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- linuxbz, on 05/04/2008, -3/+25I agree that guilt by association is a very un-American thing to try to do and that none of the candidates should be subjected to it. But it is also telling that Hillary seems so easy to use this tactic herself ... like "Do unto others as they have done unto you."
- alwor, on 05/04/2008, -4/+20Thanks, good article!
- tcbishop12, on 05/04/2008, -9/+25Sanity! At last!
- LeeSoong, on 05/04/2008, -4/+18It is Unfair and illogical to hold Mr. Obama responsible for the teachings of his pastor / friend.
I would guess that you could find 3 of Mr. Obama's friends, put them in a room and they would find several things they agree about, and several things they do not agree upon. Regardless, nothing they say would be the responsibility of Mr. Obama.
It would be better for Mrs. Clinton to highlight the good things about herself and her husband,
perhaps highlight a more successful economy during the Clinton years, emphisize the growing
need for real economic stimulus - such as making manufaturing, heavy industry, steel production, and Gasoline / Ethanol / Diesel / heating oil all completely TAX FREE, by federal law.
The states / feds can still collect income tax from individuals, and sales tax from retail sales,
but these key industries economic growth and survival are a matter of national security.
Already the Air Force has selected Air Bus, A European company, to produce new air planes for the USAF.
Will the time come when the USA can no longer produce the steel for cars, buses, tanks, and other vehicles ?
How safe can the USA be if an embargo could shut down all cars and buses, freeze our military, and bring
the whole USA to a grinding halt?
Mrs. Clinton should skip using negative tactics and focus on positive ideas - real actions in an action plan, for her ''First 100 days in office.''
Talk is cheap - make a signed contract, fully accountable with fines and penalties if she doesn't fulfill her duties. - inactive, on 05/04/2008, -6/+19Media is conducting war on Barack Obama. The fat cats will do anything to stop the man of the people from reaching the white house. Come on people, It is us versus them.
- PFinn, on 05/04/2008, -0/+12stop copying and pasting the same stupid comment on every article about the election
- alwor, on 05/04/2008, -4/+16"At Yale law school she embraced some leftist causes she perhaps wishes she hadn't today (the Black Panthers' claim that they couldn't get a fair trial, more about which later); worked in the most important radical law firm of the day -- Treuhaft, Walker and Burnstein, in Oakland, which represented the Communist Party and defended the Panthers in their murder trials; and became associate editor of an alternative law review at Yale which ran stories and pictures depicting policemen as pigs and murderers."
- swrostmore, on 05/04/2008, -4/+13Wright's offensive opinions and inflammatory appearances are judged differently. He doesn't fire a shot in anger, put a noose around anyone's neck, call for insurrection, or plant a bomb in a church with children in Sunday school. What he does is to speak his mind in a language and style that unsettle some people, and says some things so outlandish and ill-advised that he finally leaves Obama no choice but to end their friendship. We are often exposed us to the corroding acid of the politics of personal destruction, but I've never seen anything like this ? this wrenching break between pastor and parishioner before our very eyes. Both men no doubt will carry the grief to their graves. All the rest of us should hang our heads in shame for letting it come to this in America, where the gluttony of the non-stop media grinder consumes us all and prevents an honest conversation on race. It is the price we are paying for failing to heed the great historian Jacob Burckhardt, who said "beware the terrible simplifiers".
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/05022008/watch.h ... - actorboy, on 05/04/2008, -0/+8Both clips offer the same informational value.
- gothicform, on 05/04/2008, -2/+9Guilt by association is one of the most American things to do. From the Salem witchtrials all the way through to the McCarthy Hearings, over and over again, the paranoia and attached guilt by association plays a principle role in American politics. That Obama avoids it, that negative campaigning that works so well in America, when every other political candidate does not speaks volumes about his campaigns integrity. For once we have someone who is practising what they preach. I just hope he can win by doing the right and honourable thing...
- inactive, on 05/04/2008, -8/+15when are the fools going to awake and realize what a calculating, lying, devious bitch she really is....
- inactive, on 05/04/2008, -3/+10I conclude from your avowed support for Jeff Sessions that, like Jeff Sessions, you support the KKK and think that it's acceptable to hurl racial insults at blacks.
That's right, let's not forget that p0s3r, who is wetting his diapers over Rev. Wright in this thread, has never made the faintest attempt to deny his fealty and dedication to a white supremacist. In an earlier thread he even went to far as to lie about living in Alabama because he wanted to people to believe that Jeff Sessions is "his" senator (in fact, p0s3r lives in Nevada).
Dishonest and racist to the core: that's our p0s3r!!! - queenstarsha, on 05/04/2008, -3/+9obama has not once defended rev. wright. initially, he only criticized some things wright said. but wright recently made it clear he was more interested in ***** insane media whoring than doing what's right for america. and obama has denounced him soundly. as he should.
- innocentsinner, on 05/04/2008, -2/+8We used to love Bill, not Hillary. I think many people who liked Clinton had some hope that Hillary would be a way of returning to a Bill Clinton-esque presidency. Unfortunately, many of us soon discovered that would hardly be the case.
- actorboy, on 05/04/2008, -6/+12Let me fix your statement:
"I've been attending Mr. Marx's church for 20 years. I'm a Christian and Marx is an ordained minister. We became friends. He married me to my wife and baptized my kids."
Politics and religion are not the same thing, though I realize that's hard for neo-con types like yourself to grasp. - inactive, on 05/04/2008, -1/+6Dugg down and reported for spamming.
- queenstarsha, on 05/04/2008, -2/+7reporting for battle.
- inactive, on 05/04/2008, -0/+5Reported for offensive language.
- redwritinghood, on 05/04/2008, -5/+9The truth is we all are judged by the company we keep. Why? Because we all tend to keep company with people most in agreement with our beliefs or philosophies. Sure, everyone has a varied group of friends, some of whom aren't politically or religiously aligned with you, but honestly look at your friendship group and I bet you'll have to say that the majority have many things in common with you. Politicians are no different. If you don't have far left leanings, or far right for that matter, why would you intern with a law firm that does? If you don't agree with communism, your pastor's comments (over 20 years!!!), the inflammatory position of Black Panthers (or any other group), why would you align yourself with that person or those people? This site itself is a perfect example. Probably 90% of the people here are more left than right and many, many scream vitriolic hate against Christians while preaching tolerance out of the other side of the mouth! There is a definite herd mentality here and people group together over their political and religious, or anti-religious beliefs, then attack all other points of view as ridiculous! Sheep? I have to ask who, really, are the sheep here? The ones who stick their collective heads in the sand and ignore articles such as this. Those who say "Oh, just because Obama sat in the pew under a hateful pastor, gave his money to that church, for 20 years doesn't mean anything!" I can tell you one thing, I would NEVER give a dime to a church that preached something I was against. I try to vote my values, live my beliefs, support groups and causes I agree with. I don't think Hillary Clinton or Barak Obama are any different. "Even a child is judged by the company he keeps." Hebrew proverb.
- InnerRayg, on 05/04/2008, -0/+4I did not realize that is who this author was.
My respect points went up one million. - chevyorange, on 05/04/2008, -2/+6YOU can put a fork in him but it will be unfortunate to have a fork sticking out of the next president of the United States.
- youareretarded, on 05/04/2008, -1/+5The blogger? You mean Carl Bernstein, the same guy who broke watergate (which clinton has a relation to), or the Carl Bernstein, who also wrote the biography of Hillary Clinton?
If anyone has any authority to write about Hillary he would be one of them.
But thanks for exposing your ignorance and missing his point completely. - chevyorange, on 05/04/2008, -2/+6Does it really take a "leak" to disclose striking your spouse? Seems here the problem is that Hull shouldn't resort to violence and then there is nothing to "leak"?
- inactive, on 05/04/2008, -2/+5When you use the phrase "cut rich people's taxes", it's like wearing a giant sign around your neck that says "I'M STUPID".
- pintomp3, on 05/04/2008, -3/+6you support ron paul. do you feel that it is appropriate to use guilt by association tactics on him? should it matter that he met with white-supremacists, took money from them, and had them writing for his newsletter? either you think that it is fair to slander ron paul with these associations, or you are a hypocrite.
- inactive, on 05/04/2008, -2/+6I like President Bush because he is rational and competent. I remember all too well the Klinton and Carter years, and do not look forward to a repeat of their failed policies, and lax ethics.
- inactive, on 05/04/2008, -0/+3"Really? Because it seemed like Obama joined that church for what it did and he was able to do with the local community not because of the pastor."
REALLY? Because it seemed like Obama joined that church to GAIN VOTES TO BE GOVERNOR!
And now that he wanted close association with that church but now, he cant run fast enough away from it!!! - hierophantus, on 05/04/2008, -0/+3I for one have never believed in "guilt by association" for any candidate and I have never and will never attempt to make the argument that any candidate should be blamed for the bad actions of associates unless there's some reason to think the candidate directed them or ratified them. And I'm sure I'm one whom you would so wittily refer to as an "Obamabot."
By the way, while you're pointing the awesome logical flaws in the arguments of "Obamabots," you might want to consider whether there just might be some logical flaws in the following:
1) generalizing that everyone who supports Obama on digg is a "bot"
2) generalizing that every "Obamabot" felt the same way about the clips you refer to
3) attributing to that generalized "Obamabot" figure a conveniently exaggerated and extreme point of view
I mean, I'm not saying those tactics are flawed, much less that there are specific names for each of them. I'm just giving you food for thought. - balloot, on 05/04/2008, -1/+4You mean Barack Obama knows a guy who knows some guys who have said controversial things? THE HORROR! How could he ever be president?
- plhearn, on 05/04/2008, -4/+7Remember when the fake clip was going around doctored to make the Clinton campaign advisor sound like he said "*****" and "*****" and all the Obamabots were all too eager to say he was representative of Hillary? How is this any different?
- headzoo, on 05/04/2008, -1/+4I think they're just pointing out her hypocrisy.
- clubby, on 05/04/2008, -3/+5It would indeed show much better judgment and character if he immediately disowned anyone who ever disagreed with him. That's what you're saying, right?
- inactive, on 05/05/2008, -0/+2Maybe because Hillary is the most dangerous REPUBLICAN running. How so? Well for starters she was a Goldwater girl in the 60s, then you she sat on the board of directors of Wal-Mart one of the the most regressive union busting outsourcing companies in the world. Then she said nothing while Bill Clinton gave us NAFTA, starved a million Iraqis through sanctions, increased the number of non violent drug offenders in prison, increased logging in the Pacific Northwest burned over 100 people to death at Waco, and bombed Serbia without U.N. authorization. During her own campaign she hired Mark Penn a corporate p.r. man who has represented Monsanto among other evil companies and has used race baiting and fear monger as in her 3 am ad. If you think Hillary is one bit better than the corporate supported Repigagains like Bush and McCain you are truly naive and deluding yourself strictly operating on emotions or gender identification and not taking a hard look at the important policy facts involved in this campaign.
- youareretarded, on 05/04/2008, -1/+3I don't think he gets it and that's the problem.
Unfortunately he isn't alone:( - clubby, on 05/04/2008, -2/+4If you believe in what the Klan stands for, but do not believe in something said by one of the members, then yeah, keep going you racist *****. But if you don't believe in what the Klan stands for, then you should stop going. Get it yet? Obama believes in the good works of the church, but not in everything said by Jeremiah Wright. So he kept going to the church. It's simple. And you still don't get it. And you never will, because you're a tool.
- queenstarsha, on 05/04/2008, -0/+2what you are doing hurts hillary clinton. i'm for obama, so what do i care, but you should know that spamming and suggesting that while you may not like hillary, she might beat mccain is really stupid. "electability" didn't work for john kerry, did it? support the candidate you like best and tell people why you like 'em. i like obama because his health care plan will cover people who can't afford it, and he doesn't like all war all the time.
- queenstarsha, on 05/04/2008, -4/+6bush and mccain are the trojan horses. oh, we're uniters and sooo compassionate. until we cut rich people's taxes and blow the arms off some middle eastern kids. y'know, ***** you if you're too stupid to have realized this by now. the rest of the country has.
- kreneskyp, on 05/04/2008, -1/+3you mean the straight talk express that took a sudden u-turn from being a moderate to a full fledged conservative about the time his presidential campaign started?
the "straight-talk" argument is bogus. his sudden shift is just that, or pandering. in either case there is no way to tell which way mccain will go on any issue. i'd have considered voting for mccain in 2000 if he were the nominee, now i can't trust him. The problem with pandering is that it usually doesn't stop after you get elected, because you're too busy thinking about RE-election rather than doing whats right. - inactive, on 05/04/2008, -0/+2Simpler proverb - Birds of a feather flock together ;)
- queenstarsha, on 05/04/2008, -1/+3that's really well-said. wright *deserves* to carry some shame to his grave. obama didn't do anything but go to the wrong church for a while, to terribly simplify.
- youareretarded, on 05/04/2008, -2/+4There is hypocrisy from all sides, the trick is seeing through all of it and not to perpetuate it;)
- pintomp3, on 05/04/2008, -2/+4you are an anti-theist and you support ron paul? a man who denies evolution and thinks the chruch should be more powerful than the government?
"Evolution is a theory and I don't accept it"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JyvkjSKMLw
The Founding Fathers envisioned a robustly Christian yet religiously tolerant America, with churches serving as vital institutions that would eclipse the state in importance. Throughout our nation’s history, churches have done what no government can ever do, namely teach morality and civility. Moral and civil individuals are largely governed by their own sense of right and wrong, and hence have little need for external government. This is the real reason the collectivist Left hates religion: Churches as institutions compete with the state for the people’s allegiance, and many devout people put their faith in God before their faith in the state. Knowing this, the secularists wage an ongoing war against religion, chipping away bit by bit at our nation’s Christian heritage.
http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul148.html - mimundo, on 05/04/2008, -5/+7Check out Bill Moyers comments on PBS.
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/05022008/watch.h ... - tcbishop12, on 05/04/2008, -0/+2Of course many American politicians have been closely related to individuals with whom they disagree. It's certainly possible to be a friend or fan of someone and not be of the exact same mindset on every issue and perspective.
We get it. Every candidate wants to win. That's why they're here, and no one has any intention of going home a loser.
Fair enough.
The question left is which political candidate approaches this campaign with the integrity and value that would seem to best lend itself to become the future leader of a nation. That candidate is clearly Sen. Barack Obama, and not Ms. Hypocrisy, Hillary “lie-to-your-face, win-at-all-kneecapping costs” Clinton. Perhaps history doesn't tell the best tale of candidates who approached the political machine with honesty and integrity, leaving the salacious mudslinging, degrading references, and grimy campaign ads to those like Hillary Rodham Clinton who really have no other leg to stand on.
But I remain confident that the American public is as intelligent and savvy as I'd like to give them credit for and are wise and capable enough to tell the difference, and that we are, indeed, the change we have been waiting for. - youareretarded, on 05/04/2008, -1/+3I thought that was a pretty ridiculous accusation as well and it took me several viewings to figure out what was so "controversial".
- inactive, on 05/04/2008, -1/+3its not just his pastor and friend, the clintons sought him out when bill was having issues in the whitehouse. He is both a friend and according to at least bill an advisor. So Wright is either right or wrong, if wrong he is wrong for both. The difference of course is that the clintons sought Wright out, where with obama that was not exactly the same situation.
- chaosium, on 05/04/2008, -0/+2"This means that soldiers will be in Iraq dying and their blood will be on YOUR hands."
No, it's the needle-dicked republicans who sent them there. - Wetzilla, on 05/04/2008, -1/+3His views haven't changed after 40 years in politics? Sounds more to me like he's stubborn and arrogant, if after 40 years not a single one of his views have changed.
- spinchange, on 05/04/2008, -2/+4I should point out that I use "we" very loosely. I am not a neocon, nor was I trying to troll on ya, Actorboy. Just pointing out the dissonance that a lot of NON-neocon voters feel as well. I do think Hillary's hypocrisy is despicable (yet predictable) and that Obama has handled this whole press/PR ordeal extremely well.
- youareretarded, on 05/04/2008, -0/+2Believe me, it was a non issue.
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