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1. #1
   On June 14th, 2008 at 8:03 am, Jaded said:

   Lt. Col West is quite an impressive candidate and oh do I love his concern with our border…..he is the man Obama wishes he could be!

2. #2
   On June 14th, 2008 at 8:04 am, va-conservative said:

   I must say, I never thought I’d see my home county (Buchanan) ever mentioned in some sort of national article like this. But I think it’s pretty much spot on. Bravo!

3. #3
   On June 14th, 2008 at 8:13 am, wrcnossen said:

   It is typical for the left to poo-poo the objections of the unwashed, unenlightened masses, with the flip analysis of racism as the reason they don’t like Obama.
   Barone is spot-on with his analysis. While there will always be those idiots who vote by skin tone, most look at character, experience, temperment and motivation.

4. #4
   On June 14th, 2008 at 8:56 am, Boomer said:

   Nice analysis by Michael Barone about the real world way Jacksonian Democrats look at this country or as I have heard it explained they are mostly live and let live, but screw with me, my family, or my country and I will kill you. They have much in common with the family values my wife and I grew up with love of God and country and willing to serve this country as members of the military especially in time of war. The gulf between Obama and Jacksonian voters is almost as wide as that of conservatives and McCain.

   Lt Col West sounds like a common sense candidate to send to the District of Criminals we need a lot more men and women with military experience in congress. At least most veterans have some pretty could experience of identifying a problem and developing and implementing a course of action to correct it. No more lawyers making laws please I and many Americans have had it with these professional ambulance chasers only making laws to either screw up this country or fill their own pockets or those of their benefactors and special interest groups.

5. #5
   On June 14th, 2008 at 8:57 am, DaveC said:

   From this, Barone broke the electorate down into two large divisions–academics and state employees who live in these places, whom he calls Academicians, and Jacksonians, who live elsewhere, especially in the regions close to the Appalachian mountains.

   I guess Eloi and Morlocks where taken..

6. #6
   On June 14th, 2008 at 9:00 am, single stack said:

   Research who Obama was working for when he was a “community activist”. It will have you seeing “red”.

7. #7
   On June 14th, 2008 at 9:03 am, DogBreath said:

   A real conservative politician?!? Quick someone capture him and start a breeding program. I’m sure the leftists will support putting him on the endangered species list and offer enormous federal grants immediately.

8. #8
   On June 14th, 2008 at 9:14 am, WarEagle82 said:

   Wait. His name is “Obama” and not “O’Bama?” And he is NOT Irish Catholic? Geeze, I thought that was what the fuss was all about, with all those arguments about religion and odd-ball priests.

   That’s a relief. I had hoped we got past that “Catholic stuff” with that last nice Irish boy who got elected back in 1960.

   Now what is all this about Mr. O’Bama, er, Obama wanting to “bill airs,” and “burn Aden down?” That doesn’t seem too practical and besides I think they change the name from “Aden” to “North Yemen” some time ago. You people need to be more clear.

9. #9
   On June 14th, 2008 at 9:17 am, graysonret said:

   With Obama, you can analyze and rationalize, and come up with all sorts of explanations. But, in the end, it is still a matter of race. That’s the only reason most of his people support him. If he was anything else, he wouldn’t have even “gotten up to bat”.

10. #10
    On June 14th, 2008 at 9:22 am, beenthere said:

    I work in close proximity with a pair of rabid Obamites (one is American one is Turkish) and I can assure you they are both obsessed with finding racism in any criticism of their candidate. They’re not entirely sure where I stand (I have no intention whatever of getting into a political Donnybrook at work), but they know about everybody else. At least they mute the “Effin’ racists” comments when I am around.

    Annoying as it is, their antics are highly indicative of the level of intensity that Obama has conjured up in this country and the real danger he represents. Republicans have been sniping at Obama over any number of gaffes and dealings with unsavory people, but I can assure you such has absolutely no affect whatever on Obama’s followers. Their quasi-religious devotion is far in excess of anything McGovern’s supporters possessed and anyone who thinks this election will be a repeat of ’72 is in for a severe disappointment. It’s been two generations and McGovern would now be viewed as a moderate centrist.

    Unless the Republicans can convey a strong and credible Reaganesque vision — not terribly likely given their candidate and their ideological confusion — the Obamites will win and will crucify this country on a cross of race (slight apologies to W. J. Bryan).

11. #11
    On June 14th, 2008 at 9:24 am, Kevin K. said:

    What’s arugula (other than something lettuce-like)? I wouldn’t know what it was until a labeled box of it fell on me. However my objections to Obama are purely based on his policies, not his race.

    LTC West seems to be quite the candidate. Now if only I lived in Broward county….

12. #12
    On June 14th, 2008 at 9:27 am, ajmontana said:

    uh, um, er, ah,

13. #13
    On June 14th, 2008 at 9:34 am, Laree said:

    I read Jim Webbs book “Born Fighting How the Scots Irish Shaped America” this very topic Appalachia and Jacksonian political idealogy it looks like someone at the Weekly Standard reads Jim Webb’s non fiction also. This is regurgitation. I read reviews of Webbs book above on Amazon, and one of the reviewers, accuses him of trying to rehabilate rednecks and hillbillys The reviewer doesn’t appear to have ever read “Albion’s Seed, Four British Folkways in America” by David Hackett Fischer. Obama does have a big problem with a large segment of the Democrat’s demographics. This segment of the party doesn’t trust the elite ruling class WASP. I believe this is why Jim Webb is being considered as a possible VP pick? I have read the NYT and one article claimed that “Webb was too masculine to be Vice President” this is how big the chasm between the Progressives and the so called Reagan Democrats exsist. Senator Webb like Senator Obama is a freshman U.S. Senator and has not filled out an entire term in the Senate.

    Jim Webb points out in his book that there about 17 different white ethnicities in America, the above Scots Irish being one of them- Follow Jacksonian’ style leadership, they are invisable they are lumped in with the WASPS and they are polar opposites.

14. #14
    On June 14th, 2008 at 9:58 am, Tennessee Dave said:

    On June 14th, 2008 at 9:17 am, graysonret said:
    With Obama, you can analyze and rationalize, and come up with all sorts of explanations. But, in the end, it is still a matter of race. That’s the only reason most of his people support him. If he was anything else, he wouldn’t have even “gotten up to bat”.

    What you are saying may be true, but what the article is trying to say is that the reason some regions of the county don’t support him isn’t a matter of race, but simply differing political views. Obama just doesn’t mesh with their beliefs. There are rural and small town Americans who are Democrats, but on the whole they aren’t normally ultra-liberal types. They retain the rural and small town values.
    Just a few thoughts from a country boy.

15. #15
    On June 14th, 2008 at 10:01 am, cicerokid said:

    Colonel Sanders has a pretty good following in Kentucky. Most Kentucky colonels sit on the front porch in white suits and sip mint juleps….

16. #16
    On June 14th, 2008 at 10:07 am, PTN 39 said:

    I wish we had a presidential candidate who spoke in such logical terms as LTC West about our unsecured border but it isn’t to be.

17. #17
    On June 14th, 2008 at 10:32 am, spo-con said:

    The gender or color of the candidates is not the issue with me. This fella is a solid Lefty, that puts him in the “negative” column around my house every time ! The race baiters need to stay out of this one. Oblama is a puppet fool who would throw THEM under the bus if it meant gaining power for himself. Oh, and his wife of course, since she seems to wear the penis in that house.

18. #18
    On June 14th, 2008 at 10:44 am, josetheguerilla said:

    LTC West’s feelings about arugula remain unknown, although I think we would be willing to overlook a few youthful indiscretions of that nature.

    lol

    ot-

    Hey aj— Newsflash!!!!! Discovery is landing.

    /s/

    jose

19. #19
    On June 14th, 2008 at 11:18 am, Christian Soldier said:

    This Californian supports honorable citizens -NATIONWIDE- who put their “toe to the line” in order to RUN FOR OFFICE!

    $$$$$$$ help them a lot.

    Their VOTES in National Office –AFFECT US ALL>>>>>>>>>>>>

20. #20
    On June 14th, 2008 at 11:19 am, JWS said:

    I bet the 90-95% of blacks who mindlessly vote democrat over and over and over (to their own misfortune. Idiots), and are voting for B Hussein Obama just because he’s black and it’s about time!!!, would be shocked-SHOCKED-that us “typical white people” would happily vote for the colonel…

    We won’t vote for Barry because he is a racist and a radical, and he and his lovely wife hate this great country. NOT because he’s half black…

21. #21
    On June 14th, 2008 at 11:20 am, Lazydog said:

    I could care less about the color of a candidate. I born and raised in Appalachia (southern Ohio) and I am retired from the US Army. I’ve only contributed to one political campaign in my life, Ken Blackwell’s run for Ohio governor.
    It’s the issues and character that matter, not the color.
    Good luck LTC West.

22. #22
    On June 14th, 2008 at 11:29 am, ajmontana said:

    >>>>Touchdown!<<<<
    saw it jose, thanks…..

23. #23
    On June 14th, 2008 at 11:30 am, Christian Soldier said:

    Any bets that Col. WEST knows his AMERICA HISTORY?

    Any bets that he knows that the SUPREME COURT was origionally intended to be the LEAST powerful branch of the Federal government?

    His vote will make a difference….CALIFORNIANS

    WE HAVE FEW OPTIONS HERE-

    HOW about Col. WEST?!!!!

    Thank you – see-duby- for informing us about West.

24. #24
    On June 14th, 2008 at 11:31 am, jsr said:

    On June 14th, 2008 at 9:00 am, single stack said:
    Research who Obama was working for when he was a “community activist”. It will have you seeing “red”.

    From what I understand, he worked as a consultant to ACORN, which to me is just as bad as the church us used to attend. Unfortunately, relatively few Americans have even heard about ACORN, and even less know much about them. As bad as this is, what is most disturbing is that somehow being a communtity activist is considered a qualification to be president.

25. #25
    On June 14th, 2008 at 12:02 pm, Christian Soldier said:

    see-dubya- thank you for this one too:

    http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID={E5C74822-384B-4583-9D48-527075D1FA73}

    cross off Bob Barr-I was willing to shut one eye in Nov. and vote for him——after reading the above—-NO BOB BARR.

26. #26
    On June 14th, 2008 at 12:36 pm, Romeo13 said:

    that right… its not race…

    Its Culture…

    And I’ll admit, I’m a culturalist.

27. #27
    On June 14th, 2008 at 12:57 pm, Christian Soldier said:

    HAPPY FLAG DAY______!!!!!!

28. #28
    On June 14th, 2008 at 1:18 pm, bit_boy said:

    Our American sovereignty advocate!

29. #29
    On June 14th, 2008 at 1:38 pm, right_on said:

    …he is Colonel Obama

    I wonder how long it will take some on the left to express their outrage at this ‘blatant racist comment?’ After all, Colonel Sanders was made to look like a Southern slave owner, and that company sells fried chicken….don’t you see the stereo-typing here?

    The USA is the plantation. The ‘massah’ will provide everything (public assistance, healthcare, housing) for his slaves. All they have to do is work hard, and give him all the rewards (profits) from their hard work.

    It could have read ‘General Obama’ and avoided even a scintilla of controversy. (General’s are associated with war fighting, while Colonel’s are associated with Southern Plantation Owners…tradionally speaking!)

    It amazes me how politicians always want to make themselves over to be more appealing to ignorant, or ill-informed voters. (What’s wrong with just being yourselves?)

    It’s kind of like putting a beautiful, sexy model in a commercial for a product whose claims are dubious.

30. #30
    On June 14th, 2008 at 1:38 pm, bit_boy said:

    RE: jsr #24:
    

    King and Pierce County prosecutors filed felony charges… against seven people who allegedly committed the biggest voter-registration fraud in state history [Washington].

    The defendants, who were paid employees and supervisors of ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform, concocted the scheme as an easy way to get paid, not as an attempt to influence the outcome of elections, King County Prosecuting Attorney… said

    ACORN was just doing the lords work for the Democratic Party. This and the courts have turned any election in Washington State into a Democrat win. Your vote will count or not.

31. #31
    On June 14th, 2008 at 1:59 pm, DLWright said:

    Just for the record: I’m an Appalachian Jacksonian, and I happen to like arugula. There’s nothing wrong with arugula! But I grow it myself, right alongside the collards and yellow onions.

    There’s no Whole Foods anywhere near where I live, and if there were I doubt I’d patronize it. I went inside one once, and the aura of entitlement and self-satisfaction was quite nauseating…

32. #32
    On June 14th, 2008 at 2:02 pm, mistressjustice said:

    This is very interesting:

    June 14, 2008
    Black conservatives weigh voting for Obama
    Posted: 11:15 AM ET

    Conservative commentator Armstrong Williams.
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Black conservative talk show host Armstrong Williams has never voted for a Democrat for president. That could change this year with Barack Obama as the Democratic Party’s nominee.

    “I don’t necessarily like his policies; I don’t like much that he advocates, but for the first time in my life, history thrusts me to really seriously think about it,” Williams said. “I can honestly say I have no idea who I’m going to pull that lever for in November. And to me, that’s incredible.”

    Just as Obama has touched black Democratic voters, he has engendered conflicting emotions among black Republicans. They revel over the possibility of a black president but wrestle with the thought that Obama doesn’t sit beside them ideologically.

    “Among black conservatives,” Williams said, “they tell me privately, it would be very hard to vote against him in November.”

    Perhaps sensing the possibility of such a shift, Republican presidential candidate John McCain has made some efforts to lure black voters. He recently told Essence magazine that he would attend the NAACP’s annual convention next month, and he noted that he recently traveled to Selma, Ala., scene of seminal voting rights protests in the 1960s, and “talked about the need to include
    ‘forgotten Americans.”‘

    Still, McCain has a tall order in winning black votes, no doubt made taller by running against a black opponent. In 2004, blacks chose Democrat John Kerry over President Bush by an 88 percent to
    11 percent margin, according to exit polls.

    J.C. Watts, a former Oklahoma congressman who once was part of the GOP House leadership, said he’s thinking of voting for Obama.

    Watts said he’s still a Republican, but he criticizes his party for neglecting the black community. Black Republicans, he said, have to concede that while they might not agree with Democrats on issues, at least that party reaches out to them.

    “And Obama highlights that even more,” Watts said, adding that he expects Obama to take on issues such as poverty and urban policy. “Republicans often seem indifferent to those things.”

    Writer and actor Joseph C. Phillips got so excited about Obama earlier this year that he started calling himself an “Obamacan” — Obama Republican. Phillips, who appeared on “The Cosby Show” as
    Denise Huxtable’s husband, Navy Lt. Martin Kendall, said he has wavered since, but he is still thinking about voting for Obama.

    “I am wondering if this is the time where we get over the hump, where an Obama victory will finally, at long last, move us beyond some of the old conversations about race,” Phillips said. “That
    possibly, just possibly, this great country can finally be forgiven for its original sin, or find some absolution.”

    Yet Phillips, author of the book “He Talk Like a White Boy,” realizes the irony of voting for a candidate based on race to get beyond race.

    “We have to not judge him based on his race, but on his desirability as a political candidate,” he said. “And based on that, I have a lot of disagreements with him on a lot of issues. I
    go back and forth.”

    Michael Steele, the Republican former lieutenant governor of Maryland who lost a Senate race there in 2006, said he is proud of Obama as a black man, but that “come November, I will do
    everything in my power to defeat him.” Electing Obama, he said, would not automatically solve the woes of the black community.

    “I think people who try to put this sort of messianic mantle on Barack’s nomination are a little bit misguided,” he said.

    John McWhorter, a self-described political moderate who is a senior fellow at the conservative Manhattan Institute and a New York Sun columnist, said Obama’s Democratic Party victory “proves
    that while there still is some racism in the United States, there is not enough to matter in any serious manner. This is a watershed moment.”

    “Obama is probably more to the left than I would prefer on a lot of issues,” he adds. “But this issue of getting past race for real is such a wedge issue for me. And he is so intelligent, and I
    think he would be a perfectly competent president, that I’m for him. I want him to get in because, in a way, it will put me out of a job.”

    James T. Harris, a Milwaukee radio talk show host and public speaker, said he opposes Obama “with love in my heart.”

    “We are of the same generation. He’s African American and I’m an American of African descent. We both have lovely wives and beautiful children,” Harris said. “Other than that, we’ve got
    nothing in common. I hope he loses every state.”

    Moderate Republican Edward Brooke, who blazed his own trail in Massachusetts in 1966 as the first black popularly elected U.S. senator, said he is “extremely proud and confident and joyful” to
    see Obama ascend. Obama sent Brooke a signed copy of his book, inscribed, “Thank you for paving the way,” and Brooke sent his own signed book to Obama, calling the presumed Democratic nominee
    “a worthy bearer of the torch.”

    Brooke, who now lives in Florida, won’t say which candidate will get his endorsement, but he does say that race won’t be a factor in his decision.

    “This is the most important election in our history,” Brooke said. “And with the world in the condition that it is, I think we’ve got to get the best person we can get.”

    Williams, the commentator, says his 82-year-old mother, who also hasn’t voted for a Democratic presidential candidate, has already made up her mind.

    “She is so proud of Senator Barack Obama, and she has made it clear to all of us that she’s voting for him in November,” Williams relates. “That is historic. Every time I call her, she asks, ‘How’s Obama doing?’ They feel as if they are a part of this.

    Because she said, given the history of this country, she never thought she’d ever live to see this moment.”

    Filed under: AP • Barack Obama

    Don’t think Hillary wouldn’t get female cconservative crossover support. And McCain will get elderly democrats over 65. It’s identity based voting. Love it or hate it…..it’s real.

    White conservative heads exploding in 5, 4, 3, 2……

33. #33
    On June 14th, 2008 at 2:07 pm, see-dubya said:

    White conservative heads exploding in 5, 4, 3, 2……

    Well, the logic gives me a headache…

34. #34
    On June 14th, 2008 at 2:08 pm, ajmontana said:

    White conservative heads exploding in 5, 4, 3, 2……

    not mine.

35. #35
    On June 14th, 2008 at 2:16 pm, see-dubya said:

    By the way, MJ, Armstrong Williams isn’t a big favorite around here.

36. #36
    On June 14th, 2008 at 2:20 pm, backwoods conservative said:

    My head isn’t exploding, but I do marvel that someone can be sensible enough to be conservative and foolish enough to vote for Obama at the same time.

37. #37
    On June 14th, 2008 at 2:21 pm, see-dubya said:

    Where’d you find that, MJ? I might want to blog on that later this afternoon.

38. #38
    On June 14th, 2008 at 3:08 pm, June said:

    Just sent donation to LTC West.

39. #39
    On June 14th, 2008 at 3:21 pm, tbear44 said:

    I marvel at how anyone can be foolish enough to vote for Oblamma.

40. #40
    On June 14th, 2008 at 3:30 pm, jroberts said:

    That’s a pretty good critique, but two things are worth pointing out.

    1) It isn’t just the left that conflates populism with racism. George Wallace, for instance, was very racist, but also very populist. Similarly, the folks in the South (where I’m from) who talk about ‘state’s rights’ and ‘southern heritage’ do mainly actually mean state’s rights and southern heritage, but occasionally this degenerates into defenses of segregation and slavery. It isn’t the case that this false conflation is strictly a liberal thing.

    2) It also isn’t the case that populists are frequently not good populists or on the side of the folks that voted for them. Jackson and the nullification crisis is the best example of this; after winning the first election after universal white manhood suffrage, he turns his back on the farmers who voted for him by enacting a tariff that disproportionaly affected Southern farmers. When South Carolina claimed the right to void the tariff, Jackson forced it on them, enlarging the federal government and heightening the tensions that eventually led to the civil war. He ran as a manly populist, but turned out instead to be a manly elitist, further consolidating power. If conservatives really are in favor of small government, then it would make sense to prefer an academician to a Jacksonian. An honest, ineffectual elitist is better than a dishonest, faux-populist, strong, elitist.

41. #41
    On June 14th, 2008 at 3:37 pm, tuffy said:

    Thanks for the interesting info on West.

42. #42
    On June 14th, 2008 at 4:38 pm, graysonret said:

    Has anyone seen a turtle sitting on a fence post? Well, to me, Obama is a “post turtle”. You know he didn’t get up there by himself, he doesn’t belong up there, he doesn’t know what to do while he is up there, and you just wonder what kind of a dumb ass put him up there.

43. #43
    On June 14th, 2008 at 4:54 pm, cicerokid said:

    Can you turn that into a poster, graysonret? Probably the most succint 4 lines ever posted on obummer. thanks for the stimuli.

44. #44
    On June 14th, 2008 at 5:07 pm, mistressjustice said:

    On June 14th, 2008 at 2:21 pm, see-dubya said:
    Where’d you find that, MJ? I might want to blog on that later this afternoon.

    I was on CNN.com, and I found it on the political “Ticker”. If you scroll down the ticker, you’ll likely find the article. Have a good weekend.

45. #45
    On June 14th, 2008 at 5:14 pm, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    Just what IS arugula? If Obama and friends eat it it must be bad.

    “She is so proud of Senator Barack Obama, and she has made it clear to all of us that she’s voting for him in November,”

    It HAS to be the arugula or those damn fish egg sandwhiches.
    

    Michael Steele, the Republican former lieutenant governor of Maryland who lost a Senate race there in 2006, said he is proud of Obama as a black man, but that “come November, I will do
    everything in my power to defeat him.”

    At least Michael Steele does not eat fish egg sandwhiches and arugula. Fish eggs do make good trout bait.What good is arugula?

46. #46
    On June 14th, 2008 at 6:41 pm, Christian Soldier said:

    Cross off J.C. Watts too…Thanks MJ..

47. #47
    On June 14th, 2008 at 6:41 pm, atheling said:

    Hey, I love arugula. It’s a green that is very good in salad with its peppery flavor.

    I also eat sushi, steak, and drink lattes. I am an avid gun owner, and a member of the NRA. I prefer the ballet to NASCAR, and love American football.

    I’m an orthodox Roman Catholic who is staunchly pro life for the unborn, the handicapped, elderly, and infirm.

    Let’s not stereotype needlessly.

48. #48
    On June 14th, 2008 at 6:45 pm, lonewolf said:

    I was surprosed and disappointed to read J.C.Watts comments about possibly voting for Obama. J.C. is popular in Oklahoma and was a staunch Republican Congressman.

49. #49
    On June 14th, 2008 at 7:07 pm, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    On June 14th, 2008 at 6:41 pm, atheling said:

    Let’s not stereotype needlessly.

    Come on atheling, we all need our hobbies. I’ll have a latte once in awhile myself, hazelnut, but I get it delivered in a plain brown wrapper.

50. #50
    On June 14th, 2008 at 7:29 pm, Laree said:

    They are not WASP and Obama does have a problem with them. They do follow Jacksonian tradition. Anyone who has picked up Albion’s Seed, is aware of this HUGE (American Demographic) I suspect the writer of the above article has read either Albion’s Seed or Jim Webb’s books on the Scots Irish or Ulster Scots in America.

    http://xroads.virginia.edu/~UG97/albion/albion3.html

51. #51
    On June 14th, 2008 at 7:32 pm, atheling said:

    On June 14th, 2008 at 7:07 pm, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    Come on atheling, we all need our hobbies. I’ll have a latte once in awhile myself, hazelnut, but I get it delivered in a plain brown wrapper.

    HA!

52. #52
    On June 14th, 2008 at 7:33 pm, atheling said:

    Yeah, I was also disappointed in JC Watts… I guess he is a CINO.

    Interesting to see that even some black conservatives are racist too…

53. #53
    On June 14th, 2008 at 10:05 pm, sillygatboy said:

    #45 Neanderthal quoted Michael Steele: “I admire Obama as a black man but I will do anything in my power come November to defeat him.”
    I’m from Maryland and that quote is exactly why I have been Emailing and calling McCains office repeatedly urging him to pick Steele as his Veep. Steele is perfect on so many levels.
    The fact that he was submarined in the corrupt state of Maryland only adds to his resume.

54. #54
    On June 14th, 2008 at 10:13 pm, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    On June 14th, 2008 at 10:05 pm, sillygatboy said:
    #45 Neanderthal quoted Michael Steele: “I admire Obama as a black man but I will do anything in my power come November to defeat him.”
    I’m from Maryland and that quote is exactly why I have been Emailing and calling McCains office repeatedly urging him to pick Steele as his Veep. Steele is perfect on so many levels.
    The fact that he was submarined in the corrupt state of Maryland only adds to his resume.

    Mr. Steele is one of the sharper minds and better speakers on the Conservative scene. I could vote for a ticket with him on it. McCain IS getting old. Too bad the MSM generally ignores him.

55. #55
    On June 14th, 2008 at 10:16 pm, Tennessee Dave said:

    On June 14th, 2008 at 1:38 pm, right_on said:
    (General’s are associated with war fighting, while Colonel’s are associated with Southern Plantation Owners…tradionally speaking!)

    What world are you from? I personally know alot of colonels (real colonels) that would give you the butt chewing you deserve for making such a statement. The military is the most color blind institution in this country. I don’t care if someone is yellow, red, black, or white. What I care about is this – can they do their job?
    Earlier this was said:

    On June 14th, 2008 at 6:41 pm, atheling said:

    Let’s not stereotype needlessly.

    Nuff said.

56. #56
    On June 14th, 2008 at 11:09 pm, cf said:

    I eat arugula too. It’s a cruciferous cancer fighting vegie, one of the best. Nothing wrong with eating it. I am conservative, agree with virtually everything on this blog. I know that Obama acted haughty in his comments about arugula, in addition to his many other shortcomings, but it is still a veggie that virtually everyone can benefit from if it is obtainable for them.

57. #57
    On June 14th, 2008 at 11:37 pm, Ed Mahmoud abu al-Kahoul said:

    A ‘Black conservative’ voting for Obama because he is Black follows the most defined trait of Democrat liberal politics, the politics of identity.

    Hence, ‘Black conservatives for Obama’ is an oxymoron.

58. #58
    On June 15th, 2008 at 2:34 am, Christian Soldier said:

    Thank you for the up-date and Col.West’s speech. I was impressed by his take on VISION.

    AISB- I will support statesmen like him-whether he is in CA or not. His vote affects us all.

    My people PERISH for lack of VISION …God said that… in the Bible.

    The more common lexicon is ;,,,,lack of knowledge…but..one can gain knowledge and still have NO vision.

59. #59
    On June 15th, 2008 at 7:06 am, graysonret said:

    I would certainly vote for a Michael Steele ticket, with…oh…Thomas Sowell as the VP candidate. The fun part would be watching the Sharptons, Jacksons, etc. try to put race into that one.

60. #60
    On June 15th, 2008 at 9:38 am, Laree said:

    Senator James Webb doesn’t just write Fiction. This book is a must for anyone who wants to understand why Obama has a problem with Jacksonians. This is why James Webb is being considered for the VP on the ticket although I think that two first time Senators would be stretching it for the Voters. Take a look at the reviews of this book. Webb mentions Albion Seed repeadtedly in his book. This book was long overdue. Born Fighting how the Scots Irish shaped America.

    http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0767916891/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

61. #61
    On June 15th, 2008 at 9:52 am, Laree said:

    The Progressives think that James Webb is too Masculine to be the Vice President, No really, you can be too masculine according to Progressives. People don’t ever point out just how small the percentage of Progressives are in the Democrat party. I took a look at wikipedia and 33% of Dems identify conservative 22% other I take that as moderate and the rest Liberal inside the Liberal demographics you can find the Progressives, like Howard Dean, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid, they are leading right now one of the lowest rated Congresses in history. The rest of the Democrats need to wrestle the party leadership back. Obama is alternately painted as too Green too Vanilla or too far to the left. The Democrats used to be the Big Tent Party, but the Progressives are pushing all the folks like Hillary Clinton’s supporters, the Reagan Democrats the Working Class Vote ect.. out of the Tent. Those who REFUSE to learn from History are doomed to repeat it. The Progressives cannot get Obama elected without the majority of the Democrat party and some Independents wikipedia 46% of American voters identify as an Independent that includes me. If you read this article about James Webb as possible VP pick, you will see the Progressives are out to lunch. This is why the Democrats have a problem in PA.,Ohio and West Virginia ect.. The Progressives are the elitist ruling class, that the working class doesn’t trust in the first place.

    http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/30/qien-es-mas-macho/index.html?partner=rssuserland&emc=rss

    It is the same reason John McCain has a problem with Conservative Base. John McCain isn’t going to get elected with just the country club republican vote.

62. #62
    On June 15th, 2008 at 10:00 am, Laree said:

    Sorry not enough coffee 42 million folks identify as an Independent.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)

    This wikipedia states 72 million Identify Democrat btw Obama and Clinton during the Dem Primarys they both got combined somewhere around 35 million votes and out of thoses votes a chunk came from Independents. The MSM keeps hyping the Democrat turnout well sure they had to go through every last contest they would be expected to have a big turnout. McCain wrapped up the Republican nomination early in the political season there was no more need to keep going on. The Media makes it sound like the Democrats are so engaged Politically that is the Spin but if you take a closer look I expect the interest is average.

    I honestly believe the only reason the small percentage of Progressives are in power right now is because of fund raising abilities not LEADERSHIP ability, Proof what is the rating of this Congress right now Harry Reid Senate and Nancy Pelosi House?

63. #63
    On June 15th, 2008 at 2:50 pm, mistressjustice said:

    I don’t care for arugla. I just finished a couple glasses of vodka and I’m listening to The Band. I love Levon Helm so much. The hell with stereotypes. It is what it is.

64. #64
    On June 18th, 2008 at 2:47 pm, Angry Kneegrow said:

    I like arugula. And baby spinach too.

    Who is Levon Helm?

65. #65
    On June 30th, 2008 at 2:20 pm, political junkie said:

    Concerning OBL

    I am pretty certain that I heard Bo Gritz say that he met him while he was training Mujaheddin in Northern Afghanistan. Bo could have been bragging, and I could be recalling it wrong, but for what it’s worth…