I agree, stillaxjwelder. I really think Condi Rice is a smart lady, despite the fact that liberals and the mainstream media try to lampoon her and make her out to be nothing but a Bush suckup. She was a provost at a major university before W ever even came along and speaks 7 languages fluently. It takes someone pretty dang smart to have those achievements on their resume. She is a very successful woman in her own right. I think she would make a great veep.
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Well, It Didn't Take Long for Obama to Play the Race Card...
by owenfieldreams inhttp://www.comcast.net/articles/news-politics/20080421/politics-usa-politics-obama-race-dc/.
wow...who didn't see this coming?
lol....and keep in mind, this is coming from a guy that claims to be different and a uniter.
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Well, It Didn't Take Long for Obama to Play the Race Card...
by owenfieldreams inhttp://www.comcast.net/articles/news-politics/20080421/politics-usa-politics-obama-race-dc/.
wow...who didn't see this coming?
lol....and keep in mind, this is coming from a guy that claims to be different and a uniter.
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I agree.
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Well, It Didn't Take Long for Obama to Play the Race Card...
by owenfieldreams inhttp://www.comcast.net/articles/news-politics/20080421/politics-usa-politics-obama-race-dc/.
wow...who didn't see this coming?
lol....and keep in mind, this is coming from a guy that claims to be different and a uniter.
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Wow...some great posts and a lot of participation in this thread, albeit it is mostly coming from BO supporters--but I knew that would be that case when I initially posted the link be discussed here, considering this board has a definite liberal bent. Sorry I cannot respond to all of you, but that's generally not my MO anyway, as some of you know. I just like talkin' politics. HA!
I figured he would eventually play the race card, but I just thought it would take a little longer than it did and that it would happen a little closer to the conventions and the general election. But, I'm sure he has a strategic reason for doing it. My guess is that he or someone on his team has some polling data that prompted them to have him say this. Like with the Clintons, there is nothing that happens by chance with this guy--everything is scripted and choreographed to the finest detail. Even though I don't have a dog in the fight, watching him and fellow liberal John McCain go at each other in this horse race is going to be interesting.
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any new updates regarding "higher" education ?
by lancelink init seems that within the last two weeks comments regarding the thought that elders and ms would be demoted if their.
children went to college was pretty popular.. i mentioned this to quite a few "on the edge" witnesses who are really pro-education and they were really interested in learning more about this, or hearing it from the .
platform, magazine, or co (who just left last week.).
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There's a major crackdown going on right now, but it is being directed at the servant bodies by way of the CO. Don't look for anything to be announced from the platform to the r/f.
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Well, It Didn't Take Long for Obama to Play the Race Card...
by owenfieldreams inhttp://www.comcast.net/articles/news-politics/20080421/politics-usa-politics-obama-race-dc/.
wow...who didn't see this coming?
lol....and keep in mind, this is coming from a guy that claims to be different and a uniter.
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Well, It Didn't Take Long for Obama to Play the Race Card...
by owenfieldreams inhttp://www.comcast.net/articles/news-politics/20080421/politics-usa-politics-obama-race-dc/.
wow...who didn't see this coming?
lol....and keep in mind, this is coming from a guy that claims to be different and a uniter.
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owenfieldreams
Folks,
let's get back on topic. This thread was started in response to BO's comments in the aforementioned article, it was not meant to be a referendum on Colin Powell's or Condi Rice's qualifications. If you want to discuss that, then start another thread.
Back to the point at hand-- He, BO, is basically sandbagging and firing a preemptive strike at the republicans by saying this, in my opinion. "Playing the race card" is well known here in the US to mean that you claim victim status and/or unfairness because someone or some group has made your race the central matter in a given issue, usually in a negative light. As someone that is not a registered member of any party and that respects people regardless of their race, color, or ethnicity, I'm telling you this is not going to play well in middle america. It may in LA, NYC, Boston, Vermont, Massachusetts, Seattle, and Oregon, but he will have to win over a lot of us here in flyover country if he wants to be the next president. Ignore the national polls--they don't mean anything. I have no doubt BO will win the popular vote in nov, but he has to win the ELECTORAL vote to win the white house. Playing the race card like this does nothing to engender support from folks that live between the left and east coast.
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Couldn't Make it through the Convention today.
by blkblk13 inarrived late and left early.
breaking point was the baptismal talk.
about 40 were getting baptized.
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The drama was really disturbing to me. Why did they have to set it up as taking place in biblical times with the use of historical fiction? Why not just have a modern day setting? Well, guess if they did that, no one would get to dress up in those goofy costumes....
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Warren Schroeder from Bethel on Freddy, Kline and the apostate books!
by Dogpatch inhaving problem pasting this...
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Tom,
I've enjoyed reading the experiences of you and Randy over the years on the 'net. You both give a lot of insight and true perspective into what went on in Brooklyn back in the late 70s/early 80's. Btw, do you have much or any contact with Peter Gregerson? Is he still around, and what's he up to these days?
Owen
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Well, It Didn't Take Long for Obama to Play the Race Card...
by owenfieldreams inhttp://www.comcast.net/articles/news-politics/20080421/politics-usa-politics-obama-race-dc/.
wow...who didn't see this coming?
lol....and keep in mind, this is coming from a guy that claims to be different and a uniter.
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BFD, As someone that does not have a 'dog in the fight' and thinks McCain is woefully inept in a lot of areas, I don't think he will take the bait on this one...He will take the high road and continue to focus on Iraq and national security differences that he and BO have. At least that's my prediction...
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Well, It Didn't Take Long for Obama to Play the Race Card...
by owenfieldreams inhttp://www.comcast.net/articles/news-politics/20080421/politics-usa-politics-obama-race-dc/.
wow...who didn't see this coming?
lol....and keep in mind, this is coming from a guy that claims to be different and a uniter.
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owenfieldreams
Rabbit,
Read the article that I posted the link to, my friend. It's very obvious to anyone with a brain that BO is trying insert race into this campaign. The other nominee(McCain) is going out of his way to not even bring the subject up.... so now, WHO is playing the race card???