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Obama gains endorsement of Pennsylvania senator

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Latest comment posted at 9:11 PM EDT 28/03/08

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  1. Will M. from Montreal, Canada writes: Gobama!
  2. Joe Palooka from Toronto, Canada writes: This is very welcome news to the Obama campaign. Although he may may not win Pennsylvania, I think that a Clinton victory of 10 percentage points or less will constitute a win for Obama. In any event, North Carolina has its primary just a few days following Pennsylvania, and almost the same amount of delegates are up for grabs. And, in North Carolina, Obama is out-polling Clinton by over 20 percentage points.
  3. Norman Petit from Calgary, Canada writes: Will Barack Obama and John McCain elevate political discourse in US politics for the first time in a long time? I certainly hope so.
  4. Mike M from Shenacadie NS, Canada writes: The sooner the Clintons are no longer a factor in all this, the better.
  5. Patrick King from Canada writes: If my memory serves me correctly, on Feb 6, Hillary Clinton had more pledged delegates than Obama. Why didn't Obama drop out at that time? The cowardly Obama has been crying out for Hillary to withdraw before Texas and Ohio. Sadly, that outcry backfires to highlight his character flaw, ie. being afraid to compete and afraid to lose. Today, Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont has asked Hillary to drop out. It's because the cowardly Obama dares not say it himself, so he cajoles whoever is stupid enough to say it. I'll say to Sen. Leahy: unless you resign from politics, you have no right to ask Hillary to drop out. It is none of your business. If you feel so strongly about it, then show us you are willing to do what it takes, ie. put your own career at stake. Otherwise, mind your own business, and let democracy take its course. Obama went on a CNN interview with Larry King a week ago. It is no secret that Obama has insiduously prevented a re-vote in Michigan and Florida. In that interview, Obama was asked what solution he would propose for those two States. As always, Obama dodged the question because he had no solution. He said he would follow any rule the DNC had or would come up with. The implication is, if he becomes the President of the United States and the leader of the free world, he will offer no solutions to problems, and will follow the rules of I don't know who. Obama cannot function independently without rules. Americans are at risk. Who's going to set the rules for the President of the United States? He should migrate to North Korea where Kim Jong Il will be happy to set tons of rules for him. There are other African-American politicians in the United States who qualify to run for President. It does not have to be Obama, and it does not have to be this time. As a footnote, the DNC can overturn its own rule because the Supreme Court will not interfere with decisions of political parties. The appeal can and should be made within DNC.
  6. Joel Parkes from Peterborough, Canada writes: I agree Mike M. Mrs. Clinton really should bow out at this point. The sniper fire fabrication eneded her viability. Can you imagine the Republicans on that one?
  7. Mike M from Shenacadie NS, Canada writes: Patrick King from Canada writes: If my memory serves me correctly, on Feb 6, Hillary Clinton had more pledged delegates than Obama. Why didn't Obama drop out at that time? The cowardly Obama has been crying out for Hillary to withdraw before Texas and Ohio. Sadly, that outcry backfires to highlight his character flaw, ie. being afraid to compete and afraid to lose. .......

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    Patrick, when Hillary Clinton thought the nomination process was her coronation she couldn't have cared less about Florida and Michigan...now in full panic mode she wants all the votes to count even though all the candidates agreed with the DNC. Hypocritical
  8. Norman Petit from Calgary, Canada writes: Mr. King - Bill, is that you?
  9. Jack Jones from Clearwater, BC, Canada writes: Patrick King, if you love Hillary that much why don't you marry her?

    For the rest of us saner individuals Obama is the only choice. Have you heard him speak? He is a brilliant man and the man America needs right now and has needed for a ling time. He is the only real candidate in the whole race. Hillary is just helping out the Republicans by staying in and rallying her support away from Obama. This just shows how selfish and parochial her views are.

    Obama is not a coward. He is America's and by extension the world's best hope for a new paradigm in intelligent leadership.

    Obama for President

    Oh and by the way . .

    I got a HUGE crush on Obama. And I'm married with four kids. Go figure.
  10. Roop Misir from Toronto, Canada writes:
    In the final lap of the race, Obama seems to be gaining ground.
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    B I from Toronto, Canada writes: Dear Hillary,

    Please drop out so as not to further embarrass yourself and your crazy, irrational supporters such as that poster above who doesn't understand that on Feb 6. the race was still close - unlike now, when you can not win any of the following: the popular vote, delegates or largest amount of states.
  12. Draža Mihailović from Canada writes: Although everyone is entitled to despise the politician of their choice, our family's wrath burns eternallyagainst the Clinton's for leading Nato's war of aggression against Serbia in 1999, based on lies and fabrications. Hope I have a chance to 'shake' your hand some day Hillary!
  13. G MACK from Canada writes: BI...
    Except for your obvious bias...they are closer today then ever. You must watch a lot of FOX!

    :)
  14. Ricky for a Centrist Canada from Canada writes:
    Obama practically has twice as much security as Bush right now.

    That tells you he's pretty damn close to the promised land.
  15. Draza Mihailovic from Canada writes: Loved to see Hillary lie about fleeing sniper fire in Sarajevo and paying the price now. Nothing new though as America'a Imperialist ambitions require lies to demonize nations before they colonize them.
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    B I from Toronto, Canada writes: G MACK from Canada writes: 'BI...Except for your obvious bias...they are closer today then ever. You must watch a lot of FOX!'

    Yeah, Fox, where Sean Hannity raised the possibility of 'the black candidate' being both 'racist and anti-semitic' is really pro-Obama. Good one.

    This race is not close. A Hillary supporter is about as sane as a Iraq War booster if they think they are in this thing. Losing in the popular vote by 700,000, losing number of delegates by over 100, losing the number of states by a large margin.
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    B I from Toronto, Canada writes: Number of times a candidate won a state with 60% or more votes:

    Obama: 18
    Clinton: 1
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    B I from Toronto, Canada writes: 'Number of times a candidate won a state with 60% or more votes:

    Obama: 18
    Clinton: 1 '

    Obviously you can take out Democrats Abroad and Virgin Islands landslides and it's still 16-1.
  19. Clive Gingell from Canada writes: Jack Jones asks 'Have you heard him speak?'

    Richard Burton, (of Liz Taylor fame), was a Shakespearean actor with a mellifuous voice, but I wouldn't have voted for him.

    Be careful of confusing style with substance.
  20. Marty McFly from Toronto, Canada writes: Obama doesn't write his own speeches. A 26 year old speechwriter does. A very gifted speechwriter at that but again don't mix speeches with how he will actually perform as president.
  21. Jack Jones from Clearwater, BC, Canada writes: Clive

    Did you actually listen to what he said? His speech on race was right up there with DrMLK's I have a dream. He is not only a brilliant orator, he is an intellectual. I'm not confused at all.

    I guess you would have me trust a straight shooter like Dubya 'nucular' Bush?

    There's subtance!!
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    B I from Toronto, Canada writes: Marty McFly from Toronto, Canada writes: Obama doesn't write his own speeches. A 26 year old speechwriter does.

    That's a blanket statement. Obama writes many of his own speeches, the speech writer edites every single one of them. Obama wrote two books - not his speech writer - which were received incredibly well by critics and his words have gained such a following and resulted in such strong sales that its become its own brand. Hillary Clinton doesn't write her own speeches, never has. Again, this is not an issue, but it's interesting how people grasp at straws to try to bring down a candidate.
  23. Martha K from Canada writes: This is so so mean a gesture. Senator Clinton is supposed to (according to recent polling) take Pennsylvania with a huge margin - like 60% and the delegates always said they would follow the hearts and minds of their constituents. Obviously Mr. Casey is not waiting on their response.

    This maneouver was meant to hasten Clinton's demise in the race, which Senator Obama obviously thinks is his for the taking although the popular vote is pretty much neck and neck. So for Mr. Casey to endorse Mr. Obama AHEAD of the Pennsylvania vote - he's clearly not doing what the Democratic Party heads asked everyone to do. Politics is a nasty nasty game.
  24. William Ross from Victoria BC, Canada writes: This is going to get a lot of people mad at me ... however ... Do you know who Obama reminds me of = a combination of Trudeau and Mulroney, does anyone remember when Pierre first first ran for leader and then became PM everyone was drooling over his ' Charisma ' the Norther Magus hisself and then after awhile he became the most hated leader etc etc as usual. Mulroney first ran for leader and then became PM and again we have all the drooling over his ability to of Oratory and let us not forget the singing Irish Eyes with Reagan (groan) and I am a 100% true blue Conservative and then he too became a hated ex-leader funny how this story keeps popping up!
  25. David R from Canada writes: Its too bad because Obama.. has no experience.. and will most likely be worst than Bush. At least Bush had experience.
  26. Jack Jones from Clearwater, BC, Canada writes: You know Martha when you say 'nasty' the picture of Hilary comes to mind, not Senator Obama. Mr Obama is dignified, gracious and even-tempered. He doesn't 'misspeak' and then lie about it afterwards. He isn't jeopardizing his party to fulfill his own political ambitions.

    Senator casey is doing what is in the best interests of the Democratic Party. It's too bad Ms clinton can't or won't do the same. She's going to take it right down to the wire and cost her party in the process.

    That is indeed nasty.
  27. Jack Jones from Clearwater, BC, Canada writes: David R

    You mean Bush had experience as a cokehead aloholic?

    Or his experience as an absentee national guardsman?

    Or his experience as a privileged whaat boy runnin dad's oil cumpny?

    You're right Bush did have experience. Too bad it didn't do his country any good.
  28. Clive Gingell from Canada writes: Jack: Try Hitchens:

    http://www.slate.com/id/2187277/pagenum/all/#page_start
  29. Jim Saxon from Canada writes: Patrick King from Canada writes: If my memory serves me correctly, on Feb 6, Hillary Clinton had more pledged delegates than Obama. Why didn't Obama drop out at that time? The cowardly Obama has been crying out for Hillary to withdraw before Texas and Ohio.
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    This language and these emotions are exactly the reason Clinton ought to bow out. The campaigns started with a civic discourse and a lot of enthusiasm - for the first time, Dems were coming out in hordes to vote and really did have the embarassment of riches - both candidates are strong and which one to vote for! Clintons, in my opinion went to the base (literally) and have made this a hate-me/hate-you campaign which is not good for either candidate. She threw the kitchen sink and now she should just say Goodbye.
  30. Dave T from midwest, Canada writes: To Mr. Jack Jones: To Mr. Bush's resume, don't forget we must add all the years he was president of the Texas Rangers baseball team, because really, sitting in a luxury box at a ball game is critical preparation for the complexities of international diplomacy.
  31. Jack Jones from Clearwater, BC, Canada writes: Clive

    Read it. What's your point?
  32. Clive Gingell from Canada writes: Jack: In Hitchens' words: 'To have accepted Obama's smooth apologetics is to have lowered one's own pre-existing standards for what might constitute a post-racial or a post-racist future. It is to have put that quite sober and realistic hope, meanwhile, into untrustworthy and unscrupulous hands. And it is to have done this, furthermore, in the service of blind faith. Mark my words: This disappointment is only the first of many that are still to come'. Unquote. Poster William Ross mentioned Trudeau, a comparison I've made numerous times myself; beware, as Kristofferson used to sing, of The Silver Tongued Devil.
  33. Clive Gingell from Canada writes: Jack: In Hitchens' words: 'To have accepted Obama's smooth apologetics is to have lowered one's own pre-existing standards for what might constitute a post-racial or a post-racist future. It is to have put that quite sober and realistic hope, meanwhile, into untrustworthy and unscrupulous hands. And it is to have done this, furthermore, in the service of blind faith. Mark my words: This disappointment is only the first of many that are still to come'. Unquote. Poster William Ross mentioned Trudeau, a comparison I've made numerous times myself; beware, as Kristofferson used to sing, of The Silver Tongued Devil.
  34. Clive Gingell from Canada writes: Sorry about the double post.
  35. Simon Croswell from Toronto, Canada writes: It is time for the good ship PMS Hillary to dry dock. Obama Girl hates Hillary. I hate Hillary. A majority of the pledged delegates hate Hillary. Enough is enough. Let the Big O get onto the business of destroying Old Man McCain so that we don't have to suffer through another 4 years of death and destruction.
  36. Martha K from Canada writes: Jack Jones from Clearwater, BC, Canada writes: You know Martha when you say 'nasty' the picture of Hilary comes to mind, not Senator Obama. Mr Obama is dignified, gracious and even-tempered. He oesn't 'misspeak' and then lie about it afterwards. He isn't jeopardizing his party to fulfill his own political ambitions. '

    Well, you know Jack, when I said 'nasty' I certainly did NOT mean Senator Obama - you can see I clearly meant the Senator from Pennsylvania. He was obviously not following the 'will' of his constituents as the delegates have been MANDATED to do.

    But for you to say Mr. Obama is all those wonderful things -- and I've no doubt he is and agree -- I would still clarify that yes he often does 'misspeak' - take for instance his very serious gaffe on Pakistan and his reference to calling Canada's 'president'. Yikes. That's a huge one that would make me nervous.
  37. Wanda Fyooka from Vancouver, Canada writes: Clive,
    Love the style, you 'silver-tongued devil', you!
  38. Jack Jones from Clearwater, BC, Canada writes: OK Clive Well you know how to cut and paste.

    To be honest I'm surprised that Mr Hitchens is so negative about Mr Obama seeing as they are both of African descent and thereby occupy the same binary vis a vis positions of privilege in their country.

    Maybe he's just jealous of Mr Obama's ability to inspire hope across all segments of the population.

    I think there's a certain fatalism however in tying a person's past to their future, which is basically what Hitchens is attempting to do. (Mr Obama had ties to a preacher with controversial views so will the REAL Obama please come forward, not the one he's showing to America to get votes!)

    Indeed, Mr. Obama is saying exactly the opposite of what Mr Hitchens is saying. He believes that America still has a bright future despite her racist past. That she can overcome her inner divisions and that a better day is possible for all Americans.

    This message of hope is a powerful one, and the American people are ready for it.

    If there is a silver tongued devil here, surely it is Mr Hitchens whose prose is unnecessarily complicated and obtuse. I think he thinks that makes him sound smart!
  39. Jared Dapena from Halifax, Canada writes: Martha, at least a gaffe is a gaffe - I'm sure we've all had our share. But an outright lie is an outright lie...and that would make me a lot more nervous. If Hillary is capable of fabricating the Bosnian sniper affair, what else has she fabricated? It wasn't an honest mistake...an honest mistake would have been if she had encountered a similar situation in another country...and simple misspoke the country name due to fatigue or what have you...but to create an endearing heroic moment that simply didn't happen to you...ever....that's a lie. Human beings misspeak...dishonest human beings lie.
  40. Martha K from Canada writes: Jared Dapena from Halifax, Canada writes: Martha, at least a gaffe is a gaffe - I'm sure we've all had our share. But an outright lie is an outright lie...and that would make me a lot more nervous. If Hillary is capable of fabricating the Bosnian sniper affair, what else has she fabricated? '

    I truly believe she misspoke - I mean, she would have known that the visit would have been recorded. But I'll not pass judgement.

    Then again, it troubles me that Mr. Obama might have misspoken as well - I won't characterize anything as a lie as you have because everyone deserves the benefit of the doubt - when he said he had never ever EVER heard his pastor use incendiary language. Very hard to stomach that one - how could he not have? There are many many clips - did he miss all those sermons? I have real problems with that Jared. I really do.
  41. Duane Freemantle from writes: There are some people who do not know what made Bush a bad president. He refused to accept when he made a mistake. At times he was inactive in crisis situations. When the evidence suggest one thing, Bush insisted the opposite was true. He refused to waiver on some issues with resulted in a bad result. Experience or the lack there of had nothing to do with it. One can not predict how bad a president can be, however many still believe the other Bush would have made a good president.
  42. Jack Robertson from Toronto, Canada writes: Poor Hillary. Like Ignatieff, she is paying the price for her arrogant assumption that she was somehow entitled to the leadership of her party and country. Unlike Ignatieff, Mrs. Clinton still has time to bow out gracefully. If she does, it will be the only graceful gesture of her campaign.
  43. Jack Jones from Clearwater, BC, Canada writes: Jack Robertson Nicely put.
  44. Duane Freemantle from writes: No matter what is said it has become obvious that Ms. Clinton should concede defeat. Statistically Ms. Clinton can not get enough votes to surpass Mr. Obama. It seems that more super delegates will also start to endorse Mr. Obama, more for party unity than anything.
  45. M Warren from Ottawa, Canada writes: Incendiary language? From a pastor? During the US primaries? Loosen up, Canada; US politics has always been about Spectacle first and foremost, and Democracy somewhere along the way. Not that this is a bad thing. Besides, even the thinnest layer of teflon deflects these accusations from Obama, because the controversy does not concern his own words; 'guilty by association' only goes so far, and the 'swift boat' show happened once already four years ago...yawn.
  46. Duane Freemantle from writes: Jack Jones writes: 'Jack Robertson Nicely put'. It is hard not to disagree with the parallels between the two. Jack Robertson, well said.
  47. joe kelly from Canada writes: Patrick King from Canada writes: '....The cowardly Obama...' 'Cowardly Obama' is right. Hillary has guts and balls (figuratively) and incredible intellect and nerves of steel. I should know, I've worked with her. In 1983 I was deployed with a Special Ops team into the Hajigak Pass of the Hindu Kush in Afghanistan. It was (obviously) a covert op and our job was to train the local mujahideen and help them interdict Soviet traffic. We sometimes participated in shoot 'em ups. Brutal business that. Hillary was there as a liaison between the local Pashtun, our op team and the black ops guys at Langley. It was a very harsh place, especially in winter...but she sucked it up like one of us. We were constantly on the move but had a 'base' in a small village that was really just a handful of stone huts. We offered her one exclusively but she said 'no way' she bunks like everyone else. In the fall of '83 we inadvertently got ourselves between a soviet convoy and a muj bushwhack squad and geez did it get hot. Ok, maybe it wasn't inadvertently. But anyway, Hill was back at alpha camp and what does she do when she hears about it? Cut and run? No way. She conscripts a couple of locals and loads up a jeep with all the ordinance she could find and comes charging 5 K through shite donkey trails right into our fight. Christ, first thing we know we see a Soviet T-72 light-up like July 4 and we realize someone was laying down Stinger cover fire from a kop behind us...Hillary! But the Soviets kept poring in assets and we had to pull back. To be honest, it was a bad situation --- 2 Mi24's show up and start strafing our camp. But then something out of a movie, out of a science fiction novel, unbelievable happens --- Hillary pulls out what we first thought was a radio but then learned was an early satellite up-link phone and who does she call? Andropov!! And wouldn't you know within 15 minutes the Mi24's back-off. She saved us. She can be my commander-in-chief anytime.
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    William Doyle from Prince George, Canada writes: Bill and Hillary Clinton by saying that McCain and Hillary are fit for office and Obama is not are disgusting. Have a bleeping look in the Clinton mirror and see ALL the scandals that have built up over the years. Bill and Hillary only care about themselves and if they can not win the Democratic nomination they would rather see McCain become President.

    It is time for both of them to get off the presidential stage, this will remove a large smell from the Democratic campaign.
  49. Jack Jones from Clearwater, BC, Canada writes: Joe Kelly

    Are you for real?

    Just because you had an affair with Mrs Clinton doesn't mean Obama is a coward.

    Really, you should consider publishing this novel, it has a fantastic beginning and the plot line is page-turner quality.

    When you run out of ideas, change the bong water and get back on!

    Hindu-kush indeed! Dude you are the man!
  50. Beatriz Perez-Sanchez from Toronto, Canada writes: It won't be long now before the munchkins and the superdelegates of the Democratic Party will be singing the old campaign song 'Ding, dong, the witch is dead.'
  51. Patrick King from Canada writes: To: Jack Jones from Clearwater, BC.

    'Patrick King, if you love Hillary that much why don't you marry her?'

    Hillary is married, and is committed to her husband.

    'For the rest of us saner individuals Obama is the only choice.'

    Who is 'us'? It is you only, not 'us'.

    'He is America's and by extension the world's best hope for a new paradigm in intelligent leadership.'

    Who do you think you are that you can speak for America and by extension the world? BTW, where is Clearwater on the map?

    'I got a HUGE crush on Obama. And I'm married with four kids. Go figure.'

    Your sexual orientation is not of interest in this discussion. Go and get help!
  52. Rebel Prince from Berlin, Germany writes: Great news. Clinton needs to step aside. Her ego is only doing the Democrats harm now.
  53. Patrick King from Canada writes: To: B I from Toronto, Canada.

    Quote: Number of times a candidate won a state with 60% or more votes: Obama: 18 Clinton: 1. Unquote.

    Do you know what's wrong with your math? Obama won all the small States, such as Idaho, where the total number of votes casted was only 21,224. He won 79%, or 16,880 votes. Hillary won all the big States, eg. California, where a total of 4.37 million votes were casted. She won 52% or 2.3 million votes, which was 416,335 more votes than Obama's 43%. That difference of 416,335 votes already exceeded the total number of votes casted in Mississipi (total of 411,495 votes), which Obama won 61%.

    I'll keep it simple for now. If you need further help, I'll be happy to give a hand. FYI, all statistics quoted from CNN Election Center 2008.
  54. Patrick King from Canada writes: To: Jim Saxon from Canada

    'This language and these emotions are exactly the reason Clinton ought to bow out.'

    What language and what emotions are you talking about? Please be specific.

    Why does Hillary ought to drop out because of a comment made by a blogger? As absurd as it sounds, you are given a chance to explain.
  55. joe kelly from Canada writes: Hey 'Jack Jones' are you calling me a liar?

    Perhaps I mis-spoke or made a mis-take or was mis-informed. But don't call me a liar. Having now closely scrutinized all the photos and video tapes in our Delta Force archives, I notice that Hillary is conspicuously absent in every one of them. Come to think of it, she may not have been with us in the Hindu Kush, Afghanistan fighting Soviets in 1983. BUT, I do remember her once visiting Pope Air Force Base and like, we made brief eye-contact. Which is the practically the same thing as being down-range in theatre and taking fire. I mean, the courage it took for her to make eye contact! Geez, makes me shiver what guts she has.

    Forget the phonecall, let me personally deliver that 3AM message.
  56. Jack Jones from Clearwater, BC, Canada writes: Joe Kelly

    You are awesome. I would like to buy you a beer.

    Cheers mate!
  57. Patrick King from Canada writes: To: B I from Toronto, Canada

    'Obama writes many of his own speeches, the speech writer edites every single one of them. Hillary Clinton doesn't write her own speeches, never has.'

    How do you know?
  58. Khalid Rahim from scarborough, Canada writes: Senator Casey's endorsement of Obama is certainly going to help him
    contest against Clinton, with more people in the state realizing that
    Hillary is a fake.
  59. Hendrick Larose from Calgary, Canada writes: I find it interesting the amount of acrimony between Obama and Clinton supporters who live in Canada (who will have no say in the matter). Yet some people think the ongoing battle between the 2 will not hurt their election chances in the Fall. The republicans must be amazed by their luck that an election they thought was lost is now becoming a possibility. Hillary is hurting her party's chances and is paying no heed to the daily defections which shows her drive to win at all costs even if it means a Republican president.
  60. martha stewart from Canada writes: Good. Hope this helps Obama.

    The prospect of the Clintons in power again is the worst case scenario.

    Still expecting McCain to win however. His side still has their hands of the levers of public manipulation.

    C'est la vie.
  61. Jim Saxon from Canada writes: Patrick King: As absurd as it sounds, you are given a chance to explain.
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    Your and your candidate's arrogance knows no bounds........you will be kind enough to give me a chance to explain?? You have explained it yourself! Pathetic childish ego.
    Clinton is a relic of past - utterly in denial that the world does not owe her anything - as you are too. She uses words like 'Shame on you.....etc. and you use words 'Cowardly' Obama. Even McCain refused to be drawn into the Wright controversy but Clinton had to make her opinion known. Obama has more grace and courage than ten of you and Clinton. His speech from the hot seat displayed that amply to anyone with ten ounces of grey matter. For the rest of you.....go back and start with the alphabet book.
  62. SN Dream from Canada writes: If Obama can't change his pastor's racist view for the past 20 years, how can I trust him he can change the country in the next 4 years?

    Even ignoring his pastor's possibly Obama's racist stance, I seriously question Obama's judgment on following a pastor who believe and preach the idea that the US government invented and spread HIV purposely to genocide black person. This is the most ridiculous conspiracy theory I had heard over the year.

    Also, unlike Rev Wright or Mike Huckabee, I major in Math not Faith. So would someone explain to me how come it's racist for Hispanic to vote for Hillary in 2 to 1 and not racist for Black to vote for Obama in 4 to 1???
  63. SN Dream from Canada writes: Jim Saxon from Canada writes:
    Clinton is a relic of past - utterly in denial that the world does not owe her anything - as you are too. She uses words like 'Shame on you.....etc. and you use words 'Cowardly' Obama. Even McCain refused to be drawn into the Wright controversy but Clinton had to make her opinion known. Obama has more grace and courage than ten of you and Clinton. His speech from the hot seat displayed that amply to anyone with ten ounces of grey matter. For the rest of you.....go back and start with the alphabet book.
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    If you haven't notice, McCain didn't comment on anything, even if he did, he won't get coverage. Above his speech, he did not address nor resolve anything. It's just the plain old politician tricks of blaming everything on the society. Come to think of it, it resonate with his pastor sermon about it's the society not the individual that's at fault when it come to any issue either crime or racist comment.
  64. Brent Raby from The City State of Toronto, writes:
    Hillary has the Republicans quaking in their boots.

    Obama has the Republicans quacking in their boots.
  65. Jim Saxon from Canada writes: SN Dreams - see the whole tape - it is not as ugly as it has been made out to be by Fox News. Secondly, the older generation of blacks and coloured people has been through some pretty horrendous racist times - do you even know what slavery means? They could be bought and sold like property! N-bashing was everywhere. Anyone who has been through that time does not forget the scars.

    Obama is trying to get beyond that and this is the time to heal not reopen old wounds by accusations of reverse racism.

    By the way, is it racism that Blacks take pride in one of their own and vote for him? What about when Irish took pride in an Irish candidate or Catholics voted for a Catholic? What about the Italian core of Toronto voting for an Italian candidate - is that racism or justifiable pride in promoting one of their own?

    Fox News and neo-con radio is doing a lot of harm to the fabric of our society. But I sincerely believe, it is the last gasp of an old rotten system and most people think like me. Future is good!
  66. martha stewart from Canada writes: Brent Raby writes:'Hillary has the Republicans quaking in their boots... Obama has the Republicans quacking in their boots.'

    Wish it were true Brent. But they've got the mud cannons loaded for Hillary, and she doesn't stand a chance... especially now that her methods have angered so many in Obama's camp.

    And they've got too much ammunition for Obama now too. Can't you see the 'rabid pastor' video going non-stop?

    Sigh.

  67. Jim Saxon from Canada writes: SN Dream: If you haven't notice, McCain didn't comment on anything,
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    He (McCain) was asked to comment on the subject - he said he believes what Obama has said in his speech (race speech). So did Huckabee. Only Clinton went to the far-right radio (which once accused her of involvement of suicide of one their WH employees) and spoke against Obama.
  68. Out of Toronto, finally from Montréal, Canada writes: The vultures are out for Hillary and the r@ts are leaving the sinking ship. It is a shame that the most qualified candidate will be denied a shot at the presidency, just because of some young good-looking smooth-talking well-casted hot shot who yet has to learn how life in politics is. But well, this is the US, always in for the better flashy show and McCain as president will make sure that the wars go on!
  69. SN Dream from Canada writes: Jim Saxon from Canada writes:
    He (McCain) was asked to comment on the subject - he said he believes what Obama has said in his speech (race speech). So did Huckabee.
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    Oh, McCain did? Opps.
    Of course Huckabee said he believes. Huckabee sermon is also as hate filled as Obama's pastor. Only difference is Obama's pastor preach hatred towards white ppl, Huckabee preach hatred towards, woman, homosexual and AIDS victim.

    Would you enlighten to me on what did Obama's speech resolved? Because to me it's only the typical politician tricks of blaming everything on the society.
  70. Brent Raby from The City State of Toronto, writes: martha:

    Cheer up! The next president will be a Democrat.
  71. martha stewart from Canada writes: Brent - OK. If you say so. Let's compare notes next November.
  72. Mr. Callaghan from Canada writes: Why is Canada's so-called 'National Newspaper' leaving it up to Associated Press to file their reports? This is an important primary, the Globe may want to start covering themselves.
  73. D. B. from Greater Sask., Canada writes: The final vote in 2008 will be about 50-50, with one or two voting machines deciding the difference. Amazing how the US manages to stay so polarized when you would think that people would be fleeing the Republicans in droves. Why on earth would the Americans consider, after an eight-year nightmare, of going with a Republican? I heard somewhere that Wall Street was backing Obama. I hope that is true.
  74. Brian Dell from Alberta, Canada writes: joe kelly: Great story. That Obama guy wouldn't have been there because he would have wagging a moralizing finger at the very idea of covert ops without Congressional oversight. As we all know, morality is the last refuge of the coward! ;) Someone else claimed '[Hillary] can not win any of the following: the popular vote, delegates or largest amount of states'. re 'largest amount of states,' do people really think that winning Wyoming and Idaho means double the mandate of winning California? I'll tell you what's relevant: having more pull against Republicans in the big swing states: Ohio, Penn, NJ, Florida. Even if the Dems pick up Wyoming (which they never will in our lifetime) etc., the western interior states don't have enough electoral votes. re popular vote, if you include Florida and Michigan, Obama's current lead, prior to a likely Clinton win in Pennslyvania, is less than half a percentage point. Is a Floridian's vote not supposed to count because it did not reflect a genuine choice or because it was cast at the wrong time? The fact that the elected representatives of Florida and Michigan's state government wanted votes in January suggests that even the timing was not divergent from the will of the people in those states, meaning that the controversy there is all about whether the rules of the DNC should override the will of ordinary people in Michigan and Florida. The Obama campaign then turns around and says that the contest rules which say Clinton has every right to take this to the Convention in August should be ignored! Couple that with declaring that superdelegates should follow the primary results while embracing the endorsement of the latest super who defies the expected will of his electorate and one has a pattern of wanting it both ways...
  75. Jim Saxon from Canada writes: SN Dream - I would not arrogate myself to enlighten you - but I can give you my honest opinion - I think that it refused to fall into the same old trap of political expediency of blaming everything and everybody else and dumping whoever is inconvenient. Without being an apologist for the abhorrent comments, he tried to explain the forces at play - he also tried to invoke the concept of self-help and hope for the future. I think it was far from a politician trying to escape the fall-out of the behaviour of someone close. I think he took the issue head-on without saying either there is no race issue in America (the neo-con approach) or that the racist division defines the American experience (the aggrieved Black approach).
  76. Jim Saxon from Canada writes: heard somewhere that Wall Street was backing Obama. I hope that is true.
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    Dream on, my friend! This is what Kudlow has to say:
    http://www.cnbc.com/id/23797309
  77. SN Dream from Canada writes: Jim Saxon from Canada writes: SN Dreams - see the whole tape - it is not as ugly as it has been made out to be by Fox News. Secondly, the older generation of blacks and coloured people has been through some pretty horrendous racist times - do you even know what slavery means? They could be bought and sold like property! N-bashing was everywhere. Anyone who has been through that time does not forget the scars.
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    I watched ABC, MSNBC and CNN, I hate Fox News.

    Yes I know the history of slavery in America, it ended by the American Civil War in 1865 so I seriously doubt anyone been through that time still alive. Yes, black people have been suffered badly in the past, but they are not the only one. You think Hispanic and Asian have been living in paradise?? You think female have not been discriminated?? How about the LGBT community who are still have to live in fears because of nutcase like Huckabee?

    Just let me tell you, current the current policy in both US and Canada. According to statistics, Black are more likely to get into a better school with a lower high school grade, they are more likely to get promoted even if they have a lesser education compare to all other race.
    On the other hand, Female earn 20% less on the same position after taking into factor like education and experience. Oh, by the way, more female are getting into university than male by getting better grades in school so they are not dumb.

    Blacks are not the only one who getting it tough. The world is harsh for everyone and you are already being treated better by the society than the rest..
  78. Jim Saxon from Canada writes: Yes I know the history of slavery in America, it ended by the American Civil War in 1865
    According to statistics, Black are more likely to get into a better school with a lower high school grade, they are more likely to get promoted even if they have a lesser education compare to all other race.

    'you' are already being treated better by the society than the rest..
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    You are making a whole lot of assumptions here without anything to back you up, my friend and I am sorry I took you for someone with whom I could discuss things objectively.
  79. SN Dream from Canada writes: Jim Saxon from Canada writes:
    1) I would not arrogate myself to enlighten you - but I can give you my honest opinion. I think that it refused to fall into the same old trap of political expediency of blaming everything and everybody else and dumping whoever is inconvenient.

    2) You are making a whole lot of assumptions here without anything to back you up, my friend and I am sorry I took you for someone with whom I could discuss things objectively.
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    I am lumping 2 response in 1 reply.

    1) You would not or could not?? His pastor are preaching racism towards whites ppl and through it blaming all the Black's problem on the white. As the self pro-claimed champion for change? He could not even change his pastor/mentor, the one who wed him with his wife, baptized his child in the last 20 plus years, this make me question his ability. US is in a total mess now, with the Iraq war, Iran nuclear threat, a looming recession, sky rocketing oil and a ridiculously high deficit and debt, this is all tough task, and when they intertwined like this, it's a total nightmare. US need the someone that's most capable and either you like it or not, that's Hillary Clinton, not Obama, yes a lot of people like him, but that does make him more capable.

    2) I just mistype 1 pronoun with all editing and cut and paste, i think I typed serveral thousand words tonite on this thread already, gimme a break.
  80. Ben SGT/USMC from United States writes:

    We in the south will examine all of the candidates closely.

    When we examine Barack Hussein Obama's candidacy which would include his life-long pastor and spiritual adviser Rev. Wright's statements of the 'U.S. of K.K.K', and 'God-D@mn America'....

    We'll figure out the wisest choice.
  81. Beatriz Perez-Sanchez from Toronto, Canada writes: What did the Rev. Wright say that was racist? His anger at much of white America was completely justified. If any of the rest of us had the same experiences as most U.S. blacks, we would be just as angry. The reverend may be an angry man but he is not racist. The charges of 'racism' levelled against him stemmed from the collective guilty conscience of white Americans who were uncomfortable at hearing the truth. The Clintons, for all their 'liberal' pretense, are the ones who injected the issued of race into the campaign in the first place, starting with Bill Clinton's patronizingly racist comparison of Obama's victory in the South Carolina primary to that of Jesse Jackson many years ago. In a fit of bitterness over his wife's defeat, Ms. Lewinsky's former boyfriend trivialized and dismissed the importance of Obama's victory. By doing so, the former president exhibited a racist attitude that one might expect from your average red-necked Georgia cracker.
  82. Ben SGT/USMC from United States writes:

    We in the south also know that anybody like Hillary who damn-near got massacred by sniper-fire in Bosnia is brave enough to lead us though the next battles.

    We're no fools.
  83. Robin Hood from Canada writes: I saw a few clips of Rev. Wright on youtube.
    He speaks with a loud voice, and conviction....but the content of his sermons are incisive, often hateful, and his arguments are bullshit.

    It is regrettable that Obama claims this man was a source of inspiration for him.

    But i suspect Obama is just selling out to the pea brained americans, who do not have any respect for people who don't whore themselves out to Jesus Christ. He does not seem like a Christian nutter.

    I look at Obama, and I cannot see any influence of this senile old pastor on him. He is very affable, intelligent, and certainly 10x better than Hillary Rabid B#tch(Rodham) Clinton.
  84. Tim Rutkevich from Canada writes: Useless endorsement, same as the one by Teddy Kennedy. Democrats carry very self destructive trench warfare. They need to read Guderian's Achtung - Panzer! Die Entwicklung der Panzerwaffe, ihre Kampftaktik und ihre operativen Möglichkeiten. Politics is like a warfare. You need to exploit weakness of the opponent and hit is with everything you have.
  85. Ben SGT/USMC from United States writes:

    Robin Hood from Canada writes:

    Great point!

    And not to mention Barack Hussein Obama's qualifications to hold the office as President, during these extraordinarily tough times.

    Experience is everything, wouldn't you say?
  86. Duncan Morris from Salmon Arm, Canada writes: Hillary's (named after Edmond Hillary) 'misspoken' comments brings back the all too familiar memory of Bill's (I did not have sex with that women) 'Miss-smokin'' actions. The sad part is that one wrecked the possibility of a Gore presidency and the other is fanning fuel to the Republican war hawks and ruining the possibility of an Obama government. Both of these fine men are capable of leading the world and their powerful country to the realization of an inconvenient truth; 'we are all in this together!'
    I hope this is settled long before the Republicans play their trump card and follow Channey's lead into Iran.
  87. Brian Dell from Alberta, Canada writes: Here's another statistic for you:

    So far, the states Clinton has won represent 44% of the US population, and if you include Florida and Michigan (the dispute over which is an issue over who, if anyone, wins the delegates, not who wins the popular vote) 53%. The states won by Obama represent 34%.

    53% to 34%. With 13% yet to come, the math is such that OBAMA can't possibly catch up. Now who is supposed to withdraw again?
  88. National Action Committee on the Status of Elvis in Canada from Ottawa, Canada writes: Ben SGT/USMC from United States writes: We in the south will examine all of the candidates closely. When we examine Barack Hussein Obama's candidacy which would include his life-long pastor and spiritual adviser Rev. Wright's statements of the 'U.S. of K.K.K', and 'God-D@mn America'.... We'll figure out the wisest choice. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Hopefully, the American people will make a choice and think about the real issues facing their country: the looming recession, the mortgage crisis, oil prices, food prices, the federal deficit, the massive trade deficit, the Social Security system, health care, the war in Iraq, terrorism, the unstable world situation... Hopefully, they will not be blindsided by media hysteria over a handful of quotes of Reverend Wright a man who has no role in the Obama campaign and will have no role in an Obama adminstration. After all, the American people have made two disastrous choices in the last eight years. So at least with the choices among Obama, Clinton and McCain, they can only do better. Sorry, I'm still wondering how George W Bush got away with trying to conceal his Maine drunk driving conviction.
  89. Brian Dell from Alberta, Canada writes: Robin Hood writes: 'You make it sound like Obama got 0% of the vote in other states. You make it sound like Hillary has 100% support of all the democrats in the states she has won. Don't you understand how democracy works?' In the US Electoral College, it is winner takes all. GWB got just a handful more votes than Al Gore in Florida, but got all of Florida's electoral votes and won the Presidency. I'm not saying that's the way it ought to work, that's just the way it is. The Democratic party is not helping itself if it loses electoral vote heavy states like Ohio / Penn / Michigan / NJ because it went with Obama, who is polling worse than Clinton in those swing states against McCain. I might add that Michael Barone calculates that Clinton could end up with a larger share of the popular Democratic vote: http://www.usnews.com/blogs/barone/2008/3/28/projection-clin