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Caroline Kennedy today (5.00 / 1) (#1)
by MaryGM on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 04:44:54 PM EST
I went to go see Caroline Kennedy speak at my school (Ursinus College) this afternoon on behalf of Obama, and while the speech was extremly stumpy and predictable, I nearly fell out of my chair when she lumped Ronald Reagan in with her father and Obama in the unifying figures category.

I see why Obama does this.  It gets him praise from Republicans, but a KENNEDY?!  What is this primary season doing to people?

This pandering to Repubs has (none / 0) (#20)
by Joan in VA on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 05:10:21 PM EST
got to stop! I don't want a Reagan Dem in the Whitehouse. I  want a Lefty Dem in the Whitehouse. Do they want a few Repubs to vote for him rather that a lot of Dems? Enough!

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Must remind self of SCOTUS . . . must remind (none / 0) (#22)
by Cream City on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 05:13:39 PM EST
self of SCOTUS . . . there is a difference between Obama and McCain . . . must remind self. . . .

Am I going to have to mutter this mantra for the next six months to make my hand mark an x in the "Dem" column?

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Why is there a difference on SCOTUS? (none / 0) (#60)
by FlaDemFem on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 07:52:50 PM EST
Didn't Obama vote for Roberts and Alito?? How left of center was that?? Not at all, by my reckoning.

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He was going to vote for Roberts (none / 0) (#71)
by Cream City on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 11:18:11 PM EST
until his staff persuaded him otherwise.

I know -- that and the Casey endorsement and the info from Illinois women on his "present" votes, which was not the "strategy" they wanted from him, etc., etc. . . . I do not find Obama a strong voice for women's issues.  So I try to tell myself that he would have to at least act more like a Dem on court appointments than would McCain.

But I will work more for a strong Dem Senate to reject bad appointments, whether from Obama or McCain.

And I will continue to work most for Clinton, because she is the ultimate on women's issues -- and has been there for us for decades.  Btw, for odd reasons, I was looking at photos today of the March for Women's Lives in 2004.  One former First Lady was there, speaking, and it was Clinton.

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