Arun Shanbhag ([info]arunshanbhag) wrote,
@ 2008-09-24 21:10:00
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Entry tags:barack obama, hillary clinton, sarah palin

Barack, He's not it!

When I first heard about David Freddoso's “The Case Against Barack Obama,” I did not even think of reading it. I have better things to do than waste time reading right-wing propaganda - see, it was well known that the author is a staunch Republican.

But I was surprised to see a review of the book in the recent issue of The Economist. And they actually liked it!

Unfortunately for Obama, the details in the book are not very complimentary, and apparently very true.

According to the review, Obama played down and dirty politics in Chicago:
"he won the Democratic nomination for his Illinois seat by getting a team of lawyers to throw all the other candidates off the ballot on various technicalities. One of those he threw off was a veteran black politician, a woman who helped him get started in politics in the first place."

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Yes! You want to read the rest!

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[info]fluffyblanket
2008-09-25 08:54 am UTC (link)
As an (A)narchist I'd say , "If voting could change things , they'd make it illegal" , but I admit that some polticians are better than others .
Hillary won the popular vote but lost the presidential candidacy . The latest statistics I have are as follows -
Women are 1/2 of the human race , perform 2/3 of its work hours , receive 1/10 of the world's income and own less than 1/100 of the world's property .
There are - rightly - lots of black presidents in the world but precious few female ones . Business - and imperialism - as usual ...
Perhaps Angela Davis should stand –
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela_Davis

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[info]yanatonage
2008-09-25 12:39 pm UTC (link)
Hillary did not win the popular vote.

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[info]fluffyblanket
2008-09-25 12:58 pm UTC (link)
Thank you ! I stand corrected .

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[info]arunshanbhag
2008-09-25 04:28 pm UTC (link)
I know without Michigan and FLorida she was close;
Have you run the numbers with MI and FL counted?
They should count because even at the convention he was for giving the delegates from FL and MI full voting rights - so full votes! :-))

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[info]fluffyblanket
2008-09-25 09:05 am UTC (link)
I've pinched your entry and posted it on my LJ . Hope you don't mind ...

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[info]arunshanbhag
2008-09-25 04:29 pm UTC (link)
No problem;

would you please add the following link to the post also.
www.arunshanbhag.com

Thanks
Arun

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[info]fluffyblanket
2008-09-26 09:08 am UTC (link)
I'd put "11:00am: September 24, 2008 by Arun Shanbhag"
but I'll add the other part .

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[info]fluffyblanket
2008-09-26 09:14 am UTC (link)
Been there , done that -
http://fluffyblanket.livejournal.com/

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[info]dunefield
2008-09-25 06:54 pm UTC (link)
I was all for Hillary! WTF!

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[info]arunshanbhag
2008-09-25 07:59 pm UTC (link)
exactly! the better candidate too!
Can you imagine her making mincemeat of McCain?

I may still write in Hillary!

But with Massachusetts firmly in the bark blue column, I might as well have some fun and root for the Palin-ator *waves hand*
:-)

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[info]dunefield
2008-09-25 08:05 pm UTC (link)
No Palin please! Under no circumstance, not even for fun! :-P

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[info]arunshanbhag
2008-09-25 08:06 pm UTC (link)
Awwww!

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[info]diffdrummer
2008-09-26 12:49 am UTC (link)
I knew "Barack, He's not it". Has anyone pointed out you resemble Barry? :D

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[info]arunshanbhag
2008-09-26 01:06 am UTC (link)
Barry who?

I like the Palin-ator; must be our brief trip to Alaska last year :-)

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[info]diffdrummer
2008-09-26 07:14 am UTC (link)
Barry 0 - the subject of your post :P

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[info]arunshanbhag
2008-09-26 01:43 pm UTC (link)
Oh, Oh!
I'm getting a haircut!

No, No! i am shaving it all off!

I do believe in Change and Hope, you see!

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(Anonymous)
2008-09-26 04:22 pm UTC (link)
You can always request to postpone 'this' debate :D

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[info]diffdrummer
2008-09-26 04:23 pm UTC (link)
the anon comment was mine.oops.

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