Ex Obama Mentor Alice Palmer ..

[emilyg]

Barack Obama has positioned himself in the Democratic race as the harbinger of the new politics who will single-handedly clean up Washington and rid government of the influence of lobbyists, etc., etc.

In spite of the fact that he's been exposed several times for coduct unbecoming a secular Saint, Obama continues to boast of a spotless record. He also conveniently forgets some of the roughshod tactics he's used for his political advancement.

Christi Parsons at the Swamp (Chicago Tribune) reminds potential voters of an unsavory incident in Obama's history involving another Illinois state senator that has recently come back to haunt Obama on the campaign trail in Indiana.

Obama plays hard ball, abrassive and corrossive politics the chicago style. Ms. Palmer's experience is not new news - its only that the news media has decided to look the other way while presenting


http://www.mydd.com/story/2008/4/26/183520/348

[Johnny__Motown]

1. LET IT SINK.. mydd stories don't count here and you know it.. may as well be Drudge

[emilyg]

3. Who are you to tell us what counts?

[democracy1st]

29. Richard Mellon Scaife

[bigtree]

16. the story of this wonam's defection from the Obama camp isn't a Drudge story

The major dailies ran with the story this morning

[Evergreen Emerald]

17. Lol. Let it sink as Obama supporters cover their eyes and ears and shout

lalalala to avoid hearing TRUTH about Obama. How is it that you can consider yourself an informed voter if you don't listen to what Obama does?

[democracy1st]

28. Richard Mellon Scaife

[Evergreen Emerald]

32. yeah? REaching across the isle is a good thing, I though you Obama supporters

were all for that--or is it only when Obama does it?

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

42. Scaife has not repudiated his accusations against Clinton (Vince Foster)

has he? He's the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy who accused Clinton of
murdering Vince Foster.

[judasdisney]

35. Rupert Murdoch

[Evergreen Emerald]

38. That's where Obama will be on Sunday

[Duke Newcombe]

37. Question: Why in your opinion is MyDD not an acceptable source?

I ask for enlightenment purposes only.

Duke

[rodeodance]

40. You FAIL. BHO fans have posted Drudge lots lately. Its anything goes here on DU now. You want

drudge.
so be it.

then live with what others post or take your crying to the mods

[Adelante]

2. So? What's the problem?

The woman said she wasn't running. She hand picked Obama and brought him around introducing him as the new candidate for her seat. (In fact, she introduced him to William Ayers at the infamous gathering at Ayers' house.) He was fundraising, had built a campaign organization, and she changed her mind. She had problems with her petitions and he was smart enough to find them. That's politics.

[lisa58]

4. really?

[backscatter712]

5. *plonk*

Back in the ignore list you go.

[emilyg]

19. Anyone who pads their tiny ego by having to state that

is immature at best.

[WeDidIt]

6. Alice Palmer insisted on not following the rules

Just goes to show you what ahppens when you depend upon being able to break the rules in order to win.

[Adelante]

7. And Alice Palmer is a Clinton supporter today

Rules are for the rest of us.

[hayu_lol]

9. Nice catch Emily...

a little more sunlight on the hidden and shadowed past of St. Obama.

K&R

[WeDidIt]

15. I'd say she's bitter

because her rule breaking ruined a promising career in politics.

[woolldog]

8. I thought you guys were complaining about how Obama isn't "tough enough"

Now he's too tough?

Make up your mind....

[ecdab]

18. I was reading that OP thinking - this should make all the Hillary

supporters happy to know that he can play hard ball when the situation dictates it.

[lwcon]

10. C'mon, he went easy on her

At least he didn't trick a generation of voters into believing that she and her husband were racists.

___

The Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy, now at my new home: Correntewire.com

[graycem]

11. Ms. Palmer even agrees

that he told her, he would not run if she didn't want him to, but once he started fundraising and campaigning, he wasn't going to stop so he asked her to be sure. He didn't have to do that. She went along with it, until she changed her mind and tried to cheat. He was more than fair with her. She should show him the same courtesy.

[Window]

26. These crazy ass supporters of

:nuke: have nothing on Sen. Obama, not one thing. Yet, they continue to scrounge around looking for the dumbest crap and then present it like AHA, GOTCHA. Just pitiful.


:rofl:

[graycem]

27. I agree..

silly season indeed! :P

[GoldieAZ49]

12. Clearly he has never been able to handle a contested political contest

freakin wimp

[Bensthename]

14. Did you even read the article? He challenged signatures. Woopty freaking du.

[GoldieAZ49]

20. Yes I did

hence my conclusion

He is a sure winner in an uncontested campaign, otherwise, not so much.

[Bensthename]

23. This one is already being contested

so we shall see if your theory holds to be true.

[GoldieAZ49]

25. agreed, time will tell

none of us know the destination of the road we are on, or how many more bumps there will be

pundits and polls have both been wrong, so has everyone here

[JoFerret]

31. Never actually had one

.

[johnnydrama]

39. haha

this is Hillary's first contested contest, and she's losing to the guy without 35 years of experience.

She's a lightweight.

[Bensthename]

13. Oh My God.. Most nothing story I have read this campaign. Very Weak..

[guyanakoolaid]

21. Does anybody not get the simple illogicality of this story?

Now, I don't know all of the facts, but...

Does Obama not have the authority, or even moreso an obligation, to challenge phony signatures?

If they were real signatures they would have held up. Sounds like his former Chicago rivals are the ones playing a bit of Chicago-style politics.

[TheDoorbellRang]

33. That's what I was thinking. If the sigs were legit, they wouldn't have gotten disqualified

Looks to me like Obama caught them with their pants down doing what they'd always gotten away with -- fudging signatures. I say good for him.

[John Q. Citizen]

22. Obama will get lots of help from me cleaning up Washington. You like it dirty?

[susankh4]

24. Another skeleton in Obama's closet...

how the heck many does he have?

what else don't w eknow yet?

[JoFerret]

30. Speaks loudly

to the very thin public record.

[dkf]

34. What is with women who think they are entitled to everything?

And who are willing to cheat to get what they want?

Damn, this is very embarrassing for my sex. I thought we were the ones who were calling men out...like in Enron and Colleen Rowley.

[GarbagemanLB]

36. So which is it: He's either a wimp and a coward, or he can play hardball?

[rodeodance]

41. REC

[rodeodance]

43. Indiana: Former Obama Supporter Stumps for Hillary---is the headling