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Old 05-27-2008, 06:13 AM
 
Location: Charlotte
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No, no, World Citizen, DavidT specifically wants characters. His cup runneth over, then, with Obama. We've got the Revs. Wright and Al, Farrakhan, Rezko, Ayers, and a host of characters sniffing around Obama!
Surely you jest?!
Senator Clinton's cast of characters have outfitted the playwrights for years - what are they working on now a Trilogy, or maybe I can get the boxed set and this in number four....the California Saga....in Theaters this fall....Seriously these folks have more "gates" than a private community.
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Old 05-27-2008, 06:16 AM
 
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Dangling participle aside, you're right. Obama does have a lot of characters around him. Bill's a character but, aside from him, Hillary doesn't have a lot of characters.
Millions including myself would agree with you if you admit your typo. Come on you know you really didn't mean to use the last s in your post. If you don't you will be saved and blessed with the enlightenment that millions are learning each week. Not saying you are not enlightened, but you could get to the mountain top by dropping that s.

You would then have time to focus on saving the Texas Republic.
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Old 05-27-2008, 06:16 AM
 
Location: NC
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How can she be leading fairly when Obama wasnt even on the ballot in Michigan and none of the candidates even campaigned in Florida?
Actually Obama DID campaign in florida. His PAC funded ads on TV stations in Orlando, Tampa and Miami for 3 weeks prior to the primary. Also the John Dean DNC pumped ads pushing Obama into FL

All this despite Obama's Marxist connections. It has recently been discovered that Obama friend and supporter William Ayers has served as a consultant to Venezuelan Communist dictator Hugo Chavez on using education to further the "revolution".

One has to wonder. . . . if Obama is elected will William Ayers become Secretary of Education?????
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Old 05-27-2008, 06:34 AM
 
Location: Home is where the heart is
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I've noticed on this forum, a lot of people have said that Obama and Hillary have identical positions. They don't as Hillary is more of a moderate while Obama is very liberal. I just want to know something. If their positions are identical, why are Obama supporters criticizing Hillary supporters?
Excellent question!

Why do supporters of one side criticize supporters of another side? Human nature. It's been that way throughout history. Once a nominee is chosen they tend to kiss and make up.

As far as differences between the candidates, as others have said it's a character issue. Honesty and taking responsibility for your mistakes are two big concerns for me.

Health is apparently an issue. Hillary seems to get tired a lot... and when she gets tired she says things that are offensive and/or dishonest. That's a concern.

As for policy, like you I don't think they are identical. When compared to McCain, Obama and Clinton are similar. When compared to each other, they have differences.

Clinton's policies tend to be more dramatic, more strident. At the debate in Cleveland, she announced publicly how she would respond to attacks in the middle east. Her strategy relies on noise and intimidation. Barack wanted to know the details of a situation first. His strategy relies on calm deliberation. She's a cowboy (cowgirl?), he's a chess player.

In many ways, they have similar approaches. As the saying goes, if a driver of a car drives it into a ditch, there are only so many ways to pull it out.
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Old 05-27-2008, 06:45 AM
 
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Again I will state. I will vote for any living, breathing Democrat that stands for election for president. The idea that "it takes a village" Hillary is any less liberal than Barack is astounding to me. And the idea that the military love Hillary or that Hillary is a military supporter any more than any other president is ludicrous.
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Old 05-27-2008, 08:44 AM
 
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Hillary and Barack are very different in how they will be viewed by different cultures in the world. Will all peoples treat them both equally at the international table? We can't control the bias of other countries but how will Hillary play out trying to jaw bone OPEC? How will Obama play out sitting down with China?
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Old 05-27-2008, 09:39 AM
 
Location: NC
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OK, here is a question for you Obama supporters:

It has recently been discovered that Obama friend and supporter William Ayers has served as a consultant to Venezuelan Communist dictator Hugo Chavez on using education to further the "revolution". Furthermore Ayers' son-in-law is presently in Carracus advising the Communist government.

Your opinion please. . . . if Obama is elected will William Ayers become Secretary of Education?????
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Old 05-27-2008, 09:42 AM
 
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OK, here is a question for you Obama supporters:

It has recently been discovered that Obama friend and supporter William Ayers has served as a consultant to Venezuelan Communist dictator Hugo Chavez on using education to further the "revolution". Furthermore Ayers' son-in-law is presently in Carracus advising the Communist government.

Your opinion please. . . . if Obama is elected will William Ayers become Secretary of Education?????
Uh........no.
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Old 05-27-2008, 09:45 AM
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Absolutely not, what an absurd idea.
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Old 05-27-2008, 09:46 AM
 
Location: NJ/NY
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No, and it's Caracas, Venezuela
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