On Clinton and Obama: Even Jacksons divided: The Swamp
 
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Posted December 1, 2007 7:00 AM
The Swamp

by Rick Pearson

There's always a bit of message-sending when presidential candidates release lists of "steering committees," which largely represent a way to give some valued supporters a nice title.

Such was the case with the Illinois steering committee announced by Sen. Hillary Clinton's campaign for the Democratic nomination for president.

Among the lengthy list of names was Alice Palmer, who was identified only as a "former state senator."

Of course, Palmer is much more than that. She was a critical component in the launch of Clinton rival Barack Obama's political career in the Illinois Senate.

Palmer was an incumbent state senator who initially wasn't going to seek re-election in order to mount a special election try for Congress. When that failed, she filed candidacy petitions to try to keep her state Senate seat. By then Obama was in the race, refused to step aside for Palmer and used legal maneuvers to bump her and three others from the 1996 Democratic primary ballot, clearing the way for his election.

Earlier this year, in an interview with the Tribune, the longtime South Side activist said her dispute with Obama didn't affect her assessment of his fitness to hold office.

"I am looking closely to see who has the courage, the smarts," Palmer said then. Apparently, she's made her decision.

Another notable name on the list was Jacqueline Jackson, described only as "philanthropist, business leader and community activist."

Of course, she's also the wife of Rev. Jesse Jackson, who is backing Obama for the nomination, as is her son, Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.)

Ironically, Obama's wife, Michelle, used to spend countless hours as a girl with the Jackson family in their South Side home as a friend of one of the Jackson's daughters.

Another of the Jackson sons, businessman Yusef Jackson, is on the steering committee and has been fundraising for Clinton.

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Looks like the Jackson's are covering all the bases, also known as the old don't put all your eggs in one basket maneuver, or the anchor baby technique.


Thanks so much. Now I can sleep, knowing how the Jacksons are going to vote. I never decide myself until I know which way Jesse Senior, in particular is going. Then, of course, I vote the opposite. Just shows how independent this family of millionaires is...as long as there is a "D" in back of the candidate's name.


Black folks who feel the Clintons would do more for blacks than Obama ought to think harder. There is more to the Clintons than you are willing to admit. Study the Clintons foreign policy at the UN level in relation to Rwanda. The genocide in Rwanda happened on Clinton’s watch. The then UN army Canadian commander, Mr. Dellaire, said that the Clintons’ UN ambassador, Mrs. Albright under the instructions of the white house, blocked the vote that would have sent an UN army to Rwanda to prevent the genocide. Don’t expect the Clintons to dig that one out for you. It is your job! You keep blaming white folks to have done you wrong. And yet you develop amnesia over something that happened less than 20 years ago. Before you close your eyes and vote for Clintons, you should find out how the United States voted under Clinton on preventing that genocide. One is willing to bet that there are many more things like this shameful political maneuvering. It goes without saying that Clinton is no better friend of black folks than Obama. One begs to differ. The self-imposed ignorance you have on the Clintons is what will keep you perpetually subservient. Damn it! Apparently the Clintons don’t even have to campaign to get your vote. No wonder you are so gullible for the Clintons.


Does anyone think for themselves any more?.
Who really cares whom the
Jacksons are pushing, or
whom Hollywood is pushing?.
Follow your own good instincts.


I wonder who Michael Jackson is supporting.


I am for Health Care but not when your children stand to be set up for cancer.

Prove I'm a liar!

In 1992 I was implanted with a microchip by the California Department of Corrections. Prove I'm a liar!

Just like the Angel of Death* HaloScan, IBM, Avid, Veri Chip and other company's use subcutaneous human tracking device, audio servalence systems and other venues against American people for fun and profit. Prove I'm a liar!

Since the Nuremberg trials the Nuremberg code of universal medical ethics have moved into California's Silicon Valley which is being protected by our own governments representatives. Prove I'm a liar


The national fraud squad has opened an investigation into the affair. The four are suspected of abuse, aggravated assault, causing death through negligence, fraud, forgery, breach of statutory duty, and disruption of legal proceedings. Prove I'm a liar!


*Dr. Josef Mengele was a German SS officer and a physician in the German Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau. He gained notoriety chiefly for being one of the SS physicians who supervised the selection of arriving transports of prisoners, determining who was to be killed and who was to become a forced labourer, and for performing human experiments on camp inmates, amongst whom Mengele was known as the Angel of Death.

Since 1987, Nancy Pelosi has represented California's Eighth District in the House of Representatives wile being on the board of Veri Chip.

Tommy Thompson, who approved RFID chips for use in humans back when he was serving under Bush as Secretary of Health & Human Services, is getting $40,000 a year from Applied Digital Solutions (the company that owns VeriChip) and has received company stock worth about $1 million.

As California's senior Senator, Dianne Feinstein has built her reputation on condoning torture, working with both Democrats and Republicans to find solutions to the problems facing California and the Nation court who have chosen to ignore human and civil right.

You Worthless Tech Trollops have been instrumental in working toward a North American Union. When will America wake up to the fact that our government knows human nature. Using sex offenders to justify their actions when what they are doing is universally wrong, is underhanded at least and fundamentally treasonous by using devices that are unsafe. Hiding the finding of company's product and placing humans at risk seems to be of no consequence to those that take them to court on habeas corpus writs.

I was told by my attorney that my case was demurer which means the state says so what.

So what if you are diabetic and need to enroll in Adult Swim at your YMCA because of injuries for exercise.
So what if you are disabled and we made you move.
So what if you live a good honest life.
So what if when we made you move you were going to school to learn a trade and we disrupted your life during your finals and you could not finish your training.
So what if you and your wife who by the way has never done anything to anyone is waking in the middle of the night crying because you stand to be homeless for fear that no one will rent to you.
We lived in an apartment in Burbank CA when someone decided to place flyer's at our home about my 23 year old sex offense and get us kicked out of our home. So what.

Reminds me of the Quote by Pastor Martin Niemöller:
First they came for the Jews and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for the Communists and I did not speak out because I was not a Communist.
Then they came for the trade unionists and I did not speak out because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for me and there was no one left to speak out for me.
We have one week to come up with a bunch of money to fight for rights for all Americans who are losing because they are better than sex offenders till their family member loses their trunks when diving into the community pool.
Sorry America we have no money. We are poor. Week to week surviving on what we have which is less each day.
When these laws get done with us, they will not be satisfied.
Prove I'm a liar!


THE TORRES-VIGNALI CONNECTION is explored in detail in a congressional report that resulted from Pardongate, when revelations surfaced that President Clinton granted clemency for Carlos Vignali Jr.— convicted of drug trafficking and sentenced to 15 years in federal prison in 1995 — along with other convicted criminals and one-time international fugitive Marc Rich. The granting of clemency occurred after payments were made to Clinton’s brother-in-law, Hugh Rodham, the brother of former first lady, New York state senator and 2008 Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Released in March 2002 by the congressional Committee on Government Reform,“Justice Undone: Clemency Decisions in the Clinton White House” details Hugh Rodham’s involvement in the Vignali affair, as well as the long business history Vignali once shared with George Torres.

The report takes to task top L.A. elected officials, including county Supervisor Gloria Molina, then–state Senator Richard Polanco, then–state Assemblyman Antonio Villaraigosa and U.S. Representative Xavier Becerra, among others, for lobbying on behalf of Vignali Jr., in light of his drug conviction and the fact that DEA agents long suspected Vignali Sr. to be involved in drug trafficking — along with Torres. While a member of the California state Assembly, Villaraigosa wrote the first letter on Vignali’s behalf on May 24, 1996.

Saying Hillary Rodham Clinton was a leader who offered a new path, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa today formally endorsed the New York senator and former first lady in her race to become president of the United States.

Villaraigosa will also serve as one of the four national chairs of Clinton’s campaign for the Democratic nomination for president, it was announced.

At a televised news conference from the UCLA campus in Westwood, Villaraigosa praised Clinton’s approach to domestic issues, particularly education, and her pledge to help end the war in Iraq. The pair earlier toured the preschool at UCLA’s Krieger Center.— La Times

http://mayorvillaraigosasdemons.blogspot.com/


Another example of the continued dishonestly and manipulation by Obama.
Barack Obama is drawing Hugh skepticism RECRUITING NON-IOWANS TO THE IOWAN caucus. NO OTHER CANDIDATES are systematically trying to manipulate the Iowa caucuses like Obama
“Barack Obama” brochure “If you are not from Iowa, you can come back for the Iowa caucus and caucus in your neighborhood. The brochure gives instructions about where to call or go online for information about where to caucus”

David Yepsen of the Des Moines Register, the state’s leading political commentator, wrote “The Illinois Caucus” that the effort to increase participation by out-of-staters “risks offending long-time Iowa residents.” And he’s correct! “Given that students in Iowa’s colleges and universities are from Obama’s neighboring home state of Illinois, the effort could net him thousands of additional votes on caucus night,” Yespen wrote. The Iowa caucus ought to be for Iowans. NO OTHER POLITICAN Democrat or Republican is sending bogus literature recruiting out-of-state voters to manipulate IOWA Caucuses,
Chris Dodd for President Iowa State Director Julie Andreeff Jensen said in a statement on Saturday:

“I was deeply disappointed to read today about the Obama campaign's attempt to recruit thousands of out-of-state residents to come to Iowa for the caucuses. ... ‘New Politics’ shouldn't be about scheming to evade either the spirit or the letter of the rules that guide the process. That may be the way politics is played in Chicago, but not in Iowa."
As an IOWAN who was on the fence between Sen Clinton and obama, this seals my vote for CLINTON! This guy is showing he will cheat, lie and steal to win; we already have that in a President. CLINTON IS THE TRUE CHANGE IN 2008


It is possible that Senator Clinton is the best candidate. However, even though many may like the policies that Senator Clinton proposes, they should also consider her record, just as Senator Clinton insists.
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The last Clinton Administration, when faced with the fact that protection rackets where torturing people with poison and radiation, chose to avoid its responsibilities to incarcerate the criminals and to protect the citizenry.
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Instead, they made a deal with the criminal gang stalker protection rackets to leave them alone and to consequently abandon the citizenry.
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Do we want a President who sells out the citizenry for votes?
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Do we want a President who sends a "crime does pay" message to society?
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Would you vote for a President who signed nonaggression deals with the KKK or the Nazi party? Gangs that torture with poison and radiation are much like the KKK and Nazi Party.
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We do not need a sellout President. We need a principled leader President.
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If you are one of the few who do not know what the above refers to, do a web search for “gang stalking” to see the tip of the dirtberg. Please do it before you decide to reply to my post. Here let me make it easy for you: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22gang+stalking%22.
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