Take Back Barack - All Comments

re: A growing movement

Civil Warrior — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:12:49 GMT

As I've said before, a Democrat "will never be so mean as not to promise". The entire democratic campaign throughout the country was nothing more than wretched drivel.

re: It's time to Take Back Barack

Civil Warrior — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:08:03 GMT

A Democrat "will never be so mean as not to promise"

re: A growing movement

rowyourboat — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:50:43 GMT

Why is the assumption always that a fix is possible? Like a bad cold, the economy can only really recover on its own time. The more the politicians (including Obama) try to jigger it, the longer it is going to take to really recover. With the bailout, good money is chasing bad. Let natural market forces do their work, and everything will get better sooner rather than later. Obama can only make things worse by intervening, and he's smart enough to know it. But does he have the strength to Just Say No to all those clamoring for a quick fix and a bailout? NO. Because he's just another politician who got where he is by making promises he can't keep.

re: A few more ruminations

ScottSA — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 05:08:36 GMT

It's interesting watching the left writhe in agony as the hoped for New Camelot turns into the same old Lie-alot. That's Obama's only saving grace - that he lied about what he was going to do...thank God for small favours, anyway.

re: A few more ruminations

Jon Hartt — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 16:37:46 GMT

Chicago Machine Politics.

"Change you can believe in."

Chumps.

Somewhere, somehow I just KNOW P.T. Barnum is

laughing his A** off.

re: A few more ruminations

Jorgen — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 06:57:09 GMT

Don't worry. Change will come! USA is the most successful country in the world. Obama is going to change that.

re: It's time to Take Back Barack

Adam M. — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 04:37:58 GMT

Frankly, I'm kind of annoyed by this story/blog.

There were truly progressive Democratic candidates running for president early on in the primary campaign, but "alternative" publications like the Phoenix could hardly be bothered to give them any substantive coverage (they delightfully panned and mocked them every now and then, however).

Perhaps if the Phoenix had not all too willingly participated in the complete media blackout of candidates like Dennis Kucinich, Mike Gravel, or Ralph Nader, their progressive, anti-war messages would have reached more voters, and their presidential runs would not have seemed so "quixotic."

I, for one, saw Barack Obama for what he is early on: A centrist, rightward-leaning Democrat who wants to expand the war in Afghanistan, expand the powers of the president, and refuses to impeach/prosecute Cheney and Bush for war crimes and numerous Constitutional violations of power. I voted for Ralph Nader on Election Day and am proud of it. To my knowledge, the Portland Phoenix never once ran a serious story on Nader.

While I'm glad the editors of the Phoenix have finally awakened to the truth about president-elect Obama, I feel like this article is too little, too late. For a supposedly progressive, forward-thinking publication, the Phoenix's 2008 campaign coverage looked suspiciously similar to that of every other corporate media outlet.

re: Catching up and thinking about tolerance

AndreaJohnson — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 20:55:44 GMT

Obama and Warren actually agree on the issue of gay marriage so it is not post-partisan tolerance on Obama's part to ask him to give the invocation. Obama has always been honest about his views on gay marriage, he has never once tried to make it appear that he favored legalizing it.

re: Starting out well

AndreaJohnson — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 20:47:27 GMT

At the risk of seeming less angry than some here at Obama's actions, might I point out that Obama is against gay marriage. So how is asking Rick Warren to be part of the inauguration such a leap for so many? Obama has never pretended that he was in favor of gay marriage.

re: Taking Back Barack on the radio

Bamboo Shoot — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 05:37:19 GMT

You all got suckered. Should have gone with the enemy you know, rather than the one you don't.

re: Taking Back Barack on the radio

Larry — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 11:18:07 GMT

I love the image of the giant white hand grasping the Barack doll, someone must have a "minimizer" fetish. I also sends a great message: He's the progressives house Negro, you can't have him!

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re: It's time to Take Back Barack

Beginning to see the light — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 23:16:51 GMT

I didn't want to believe the few friends I had who were trying to tell me that Obama is a fraud - or just another politician. I didn't want to believe it. I put on my blinders when he changed positions on things I cared about (sometimes within 24 hours depending on what crowd he was talking to). I didn't want to be like the right trying to find validity to birth certificate theories -- but quietly I questioned those things too. I didn't want to believe my own voice. I wanted to believe that Obama would bring the troops home -- not send them to Afghanistan. I wanted to believe that Obama would pick a cabinet that reflected the reasons I voted for him. But his cabinet is soooo all over the place that I don't even know what he believes in. I feel embarrassed for voting for the guy. I wish it were different. I face my friends who tried to warn me - and thank goodness they've never said "I told you so." -- but, when I face them I wonder how is it that I could get so off track. Why couldn't I see it coming? I have a graduate degree, a good job, am well-read, but still couldn't see this coming. What's happening? I'm glad I got that off my chest.

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re: Taking Back Barack on the radio

Fake Name — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:45:01 GMT

Let me go set my alarm clock, I don't want to miss a word.