Enough Already !!! - I'm Throwing My Support To Obama !!!

[WillyT]

And you can thank a certain number of HillBots here for that. I won't mention any names, because you already know who they are.

If on Feb. 5th, polling has Obama\Clinton over 15 points apart, I may still cast my vote for Edwards. But ANYTHING closer that that, I will vote for Barack Obama.

I'm 52, male, and white, and I'M tired of this fucking divide and conquer, old guard, levers of power, BULLSHIT!

I DO NOT want 4 or 8 more years of this crap. Bush OR Clinton crap!

I want to vote for somebody like JFK too (Thank You Caroline), and Billary...

I remember JFK, he was a hero of mine, and you ain't no JFK!

Gobama!!!

:patriot:

God I feel better now.

[jefferson_dem]

1. Welcome aboard, WillyT!

You will not regret this decision. Obama will make us all proud!

[EVDebs]

66. I'm in CA and on Feb 5 I'm voting for Edwards.

If Obama can show me he's the anti-corporate candidate, rather than meeting with Bloomberg awhile back (Nov 29, 30) for strategy sessions and consultations with a BILLIONAIRE who's a GOP shill should he enter the race, then I'll vote for him. Too bad right now both he and HRC can't make that claim.

[BringBigDogBack]

2. K&R

Welcome aboard! :7

And yes, I know exactly who you are talking about

[DesertFlower]

3. i'm a 66 year old

white female and i voted for obama.

i remember JFK too. back then you had to be 21 to vote and i was only 19 in 1960.

of course, i would have voted for bobby had he not been assassinated.

thank you caroline and uncle teddy.

[SoFlaJet]

I'm right there with you Willy

I'm a 52 year old white guy (former Edwards supporter) who is switching my vote over to Obama-if Edwards had any chance I'd stick with him-he doesn't so I'm doing the next best thing to keep HRC out

[usregimechange]

5. That was my thinking too.

[usregimechange]

4. Yes! Welcome on board!

[TheDeathadder]

6. HillBots? Clinton is as bad as Bush?

How's name calling going to get us out of the mess this country is in? Is that what the Repubs want us to do? I thought the Obama camp was about unity? Not to mention Clinton and Obama are far more closer than Clinton and Bush. Democrats calling other democrats "Bush" is a wound that's hard to heal. Let's keep it together here and remember what's most important. Having a Democrat in the Oval Office.

[CountAllVotes]

7. WillyT ...

That is exactly why I voted by Obama! I can't take any more * Clinton - Clinton - * * - Clinton ?

:puke:

Go OBAMA!!!

:dem:

[2rth2pwr]

8. Enough Already - I'm Throwing Up.

[silverweb]

9. Welcome, WillyT!

Welcome to Team Obama!


GObama!



_01/26/08--YES, WE CAN!_

[Nitrogenica]

10. GOBAMA!!

[karlrschneider]

11. Pure genius: switching because you don't like someone's supporters.

:eyes:

[WillyT]

12. Obama Was Always My Second Choice...

and Hillary is the ultimate nose-holder.

:shrug:

[karlrschneider]

Giving Obama the nomination is the most certain way in the world to insure a GOP victory.

I know a lot of pie-in-the-sky DUers don't want to hear that and it will give me no pleasure to say "I told you so" if what I'm afraid of happening does.

[niceypoo]

60. Obama being nominated insures GOP victory?

There is nothing the GOP can do to win. I do believe that Obama would win, but, he would get eaten alive by the GOP in the process given that he cant handle even slight criticism without playing victim.

[karlrschneider]

61. You seem to be arguing with yourself there...I won't intervene.

:P

[SoFlaJet]

19. That's what so many Hillary supporters and surrogates seem to underestimate

how THEY have turned so many of us away from a president we absolutely idolized and the candidate so many of us were proud of and defended for so many years AGAINST the RWers. Now they act and sound just like the people they said were conspiring against them. Bill Clinton actually congratulated Karl Rove and told him what a great job he did against John Kerry in 2004. For me the turning point was John Kerry messing up a joke and HRC coming out an hour later with fellow republican John McCain to stick the knife in his back-she lost this democrat at exactly that moment

[Diane R]

58. My turning point was exactly when yours was...when she stuck that knife in Kerry's back.

[goclark]

63. Thank you for bringing this to my attention

I am saddened by the tactics used by "the Black President no more" Clinton.

I have always supported them but they have gone under the radar on so many things that I can't find it in my heart to trust either one of them.

Thank you Toni Morrison for taking away his title!

[CalebHayes]

13. Welcome!

to the biggest tent ever.

[jackson_dem]

14. Then vote for Edwards if you want to reject divide and conquer and the old guard

Establishment? Why do you think every newspaper endorsement is going to Obama?

[usregimechange]

18. Most are endorsing him because he is not the establishment candidate

And they say so, i.e. SF Chronicle.

[jackson_dem]

27. Doesn't he became the establishment candidate when all the establishment press endorses him?

He may not be the political establishment's choice but he is the media establishment's choice. We all know who owns the media too...

[usregimechange]

42. It is not like Fox News and CNN are supporting him....

[jackson_dem]

53. Does Fox count as a member of the msm?

I think this point is debatable and needs to be put out there. I think all these newspaper endorsements should cause a double take. Is the Chicago Tribune really interested in change? Cali mentioned a liberal establishment. The Las Vegas Sun and Tribune are hardly part of it!

[cali]

49. hey don't forget those establishment pols like Kennedy and Leahy

you do know that there's a liberal establishment, right? Some of us would like to see it restored.

[jackson_dem]

52. rethug lite!

Kennedy voted for the Patriot Act, wrote No Child, voted for normal China trade. Leahy did all of the above plus voted for the 2001 bankruptcy bill.

[sandnsea]

15. Sounds very reasonable

I was hoping this would be the route the Edwards supporters would take. No reason you can't continue supporting him, but give your vote to Obama if he really needs it in your particular state.

Welcome Welcome!

[EFerrari]

16. I will not abandon Edwards as long as he choses to stay in the race.

And, the Clintons have outdone themselves in pushing me to support Senator Obama.

[Barack_America]

Glad to have your support.

We will get this done!

[City Lights]

17. Glad to have you, WillyT!

:yourock: :patriot:

[BeyondGeography]

20. California is king, Willy

We need ya! :thumbsup:

[Mme. Defarge]

21. Mes sentiments

exactement!

[Mme. Defarge]

29. One more thing for the record...

60 year-old white female who has given money to Kucinich & Edwards.

[HughMoran]

22. Yawn

This is a big surprise :boring:

[Hope And Change]

23. Thank you so much WillyT.You made a wise choice!

:toast:

[FrenchieCat]

24. Great decision!

And the more you get to know about Obama, the stronger your support will grow. He' got what we need, and he will represent us well.

We need all of the voters that we can get in stepping into the 21st Century.....after being held up by the Bush coup for 8 years!

[Mz Pip]

25. Hi WillyT

:hi:

Biden was my first choice but I sort of knew he wouldn't get anywhere. I liked Richardson and Dodd, too. I liked all of our candidates but the past couple of weeks reminded me of all the things about the Clinton administration that I didn't like much and had sort of forgotten about.

It's true we (Mr Pip & I) were very successful during the Clinton years, but we were also very successful during the Reagan years an I sure don't want to go back to Reagan. It's not just about me and how I personally may have benefitted from a particular administration, it's about the toxicity that seem to follow the Clintons. Makes me tired and it's demoralizing.

I watched the dabate last week before making a final decision and I saw something in Hillary I did not like - and arrogant snarkiness. If she's our nominee, I'll vote for her but for the primaries I filled out my absentee ballot the day after the debate and marked Obama. It's done. He may not line up with all my views and opinions but I doubt anyone would.

In the words of my 30 year old NYC son who orginally supported Clinton, "I'm sick of Clinton."

It's time to turn the page.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[WillyT]

34. Hey Pip !!! - I Agree !!!

:hi:

[elizm]

26. We WELCOME your support! Thanks for coming over! nt

[AtomicKitten]

28. Welcome! Caroline Kennedy got it exactly right!

[Tatiana]

30. I still don't get this "I'm not voting for X because of X's supporters."

You vote for a candidate because they most closely represent your values, ideas, hopes, and aspirations.

However, I'm glad if you have found a candidate you can work for and be proud of :)

*Edited for clarity.*

[karlrschneider]

38. He is doing precisely what you're criticizing.

:wtf: :eyes:

[WillyT]

39. Oh C'Mon Karl... Bill And Hillary Had A Lot To Do With It Too !!!

:evilgrin:

[Tatiana]

41. I know.

The OP also seems to have other reasons, as he/she indicates below. So that's why I'm happy for him/her; they don't seem to be holding their nose. I've held my nose in many an election and it sucks.

[ErnestoG]

54. Neither do I. It's stupid.

[journalist3072]

31. Well....it's been the Obama supporters on here...who have helped turn me off from him so much

If he has supporters like those here on DU...I'm definitely not on his team.

[shadowknows69]

32. Ted endorsing him definitely leans me toward Obama too

[goodgd_yall]

48. What? Robert Kennedy, Jr. is chopped liver?

Remember, he endorsed Hillary.

[shadowknows69]

50. What can I say

I know Ted better. I think RFK Jr. was misguided.

[MH1]

33. Welcome, WillyT!

:applause:

:yourock:

YES WE CAN!!!!

[Snarkturian Clone]

35. good

:toast:

[Meshuga]

36. You are me a couple of weeks ago :-)

Welcome to the club!

[madame defarge]

37. Welcome to the club!

BTW, I think Obama is more like RFK than JFK.

[rufus dog]

40. welcome aboard

Are you in CA? if so what part? I am an OC Obama supporter. Have a few repub friends and neighbors switched. Have some other hard core righties saying he is a Muslim regardless of the facts presented. One said she will sit out the primary. I will take the 5th off and make sure she stays home! Not that I am for suppression, but if someone still thinks GW is doing a great job and Obama is a Muslim then she should consider sitting this round out.

[saracat]

43. Please vote for Edwards.Obama doesn't need your vote.

The Kennedy's are always doing this. They "interfere" in backing a winner.Ted's record is identical to Johns, and Obama is no more like JFK than soap dish.Sorry but it is true.Obama hasn't accomplished much.JFK had done a lot more in his life than Obama who has coasted to a one term in the Senate and never fought a competitive campaign. JFK was a war hero, Pulitzer prize winner and congressman as well as a Senator. Obama is a state Senator, community field organizer in a GOTV effort and hasn't completed a single term as Senator.And he only ran against Alan Keyes in a blue state.We are being set up.Why, I don't know but the answer won't be pretty.

[Diane R]

59. Obama needs every vote he can get...he's running against the "Clinton Machine".

[saracat]

62. And Edwards is running both against the Obamanation and the Clinton machine.He needs it more!

[goclark]

65. Please don't trash Obama to win votes for Edwards

That hurts me because I am truly an Edwards fan. I would vote for him in a heartbeat if Obama doesn't make it.

I believe that Edwards is not a divider he is passionate about uniting this country. That is one of his greatest strengths.

Please follow your leader and be kind to Obama.

PS/ I have noticed the positive messages on DU from Edwards supporters. That is a winning strategy that you should keep up.


Go OBAMA! :bounce:

Go Edwards!:bounce:

[VotesForWomen]

44. do you think the racial charges/denials/bickering will end if obama is elected and the clintons

recede from the picture? i doubt it, cuz we all know that the clintons are not responsible for the current hostility.

[populistdriven]

45. K&R! nt

[Adelante]

46. Yowza!!

:patriot:

[usregimechange]

47. Hoping for more of the folks who switch over to do so publically.

[MzShellG]

51. Way to go, WillyT

GOBAMA!!!!

[WillyT]

55. Thanks Everybody !!! - On To Super Tuesday !!!

:kick::hi::kick:

[trayfoot]

56. Enough Already !!! - I'm Throwing My Support To Obama !!!

sorry, but NOT ME!

[WillyT]

57. And YOU Have A Very Good-Night Too !!

Can't tell you how much I apperciate the support.

:hi:

[flpoljunkie]

64. Thanks, WillieT! I want to vote for somebody like JFK, too!

[shayes51]

67. I'm sorry you feel that way.

[1776Forever]

68. This old gal is right behind you! GObama! I feel great about it too! It's the issues!!!!!

I could not vote for Hillary after she is aligning herself to her husband so much and the 1996 Communications Act and her alliance with Murdock and NAFTA! Come on -

Yes We Can!!!!:grouphug: :woohoo: :grouphug:

[goodhue]

69. me too

and it does feel good

[mtnsnake]

70. Now that's a good reason to pick 1 candidate over another....because you don't like one's supporters

Too funny around here in lala land.

[ClayZ]

71. YES WE CAN! Woooo Hooooo!

K and R



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