John McCain’s increasingly self-imploding presidential campaign continues….
The latest? He and his disasterous VP selection Sarah Palin gave their first joint interview to Katie Couric of CBS News today. Big mistake.
When asked to respond to allegations that through out the campaign she has explicitly contradicted McCain on the issue of cross-border attacks (and in fact sided with Barack Obama), Palin went into one of her trademark word jumbles before McCain swept in to save the day.
Unfortunately, his assessment that the gaffe was a result of “gotcha” journalism was utterly incorrect. As rightly pointed out by Miss Couric.
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She really needs to step down for the good of the country! Poor McCain doesn’t even know what to do with her at this stage. Wait till Thursday night when Joe Biden runs all over her!! Caribou Barbie is right!!!
So is it safe to say this is turning into a political blog? If so, count me out.
I think it’s importnant for all of us who dont follow politics as closely as we should to see things like this so we can make the right decision (Obama All The Way!!!). Thanks Fadedyouth!!!
REMESSAH
If you in any way think that people should take a celebrity blog and use it as information to vote you are sadly mistaken. Can you name 1 time they even remotely said something positive about republicans or John Mccain? Just once can you give me an unbiased posting when it comes to politics. I find it so very patronizing that celebrities feel that they are on a podium and can spout there policies on us like they have a clue what they are talking about. Half of them haven’t attended college and yet they are the new political authority. I consider myself a democrat but would not vote for Obama for anything. Does anyone care who I vote for or my reasons for doing so, no. So why would ANYBODY care to read about some beautiful, yet superficial person’s “deep thoughts” like they are more informed than the rest of us. Fadedyouth stick to showing people in good clothes and leave your bias behind, its simply annoying. email me at bellatrixl90210@hotmail if you agree and would like to discuss other topics ex- global warming
I love Gov Sarah Palin & I know a LOT of
women who do as well. Not a DC insider. A breath of fresh air.
Dr. Kissenger said that Pres. Truman had no foreign policy & he turned
out to be the best Pres re; foreign policy.
Washington has a big machine behind her. Fear not. She is honest & straight forward.
Walks the talk, baby!!!!!
Liberal opnions just make me more convinced how IMPORTANT
it is to vote for achievement & experience.
Palin has more experience then Obama.
Besides, I don’t want a Socialist America. Neither do my parents
or a lot of my friends.
We are Independents but we are voting for ACHIEVEMENT and
EXPERIENCE.
Obama , is the way! Sadly not even he knows what that way is to be. Biden takes pride in the fact that at his age his net worth is between 100,000 and 150,000 dollars. My worth is more than that and I’m 28! Obama has been running for president for 19 months and hasn’t even completed one term in public office. Being down on Palin is pretty silly if you have a working knowledge of all the candidates, but at least she has a public record. McCain is not Bush, and is the most non-partisian candidate running. I agree leave the politics to political sites. Readers are done a disservice with one-sided misinformation.
The woman is an utter idiot. You see the absolute fear in her eyes when Katie asked the question and then without any thought, she goes into some inane rambling “USA is Number One” war cry until McCain, like the good grandfather that he is, came in and tried to throw her a lifeline. This woman is a total joke and makes women like me sick that she’s a female.
I love how the republicans are so defensive now that they have a crappy ticket.
Gotcha journalism my foot, it’s facts in their face. Palin is a joke as is any woman who supports her!
Also from 11:22, I am a democrat and wouldn’t throw my vote away on Obama. Also forgot to sign in.:)
I have a lot of respect for Sarah Palin & John McCain.
they have the experince & achievements (Mary is correct)
I don’t buy into the Obama blah blah.
Only an experienced man as Mccain in Foreign Policies
can protect our wonderful country from the new enemy.
come on..Obama said he’d sit down & talk to Iran pres after he
said he’ll wipe Israel off the face of the planet…
he misquoted Dr. Kissinger ..as Kissinger quicly defended Mccain & said Obama was wrong.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsXrQQ44kP0
he is the true Maverick & so is Sarah Palin.
Reps hated him for disagreeing a lot w/them.
McCain is NOT Bush!!!!
he was a POW for 5 yrs(2 yrs in soliter because he didn’t think it
was fair he’d go home before the other POWS that were shot down before him)
for this they put him in soliter & beat him up (rebroke his arms) for 2 freakin’ yrs.
this man is experienced, loves our country & will change Washington for real.
Obama is an amature & a liar. He just looks good (not to me)
Dems always raise taxes…Mccain wants a smaller Government.
and Palin…whoa..watch out lobbyest & smarmy DC crooks.
This woman will rip you apart.
SNL & other Liberal & left opinions are not real America.
And yes, one should vote for ACHIEVEMENTS & EXPERIENCE.
Palin has a lot more exp then Obama who never even wrote out a business check.
He’s an Elite Harvard grad w/shady ties & that Rev Wright for 20 yrs!
20 yrs…..oh please.
Obama’s wife I do not like & Biden..well Biden…is the smarmiest fake.
(who disagreed w/Obama on many ocassions btw)
I hope Americans when they go behind the curtains…will take
achievements & experience into consideration.
Obama might be fun to hang out with but sorry..I do not trust him w/our country.
thank you for listening.
GL
Wow, Joseph, you’ve bought the propoganda hook, line, and sinker.
I can only feel sorry for the lack of thought and absent logical reasoning of all Palin supporters.
One can only assume you read very little (internet is not reading) and that you have zero to little
education out of high school. No logical thinking person could possibly come to the conclusion of supporting
another idiot after the raping of our country by Bush and Cheney.
OBAMA/ BIDEN 08
Joseph Martin…THANKS for the You Tube where Obama was caught
with another lie. LOL what a fake.
to quote Dr. Kissinger so cocky…haha.To lie with such an obvious & provable remark
just shows you what a jerk & cocky he is.
Kissinger set him straight!
McCain & Palin is my vote!!!!
I too am an Independent. I vote for the person & not the Party.
I’d love an African American(though O has a white mother who raised & sacrified her life for him)
but this is NOT the right African american man.
Why doesn’t he say he’s bi-racial or multi racial?
so insulting to his white mother & grandmother. ugh.
Carrie, you hypocrite, you just called him African American. You have just confirmed why he says he’s black, because that is how society sees him…white mother or not. You just proved the point.
God you’re so ridculous.
Also, another thing telling me how little you understand about history, if you knew anything about Kissenger you wouldn’t be quoting him like he’s oh so wonderful. Fuck, I can’t believe stupid people can vote.
It sucks for the rest of us.
While Joe Biden is running all over Sarah Palin maybe he can explain what he meant, in reference to Obama, when he said that ” the office of the President does not lend itself to OJT.”
Uh, not to interrupt what is sure to turn into a shower of grateful posts to yourself, mary/joseph/love/carrie, but it’s obvious that you’re talking to yourself. Show a little dignity, dude.
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Remessah, these clips are fun, but you definitely shouldn’t base your vote anything you read on the internet.
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Sid, I totally hear ya. I think arasto posts political stuff b/c it gets him a lot of hits.
Miiewi, what is wrong with saying someone is african- american when that’s what they are. Maybe he does not identify as white because it would turn off his black Rev. Wright supporters, and if he can’t get some sympathy from white voters, their guilt might not propel them to vote for him either.
stupid? hah…if you only knew who you are talking to.
Idiot. I’m bi-racial but I give credit to my white mother!
I called him AA because I’m trying to be PC.
thanks for the degrating on a bi-racial American.
I like Sarah Palin. She gets a bum wrap from the Liberal media.
but, it’s OK..I’ll watch the Debate on Thursday .
I’m still undecided…but I am to be honest leaning toward McCain.
like it was said…Obama has no achievements or experience.
but..I’m sure on a gossip site..I’m the minority. lol
it’s OK…America is not East Coast or West Coast.
America is between them. We’ll see what happens in Nov.
the Wall Street greedy mo fo’s are the real problem & should be punished.
I’m OK w/Obama…maybe it’s meant to be. Secretly..I hope not.
umm miiewi ….i have to disagree with you. internet CAN be reading. im not picking a side politically, but for you to say that the internet is not reading comes off as completely ignorant. the internet is the best place to read because (as long as you do it right) you can find the most information about any subject. it is proven fact that the us media picks and chooses what should be represented (look at the ron paul campaign…even when he won, he lost as far as media coverage goes). i’m sorry but the best place to start unbiased research is the internet…as long as you frequent more than one site.
i just want to point out one celebrity endorsement. scarlett johansson. scarletts one “true love” is obama. if she wasn’t a “starlet” no one would care…why? because she is uneducated. she has the equivalent of a hs diploma and was denied acceptance to the NYU Tisch school of arts. thats her whole academic record. how does pretending to be someone else (badlly i might add..) qualify her to speak and influence others about politics? it doesnt (same goes for heidi montag about mccain).
as a blog about these celebrity “politicians” you have even less grounds than they do.
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umm miiewi ….i have to disagree with you. internet CAN be reading. im not picking a side politically, but for you to say that the internet is not reading comes off as completely ignorant. the internet is the best place to read because (as long as you do it right) you can find the most information about any subject. it is proven fact that the us media picks and chooses what should be represented (look at the ron paul campaign…even when he won, he lost as far as media coverage goes). i’m sorry but the best place to start unbiased research is the internet…as long as you frequent more than one site.
i just want to point out one celebrity endorsement. scarlett johansson. scarletts one “true love†is obama. if she wasn’t a “starlet†no one would care…why? because she is uneducated. she has the equivalent of a hs diploma and was denied acceptance to the NYU Tisch school of arts. thats her whole academic record. how does pretending to be someone else (badly i might add..) qualify her to speak and influence others about politics? it doesnt (same goes for heidi montag about mccain).
as a blog about these celebrity “politicians†you have even less grounds than they do.
It’s obvious that the same person is posting some of these pro-Palin responses. And if you are going to give Palin credit for being a mayor then you have to give Obama credit for being a state Senator for 8 or 9 years. And if you want to continue your argument about her executive experience, then according to you she is even more qualified than McCain. And to the person who posted about Biden’s lack of wealth: it’s sad that a man who has served in the Senate since the 1970’s is considered a failure by you because he’s not a millionaire. To me that says that unlike others, he wasn’t bought and corrupted by money in Washington (or didn’t have his rich wife financing his career and lifestyle) and I personally find it commendable that he works as a Senator and still finds time to teach Con Law at a university in his home state. And Carrie B, you should go read what Kissinger did say (before he changed his tune) because Obama was absolutely right. Kissinger said that the US should meet with the Iranians at lower levels and now he is trying to save face. McCain was trying to say that Obama advocated personally (as the President) meeting with Ahmedinejad (which isn’t true). So, McCain got it wrong, not Obama. The only thing wrong was McCain’s mischaracterization of Obama’s intentions. And by the way, Obama pays homage to his mother and grandparents all of the time (although I don’t really understand the “she sacrificed her life for him” remark). And anyone who has read his books knows how highly he regards the family who raised him, when people like you make these ridiculous arguments you expose yourselves as racists who are trying to hide behind false indignation. Go ahead and vote for the guy who couldn’t even look his opponent in the eye. I’m sorry but the inability to look someone in the eye is a sign of weak character, but hey we are talking about the guy who left his crippled first wife (after cheating on her for years) for a younger, richer model (you know the one he called a c*nt i front of a reporter). So, who’s the jerk? No one does hypocrisy quite like Republicans.
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now i feel like a spammer lol
umm miiewi ….i have to disagree with you. internet CAN be reading. im not picking a side politically, but for you to say that the internet is not reading comes off as completely ignorant. the internet is the best place to read because (as long as you do it right) you can find the most information about any subject. it is proven fact that the us media picks and chooses what should be represented (look at the ron paul campaign…even when he won, he lost as far as media coverage goes). i’m sorry but the best place to start unbiased research is the internet…as long as you frequent more than one site.
i just want to point out one celebrity endorsement. scarlett johansson. scarletts one “true love†is obama. if she wasn’t a “starlet†no one would care…why? because she is uneducated. she has the equivalent of a hs diploma and was denied acceptance to the NYU Tisch school of arts. thats her whole academic record. how does pretending to be someone else (badlly i might add..) qualify her to speak and influence others about politics? it doesnt (same goes for heidi montag about mccain).
as a blog about these celebrity “politicians†you have even less grounds than they do.
Jess,
To say the internet is “reading” shows a level of ignorance I’m not even going to take the time
to address. It’s clearly a waste of time.
im sorry guys…my computer is tripping out.
so miiewi…im guessing you have never heard of things like lemonde.com (or .fr si vous préférez en Français) or even any other worldly new source past your local delivered in the morning owned by rupert murdoch and co newspaper.
I brought up Dr. Kissinger because Obama brought him up in the debate.
Obama quoted him as if he was so Imp & a God. lol
Obama misquoted Kissinger 2x.
Dr. Kissinger replied ASAP.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsXrQQ44kP0
man..you are clueless.Did you even watch the 1st Debate?
Do not call me stupid & I have no right to vote because my opinion.
This is America & a free country.
Man..Obama supporters (not all) are so mean.
it makes me sad.
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jess, I agree with you that you can find a lot of good stuff on the Internet, but you gotta have critical thinking skills and a little bit of internet savvy to filter out the metric buttload of bullshit out there.
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“as long as you frequent more than one site.”
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And this is critical. And I would also add that these sites should also include the MSM’s sites. The balkanization of the media has made it increasingly difficult to have any kind of meaningful discussion. Everyone goes to to their fave echo chamber and we all come back with different facts. Understanding someone else’s political stance is hard enough as it is, but if we don’t even agree about what’s happened…? Forget it. We just end up going infinity plus rounds calling each liars. Total. Waste. Of time.
I am one person. so, if more then one person agrees that they like
Gov Palin, they are the same people? LMAO.
HMM, you are pathetic and a sore looser.
thank you snipe for at least backing me up a little there. we have to remember that many people polled in america have said that they get their news from the daily show with jon stewart. uhhh yeah ok.
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but to tell someone who visits sites such as lemonde.com, ap.org, thomsonreuters.com almost religiously everyday among others (dont even get me started about paper prints such as NYTimes and USA weekly…yeah. i read offline too. odd isnt it?), that the internet cannot be “reading” and that they have a “a level of ignorance I’m not even going to take the time
to address. It’s clearly a waste of time.” seems rather…judgemental, and well IGNORANT in and of itself.
My Mom, Dad, sister, aunt, uncle love Sarah Palin too.
She is a decent woman.
http://www.nationalreview.com/
expand your minds peeps.
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It’s your posting style rather than your opinion that gives you away. I can’t believe I have to point this out (I mean, scroll up and just LOOK at the layout of your posts), but the idiosyncratic capitalization, punctuation, and screwed up formatting stick out like a sore thumb. What is up with ppl and hard-returns anyway? Did you learn how to type on typewriters or something?
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jess, re: ppl watching the Daily Show. I think a major part of the problem is that people expect news to be entertaining and available in easily-consumed discrete morsels.
Yeah, NRO’s a good site. It’s pretty sad that idiots like Hannity have replaced someone like Buckley.
snipe: instant gratification and entertainment — its the american way, non?
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=OTY4OTBmYzM4MTdlNWY4ZGM2MTgzMDg4NzgzOWJmNTg=
Mais, oui.
I will admit that I’m kinda ADHD myself though (hence the continued posting on here instead of doing my work). I was floored when I learned that the Lincoln-Douglas debates lasted for hours. I would totally ask for the Cole’s notes on those.
hahahaha snipe…yes… i should be working as well. but some subjects (it wasnt even the politics! i swear! lol) such as reading online need to be addressed. to say that the internet isnt reading was just so ignorant i had to post. how could you call something that is basically putting print news out of business irreverent? and think you are the one coming off sounding educated? wow. just wow. i just couldnt let that one slide.
I am so sick and tired of left media trashing Ms. Palin.
I am so voting for her!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hehehehehe - LOL. I will definitely have my popcorn ready on Thursday. It will be totally awesome to watch Biden chew and spit Palin out. Aah, maybe her Russian cousins can save her. The amazing thing about this great country of ours is that some people will rather vote ignorant, religious extremists than see an intelligent, God-fearing, not one to impose his personal opinions about life on others, Black American win this election. And no people, don’t give me that crock about forcing people to vote Obama because he’s black, this is about voting in good-conscience people who will not lead this nation further down the tube.
Is Barack Obama A Marxist Mole?
By Cliff Kincaid Wednesday, March 19, 2008 Canadian Free Press
In his biography of Barack Obama, David Mendell writes about Obama’s life as a “secret smoker†and how he “went to great lengths to conceal the habit.†But what about Obama’s secret political life? It turns out that Obama’s childhood mentor, Frank Marshall Davis, was a communist.
In his books, Obama admits attending “socialist conferences†and coming into contact with Marxist literature. But he ridicules the charge of being a “hard-core academic Marxist,†which was made by his colorful and outspoken 2004 U.S. Senate opponent, Republican Alan Keyes.
However, through Frank Marshall Davis, Obama had an admitted relationship with someone who was publicly identified as a member of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA). The record shows that Obama was in Hawaii from 1971-1979, where, at some point in time, he developed a close relationship, almost like a son, with Davis, listening to his “poetry†and getting advice on his career path. But Obama, in his book, Dreams From My Father, refers to him repeatedly as just “Frank.â€
The reason is apparent: Davis was a known communist who belonged to a party subservient to the Soviet Union. In fact, the 1951 report of the Commission on Subversive Activities to the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii identified him as a CPUSA member. What’s more, anti-communist congressional committees, including the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), accused Davis of involvement in several communist-front organizations.
Trevor Loudon, a New Zealand-based libertarian activist, researcher and blogger, noted evidence that “Frank†was Frank Marshall Davis in a posting in March of 2007.
Out Of Nowhere
Obama’s communist connection adds to mounting public concern about a candidate who has come out of virtually nowhere, with a brief U.S. Senate legislative record, to become the Democratic Party frontrunner for the U.S. presidency. Decades ago, the CPUSA had tens of thousands of members, some of them covert agents who had penetrated the U.S. Government. It received secret subsidies from the old Soviet Union.
You won’t find any of this discussed in the David Mendell book, Obama: From Promise to Power. It is typical of the superficial biographies of Obama now on the market. Secret smoking seems to be Obama’s most controversial activity. At best, Mendell and the liberal media describe Obama as “left-leaning.â€
But you will find it briefly discussed, sort of, in Obama’s own book, Dreams From My Father. He writes about “a poet named Frank,†who visited them in Hawaii, read poetry, and was full of “hard-earned knowledge†and advice. Who was Frank? Obama only says that he had “some modest notoriety once,†was “a contemporary of Richard Wright and Langston Hughes during his years in Chicago…†but was now “pushing eighty.†He writes about “Frank and his old Black Power dashiki self†giving him advice before he left for Occidental College in 1979 at the age of 18.
This “Frank†is none other than Frank Marshall Davis, the black communist writer now considered by some to be in the same category of prominence as Maya Angelou and Alice Walker. In the summer/fall 2003 issue of African American Review, James A. Miller of George Washington University reviews a book by John Edgar Tidwell, a professor at the University of Kansas, about Davis’s career, and notes, “In Davis’s case, his political commitments led him to join the American Communist Party during the middle of World War II—even though he never publicly admitted his Party membership.†Tidwell is an expert on the life and writings of Davis.
Is it possible that Obama did not know who Davis was when he wrote his book, Dreams From My Father, first published in 1995? That’s not plausible since Obama refers to him as a contemporary of Richard Wright and Langston Hughes and says he saw a book of his black poetry.
Fellow Travelers
The communists knew who “Frank†was, and they know who Obama is. In fact, one academic who travels in communist circles understands the significance of the Davis-Obama relationship.
Professor Gerald Horne, a contributing editor of the Communist Party journal Political Affairs, talked about it during a speech last March at the reception of the Communist Party USA archives at the Tamiment Library at New York University. The remarks were posted online under the headline, “Rethinking the History and Future of the Communist Party.â€
Horne, a history professor at the University of Houston, noted that Davis, who moved to Honolulu from Kansas in 1948 “at the suggestion of his good friend Paul Robeson,†came into contact with Barack Obama and his family and became the young man’s mentor, influencing Obama’s sense of identity and career moves. Robeson, of course, was the well-known black actor and singer who served as a member of the CPUSA and apologist for the old Soviet Union. Davis had known Robeson from his time in Chicago.
As Horne describes it, Davis “befriended†a “Euro-American family†that had “migrated to Honolulu from Kansas and a young woman from this family eventually had a child with a young student from Kenya East Africa who goes by the name of Barack Obama, who retracing the steps of Davis eventually decamped to Chicago.â€
It was in Chicago that Obama became a “community organizer†and came into contact with more far-left political forces, including the Democratic Socialists of America, which maintains close ties to European socialist groups and parties through the Socialist International (SI), and two former members of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), William Ayers and Carl Davidson.
The SDS laid siege to college campuses across America in the 1960s, mostly in order to protest the Vietnam War, and spawned the terrorist Weather Underground organization. Ayers was a member of the terrorist group and turned himself in to authorities in 1981. He is now a college professor and served with Obama on the board of the Woods Fund of Chicago. Davidson is now a figure in the Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism (CCDS), an offshoot of the old Moscow-controlled CPUSA, and helped organize the 2002 rally where Obama came out against the Iraq War.
Another figure in the CCDS, Leslie Cagan, is an organizer of anti-Iraq War demonstrations through a group called United for Peace and Justice.
Former congressional investigator Herbert Romerstein, an expert on communist activities, said most of the members of the CCDS came out of the CPUSA, where they functioned as stooges of the Soviet Union until the fall of that dictatorship. He said it has “a close working relationship with the Stalinist remnants in the former East Germany, now called the Party of Democratic Socialism.†Romerstein said these were the people who ran the concentration camps and the Communist Party apparatus in East Germany.
Romerstein also cited evidence that after the 9/11 terrorist attacks Cagan organized the first meetings to plan opposition to any United States military action against those responsible.
The Nature Of The Threat
Both communism and socialism trace their roots to Karl Marx, co-author of the Communist Manifesto, who endorsed the first meeting of the Socialist International, then called the “First International.†According to Pierre Mauroy, president of the SI from 1992-1996, “It was he [Marx] who formally launched it, gave the inaugural address and devised its structure…â€
Apparently unaware that Davis had been publicly named as a CPUSA member, Horne said only that Davis “was certainly in the orbit of the CP [Communist Party]—if not a member…â€
In addition to Tidwell’s book, Black Moods: Collected Poems of Frank Marshall Davis, confirming Davis’s Communist Party membership, another book, The New Red Negro: The Literary Left and African American Poetry, 1930-1946, names Davis as one of several black poets who continued to publish in CPUSA-supported publications after the 1939 Hitler-Stalin non-aggression pact. The author, James Edward Smethurst, associate professor of Afro-American studies at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, says that Davis, however, would later claim that he was “deeply troubled†by the pact.
While blacks such as Richard Wright left the CPUSA, it is not clear if or when Davis ever left the party.
However, Obama writes in Dreams From My Father that he saw “Frank†only a few days before he left Hawaii for college, and that Davis seemed just as radical as ever. Davis called college “An advanced degree in compromise†and warned Obama not to forget his “people†and not to “start believing what they tell you about equal opportunity and the American way and all that shit.†Davis also complained about foot problems, the result of “trying to force African feet into European shoes,†Obama wrote.
For his part, Horne says that Obama’s giving of credit to Davis will be important in history. “At some point in the future, a teacher will add to her syllabus Barack’s memoir and instruct her students to read it alongside Frank Marshall Davis’ equally affecting memoir, Living the Blues and when that day comes, I’m sure a future student will not only examine critically the Frankenstein monsters that US imperialism created in order to subdue Communist parties but will also be moved to come to this historic and wonderful archive in order to gain insight on what has befallen this complex and intriguing planet on which we reside,†he said.
More Confirmation
Dr. Kathryn Takara, a professor of Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of Hawaii at Manoa who also confirms that Davis is the “Frank†in Obama’s book, did her dissertation on Davis and spent much time with him between 1972 until he passed away in 1987.
In an analysis posted online, she notes that Davis, who was a columnist for the Honolulu Record, brought “an acute sense of race relations and class struggle throughout America and the world†and that he openly discussed subjects such as American imperialism, colonialism and exploitation. She described him as a “socialist realist†who attacked the work of the House Un-American Activities Committee.
Davis, in his own writings, had said that Robeson and Harry Bridges, the head of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and a secret member of the CPUSA, had suggested that he take a job as a columnist with the Honolulu Record “and see if I could do something for them.†The ILWU was organizing workers there and Robeson’s contacts were “passed on†to Davis, Takara writes.
Takara says that Davis “espoused freedom, radicalism, solidarity, labor unions, due process, peace, affirmative action, civil rights, Negro History week, and true Democracy to fight imperialism, colonialism, and white supremacy. He urged coalition politics.â€
Is “coalition politics†at work in Obama’s rise to power?
Trevor Loudon, the New Zealand-based blogger who has been analyzing the political forces behind Obama and specializes in studying the impact of Marxist and leftist political organizations, notes that Frank Chapman, a CPUSA supporter, has written a letter to the party newspaper hailing the Illinois senator’s victory in the Iowa caucuses.
“Obama’s victory was more than a progressive move; it was a dialectical leap ushering in a qualitatively new era of struggle,†Chapman wrote. “Marx once compared revolutionary struggle with the work of the mole, who sometimes burrows so far beneath the ground that he leaves no trace of his movement on the surface. This is the old revolutionary ‘mole,’ not only showing his traces on the surface but also breaking through.â€
OBAMA’S SECRET SOCIALIST CONNECTIONS
Obama’s socialist backing goes back at least to 1996, when he received the endorsement of the Chicago branch of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) for an Illinois state senate seat. Later, the Chicago DSA newsletter reported that Obama, as a state senator, showed up to eulogize Saul Mendelson, one of the “champions†of “Chicago’s democratic left†and a long-time socialist activist. Obama’s stint as a “community organizer†in Chicago has gotten some attention, but his relationship with the DSA socialists, who groomed and backed him, has been generally ignored.
Blogger Steve Bartin, who has been following Obama’s career and involvement with the Chicago socialists, uncovered a fascinating video showing Obama campaigning for openly socialist Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont. Interestingly, Sanders, who won his seat in 2006, called Obama “one of the great leaders of the United States Senate,†even though Obama had only been in the body for about two years. In 2007, the National Journal said that Obama had established himself as “the most liberal Senator.†More liberal than Sanders? That is quite a feat. Does this make Obama a socialist, too?
DSA describes itself as the largest socialist organization in the United States and the principal U.S. affiliate of the Socialist International. The Socialist International (SI) has what is called “consultative status†with the United Nations. In other words, it works hand-in-glove with the world body.
The international con-nection is important and significant because an Obama bill, “The Global Poverty Act,†has recently been rushed through the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, with the assistance of Democratic Senator Joe Biden, the chairman, and Republican Senator Richard Lugar. The legislation (S.2433) commits the U.S. to spending hundreds of billions of dollars more in foreign aid on the rest of the world, in order to comply with the “Millennium Goals†established by the United Nations. Conservative members of the committee were largely caught off-guard by the move to pass the Obama bill but are putting a “hold†on it, in order to try to prevent the legislation, which also quickly passed the House, from being quickly brought up for a full Senate vote. But observers think that Senate Democrats may try to pass it quickly anyway, in order to give Obama a precious legislative “victory†that he could run on.
Howard Dean’s Socialist Ties
Another group associated with the SI is the Party of European Socialists (PES), which heard from Howard Dean, the chairman of the Democratic National Committee, back in 2006. Dean’s speech is posted on the official Democratic Party website, although the European socialist parties are referred to as “progressive.†Democrats, Dean said, want to be “good citizens of the world community.†He spoke at a session on “Global Challenges for Progressive Politics.â€
Do you americans wat a Marxist /Socialists in America? I’m Russian by birth & it’s scarry sh*t.
LOL @ the Republican shills (or shill perhaps, cough cough she rides a harley) doing their paid trolling. Nobody is falling for it. Obama is 44, lmao.
The rest of the world is laughing at this woman, I don’t understand how anyone can take her seriously.
@ShellbyJo:
yes I can name one: Chuck Norris
Have Gun, Will Vote
Obama is not 44 - btw, he was born in August 4th, 1961, as of October 2008, Barack Obama is 47 years old.
If your gonna post, post the truth number 43.
Wow. Can’t we just agree to disagree? In a non-partisan stance- Palin doesn’t give the greatest interviews (to date). Some of its funny. Weither you like her or hate her… who cares? Everyone has a different opinion, and who’s to say yours is right and theirs is wrong. You can defend her, you can condemn her, but either way you’re never going to be right.
The Democrats say we face Armageddon, we face a depression, but don’t you find it curious that all this is taking place 35 days before a presidential election — with the Democrat candidate’s mantra being ‘change’?
This is a political ploy right out of the left-wing Democrat playbook: crisis is the easiest way to manage the behavior of a frightened citizenry. That’s exactly what’s going on here.
Understand what’s going on, here: liberalism is liberalism, and the liberals are in the process of stealing the country. If they succeed in this, folks, it’s going to take a generation to roll this back.
So there’s Obama, running around at the debate talking about how we’ve lost our esteem. That aggravates me like you cannot believe!
# 23 hmm : September 30th, 2008 at 12:21 am……………..Thanks. It gives me a headache just reading the reasons why some choose not to vote for Obama, and I get a SPLITTING headache when I read the reasons given FOR supporting McCain. Reagan-Bush-Bush-Bush weren’t apparently enough of an asswhooping and they want more. They’re just too brainwashed with wedge issues-commie invasions-terrioists behind every door propaganda to realise that liberals (are anyone who happened to not agree with them no matter their party or non party affiliation) Republican’s have been the least of the problem these last 24yrs. Hey, maybe McCain will finally knock it all outa the park finally. My only question is who’ll catch the ball China or Latin America.
#49……………I believe the Change message has been usurped by McCain so maybe you might want to go back to the drawingboard with your left-wing this/that…………”unless you’re suggesting McCain has something to hide.”
McCain has been a very open book, at least I and many others do belive.
Though, Obama seems to be not so transparent to myself.
He seems like a Politcian, then someone who loves this country.
Mcain is not another Bush -
Well because Bush is a neo conservative who’s beliefs are with those of the far right.
McCain on the other hand is a social conservative who actually has a record of achievement and working across party lines for the best interest of the country.
1.The World Leadership Forum presented Senator John McCain with the Policymaker of the Year Award, at a private ceremony in Washington. The World Leadership Forum’s annual ‘Policymaker of the Year’ Award is given to a living individual who has created, inspired or strongly influenced important policy or legislation. The nationality or domicile of candidates has no influence on the outcome; the sole criterion is the quality of leadership shown.
The World Leadership Forum, located in London, England, is a not-for-profit non-governmental organisation which promotes leadership internationally - especially in the areas of science, technology, education, communication and the arts - by spotlighting the work of exceptional leaders and achievers in a host of disciplines.
And Obama has actually done what- - besides take credit for other people’s work
Jess,
What books have you read in the last month? You cannot “read” on the internet and get any type of perspective, all you get is an opinion of someone else. The paper is reading of a sort, but to truly get information on any topic requires reading…and a lot of it.
This month alone I have read:
Benazir Bhutto by Benzir Bhutto
Conservatives Without Conscience - John Dean
Broken Government - John Dean
Churchill - Roy Jenkins.
That, Jess, is reading.
NO WAY, NO HOW, NO MCCAIN!!!
OBAMA 08
Obama will be the 44th president DUMB ASS, not his age.
WOW! it’s amazing how many of you here are so uneducated, can’t spell , nor get your facts straight. maverick, experience, bi-racial debate, marxist mole, terrorism, democracy, socialism, African-American and the list goes on. First of all, McCain is NOT a maverick- read definition of ‘maverick’ in dictionary. Experience can NOT be argued here. reference Palin’s arguement that she can see Russia from Alaska & that Putin uses Alaska’s air-space… this determine’s her foreign policy experience?? OMG, she did not say that!!! Some of you may be gulible but not all of us Americans. Instead, let’s talk intelligence, diplomacy & checking facts. Obama is NOT a Marxist mole, nor does he want this country to be a Communist nor Socialist system. However, read up on Socialism & see how it’s worked for many countries in Europe… BTW, they are just laughing at us because we continue to alienate ourselves from the rest of the world. We DO NOT stand any longer as the most powerful & richest country in the world… things have changed & we are perpetuating that change… not necessarily good. in fact, we have already lost our influence & role as “model country”, due to bad choices, greed & ignorance. Terrorism lives & will never die, unfortunately. For us to think that we can actually smash, let alone, control, the world terrorist organizations & cells is infantile. On the same token, different side- who are we to say that democracy SHOULD be spread around the globe. We are NOT GOD nor any other creator. Certain countries, say in the East, do not think like us, nor should we expect them to. throughout history, conflicts work themselves out. the bi-racial/AA debate of whether someone is black or black enough comes from slavery times. people- please, does it really matter if his mother is white & his father black or vice versa or if he’s part alien… it shouldn’t matter. In fact, his mixed background actually reflects the demographics of the entire country. where do you people think your ancestors came from???? Me, I’m part native american, european, african… At least Obama can say where his father family came from in Africa. Do you know your ancestor’s tribe & from which country in Africa???! this is a sad state of our ignorance. read up, think critically & don’t be afraid… the truth, whatever it may be, set’s us all free.
Wow. I am not even really following this campaign as I am in Australia, but that was painful for even me to watch.
I almost felt sorry for John McCain.
Sue, That was a good last word on the topic. End of the story. Can Someone talk about something else? Guys, you have beenhad, proper!!! Braco Sue!!!!!