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- nsareadthis, on 06/30/2008, -15/+99I so hope Obama will reconsider going against the stance where he promised to support stripping immunity from the bill.
No one, especially not big corporations, should ever get the law retroactively changed to exonerate their past lawbreaking. They do not need immunity if they did not knowingly or negligently break the law. No one can sue anyone and win anything unless they can prove damages. The White House and the telecoms would never have fought this hard for immunity unless they have done some heinous sh*t.
Our government should not be writing the blank check of immunity for crimes and damages inflicted which they have no idea what they are immunizing. - roosevans, on 07/01/2008, -3/+53So where is the "change we can believe in"?
- akamurph, on 06/30/2008, -46/+95Adrianna Huffington should do us all a favor and move to an abandoned island and stay there.
- didiman, on 07/01/2008, -7/+54If her site was down, Digg's front page would be empty.
- inactive, on 07/01/2008, -21/+57Mr.Obama,
First, take off that damn lapel pin. It makes you look like an idiot. Secondly, I think you are a great candidate, but you don't have the answer for every problem. When someone promises "Change" on so many issues, I think the people have the right to be somewhat skeptical. By pandering to the conservative vote you are now alienating some of your strongest supporters on the left who believed you would bring "Change" from the very same ass-kissing politics you are practicing now.
Lastly, be a man of your word and "Change". Don't be just another politician. - zacharytelschow, on 07/01/2008, -4/+35Elsewhere. Obama is like any other politician.
- Stevanoski, on 06/30/2008, -31/+59The only way Democrats can be elected is to lie about who they are and what they believe in. He knows if he was to ever come out and say exactly how he feels, his strong backers-the hard Left, would support him all the way, but there is no way he could be elected.
Like him or not, at least you knew where Ronald Regan stood. - jakdracula, on 07/01/2008, -17/+45Huffington Post = Buried as LAME.
- Julik, on 07/01/2008, -9/+29He is just another politician. As you can tell from the fact that he actually got you buying into the "change" thing without any reason to believe him other than he gives a good speech.
- thegreenspanput, on 07/01/2008, -7/+25people used to laugh when I said "Obama is one of them".
- TCSavant, on 07/01/2008, -6/+24The left has never won an election. The middle makes winners.
- vexingmodstwo, on 07/01/2008, -10/+28Dear Political Noobs,
We told you so.
Also, please stop and think for a minute and ask yourself if Obama is only moving to the middle now or if he was just telling you far left nutcases what you wanted to hear back during the primaries so that you would get all hot and bothered and not care when he showed his true colors during the general elections. - SheilaNoya, on 07/01/2008, -10/+27Here's what I'm confused about:
Everyone is jumping up and down wanting to sue the phone companies for spying. OK, but who told them to do it and who kept it a secret from us? Since Bush authorized this spying and even requested that they secretly comply, why isn't the focus on going after Bush? After all, Bush is the one who told them to break the law.
In addition, the phone companies were also held hostage by the Bush administration. Remember back a bit... the FCC was holding back on auctioning off airwaves which were depserately needed by the phone companies. Bush's legal cronies were also holding up regulatory rulings that allowed the phone companies to compete with the cable companies. To be perfectly fair, it sounds like they were backed into a corner and were told "Spy for us and keep your mouth shut and we'll give you what you want." Under Bush's cloak of "National Security" he could force them to remain quiet about this.
This whole thing stinks, but I still think everyone is wrongly focusing on the phone companies instead of going after the Bush Administration who forced them to do this.
OK - you can beat me up now, but at least consider going after the actual "cause" of this problem, instead of just putting all the focus on phone companies and letting Bush just skate away. - BetterOffEd, on 07/01/2008, -6/+23“Moving to the middle is for losers?”
I've got news for you: If you (a politician or a member of the public) just *happen* to staunchly believe the exact same way that either of the two major political parties do on ALL of the issues, then you’re a sheep and you’re just following an agenda that’s been fed to you.
It’s been my experience that people who actually THINK for themselves usually fall somewhere on a spectrum that is fiscally conservative and socially liberal.
So if Obama does have *some* conservative-leaning views on *some* issues, and they are genuine and not just political pandering, then for god’s sake let the man be. At least he’s being true to himself and the future that he sees for America. The same goes for McCain. - Noiremorte, on 07/01/2008, -2/+19It's nice to see that HuffPost finally got off Obama's dick, but it seems like they're trying to make up for it now. Regardless I think HuffPost is *****.
- chadisawesome, on 07/01/2008, -4/+20I would think that moving to the middle would be a good thing considering that's where MOST americans fall. I know that I don't agree with a lot of Liberal views, and I also don't agree with a lot of Conservative views. I know many people like that.. the world isn't only black and white, and I think that candidates that see that, and vote and act how the actually feel instead of what the party TELLS them to fell, maybe we would have a better situation in politics.
If all candidates were in the middle, it would probably be easier to find candidates that fall more in line with the beliefs and views of the average citizen. - seraph582, on 07/01/2008, -1/+17And it's not like he's moving to the middle in the best possible way - socially liberal and fiscally conservative - no no no - he's going socially conservative (YUCK) and fiscally liberal (YUCK!!!)
color me disgusted! - Debmood, on 07/01/2008, -7/+22Ariana Huffington and George Stephanopoulos would do us a good service by exiting the United States permanently. I can't believe people still watch George. He is an idiot wrapped in a moron. I can't stand the site of him. Huffington Post is no more than Tabloid trash. Go away Ariana and George. Get married. You deserve each other.
- jezsik, on 07/01/2008, -5/+20I don't want him to be a politician. I want him to be a leader.
- Woodman73, on 07/01/2008, -9/+24That's because so many diggers are tools that can't think for themselves. Let's just all go green and let the perverts and rapists run free in between their therapy sessions. What a bunch of wussifide tools we've all become. We are one fedora shy of being French. UUUGHHH!!!!
- j0hnk377y, on 07/01/2008, -4/+17And so it begins....the typical Democratic candidate coming out of the primary only to try and completely reinvent him/herself for the general election. I'm sure he's going to "firm up" on: capital punishment, immigration, Iraq, bombing Iran (I think he already got firm on this), lapel pin (check, covered that a few weeks ago), religion (check, canned his minister of 20+ years)....
Change = Same old gameplan - barbiesnow, on 06/30/2008, -9/+22I lthink that the political operatives from the DNC who moved to Chicago should move to an abandoned island and let the grassroots people advise him as they did in the primaries..this is getting ludicrous..all of the gaffes and moves that are showing him to be wishy washy...C'mon Barack show us some leadership....again.
- chukd, on 07/01/2008, -4/+17Not true, DailyKOS, Raw Story and the rest of them would just take their place back.
- ImperialRome, on 07/01/2008, -5/+17As for "moving to the middle" being for losers, that is historically incorrect.
Presidential politics are similar every election. You run to your base in the primaries, you run to the middle in the General election. It happens every time. Why? Because in the General elections, the decisive vote is not cast by the Democrat or Republican faithful party members, but by the independant voters who only show interest in politics during the final 6 weeks of the election cycle.
The mushy middle casts the deciding vote, and has cast the deciding vote for the last ten elections that I can remember. Obama knows this, and as much as it pains the Moveon.org crowd, he will run away from them in the General election because he needs those "sensible centrists" to get elected in November. - Ridgeliner7, on 07/01/2008, -17/+29Is this story quoting the same Arianna Huffington who also once said that the election of Ronald Reagan was so important that democracy itself would be destroyed if he wasn't elected? The same Arianna that said California could only be saved by the election of Pete Wilson as Governor? That Arianna Huffington? She seems so changed. I wonder when she will change her mind again?
- mnocket, on 07/01/2008, -1/+13Cynthia McKinney. ROFLMAO
- Julik, on 07/01/2008, -1/+13That is pretty much what politicians do. I often wonder if they believe in any of their own "policies" or if they just pick them up because they think that they will get elected that way. Everyone "flip-flops" nowadays.
- NorthMass, on 07/01/2008, -13/+24Moving any direction without a sound reason just proves your a lier. Obama is just trying to sell himself to everyone at the same time, rather than give the same message to everyone, which proves he is no better than all the other crooked politicians. Whoever you vote for in 2008, please give your vote to a 3rd party candidate/Ralph Nader. These two mainstream candidates are absolute garbage.
- legolas68, on 07/01/2008, -4/+15Promises made during the primaries no longer matter because this guy is a boiler-plate democrat just like all the others.
Obama cannot win the general election with the same agenda he used to stir up the whackos on the far left to win the primaries. The far left agenda is not mainstream, and will never send a candidate to the white house.
This guy has to steer very hard to the center, and even right of center, to garner any kind of votes that will make him viable come October and November. It's a simple fact of politics. Stir up your base to get the party nod but come back to the center (and even cross over in the case of Democrats) to have a shot in the general election.
So much for you Candidate of Change, huh? The only thing to change is your mind after you've seen that Obama is no different than the others. - minorthreat, on 07/01/2008, -1/+11I like Obama sure and I know this is starting to be cliche to say, but Huffington post is really starting to get on my nerves. It sinks to the lows of Fox news and attempts to do the same tactics. This would have been useful say in 2003 or so, but its 2008 and I thought the we were above that level by now.
- inactive, on 07/01/2008, -4/+13Wow...you should pitch a tent at the Kremlin.
- yohnstoppable, on 07/01/2008, -2/+11I agree. Let's all just blindly follow partisan politics, and follow the quota for each dominant party. ***** all the people who want reduced government spending, but don't want the religious zealotry of the right along with it. ***** the people who oppose telecom immunity, but don't want unconstitutional gun laws.
The way digg zombies follow this woman's every word is frightening. Personally, I'm tired of having to accept all the baggage that comes with a candidate from either party. - scroobyrooberoo, on 07/01/2008, -1/+10You asked for change and you got it.
Suckers. - jedmed, on 06/30/2008, -22/+31Leaving the rhetoric aside for a moment. Senator Obama is first and foremost a politician. His job is to get Americans to vote for him.
He said what people needed to hear to get the votes necessary to win the primary.
He is now saying what people need to hear to get their votes for the general election.
What's the problem? - zacharytelschow, on 07/01/2008, -0/+9"Running to the middle in an attempt to attract undecided swing voters didn't work for Al Gore in 2000."
I'm not as sure. It made the race darn close, much closer than it probably would have been otherwise. - tkstock, on 07/01/2008, -1/+9If you like Obama, it's for one of three reasons:
1) You're liberal.
2) Obama's ability to speak is more important than his policies.
3) You don't know his policies.
Amy I missing anything? - Alegoo92, on 07/01/2008, -6/+14Diggers love her and hang on her every word until she says something bad about Obama?
Business as usual I suppose. - johndavidjack, on 07/01/2008, -3/+11"And the Constitution will be damned! "
-Read some of Obama's policies. Half of the social programs he wants aren't constitutional anyway. I'm not saying those are new ideas, but it was never the government's job to "provide for the people"; especially when it involves taking away from others.
-He's big on redistributing wealth also. I thought this was America? Isn't our economic system based on doing things yourself, and reaping the benefits from your own hard work?
-I didn't know the government ever had the power to force everyone to get healthcare from them (I understand that is not exactly Obama's policy, but I brought it up anyway)
-I have Obama's issues page bookmarked, and I read a lot of it. It really sounds like a lot of empty promises to me, to be honest, because we (all the taxpayers) just will not be able to handle all of these programs, and most of them aren't even radical changes or anything...
-Lastly, Supreme Court judges. Liberals love to rape the Constitution, if Obama had his way, that gun legislation would've been shot down after he appointed two new SC judges.
-You know, if the democratic congress would've actually done something these past two years instead of sticking their tails between their legs, I might give Obama a chance. - inactive, on 07/01/2008, -2/+9Not to mention that most of the huffington post articles are inaccurate, sensationalist or misleading.
Just yesterday she said that Bill Clinton said that Obama should "kiss his ass" for his support. Except he already gave him his support, Obama paid 10 million for it.
"Mr Obama has asked his fundraisers to help pay $10m (£5m) of Mrs Clinton's debts from her failed campaign."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7471924.stm - cruzecon, on 06/30/2008, -23/+30What kind of blackmail does the GOP attack machine have on every Democrat in Congress and the Senate that makes them all squeal lilke pigs every time "W" or Cheney or Carl Rove says, "No" or "If you do anything except what I want you are not a Patriot"?
If Obama starts down the same, Democratic Leadership Committee crap of lets just jump on the "economy of Wal Street" bandwagon and abandon any semblence of standing up for minorities, the oppressed, Unions or working people, and focus on getting White men in the south to vote for us instead of the "more corrupt" Repubs, than showing a backbone that IS about changing Washington --HE WILL LOSE. The Country will lose! And the Constitution will be damned!
I think "the people who make up these elusive swing voters" are the real wafflers. They just want to be on the winning side. They don't make up their minds they are the ones who put the wet fingers in the air to see what their "viewpoints" SHOULD BE as told them by the feckless "journalists". - shauncorleone, on 07/01/2008, -3/+10I love how every seemingly negative thing Obama does is because of the "GOP attack machine". It must be exhausting for Liberal Democrats to constantly play the abused victim card. You're truly naiive if you think it was anything but expected for Obama to start pretending he's more moderate than he really is.
- vexingmodstwo, on 07/01/2008, -3/+10All I said was stop and consider the possibility. Either way, it is clear that a very large number of people have fallen victim to a smooth talker who, at the moment, doesn't seem to stand for anything.
Some agent for change, huh? - scroobyrooberoo, on 07/01/2008, -2/+9CHANGE!! CHANGE!! CHANGE!!
wait..
DON'T CHANGE!! DON'T CHANGE!! DON'T CHANGE!! - inactive, on 07/01/2008, -10/+17Memo to the Huffnuts: There aren't as many of you wackos as you'd like to think, and there's no way Obama can get elected hawking wind-powered cars and chewing tree bark the way you want him to.
- LeadOffMan, on 07/01/2008, -7/+14the worse thing about being a loser, is not being able to admit it. Seek help
- legolas68, on 07/01/2008, -2/+9One bad article about the rock star Obama and you run to the hills. We on the right have been dealing with the leftward slant since Obama even hinted at running.
- FLUX, on 07/01/2008, -7/+14huffingpost= dugg down
get this hack partisan lying rag off the front page - chukd, on 07/01/2008, -2/+8However, this counters is whole idea he is a different kind of politician. He will change the way politics are done. By doing the same old political move, he destroys the message he built over the primary.
- pintomp3, on 07/01/2008, -0/+6it became "change we can hope for"
- inactive, on 07/01/2008, -5/+11Huffington Post....buried.
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