MMC:

Once again, you fail to note that while Obama opposed the war earlier than most, as a Senator he has voted to continue funding it each time a new bill has arisen.  As well, Ted Kennedy ALSO opposed the invasion initially, and voted against the initial resolution.  Yet he, TOO, voted for every bill that continued to fund the war - as well as re-authorizing the Patriot Act (twice) and fully supporting the Real ID Act (twice).

Obama calls himself an “agent of change.  So why would he value the endorsement of perhaps the most entrenched “insider” Senator in the whole country?

Peace.

Caroline is and always has been a babe.

But her alcoholic uncle Ted is a murderer who hasn’t ever paid for his crimes, and that’s disgraceful. Shame on the people of Massachusetts who keep electing this killer to Congress. The memory of young Mary Jo should haunt them for the rest of their lives. I grieve for her parents.

We changed from a budget surplus and we now have a $9 trillion national debt.

With pretty much nothing to show for it.

We changed from a budget surplus and we now have a $9 trillion national debt.

With pretty much nothing to show for it and no end in sight

I heard:
“Cowards die many times before their deaths, the valiant only taste of death but once”.......

For further consideration,I submit:
.....Cynics die many times before their deaths…....

Please, be careful, the children are watching….

And Thank You, Caroline..

Mike:

Are you capable of anything other than unfounded accusation?  Not only do I like Caroline Kennedy, I have worked with her on fundraising events in NYC.  She is a truly wonderful, caring, generous person.  I also admire and respect her for the work she has done on behalf of children’s and other issues.

That does not change my belief that her endorsement was written in the same totally insusbstantial tone that Obama’s rhetoric is offered.

Peace.

Great comments Ada. And, despite the obvious (and increasingly desperate attempts) to trash him at every turn, Americans ARE deciding what kind of America THEY want to live in, and it’s wayyy different than what we’ve seen for the past 2 decades…

We need to start believing in the common good. It’s the only thing that’s gonna save us.

Ted Kennedy as his mate then both of them will be going in…dead water !

Caroline’s “endorsement” in The New York Times was among the most “childish,” lightweight and insubstantial things I have ever read.  It is of a piece with Obama’s admittedly inspiring and intoxicating, but ultimately weak, rhetoric.

As for whether TK’s endorsement will have any effect, we’ll “cross that bridge when we come to it” (LOL).

Peace.

Jatihoon:

Wasn’t Bush ALSO a “uniter, not a divider?”  I’m not making a direct comparison here, but haven’t we heard this before?

In a related regard, you might find this interesting:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/28/opinion/28krugman .html?_r=1&hp;=&oref=slogin&pagewanted=print

As for standing for “world peace,” ALL candidates in BOTH parties would probably like this (okay, there are a couple of blatant warmongers in the GOP, but set them aside).  If what you mean is that Obama is “anti-war,” this is not entirely true, and even HE said so.  What he said was that he was against “stupid” wars, like Iraq.  But he is quite bullish (if not exactly hawkish) in various ways - no less so than either Hillary or Edwards.  Indeed, his actual positions on Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan et al are no more or less hawkish than the other Dem candidates.

All the candidates believe in diplomacy before action, so I’m not sure that Obama can be singled out here.

Peace.

Ada:

The problem is that one CANNOT “look beyond the words” because there is so little beyond them - at least, so little that is all that significantly different from what other candidates are offering re policies and positions.  I am also less than impressed with “his track record to date,” which includes, among other things, initially premising his entire candidacy on his anti-war stance, and then voting for every bill to continue funding the war.  This also speaks to his alleged “consistency.”  His “history of grass roots organizing” tells us nothing about, and is actually irrelevant to, hos he might govern.  His “vision,” such as it is, and like his track record, is not all that different from others’.

Don’t get me wrong.  I like Obama, and would support him if he became the nominee.  But I am not convinced that, despite his admittedly inspirational and intoxicating rhetoric, he offers all that much more or different than Hillary or Edwards.

Peace.

Let the best person win. It is good to have different opinions, so that one could or should decide what one stands for. Obama candidacy is very good for the party. He is not a divider, but a uniter.Give young man a chance to express his next generation opinions. One thing is certain, he stands for World peace, {not at any cost}, see has statesmen.

Ultimately, I think the people of the U.S. are smarter than to elect Obama. But looking at the pre-election campaign from abroad, from Eastern Europe,the near abroad of the post-Soviet Union and Putin’s Russia, one is struck that Obama is another American caprice, a kind of Bush from the left, but a complete lightweight and, alas, completely inexperienced in anything but rhetoric. If he is elected, all the world will stand amazed of how the U.S. has become “lighter than air” in the brain. This is not to say that I want to see Bush and Chaney still leading the country, but I fear that with Obama in the opposition, the neocons will continue in office.

Another indication that Americans are tired of the dirty nasty shit that has taken over and turned us into the slime pit of the world.

Go Teddy….

Go Barack Obama..

Go ‘we the people’...who wanna be united again…

DON’T RIDE WITH HIM NEAR THE WATER OBAMA…