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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 04:20 PM Original message |
Blues for Obama |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
1. Thank you for bringing the truth here with this article..... |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 04:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. The Obama's grandmother thing totally resonated with me |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
2. This has gotten so personal, it's not even funny. |
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death to the DLC (94 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 04:36 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. It's getting over the top, |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 11:17 PM Response to Reply #11 |
39. They're all a bunch of corporate warmongering chickenshits! |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 11:54 PM Response to Reply #11 |
41. Obama was nipping around the edges of talking about class war. |
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jjr5 (317 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 11:46 AM Response to Reply #41 |
50. I think you're right. .. |
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John Gauger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 12:59 PM Response to Reply #41 |
53. I didn't even notice that. |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 01:25 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. I felt it was 'code' speak for those who are able to pick it up |
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John Gauger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 08:27 PM Response to Reply #54 |
62. What, you mean like the Iraq War as a 'comma?" |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 09:33 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. I don't mean it in that kind of coded way. |
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Frank Booth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 12:37 AM Response to Reply #2 |
44. Yes. The media is just brutalizing him. For no reason. |
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VolcanoJen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
3. Thanks for posting that, Will. |
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tularetom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
4. Truly a giant among the lilliputians |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 04:36 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Clinton's negatives will never go down |
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monarch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 03:08 PM Response to Reply #10 |
57. New Gallup Poll |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
5. It's funny that he would say "teacher" because that's exactly what came to mind |
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K Gardner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 04:35 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Not only a teacher.. an example for all of us to TRY to follow. Like none I've seen in my adult |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 04:37 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Trainers can't teach that. Your brain has to be wired that way. |
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tishaLA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 04:52 PM Response to Reply #5 |
17. I thought the same thing |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 10:48 PM Response to Reply #17 |
38. Both roles, precisely. My best teachers always did. |
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me b zola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 09:47 PM Response to Reply #5 |
64. It will serve us all well, if we let it |
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DearAbby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
7. Thanks Will, beautifully written |
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DemGa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
9. "Clintons re-think their unsubtle exploitation of racial tension" |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 04:37 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. I agree. It's been somewhat spotty. |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 08:29 PM Response to Reply #13 |
28. Well, it occurs to me to ask this question |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 09:15 PM Response to Reply #28 |
36. If the Clinton's ran her out to play the race card, they did an awful job |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 04:40 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Right! The Clinton campaign never called him a drug dealer |
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caledesi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 05:08 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. Let's face it...HC et al didn't think an "obama" woud come along... |
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jjr5 (317 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 11:56 AM Response to Reply #14 |
51. This D-race has gone on for way too long. |
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disndat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 04:33 PM Response to Reply #14 |
61. Surrogate, Mark Penn |
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jonestonesusa (630 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 05:23 PM Response to Reply #9 |
21. Off the top of my head, I can give several examples of |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 08:32 PM Response to Reply #9 |
30. So why the many apologies? |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
15. William Greider is able |
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elixir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
16. I think you make the presumption that the Clintons "played" upon racial tensions when, in fact, |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 05:07 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Talk to William Grieder. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 06:26 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. HRC's minions have been picking the scab since he won Iowa |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
18. Truth. |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
22. . |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 07:41 PM Response to Original message |
24. Enneagram Type 1 |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 08:24 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Just because he had to, doesn't mean he took no risk |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 08:33 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. I hear ya, and you're right. He took a big risk. |
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Lisa0825 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 12:20 AM Response to Reply #26 |
42. LMFAO! |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 08:21 PM Response to Original message |
25. This is good and this is true |
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BumRushDaShow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
27. Very perceptive commentary. K&R |
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kennetha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 08:31 PM Response to Original message |
29. THe problem with Obama's argument and his speech |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 08:36 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. I think Reagan Democrats are happy to hear ... |
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blackspade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 08:47 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. Well... |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
32. Great article |
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Tatiana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 09:48 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. OMG! |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
35. the thing about the blues, they don't 'resolve'- we need to work |
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Scurrilous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-19-08 11:44 PM Response to Original message |
40. K & R |
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file83 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 12:24 AM Response to Original message |
43. Beautiful essay Pitt!!! |
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NedSchneebly (62 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 12:28 PM Response to Reply #43 |
52. It was a beauty, eh? |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 12:37 AM Response to Original message |
45. Freakin' Brilliant. |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 02:35 AM Response to Original message |
46. Excuse me while I kick this |
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a la izquierda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 07:52 AM Response to Original message |
47. Very nice piece! N/T |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 07:54 AM Response to Original message |
48. Thanks Will !!! - K & R !!! |
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AnarchoFreeThinker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
49. kicked and recccccccccccccccccc'd |
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AntiFascist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
55. We should not back Obama into a racial corner.... |
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sellitman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
56. That was good enough to be a Will Pitt piece. |
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sloppyjoe25s (664 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
58. And it was fully his choice & leadership - not a campaign ploy |
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DrZeeLit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
59. I heard Bill Maher say that Obama has to be the Jackie Robinson of |
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malik flavors (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-20-08 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
60. Great Article. No matter what happens from here on, Obama is a one of a kind. |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-21-08 03:32 AM Response to Original message |
65. Richardson read your article |
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HopeforChange (457 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-21-08 03:47 AM Response to Original message |
66. You could see the pain in Obama's eyes when he made parts of that speech |
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