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MEDIA WARRIORS FOR OBAMA

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:43:41 -0800

Having said all this, I am compelled to say that there were and there still are definitely “Media Warriors for Obama,” who helped to make the Obama quest for the presidency a very successful one. Sitting on top of that list is none other than Keith Olbermann of MSNBC’s Countdown, followed by Daily Kos founder, Markos Moulitsas, Huffingtonost.com founder Arianna Huffington, Joshia Micah Marshall of “Talkingpointsmemo” Chris Matthews of MSNBC’s ‘Hardball’, Rachel Maddow of the MSNBC and of course the jedreport’s Jed.

JESSE JACKSON AND HIS TEARS

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 11:44:52 -0800

Nothing bothered me more than seeing the Rev. Jesse Jackson shedding so much tears, especially after vowing to cut off Obama’s nuts. I am so glad none of the networks bothered to interview him, although they continued to briefly switch to him.

And it seems the networks have decided to rehabilitate Tavis Smiley, after he thought he was so big until the black community pariahed him. He saw that there was a force bigger than him. And did you see Juan Williams of ‘Fixed News’ weeping tears. Damn, all these renegades!!

OBAMA FOR PRESIDENT

Sun, 02 Nov 2008 22:56:30 -0800

We urge the electorate to send this man, Barack Obama, whose candidacy has been described as â��transformationalâ�� by the former Secretary of State and Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, retired General Colin, to the White House. We have no doubt that Obama would achieve greatness for America. He will restore America to its past glories, a country that is feared for being the only super-power left in the world, but for being the country where the oppressed come to make their dreams come true.

ANXIETY REIGNS SUPREME LEADING TO ELECTIONS

Sun, 02 Nov 2008 22:32:22 -0800

Well, the only good thing that has come out of this anxiety, is that I have been walking almost six miles every morning. At least, it reduces the beating in my heart.

MOGAE: WINNER OF MO IBRAHIM $5 MILLION AWARD

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 08:34:08 -0700

“Botswana demonstrates how a country with natural resources can promote sustainable development with good governance, on a continent where too often mineral wealth has become a curse,” Mr Annan, a 2001 UN Nobel Peace Prize winner, said.

OBAMA TROUNCES MCCAIN IN LAST DEBATE

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 23:19:58 -0700

The last presidential debate between Barack Obama and John McCain ended about an hour ago, and the insta-polls have just come in, showing Obama soundly trouncing McCain. According to the CBS poll of uncommitted voters say Obama Won Final Debate.

“And tonight’s results have, by a wide margin, made it a clean sweep. Here are the final results of the survey of 638 uncommitted voters:

Fifty-three percent (53%) of the uncommitted voters surveyed identified Democratic nominee Barack Obama as the winner of tonight’s debate. Twenty-two percent (22%) said Republican rival John McCain won. Twenty-five (25%)percent saw the debate as a draw.” Read the full CBS News report

CNN had the result as McCain: 31 percent, Obama 58 percent. On the favorability:

Obama Favorable:

63 percent before debate --> 66 percent after debate. Unfavorable: 35 percent before debate --> 33 percent after debate

McCain Favorables

Favorable: 51 percent before debate --> 49 percent after debate
Unfavorable: 45 percent before debate --> 49 percent after debate

Other findings from CNN:

Who would better handle the economy?
McCain: 35 percent
Obama: 59 percent

Who would better handle the financial crisis?

McCain: 35 percent
Obama: 56 percent

Who would better handle health care?

McCain: 31 percent
Obama: 62 percent

Who would better handle taxes?

McCain: 41 percent
Obama: 56 percent

Even Fox News pollster, Luntz said this: “None had made a decision to support Sen. Obama before the debate, but more than half supported after the debate. It was a good night for Barack Obama.”

In essence, in the three debates Obama has won resoundingly. Stay tuned for more report

BACKLASH - A Secessionist Finds Voice In Times Article

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 23:39:17 -0700

With the shrillness reminiscent of the Jim Crow era, the right-wing of the Republican party was whipped into frenzy of hate and fear by Ms. Palin. When she mentioned Obama at her rallies, there have been vocal shouts of “kill him,” “terrorist,” “off his head.” When you hear these epithets being shouted at Obama, you remember all the Black leaders who have been murdered in cold blood, all those who were lynched during Jim Crow, and you wonder whether there is a subtle message here about what should happen to Obama. Is it an indirect way of convincing someone to do to Obama what was done to President John Kennedy, Senator Bobby Kennedy, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, or even Reagan?

MBEKI’S SACK: UNSTATESMANLIKE AND MEAN-SPIRITED

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:50:11 -0700

Given how most African countries are ruled by tyrants and dictators, there is no doubt that those who love democracy in Africa would proclaim Mbe’s honor. He has given South Africa that preminent position for advancing the cause of democracy in Africa, by heeding the demands of the electorate as represented by elected officials of the African National Congress.

On ther other hand, his sacking is demeaning and smells of vendetta - it didn’t show statesmanship on the part of Jacob Zuma. Why continuing to kick a man who is already down? Thabo Mbeki was due to step down as President after the elections in April, 2009. Why was the rush in having him removed except as an vindictive payback, notwithstanding what this would do internationally to the interests of South Africa. It was a bad judgment call.

THE NON-EXISTENT AFRICAN POLITICAL COMMUNITY IN AMERICA

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 22:48:42 -0700

As I sat down to think about his questions and the fact that the African community is quite lacking in all these areas, I began to understand how our culture of entitlement because we are educated, our ego to be recognized for our accomplishments, our laziness and anathema to being acclimatized to realities of our surroundings and situations, our glorification of what we would have been if we were back in our respective countries, our faked elitism in looking down and thinking we are better and brighter than our brothers and sisters in this country, and finally our egregious sin and stupidity in believing that we should be given something for nothing rather than work for that something, have all combined to this prostrate state. Unfortunately for us, that’s not how the system works in this country.

OBAMA WINS BIG OVER MCCAIN IN TWO DEBATES

Sat, 27 Sep 2008 10:15:59 -0700

Now, we know that in war or in a shoot-out in an “OK Coral” movie, the person who blinks first loses, because your opponent pulls out his gun and shoots you squarely on your temple. And that’s exactly what happened in that high-stakes brinksmanship that Senator McCain orchestrated. McCain, a war hero, who should have known better to issue a challenge to a much more accurate and younger quick draw, lost badly and got it on his temple.

AN INSULT TO SENATOR CLINTON

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 17:46:24 -0700

Just on a personal and professional level, it would be stupid not to sympathize with Clinton. Just yesterday, September 17, Mrs. Clinton was forced to pull out of a protest rally to be held against Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at the United Nations, when she learnt that the organizers had also invited Governor Palin without informing her.

DAILY TRACK ON THE U.S. ELECTION

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:58:12 -0700

Since the end of both the Democratic and Republican conventions, McCain, who has been excoriated by the press for lying about Barack, took the lead in polls, fanning seeds of discontent among Democrats. Well, the tide seems to have turned again, and Obama leads in the polls, though it is not really significant. As has been suggested by two people, the polls shows nothing but racism as a factor in the race.

WHAT OBAMA HAS TO UNDERSTAND

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 23:15:32 -0700

The “Palin” phenomenon would not have arisen if the Obama campaign had been pragmatic in selecting Clinton as his running-mate rather than emotional with assumed unforgivable and destructive attacks by Senator Clinton. That’s is ‘Politics 101’; if you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. I say bring back those who devised the “kitchen-sink strategy,” the Mark Penns, the James Carvilles and the Paul Begala’s. McCain understands what he needs to do to win, and by his pick of Governor Palin, a strategic decision made by Karl Roves students, it is beginning to appear that Obama should have done the right thing.

OBAMA’S HISTORIC AUDACITY

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:00:31 -0700

As Obama said, this is the greatest moment in history, and that history should be completed with the election of Barack Obama as President of the United States of America. And when November 5, 2008, arrives and the results of the election would have been counted, Barack Obama would have won in a landslide. He has prepared for this a long time, and has earned the right to be POTUS.

Andrew Sullivan

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:45:52 -0700

Andrew Sullivan is dissecting the real McCain, and the Obama campaign better start taking note from what he writes.