The cogent was included to make you come up with a snark

There are a number of men of the cloth whose political beliefs I reject totally. Let’s say the late Dr. Falwell. As much of a dangerous buffoon as he often seemed to be in his public activity, I think it is entirely possible that he was a good pastor and that members of his church may well have gotten much good from him and particularly from the church community. As Jim R recognized, there is much good in Sen. Obama…perhaps Dr. Wright’s influence has been for the good. Perhaps?

It ain’t about blacks, it ain’t about Obama., it ain’t about his flock, and it ain’t about Jesus. Like all demigogues, it’s about him of course.

The fact a smart guy like Obama would sit listening to the ramblings and ravings of this character for 20 years though, has to set people wondering once again just what effect this character has had on his thinking.

It is just sad to see the damage, real or not, the revolutionary left has done to this great guy. On the other hand, he made his choices consciencely as an adult which dreams, and of who, to follow.

There aren’t a lot of suburban liberals in the state. The Democrats in the southern part of the state are certainly conservative. The southeast part of the state, between Louisville and Cincinnati, except on the north side of the Ohio, was represented for 30 years by Lee Hamilton, co-chair of the Iraq Study Commission. He ran unopposed more often than not. He has endorsed Obama. I do not know how widely this is known or how hard he is campaigning for him.

In sum, the Democratic Party at this time is generally conservative, and has become more so as the influence of the unions, particularly the UAW, has weakened. The UAW retirees, though, are very important in the party, and older folks could vote more Barack’s way than in PA or some other places. The UAW invests a great deal of its resources in Region 3 (Indiana and Kentucky) on educating and motivating retirees politically, or at least it used to when I worked there.

My sister, who is supporting Hillary unless she has changed her mind, believes that Hillary will win the state, and that would be my guess as well. I would think that Barack’s fortunes rest in Gary and, yes, in the areas where union retirees are strong, such as Anderson, Kokomo, maybe Muncie and places like that. I don’t know about Indianapolis. I will do a little research and report back.

The difference of course is that there is an accepted manner and vocabulary for these sorts of statements. They tend to sound pretty banal, and deliberately do not inflame. Warnings about our resolve to come to the aid of our allies and honor our treaty obligations serve to make the point nice and clear.

Talk about obliteration is, well, stupid, and makes her sound more like Ahmadinejad and less like George Kennan. She is basically blowing away any claim to more credible foreign policy experience.

Finally, please point to the leftist in this race. I can’t wait to find out who that is!

Oh. This ‘resolute’ statement will really worry Ahmadinejad. Let’s see; “If you use the nuclear weapon we are signaling we know you are developing and we agree we to let you, you will really make us mad if you use it on one of our allies.”

Jezus Crackrist! How to hell do you think we prevented nuclear disaster and won the cold war? Brought to us, by the way, by a couple of leftist US citizen spies for the communists. It was done by a real resolute threat, just like Hillary’s original, that any use of a nuclear weapon against any one of our allies is a guaranteed nuclear attack on you?

We are not playing a softball game here girls, and signalling any weakness of any kind can cause a misunderstanding of the consequences of such an action, causing the very thing civilized people want to avoid.

This is the very thing that worries the hell out of me by having a leftist, especially and immature one, dealing with foreign policy. What is is about the lessons of history we don’t understand?

As we all recognize, she is the consummate power-hungry politician who will say anything and do anything to win. Right now, it looks like the road to winning is to move to the middle now and project the a tough, shooting, beering, rednecking, security minded alternative to a clearly McGovern/Dukakis/Kerry leftist.

What has she got to lose? Donations from MoveOn? Endorsement a KosKid? A kiss from a Kennedy?

Her new tact seems to be working, but not too well I hope. I prefer Obama.

That’s a joke, right ?

I agree. I’m wondering about the impact in Indiana.

Does anyone know how its demographics match up with PA’s? For instance, are its small-town, duck-hunting bowlers Democrats (as in PA) or are they Republicans?

I saw her this morning stating flatly that she believed that even elected delegates pledged to Obama were fair game under the “rules.”

Well, what’s a generation of African-American and young people lost to the Party compared to Hillary’s claim on the nomination? It’s her turn, dang it.

If Obama is weakened and McCain wins the general, it’s a much better scenario for her to run against a 76 year-old McCain (or his VP) than against either an incumbent of her own party (President Obama), or to wait eight years and run when she’s 68 years old.

Basically, Hillary and Bill will root for McCain against Obama because it serves their own venal interests.

There aren’t a lot of suburban liberals in the state. The Democrats in the southern part of the state are certainly conservative. The southeast part of the state, between Louisville and Cincinnati, except on the north side of the Ohio, was represented for 30 years by Lee Hamilton, co-chair of the Iraq Study Commission. He ran unopposed more often than not. He has endorsed Obama. I do not know how widely this is known or how hard he is campaigning for him.

In sum, the Democratic Party at this time is generally conservative, and has become more so as the influence of the unions, particularly the UAW, has weakened. The UAW retirees, though, are very important in the party, and older folks could vote more Barack’s way than in PA or some other places. The UAW invests a great deal of its resources in Region 3 (Indiana and Kentucky) on educating and motivating retirees politically, or at least it used to when I worked there.

My sister, who is supporting Hillary unless she has changed her mind, believes that Hillary will win the state, and that would be my guess as well. I would think that Barack’s fortunes rest in Gary and, yes, in the areas where union retirees are strong, such as Anderson, Kokomo, maybe Muncie and places like that. I don’t know about Indianapolis. I will do a little research and report back.