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Who cares what you want for this blog, you’re not the owner; however, you cannot create your own blog for free and direct that conversation!

I remember now, you came on board around Pennsylvania and you were trying to convince us that the hard-working Americans, white Americans were necessary for Obama for Obama to win the nomination. I remember you talking about your brothers and men who wouldn’t dare vote for Obama.

Every since then, all you’ve done is pick and pick about every media generated issue against Obama.

You’ve been here for one reason – to agitate.

That won’t be a problem at all.

Again, another who wasn’t going to vote for Obama using their vote as a tool. If I recall all of your arguments, points of view were against Obama and his policies. All of your attempts were to convince us that he was wrong.

Either you support Obama’s policies or McCain’s regardless of how either’s other supporters think or feel.

I know I’m voting my interests and neither you nor anybody else could change that.

If you are so offended by the posts and comments then be gone.

I have advocated for the surge, keeping taxes low, energy independence and school choice.

Just today we debated the post about McCain and Katrina. I tried to round out what I saw to be a limited account of McCain’s record.

I cite other articles to reinforce my viewpoint and cut and paste because I doubt my links will be followed. I want opposing viewpoints to this blog to be up for discussion and rebuttal.

Like I said, independent swing voters are a key to winning in November and I my interest in Obama was peaked by his supposed appeal to moderates.

My position has actually hardened against Obama since I started coming here. It is due mostly to the posts, comments and responses I have received here.

So I guess you will have to register one more voter to offset me because you seem uninterested in persuading me.

He had a live-in effeminate male friend for 15 years. That male friend, William Rufus King, became Franklin Pierce’s VP.

Buchanan’s first lady was his adopted daughter (an orphaned niece).

He never married.

Nothing like that could happen now, I don’t suppose, but it’s in our nation’s history.

New Democratic voters will replace Democratic voters who insist their voting for McCain instead of Obama because illary didn’t win.

There’s no desire to silence your dissent, just your policies.

Dissent all you wish, just don’t attempt to shove it down my throat.

s you’ve been here forever constantly telling us what you don’t like about Obama and not once have you advocated for McCain or his issues. That’s not dissenting for you have offered nothing in opposition except for articles regarding Obama that you’ve cut and pasted from articles. If you must dissent, please do it with your thoughts.

Ms. Irish

I ask again what do you want here? To debate about illary is foolish – she’s out. If you wish to wallow in that loss then I suggest you find some fellow Hillary supporters and work it out with them.

Nobody hear called you racist. You don’t have to support Obama, but you don’t get to beat us up for supporting him.

I suggest you get some counseling about your inability to deal with your feelings about illary’s loss.

I’m not “insulting” you “just for coming on this blog”, I’m calling you out on your condescending attitude. Your mere presence is not important enough to “insult.”

You want Obama and his supporters to stop denigrating Hillary, I
would have loved it if Hillary and Hillary supporters stopped denigrating Obama and Obama supporters. Stop acting like Hillary and her stans are completely blameless victims of the Obama Boogeymen because you’re not.

You come on here acting like your vote is worth a barrel of oil and Obama and his supporters need to kiss your ass to get the oil when you know all along you’re giving it to John McCain.

And you never did answer MY question, which is “Why didn’t Hillary Clinton feel the need to EARN the BLACK vote?” If she had worked to earn the black vote, she’d be pimp walking down the halls of the Senate as the presumptive nominee, not Obama.

Really. How exactly was Hillary going to win the general election without a sizable chunk of the black vote? Or are black votes not worthy of being earned?

Well, Hillary found out the hard way what the worth of the black vote really was.

Then you cry that you won’t be back because it’s too “anti white” around here. Nobody’s “anti-white” on here. I am personally anti-BULLSHIT, which I detect dripping off of you like sweat dripping a road crew worker laying down asphalt on a 101 degree day.

Again you come on here defending yourself against accusations that were never made (you being a racist and hating men) and you claim you just “wanna talk.” No you don’t. You want to talk AT us and you want to use US as an excuse not to vote for Barack Obama.

You really don’t need to explain what’s up because it’s crystal clear to everyone in this comments box.

Your tone sounds a lot different than what I read in your first post. I read it while I was at work and was thinking…wow! She’s angry. I think if you had treated the JJP family with the respect you are asking for, you would have received a better reception. The people here are open to having a conversation with Hillary’s supporters, but damn…you came here with fighting words. The healing really needs to begin soon.

I wish you well.

Please- nothing you said has anything to do with what I wrote.

You’ve decided to oppose anything I write because I don’t back Obama, but it’s not like I’m pro-war.

Y’all exhaust me with the anti-logic. I honestly just keep checking back to see if anyone’s being rational yet. Looks like it will take a few days.

-Ms. Irish

I don’t know about that. I have had some pretty good discussions here,
but have also had to endure some pretty rough comments. So be it.

I realize how very different our perspectives and personal political philosophies are.

I came to this blog believing Obama was a moderate. Hoping his supporters were moderate too.
He is not. Most here are not.

I realize that Obama’s idea of change, is nothing more than a whole scale attempt to dupe well-meaning and reasonable individuals to buy into a ‘progressive’ agenda by claiming to want to seek common ground and unite the country.

Only progressives who support Obama unequivocally are welcomed here.

But I keep coming back because I think that moderates and independents will swing this election, and I want to express my viewpoint. Many progressives think that if they just keep registering more new voters that they can overwhelm the electorate and silence dissent. Many here don’t try to persuade, they mostly try to intimidate, shout down, engage in ‘gotcha’ politics and personal attacks. As Jack most recently admitted, many here practice in the very politics Obama says he wants to move this country away from.

It is a real disconnect and it has been very illuminating.

A POX on the warmongers!
You want to keep the war going so you won’t feel like you “lost” but you don’t want your taxes raised to pay for the war you want? The cost of the illegal, unethical war is bankrupting our country! We are borrowing from China and one day we will have to repay. This is stupid.

It seems we are never going to respectfully disagree, that you are always going to insult me for coming to this blog and many other things, and you know nothing about me. You also don’t try, and that is a shame for all of us.

You probably think I am a terrible, bitter white person who hates blacks. Maybe you think I am a woman who hates men. Apparently I can’t say anything to change your mind so screw it.

I am just sorry you can’t get a glimpse of my experience, which I am sure is different from yours, but it still matters. When it comes down to it, you know nothing about me.

There is no Hillaryland that I visit- even on the internet. I don’t want you, and all Obama supporters, or all black Obama supporters to kiss my ass. I want y’all to not gratuitously denigrate my preferred candidate.

I want to feel good about whoever I choose to vote for in November. The primary is over and Clinton lost- go ahead and rain on my parade and try to get my vote later when everyone cools their temper (maybe).

My vote should mean no more or less than any ‘white dude in Colorado’.

I want to be able to have a civil dialogue with people who are involved in politics. I respect you, and I think I have shown that.

Just respect me in turn.

Bests,

Ms. Irish

ps- Evita, sorry but I don’t think I will be back. I don’t like the feel here, it’s too angry and anti-Clinton and anti-white.

I’ve been attacked too many times to feel the Obama love just yet, but I am exactly the kind of voter who should flip. Most people here are too angry to even talk to me rationally.

You can’t convince me I’m a racist, and apparently you can’t believe I just wanted to talk. Imust be a spy, right?

I’ll think about it, but I doubt it. In the meantime, try to cool things down now that you’ve won a battle, and try not to lose the war.

Let us know when you are back and we can continue to discuss notions of codified language. I encourage you however to take a look at the Clinton Wiki on race…

Be gone, poof! No need to lurk either.

@Town,
And the church said “Amen”. I agree with everyword.
@Smoothie, you tried very hard and you should be commended. But, her slant was not was one of a truly tortured voter looking to be swayed. Nor was it one with the pretense of honest dialogue. That goes for anonymous, S, commi, etc.

Yes, this is political blog with a Black perspective in which most contributors support Obama. However, we are not above debate on actual ISSUES. You can not come here with that BS.

honey01

He wasn’t forced out of the race for it. Those were his words. Now Republicans are praying that a candidate’s spouse said “whitey,” so they can smear the candidate, Obama, for something he didn’t say.

I doubt that such a tape exists. We live in a YouTube era and this rumor has been cirulating for about a month. You can’t keep that under wraps in this age . . .someone would have leaked it already.

But, if it does, it won’t be enough to sink his campaign. On the list of scandals (e.g., dead girl/live boy, affairs, criminal activity) “whitey” ranks pretty low.

And again, I can’t believe the Obamas would be that dumb. And if they were, I can’t believe they’d let the rumor fester without making every effort to get ahead of the story.

I do not believe a bachelor could ever win a Presidential Election.

I mean a never married man.

A divorced man with children – I dunno. I believe we want our Presidents to be married.