St. Obama Learns the Washington Ways
by Tony Blankley
In 1990, former Democratic Speaker of the House Tom Foley advised incoming members of Congress to miss a few floor votes early in their careers. If not, he warned, they might suffer the curse that had befallen 79-year-old, 41-year veteran Rep. Charles E. Bennett of Florida. Although Bennett had won a Silver Star for gallantry in World War II, he then contracted polio and thereafter had to use a cane to get around. Some of his Florida voters thought he might be too frail to serve in Congress. ...
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Posted by: Reba Shimansky
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Wed Feb 20, 2008 6:07 AM
As a democrat I agree with you about Obama.
He is a phony. He has a very cautious voting record in the US and Illinois Senate and never has exercised any bold leadership..
He has gotten where he is by sucking up to corporate America.
I suggest you read the Nov.2006 "Harper`s magazine-the article "Barack Obama Inc. The Birth of a Washington Machine", by Ken Silverstein.
This came from Paul Krugman`s blog:
"One thing I worry about a lot if Obama is the Dem nominee — and he's surely the frontrunner now — is that there will be a backlash against Obamamania. Actually, it's already starting — probably too late to have much effect on the nomination fight, but in plenty of time to affect the general election.I hope I'm just a cynical baby boomer who has never really trusted any politician since 1968. But I just have a very bad feeling about the way things are going. "
I agree with him 100%. I will not vote for Obama and neither will many of friends who are mainly Jewish, older and consider themselves Democrats..
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