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Obama in the spotlight: What you should know (Media has elected Obama President!)
The Slate ^ | 7-27-04

Posted on 07/27/2004 7:51:30 PM PDT by jmstein7

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To: Reagan Man


You know, that kind of BS does nothing. I AGREE that he's a leftist NUTTER. Given the choice of him or Kerry, who do you vote? It's obvious to me.


41 posted on 07/27/2004 8:55:33 PM PDT by Malsua
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To: Cacique

Very fruity.


42 posted on 07/27/2004 8:55:47 PM PDT by BenLurkin ("A republic, if we can revive it")
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To: jmstein7
My nephew in Chicago and a friend of mine have both met Obama quite a few times. The friend through his job and my nephew had played basketball with him at East Bank Club a few times. Both are Republicans and both say Obama is about the nicest, most presentable guy you could ever be around. They both say they will not vote for him because he is so liberal, but I can tell they have debated maybe doing so. He is going to be impossible to beat for the senate seat and a threat for higher office down the road.
44 posted on 07/27/2004 8:57:15 PM PDT by RandDisciple
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To: Lancey Howard

Obama is an oily scumbag who I predict will have all the staying power of Pokemon

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How do you know he is a scumbag?

It takes a big person to acknowledge a person of talent and most likely substance......time will tell.....belittling resolves nothing!


45 posted on 07/27/2004 8:59:38 PM PDT by restornu (NYC is the home of Conservative Talk Radio Arbitron rates WABC # ONE in the Nation))
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To: GVgirl
Clinton/Barak '08.

No,Obama will win one term in the U.S. Senate and then be elected Gov. of IL. He will run for President in 2012.

46 posted on 07/27/2004 9:01:40 PM PDT by pete anderson
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To: Soul Seeker


>>Forgive me if my suspicion if inaccurate, but you've shown wild enthusiam for Obama.<<

Uhm, no. Not hardly. I said he gave a GREAT speech.

I read up on his politics and found him to be a leftist. I don't agree with that. My point is that if we had to tolerate a lefty in office, he'd be better than Kerry.

I am not now, nor ever going to suggest that we elect or support lefty redistributionists into office. My point is that he's a lesser evil.

Furthermore, to suggest I'm giving this douchebag "wild enthusiam" is a misguided attempt to slander me. I DON'T like him. He gave a GREAT speech. Did you watch it? I wish Bush could give such a speech. It'd seal his re-election. This guy nailed it.

Why does that question my conservatism to recognize it? *boogles*


47 posted on 07/27/2004 9:04:18 PM PDT by Malsua
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To: Malsua
>>>Given the choice of him or Kerry, who do you vote?

As a conservative, I would vote for neither.

Obama said the following in his speech tonight.

"Tonight, we gather to affirm the greatness of our nation, not because of the height of our skyscrapers, or the power of our military, or the size of our economy."

The power of the US military is what has kept America free and is the #1 reason why we will remain a free people. That's what Reagan believed. The day America devolves its military to a second class status, is the day we America will no longer be great bastion of freedom and liberty. Eight years of Clinton proved that. We can't afford eight years of Kerry or Obama!

48 posted on 07/27/2004 9:04:45 PM PDT by Reagan Man (.....................................................The Choice is Clear....... Re-elect BUSH-CHENEY)
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To: KAUAIBOUND

Punahou is where he went to school. I took some summer classes there and went to swim meets there.


49 posted on 07/27/2004 9:06:40 PM PDT by Reagan79 (Bush - Cheney 2004, Now More Than Ever!)
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To: Lancey Howard
Obama is an oily scumbag

I disagree. Unlike Clinton who who absolutely infuriates me with his slick salesman schtick, Obama comes off as being passionate and "genuine". As a conservative, I would have no idea that is a far left winger, had I not known about his voting record in Illinois. He sincerely believes in socialism, unlike Clinton who believes in whatever is good for Clinton.

50 posted on 07/27/2004 9:07:21 PM PDT by Mini-14
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To: RandDisciple
The GOP would be wise NOT to field a Candidate against Obama this year. If they do run a Candidate he or she will lose by 20 points and simply bolster Obama's image and political strength.
51 posted on 07/27/2004 9:07:39 PM PDT by pete anderson
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To: Soul Seeker

A little tidbit I'd like to point out. During the Illinois primary season, there were 4 or 5 candidates running with Barak Obama in the democratic primary. The frontrunner was a rich guy, I believe named Blair Hull, who was running ahead of the pack. Suddenly, Blair's divorce papers were outed stating that he had hit his wife. Obama denied any involvement in the outing of this information, but outed it was. Blair plummeted in the polls, and Obama, who had been running second was suddenly catapulted into first place, and went on to win the democratic primary. Jack Ryan won in the Republican primary. Now it was Obama vs. Jack Ryan in the general election. Now, and once again, Jack Ryan's divorce papers were outed, with Obama once again claiming that he had nothing to do with it (the Chicago Trib sought the divorce info through the courts, and got a liberal judge in California to release them). Ryan ends up quitting the race because of the outing of the divorce papers, and Obama is now the only candidate in the race for Illinois Senator, and it appears will win due to the lack of a viable Republican substitute candidate (Mike Ditka turned the opportunity down). Therefore, twice, because of divorce paper outings, once with Blair Hull and once with Jack Ryan, Obama has gained first place status and will most likely, barring any fluke, become the Illinois Senator to fill Republican Peter Fitzgerald's seat.

Now, with Blair Hull's outing, you could call it as just a lucky break for Obama. However, along comes Jack Ryan, and the same thing happens. You can call this coincidence, but in politics, I don't believe in coincidence. I see the fine hand of Barak Obama and his henchmen, facilitating the information leaks of the dirt on both Blair Hull and on Jack Ryan. After all, who benefited most by both of these "coincidences"? Obama. He, of course, has plausible deniability, but I'm not buying it. I smell another Slick Willy in the making. Don't you agree?


52 posted on 07/27/2004 9:11:13 PM PDT by flaglady47
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To: pete anderson
>>>The GOP would be wise NOT to field a Candidate against Obama this year.

So you want the GOP to just capitulate to the librats. LOL Come on. That's ridiculous. That would turn Obama from a statewide star to a national figure in the DemParty.

53 posted on 07/27/2004 9:12:04 PM PDT by Reagan Man (.....................................................The Choice is Clear....... Re-elect BUSH-CHENEY)
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To: pete anderson
No,Obama will win one term in the U.S. Senate and then be elected Gov. of IL. He will run for President in 2012.

No teaming-up with Hillary?

54 posted on 07/27/2004 9:12:20 PM PDT by GVnana (Tagline? I don't need no steenkin' tagline!)
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To: jmstein7
He's not only a good candidate, but a lucky one. The man he was supposed to run against, Republican Jack Ryan, dropped out recently when unsealed divorce papers said he had dragged his wife, TV actress Jeri Lynn Ryan, to sex clubs.

Lucky my ass. He was a benificary of the democrat/judicial/media slime machine.

55 posted on 07/27/2004 9:15:02 PM PDT by skeeter
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To: Reagan Man
No, if the GOP puts up a Candidate he will lose by 20 points and make Obama a political legend. If he runs unopposed, Obama and the Democrats will never really know how popular or politically strong Obama is. Additionally, the GOP can always say "Obama has never been tested" in a statewide race.
56 posted on 07/27/2004 9:16:38 PM PDT by pete anderson
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To: jmstein7
I keep reading these threads about Obama, and am continually shocked by how desperate people are to write this guy off. I'll say it one more time:

If you think making fun of his name will be enough...

If you think you can lump him in with nutjobs like Jesse and Al...

If you think that describing him as "fruity" is clever or useful in the face of his sophistication, good looking family, and church-going image...

...then, quite frankly, you're high, and I hope you share some of what you're smoking to help us all get through the years he spends in the White House down the road.

Do not, do not, DO NOT underestimate this guy. (And stop harping on his name, it just makes us seem small-minded.)

57 posted on 07/27/2004 9:18:05 PM PDT by LandOfLincolnGOP
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To: GVgirl
This guy would over shadow Hillary and there is no way Bill and Hill put a more likable candidate on her ticket in 2008.
58 posted on 07/27/2004 9:18:32 PM PDT by pete anderson
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To: LandOfLincolnGOP
You are in IL. Do you agree that it would be best for the GOP NOT to field a candidate so that Obama is not tested for at least six years?
59 posted on 07/27/2004 9:21:32 PM PDT by pete anderson
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To: pete anderson
This guy would over shadow Hillary

Interesting...(I didn't see the convention tonight.) So we may be finished with the Clinton Dynasty after all?

60 posted on 07/27/2004 9:21:47 PM PDT by GVnana (Tagline? I don't need no steenkin' tagline!)
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