First Daughters for Obama?

re: First Daughters for Obama?

You Know!!! — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:48:52 GMT

Is that the reason we have not seen Bush's other daugther at the White House or with the First Family??

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hotstuff — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:28:03 GMT

These first daughters are obviouly smart people. And smart people usually vote Obama.

That said, I would like to share this New York Times editorial, titled:

THE LOW ROAD TO VICTORY.

Opinion All NYT

The Low Road to Victory

Published: April 23, 2008

The Pennsylvania campaign, which produced yet another inconclusive result on Tuesday, was even meaner, more vacuous, more desperate, and more filled with pandering than the mean, vacuous, desperate, pander-filled contests that preceded it.

»Voters are getting tired of it; it is demeaning the political process; and it does not work. It is past time for Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton to acknowledge that the negativity, for which she is mostly responsible, does nothing but harm to her, her opponent, her party and the 2008 election.

If nothing else, self interest should push her in that direction. Mrs. Clinton did not get the big win in Pennsylvania that she needed to challenge the calculus of the Democratic race. It is true that Senator Barack Obama outspent her 2-to-1. But Mrs. Clinton and her advisers should mainly blame themselves, because, as the political operatives say, they went heavily negative and ended up squandering a good part of what was once a 20-point lead.

On the eve of this crucial primary, Mrs. Clinton became the first Democratic candidate to wave the bloody shirt of 9/11. A Clinton television ad — torn right from Karl Rove’s playbook — evoked the 1929 stock market crash, Pearl Harbor, the Cuban missile crisis, the cold war and the 9/11 attacks, complete with video of Osama bin Laden. “If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen,” the narrator intoned.

If that was supposed to bolster Mrs. Clinton’s argument that she is the better prepared to be president in a dangerous world, she sent the opposite message on Tuesday morning by declaring in an interview on ABC News that if Iran attacked Israel while she were president: “We would be able to totally obliterate them.”

By staying on the attack and not engaging Mr. Obama on the substance of issues like terrorism, the economy and how to organize an orderly exit from Iraq, Mrs. Clinton does more than just turn off voters who don’t like negative campaigning. She undercuts the rationale for her candidacy that led this page and others to support her: that she is more qualified, right now, to be president than Mr. Obama.

Mr. Obama is not blameless when it comes to the negative and vapid nature of this campaign. He is increasingly rising to Mrs. Clinton’s bait, undercutting his own claims that he is offering a higher more inclusive form of politics. When she criticized his comments about “bitter” voters, Mr. Obama mocked her as an Annie Oakley wannabe. All that does is remind Americans who are on the fence about his relative youth and inexperience.

No matter what the high-priced political operatives (from both camps) may think, it is not a disadvantage that Mr. Obama and Mrs. Clinton share many of the same essential values and sensible policy prescriptions. It is their strength, and they are doing their best to make voters forget it. And if they think that only Democrats are paying attention to this spectacle, they’re wrong.

After seven years of George W. Bush’s failed with-us-or-against-us presidency, all American voters deserve to hear a nuanced debate — right now and through the general campaign — about how each candidate will combat terrorism, protect civil liberties, address the housing crisis and end the war in Iraq.

It is getting to be time for the superdelegates to do what the Democrats had in mind when they created superdelegates: settle a bloody race that cannot be won at the ballot box. Mrs. Clinton once had a big lead among the party elders, but has been steadily losing it, in large part because of her negative campaign. If she is ever to have a hope of persuading these most loyal of Democrats to come back to her side, let alone win over the larger body of voters, she has to call off the dogs.

(Remember, New York Times endorsed Hillary)

re: First Daughters for Obama?

stuf — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:13:43 GMT

What is Obama middle name?

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bbell@us — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:45:31 GMT

We need a strong family in the white house, we need change , look at our gas prices.

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curiosityhasme — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:42:50 GMT

Before you start the Easter egg roll, remember who these first daughters represent: elitiest America. Therefore, as long as we "white trash" working-class, clinging to our guns and faith are viewed as irrelevant by the Obama camp, I'd hold off on Michelle measuring for drapes in the girls' bedrooms. We, the nucleus and backbone of this country will have the final say in who occupies the White House. Just because we are "dismissed" by certain groups, doesn't make us "invisible." Without a Hillary Clinton nomination - the 40% defection to McCain means Cindy gets to pick out the colors for the drapes. In Cindy's case - at least it's red, white, and blue.

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PurpleFlakes — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:43:51 GMT

"That said, it's probably a stretch to read much else into what's really just a weird (if intriguing) coincidence." Umm, maybe because there isn't anyone under 40 who doesn't believe in this guy? It has nothing to do with first or second daughters. Obama has captured the imagination of intelligent thinking people of all ages, but particularly those under 40.

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jafgreen — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:50:21 GMT

She did not say that, She said "she would be interested in learning about other candidates"

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redheaded blue girl — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 18:57:29 GMT

So Jenna blathering out some non-specific 'interest' in the candidates, which you weirdly conclude is to Obama, is being tempted to 'the dark side'? Do you want to reconsider that phrase?

re: First Daughters for Obama?

Sam100 — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:31:34 GMT

Obama has naturally what most candidates lie,steal, cheat and kill to have a sincere, fresh, open and willing to learn and great national respect! He is just what we voters dream of as a political office holder especially a president!!