I hope Sen. Obama is on every Sunday for the next four years.

Fed Up

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Sun Dec-26-04 07:33 AM
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I hope Sen. Obama is on every Sunday for the next four years.

Nothing would be finer than to see Obama sitting there with Tim Russert or George Snuffleuppagus over the course of the rest of the Bush dark ages.

Barack is becoming such a big star. He's even on Newsweek! What a great thing he has done, going from faceless state senator to one of the biggest and brightest new stars in the United States Senate.

I believe he will truly be one of the great US Senators, and a model for young people to follow. I can't get enough of this guy. He may help win us back the Senate in 2006.

At least in the beginning, he'll be like Elvis Presley or the Beatles down there in Washington!

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Is It Fascism Yet

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Sun Dec-26-04 08:19 AM
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1. Yeah, Barak is refreshing and wonderful

Maybe someday he will run for pres, and win, (because we will have conquered all this cheating and taught Diebold how to count), then, when is wife is first lady, we can call her "Obama Mama"

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mazzarro

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Sun Dec-26-04 08:29 AM
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2. Before we begin to gush uncontrollably for him, let's see if he has

a spine to stand up to the DLC'ers and the reThugs. I hate to be disappointed again with a lets-get-along-at-all-cost democrat.

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davidgmills

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Sun Dec-26-04 09:54 AM
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3. I'm with you on this one

I haven't seen much spine out of him either.

What's he been doing about the voting situation?

Apparently, nothing.

He may just be another corporatist, a little less worse than most.

I hope I'm wrong.

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mdmc

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Sun Dec-26-04 10:02 AM
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4. well, if he is not the real thing, at least he is close enough to pretend

I received his book as a gift. I love him but suspect that the gop+dlc will eat him alive.

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dansolo

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Sun Dec-26-04 02:40 PM
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9. Then you haven't been paying attention

Obama has been quite critical of the Democratic leadership, both before and after the spotlight has been shining on him. And as a senate-elect, what do you expect him to do about the voting situation? Remember, right now, he is still only a state senator from Illinois. Unlike Kerry, he is not in any position to do anything about the voting problems.

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rucky

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Sun Dec-26-04 10:17 AM
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5. I think his red-state/blue-state speech was an indicator

that he is one of those kind of Dems.

No high hopes here, unless he aligns w/ the Congressional Black Caucus.

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Benhurst

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Sun Dec-26-04 10:25 AM
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6. I with you on this. I hope he proves us wrong on the 6th and

comes out fighting with John Conyers et al.

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rfkrfk

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Sun Dec-26-04 10:30 AM
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7. that would be unfortunate

Obama, would crowd out, Dems who are in
Presidential training positions, such as
Governor of New York, Gov. of California,
Gov. of Florida .........\\\\\
.......oops......
I need to rethink some of this......
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zann725

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Sun Dec-26-04 12:55 PM
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8. Hate to say this, but I'm really NOT that impressed with him.

And that does NOT make me an disloyal Dem. It's just that there's something definitely insincere there...something definitely 'not what he seems to be.'

Plus, the powers-that-be (including MSM) really are pushing him hard...even before he has a track-record to run for Pres. Which makes me think, if THEY want him...what's hidden behind the curtain.

Sorry, but he sets off my 'bullcrap' alarms the way Nixon, Reagan, AND the Bushes...and oddly all REPUG (not Dem) candidates did. Maybe that's it...

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MISSDem

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Sun Dec-26-04 03:46 PM
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10. I've been impressed with what I have seen, read and heard

so far. Give the man a break, he just became a senator last month. What could he have done in so short a time?

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