Do you want to win this election?

[1trackmindGOP]

Rather than trying to tear our candidate down, we must start defending him against GOP style attacks. We must let them know that we will not accept them tying Obama to Wright and acting as though he shares the same brain as him...we all are individuals and think independently for ourselves, this is the case whether you are black, white, brown, red, or yellow. We must hold Obama accountable for his actions and what he says, but not for everyone he knows...that is unfair and the same standards are not applied to the other candidates proportionately. McCain is not held strongly to Hagee, Robertson, his mafia affiliation which his father in law is a part of and his special interest buddies, Hillary and Bill are not being tied strongly to their child molesting preacher Rev. William Procanick or the group of religious elitist group known as "the Family", she is not being tied to Norman Hu, Peter Paul and the lobbyist the Clintons are strongly tied too such as Janice Enright, Harold Ickes, and many others, several of which are campaign aides in her campaign.

The truth being stated, the media are disproportionately attacking Obama with this slime, known as guilt by association, Obama has clearly stated where he stands and what he believes, either they are saying he is a bald face liar or using this to damage him knowing that they can trigger some kind of gut fear among white voters, that will entertain the notion that just maybe something is wrong with this BLACK man, maybe he is dishonest and harbors anti white sentiments. Talk about paranoia, wake up people...a lot of white people are supporting him, many of which work with him and know him much more personally than the sound bites and the media spin we hear...I just do not believe this man is any less honest than the other candidates, nor does he have any more baggage than the others, in fact I believe all said and done...he has much less.

If you fall for the swiftboat style attacks, bittergates, wrightgates, blackgates; Shame on you for being so shallow minded, look hard at this and you will clearly see why these attacks are taking place so strongly, even from his so called fellow Democrat, the power that has held Washington for decades has zero intention of letting go of their control of Washington and it's power to write its own rules in their favor, they do not want a Government for the people and by the people, they want exactly what we have now...how is it working out for you? For my family it is scary and getting worse. My vote is for Obama because we need change, not token campaign promises of those who are willing participants in the powers that be in Washington, we need someone that has not conformed or aligned with them...our best hope in the remaining candidates is Obama and he brings to the table a new generation of Democrats...the young voters, that we will need going forward to be successful and have a strong party that can turn things around and get meaningful things done for our families and future generations.

Whether any of us like it or not, Obama is almost guaranteed to be the nominee facing McCain, bar some kind of insider magic which would truly devastate the party if not completely dismantle it. We need to get behind him now and fight the true fight, not Obama vs Clinton, but Obama vs McCain...make no mistake...our country can't afford McCain as President, he is not much better if any than Bush and each of you know all to well how that has worked out for America.

Fellow Democrats and Independents, the outcome is in your hands, either we can stand together and succeed or we can continue to tear each other down, divide ourselves and fall victim to our own stupidity and suffer the consequences for decades, just as we will suffer for the Bush years of damage...it will not be a quick fix..sorry to bare the bad news but that is fact. Peace!

[alamantra]

1. Putting Sen. Obama's comments into context.

I share these concerns. As to the "guilt by association" standard, really all Sen. Obama has been shown to be "guilty" of is having been associated with the regular day to day processes of a person with political aspirations living in the town of Chicago. ...In a word, he's "guilty" of being from Chicago. He has been 'accused' of having the Rev. Wright as his pastor. The media has thrown boulders at Sen. Obama over this. Yet, for a black politician in Chicago, that church, being a large component of the constituency Sen. Obama sought to work with, even as far back as being an organizer, was a natural selection. His association with Rezko is by no means a unique one in Chicago politics. His association with Bill Ayers came about as they were simply both local residents involved in local political and social concerns. There is really nothing to any of this other than the spin of the MSM as a conduit for the spin of Sen. Obama's political and corporate rivals.
Recently the media highlighted some remarks made by Sen. Obama at a private California fundraiser where he spoke of 'bitter working-class voters.' Much has been made of this to the point where the question actually put forth for we, the voters, to entertain is: Is Senator Obama an elitist? For Sen. Obama's part he says that he simply mangled what he was trying to say, and I have no reason not to take him at his word. However, the media has felt it significant enough to continue to foster this meme. Well, today I was browsing around youtube and found some other comments made by Sen. Obama on the SAME DAY as his "bitter" comment. They are from another fundraiser, and I think that it validates his statement that he mangled the point he was trying to make as, in this video, he seems to make the point and make it more eloquently. I think, further, that this other video shows just how much he is in touch with the realities that those who are at the bottom of America's ladder of aspiration have to face each and every day. It shows further that he understands the effects of current policy on America's working class and that he knows how to make it better, not bitter. In the interest of fairness and justice, which are two motivating forces of the Obama campaign, we should consider this information and spread it to the MSM itself, which has made so much over nothing at the expense of informing the voters:
Obama's Other Remarks