"The politics that sets to divide us than unite us, not this time there is too much at stake for

[cooolandrew]

that" Obama.

This sentance alone, defines, all we have seen. After Gore, Kerry and Dean. We should denounce and reject any blatant ploys to set us apart whoever is using those means and detract from the issues that matter....

" The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over, and over again and expect a different result"

[cooolandrew]

1. kick

[DevonRex]

2. K&R nt

[anonymous171]

3. k&r

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[cooolandrew]

4. kick

[Smartcookie]

5. Richardson's call for unity

“The Man Behind the Curtain”

The more I think about it the less I understand not only Bill Richardson’s endorsement but his latest call for the Democrats to come together, I’ll assume behind his candidate. Didn’t Dorothy stop talking to the giant animated head once the true Wizard of Oz was revealed? Why does Richardson expect less from us? He is trying to sell me a ticket for the Titanic after it already hit the iceberg. No matter what he says there MUST be another ship out there.

The current situation may seem to be a huge debacle but hardly the disaster it could have been had Hillary ever dropped out of the race. We could have been committed to a nominee that would get destroyed by the Republicans over a whole host of issues. While it is true that Hillary cannot win enough delegates to clinch the nomination, guess what, neither can Obama. With more information on Obama coming to light we now see that not only are the current primaries shifting major momentum but quite a few people who have already cast their votes would like a chance to have them back.

For some the Rev. Wright issue brings up separation of church and state. I could truly care less what your religion is but let us agree that none of the venom this man spewed had anything to do with religion. He is addressing social values and, after 20 years, one must share some of these ideals. By the way, Separation of Church and State was put in place to prevent the government from interfering in faith based affairs. In other words our bigoted racist founding fathers gave people like Wright the freedom to preach hatred.

My sympathies go out to the remorseful Obama supporters but they did have some indicators when political backers and hip hop artist endorsers could not name any accomplishments or plans Obama had in his platform. It is a sad day in America when his largest demographic of voters cannot state anything this man intends to do to help them but they do know the color of his skin. I really hoped we were above that.

This is also fueled when, less than eloquent politicians, say that Obama can help smooth over relations with Islamic nations simply because “he is a black man”. Hopefully Israel will not discover his church bulletin supported Hamas. Funny, my church paper is full of dreary old bake sales and bingo nights.

Much of this would be a moot point if we weren’t facing the travesty that is the Florida primary. How is it that Democrats must suffer for something that happened at the hands of a Republican legislature? Looking at the current mess I have an image of the GOP in a back room somewhere going “WOO HOO” and high fiving each other. Additionally, the candidates agreed not to campaign in Florida yet Obama spent 1.3 million to Hillary’s 130,000. Why did he spend that much knowing it wouldn’t count? He got a lousy return on that investment! He has consistently outspent Hillary 3 to 1. That is a huge story to me. She has garnered almost the same number of votes using a fraction of the funds. The DNC should pay attention to this because it would take a fortune to try and convince voters to go for Obama in the general election but with Hillary you’ll get more bang for the buck!

I know that not many Obama supporters have done a side by side resume comparison for, if they had, they probably wouldn’t be supporting him. You can’t blame them because investigating candidates takes work and we are a society of convenience. Besides, Obama’s speeches are so pretty. There was one about being hoodwinked and bamboozled that I really liked but I must admit I enjoyed it more when Denzel Washington gave it in the movie Malcolm X.

Finally in the upcoming weeks the rest of the nation has a chance to steer us out of this mess. Huge wins for Hillary create momentum and that is what our nominee requires. We can’t repair the damage to a flawed candidate but we can allow a fighter to battle our way back into the White House. As for me, I’ll take the tough one who never gives up the fight for the greater good. Or, you can do as Richardson suggests and “pay no attention the man behind the curtain!”