons). Black people will not rise up and mow you down. Life will go on. Things will get better. if black people would do that then I would be afraid of my own family! PLEASE.....was that racist comment witchiwoman? I would hope not:) See what happens when I assume? I get to eat crow. But please don't divert me from the essence of my thought. I respect that you are a conservative, whatever color you may be. Respect my beliefs too. I don't object to conservatism. Just to name calling and fact twisting to spread chaos. And I'm not too fond of shouting at each other as a form of debate either. Now we have the same old, worn-out, debunked, refuted arguments and claims to contend with (although in a way, it's probably a blessing in disguise that the primary season has dragged on for so long, because we're gonna be deflecting the same old crapola from the McSame crowd starting in just a few weeks). I don't have time right now to write the paragraphs I have inside me, rebutting all these broad references, but will check this thread again later and see where it's gone in the meantime. Cheryl aka Lucky Charm said in her post that she was REstarting and had been away on the campaign trail. So I said, "Glad you are back." It was just a courtesy statement. I don't know her personally. from a man who shouts DITTO!! at the radio in the mornings. I voted for Hillary and I had her signs in my yard. If Hillary doesn't win the nomination I will be supporting John McCain, as will millions of others who have supported Hillary. |
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Whether Hillary concedes at this point or sticks it out to the bitter end is almost a moot point. I'll admit I'm a Obama supporter first, and a Hillary supporter second. I would hope all Democrats would agree that the sooner we can unify the Democratic Party behind a single presidential candidate the better off we'll be. To me the bigger question is not so much which (Democratic) candidate we put forth as the Democratic presidential contender ..... the bigger issue is to make sure we leave no stone unturned in our efforts to keep John McCain out of the White House. John McCain may look like just a mild mannered reporter, but if we let him into that telephone booth known as the White House. I'll guarantee he'll emerge not as Superman, but as George Bush in disguise - and nothing is more frightening than that!