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1. Comment by TROSKI on 19 February 2008:

   Following a “null sign” a bumper sticker making its rounds in Pennsylvani and Ohio says,”Obama Is No Messiah.”

2. Comment by gordon lowe on 20 February 2008:

   we have heard this all before “Change” will not happen here with obama
   it seems no one is listening how is he going to change things seems to me no one asks him

3. Comment by Eileen Jackson on 20 February 2008:

   Thank you! I recently heard someone say Hillary is fighting 5 opponents. The Democratic Central Committee, The Obama/Kennedy/Daley machine, The Bloomberg effect (Bloomberg has promised to put up a billion dollars to run Obama as a third party candidate), The neocons, Bush/Cheney/Rove military industrial powermongers, oh yes, I almost forgot, and the media. My God, she’s lucky to have gotten this far. Molly Ivans didn’t want her to run, she was afraid she’d get assinated. What are they afraid of? Real socioeconomic change. That’s what.

4. Comment by Mandy on 20 February 2008:

   Yes Obama is soft spoken, and gives a message of hope and change for our country and our people. However, this “wonderful” man refused to put his hand over his heart during our national anthem. While this might not strike some people as unpatriotic, it sure did me. If he refuses to honor our national anthem, how can he, or will he, honor our nation?

5. Comment by Nitebird on 21 February 2008:

   When a reader forwarded me an anti-Obama email last week, I dismissed it. Because its gone viral, however, I thought I would take another look.

   The copy accompanying the image reads:

   Senator Barack Obama, Governor Bill Richardson, Senator Hillary Clinton and Ruth Harkin stand during the national anthem.

   Barack Hussein Obama’s photo (that’s his real name)……the article said he REFUSED TO NOT ONLY PUT HIS HAND ON HIS HEART DURING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, BUT REFUSED TO SAY THE PLEDGE…..how in the hell can a man like this expect to be our next Commander! -in-Chief????
   WAPO straightens out the facts, including the point that the shot — taken at a steak fry hosted by Tom Harken in September — occurs during the national anthem, not the pledge of allegiance. (If you’re interested, here’s the pic in its original context, and the original slide show from the beginning.)

   This cheap piece of email (despite what Bill Clinton said) is the first definitive piece of swiftboating of the ‘08 campaign. Let other bloggers speak to why it circulated the way it did … and why the media seems to have run with it. …For a particularly nasty example, by the way, check out the MSNBC blog, “First Read.” (Scroll down to “Obama.”) The choice part reads:

   ” A while back, we had heard of some rumored polling (which we could never get confirmed) indicating a large percentage of African-Americans in South Carolina who thought Obama was a Muslim. ”
   Beyond the “allegiance charge,” however, I think this image — the way its being used — also plays on fears and anxiety over immigration (and assimilation). To get a better sense of this, take a look at this juxtaposition.

6. Comment by Lynne on 21 February 2008:

   speaking of substance and specifics, where is this writer’s evidence that Obama is a cold analytical politician? That is not supported by his past.

   HRC on the other hand…talk about scarey….

7. Comment by marlene on 13 March 2008:

   “President” Obama-nable Hussein? Are you insane???

8. Comment by PO'D on 14 March 2008:

   OBAMA brags about his judgment yet doesn’t have the sense to to disavow PASTOR WRIGHT’S hate speech. It is obvious OBAMA agrees with the angry, arrogant, ignorant garbage. He is a fraud and a charlatan.

9. Comment by Jeff Barrot on 3 April 2008:

   No doubt there will be a letdown if Obama becomes president and has to begin executing policy. Of course, policy does matter. But even more important than specific policies is approach. Much of Obama’s appeal is his promise of post-partisan compromise. If he can move beyond his liberal roots and pursue moderate policies that can be supported by a coalition of centrist legislators in both parties, he may just accomplish something. And he stands a better chance to do this Hillary Clinton, who has too much baggage from the political battles of the 90’s. So I’m not sure your premise really stands. (Of course, John McCain may be better positioned to do this than either of the Democratic contenders.)

   Note to the author: if you have really been writing for 25 years, you should be able to distinguish between “affect” and “effect.” Get a dictionary.

10. Comment by PC Fugitive on 4 April 2008:

    Jeff,

    If you own a dictionary you obviously don’t use it. The title of this blog is based on how Obama affects me and others. I did not use effect because we do not yet know the end result of Obama’s campaign. You should think twice before challenging someone or else you will simoly show your own ignorance. PC Fugitive

11. Comment by Mitch on 5 April 2008:

    Right, Jeff. Bravo to PC Fugitive, the anonymous author of this article, for exemplifying the height of HYPOCRISY in his insulting response to his reader Jeff. This is my first visit to this website — you paid to link me here from a google ad — and probably my last, since I now see that your writer insults readers, discourages reader feedback, scorns correction, and can’t tell the differences among the verb “affect,” the related noun “effect” (which, as Jeff correctly pointed out, the author should have been using), and the noun “affect,” the meaning of which is irrelevant to this article. If the writer wishes to expound on Obama’s effect on people, he ought to write the word he means. (And if he actually does want to write an articile about Obama’s affect, then he ought to go and write one; but, too bad he’s already used up his headline for it.) A dictionary is clearly an insufficient aid for this writer to get it right.

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