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- Hillsfar, on 05/09/2008, -10/+65I donated to Ron Paul's campaign. I voted for Ron Paul. But I also just genuinely like Obama. I've read his Audacity of Hope. I know he's a liberal Democrat but he works well with Republicans. He's likeable. He's humble - willing to admit his mistakes. However flawed you think Obama is, no one can reasonably argue that he is shrill, or that he's a negative attack dog, or that he has lost his bearings.
Just compare the number of flip-flops each candidate has made. Obama has said he voted for a gas tax holiday and it didn't work and that's why he's against it. Neither Hillary nor McCain would admit mistakes like that. - swrostmore, on 05/09/2008, -5/+25"My friends, I will have an energy policy[...] which will eliminate our dependence on oil from the Middle East, that will prevent us from having ever to send our young men and women into conflict again in the Middle East."
-McCain
ORLY? So we did in fact send our young men and women into conflict in the middle east because of our dependence on middle east oil, Mr. McCain? - nomadhacker, on 05/09/2008, -8/+27I'm sorry... the fiscal responsibility and welfare reasons just don't hold any water whatsoever after the last 7+ years. As far as fiscal responsibility and welfare, McCain's probably the last person you should vote for (aside from putting George W back in)
- stealthalbino, on 05/09/2008, -4/+23If there wasn't anything else I appreciate about Obama (believe me, there are plenty of things I do) it's the fact that when I hear him talking I enjoy it. I actually want to hear what this guy has to say. With Bush, I can hardly sit through thirty seconds of him talking and I have to change the channel. McCain and Clinton aren't too far from that either.
- AkatsukiNoTobi, on 05/09/2008, -3/+22I'm just looking forward to the presidential debates between McCain and Obama. McCain will be completely slaughtered by Obama.
- aussiejan, on 05/09/2008, -6/+19I agree. Obama is completely genuine and acknowledges that he is not perfect and is willing to admit his mistakes and learn from them. I like to think I am a good judge of character. The first time I saw GW during a debate with Al Gore in 2000, I told my husband he scared the beegeezes out of me. When I saw Obama after he won the US senate, I told my husband he would be the first black president. I just didn't think it would be this soon.
- Jexie, on 05/09/2008, -6/+19No actually, the article is talking about "the personal authenticity of two human beings" - this should have been an easy one for you, you're not even required to read the article you just have to read the synopsis under the headline.
- SpinningHead, on 05/10/2008, -1/+13Obama voted for the Vitter amendment so you can stop clutching your guns now. Incidentally I'm a liberal gun owner and proud Obama supporter. McCain also doesn't mind domestic spying or torture.
- inactive, on 05/09/2008, -10/+19Obam will win in the GE hands down. This time around, Republicans stand no freaking chance whatsoever. McCain may be their best shot (Ron Paul would have been better, IMO, but he is not mainstream enough for them), but he has no chance to defeat Obama, unless, of course, Americans are even more stupid than the rest of the world believes they are. I hope that's not the case though, although it is never a smart idea to underestimate someone's stupidity.
- swrostmore, on 05/09/2008, -3/+10100% accurate, dugg you down.
- swrostmore, on 05/09/2008, -2/+9McCain is anything but authentic. He's done a complete 180 degree flip-flop in order to run for President. He didn't vote for Bush in 2000, now he supports all Bush's policies. In 2004 he proposed a joint ticket with John Kerry, he almost left the Republican party and now he's running as a Reagan Republican. He said the Bush tax cuts" offended his conscience", now he wants to make them permanent. After he got the GOP nomination he voted against an immigration bill THAT HE PROPOSED. Authentic? Don't make me laugh.
- nomadhacker, on 05/09/2008, -5/+11you mean the end of the Iraq war?
- Stevo23, on 05/10/2008, -0/+6When the real campaign begins, Obama can campaing on issues instead of *****. The problem with the Hillary v. Obama race is they're very close on policy, so the only thing she can attack on is flag-pin *****.
- xrant, on 05/09/2008, -1/+7You're making an assumption that there even is a "Jesus" and it's not a creation of fiction to scare the masses into following the way of the church.
- swrostmore, on 05/09/2008, -3/+7McCain meant that we'll stay in Iraq until no more troops are dying, no matter how long it takes, no matter how many troops have to die to accomplish that goal...and once that mission is accomplished (ensuring no more troops are dying), we'll stay in Iraq for 100 more years.
- WasabiBomb, on 05/09/2008, -1/+6You know, it might just be there there are a lot of people here who like Obama, and want him to win the Presidency. After all, his main demographic is young tech-savvy liberals, and that definitely describes much of Digg's readership.
Nah, you're right. It must be a conspiracy. - marike, on 05/09/2008, -3/+8I agree with the premise of the Huffington Post piece. Both Clinton and McCain are classic politicians in the true sense of the word. They speak out of both sides of their mouths and say whatever is politically expedient, see the Gas Tax. Obama, on the other hand, seems like a real person, a good leader, and a public servant in the sense that he wants to be a voice for those without a voice. The media and the opponents of the Obama campaign have tried their best to drag his name through the mud with trivial "issues" like who his minister is, who he knows. And instead of resorting to personal attacks, Obama took the high road, and showed not only that he could take a punch, but what a class act he is.
A vote for McCain is a vote for being mired in Iraq for years to come. It is simple: you cannot be against the war and for McCain.
And this notion that Hillary supporters will instead of voting for Obama, vote for McCain is the most insane idea ever, given that on the issues Hillary Clinton and Barrack Obama are almost identical. This is either Clinton campaign spin or simple racism. I hope we as a country have moved passed BS like that, as this is probably the most important election in years. - bicyclethief, on 05/09/2008, -1/+6If there's one truth to be learned from politics it's that polls don't mean *****. Clinton had an overwhelming lead in the polls over Obama prior to the primaries once upon a time...
- JoeVet, on 05/10/2008, -0/+5Your probably right. There are still many bigots like yourself around that an intelligent man like Obama will have a harder time against even an aged white man that has abandoned all that he stood for in the senate to pander to your type. Well the more you draw attention to your bigotry, the more people will see you for what you are and move away.
- Edson95, on 05/09/2008, -0/+5Bush was a stupid choice anyone who disagrees is either ignorant or has had there head in the sand for 8 years.
- burningmanstan, on 05/10/2008, -0/+5Fiscal responsibility? I didn't know a never ending trillion+ dollar war was fiscally responsible. Welfare? the entire country of Iraq is on welfare. We pay/bribe some of them just so they don't kill each other and our troops, we build a 26 building embassy, we pay for projects that are never finished, and we hand out money that disappears with no paper trail. We'll certainly be paying welfare for the tens of thousands troops that come home with permanent disabilities: brain damage, post traumatic stress, chronic pain, missing limbs. etc. In case you haven't noticed the current crisis is a never ending war in Iraq that is a cash cow for terrorists and war profiteers.
- WasabiBomb, on 05/09/2008, -4/+7Well, you certainly seem frightened of him.
- bicyclethief, on 05/09/2008, -0/+4The reason McCain will lose can be distilled down to this: he is too much like Bush. In the end, that will be the deciding factor.
- zepher5150, on 05/09/2008, -7/+10Very well put.
- Stevo23, on 05/10/2008, -0/+4Those idiots all vote Republican anyway, so it's not like we lose anything by running Obama.
- omegaredIX, on 05/10/2008, -0/+4Actually guy I do maybe you have not read his Renewing Americas leadership or looked at some of his advisor's most namely Zbigniew Brzezinski whose book The Global Chessboard pretty much says it all, hegemony will be maintained by any means necessary. Some people will go, zomg Obama will get us out of Iraq!! But just because he says we will not have a permanent military presence there does not mean we wont be there for 30-90 years. Permanent means forever.
- MacEnvy, on 05/10/2008, -2/+5He'll never maintain get anywhere without stopping the war. That's a HUGE amount of money that isn't doing us any good.
- mozert, on 05/09/2008, -2/+5"That having been said, a good chunk of America isn't going to vote for Obama just because he's (arguably) authentic (very arguably). A good chunk of America will vote for him because of policy issues."
hmm ok.. but tell me why your friends of the MSM have insisted so much on WRIGHT if it is, as you say, all about only policy issues. - Hillsfar, on 05/09/2008, -4/+6Curious. What do you think Bush or Reagan stood for?
- indiancompanion, on 05/10/2008, -1/+5"but he has no chance to defeat Obama, unless, of course, Americans are even more stupid than the rest of the world believes they are"
-Well, we did elect bush not once, but twice - DavidS9, on 05/09/2008, -0/+4The what?
- JoeVet, on 05/10/2008, -0/+3Are you seriously claiming that John McCain is more authentic than Obama?? McCain has abandoned every stance he has taken as a senator to pander to the religious right. He used to be admired by moderates on both sides but he has clearly shunned his moderate values and embraced the agenda of the religious fanatics. He has set himself up as the third coming of the Bush administration and lost all of his own self in the process.
- elipabst, on 05/10/2008, -0/+3He's openly stated that there would be no tax increase for families earning less than approx 200k, you just won't get a tax *cut*. For a single filer, the top 2 brackets are still 165k+. If you're single and making 165k, you aren't exactly eating ramen noodles every night. At 150k you should be under the cutoff.
http://www.govote.com/2008/Barack_Obama_Tax_Reform ... - NonLeftistDiggr, on 05/09/2008, -4/+8oh great Hillsfar, come to CA, let me show you what a Democratic landslide does, 108% budget increase in 10 years, 9% population growth in that time frame, and not one public service worth a damn that isn't still crying for more money.
- drmobutu, on 05/10/2008, -1/+4McCain could die of old age before the election...
- licnyc, on 05/10/2008, -0/+3Yeah right- wait until obama and maccain actually debate. Your argument in dishonest, has absolutely no substance or facts and mcsame is full of bad ideas.
- omegaredIX, on 05/09/2008, -7/+10So is someone please going to start talking about Obama's foreign policy? Anything with Obams name in the headline is shot up to the front page and its getting so ***** old already. So lets please start talking about his foreign policy. What I have read about his policy, its exactly the same as Clintons and McCains. I am going to bury every single piece about Obama until we can get his foreign policy to the front page.
- stealthalbino, on 05/09/2008, -1/+4What a profound question you've posed.
And no, not so much. - JoeVet, on 05/10/2008, -2/+5The republicans sure are quaking in their boots!
- Plantagenet, on 05/09/2008, -0/+2Obama is a once-in-a-gneration gift to humanity. His love for his fellow men can save you---if you will let him in your heart!
- curtisag, on 05/09/2008, -7/+10Just because Bush totally betrayed the Republican principle of fiscal responsibility doesn't mean McCain will. He has a long record of railing against pork barrel spending in the Senate. And I would like to see how the Democrats attain their goal of national health care without resorting to deficit spending. I want to support a candidate that cares about the deficit and out of control spending.
- jetx29, on 05/10/2008, -0/+2At least as far the who he has to work with question, the answer at least initially is a democrat-controlled congress. As far as good legislation he's enacted as a primary author: the Coburn-Obama Transparency Act to allow the public to see how the government is spending their tax dollars, his work with Feingold to reduce the ability of lobbyists to wine and dine politicians and force them to disclose bundled contributions. He's also put in some important amendments to other legislation, though you'd have to dig a little deeper to find that sort of information.
I'll grant you the point that he may be a bit more vulnerable to republican attack, but that doesn't mean I'm not going to vote my conscience in the first presidential election I've been able to participate where I don't feel like I'm voting for the lesser of two evils. That said, assuming most of the dirt has been brought up by the Clinton campaign, it's all going to be relatively old news by the time general election campaigning really begins. The general atmosphere is that issues like wearing a flag pin won't work quite as well as it might have historically. As far as experience goes, I'm pretty sure no one has the experience needed to be president until they're in the office doing the dirty work. One could point to all these candidates and say that none of them actually have any relevant executive experience at all (they're lawyers and/or legislators, not governors).
I will admit the conservative machine will have me worried, but that'd be the case regardless of who the democratic nominee is, that's just how these things work. - Kyan, on 05/10/2008, -0/+2Except for your replacing accept with except, I'd accept the exception that you so exceptionally excepted. I expect.
- cramtod, on 05/10/2008, -1/+3PJ O'Rourke has it right, "The Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work and then they get elected and prove it. "
- renegadeafk, on 05/10/2008, -0/+2I hope you are kidding you uninformed dolt.
- wpong, on 05/10/2008, -0/+2what? that's cool -- i have a ds.
- wigren, on 05/10/2008, -1/+3Stop. Just ***** stop it.
- Berlin45, on 05/10/2008, -0/+2... and I also give credit to your fellow Americans for more intelligence than you do.
- NonLeftistDiggr, on 05/10/2008, -0/+2The state has been FKed up much earlier than 5 years ago. And his title is meaningless. He likes big government and spending ***** of money.
- elipabst, on 05/10/2008, -1/+3"Obama has not worked well with Republicans and he is very partisan."
He's worked with republican co-sponsors on about 10 bills this past year alone. -
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