I love the reaction of Obama when told Kennedy would have to vote for Clinton

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4526958, I love the reaction of Obama when told Kennedy would have to vote for Clinton
Posted by bigtree on Sun Feb-10-08 05:39 PM

if the SuperDelegates were apportioned as he said he wants them . . .


Obama said superdelegates should follow the wishes of the voters.

"My strong belief is that if we end up with the most states and the most pledged delegates from the most voters in the country, that it would be problematic for the political insiders to overturn the judgment of the voter," he said.

When it was noted that Sen. Ted Kennedy is one of his superdelegate supporters, even though voters handed Massachusetts to Clinton on Super Tuesday, Obama said, "Well, I mean, we can make arguments back and forth on this."

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2008/02/09/2008-02-09_hillary_clinton_and_barack_obama_battle_.html

:rofl:

That's an about face.

Theguy is a ROOKIE! A babe in the woods, and the right-wing smear machine would make mince-meat out of him. Yeah, the guy is inspirational and all that, but I want more SUBSTANCE and less FORM. We just had 8 years of form over substance and I'm sick to death of it. I want someone who can hit the ground running in '09, not someone who has to learn the ropes and get up to speed.
Pretty speeches are nice, but talk is cheap.

the Obama camp is trying to change the rules.

When in the past have candidates put so much pressure on the super-delegates?
Why does the Obama camp think they can tell people who to vote for?

Super delegates must vote with the people, but Florida and Michigan have to re-vote or don't count. They can't have it both ways.

...the 'Old Politics', hey?

Or, you will feel the Wrath of G-D!

Heard him on Jim Lehrer last night. He's one of BO's new thugs. I started a thread but it sunk like a rock. They started one praising him to the skies with dumb sport's imagery.

Basically, their stance now is that supers can vote however they want (that now excuses Kennedy and Kerry, and Deval Patrick), however, those that don't fall in line with BO's wishes will most likely face a well-financed, highly organized challenge to their seats.

You should have seen his thug-ugly face when he put forth the threat.

And correct, it mainly hits the black congress people, mayors, etc.

Bradley even answered Lehrer's question about why no one was threatening Kerry and Kennedy. His answer was that no one could win against them.

Can you believe this sh*t?

I want this story to go huge. Someone has got to stop it.

BO's campaign would try to take out long-standing, hard working officials (like Sheila Jackson Lee) who do not bow to their demands. People who have put their whole lives into working for their constituents.

who said GOP hooligan tactics are limited to them?