Gay City News: ENDORSEMENT: What We Can Do For Our Country (vote for Obama)

[Tweed]

http://www.gaycitynews.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19249408&BRD=2729&PAG=461&dept_id=568864&rfi=6

"Obama is a relative newcomer to the national scene, and it is not unfair to ask that he explain as clearly as possible how his skills, experience, and vision qualify him for the toughest job on earth. He deserves kudos for his courage in standing up against the rush to war in Iraq at a time when conventional political wisdom counseled a would-be national figure to do otherwise. He will serve the nation well if he can articulate a comprehensive approach not only toward the mess in Iraq but also the broader and more explosive question of America's standing in the entire Islamic world."

"There is a great deal we admire about Hillary Clinton, and our conclusion about the direction of her campaign is arrived at with a heavy heart. Should she prevail in the nomination fight, we have hope that the better angels of her nature will come to the fore in the fall campaign.

But at this moment we put our faith in the hope that remains undimmed. We urge a vote for Barack Obama."

[Colobo]

1. Good to know they back Obama!

[Tweed]

2. hear hear

[Nimrod2005]

3. The tide is turning Obama's way

[sunonmars]

4. Notice not one comment so far under the endorsement, supports it, lol.

[MadBadger]

7. There are 3 comments.

[joshcryer]

14. There are 9, and still not one supports it.

Get enough people pissed off they'll recant it maybe.

[jackpan1260]

5. Good news!

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[Barack_America]

6. I think that this is a very interesting endorsement.

And welcome, of course.

I think that this could spawn some very interesting discussions.

Thanks for posting it.

[xchrom]

8. NObama.

[Colobo]

9. Reconsider!

[xchrom]

10. i already voted absetee for edwards. -- and a vote for obama is a vote for donnie.

[wndycty]

11. The McClurkin episode, unfortunate as it was, pales in comparison . . .

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The McClurkin episode, unfortunate as it was, pales in comparison to the divisiveness that Senator Clinton has allowed her campaign to devolve into. Her comparison between the roles played by Dr. King and President Lyndon Johnson in advancing civil rights can be chalked up to inartfulness. The comments coming from her surrogates are far more disturbing, forming a pattern that sadly can no longer be ignored.

Three Clintonites - the husband of former New Hampshire Governor Jeanne Shaheen, Black Entertainment Television founder Robert Johnson, and, most damningly, key strategist Mark Penn - all injected Obama's acknowledged youthful cocaine use into the debate. New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo inexplicably used the phrase "shuck and jive" in describing what a presidential candidate might try to pull with the media, and then had his operatives bombard the press with official umbrage that his words might be construed as targeting the African-American senator.

Nobody, however, has been more egregious than Bill Clinton. In his ardent championing of his wife, the former president has dissed Obama as "a kid" and this past Saturday was quick to mention Jesse Jackson's 1984 and 1988 South Carolina primary wins to contextualize Obama's commanding victory.
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http://www.gaycitynews.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19249408&BRD=2729&PAG=461&dept_id=568864&rfi=6

[KittyWampus]

12. kick

[FrenchieCat]

13. Excellent!

[newmajority]

15. K&R for Barack!

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[Meldread]

16. This is good news. -nt-

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