Interesting reason why people support Obama...

Real Clear Politics ^ | May 13, 2008 | Stephen Marks

[Ooh-Ah]

GOP consultant Stephen Marks, on going negative against Obama: "Here's the problem, I've been doing negative politics all my life. ... But this is the first candidate that I've seen that nothing negative is sticking. And I'll tell you why. ... His white supporters, as you know, they're young people, and they are middle-class and upper-middle class wealthier white folks, and nothing appeals to them. They're getting something from Barack Obama that they've never gotten from any other candidate before. They're getting moral superiority, they're getting self-esteem. ... I'm serious."

[Ooh-Ah]

Marks also noted a discrepancy in what Obama said a few years ago and what he is saying now about the Temple on the Mount.

[Red Badger]

He's for change and hope..................

[RexBeach]

Perhaps Obama really is the Anti-Christ?

[fightinbluhen51]

Or at least the Teflon man.

[Husker8877]

“...But this is the first candidate that I’ve seen that nothing negative is sticking...”

What!?!!??

With this statement alone, this writer demonstrates to me that he has absolutely no credibility.

Has he never heard of Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton? Holy sh*t. The Clintons have existed in politics 30 years with the arguably most negatives of any american politicians ever, bar none.

[The Sons of Liberty]

After the Chinese earthquake yesterday, my wife asked me if there seemed to be an alarming increase in major natural disasters. I looked at her and said “why not, the Anti-Christ, Obama, is already here.”

[sheik yerbouty]

Chump change and false hopes..

[RexBeach]

No kidding, now...we had a weak earthquake in Washington, DC a few days ago. I think it was a 1.8.

Didn’t feel a thing.

Perhaps it was Michelle Obama dropping a shoe?

[Oldeconomybuyer]

The Manchurian Candidate.

[prolifefirst]

Obama would get killed in the general, no matter how some deranged Dems react in the primary.

[dalebert]

I would almost bet money on it. He can he is going to take everyones paycheck. I don’t think they care a thing about what his politics are. Time for free everything no matter who pays the bill and how much inflation it causes.

[investigateworld]

The perfect Portland Moonbat drives a Pirus to his civil service ‘position€™, with a minimum of 2 Obama stickers, 1 Save the Whales, and a “Stop Global Warming€ sticker. I haven't seen even one Hillary! or McCain sticker — anywhere€”.

[ilgipper]

I think that effect is true with his core supporters. He is the first liberal candidate with charisma in decades. They are clinging to him because their life has been miserable through the past 25 years. Even the Clinton era was presented under the guise of moderate democratic principles....nafta, tax cuts, smaller responsible government. This Obama guy is the real liberal deal. Big government, business regulations, anti-trade, etc.

that teflon will not stick in the general, though. He is a tried and true liberal which takes the entire south, including Florida and W VA off the list of potential wins. THe battle is for the west and the rust belt.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

They're getting something from Barack Obama that they've never gotten from any other candidate before. They're getting moral superiority

. . . which is exactly what upscale "liberals" are in the market for when they support the Democratic Party's war on the middle class.

It is precisely for that reason that McCain should nominate a black conservative for VP . . . which explains my tagline.

A black conservative VP nominee would model the fact that you don't have to elect a black member of a black KKK klavern POTUS in order to prove you're not a racist. Back in 1993, Bill Clinton told New Yorkers that they would be racists if they didn't re-elect David Dinkens mayor of NYC. You can still see traces of the byproducts of the Dinkens tenure in scorched buildings that still haven't been refurbished and occupied.

We should have learned from the nineties, and from the retrospective on the World Trade Center bombing back then which the 9/11/01 attack provoked, that the responsibilities of POTUS is are too serious a matter to select a POTUS who can't be trusted. A candidate for POTUS who contributed heavily to a church which preached contempt for everyday Americans is not a candidate who can be trusted. Especially not when he pledges to campaign in all 57 states (and 57 happens to be the number of Islamic states in the world!). As Rush put it, if you thought misspelling "potato" was bad . . .

[Big Horn]

He don't yell when he speaks ,but IMO he is not a interesting speaker. He is more of a reader and does not ever have an original thought.
The change is for people that don't know where they have been and where they are going.
He promises that he can work with everyone and has what it takes to bring everyone together. Hitler and Stalin and Castro could all accomplish this by eliminating the opposition.His numerous controversial associates over the years worry me as they had to have a big influence on him.
People are attracted to him because he promises something for nothing.

[HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity]

"They're getting moral superiority, they're getting self-esteem. ... I'm serious."

It's anger and resentment driven by the high negatives of the Bush-Cheney administration and the Iraq war. These are angry and confused liberals, very much like those of the Vietnam era, who are turning their anger and resentment at white society in America in general. It happened in the late 1960s. Confused and bitter people then were also attracted to cults and extreme politics which fed on guilt, anger and resentment.

Obama offers utopian fantasies mixed with anger and resentment which appeal to these kinds of confused and emotional liberals. The giddy Obama rallies offer an "energy discharge" for them like those found in religious revival meetings, encounter groups, and mind control cults.

Republicans and conservatives will make mistakes unless they understand what is going on here.

The Obama phenomenon is political "est" for confused and angry liberals. It's just like a mind control cult from the 1960s and 1970s.

[rightwinggoth]

“Perhaps it was Michelle Obama dropping a shoe?”

no, it was her massive pearl necklace. :D

[littlehouse36]

“But this is the first candidate that I’ve seen that nothing negative is sticking.”

McCain instinctively knows this, and he is playing his cards just right.

[RexBeach]

LOL!!!