http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/demchaos/ en-us Sun, 30 Mar 2008 03:28:39 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993861/posts Here is the apportionment so far of presidential caucus delegates to the Texas Democratic state convention based on reports from Saturday's county and senate district conventions. A total of about 7,300 delegates were expected to be selected in this stage of the caucus process, according to the Texas Democratic Party. Results are from 123 of about 280 conventions. • Clinton: 933, or 50 percent* • Obama: 937, or 50 percent* *Results are not official AUSTIN — Traffic jams, long lines, crowds, confusion and chaos marked Texas Democratic regional conventions Saturday as an unprecedented number of political activists turned out to... chron.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993861/posts#comment Sun, 30 Mar 2008 03:28:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993434/posts MIAMI -- A donor to the Democratic Party asked for a rebate out of frustration over the party's Florida delegate dilemma -- and he got it. Federal records show that Paul Cejas has given six-figure sums to the Democratic National Committee for years, NBC 6's Nick Bogert reported. Cejas asked for his last donation back. He said he was angry with the party, particularly party Chair Howard Dean, over the failure to resolve Florida's delegate dilemma. "Frankly, he's dropped the ball, and I told him, 'You're going to go down in history as the worst chairman of the Democratic Party... NBC 6 TV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993434/posts#comment Sat, 29 Mar 2008 01:55:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993165/posts I'm indebted to Hillary Clinton for the revelation that my global wanderings when my dad was president qualify me to run for the presidency myself. Mrs. Clinton has been insisting that her global junkets as first lady, and her meetings with foreign leaders, qualify her to be president of these United States. I never thought of it that way, but if she is correct then I am eminently qualified to follow my father's footsteps and take up residence at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., not merely as a member of the president's family, but as president in my own right. Hillary, who... Townhall http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993165/posts#comment Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:25:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1991432/posts In the 1960's I had a lady friend who loved Robert Redford. So, naturally, I got dragged to all of Redford's movies. I saw "The Candidate" several times. In that film, Mr. McKay (Redford), a "community organizer" like Barack Obama, hatches a slogan, "McKay, The Better Way" to run for office. Ironically, Barack "Barry" Obama has now chosen "The Better Way" as his mantra through February 10th. Well. Obama's slogan has about as much substance as the celluloid version popularized by Robert Redford. Obama is entirely a creation of wealthy contributors and powerful, liberal media interests. So what he does... Political Gateway http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1991432/posts#comment Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:33:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1991012/posts I count Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace among the fairest and most incisive interviewers in the business, and hope his tenure at Fox News is a long one. Anyone who can relentlessly cross-exam Mitt Romney on his changed position on abortion the way Wallace did a while back, then turn around and provoke Bill Clinton to near the point of taking a poke at him, is doing his job and playing no favorites. But should Wallace ever wish a change of venue, never fear: MSNBC apparently can find a place for him. Wallace made some news when, appearing on... NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1991012/posts#comment Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:51:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1990971/posts Maybe, just maybe, it’s now worth at least asking whether Hillary Clinton might wind up as the Democratic candidate for vice president. When the chatter about a Democratic “dream ticket” began last year, it was easy to dismiss. Either Clinton or Obama would win a clear victory in the primaries and, after what inevitably would be a contentious campaign, each would want as little to do with the other as possible. Clinton, if she emerged victorious, would instead choose some kind of national security graybeard to her political right, a retired general perhaps, or maybe even a Republican. Likewise, Obama... The New York Observer http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1990971/posts#comment Mon, 24 Mar 2008 23:47:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1990865/posts In some ways, Barack Obama's speech on race last week was as brilliant as it was nuanced. But for all its rhetorical beauty, it was also an enormous step backward and, in the end, a rather self-serving call for more discussion about racial grievance in a country that has already done way too much talking. Until last week, so much of Obama's appeal lay in the fact that he was not asking us to talk about the racial divide. Instead, he offered himself as a living and breathing symbol of racial reconciliation; his very origins pointed to the goal of... The Los Angeles Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1990865/posts#comment Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:46:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1990800/posts When Democrats contemplate the apocalypse these days, they have visions of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton slugging it out à la Ted Kennedy and Jimmy Carter at the 1980 convention. The campaign's current trajectory is, in fact, alarmingly similar to the one that produced that disastrous affair. Back then, Carter had built up a delegate lead with early wins in Iowa, New Hampshire, and several Southern states. But, as the primary season dragged on, Kennedy began pocketing big states and gaining momentum. Once all the voting ended and Kennedy came up short, he eyed the New York convention as a... The New Republic http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1990800/posts#comment Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:03:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1990521/posts WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Barack Obama's speech last week, hastily prepared to extinguish the firestorm over the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, won critical praise for style and substance but failed politically. By elevating the question of race in America, the front-running Democratic presidential candidate has deepened the dilemma created by his campaign's success against the party establishment's anointed choice, Hillary Clinton. In rejecting the racist views of his longtime spiritual mentor but not disowning him, Obama has unwittingly enhanced his image as the African-American candidate -- not just a remarkable candidate who happens to be black. That poses a racial dilemma for... Real Clear Politics http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1990521/posts#comment Mon, 24 Mar 2008 09:33:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1990361/posts Hello, Hillary? Hate to wake you, but it's 3 o'clock in the morning, and we have a real crisis. It's your campaign, senator. It's Hail Mary time. You've lost the bid for a revote in Florida and, it seems, in Michigan, which means your prospects for prevailing over Barack Obama in the primary popular vote by June are vanishing fast. The Illinois senator, meanwhile, has just delivered a JFK-like speech on race in America--a savvy move that may well have stanched the hemorrhaging of his campaign over the controversial remarks made by his pastor, Jeremiah Wright. The mood could be... Newsweek http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1990361/posts#comment Sun, 23 Mar 2008 20:57:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1989759/posts Watching the “Reverend” Jeremiah Wright gesticulate like a horny peacock and spew out ignorance, hatred, and bitterness towards America truly inspired my religious faith. Once Wright pointed out that he was “still in Bible country,” I began to “love the hell out of” rich, white people just as much as Wright does. How could so many people not understand that white people have caused all the world’s problems? As Wright pointed out to his congregation, the Bible says it’s so. I’m not sure what verse actually says that, but I’m now betting that rich, white people are responsible for my... Townhall http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1989759/posts#comment Sat, 22 Mar 2008 05:53:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1989735/posts DEADLINE to Register is March 24th in Pennsylvania BY JULIE BENAMATI The Tribune-Democrat As Monday’s deadline fast approaches to sign up to vote in Pennsylvania’s presidential primary, elections offices in Cambria and Somerset counties report a significant increase in Democratic registrations. Political party leaders say the contest between Democratic hopefuls Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton is bringing new voters to the polls – and causing some to change party affiliation altogether. Cambria County’s election office has seen 955 new voter registrations since October, and 377 voters have changed parties in the past four weeks – about 90 percent of... Tribune-Democrat http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1989735/posts#comment Sat, 22 Mar 2008 04:27:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1989731/posts In Denver. Denver is not equipped to handle any convention scenario other than a coronation, and certainly not the most (potentially) contentious national convention in 40 years. It is important to point out that the state of Colorado, and the city of Denver, is currently nearly completely controlled by Democrats at every level of government. This puts these locals in a box, politically and from a law enforcement standpoint. This sets up a scenario similar to Seattle 1999 WTO debacle. I happened to be living in downtown Seattle during that awful experience, and what stands out is that the city... Transterrestrial Musings http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1989731/posts#comment Sat, 22 Mar 2008 04:20:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1989532/posts Some 50 delegates were reportedly poised to unite behind Barack Obama if he had won by even 1 point in Texas. He lost the popular vote by 100,000 ballots, and now we learn that 100,000 Republicans voted for Hillary Clinton, probably not because of some change in party allegiance but because they thought she would be the easier candidate to beat. This kind of strategic voting often backfires (think Ralph Nader). The Texas crossovers are winners. By helping to prolong the Democratic race, they can claim credit for weakening the eventual nominee, whoever it turns out to be. Obama has... Newsweek http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1989532/posts#comment Fri, 21 Mar 2008 20:20:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1989287/posts Mr. Obama’s Philadelphia speech, in spite of its eloquent passages expressing his hope for better racial relations in America, is a mastery example of literary subterfuge, the broadening of the scenery whereby an object of inquiry becomes blurred and lost in the background, or more bluntly, the escaping of a slippery fish from a pond into a lake to hide in a wider expanse of water. His speech is essentially a sophisticated lawyerly defense of Rev Wright’s sin on the basis of self-defense. While Mr. Obama’s understanding on the root causes of America’s racial problems is quite apt, he attempts... The Unreadiness of Barack Obama http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1989287/posts#comment Fri, 21 Mar 2008 11:16:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1988180/posts Dean: Elect a Democratic President to Bring Our Troops Home March 19, 2008 Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean issued the following statement on the fifth anniversary of the war in Iraq: "Over the past five years our nation has lost 4,000 brave Americans, more than 29,000 wounded, and still our troops are caught in the middle of a civil war in Iraq. As our brave men and women in uniform admirably continue to risk their lives, the Iraqis have failed to make the political progress needed to sustain peace. "On this solemn anniversary, Americans around the country are asking... Democrats.Org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1988180/posts#comment Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:35:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1987977/posts Bill Clinton, once hailed as America’s “first black president,” has been disavowed by a once adoring black community. Geraldine Ferraro has been accused of being a secret racist. Oprah Winfrey is labeled a feminist sell-out. The major campaigns eagerly pander to racial and socioeconomic groups, and try different combinations of divide and conquer strategies. Black Americans are for Obama, and overwhelmingly admit that it’s a vote based on race, women are for Clinton and overwhelmingly admit that it’s a vote on gender. The two campaigns eagerly fight to curry favor with Hispanics. The wealthy are targeted for income redistribution, the... GOPublius.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1987977/posts#comment Wed, 19 Mar 2008 04:57:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1987981/posts The government's star witness in the corruption trial of Antoin "Tony" Rezko took the stand Tuesday and in just 48 minutes laid out a stunning personal tale of bribery, treachery, rampant drug abuse and a precipitous fall from grace. In a brief but vivid prologue to what is expected to be days of testimony, one-time political insider Stuart Levine said he had illegally greased contracts to sell tires to the city's Streets and Sanitation Department and supply school buses to the Chicago Board of Education and even health insurance to members of a postal workers union. Levine, 62, identified one... Chicago Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1987981/posts#comment Wed, 19 Mar 2008 05:09:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1987939/posts Just as Sen. Barack Obama sought to distance himself from controversial racial remarks made by his pastor, an anti-American government, anti-white and virally anti-Semitic black supremacist party has endorsed the presidential candidate on Obama's own website. "Obama will stir the 'Melting Pot' into a better 'Molten America,'" states an endorsement from the New Black Panther Party, or NBPP, which is a registered team member and blogger on Obama's "MyObama" campaign website. The NBPP is a controversial black extremist party whose leaders are notorious for their racist statements and for leading anti-white activism. Malik Zulu Shabazz, NBPP national chairman, who has... worldnetdaily.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1987939/posts#comment Wed, 19 Mar 2008 02:53:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1987955/posts There are moments — increasingly rare in risk-abhorrent modern campaigns — when politicians are called upon to bare their fundamental beliefs. In the best of these moments, the speaker does not just salve the current political wound, but also illuminates larger, troubling issues that the nation is wrestling with. Inaugural addresses by Abraham Lincoln and Franklin D. Roosevelt come to mind, as does John F. Kennedy’s 1960 speech on religion, with its enduring vision of the separation between church and state. Senator Barack Obama, who has not faced such tests of character this year, faced one on Tuesday. It is... The New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1987955/posts#comment Wed, 19 Mar 2008 03:36:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1987643/posts PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (CNN) -- Sen. Barack Obama in a speech Tuesday addressed the controversy surrounding his former minister, using it as an opportunity to challenge Americans to take a closer look at race relations. Speaking to supporters at Philadelphia's National Constitution Center, the Democratic presidential candidate said he rejected racially charged comments made by the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, but he tried to explain the root of those remarks. Wright formerly preached at Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, where the senator from Illinois worships. Some of Wright's old sermons came under fire after an ABC News report last week,... CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1987643/posts#comment Tue, 18 Mar 2008 18:20:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1987418/posts I have been troubled by Former President Bill and Senator Hillary Clinton's "presumptuous" offer to Senator Barack Obama to serve as vice-president during her presidency. Her assumption is that she would be more electable by the public at large and become the nation's first female president. While we would be ecstatic to have Barack as vice president, all of this is totally ignoring the fact that he is clearly the Democratic frontrunner in the race. After listening to the Clintons, I had a chance to talk to my dear friend Rev. Art Forbes when he came by the office to... Black Voice News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1987418/posts#comment Tue, 18 Mar 2008 05:50:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1987291/posts This is the idol that both Barack Obama --and-- Hillary Clinton both look up to! If you want to see the original just type the word "Lucifer" into Amazon's search window--GGG “Lest we forget at least an over-the-shoulder acknowledgment to the very first radical: from all our legends, mythology, and history (and who is to know where mythology leaves off and history begins -- or which is which), the first radical known to man who rebelled against the establishment and did it so effectively that he at least won his own kingdom -- Lucifer.” --Saul Alinsky, Rules for Radicals, 1971 Amazon.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1987291/posts#comment Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:05:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1987165/posts INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - Indiana's May primary will have meaning in the race for president. Both democratic candidates, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, have scheduled stops in the Hoosier state. It all starts on Saturday when Barack Obama holds a town hall meeting at Plainfield High School. "We're very excited. Senator Obama will...be in Plainfield tomorrow bringing his message of hope and change to the voters of Indiana because Indiana, for the first time in my adult life, is going to matter in the presidential primary season," said Obama campaign chairman Kip Tew. Indiana has 72 delegates up for grabs and... WISH-TV/WANE-TV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1987165/posts#comment Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:15:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1987150/posts WASHINGTON (Reuters) - African Americans liked Bill Clinton so much that he was once dubbed "the first black president," but perceptions that his wife's campaigning has been racially tinged have taken a toll on Hillary Clinton's White House bid. Some accuse Clinton's campaign of trying to cast her rival Barack Obama as a candidate of limited appeal in order to marginalize his candidacy and enhance her chances of winning the Democratic Party nomination. Sen. Obama would be the first black president if he won the nomination and then defeated Republican John McCain in the November 4 national election. Obama is... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1987150/posts#comment Mon, 17 Mar 2008 19:46:07 GMT