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Mmmh...writng from the third world...I wish you could acknowledge the role that many American leaders have played in propping them up...Eg. Sadam and America were Chummy once upon a time...this is the same for many of the African dictators
By the way, why liken Obama to a third world dictator? If it were Hillary or McCain, would they come of in a similar light?
Please leave our dictators alone...focus on having a free and fair election...if it is still possible.
2. Don't listen to the critical comments from the Obama camp, Megan. They're too "hijacked by his awesomeess." And it sure is a relief to read you after that horrible leftist Rosa Brooks, who this week is blaming Bush for not having a better relationship with that nice guy Putin (he's too scary-looking for a Third- World Dictator pin collection), previously said Bush/Cheney should go to a psycho ward for thinking Iran could pose a problem or invade anyone (hey Rosa, they control all of Southern Iraq, the oil wealth, and founded the op movement there in 82 -- waiting for us to leave to take over).
3. "Obama has his radical cachet" said it all and summed it up accurately.
4. Why wasn't a photo of Obama's poster included and likewise the Hillary t-shirt included in this rather disparaging article about both candidates?
5. Why wasn't a photo of the Obama poster printed so we could judge for ourselves.
6. The posters reflect something new in American political campaigning alright: idol worship. The do remind me of Mao and Stalin and the candidate does too. He likes Bill Ayers, self confessed terrorist; he admires Louis Farrakhan. This artist captured what is in Obama's heart. If the American public really wants an old fashioned Communist dictator-type, OK. I am not going to worship at the Obama altar and I find the whole thing repugnant. Clinton, McCain and their predecessors have not made campaigning about personality but about policy. It will be too bad if Obama wins out.
7. "Obama has radical cachet". That one line said it all.
8. when you don't post any comments for a whole day -- including my two-part one from early this afternoon, so I know there were some -- it's kind of suspicious and discourages a public forum!
9. Meghan, It is unfortunate that you seem to find the negative in these depictions of Senator Obama. It is articles like yours that feed the rumor mills which in turn bring out the racists, bigots, haters, and lowlives who have nothing better to do than find fault with everyone but themselves. Hillary has already drawn these types of creatures out of their dark corners and you see them all over these blogs. You do not need to help her feed these creatures.
10. An interesting thought experiment... but I wonder, does the concern that some folks might get a whiff of something they don't like mean that we should only have bland, monoculture depictions of people we admire or support or of causes we champion? In other words, do those of us who see the entire world in meta-tinted post-culture glasses not get to have our expression of support, just so people with different glasses on can stay in their comfort zone?
Submitted by: Mulongo
2. Don't listen to the critical comments from the Obama camp, Megan. They're too "hijacked by his awesomeess." And it sure is a relief to read you after that horrible leftist Rosa Brooks, who this week is blaming Bush for not having a better relationship with that nice guy Putin (he's too scary-looking for a Third- World Dictator pin collection), previously said Bush/Cheney should go to a psycho ward for thinking Iran could pose a problem or invade anyone (hey Rosa, they control all of Southern Iraq, the oil wealth, and founded the op movement there in 82 -- waiting for us to leave to take over).
Submitted by: jane
3. "Obama has his radical cachet" said it all and summed it up accurately.
Submitted by: Geoffrey Church
4. Why wasn't a photo of Obama's poster included and likewise the Hillary t-shirt included in this rather disparaging article about both candidates?
Submitted by: jeri.rasmussen1@comcast.net
5. Why wasn't a photo of the Obama poster printed so we could judge for ourselves.
Submitted by: jeri.rasmussen1@comcast.net
6. The posters reflect something new in American political campaigning alright: idol worship. The do remind me of Mao and Stalin and the candidate does too. He likes Bill Ayers, self confessed terrorist; he admires Louis Farrakhan. This artist captured what is in Obama's heart. If the American public really wants an old fashioned Communist dictator-type, OK. I am not going to worship at the Obama altar and I find the whole thing repugnant. Clinton, McCain and their predecessors have not made campaigning about personality but about policy. It will be too bad if Obama wins out.
Submitted by: Kathy
7. "Obama has radical cachet". That one line said it all.
Submitted by: Geoffrey Church
8. when you don't post any comments for a whole day -- including my two-part one from early this afternoon, so I know there were some -- it's kind of suspicious and discourages a public forum!
Submitted by: susan
9. Meghan, It is unfortunate that you seem to find the negative in these depictions of Senator Obama. It is articles like yours that feed the rumor mills which in turn bring out the racists, bigots, haters, and lowlives who have nothing better to do than find fault with everyone but themselves. Hillary has already drawn these types of creatures out of their dark corners and you see them all over these blogs. You do not need to help her feed these creatures.
Submitted by: NinaK
10. An interesting thought experiment... but I wonder, does the concern that some folks might get a whiff of something they don't like mean that we should only have bland, monoculture depictions of people we admire or support or of causes we champion? In other words, do those of us who see the entire world in meta-tinted post-culture glasses not get to have our expression of support, just so people with different glasses on can stay in their comfort zone?
Submitted by: Sioen
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