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2008-10-29 Home Front: Politix

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Posted by Mike 2008-10-29 09:54|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 From what I can tell BO and his fellow travelers will do ANYTHING to get elected.

Posted by JohnQC 2008-10-29 10:56|| 2008-10-29 10:56|| Front Page Top

#2 The messianic style--the cosmic tug to "change history", or stop the seas from rising or the planet from heating,

Credits to the following from the Wik:

At the age of 27, Axelrod became the City Hall Bureau Chief and a political columnist for the Chicago Tribune. He worked at the Tribune for eight years, covering national, state and local politics. He became the youngest political writer there in 1981.[4] Unhappy with his prospects at the Tribune, in 1984 he joined the campaign of US Senator Paul Simon as communications director; within weeks he was promoted to co-campaign manager.[5]

He formed a political consultancy, Axelrod & Associates, in 1985. In 1987, he worked on the successful reelection campaign of Harold Washington, Chicago's first black mayor. This established his first experience in working with black politicians and he later became a key player in similar mayoral campaigns of blacks, including Dennis Archer in Detroit, Michael R. White in Cleveland, Anthony A. Williams in Washington, D.C., Lee P. Brown in Houston, and John F. Street in Philadelphia.[6] Axelrod is a longtime strategist for Chicago mayor Richard M. Daley and styles himself a "specialist in urban politics."

In 2004, Axelrod worked for the presidential campaign of John Edwards. During the campaign, he lost responsibility for making ads, but continued as the campaign's spokesman. Regarding Edwards' failed 2004 presidential campaign, Axelrod has commented, "I have a whole lot of respect for John, but at some point the candidate has to close the deal andI cant tell you whythat never happened with John."[7] [8]

In 2006, Axelrod consulted for several campaigns, including for the successful campaigns of Eliot Spitzer in New York's gubernatorial election and for Deval Patrick in Massachusetts's gubernatorial election. Axelrod also served in 2006 as the chief political adviser for Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee chair U.S. Representative Rahm Emanuel for the U.S. House of Representatives elections, in which the Democrats gained 31 seats.

Posted by Besoeker 2008-10-29 11:03|| 2008-10-29 11:03|| Front Page Top

#3 Messianic? Nah. Brought to you by the same kind of folks who brought the world Dear Leader and Uncle Joe. Obama is just one of the family. Really.

Posted by ed 2008-10-29 11:11|| 2008-10-29 11:11|| Front Page Top

#4 Baseball tradition isn't important, watch the infomercial, and ~~Bob's~~ obama's your uncle.

Posted by swksvolFF 2008-10-29 11:28|| 2008-10-29 11:28|| Front Page Top

#5 from AP News:
Two viewers who don't seem excited about all the exposure are Obama's two young daughters.

Appearing on Jay Leno's talk show Monday, Obama's wife, Michelle, said 10-year-old daughter Malia got a little worried to hear that her dad's infomercial would blanket TV.

"'You're going to be on all the TV? Are you going to interrupt my TV?'" her mother said Malia asked.

Michelle Obama said the presidential candidate assured his daughter that he hadn't bought time on the Disney Channel.

Posted by swksvolFF 2008-10-29 12:10|| 2008-10-29 12:10|| Front Page Top

#6 Who 'owns' Obama? Starting in 1996 strange things have happened to quickly move him up the ladder. No outsider or newcomer could possibly accomplish that. He is seriously beholden to somebody powerful behind the scenes.

Posted by Glenmore 2008-10-29 14:25|| 2008-10-29 14:25|| Front Page Top

#7 Ayers & Soros, for starters, Glenmore.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2008-10-29 15:07|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2008-10-29 15:07|| Front Page Top

#8 Ditto Barb. With a little help from nameless overseas money launders, this entire Obama exercise is a Soros funded, David Axelrod produced Hollywood event.

Posted by Besoeker 2008-10-29 16:13|| 2008-10-29 16:13|| Front Page Top

#9 Not Ayers. Nowhere near important enough politically. Soros - maybe - but he seems more like a money-man than a Lyndon Johnson type politician.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2008-10-29 18:43|| 2008-10-29 18:43|| Front Page Top

#10 I don't necessarily think Ayers is the head honcho, Glenmore; more like the local handler/trainer of the not-so-Manchurian candidate.

But since we know where his political sentiments lie....

And I do think that Soros is at least one of the money men.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2008-10-29 18:59|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2008-10-29 18:59|| Front Page Top

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