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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 04:12 PM Original message |
I understand Obama's trying to tap into the "Youth Vote" but does he have to do it like this? |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
1. This is disturbing to me too... |
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indimuse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 05:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. His choice divided veteran Chicago political activists. |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 05:44 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Thanks for that post... |
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indimuse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 05:50 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. I do unfortunately feel...Obama is for... |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 05:55 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Yikes... |
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codeindigo (85 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 10:28 PM Response to Reply #11 |
45. Then President Clinton endorsed Mr. Rush and not Obama. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
2. Obama seems to have been brainwashed by "Slouching Toward Gomorrah" by Robert Bork. |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 04:26 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Hmm, you may be onto something... |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
4. his references to the "excesses" of that era |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
5. I'm no longer sure who or what his target is lately... |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 05:01 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. You raise thoughtful questions... |
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tishaLA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 06:01 PM Response to Reply #5 |
16. I think what he's saying is |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 06:17 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. I thank you for your response, but I'm sorry... |
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Marie26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 07:24 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. What bugs me about Obama |
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tishaLA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 07:54 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. So Obama's desire "to make goverment 'cool' again" |
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Marie26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 08:04 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. I think so. |
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tishaLA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 08:11 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. "Hello, I'm from the government and I'm here to help you" |
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Hoof Hearted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 08:34 PM Response to Reply #27 |
35. You might do better to remind OBAMA that Reagan was a shitty president then |
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tishaLA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 08:51 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. I was unaware of Sen Obama saying he was wonderful |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
6. Well, the GOP is also reaching out to lure young voters... |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
7. Finally, I Get To See What The Brewhaha Is About. I Don't See Anything Wrong With His Statements. |
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Marie26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
9. That's not a liberal talking. nt |
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blues90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
10. What Obama did was insane |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 07:18 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. I think he truly hopes and thinks that Reagan "OPTIMISM" is what he's trying to bring to America... |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 07:47 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Agree. n/t |
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blues90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 01:24 PM Response to Reply #19 |
51. Handlers or not , if Obama does not know the history of Reganomics |
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Gloria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
12. Hell, he could have pointed to FDR, for CHRIST'S SAKE if he wanted to |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 07:46 PM Response to Reply #12 |
21. Sadly...the "Youth Vote" doesn't remember FDR/Johnson's Poverty Program,/ Carter's Energy Savings |
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Gloria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 08:00 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Well said, Koko01 |
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bullwinkle428 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 10:06 PM Response to Reply #21 |
39. The 20-somethings that are coming out for him in droves |
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tandem5 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
17. I don't like his implication that he really is just pushing change... |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 08:02 PM Response to Reply #17 |
25. He's very congenial...and working to have a New Vision for America...but Short on Specifics... |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
28. Some younger people resent Boomers, think we got everything, |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 08:21 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Yeah, because the Draft and VietNam were walks in the park. Because the criminal Nixon was a delight |
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AX10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 10:09 PM Response to Reply #28 |
41. It's quite sad. |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
29. Free Pampers for All! |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
30. Reagan's change should have been used as an example of "Be careful what you wish for." |
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tishaLA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 08:55 PM Response to Reply #30 |
37. I'm missing where Sen Obama disparages Clinton's |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 09:58 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. The point he made was gratuitous, and the implications unfortunate. Sorry. He praised a Republican |
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tishaLA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 10:19 PM Response to Reply #38 |
43. I also don't see where he "praised a reppublican" |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
32. He may not literally be DLC but he sounds just like them to me. |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
33. I'm beginning to think that when Obama isn't speechifying |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 08:25 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. My thoughts exactly. He was very stuttery and vague in that 3-person debate. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
40. Thanks for the ray gun reminder. Piece of crap he was. |
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AX10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
42. He's very dismissive of the movements that gave him equal rights. |
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AX10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
44. Obama dismisses the progressive movements of... |
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Bishop Rook (252 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
46. Uh... A couple problems with that... |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 10:01 AM Response to Reply #46 |
49. The appeal might be to |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 02:17 AM Response to Original message |
47. There is more big government without accountability right now-- |
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Faux pas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 05:42 AM Response to Original message |
48. When Obama speaks, I hear and see a man with a serious |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-18-08 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
50. it's not the ''youth'' vote -- but whoever the hell ''reagan democrats'' were. nt |
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