Thursday, January 08, 2009 | 1:42 a.m.

Mr. Obama, Welcome to the NFL!

by Pat Buchanan

Barack Obama just had the worst week since his beloved pastor, Jeremiah Wright, decided to expatiate on black liberation theology at the National Press Club.

Coming off his royal progress through the Near and Middle East, Berlin, Paris and London, Barack had surged to a nine-point lead in the Gallup tracking poll. By Friday, he was back to a dead heat with a 72-year-old opponent with none of his natural skills, in a year when grocers are pulling Republican brands off the shelves.

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Posted by: Marian
Comment: #1
Thu Aug 7, 2008 5:04 AM

SWEENEY, IT IS WHAT IT IS. WE ARE NOW STUCK WITH THE TWO DEAD ROOSTERS. THE COLOR OF THE ROOSTERS IS IRREVELANT. THIS IS HOW I HAVE TO JUSTIFY THE WAY I WILL VOTE. IF I'M GOING TO GET THE SURGERY OF MY LIFE, DO I WANT THE PERSON WITH THE MOST EXPERIENCE OR SOMEONE IN TRAINING?

Posted by: James A, Sweeney
Comment: #2
Tue Aug 5, 2008 7:01 PM

Mr. Buchanan; I saw part of your performance on hardball today, and I might have finished it if I hadn't had to go throw up. You know; in one way or another, all the Mccain campaign has is race. There is no question that it would be an issue; but as an issue, it should be a non issue, the one we as a people should first set aside. It is great that America Might have to get around to talking about the subject, but it is a wound for many blacks and for many whites, and you are the lord of maggots in this deal. Do you think there is some thing truly better in contra racism than in racism? If so, I think you are full of it. Such behavior is unworthy of a journalist . Give up your good name if you expect to lord over the blacks of this world like the British. Quit mouthing the talking points of Mccain 08 like a trained parrot. Everytime you talk about Mr. Obama being elite, or young, or unprepared; you are giving all those who will vote against Mr. Obama on race some more cover. -See there; Mr. Buchanan thinks that uppity boy is too stupid to be president too. Is there some IQ test some one can take to justify their being made president? We never know what we are getting in a president. We all have to wait for the judgement of history to tell us if we did well. It would be nice if we had a political process that could take one from a whatnotshop to the white house one small step at a time. The fact is that we do not. We have only the qualifications listed in the constitution, and the best educated guess of the country. And your talk of race, and who said what when, on race, is all for Mccain. It just waves the stinking rag of race under everyones noses until we turn away or lash out. It is wrong, and an unjust thing to do. We don't need to be reminded of race. We have to be reminded that all men are equal. Racism is the greatest failing of this country in practical terms. It has always been a point of division, and that division has led to our being controlled, and conquered by the worst devils of our democracy. Mr. Buchanan; Get out of the toilet. Quit giving the racists cover. Quit working for Mccain 08. Start working for America. Thanks; ...Sweeney

Posted by: Masako
Comment: #3
Tue Aug 5, 2008 8:24 AM

Points all well taken Mr. Buchanan, except that Kennedy's Catholicism was the minor leagues compared to the double whammy for Barack of his race (something he's stuck with no matter what his faith) and the Obama-Osama-Muslim factor (which mislabels his faith). .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Now, as a smart guy, you really need to step up and provide some good old fashioned American leadership. You need to get with your "conservative" buddies and find a way to break the bad news. Perhaps you could focus them on next season or beyond. The point is that the only victory for them in this is losing. Losing the election that is, so that the sport as we know it can play on. You really don't want a guy at the helm who's just learning how to do a google and still can't get the basics of foreign policy after all these years, do you? ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... His face would go good on a greenback, we all must admit, but those overprinted little rags just aren't worth much these days, and if the American dollar starts sporting his mug it just might go negative.

Posted by: jonathan seer
Comment: #4
Tue Aug 5, 2008 9:18 AM

..........................Goodness, sage, accurate advice from Buchanan for Obama? Either he hates McCain, truly hates him, and would rather Obama win, than see him win OR he knows that he can be honest and accurate and not worry, because no one at Camp Pretension, and certainly not their Commander Hubris will listen to a word he says. ..........................I said a long time ago, if Obama becomes the nominee, this will be the most racist election campaign ever. ..........................What I didn't say is it would NOT be necessary for either candidate to "actively pursue that way." ..........................It will happen, because people will see what they want to see, hear what they want to hear. ..........................As in Herbert from the NYT. He is so blindly obessed with race, he forgets the obvious. Culturally speaking the "blond bimbo" is the symbol for shallow, air headed and dull-witted. That was the goal of placing Obama among them. ..........................The real irony is both women are reportedly Republicans (remember Britney's comment we should just listen to our President Bush and trust him?). So the notion that it was a "white woman/black man" angle becomes even more ridiculous. ..........................There was also NO sexual element whatsoever. That has always been key to the racial element. ..........................Finally if Hebert is right, then he is even a bigger idiot for wanting Obama to win. If he is right, than Obama has NO chance at all of winning, regardless of what McCain does. ..........................Buchanan is right. It is NOT the white people who keep talking about his blackness. It's African Americans. That is going to cost him an election tailor-made for him/Democrats to win. ..........................And McCain is saving his nuclear weapon for last. ..........................Sooner or later he will come out and "defend" African Americans for voting for Obama is 98% majorities. ..........................Naturally, that will make a lot of people worry, and make quite a few "white people" think gee if it's ok for Blacks to vote for Obama simply because he's black. Then there is nothing wrong for voting for McCain because he is white like me. ..........................And once that happens, Obama loses, but like I said it will not be until 3-4 weeks before the election.

Posted by: Marian
Comment: #5
Wed Aug 6, 2008 4:26 PM

PAT AS ALWAYS YOU ARE RIGHT ON. THE MEDIA IS DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO SHOVE OBAMA DOWN OUR THROATS. IT'S NO WONDER THE PUBLIC IS GETTING SICK OF IT. I JUST HOPE PEOPLE WILL THINK FOR THEMSELVES COME ELECTION TIME. THE REASON HE CANNOT GET ANY SUBSTANTIAL TRACTION IN THE POLLS IS BECAUSE HE REALLY LOST TO HILLARY. IT WAS THE MEDIA, THE DNC, THE PARTY ELDERS AND OTHERS THAT DECIDED OBAMA WAS THE ONE. AND THE ONLY REASON HE WON WAS BECAUSE OF THE DP VOTING SYSTEM. UNFORTUNATELY 18 MILLION VOTERS DIDN'T AGREE. I BELIEVE HE WILL HAVE A DIFFICULT TIME WINNING OVER MANY OF HILLARY'S SUPPORTERS, OF WHICH I AM ONE AND WILL VOTE FOR MC CAIN AS WILL EVERY DEMOCRACT AND FRIEND I KNOW.

Posted by: James A, Sweeney
Comment: #6
Wed Aug 6, 2008 5:55 PM

Re: Marian; Look Ma'am... The last sort of person anyone sane would want to see the Democrats run for president would be a black man. If the media seem to be pushing him it is for two reasons. First, they like a good fight, and since cock fighting and dog fighting are generally illegal they have to settel for politics which is like a fight between two dead roosters. The only reason the democrats deserve to lose this election is because they are all so idealistic, and they all want the country to be better than it is, and they are all so superior in their morals, living their morals, voting their morals, and pushing their morals like a grandma pushes apple pie. They are looking to show the world what racists we are, and how we can't get beyond our racial division, and not so they can improve the situation, but so that, when they lose they can say shame on you to the right. The right is always going to hate Obama because he isn't theirs. It is the democrats that are being lost, and the election with it. It is poor democrats that have had to make way for the blacks. It is poor democrats that have had to pay for affirmative action. Where is the first rich white kid who was denied an education to make way for a black? It has never happened. From my perspective, not one of these people, or Hillary Clinton, has one thing to offer America. Let me take that back. If, on the outside chance that Mr. Obama could get elected, it is possible he could act as an interpreter between the whites and the blacks, since he is both, and not exactly either. Other than that, these are rich folks in a land that is increasingly facing peverty, living on credit, and spending more than it earns to have the necessities of life. Rich People, Attorneys, Law Makers, and White Water Rafters don't have any new ideas, or any real understanding of the problem. I support Obama, but I think he is foolish to ask for your vote. When the Clintons could not win the battle they poisoned the well. And they still are doing so. For my part, I disagree with Mr. Obama; but I disagree more with the not so subtle use of race, that appears excusable only because it is contra-racism. Black racism, and white racism are helping to destroy this country. For a person like Mr. Buchanan to make his bread on other people's misery, as racism is, is sickening. He should find his honor, and quit it. Thanks..... Sweeney

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