POLITICAL ROUND UP: LEWIS SWITCHING TEAMS? / BUSH & ROMNEY ENDORSE MCCAIN / SENATE EXPANSION OF SURVEILLANCE ACT
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Rep. John Lewis, one of the most prominent black supporters of Sen. Hillary Clinton, said Thursday night he planned to cast his vote as a superdelegate for Sen. Barack Obama, according to a New York Times article.
However, a spokeswoman for the former civil rights leader told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Friday morning the story is inaccurate. Lewis’s press secretary, Brenda Jones, did not elaborate and did not respond to a message requesting clarification.
The Associated Press also reported Thursday that U.S. Rep. David Scott was discussing a possible defection to Obama, who has a narrow lead over the former First Lady in a desperately close race for the Democratic nomination. Scott represents a district that gave more than 80% of its vote to Obama in the Georgia primary on Super Tuesday.
BUSH & ROMNEY ENDORSE MCCAIN
Sen. John McCain is planning to travel to Texas on Monday to accept the endorsement of former President George H. W. Bush.
Bush’s endorsement serves as an important signal to the state’s Republican establishment that it is important to back McCain and participate in the Texas primary on March 4.
The current President Bush has not formally endorsed McCain, but strongly signaled his support last weekend on “Fox News Sunday.” The president said McCain is a “true conservative” but may have to work harder to convince other conservatives that he is one.
Bush also noted that some of the criticism of McCain was the result of “probably, some personal animosity toward me. You can’t please all the people all the time.”
Romney’s endorsement of McCain
McCain also gained another prominent endorsement this week. Former Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney announced Thursday that he is backing Sen. John McCain in his bid for the Oval Office.
“I am honored today to give my full support to Sen. McCain’s candidacy for the presidency of the United States,” Romney said in a joint news conference with Sen. McCain by his side.
“This is a man capable of leading our country in this dangerous hour.”
Romney said he had no doubt McCain should be the next president of the United States…and who should he choose as VP, Mitt?
SENATE EXPANSION OF SURVEILLANCE ACT
Vice President Dick Cheney got his wish. After warning of a “day of reckoning” and President Bush threatening to delay his upcoming trip to Africa, the Senate approved the reauthorization of a law that would expand the government’s clandestine surveillance powers, delivering a key victory to the White House by approving immunity from lawsuits for telecommunications companies that cooperated with intelligence agencies in domestic spying after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
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76.
Miss_Me
Tuesday, February 19, 2008 /
lmfao peep all the dumbasses behind her trynna get a picture
OBAMA 08!!!
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Ara
Tuesday, February 19, 2008 /
The Clinton party has resulted to old dirty politics. They are frustrated at Obama’s suscess so they are resulting to smear tactics to try to break Obama’s momentum. Don’t let the Clintons disauade you, VOTE BARACK OBAMA 2008 FOR PRESIDENT!! WISCONSIN AND HAWAII VOTE BARACK OBAMA!!!!
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Wake-up people!
Tuesday, February 19, 2008 /
Please educate yourselves on the 9/11 attacks. Bush has played this terrorist threat and homeland security pitch so much until people actually started to believe it.
If Saddam Hussein was behind 9/11 why did we Osama Bin Laden conveniently become our primary target? Why has oil prices skyrocketed?
The Senate Expansion Act is just a way for the government to make publicly known what they have been doing already. This also prohibits them from any terrorist related court cases. Why is the expansion really necessary? Maybe because they are setting things up for McCain (another Bush)?
Yes terrorist are real - but keeping your country in constant fear, for your own personal gain, not a good luck. Don’t believe everything that the government or anyone else tells you, research the facts yourself.
Come on people, wake up!
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M.D.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008 /
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Obama’s Weakness: Even Jesus Christ Had Enemies
by apple2404 3 days ago (Sat Feb 16 2008 10:39:20)
UPDATED Sun Feb 17 2008 23:11:47
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I don’t know why people believe that Obama is gonna get in the White House and wave a Magic wand over DC and everyone will be on the same page? It doesn’t work like. Republicans have their own agenda and Democrats have theirs. Individuals have their own agendas as well.
Yes, you have to compromise but some things you have to fight for. This is were Obama falls short because he will not fight for the Democrats. He will too busy trying to appease the Republicans and their agenda so he doesn’t make any enemies. If you want to do the right thing, you will make a lot of enemies. Why don’t people see that?
Some things like healthcare, which is a core issue of the Democrats, should not be compromised!!! Everyone has a right to this. More people die every day from having lack of healthcare insurance than soldiers do in year from the Afghanistan and Iraq war combined!! And we are supposed to compromise this as Democrats so that more children and those who live in poverty or are disadvantaged can die! I say no to the Republicans and Obama on this. No compromise. Obama stop trying to compromise and appear that you will move America in a post-partisan direction.
Reality will hit him hard. If he wants to do the right thing and make many reforms he will make plenty of enemies with many Republicans and some Democrats. But You can not compromise your issues or policies to appease Republicans or anyone else. Why don’t democrats realize this is a big problem with Obama? It’s not about getting a Democrat in the White House. It’s about getting the Right Democrat or the Right Person into the White House who will fight for the party’s ideals and core issues. Otherwise Obama should have ran as an independent. But he didn’t. Now he wants to run on the democratic party ticket and destroy the party by playing nicey nice with the Republicans knowing that they don’t care about the average American or the Democrats policies or issues. He just wants everyone to like him. And be the Popular Kid in Washington D.C.’s high school.
Well guess what Obama…MLK and Jesus Christ had enemies. In particular, Jesus Christ during his time was not popular, not a rock star, not the American Idol winner and defintely not the cool kid. He was hated by many and they killed him for it. Why? Because he stuck to his core issues and tried to change people and help the poor and those who really need it. He was by far the most hated man of his time except for the few disciples who followed him.
Both MLK and Jesus Christ had real enemies and plenty of people who hated them because they were trying to do the right thing and stick to their core issues and not trying to get people to just like them.
Hillary Clinton has made enemies because she tried to take stands on things and tried to do what she has thought was right. Yes she has made mistakes and she probably regrets them but is trying to make amends. But she has made enemies because she has tried to do the right thing like getting healthcare for people who need it. And yes she does work bipartisanly when it is needed to get some reforms.
The thing is Obama doesn’t bother trying to stand for anything. He is too busy voting present on every issue and getting ethics reform passed. The man is an opportunist capitalizing off of false hopes and false change. He just wants people to like him. This is why he will make a weak president. He will be another Jimmy Carter. I don’t want that. I want a fighter in the White House.
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Ara
Tuesday, February 19, 2008 /
Obama wins Wisconsin !! TEXAS AND OHIO STAND UP!! VOTE BARACK OBAMA PRESIDENT 2008!! KEEP THE MOMENTUM GOING!! O-BA-MA!! O-BA-MA!! YES WE CAN!! YES WE CAN!!
81.
Chiquita
Tuesday, February 26, 2008 /
Wow, she looks soooo fake.
UGHHH! I can’t stand her.
Obama 4 prez!
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