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Powerful Article on Obama... Great read!!!

NCfanNCfan Posts: 945
edited November 2007 in A Moving Train
Here is a link to the new issue of the Atlantic. Andrew Sullivan writes an incredible article on why America needs Barak Obama to win the presidency. Hope you guys read the whole thing... it's worth it!

http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200712/obama
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  • onelongsongonelongsong Posts: 3,517
    the guy sucks. he's not skull and bones material so if he is elected; well; let's just say he won't last long.
  • prismprism Posts: 2,440
    onelongsong wrote:
    the guy sucks. he's not skull and bones material so if he is elected; well; let's just say he won't last long.

    just what about Obama sucks? you don't know anything about him, do you? so why claim that you and the other boneheads are going to take him out if he gets elected? :rolleyes:
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  • onelongsongonelongsong Posts: 3,517
    prism wrote:
    just what about Obama sucks? you don't know anything about him, do you? so why claim that you and the other boneheads are going to take him out if he gets elected? :rolleyes:

    my family lives in illinois so i'm familiar with his work. as for the rest; look back in history and you'll find the answer.
  • Danny BoyDanny Boy Posts: 161
    But, word is that he a member of the Illuminati.
    Trading magic for fact, no tradebacks... So this is what it's like to be an adult...
  • prismprism Posts: 2,440
    onelongsong wrote:
    my family lives in illinois so i'm familiar with his work. as for the rest; look back in history and you'll find the answer.

    that doesn't explain why you claim that he sucks.

    alriiiiighty..... I bet that you were the second gunman on the grassy knowl in Dallas in Nov. of '63 too, huh? ;)
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  • Danny BoyDanny Boy Posts: 161
    onelongsong wrote:
    my family lives in illinois so i'm familiar with his work. as for the rest; look back in history and you'll find the answer.

    If you and your family hail from Illinois then you are aware of his ability to bridge partisan divides. If that isn't what you're hinting at, please enlighten us with any policy decisions he might have made during his tenure in both state and national politics that might have created positive or negative reactions on your part.

    As for the Skull and Bones secret-society bullshit, I don't give much weight to the notion that members of elitist clubs have a lock on victory when their turns come around.

    Personally, I love Obama ~ read both of his books and have followed most every bit of news about him since his resounding speech at the DNC (I'm an independent, by the way) in 2004. He'd make a phenomenally untainted president.
    Trading magic for fact, no tradebacks... So this is what it's like to be an adult...
  • SnakeSnake Posts: 2,605
    I dont know too much about him, and sadly my attention span is hard to keep when I read something :( . But I have heard good things about him. I've heard that hes supposedly alot like Kennedy. But I also just have a good feeling about him, I cant tell just by looking at him (I know that sounds like total bull shit, but seriously). So I'de vote for him if I could.


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  • mca47mca47 Posts: 13,298
    I'm from Illinois (originally) and I like Obama. What specifically about his IL record don't you like?

    I would take him in a heartbeat over Hillary...god I can't stand her!!
  • wolfbearwolfbear Posts: 3,965
    Interesting read. Thanks. :)
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  • Indian SummerIndian Summer Posts: 2,296
    I saw a guy last week with a shirt that read: "Barak: Half Honkey, All Donkey"

    made me chuckle.
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  • hippiemomhippiemom Posts: 3,326
    onelongsong wrote:
    my family lives in illinois so i'm familiar with his work. as for the rest; look back in history and you'll find the answer.
    For a lawyer, your debate skills really suck. No accompanying evidence when you state your claim?
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  • hippiemomhippiemom Posts: 3,326
    NCfan wrote:
    Here is a link to the new issue of the Atlantic. Andrew Sullivan writes an incredible article on why America needs Barak Obama to win the presidency. Hope you guys read the whole thing... it's worth it!

    http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200712/obama
    Thanks NCFan, that was a good read. I don't know how much of it I agree with. I wish I shared Sullivan's high opinion of the electorate. I really don't think that most of them have thought about the issues, the election, or Obama himself, as deeply as Sullivan gives them credit for. For example, he goes on at length about the profound reasons that the majority of Republicans name Obama as their favorite Democratic candidate, while I think most of them favor him because they still believe that his race is such an overwhelming handicap that even one of their pathetic candidates would beat him.

    Anyway, I enjoyed reading it, and you also reminded me to renew my Atlantic subscription, so thanks again!
    "Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity." ~ MLK, 1963
  • edgarcampedgarcamp Posts: 100
    After reading that, I still don't know a goddamn thing about him. "He talk good," is all I ever hear my Obama loving friends say. So does Joel Osteen, ya want him to be prez?

    Certainly the GOP likes him better then Clinton, they like anyone better then a Clinton.

    This is going to be the biggest joke of an election ever seen.
    Think about our choices, is that not a joke?
  • hippiemomhippiemom Posts: 3,326
    edgarcamp wrote:
    After reading that, I still don't know a goddamn thing about him. "He talk good," is all I ever hear my Obama loving friends say. So does Joel Osteen, ya want him to be prez?

    Certainly the GOP likes him better then Clinton, they like anyone better then a Clinton.

    This is going to be the biggest joke of an election ever seen.
    Think about our choices, is that not a joke?
    But jokes are supposed to be funny. This is more of a tragedy.
    "Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity." ~ MLK, 1963
  • OutOfBreathOutOfBreath Posts: 1,804
    Some interesting opinions in there. What he says about Obama and american politics being stuck in Vietnam-era has some merit.

    As usual though, the threat of terrorism is blown all out of proportion and compared with war and giving it as shadowy and dark angle as is possible. Terrorist organizations will never pose a threat the size of the one hanging over say the cold war, and the situation today is nowhere even close conditions leading up to the world wars. Today is actually one pf the most peaceful eras in international political history. (which, granted, says more of the era before now) So although I can see the merit of the points he makes, I completely disagree and disregard his motive and rationale for coming forward with them.

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