Still in Fresno, brother in the hospital, after having cancerous tissue removed, I came online to answer emails, but then I saw two disturbing emails that I could not leave unanswered. The information below are from those two disturbing emails. The are from Chuck Miller of
ChicagolandforObama08:
A new Gallup poll of favorable/unfavorable ratings shows:
Obama
Favorable- 48%
Unfavorable- 34%
Don't know/
No opinion- 18%
Clinton
Favorable- 47%
Unfavorable- 49%
Don't know/
No opinion- 3%
After all this time Clinton STILL has higher negatives than positives. No wonder the GOPers want to run against her. Also it shows why the polls are the way they are... Hillary is STILL a lot better known than Barack.
For Barack, one in five people still have no opinion... meaning we have to help them learn about why he's the best guy for President.
Let's get to work.
Chuck Miller
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Friends,
Unless you subscribe to The Economist, you will miss these two excellent articles from its current issue about the decline of Republican Conservatism:
http://economist.com/opinion/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=9621579
http://economist.com/world/na/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9619083
The second piece concludes with some disturbing thoughts:
"And the conservative movement is at its most deadly as an insurgency. The movement was born during the 1964 Goldwater campaign as a revolt against the liberal establishment. It enjoyed its glory days when it was battling Hillarycare and trying to impeach Bill Clinton. A Clinton presidential nomination would undoubtedly reunite and re-energise the movement. Deeply rooted in gun clubs, anti-tax groups, right-to-life groups and Evangelical churches, American conservatives will never be reduced to the feeble status of their British cousins.But even when you enter all the qualifications the right's situation is dire. It is a sign of weakness that the conservatives are retreating to their old posture as insurgents, and need a bogeywoman like Mrs Clinton to hold them together."
Do Democrats really want to nominate the one person that can "re-energize" the GOP just when we have it on the ropes?
It's fortunate we can do something about this... work like hell to get Barack the nomination.
Chuck Miller
Note:
My own note is that I have all the respect in the world for the REAL Christian Church; I do not have respect for those who have used Christianity as their means of fear to further their own wicked, self-serving un-Godly purposes. Christians should know the difference and weigh this against the actions of Christ and how HE behaved.
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Compassion and understanding are the hallmarks of being a Christian in my opinion, I don't see much of either in these so called Conservative Chrisitans.
I like Obama's approach, I feel he has a lot to offer this country.
Obama's my favorite candidate, although I'll admit to liking any Democrat better than any Republican out of the two fields this year.
What is called Conservative Christians looks like the same thing Jesus talks about in Matthew 23. It seems like nothing changes. I can call myself a man, but that doesn't make me one; a person can say they are a Christian but it doesn't make them one. Jesus said "fruits" would indicate a person's true heart, and he said "out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks" (speaking of the evil coming out of people's mouths) Matthew 12:34. I just listen to what some people say, and say nothing, just listen and KNOW that Christians do not speak that way. How to know? Because the one to follow (Jesus) said so.
"out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks"
Yep, Obama is a Christian, and repeatedly shows it by what he instructs his people, to not malign other candidates. I try, but there is one that really got me with their continued position on the war in Iraq. Thanks, Brian.
Kris, I remember in one of your recent articles you asked a question I had not even considered. You asked if a certain candidate did/did not get the Democratic nomination, what would people do? I stand by my answer. I WILL vote Republican is ONE particular candidate (won't name her) gets the nomination.
I cannot in good conscience vote for someone who I just don't trust, and have no confidence whatsoever in. Any other candidate, yes, I would vote for.
Thanks, Kris
I was going to respond in one bubble to comments, and saw yours, knew I couldn't. The experience issue is REALLY quite a smokescreen. None of the candidates have ever been President before, so where is the "experience"? What did Hillary do when she was living in the White House? Was she an Eleanor Roosevelt, or even a Nancy Reagan, ask yourself that. The answer is NO!
Nonetheless, even Eleanor Roosevelt wasn't President and maybe even in his waning years Nancy Reagan may have covered for the President, but they were NEVER President. They never had that.......
.......................................EXPERIENCE..........................................
to have the experience you have to have HAD the experience
The thing my previous company taught me, and taught me/us well was:
1) surround yourself with subject matter experts in lieu of what you don't know.
2) always have "experienced" ones at the tip of your finger (telephone) for advice.
It works! It's successful. It will work in any situation. Surround yourself with experts, people who know more than you and there's your success. Ask any successful person and they will tell you that is part of the secret of their success.
With a President that would be his -- notice I said "his" as in Barack Obama -- advisors. You have the right advisors, like say a Henry Kissinger or a Colin Powell, and you are doing well. That is the secret of a successful President. Experience?
Show me anywhere -- ANYWHERE, where the Framers in their august wisdom wrote "experience" into the Constitution, other than a certain age and I'll never speak about it again. Why do you think they didn't make certain requirements for a certain number of years in Congress, or being in public service before you could be President? They could have, so why didn't they? Ask yourself...W-H-Y?
We need someone fresh and new for '08. Hillary is a sour lemon face hanging on Bill's coattails. Obama has that spark, that freshness, that edge.
As usual, an interesting article and thanks for the update
Elizabeth, I agree. She voted for that war. She knew better. She won't admit her mistake. What's practically rule number 1 in Dale's Carnegie's, How to Win Friends and Influence People?
"When you are wrong, admit it quickly and emphatically."
Has she?
You're welcome, Vickie. There's nothing wrong with squeaky clean, and "boring". There's nothing wrong with NOT being scandalous.
There's nothing wrong with supporting the next President of the United States
---------------aka Baraka Obama
There's nothing wrong with Barack Obama!
Thanks all!
I have to admit, I was impressed long ago by Obama's decision to announce his candidacy in Springfield. The quip that he would be the least 'experienced' president since Lincoln was pithy and -- reasonably -- accurate.
The 'experience' question is a quirky one, particularly since there is no real job description for the presidency... I found it interesting to read that Democrats attacked Dwight D. Eisenhower for his lack of experience in 1952.
Carrington, the "experience" issue, you and I seem to agree on, is politicking at it's best. Those who use it as their excuse to cast a ballot may do well to go back and read the biographies of the Framers, to learn that these men were no lightweights in the political arena, but chose to not put "experience" into this document. If the
"esteemed electorate" (and I use that term with every ounce of respect because they at least take the time to vote) would ask themselves one question, just one:
Why did the Framers CHOOSE to omit prerequisites of "experience" out of the office of President? Why?
They would realize that this very thoughtful and well-planned document was crafted that way INTENTIONALLY omitted what many deem "experience."
But you said it most succinctly, and the Framers crafted it most intentionally. What you said, Carrington:
"...since there is no real job description for the presidency."
Only one who has BEEN THERE has experience. So far, I can only think of 42 preceding with "experience" and one current by the name of George W. Bush.
No candidate running has "experience". People need to wake up and pay attention.
Thanks, all.
You've got me to thing...Springfield...hmm. Thank you. Thank you!
Thanks, Shun!
Good job!
The way things are looking? You just might! ;=)
I agree, Hillary's not shaping up to be all that she appears, Obama's looking better and better in my eyes and strange enough, I'm not concerned too much with the experience factor. Look at what "experience" has given us so far...
I don't get what you're getting at. Was it the Snoop Dogg slam or the trusting part?
But right now, Democrats aren't offering much to me either. There's been so much bickering about "let's go to war, let's not" that I'm just sick of the "Establishment." I'm reserving judgment on Hilary and Barack both. I believe that people can change after a life altering experience. So I'm really not wanting to judge Hil on her White House past and I admit to knowing very little about her current voting record.
As for Barack, I only know what I saw of him in the 60 minutes interview.
Somehow, as much as I watch television, I've missed the debates. One of these days, I'll spend a day doing research. But the thought of making a decision before we're even close to a primary in my area just overwhelms me.
And come election day, Hell, I may just flip a coin.
(That's sarcasm.)
Yes, he does have a promising future. I believe that future will put him in the Oval Office as President in 2009. Only time will tell. Carol, thanks for the comment!
Or should I say (lol), Christiane, as always, on point, whipping it, and sharper than any two-edged sword.
You are so fresh, and refreshing -- so honest, so truthful. I read an article by Blumenthal (I believe it was yesterday), that places you with the majority of Americans, so you ARE in touch with the electorate's pulse, as well as being a vital part of it.
I planned to email you anyway, but you have given me another reason. I'm glad to see your openmindedness about the political/election system, and I already know that whatever choice you make it will be a wise one. You go, Girl!
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