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Democrats Should Not Be Surprised the Untested, Inexperienced, Ultraliberal Barack Obama Is Lagging

August 18, 2008 10:45 AM ET | Bonnie Erbe | Permanent Link | Print

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Did I just take a crazy pill?

For all of you naive people who think that Obama is ready to be the leader of the strongest country in the world, please wake up. How many CEO's of large successful corporations were given that position after gaining approximately 180 days of experience? The US presidency is NOT an internship, and you are walking on dangerous ground if you support a guy who runs a great public relations campaign and gives good speaches as he simply plays upon the vulnerable emotions of the drones that follow him. I am now ashamed of the collective stupidity of my country. CHANGE!!!!!!!! That's all you'll be left with if this ultra liberal takes the reigns.

Just a Pretty Package

Finally, people are looking past the pretty package, aka B Hussein 0bama. I was beginning to wonder if Americans were really so starry-eyed and blind to the contents of the package that they would actually vote for somebody like him to hold the fate of the US in his hands. Very scarey thought indeed.

Obama

As my grandmother used to say, "Be careful what you wish for because you may get it." I say this to Obama supporters who didn't vote for Hillary.

Obama, oh no

empty suit, ignorant, dumb, thought he could sneak rev. wright past the american people, and they wouldn't notice.

stupid newsies, who hate america. a man who basically hates white people. A man who hates america.

i am glad i am not one of those tree huggers with guns in the middle of the country that no one caes about.

by the way why is he hiding his grandmother. he is going to have to unvail her sooner or later.

jasan

Hello Bonnie, Obama is not behind you nervous twit. Look at the polls, they say what they say. As far as anyone not knowing anything about Obama, they must be from Mars or some other asteroid out there. Not here though, the fellow we know nothing about is the old guy. So, you have it wrong...

I learned long ago that no one can raise any questions about Obama. You are either attacked, called names or given an irrelevant "yeah but..." response such as the one above. Kucinich didn't win the nomination, so what's your point. The Blog is about the Democratic Party picking an "ultraliberal" candidate. The Obama followers need to learn to respond more effectively by expressing why they think questioned traits of BO are good for the Presidency. Don't keep trying to erase a fact by trying to distract away from it. Although, you seemed to have learned well from your Leader - such as "that's just Political Silly Season". The Obama Camp never fully responds or owns up to anything.

Actually, what is going to hurt Obama the most (and still is) is his efeet behavior and aloofness, not to mention he does not have any core beliefs that he holds dear. The guy is a chameleon and wants to be everything to everyone. When this happens, you end up being nothing to no one and pissing everyone off. Except people like the two above, of course.

I wouldn't go so far to call him ultraliberal, but Obama's unyielding pro-choice stance is going to hurt him with the religious crowd in November.

http://theologica.blogspot.com/2008/08/obama-and-freedom-of-choice-act.html

Let's not forget that about 3/4 of this country is Christian.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_the_United_States

ultraliberal??!?!?!

Well, if Obama is ultraliberal, what would you call Kucinich?

This is almost as rich as when USNWR tried to tie Obama to the Black Panther Party.

http://www.usnews.com/blogs/washington-whispers/2008/8/9/the-black-panther-party-and-obama.html?msg=1

Nice.

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About Bonnie Erbe

Bonnie Erbe is a contributing editor at U.S. News & World Report and hosts PBS's weekly news analysis program, To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbe. She also writes a weekly syndicated newspaper column for Scripps Howard News Service.

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