Yeah, sounds like you really believe I’m a “good person”, except when you think I’m not. Yes, I’ve been blessed…but though my own efforts, tenacity, and hard work. I’ve never forgotten anyone who influenced my life, doesn’t matter if they’re rich or poor. I have the same friends now that I had in grade school and high school, and added many more along the way to where I am now.

Association DOES matter, especially for someone with a very short resume’, like Obama.

Obama did not simply “know” Rezko, Farrakhan, Wright and Ayers —

Obama had business dealings with Rezko, Obama went to Farrakhan’s “Million Man March” after helping Farrakhan organize it, Obama went to nutty Pastor Wright’s church for 20 years and gave that Churc $22,500.00 in 2006, alone, and Obama worked on policy issues with terrorist Ayers!

Obama claims that he can “work with” all sides of an issue and get results.

Those who want NO terrorism at all, on United States soil, think we should do whatever it takes to fight terrorism.

Obama wants to “compromise” with terrorists.

I guess Obama would ask OBL to only take one of the “Twin Towers” and not both of them?

Well, what EXACTLY do you get, when you say that you can bring all sides, of EVERY debate, together and work on “compromise”????

Obama has NEVER shown the ability to forge legislation, not in Illinois, not in Washington DC.

The ONLY talents Obama has seem to be his speaking ability, and his ability to find very radical friends!

My comment that you posted is from another thread Mary.

It’s a bit out of context here.

And on that other thread I did not say you were a bad person. Though you seem here and elsewhere to find fault with me.

In fact I think you are a very good person.

But I find you like many who favor Obama. You have “made it”. And like Obama, you seem to find fault or forget those who have not. At least in some ways.

It is Obama’s own words turned me against him. And it is his own words that push me further from him every day. He’s not a fighter because he doesn’t have to fight for anything.

MY take is he doesn’t have to beat them. That’s why he doesn’t want to. Has he joined them I don’t know.

Thank God we’ve got the uncorruptible national Republican party as an alternative, right GMC?

Let’s see–Tom “Smiling Mug Shot” Delay, Jack “uh, Jack who?” Abramoff, Alphonso “Rub My Head” Jackson, David “Diapers” Vitter, Larry “Toe-Tapper” Craig and the list goes on and on and on . . .

Not to mention all the folks that simply refuse to answer subpeonas . . .

I think for myself, JR and I really doubt that Hank and Nathan consider me one of their own.
I don’t belong to either “side”, and no one has “lost” me.
Get over the “us against them” attitude that you’ve branded into your head…it’s meaningless and solves nothing. You know nothing about what I do and don’t do for the poor and mentally ill.
You have no business judging me, or anyone else for that matter.

BlueJay, I would say the reason this hasn’t been a story before is that it still isn’t a story. Has little to do with Clinton could have brought this to the public’s attention, or who did and when anyone knew anything. There isn’t anything to know.

People are acquainted with other people — parents of children at the same school, clerks and other frequent customers at a store we shop often, neighbors, fellow bloggers etc. — in that context and not further. Being acquainted with, associated with, doing business with, knowing another person does not make you share their viewpoints or be responsible for their actions.

And the same goes for the non-story of Resko and any connection with his legal woes to Obama. Another non-story. Not that it won’t be attempted to make a sow’s ear from a silk purse — it will, it has been. It just won’t be anything with legs and it won’t run. There is nothing there.

So relax and let the primary process proceed. I hope both candidates remain above the fray, concentrate on issues that are important, take the high road and in doing will show the pettiness of the Republican attack machine for exactly what it has always been. Obama is right — Americans are smarter than that. We want a president capable of tackling our problems. The games of politics keep us from finding solutions.

I missed it the first time.

I don’t really read Randy that close anymore. I’ve sorta lost all my respect for him. Total tool.

Steven got it.

The part I missed?

“Does Hillary Clinton think she’s helping the party by raising these talking points?”

SO Randy wasn’t content to just plant the seeds to grow a lie.

He just out and out lit up the sky with it!

Senator Clinton DID NOT ask the question. She did not go after the story. Or if she did she CHOSE not to use it.

I’m a supporter of Senator Clinton because I do not trust Obama based on his own words. I knew about this story a month ago.

Linda knows. I emailed her about it.

But I didn’t bring it here either.

Editors? I have a request.

PLEASE restrict Randy from posting threads concerning Senator Clinton. He cannot be objective.

Or remotely honest.

If he wants to write his little love letters for Barack ok. But keep him away from anything that requires any journalistic integrity.

Randy you are SO in the tank. I bet you thought yourself quite clever with:

“Sen. Obama’s opponents are playing guilt-by-association, tarring him because he happens to know Bill Ayers”

Now of course RIGHT NOW Obama’s chief opponent is Senator Clinton. SO you thought you’d get it implied that Senator Clinton is behind this revelation of Obama’s friend.

Well Randy that’s a lie.

As linda notes, this story has been out there for a long time. It is just that Obama has been given a total pass from you and the rest of the media that it comes to light only now.

This story was brought to the national media by con ranter Sean Hannity. I HEARD him on the radio giving Strphenopolis the question.

And I’m afraid even my friend linda is off base.

“…which then gave Senator Clinton the opportunity to be negative without it being her idea”

That is not fair linda. It was out there already. If Senator Clinton had wanted to use this the time was months ago. In fact, Senator Clinton deserves recognition for NOT going after Obama on this matter and on the matter of his pastor. Her campaign MUST have known but CHOSE not to go there.

Look I already said this isn’t an issue for me. But it WILL BE with some people. It is not fair to blame Senator Clinton for that.

If anything, this SHOULD have come out earlier. It is not fair to John Edwards and the other Dem candidates the pass Obama has been given .

And as for Obama. I am liking him less and less to the point of disliking him. His demeanor at rallies is increasingly smarmy and smart ass.

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Ben, I have seen nothing to have me believe he has changed. In fact, it was reported by several sources that after 9-11-2001, he stated that his group had not did enough bombing.

Politics has left a bad taste in my mouth over the past few years.