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Joanna C in Illinois (not verified) says:
First, lets note that the article on which all of you are commenting is about the upcoming primaries and who has the advantage and momentum (the conclusion is Obama, if you hadn't noticed), not about religious affiliation. Therefore, I wonder if the person who began this string of comments by bringing up the false muslim claim simply looks for any article mentioning Barack Obama in order to spread false hate mongering.
Folks, please take note: Barack Obama is the only candidate on both sides of the aisle who chose Christianity as an adult and became baptized, over 20 years ago. Since that time, he has been a practicing Christian in the same church. Moreover, if you pay any attention to his message of compassion for the poor and underprivileged, inclusion of all despite race and background (remember the song you sang in Sunday school that goes "Jesus loves the little children, all the children of the world"), his belief in community organizing and giving to others, this is the Christian message!!! Finally, in a country where religion and government are supposed to be separated, this shouldn't matter, but since some are focusing on it, lets set the record straight.
Moving on, as for Florida and Michigan: first, I find it despicable that Hillary Clinton would pledge not to campaign in MI and FL because of their violations of the party's rules, and then try to claim their votes. It is political gamesmanship and desperation, and says something about her character. (Also, please note that she did not claim to care about the alleged disenfranchisement of the people in MI and FL until she lost Iowa and South Carolina.) Second, only Hillary was on the ballot in MI. Period. The others were on the ballot in FL but the voters clearly did not understand what was happening in their state, because thousands showed up in FL yesterday to vote in the democratic primary! (Its on the news today for those who did not know this.) Clearly, this shows a voting disaster that was either botched or orchestrated by FL (sound familiar?). Finally, no one campaigned in FL, not even Hillary. A few enterprising regular folks went out on their own to support their candidate, which is democracy in action. However, in a democratic race where an up and coming senator is running against the wife of a former president with 15 years of name recognition, campaigning by the actual candidates is crucial to giving voters knowledge of the new candidate, and a real choice.
Please, friends, voters, use your intelligence, read the papers, visit the websites of the candidates, obtain some real knowledge, then do your duty and vote with conscience!
First, lets note that the article on which all of you are commenting is about the upcoming primaries and who has the advantage and momentum (the conclusion is Obama, if you hadn't noticed), not about religious affiliation. Therefore, I wonder if the person who began this string of comments by bringing up the false muslim claim simply looks for any article mentioning Barack Obama in order to spread false hate mongering.
Folks, please take note: Barack Obama is the only candidate on both sides of the aisle who chose Christianity as an adult and became baptized, over 20 years ago. Since that time, he has been a practicing Christian in the same church. Moreover, if you pay any attention to his message of compassion for the poor and underprivileged, inclusion of all despite race and background (remember the song you sang in Sunday school that goes "Jesus loves the little children, all the children of the world"), his belief in community organizing and giving to others, this is the Christian message!!! Finally, in a country where religion and government are supposed to be separated, this shouldn't matter, but since some are focusing on it, lets set the record straight.
Moving on, as for Florida and Michigan: first, I find it despicable that Hillary Clinton would pledge not to campaign in MI and FL because of their violations of the party's rules, and then try to claim their votes. It is political gamesmanship and desperation, and says something about her character. (Also, please note that she did not claim to care about the alleged disenfranchisement of the people in MI and FL until she lost Iowa and South Carolina.) Second, only Hillary was on the ballot in MI. Period. The others were on the ballot in FL but the voters clearly did not understand what was happening in their state, because thousands showed up in FL yesterday to vote in the democratic primary! (Its on the news today for those who did not know this.) Clearly, this shows a voting disaster that was either botched or orchestrated by FL (sound familiar?). Finally, no one campaigned in FL, not even Hillary. A few enterprising regular folks went out on their own to support their candidate, which is democracy in action. However, in a democratic race where an up and coming senator is running against the wife of a former president with 15 years of name recognition, campaigning by the actual candidates is crucial to giving voters knowledge of the new candidate, and a real choice.
Please, friends, voters, use your intelligence, read the papers, visit the websites of the candidates, obtain some real knowledge, then do your duty and vote with conscience!