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Presidential election mostly will be about Obama
Kansas City Star ^ | Sun, Jun. 08, 2008 | LARRY EICHEL

Posted on 06/08/2008 6:04:36 PM PDT by sirchtruth

The presidential election will be about many things. Mostly, it will be about Barack Obama.

Millions of Americans are ready for change. But many aren't comfortable with the man who's calling for it, at least not yet.

Obama's ability to reach a comfort threshold with large numbers of those voters - backers of the defeated Hillary Rodham Clinton among them - will have a huge impact on whether he defeats Republican John McCain in November.

Both candidates know this full well.

(Excerpt) Read more at kansascity.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008; electionpresident; issues; mccain; obama
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Hopefully, the million of Americans ready for change will want to go back to a better America, not a progressive one!
1 posted on 06/08/2008 6:04:36 PM PDT by sirchtruth
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To: sirchtruth; freekitty; oswegodeee; SouthTexas; Arrowhead1952

The change that Osama Obama is peddling is Marxism. If Americans cherish their freedom, their country, their children and grandchildren’s futures, they better wake up before they’re ruled by the enemy. Evil is growing and wants to destroy America. Is that the change anyone wants? If so, just follow a Liberal into hell.


2 posted on 06/08/2008 6:10:28 PM PDT by ExTexasRedhead
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To: sirchtruth

Slick Willie might say, It depends on what the meaning of the word “change” is, is. If “change” means Socialism, Marxism, Communism or Islamofascism, well, that’s ungood.


3 posted on 06/08/2008 6:14:03 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (De-Globalize yourself !)
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To: ExTexasRedhead
Evil is growing and wants to destroy America. Is that the change anyone wants?

I beleive this, but you have a bunch of pseudo intellectual elitist out there who don't believe evil even exist, much less is going to "destroy" America...or their assbackward idea of what America should be.

4 posted on 06/08/2008 6:14:45 PM PDT by sirchtruth (Yes, Chef!)
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To: ExTexasRedhead
Boy oh Boy are right about that!

How can a man come out of the woodwork and become an Idol? It has to be his Marxist Charisma! I don't think they are electing a president I think they are voting on American Idol! This is reality that will come back to bite them all in the A$$, unfortunately we will be collateral damage.. This is the most scary part!

5 posted on 06/08/2008 6:17:29 PM PDT by oswegodeee (Dee) ( Born in the South and raised in a G_D centered home)
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To: sirchtruth
It should be about Obama ... between him and his wife there has been enough missteps, miscues and misspoken words to fill a monumental election season. But don't look for news at 11PM.

Besides I wondering what Hillary has up her sleeve or pant suit trouser leg. She just seems too happy and too nice in her concession speech.
6 posted on 06/08/2008 6:18:22 PM PDT by K-oneTexas (I'm not a judge and there ain't enough of me to be a jury. (Zell Miller, A National Party No More))
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To: sirchtruth

Does anybody see the similarity between Adolph Hitler, the socialist/fascist charismatic orator who preached “change” and fooled so many people, and Barack Hussein Obama?


7 posted on 06/08/2008 6:20:11 PM PDT by Jim W N
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To: sirchtruth

The idiots have already jumped ont he “change” bandwagon without having a clue what type of change Obama is proposing. So far his “change” is the same tired, failed socialism that the ‘Rats have been hawking for years.


8 posted on 06/08/2008 6:20:28 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (G-d is not a Republican. But Satan is definitely a Democrat.)
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To: oswegodeee

Among Obama’s biggest supporters have been young people. The young people who love these American Idol type shows, who have been educated in our dumbed down schools, think of a presidential election in the same vein as they think of the American Idol election. The stakes in who is elected president are much higher than who wins an American Idol election, however.

But, it’s true, that the voter turnout, as well as whether Hillary supporters gravitate to Obama, will decide the election.


9 posted on 06/08/2008 6:20:49 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: sirchtruth

The election SHOULD be about Obama. ONLY about obama.

McCain might be smart to adopt a strategy of acknowledging that Obama is the clear frontrunner and essentially the incumbent in this race. And then treat him like an incumbent. Challenge him on everything and make the election a YES or NO vote on Obama himself. Make voters choose whether they are willing to risk it on a 46 yr old rookie just because he is black.

If you make Obama the sole reason for the election, then Bush is no longer the referendum item. McCain cannot win a referendum on Bush (Jesus himself couldn’t). McCain can just make the point that the media has already chosen their winner and is just counting the days until they elect him again in the general election in Nov. And by doing that, McCain can put all the scrutiny on Obama and take it off of him (where he can’t get about 85% with the GOP which is 10% below life support levels).

If Obama is ‘the future’, then we should make it a clear choice fo whether voters are going to buy that future or not. And once that starts to sink in, McCain will only need to establish that he is a safe alternative who is non-threatening and an improvement over the Bush years.

Neither candidate is going to ‘fix’ the economy, oil prices or housing since they are both economic juveniles at best. So we might as well put the burden on Obama since he is the golden child.


10 posted on 06/08/2008 6:24:31 PM PDT by bpjam (Drill For Oil or Lose Your Job!! Vote Nov 2008)
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To: K-oneTexas
Besides I('m) wondering what Hillary has up her sleeve or pant suit trouser leg.

LOL! EWWWWWWWWWW! A thousand cuts!

11 posted on 06/08/2008 6:25:13 PM PDT by sirchtruth (Yes, Chef!)
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To: sirchtruth

It should not be about Obama.

It should be about REALLY BIG government is bad.

How hard can that be for the (even big government ones) Republicans to make that case?


12 posted on 06/08/2008 6:25:34 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: sirchtruth

The millions of Americans the media is claiming who are ready for chnage are the ones who are hoping for more entitlement government handouts.


13 posted on 06/08/2008 6:29:03 PM PDT by ronnie raygun (IF YOU ARE NOT CONSERVATIVE BY 35 YOU HAVE NO BRAIN. W CHURCHILL)
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To: sirchtruth; Fred Nerks; george76; Beckwith
If America allows the Media to elect our president, then we will have , for the first time in our history, a messianic president, with no experience, no military service,with intimate ties to Islamofascists with whom we have been at war, his major qualification being that his skin is dark.

Then what will be the SOROS payback, Obama is his puppet and his created creature.

This is a disaster waiting to happen. Messianic politicians always reach for Utopia, and in Utopia, the only way to apply its values is through totalitarian method. "Brave New World" knocks at our door.

Obama MUST NOT become president of the United States. Rumors are that Obama is establishing a Board to overhaul the military, chaired by Collin Powell with Sam Nunn as vice Chair. The rush to blunt the sword has already begun. And I would imagine we soon will hear that Obama is organizing to strip the military and give the money to third world dictators and fascists like his cousin Odinga in Kenya, under the guise of "aid". The African poor will hardly see even 10% of that money.

NOBAMA......... TODAY AND EVERYDAY!

The Obama File Don’t leave home without it.

14 posted on 06/08/2008 6:29:25 PM PDT by Candor7 (Fascism? All it takes is for good men to say nothing, (Expose Obama))
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To: Dilbert San Diego; retrokitten; Miss Didi; silent_jonny
The young people who love these American Idol type shows, who have been educated in our dumbed down schools, think of a presidential election in the same vein as they think of the American Idol election.

Hold on Dilbert, let me check with my peeps.

Any of you care to comment on this one before I lay this out! LOL!

15 posted on 06/08/2008 6:29:32 PM PDT by sirchtruth (Yes, Chef!)
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To: BenLurkin
It should be about REALLY BIG government is bad. How hard can that be for the...Republicans to make that case?

Ever since Reagan who consistently and skillfully skewered and exposed liberals and liberalism for exactly who and what they are, I've wondered with amazement why no one has since. They're such a fat target.

16 posted on 06/08/2008 6:32:33 PM PDT by Jim W N
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To: Dilbert San Diego

You cannot vote by texting 1-800-777-1111 for Obama. Yet.


17 posted on 06/08/2008 6:33:28 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar (Who would the terrorists vote for?)
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To: K-oneTexas
Besides I wondering what Hillary has up her sleeve or pant suit trouser leg.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Huma Abedin?

Can she wrap up the Obamster?

18 posted on 06/08/2008 6:35:24 PM PDT by Candor7 (Fascism? All it takes is for good men to say nothing, (Expose Obama))
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To: sirchtruth

Most folks will buy anything the media pushes at them.


19 posted on 06/08/2008 6:36:35 PM PDT by P.O.E. (Thank God for every morning.)
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To: Jet Jaguar
You cannot vote by texting 1-800-777-1111 for Obama. Yet.

Ok Ryan, you pretty boy! LOL!

20 posted on 06/08/2008 6:44:46 PM PDT by sirchtruth (Yes, Chef!)
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