I declare Barack Hussein Obama unelectable

alphatarget1

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Let's not let these affluent, idiot "progressives" to ruin the country again. Wake up Obotsmas, your boy isn't electable. Obama will get swiftboated by Republicans, only 100x worse. McCain will win in a landslide if he were to run against Obama. Wait till they run ads with "God d*** America" all day long with Obama's face on it. Middle America will all vote for McCain.

With that said, his speech was great. I agreed with most of it but then realized he wouldn't have had to do the speech if it weren't for his moral compass. He's always been a politician, and if you thought he was anything more than that you are just another member of the disillusioned masses.


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alphatarget1

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Originally posted by: eskimospy
The flyover already always votes Republican. Nobody cares about them.

Keep telling yourself that. Hardcore liberals and republicans will vote for their party's candidate no matter what, it's the swing voters that you need to win over. I don't see Obama winning many when (God forbid he gets nominated) he gets swiftboated.
 

Sinsear

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Originally posted by: loki8481
why do you hate baby Oprah?

At least Oprah had the sense to leave the Church and not stay there for 20 years.
 

Corbett

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Originally posted by: loki8481
why do you hate baby Oprah?

How dare you insult The Oprah like that! :)

At least Oprah was smart enough to realize that Wright was a biggot when she attended his church!
 

theeedude

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I have a feeling Wright will be the least of Blabla Blablama's problems. This guy is like an onion where we are just now starting to pull away the layers, and there is a lot of tears ahead for the Democrats if he's the nominee.
 

alphatarget1

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Originally posted by: Sinsear
Originally posted by: loki8481
why do you hate baby Oprah?

At least Oprah had the sense to leave the Church and not stay there for 20 years.

Oh yeah you should start a thread about that. Do you have some URL to share?
 

glutenberg

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It's amazing how little substantiation there is in this thread. All I see is emotional jabber.
 

alphatarget1

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Originally posted by: glutenberg
It's amazing how little substantiation there is in this thread. All I see is emotional jabber.

You don't think Republicans will swiftboat him with the pastor's comments should he be nominated?

You'd be foolish to think that the average voter would vote for someone who has been going to a racist church for 20 years.
 

Sinsear

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Originally posted by: alphatarget1
Originally posted by: Sinsear
Originally posted by: loki8481
why do you hate baby Oprah?

At least Oprah had the sense to leave the Church and not stay there for 20 years.

Oh yeah you should start a thread about that. Do you have some URL to share?

There's not much out there. Apparently she did not stay on as a member of the congregation. I think it was b/c of her rock star esque status and people were bothering her at church. But we can always spin it into the other thing ;).
 

yllus

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In this thread, people who dislike Senator Obama will try to convince themselves of his unelectability by patting each other on the back for the most specious of reasons.

I actually sort of prefer McCain because he's less likely to get all protectionist on my country, but the reasoning in this thread is a joke.
 

fskimospy

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Originally posted by: alphatarget1
Originally posted by: eskimospy
The flyover already always votes Republican. Nobody cares about them.

Keep telling yourself that. Hardcore liberals and republicans will vote for their party's candidate no matter what, it's the swing voters that you need to win over. I don't see Obama winning many when (God forbid he gets nominated) he gets swiftboated.

First of all Obama will be nominated. It's nearly a certainty.

Secondly, the states in the middle of America have voted almost uniformly Republican in every presidential election for the last 30 years. (with the one exception being 1996 where a couple... not many... but a couple voted for an incumbent president during a roaring economy. Be still my heart.)

This thread is just another 9 month away prediction based upon your analysis of a singular event that will be mostly forgotten in November. Predictions of results in November are a waste of time... this one is as large a waste of time as the 10 prediction threads that have come before it.
 

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They said McCain was unelectable too:
HH: Why can?t John McCain win this election?

RS: Well, number one, John McCain will not get the base of the Republican Party. I mean, there was a reason John McCain collapsed last year, and it?s because he was the frontrunner, and everybody in the Republican Party got a chance to look at him. And when they looked at him, they wait well, wait a minute, he?s not with us on almost all of the core issues of?on the economic side, he was against the President?s tax cuts, he was bad on immigration. On the environment, he?s absolutely terrible. He buys into the complete left wing environmentalist movement in this country. He is for bigger government on a whole laundry list of issues. He was?I mean, on medical care, I mean, he was for re-importation of drugs. I mean, you can go on down the list. I mean, this is a guy who on a lot of the core economic issues, is not even close to being a moderate, in my opinion. And then on the issue of, on social conservative issues, you point to me one time John McCain every took the floor of the United States Senate to talk about a social conservative issue. It never happened. I mean, this is a guy who says he believes in these things, but I can tell you, inside the room, when we were in these meetings, there was nobody who fought harder not to have these votes before the United States Senate on some of the most important social conservative issues, whether it?s marriage or abortion or the like. He always fought against us to even bring them up, because he was uncomfortable voting for them. So I mean, this is just not a guy I think in the end that washes with the mainstream of the Republican Party.

http://hughhewitt.townhall.com...4a57-98bd-68635a744540

 

Throckmorton

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Obama should have known better than to ally himself so closely with any church, and claim a preacher as his inspiration. I want a statesman, not an apprentice preacher, to be president. I've liked him less since I found out that he claimed Wright as his inspiration. McCain looks more like a secular statesman at this point.
 

alphatarget1

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Originally posted by: yllus
In this thread, people who dislike Senator Obama will try to convince themselves of his unelectability by patting each other on the back for the most specious of reasons.

Do you really believe that Obama has even a decent chance to win against McCain now that race is a concern? When Obama went to a racist church for 20 years? People are not stupid.

I can think of a few things to swiftboat Obama with:

Drug use (Something along the lines of "McCain fought for the country, Obama smoked crack")
Race ("God d*** America's pastor is Obama's moral compass")
Policy ("Most liberal Senator")

I frankly don't see how Obama would be able to "unite" the country in the first place with the policies he suggested. He's not going to win against McCain, but if he were he could get his policy passed only because Republicans will be weakened in Congress).
 

JS80

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Originally posted by: alphatarget1
Originally posted by: glutenberg
It's amazing how little substantiation there is in this thread. All I see is emotional jabber.

You don't think Republicans will swiftboat him with the pastor's comments should he be nominated?

You'd be foolish to think that the average voter would vote for someone who has been going to a racist church for 20 years.

It's a guarantee. I called this a few days ago on here (and to others right when Wright came out). As a Republican I will admit that we will hoard hundreds of millions and buy national ads 24/7 in October/November. Obama is toast.
 

alphatarget1

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Originally posted by: RKDaley
They said McCain was unelectable too:
HH: Why can?t John McCain win this election?

RS: Well, number one, John McCain will not get the base of the Republican Party. I mean, there was a reason John McCain collapsed last year, and it?s because he was the frontrunner, and everybody in the Republican Party got a chance to look at him. And when they looked at him, they wait well, wait a minute, he?s not with us on almost all of the core issues of?on the economic side, he was against the President?s tax cuts, he was bad on immigration. On the environment, he?s absolutely terrible. He buys into the complete left wing environmentalist movement in this country. He is for bigger government on a whole laundry list of issues. He was?I mean, on medical care, I mean, he was for re-importation of drugs. I mean, you can go on down the list. I mean, this is a guy who on a lot of the core economic issues, is not even close to being a moderate, in my opinion. And then on the issue of, on social conservative issues, you point to me one time John McCain every took the floor of the United States Senate to talk about a social conservative issue. It never happened. I mean, this is a guy who says he believes in these things, but I can tell you, inside the room, when we were in these meetings, there was nobody who fought harder not to have these votes before the United States Senate on some of the most important social conservative issues, whether it?s marriage or abortion or the like. He always fought against us to even bring them up, because he was uncomfortable voting for them. So I mean, this is just not a guy I think in the end that washes with the mainstream of the Republican Party.

http://hughhewitt.townhall.com...4a57-98bd-68635a744540

Nothing swiftboating won't solve. The Republican Base would be scared of someone whose Moral Compass is racist against white people.

I really hope Obama will lose the nomination/drop out. If he doesn't, wait for the swiftboating, it'd be awesome.
 

JS80

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Anyone else find it ironic it's a Democratic Reverend that will be the cause for the Republican win?
 

Sinsear

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Originally posted by: alphatarget1
Originally posted by: yllus
In this thread, people who dislike Senator Obama will try to convince themselves of his unelectability by patting each other on the back for the most specious of reasons.

Do you really believe that Obama has even a decent chance to win against McCain now that race is a concern? When Obama went to a racist church for 20 years? People are not stupid.

I can think of a few things to swiftboat Obama with:

Drug use (Something along the lines of "McCain fought for the country, Obama smoked crack")
Race ("God d*** America's pastor is Obama's moral compass")
Policy ("Most liberal Senator")


I frankly don't see how Obama would be able to "unite" the country in the first place with the policies he suggested. He's not going to win against McCain, but if he were he could get his policy passed only because Republicans will be weakened in Congress).

Karl...is that you??
 

alphatarget1

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Originally posted by: JS80
Originally posted by: alphatarget1
Originally posted by: glutenberg
It's amazing how little substantiation there is in this thread. All I see is emotional jabber.

You don't think Republicans will swiftboat him with the pastor's comments should he be nominated?

You'd be foolish to think that the average voter would vote for someone who has been going to a racist church for 20 years.

It's a guarantee. I called this a few days ago on here (and to others right when Wright came out). As a Republican I will admit that we will hoard hundreds of millions and buy national ads 24/7 in October/November. Obama is toast.

And you know what... rightfully so. Swiftboating against Kerry was pretty lame, but swiftboating Obama is totally justified.