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- svensksvamp, on 07/03/2008, -8/+771. Never gonna give you up
2. Never gonna let you down
3. Never gonna run around and desert you
4. Never gonna make you cry
5. Never gonna say goodbye
6. Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
7. What she said... - Thrilltone, on 07/03/2008, -23/+79#8
Keep your ***** religious superstitions out of my government - lpmiller, on 07/03/2008, -20/+54yes, as an elected official running for anther office, please take the advice of someone who has never gotten elected.
People, Obama is not moving towards the center. He was never that far from it to begin with. You need to decide right now, what is more important to you. Getting a democrat in the white house, or getting your dream candidate to lose. Because you are never going to get someone like Kucinich elected. All this bellyaching and whining on the left about Obama not being a puppet for you is doing one thing, making republicans happy. You got caught up in the ideal that never existed with Obama, and now are faced with a real person that has real opinions that might sometimes disagree with you, but at least cares what you think.
That's still a vast improvement over someone who doesn't care what you think at all. Stay on target. - rald84, on 07/03/2008, -4/+34Dear Senator Obama,
Go easy on the Jesus juice, there's enough for everyone.
Thanks,
Your base. - GhostyBoy, on 07/03/2008, -22/+51Kucinich>Obama
- Jo9100, on 07/03/2008, -12/+39"5) Go to YouTube and watch the concession speeches of Kerry, Gore, and Hillary Clinton, each of whom decided to run to the middle in an attempt to attract undecided swing voters."
Stop doing stupid stuff okay Obama? We trusted you. - booksnmore4you, on 07/03/2008, -4/+29Last night at around 2 AM I posted to HuffPo a scholarly and respectful response to this article by Arianna Huffington, arguing why she is wrong in her assessment. A few people began responding very positively to what I wrote.
I checked back about 30 minutes later and my entire post had been deleted.
I'd heard of some complaints that this happens at HuffPo -- that they silence posters who may make the most sense when countering their bloggers. I believe it now, and this is very troubling. - inactive, on 07/03/2008, -4/+29This entire list could be boiled down to "Stay within yourself - don't get cocky and remember your message."
- OC73, on 07/03/2008, -11/+30Digg is becoming really lame with all this Huffington Post spam.
- itspuddingtime, on 07/03/2008, -0/+18are belong to us
- lordtyros, on 07/03/2008, -3/+19Good luck with President Huckabee
- laserblazer, on 07/03/2008, -16/+32He's busy blowing AIPAC.
- TheInformer, on 07/03/2008, -1/+16It's obvious that Huffington doesn't allow two sides to a story. It would ruin their template if people had earnest, scholarly, and Socratic discussions, and looked at a position from several angles.
- vanebeard, on 07/03/2008, -5/+198) Insist on a paper ballot
- senae, on 07/03/2008, -0/+13Oddly enough, all good advice.
- mecharabbit, on 07/02/2008, -6/+18Where's the 8th suggestion? Damn that headline inflation.
- Snuff99, on 07/03/2008, -1/+12You are a diamond in the rough my friend.
Any supporter that has read The Audacity of Hope understands who Obama is and what his intentions are, everyone else has lost focus.
Read that book and tell me this man has not always been near center. Haters call it pandering but its really just compromise and COMPROMISE is at the core of Obama understanding of how to recapture the American Dream and move this country in a positive direction.
~6 BILLION people on this planet and no two will agree on every issue. Comprimise is the only way foward.~ - GhostyBoy, on 07/03/2008, -0/+7Hey jcm, you know what's weird?
This new digg beta that shows who you share interests with keeps giving you as my number one match on digg.
I'm pretty sure that you bury most of the stuff I digg and vica-versa, and I can't really think of anyone further from my political ideology, so I think the system might be a bit messed up right now. - Peko, on 07/03/2008, -0/+7Why the digg down hate? Obama has been walking pretty damn deliberately towards the center - which would mean he's pandering to big tent issues or he's just lying. He's just (sadly) being a politician.
And he made fun of McCain. On McCain's 1st birthday they celebrated by inventing the wheel. - eth3l, on 07/03/2008, -2/+8Wait ... WTF? I thought he was runnin to change things because our reputation in the world was so *****.
WTF? - ender7074, on 07/03/2008, -3/+9Only when its politically beneficial.
- roomforpanic, on 07/03/2008, -2/+8#8 - Don't split infinitives.
- TheInformer, on 07/03/2008, -1/+6It doesn't fit the media Obama template, therefore the media ignores it. Unbiased investigative journalism is no longer practiced in the USA.
- Terr01, on 07/03/2008, -0/+5You realize there were these things called "primaries" a while back, right?
- Badandy127, on 07/03/2008, -1/+5What exactly is untrue of that list?
- salinemist, on 07/03/2008, -0/+4Are you sure? Presidents Mondale, Dukakis, Gore and Kerry all led in polls up to election day.
- Homerr, on 07/03/2008, -3/+7"5) Go to YouTube and watch the concession speeches of Kerry, Gore, and Hillary Clinton, each of whom decided to run to the middle in an attempt to attract undecided swing voters."
QFT - zacharytelschow, on 07/03/2008, -14/+19"'There comes a time when one must take the position that is neither safe nor politic nor popular, but he must do it because conscience tells him it is right.' (King)"
Obama do something unpopular because its the right thing to do? All he's been doing is changing his position on various issues because they are the most politically expedient. He's a politician like any other.
I'm very sick of Huffington artciles. Buried. - inactive, on 07/03/2008, -0/+4THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!! I've been saying this the whole time! Democrats will lose another election by standing up against Obama, but get an even worse deal out of McCain - who they are helping! How do people not see this? And when did Kucinich become the new Obama of digg? I know I'm gonna get dug down for this comment but what the ***** diggers? You like a candidate and then find out a couple things so you move on? Ron Paul - Then Obama - Now Kucinich? I bet he has ***** in his policies people don't agree with. Who's it gonna be next? And BTW - worst case scenario - Obama = Carcetti. Those who know, know.
- pinchduck, on 07/03/2008, -5/+9She is spot on in her analysis. Every day Obama is shedding the "exciting newcomer" image and turning into "packaged product" politician. He was more exciting when he spoke from the heart to our conscience. This triangulation ***** is turning him into political valveeta. It worked for Bill Clinton 16 years ago, but that was a different country then. People are looking for someone more genuine. Or, in spin-talk: Authenticity Sells! Let's be Authentic!
Seriously, Barack, drop the ***** and stick to your principals. I can respect someone I have an honest disagreement with, I don't respect a pandering spineless jellyfish trying to win power for it's own sake. - Terr01, on 07/03/2008, -1/+4"And guess what? As a whole, the people of the US are a religious crowd."
In a country where 49% think the President can suspend the Constitution and 51% don't know we were the first to drop a nuclear bomb...
But I digress. We're not a democracy, but a constitutional republic with democratic pieces. And that Constitution has some language in there regarding religion and the state. - TheInformer, on 07/03/2008, -4/+7One can be judged by those they keep company with and by those that support them.
Huffingtonpost.com
Buried. - inactive, on 07/03/2008, -0/+3Let's put to rest right now one lie that is being spread around by the Obama people. Obama voted YEA to extend the PATRIOT act.
http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_li ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_positions_o ...
Obama voted in favor of the 2006 version of the Patriot Act.[168] He voted against the Military Commissions Act of 2006[169] and later voted to restore habeas corpus to those detained by the U.S. (which had been stripped by the Military Commissions Act).[168] He has advocated closing the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, but has not supported two specific bills that would have done so.[170] Obama opposes the use of torture[171] and warrantless domestic wiretaps by the U.S.[172] He voted against the Flag Desecration Amendment in 2006, arguing that flag burning didn't justify a constitutional amendment, but said that he would support a law banning flag burning on federal property.[173] The ACLU has given Obama a score of 88% on civil liberty issues for the 2007 Congressional year.[174] - Suneet67, on 07/03/2008, -0/+3McCain is the under dog according to ALL national polls.
- Tenbatsu404, on 07/03/2008, -0/+3I laughed.
- inactive, on 07/03/2008, -1/+4@Ghosty
Mine shows an ID "Wakers" as being my number 1 match. The guy Diggs Ubuntu/alternative OS stories, and gaming stories.
Yeah, the system is definitely beta ;-) - slapout, on 07/03/2008, -1/+4Haven't you heard? He stands for Hope and Change. Of course, don't forget, Jimmy Carter also stood for change. And Bill Clinton campaigned on "Change".
- MikeFallopian, on 07/03/2008, -0/+3You know who else got pretty far in trying to become the leader of his country?
- Barackalypse, on 07/03/2008, -0/+3Its rather telling that not a single piece of her advice has anything to do with legislative issues. This does nothing to re-assure me that Obama is anything but a sound bite, a carefully crafted image painted over a solidly establishment voting record. Here is the type of advice that would make me actually care:
Vote no on FISA if it has telcom immunity in it. People bought your lofty crap about why you re-authorized the Patriot Act, but at least some of them are going to see it as crap if you sell our civil liberties down the river by voting yes on this. - inactive, on 07/03/2008, -0/+3Obama sucks up to AIPAC:
http://rationalmanifesto.blogspot.com/2008/06/aipa ...
Obama - (Full Transcript)
"Jerusalem will remain the capital of Israel and it must remain undivided," Obama told the vast annual policy conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Council (AIPAC).
"We must isolate Hamas unless and until they renounce terrorism, recognize Israel's right to exist, and abide by past agreements. There is no room at the negotiating table for terrorist organizations."(AFP)
"I'll do everything in my power to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. Everything," Obama told the pro-Israel lobby at a conference in Washington, only hours after securing his party's nomination.
The Illinois senator also vowed he would never compromise on Israel's security, especially "not while there are still groups who deny the holocaust, not when there are terrorist groups that are committed to Israel's destruction... Not while there are rockets raining down on Sderot."
"I will always stand up for Israel's right to defend itself in the United Nations and around the world," he added. (Haaretz) - jaythree9, on 07/03/2008, -0/+2principles not principals.
xo, grammar nerd - Terr01, on 07/03/2008, -0/+2The problem is that this isn't just "moderation" or "breaking from evil liberal party elite/base" stuff.
Some stuff, like FISA votes, directly contradict his own comments and promises, and it's vitally important for any Obama supporter to hold him to that. - coyote1284, on 07/03/2008, -0/+2To add upon that; you say you don't trust the government. Why trust them with your healthcare? I think what you really want is the government to take care of you from cradle to grave. I think you want the govenment to allow you the illusion of "freedom" by letting you spout conspiracy theories and rag on whomever the current President is, while they actually have you under their thumb, constantly making new laws to protect you from yourself. The real world is a scary place, face it yourself and find true freedom or let someone else take care of you and find happiness in slavery.
- WOMPA, on 07/03/2008, -1/+3tl;dr
- aftern9ne, on 07/03/2008, -1/+3As all these other Digg commenters have stated, Obama has blown this election and cannot win.
Please disregard the fact Obama has won every major poll versus McCain for the past month. Trust me, I know what I'm talking about. - shaw76, on 07/03/2008, -0/+2Why is he an idiot? Those are all quotes, he didn't make anything up.
Obama = Taxes
When Obama is asked to be specific on his platform he never responds.
Our country is run by extremists (Republicans & Democrats). We need to open up our political system to 3rd parties as neither the Republicans nor the Democrats have the people well being in mind.
Neither extreme is right! - Brownds, on 07/03/2008, -6/+8He stands for what every other Politian stands for, the highest corporate bidder.
- ryleyleckie, on 07/03/2008, -0/+2wow are you a psychic??
- Terr01, on 07/03/2008, -0/+2http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/archives/1442 ...
_______Excerpted paragraphs_________
Taking a closer look at this year’s results, Obama and Joe Biden were both considered more liberal than Russ Feingold and Bernie Sanders. This, alone, should make one wonder about the reliability of the rankings.
Better yet, National Journal’s press release on the rankings noted the criteria was based on 99 key roll-call votes last year: “Obama voted the liberal position on 65 of the 66 votes in which he participated, while Clinton voted the liberal position on 77 of 82 votes.” So, Clinton voted for the liberal position 77 times, Obama voted for it 65 times, which makes Obama the chamber’s single most liberal member. Got it.
But none of that is going to matter for the rest of the campaign. The Republican National Committee has already issued a statement and, one assumes, every far-right outlet in the country will soon do the same.
That, of course, doesn’t make it legit. As Brian Beutler noted, [T]his is philistinism masquerading as social science — it’s the U.S. News College Guide of Washington politics. Journalists ought to understand that. And those of conscience ought to ignore it, or lay it bare, but certainly not feed into it.” -
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