Obama HQ has Che Guevara and Cuban flag on the wall

Bayou City has a new Obama campaign office, and the Houston branch of FOX has a video report here. Not big news.

But if you watch the video, you might notice something a bit... uh... weird:

Yes, it seems that they have a Cuban flag - with a superimposed portrait of Che Guevara - on the wall. Now, I appreciate that some progressives admire Che. But when you've got TV cameras rolling, is it really the best idea to be identifying yourself with a man who most of the country (including a lot of Dems) consider to have been a bloody murderer?

It suggests to me that some of these people are far from ready for the primetime. McCain will eat amateurs like these for breakfast. It also kinda makes me wonder what sort of "new support" is being brought into the party. I think Dems can live quite happily without the Viva Fidel contingent.

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Edited to add: Some people downthread have claimed this is not an Obama office, despite the fact that the video shows Obama volunteers working in there, wearing Obama buttons, and with an Obama poster on the wall (next to the flag - watch the video). Their argument is that because there are no paid staff there, the fact that the Obama campaign now has control of, and use of, the premises does not make it an Obama HQ.

I'll leave you to decide for yourselves the merits of that argument.

I noticed DU has a Che avatar too. Big deal (unless one is part of the John Birch Society, lol).

Only a repug would take Fox/Faux news seriously.

...and who is volunteering there. Still probably not a brilliant idea to have that right there for the cameras when trying to win in Texas.

convention and will be ALL some people consider...that's scary

will make a nice response ad.

Another one that needs to run come election time.

won't have that problem if he goes up against McCain.

he/she is right that the GOP will snatch this up and use it.

"Yes that is a Cuban Flag with Che's face on it, put up by one of my campaign supporters. I don't like the flag but I will defend a persons right to freedom of speech and expression. When you silence a persons right to free speech you are a fascist."

And we all know 'bout the Kennedy/Che thing, right?

Historical cognitive dissonance.

:rofl:

Bad move, people. That will probably be a sound byte by tomorrow.

But it's the sort of story that gets a lot of play on the news and can be quite damaging -- especially in southern Florida.

Stupid move by the people at the headquarters

things like this are bones
that the dog repukes will
chew and chew and not let
go.

Your candidate could be the Democratic nominee. There are groups out there that will latch onto any kind of imagery to malign the Democrats. This picture does NOT help, to put it mildly.

In other words, it's not an Obama office yet.

You should change your thread title to reflect the truth.

Doesn't get much better.

or any other indications either. What can McCain use?

There's a close-up of the Obama poster in it.

It's an Obama office. Staffed by volunteers at the moment.

before the campaign puts its stamp on the place and all of a sudden this is supposed to be a BIG issue.

You should know better than that.

I simply said it's an Obama office. The story says so, right at the beginning.

but until then, volunteers can do what they want. Cherry-picking DUers works here, and cherry-picking volunteers works for Fox. No surprise, really.

Take a breath and logically think about this along with the source.

Do you think they're not really Obama volunteers? Do you think they photoshopped the flag in? Please explain.

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"volunteers opened two new Houston offices for the Barack Obama Presidential campaign."

Where's the lie?

Are you saying it's not really an Obama office? Are these renegades who just opened an office on their own?

what they want. Just move on. It's hopeless.

You should know what the hell you're talking about before you post.

Please let me know.

My understanding is that he is a great Latin American Hero, and yes, he was a revolutionary.

Sounds like that's what George Washington was as well.

I have seen many here at DU with that avatar.

Are we really that concerned about the fucked up GOP assholes to this extent?

Will the Clinton campaign find a Reagan flag for her walls? :eyes:

So much bullshit, so little time!

I hope they manage to spin it better than you're managing, because the "Che is a hero" line will not, I think, win many Americans' hearts.

But then, the politics of hatin' Obama is your specialty!

Not even a fool would think that there is widespread admiration for Che in the USA.

but politics aside He is not an evil person, quite the contrary.

"To send men to the firing squad, judicial proof is unnecessary...These procedures are an archaic bourgeois detail. This is a revolution! And a revolutionary must become a cold killing machine motivated by pure hate. We must create the pedagogy of the The Wall! (El Paredón)" --Ernesto 'Che' Guevara

Say at the next debate. "Present!"

by BO's charm and his personality;. No substance just crap.

b)

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Oh, and enjoy your sure to be brief stay at DU.

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Gay bashing. Nice intro to DU. And FWI Che was very anti-gay but good job calling him a fag. Are you twelve?. Though Che's stance on LGBTQ fits Obama wooing the exgay movement.

Are you that type of gringo that feels the need to tell me about how tragedy in my country makes for a really cool t-shirt?

Well Good Day to you!

Che was a psychopathic murderer and a coward who executed helpless, unarmed people but ran from battle. He plotted to blow up Bloomingdale's, Macy's and Gimbel's the day after Thanksgiving, but fortunately, like everything else Che put his mind to, he failed. Even Castro knew he was too dangerous, so he sent him off to the Congo hoping he would die. When Che ran from the Congo rather than face real soldiers, Castro sent him to Bolivia, where he failed again and surrendered while his "troops" were still fighting and he still had a full clip in his pistol.

If you believe the Castro-sanitized version of Che's legend, you are what Lenin called a useful idiot. I suggest you read some real history, rather than propaganda straight from Havana.

If Che were in the Whitehouse right now...this forum would not exist.

If Che were sitting where Bushboy was sitting, we would not dare speak out against him.

Anyone that did would face a firing squat.

the Ignore feature is working full blast.

It will not go over well when the republicans run the add this fall.

It is Obama who loves Reagan "correcting" the liberal Democratic "excesses" of the 60's and 70's.

I know that many Clinton haters here are very, very upset about Bill having unacceptable sexual relations.

--p!

And that Clinton haters usually cite Bill's behavior as a reason for their hate.

You gotta read it before you can slam it.

--p!
Slam it, baby!

Only members of Free Republic use the term "Slick Willie".

Be gone, troll!

He's a revolutionary that killed thousands of people who
didn't follow their communism bullshit. I don't remember
George Washington sending anybody to a firing squad. That's
NOT democracy! George Washington wanted people to be free to
live their lives and believe in what they choose to believe.
Wise up people!  El Che wasn't some mystical image. He was a
cold blooded killer. Educate yourself before putting up a
flag or a shirt that patronizes him. Do you want someone in
the White House that sympathizes with those beliefs?

on the wall, it is HIS BUTTON on HER COAT, and they are IN HIS/THEIR CAMPAIGN OFFICE.

Maybe my remarks were stupid. MAYBE, just maybe, it is really NOT their flag - but good luck with that since it IS next to OBAMA'S poster, it IS behind OBAMA's supporters, and it IS in OBAMA's campaign office.

it's not an Obama office because there are no paid staff there yet?

It says right in the story that volunteers opened an Obama office. What does it matter whether they're paid or not?

It is in no way official or sanctioned.

Power to the People.

That sounds like nothing more than desperation.

We are a sick country, with a number of sick democrats ....with absolutely no backbone, afraid of their own shadows. :puke:

they're identified as volunteers with the campaign.

Just because they're not paid staff doesn't mean they're not working with the campaign. How dumb.

Surely you realize that this can be used against him?

I'm actually a bit relieved by this.

should he get the nom. In that case,just say hello President McCain.

Next, Democrats will be voting for War that cost trillions and kills hundreds of thousand in fears that they will lose elections! oh....wait! that has already happened. :eyes:

To little time, not enough brains....and certainly no backbone while succumbing to the dumbass politics of hate.

Y'all are something else. :scared:

And Obama volunteers inside it?

The fact that PAID STAFF have yet to move in does not mean that it is not an Obama HQ. Watch the video.

NOTED COMMUNIST AND MASS-MURDERER... etc.

Che was a socialist which is not at all the same thing. I'd love to see your sources re his being a "mass-murderer". Got link?

You really don't know that Che executed more than 1,400 Cubans without trial?

For your edification, some quotations straight from the horse's mouth:

“a revolutionary must become a cold killing machine motivated by pure hate.”

“If the nuclear missiles had remained, we would have used them against the very heart of America, including New York City.”

“We will march the path of victory even if it costs millions of atomic victims.”

“We must keep our hatred alive and fan it to paroxysm.”

“Individualism must disappear.”

“I don’t need proof to execute a man--- I only need proof that it is necessary to execute him!”

“Certainly we execute. And we will continue to execute as long as it is necessary. This is a war to the death against the enemies of the revolution”

“In my fury I yelled at them that they were behaving like women.”

“The peasant base has not been developed. Although it seems that through the use of planned terror we can neutralize some of them. Their support will come later.”

“My friends are friends only so long as they think as I do politically.”

“Don’t shoot! I am Che. I am worth more to you alive than dead!”

But, hey, he looks groovy on a tie-dye t-shirt, dude.

Which came first, the chicken or the egg? You say your team is better? Nu-uh, I say mine is!!

The history of suffering, starvation, oppresion, exploitation, war and inhumanity is in plain sight, all situational ethics aside.

Che was not born a revolutionary, but he certainly died one. And that doesn't mean I hold his memory in esteemed status, but rather that I can see what is for what it is, or what was for what, and why, it was.

Prior to 1959, Cuba had a standard of living twice that of Spain, or half of Europe for that matter. And it had net immigration. Now people die trying to leave in rafts. In the last two years, 77,000 have fled the paradise that Che built. Just in December, 40 Cubans, among them 12 children, in single boat were lost at sea. Oh yeah, no here cares about them.

The repugs will explain who he is while running the campaign ad.

Ooooh, look behind your sofa! Communists!

:rofl:

It's not even Obama's office yet. Take your trolling somewhere else, Shillbot.

And calling other posters infantile names doesn't do much for your credibility.

Consider the source and laugh at it.

If you don't like it, you don't have to whine about it.

Get back to us when paid Obama staffers occupy the office at the end of the week.

And not reading your own posted articles doesn't do much for your credibility.

Not that you had any to begin with.

But it is.

Thank you for playing.

I can organize volunteers from my house, and decorate it however I want.

Any person with a brain would know that Obama has nothing to do with my house decorations.

Your constant harping on this as an "issue" makes you look more brain-dead than Terri Schaivo.

Thank you for playing, but you lost. Game over.

Say good night, Gracie.

I suppose those darned facts were just too much for you to handle.

Good night, Shillbot.

be sure to make that distinction. Is this your first campaign?

As others have said, if paid staff get there and it's still up, that could be a problem. But I can organize volunteers from my house and the Obama camp would have zero control over my decorations, whatever they are.

"Is this your first campaign?"

Actually I was a volunteer (meaning "not paid") for Gore, Bill Curry, Howard Dean, John Kerry, Harry Mitchell, Janet Napolitano and now Barack Obama.

Is this your first time acting like a condescending ass?

shapes the events going on, you're delusional. If this gets on the news (which it already is), people aren't going to distinguish unpaid/paid workers. Just that the dem candidate worships Che - that's how it will be perceived. If you're such an experienced volunteer, I'm surprised you don't understand that. Or is the Obama candidacy going to transcend the media?

Face it - the media will already make up shit far worse than this. Obama can easily blow this off by saying "I don't control everyone who volunteers for me". Done deal.

If this is the worst thing they're going to use, it must mean they haven't got much else.

and yet another has a North Viet Nam flag with a picture of Ho Chi Minh.

God people are dumb

These people need to think and be more careful. I guarantee you that there are Repubs collecting any kind of material like this to use against him if he is the nominee.

...produce Che flags and t-shirts to be sold by American retail firms to bourgeois teenagers.

could they have invented this? Could we put it past them?

But this local. Local FOX is usually better, in my experience.

Totally unimportant.

This is a blunder for sure nt	Cant trust em	Feb-11-08 06:33 PM	#1
Is that for real? n/t	DURHAM D	Feb-11-08 06:34 PM	#2
Its them thar commies, call senator mccarthy!!!!!1	New Dawn	Feb-11-08 08:33 PM	#95
considering Fox put a (D) by McCain's name the other day	WillYourVoteBCounted	Feb-12-08 12:02 AM	#148
So does almost every college dorm in America...	COFoothills	Feb-11-08 06:34 PM	#3
Yes, and it will appear in the first McCain ads after the	libertee	Feb-11-08 06:35 PM	#4
Bomb, bomb, bomb..bomb, bomb Iran	spotbird	Feb-11-08 06:45 PM	#23
Let's not forget "I Hate Gooks" either	Franks Wild Years	Feb-11-08 07:25 PM	#69
i'm sure that the Asians who didn't vote for Obama	Cant trust em	Feb-11-08 09:52 PM	#115
the OP writer posts mostly anti Obama stuff, and sinking to FAUX news doesn't surprise me n/t	WillYourVoteBCounted	Feb-12-08 12:03 AM	#149
I generally disagree with Bidenista, but...	Cant trust em	Feb-12-08 12:46 AM	#160
exactly	katty	Feb-11-08 06:56 PM	#40
Easiest way to flip that ad is for Obama to do an Ad that says:	MiltonF	Feb-19-08 10:46 PM	#242
WTF?	BlackVelvet04	Feb-11-08 06:35 PM	#5
Funny to me because Obama was endorsed by the Kennedy clan...	Maddy McCall	Feb-11-08 07:52 PM	#83
Oopsie!	theHandpuppet	Feb-11-08 06:35 PM	#6
double post wrong place nt	jmg257	Feb-11-08 06:37 PM	#10
WHOOPSIE	Crisco	Feb-11-08 06:36 PM	#7
So, now he's too progressive?	GodlessBiker	Feb-11-08 06:37 PM	#8
Hasta la Victoria Siempre!	COFoothills	Feb-11-08 06:37 PM	#9
Are you really this "small" or is this all you've got?	ShortnFiery	Feb-11-08 06:37 PM	#11
It may seem small	rpannier	Feb-11-08 06:56 PM	#39
Exactly..	citizen_jane	Feb-11-08 08:38 PM	#98
It ain't gonna play in Alabama or Idaho, that's for sure.	terrya	Feb-12-08 08:45 AM	#171
"Paid staffers for Obama expect to occupy the offices by the end of the week"	BeyondGeography	Feb-11-08 06:37 PM	#12
Ha!	bicentennial_baby	Feb-11-08 06:37 PM	#14
LOL! The Communists Are Taking Up Occupation of Obama HQ?	Crisco	Feb-11-08 06:38 PM	#15
I noticed that there are no Obama signs there	Madam Mossfern	Feb-11-08 06:47 PM	#24
There is - just to the left of the flag (and the girl at the desk has a big button on in the video).	jmg257	Feb-11-08 06:51 PM	#28
DP nt	jmg257	Feb-11-08 06:51 PM	#29
Apparently, you didn't watch the video.	goodgd_yall	Feb-11-08 09:44 PM	#110
Wrong	MonkeyFunk	Feb-11-08 06:59 PM	#44
So some kids say they support Obama and he'll have an office where they work, Fox shows up	BeyondGeography	Feb-11-08 07:04 PM	#50
I never said a word about it being a big issue	MonkeyFunk	Feb-11-08 07:06 PM	#54
And if it's still up when the real staffers come in, I'll admit there's a slight issue with that	DS1	Feb-11-08 07:07 PM	#55
Come on Funk	rufus dog	Feb-11-08 09:41 PM	#107
Meaning what?	MonkeyFunk	Feb-11-08 10:13 PM	#121
Deleted message	Name removed	Feb-11-08 07:06 PM	#53
From the story	MonkeyFunk	Feb-11-08 07:20 PM	#60
Hey, BO people can't stand the truth, they only see and say	Mags	Feb-11-08 07:55 PM	#84
Not an Obama office? You're new to politics, aren't you?	Gman	Feb-12-08 08:38 AM	#169
That has to be fake	Proud2BAmurkin	Feb-11-08 06:37 PM	#13
Is Che Guevara the boogie man?	FrenchieCat	Feb-11-08 06:39 PM	#16
wow	bidenista	Feb-11-08 06:43 PM	#20
You are a fool.....if you think that Che is evil.	FrenchieCat	Feb-11-08 06:48 PM	#25
i think you need to re-read my post and lay off the personal attacks	bidenista	Feb-11-08 06:51 PM	#27
yes	fenriswolf	Feb-11-08 08:21 PM	#90
FC - Unfortunately, Evil is in the eye of the beholder!!!	Bobbieo	Feb-11-08 07:10 PM	#56
judge for yourself...	Crooked Moon	Feb-11-08 07:20 PM	#59
I wonder what Obama would say if he was asked if Che was evil.	bamalib	Feb-11-08 07:44 PM	#80
She can't see the truth she is blinded	Mags	Feb-11-08 08:01 PM	#88
Deleted message	Name removed	Feb-11-08 08:20 PM	#89
More ignorance.... the bullet that killed Che was CIA, not Bolivian. Check that.	Melinda	Feb-11-08 08:39 PM	#100
Deleted message	Name removed	Feb-11-08 08:57 PM	#104
Nice	gaspee	Feb-11-08 10:03 PM	#118
enjoying my new home	astrowhacker	Feb-11-08 09:21 PM	#105
Yes, everyone is a fool but you.	Bluebear	Feb-12-08 12:52 AM	#162
Better a fool than a useful idiot	ktrush	Feb-12-08 02:24 AM	#164
CHE is trendy......	JustDavid	Feb-12-08 09:41 AM	#176
This thread is the kinda shit I miss when	zidzi	Feb-19-08 10:48 PM	#243
bidenista you said exactly what I was thinking	UALRBSofL	Feb-11-08 06:50 PM	#26
Yeah, you and the gusanos are mighty upset.	High Plains	Feb-12-08 04:48 PM	#228
It is funny French brought up Reagan	jackson_dem	Feb-11-08 07:20 PM	#63
No, but Che WAS a womanizer	Pigwidgeon	Feb-11-08 10:30 PM	#127
but Hillary was ok with all of Slick Willie's many women right? Like a doormat n/t	WillYourVoteBCounted	Feb-12-08 12:04 AM	#151
I merely said that Che was a womanizer	Pigwidgeon	Feb-12-08 12:07 AM	#155
So you just came over from Free Republic to troll here didn't you?	Gman	Feb-12-08 08:41 AM	#170
El Che ain't the tooth fairy!	mechemendia	Feb-19-08 10:33 PM	#240
Che is turning over in his grave.	rug	Feb-11-08 06:39 PM	#17
Dumb asses... not good...	jmg257	Feb-11-08 06:40 PM	#18
Actually, dumb asses don't read entire threads before posting stupid remarks. See #12.	K Gardner	Feb-11-08 06:55 PM	#37
Actually, SMART people watched the video link and saw THESE ARE HIS PEOPLE, with HIS POSTER	jmg257	Feb-11-08 06:58 PM	#42
dp nt	jmg257	Feb-11-08 06:58 PM	#43
che guevara was a socipathic serial killer/common criminal - endorsed by Obama's scriptures was he?	msongs	Feb-11-08 06:43 PM	#19
See post #12 before you crow so loudly.	K Gardner	Feb-11-08 06:54 PM	#
Are you really saying	MonkeyFunk	Feb-11-08 07:05 PM	#51
A blind dog canopen an "office"	thevoiceofreason	Feb-11-08 10:10 PM	#120
go che	fenriswolf	Feb-11-08 06:45 PM	#21
.	tekisui	Feb-11-08 07:51 PM	#82
That isn't going to get him many Indy or	calico1	Feb-11-08 06:45 PM	#22
What isn't. A Flag on the wall of an office that his supporters don't yet occupy.....	FrenchieCat	Feb-11-08 06:53 PM	#32
Watch the video - these ARE his supporters, his poster, his button, their office, whose flag is it??	jmg257	Feb-11-08 06:55 PM	#36
They certainly are his supporters	MonkeyFunk	Feb-11-08 09:48 PM	#112
DU has Che avatar.	Scurrilous	Feb-11-08 06:51 PM	#30
DU isn't running for president	Proud2BAmurkin	Feb-11-08 06:54 PM	#34
Are any of us running for President?	calico1	Feb-11-08 06:54 PM	#35
At least it's not a Ronald Reagan icon.	QC	Feb-11-08 06:53 PM	#31
It will be used by the Rethugs, along with about a thousand other cuts,	MyPetRock	Feb-11-08 06:54 PM	#33
Are you wearing your TuTu while typing this?	FrenchieCat	Feb-11-08 06:56 PM	#38
You can't read either?? It must be contagious. Its not his office, President McRock.	K Gardner	Feb-11-08 06:56 PM	#41
that's why there's an obama poster on the wall next to the flag	bidenista	Feb-11-08 07:00 PM	#45
How many americans know who Che Guevara is?	Middle finga	Feb-11-08 07:00 PM	#46
i'm sure republican attack ads will be happy to educate them	bidenista	Feb-11-08 07:02 PM	#48
Che was not a communist. Please, learn facts before you post such falsehoods	Melinda	Feb-11-08 07:55 PM	#86
The problem is that Republicans will use those very words. n/t	goodgd_yall	Feb-11-08 09:50 PM	#113
You're kidding, right?	ktrush	Feb-12-08 02:35 AM	#165
And the CIA backed Batista regime was innocent of bloodshed?	Melinda	Feb-12-08 03:20 AM	#166
and for revenge more should have died	son of umap preso	Feb-13-08 03:40 AM	#233
All americans will know by the time the GE is over	UALRBSofL	Feb-11-08 07:05 PM	#52
The Republicans are going to tell everyone who	Bobbieo	Feb-11-08 07:20 PM	#62
I thought we were done with this McCarthyesque bullshit 50 years ago.	Alexander	Feb-11-08 07:01 PM	#47
you need to re-read the OP and watch the video	bidenista	Feb-11-08 07:17 PM	#57
It's Alex	jackson_dem	Feb-11-08 07:22 PM	#65
Yep. Using more facts than you since 2002.	Alexander	Feb-11-08 07:27 PM	#72
Re-read your own OP, Shillbot. They are volunteers, as in "not paid".	Alexander	Feb-11-08 07:24 PM	#67
you said "it's not even Obama's office yet"	bidenista	Feb-11-08 07:26 PM	#70
Did Obama pay these people? No. You're trying to backpedal, and you suck at it.	Alexander	Feb-11-08 07:31 PM	#77
lol	bidenista	Feb-11-08 07:37 PM	#78
Great nonexistent argument there.	Alexander	Feb-12-08 12:06 AM	#153
Hillary's campaign is circling the drain so all that is left is to attack Obama n/t	WillYourVoteBCounted	Feb-12-08 12:06 AM	#154
And I'm sure the media will	leftynyc	Feb-12-08 12:50 PM	#203
I guess our lives should be dictated by what the media will say.	Alexander	Feb-12-08 03:16 PM	#215
If you don't think the media	leftynyc	Feb-12-08 04:31 PM	#226
If you don't think the media will make shit up anyway, you're delusional.	Alexander	Feb-12-08 05:04 PM	#229
HIs other campaign office has a USSR flag and a picture of Marx	TOJ	Feb-11-08 07:02 PM	#49
Oh good God...	calico1	Feb-11-08 07:19 PM	#58
Hmmmmm...	TOJ	Feb-11-08 10:37 PM	#130
I find it ironic that sweatshops in China...	dmesg	Feb-11-08 07:20 PM	#61
makes me like him evan more ...	Pat Cakes	Feb-11-08 07:21 PM	#64
I won't say it's not an office or that it's not paid staff, but what with it being Fox News and all	LittleClarkie	Feb-11-08 07:23 PM	#66
i would've thought that if it were fox national	bidenista	Feb-11-08 07:28 PM	#73
Not in Houston, Knobby	thevoiceofreason	Feb-11-08 08:23 PM	#91
Yawn.	Political Heretic	Feb-11-08 07:25 PM	#68
This "blunder" will inspire a lot of Texan Latinos who admire Che.	David Zephyr	Feb-11-08 07:26 PM	#71
I'll be going down there for the volunteer meeting at seven Tuesday.	Bucky	Feb-11-08 07:30 PM	#75
that would be great! take some photos if you can. nt	bidenista	Feb-11-08 07:38 PM	#79
Thanks Bucky.	David Zephyr	Feb-11-08 10:33 PM	#128
"It is very difficult for somebody to win against a movement."	Tatiana	Feb-11-08 07:28 PM	#74
Fox? nuff said.	IsItJustMe	Feb-11-08 07:30 PM	#76
I Hear Obama Has The Same Thing on His Favorite Bong	DrFunkenstein	Feb-11-08 07:49 PM	#81
No critical thinkers in Texas, that's for sure, since this isn't by the Obama campaign	still_one	Feb-12-08 12:56 PM	#206
This is not the Houston HQ	thevoiceofreason	Feb-11-08 07:55 PM	#85
read the first sentence of the OP. "Port Bayou". understand?	bidenista	Feb-11-08 08:26 PM	#92
Report itself say MOVING IN BY END OF WEEK obviously not Obama Staff office yet.	Sensitivity	Feb-11-08 08:29 PM	#93
it is. just no PAID staff there yet	bidenista	Feb-11-08 08:32 PM	#94
Did it say "STAFF" AT ALL? Or volunteers looking for office space?	Sensitivity	Feb-11-08 08:35 PM	#96
Not just no paid staff. No staffers. Those are only volunteers with no oversight yet.	Occam Bandage	Feb-11-08 08:38 PM	#99
Indeed	thevoiceofreason	Feb-11-08 08:44 PM	#102
No No No	thevoiceofreason	Feb-11-08 08:40 PM	#101
here's a tip for your buddies	bidenista	Feb-11-08 08:53 PM	#103
Red baiting! Welcome back to the 50's!	Elrond Hubbard	Feb-11-08 09:46 PM	#111
You do have issues	thevoiceofreason	Feb-11-08 10:13 PM	#122
Deleted message	Name removed	Feb-11-08 07:58 PM	#87
Those are volunteers. There are no Obama staffers in the building yet.	Occam Bandage	Feb-11-08 08:37 PM	#97
So what?	MonkeyFunk	Feb-12-08 09:50 AM	#181
This is a distortion trying to implicate Obama as a Che or Castro supporter	still_one	Feb-12-08 11:21 AM	#192
Obama's Real Office has Lincoln on the Wall	JPZenger	Feb-12-08 03:11 PM	#214
Hmmm. Maybe I'll vote for Obama, after all.	Tierra_y_Libertad	Feb-11-08 09:34 PM	#106
LOL ... me too! /nt	Iceburg	Feb-11-08 09:56 PM	#116
LOL ... me too! /nt	Iceburg	Feb-11-08 10:02 PM	#117
Yep, rookies.	goodgd_yall	Feb-11-08 09:42 PM	#108
I'll bet this is HUGH on Fox.	dailykoff	Feb-11-08 09:44 PM	#109
That looks like a shot inside teh A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition's HQ	Husb2Sparkly	Feb-11-08 09:52 PM	#114
Dude	thevoiceofreason	Feb-11-08 10:15 PM	#124
Shhhh! Don't tell the Clintonites! They think it's real!	TOJ	Feb-11-08 10:40 PM	#131
The same FOX news	Patsy Stone	Feb-11-08 10:05 PM	#119
Something about this smells odd...	misanthrope	Feb-11-08 10:13 PM	#123
That's quite a spiffy office for temporary campiagn headquarters......nt	hedgehog	Feb-11-08 10:23 PM	#125
I'm telling you, something about this doesn't seem right...	misanthrope	Feb-12-08 01:49 AM	#163
Unbelievable. I can see the fall commercial now. I we need is Barack riding around in a tank	Freida5	Feb-11-08 10:27 PM	#126
I was at the Obama Houston office this weekend, and that does not look like it.	Lisa0825	Feb-11-08 10:34 PM	#129
I just spoke to the folks who are working at the Houston office	alteredstate	Feb-11-08 11:43 PM	#139
Can't wait to see you, bro.	thevoiceofreason	Feb-11-08 11:46 PM	#141
Trust me --- we climbed some mountains in South Carolina!	alteredstate	Feb-11-08 11:52 PM	#144
delete - posted in wrong place	alteredstate	Feb-12-08 09:44 AM	#177
We need to meet up too!	Lisa0825	Feb-12-08 12:04 AM	#150
Let's not worry about this silly shit	alteredstate	Feb-12-08 12:09 AM	#157
I know you will be busy, but if you want to meet a DUer...	Lisa0825	Feb-11-08 11:47 PM	#142
Will do!	alteredstate	Feb-11-08 11:54 PM	#145
What is these reds?	DefenseLawyer	Feb-11-08 10:41 PM	#132
honestly why do people like che?	DiamondJay	Feb-11-08 10:41 PM	#133
I have a serious Che-loving friend.	boppers	Feb-11-08 10:49 PM	#136
Try reading. "Dictator Fulgencio Batista". And take especial note of	WinkyDink	Feb-12-08 12:58 PM	#207
I can't wait until...	boppers	Feb-11-08 10:46 PM	#134
LIES! ALL LIES!	Pigwidgeon	Feb-11-08 10:47 PM	#135
Thanks for calling our office to check out the truth	thevoiceofreason	Feb-11-08 11:49 PM	#143
Obama surrogates here have proved that they'll say anything	Pigwidgeon	Feb-12-08 12:06 AM	#152
ROFL!	OPERATIONMINDCRIME	Feb-12-08 12:53 PM	#204
Oh no Freerepublic already has this as one of their top stories	Universitario	Feb-11-08 11:07 PM	#137
Welcome to DU	Nailzberg	Feb-11-08 11:37 PM	#138
Don't tell the newbie that.	cat_girl25	Feb-12-08 12:01 AM	#147
Well, yeah, for a laugh sure.	Nailzberg	Feb-12-08 12:09 AM	#158
Lookee! A devout Hillbot with a Faux Snooze storee! THIS IS HUGH11!	zulchzulu	Feb-11-08 11:45 PM	#140
yep,the OP writers seems to be a big FAUX fan, like Hillary n/t	WillYourVoteBCounted	Feb-12-08 12:08 AM	#156
There's a disclaimer written at the bottom of the video....	cat_girl25	Feb-12-08 12:00 AM	#146
Swiftboaters don't care about facts	Universitario	Feb-12-08 12:48 AM	#161
That's it! He just got my vote!	sfexpat2000	Feb-12-08 12:14 AM	#159
hahahahaha, ding!	bridgit	Feb-12-08 03:25 AM	#167
Every kid in NYC has a Che Guevara T-shirt. Maybe the Obama doesn't know who he is either.	readmoreoften	Feb-12-08 04:03 AM	#168
Communism... plain and simple	worried citizen	Feb-12-08 09:12 AM	#172
Ha Ha, you funny n/t	loindelrio	Feb-12-08 09:24 AM	#175
How ignorant are you? That isn't Obama's office, those people are on their own	still_one	Feb-12-08 12:38 PM	#196
So is this another	Mystery2Me	Feb-12-08 09:14 AM	#173
This has nothing to do with HRC'ers	terrya	Feb-12-08 09:21 AM	#174
Gah!	yibbehobba	Feb-12-08 09:46 AM	#178
Wanna see the actual Houston office?	alteredstate	Feb-12-08 09:48 AM	#179
No, they want to imply an association with Barrack, which doesn't represent the truth	still_one	Feb-12-08 10:05 AM	#185
duplicate, self delete	still_one	Feb-12-08 10:06 AM	#186
duplicate, self delete	still_one	Feb-12-08 10:06 AM	#187
Planting seeds for the republicans. If this is legit, someone better get a memo very fast.	Neshanic	Feb-12-08 09:49 AM	#180
That is not the official campaign headquarters for Obama	still_one	Feb-12-08 09:55 AM	#182
Not an Obama office	alteredstate	Feb-12-08 09:59 AM	#183
Wow! Swiftboat-style, Reich wing attack straight from FOX "news"	workinclasszero	Feb-12-08 10:04 AM	#184
No shit.	DS1	Feb-12-08 10:09 AM	#188
This sounds TOO stupid to be true. I smell a rat. -nt	Commie Pinko Dirtbag	Feb-12-08 10:34 AM	#189
It is a rat. That is NOT Obama's Houston headquarters	still_one	Feb-12-08 10:42 AM	#190
I see DU is still wallowing in Swiftboat style bullshit. The Repubs thank you.	Forkboy	Feb-12-08 11:15 AM	#191
"I like Fidel Castro and his beard.." Bob Dylan	Tierra_y_Libertad	Feb-12-08 12:01 PM	#193
dupe. nt	Marie26	Feb-12-08 12:26 PM	#194
Well, that just makes me like him more.	Marie26	Feb-12-08 12:34 PM	#195
Please tell me this is photoshopped	leftynyc	Feb-12-08 12:38 PM	#197
It's not an Obama office	alteredstate	Feb-12-08 12:41 PM	#199
It isn't photoed shopped, it also isn't santioned by Obama, these people	still_one	Feb-12-08 12:43 PM	#200
wow...we are now trusting fox noise for our attacks against candidates we don't like...	rndmprsn	Feb-12-08 12:39 PM	#198
If That Office Is In Any Way Directly Related To His Campaign, Then It's A Huge Act Of Stupidity.	OPERATIONMINDCRIME	Feb-12-08 12:49 PM	#201
IT ISN'T, the OP is distorting a group acting on their own WITHOUT Obama's authorization	still_one	Feb-12-08 12:54 PM	#205
Not Sure I Agree.	OPERATIONMINDCRIME	Feb-12-08 01:01 PM	#208
Call the Obama campaign headquarters, these are people acting on their own /nt	still_one	Feb-12-08 01:12 PM	#209
You Just Don't Get It Do You.	OPERATIONMINDCRIME	Feb-12-08 01:15 PM	#210
and what if I grab a Hillary button, open an office, with the "Red Chinese Flag" behind me	still_one	Feb-12-08 01:34 PM	#211
While I agree..	Johhny_Wadd	Feb-12-08 02:58 PM	#213
Perhaps, but I do know the OP left certain points out of his initial post	still_one	Feb-12-08 04:40 PM	#227
THAT ISN'T OBAMA HEADQUARTERS, THOSE PEOPLE ARE ACTING ON THEIR OWN	still_one	Feb-12-08 12:49 PM	#202
Deleted message	Name removed	Feb-12-08 02:41 PM	#212
Nice flag! I'm sure it will go over great in Houston!	awaysidetraveler	Feb-12-08 03:33 PM	#216
Ignore double post	Johhny_Wadd	Feb-12-08 03:47 PM	#217
HA! You got TS'd in just four posts!	Hoof Hearted	Feb-12-08 05:09 PM	#230
Deleted message	Name removed	Feb-12-08 03:48 PM	#218
Do you plan to stay with DU very long?	Hoof Hearted	Feb-12-08 04:14 PM	#221
UPDATE: Evidence of a SECOND flag, BO campaign CONFIRMS these are campaign volunteers	bidenista	Feb-12-08 03:56 PM	#219
Guy here at work says Hannity was just talking about it on WABC...	jmg257	Feb-12-08 04:12 PM	#220
He's going to need a bigger boat.	Hoof Hearted	Feb-12-08 04:17 PM	#222
Are you implying that Barack is a marxist? That could be your only point pushing this	still_one	Feb-12-08 06:35 PM	#231
did that second one make the media rounds?	Hoof Hearted	Feb-19-08 11:12 PM	#245
Meh. Everything is a commodity these days	NoPasaran	Feb-12-08 04:22 PM	#223
At the REAL Houston HQ	thevoiceofreason	Feb-12-08 04:24 PM	#224
Che was a hero. There's no shame in supporting him	cgrindley	Feb-12-08 04:26 PM	#225
I agree!	son of umap preso	Feb-13-08 03:42 AM	#234
worm (nt)	cgrindley	Feb-13-08 05:19 AM	#235
Che was a hero. There's no shame in supporting him	bobo07	Feb-17-08 11:02 PM	#239
Choice quotes from Erny	son of umap preso	Feb-13-08 03:32 AM	#232
Cite Che quotes	CalacaVato	Feb-14-08 11:11 PM	#236
Negro is indolent quote is paraphrased from	CalacaVato	Feb-16-08 08:54 AM	#237
Bidenista...	Bread and Circus	Feb-16-08 08:59 AM	#238
Warning can of worms ahead..	DadOf2LittleAngels	Feb-19-08 10:42 PM	#241
Che Guevara was a disgusting thug for that slime~bag Castro...	CyberPieHole	Feb-19-08 11:02 PM	#244