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Originally Posted by Dr. William Birkin
Well, two statements really. In the second clip you can hear nothing but the shitty ass music. If he is lying nobody can fucking hear it. Great source, you must have spent all night looking for it.
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Translation? I didn't like what I heard, so I shut it out completely.
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Originally Posted by Dr. William Birkin
The first clip doesn't prove a god damn thing either. There is more than one thing considered to be controversial in this nation. The fact that Obama witnessed the church making "controversial statements" does not mean he was present for statements regarding Clinton's being white, or oppression of blacks, or anything of that caliber. A good journalist might have asked "What kind of controversial statements are you referring to?" But nowhere in that clip does Obama consent to racist beliefs, or being present when racist beliefs were expressed in his church.
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On the law of averages, a reasonable person would acknowledge that he would have been in attendance for at least one inflammatory rant to come from Reverend Wright's mouth, if not all of them. Regularly attending the man's church for in excess of two decades, having him wed you to your wife and christen your children... gives him very little scope to plead ignorance, which is exactly what he did. Racial politics - the last thing Obama can afford to play if he wants any remote chance of winning a general election. Severing ties with Wright (well, he claims to have done so) is a start, but what about the other undesirables he has consorted with? People such as Bill Ayers are scum, and Obama's associating with them does his campaign a great disservice.
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Originally Posted by Dr. William Birkin
I'd also like to point out that in light of the flooding in the midwestern United States Senator Obama has dispatched some of his own campaigning staff and volunteers to the affected regions to assist in rebuilding efforts as well as flooding control. His website was changed; instead of a box allowing for donations to his campaign on the front page of the website, the box was replaced with a donation center for victims of the flooding in the midwest. Obama has since gone to the affected regions to personnally assist in the control effort.
McCain has stated that "our hearts go out to the flood victims, an those affected by the flooding".
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Immaterial to the initial argument, but I'll play along. The Obama campaign is, financially and numerically, in a much better position to help out. But the main motivation for the aid is that the flooding has occurred right smack dab in his backyard, the mid-West region.
Maybe it would've been nice to see John McCain offer up a nicer gesture than a few words of goodwill and the hope of better tidings, even if it was just a ploy to try and win some votes. Obama wins some brownie points over him for this issue, but let's see how he goes on matters of policy.
Having read through his website and noticed the pro-protectionist stance he has taken on trade, it does not sit too well with him on a global scale. The other nations in on the NAFTA agreement won't be too pleased with his stances, nor will other key trading partners in Europe, Asia and Australia. Obama said he wants to enhance America's reputation globally, rectifying some of the damage done by the Bush administration. Protectionist trade policy will not aid this ploy, and will get some key strategic and economic allies offside.
More Obama gaffe-mania