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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 10:55 AM Original message |
I hope I'm Wrong -- But I think Wright may have just given it to McCain |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
1. You are wrong. It's a net positive for Obama. Look at todays tracking polls and |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:00 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I hope your are right....But polls operate on a delayed basis |
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livingmadness (347 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 09:14 AM Response to Reply #2 |
92. Super-delegates don't |
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oasis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:07 AM Response to Reply #1 |
10. "Obama isn't a muslim" but his spritual leader embraces Louis Farrakhan. A jump from the |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:29 AM Response to Reply #10 |
43. Pastorbating in public, I see.... |
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oasis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:41 AM Response to Reply #43 |
58. How about addressing the OP's topic for once? Are you that limited? |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 12:25 PM Response to Reply #58 |
73. The 15 volunteers who showed up at our little tiny town in the Bitterrrot Valley |
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oasis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 12:42 PM Response to Reply #73 |
75. I'm glad you're having fun. At least you'll have those memories.(eom) |
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Tellurian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:37 AM Response to Reply #10 |
52. After Wright announced today he wants to be Obama's Vice President.. |
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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 12:18 PM Response to Reply #52 |
71. Yep, it will all be over on Feb. 5th. I've seen your analysis be so spot on this election |
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Tellurian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 12:52 PM Response to Reply #71 |
81. My analysis is always spot on.. Rev Wright's VP slip did surprise me though.. |
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SOS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 12:47 PM Response to Reply #52 |
78. "the only Dem winning the White House" |
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Beregond2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 01:30 PM Response to Reply #10 |
85. He didn't |
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rusty_parts2001 (728 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:21 AM Response to Reply #1 |
31. My two cents worth: |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:40 AM Response to Reply #31 |
55. if there's justice in the world, that's what will happen |
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AlinPA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:51 AM Response to Reply #31 |
62. Yes, most people don't follow this stuff like we do; however, the broadcast media |
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Doityourself (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
3. Don't go into panice mode. |
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GoneOffShore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:03 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. I'll be paniced as nicely as I can. |
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Doityourself (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:08 AM Response to Reply #5 |
12. lol |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:05 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. I'm too old for panic mode -- As a Baby Boomer been through too much for that |
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Doityourself (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:08 AM Response to Reply #7 |
14. Fair enough. But it is going to be alright. |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:11 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. I hope you're right -- I will happily eat crow if I'm proven wrong |
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Doityourself (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:20 AM Response to Reply #18 |
30. No crow. You can share my wine though. |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:38 AM Response to Reply #30 |
53. I'll take your wine over my whine if I'm wrong |
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Doityourself (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:40 AM Response to Reply #53 |
56. he he..good one! and done too. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
4. That will only be true if Democrats respond with fear and not with |
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azmouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
6. It's still more than 6 months til the election. |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
8. People aren't as stupid as you might think or hope. |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:08 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. 8 years of Bush -- And he was relected in the middle of it |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:32 AM Response to Reply #8 |
47. It's already hurt him |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:40 AM Response to Reply #47 |
57. almost 90% of those think he's the Antichrist. So?? |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:57 AM Response to Reply #57 |
66. making up stupid facts |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:53 AM Response to Reply #8 |
64. Armstead's an Obama supporter |
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panAmerican (864 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 12:42 PM Response to Reply #8 |
74. I certainly hope they're not that stupid. |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
9. I watched the speech to the press club and thought Rev. Wright |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:10 AM Response to Reply #9 |
16. There's no point to hand the advantage to stupidity |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:13 AM Response to Reply #16 |
22. It's a shame our country has dumbed down to the extent |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 12:02 PM Response to Reply #22 |
67. our country has been this dumb politically for a long time |
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SOS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 12:51 PM Response to Reply #22 |
80. An old Adlai Stevenson comment |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:25 AM Response to Reply #9 |
36. The attitude is also partly a result of DLC political theory. |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
13. I don't think this is hurting him, but it's not going to help him either. |
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dchill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
15. "But class transcends race." |
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katandmoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
17. This is payback time for Obama kicking him to the curb |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:13 AM Response to Reply #17 |
21. If that's the case, Obama ought to kick Wright to the curb himself |
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azmouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:13 AM Response to Reply #17 |
24. How did Obama do that? |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:15 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Wright could perceive it that way |
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azmouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:19 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Again, I ask 'why would Rev Wright think Obama kicked him to the curb?' |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:26 AM Response to Reply #29 |
37. By criticizing and distancing himself from Wright's controversial statements |
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azmouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:33 AM Response to Reply #37 |
48. But that would assume that Obama and Wright have not spoken privately. |
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katandmoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 01:28 AM Response to Reply #48 |
86. You don't have to read minds to get what Wright is doing |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:23 AM Response to Reply #17 |
34. Not at all. And Wright did a great job of defining his sphere |
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katandmoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 01:35 AM Response to Reply #34 |
87. Still don't get it, do you? It doesn't matter how wonderfully Wright defines ANYTHING. |
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otohara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
19. Ed Shultz Saying |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:13 AM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Those are big "ifs" |
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catcher (45 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
20. If this country is stupid enough to elect McCain after the whats transpired |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
25. The good rev. isn't doing a damn thing, the m$m is by |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:22 AM Response to Reply #25 |
32. I heard both speeches plus the Q&A |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:31 AM Response to Reply #32 |
45. But we are different, just as Italians are different than |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:36 AM Response to Reply #45 |
50. These are legitimate subjects for discussion |
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kid a (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
27. How many more doom and gloom "OH NO" post are you going to make? |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:23 AM Response to Reply #27 |
33. Probably until I use up my allotment of three per 24 hours... |
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nsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
28. My hope is that this separates Obama from Wright in the public mind. |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:24 AM Response to Reply #28 |
35. I agree -- I originally admired Obama's loyalty. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:28 AM Original message |
Yuo're seriously misreading what just happened. Obama will be fine. |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
44. I hope you're right |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:36 AM Response to Reply #44 |
49. I know. And after 8 horrible years, who can blame any of us |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
38. I believe you are wrong. |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:27 AM Response to Reply #38 |
40. I hope so |
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MoJoWorkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
39. Get a grip. This is precisely what they want us to think. |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:28 AM Response to Reply #39 |
41. I've got a grip -- I will be ecstatic if my instincts about it are wrong |
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PurityOfEssence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
42. It was like Lewis Black reciting Dr. Seuss for naughty toddlers on a time out |
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RichardRay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 12:57 PM Response to Reply #42 |
83. That's your hang up, not everyone's |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
46. I think NC will tell us a lot about how much damage has been done.. |
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SoonerPride (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
51. You're wrong. |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
54. Well, that's two anti-Wright threads from you today. One more and you can take a rest. |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:41 AM Response to Reply #54 |
59. Sorry -- My posting instinct takes over when I'm pissed off |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:44 AM Response to Reply #59 |
60. Yeah, we got it. But, what the hell. Put up another thread on the same subject. |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:50 AM Response to Reply #60 |
61. Yeah, yeah...Whatever. |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 12:11 PM Response to Reply #61 |
69. Not at all. However, rest assured that in the future as well as today ... |
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burythehatchet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
63. Fear sure does cloud the thought process. |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:55 AM Response to Reply #63 |
65. 'taint fear -- It's a matter of not liking political stupidity |
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MattP (525 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
68. He's a nutjob |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
70. Take a chill pill and Get a Grip |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 12:18 PM Response to Reply #70 |
72. THEY may deserve McCain -- But the rest of us don't |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
76. Martin Luther King was inconvenient for LBJ and Humphrey. |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
77. It's not even *sport* that you folks of "worry" are so predictable. |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 01:01 PM Response to Reply #77 |
84. You will have my blessing to gloat at my errors when it's all over |
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JoFerret (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
79. He has |
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Hoof Hearted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
82. Hillary can shake it off and reframe it. Obama cannot. Hillary is our only chance to win. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 09:14 AM Response to Reply #82 |
93. Hillary uses absolutely NOTHING but Rethug frames n/t |
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stevietheman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 10:14 AM Response to Reply #82 |
95. Oh, is Hillary running as an independent? n/t |
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nsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 01:39 AM Response to Original message |
88. The one upside of this is that we might have a chance to get Wright out of the way before the fall. |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 01:43 AM Response to Original message |
89. Man up Armstead - nobody votes for a sniveller, they vote for confidence |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 10:28 AM Response to Reply #89 |
97. I'm not running for President -- My snivling is my own |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
90. If Wright is the central issue in the campaign, then idiot Americans |
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TragedyandHope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
91. You are wrong. You can take that to the bank. |
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stevietheman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
94. The election is two political lifetimes away. n/t |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
96. Maybe McCain wants to make Wright his running mate? |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-30-08 02:39 AM Response to Original message |
98. Obviously. The corporate media thinks that people who talk about class-- |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-30-08 02:42 AM Response to Original message |
99. Why do I always *bristle* when I read, "I hope I'm wrong BUT? ..." OR "I'm Concerned" Posts? ... |
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4themind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-30-08 05:49 AM Response to Original message |
100. Enough with the hand wringing please! |
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