Unity, N.H., to host Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton

Some staff member was truly inspired to come up with this scheduling idea (and should get a raise as a result).

It was announced today that Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton would travel to Unity, N.H., on Friday for their first joint public appearance since she exited the presidential race and endorsed him.

The town, tucked in the state's western corner, not only has the perfect name for the message the Obama campaign wants to impress upon disgruntled Clinton supporters across the nation, but it also precisely split its support in New Hampshire's Democratic presidential primary: He got 107 votes, she got 107 votes.

And then there's this demographic tidbit from the 2000 Census, which put the town's population at 1,530 people. Among all ages, for every 100 females there were 101.8 males. But for every 100 females age 18 and older, there were 97.7 males.

So on the gender front, pretty much a draw. The Swamp's Mike Dorning has his take on the Unity unity meeting here.

--Don Frederick

Comments

[S.A.]

Many of us Hillary Clinton supporters are now John McCain supporters. Hillary and Obama campaigning together will not sway us to vote for Obama. Listen to Obama and his arrogance and flawed character, plus lack of leadership. He could not bring himself and his church and pastor together,nor his demo party. He has no principles and changes his position on issues whenever it's good for him. His change slogan means change to his needs. He is now saying he's black to get sympathy. We don't want Obama. Vote John McCain.

[So What]

ho-hum......

[Deb]

Hi Everyone: What say you on a sure win with the "unity ticket"? If the goal is to seat a democrat???? THanks for opinions...

[Nancy Gardner]

Nonsense! I'm a Hillary supporter and I KNOW that a vote for McCain hurts the principles I believe in fervently!

[NinaK]

I sure hope this is being televised. Am sure most of us want to watch this rally.

[ssfee]

What - any democrat who votes for John McCain needs to reevaluate their values and morals - you have to be a greedy, unethical warmonger to want him!

[LAURA RAHAIM]

I would like to do the campaign for Barack Obama that would sure make people realize that not every body who says they have experience (like George Bush) automaticaly should be consider the right Presidential Candidate. I would list the names of every President and person who said they had experience and next to their name I would list what they did with their experience. The first person I would list would be our President, George Bush and "Country in Recession" as product of his experience. Sometime it take more than experience, but good judgment in leading our Country. I beleive that Barack Obama has better judgment than MCain for President of our Country. My campaign would be about determining which candidate has better judgment. Superb judgment is what we want in the next President so that he can make decisions that help progress this country into the next decade. Right now our precious Country is declining when it should be climbing. I beleive that Obam has the vision to do the right thing for all of us, and not for personal interest. I have a hope that things will change soon.

Laura

[barbara brockelman]

I know many Hillary supporters who are behind Obama.
Hey, I know it hurts, but the pain of losing the Supreme Court to the Conservative Right, the loss of a woman's right to choose, continuing to have our democracy morph into the fascist state that the Republicans have been creating, the pain of knowing that Mobil, Chevron and other oil companies have been awarded NO-BID contracts for Iraq's Oil, and that's why so many people had to die in Iraq... how can you possibly vote for McCain? Obama is the only choice.

[joedogjoe]

"Many of us Hillary Clinton supporters are now John McCain supporters"

That's laughable and highly doubtful. You're telling me that as a Democrat, you'd abandon your long-held beliefs about the world vote for McCain?

You'd rather see even more American's continue to die in a 100 year war, see oil drilling in Alaska and off our coasts, see government sponsored corporations continue to gain power over civil liberties ... just to punish Obama?

[Philip Vitelli]

Unfortunately, most of the country will not appreciate the shallowness of this pandering. ballon raising attempt to gauge the sentiment of the American public. The staffer should get a raise??? - if that's the case then the Dem's will lose again because of their stupidity. Hillary and Obama? - As the old lady said on the old commercials Where's the Change?

[Janet Reno]

As a Obama supporter, I don't want Hillary's Race's supporters to join us for change. They are the problem, we only want the open minded supporters and all other can do as SA said and join the war with McBush!!!!!

[RABO]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Blaa blaa blaa blaa blaa, quack, quack, quack.

[P.C.Chapman]

TWIMC,
There is a stark difference between the Democratic and Republican platforms. I advise S.A. to read both before making a choice. If she supported Senator Clinton because of her policies than the choice is obvious. If she supported Senator Clinton because she is a white woman ,well that's another choice.

[United we stand ...]

Well this is worth a chuckle .. aw c'monnn, it cannot all be so serious!! All they need now is a bridge ... we could really work the metaphors here and find us a bell too! : D

[Bob Scofield]

S.A., your comment is absurd. Obama "is now saying he's black to get sympathy?" Umm, he's not saying he's black, he is black. Have you seen photographs of him? "Flawed character"? Who returned from Vietnam to his faithful wife, found her appearance not to his liking because of a disfiguring car accident, and dumped her for a younger woman? The younger woman, the mother of his next set of kids, being the person he called a c-x-x-x in front of reporters. Is your post a joke?

[Mel]

you were never a clinton supporter. A true democrat would see that on the issue Clinton and Obama are 99% the same. Get over it. Viva Obama

[Otto Focus]

What a bunch of kumbya holistic touchy feely crap! Obama is becoming clintonized so quickly that he's becoming Obubba! Now I regret swtching pareties to vote for him.
Looks like were stuck with McCain by default. What a pity, a chance to make history squandered.

[Fareed]

It will be interesting to see these two on the same Team. Those who supported Hillary because they believed she was the Best candidate will follow her lead and support Barack Obama. Vero Possumus.

[c.h.]

Any legitimate supporter of Clinton has no reason not to vote for Obama; they essentially support the same policies. Switch to McCain? That makes absolutely no sense. I don't believe for a second that an independent-minded voter could be so supercilious as to vote based on the cheap excuses outlined above. It's POLICIES people! That's what is important.

[JM]

S.A.,

you say that Obama has no principles and changes his position on issues whenever it's good for him. Since you are a Hillary Clinton supporter, how can you use this logic against him and not yourself? Surely a supporter of Hillary Clinton is a Democrat first? Wouldn't a Democrat support the Democratic candidate for president, regardless of who won the primaries?

His latest campaign ad (and first of the general) is a direct attempt to make himself appear more to white voters by playing up the white part of his heritage and upbringing.

Please be consistent with yourself, and accurate in your quotes if you want to make a reasoned argument.

[Kathy H.]

How could you be a Hilary supporter and then vote for McCorpse? That doesn't even make sense! Obama and Hilary are pretty close on all of the issues.

[yucca]

SA,

I guess you really don't care about what HRC cares about. Certainly McCain doesn't.

[Alan]

So S.A. ,
Help me understand why you are now a McCain supporter after being a Clinton supporter. What could the reasoning be when the agree on about 99A% of the issues. Is it the conservative judges you seek? Or possibly a continuation of the war? I have a few qustions for youi. In any other year, wouild you have suported the winning nominee of your man or woman hadn't won the nomination? Or like many other folks are you just a little fearful of an African American man who came on so strong, organized so many people, raised so much grass roots money that the establishment, you know, the entitled folks, were left just a little bit short. Not by much mind you. The mistake Ms. Clinton's campaigm made, and it was a bit one, is that it underestimated Mr. Obama. BOth campaigns worked hard and their was enough racism and sexism to go around, but nobody got a free pass. If the tables were turned, and your candidate had run a 50 state race including the caucuses, and won by a just a bit, what would you be saying to the Obama supporters that went ahead and supported McCain? Lets not divide and lose again.

[ML]

Vote McCain and say good by to Roe v. Wade. He will fill the bench with conservative judges that will affect the next 100 years.

[Dark Horse]

Beware of Republicans, especially Limbots, posing as disaffected Hillary supporters. They are spamming the forums everywhere.

Hillary supporters will come around when they finish the 5 stages of grief. They will support her leadership in supporting Obama. Might take a couple more months. Or maybe just a couple more weeks of hearing John McBush's atrocious policies. Hillary will lead in defeat as she would have done in victory. To do otherwise will invalidate everything she claims to stand for and relegate her to the dustbin of history.

[ahorner]

I am one of the 18 million, and I also am now voting for McCain.

I've been a strong Hillary supporter, but on this, I cannot do what she wants.

No unity. Hillary or McCain. Period.

[OFPnow2008]

Message to SA

It is so easy to see how emotional some of these female supporters of Hillary are reacting. The result of not being able to take a hit in a fine sporting match called politics. First of all when men campaign and slug it it -like Mccain and Romney it was a a hard match. When its was between a man an woman suddenly everyone screams sexism. Look what is happening to Michelle Obama by the GOP men. You dont see any any HRC supporters defending the racism and sexism aimed at her-especially when Fox called her "Obama's babys mama. reference to an unwed mother of illegitamate children)

See Hillary ran a good race but executed a poor plan and got beat. Hillary said she wanted to reverse what Bush had done and stop McCain from following the Bush Plan. So now you say you will vote for McCain.
Well that proves that you really have a problem with a man that has the same voting record as Hillary-per say.

Well your problem is that can not be honest with yourself the way Archie Bunker was. He did not like voting for anyone who was not white. You are not a democrat..perhaps Independent or republican

[KATE O'BRIEN]

My Dream Team would be Barack Obama, with John Edwards, and Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State.

[roman]

S.A.:

Why don't you just say "inadequate black male" like that vile hag in the video. We all know what you mean. Go back to your shanty.

[CB]

To former Hillary supporter:
If you think that McCain and Clinton have more in common than Obama and Clinton, then the dems don't want your vote anyway. You've clearly been a republican all along. Stop whining because your side lost--it is very immature. Think about the big picture--the future of our country.

[Les M]

"Many of 'us' Hillary Clinton supporters are now John Cain supporters"????

Hmmmm.. a very authoritative comment by someone who apparently knows thousands, if not millions of Hillary supporters????? Naw, I don't think so. I reckon these kinds of comments are either coming from the Rush dittoheads OR this is the new and improved KKK campaign to ensure that black people don't become leaders.... without that campaign looking at all racist!

American neo-cons... what WILL they think of next?

[Kevin L Young,Ph.D.]

Dear S.A.'

How can you switch so abruptly because our candidate did not secure the nonmination? I doubt if you were truly a Clinton supporter! John McCain is about as viable an alternative as David Duke! You have some obvious bigoted tenacies my friend. Or perhaps, you are just an out and out racist?

[margaret]

I agree. I was a Hillary delegate, but am now voting for McCain. The only thing that would change my vote now is an Obama/Clinton ticket.

[VOTE]

I still can not understand the reasoning behind Hilary supporters voting for John McCain. I would hope Americans are voting on the basis of each political leaders views and standpoints on different issues. If this is the case, how can you vote for Hilary then for McCain? In my opinion it is a very ignorant and spiteful reaction.

[Jon]

How can a Hillary supporter back John McCain? The answer is simple: they vote based on superficial characteristics. As Hillary has repeatedly said, the differences between her and Obama are small compared to the differences between her and McCain. If any of these turncoats actually educated themselves on the candidates' policy positions they would understand that supporting Obama is far more logical than backing McCain. McCain is a misogynist who cheated on his first wife repeatedly once she got in a car accident and didn't look pretty anymore. His new wife profited off of genocide in Sudan. His positions repeatedly shift with the political winds and his aging mind can't even keep track of the differences between Sunnis and Shiites in Iraq.

[Dave]

Just say what you really feel, S.A. You won't vote for a black person.

[sillysally]

As a Clinton supporter, I am really tired of reading comments by Republicans saying they are former Hillary supporters now voting for McCain. No thinking Clinton supporter would ever support McCain, especially anyone even remotely concerned with womens rights.

[TD]

That first post by S.A. is gross and infuriating. It's not Obama who lacks character, it's you S.A. Supporting Hillary and then moving to McCain after she loses the nomination doesn't make any sense. It actually disrespects everything Hillary stands for. McCain is the opposite of her on almost every issue whereas Obama and Clinton are very much alike on the issues. Ever hear the saying "cutting off your nose to spite your face"??? That's what people who think like you are doing. Do the rest of us sane voters who know that it is essential to break the Republican strangle-hold on this country a favor and stay home with your bitterness in November because you obviously need some serious perspective here.

[Joshua Gold]

So S.A., you will vote for someone who wants to undo everything Hillary has been fighting for 35 to accomplish. Some Hillary supporter you are.

[Kim]

Thats absolutely INSANE that some Hillary supporters would rather go against their own party and ideologies to vote for McCain instead of Obama. Its ridiculous that some people care more about how a candidate speaks and looks rather than the fact that Obama's ideologies are much closer to Hillary's than McCains. Voting for McCain is no different than giving Bush another term in the White House.

[Confused]

Since Hillary lost I have no choice but to vote for Satan.

[TOM]

to SA...who cares!! you're just acting like a big baby because you lost...if you vote McCain, you'll be a two time loser! McCain WILL NOT WIN!

[GN]

Informed people vote for platforms and issues. idiots vote for politicians.

S.A., you are an idiot.

[Obiwan1250]

S.A. Writes -- "Listen to Obama and his arrogance and flawed character, plus lack of leadership".

You sure you have the right Barack Obama? Are you a FOX News hound? Sounds like it. You know very little in ANYTHING about his character. If he's arrogant then I'm the Pope.

Flawed character? Really? He's been vetted constantly since Feb of '07 and no one has come up with anything of substance showing any "flaws" in his character.

Lack of Leadership? Surely you jest -- he's lead 18,000,000 people to vote for him, and beat the number one political machine of the Dem Party. I'd say he has all the leadership we need.

I've seen him 21 times, shaken his hand seven, and asked him three questions to which he responded post haste in a very sincere manner -- brilliantly, I might add. He'll run circles around John McCain in any setting, I'm quite certain of that.

You should watch the J-J Dinner Speech from Iowa on November 10th. Watch ALL the candidates and you'll see why he is the presumptive nominee of our Democratic Party. All the other candidates wanted the job. He, on the other hand, is simply accepting his God-given destiny. He's the best we've seen since JFK! And you don't see that?

But, maybe you're a shill; no self-respecting Democrat would vote for John McCain; he's flip-flopped more times than a beached mackeral on a hot summers day. Lately, his campaign appears to have stooped so low as to suppress historical McCain vids on YouTube! (Just learned this this AM from a gal in Indiana -- amazing).

I can't wait to see the results in November -- 341-197 -- at a minimum, with or without you. Forget your old prejudices. Time to jump on board the Obama train. Or, maybe you're the type that prefers a candidate with whom you feel like you can sit down and have a beer? We've already had eight years of that type of leadership and it's embarrasing to think you'd want four more.

So if you really ARE a Dem, time to get serious and recommit to your party's new leadership. We're moving on, with our without you!

[Violet]

And many of us former Clinton supporters will support Mr. Obama because we want an end to the war in Iraq,
a Supreme Court that will not reverse Roe v. Wade, an energy policy that weans us off foreign oil, and a restoration of our image in the world,

[Robert Benjamin]

I tend to agree with some things trackback says. I also support Hillary and will most likely vote write in for her. Obama is just to inexperienced and runs from contriversial votes. Not a leader.

[John Jacobs]

Dear S.A.: You should definitely go ahead and support John McCain if you want the following: 1. no commitment to leave Iraq with the ongoing ill will our presence there will continue to generate around the world, not to mention lives that will continue to be lost and the enormous amounts of money that will continue to be spent unproductively 2. the rollback of Roe vs. Wade with McCain's next Supreme Court nomination 3. a continuation of the George Bush economic policies, resulting in greater unfairness in the distribution of wealth in this country (I hope you're one of the few wealthy Americans who has benefitted from same) 4. drilling for oil off both of our coasts with no real commitment to reducing world-wide global warming 5. no plan to achieve universal health care, perpetuating the same broken health care system we now have and 6. the continued domination of government by the special corporate interests and lobbyists who contribute so heavily to John McCain's campaign.

Should he be elected, I wish you well and hope that you and your family will find some way to live happily and productively in the America that John McCain envisions for all of us.

[Adeline]

I frankly don't believe these people who claim they were Hillary Clinton supporters and are now supporting John McCalin. Basically, I think they are Republicans who are pretending that they supported Hillary Clinton. Clinton supporters believe strongly in women's rights, freedom of choice, medical leave, etc., and they would be concerned about John McCain's Supreme Court appointees (since he has stated he will appoint "pro-life" judges) and his position on various other women's issues and would not vote for him. Even if they don't like Obama and think he should have made stronger statements against the sexism that was directed at Hillary Clinton, they would vote for him over McCain.

[Reality Check]

Yes and let's overturn Roe v. Wade while we're at it.... get off the soapbox and take an intelligent look at the issues at stake here.

[JJ]

Dear S.A.
You sound very upset. You must be, since you've gone from being a Hillary support, to being a McCain supporter. That's quite a big change in outlook! What personal principals are at play, which lead you to make such a change in your support from Hillary to McCain? How about your values? You have a lot to say about Obamas "principals". What about your own?

[Jennifer]

Boy oh boy am I tired of these former Hillary supporters flocking to McCain because their candidate didn't win. Talk about a bunch of sore losers. What kind of a woman is willing to give up her beliefs, denounce women's rights, and support a Republican candidate who will do everything in his power to overturn Roe v. Wade all because the first woman to make a serious go of the primaries didn't make it and a black man won instead?

Barack Obama won fair and square. Stop whining and get over it, unless you want a victory for W's third term and yet another step back for women, gays, and minorities. Obama, you at least have this woman's support and have from the beginning.

[Alex]

This is a time of change. It doesn't begin with one man or woman, but with all of us. Each and everyone of us. I, too, was and still am a Hillary supporter. I was also deeply outraged when sexism became a blatant media tool against her. I, too, was also upset to see she was not the future Democratic Party's Presidential nominee after the last June state race.
However, I am a Democratic -tried and true. i believe our party has selected its candidate. Obama is a good man. Maybe, he wasn't my first choice but he is still a good man with great ideals. It is time to set aside hostility and differences.....bring the party together fom the grassroots up. It is time to make this country what it could be again. It is time to fall in line again and look at the issues, the real issues! It's not who is favorite anymore, but who WILL CHANGE AMERICA. And for the better.

[Brent Hill]

Re: post by SA, above.
"...plus lack of leadership"

What leadership, exactly, does Hillary have, or has ever had? She was just a first lady. Sure, she travelled around the world with her husband - but in what capacity? Did she jointly meet with the world leaders with him? No, she talked recipes with the wives and socialized.

I'm so tired of hearing about Hillary's "experience". She has 8 years of elected experience, that is it, no more...

And you say that Hillary has principles??? She was willing to say anything, make up anything, to win the nomination. Shame on you all!

[hithere]

So S.A., it's up to you, but you're saying that you'd rather vote for McCain, who stands for basically the opposite of everything that Clinton stands for, because you're mad at Obama for winning the primary? Even though Obama agrees with Clinton on literally every issue of consequence? I mean, it's up to you, but in a couple years when McCain's President and we've got a million boys in Iran on top of the thousands in Iraq, plus hundreds of billions of dollars more in deficits and a new Cold War with Russia and China, plus Roe V Wade is overturned... all I'm saying is, you may live to regret that one.

[oneStarman]

"ALL PIGS IS EQUAL - SOME PIGS IS JUST MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS" - Can you imagine the supporters of Mike Huckabee demanding that John McCain pay off Huckabee's campaign debt; or that McCain must hold the door for Mitt Romney (Ladies First) - or they would threaten to Vote Democrat. Or for that matter if it took three days before Obama admitted that Hillary had won the Nomination; if the sitiuation had been reversed. If any MAN acted like that he would be laughed out of Politics.

[bhagwan deol]

i will never vote for a hot air bag a lier who uses race card every day at every corner.
HE IS SCARING PEOPLE TO ASK CRITICAL QUESTIONS BY USING RACE CARD.
RELUCTANTLY I WILL GO FOR MCCAIN.
ISTILL HOPE THAT DEMS KICK HIM OUT AT THE CONFERENCE BUT THERE IS LITTLE CHANCE SO LONG TRAITORS LIKE DEAN, KERRY , RICHARDSON , EDWARDS ARE THERE.
bhagwan deol los angeles

[Julie]

The opinion of a few angry stubborn people is of no consequence to this election. I find this behavior extremly entertaining. Both candidates are similar. It's just a matter of personal preference. I do think Obama has a better temperment and organizational skills.
I think that if someone votes for Mc Cain they are endorsing the extension of the war in Iraq. Therfore anyone voting Mc Cain shoul be required to enlist in the military and give the soldiers in Iraq a break.

This is in response to :
"Many of us Hillary Clinton supporters are now John McCain supporters. Hillary and Obama campaigning together will not sway us to vote for Obama. Listen to Obama and his arrogance and flawed character, plus lack of leadership. He could not bring himself and his church and pastor together,nor his demo party. He has no principles and changes his position on issues whenever it's good for him. His change slogan means change to his needs. He is now saying he's black to get sympathy. We don't want Obama. Vote John McCain."

[S Davis]

S.A.
I can't believe anyone who truly supported Clinton's policies won't vote for Obama. Unless, you're just a little too racist or sexist to support someone who is exciting young people of all demographics. This can be a great change election to really improve our nation, maybe you could take a nice quiet retreat for a couple of weeks, then come back and feel good about the party after the convention.

[vj]

How much more pathetic can these clinton supporters (like S.A. above) possibly make themsleves sound? Waaah, obama's arrogant, i'm voting for mccain. No fair, hilary was supposed to win, now i want the candidate who has absolutely nothing in common with clinton. Forget about party loyalty, just think of this from a common sense perspective! And do you honestly think that anyone cares about who a sore loser like yourself is going to support? Get over it...

[paul]

if you will now not vote for the democratic nominee..then you were never voting democrat to begin with..all a bunch of bs..mccain will overturn roe v wade..will start a war with iran for israel..will give you gas prices you thought were impossible..

[GUS GAVIS]

'SO WHAT'- YOU ARE NoT RECOGNIZING the AMAZING NEW DRIVE BY OBAMA TO LEAD ALL AMERICANS INTO A BETTER, MORE TOLERANT WORLD!! we dont need distinctions and separations from each other, we are all human beings!!!! ---we have the same red blood!!! GG

[Franky]

Any former Hillary supporter that is now voting for McCain is either a liar or an idiot....oh wait, that does fit the bill for any remaining Hillary supporters!

[Adrian C.]

It's sad to see that Clinton supporters are so bitter that they are willing to cut of their noses to spite their faces. S.A. is an example of what happens when people abandon common sense and embrace sound bites. Clinton and McCain agree on very few issues where as she an Obama promoted virtually the same platform. This country wouldn't be in such a mess if people were more concerned about the issues and did not base their votes on who they'd like to have a beer with.
Lack of leadership? Obama has proven himself as a leader - whether as editor of the Harvard law review, a community organizer or state senator. Furthermore, the fact that he's been able to motivate people to participate in the political process is a testament to his leadership skills.

I couldn't disagree more with S.A.'s assertion that Obama lacks principles and changes positions for political leverage. While I do not necessarily agree with Obama's decision to forgo public campaign financing, McCain is in no position to throw stones. Among other issues, he's changed his stances regarding detainee torture and coastal drilling. McCain was a staunch opponent of both and has only changed his position in recent months to solidify the conservative vote and appease big business.

As, far as experience goes, John McCain had decades of experience, but that did not prevent him from supporting an unnecessary war. Despite his "experience" his is committed to the indefinite occupation of a Muslim country - a doctrine that has furthered the agenda of Islamic extremists.

I hope S.A. and other Clinton supporters wake up from the dream that McCain is a viable option. His policies couldn't differ more from that of Clinton.

[BJ]

This will not change our minds...

BUT what's more troubling is an of LA Times article which says that OBAMA is going to try and court BLACK CRIMINALS, who have not yet been sentenced, or are being released from PRISON to VOTE FOR OBAMA!!!

I can't believe the gall of this man. The more I hear and read about what he says and does, the more I'm intent on doing everything to make sure he does not get elected.

[Gaias Child]

Could this campaign BE any more poetic? The more sparkle and joy the better. We'll see how it plays as interested parties tune in. Will it be real unity? It's real poetry, that's for sure.

[Tim]

Well, I wouldn't dispute the fact that a few women would go for McCain, out of personal, understandable disappointment.

Do realise that though McCain is much more of a two-faced politician and has broken more promises and principles than Obama in order to win more votes.

McCain hasn't been receptive to women being in public life, and women having personal rights, as well. Instead he has implied that women should remain housewives if possible, instead of being in public life and having equal pay with their boyfriends or husbands.

And also he has hired Florina, the sacked HP CEO who was able to mislead her former shareholders and her board of Directors, allowing HP to fall into the depths- till the point of being almost dead and gone- as his economical adviser. I mean isn't it like Bush: to hire people who will always agree with him and also deliberately mislead the people? America has had that for 8 years; America doesn't need that same thing for another 8 years under McCain and his people like Florina.

[duncan stuart]

Why is everyone so angry at each other in these postings? Politics may be a partisan activity - but citizenship ought to be way above partisanship. As my neighbour you're welcome to vote for whom you like, that's your freedom. Be glad you live in a country that doesn't present Mugabe or Mugabe. Be a bit thankful that you've got two candidates who may be different, but are actually high calibre people. Chill people. Chill.

[Onyi]

All Hillary supporters, I am a Hillary supporter too, now that both Hillary and Obama work together, please, let vote for Obama and the Democrats will win back White House; and this great country will gain back it's prestige in the world. Also, economy, Healthcare etc, will be restored.

[Libby]

I supported Clinton, but I will vote for McCain.

Call names all you want. Put down women, make up lies about Obama and McCain when you don't know anything about either of them, call people racists when they have honest views about why they can not support Obama, and all it does is make Obama supporters look really bad.

Now you can attack me all you want. It won't change my mind or my vote. I have done the research and know more about Obama than most of his supporters. Every person in the U.S. Senate knows more about McCain than the Obama supporters.

Obama is not fit to be President. But some people want him to win so they can get their agendas met through him. I don't like their agendas. I don't like a Senator who has to go to the bathroom every time there is a vote.

Obama's father left him when he was 2 years old. He did not support him. But the child tries to believe in his father, throws out his real family that raised him and cared for him. Adopts as his "grandmother" a woman who was his grandfather's third wife, not his real grandmother who had to get away from the abusive Grandfather.

It took Obama 20 years to know what his pastor said in church? Another month to dismiss their association which he had held up time and again as important to his life? Well the pastor saw through him. BO just had to say that because he is a politician...he didn't really change what he thought about the Rev Wright or his ideas.

There are a whole lot of people who want Obama in because he is their Trojan Horse. They will come flooding out once the election is over. Why else would the DNC make Obama the winner by twisting arms of the super delegates to give him the primary votes, when Hillary won the most votes.

You want Change? Well, it might be change that is not exactly what you were expecting. Given the tone and words of a lot of Obama's followers, it may be change that the rest of the nation does not want.

Just keep up the negative chatter. You show yourselves for who you are and it's not pretty, much less likable.

I'll vote for the man who is left to oppose Obama. McCain has a good reputation in Congress and the only people who are really ticked off by him are the hard line right. You would think Obama's supporters would know that, but apparently they don't since they keep coming up with arguments that he is the hard line right. So much for knowing what you are talking about. Better stick to calling names. It only shows a certain kind of ignorance where as wrong facts shows another kind of ignorance.

[steveballmer]

I thought I was rid of the evil one once she conceded defeat to Barak, but boy was I wrong!
Hellary has been stalking me for the last few weeks. It started out with just phone calls in the middle of the night, she would just raspily breath my name over and over into the phone: "Baaaallmeeeer, Baaaaallmeeeer, ....". Now it's getting scary! She's beginning to speak! She makes my skin crawl!
Last night, I finally got her to explain herself.
She blames me for her not winning the nomination, she said,
"If you gave me the campaign contributions I demanded, I would have been able to beat that black guy! Now I'm stuck trying to blackmail him into making me his Vice-President! Vice-President d@## it Ballmer! Yooooouuu Wiiiiiilll Paaaaay! Yooooouuu Wiiiiiilll Paaaaay! Yooooouuu Wiiiiiilll Paaaaay! ......"
I ripped the phone out of the wall! Then a second later my ZunePhone rang, I answered it:
" Yooooouuu Wiiiiiilll Paaaaay! Yooooouuu Wiiiiiilll Paaaaay! ...."
I threw the Zunephone down, stomped on it, smashed it into little pieces!
Then, the voice came over the household intercom:
" Yooooouuu Wiiiiiilll Paaaaay! Yooooouuu Wiiiiiilll Paaaaay! ...."
My wife, kids and staff all heard it! They ran into my room frightened to death!
After a few minutes security was able to stop the signal somehow.

My little girls asked, "Papa, what was that?"
I looked at them all and proclaimed, "That was evil, pure and simple! ... and she must be stopped!"

We all slept in my bed that night.

I'm calling Mr. Obama in the morning. If I have to I'll volunteer for VP!
"Deliver us from EVIL!"

[Merry Jaine]

Obama groupies! You just don't get it, do you? You seem to "get' racism, but you don't "get" sexism! After watching the sexist, misogynistic, disrespectful, degrading treatment that the First Woman running for President received from the news media, and after watching my DNC do nothing about it, and the Obama campaign and the Obama Mamas do nothing about it, you want me to vote for the man???? Wow! If the situation had been reversed and it was Obama who had been treated so disgustingly, heads would be rolling ... your sexist buddy Chris Matthews would be out on the streets! I am sick of the double standard that the DNC and Obama tolerated. Disrespect my candidate, disrespect me, disrespect half of the world's population, disrespect half of the U.S. population, disrespect half of the U.S. voter population! Wake up Obama groupies! Obama may be your "Idol" but he certainly isn't my IDEAL! YOU wanted the man, YOU got the man! The Man represents you, honey, not me!

[california voter]

I don't know any Hillary supporters who are voting for John McCain. I supported Hillary and will vote for Obama. If you backed Hillary on her positions on the war, choice, health care, etc, how could you even consider voting for John McCain. Makes no sense whatsoever.

S.A. is most definitely a republican in sheep's clothing.

[california voter]

Ha, ha, good joke Repubs. These people -- like SA - are pretending to be Hillary supporters who switched to McCain. No sure the reason? Wishful thinking. No way would a Hillary supporter vote for John McCain. A war hero yes, ethical, not! Wants to expand the war, take away the right ot decide what women can do with their own bodies, admits he really doesn't understand the economy!!!!

The list goes on and on. Democrates will never support John McCain.

[Unity resident]

Ho hum is right. But these liberals will smile and cover up the evil beneath. The fact that liberals have slaughtered over 42 million unborn children since 1973 is just one 'right' that they're proud of. The only good about it is that they're killing off future liberals. Homosexuals are big financiers for these black souled people. People who vote for Obama are looking to make their own lifestyles seem right. Demoncrats don't want citizens to run their own lives. Bigger government is what they want and that will take more of our money from us. And they will definitely raise taxes to get oil from out of the country when we could be drilling and using our own. Demoncrats will bring out country under the judgment of God very quickly!!

[shirlin]

I am a senior citizen Asian American feminist and have supported Senator Obama from Day One. Our beloved nation needs to turn the page. The divide-and-rule Rovian play book has almost destroyed our beloved country. It has damaged our Constitution, weakened us against our enemies, robbed our grandchchildren of their future and threatened our planet. All Dems and every citiizen concerned about our Republic must reject McSame's Bush's Third Term. To give our security over to a near-dementia, seventy-two-year-old President who cannnot complete a coherent sentence will definitely lead to catastrophe for the US and the world. LOOK at how much damage Bush has done to our nation. Then multiply by that ten times for a third-term dodderiing McBush.

[Gina]

The DNC, Pelosi, and the Obama's patronizing and phony
praise of Hillary Clinton are nothing more than insincere steps
to get some of Hillary's 18 million voters to vote for Barrack.
These people are so pitiful. maybe some of Hillary's supporters
will fall for it, but most of us see it as adding insult to injury,
and we are voting for Senator John McCain in November.

[Patty B]

Unity, NH is one of the most obscure spots on any map! There is a county jail, a county nursing home and a 1-12 elementary school. It's name came as a result of a settled land dispute. Guess it IS an appropriate place for this puppet-show....It has been years since I lived in NH, but I can't help but to wonder if they've paved Unity's main road yet?