Grim Proving Ground For Obama's Housing Policy (The Boston Globe Rips Barack Obama

Boston Globe ^ | 6/27/2008 | Binyamin Appelbaum

[ml/nj]

I want a commercial to run split-screen with Dan Quayle spelling "potatoe" and an overlay that says, "Some say this man was too stupid to be a political leader," freezing on the frame with the spelling card the teacher gave him that shows the infamous spelling, and then run a video with Obama talking about the 57 states.

[Of course I don't believe that Quayle is stupid at all. In fact I think he probably would be the best choice of this generation to be President of the United States, but in American politics, perception is reality.]

ML/NJ

[ml/nj]

See my comment at #60.

ML/NJ

[PapaBear3625]

The Boston Globe rips Obama? It’s the 7th sign. Wow, I expected nothin but love for Obama from Boston, but he’s even too left for them??

Somebody at the Globe must be thinking "Obama is going to be a disaster of George McGovern-like proportions. It's not too late to have Hillary get the nomination"

[PapaBear3625]

I want a commercial to run split-screen with Dan Quayle spelling "potatoe" and an overlay that says, "Some say this man was too stupid to be a political leader,"

Quayle was set up

Per Washington Post

Working from an inaccurate flash card prepared by a teacher, he corrected William Figueroa, 12, when the child spelled "potato" on the blackboard – making the boy add an unnecessary "e" at the word's end.

[ml/nj]

Quayle was set up

I know that. Reread what I wrote.

ML/NJ

[fortunecookie]

Somebody at the Globe must be thinking "Obama is going to be a disaster of George McGovern-like proportions. It's not too late to have Hillary get the nomination"

You know, you read my mind! I was talking with someone over the weekend and we thought, yeah, how perfect. Obama tanks like McGovern, or is found to have bogus birth certificate (as some suggest), or whatever. And then Hillary un-suspends her campaign and swoops in to 'save' the election. Could be the Dems even know how unappealing Hillary can come off, so they put up a shill, who'll eventually fail, and she'll rescue the whole thing. Haha, that was our running joke. Now, not even that far-fetched.

[dervish]

Footage and comments from the protesters would make a good ad.

“In the midst of the uproar, a small group of Lawndale residents gathered to rally against the Democratic candidate for the US Senate, Barack Obama.

Obama’s Republican opponent, Alan Keyes, trailed badly in the polls and was not seen as a serious challenger. But the organizers had a simple message: Cecil Butler had donated $3,000 to Obama’s campaign. Habitat had close ties to Obama. And Obama had remained silent about Lawndale’s plight.

Paul Johnson, who helped to organize the protest, said Obama must have known about the problems.

“How didn’t he know?” said Johnson. “Of course he knew. He just didn’t care.”