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Democratic jitters as Obama heads for Hawaii
FT.com ^ | August 7, 2008 | Edward Luce

Posted on 08/07/2008 4:17:34 PM PDT by TommyDale

Few people are more likely to need a holiday than Barack Obama. Yet as he heads off on Friday for his first week-long break since he launched his presidential bid 19 months ago, Mr Obama is dogged by rising angst about his campaign’s direction.

Although he has run what is widely acclaimed to be one of the most impressive campaigns in years, Democrats live in fear of Mr Obama falling prey to the kinds of accident that derailed predecessors in earlier cycles.

With polls showing him neck-and-neck with John McCain at a stage at which many Democrats expected he would be in the clear lead, they worry about the kind of stray image that helped to defeat John Kerry in 2004.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Hawaii
KEYWORDS: alreadyposted; birthcertificate; certifigate; colbaquiddic; hi2008; obama; obamafamily
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I think he is headed to Hawaii to find a birth certificate.
1 posted on 08/07/2008 4:17:35 PM PDT by TommyDale
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To: TommyDale

I hope she doesn’t see Obama in a bus, she might get scared.


2 posted on 08/07/2008 4:18:48 PM PDT by Always Right (Obama: more arrogant than Bill Clinton, more naive than Jimmy Carter, and more liberal than LBJ.)
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To: TommyDale

Going on vacation might not be a bad idea, in light of his recent performance.


3 posted on 08/07/2008 4:19:42 PM PDT by Brilliant
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To: TommyDale

You have to admit one thing, this freeloading, “community organizer” has found himself one most excellent gig.


4 posted on 08/07/2008 4:20:22 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer ("I'm trying to save the planet!" - Nancy Pelosi ..........ROTFLMAO! What a dumbass!)
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To: TommyDale

Dupe..
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2058255/posts


5 posted on 08/07/2008 4:20:43 PM PDT by xcamel (Conservatives start smart, and get rich, liberals start rich, and get stupid.)
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I think he is headed to Hawaii to find a birth certificate.

Hey Barack: may the forge be with you!

6 posted on 08/07/2008 4:21:19 PM PDT by rfp1234 (Phodopus campbelli: household ruler since July 2007.)
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To: TommyDale

Word is that while he is there he is going to go to the spot where they dropped the bomb.


7 posted on 08/07/2008 4:21:48 PM PDT by Enterprise (Let all Democrats have a half vote. They deserve it!)
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To: TommyDale
"headed to Hawaii to find counterfeit a birth certificate."
8 posted on 08/07/2008 4:22:59 PM PDT by dynachrome (Henry Bowman is right)
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To: Brilliant
(Children's music begins)

The Wheels on the Bus are falling off, falling off, falling off...

I think this assclown is going to lose all 50 states. His resume is stunningly absent of accomplishments, something conservatives know, but dimwitted journalists are just catching up on. Not even the full efforts of the media can hide the stunning nonsense that this candidate represents. Landslide baby - we can deal with McCain's issues after the win. Thank God (for now) that this joker beat Hillary, but I'm one who is not yet counting Obama as the nominee - I think Hillary will either destroy him now, or let him get decimated and coime back in 2012.

9 posted on 08/07/2008 4:24:05 PM PDT by mallardx
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To: TommyDale
Few people are more likely to need a holiday than Barack Obama. Yet as he heads off on Friday for his first week-long break since he launched his presidential bid 19 months ago,

I thought he and his family went to a island during Easter or other holiday break.

10 posted on 08/07/2008 4:25:26 PM PDT by BARLF
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To: TommyDale
If his convention speech is as generic and contentless as most of his other speeches, I suspect it won't help him at all. I think the people have gotten wise to his style.
11 posted on 08/07/2008 4:25:46 PM PDT by Question_Assumptions
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To: TommyDale

A Man Without a Country!


12 posted on 08/07/2008 4:27:19 PM PDT by Let's Roll (As usual, following a shooting spree, libs want to take guns away from those who DIDN'T do it.)
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To: BARLF

Yeah, I think that was a mere five days.


13 posted on 08/07/2008 4:27:29 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: Let's Roll

You mean a man with three countries?


14 posted on 08/07/2008 4:27:55 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: mallardx
The Panel on Special Report was discussing your very points this evening.

Dr. Krauthammer suggested that Hillary is making veiled threats because she wants something. What she wants, we don't know, but it could be anything.

She might simply want her millions in bad debts paid off by Obama, or she might be greedy enough to want the nomination itself.

Either way, she is p!ssed off about her loss, and Bubba is even angrier.

I agree with your points that the Clintons are planning some major operations for that convention.

15 posted on 08/07/2008 4:28:54 PM PDT by Prole (Pray for the families of Chris and Channon. Pray for them always.)
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To: TommyDale

I am waiting on the warm fuzzy photos of Michelle and Barack dancing on the beach while the kids are building sandcastles.


16 posted on 08/07/2008 4:33:05 PM PDT by dforest (I had almost forgotten that McCain is the nominee. Too bad I was reminded.)
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To: mallardx

“I think this assclown is going to lose all 50 states.”

I think all 57...


17 posted on 08/07/2008 4:34:20 PM PDT by outofsalt ("If History teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything")
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To: TommyDale
“It has been about 19 months since I saw my grandmother,”

Big deal. She's just at typical white person.

18 posted on 08/07/2008 4:36:07 PM PDT by Minn (Here is a realistic picture of the prophet: ----> ([: {()
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To: TommyDale
Obama is going to Hawaii to talk to his sister and grandmother to tell them to “DON'T DARE TALK!!!!”
19 posted on 08/07/2008 4:36:17 PM PDT by AmericaUnited
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To: TommyDale

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/24/obama-in-virgin-islands/

Mercy, the media can’t tell the truth about anything. The Obama’s went to the Virgin Islands in March,


20 posted on 08/07/2008 4:37:35 PM PDT by BARLF
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