"Eisboch" wrote in message
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On Sat, 05 Jan 2008 19:10:28 -0500, BAR wrote:


I think you, the liberal side of the asile, are in fear of a candidate
with a strong faith in God.

Just curious, how do you determine who has a "strong faith in God"?


Good point. Seems to me that every candidate currently running on both
sides have pointed out their "strong faith".

So why is Huckelberry any different?

Eisboch



His backers are the problem. They don't just roll the dice and pick any
candidate who claims to have "strong faith". They go with whoever they think
they can make deals with. They're no different than any other special
interest group that needs to purchase a candidate. All the candidates are
owned by one or more special interests. Which candidate you choose depends
on which owners you're most comfortable with.

I'm more comfortable with Obama's corporate sponsors than I am with
Huckabee's religious sponsors.

"Of course, underneath the veneer of fresh-faced optimism that Obama is
pushing — note that the word "idealism" isn't appropriate here, because
Obama isn't selling idealism so much as a kind of reinvigorated, feel-good
pragmatism — there operates a massive, well-oiled political machine no less
ruthless and ambitious than that of his establishment rival, Hillary
Clinton. Obama has raised $80 million, and it would be a grievous mistake to
describe his candidacy as a grass-roots affair, particularly when he counts
among his bundlers many of the lobbyists and political-finance pros who
buttress the Clinton run.

Even a cursory glance at Obama's money men is enough to confirm that fact.
The list includes Wall Street hotshots from Lehman Brothers, Oppenheimer and
Co., and Citigroup, a smattering of Hollywood players and Native American
casino interests, representatives of big pharmaceuticals and the insurance
sector — in short, all the major food groups of reviled corporate
influence-hunters.

Worse still, Obama's financial backing is reflected in some of his Senate
votes and campaign positions, including most notably his support for
expanding NAFTA to Peru, limiting the ability of injured workers and
consumers to sue for damages, and pouring federal funds into E85 corn-based
ethanol, an alternative fuel for which the market is dominated by the
Illinois-based Archer Daniels Midland Company. More than once I heard Obama
give stirring speeches, only to mar them with plugs for ethanol. "