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1. Charlie (Colorado):

If so, the competition is going to be pretty stiff.

But notice he doesn’t say he believes Obama, just that he believes in Obama.

Credo.

Apr 2, 2008 - 10:29 am 2. Lightnin' Hopkins:

It’s true. People gush about him like he’s a miracle car wax or something, only he’s not made of space age polymers that cause rain to bead up on the hood — he’s just a politician ready to spend our money who is ready for little else. With all of this sycophantic leg-humping going on you can understand how he only bowled a 37. Almost.

Apr 2, 2008 - 11:42 am 3. srlucado:

“It could be bleak time indeed as the question of race comes into the campaign in an ugly manner from many unpredictable directions.”

If Obama is the Dem nominee, I dare say that race will come into the campaign mostly from Democrats, who’ll be using it as a response to every single criticism of their candidate (of which there will be deservedly many).

Mark my words.

Apr 2, 2008 - 12:08 pm 4. The Fop:

Hey, I was just wondering…….do any Black organizations hold any ceremonies honoring all the White soldiers who died in the Civil War in order to end slavery? Is April 9th, the day that the Civil War ended, considered a holy day in the Black community? I’m not trying to be cute, I’m asking an honest question, and am curious to know the answer.

The reason I ask is because, as a Jew, I’m well aware of the fact that the Jewish people remember, and pay tribute to anyone who has been good to the Jews, from Alexander the Great, to Lord Balfour, to the King of Denmark, to Harry Truman. Yes, we’ve been persecuted, but we show appreciation to anyone who has stuck their necks out for us.

I’m skeptical about whether this is true for African Americans. I base this skepticism on all the Black people who make excuses and apologies for the hateful rhetoric of Jeremiah Wright. If Black people were truly thankful for all the effort that has been made to make ammends for America’s history of slavery, segregation, and racism, I don’t think they’d be making excuses and apologies for Rev. Wright.

After the Civil War, Blacks continued to suffer, particularly in the South. Still, hundreds of thousands of White men made the ultimate sacrifice to end slavery. If Blacks make no public acknowledgements of thanks for this, why would we expect them to be thankful for all the progress that’s been made over the last 40 years?

Apr 2, 2008 - 2:26 pm 5. Lem:

No other senator (this is not an infomercial) has a more liberal interpretation of abortion on demand than Senator Obama (you can look it up)

Casey is pro-life. Pro-lifers are not in the habit of endorsing, at least not so enthusiastically a pro choice candidate like Obama.

What gives?

Casey’s endorsement is not about Obama.

There was bad blood btw the Clintons and Casey’s father ever since Casey Sr was snubbed at the 1992 convention. Casey wanted to talk about abortion at the big show, a big no no.
Democrat pro-lifers are the mendoza line of politics
It appears that as far as Casey JR is concerned the town drunk running against a Clinton could get his endorsement.

Apr 2, 2008 - 4:35 pm 6. Pierre Legrand:

Obama will get smoked in the General Election. The Democrats have managed to find the only two people on earth who could lose to McCain. And Obama will lose bigger than Clinton will.

Nice work, thank you Kos and MoveOn.

Obama will be looking like something the cat drug in December. Democrats will be standing around wondering how the hell did they manage to screw up that badly.

Blacks all across the Country will spout all sorts of conspiracy theories on why Barak Hussein Obama lost and none of them will manage to even come close.

If we are well and truly lucky the left will avoid going completely nuts and starting a civil war when the American public rejects them. If we are well and truly lucky the Blacks won’t revolt against their hated White Masters….the way they see it.

Apr 3, 2008 - 4:11 am 7. David Thomson:

Sen. Robert Casey Jr. probably believes he is choosing the least risky option. Realistic Democrats know that too many blacks will stay home on Election Day if Hillary Clinton somehow captures the nomination. The “Barry” Obama train has already pulled out of the station. Casey and his buddies are caught between the proverbial rock and a hard place. They now must do what they can to prevent John McCain from winning by a landslide—and damaging the prospects of the candidates further down on the ticket.

Apr 3, 2008 - 4:44 am 8. scott:

And Bob Casey,Jr. lost to Ed Rendell for governor of PA…coincidence?

Apr 3, 2008 - 6:51 am 9. Bruce Wechsler:

Been a long time Roger, I hope and trust all is well.

“I believe in this guy like I’ve never believed in a candidate in my life.”

I don’t think Casey’s statement is that extreme really. (But switch the placement of “candidate” and “guy” in that sentence and I agree he needs insitutional care.) When I first heard Obama speak at the Democratic Convention that launched his national career, I felt the seed of the possibility of feeling as Casey said. Turns out he is certainly not the color-blind, post-partisan dream that he has, until recently, so capably and theatrically depicted.

The Fop: While I do not defend or excuse the continuing/prevailing negativity and “blaming mentality” of a significant portion of the black U.S. population (to the contrary, I think it entirely counter-productive if the goal really is “Can’t we all just get along?”), I think the fact of slavery and, more importantly, the pervasive legally mandated discrimination and humilation that remained for many decades after, is still too recent in memory to expect a formal celebration by blacks of the whites who died in the Civil War fighting for the North. But I do hope such a time comes.

Bruce

Apr 3, 2008 - 8:27 am 10. Pat Patterson:

“Is Sen. Robert Casey Jr auditioning for national dunce…” Still? I thought that Sens. Maria Cantwell and Barbara Boxer had already conceded the contest to the aptly titled Junior Senator from Pennsylvania? But maybe there was a deal struck that if Sen. Obama gets the nod then as a reward Sen. Casey will finally make his father’s pro-life speech in primetime. That is primetime in Burkina Faso.

Apr 3, 2008 - 8:47 am 11. dclydew:

Still, hundreds of thousands of White men made the ultimate sacrifice to end slavery.

Well, in all honesty, they died to ‘preserve the Union’. Lincoln had already told the South that they could keep the slaves if the rejoined the Union. Though I am surprised that no one holds remembrances of the Emancipation Proclamation… even if it was just a political football, the end result was good.

However, as someone already pointed out. The Civil War didn’t really end the issues facing the African descended minority. Really, they had improvements in fits and starts until the Civil Rights movement made some headway… and a lot of people are still alive who lived through that time (and before). I don’t find them wrong for being angry and hurt… just for projecting that anger and hurt on all of America, rather than the ignorant minority of white people too stupid to see past skin color. Stereotyping works both ways.

Apr 3, 2008 - 11:01 am 12. legion:

If Obama wins in November, he will have four years to do as much damage as he possibly can. Which is a lot. We will learn what a truly bad president can do, because we have forgotten about the Carter presidency.

Apr 3, 2008 - 1:03 pm 13. shockcorridor:

Casey is a total dunce, which goes to show what people’s opinions were of Rick Santorum in PA. Casey has been an empty-suit hack in daddy’s shadow for years. He has a life long career of sitting in easy public sector jobs and people rushed to vote him in simply because he was NOT Santorum. When you listen to Casey speak you experience the embodiment of banal dimwitted emptiness beyond compare. He does not have an original idea in his head, he was put in just to be another body with a D after it in the Senate. It’s maddening that Santorum lost to this nitwit, but then again it IS Pennsylvania. Why anyone still lives in that state is beyond me. You can’t even buy a six pack in the supermarket.

Apr 3, 2008 - 2:12 pm 14. dclydew:

It’s maddening that Santorum lost to this nitwit

Sounds like it was his fault. If the citizens dislike an incumbent so much that they vote for a moron… well seems likely that they screwed the pooch somewhere along the line…

Apr 3, 2008 - 2:25 pm 15. Captain Hate:

It struck me today at work that this is the first election in my lifetime (11/8/49) in which none of the major party candidates, as they currently are, have any government executive experience; by that I mean at least one of the past candidates has either been a governor, VP, incumbent prez or a general.

It also struck me as strange in this endless campaign that nobody’s addressed this before (perhaps they have on PJM and I just missed it). Or am I being dense by wondering about this?

Apr 3, 2008 - 3:25 pm

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