Valentine Bonnaire

Where is the truth, or the democracy right now, not just in the Democratic Party, but in America?

vbonnaire — Thu, 15 May 2008 19:51:02 +0000

What is the most troubling thing about this election?

Seeing America’s big McDumbdown in action. I have a lot of problems with the way the media has tried to shove Hillary Clinton aside. She is my candidate of choice, not Obama or McCain. But, because of what the Democratic Party has done to my candidate, I have no choice to become a Republican in the fall.

Nothing is going to heal the split for me, and there is no way that Obama can ever redeem himself in my eyes. Like many in America, after watching Reverend Wright we were left dazed and confused by the HATE pouring out. I always had some notion of the Black Church being about the Gospel. Not anymore.

I watched Obama’s glitzy target-marketing in the web. I watched the biggest web browser in the bunch help him out with a “bubble sort.” I watched his pal David Axelrod use branding techniques to manipulate the American psyche. I’ve watched all this happen while the FEC is shutdown in Washington D.C. I’ve watched the fundraising, and nobody questions it. I’ve seen videos of Obama’s Southside Chicago slums. I’ve read about his ties to very unsavory types, while the Press is too dumb to unpack it for the American Public.

I’ve seen the Black Press criticize him, too.

I’ve seen his propaganda. HOPE, CHANGE, PROGRESS. But, I haven’t seen ONE speech about what all this means. Not one. What I have seen him do is target market to different segments of the American Public in order to get the votes. I’ve seen ads from San Francisco where he refused to pose with the gay mayor after raking in the big bucks off that demographic.

I’ve watched him adapt his posters, logos and slogans to fit the mood of each state, ethnicity, and even gender as he rolls along. I’ve seen electioneering happen twice. Once in Indiana on video, and once in an image from the venerable New York Times, and yet? Why isn’t this an issue? Why isn’t any of this an issue?

I’ve watched him try and silence Hillary Clinton on television during the debates.

What do I see? A phony. A glad handing phony and who knows what his real agenda is?

He has caused nothing but division within the Democratic Party. And, my question is who can buy him? Who? And, what would they need to buy him for? He’s been sold like a McSandwich stuffed down the American throat, except, it makes some of us gag. It’s his associations that we can’t understand. Big names many of us knew nothing about until this election. Some part of the Democratic Party that is far left of everything we consider American. It’s his arrogance, in light of saying he’d “consider hiring” Al Gore.

It’s his non-green “Plastic” lawn signs. Well, is Gore going to step up to the plate on those?

He’s been called the “teflon” candidate. Isn’t styrofoam more like it?

The problem with Barack Obama is that America doesn’t know who he is, do they? For this, we can fault the media and its lack of deep coverage. Even they appear to be starstruck by glitz. Except the glitz isn’t glamorous. It looks a hell of a lot like some kind of 30’s fascism redux. To those smart enough, or educated enough to see through it. Looking around in the web there are all sorts of opinions about this untested newcomer. Here is a pretty astute little article on the whole fascism gig from NewsBusters.org:

I’m quoting from this interview here, Goldberg has written a book on Liberal Fascism and has said here:

“…To the extent that Barack Obama is running a campaign almost explicitly as a political religion where he’s sort of a messiah type, those sorts of themes fit into my argument about what liberalism is and how it sort of has a resemblance to fascism. But whether he’s in fact a-I don’t think he’s a fascist in the way the average person means it but in the way I define liberal fascism in my book, he’s probably as good a candidate as anybody is for a liberal fascist…

GOLDBERG: Well, I hear versions of that quite a bit and I think there are a bunch of different things going on there and I think they’re all to one extent or another, wrong. First of all, Ronald Reagan which at times does sound superficially like Barack Obama’s: Reagan talked about a shining city on a hill, and all that kind of stuff and he had this wonderful rhetoric about patriotism and unity and all these kinds of things. And I’m sure you could find all sorts of other comparisons between Reagan’s rhetoric and Obama’s. But at the end of the day, Reagan was romanticizing not government but the glories and wonders of the American people and what they can do with God’s gift of freedom. Which is an enormous distinction.

Reagan still believed that government wasn’t the solution, it was the problem. And Obama’s approach is the exact opposite of that. Reagan comes from the National Review tradition of believing that a virtuous, a truly virtuous society can only be the end-product of a free society. For virtue not freely chosen is not virtue as Frank Meyer might say. And Obama’s whole shtick is that we must be unified and hopeful for what the government itself can do for us. Michelle Obama says Barack Obama is going to cure and heal our sickened souls. From my perspective, we have a Second Amendment precisely to keep governments who think they are in the soul-fixing business at bay.

I don’t want the government to try and fix my soul. When Barack Obama has his door-knocking volunteers go around, they’re instructed not to talk about issues but to talk about how they came to Obama in the same way that people talk about coming to Jesus. That scares me. And that’s not Reaganesque. Reagan’s whole approach-I think Obama’s gift for oratory and for seeming like a decent and compelling personality that you’d want to know and you enjoy listening to, that kind of stuff is Reaganesque. His ability to read a script is Reaganesque and I think those comparisons are perfectly legitimate just as I think comparisons between Mike Huckabee and Reagan on that score-his ability to connect with people are fair. But in terms of philosophy, the last thing in the world that Reagan represented was the idea that we should sort of turn politics into this quasi-religious enterprise where a great leader using government can redeem the society and deliver us to some sort of utopian place where we all sort of have to work together, that’s not Reaganesque. That’s the opposite of Reaganism…”

Yeah, It’s a little like that…but there is more interesting stuff this week in the Black Press over at Black Agenda Report like this. Reading it made me sad, especially the piece on House Slaves. Christ. But, maybe, we need to understand what is going on post some 70’s notion that we were all grooving together ala Martin Luther King. Because Obama and Wright have really fucked up the notion for me right now that there is ANY lovefest of togetherness racially in this country of mine. What I see is nothing but VITRIOL.

To tell you the truth? I don’t think Obama gives a fuck about Black People. Or White People. Or Brown People. Or Yellow People. Or any people. He sides with whoever he needs to in the moment, doesn’t he? You see, I have concerns about how he can just dump his pastor like snapping his magical little fingers. If it is true that he has a Black racial agenda, well?

Do you know what Barack Obama has done to me? He’s made me question my loyalty to Dr. King. Completely. He’s made me look twice at all the black homeless people I see. What kind of HOPE is he going to give them? Where is the plan? Why doesn’t he put some of that money down Katrina way? No. That would be too much to ask.

Who among all these politicians could care for all of the faces that make up AMERICA? Hillary Clinton. I’m not seeing any “White Agenda” coming out of her campaign. She’s just a straight up Democrat. In lieu of her? The candidate who has faced the MOST VITRIOL EVER? For no FUCKING REASON FROM THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY?

I’ll take McCain, and become a Republican, rather than see my country under Fascism.

Here is a sane editorial letter, from the INDYSTAR.com

Why isn’t the DNC thinking about these things?

The last time I saw this kind of fist was in the 70’s. You might want to read this from The Root, in order to get a clearer picture of why Donna Brazile would like Hillary Clinton to step aside. You know what I have to say to Donna Brazile as a FEMINIST? Thank you, for letting your Black Nationalism fuck up the Democratic Party and all that it has worked for in my lifetime. Thank you for your NON-FEMINISM and your penultimate stupidity.

Check this out, if you want to see what high school looked like in the 70’s, and again now from the Los Angeles Times. Have you personally solved anything since Mr. Luther King, Ms. Brazile? Your division of the Democratic Party will breed more of this, no doubt. It makes me very sad to realize that HOPE in my country looks like this, right now.

All those so called dumbed-down latte Corporate America big box shopping liberals?

What have you done for your country lately? The answer? Nada.

All you Recreate ‘68 rebellious ones? What about these kids, in this school? Who are you helping?

Somehow, I don’t think you can solve stuff like this by voting for Obama.

May the best candidate win. We do vote after all, don’t we?

What we need is a candidate who stands for AMERICA as a whole.

Need some more? Try this from The Stiletto. My sentiments exactly.

Two special Women’s reads…on this election, not to be missed!

vbonnaire — Wed, 14 May 2008 00:04:06 +0000

(Cross-posted from The Confluence, a Hillary Clinton supporters blog full of women who love Hillary)

An Ad Opportunity from WomenCount PAC

Posted on May 13, 2008 by riverdaughter

See this link from Taylor Marsh’s site for an opportunity to get the message out that women’s voices will be heard this primary season. The PAC is planning to run the ad several major newspapers this weekend. Here’s the ad:

Not So Fast…
Hillary’s Voice is OUR Voice,
And She’s Speaking for All of Us

We are the women of this nation. We are rich and poor, young and old, married with kids, married without kids, single moms, gay, straight, and widowed. We are every color. We are of every religion. We are from all political parties.

We love our country. Now more than ever, so much of what we cherish is at risk – our homes and our health, our safety and our planet, our children and our values. We raise our voices, in one glorious, defiant chorus, to tell the world that these times demand strength, courage and vision.

And that is why we stand united in our unwavering support for Hillary Clinton.

As Senator Clinton campaigns, she speaks with our voice. She carries our hopes, dreams and aspirations with her and transforms them into policies that can make our nation great again.

We know that Hillary will not rest until every American has health insurance, every child can start school ready to learn, every young person has a chance to attend college, every worker will have a safe job at decent wages. She will not rest until our men and women in the military receive the care they deserve and America foreign policy is grounded in human rights and military strength.

We know this because we have seen her do this — at home and around the world.

We cannot stand by as a cacophony of voices demand that she step aside to smooth the road for another.

Women risked all they held dear to make this country great. They put their lives on the line in all our quests for justice – from Abigail Adams to Sojourner Truth to Susan B. Anthony to Eleanor Roosevelt to Fannie Lou Hamer to Barbara Jordan to Dolores Huerta to Hillary herself.

We know that when women vote, Democrats win. Now it is the responsibility of our party to hear our voices and count all our votes.

We want Hillary to stay in this race until every vote is cast, every vote is counted, and we are convinced our voices are heard.

WE SUPPORT HILLARY FOR PRESIDENT

Here’s a link to the rest of the details. This may be the only way we get past the media filter. At least the DNC and the others will know that we are not going quietly and we *will* make trouble for them in the fall. It’s worth a try.

(And don’t miss the read below, either!)

2008: The Year American Women Lost the Right to Vote

by Sandra Marcella Page 1 of 1 page(s)

http://www.opednews.com

“…In August of this year, American women will have had the right to vote for exactly 88 years. It was during August of 1920 that the 19th Amendment was finally ratified, after a 72 year battle waged by suffragettes. It is with this in mind that I write today about the events of the Democratic Presidential Primary campaign and their impact on women’s rights.

The campaign for the Democratic Presidential nominee began last year with a large field including an African American man and a female candidate, something that we haven’t had in this country since 1872, when Victoria Woodhull, a suffragette, ran as the nominee of the Equal Rights Party. Hillary Clinton was the clear frontrunner. A lot of people, myself included, thought she would cruise to the nomination, considering her qualifications. By April of this year, though, something was very wrong…”

(read the rest by clicking the tittle link above, over at Op-Ed news)

Obama, La Junta, Latinos…in a pickle over Corporate practices? Ask a little town in Colorado.

vbonnaire — Tue, 13 May 2008 20:37:18 +0000

The website obamatruth.org has more.

It’s easy to not like the Obamas when you see what they are about. It’s the doublespeak, always. That makes Obama untrustable. Like this, from the Baltimore Sun’s The Swamp

He said, quoted here:

“…What I think is unpatriotic is when I see trade agreements that are designed only from the point of view of corporate profits and aren’t designed to think about what happened to those textile workers that have been laid off here in North Carolina. That makes me angry,” he added.

“When I hear people questioning my patriotism, I’m not worried about people criticizing me. That’s what I signed up for when I ran for president. But when I see that being use to distract voters from those unpatriotic acts that are making it harder for the American people to live out the American Dream, that makes me angry,” Obama continued…”

Then why would he allow his wife’s participation in La Junta as shown in the video?

He says one thing…but?

You can read more from the Denver Post about this in

Obama’s sincerity? Proof’s in the pickle

or here, again from The Denver Post:

La Junta in political crossfire

Would La Junta be bitter after what happened?

here, a video where Obama offers up regrets about things he said to America. It is a pickle isn’t it?

This video opens up Obama’s reality for Americans. But can Americans really resonate to his message?

Clinton supporters speak out at “The Oregonian” — California agrees, just read the OC Register on Obama and you’ll know why…

vbonnaire — Tue, 13 May 2008 18:35:30 +0000

Link to the Oregonian, and why women want Hillary…

http://www.oregonlive.com/letters/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/editorial/1210636507175460.xml&coll=7

Down in Orange County, men explain why Obama doesn’t work for them…

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/obama-change-senate-2041033-president-anything

Read the letters, and I’m sure you’ll understand why we love Hillary Clinton out West…and have concerns like those expressed in the OC Register regarding Obama, overall. Next up, the La Junta pickle, revisited, courtesy of Denver Post. Clinton is a solid candidate. As Dems, we know where she stands. She would fight for the little people like those in La Junta, because she cares for all people in America.

Like working people, or Latinos who packed pickles for a living…

For some reason my snap links didn’t work this morning, but hope you can read the editorial letters by clicking the links above.

Flineo’s “Unelectable” film exposes why…unsavory ties, unelectable…too late for a flag pin, and Rezko? He would be bad enough, but the rest?

vbonnaire — Tue, 13 May 2008 04:00:40 +0000

More here, on Rezko…

Curtain Time For Barack Obama - Part I

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“…Republicans have enough damaging information against Barack Obama to knock him off the ballot before the November election. Those at the top of the Democratic Party know this by now and voters need to recognize that if they nominate him they are throwing the election. Nothing else can explain why they would allow this disaster to happen.

The investigation called “Operation Board Games” will lead to Obama’s downfall and it will begin with what he claims was a “boneheaded” mistake in entering into real estate deal with the Syrian-born immigrant, Antoin ‘Tony’ Rezko, less than a month after Rezko received a $3.5 million loan from the Iraqi-born billionaire, Nadhmi Auchi, who ended up with Riverside Park, a $2.5 billion 62-acre development project in the Chicago Loop…”

Because of this, I’ll laugh when McCain kicks his ass, bigtime. No problemos with that. No Hillary? Your loss. A short film about Feminism.

vbonnaire — Tue, 13 May 2008 03:03:41 +0000

OBAMA NON GRATA…

vbonnaire — Mon, 12 May 2008 21:27:49 +0000

Off Reclusive Leftist.com:

Why I will not vote for Obama even if he’s the nominee — and why you shouldn’t either

“…The Obamabots are under the delusion that if Obama wins the nomination (which he hasn’t yet, by the way), all of us in the Hillary camp will forget about the misogyny and come over to their side. Make nice for the sake of party unity. Forgive all the abuse.

Nope.

Several of us have tried over the past couple of months to explain why that won’t happen, but the Obamabots don’t seem to understand. And I know why: it’s because they don’t take sexism seriously. When women say we will not reward misogyny, we’re laughed off. The Obamabots just tell more jokes and hurl more insults and write more crass articles about how the little lay-dees have their little pan-tees in a twist.

The only “ism” the Obamabots take seriously is racism. So I’m going to try to explain the situation in terms they’ll understand, using a racial analogy…”

Go read the rest…by clicking the headline

It will be Obama’s fault if the Dems all go McCain this year. I kinda don’t think America is ready for Obama’s pals. Too militant, too radical, too slumlordy, too corrupt, too much like the Weather Underground, too corporate, too anti-labor, too Repub, too? So, just go McCain. At least he’s a hero and understands the war. Plus he has loads of experience, like Hillary.

I don’t think anybody can buy Hillary Clinton or John McCain. Obama?

Hillary Clinton and John McCain are Americans, with American values. Obama?

Hillary Clinton is a Feminist, for women’s values. Obama? He lost me at Obama Girl. And Larry Sinclair.

McCain, I understand. At least he understands the horrors of war, having been through it.

Frankly, I hope Obama Girl screws Obama. Right in front of guess who. Ahem. I can’t wait to see the marital problemos start surfacing should they get to the White House. Oh my. Ha Ha. Ho Ho. What a joke.

Do the American people need this right now?

Of the three, Hillary Clinton makes sense for our country. The most sense. Do you think we need a candidate with a plan? I do. Will you quit being a Democrat if Obama is the nominee? I will. It’s the associations he has, the corrupt way he let himself be marketed. It’s his wife’s La Junta mess, or Rezko. It’s the non-flag deal. Maybe, it’s the ears, too. Or the way his wife called him “stinky” to the press. Or Reverend Wright.

Personally, do we need that in our President? Right now? Or do we just need somebody who will actually represent the country as a whole, or Democrats as a whole? If he is the face of the New Democratic Party, forget it.

What does Obama pledge allegiance to? Most Dems have serious, serious questions about that.

Obama non grata. He’ll see. When McCain and the Republicans get finished with him? Perhaps he should think about his children, in this case. Whatever else gets unearthed about him? I pity them. Truly.

The Obama’s represent a segment of America. But do they represent America as a whole? They cause division rather than unity. They will end up being this country’s laughingstock. Sad but true. Nothing but ugliness has come from this election, so far. Meanwhile the Republicans giggle behind the scenes, kmowing what will happen.

Me? It’s his associations. They make him anti-American. This is what the Republicans will use to destroy him. I won’t vote for an anti-American. Nobody I know would, either. Without Hillary Clinton, you’ll see us go to McCain. In droves.

Democrats in exile, after last night, yes…

vbonnaire — Thu, 08 May 2008 02:50:26 +0000

Well, if there ever was a sour end to a nice evening it had to be Brazile. I really don’t even know who she is, or why she works for the Democratic Party. Her comments on the video sickened many across the web. She’s not in touch with her own generation it seems.

Obama’s messages, propaganda, posters, logos and generalized love fest went out the window for many Democrats once they began to see behind the scenes at how toxic he really is for our nation as a whole. Ever question why some black people aren’t for him? Do they know truths? I think so.

As long as I have been a Democrat I cared about Civil Rights, for everyone. The poor especially, and especially those of color, who need the most. Brazile showed me with her statements last night that she is in some opposite camp than mine. Two groups she discounted were the working class and Latinos. Well, it is precisely those two groups that are suffering the most in this country right now.

To tell you the truth, I’ve quit caring, because I’m leaving the Democratic Party if the Clintons can’t go back to the White House. I don’t see a lot of hope for this country, and I see no hope for the working class at all after I read what Obama voted on and who backs him. One thing I know about history? It repeats itself in bloody revolutions when people are too poor and starving in the streets. Like the French Revolution. My choice of Hillary for President is because I know she can stave that off. All her life she helped work for the poor. Not just poor Black people or poor Mexican people or poor White people, but everyone. Her whole concept was about it “taking a village.”

So, I’m a Democrat in exile. If I can’t have Hillary, I’ll go McCain. Simple. I’m quite sure a lot of other Democrats feel this way, after the shock of the barbaric way this whole election has been run. I never knew that the American Presidency could be bought. But it can can’t it? Just hire someone like David Axelrod and mastermind it. Or cheat right? You’ll want to see the poster over at this place, attached to this article. I wonder how Obama could stoop so low as to have something like this done in his name? A poster telling people to register as a Democrat for a day…take a look:

I Call a Spade a Spade »

By PaganPower on May 7, 2008 at 1:12 PM in Barack Obama, David Axelrod, Democrats, Donna Brazile, Hillary Clinton, Indiana, Jesse Jackson Jr., Michelle Obama, Obamedia, Race, Race Card, Republicans, Rush Limbaugh, South Carolina | 224 Comments

Obama campaign strategist (and Adolf Hitler lookalike) David Axelrod stated last night that Hillary won Indiana because Rush Limbaugh mobilized Republicans to cross over and vote for her. He claims that 10% of the Indiana electorate were Republican crossovers and Hillary did very well among them.

Obama Campaign Points Finger at Rush

“There were elements of the Republican Party, including Rush Limbaugh, Sen. Clinton’s new ally, who were urging people to cross over and vote for her,” said Axelrod, referring to the Limbaugh-led “Operation Chaos,” a bid to disrupt Obama’s path to the nomination and prolong a divisive primary battle. “She obviously was somewhat a beneficiary of that.”

Let’s have a reality check here folks. It seems Mr. Axelrod is suffering from Cult-Aide syndrome. You know, that mysterious disease of sudden memory loss that affects Obama supporters. Because what Adolf, I mean David, Axelrod neglects to mention is that it was his savior, I mean client, Barack Obama who began this mischievousness of courting Republicans to cross over and be Democrats for a Day over a year ago.

Bush Latte: Obama “Democrat for a Day” scheme in Florida, not only in Nevada?

Read the rest

The best article in the web right now on Obama and Labor in general is over at Black Agenda Report. It would be wise for workers to know what he signed into law. Because it will affect anyone who works for a living. That’s over here:

Obama’s Money Cartel: How Barack Obama Fronted for the

Most Vicious Predators on Wall Street

I had read some of these things before in an article at Savage Politics.com, but this author Pam Martens really explains in clear ways what the affect of all of this is going to mean for Black people. A lot of people are being thrown into poverty right now. All over the country. Even something as simple a little cut in the gas price is going to help the working classes. I know that the writers over at Black Agenda Report remember better times in this country. We all do. They are honest voices, telling the truth. All the writers I read do, in their blogs. You’ll be shocked by the things you’ll learn from the read above.

One of the reasons I wanted Hillary to win is because she is a champion of Women’s Rights. Those are eroding in this country. I feel sorry for girls and women in America. I feel sorry for those facing unplanned pregnancy. Those that will have to search out the back alley for an abortion. Those who will bring children into a world where the future looks so bleak. The gains made by the Feminist Movement may fall by the wayside too, just like the jobs, or the hope, or the American dream as it has for so many.

All the talk and the spin by male politicians have little to do with the little things of life that people face.

Riverdaughter and I are contemporaries. This is something she wrote today, that gave me a laugh after last night and Brazile. Here she is! And I hope it will make you laugh, in the middle of all the truth, and the cheating, and the hopelessness of the grimmest election I’ve ever witnessed in my life so far. Barack Obama is not someone I can ever vote for. His principles and values are not mine. I feel sorry for him actually. Like many in my generation our hearts started out in the same places. Too bad he let so much corruption surround him. There will be more I’m sure, in the grand glittering halls.

Here is RD…my virtual pal, and Hillary Clinton supporter, with that funny piece she wrote:

An Invitation to Democrats in Exile

Posted on May 7, 2008 by riverdaughter

Welcome all you newly “unaffiliated” voters! If you’re like me, you realized sometime in the last couple of months that you are part of the “old coalition” of the Democratic party. But you’re not cool enough to be courted by the “new coalition” because you’re working class, gay, hispanic, asian, a woman, old or a brilliant combination of an *uneducated* working class, sino-peruvian lesbian. And you said, “Um, that’s not really who I am” Actually, that’s NOT who I am, except for the woman part. (Lemme check *peeking down shirt* Yep, I’m a woman)

I’m getting kind of tired of being written off by my party except for the whole, “We need your vote” thing. I want my nominee to pander to me. I want him to make me promises he does not intend to keep. I want to sit at the cool lunchtable. So, today, I am registering as an “unaffiliated” voter. I mean, I’m a well-paid, suburbanite, college educated, working in a very creative field and I can shoot latte like the best of them. Plus, my boobs don’t sag so I will fit right in with all of the other Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Models with PhDs in Architecture that Obama has in his plus column.

Now that I am “unaffiliated”, I’m like one of those really attractive singles on hot dating sites. Obama is going to want my vote big time. When I was just a Democrat, I was completely unsexy. But I have shed that old skin, sort of like dermal abrasion, and I’m brand sparkling new and beautiful and so much smarter than I was just a few minutes ago. And my mind is suddenly unburdened. Yeah! I’m no longer worried about Social Security because that was the *old coalition’s” problem. Or universal healthcare because shared responsibility means that I might actually have to acknowledge the working class. Or high gas prices, because if people are spending too much on gas to drive to work, they should just buy a house closer to each of their jobs. Duh!

Any day now, Obama supporters will be knocking at my door and ask me to get a membership in their exclusive club. I will be treated like a queen once they scan the voter’s rolls in NJ and see my name. It will be like, “Oooo, Riverdaughter is a “creative class” unaffiliated. Well, we must really ask her to do a round of golf with us or share a latte.” I will be pampered and courted and made to feel better than all of you losers who comment on this blog.

Soon, I will not be able to associate with you or will only be able to sneer disdainfully at you in passing. Who needs real Democrats when you can win without them?

Is this the new face of Barack Obama’s “Democratic party” — if so? This is a betrayal of FDR’s democratic values, expect mass defections to McCain (by the highly educated, non-blue collar white set who have compassion) Obama estan peligroso para Latinos y otros tambien…

vbonnaire — Wed, 07 May 2008 07:01:38 +0000

Brazile vs. Begala on CNN: Brazile’s Blowout

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Posted on Tue May 06, 2008 at 09:16:14 PM EST
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Update: Here’s Donna’s comment right before the fracas:

BRAZILE: Well, Lou, I have worked on a lot of Democratic campaigns, and I respect Paul. But, Paul, you’re looking at the old coalition. A new Democratic coalition is younger. It is more urban, as well as suburban, and we don’t have to just rely on white blue-collar voters and Hispanics. We need to look at the Democratic Party, expand the party, expand the base and not throw out the baby with the bathwater.

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Here’s the transcript of the big blowout tonight between Donna Brazile and Paul Begala, with Campbell Brown confronting Brazile about her Obama bias. (received by e-mail from CNN

It begins with comments by Alex Castellano, a Republican member of the panel.

More…

(Es importante que vosotros conocer esta, La Senora Brazile dice muchas cosas contra la corazon de la Raza. Es importante que ustedes comprendar todo) Por favor.

Explain Crooked Creek to America, Obama…

vbonnaire — Tue, 06 May 2008 22:57:13 +0000

ElectionJournal.Org Documents Obama Electioneering at Indiana Precinct

May 06, 2008 2:48 PM

Jennifer Parker

–>Electionjournal.org bills itself as “an online community dedicated to raising public awareness of vote fraud and election irregularities.”

Best as I can tell, that means it attempts to use citizens themselves to record and report possible voting problems. An organic mélange of media, citizenry, community, and watchdog.

Today a citizen reported that at the Crooked Creek Baptist Church in Washington Township at about 10:15 AM they “noticed an Obama volunteer had set-up directly across from the voter check-in table. We noticed that she was actively speaking to voters. The sign on the table stated ‘Trouble Voting? Talk to me.’ and ‘Obama for America.’ She wouldn’t identify herself and directed us to call the campaign for information. We contacted the County Clerk’s Office and they stated they would contact the Polling Inspector to investigate.”

You can watch the video HERE.

The Obama campaign confirms this happened and has apologized.

“A volunteer and credentialed watcher made a mistake and took a sign into the polling booth that was meant for the appropriate place outside of the polling place,” said spox Bill Burton. “The sign has been taken down, and we apologized to the election workers for the mistake.”

- jpt

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Obama Shenanigans: Does This Look Legal to You? Indiana Voters BEWARE! [Update] »

By SusanUnPC on May 6, 2008 at 12:32 PM in Barack Obama, Indiana | 256 Comments

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