STILL not ready to drink the Obama Kool-Aid

Sure he's kicking Hillary's ass ... but I AM NOT GETTING IT.

Yeah, he's new. Yeah, he's not Republican. Yeah, he's a change of direction. Yeah, he has 670 teeth and shows them all while smiling on the campaign trail. And yeah, he will probably win in a landslide in November.

I'm reminded of a song lyric: "Look in my eyes ... what do you see ..."

I saw it before when I was a kid and saw the counter-reaction 4 years later when I was an older kid.

Somebody convince me we're not re-electing Jimmy Carter here.

 

Re: I'm not ready to drink the Obama Kool-Aid

Has Obama ever been attacked by a rabbit while fishing?

 

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Y'all have five days to persuade me.

 

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The rubber will meet the road after the primaries. Is he closer to Jimmy Carter or Abe Lincoln? We'll see real soon.

McCain will force him to articulate his ideas on how to deal with Islamic terrorists.

 

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Beats me, but I'm the guy who thinks Jimmy Carter got a bad rap.

It bothered me that I've never known less about a major candidate in a presidential election than I know about Obama, so I went to my local library (it didn't bother me enough to spend actual money) and took out his 1995 book, "Dreams from my Father," about his upbringing. Obama wrote it back when he was just starting in politics, I think we can be reasonably certain the words are his and not some speech writer's.
I have to say, I was really impressed. For one thing, I've never read anything by an aspiring president that included the word "motherfucker" before. For another, I came to believe that his background and his upbringing really give him a unique, valuable perspective. Over and over again, I was impressed by his insight into his situation and the situations of people he was writing about, in his youth and in his early days as a community organizer. He did not come off as an impractical, pie-in-the-sky sort of person. He didn't come off as real stuck on himself, either.
None of which means he'll be able to accomplish anything if he's elected president. But I voted for him in my state's primary, and I will again in November, presuming he's the nominee.

 

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McCain ain't forcing anything.

The Democratic primary season is the 1992-1997 NFC Championship games, the de facto Super Bowl.

McCain's age and his hawk sensibilities, combined with being from Mr. 19 Percent's party, will be a nasty cocktail to imbibe.

 

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Clinton's utter disorganization has soured me off her as a vote more than any other single factor, even Obama himself.

 

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Boom -
Is McCain going to articulate his ideas on how to deal with Islamic terrorists because the ones he seems to have attached himself to really suck.

 

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For what it's worth, McCain is beating Obama in head-to-head at the moment.

It's a long way 'til November, but I don't see where folks are getting 'landslide.'

Is it the Democratic turnout? Does history tell us that's a big factor? I don't know - I'm asking.

What about the Bradley Effect?

I think we should all prepare for a McCain Presidency every bit as much as an Obama Presidency.

 

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Amen!

 

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We'll see. I think it will be the issue that will decide the election. You have 2 canidates that people would consider crossing party lines to vote for.

We need to learn more about both candidates.

 

Re: I'm not ready to drink the Obama Kool-Aid

It is a bit early to predict the outcome, but I think you realize that McCain's head-to-head edge on Obama right now is an illusion. McCain has the nomination locked up. Obama does not. Get Clinton out of the race and those numbers will change.