BALTIMORE - Democrat Barack Obama likes to tell audiences that he can get Republican support for his presidential bid. Now he’s given those supporters a name: Obamicans.
Get it? Sounds like Republicans, just drop the “Repub” and add the Illinois senator’s last name. Really.
We quote the senator: “I want to attract some Republicans into the fold,” Obama told a stadium packed with some 11,000 people in Baltimore, repea
ting his story of how members of the rival party sometimes offer whispering support to him after rallies.
“Sometimes they whisper to me when I’m shaking hands, they’ll say ‘Barack, I’m a Republican, but I support you,’” he said to applause. “We call them Obamicans. We’re going to get some Obamicans in this election.”
The Republican Party was nonplussed.
“If Obama wins the nomination, he’s right that voters might cross over - but it’ll be moderate Democrats abandoning his liberal agenda,” said Alex Conant, a Republican Party spokesman.
McCainocrats anyone?
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- Photo credit: Reuters/Jonathan Ernst (Obama speaks at a campaign rally on Monday in Baltimore)
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amen to that, as i had said, if hilary get the nomination, mccain will be the next president. it will be another bush era just the same. and as larry says, I’d rather have a President that inspires me as opposed to one who disgusts me is exactly true, and hillary is disgusting. anybody remember how they handled the monica lewinsky scandal, how they belittled the young woman, and when someone called their daughter a …., they goes cry babies, hello clintons, what goes around comes around. how about the other scandalgates, the clintons will do anything and say everything just to hold on to power.
- Posted by obamaicansThere are two opposing yet inter-related forces in society, the economic and the social (A.K.A., Republicans and Democrats). I am a republican and I think the time is right for some social changes within the U.S. The social changes both Obama and Hillary want to establish are very similar in nature, Except Hillary is further left and her attempts at change will not happen. She is running a campaign of empty promises because she will not get support from republicans and independents in the house and senate. If the democrats want to win the general election and actually make social change happen, they would be smart to put a person on the ballot to win the independent and moderate republican vote (like mine). Obama is that person.
- Posted by AntonioI’d rather have a President that inspires me as opposed to one who disgusts me.
- Posted by LarryComrade Obama’s anti-growth, anti-business rhetoric is nothing new from the Democratic Poliburo, but his new found sainthood and his millions of blind worshippers are now the true danger to our nation’s economy. WAKE UP PEOPLE!
- Posted by TimNO COUNTRY HAS EVER TAXED ITS WAY TO PROSPERITY!
Barack “the Piper” Obama is now playing his classwarfare tune to ensnare millions of American to join his Communistic and Socialistic cause. Just remember that the piper will come back to get paid. Russia had figured it out after 50 years of Socialism.. They have a 19% flat tax right now. Why is the great US of A regressing? Why do Comrade Obama so desperately want to go back to the old Soviet way? He doesn’t want prosperity, he yearns for equality above all else… Everyone will be worst off, that’s how he’ll bring about fairness
THIS BLACK GUY IS OVER RATED BY THE MEDIA; A HARD SELL AND WHAT IS UNFORTUNATE PEOPLE ARE BUYING IT! YEP, THIS AMERICA ALRIGHT WHERE NEOPHYTE AND INTELLECTUAL PYGMY CAN BE PRESIDENT!
GO REPUBLICANS!
- Posted by NORMANi would rather vote for obama than clinton or mccain. they claim to have vast experiences in running the govt but where did they lead us now? did they made our lives better? clinton and mccain represents the past, and obama hopefully will represents the future politics of this country.
- Posted by get it onSo now we will have a third Bush term and the only change will be that the President’s name will be Obama.
That man has never been able to deliver anything and being a narcissist he is only interested in one, himself. It is an completely empty shell making a lot of nice speeches.
He has never demonstrated any real interest in anything that desparately needs to be changed, such as healthcare for everyone, a school system that actually is capable of providing high quality learning to everyone, specific ways to increase the number of well paying jobs in America etc etc. The only one Obama is interested in is Obama!
After 8 years with the Bush bubble we now have a very real risk of 4 years with Obama emptiness and bla bla.
It will be the Emperor’s New Clothes all over again.
And off course lot’s of special interest groups would laugh all the way to the bank, because Obama would never ever be able to touch them. That is sadly also the most likely reason why he is so well financed.
- Posted by Bohow can you trust HRC when she always have this fake smile and fake laugh? no matter how hillary tried to hide her discomfort in associating with the electorate, it always shows in her facial expressions. it is entirely different with obama who is naturally comfortable with the common masses. if you watch them speak, hillary speak with her mind and mind,while obama speak with his mind and his heart. now you choose which one you will vote. if hillary will get the nomination, more than half of the democrats will vote mccain. this will be the most glorious day for the republicans
- Posted by obamaicansSuppose HRC wins the democratic nomination. She will then face the inevitable Republican nominee, J.Mccain, who will love to have her as his presidential opponent. Their fight to win the US Presidency will be brutal. The candidates will exchange negative ads with the sole attempt to demonize the other candidate. The nation will be clearly polarized. And quite frankly, that is not good for the nation right now. We need to heal this country not deviding it.
Let’s now suppose Obama is the democratic nominee. I think his discussion with Mccain to claim the White House will be quite elavated, civilized and perhaps entertaining. And he may be quite a puzzle for Mccain to figure out.
Dennis
- Posted by DennisLong resume doesn’t equate sound judgment (Best Regards: John Edward)….GO OBAMA GO GO…YOU ARE THE ANOINTED ONE FOR 2008.
- Posted by Ben FreemanIt is deeply troubling that the whole Democratic party had “CHANGED” to the left, Mr. Obama included, to resemble the socialists of the past. Taxing the rich to help the poor…Making the rich paying their fair share… Sounds like land and wealth redistribution from Chairman Mao and Lenin! Nothing new and no “CHANGE” so to speak!
- Posted by TimThe Democratic Poliburo had forgotten that the rich actually are the ones who creates the jobs in this economy! Declaring war on those who are high achievers will not help the problems of this country, it will make it worse. Chasing the job creators and entrepreneurs away will leave us with a nation of dependents and cry babies who never wanted to grow up. The Democratic Poliburo wanted to turn this nation from a warfare state to a socialistic welfare state, with Mr. Obama at the helm. If America elect them we deserve what we’ll get. The “CHANGE” Mr.Obama speaks of are simply his way of saying “Class Warefare”!
I am a republican and my entire family is Republican. We voted for McCain in 2000 over Bush in the primary but still voted for Bush in the General in ‘00 and again in ‘04.
Not any more. My brother and sister and myself have all switched to Independent and have almost convinced my lifelong Republican father to do the same (my mom unfortunately votes as my dad tell her). The Republican party, like the Straight Talk Express is off the rails and still ripe with corruption. I cannot have my name attached to that.
We will all be voting for Obama in ‘08 and will be happy to be tagged Obamaicans.
- Posted by Jimmy CrackcornWe forget that the president does not have sole power not ability to do everything. He would need to pick the best advisors and VP. Bush does not run the presidency-it takes the like of Cheney, Rove, Rodriquez etc….Age should not matter. We’ve had old men who have failed us even with their decades of experience. So what is new? We must elect a uniter, one who can and would work with both democrats and republicans. One side alone will not be able to do it. Obama is the best one to do this and in order for us to move ahead, we should NEVER elect a divider like Hillary. If we lose our senses and do so, be prepared for something worse than Bush/Cheney/Rove. You will get what you ask for.
- Posted by marianna