Does Obama’s drug use bother you? December 13, 2007
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[photo courtesy of coxandforkum.com] Although Hillary is trying to distance herself from the comment, someone from her camp targeted Obama in an interview telling the American people that they should take a second look at his past drug use. PUH-LEASE! First they attack his kindergarten essay and now they’re going after a behavior that most American youth experience? What desperation! If anything, this whole issue helps him. I like him more because of it. Don’t you? Here are Barack’s comments about the topic: Obama wrote about his teenage drug use in his memoir, “Dreams from My Father.” “Junkie. Pothead. That’s where I’d been headed: the final fatal role of the young would-be black man,” Obama wrote. Mostly he smoked marijuana and drank alcohol, he wrote, but occasionally he would snort cocaine when he could afford it. Speaking to high school students earlier this month, Obama said the following: “You know, I made some bad decisions that I’ve actually written about. You know, got into drinking. I experimented with drugs,” he said. “There was a whole stretch of time that I didn’t really apply myself a lot. It wasn’t until I got out of high school and went to college that I started realizing, ‘Man, I wasted a lot of time.’
And we want to fight Iran because??????? December 5, 2007
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On Monday, a U.S. intelligence review concluded that Iran had suspended its nuclear weapons program back in 2003, and since then has not shown any sign of resuming it. So why was there such hooplah over the past year and a half to start a war with Iran? Yes, they may not agree with us in ideological terms, including their involvement with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but are they really such a big, bad threat to us? I think not. Something smells fishy. Maybe this administration thought they could just change the last letter of the country’s name from Q to N and therefore garner American support to invade. It would be convenient wouldn’t it? More war=more defense spending=more money for private contractors who provide our military with weapons=more money into the pockets of Bush and Cheney=less money for America. Is it time for a new president yet? OBAMA ‘08!
Celebrities on the campaign trail December 2, 2007
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Oprah, George Clooney, and Halle Berry are just some who’ve openly said they are hot for Barack Obama. Barbara Streisand, Billy Crystal, and Bill Clinton himself are on Team Hillary.
How personally swayed are you by these types of endorsements and if you’re not, how much pull do you think they really have on the campaign trail? [Photo courtesy of mentoring.org]
Simply Millennial Poll: Experience or Change? November 27, 2007
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Which do you value more in a political candidate, their experience or their ideas for positive change?
This is the smartest thing Hillary has said. October 27, 2007
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Senator Clinton celebrated her 60th birthday last week at a huge event in Manhattan. In attendance were Elvis Costello, who sang, “Happy Birthday, Mrs. President.” Billy Crystal took the stage, stating that he had only been active in elections twice in his life; the first of which was JFK’s campaign, and the second was Bill Clinton’s.
But it was Hillary herself that gave out a knockout speech. The smartest statement she made was, “And we are going to end President Bush’s war on science.”
I could not have put it more beautifully. That one line explains EVERYTHING that is wrong with the current administration.
KUDOS TO HILLARY!
Barack I love you, but quit the religion crap! October 22, 2007
Posted by NettyD in Campaign '08, Religion, Sociology, Theories and Thoughts.2 comments
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Hmmmm. Though I still feel very strongly about my choice for the Democratic presidential nomination, I sometimes feel a little bothered by Mr. Obama.
He’s been hanging out in South Carolina lately, and doing lots to garner the black evangelical vote. It’s been said that Obama has made an effort to tout his religion more than any other Democratic candidate before and during this campaign year.
It concerns me because I believe in the total separation of church and state. That line gets blurry every time an election cycle rolls around, and it’s to our country’s detriment. We are supposedly fighting governments around the world who don’t make the distinction between the two, yet we are the same kind of offenders. The Evangelical Christian movement seems a lot like the radical Islamic movements who infuse their beliefs into public policy. (and for those of you who think Christians are non-violent, let me remind you that sometimes the pen is mighter than the sword). The hypocrisy runneth over.
Barack better realize that by trying to get certain votes, he could lose many others in the process. You’re a smart dude Barack, so quit hangin’ around the Christian Fiction Club!
