Obama: "Be Nice To Clinton Supporters"

At a fundraiser last night in Portland that raked in an estimated $350,000 to his campaign coffers, Barack Obama predicted a victory in Oregon, and said he believed the resulting delegate haul would "put us over the top."

"We will be able to say we have won a majority," he said. "But we have a lot of work to do ahead of us."

For Dems to win in November, he said, it will require a unified Party, adding: "That means all of you have to be nice to Clinton supporters."

After Tuesday there are three more contests.

Read the whole story here.

Comments

[Cunningham]

If you vote for a republican, you're a republican, and you want 4 more years of the BushCo agenda with MORE WARS and bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb Iran.

[sangsue]

I want to make something perfectly clear. Zionism and Judiaism are NOT the same thing. Not all Jewish people are Zionists. I'm really getting tired of people using the code "Zionist" in these posts when they talk about the Zionist conspiracy for why we're at war. If you don't want Israel as a Jewish state, that makes you an anti-Zionist but not anti-semetic. If you want Israel as a Jewish state, that's the only thing that makes you a Zionist.

Thank you.

[sytgrl]

This is why critical thinking is important.

This article, as well as the original article, is 4 SENTENCES LONG!!!

Does anyone question the source of this article (Faux News)? What did Obama say right before and after this statement? What was the context?

Getting upset over a four line undocumented article is the equivalent of getting upset over comments made about "your candidate" by anonymous posters on a blog.

[Daisy1111]

If this rumor is true about a GOP October Surprise to assure McCain wins, the DNC has a problem.

This went viral overnight -- google 'Michelle Obama Whitey Video' and now you get 140,000 hits. People are emailing the link to superdelegates.

http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/05/17/who-wants-to-be-the-next-millionaire/

[Daisy1111]

- Obama brushing off his shoulder, wiping off his shoe. Reference to a Rap song, symbolically giving Hillary the finger.

- When asked whether Clinton has been truthful about what she"ll do as president, Obama answered "No."

- Michelle: "If she can't run her own house how can she run the White House." A reference to Bill's affairs.

- Michelle: "I want to rip Bill Clinton's eyes out." (in the London Guardian, US press ignored it).

- Obama on national TV. "You're likable enough, Hillary."

All of the above are signs to supporters it's open season on the Clintons.

Obama's past:

- Rev. Wright and Obama's ever-changing excuses. There's a video on You-tube showing how often BO claimed something different about relationship with Rev.

- Rezko -- house deal is the tip of the iceberg-- straw man donations, campaign donations from shady Rezko buddies born in the Middle East. One under indictment in Europe for dirty Iraq dealings,
who snuck into USA illegally to attend a Rezko fundraiser for Obama. Obama was there. (British press calls Rezko: Obama's bag man).

Campaign issues:

- I do not like his health plan, it favors insurance companies.

- I do not like his plan to raise payroll tax (with three kids ready to go to college, $150G per year is peanuts).

- I do not like his "no preconditions" talk to Iran.

- I do not like his paid anti-Israel advisors.

Don't respond, "yeah but Hillary -" It's a moot point. Your guy

[CocteausTwin]

I was about to say this was spam. I was wrong. Maybe it was that you seem to post the same old rhetoric. Kudos for at least typing it personally.

But I will say the insurance thing is something I am very wary of (will not change my vote though.)

I still think your other points are very labored. And who is the London Guardian? Are they the British equivalent of the NYT?

[Daisy1111]

You don't get it, Cocteau.

It doesn't matter if you think my points are "labored."

This is my opinion, many HC supporters feel the same ways, we will take it all into consideration in November.

And the Obama camp can't control it now.

The onus is on your camp.

[Daisy1111]

Part 2:

And no one has mentioned the treatment of African Americans who remained as Hillary supporters.

Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones (OH) -- she hjas been called vicious names akll over the internet. Mayor Nutter (PA) received death treats.

This is just to name two. HC's AA supporters have been called "Toms" by Obama supporters who then claim they're not playing the race card.

I wonder how many of the 5-10% of AA Hillary voters who cast ballots for her had to pretend to support Obama or be maligned by others.

A lot of ugly stuff has come out of the Obama camp. Just look at the blogs on Obama's website!

With his photo and logo up top. You mean to say Obama's staff don't see that vile about Hillary. They own the site, they let it go on.

Give me a break - they know, they encourage it.

[StephenDedalus82]

Come November Obama supporters will be wishing they had been nicer to Clinton a lot earlier, i.e., voted for her. Obama's luster will not last that long. In the end, he'll be a freshman Senator who's spent his entire national career running for president on a record of absolutely no accomplishments. More and more people will ask "why does he deserve to be president?" The latte drinkers and college students, fickle as always, will have found a new obsession, dumping Obama as soon as he becomes uncool, pounded by the right-wing media for months with no Hillary Clinton around to take most of the heat. African Americans, the demographic solely responsible for Obama's success (what other demographic has gone nearly 100% for any one candidate?), will be left out of the big picture once again. Once again Democrats will "hope" that acting like flower children and whining about unfair media treatment will propel them to victory, and, as always, they will fail. If Obama wins I will be pleasantly surprised, but it will depend on an extraordinary string of good luck in the months to come. He's against a veteran Senator, "war hero," white man named John. This is a country full of idiots. You do the math.

[Lesjoan]

Nobody has to be nice to me I will not vote for Obama because he is a sexist jerk with no experience to be president! Obama is passive-aggressive and very arrogant in my opion and his supporters are rude and sexist!

[SevenSteps2Kevin]

Clinton supporters, it wasn't fair of you all to say that we, Obama supporters, were drinking the kool-aid, insinuating we were brain washed cult members. It wasn't fair of you all to call us Obamabots, like we were incapable of independent thought and judgment. And after all the terrible things Clinton said to try to kill Barack's shot at the nomination, you want him to simply say, "Hey, we're a big happy family- a big, happy family that says the other person is muslim (in a bad way), or sexist, or woefully inadequate a person of rational thought" and never apologizes? That sounds pretty dysfunctional to me. I think you should be glad Barack is not more upset. After all, you did throw the kitchen sink at him. He swam. Good to be from Hawaii, eh Barry?

[CocteausTwin]

Tell me this is an alternate by choice and you weren't banished.

[xAnotherReaderx]

Obama's comment is both interesting and insulting. It's insulting because daddy has to tell the kids to play nice. Those who support HRC will most likely vote for a Democrat, no matter who the preson is. While the Republicans are trying to reinvent their party image, the Democrats have a list of Republican failures to highlight. McCain has a lot of hurdles in front of him, even from ultra-conservative members of his own party who may feel forced to vote for him though they don't like him. Obama has basically been a high road kind of guy with his public persona. However, mud was slung towards Clinton and her supporters by Obama's supporters. Some seem cultish by refering to Mr. Obama as "He" (the savior) while calling Clinton every dirty name in the book. Just read some of the Huff guest posts and responses. I guess Obama (and this blog) realizes that he needs Clinton supporters on his side. After all, though numbers favour him, the numbers also reveal that many also favour Clinton. Arianna has also moved to her "nice" phase. I don't see the attacks on Clinton as much as a few weeks ago.

[tbone99]

I agree "have to be nice " really doesn't have that ring of we're all in this together and we need to realize we share many goals "

[MarciL]

"Those who support HRC will most likely vote for a Democrat, no matter who the person is."

On the same page as this article is one saying that Geraldine Ferraro said that she might not vote for Obama, so your comment is not necessarily true.

[Daisy1111]

I posted two polls last night with links: 25-29% of HC supporters say they will not vote Obama.

She has appoximately 18-million voters. That's approx. 5-million voters who may saty home in Nov. or vote for McCain or write-in Hillary's name.

And most of them are in swing states.

[Insideout143]

Fox News is 'staying the course', keeping with creating as much division within the Dem. party as they can.
Tainted dog food again.

[Quotidien]

John McCain is not a substitute for Hillary Clinton. How can anyone think about voting for him after Hillary drops out of the race? They are completely opposite in terms of political platform and philosophy.

Why would a Hillary Clinton supporter abandon all that she has been fighting for? The message is much more important than the messenger.

[frustratedinohio]

I guess women who support Hillary are trying to send their own message to the country by electing McCain.

[tbone99]

What about men who support Hilary?

[ebanks84]

I would like to APOLOGIZE for all the Obama supporters who have made any Clinton supporters lives miserable during this rough campaign.

If you can accept my apology for whatever we might have said to hurt you personally, please forgive us. I wish to extend my hand to you in good faith and with honor to support a man of honor, Barack Obama.

Will you accept my apology? Can we move forward in PEACE?

[patmancando]

You, ebanks84 are one of the worse.........Never will I, and I think many others, forgive this kind of histrionics and lies you promoted about Hillary........shame on you, shame on Abaminations!

Your posted:
"Yet, they have no answer to what qualities make her right to be a president? I can tell you the qualities she has to NOT be president:

1. She lies at the drop of a hat.
2. She says what she thinks people want to hear.
3. She has no scruples.
4. She's a racist (and her husband)."
5. She twists the facts to her favor.
6. She is a Bush cohort.
7. She's part of the New World Order.
8. She lies about the war and is a secret war monger.
9. She hates Iran.
10. She talks badly about the Jewish people.
11. She has a "potty" mouth towards Jews and Blacks.
12. She lied about a "gas" so-called gift for the summer.
13. She and her husband trashed the White House when they were there last.

[CommittedDem]

I will never accept your apology. You repeated some of the most vicious rightwing lies about the Clintons.

[Daisy1111]

It's hard to do ebanks when people in this thread continue to last out at HC supporters.

Seems you're outnumbered.

[CocteausTwin]

I am sorry but this seems to be a very relevant quote from the movie "21"

"You know what's worse than a loser? Someone who will not admit (s)he played it wrong."

[flashlight]

I also don't buy the poll numbers about how many Democrats won't support the other candidate. Many of those who answer that way are just being savvy, because they know saying that will make the opponent look less electable.

[RobertaInCT]

flashlight,
You make a very good point.............

[CJGibson]

But more importantly, it's time for them to stop playing games and get to work on making sure we have a democratic president in 2009.

[johnsnakecusak]

Yes, this is a very good point.

[bellecloche]

This is really an issue about the supporters of both candidates learning to work together like Barack and Hillary do in the Senate, and since both candidates have millions of supporters, I don't care who you were rooting for, among those millions obnoxious things were said on BOTH sides. Now supporters on both those sides are posting here, "BUT THEY CALLED ME AN IDIOT!" Guess what? No one cares. A McCain victory in the fall is more likely to be interpreted as the voters' loyalty to the Republicans' war on terror or that America's not ready for a black president. A Clinton defeat in the Senate would be interpreted as the failures of the Democratic Congress. You're one among millions. No one is going to notice your little protest no matter how loud you like to type here.

The only way to start participating in the political process again is to start discussing the issues - hopefully Democrats can start to agree with Democrats here - and go save your riled up emotions for the next sports game/ballet recital/trip to the library/whatever.