Weekend Message/ Positive Vibrations

[H2O Man]

Positive Vibrations
by the Prophet Bob Marley

Positive Vibrations
Live if you want to live
Rastaman vibration yeah!
Positive
I and I vibration yeah!
Positive
I a man Iration yeah! Irie Ites
Positive vibration yeah!
Positive

If you get down and quarrel everyday
You're saying prayers to the devil, I say
Why not help another on the way
Make it much easier
Say you just can't live that negative way
You know what I mean
Make way for the positive day

Cause its a new day
New time, new feeling yeah!
Say it's a new sign
Oh what a new day
Picking up.
Are you picking up now
Jah love, Jah love, protect us (Repeat)
Rastaman Vibration yeah!
Positive
I and I vibration yeah! Irie Ites
Vibes, got to have a good vibe
Picking up.
Are you picking up now


Happy August 1, 2008! There are two things that I would like to say today. The first has to do with Brack Obama, and some concerns that some DUers have been expressing about his style of campaigning. This week, we have witnessed some ugly attacks by the John McCain campaign, and people would like to see Obama return fire. Some people wonder why doesn’t Obama react? Didn’t he learn from the 2000 and 2004 elections?

He did learn. But he knows that not only is it not 2000 or 2004, but that he is not Al Gore or John Kerry. He has expressed appreciation that both of these men – both of whom I believe won their elections – are supporting him. I’m confident that he listens to them.

Obama campaigns in a different manner than we are used to. He thinks in a different way than people used to in the past. And he is running a campaign that he mapped out long ago, and he is exactly on course.

During the early primary season, after the first couple debates, a few advisors were hoping to get him into a higher gear. He told them to be patient, because he was going to step-up his game in the 4th quarter. He planned to do his best work once the field was narrowed down to three, then two, candidates.

Also keep in mind that some of the things the McCainites are throwing out at Obama right now are not new. They really don’t work well. In fact, a commercial with Brittney and Paris is not only not going to "sink" Obama’s campaign, but it will become a joke that defines McCain’s failure.

Point two: We want McCain to go gutter ugly now. We should thank our lucky stars that his campaign advisors are doing this type of thing now. They are feeling the pressure of a contest that not even the republican machine thinks McCain can win. By going ugly, McCain’s true nature comes to the surface.

We want McCain to be throwing hay-makers now. We want him to try to step up the pace. Listen: Obama has joked about the campaign turning his hair gray, and indeed it has. Think of what the faster pace and increased tension will do to McCain. He will become grumpy, confused, hostile, and paranoid by the time of the fall debates.

On page 833 of "Journals," Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., calls McCain "a loose cannon …..capable of bizarre behavior." Schlesinger notes in disgust a "so-called joke" McCain told at a republican dinner, about a teen-aged girl he thought was "ugly." Karma-time, John. The American public is going to see that McCain is so repulsive, that they will view him as a combination of Dick Nixon and Dick Cheney’s worst qualities.

Things are good. It’s the weekend. Relax, have some fun, and enjoy yourself. Listen to some Bob Marley. And if you want, put on some Peter Tosh. We are on the right path. Get ready for a month where we can participate in making history.

Your friend,
H2O Man

[Coexist]

1. The first debate will be sweet!

[H2O Man]

3. Yes, it will.

This is going to be one of the most intense election seasons of our life-times. We should all be focused, working hard, and enjoying this experience. And that first debate will make all of our effort seem very worthwhile.

[babylonsister]

2. You rock, H20 Man! Thank you for your message of optimism.

I sorely needed it, and I'm thinking I'm not alone. Happy weekend to you, too. :toast:

[H2O Man]

4. Well, thank you!

I can tell you this, with full confidence: the republican machine knows Obama is going to beat McCain. They can't even get their heads together on who should be their VP -- because they know almost every choice who out-shine McCain. What they are counting on is that republicans can do well enough in the congressional contests to allow them to serve as a ball & chain on the Obama administration, so they might recapture the White House in 2012.

[grantcart]

5. To borrow your earlier metaphor its Ali setting up Liston - all over again

He is setting up McCain in the same way that he set up Clinton, not Hillary - Bill.

Reminds me of James Braddock scoping out Max Baer.

As you point out Obama is tailoring his campaign for McCain's particular weakenesses.

Maybe we will see the real McCain break out as I visualize here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x6570894

have a great weekend H2O Man

[H2O Man]

9. Right.

He knows exactly what he is doing. And he knows exactly what McCain is doing.

More, he knows why McCain is behaving in the manner he is, while McCain doesn't grasp why Obama is doing what he is doing.

He who knows "why" always masters he who knows "how."

[NanceGreggs]

6. Just FABULOUS, my friend!

A great read, and right on the money!

:yourock:

[H2O Man]

10. Thank you.

I appreciate that.

Keep on fighting the Good Fight!

[tekisui]

7. It will be a great month.

The Nomination, and the real campaign begins.

The goopers are running scared already, and Obama's just getting started.

Boots on the ground. Money. Ads. And votes.

[H2O Man]

11. Like Obama asked,

"Is that the best that you can do?"

We can do better (to quote RFK). We need to keep doing our part, in a coordinated effort that includes the Obama campaign, and the grass roots.

[bleever]

21. Like Ali leaning into a tired Foreman.

:)

Obama's not (to change metaphors) fighting the last war; he's fighting this one.

What a great time to be a Democrat!

[countingbluecars]

8. K&R

for your positive message.

[H2O Man]

12. Thanks!

I think that things are going very well. We will make things even better by focusing on the positive.

[grantcart]

13. kick back to the top for folks getting off work

[corkhead]

14. keek

:kick:

[me b zola]

15. You always seem to have the remedy for when I'm a little down

Thank you, H2O Man, thank you.

[H2O Man]

18. Thank you.

Things are going exactly as they should, and we are well on our way to taking back the White House. More, we have an opportunity to repair some of the serious damage the current administration has done, both on the domestic and foreign levels .... which are, after all, closely related.

But the republican machine will surely make this contest even uglier in the coming weeks and months. Our job is to stay focused on what is most important, and it is our responsibilty to avoid letting their tactics to take our eyes off the prize.

The election campaign is going to involve difficult struggles, but Obama is definitely going to win. And then our real work begins.

[gblady]

16. spot on.....

k&r

[polichick]

17. Just back from a street fest registering Obama voters - always feels good...

btw I always listen to Bob Marley's Three Little Birds when things get me down ~ great medicine!

[me b zola]

19. Saturday morning kick

:kick:

[mloutre]

20. Spot on, mon!