All Posts Tagged With: "Barack"
Michael Moore’s Advice to Obama and Voters
Two new films excoriating Michael Moore coming soon
including: “An American Carol” by Naked Gun, Police Squad producer David Zucker on October 3rd, and “Shooting Michael Moore” by another house debunking his contentions about socialized health care and moore hypocrisies.
An American Carol
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Michael Moore apparently believes everyone is entitled to his opinion, and simply won’t shut up especially during a political campaign season. In an attempt to insert himself into the current presidential contest, Moore has released a book called “Mike’s Election Guide 2008.”
In an excerpt on his Web site, the “Sicko” filmmaker posts a formula for a Barack Obama loss. Titled “How The Democrats Can Blow It . . . In Six Easy Steps,” is a “blueprint for losing the most winnable presidential election in American history.”
Moore recommends against Obama “saying nice things about McCain,” picking “a running mate who is a conservative white guy or a general or a Republican” and “writing speeches for Obama that make him sound like a hawk”) is something that signals a new level of self-absorption even for Moore. Step number six of how to lose reads, “Denounce me!”
According to Moore, if Obama distances himself from him, it would be a fatal error, politically and strategically.
Moore writes that “Obama, at some point, might be asked this question: ‘Michael Moore has endorsed you. But he recently said (fill in the blank with some outrageously offensive line taken out of context). Will you still accept his endorsement, or do you denounce him?’”
Moore whose ego has expanded with his Shamu-sized waistline offers “So Barack, by denouncing me, you can help McCain get elected. Because when you denounce me, it’s not really me you’re distancing yourself from - it’s the millions upon millions of people who feel the same way about things as I do.”
The only problem for Moore is that the millions upon millions of people who feel the same way he does live on Planet X and usually vote the tin foil hat party.
The best news is two new films will soon be released involving Michael Moore including: “An American Carol” by Naked Gun, Police Squad producer David Zucker on October 3rd, and “Shooting Michael Moore” by another house debunking his contentions about socialized health care.
Barack Blinks - Chaulk Up One For Hillary
Hillary Clinton has scored a standing eight count by forcing her nomination and a floor vote at the Democratic National Convention.
Obama’s collapse does not appear to be defusing the bomb that could explode in Denver. Pro Clinton organization - PUMA (Party Unity My A**) promises mischief and an array of others are expected to show up.
Denver police have prepared a warehouse filled with razor wire topped wire cages to hold hundreds of the most troublesome. Civil liberty forces are already complaining about the Nazi concentration camp look of it including signs warning of electro-shock devices being deployed.
The biggest fear is that Obama’s Nuremberg-like speech at the football stadium could be turned into a south American soccer game riot. Tickets for the event are being parceled out in such a way as to eliminate all but the most loyal and rabid Obama fans.
Cynics see another debacle that infects everyother Democratic Convention on a scale of the Chicago disaster with visions of riot police beating protestors shown around the world.
Barack Goes Ballistic at McCain Aide Blast
Barack bounce evaporating now leads McCain by just 3%.
A bristling Barack went ballistic Tuesday after a McCain aide called him out on his key weakness of inexperience and tied it to another vulnerability of being soft on terror and completely green about military and foreign policy matters. Obama was clearly upset at being accused of having a September 10 mentality.
Obama succumbed to a McCain challenge to visit Iraq and Afghanistan and meet with military to find out first hand. but has dodged McCain’s town hall meeting dare.
According to a Rasmussen Poll released at 12Noon Wednesday EST the Barack bounce is evaporating and he leads McCain by only 3%. Both Obama and McCain are viewed favorably by 55% of voters nationwide and unfavorably by 43%. Obama is more conflicted. Opinions are held more strongly about Obama–31% have a Very Favorable opinion of the Democratic hopeful while 26% hold a Very Unfavorable opinion. For McCain, those numbers are 17% Very Favorable and 19% Very Unfavorable. Seventy-seven percent of voters see significant differences between McCain and Obama.
Meet the UnLiberal Barack Obama
“Fathers are absent.” And thus, are as responsible for black misery as continuing racism. Racism will never go away but fathers can come home and make all the difference in the world to their children’s self respect and future achievements.
Absent fathers take their kids souls with them.
A stable two parent household, regardless of gender makeup, is more likely to provide the stability a child needs. Barack knows the challenges of a different household, and was lucky to have a stable relationship with his mother and grandparents and seems willing to put the issue on the table.
He directly challenged absent black fathers who do not take responsiblity for their actions.
Barack Obama thus demonstrated an important connection to reality and if he becomes President, he will continue to move from the ultra left/Wright positions that propelled him to popularity, along with his ethnicity and enormously charismatic personality, to more moderate positions that any President needs in order to find a way around the ideological divides which can destroy us.
Because of his personal history, he does have a great opportunity to move in the direction of a better if not compete reconciliation among the ethnic divides.
I for one hope if he becomes President that he will be able to successfully walk the double edged sword of entrenched positions, for if it cuts too much in any direction, he can inflame passions and lose his influence despite his current appeal.
Boing Barack Bounces - “Get It On” Say Voters; Sooner The Better Says Chicago Sun Times
The Barack Bounce continues much as expected. On Monday Obama attracted 48% of the vote while John McCain earns 40%. When “leaners” are included, Obama leads 50% to 44%. Last Tuesday, just before Obama clinched the nomination, the candidates were tied at 46%.
Overall perceptions of the two top candidates are shifting rapidly. 67% see Obama as politically liberal including 36% who say he is Very Liberal. 67% say McCain is conservative just 19% say he is Very Conservative. That compare to 36% of voters who say they are politically conservative, including 16% who say they are Very Conservative. Thirty-seven percent (37%) say they are politically moderate and 25% claim to be politically liberal an increase from 17% who said so four years ago. That last figure includes 8% who are Very Liberal.
According to a Rasmussen Poll released Monday 77% of voters nationwide say John McCain’s call for a series of ten Town Hall debates is a good idea and only 11% disagree. Ninety percent (90%) of Republicans support McCain’s debate proposal along with 66% of Democrats and 80% of unaffiliated voters. The Chicago Sun Times says forget about 10 do 20 and get going. Sixty percent (60%) prefer the town hall format. Thirty-seven percent (37%) say that Presidential debates are Very Important to their voting decision. Another 40% say they are Somewhat Important.
CONGRATULATIONS BARACK!
History has been made, as the personally gifted and politically talented Obama, self appointed agent of “Change” has been proclaimed by news agencies as over the top in delegate count for the 2008 Presidential Nomination for the Democratic Party defeating the once seemingly certain nomination of Hillary Clinton.
While not ceding defeat her surrogates including husband Bill and Terry McAuliffe and others have signaled what can not be said while she is still trying to get a deal from Barack. That may be happening in back channels but it is not obvious that she will get what she wants anytime soon.
She wants to be offered or rejected for the VP slot and Obama will probably not make that decision soon. Hillary really has insufficient leverage to force him to accept her with Bills baggage right away at least.
Campaign funds are also likely on her mind as she and Bill have donated maybe $10 million or more to her campaign. Obama can arrange to have his campaign pay off her campaign debts, meaning she gets the money back.
On going power and presence at the top of the party hierarchy is also on her mind. If she isn’t VP, she could be in the cabinet, she could become Senate Majority Leader and she could have some “pocket vetoes” so anyone lobbying Obama for any position or appointment, will feel some pressure to lobby her at the same time.
Re: VP, Barack to Hill, “Divorce Bill,” what a Pill
Just the rumors of a staff member initiated but forgone Intervention with Bill Clinton up to a year and a half ago, over his “behavior” is enough to understand just one of the many reasons why the presumed Democratic nominee for President, Barack Obama wants no part in an Obama/Clinton administration.
One wonders if the pressures to make her VP are strong enough to eventually make an offer to her. Maybe he can get away with just offering to pay off her campaign bills (no pun intended, one if more than enough anyway) and let her have influence in the VP choice and maybe if he is elected, to influence his cabinet picks.
She wants to maintain the maximum position she can, maybe not number one in the Democratic Party but maybe number 1.5 to 2.5. And of course be a good soldier in case she gets a shot at 2012 or worse case 2016 but by then she will be approaching 70 years of age and the extra consideratons that causes.
Maybe in any case, it is time, as the late Johnny Cochrane might say, “To be at the top of the hill, Hill you must be rid of Bill”
Puerto Rico may determine Democratic Nominee (pst, that would be Barack)
Only in America.
Michael Barone in a U.S. News and World report says about the Democratic proportional delegate nomination and Puerto Rico: “And they aren’t likely to be proportionately distributed.”
You might find this four month old article interesting despite the fact that his prognosis for Hillary did not turn out so well, but if he is proven right in the upcoming primary about the Puerto Rican Democrats, you will see some first class irony, unintended consequences and inconsistency. I didn’t say hypocrisy, but you decide. Then take a look at what Wikipedia tells us about Puerto Rican voting in Presidential Elections:
“The major differences between Puerto Rico and the states are:
- Puerto Rico does not have the rights of a state as granted by the US constitution, because it is not a state. These include:
- Lack of voting representation in either house of the U.S. Congress, as the US Constitution provides these rights only to full states. The only delegate to the Congress is an elected Resident Commissioner who represents the people of P.R. in the United States House of Representatives. The delegate may speak but cannot vote for final passage of congressional legislation, and may serve and vote in committees, as well as the Committee of the Whole.
- The ineligibility of Puerto Rican residents to vote in presidential elections, as the US Constitution provides these rights only to full states. (Note, residents the [[District of Columbia only attained this right in 1960 by a constitutional amendment.) P.R. does not have any electors in the U.S. Electoral College, although the Puerto Rico chapters of the Republican and Democratic parties can (and do) have state-like voting delegations to their respective nominating conventions, as well as voting representation in the Democratic and Republican National Committee.
So let’s see here:
1. If Puerto Rican voters and their Democratic Party officials on June 1, 2008 give all their delegates (63) to Barack Obama he will be the Democratic Presidential Nominee is in the primary in June 2008. At the time of this post, he only lacks 43. If Puerto Rico goes all for Hillary, then Barack will have to wait until June 3, 2008 assuming the Rules Committee has not punted.
2. But these Puerto Rican Democrats join their Republican comrades in that they are all ineligible to vote in the general election in November 2008 for that same nominee.
The artifacts of history create interesting situations, to say the least.
Hillary Thumps Barack To Stay In Presidential Race
Last minute deciders gave Hillary Clinton a big 55-45% win in Tuesday’s Pennsylvania Primary than looked possible a week ago. But it still leaves her short of enough delegates to overtake Barack Obama. It does raise and will be argued that Obama can not defeat McCain because of his weakness in key states. He must win in Indiana – where Clinton is gaining momentum and North Carolina with its big black voter populations and where is has a significant lead.
The biggest arguments for Hillary may be e
Obama raised $40 million in March compared to Clinton’s $20 million and although he outspent her two to one in Pennsylvania he could not overtake her. Obama brags about having 1.3 million contributors shelling out an average of $94 on their credit cards at a projected 22.5% annual interest rate. Nevertheless Obama has $40 in the bank and Hillary $9 million but with $10 million in unpaid debts.
GUN-TOTING GOD NUTS REJECT BARACK.
Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton squared off last night in a debate that failed its billing of determining which one will be the Democrat presidential nominee after next Tuesday’s, April 22nd Pennsylvania primary.
Both are running low on patience with the other and could barely remain civil amid a barrage and counter barrage of increasingly nasty TV ads in the Keystone State. Neither expected to be fighting it out in a debate two and one half months after the now infamously inconclusive SUPER TUESDAY PRIMARIES.
Post debate a record number of undecided Democrats told Frank Luntz’s focus group they’d vote for McCain depending on which one the Democrats nominate. But, the debate did not appear to change many decided Democrat minds. Clinton’s lead hs been slipping in Pennsylvania but pundits and Pennsylvania Governor Rendell think Clinton can still pull off a 10% win picking up 200,000 votes. Rendell is notorious for saying 
Obama can not win in Pennsylvania.
Obama’s “bitter” castigation of gun-toting God nuts had begun to bite him as Hillary has squirted out to a 9-point lead 50-41% according Rasmussen polling. The schism was stark with Clinton leading among voters who say faith and religion are Somewhat or Very Important. Obama leads among those who say such topics are Not Very Important or Not at All Important. Among voters from households where someone owns a gun, Clinton leads by seventeen points. Voters from other households are more evenly divided.
Barack is First. Sorry Jesse.
The candidacy of Barack Obama carries with it a major first in Presidential Campaigns.
What is that first? Say the words. Listen. Think.