As I predicted: Obama as a black candidate would get trashed by his own party

[bigdarryl]

You see it in full force for a week sense he made his comment on Pakistan and by the way he was right this murderous Bin Laden killed 3,000 Americans and we have democrats like Clinton Bidden and Dodd who help get us in Iraq in the first place attacking Obama about capturing this murderous thug if we have credible intelligence where he is and these motherfuckers are talking about getting permission from the dictator of Pakistan to go in and capture or kill him ARE THEY FOR REAL!!! I am sorry i don't want any of these three idiots running the country.

[TeamJordan23]

1. What Obama said about going after terrorists is common sense. nm

[bigdarryl]

4. So way is the media whores and these three DLC idiots attacking him for.

along with the republican i mind you

[Dogmudgeon]

2. It's mainly the press' doing

August is a slow news month. They are manipulating the public's perceptions for a lark.

--p!

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

3. I just think it's too bad that the Bushes and Bin Ladens are such good friends.

MKJ

[msongs]

5. too bad you offer NO EVIDENCE that what you say is true.

facts are such inconvenient things are they not? where is your evidence that any of this is because of his race?

oh well.

Msongs
www.msongs.com/political-shirts.htm

[pinto]

6. I don't think the criticisms leveled at him have anything to do with race.

That seems to be a leap of an assumption, if that's what you meant.

:shrug:

[zabet]

13. Here is a criticism of Obama's race...

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2007/8/8/194812.shtml?s=lh

[Forkboy]

15. Newsmax isn't exactly DU or Obama's own party though.

[zabet]

23. No, but once some point makes the press,

it is usually used by someone to make a point, good or bad,
about whatever candidate they may oppose or support.
The info in the article (about his Church), I had been made aware of by a Dem
previously, way back in the last election when I first started
paying attention to Obama.

[pinto]

22. I wouldn't be surprised if they played that game. I ignore them.

Notoriously unreliable site, feeds on hyperbole and general flame baiting.

[emilyg]

29. Seems like a criticism of the white race.

[Olney Blue]

7. I believe our party is an equal opportunity basher. Of everyone.

Obama is doing just fine.

[Nucular Terrorist]

8. Rambama = Worse than Bush

You know, out of all the shit we've put up with for years, I could somewhat forgive the "other half" of America if they learned from their mistakes.

[TwilightGardener]

12. ?

[Nucular Terrorist]

20. Ok

Obama: No concept of foresight.

[TwilightGardener]

21. Still not getting your first post. Who's the "other half", and how is Obama

worse than Bush?

[Nucular Terrorist]

26. Still confused?

Still not getting your first post. Who's the "other half", and how is Obama worse than Bush?

Other half = Americans (regardless of political affiliation) that think war is the answer for solving our issues in the Middle East.

Bush = Dumb, but smart enough not to threaten nuclear-capable "allies" by sending troops. He also has enough foresight to see that threats can lead to a war.

[TwilightGardener]

27. Bush had no brains or foresight whatsoever, or we wouldn't be NEARLY as fucked

in Iraq, Afghanistan, at home, and everywhere else the way we are now. Bush doesn't even make the decisions, the "Decider" label aside. He's a frontman for Cheney. That's conventional wisdom by now. And Obama vowed to get OBL, with or without Pakistan's help--he did NOT threaten Pakistan itself, either with troops OR invasion--he basically stated the current policy (your genius Georgie's policy), which Pakistan is quite familiar with. You appear to be either misinformed, or fundamentally dishonest.

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

18. Welcome to DU. Enjoy your stay.

:hi: MKJ

[napi21]

9. The job of all candidates is to smack the other candidates.

Come on, you already know that! That's the only way for them to show how they are better than the other guy. I honestly don't think I've seen anything race related in the Dem campaign. Hillary did have a valid point when she said you may believe in a tactic but when you're running for President, you don't always say everything you believe. Even Musharif (s) was upset about Obama's comment. That's not good for America and our foreign policy.

[TwilightGardener]

16. Musharraf knows Obama is a prez CANDIDATE, and thus not in a

position to dictate policy in the near future--he's either just trying to drum up sympathy, or (tinfoil hat) I smell a little collusion going on. Note that the only other world leader to single out a candidate for criticism was the Australian Prime Minister--a good friend of GWB. And who did he criticize? Yep--Obama.

[napi21]

32. Yes! He's a Presidential candidate! That means he COULD be

the the very position of dictating foreign policy! You should never tip your hand before the negotioation! Sorry, Obama was wrong.

[TwilightGardener]

10. Well said.

edit--although I think it has less to do with race than with his youth--gotta squelch the young upstart, make him suffer years in the Senate to "pay his dues" first. Who does he think he is?

[zulchzulu]

11. Clinton did agree with Obama before she didn't agree

She did say on the day he made the comment about Musharaff:

"If we had actionable intelligence that Osama bin Laden or other high-value targets were in Pakistan I would ensure that they were targeted and killed or captured."

Hee hee. Oh, but wait... now she disagrees... :eyes:

[TeamJordan23]

31. LoL. I gotta admit, I kinda like that GOP saying. nm

[Indenturedebtor]

37. Thats because

Hillary is the paragon of a politician. This is one of the reasons I don't support her. I will vote for her over a hatercon if she wins the primary... but I really hope that i'm not forced to that.

On Edit:

Everyone is getting trashed to various degrees by the MSM.. Obama has probably been the least slandered of all the candidates who aren't totally and completely ignored.

[sandnsea]

14. I don't think it's due to race

This is how party politics works. Obama and Edwards don't have the blessing of the elites so they will be battered mercilessly. People need to decide whether they want fundamental change or not.

[Forkboy]

17. That was quite a run on sentence.

I don't think they're attacking him because of his race though.

[illinoisprogressive]

19. it's not because he's black. It's coming into fall, the showdown time

[journalist3072]

24. And just how, pretell, did you come to this conclusion?

The lack of critical thinking on here scares me sometimes.

No one in the Dem party is attacking Obama b/c he's Black....except for Elizabeth Edwards with her 'too bad John isn't a Black man so he can get more media attention' routine.

But none of the candidates have attacked Obama b/c he's Black.

[emilyg]

30. "or a woman"

[Old and In the Way]

25. The Media is attacking Obamna and Edwards so they can get Hillary in the GE.

Watch the script change if she gets the nomination.

[TwilightZone]

28. In case you haven't noticed, most of the other candidates get 'trashed' by Democrats daily.

And most of them aren't black. Kind of pokes a hole in your theory.

[w4rma]

33. I saw this coming months ago. (nt)

[calteacherguy]

34. Has absolutely nothing to do with him being black. It's called primary politics. nt

[DemBones DemBones]

35. Obama is getting trashed for making a stupid statement about

sending troops into a country that is an ally of ours and that has nukes.

Allegedly, Clinton made a similar stupid statement back in January.

We don't need cowboy or cowgirl foreign policy.

Pakistanis are demonstrating against us because of what Obama said. Neither he nor Clinton are ready for primetime.

[MonkeyFunk]

36. What does any of this have to do with his race?

that's absurd.

Are you saying that he should be immune from all criticism because he's black?

[acmavm]

38. Ah! The race card. Of course it was just a matter of time.

What's the alternative? Give him the presidency just because he's black? Not on his merits (of which some of us see very little)? But because mean old whitey is gonna keep him out of the White House because of his color?

Some people will/do feel that way I know. But don't be foolish enough to paint everyone with that brush.