tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709087743016851805.post3115595231204381617..comments2023-12-14T21:13:46.857-06:00Comments on Tom Roeser's Blog: Personal Aside: Obama Starting to Resemble McGovern in `72. Heres Why.Jake Parrillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11195261008177966339noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709087743016851805.post-87334482507979562682008-03-30T22:08:05.000-05:002008-03-30T22:08:05.000-05:00Just where are those big donors? Hey big donors w...Just where are those big donors? Hey big donors where are you? McCain is having problem raising money for his campaign. Why? We are all told by people like Tom Roeser that we must form in a tidy line behind McCain. We are told we must do this for the sake of the PARTY. After all, all of you readers of this blog for the most part are loyal Republicans like me, right? So come on now, pony up, get out that checkbook, come on now, for Tom's sake, donate!!!<br><br>But something is wrong, horribly wrong. The big donors are NOT putting money into the McCain campaign no matter what pundits like Tom say. Why? Could it be that they are unhappy with his support of McCain/Feingold? Did he do that to spite Bush too? Actions do have consequences, you know.<br><br>Personally, I have to admit it that I am very unmotivated to write a check or do anything for McCain. Huckabee was my guy, he motivated me. McCain leaves me cold. Maybe McCain needs to recruit the guy you raised money for Ron Paul or should I shut up and not say that. Come on Fred Barnes tell us how to have a pre-emptive war on raising funds for McCain? Or better yet, Tom, being a nouveau party loyalist McCain supporter, pray tell McCain how to motivate contributors. That should be easy given your long resume of political involvement. For a look onto McCain's money woes read the click on the following link and read the article. Is McCain our Humpty Dumpty candidate? Has he "fallen" off the conservative wall so many times that donors had decided to let the him lay there? I wonder!ho3o1@highstream.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709087743016851805.post-70869104306524261082008-03-29T08:28:44.000-05:002008-03-29T08:28:44.000-05:00I appreciate your extensive comparison between for...I appreciate your extensive comparison between former Senator McGovern and Senator Obama. As Ms. Franklin noted in her comments, the generational gap is now quite in evidence. I was thirty-one when McGovern got trounced and it was a far different America then. I will pass on this post to others, particularly younger adults, who like so many often have very short memories in this age of sound bites and you-tubes.<br><br><br>Just a note to the always entertaining and delightful Ms. Alexander: I do hope, Madam, that you exercise due caution in your purchases of those substances that you seem to inhale--as sometimes, they lace it with oregano, but at others it can be quite noxious.John Hetmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709087743016851805.post-75114022096676018312008-03-29T04:57:29.000-05:002008-03-29T04:57:29.000-05:00Mr. Roeser: Until now, I have been needling you a...Mr. Roeser: Until now, I have been needling you a bit, but this time I am deadly serious. I am frightened. Today, I received another forwarded e-mail, saying that Obama is the AntiChrist. This is not the first. I also received an ugly e-mail about Michelle O.<br><br>I believe there are people out there who will not allow Obama to be elected or maybe even nominated.<br><br>If he should share the fate of the Kennedys and MLK, this country will be in great trouble. I wish he would withdraw for his own safety, and let Hillary C. have it. I am afraid.<br><br>I don't have an answer. Just anxieties.elizabeth alexandernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709087743016851805.post-78931878715635225732008-03-28T19:13:16.000-05:002008-03-28T19:13:16.000-05:00The 72 election was much different Tom. The reign...The 72 election was much different Tom. The reigning generation then was the WWII Generation and the Korean War Generation. Both of these generations were much more stable, self reliant, and were not dependent on the government for everything. The young baby boom generation was in the process of messing up their lives with drugs, liberated sex, hard rock, and liberal ideology, but they were NOT in control. Now things are different, the baby boom generation is in control and have produced two flops as presidents, Bill Clinton and George Bush who represented the ingrained failures of the baby boom generation who never grew up. Just look at the stats on the baby boom generation and their kids: rampant divorce approaching 70%, personal debt levels at unheard of heights, still clinging to the partying of the past while embracing the false fears of Global Warming. This generations business leaders have a "do unto others then split" attitude. They are a pathetic lot looking for someone to be a permissive "daddy" to them. Along comes OBAMA, a cocaine using intellect who speaks in the platitudes that warms their shallow soul much in the way Bill Clinton once warmed them. Both Hillary and McCain are not really appealing because they are too authoritarian. They are to be rebelled against just like Bill Clinton rebelled against Hillary by doin' it with Monica.<br><br>The WWII and Korean War Generations have faded away leaving a rancid lot, their children who are just ripe for a glib con artist like OBAMA after all who could doubt the words of OPRAH. You see OPRAH is no Lee Philips if you know what I mean. Maybe this generation needs an OBAMA to lead them and the country over the cliff.Melissa Franklinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709087743016851805.post-11336846245480998692008-03-28T13:01:29.000-05:002008-03-28T13:01:29.000-05:00Madam Alexander-You said you never said what you s...Madam Alexander-<br><br>You said you never said what you said. Are you related to Hillary or Obama, or both? (Your words to follow-)<br><br>Black churches etc.<br>Be careful. Your racism is beginning to show.<br><br>I said once before: You do not understand their world. It isn't your world, and you need to accept that.<br><br>If you knew more of how they have been shaped and why their thinking is not your thinking, then I think you would write differently.<br><br>There is a wide gap that I think you are not interested in spanning. What you want is for everyone to see the world as you do. It's not going to happen.<br><br><br><br><br>Posted By: elizabeth alexander<br>at 3/23/2008 4:29:35 PMFrank Nofsingernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709087743016851805.post-66320229143843812192008-03-28T09:33:22.000-05:002008-03-28T09:33:22.000-05:00I believe anyone who thoroughly checks the record ...I believe anyone who thoroughly checks the record will find that George W. did get admitted to Yale as the son of an alum. This is such a common practise, I can't see why it would be mentioned, or called afirmative action. To my knowledge G.H.W. Bush did not attend Harvard, but I may be mistaken.<br><br>While at Yale, George W. produced an academic record far greater than either Bill or Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, and a host of other great liberal minds.<br><br>One doesn't get into the Harvard Graduate program on anything but merit.<br><br>I could swear I saw a flurry of comments just the other day from Madam Alexander. The last one said something to the effect that "I am sorry I ever wrote you--"<br><br>She must heal fast!Frank Nofsingernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709087743016851805.post-15031380170386983812008-03-28T09:20:01.000-05:002008-03-28T09:20:01.000-05:00Yes, Elizabeth, but the same can be said of Frankl...Yes, Elizabeth, but the same can be said of Franklin Delano Roosevelt (a "C" student, possessed of "a second rate intellect" according to Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.) and let's not bother to mention the academic records and transgressions of the various Kennedy family members. Summarizing Ted Kennedy's academic misconduct could take an hour alone.<br><br>By the way, George W. Bush was enrolled at Yale under a commonplace admissions policy which favors the children of alumni members. Despite your slamming him, it has been demonstrated that he had higher grades than John Kerry while at Yale and he completed a graduate degree program at Harvard. In comparison, Albert Gore, Jr., flunked out of divinity school and law school.<br><br>Both Barack and Michelle Obama racked up some big dollars playing the affirmative action game for all it is worth. It pays to know Tony.Dan Kelleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709087743016851805.post-262731565460507272008-03-28T08:35:30.000-05:002008-03-28T08:35:30.000-05:00I just can't resist. I must congratulate you...I just can't resist. I must congratulate you on your ability to see inside the thoughts and know the true beliefs of others. Such a rare gift.<br><br>After deftly insinuating that both Obamas were products of affirmative action, (after all, they are black, y'know) you then state what is in their hearts and minds. (She went to Princeton, he to Columbia. More affirmative action?)<br><br>Let me tell you about affirmative action: when George Bush, as a son of George H.W. Bush, was allowed into Yale and Harvard. Not because he had the mentality, but because of family.e. alexandernoreply@blogger.com