Obama is right, Clinton can and should stay in the race as long as there is a following.
More important that Clinton or Obama--or even Rep or Dem is that we preserve our democracy for the outside world--but even more importantly for ourselves.
Democracy is a messy business and there are always unforseen issues cropping up (who would have thought after more than a year of campaigning--the Dem race would still be unresolved). The debacle in Florida in 2000 or less so in Ohio in '04 should actually be looked at as triumphs of democracy (which can only triumph by having more people involved) The handling of the above issues, particularly 2000 were where the problem comes in.
It is very important that this nomination and subsequent election be open and fair. I ma a Floridian, we took a gamble (allbeit Rep lead--but there was not viable Dem opp) and lost--oh well--our party and elected Dem's should be the ones deciding this, and humbly asking to be seated (even at a .50 rate)--just like with sports, we lost this battle, but there is always next time. Get over it, there are bigger fish to fry.
If all things are open and honest and questions are dealt with, Obama will win the nomination. No question about it--throw whatever kitchen sinks you want, play whatever youtube clips you want--the man has reached into the American voter and has tapped into something that makes them want to make this a participative democracy instead of a plutocracy.
Obama '08
Monday, March 31, 2008
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Comments too good to pass up!
2 posts from a fellow Wash Post reader:
1> No wonder the R's are losing it. Just listened to Rush talk about how America is the world's best last hope. Nothing like turning a nation into an idol. Sounds just like Hitler's deification of Germany.
The world's last great hope are those who act justly and defend the inalienable rights of humanity, wherever they may be.
The founding fathers realized that the nation they were founding was another experiment in human governance. It could fail as easily as the many nations before it.
A nation which embraces torture, pre-emptive wars, invasions of sovereign countries, pollutes the environment, lives off the slave labor of poorer countries and legislates belief can no longer claim the moral high ground or pretend to be the last great hope of anything except humanity's basest desires.
America is not great by virtue of its existence. It is great only by virtue of its virtues.
So tragic that so many listen to such tripe. It's like people who are told they are good simply because they belong to a religion, mistaking membership for good works, ritual for good fruits, prayer for acts of charity, religious clothing for conversion of heart.
America is only as good as its actions.
No more, no less. To claim some innate divine superiority is as delusional as it is blasphemous.
But the weak and insecure always seek to clothe themselves in God's mantle when unable to do God's work.
The right is to be pitied when seduced by such a small-minded man.
Posted by: wpost4112 | March 27, 2008 01:52 PM
2> Charity.
As some one remarked long ago, the poor will always be with us. In other words, we will always be creatures of choice.
That same man remarked on the rich who paraded their charity for all to see. To empower the poor? To promote the general welfare? No. To reap compliements and indulge in self-pride at a being so "generous," giving a pittance from their piled-up of wealth.
True charity has little to do with money or tax-write offs. It has to do with treating others with respect. It has to do with empowering those who have no power. It has to do with protecting the environment. It has to do with creating balance in society. It has to do with sacrificing one's comfort for another's survival. It has to do with self-respect, respect for others and respect for the created universe.
It has nothing to do with sending a check to Africa from the comfort of a exclusive country club.
As that same man said so many years ago, it will be easier for a camel loaded with baggage to get through the tiniest of archways than a rich person to enter the gates of heaven. Not because they are rich, but because they can't let go of the baggage.
Money is not the root of evil, it is the desire for it.
But as some of the rich are unable to release their grasp of materialism for love of neighbor, so too many of those who are not rich are unable to release their grasp of envy.
Judging each other on matters of the heart are as meaningless as judging charity from an IRS filing.
Posted by: wpost4112 | March 27, 2008 03:35 PM
1> No wonder the R's are losing it. Just listened to Rush talk about how America is the world's best last hope. Nothing like turning a nation into an idol. Sounds just like Hitler's deification of Germany.
The world's last great hope are those who act justly and defend the inalienable rights of humanity, wherever they may be.
The founding fathers realized that the nation they were founding was another experiment in human governance. It could fail as easily as the many nations before it.
A nation which embraces torture, pre-emptive wars, invasions of sovereign countries, pollutes the environment, lives off the slave labor of poorer countries and legislates belief can no longer claim the moral high ground or pretend to be the last great hope of anything except humanity's basest desires.
America is not great by virtue of its existence. It is great only by virtue of its virtues.
So tragic that so many listen to such tripe. It's like people who are told they are good simply because they belong to a religion, mistaking membership for good works, ritual for good fruits, prayer for acts of charity, religious clothing for conversion of heart.
America is only as good as its actions.
No more, no less. To claim some innate divine superiority is as delusional as it is blasphemous.
But the weak and insecure always seek to clothe themselves in God's mantle when unable to do God's work.
The right is to be pitied when seduced by such a small-minded man.
Posted by: wpost4112 | March 27, 2008 01:52 PM
2> Charity.
As some one remarked long ago, the poor will always be with us. In other words, we will always be creatures of choice.
That same man remarked on the rich who paraded their charity for all to see. To empower the poor? To promote the general welfare? No. To reap compliements and indulge in self-pride at a being so "generous," giving a pittance from their piled-up of wealth.
True charity has little to do with money or tax-write offs. It has to do with treating others with respect. It has to do with empowering those who have no power. It has to do with protecting the environment. It has to do with creating balance in society. It has to do with sacrificing one's comfort for another's survival. It has to do with self-respect, respect for others and respect for the created universe.
It has nothing to do with sending a check to Africa from the comfort of a exclusive country club.
As that same man said so many years ago, it will be easier for a camel loaded with baggage to get through the tiniest of archways than a rich person to enter the gates of heaven. Not because they are rich, but because they can't let go of the baggage.
Money is not the root of evil, it is the desire for it.
But as some of the rich are unable to release their grasp of materialism for love of neighbor, so too many of those who are not rich are unable to release their grasp of envy.
Judging each other on matters of the heart are as meaningless as judging charity from an IRS filing.
Posted by: wpost4112 | March 27, 2008 03:35 PM
Comments from the Horse's Ass on Roasted Religion
Surely even Christians, died in the wool, conservative Christians have a problem with this kind of rhetoric--This CANNOT be seen as patriotic or American . . . right???
"If you are not electing Christians, tried and true, under public scrutiny and pressure, if you're not electing Christians, then in essence you are going to legislate sin."
-Florida Representative Katherine Harris (August 2006)
“I have opponents in this race who do not want to change the Constitution. But I believe it’s a lot easier to change the Constitution than it would be to change the word of the living God. And that’s what we need to do is amend the Constitution so it’s in God’s standards rather than trying to change God’s standards so it lines up with some contemporary view of how we treat each other and how we treat the family.”
-Presidential Candidate, Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee (February 2008)
"If you are not electing Christians, tried and true, under public scrutiny and pressure, if you're not electing Christians, then in essence you are going to legislate sin."
-Florida Representative Katherine Harris (August 2006)
“I have opponents in this race who do not want to change the Constitution. But I believe it’s a lot easier to change the Constitution than it would be to change the word of the living God. And that’s what we need to do is amend the Constitution so it’s in God’s standards rather than trying to change God’s standards so it lines up with some contemporary view of how we treat each other and how we treat the family.”
-Presidential Candidate, Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee (February 2008)
Thursday, March 20, 2008
ROASTED RELIGION'S Predictions for The November Election
Try for yourself:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/interactives/campaign08/electoral-college/?
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Obama's Speech on Race on ROASTED RELIGION
Here is the speech in 4 videos.
People are already comparing it to Lincoln's A House Divided speech.
People are already comparing it to Lincoln's A House Divided speech.
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