Do Celebrity Votes Matter? Who's Got the Candidates' Backs

16. I think that it's time for a change in politics and OBAMA spells change. Bill was good but personally do we want another CLINTON in the white house. Also, what experience does she have...BILL telling her how to run the country, this is BULL!

Obama is smart, creative and brings a new prospective to politics...and yes her turning on those tears was FAKE and it was a way to get next to the american people. Also, she always have to go after Obama with an ATTACK method!!!!Just pay attention does he attack her??? She knows what she is up against and to me there is no comparision, if you want change VOTE OBAMA....IOWANS SAID IT FIRST...Fellow Iowan!!!

Quiet one at 10:28AM on Jan 10th 2008

17. #1, you are right to some degree. Obama is a very good canidate yes, and I must say that he needs more experience in the senate or maybe even vise president to Hillary. Cut and dry America, Hillary is on top of her game and she is razor sharp. She is backed by her husband and we all know how great he led this country. I would love to see an African American in the White House, and yes we are ready. But America, we must tweak & peak before Obama takes office, and Hillary has the caliber to do so. Our mighty country is in bad shape therefore we must constitute into change. Don't get me wrong, Obama gets my vote but for right now he is only a leader in creation. Diaomonds are not created over night.

TANK at 10:43AM on Jan 10th 2008

18. And yes celebrity endorsments help canidates, they are public figures.

TANK at 10:47AM on Jan 10th 2008

19. Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim

You know, It's quite sad that so many people have such strong opinions about these candidates.

The funny thing is, that 40% of the people posting these comments won't even vote when the time comes.

It's like walking down the street and seeing a burning house.

You have a water hose and a box of old clothes.
You fools would walk over the water hose to get to the box of old clothes.

Why?

Simple... because you know that if you through old clothes onto an already burning house...the fire burns just that much longer.

You fools just love to do dumb things just to get a reaction.

However you won't dare put the fire out because if you did that, it would be nothing else to watch.

The clean up crew would come and remove all the wood and ashes, and youd then have to move on and find something else to keep you entertained.

Foolish people.

Half won't vote for Clinton because shes a woman
Half won't vote for Obama because he's Black.

Some of you dummies will be too high or drunk to make it to the voting booth, while others will be sitting at home waiting for the results of the vote count.

Talking about.. if Obama don't win this thing...
i don't know what our people will do.

Are you all kidding me?

Get up from behind the computers and start making phone calls to these candidates offices.

Ask direct questions, like what can we look forward to in terms of social security for the elderly.

Homeless right here in the US.

The Iraq war that has been going on for years now and still... yes still... no weapons of mass destruction have been found.

The unemployment rate.

High taxes

ask them... what do we have to look forward to if your put in office by our collective votes.

Many of you won't do that.

But you'll re-post a comment on here to reply to another posters comment faster than a fat person can say...yes .. more please

PS: LETS SEE HOW MANY OF YOU RE-POST TO REPLY TO MY POSTED COMMENT.

GET YA MINDS RIGHT

Salaamu Alaikum

Truth B Told at 11:35AM on Jan 10th 2008

20. First of all, anyone who votes for a candidate based on a celebrity, doesn't even deserve the right to vote. Second, maybe I missed it, but I really don't see where Bill Clinton helped black people all that much. Yeah, he hired a few blacks when he was in office, but that was the extent of the "help" to me. And don't get it twisted people, Osama Bin Laden was plotting the attacks on us while Clinton was in office. Had Clinton been on top of his game instead of getting blow jobs from that bimbo, maybe he would have taken heed the warnings from his own people that this guy was an imminent threat. I think if we want to see REAL change, then Hillary is NOT the way to go. That would simply be more of the same. Hell, she had her 8 years anyway, because from what I could see, she was running shit anyways.

Audra at 11:38AM on Jan 10th 2008

21. Please explain Hilary's track record!!!!!!!! What has she done for us, or anyone for that matter?? Her husband gave her the opportunity to develope a national health plan and she could not get it right!!!

Get Real!!!!!

Love you all!

Dr. B at 11:48AM on Jan 10th 2008

22. we need change Obama is the answer everybody else is just old time outdated political garbage, i call it give and go, give your vote to those canidates and you go to hell or iraq

ital at 11:50AM on Jan 10th 2008

23. JR....IF I DID NOT KNOW ANY BETTER I WOULD HAVE SWORN...THAT I WROTE YOUR POST.

I AGREE WITH YOU 500%

THE WRITING IS ON THE WALL---THE REPUBLICANS GAME IS TRANSPARENT.

I HAVE BEEN SAYING THE EXACT THING FOR MONTHS PRIOR TO THE IOWA ELECTION RESULTS.

IT'S NOT THAT HARD TO SEE....THEY STOLE THE ELECTION THE LAST TIME AND THEY ARE DOING IT AGAIN....

THIS TIME INSTEAD OF GETTING CAUGHT WITH THEIR HANDS IN THE COOKIE JAR....LIKE THEY DID IN FLORIDA...THIS TIME THEY ARE COUNTING ON UNDEDUCATED NON THINKING BLACK PEOPLE TO VOTE FOR OBAMA.


DURING THE PRIMARY ELECTION...THE REPUBLICANS TOLD ALL OF THEIR SUPPORTERS NOT TO VOTE FOR ANY REPUBLICANS BUT TO VOTE FOR OBAMA.

VOTING FOR OBAMA....GETS HILLARY OUT OF THE RACE.

REMEMBER....HILLARY IS THE ONLY CANDIDATE THAT THE REPUBLICANS HATE....WHY?

BECAUSE SHE IS GOING TO GIVE THE MAJORITY OF US WORKING CLASS PEOPLE A TAX BREAK...AND REFORM HEALTH CARE FOR STARTERS.

AND SHE IS GOING TO INCREASE TAXES ON THE RICH...AND THE CORPORATIONS...AND THE REPUBLICANS HATE HER FOR THAT...THE REPUBLICANS AND THE CORPORATIONS PAY THE LEAST AMOUNT OF TAXES PERCENTAGE WHY THAN THE MAJORITY OF AMERICANS. WARREN BUFFET ONE OF THE RICHEST MEN IN AMERICAN...STATED THAT SOMETHING IS WRONG ANYIME THAT WITH ALL OF HIS BILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF DOLLARS....HE PAYS LESS IN TAX PERCENTAGE WISE THAN HIS RECEPTIONIST....YES SOMETHING IS WRONG....AND HILLARY IS THE ONLY CANDIDATE WHO CAN FIX THE PROBLEM...THAT'S WHY MCCAIN SUPPORTERS REFERRED TO HILLARY AS THE "BITCH"...BECAUSE THEY KNOW SHE IS CAPABLE AND READY TO TURN THIS MESS AROUND. SHE WANTS TO BRING BACK THE MIDDLECLASS.

WHY DO YOU THINK THEY TRIED TO IMPEACH BILL CLINTON OVER THAT MONICA LEWINSKY CRAP?

EVERYBODY KNEW THAT THE MONICA STUFF WAS CRAP..IT WAS JUST A SMOKE SCREEN TO GET SOMETHING ON CLINTON TO GET HIM OUT OF OFFICE BECAUSE HE WAS HITTING THE REPUBLICANS WHERE IT HURTS THE MOST...IN THEIR POCKETS.

BILL CLINTON HAD THE REPUBLICANS AND CORPORATIONS PAYING THEIR FAIR SHARE OF TAXES....THIS IS WHY WE ALL WERE DOING BETTER DURING THE CLINTON YEARS...BECAUSE WE WERE PAYING LESS IN TAXES THAN WHAT WE PAY TODAY.

JUST LOOK AT YOUR PAY STUBS...DO YOU LIKE THE AMOUNT YOU ARE CURRENTLY PAYING IN TAXES....ARE YOU ACTUALLY BETTER OFF TODAY THAN YOU WERE WHEN CLINTON WAS PRESDENT?

Mimi at 11:56AM on Jan 10th 2008

24. Damn, it's only been five minutes before Farrakhan#19 and Ms. Ghetto#20 to respond. Must be some kin.

TANK at 11:59AM on Jan 10th 2008

25. LOL!!!!! #15 go bucks!

Theresa at 12:07PM on Jan 10th 2008

26. Any Black man or woman who is not for Obama, shows their true colors.

Lwanda Okello at 12:19PM on Jan 10th 2008

27. BLACK PEOPLE WAKE UP!!!! BLACK PEOPLE WAKE UP!!!


IT'S ALL A GAME....I ADMIT...IT'S A GOOD GAME...BUT STILL A GAME...RAN BY NO OTHER THAN THE REPUBLICANS.


THEY ARE GOOD...THE REPUBLICANS HAVE CONTRIBUTED MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO OBAMA'S CAMPAIGN AND HAVE TOLD THEIR SUPPORTERS TO VOTE FOR OBAMA DURING THE PRIMARY ELECTIONS...BECAUSE THE REPUBLICANS WANT....HILLARY OUT OF THE WAY.

Mimi at 12:28PM on Jan 10th 2008

28. I think that everyone has a bad memory when it comes to Politics. Clinton may not be faithful to his woman but he was a good President we had money in the nation. Hillary had to have some influence on Bill w/his success. Obama is fresh and full energy and hope for the nation like JFK was. Sometimes not having a long record gets those creative juices flowing for new things. Mc Cain has my respect and I think he is the best Republican to run for PRES.
Gulliani is a joke, Mayor for how many years & his only claim is 911. New Yorkers hated him, proof was the polls before 911. He stopped a legal Black Parade w/national guard, He was a Art critic trying to close a museum. He removed hot dog vendors (working people)He handled his ex-wife & family w/embarassing tactics look in back editions of NY newspapers. He would be a BUSH again just a tad smarter. That is my take on this race for all front runners. People just do some research and vote for the person who will do the best JOB!!!!

Darlene at 12:55PM on Jan 10th 2008

29. Tory,

I've been pushing the same thing to my friends for weeks about Obama! When I say push, I mean it because we've been bamboozled for so long that our people have become "institutionalized" and can only see a white POTUS. We've fought, died and marched to have the opportunity to even be able to compete for this seat and now that we have a man who is making a valid effort, our people won't support him? They say "he's not saying anything" "Where does he stand on this or that issue?" Really...who cares? I do to an extent but damn, we've been under the "leadership" of the white establishment and still find ourselves struggling, I say Why not? Why not support B.O.? Why not show our strength in numbers in doing so? Why not make a political stand just as the revolutionaries did when fighting to establish this country? Why not give our children the opportunity to see history at work and for our benefit for a change? I could go on.
I'll support the brother until the wheels fall off! I've sent money, bought t-shirts and have done what I can to lift him up! Experience? What has Billary done besides being 1st lady? What they're really trying to say is that a Black man can't lead this country. We as a whole don't have experience in this arena and that is the foundation of their attempts to break him. Peep game! Tory...You got a new friend homeboy. God bless you all! ONE!

AL LEVY at 1:01PM on Jan 10th 2008

30. BLACK PEOPLE HERE ARE SOME FACTS:

THE REPUBLICANS CONTRIBUTED MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO OBAMA'S CAMPAIGN...HOW...BY MAKING SMALL DOLLAR CONTRIBUTIONS...WHICH ADDED UP TO MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. THEY USED SMALL DOLLAR AMOUNTS TO MAKE IT APPEAR THAT THE CONTRIBUTIONS WERE FROM WORKING CLASS PEOPLE AND THAT DONATIONS WOULD NOT BE TRACED.

THE REPUBLICANS KNEW WITH ALL OF THEIR SCANDALS...AND THE WAY BUSH MESSED UP EVERYTHING...THEY WOULD NOT HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE TO GET BACK INTO THE WHITEHOUSE ANYTIME SOON.

THE REPUBLICANS ARE SMART...LET'S GIVE THEM CREDIT...BUT HERE IS WHERE THEY MESSED UP.


THEY TOLD THEIR SUPPPORTERS THAT THEY WILL DETERMINE WHO THE DEMOCRACTIC PRIMARY CANDIDATE WILL BE...AND WHOEVER THEY CHOOSE TO BE THE DEMOCRACTIC PRIMARY CANDIDATE...THAT IS THE PERSON THEY WILL MAKE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THEIR CAMPAIGN...HOW CAN A BLACK MAN WITH OUT ANY HISTORY OF DOING ANYTHING...HAVE MORE MONEY IN HIS CAMPAIGN...THAN ANY OTHER CANDIDATE RUNNING AND IN PARTICULAR....ANY OTHER REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE!!!

THAT'S WERE THE REPUBLICANS MESSED UP....IF IT SOUNDS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE....YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY...IT PROBABLY IS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE...IT'S ALL A GAME PEOPLE...THE REPUBLICANS ARE AT IT AGAIN.

AND GUESS WHAT PERSON...THE REPUBLICANS CHOSE TO BE THE DEMOCRACTIC CANDIDATE THEY WANT TO FACE OFF WITH IN THE GENERAL ELECTION?....CAN YOU GUESS?....OBAMA!!!
THEY KNOW THEY HAVE TO FACE OFF WITH A DEMOCRACT IN THE NATIONAL ELECTIONS...AND THEY DECIDED THIS TIME AROUND THAT THEY WOULD CHOOSE THE DEMOCRACT THEY WANTED TO FACE OFF WITH AND THAT DEMOCRACT IS .....
LET'S SAY IT TOGETHER....."OBAMA"!!!!


THE REPUBLICANS CONTRIBUTED TO HIS CAMPAIGN...OBAMA AT ONE TIME....HAD MORE MONEY IN HIS CAMPAIGN THAN ANY OTHER CANDIDATE...DEMOCRACT OR REPUBLICAN. OBAMA HAD MORE MONEY IN HIS CAMPAIGN BEFORE BLACK AMERICA EVEN KNEW HE WAS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT.

OBAMA HAD MILLIONS AND MILLIONS BEFORE OPRAH EVEN CAME ON BOARD.

OBAMA WON IOWA...WITHOUT THE HELP OF BLACK PEOPLE...BECAUSE IOWA IS 95% WHITE.

OBAMA WON IOWA WITHOUT THE HELP OF DEMOCRACTS.


OBAMA WON IOWA...BECAUSE WHITE REPUBLICANS WERE TOLD TO VOTE FOR OBAMA....BECAUSE OBAMA IS THE REPUBLICANS CHOICE FOR DEMOCRACT CANDIDATE.


THE REPUBLICANS....VOTED FOR OBAMA IN IOWA...AND LIKE JR SAID...THE REPUBLCIANS WILL BE VOTING REPUBLICAN AT THE NATIONAL ELECTION IN NOVEMBER.

IT DOESN'T MATTER IN THE PRIMARIES ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE WHO THEY VOTE FOR...THEY HAVE SO MANY REPUBLICANS RUNNING...AND EACH WEAK THERE IS A NEW FRONT RUNNER....BECAUSE NON OF THE REPUBLICANS RUNNING ARE ANY GOOD AND THE REPUBLICANS KNOW THAT...THAT'S WHY THEY HAVE TO PLAY THIS GAME AND TRY HARD TO MAKE OBAMA WIN THE DEMOCRACTIC PRIMARY.

THE ONLY PROBLEM WITH THEIR LITTLE GAME IS THEY NEED YOU...YES YOU BLACK AMERICA....TO VOTE FOR OBAMA IN RECORD NUMBERS....BECAUSE HE IS BLACK...AND ONLY BECAUSE HE IS BLACK...FOR NO OTHER REASON EXCEPT THE FACT THAT HE IS BLACK.

THE REPUBLICANS FEAR HILLARY...THEY KNOW THEY CAN'T DEBATE HER AND WIN...AND THEY KNOW IN THE NATIONAL ELECTIONS...SHE WILL WIN.

SO THE REPUBLICANS GAME THIS TIME....IS TO HAVE A BLACK DEMOCRACT CANDIDATE....ONE IN WHICH IS SMART, LIKEABLE...ETC.

ONE IN WHICH THEY CAN PUSH THE FAIRY TELL TO THE MAJORITY OF NON-THINKING BLACK PEOPLE...AND TO GET THEM TO VOTE FOR OBAMA.

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN AMERICAN HISTORY....THE REPUBLICANS ACTUALLY WANT BLACK PEOPLE TO COME OUT TO VOTE....THEY WANT YOU TO VOTE IN RECORD NUMBERS....FOR YOUR MAN..."OBAMA"....HMMM I WONDER WHY?

Mimi at 1:15PM on Jan 10th 2008