BeingFrank

Pioneerking, if that were the case, Obama would not be where he is now....
Blacks being only 12% of the population I think your opinion of America
is much too dated, and jaded..

Brilliant Post Frank ! Once again BRAVO ! posted 06/18/2008 at 18:28:42

I must say that Gore's speech was the best I had ever heard him give !

That line about even dogs knowing it was time for change was so funny ! posted 06/16/2008 at 23:18:29

SuperDelegate ? Bartoshevich is a SuperExtremistDelegate.

How dare she attempt to use her vote and voice against the American people, including the very women who she claims to be for.
She was never a true democrat.

Who gave such a person super status in the first place ?
What is the vetting process ? posted 06/14/2008 at 21:19:03

When will this 'Race ' Myth Die ?

There is only one Race on Planet earth.

Last time there were two the other was called Neanderthal !

If we want to speak about ethnic or cultural identity then fine, let's talk about it, but 'race' is an illusion, that's as ridiculous as a man coming back from vacation with a tan then being treated like some other species.

We all walked away from one family, settled in other parts of the world and our skin & hair adapted.

Can we have family reunion now and share all our secrets and lessons ?


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...or anyone with male genitalia. posted 06/12/2008 at 17:51:53

beveret you are a minority, A sad, gender extremist.
No better than those that kill the innocent with bombs, you do it with votes, yet the results are the same.

This country will no longer be the tool of fanatics that place the interests of one group over any other.
That is what this election is all about, in case you missed it.

You were never a Democrat, we understand that now, so your loss is for the better of us all and to the detriment of your own Karma because your self destructive efforts will fail. posted 06/12/2008 at 17:49:02

Free speech has nothing to do with it.

As an third generation ex-military person, I know the military has it's own laws, the ucmj, which by the way disallows servicemen to slander their superiors.

So why allow them to slime a presidential nominee who one who may become their commander in chief ?

It's short sighted on so many levels and demonstrates a disrespect and disunity that could be read by our enemies in ways that affect the safety of us all. posted 06/12/2008 at 18:04:43

mh01, You just underlined my point.

Take the time to read what is there in the article, not what is in your head.

Take the time to read the world as it is, not as you are told it is, or try to spin it.

This inability will be marked as the reason for your fall, along with your trickle down theories that are used to pacify and put on hold the desperate needs of the common man while the corrupt toast to their shortsighted ill-gotten gains. posted 06/13/2008 at 16:39:19

mh01, You just underlined my point.

Take the time to read what is there in the article, not what is in your head.

Take the time to read the world as it is, not as you are told it is, or try to spin it.

This inability will be marked as the reason for your fall, along with your trickle down theories that are used to pacify and put on hold the desperate needs of the common man while the corrupt toast to their short sighted success.

That time is Over, get used to it or die out. posted 06/13/2008 at 14:29:31

Kendera !
Did you take the time to really read the article, or is this the limit of intelligence in the republican party ?

Your every word is pure junk, with zero factual or logical substance.

Sheesh,..Tell them to run a campaign on the issues, and they get outraged, dumbfounded and begin, like someone pulled their string, spitting out those pre-programmed guttural slime snippets..

Comical ! posted 06/13/2008 at 12:26:18

cct84, you don't have it right.

Frank never said that we should vote for him 'because' of the world's opinion.
What he said was the world, which is not quite as large as you seem to believe,
is a mirror of our American character.

This is important, because who we are as a nation, not only affects our policy
and economic relations around the globe, but in our own nation.

Nor did he say that you republicans should not run your campaign, but that you should
run one with intelligence, on the issues, not the usual gutter tactics that prod dark
instincts of fear, race, patriotism and other card tricks that misdirect our eyes away
while sweeping day to day problems under the rug.
I guess that kind of thinking is beyond you.

The rest of your comments are a direct result of the very types of mind altering spin that is leaving your kind much like Neanderthal, in the past.
A people who could not adapt to an evolved world.

You can't see past your own cave, let alone the breadth of America, and the World, is so out of your range it might as well be on a distant galaxy. posted 06/13/2008 at 12:17:15

Simply Brilliant !!

Focused this important world changing moment in American history and with a pan towards the future, so clear it was, that I could have sworn that I was watching a high def movie.

As a matter of fact Frank, this would make for a entertaining, educational yet highly interesting documentary.

The best written article I have ever read on Huffpost or possibly anywhere !~ posted 06/13/2008 at 10:31:40

I'm a 51 year old man, and we were doing fist bumps in the hood when we were kids.

This only further demonstrates how out of touch, and out of date repubs are.

I predict the demise of their party leaving only two, Democrat and Independent {which will select a name or have one selected for them.}

The repub view has been revealed via the mass communications networks we have available today to be a conduit for money and power to special interest only.

People are no longer going to be herded into separate barns, told what to think and how to react then milked for all their money. posted 06/09/2008 at 15:09:57

Thank You Clevelandchick and to all those beautiful women who understand that Gender issues tied to race and used to dismiss a candidate, is simply racism, and in this case a form that's immediately self defeating.

It"s a direct result of a notion that Gender discrimination, trumps Racism, when they both, as well as all other "isms" rob us all of genius, ideas and solutions.

I think some of these blue collar women"s thought patterns, are being affected by 19th century ignorance, which use minorities as scape goats for the problems that are a direct result of corrupt or mismanaged government, and their own uneducated voting patterns.

There is also an unspoken pecking order that some of you need to be unaware of, that places White men first, then White women, followed by Asian men, then women, Latino men, then women, Black women, then men.

2008 however will mark a change, an evolution if you will, of the ability of our collective eye, to finally see the inner-being, which is the essence of who we are.

To realize that people are people, humans beings are one organism, all with a gift to give.

When we can nurture and cherish each being like a precious seed in fertile soil, all our problems will be overcome. posted 06/09/2008 at 00:35:58

I highly doubt if he will select Clinton as VP for reasons you stated and more.

Not to mention that she would throw off his whole campaign message of making a clean break from the past.

I also doubt he will select a woman for the sake of gender appeasment, unless that woman is the person who would be perfect for reasons beyond gender.

Let us hope that one is, because I personally would like to see Sebelius on the ticket. posted 06/09/2008 at 14:50:59

Ignore Karisma and all like him.

A large percentage of them are republican trolls trying the re-dig the trench, and the remaining are too far gone to reason with, and are best weeded out as we move forward.

Their 'spite' votes will be few, unimportant, the only damage being to their own Karma for attempting to stab our country which is already in dire straits. posted 06/09/2008 at 14:08:19

Ignore Karisma and all like him.

A large percentage of them are republican trolls trying the re-dig the trench, and the remaining are too far gone to reason with, and are best weeded out as we move forward.

Their 'spite' votes will be few, unimportant, the only damage being to their own Karma for attempting to stab our country which is already in dire straits. posted 06/09/2008 at 14:06:13

People are doing what needs to be done to heal the rift.

We have all been through a dirty war yes, and things were said and done that need to be forgotten for the sake of the country, and that means playing nice and forgiving in a much quicker fashion than normal.

Time is of the essence. posted 06/09/2008 at 13:58:27

There are hiding, within the ranks of Hillary supporters, Political Terrorist who would destroy innocent lives to make a narrow minded and misguided political point.

By using votes in place of bombs they would send more of our children to Iraq, have millions of hard working people lose their homes, die for lack of medical coverage, raise the unemployed ranks, lose the right to choose, keep the 'isms' alive and breathing and further crumble our standing in the world community.

They are few.
Let them show themselves, and be weeded out of our party, as they could never get their minds around the larger party goals of unity and prosperity for all, their minds and hearts being small & dry as bone.

Once disconnected from us, they will petrify and be buried with their prehistoric mindsets. posted 06/08/2008 at 01:18:16

Cheers to Hillary !

It was good to see the Hillary I knew before Iowa, the woman I wanted to win the white house, before all was said and done.

Why couldn"t she have always been that way ?

Oh well, it all ended in balance, because Obama is the person for our time and place.

At this point however as I sit here typing this, I would not be so much against Hillary as running mate, though it may simply be illogical emotionalism at the end of a long and hard fought campaign, she has restored my faith in her.

No matter who ends up as VP, Hillary has pledged to do her part to bridge the rift, so all true democrats
will cross over, and help us take our country back.

Those remaining on the other side, will no longer be able to hide their true faces in our ranks, these fanatics, these political terrorists, with selfish and narrow group loyalties based on innocuous definitions.

Their numbers will be few.

Bravo again to Hillary Clinton ! posted 06/07/2008 at 22:37:36

Cheers to Hillary !

It was good to see the Hillary I knew before Iowa, the woman I wanted to win the white house, before all was said and done.

Why couldn"t she have always been that way ?

Oh well, it all ended in balance, because Obama is the person for our time and place.

At this point however as I sit here typing this, I would not be so much against Hillary as running mate, though it may simply be illogical emotionalism at the end of a long and hard fought campaign, she has begun to restore my faith in her.

No matter who ends up as VP, Hillary has pledged to do her part to bridge the rift, so all true democrats, will cross over, and help us take our country back.

Those remaining on the other side of the divide, will no longer be able to hide their true faces in our ranks, these fanatics, these political terrorists, with selfish and narrow group loyalties based on superficial definitions, who harbor and deploy the very 'isms' that were used against them.

Their numbers will be few.

Bravo again to Hillary Clinton ! posted 06/07/2008 at 18:08:23

Pippen,

The word you are thinking of here is not Hate, but dislike, or frustration, and those change from person to person, culture to culture.

Certain Asian cultures for example have a slower, flowing, natural view of time, life, and weather.
An understanding that allows or even generates appreciation of life and any weather that does not destroy, and acceptance of the kind that does.

In other words, Frustration is man made, an emotional and immature reaction to a perceived or real problem, tied to the inability to accept, or to calmly innovate to overcome a road block.

Competition ?

To Win by intelligence, is at the core of our humanity, as we were never the strongest, even when up against Neanderthal.

We are thinkers by design, and hate is not a thought, but in insane emotion, void of intelligence or forethought.

Hate is a dark wish of death, of obliteration, of genocide, of subjugation, which is all suicidal because we are all one.

Tied to revenge, it hides as justice to misdeeds, which are in reality setting cycles of violence to repeat thus still an emotional insanity.

Tied to resources, it creates a justification to the God given right to exist, to eat to live, however like in this election, the logical truth is that we must vote in unison to overcome what affects us all.

No matter how you look at it, hate is a link to our uncivilized past, when the truth of it"s definition was unclear. posted 06/07/2008 at 16:36:41

I don't believe that Hate is hard wired into our DNA.
If that were the case, we would have killed each other off long ago.

Every child is born to love of life, it being our society and times that tarnishes that love.
You cannot have love of life without the understanding that all must have it, or non have it for long.

Hate is the result of fear, but fear of what ?

Fear of loss of resources.

Resources have always been at the root cause of our human conflicts, and "isms" were the excuses that painted over the reality of our innate understanding that to kill or deprive another human being is to kill a part of one self.

It"s only just becoming clear to us as a species, that cooperation is the key for not only our survival, but for our reaching our next phases in cultural evolution, to where we understand the most precious resources, are not something we eat, but are the genius seeds that are held in every human being, in which are held the answers to all of our problems.

It"s the gift to humanity that slowly separates us from the Animal kingdom of eat or be eaten. posted 06/06/2008 at 19:54:01

You need to read my post a bit more carefully.
Get Your facts straight, before you respond in a negative way to a post next time. posted 06/08/2008 at 17:29:17

Though I have much respect for Maya Angelou, she made an error, in not selecting Clinton, {as I too was a Clinton supporter before she revealed the depths to she would dig to obtain her goals,} no, but in staying with her.

This revealed a sad inability to properly prioritize between the needs of her gender, and her country.

Though Clinton is no better for women than Obama in any area outside of the mere fact, that she, as a female, sends a non verbal message to other females that they can accomplish anything, which they can regardless, as long as they can rise above artificial the mind barriers.

However doesn"t Obama, as a minority and of one that has had to go through the most humiliating and daunting task, that still in this modern age, must be accomplished on a daily basis, by millions of Americans of African descent, which is having to prove the right to be included in the family of human beings, does this not send a message that is more powerful and all encompassing ?

I say yes ! posted 06/06/2008 at 13:31:02

BigBen,

If history is any indication, even recent, it would strongly suggest that being half black, running for our nations highest office is of no benefit, to put it mildly.

Would you say that his race played a positive in the Steel belt and Appalachian areas ?
How about with many of our seniors, and our Latinos ?

Now let"s examine the voting numbers.

At the word Go, it was name recognition that fueled Clinton's fast acceleration of votes, which is proven by number drops once her gas ran low.
This was when she decided to take the low roads to the white house.

Lastly there are numbers bolstered by pure fabrication that criminally omit all the caucus states, and takes into greedy claim, a flawed vote in not only Florida, where Obama at the time, was virtually an unknown black guy, and in Michigan where anyone with any sense of unbiased intelligence would understand, that only one candidate on a ballot makes for a dead ballot, no matter this ridiculous argument regarding a candidates choice of removing themselves, which has nothing to do with the fact once they do, that the ballot is then invalid.

There was a time when believing in Clinton spin, was mildly excusable, but no longer.

The events of Tuesday June 3rd have woken most of the remaining hold outs, the rest holding onto planks from boat that sank three months ago the captain is sailing away on a yacht pointing to her donate button. posted 06/05/2008 at 20:06:06

Great reading, and keen insight Drew !

You should make a documentary on this, as it would become a studied reference mark for decades to come, on a moment that marked a positive turning point in American history. posted 06/05/2008 at 16:17:49

Oh Hillary,..

I was so excited when you decided to run.

There was no one but you !

I know you would have lost regardless, because of the timing, and because of Obama,
however, I wish you had run a noble, straight forward campaign from beginning to end.

Then, you would at least be our Vice President.

But now it's too late.
You have made so many disastrous mistakes, including this last stumble of attempting to take t
he VP slot by force, or as some would see it, simply in a crude way.

I don't know if it's your decision making process, or your inability to select advisors.

Whatever however, the bottom line is that those are two key traits that any President or
Vice president needs to be effective, and you have proven not to have them. posted 06/05/2008 at 14:32:56

The vast majority of true Democratic Clinton supporters will support Obama no matter what is said while in the heat of battle, or the stinging aftermath.

Clinton herself will make sure of this, otherwise she will be demonized and ousted from the Democratic party, for handing the reins to our country, while on this high mountain one lane pass, back into the reckless clutches of the republicans, a drastic historical error that would destroy not only her family legacy, but the cause of the women whom she claims to represent.

The fault would fall directly at her doorstep, not only because the rift she created by pandering to gender extremist and racist who by power of relation to family, and association, pulled others into their maelstrom with innuendo and spin and outrageous lies, but for refusing to relinquish her claim on 18 million votes that do not belong to her, but to the Democratic party and to America.

Let those few remaining hard cases stand out, and be marked for what they are, Extremist, no better than those who destroyed our twin towers, or suicide bombers, who would rip apart innocent lives, to make a political point.

They never really shared our democratic dream of equality for all, but were only out to use us to create a power base for a few.

Let us weed these Political Terrorist out, and allow them to sit alone in the sun, until they dry up, and are blown away. posted 06/04/2008 at 18:43:50

"I am not a bargaining chip. I am a Democrat."

Here Here !! What a honest and Wonderful Article !

We do not belong to Political leaders but to America ! posted 06/04/2008 at 14:43:26

letsgetsmart,... Yes, Let's.

The Ends do NOT justify the means,... at least to those who believe that honesty and integrity are key attributes that our President must have, which have proven to be the majority of our voters.

Have you ever thought that maybe Obama should have swept the primary ?

Was it okay for Clinton to hold off her fall at least for a while, by pandering to gender and racial extremists, or to our dark and fearful natures, and as result creating a rift in our party that may never heal ?

Is it okay for her now to hold hostage our country and future for personal leverage, proven to be selfish by the dire consequences of the republicans retaking the reins and driving us the remaining few miles to our peril ?

Can you understand the American comes first ?

Yes we must unite, but so far all we have seen from Clinton, who is the key to the reunification, is a power play to force herself onto the ticket.

This self entitlement is the root cause of her fall.

Can't you finally see ? posted 06/04/2008 at 13:38:53

Alecki,

Give up parroting that same old Rhetoric, Evil Spin designed NOT, to inform, but to influence.

It's hasn't worked to the degree required, because most people have the intelligence to research before they vote.
Proven by the fact that Obama is our Nominee.

Fortunately, Obama now has the time to reveal to those who have been misinformed, who he is and what he stands for, without the static blaring from TWO fronts. posted 06/04/2008 at 13:22:31

NoSpinTruthZone "Clinton will be back in four years after McCain cleans up most of Bush's mess."

Hmmm,....

Since your Screen name and your remarks are at odds, either racist or idiot remain the only explanations left. posted 06/04/2008 at 12:23:35

"I'd love to see a woman President, too - but not at the cost of having her, her campaign, and her supporters shut out the dreams of one group of young Americans in order to serve the dreams of another. No group that suffers from discrimination has ever conquered prejudice by turning its back on others in the same boat."

Bravo !

Brilliant RJ, I could not have said it myself ! posted 06/04/2008 at 12:16:56