The anti-Obama train goes off the rails
Some people are so idiotic, so over-the-top nutty, that one can only assume they escaped from some mental hospital. The American elections have got to a stage where even the John McCain campaign has distanced itself from these supposed pro-Clinton anti-Obama nutcases (oh sorry, “Democrats”).
Some points I want to make.
No doubt some of these nutcase are whites who are desperate to prove that somehow Obama (or Michelle) are racist and therefore happily peddle lies about some tape. Like, apparently, there are such huge policy differences between Obama and Clinton that these people will vote McCain. These people just don’t want a black man in power, though they won’t admit it.
And then I’m interested in why the black pastor in the video has it in for Obama… there’s lots of comparisons to Hitler but its unclear why he thinks Obama will bring on the Fourth Reich.
Much of this reminds me of the sectarianism that envelops the left in this country - when lefties throw their toys out of the pram and start screaming betrayal if they don’t get what they want. Some on the US left have now taken up the task of proving to others (but mostly themselves) that Obama is a conservative! It’s the People’s Front of Judea! Boo! Hiss! Trotskyites annoy me like no other political group.
But lastly, I do have some grudging respect for these people in that at least they admit that not voting for Obama means voting for McCain. It’s a two party system: at least it’s better than sitting there screaming hysterically about how Obama is the devil’s incarnate and then saying you’re still progressive and that you still hate the Republicans people should just sit at home. Now that’s silly.
One responder to that article says:
I’ll take McCain over Obama every time, at least he loves America.
Oh, why not tell us what you really think? It’s going to be a long and dirty fight… I feel exhausted already.
The link has been removed - of course it’s probably because it’s highly offensive, but it could just as easily be the McCain camp getting queasy about what some people are saying in their name…
that preacher in the youtube vid is insane…I don’t think there are any other words for it.
as an amateur psychologist
I can tell you that preacher is deranged. A brother like Tyson gets locked up but this one walks freely to preach this !!£$!
Why is the preacher’s podium sponsored by Bombadier?
Obama is moving to the right very rapidly, probably because he thinks that is the way to get the votes of middle America. He has now even backtracked on his promise to withdraw from Iraq. Apparently he now also supports phone tapping, wants to cut corporate tax rates and has gone quiet on gun control. In other words…he will do everything (including selling his grandmother presumably) to win the election.
If he can change his mind so quickly on so many major issues, then we are looking at an individual with no policies of his own, no moral stand on anything and someone who does not deserve to win.
With Obama, you just don’t know what you gonna get.
And Sunny, if it’s Trotskyist to say that, then maybe you need an audience with the mad preacher to straighten you out.
The fairy tale comment of Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton’s comment about needing a president was supposedly racist according to Senator Obama’s campaign and they made it into a huge issue and thus in the process ensuring Hillary loses the huge support Clintons had in the black community. And Bill Clinton apparently was not a very successful President but suddenly now he is the most successful President in Obama’s lifetime.
He was going to pull out troops out of Iraq immediately upon taking office which moved the moveon.org crowd and was a huge factor in winning the primaries. Now, he has turned against them
He is still of course against free trade but his rhetoric has calmed down a bit cos he just might win.
Even when GW bush was running he made some serious contributions to the debate by saying that you need Government to solve the ills when Newt and his crew were saying you didn’t.
Go back 8 years before that Clinton as leader of the DLC did make some serious fundamental changes to the Democratic party which ensured a victory after a long time. What intellectual contribution except for soaring rhetoric has this bloke made? Can you name a few strong pragmatic policies which makes him different except for his rhetoric and media fan fare — not many. Actually, I am yet to find one.
Is he a brilliant man? hell yeah. Is he a brilliant political operative — oh yes — but is he what he tries to portray — no.
And Hermes is right — with Bill Clinton you may haave had issues about his personal life but he could kick ass on any policy issues with any candidate — he changed the way people perceived Democrats. And after attacking him and disparaging the most successful Democratic President since FDR, now he is the most successful US President in Obama’s lifetime.
Oh how can you forget about the unconditional talks — then it became not without preparation — well now what I hear from the campaign is when things are right.
Oh but all those on the liberal left take him to be a messiah who will change the world for the better — while those on the centre left (which I believe I am a part of) wonder hmmmmm.
And, if anyone thinks Wesley Clark went on air without clearence from the Obama Campaign they are living in a fools paradise — the guy attacked McCain about his service in uniform. McCain does not even really use that in his campaign just like he does not talk about a son who is serving even now in Iraq.
So is this the change we are talking about he claims that he would bring…but what do I know. The messiah is here and he will change the world. Kinda like lets get rid of Blair and we would have Brown who would sort us out. That worked really well.
Can anyone tell me why that pastor is flying the Anglo-Saxon flag?
Other top quality Divine wisdom courtesy of The Honorable James David Manning, PhD
“The Lord instructed me to write to you about your health…. He says
we should eat every day, at least one banana, one potato, and some
carrots, along with apples and onions”
Here’s a theological conundrum, why is The Lord specific about bananas and potatos but not about carrots, apples and onions? What does this signify? How many carrots should we eat? Must the apples and onions always be eaten together? Looks like schism material to me.
Looks like Gods down with the 5 a day fruit and veg scheme.
So basically that was 7 minutes of ‘I’m jealous of Barack Obama and only in my wildest wet religious dreams will I ever have his effect’…
Of course you do… a man who panders to glory more than a Chelski fan.
obama is just a flip floper, mccain might be a war monger, but at least hes not a lier, white people know when do lie and when not to, like oh honney ill never cheat on you is an allowable lie apparently and mccain doesnt have a racist priest like Obamabinladen.
Obama is one boring mofo and i hope he looses or gets shot if he wins.