Comments on: Obama Was Pwned In Philly

By: Jim Searles

Jim Searles — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:31:12 +0000

The wearing of a flag pin was not uniformly applied. The moderators and Sen. Clinton did’t wear a flag pin during the debate.
The direction of the questioning implies that any one including the moderators and Sen. Clinton are not good loyal Americans - hardly an honest observation.

I almost never wear my flag pin as is true of most of America. During the Underground Weatherman Days, I was considered a bit of a radical. We fought for the rights of the poor, the elderly, the handicapped. One of my press conferences went as far as London. For the action, I got ESHAC’s Man of the Year award from Mayor Henry Meier in the church basement. There were 300 present & lots of press at the event. Am I any less an American?

By: mcj

mcj — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 17:26:46 +0000

Whatever.

I think the public backlash against this ridiculous debate says all that really needs to be said. Your blog is ancillary, unimportant and does miss the point.

What it indicates is that the MSM like you is not in touch with the interests of the people for change.

If Obama wanted to do the guilty by association game, the Clintons would be toast right now. Their associations aren’t just personally damning, but in the process of being litigated.

He’s just not a bottom feeder like that. Try and take the hint and elevate your own purposes when you write.

By: kcm texas

kcm texas — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 01:24:03 +0000

As Stelitto mentioned above..The questions Obama was asked in the debate needed not only to be asked but answered truthfully..All we got was the same flip-flop rhetoric that he always spews out..Then whines or hollers ” race card”.. and the debate was unfair….Hello…Like Hillary said..Her dirty laundry has been gone over and scrutined multiple times…It is high time he airs his laundry before the Republicans get ahold of him, chew him up and spit him out!!!..Wah,wah!!!..

By: kcm texas

kcm texas — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 01:18:28 +0000

Why won’t Obama post his birth certificate and transcripts??..What is he hiding??..Lots of unquiring minds out here want to know….What will Rezko say as the trial gets under way??..We need to know the real person he is to be able to make an educated choice…….Seems like the media is scared to pursue it……

By: Anon

Anon — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 16:23:37 +0000

The Super delegates usually go with whatever their districts voted for and not what they want or else people would be pretty pissed.
Also, Hillary doesn’t have them in her pocket. A lot of the Clintons’ old coworkers and such are endorsing Obama. He is the most left-wing candidate.

By: The Stiletto

The Stiletto — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:08:09 +0000

The superdelegates will not elect the next president, only choose which Dem nominee will face McCain. Although Dems enjoy a numerical advantage amongst the electorate going into the election, national polling trends suggest that McCain is holding his own or very slightly ahead. In the end, he will either win cross-over Dem votes and capture the White House, or he will fall short. The outcome is still in the hands of the people - particularly independents - not the super delegates.

By: bobbyb43

bobbyb43 — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 13:09:45 +0000

As usual, this debate was set for one candidate, with the comentators asking questins that Hiliary wanted asked. Why are we wasting time with all this, when Hiliary has the super delegates in her pocket. Oh, I forgot, her husband is a super delegate, and can persuade the others to vote his way. I was shocked to find out that the super delegates, answer to no one, and can actually elect our president. So what happened to our votes electing the president. As it was explained on the news, the super delegates are more qualified to elect the president then the common people, because we don’t know who the best candidte is for the job. What happened to the, for the people and by the people. I guess that the politicians decided to take that right away from us too.

By: The Stiletto

The Stiletto — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 04:38:59 +0000

The Stiletto thinks the point about Stephanopoulos recusing himself from moderating the debate is well-taken. However, the questions Obama was asked were not trivial. How many times do we need to hear each candidate recite the same rehearsed soundbites about the Iraq war, the economy, etc.? Obama is the most liberal member of Congress. Is he also a closet Marxist? A closet black separatist? Obama’s ill-considered associations have raised doubts in some voters’ minds and the MSM is actually doing him a favor by giving him a chance to dispel those doubts so that voters don’t carry them into the voting booth and pull the lever for his opponent.

By: rmolblazir

rmolblazir — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 22:32:51 +0000

For the record…George Stephanopolos worked as a press secretary under Clinton in his first term. His association with the Clintons would make a reasonable person think that he should have excused himself from being a moderator for this debate. Both he and Gibson seemed to delight in making big news of minor events that have little to do with either candidate’s positions on the presidency. The lapel pin flag issue is the biggest leap about pseudo patriotism ever. Where did Gibson dig up the woman from Latrobe to ask that truly embarrassing question ? When there are people like this voting in an election, America deserves presidents like George Bush. He probably has a lapel pin for his underwear, yet he never served when asked to do so.

By: Anon

Anon — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 21:28:43 +0000

Truffle,
You saying that the reason Obama didn’t do well in the debate is because he knows Americans are tired of the pettiness is just an excuse.

If the questions were so petty and stupid, why couldn’t he answer them better? Why did he stumble on such trivial questions?

Obama is good a giving speeches, but he sucks when asked a question point blank or when he is asked follow-up questions.

He looked like a lost puppy next to experienced Hillary Clinton.

By: noodlesalad121

noodlesalad121 — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 18:10:30 +0000

He didn’t hold up to the grilling very well.

This man is not appling for Manager of Kinko’s our fate would be in his hands.

Let them keep holding all of them up to the fire on every issue.

By: The Truffle

The Truffle — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:54:49 +0000

You just don’t get it, do you?

The backlash against this “debate” was not about the mean moderators going after St. Barack. It was about the moderators asking about trivial nonsense. (”Gee, did you know Obama once shook hands with…gasp…a 1960s radical? They even served on a charitable board together!)

Really, there are plenty of substantial issues that the moderators could’ve asked about. Americans seem to be growing tired of this pettiness. Obama knows this. Gibson, Stephanopolous, Clinton, and their defenders don’t.