Obama beat the Clintons like a drum tonight. And then he beat their sorry [deleted] again in this magnificent victory speech. Watch the speech. Really, watch: if this man gets his party's nomination, he's going to be the next president. By a landslide. And he is going to transform this country. If I were a Republican, I'd be very, very afraid. Oh wait, I am a Republican. Dang. Lord have mercy, I wish that man were a conservative. Because there's no doubt in my mind about what he can accomplish for liberalism if he's elected. You've heard of Reagan Democrats? Barack Obama is the Democrats' Reagan.
No kidding, this is a terrific speech. Look, I don't want a man who believes the things Barack Obama believes to be president. But I've got to confess, he makes me proud of my country. When's the last time you heard from a politician that made you proud of your country? Here's the speech -- spend the next 17 minutes watching it. Whatever you think of Obama, you won't regret listening to this oratory. How any Democratic voter could choose Hillary Clinton over Barack Obama is a mystery to me.
I know, I know, it's only a speech. And you don't vote for a candidate solely because he gives a good speech, which is to say, entirely for therapeutic reasons. But if this Obama keeps talking like he does here, he's going to be president.
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What I don't understand is this. Obama is running as a black man. We have seen footage of his step-grandmother in Kenya. Isn't his mother white. Why does he only mention, and does his campaigners, that he is black and most of the black community will vote for him on this alone. I think this is a sad commentary for his white relatives.
Mr. Harris states that Senator Obama is a Christian and believes in Jesus Christ. The Bible says that even Satan's demons believe and tremble, but I do not believe that does not make them Christian. Christian means to be Christlike and Senator Obama's strong support of partial-birth abortion alone is enough to convince me that he is not Christlike. Besides, if he were really a Christian, the Democrats would not allow him to be their candidate. Remember how they maligned President Bush for even mentioning that he was a man of faith during the last two campaigns??? They did not want faith to be part of it.
During the 1976 presidential race, which was my first election in which to vote, I was persuaded to vote Democratic for the only time in my life because of a candidate who said publicly "I am a born-again Christian?" I was young and naive and never even considered researching his claim or his record. Had I known Jimmy Carter hated Israel and its people, I would have never voted for him.
The Bible also says that those who bless Israel will be blessed by God and those who curse Israel will be cursed by God. I know everyone is tired of hearing about Reverend Wright, but Senator Obama was a member of a congregation for twenty years led by a man that has at least more than once maligned the Israelis for their treatment of the people of Palestine. I personally do not want to take a chance of having a leader who could even potentially turn against the Nation of Israel!!!
And yes, Pearl, Senator Obama and his followers are the ones who keep returning to the issue of race, while at the same time claiming to be the ones who will transcend race. If Senator Obama really intended to be the candidate for everyone, he would say that he is as much white as he is black -- but he does not. . . . .
As we wrote the song, we realized that we wanted to use it in the service of Barack Obama's presidential campaign, as we believe strongly that he is the right candidate to bring America into a brighter future. For the lyrics, we decided to weave quotations from some of our greatest inspirations through the song. You will find Gandhi, Jesus, Buddha, Anne Frank and Helen Keller represented here. The chorus is a repetition of our personal commitment to our beautiful planet and the people who live on it, a commitment to give and to serve, and to do so with love, hope and faith. Won't you join us? After all, you're the ones we've been waiting for.... Kathleen & Peter McGowan
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America’s “Wrath of Khaan” – The Truth About Condoleezza Rice
By J. Richard Hollingsworth
The facts fit together like a well-crafted John LeCarre spy novel. While some Americans speculate that presidential candidate Barrack Hussein Obama may be a “Manchurian Candidate”, a close examination of the facts points in another direction. History has shown us that the biggest threats to governments are often not the leaders themselves, but the confidants and closest advisors to the leaders. Consider these facts about American Secretary of State Dr. Condoleezza Rice:
• Her unusual name “Condoleezza”, we are told, is “Italian”. A similar sounding name, Khaandolizhad, is mentioned eighteen times in the Koran, the Muslim Bible. Roughly translated, the name means “(female) servant of Allah”. It is a common name among Muslim women in North Africa. Young Muslim girls with that name often go by the nickname “Khaan” or “Khaandi”, a homonym for “Condi”. Try as I may, I have yet to find a record of an Italian woman named “Condoleezza”.
• No one seems to know the middle name of Dr. Rice. The only information that general searches show is that it may begin with “H”. Tracing back her genealogy, we find several ancestors with the name “Hassan”. Hassan is a North African derivation of the common Middle Eastern name “Hussein”. This is similar to the difference between the English name “Smythe” and the American version “Smith”.
• Dr. Rice has a cousin in Los Angeles who still uses the original version of the surname “Rice”, before it was Americanized decades ago. The cousin, Edward Mustaffa “Rischad”, is a known member of a black Muslim organization in Los Angeles, California. The surname “Rischad” is a shortened version of the North African/Middle Eastern Muslim surname “al-Rischad”. Therefore, using her original names, Dr. Rice would be “Khaandolizhad Hussan al-Rischad”.
• Little is known about the childhood of Condoleezza Rice. Many of the records that would shed some light are not accessible through the Freedom of Information Act. They have been sealed due to Patriot Act restrictions. (Much of the Patriot Act was drafted by Dr. Rice when she was National Security Advisor). It is known however that as a young girl, Condoleezza Rice traveled widely and frequently outside the United States with her parents, often for months at a time. Much of her early schooling took place on foreign soil. She speaks several foreign languages, including Russian and Farsi.
• President George W. Bush had no foreign policy experience upon taking office in 2000 (it should be noted that he had never traveled outside the U.S. prior to his presidency). To remedy this deficiency, a small advisory group was formed to provide intensive education in foreign affairs for Mr. Bush. The group was headed by Dr. Rice. The main topic at most sessions concerned what Dr. Rice called “the growing threat of Iraq”. The threat of Usama bin Laden and al-Qaeda was not discussed.
• Secular Sunni Muslin Saddam Hussein was the sworn enemy of the Shiite Muslim Usama bin Laden.
• Iran was the sworn enemy of Saddam Hussein’s Iraq.
• In August of 2001 a memo titled “Bin Laden Determined to Strike Inside U.S.”, written by then U.S. Chief of Counterterrorism Richard A. Clarke, was presented to the National Security Advisor (NSA), Condoleezza Rice. Dr. Rice never passed the memo on to President George W. Bush, citing later that the memo contained “no actionable intelligence”.
• While all air travel in the US was grounded on 9/11, all US based members of Usama bin Laden’s family were allowed to travel by air out of the country. This exception to the air traffic ban was authorized by the National Security Advisor, Condeleezza Rice.
• After 9/11, Dr. Rice was a major force in convincing President Bush that there must be a link between Iraq and al-Qaeda, and that war with Iraq was an absolute necessity.
Was Dr. Khanndolizhad Hussan al-Rischad AKA Condoleezza Rice in collusion with Usama bin Laden and the government of Iran, with the ultimate goal of influencing the President of the United States to use the greatest fighting force in the history of the world to remove the mortal enemy of both bin Laden and Iran? Just a theory, but one that should not be readily dismissed. And remember, insiders say that the most likely 2012 Republican nominee for President will be Dr. Condoleezza Rice.
J. Richard Hollingsworth is a Professor of Middle Eastern Studies at Oxford University. He is a frequent contributor to the weekly London Conservative magazine.
Comment by Sam Daniels — August 12, 2008 @ 1:54 pm
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Yes, Barack Obama is articulate, and yes he is attractive, and indeed he does make a good speech. But, no he is not a Ronald Reagan!
Ronald Reagan had principles. He stood for something and was up front about his beliefs. Democrats voted for Reagan because they believed in his values.
Americans will vote for Obama because he is attractive! Period. No one knows what he stands for, and from my knowledge of "community organizers", he doesn't know what he stands for.
I remember a Canadian who once played the same kind of game with voters; his name was Pierre Eliot Trudeau. He advocated a "just society" which sounded attractive, yet no one knew what it meant. Well, we soon found out what it meant. It meant the systematic destruction of the Canadian economy through policies which destroyed economic productivity, a failed Constitution, and the introduction of an "in your face" democracy. Yet, he remains popular to this day.
And yes, Obama will win the election. Poor America!
The world will be happy for a short period of time; then they will discover how important America is to the economic and strategic health of the world.
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