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Obama Camp Not Interested In Unity | 149 comments (149 topical)
btd, i very much respect your opinion (5.00 / 6) (#6)
by hellothere on Sat May 10, 2008 at 12:05:47 PM EST
and also your writing. you were one of my favorites over at dkos and helped so much during the campaign in 2004. i also enjoy the timeliness of talk left. ya'll get onto things and have commentary out far ahead of some other blogs i visit.

having said that i can understand to a point your support for obama. if he truly was what he represented, then we would be very fortunate. to be honest i had this very concern months ago. the red flags have been flying for a long time. michelle? geez! such a nasty attitude! and personally i think it reflects obama's as well. she just acts it out for them.

welcome to the world of the disillusioned.

Unfulfilled potential (5.00 / 8) (#120)
by Iris on Sat May 10, 2008 at 01:20:52 PM EST
having said that i can understand to a point your support for obama. if he truly was what he represented, then we would be very fortunate. to be honest i had this very concern months ago.
I am ashamed to admit it at this point, but I donated to the Obama campaign early on.  It was after Edwards had dropped out, and he (Edwards) had called Hillary an agent of the 'status quo' (debatable) and Obama as an 'agent of change.'  I think this was a big mistake by John Edwards because he (apparently) bought into the Obama PR campaign without taking a closer look.  Having been impressed by Edwards' focus on economic justice issues in the past 4-5 years his remarks at the time seemed credible.  How I wish I could have that $25 back now and have given it to Hillary instead.  

The promise and potential that Edwards saw was, at the very least, overstated -- if not a cruel joke.  The Obama campaign thus far has survived by 1.) Glowing press coverage and excessive focus on bogus Clinton 'mistakes,' 2.) Pure misogynistic anti-Clinton(s) vitriol from the press as well as the Obama campaign surrogates and supporters, 3.) Electoral factors peculiar to the Democratic campaign which will be obsolete in the GE, 4.) Restraint and grace on the part of Hillary's campaign in response to the numerous daily character assassinations and smears.  And in all this there has been much attention paid to daily campaign gossip and little to the real differences on issues between these 2 candidates.

Once the Obama campaign's straw woman is teed up and knocked down, a good deal of the Clinton haters will go home to the GOP.  Relying on positive press, moaning about 'old politics' and trying to win over voters using threats, accusations of racism, and insults about John McCain's age, will get them nowhere as the GOP propagates videos pairing Obama up with Bill Ayers.  To Tim Russert, it will be "fair game."  It will fit the narrative.  And then Obama will give a speech about real patriotism, and his supporters will accuse everyone who doesn't see Obama's greatness as unpatriotic.  And somehow, the Clintons will be blamed.  I hear Obama supporters saying that the GOP doesn't have enough money to run that ad in the general election, forgetting the fact that they don't have to, because the Village will do it for them.

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Obama Camp Not Interested In Unity | 149 comments (149 topical)

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