What Makes Obama Run

[one...two...tree 2,762]

He's obviously not a dye-in-the-liberal that you might think he is. From what I gather, his life experiences as child born from a white mother and African father who abandoned his family have had a profound impact on his views. He's as much white as he is black, accept that as far as first impressions go, people throughout his life, have only seen him as black.

I read that. I wasn't referring to his liberalism. All you have to do is look at his voting record to see that he falls on the side of the liberals 100% of the time. My question was about something else. I am worried that he will be so focused on helping out his race that he will not address the rest of the problems in America. Or worse yet try to stack the deck in his races favor. I hate to try and bring race into this discussion but that is what this story is about.

Decoding his political leanings is the easiest thing in the world. He is the most liberal Senator currently serving.

Yeah, well anything left of far right is considered liberal to some.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Wow, how did I miss this gem?

He is like a virus looking for a host. Write something he disagrees with and by the third post he will get personal or bring up something you said 12 years ago.

Yes that's me. Virus looking for a host

[Heracles 417]

Yes that's me. Virus looking for a host

You have a new nickname: Bird Flu

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Wow, how did I miss this gem?

He is like a virus looking for a host. Write something he disagrees with and by the third post he will get personal or bring up something you said 12 years ago.

Yes that's me. Virus looking for a host

Everyone is out to get 'em to a paranoid schizophrenic.

[Peikko 1,575]

I ask the question, what other idealist do you know that took four years to write his own autobiography before reaching age 40? Activists do things, they don't write about their childhood and teen years.

[no name 1]

Yes that's me. Virus looking for a host

You have a new nickname: Bird Flu

I ask the question, what other idealist do you know that took four years to write his own autobiography before reaching age 40? Activists do things, they don't write about their childhood and teen years.

Those with huge egos do, apparently.

Wow, how did I miss this gem?

He is like a virus looking for a host. Write something he disagrees with and by the third post he will get personal or bring up something you said 12 years ago.

Yes that's me. Virus looking for a host

Everyone is out to get 'em to a paranoid schizophrenic.

Steven do you know how many random people PM me saying why do you even bother arguing with 'them'? They are a lynch mob!

No? A lot. And I don't know any of them.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

I ask the question, what other idealist do you know that took four years to write his own autobiography before reaching age 40? Activists do things, they don't write about their childhood and teen years.

It's a memoir more than an autobiography...for what it's worth. I'm not sure what you are getting at, but Jimmy Carter is an activist, former president, and an author of several books. I've never heard of activists being pigeon-holed to their activism. As you read the article, it explains his personal transition from activist to politician.

[Heracles 417]

Everyone is out to get 'em to a paranoid schizophrenic.

Steven I wonder if I can add your face to this.

[Peikko 1,575]

I read it and it doesn't mean squat. Activists are people like Martin Luther King, Mahatma Ghandi you know, people who have real ideals and dont' give a fig about money or fame. Obama is an attention #######.

It's one of the main reasons I find him disengenous and far from charming.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

I read it and it doesn't mean squat. Activists are people like Martin Luther King, Mahatma Ghandi you know, people who have real ideals and dont' give a fig about money or fame. Obama is an attention #######.

Wow. Ok. I'm sorry you feel that way.

[no name 1]

I read it and it doesn't mean squat. Activists are people like Martin Luther King, Mahatma Ghandi you know, people who have real ideals and dont' give a fig about money or fame. Obama is an attention #######.

Wow. Ok. I'm sorry you feel that way.

Are you sorry eveyone doesn't worshippraise him like you, too?

[one...two...tree 2,762]

I read it and it doesn't mean squat. Activists are people like Martin Luther King, Mahatma Ghandi you know, people who have real ideals and dont' give a fig about money or fame. Obama is an attention #######.

Wow. Ok. I'm sorry you feel that way.

Are you sorry eveyone doesn't worshippraise him like you, too?

I'm sorry that people make emotional investments into these candidates to the level that's sometimes displayed here in OT. Perhaps it's human nature, but I find it unsettling...and tiresome.

Edited April 8, 2008 by Mister Fancypants

[no name 1]

I read it and it doesn't mean squat. Activists are people like Martin Luther King, Mahatma Ghandi you know, people who have real ideals and dont' give a fig about money or fame. Obama is an attention #######.

Wow. Ok. I'm sorry you feel that way.

Are you sorry eveyone doesn't worshippraise him like you, too?

I'm sorry that people make emotional investments into these candidates to the level that's sometimes displayed here in OT. Perhaps it's human nature, but I find it unsettling...and tiresome.

And you are above it?

[GaryC 7]

He's obviously not a dye-in-the-liberal that you might think he is. From what I gather, his life experiences as child born from a white mother and African father who abandoned his family have had a profound impact on his views. He's as much white as he is black, accept that as far as first impressions go, people throughout his life, have only seen him as black.

I read that. I wasn't referring to his liberalism. All you have to do is look at his voting record to see that he falls on the side of the liberals 100% of the time. My question was about something else. I am worried that he will be so focused on helping out his race that he will not address the rest of the problems in America. Or worse yet try to stack the deck in his races favor. I hate to try and bring race into this discussion but that is what this story is about.

Decoding his political leanings is the easiest thing in the world. He is the most liberal Senator currently serving.

Yeah, well anything left of far right is considered liberal to some.

Well there is liberal and then there is Liberal. Look it up. Obama literally has the most liberal voting record in the senate. He has never "reached accross the isle" to work with the other party. How he will unite the nation is beyond me. As far as I can see he will polarize us more than we are now.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

He's obviously not a dye-in-the-liberal that you might think he is. From what I gather, his life experiences as child born from a white mother and African father who abandoned his family have had a profound impact on his views. He's as much white as he is black, accept that as far as first impressions go, people throughout his life, have only seen him as black.

I read that. I wasn't referring to his liberalism. All you have to do is look at his voting record to see that he falls on the side of the liberals 100% of the time. My question was about something else. I am worried that he will be so focused on helping out his race that he will not address the rest of the problems in America. Or worse yet try to stack the deck in his races favor. I hate to try and bring race into this discussion but that is what this story is about.

Decoding his political leanings is the easiest thing in the world. He is the most liberal Senator currently serving.

Yeah, well anything left of far right is considered liberal to some.

Well there is liberal and then there is Liberal. Look it up. Obama literally has the most liberal voting record in the senate. He has never "reached accross the isle" to work with the other party. How he will unite the nation is beyond me. As far as I can see he will polarize us more than we are now.

Not sure where you heard or read that from (Limbaugh?), Gary, but here's some facts on his bipartisanship...

Obama was a key co-sponsor of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act (S.2590) with the bill's primary sponsor, Republican Sen. Tom Coburn (OK). In a press release upon Senate passage of the bill, Coburn himself referred to the legislation as the "Coburn-Obama Bill."

Obama also worked with Republican Sen. Richard Lugar (IN) to produce the "Lugar-Obama proliferation and threat reduction initiative," which President Bush signed into law on January 11, 2007, and which received funding on June 28 of that year. The initiative, according to Obama's Senate website, "expands U.S. cooperation to destroy conventional weapons. It also expands the State Department's ability to detect and interdict weapons and materials of mass destruction."

In addition, four of the 12 co-sponsors of Obama's bill (S.2125) to "promote relief, security, and democracy in the Democratic Republic of Congo" were Republicans: Sam Brownback (KS), Susan Collins (ME), Mike DeWine (OH), and James Inhofe (OK). President Bush signed the bill into law on December 22, 2006.

http://mediamatters.org/items/200803280011