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Democracy in Action
May 18, 2008 | 7:05 PM
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The chorus of people who say Hillary Clinton should withdraw from the race left Anonymous wondering, what are they thinking and what exactly do they have against Democracy?

  

Democracy in Action

by Anonymous

Apparently some people are not ready to swallow whole the offerings from Barack Obama's public relations machine, which is masquerading as the national press corp. Reporters, editors and news photographers have created an image of an unbeatable, infallible, anointed man who has a birth right to the Democratic nomination. The warm, fuzzy coverage they've provided for the junior Senator from Illinois seems designed to quash the competition and enable Senator Obama to float effortlessly to Inauguration Day and the Presidency.

 

Democracy demands something different. It offers anyone who has the desire and the means a shot at political leadership. The push and pull of ideas is a benefit to the nation and gives voters a chance to see beyond the glossy, carefully worded hype that's become infused into the American political process.

 

No one is entitled to be United States President. The person who becomes Chief Executive has to win the job. The political strategists and editorial writers who fume and demand that the opposition cave so a 'favorite son' can have an easy go if it, are behaving in an irresponsible manner. Hillary Clinton has the right to battle to the finish and use every penny of her money to stay in the race, if that's what she chooses to do.

 

Sure, Americans have the right to elect whoever they wish, but apparently Barack Obama's minions believe that right does not involve fair competition. Try selling that notion to working class people. You know the ones, the people who Senator Obama says, get bitter, cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them. Those Americans generally believe in a fair fight to the finish, but not the people in the Obama camp.

 

Talk about the height of arrogance, but that's Barack Obama for you and that vibe runs through his campaign, accented by the notion that somehow Hillary Clinton owes it to the party and the nation to drop out of the race. Why, when the the anointed one took soaking in West Virginia and is entirely capable of saying something else so offensive that he alienates another block of voters?

 

Barack Obama would do better if he would simply accept the inordinately favorable media coverage he receives and remain silent on matters of importance. That way he can avoid any more enormous gaffs, but that's not his style. He speaks then, splat -- another dozy and when it happens, Hillary Clinton will be right there to point out the obvious: Barack Obama is not qualified to be President.

 

This is the man to whom Senator Clinton should yield, who's going to unite the nation, heal divisions and bring about a new era of politics? Barack Obama has not yet mastered the art of closing his mouth and keeping his outrageous opinions to himself. That would make it easier to suck up all the gushing and adoration he gets from the throngs of reporters who've filed a seemingly unending stream of glowing stories, that tout him as a phenomenon and borderline messiah.

 

The beauty of all this is, Senator Obama has no one to blame but himself for the consequences of his words, which include the distinct possibility that he will never deliver the political knock-out punch to Hillary Clinton, who could still win the nomination. And just when it appeared that that whole flap about his spiritual advisor was starting to fade.

 

Poor Barack Obama. No soft, easy ride to the White House for him, not as long as Hillary Clinton and Senator McCain are around. Some voters have started to acknowledge that his vague, rambling answers are usually void of substance. Imagine if he had to face what every single candidate should encounter, tough scrutiny, the kind that Hillary Clinton has faced since she announced that she wanted to be President.

 

No one on the Obama team wants that. His people want to shove aside Senator Clinton. Democracy -- who cares? They've got a President to appoint and do not care if, in the process, that means damage to the Democratic way of life.
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drerunner read my blog
May 19, 2008 | 12:06 PM

Finalllllly! This is so spot on! It is about time I can read a blog that has finally pointed out everything many sane and intelligent Americans have been seeing for nearly a year and a half! What's even more amazing is how the Democratic party and the news media are constantly trying to tell Americans not to believe their lying eyes and ears when critiquing obama. Here is what I have observed with Ombama.

1. He doesn't know when to shut up and when he does talk ,he talk too long and ending up saying something goofy and the media bails him out or his cam pain plays the "why ya picking on poor oh obama " tactic.

2. The meida (abc ,nbc, and cnn) are so in the bed with Obama it would be a golden opportunity for Saturday night live to use. My analogy of it is ,if it's raining, the media will report it was sunny all day! That's the same reporting they have been doing with Obama! Hysterical

3. Obama is naive about foreign policy and how it operates. If anybody can make a comment about foreign policy it is the President. When Bush made his comments ,it was base on facts from history. He said it to Israel.Our friends! They did not think it was wrong so why would Obama ,who is just a guy who is running for president , be upset and feel he in a position to chastise the president of The United States about what he said to an allie? if anyone should be able to make the remark ,it is the President Of the United Sates and not a guy who is running for it or a former president or a speaker of the house, It's the president that can say it !Comical stuff coming from the Dems!
drerunner read my blog
May 19, 2008 | 12:07 PM

4.Obama thinks there are 58 states in the union. In spite of his tired excuse, that would be like forgetting Christmas is on the 25th of December. No matter how tired, you don't forget that and neither do you ever forget there are only 50 states ...


5. Obama wants his wife to be off limit on the campaign trial, but yet his wife attacks Hillary about a personal matter concerning her husband. Obama thinks that was fair game ,but don't think a come back to Michele is fair. Is this guy a little off? His wife can make mean remarks about anyone, but no one can make remarks about her? Remarkable!
devildog67 read my blog
May 19, 2008 | 6:21 PM

Hey drerunner, you are so right. I agree with you 100 percent.
JimAllen read my blog view my photos
May 19, 2008 | 9:46 PM

Both Republican and Democratic Parties within their "Inner Circles" expect for certain One's to wait their turn, while the Old Guard and or Political Connected recieve the Spoils of War and the Lion's Share as it relates to being a Political Heavy Weight.

I'm not Red or Blue, however, its good to see someone say to the Political Machine in Washington, "Hey guys the Party is over, the American People want Change, not a disguised Aristocracy" that awards people based on their years spent in Washington and or Last Names
:-(

To witness Obama fight against Bill and Hill is amazing, and will go down in History as one of the Greatest Political Battles of Modern Times.

Can you imagine Facing Off against a Former United States President and His Wife who's a Well Known Former First Lady and Strong Senator from New York, wow, Obama has grown-up over night

:-)
drerunner read my blog
May 20, 2008 | 1:23 AM

Here is where the irony in your post is : You say you want change. However, you are willing to throw true democracy under the bus to get whatever change you think you need ,even if it is not fair. That's fascism! Also , it is not Obama that is given Hillary a hard time. Although he has a very impressive presentation (after the Al sharpton run ,it must be very refreshing), Obama hides behind the Race card and the left wing wealthy within the democratic party. They have excused every faux pas and bailed him out or look the other way. Interestingly ,obama must be fruitful to them, so if the poor and minorities think he will do for them , they will just have to wait in line. If obama wins, his first pay back will be to move on.com, the daily koas and th rest of the loony wealthy democrats in that crazy party. By the time he gives out token hand outs to the poor ,he will be on his way out. But I got a feeling guys like you wont mind, it's the symbolism of him just being president that you will be satisfied about. As a black american myself , that is something I rather pass on.
drerunner read my blog
May 20, 2008 | 1:24 AM

p.s -above post was for JimAllen
JimAllen read my blog view my photos
May 20, 2008 | 9:38 AM

I did not say that I personally want "Change", I said the American People wants "Change". The proof is that both John McCain and Obama presently claims the word "Change" in their Slogans and Campaigns.

It's very refreshing to know that President George W. Bush will be out of office, no matter who wins (Democrat /or/ Republican).

I guess Obama hides behind the "Mixed Race Card", because the last time I checked his Mother and Senator Clinton looks like they come from the same Race, or I guess some believe that "One Drop of Black Blood" makes a person totally Black? Thats "Slave Master Thinking", true Americans know better
:-)

Like I said dear reader, I'm not Democrat or Republican, however, I do find it odd that the Democratic Party is in favor of a Light Weight Mixed Guy who has no connections to Political Clout and or Ancestral Wealth...

I dont know Obama personally, nor do I agree with everything he or any Politician says. Will Obama help the Poor? He should help all those who are Poor and Disenfranchised (Black, White, Brown, Red, Yellow, even the Blue Man Group, lol).

Here's another thought, just because someone is Black or what some would consider Black, does not mean He/She is going to look out for the interest of Black Folks. Especially if those Black Folks are not (Greeks, Masons, Boule, Old Guard, Links, Girl Friends, Jack and Jillers, etc.). The Black Elite has a Slogan for Poor and Middle Class Blacks, which goes like this their not "Our Kind of People".

Here's what I know for sure dear reader, Governments, Kingdoms, and or Administrations h
JimAllen read my blog view my photos
May 20, 2008 | 9:58 AM

ave Never been ruled by the "Subjected", I use the term "Subjected" to bring out a certain point. When the British ruled it was impossible for George Washington to be President, why? Because he and his kind (Mixed White Folks) were the "Subjected". However, if one believes in Karma, one could argue that America is Lawfully ruled by Mixed White Folks, who with the aide of Blacks, and the French defeated the British who took this Country Unlawfully form the Native Americans.

As Secretary of State Dr. Rice once said America was born with a "Birth Defect" as it relates to African American Slavery. Which kept our Black Ancestors as the "Subjected" receiving (Civil Rights) in the 1960's, and some wonder why Black Folks are so far behind?
;-(

Dear Reader, look at the anals of Secular and Biblical History. Example: in Egypt Joseph or Yosef the Jew was Viceroy, but never could he be Pharaoh. In Babylon Daniel the Jew was Head Administrator, but never could he be King. In Rome Herod the Jew was King, but never could he be Emperor. In America Obama is a Senator, but could he be President?

We will soon find out :-)
drerunner read my blog
May 20, 2008 | 12:56 PM

Good points Jim. It is my view that this primary is one oxymoron after another:


1. Eveyone say whites would not vote for a black guy. But if we use our scientific process, Obama is really a white guy(genetically its true) with a deep tan.

2. Obama has been giving the nod(by the media) to play the race card (because I am black) ,although he speaks a lot about his mother's (white) blood line and how he relates to it.


3.Michele Obama is a pinhead!! Saying "America is a mean country" is unconscionable! Yeah,its So mean, It gave her the opportunity that folks inside and outside of our country would sell their souls to obtain. She knows she likes being an elitist.

4.Trust me, I have meet many African american like her(those who originally came form the hood and had a chip on their shoulders. Always yelling they are forgotten. But yet, she get to go to Harvard and become an elitist and she still say she wasn't proud until Barrack ran for president? How messed up is that?

5. Obama calls whites in west Virginia "clinging to guns and religion", but yet admitted his grandmother had the same attitudes about blacks.

6.Obama has a large following of white liberal men and women. However, if you ever worked in a large cooperation, those same liberal whites hold most of the high level management positions and make the majority of the decisions when it comes to opportunities for people. They are also the most mean spirited and distrimnaory to those Black Americans (like Dr. Rice) who can also kick down the door like them. Those white so called liberals don't ,at
drerunner read my blog
May 20, 2008 | 12:56 PM

Good points Jim. It is my view that this primary is one oxymoron after another:


1. Eveyone say whites would not vote for a black guy. But if we use our scientific process, Obama is really a white guy(genetically its true) with a deep tan.

2. Obama has been giving the nod(by the media) to play the race card (because I am black) ,although he speaks a lot about his mother's (white) blood line and how he relates to it.


3.Michele Obama is a pinhead!! Saying "America is a mean country" is unconscionable! Yeah,its So mean, It gave her the opportunity that folks inside and outside of our country would sell their souls to obtain. She knows she likes being an elitist.

4.Trust me, I have meet many African american like her(those who originally came form the hood and had a chip on their shoulders. Always yelling they are forgotten. But yet, she get to go to Harvard and become an elitist and she still say she wasn't proud until Barrack ran for president? How messed up is that?

5. Obama calls whites in west Virginia "clinging to guns and religion", but yet admitted his grandmother had the same attitudes about blacks.

6.Obama has a large following of white liberal men and women. However, if you ever worked in a large cooperation, those same liberal whites hold most of the high level management positions and make the majority of the decisions when it comes to opportunities for people. They are also the most mean spirited and distrimnaory to those Black Americans (like Dr. Rice) who can also kick down the door like them. Those white so called liberals don't ,at
drerunner read my blog
May 20, 2008 | 12:57 PM

Good points Jim. It is my view that this primary is one oxymoron after another:


1. Eveyone say whites would not vote for a black guy. But if we use our scientific process, Obama is really a white guy(genetically its true) with a deep tan.

2. Obama has been giving the nod(by the media) to play the race card (because I am black) ,although he speaks a lot about his mother's (white) blood line and how he relates to it.


3.Michele Obama is a pinhead!! Saying "America is a mean country" is unconscionable! Yeah,its So mean, It gave her the opportunity that folks inside and outside of our country would sell their souls to obtain. She knows she likes being an elitist.

4.Trust me, I have meet many African american like her(those who originally came form the hood and had a chip on their shoulders. Always yelling they are forgotten. But yet, she get to go to Harvard and become an elitist and she still say she wasn't proud until Barrack ran for president? How messed up is that?

5. Obama calls whites in west Virginia "clinging to guns and religion", but yet admitted his grandmother had the same attitudes about blacks.

6.Obama has a large following of white liberal men and women. However, if you ever worked in a large cooperation, those same liberal whites hold most of the high level management positions and make the majority of the decisions when it comes to opportunities for people. They are also the most mean spirited and distrimnaory to those Black Americans (like Dr. Rice) who can also kick down the door like them. Those white so called liberals don't ,at
drerunner read my blog
May 20, 2008 | 12:58 PM

Good points Jim. It is my view that this primary is one oxymoron after another:


1. Eveyone say whites would not vote for a black guy. But if we use our scientific process, Obama is really a white guy(genetically its true) with a deep tan.

2. Obama has been giving the nod(by the media) to play the race card (because I am black) ,although he speaks a lot about his mother's (white) blood line and how he relates to it.


3.Michele Obama is a pinhead!! Saying "America is a mean country" is unconscionable! Yeah,its So mean, It gave her the opportunity that folks inside and outside of our country would sell their souls to obtain. She knows she likes being an elitist.

4.Trust me, I have meet many African american like her(those who originally came form the hood and had a chip on their shoulders. Always yelling they are forgotten. But yet, she get to go to Harvard and become an elitist and she still say she wasn't proud until Barrack ran for president? How messed up is that?

5. Obama calls whites in west Virginia "clinging to guns and religion", but yet admitted his grandmother had the same attitudes about blacks.

6.Obama has a large following of white liberal men and women. However, if you ever worked in a large cooperation, those same liberal whites hold most of the high level management positions and make the majority of the decisions when it comes to opportunities for people. They are also the most mean spirited and distrimnaory to those Black Americans (like Dr. Rice) who can also kick down the door like them. Those white so called liberals don't ,at
drerunner read my blog
May 20, 2008 | 12:59 PM

continue:

Those white so called liberals don't ,at all, like Black Americans like this.

7.They are (white liberals) the most hypocritical about race and they love the poor and uneducated blacks. But they hate whites who are the same boat in west Virginia.

8.White liberals do a good job making everyone think people who are white and conservative. I In my expeirence, it wasn't the jesse Jacksons, Al sharpton , NAACP ,the hood!! nor the white liberal gave me opportunities.It was the white and conservative guy or gal....

9. Obama supporters (White loney liberals and many African Americans) have a constant "H$%^rd ON" for anyone who criticize Obama politically as racist or sell out! As a black american it insults me.
drerunner read my blog
May 21, 2008 | 9:10 PM

Sorry about all those post. Don't know how that happen.....
Proud2bBlack read my blog view my photos
May 24, 2008 | 2:09 PM

Hilary is a desperate woman. If she doesn't calm down she's going to end up on an epsiode of "SNAPPED".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLNFsl130_Y
Proud2bBlack read my blog view my photos
May 24, 2008 | 2:10 PM

I do not like you Byron Harlon, you are a biggot!
drerunner read my blog
May 24, 2008 | 9:48 PM

Proud2bBlack , stop being a lemon sucker. Why are you using such a "clique" remark that has become a race card tool and nothing to do with the true legitimacy of Barak Obama.? As a American-black, I find many blacks and loony white liberals using the "bigot " comment like the boy who cried wolf. The danger we all face here, in the future when something like this legitimately happens, it will go unchecked because of unwarranted previous remarks like yours. Hasn't it ever dawned on you that Obama's "Political views" may clearly be counter productive to our nation and the world, which has nothing to to do with his skin color? I believe Ron Paul (who is white) would also be horrible for this country ,not because he is white ,but because his world view is not a practical one. It is you, who brings up race (out of your own insecurities ) and not the author of this blog. Besides, Obama is a an elitist cry baby wimp! He doesn't stand a chance with the nut leader of Iran. The guy would eat Obama alive........
JimAllen read my blog view my photos
May 25, 2008 | 12:34 PM

Here's the DEAL we can't vote for Obama just because he looks like us. "Just because you're my Color does not mean you are my kind", is what a Upper Crust Black Elitist once told me.

I don't believe Mr. Obama is for the best interest of Poor/Middle Class People... Because he would not have said Poor People are Bitter and cling to Guns and Religion, that Statement alone made people see him as an Elitist.

Sure, I think the person who wrote the blog (Democracy In Action) could have been a bit more balanced, however, it is what it is.

Obama is a Light-weight who does not know what he's getting himself into. When the "Powers that Be" tell Him if and when he's President, that certain things are not in the best interest of the United States(African and Haitian Food Crisis, etc.) what is he going to do?
drerunner read my blog
May 25, 2008 | 4:36 PM

Case and point Jim , A boat just overturned with about 100 Haitians. They were rescued and pointed backed in the direction from which they came, as usual. I am a strong believer that coming to this country for anyone must be done legally and fairly and it was the right thing to do. However, this is a good example of where our government have shown unfairness to certain illegals. Mexicans and Cubans are considered
"good hard working" people. "Geraldo Rivera" is famous for using this code language, because he is of Hispanic background. It's code language for ,let them (LATINO'S)stay ,but not those Haitians. It is also the ultimate example of the hypocrisy concerning the U.S. and its illegal immigrations policy. Our leaders always sat silently when Haitians are turned backed, but nod and wink when Cubans and Mexicans enter illegally. Amusingly, Obama has been pandering the Latino and their illegal supporters for votes, however I have not heard him ,once, pander to other groups of illegals. Not that I support either, I believe they all should be denied entrance no matter where they are coming from,if illegal. But,just making observation here. It has been only Cubans and Mexicans(90% of successfully illegals) who have benefited form illegal immigration. Yet, 90 % of blacks supports Obama and niether of those other groups really supports obama. Somethings not quite right with the picture. I am just saying.........
JimAllen read my blog view my photos
May 25, 2008 | 8:21 PM

I hope I don't get stigmatized by my new photo. I have the best of both Worlds (Streets and Church) running rampant in my veins. Yet I stay true to my beliefs and values.

I'm all for Immigration rather legal or illegal. I say this because if someone or anyone is willing to risk losing their life for a better one in America - then I say welcome to America my Brother and or Sister.

Maybe this is America's payback for her treatment thwarts (African Americans, Jews, Italians and the Irish). Since she rejected them/us in the past, now she (America) has to accept them/us in the Present and Future

;-)
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Byron Harlan is a veteran of radio, local and network news. He has a B.A. in Political Science, an M.A. in Journalism and an M.B.A. Byron is from San Diego, plays electric and upright bass as well as mandolin and some guitar (very little) in a Chicago band. He's run eight marathons, two ultra-marathons and has his sights set on triathalons. He's married to Judi Harlan, who is a real estate agent and one heck of a looker.

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