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Top Seven Reasons Why Barack Obama is a Weaker Candidate Than People Think
Townhall.com ^ | May 30, 2008 | John Hawkins

Posted on 05/30/2008 4:32:46 AM PDT by Kaslin

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1 posted on 05/30/2008 4:32:46 AM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

I am VERY impressed that the writer narrowed it down to seven. He must have one awesome editor.


2 posted on 05/30/2008 4:33:59 AM PDT by TexasNative2000 (Is this tagline governed by McCain-Feingold?)
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To: Kaslin

It’s impossible to say at this early date who would win a McCain vs. Obama match-up in November

Either way, conservatives lose.


3 posted on 05/30/2008 4:43:39 AM PDT by saganite
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It would appear some conservatives are united behind Hillary for the primary.


4 posted on 05/30/2008 4:43:42 AM PDT by Rudder ("There is only one chief. Obey him." [Rush Limbaugh, April 30, 2008])
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To: Kaslin

The ‘Rat elders will be truly chagrined if Obomba loses, with all their prep work of damaging the US in the last 4 years. They are REALLY gonna have to work MUCH harder at destroying the US, blaming destruction on the ‘Pubs, so that they can have a chance in 2012.


5 posted on 05/30/2008 4:49:59 AM PDT by C210N (The television has mounted the most serious assault on Republicanism since Das Kapital.)
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To: Rudder

I’d line up behind Attila the Hun to keep Obama out.


6 posted on 05/30/2008 4:50:19 AM PDT by Nipfan
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To: Kaslin

McCain is currently polling much better against Obama than Bush was polling against Kerry in late May 2004.


7 posted on 05/30/2008 4:54:17 AM PDT by bobjam
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To: Rudder

‘It would appear some conservatives are united behind Hillary for the primary.’ It certainly appears that way. I’ve written her asking that she take on obama and mccain on the issue of illegal immigration and other seething matters to win over supporters. At least she’s a know quantity who’s been fairly consistent and she WOULD LISTEN I believe.


8 posted on 05/30/2008 5:04:04 AM PDT by yorkie01
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To: Kaslin
In some circles it is also feared that the Great Hussein, blessed be his name, may not have the resolve to expel the white interlopers or even put infidels to death.
9 posted on 05/30/2008 5:06:10 AM PDT by MrBambaLaMamba (Hussein Obama for Caliph 2008!)
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To: Kaslin
Obama was a small fish when he joined the pond of Chicago's South Side politics, 20 years ago

He grew to maturity in those scummy waters.

He can't help but be morally malformed.

Throw the contaminated fish back.

10 posted on 05/30/2008 5:06:55 AM PDT by syriacus (30,000 US deaths in Korea in 2 1/2 years, because Truman first withdrew troops from Korea in 1949.)
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I hate to say this, but althought he is weak in policy and thought but he’s strong in the packaging and people will buy it.


11 posted on 05/30/2008 5:10:22 AM PDT by PurpleMan
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I agree with Hawkins that Obama is very beatable. In fact, I'd say extremely beatable.

If Obama were elected to the Presidency, it would mean that the American people have completely lost their minds and would be a signal to run screaming for the Borders. An Obama Presidency would be reason enough to run for the Borders. But the insanity of the American people would be reason to run screaming for the Borders.

There are obviously millions of morons, sociopaths, decadents, and prostitutes in America--generally occupying the Democrat Party--if there were not, neither Obama nor Hillary would be a serious candidate, and Democrat politicians would be either jailed or laughed off the public stage--but unless the American electorate has descended completely into madness, Obama's chances of being elected to the Presidency are between zilch and zero.

If by some catastrophic fluke he were elected--RUN SCREAMING INTO THE NIGHT! AND HIDE!

12 posted on 05/30/2008 5:13:14 AM PDT by Savage Beast ("History is not just cruel. It is witty." ~Charles Krauthammer)
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Hillary take on illegal immigration??

This is a woman who brags about her massive support among Hispanics.

California.

Florida.

Texas.

I’m not saying every Hispanic is for illegal immigration.

I’m saying, it’s very unpopular among many of them to start talking about tough border crackdowns and workplace raids, etc. And that’s the way Hillary would need to go. A lot of Hispanic groups fear that, because they claim that ALL Hispanics would be looked at and treated as suspicious simply because they are Hispanic.

They have a point, speaking in a practical sense, even though we have no choice but to enforce the borders.

Hillary is very well aware of this. She is VERY tuned in to Hispanics, politically.

She will never jeopardiize their support.


13 posted on 05/30/2008 5:18:19 AM PDT by txrangerette (Just say "no" to the Obama Cult and the Clinton Machine!!)
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To: Savage Beast
I remember 1992, when the Rats selected a pot-smoking, pants-dropping, draft-dodging liberal with a big mouth shrew of a wife to run against a war hero incumbent president who had just concluded a successful military campaign against Saddam Hussein. Most people thought Bush would win easily. What actually happened is that the draft dodger won comfortably.

This year we have a polished young liberal candidate going against a corrupt and sickly old man who's defending a prolonged and unpopular war. I'm already getting used to the future reality of President B. Hussein Obama.

14 posted on 05/30/2008 5:22:08 AM PDT by LiveFree99
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To: Nipfan

DITTO


15 posted on 05/30/2008 5:26:27 AM PDT by DooDahhhh (AMEN)
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To: Savage Beast

I remember the some talk about Bill Clinton.


16 posted on 05/30/2008 5:27:44 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$ (Will this thread be jacked by a Mormon?)
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To: txrangerette

As economic times get harder I meet more Hispanics who want the illegals out everyday. Funny how that works.....


17 posted on 05/30/2008 5:29:12 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$ (Will this thread be jacked by a Mormon?)
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To: Kaslin
Why is Obama's threat to invade Pakistan always left out of his list of gaffes?
18 posted on 05/30/2008 5:30:49 AM PDT by Straight Vermonter (Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
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To: mad_as_he$$

That makes sense.

However, leaders and many followers of Hispanic interest groups are still of the mind you can’t do a general crackdown such as has been mentioned, and in some cases tried by ICE, without putting all Hispanics under siege simply because they look like the illegals.

And how many Hispanics want THEIR family members - although illegal - caught and deported??

It’s all those others they might be willing to “lose”.


19 posted on 05/30/2008 5:36:01 AM PDT by txrangerette (Just say "no" to the Obama Cult and the Clinton Machine!!)
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You are correct the emotion hot button is the family thing. Every time one gets popped you hear the family angle. ICE busted a guy here in town this week and he was interviewed on local TV. Of course he was just a good guy who was here working for the past fifteen years and he thought his lawyer had taken care of it. HAAA. Turns out he has a girlfriend who id pregnant and of course screaming and yelling. Turns out he is a convicted felon with two outstanding warrants.
20 posted on 05/30/2008 5:40:26 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$ (Will this thread be jacked by a Mormon?)
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