To:  R.D. Briceland

When I heard Barack Obama speak at the Democratic National Convention back in 2006, I told my partner he would be the next president of the United States. 

When he speaks before an audience he is mesmerizing.  He's a very handsome man, he has a wonderful smile, he's as charismatic as they come and extremely intelligent.  It is very difficult for someone to listen to him and not get caught up in the excitement surrounding him.

I, for one, am thrilled that young people are becoming involved in politics.  George W. Bush will go down in the history books as being the one person that forced all citizens of this country to pay a little bit more attention to what is going on in their government.

The younger people are that become involved in politics, the more likely we are to have future members of Congress that have something on their agenda besides greed.

The downside of dealing with youth is ignorance - not ignorance of what is happening in the world today, but ignorance of what has happened in the past.  A prime example might be Obama's entire campaign.  According to Lou Dobbs, CNN "Yes, We Can" is actually a slogan used by Cesar Chavez, the founder of United Farm Workers, and has been around for several decades.  While reviewing their website, I noted "Creating Change" is a heading on their website.  The word "hope" is spread liberally throughout the Chavez biography, and the UFW 2007 'movement' was totally geared towards organizing thousands of students to support farm workers.

Become a Part of History--Again!

By Marc Grossman

Forty years ago, thousands of students from across the country organized and joined
car caravans bringing food and clothing to striking grape workers in Delano, Calif.
September 1965 witnessed the beginning of the historic five-year strike by Latino and
Filipino vineyard workers led by Cesar Chavez. That strike as well as marches, boycotts
and fasts thrust La Causa, the farm workers’ cause, squarely before the nation’s
conscience. As the strike dragged on, the basic needs of the farm workers, including
food and clothing, grew. Students mobilized their schools and communities to rally
behind the strikers and car caravans descended on Delano. They helped sustain the
strikers and became an opportunity for students to be a part of history.

Forty years later, the Farm Worker Movement is once again calling upon students to
support farm workers. This time they have been devastated by the California's recent
citrus freeze. Today, 28,000 citrus workers and their families face the same bleak
conditions the original grape strikers confronted four decades ago. Please come to the
aid of farm workers who are still suffering and become a part of history--again!

link:[www.ufw.org]

As impressed with Obama as I was in the beginning, after reading the above, and listening to all the debates I came away with the feeling that Barack Obama is all frosting and no cake. 

It appears Obama is no more than a Cesar Chavez wannabe.  The difference between Barack Obama and Cesar Chavez is Cesar Chavez was a man who set goals and accomplished the goals he set.

Barack Obama is setting goals that are impossible to meet.  He is promising a little bit for everyone, but provides few details on how he's going to accomplish or pay for this, this and this.

The last thing this country needs is another phony Maloney sitting in the oval office.  It's just not good enough to be a rock star and have the youth of America following you - you have to have plans - not just plans for what you would like the future of America to become, but plans on how to get there.  He doesn't have the experience, or the originality to become the POTUS.

It's a sad state of affairs that he did not agree to additional debates with Senator Clinton.  If he does get the nomination, additional debates will provide him witth skills that will be much needed to suceed in debates against McCain.

P.

Just dont go to the one degaselli uses...

He obviously had a frontal and cant reason for himself....

To:  AA

When I said set and met his goals, I was only going by what I was reading on the UFW site as far as getting the students organized and moving.  I really don't know too much about Chavez.  "he is pretty much hated and his death was a liberation".   Hated by who and who felt liberated?

"As for the disagreement... Obama has debated Hillary 19 times. If she hasn't made her case by now, it's too late. It's a stretch to think he hasn't given her the time of day."

That's really not a true statement - Hillary and Obama have only had two debates, the other 18 involved more candidates and really weren't one on one.  Let me ask a question.  They've really barely touched base - in my mind.

Yesterday I was reading Obama's website and that's a real eyeopener. 

P.

To:  Free Thinker

Universal Health care is going to be an expensive undertaking and I fail to understand the thinking of this administration.  The cost of Medicare has skyrocketed due to the addition of the Medicare Part D pharmaceutical benefit, yet within the bill adding the prescription coverage, negotiations for lower pharmaceutical costs are prohibited.  If the Medicare drugs were negotiated in the same manner that VA negotiates drug costs for VA patients, billions could be saved - instead we're increaing the bottom line of these companies.

Whoever the nominee is, and whoever both candidates are, the winner is going to have unbelievable problems to face on day one in office, as well as on their last day.  The mess that has been created by this administration cannot be undone in four years (or maybe even four decades).

The one thing the new POTUS is going to need is support from everyone in this counrty in order to accomplish anything - both party support and non-party support.

P.