tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post8204270972646884123..comments2024-03-28T13:02:41.274-05:00Comments on Orange Crate Art: Creative timekeepingMichael Leddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-49101236830610791452008-05-29T01:12:00.000-05:002008-05-29T01:12:00.000-05:00I do understand, and of course it's difficult to j...I do understand, and of course it's difficult to judge the temper of the campaigns just from media and internet coverage, influential as they are. I miss 'in the flesh' conversations.<BR/><BR/>That said, I have serious doubts that Obama is not also very clear about his 'means to end' and knows exactly how to use his appeal. The first thing I always ask myself is, <I>why</I> do I like this person? what precisely am I responding to?Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13770069472552779217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-9345654010160421212008-05-27T13:55:00.000-05:002008-05-27T13:55:00.000-05:00Lee, I'm sure you'll understand if I disagree. I t...Lee, I'm sure you'll understand if I disagree. I think my comment on "June" is pretty restrained. Keith Olbermann on the RFK remark: that's a rant!<BR/><BR/>I do though think that the Clinton campaign is shameless: that the pursuit of the nomination makes all other matters insignificant. The campaign seems to have a clear position on the relation of means to end.Michael Leddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-34918118391691392082008-05-27T10:29:00.000-05:002008-05-27T10:29:00.000-05:00Michael, I'm still undecided about Obama, but I wi...Michael, I'm still undecided about Obama, but I will also admit that your outrage is beginning to have the exact opposite of its desired effect. It's beginning, in fact, to take on the tone of a rant. And I don't think the 'June mistakes' are only on one side: Obama and the number of US states, Obama and his apparent ignorance of Memorial Day honors.Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13770069472552779217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-24734737846035067002008-05-26T07:26:00.000-05:002008-05-26T07:26:00.000-05:00But this "June" situation has nothing to do with a...But this "June" situation has nothing to do with an Obama mistake. And <I>shameless</I> is a word I applied only to the Clinton campaign.<BR/><BR/>I've heard Obama speak and met him briefly (he's the only Senate candidate I can recall who's visited my vote-poor section of "downstate Illinois"). He seems to me to be the best hope the Democratic Party and the country have had in many years. And I hope to vote for Kathleen Sebelius for president in another eight years. : )Michael Leddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-51537898995850755602008-05-26T00:01:00.000-05:002008-05-26T00:01:00.000-05:00I have to say, I've been reading your outrage at C...I have to say, I've been reading your outrage at Clinton here and there and it continues to puzzle me. Politics is a rough business--I grew up in it. Regardless of how much I may support Obama, I'm frankly troubled by his rookie mistakes. If that makes me eeeeevilllll or shameless, so be it. There are times when I look at him and I detect the advice he is getting, and I think...gah, Jimmy Carter, 1976, with a bit more charisma. And that's not the Clinton campaign's fault, no matter how rough they are getting.Chaserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02124246378936489539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-44708510292440625222008-05-24T08:36:00.000-05:002008-05-24T08:36:00.000-05:00These states may have violated party rules, but th...These states may have violated party rules, but the opinion of their Democrats does count, in my view.<BR/><BR/>And I'm not impressed by bandwagons, even Obama's.Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13770069472552779217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-70325056144239631952008-05-24T00:43:00.000-05:002008-05-24T00:43:00.000-05:00What's going on with her? Why can't she just show ...What's going on with her? Why can't she just show a little class and bow out gracefully? Her strategy, apparently, is to hammer away at the "injustice" of the party not recognizing the Florida and Michigan primaries (though these states violated party rules), get her delegates seated and then strong-arm the remaining uncommitted superdelegates into supporting her.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com