"The Barack Obama Apology Tour"

After months on this site, I have seen endless demands for "an apology to Hillary Clinton" and "to her supporters" from the various Clinton folks.

And, no need for me to list the sins, they have been pounded endless in the diaries here, starting from "piling on in Iowa" to "finger-gate" the list is a virtual litany of the rude and monstrous behavior of Obama and his campaign?

It's a dastardly litany that have led many here to comment "He's just too rude, too immature, too vile" to be President. I prefer John McCain, who called his wife a "C***" and voted against the Martin Luther King Holiday!  

But, why stop there?  Shouldn't Barack Obama have to apologize for much more then just the campaign issues, and slights to the Clintons?

Well, he never did REALLY apologize enough for Louis Farakhan, but there so many more offensive black leaders he needs to apologize for?

Certainly, all of black politics, from W.E.B. DuBois and onto Marcus Garvey and Malcolm X, Obama needs to apologize to White America?  I mean, and what about Stokely And H Rap Brown? He had that New Black Panther Page on this site?

After all MLK said some really offensive things about America at the height of Vietnam?

Isn't it time for Obama to apologize, as, even to this day, Pat Buchannan and others are STILL offended by King's comment about a war they skipped because of bunions on their butts like Rush and a bad knee like Pitchfork Pat?

Pat is due an apology, not sure just what is taking Obama so long?

I haven't heard him ONCE apologize for Angela Davis? My god, the woman was a black Panther before she become a college professor?  

So, if he apologizes for what Ayers did when he was 8 years old, why not apologizes for things Malcolm X said and did when he was -10?

Black Music? Since SO MANY were offended by the IMAGINED ref to Jay-Z in "brush-off gate".....

Obama might as well start at Billie Holliday, and her song about black lynching's called Bitter Fruit?  

Get it? BITTER? See, that's the tip off right there?

Miles Davis? Complete racist (except for all the white guys he had in his band....)

Now, he couldn't stay in the same hotels with them when on tour, but no reason to be bitter?

Obama has said he likes Jazz, so he had better get busy and apologize for the last 50 years of racists like Miles and Coltrane?

Can't leave James Brown out?  I mean, that black radical was able to slip in that song "Living in America" surreptitiously into a ROCKY MOVIE?

Get it-Rocky=Hillary, and James Brown slips in a bitter song like that?

Marvin Gaye? Just check out that last name, that probably offends those white sensibilities in mid PA? That song "What's going on?"  How Anti-American and bitter can you get?

I mean, why start with Jay-Z and Tupac?

He needs to be apologizing for the "filth" as some have called it here, for generations?

And, ONCE AND FOR ALL, He should apologize for those Cadillac Driving Welfare Mothers?   I mean, his mom was on Food Stamps, how can an Elitist like Obama not apologize for bilking the system like that?  

And, FOR GOD SAKES, he needs to start every speech apologizing for a double tour WW2 vet who spent the better part of 3 decades working in outreach programs, aids combating, and relief for the poor, to chicken hawks like Rush, Hannity, O'Reilly.....I mean, THOSE GUYS have never said anything offensive, RIGHT? OF COURSE, Obama needs to apologize FOREVER to the right wing hacks I have seen linked here?

So, they all skipped NAM, they have CLEARLY made it known they are offended by Rev Wright, and Obama needs to JUST KEEP APOLOGIZING!!!!!!

You know, apologize for Rev Wright to REAL AMERICANS! You can tell by their lapel pins and the yellow support the troop stickers on their Mercedes....

And, I think he needs to definitely apologize to "go f*** yourself" Dick Cheney, the worlds leading chickenhawk? He's wearing his lapel pin, after all....

I hope that's at least a start, though I doubt any `apology" would be enough for some here at MyDailyOutRage.com



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Re: "The Barack Obama Apology Tour" (2.00 / 1)

I wonder how many people will miss the snark tag and just agree with you....

Right on!


Like the nominee, don't like the nominee... Our nominee is still better than John McCain...
by JenKinFLA on Sun Apr 20, 2008 at 04:13:19 PM EST

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I know that I should have checked out all the members of the three boards I've sat on to make sure that I wouldn't be embarrassed that we worked together to make people's lives better.  


We care about politics because we know politics matters for people's lives and opportunities.
by politicsmatters on Sun Apr 20, 2008 at 04:19:13 PM EST

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See, it's not too late?  

Did they have Flag Pins?  Did they have yellow bumper stickers on their car?

Did they listen to that awful "race music!"

Don't be fooled by outward signs like "good works and committments to social causes?"

Probably a lot of angry radicals and hate america types in there, just faking the charity and good works thing?

What's critical is what Right Wing Pundits tell us Real Americans are outraged about!


"Well the danger on the rocks is surely past... Still I remain tied to the mast"...Don Fagen, Poet and Piano Player
by WashStateBlue on Sun Apr 20, 2008 at 04:26:31 PM EST
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Posted something similar at Dkos (2.00 / 2)

aka, the great orange satan.  I want to preface it with the fact that I was one of those who hoped and prayed Gore would run, and when he didn't I supported and sent money to Edwards.  I have done nothing nor voted for either of the two remaining candidates, so I feel like I can watch the back and forth with a somewhat reserved eye.

Obama supporters will tell you that Clinton is using Rovian talking points, kitchen sink, etc. etc.

Clinton supporter will tell you that Obama attacked first, attacked more, attacked worse.

This is what I see:

I am not saying if either side is true or not, but that is what they will see depending on their respective candidate.  They may be right.  What is important is that the media, supers and voters  seem to be siding against the Clinton attacks more than the Obama attacks and in politics, perception becomes reality.  To me, this means true or false, Obama is running the more successful campaign.  He has managed to shape or win public perception on this matter.

Politics is a dirty game.  I hate some of the attacks.  Frankly, they turn my stomach to see Democrats attacking other Democrats on gotcha politics and personal attacks.

Bottom line.  We aren't going to see an apology or a reconciliation of any magnitude until there is a clear winner.  There is not yet a clear winner.


accepting McLettuce is like being 9 years old and forced to eat your own cooking
by Sychotic1 on Sun Apr 20, 2008 at 04:26:45 PM EST

Re: Posted something similar at Dkos (none / 0)

I wonder how this election cycle would have gone in an alternative reality where Edwards and Clinton had just led from the start and Obama had ended his campaign.  Would Clinton have run the same campaign against Edwards? And then there's the other alternative reality where it's Edwards and Obama first out the gate with Clinton (somehow) falling way behind.  Would Edwards and Obama have engaged in negative tactics against each other?

Just some thoughts that occurred to me as I read your comment....


by pakaal on Sun Apr 20, 2008 at 04:45:36 PM EST
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As an Edwards supporter (2.00 / 1)

I would like to think that Edwards is "all that and a bag of chips".  That said, I think that:

As a white male, there would be some tricky ground around any, even remotely, racially motivated attacks.

Edwards seemed to be targeting the lobbyists and the establishment.  I think he would have run on a hellfire and brimstone campaign against the establishment and trust that the people want change bad enough that they would vote for him rather than against Obama.

Obamas campaign is a more reserved version of the Edwards campaign with shades of change (much like Clinton's...the two are not that different in their stances).  I think he would have counted on the fact that he is less "radical" than Edwards to get him the votes.  Sort of the "safer change."

So, in conclusion, I don't think there would be as much take down politics because their messages were different enough.  I think the fact that Clinton's and Obama's messages were so similar is what has led to this scorched earth campaign.


accepting McLettuce is like being 9 years old and forced to eat your own cooking
by Sychotic1 on Sun Apr 20, 2008 at 04:51:41 PM EST
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Re: As an Edwards supporter (none / 0)

I'm not a big Edwards fan.  I just don't see him as authentic.  But I respect that you do.  I would make your same argument but would change Obama's name with Edward's.  But I think that's just how Obama and Edwards supporters see it.  I would never buy the fact that Edwards would make more change than Obama.


by The Distillery on Sun Apr 20, 2008 at 05:04:17 PM EST
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Re: As an Edwards supporter (2.00 / 2)

Would love to see John as Atty General, though I wonder if he would prefer Sec of Health, Education and Welfare instead?

He fought a great fight, and when he stepped aside, he was clear that only this was too important a race to let the Republicans win again...


"Well the danger on the rocks is surely past... Still I remain tied to the mast"...Don Fagen, Poet and Piano Player
by WashStateBlue on Sun Apr 20, 2008 at 05:08:05 PM EST
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Observation (none / 0)

Winners Don't Yap.


by bobbank on Sun Apr 20, 2008 at 04:48:51 PM EST

This is related How? (2.00 / 1)

I mean it is cute propaganda, but I don't see how it is related.


accepting McLettuce is like being 9 years old and forced to eat your own cooking
by Sychotic1 on Sun Apr 20, 2008 at 04:56:09 PM EST
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Re: Observation (2.00 / 1)

Isn't that copyright infringement?

In any case, you forget something.  The DNC was all lined up for Hillary, and still is, which is evidenced by the 30 delegate lead she has in supers which are ALL attributed to DNC superdelegates, not elected officials.


by The Distillery on Sun Apr 20, 2008 at 04:59:08 PM EST
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Re: Observation (2.00 / 2)

Maybe, but Clinton supporters also whine and feign outrage, if the multiplicity of "finger-gate" diaries were an example?

Hey Bob, I got fifty bucks that says, after Clinton suspends her campaign, the sturm und drang here, on Taylor Marsh, No Quarter, will be absolutely nuclear (pronounced Nuk-U-Lur!)

I'm expecting rightous indignation, all kinds of conspiracy theories of why Clinton lost (except acknowledging hiring idiots like Penn to run her campaign into the ground) and a virtual Jihad movement to crush Obama, if not rush out and vote for John "my wife is a C***" McCain, that bastion of Feminist solidarity?

So, maybe Obama should apologize for that final insult, winning, in advance?


"Well the danger on the rocks is surely past... Still I remain tied to the mast"...Don Fagen, Poet and Piano Player
by WashStateBlue on Sun Apr 20, 2008 at 05:00:03 PM EST
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Re: Observation (2.00 / 1)

You're too funny.  Perhaps that is what will pacify all the HRC supporters--if he would just apologize for winning.


by The Distillery on Sun Apr 20, 2008 at 05:06:34 PM EST
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Re: Observation (none / 0)

My, you folks are bitter.


by bobbank on Sun Apr 20, 2008 at 06:01:30 PM EST
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Re: Observation (none / 0)

Hey Bob, ever see the Akira Kurisowa movie Rashamon?

Cause if this diary or the response from the Obama supporters looks bitter to you, that might be an interesting movie;It's all about about perception and reality, and one's point of view?

Cause, what is Bitter, and that was the point of my snark, was what I saw from those who sought to correct me, and published the REAL list of apology worthy items?

And, of course, that is the POINT of my over-the- top diary...

NOTHING would ever be enough for those people, no matter if Obama started apoligizing from now through to the general?

You see, they are indeed bitter, because Obama had the audacity to run a better campaign, and pull a political miracle, and be on the verge of defeating Senator Clinton.

THAT is his true unforgiveable sin, and no apology for that will ever be enough?


"Well the danger on the rocks is surely past... Still I remain tied to the mast"...Don Fagen, Poet and Piano Player
by WashStateBlue on Sun Apr 20, 2008 at 07:04:35 PM EST
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Arrogant (none / 0)

your snarky diary intimates far too much and is in the wrong direction. Go ahead and rant because you feel down, thats fine. However, none of those things are things that I and most Clinton supporters have ever asked Obama do 'apologize' for. Its a bit ridiculous.
here are some real things that Obama could apologize for:
painting HRC as a race baiter
The entire McClurkin thing
Being false about politics as usual
Using Harry and Louise- for the millionth time.
by linc on Sun Apr 20, 2008 at 05:18:57 PM EST

B.O. should apologize!! (none / 0)

Barack Obama has a lot to apologize for:

1) Tearing down the record of the only democratic two-term president in recent history.

2) Using sexist talk to tear down the record of his opponent in order to woo voters.

3) Exploiting race to tarnish the character of Hillary and Bill.

4) Acting like he's a transformative figure while playing all the same politics as any other traditional politician.

5) Spewing empty rhetoric that caters to the well-to-do class knowing full well he has no intentions of helping those who most need it.

Obama is a disgusting individual.


by unabashed dem on Sun Apr 20, 2008 at 05:23:47 PM EST

Re: B.O. should apologize!! (none / 0)

Nothing would ever placate you, that is the point here?

IF Obama did that, would you vote for him?

of course not, nothing would ever be enough for you, even if he apologized, as was my point, for things he had nothing to do with, things you imagined....

My God, there we almost double figures of diaries here about the guy scratching his face?

Talk about Rashamon, that's it exactly?


"Well the danger on the rocks is surely past... Still I remain tied to the mast"...Don Fagen, Poet and Piano Player
by WashStateBlue on Sun Apr 20, 2008 at 07:09:55 PM EST
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Re: "The Barack Obama Apology Tour" (none / 0)

No, he should apologize for accusing them of using racism, the general thuggishishness of his supporters and for Randi Rhodes. Oh, and his wife's coarse, ugly comments against both Bill and Hillary.

Of course, he doesn't have to. But he can't count on Democrats voting for him if he perceived as having run a sexist campaign against the first viable female candidate for the presidency.

The question is - do you want Clinton supporters to vote for him if he's the nominee or are you satisfied to attempt to win without us? We're in blue states and as Kid Oakland discovered, we frequently run the party apparatus.

Obama hasn't earned our support and won't get it in many cases unless he cleans up his act and he must do so before he wins the nomination.


by Little Otter on Sun Apr 20, 2008 at 05:23:48 PM EST

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Yeah whatever dude. Listen just because Hillary couldn't organize and energize her supporters as successfully as Barack did, and just because her bloated ego mistakenly led her to believe she had the nomination in the bag, and just because her mean-spiritedness led 56% of the country to view her as an untrustworthy liar--don't blame Barack for that. But Hill and those who support her always need someone to blame because of her own catastrophic failures.

"It's Barack's fault..it's Obama's supporters fault..and and it's the media's fault...no wait its the democratic activists fault."

Cry me a frickin river.


"Beauty, more than bitterness, makes the heart break." Sara Teasdale
by april34fff on Sun Apr 20, 2008 at 06:20:39 PM EST
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Re: "The Barack Obama Apology Tour" (none / 0)

Little Otter, IMHO, as I said above, there is NOTHING he could do OR say that would convince a lot who post here...

Same as what I see over at Kos, some there would never vote for Hillary.

I have said, many times, I would crawl over broken glass to vote for Hillary against McCain...

Even though, IMHO, she has run a crappy campaign, listening to jerks like Penn throughout....

And, I KNOW THIS WILL SHOCK YOU, but there exists the Mirror Image of you...

The Angry Obama Supporter, who detests Hillary for the same sorts of things YOU are angry about...

Again, its truly a Rashamon moment?

But, my point in this diary was, THEY want an apology that is not coming, as do the Senator Clinton supporters here....

And, for them, for the Hillary Haters at Kos, there also will never be enough....


"Well the danger on the rocks is surely past... Still I remain tied to the mast"...Don Fagen, Poet and Piano Player
by WashStateBlue on Sun Apr 20, 2008 at 07:16:01 PM EST
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Re: "The Barack Obama Apology Tour" (none / 0)

No Rashoman moment that I know of. Twice as many Clinton supporters are saying they won't vote for Obama should he be the nominee as vice versa. In addition, Clinton supporters are bedrock Democratic voters in blue states - Obama can't afford to lose any of those votes because we're the people who put Dems in office. Obama supporters are more likely to be in red states that neither he nor clinton will win - so they can sit the race out without hurting Clinton. Chew on that for a little while.

I simply do not understand why Obama doesn't apologize for the Rhodes diatribe and make clear that kind of rhetoric on his behalf is unacceptable. One walks away with the sure knowledge that he's not bothred by Clinton being called "a fucking whore" on his behalf and if he's that fundamentally indecent, then he can win without my vote.  


by Little Otter on Sun Apr 20, 2008 at 07:38:37 PM EST
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Re: "The Barack Obama Apology Tour" (none / 0)

Because he had NOTHING TO DO with Rhodes idiotic comment?

That's the point of my diary?

You want Obama to apolgizes for things he did not do?

And, yup, many older white woman WILL stay home or vote for John "my wife is a c*** McCain, that bastion of feminist heroics?

Obama will just have to make up for it with the youth and Latino vote, which HE WILL GET when he campaigns in the fall with Bill Richardson.


"Well the danger on the rocks is surely past... Still I remain tied to the mast"...Don Fagen, Poet and Piano Player
by WashStateBlue on Sun Apr 20, 2008 at 08:15:09 PM EST
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Re: "The Barack Obama Apology Tour" (none / 0)

"Obama hasn't earned our support and won't get it in many cases"
I can understand how a Clinton supporter can believe this.(I assume that is what you mean by "our")
However the facts demonstrate a wider "our" whose respect he has earned...

Over 1 million campaign donors contributing more money than the Clinton contributors.
Most Delegates
Most State victories ( all by an average of over 10%)
Popular vote as accredited at this time.

A clear majority of Dems don't share your view. That does not make it wrong..just an established minority. The 35,000 in Philly on Friday do not share your view..again that does not make them right..


"If you want to end war and stuff, you gotta sing loud"...Arlo Guthrie
by nogo war on Sun Apr 20, 2008 at 06:09:14 PM EST

Re: "The Barack Obama Apology Tour" (none / 0)

Or another name for your diary might be: "The Joseph McCarthy Memorial Guilty-by-Association Tour"

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en /2/21/Is_this_tomorrow.jpg


by haystax calhoun on Sun Apr 20, 2008 at 06:49:07 PM EST


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