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1. Obama is a Joke

   February 24th, 2008 at 4:41 pm

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   Nader 08!

   lol. You’ve hit the nail on the head with this one, Charles. Nader certainly makes Obama look as establishment as you can get.

2. Stan

   February 24th, 2008 at 11:02 pm

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   Here are my thoughts on all of this.

   First I was a Kucinich supporter. My neighor had a house party that Dennis and Elizabeth spoke at. They were both brilliant.

   Then he left the race and my support went to John Edwards.

   The media showed no interest in either of them and virtually cut the legs off of any chance they had.
   Corporate did not want either of these candidates in the White House. (Maybe we should just turn our votes over to the press, since they get to decide who we get to hear from?)

   I was left at the voting booth after being jilted twice this primary season.

   I voted for Hillary, but I waivered in the voting booth. I think she has run an awful campaign (as did John Kerry) I think she is better qualified than B.O. Although I have to give him credit for galvanizing a nation. But Deep down inside me I feel like it is all empty calories. Like a great grilled cheese sandwich, satisfying in the moment, but days later..ugh

   BTW, the press has been so biased against Hillary. Tim Russert and Chris Mathews should loose their press credentials for their blatant dislike of her.

   I think David Shuster got the brunt and was scapegoated. I must admit, I am a little biased towards David, he is hot and a heart throb!

   So today when Ralph Nadar made his announcement.
   I first thought, great, lets just give John Mac MoreWar McCain the keys to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue right now. Save everyone the trouble.

   Actually I felt what he said came pretty close to Dennis Kucinich’s message. But the voters didn’t go for that. Is it the messenger? Was it Dennis’ height, his ears? If it was the message (that so few heard) that the voters didn’t go for, why would they go for it now, in masses?

   Then I wondered, why didn;t Nadar run in 2004?
   Why didn’t Hillay run a better campaign. Bill and all of her loose cannons making her look bad. I think it came down to it has been hard for her just stand up for her believes without “messaging” the message. That turns people off, She should have been out there staying true to her message and not wining to change rules after the fact. It just didn’t look good or play well.

   Unless there is a fourth party candidate on the conservative side, I do not see any good coming of Nadar jumping in at this point. He will either not get any traction, or get too much traction, just enough to pull enough votes away from the democratic candidate. If he could actually win, he could make a difference. Why did he wait so long to get into the game?

   Hate to be pessimistic on this one, but for a race that the repubs had no chance of winning…..once again, they will come out on top.

3. Dan

   February 26th, 2008 at 11:35 pm

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   I loved the Oprah as VP idea. Barack and Oprah could travel the world and take a fresh look at what we are really facing. I thought Governor Arnold or Governor Mitt as VP would embody crossing the party lines and bringing the country together by including both parties at the top. But Ralph Nader as Vice President would top them all. Lebanese descent for those who care about showing the world of Islam another man of color and faith. The nuts and bolts of how to really change Washington. More experience than Bill and Hillary combined. At least a cabinet post for Nader.

   It’s too late for Barack to take the VP slot for Hillary. She can’t promise to be a one-term president. He can’t deliver enthusiasm and young voters if he backs down.

   Both of them need to rest. But they might make short lists of their potential cabinets to show the superdelegates and the country who their leadership teams would be. The Clintons stumbled in 1992 for not having a team together and lost the House in 1994 to the Republicans, putting to rest any hope of real change. By the time they were discussing how to finance sustainable development and solar energy tax credits it was too late.

   Hillary at least knows what needs to get done and how to do it. We’ve got forty years of green technology sitting on the shelf. A surplus of ideas on how to remake our economy and put a rudder into the spiral of ecological instability.

   Bill Richardson is the only one who can work with Hillary and Bill Clinton without getting torn apart by the magnetism of power. But will he bring in any votes in the swing states she needs to beat McCain?

   Dodd is articulate enough to help Obama as a VP candidate in the general election debates. He’s tall enough and has the white male statesman look - enough to add the Cheney factor that young GWB needed. And didn’t he show a surprising amount of grassroots/family/community service rhetoric in the early debates?

   The superdelegates ought to have a week of hearings of their own with both candidates -televised - so they can quiz Hilary and Barack about the concerns they have. It doesn’t have to be in the back room at the convention.

   Elected representatives and people who have taken on the thankless tasks of endless political party meetings shouldn’t be disparaged - at least until we hear how they think and ask questions before endorsing a candidate.

   Why let the media decide in February? Why let the polls decide in March? Bring on the superdelegates and the cabinet teams for us to look at.