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- dan36god, on 03/15/2008, -35/+162People must read this... People like Obama don't come around too often.
- benintn, on 03/15/2008, -42/+163I want Obama to be our next president. This is why.
- duckstrap, on 03/15/2008, -19/+93Obama's intellect, even-handedness and overall clarity of thought are the reasons why I am voting for him. Behavior like what is described in this article is exactly what we need - and not just by the President. Regular folks like you and me need to do it too.
- gonzojeff, on 03/15/2008, -24/+89This article should be read by all those who think Obama is nothing more than an empty suit who knows how to give a good speech. If only our current president showed such depth of thought, or this kind of desire to understand other points of view before making a reasoned decision to take a contrary position.
- num3thod, on 03/15/2008, -32/+85Very well written commentary. Spread this like prairie fire.
- felman87, on 03/15/2008, -12/+47Won't anyone think about the rich people?
- num3thod, on 03/15/2008, -12/+45About the author.
http://www.law.uchicago.edu/faculty/sunstein - sKiLLa182, on 03/15/2008, -10/+41God forbid he tax the rich people!
- duckstrap, on 03/15/2008, -9/+39Do you even know what a communist is?
- Wyrmfell, on 03/15/2008, -2/+32*sigh*
People are still using his middle name as a put-down?
Sad... - rhabd0mancer, on 03/15/2008, -7/+34I hope so. Somebody has to pay for Bush's endless Quagmire in Iraq.
- JEAH, on 03/15/2008, -7/+33wait a minute, his middle name is Hussein???
OH... MY... *****... GOD.... TERRORIST!!!!!! Jesus Christ, we're all dead!! ***** RUN!!! HELLLPPP!!! HELLLPP!!! - zeusthemoose, on 03/15/2008, -1/+23The only person who should be ashamed is yourself.
- n00ptic, on 03/15/2008, -2/+23Get your facts straight. Obama supports gun ownership but he's pro registration and regulation. Here's a quote for you:
“There's been a long standing argument among constitutional scholars about whether the 2nd Amendment referred simply to militias or whether it spoke to an individual right to possess arms. I think the latter is the better argument. There is an individual right to bear arms, but it is subject to common-sense regulation just like most of our rights are subject to common-sense regulation.” - BossKey, on 03/15/2008, -1/+22Oh my god...George W. Bush has been called a "friend" of King HUSSEIN of Jordan!
TRAITOR!!!!!! - valimar77, on 03/15/2008, -7/+26http://elections.jta.org/2008/02/27/obama-on-his-p ...
"It is true that my Pastor, Jeremiah Wright, who will be retiring this month, is somebody who on occasion can say controversial things. Most of them by the way are controversial directed at the African American Community and calling on them start reading books and turn off the T.V. set and engage in self help. And he is very active in prison ministries and so forth."
"I have been a consistent, before I go any further, a consistent denunciator of Louis Farrakhan, nobody challenges that."-Sen. Obama - zeusthemoose, on 03/15/2008, -4/+23Sooner or later, the tax man is going to come knocking at your door to pay for bushies little quagmire in Iraq. It cannot be helped. Look forward to higher taxes in the near future. :)
- rsek, on 03/15/2008, -24/+40The obama I know will be president soon
- Akronos, on 03/15/2008, -7/+22I think Obama has now officially gotten my vote. I was thinking about voting third party but now it is very likely I will be voting for him in 2008. I highly respect the fact that he is steadfastly against warrantless wiretapping.
- wacomwacoff, on 03/15/2008, -4/+18The great thing is, he wrote a book about exactly what he wants to do and how he'll do it, in straightforward, clear terms. Read "The Audacity of Hope".
- adrianmonk, on 03/15/2008, -4/+17He's against warrantless wiretaps.
He is in favor of net neutrality.
He co-sponsored an amendment for a sunset provision in the military tribunal bill so that Congress would be forced to revisit hastily-adopted changes that might prove to be unwise.
He is in favor of reforming our horribly broken patent system.
He opposes retroactive telecom immunity.
He opposes undue influence of lobbyists in the political process and has not taken money from lobbyists during his campaign (and yet has raised more money).
He is in favor of transparency in government and proposes that the workings of the government be put on C-SPAN and on the internet. He, along with others, introduced the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006, which established the site http://www.usaspending.gov/ , designed to make public records of all government spending. He worked with John McCain to do this.
He supports PAYGO, which basically is a policy which makes the Congress stick to its budget (once the budget has been decided). If they want to increase spending in one area, they have to cut spending somewhere else rather than just increasing the deficit.
He wants to double federal funding for basic research in science. This is important because in the last several years, federal funding for science has been gutted. Labs are having trouble getting grants, and some basic research is moving overseas. They're moving out of the US to other countries that are more supportive. The US is a leader in science right now, and I don't think we want to lose that lead.
Those are just the ones I can think of off the top of my head. - DocGlass, on 03/15/2008, -7/+20"a careful and evenhanded analyst of law and policy, unusually attentive to multiple points of view." This is what we have been missing in the white house. Government is more about "I read the script my team gave me" rather than "lets look at the issue and figure it out". I'm ready for an Obama white house.
- dinot, on 03/15/2008, -6/+18Thanks. Now I'm cozy knowing I can count on a Senator who can admit that something he did in the past wasn't such a good idea (even though people tend to ignore the fact that ALL politicians have bad ideas once in a while) and has made amends by donating the Rezko money to charity. Quite an honorable guy in my book.
- adrianmonk, on 03/15/2008, -5/+17His mother was white, and so was her entire family. Was he against them? Also, the author of this article, Cass Sunstein, is white. Is Obama against him? No, apparently not, because they seemed to have a good, respectful working relationship while Obama was there at the University of Chicago Law School. For a guy who you're saying is "against whitey", he certainly seems to have a lot of productive, healthy relationships with whitey.
Also, as long as we're on the subject of racism, in one of the debates, Obama was asked about illegal immigration and whether illegal workers are undercutting the wages of African Americans. His response was this: "Before the latest round of immigrants showed up, you had huge unemployment rates among African-American youth. And, so, I think to suggest somehow that the problem that we're seeing in inner-city unemployment, for example, is attributable to immigrants, I think, is a case of scapegoating that I do not believe in, I do not subscribe to." Do those sound like the words of someone who thinks "the man" is trying to keep black people down? To me, it sounds like the words of someone who knows that the only solution to this sort of problem is for a group of people to take responsibility for themselves and for their own situation and stop blaming other people as a substitute for doing something about it.
So go ahead and believe that Obama suffers is anti-white if you want, but you'll have to believe it in spite of the clear evidence to the contrary. - joaob, on 03/15/2008, -11/+23One day...you will have to come out from underneath that bed and join the rest of society. Unless of course your parents basement is where you choose to remain.
- inactive, on 03/15/2008, -1/+12And what does Farrakhan have to do with Obama, you nut?
- moraldebate, on 03/15/2008, -2/+12You realize you just called his minister a radical Islamist, right?
- inactive, on 03/15/2008, -6/+16How else will you pay back your national debt. Tax the poor? Moron.
- MacEnvy, on 03/15/2008, -8/+18Zbigniew Brezinski is not a personal adviser to Obama. His son, Mark, is. They are not the same person.
- MacEnvy, on 03/15/2008, -4/+14Pay attention to this, Obama supporters, and be prepared. We're just beginning to see how Republicans campaign, in comments like this. Smears and slurs evoke strong emotions in ignorant people. I'd hate to see Obama lose because of something this stupid.
- tzisc, on 03/15/2008, -28/+38i just can't understand why the 80% of people who disapprove of bush aren't uniting around a man who is our best chance to repair our economy and our reputation in the international community. we are in jeopardy of losing america as we know it. we are throwing away our ideals, like freedom and scientific innovation, things that used to drive people to want to come to our country, flushing it down the drain in favor of bigotry and warrantless wiretapping and materialism. i guess it's hard to see how fragile our society is, because all of us have grown up in an america that does not fail, that has always been the best and on the cutting edge of design and technology and secondary education. but our population is becoming complacent, and gradually more and more uneducated and incompetent. ten years ago it was cool to be american overseas; can anyone even remember what that feels like anymore?
we need to recapture the things that make america great. our society has survived over the past 200 years by embracing immigration, and recognizing that a free population, given the proper education and opportunities to succeed, has the power to make a society great. didn't matter if you were protestant or catholic or jewish or muslim, and later it didn't matter if you were chinese or mexican or black or white, we have broken through barriers on religious bigotry and racism and equality that people didn't think were possible. all the nonbelievers who kept saying "blacks and whites will never be equal" are sitting on their hands these days. now our problems are a little more subtle. a culture of anti-intellectualism among the stupid, and cynicism among the intelligent. a passive tolerance of incompetence and flat out idiocy in government. are we going to sit by and say that these things cannot be changed?
please. look at the big picture. look past your individualism and petty adherence to nonconformist attitudes. please just take a second to think about how great it would be unite around an intelligent and competent leader, who understands net neutrality and constitutional law, who advocates discussion rather than disdain and intolerance; a man who is actually in touch with the population and is not more of the same ***** who take money from lobbyists and support a corporate agenda. and think about what your kids and your grandkids are going to face. our economy, our civil liberties, our status as the flagship for a free, tolerant, democratic society, our place at the forefront of scientific and technological innovation, and our reputation in the international community are all at risk of being lost. just think about what you'll be telling your kids, when vladimir putin and hu jintao are creating the standards for human rights around the world. waterboarding isn't torture; if you don't do anything wrong you have nothing to be afraid of, right?
even if you believe that obama is a fraud, that he's lying to society and saying anything to get elected, just think about the fact that no one in politics had ever considered that an intelligent attitude could result in a path to the white house. most people in politics think of the electorate as a bunch of idiots who follow whatever the media and politicians tell them (i.e. fox news, bush's constant reaffirmations that we are doing okay!), who are unable to make decisions for themselves. a vote for obama is a vote for a new style of politics that treats the population as capable of making rational decisions, instead of responding to psychological ploys like 3am ads and and rumors of being a muslim and pictures of obama in traditional african garb. old-style politics is doing more of the same, appealing to the things we are afraid of in a desperate attempt to maintain their power as the rich and famous. nobody saw obama coming. the man chose this time to run because he, like us, was tired of voting for sketchy political retard 1 or stupid political retard 2. a vote for barack hussein obama is a vote that says we awant a new style of politics, because we're smart enough to see that you guys have ***** everything up, and campaign money and a presidential name is no longer going to be enough to rig the race. and we have the odds stacked against us, because most of the old people in this country grew up believing that blacks were inferior, and 40 years of integrated schools is not enough for that attitude to die. and diebold is probably going to be paid off again, so borderline states can easily be lost due to "miscounts" and other *****.
you can sit there on your ass and make wise-ass comments and say that things will never change, and that america is doomed, like rome before it, to fall because of incompetent men who were drunk on power and a complacent population stupid enough to let them ruin it. but our politicians are getting complacent, too. they think they can spend 5 million dollars to buy the american people, and say things like bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb iran and we won't notice. we have to inspire them to believe there is an electorate smart enough to elect a man who is focused on change. think about the message it would send to congressmen who have spent 8 years trying to pass legislature under bush. seriously, it would suck to be ron paul or dennis kucinich.
please america. don't ***** this up. - inactive, on 03/15/2008, -2/+11I miss Ron Paul :(
- scottc, on 03/15/2008, -2/+11If you think the Federal Reserve is "neocon *****" then you need to review a few decades of history.
- brownr21, on 03/15/2008, -6/+15You mean he's going to have to pay the bills that bush signed up for?
- inactive, on 03/15/2008, -2/+11Barack Hussein Obama
Barack "The Handsome Dude" Obama.
Same difference, get over it. - Kalimotxo, on 03/15/2008, -10/+19The lot of you are incredibly fickle. I love, I hate, he's racist. Has everyone forgotten how terrible our current administration is? Who is better Bush or Obama? Bush or McCain? Bush or Clinton? Whatever happens, it will be better. You are dividing yourselves, and buying the propaganda they use to divide us. We are not very different you and I. I am sure we could enjoy good conversation, a beer, and our kids could play together. Seriously, listen to the other side, we don't have to agree, and there is no reason to hate. America is great because we can all be different and live together.
To defend Obama just a little bit:
Obama hates Whitey? Obama is Muslim? Obama is a liar? Marketing? You have fallen for marketing if you say any of these things. Think for yourself. What is better, spending trillions of dollars at war or having a president who can "talk" us out of it? Because we all know Obama is "all talk", so perhaps he could use those skills to diffuse current Geo political worries (Iran, North Korea, Pakistan, Iraq..).
We can all work our 40+ hours, spend what is left on the upkeep of our lives, and lets try to learn to get along. I don't care if you are republican, support Clinton, Nader, Paul, or Obama. We are all people who want the same thing. Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. So let's try to be united, would it really be so bad? - inactive, on 03/15/2008, -6/+15Oh, never mind, it's just you, Jimmy - didn't notice your screenname there. I saw you badmouthing Thurgood Marshall, of all people, and I was like "This person is absolutely nuts! Who badmouths Thurgood Marshall?" I gotta admit - your brand of crazy never ceases to amaze me.
- scottc, on 03/15/2008, -5/+14Yes, you should. You will discover that there are no allegations, much less evidence, that Obama did Rezko any favors. Was Rezko expecting some? Probably. But he didn't get any.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-obama ... - dxgg, on 03/15/2008, -1/+9Do you see the big "WTF?" hanging over my head?
- cerealjynx, on 03/15/2008, -1/+9You also completely left out a word there.
- mrood, on 03/15/2008, -4/+12"i just can't understand why the 80% of people who disapprove of bush aren't uniting around a man who is our best chance to repair our economy and our reputation in the international community. we are in jeopardy of losing america as we know it."
You see, we each ARE rallying around the candidate we believe has the best chance of fixing the problems the current administration has created... it appears we just don't agree on who the best candidate is... - dinot, on 03/15/2008, -4/+12Do you have any friends? Well, let's assume for instance that you do. Imagine one of those friends who you think is an overall good guy yet has a few ideas you're not too particularly keen on. Now, imagine that you're in another state for a while, doing your thing, and all the while this friend is going out and telling people that the world is ending, sky is falling, and it's all because of the chinaman. You, being of honorably logical and critical thinking, what would you do about that? How would you feel if everyone then accuses you of feeling the same way, purely because said loony is your friend? Would you reject his ideas and distance yourself from him? Is there anything else you can do to show you don't agree with him, even though he's your friend? Will you kill him? Castrate him and hang his balls around your neck to show how serious you are that you don't agree with him?
- inactive, on 03/15/2008, -2/+9Should have worried about English lessons as much as you worry about your guns.
- moraldebate, on 03/15/2008, -3/+10What's scary is that you obviously haven't RTFA. This is not what we're talking about.
- inactive, on 03/15/2008, -3/+10Obama claims that he magically managed to avoid hearing any of Wrights Hate-America, Down-WIth-Whitey rhetoric over his 20 year relationship with him. Obama is clearly lying.
- dinot, on 03/15/2008, -2/+9You know who will also rejoice at an Obama victory? The AMERICANS that VOTED for him.
- inactive, on 03/15/2008, -6/+13when dealing with this little one, keep in mind that she hates black people, she even advocates going into LA and KILLING everyone in South-Central, which is very close to a terrorist act of genocide. She also seems to hate gays and thinks they should be subjected to life threatening violence. If you look at her history you can see that these are her wishes, violence, killing, genocide, and corporate control. She is a cyst on the face of humanity.
- inactive, on 03/15/2008, -3/+10You really, categorically demonstrated what a moron you are.
- tas08, on 03/15/2008, -11/+18I dunno, lying politicians are pretty commonplace.
- midejitsu, on 03/15/2008, -3/+9You’re still making things up. As long as “I’m sure“ is the best you can do nobody has any reason to believe anything you say and discount your roundabout way of putting Obama closer to Hitler. Being a great favourite of the people in Germany does not make you a nice person. Two words: Lothar Matthäus
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