> On Jul 13, 1:25 am, On The Highways and Bi-Ways God Built
>
> Yahoo.com> wrote:

>> In article 4ax.com>, Beau Blue says...

>

>>>>The divide
>>>>grew between the two as time went on as I listened to his repetitions of 'yes we
>>>>can' backed by little substance. It made me nervous.

>

>>>Well, instead of just listening, K .. maybe you should go to his
>>>website and read the substance of his positions. Read about his health
>>>care plan, (not as good as Hillary's, true - but the plan HAS
>>>substance and is a whole lot more palatable than what McCain talks
>>>about), his positons on defense, energy and the  environment, seniors
>>>and social security, and any of 30 other issues, from Defence to
>>>Women's issues. Each write up is comprehensive, substantive and a damn
>>>site better than anything the Repugs are touting (more of the same as
>>>the last 8 years). This "backed by little substance" is classic Repug
>>>dogmatic attack shit they hurl at everybody that's a Dem that runs
>>>against 'em.

>

>>>So, you vote for Obama in the primaries and then start quoting Repug
>>>propaganda out the side of your face now that he's got the nomination
>>>and you're too hurt for Hillary losing?

>

>>>Your "backed by little substance" indicates that you don't know how to
>>>read, but I know better - so it must be spite and spit to make sure he
>>>loses the general cause you're too angry a women can't be Pres this
>>>time around.

>

>>>Go read what's on his website! Or continue to spit and cry, I don't
>>>really care. But while you cry, realize what it is you're really
>>>crying about .. and it AIN'T Obama's lack of substance. Lie to
>>>yourself if you must, but don't lie to me .. I can read what's posted
>>>to a website.  If YOU can't, well ...

>

>>>-blue

>

>> Hi, Blue,

>

>> i think i need to agree with Ms. K here. Obama is priming himself for an upset
>> loss, and if you don't see the writing on the wall, than you're planning for
>> some heartache come the first week in November.

>

>> i would tend to say that you, and probably me as well, are probably more "left"
>> leaning than the average American. nothing wrong with that, but that little
>> tid-bit of fact has nothing to do with reality, and why i think Obama's gonna
>> lose, and why if the Dems wanted to take back the White House, they should have
>> nominated Hillary.

>

>> Obama's the greenest candidate the Dems have nominated since Winfield Hancock.
>> if someone says he's inexperienced, it's not a lie, he IS inexperienced, and
>> he's going up against a rather ruthless, an experienced politician in John
>> McCain. this fact seems to be too easily, and foolishly, dismissed by too many
>> Koolaide drinking Dems in the party. it's like the line that says "fools rush in
>> where angels fear to tread" thinking McCain would be an easy win. Obama hasn't
>> slung enough mud in his life as a politician to be ready for what's gonna happen
>> to him come the first of Sept. from the RNC. if he thinks otherwise, he's dumber
>> than i thought, and so's the DNC.

>

>> the Repos are the MASTERS of the divide and conquer political strategy, and have
>> been so since Richard Nixon in 1968, and it's worked beautifully for them. the
>> ONLY candidate in the last 40 years where this winning stragey hasn't worked was
>> with Bill Clinton.

>

>> and let's face it, kids, as a politician, Obama's not even in Bill's league. any
>> one who wants to argue that one is free to lose the argument.

>

>> so there's nothing there that tells me that Obama is ready for the war the RNC
>> has planned for him come September.

>

>> Obama was sold to us, via a friendly media freely exercising their white
>> liberal-guilt before the entire nation, as the NEW politician, as the DIFFERENT
>> politican, the politician of CHANGE. well, he's thrown the bill of rights, and a
>> woman's right to choose under the bus, all for political expediency, so i think
>> we can now safely say he's NOT any new kind of NEW politician, but just a
>> run-of-the-mill political hack from Illinois.

>

>> and wasn't that his greatest appeal? his greatest strength? that he wasn't a
>> standard politician? well, that's one's gone now, so what do we have left? in
>> one month he went from being the agent of change to a flip-flopping John Kerry.
>> and being John Kerry is not a winning strategy for getting back the White House.

>

>> and let's look at the realities of the electoral math. Obama is in danger in
>> Pennsylvania and Michigan. FUCK! as a Dem he should be ahead in those states by
>> 7-10 points. Hillary polled far better in those states than McCain. and i'm
>> sorry to say, if Obama loses those two states in November, he won't be
>> president, i can assure you of that.

>

>> Also, Hillary delivered Ohio. she wasn't just competitive there, she DELIVERED
>> it, with garlic fries and a nice softdrink. Obama can't. and on the day Hillary
>> dropped out of the race Florida went from a 3 point Hillary lead to a 5 point
>> John McCain lead. and if Obama has to spend money in Michigan and Pennsylvania,
>> then the Dems can kiss Florida goodbye right now.

>

>> and we should speak of Obama's latest colossal mistake, and that was his "we
>> should teach our kids Spanish" speech of last week. i can't think of a more
>> gigantically stupid mistake he could have made than making that speech, and
>> saying those words. he's just given the RNC a non-stop ad that will run in every
>> suburb in Missouri, West Virginia, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and
>> New Hampshire from Labor Day to election night eve. now you might ask, is he
>> right? personally, i think he is! but that doesn't matter one fucking bit! THAT
>> statement, and his lecturing-toned "embarrassment" of the ugly American in
>> foreign countries was so unimaginatively stupid that it confirms something i've
>> been saying since March, that he's an egotistical neophyte who's starting to
>> believe his own press. a smart politician would have never said something that
>> stupid.

>

>> immigration is one of the biggest wedge issues between liberal and moderate Dems
>> (especially in the states I mentioned above), and he just handed the RNC the
>> best tool they could ask for to divide and conquer that all important
>> demographic.

>

>> i told a number of Obama Koolaide drinkers back when Hillary dropped out, that
>> if he was smart, the only three words that should come out of his mouth from now
>> until the last ballot is cast in Hawaii on election night is HEALTH CARE,
>> EDUCATION, ECONOMY. it was the only chance he had to win.

>

>> oh, and let's just wait until Debate Time. those are going to be embarrassments
>> for the Democratic party, i assure you. Obama is a lousy debater, pure and
>> simple. McCain is gonna eat him for lunch.

>

>> the fact is Obama, so far, has shown he's not up for the challenge that's coming
>> his way very soon. if he actually believes that the worst he's had to face,
>> election-wise, came from Hillary, then he's living in some wonderful fantasy
>> world, and so are far too many of his Koolaide drinking "believers."

>

>> the Dems had a couldn't-miss chance to take back the white house this November,
>> and have once again blown it by nominating a very weak candidate. great, it's
>> become an every 4 year tradition now. as a Democrat i'm being asked to once
>> again rally around another losing candidate who's generally out of touch with
>> what the average American feels. i'm getting tired of being told i'm suppose to
>> feel "proud." my white liberal guilt doesn't go that far any more. i want to
>> win. and the Dems aren't going to win in November, again.

>

>> Most sincerely,

>

>> GodBuilt

>

>> --
>> -----------------------------------------------
>> "I am a false prophet and God is a superstition.." "Again!"

>

>> There Will Be Blood

>
>      There Will Be Blood
>      (Obama and the Bat)
>
> It looked a bit Baraky to the Democrats that day;
> The score was She to Who? with seven months left in the fray,
> So when Dean Looney died of Hearst and Edwards clipped his mane,
> A pal o'erwreathed the bleachers where the patrons saw McCain.
>
> A straggling few got up to go to gas pumps that were dressed
> In the "coin of greater value" that the Saudis had oppressed,
> While others thought, "If only our Obama could get a whack at that!"
> They'd put up money just to see Barak go at the bat.
>
> But Mike upstaged Obama, with Edwards also there,
> And the former was a midget and the latter was all hair,
> So on that strychnined multitude a Global Glacier sat,
> For it seemed to them the pantsuit was a cinch to add the Hat.
>
> But Mike fell down in Iowa, and Edwards died in Mass.,
> John looked to die of gallstones and the Reverend Wright of gas,
> And when the chad was settled and the dialogue most stirred,
> There were pantsuits ducking snipers, Puerto Rico fifty-third.
>
> Then from the maddened media went up the strangest sell --
> It rumbled in the ghetto, it rattled the oil well;
> It struck among the writers and foreclosed the empty flat;
> It raved that one Barak could swap his turban for the Hat!
>
> Ten million weepers wiped him as he toured the streets and sticks;
> Five thousand stations hyped him as he bowled a thirty six,
> And when the writhing John replaced a pin within his hip,
> Defiance gleamed Obama's eyes -- and blew another quip.
>
> And now the leather-covered checkbooks waved for still more air,
> And now Obama stood exhorting for a Fairer Share.
> As close by three and ninety-nine the nation's gas pumps sped,
> "New Style" sang staunch Obama.  "Strike oil," the umpire said.
>
> With a smile of Baptist charity Obama's visage shone;
> He sneered the rising prices and he bade the game go on!
> He signalled to the Middle East, once more the rockets flew;
> Obama still ignored it.  Said the umpire, "Iran, too!"
>
> "Flawed!" cried the Limbaughed media, as Kerry echoed "flawed";
> One toothy quip from their Barak and all were shocked and awed.
> They saw his teeth gleam purest white, an Oreo of smiles,
> And knew that they were now to see the Newest Style of Styles.
>
> The sneer has left Obama's lip, the cash has left his plate;
> He pounds with cruel violence the Bat for all his fate;
> And now the Saudis hold the price, and now they let it go,
> And now the air is shattered and the fallout starts to snow...
>
> Oh, somewhere in this favored land, a truck will run all night;
> A car is humming somewhere, and somewhere there's a light;
> And somewhere men are working, and somewhere children eat,
> But there is no joy in Washington:  the Irish burned the peat.