Buckeye State Blog - Don't Tell Obama You Blog - Comments

OBAMA'S outraged because

Jcs Seru — Sun, 04 May 2008 06:40:10 -0700

OBAMA'S outraged because he's been CAUGHT lying just like the rest of Washington! See:

http://www.naturalnews.com/z023131.html

OBAMA LIES!

Jcs Seru — Sun, 04 May 2008 05:03:55 -0700

http://www.naturalnews.com/z023131.html READ THE REAL TRUTHS!!! OBAMA LIES JUST LIKE THE REST OF WASHINGTON!

Hill-Ya!!! A little less Machoism and alot more compassion. .

lynn3489 — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 02:50:47 -0700

Even the Dalai Lama agrees - it's time that a woman take rule to heal and lead the world. Women, the Dalai Lama said, seem generally to have greater capacity for compassion. He credited his mother, not his religious teacher, as the source of his ability to show compassion. Matthews drew applause after saying, "It would help the world if there was a little less machismo."

I guess

Schmennis — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:20:30 -0700

I guess bloggers served their purpose and he has moved on.....

Don't worry he'll be back (if he needs you again)

Everyone has a blog.....

Schmennis — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 11:55:49 -0700

My barber doesn't blog, neither does my Grandmother.

If everyone blogged, the value of bloggers would be diminished, you should be glad everyone DOESN'T. More bombastic statements.

You must know, keeping journalists out of events maintains control of the campaign. You never know who is going to attend and post/print something unfavorable.

Bloggers can be perceived by the general public as unedited, uncredited sometimes unprofessional, amateur journalists that post questionable content , which many times is filled with gossip, rumors, rants and raves and be can terribly inaccurate.

Campaigns never know who is going to turn on them. The democrat party WANTS you to blog, but who really wants to have unfettered access to ANYONE else's thoughts?

Wow, this was a good bump!

Magi1 — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 05:47:26 -0700

Wow, this was a good bump! Jerid's honesty has made me a fan! Although I don't agree with him on a lot of things, I agree that there should be transparancy in politics, and Jerid's blog celebrates that. His discovery of the 'Control the Message' principle really is something to think about ... do they not want us to know the real them? Maybe they are saying one thing to one group and another thing to another to garner votes? But anyway, I respect your honesty Jerid, I admire your spirit.

"Republicans don't need black voters, but they want them. Democrats don't want black voters, but they need them" - Rev. Jesse Jackson

And, one more thing

lynn3489 — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 01:18:56 -0700

Obama isn't black. He is of mixed race, and the correct term is malato. I was quite taken back & personnaly offended from his pastor's comments, somthing to the sort, that mixed race children, espeically black father and white mother, can never make it succseffuly in society. . and about black girls wanting to be blonde with blue eyes. . .who are basically born to rich parents and skate through society and are fed from a silver spoon.

Coming from a french and baltic ancestory, unlike my mother, I wa s born blonde with blue eyes. . .unlike the perception, I came from a poor military family and never had the easy life, wanted, nor skated through life. . .I have worked my ass off for the little I have, frequetly working too jobs, dedicating much of my free time to environmental resarch and disclosure to the envornmental hazards our miltary causces, and I am making 30% less than I was 8 years ago. As well, I have mixed race cousins from the Bahamas - they are beufitul, and I don't think of them any differently than me.

. . .and, I always envied and admired the dark exotic, and went through a phase of dieing my hair mahogany henna. Don't we always want what we don't have? My sisters envied my wavy hair, and I wanted straight. I was born short, and envied the tall. Time to get over the race issue - we all a mix of some sorts in this day and age.

The real question, is who is the best equipped to handle the the most serious, financially draining and envrinmentally devasting issue in the US and world today - the war in Irac. Hands down -- it is Hillary.

And, one more thing

lynn3489 — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 01:18:04 -0700

The real question, is who is the best equipped to handle the the most serious, financially draining and envrinmentally devasting issue in the US today - the war in Irac. Hands down -- it is Hillary.

One more thing. . . disrespect to Americans by the Obama Team

lynn3489 — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:26:24 -0700

To those many Amerian's who have yet to have their voices heard. Not the case, but if I were in a tennis match, ping pong game, chess playoff. . .whatever, and said to my opponent, give it up, I'm going to smear your ass -- I wouldn't feel very good about myself, and I don't think my supporters or my opponents supporters would either, especially if my oppenent caved and said, "OK".

Isn't sportsmanship and respect somthing we learn early on in elementary school? What does this say about a potential candidate running for future president?

Arrogance, selfishness & poor sportsmanship

lynn3489 — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:13:25 -0700

Finally a chance to have my say!!! I was unable to comment on Obama's site unless I contributed, and my comment to their email request for funds was rejected and returned as spam.

At any rate, what arrogance, selfishness & poor sportsmanship for asking Clinton to end her run! It's not just about the candidates and Obama evidentially feels threatend. .. and there are many, many American's behind either candidate who want to have their voices heard. As Clinton said, "let the voters decide". Casting a vote is making a statement. . .even if it appears as if you are winning or losing. . .it's not over till it's over.. . and it's as if Obama and his team are saying. . .your voice doesn't count to endless Americans. Hillary is going to be our next prez - she is fair and cares about your opinions.

LCM

Iowa is not Ohio

generica — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 18:47:49 -0700

Truepatriot, Ohio has a lot more topographic relief than Iowa. There are some other differences, too, you might want to acquaint yourself with. As to your comment, the link is at http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/03/us/politics/03exelon.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1

Let's look at some of what you left out:

The episode that prompted Mr. Obama’s legislation began on Dec. 1, 2005, when Exelon issued a news release saying it had discovered tritium....

On March 1, Mr. Obama introduced a bill known as the Nuclear Release Notice Act of 2006. It stated flatly that nuclear plants “shall immediately” notify federal, state and local officials of any accidental release of radioactive material that exceeded “allowable limits for normal operation.” The Nuclear Energy Institute jumped out in front by announcing its voluntary initiative for plant operators to report even small leaks. ...

Senate correspondence shows that the environment committee chairman at the time, Senator James M. Inhofe, Republican of Oklahoma who is a strong supporter of industry in battles over energy and environmental legislation, agreed with many of those points and held up the bill. Mr. Obama pushed back, at one point temporarily blocking approval of President Bush’s nominee to the nuclear commission, Dale E. Klein, who met with Mr. Obama to discuss the leaks....

The revised bill was never taken up in the full Senate, where partisan parliamentary maneuvering resulted in a number of bills being shelved before the 2006 session ended.

Yeah, I cherry picked, too. I trust people can go read the whole article. To sum up: it's complex, he was working in a republican congress where the chairman of the committe was INHOFE for goodness sake, and he didn't get everything he wanted. And Iowa and Ohio are 2 different places.

NY TIMES: OBAMA LIED TO AMERICANS IN OHIO!

truepatriot — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 14:17:50 -0700

February 3, 2008 Nuclear Leaks and Response Tested Obama in Senate By MIKE McINTIRE When residents in Illinois voiced outrage two years ago upon learning that Exelon Corporation had not disclosed radioactive leaks at its nuclear plants, Obama took up their cause. Obama scolded Exelon and federal regulators for inaction and introduced a bill to require all plant owners to notify state and local authorities immediately of leaks. He boasted of it on the campaign trail, telling a crowd in Iowa in December that it was “the only nuclear legislation that I’ve passed.” “I just did that last year,” he said, to murmurs of approval. A close look tells a very different story. Obama rewrote it to reflect changes sought by Senate Republicans, Exelon and nuclear regulators. The new bill removed language mandating prompt reporting. Contrary to Mr. Obama’s comments in Iowa, the bill died in the full Senate. “Senator Obama’s staff was sending us copies of the bill to review, and we could see it weakening with each successive draft,” said Joe Cosgrove, a park district director in Will County, Ill., where low-level radioactive runoff had turned up in groundwater. “The teeth were just taken out of it.” On one side were neighbors of several nuclear plants upset that low-level radioactive leaks had gone unreported for years; on the other was Exelon, the country’s largest nuclear plant operator and one of Obama’s largest sources of campaign money. Since 2003, executives and employees of Exelon, have contributed over $227,000 to Obama’s campaigns. Two top Exelon officials, Frank Clark, executive vice president, and John Rogers Jr., a director, are among his largest fund-raisers. Another Obama donor, John Rowe, chairman of Exelon, is also chairman of the Nuclear Energy Institute, the nuclear power industry’s lobbying group, based in Washington. Exelon’s support for Obama far exceeds its support for any other presidential candidate. Mr. Obama’s chief political strategist, David Axelrod, worked as a consultant to Exelon. The Obama campaign said in written responses to questions that Mr. Obama “never discussed this issue or this bill” with Mr. Axelrod. However, Exelon executives had met with Mr. Obama’s staff about the bill, as had concerned residents, environmentalists and regulators. The campaign did not directly address the question of why Mr. Obama had told Iowa voters that the legislation had passed.

Obam +Che Guevara

dirtyelection — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:31:09 -0700

This all wouldnt be such a problem if Obama would just put the flag on his lapel !!!!!!!

Hindsight - 20/20

ytterbius — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 00:54:16 -0700

Hi There, just ran across this and had a thought. It sounds like you let the Obama camp off very easily. Next time make sure she knows that she needs to explain her reasoning, and that it will all be blogged. See if a higher up can be brought in, and offer to show them your blog. Of course they want to control the message. What happens if an opponent gets in, and writes a nasty blog entry containing a mix of truth and lies. Then what happens when Drudge links to the post, and Cheney starts plugging it in between war planning... They gotta be careful as all hell, even if they would like to be completely open with all interested parties.

Blog

Ohio2nd — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 13:20:07 -0700

The 3rd most hated internet word.

I always preferred calling myself a Sports Racer with Republican bloggers being Hard Chargers, or course.

I was surprised that folksonomy topped the list.

Don't Tell Obama You Blog

Jerid — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 09:32:05 -0700

At least that's the message his New Hampshire campaign sent me last night. I would've had a glowing post up today about all the neat approaches to faith the campaign is taking," or maybe how "the audience was really interested in what the Obama campaign had to say," or even maybe something I learned. Instead all I have is this:

A picture of the door to the meeting that I wasn't allowed into because, for better or worse, I blog.

Last night I headed out to Keene, NH to attend one of Obama's "Faith, Action, Change" forums at the small Keene State College student center. Billed as an opportunity for Progressives to discuss their faith in terms of social change, they're free and open to the public. Registration is recommended, but not required. I got to the event a little early and hung around the student center, speaking with an intern, until the event started to begin.

Walking into a small room, Nicole Derse from the political desk of the Obama NH campaign was busy meeting folks. As she turned to me she started to say hello, so I replied with a smile, "Hi, my names Jerid. I'm a blogger."

"Oooooooh, I'm sorry, but you'll have to leave," she shot back. "These events are closed to the press."

I was dumbfounded. Searching for words I spurt out, "But I'm a blogger," as she started to usher me out of the room.

Apparently that didn't matter. It was of no consequence that I'm a Democratically slanted activist who's trying to learn as much about all of the candidates in New Hampshire as I can. It didn't matter that I phonebank and canvas for candidates I support. I didn't matter that I put my "super friendly blogger hat" on when I go to these events and am respectful of folks privacy, taking great care with what I write about. All she saw was the press.

The Obama campaign, along with some of the other prezzies, don't understand the concept of citizen journalists. There's a lot of old school politics out here on the NH campaigns - some of the communications folks desperately need to refresh their understanding of how bloggers work. You see, we're not all the same. Just like regular folks, there are friendly bloggers that want to help, and there are bloggers bent on screwing you. It's up to a campaign to discern who's who and dole out special access depending on such. However, we're regular folks too - we volunteer, vote, and try to help because we believe in the Democratic party. So you can't really lump bloggers entirely into the press category - last time I checked Brian Williams wasn't passing out door hangers for his local Democratic Party. That's hard for folks on campaigns, locked into one particular mentality or another, to understand. It's a nuance to which some campaigns are tone deaf.

Sure, I might get credentialed for some event here and there - but unlike the press I won't get a check for my coverage, I'm not going to report to a publisher, and my future access will be limited because of what I write. Regular press has no problem scoring credentials to GOP events, I'm lucky if I even get a chuckle when I ask. It's smart to credential us for events, it serve campaign's self interest - but that doesn't mean campaigns should limit folks that blog in the same way they do the press. But that might make traditional media upset? Boo hoo.

Now, this was one Podunk "Faith, Action, Change" event in the middle of nowhere will, in the grand scheme of things, have practically no impact on who is our next President. The problem is that it raises this ENORMOUS question of transparency and access. How will blogs be treated by this wave of presidential campaigns; will they they take a dynamic approach to determining who's friendly and will they recognize that a lot of blogs are run by the same folks on their volunteer rosters; or will they stonewall? Obama's approach actually encourages bloggers to be dishonest with his campaign for fear of access - that's not a smart strategy.

And one last thing. The whole question of Obama taking issue with bloggers present at "closed press" events is funny when we remember back to the night Obama wrapped himself up in a big 'ole spread of bloggers at the Ohio Democratic Party State Dinner in 2006. While ODP was still fidgeting with the learning curve of what to do with bloggers (having helped them take back Ohio in '06 they've since learned we're friendly), they decided to exclude them from this particular dinner because it was closed to press. Here's a shot of Obama sitting at the blogger table that he paid for, so bloggers could attend this "closed press" event. Hilarity.

If things don't change fast - with a drastically different approach to blogs from his campaign - he'll have a rough road ahead of him state to state, event to event, as folks learn not to tell Obama they blog. It's a shame really.