US Election Coverage 2008

[Icadon]

Different articles za kuzungumzia hotuba ya leo...hii kitu leo imekuwa kama shock and awe...bring it on ha ha

would exploit the issue of race: Bring it on.Once again, the conventional wisdom proved stunningly unwise. Barack Obama was supposed to be on his heels, forced into a backpedaling, defensive crouch after racially charged remarks by his former pastor, delivered from the pulpit years ago, suddenly became the hottest story of the presidential campaign. But instead of running away, Obama issued a challenge to those who would exploit the issue of race: Bring it on.

Wright's rantings are not reflective of Obama's views on anything. Why did he stay in the church? Because he's a black Chicago politician who comes from a mixed marriage and went to Columbia and Harvard. Suspected of not being black enough or sufficiently tied to the minority community, he needed the networking opportunities Wright afforded him in his church to get elected. If he had not risen to the top of Chicago black politics, we would never have heard of him. But obviously, he can't say that. So what should he say?

He needs to get out of this mess with subtlety, the kind Bill Clinton should have used to escape the Monica Lewinsky scandal -- but didn't. As the controversy continues, Americans will gradually realize that Obama stuck by Wright as part of a need to get ahead. They will chalk up to pragmatism why he was so close to such a preacher. As they come to realize that Obama doesn't agree with Wright but used him to get started, they will be more forgiving.

Since he was very young, Senator Barack Obama has been something of a mediator of racial concerns, shuttling between black and white worlds and trying to translate the concerns of one to the other.

He did it in his family. He did it at Harvard Law School. And on Tuesday morning, he assumed that role nationally, trying to allay voters’ concerns about statements by his pastor, Jeremiah A. Wright, and staking his presidential candidacy on his ability to explain black grievances to white people and white resentment to black people.

In a way, Mr. Obama seemed to be arguing not only for his own candidacy but also against the often-reductive nature of presidential politics. To answer the brief, incendiary clips of his pastor’s statements that have been dominating television airwaves and the Internet, Mr. Obama made a long, nuanced speech, seeming to bet that voters will care enough about him and the race to give it many minutes of attention and thought.

The address, which Mr. Obama wrote himself, seemed partly like a historical refresher course for white voters on discrimination against African-Americans.

Obama's Philadelphia speech made this argument as well as it could be made. He condemned the Rev. Jeremiah Wright's views in strong language -- and embraced Wright as a wayward member of the family. He made Wright and his congregation a symbol of both the nobility and "shocking ignorance" of the African-American experience -- and presented himself as a leader who transcends that conflicted legacy. The speech recognized the historical reasons for black anger -- and argued that the best response to those grievances is the adoption of Obama's own social and economic agenda.

It was one of the finest political performances under pressure since John F. Kennedy at the Greater Houston Ministerial Association in 1960. It also fell short in significant ways.

 

[Koba]

NN Hannity amespin nini leo kuhusiana na speech?

Kuna article nimeisoma jamaa wanadai Obama amemtumia Rev. Wright kama daraja na networking yake kisiasa kurise kwenye politics za IL.

...hannity kajaribu kurusha mud zote na kuspin kila kitu leo lakini seems fuel kulikuwa hakuna,alimwita babu yake Gingrich wasaidiane lakini wameishia kuonekana watupu tuu,ilikuwa aibu tupu,leo ndio nimemsikia Dick morris na hiyo ya networking,seems watakuja na kila kitu this time lakini zote zina backfire...kazi ipo!

 

[Icadon]

According to mastrategist wa both parties wanasema kuidefuse hii kitu inabidi Rev.Wright aje aombe msamaha. Americans tend to be forgiving.

“It was a superb speech,” said Whit Ayres, a Republican strategist not currently affiliated with any presidential campaign. “It was a speech every bit as powerful as you’d expect from Barack Obama. But I don’t know that it solves his problem.”

 

[Nyani Ngabu]

Nyani ,

Celtics tutawaondoa washukuru Yao kaumia kombe lilitakiwa liwe letu mwaka huu

Pole kaka Rufiji....

 

[Nyani Ngabu]

...hannity kajaribu kurusha mud zote na kuspin kila kitu leo lakini seems fuel kulikuwa hakuna,alimwita babu yake Gingrich wasaidiane lakini wameishia kuonekana watupu tuu,ilikuwa aibu tupu,leo ndio nimemsikia Dick morris na hiyo ya networking,seems watakuja na kila kitu this time lakini zote zina backfire...kazi ipo!

Wewe hata kuanalyze analysis za pundits hujui....ngoja nikuache maana bado nasubiri uniambie ni jinsi gani mimi na Kitila tuko shallow ana ignorant lakini naona unacheza mdundiko tu

 

[Nyani Ngabu]

NN Hannity amespin nini leo kuhusiana na speech?

Kuna article nimeisoma jamaa wanadai Obama amemtumia Rev. Wright kama daraja na networking yake kisiasa kurise kwenye politics za IL.

Obama threw his granny under the bus...and refused to disown Rev. Wright. His pastor is not his blood. He can disown him. But failed. That will be a new talking point in the days to come.

 

[Kitila Mkumbo]

.....
Go O'bama, Yes We Can.

Madame President, the fighter!

 

[Kitila Mkumbo]

Wewe hata kuanalyze analysis za pundits hujui....ngoja nikuache maana bado nasubiri uniambie ni jinsi gani mimi na Kitila tuko shallow ana ignorant lakini naona unacheza mdundiko tu

Hapa JF siku hizi kuna 'ignore list', why can't you put him there as I have done now!

 

[Nyani Ngabu]

Hapa JF siku hizi kuna 'ignore list', why can't you put him there as I have done now!

Good advice! I'll heed it.

 

[Nyani Ngabu]

Obama flip-flopped and the media has caught it.

 

[YNIM]

Obama flip-flopped and the media has caught it.

NN, unakuwa misinformed mno! kitu kimoja naweza kusema kwa kuangalia pundits hasa wa upande wa kulia....america will never heal from racial tensions!! haijalisha Obama atasema nini, fanya nini au hata Dr. Wright aje kuomba msamaha, hii ni kama opportunity waliokuwa wanasubiri ili kum-lynch mchana kweupe!!
it is suffocating and terrorizing to listen to people like Pat Buchanan, Tucker Carson, Larry Elder, yaani hata Joe Scarborough is not pretty face anymore.......its scary!!

 

[Capitol Hill]

Madame President, the fighter!

Stay tune mzee. Papers za mama za wakati akiwa first lady zimekuwa released. I hope hatapata misukosuko kutokana na contradictions based on what she's been saying vs. whats on the record. Sitafurahia past issues kum knock out Mrs. Clinton kama ambavyo sitataka hayo yatokee kwa Obama, lakini I think you Clinton supporters think that your candidate is shielded and immuned from controversies wakati sio kweli. If I had my way I would abolish all this dirty politics and let the candidate wachuane kwenye real issues, and not what could have been, or should have been.
You all have been cheering on Rev. Wright, but wanasema mwenzako akinyolewa ......wewe tia maji. Just wait and see what these papers and later next month what her and her husbands income tax information for 8 years will reveal, their real estate dealings, and $500 million dollar contributions to the Presidential library. Yangu macho...and I will not cheer.

 

[Ukweliii]

Democratic Party imegawanyika; Obama anaongoza kwa idadi ya kura, idadi ya "delegates", kawavuta kwenye siasa na kupiga kura wamarekani wengi (Democrats wamekuwa na wapiga kura wengi kwenye Primaries kuliko Republicans-sehemu nyingine x2).

Suala la rangi yake, hakika halija fikia mwisho tutaendelea kulisikia tena na tena, vivyo hivyo kwa suala la jina lake la kati Hussein na uisilamu. Atachambuliwa kwa masuala yote, (utakumbuka bangi, patriotism, rushwa, uwezo wa kuwa CinC) ngono nk. Lakini je, hakujua kuwa haya yatajadiliwa?? Alijiandaa vipi?? Anacheza vipi??

Hii ni wake up call kwa waafrika, mnaweza hamkuumbwa au kuzaliwa kuwa watumwa au daraja la tatu. Go go U can...

 

[Koba]

Hapa JF siku hizi kuna 'ignore list', why can't you put him there as I have done now!

....who cares about you, I certainly dont!

 

[Ukweliii]

Good advice! I'll heed it.

Nyani Ngabu Hii quote umeitoa wapi naomba ufafanuzi

Waafrika ndio tulivyo....

You are very negative na hii quote inanitisha kama inauhusiano na negative thinking yako!

 

[Nyani Ngabu]

Nyani Ngabu Hii quote umeitoa wapi naomba ufafanuzi

Waafrika ndio tulivyo....

You are very negative na hii quote inanitisha kama inauhusiano na negative thinking yako!

Kwani una upofu wa macho? Hivi huoni yanayoendelea Afrika na Tanzania...? Ndio ukwelii wenyewe huo.

 

[Kitila Mkumbo]

Stay tune mzee. Papers za mama za wakati akiwa first lady zimekuwa released. I hope hatapata misukosuko kutokana na contradictions based on what she's been saying vs. whats on the record. Sitafurahia past issues kum knock out Mrs. Clinton kama ambavyo sitataka hayo yatokee kwa Obama, lakini I think you Clinton supporters think that your candidate is shielded and immuned from controversies wakati sio kweli. If I had my way I would abolish all this dirty politics and let the candidate wachuane kwenye real issues, and not what could have been, or should have been.
You all have been cheering on Rev. Wright, but wanasema mwenzako akinyolewa ......wewe tia maji. Just wait and see what these papers and later next month what her and her husbands income tax information for 8 years will reveal, their real estate dealings, and $500 million dollar contributions to the Presidential library. Yangu macho...and I will not cheer.

Poa, ngoja tusubiri tuone. Lakini usisahau Hillary kazoea madongo maana amepigwa tangu kampeni zianza ndiyo maana sasa amepachikwa jina la 'fighter'. Lakini sasa 'bwana mdogo' naona kidogo misukomisuko kwake ni mizito na inaonekana hakuzoea kwani amekuwa akipata kwenye mteremko, lakini wazungu wameamua kum-srutinize baada ya kugundua anaweza kushinda. Nafikiri hawana nia mbaya, wanataka kumpitisha kwenye tanuru ili akishinda awe amekomaa. Wewe unafikiri kama George Bush angekuwa hajazoea misukosuko angeweza vipi ku-survive hadi leo na madongo yote anayopigwa. Sasa huyu 'kijana' naye lazima akomae, vinginevyo, Marekani itakuja vamia Iran, atapigiwa kelele na hawa jamaa wanayojiita pundits, kesho yake atayachomoa majeshi na kusababisha kasheshe.

 

[jmushi1]

Pastor Wright si mtu wa hovyo kama pundits wananvyotaka aonekane!Ni mtu mwenye heshma mbele ya jamii na amefanya mambo makubwa kwa jamii..mambo ambayo Obama anaona kuwa ni mazito kuliko clips kadhaa ambazo zimesambazwa mitandaoni na kwenye vombo vya habari.Alianzisha kanisa lake ili kuwapa moyo blacks wa marekani kuwa wananweza kuwa blacks na still wakawa christians.Hilo lilikuwa jambo ambalo ni gumu kidogo kwasababu ni dini hiyohiyo ilitumika kuhalalisha utumwa na ni dini hiyohiyo ambayo walisisitiziwa na mabwana zao wakakti wa utumwa kuwa waishikilie,ila bila kuchanganyika na wazungu.Obama amewapasha ukweli na sasa wanabaki kutapatapa..kwamba constitution ya marekani ilikuwa embeded na codes za ubaguzi,na hii ilikuwa ni mara baada ya kuzaliwa kwa taifa la marekani na statement ya constitution kuanza na "we the people" bila kuwa include blacks.Na utumwa kukubalika kwa miaka mingine ishirini!Aende kwenye makanisa gani mengine?Amejiuliza mwenyewe na kugundua kuwa hata huko kwenye makanisa mengine bado kuna matatizo kama hayo tu!Kwa wazungu huko wanaamini ubaguzi na kwamba nchi zote za waarabu ni za israel.Na kwamba dini nyingine ni za kishetani..upande ambao walilazimishwa kuachana na utumwa na haikuwa kwa hiyari yao!Kwa mfano speech ya Bush ya state of union aliposema "we the people" sidhani kama alikuwa aki include race zote!Ni kweli Mandela alikuwa regarded as a terrorist na wamarekani huko nyuma wakati wa apartheid system.Hata Dick Cheney mwenyewe alivote against Mandela release!Sasa hapa wanapomuandama Rev Wright je na wengine wakimuandama cheney ama maracist wengine...ama hata Mc cain mwenyewe ambaye alikuwa na kashfa ya confederate flag ila alishaomba msamaha!Vipi kuhusu wale wenye uhusiano na watu waliokuwa wakiown slaves ama wenye mwelekeo wa ki kkk?
Amewaweka wamarekani kwenye wakati mgumu kwani ubaguzi upo nje nje marekani!Akaweka wazi kuwa uhusiano unaweza ukawa perfected.
Obama alichukua uamuzi mgumu na wa kushujaa..at the same time wenye busara kwani unamuweka kwenye position ambayo hataweza kuloose everything!Kwamfano kama angemtosa Rev Wright,then angetoswa na blacks halafu na wazungu nao wangemtosa simply kwa kisingizio cha kakshfa ya reverand.Tukumbuke kuwa weusi wa marekani nao ni wabaguzi wa kutupwa kwani walikuwa hawampendi Obama wala kumpigia kura hadi pale wazungu walipokuwa wanampigia kura na kumpa ushindi!wakawaona kuwa ni muhimu wajiunge...especially kwa kuwa sasa ni black kama wao!Wakawa pumped up,and fired up!wakwaogopesha wazungu!Clinton naye akaitumia nafasi hiyo na kumention Jesse Jackson!Kwasababu ya vulnerability ya wamarekani pale inapokuja kwenye race ikawa rahisi sana kwa wamarekani kuanza kuvote prejudice.Kwa upande mwingine uamuzi wa kutomtosa rev ni mzuri kwani umeonyesha kuwa ni tu mwenye msimamo na maamuzi yasiyoyumba!Ameona kuwa hata kama akikosa nomination then anaweza kuendelea na movement..ubaguzi marekani bado upo!Wazungu hawataki kuadmitt kwa sababu wataulizwa ni demokrsia gani wanayoitangazia dunia wakati ya kwao ni mbovu?Chama cha democrats cha marekani kina kauli na maneno mazuri kuhusu demokrasia lakini muundo wake na taratibu zake ni za antidemocracy..where as on the other side republicans wao wana utaratibu mzuri zaidi wa kidemokrasia ila kauli mbovu mbovu.1Hili linanishangaza sana!Sasa sijui ilipangwa ama vipi!ila ndo hali halisi!
Chama cha Demokrats kilimtosa Jesse Jackson kwenye uchaguzi wa urais miaka ile ya themanini!Demokrats nao wana historia mbaya sana na blacks!Ila Obama ameamua asikose vyote na ndio maana ma conservative wamechukizwa mno!amewaweka kwenye hard time kwasababu sheria inasema hakuna ubaguzi na mtu asibaguliwe lakini yenyewe ndio mabaguzi ya kwanza!Dhamira inawasuta!Obama ameyaambia mabaguzi hayo ya pande zote za weusi na weupe kwamba..yanaweza kwenda kwenye respective corners zao na kuendelea na mifikra yao ya kubaguzi ama yanaweza kuja pamoja na kushirikiana kwenye issue nyeti kama vile elimu,afya na uchumi.
Kwa upande mwingine mama yeye alikuwa akisubiri laana ya ubaguzi iwakumbe na yeye kuutumia mwanya huo na kunyakua uwakilishi.Mama alijifunga kibwebwe na kuamua kutumia triki zote neccessary bila kujali madhara yake!Lakini Obama ame "counterpunch" kwa kusema kama anabagua basi na aendelee kwani Obama ataendeleza kazi iliachwa na Martin Luther King,sasa mama anaogopa!kama vile wananvyoogopa marepublican na ma whte supremacist wengine!kwamba miaka ya 1960 inaelekea kurudi miaka hii ya 2000's kwamba kauli na mbwembwe zote wanazotangaza kila kona ya dunia si kile wananchikifanya!
Obama anamwambia mama aache kujitapa na uzoefu kwani akipitishwa hawezi kutamba na issue ya uzoefu mbele ya mc cain.Anamkumbusha kwamba..debate kati ya democrats na mc cain iwe ni kati ya past versus the future! na sio the past vs the past!Mama ana zile policies za Bush za kutizama things on the horizon na kuziconfront as they come..whre as Obama yeye ni honest and truthfull specifically about what he's going to do.
Kwa kumalizia ni wazi kuwa kuna uwezekano wa kuwa na "Dream ticket"Kama Obama atapata mafanikio baada ya speech yake ya race ni wazi kuwa hatakuwa na njia zaidi ya kumjumuisha mama kwenye ticket yake.Mama ameshajiweka kwenye nafasi nzuri,na anadai kuwa anaweza na yeye kutoa speech ya "genda issues" Tukumbuke kuwa hata wanawake nao walipitia ubaguzi na inequality za hali ya juu!Kama ma akishinda...kuna uwezekano wa yeye kuteua Obama as a VP kwani chama tayari kitakuwa kimeshagawanyika na itakuwa muhimu ili kumzuia Obama asianzishe yale mamovement ya miaka ya 60's ambayo yatakuwa ni gumzo kubwa duniani!AMA KWELI WAMAREKANI WAKO KWENYE HARD TIMES!

 

[Nyani Ngabu]

News Alert!!

Obama's lead over Clinton narrows: Reuters poll By Steve Holland
Wed Mar 19, 7:03 AM ET



WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat Barack Obama's big national lead over Hillary Clinton has all but evaporated in the U.S. presidential race, and both Democrats trail Republican John McCain, according a Reuters/Zogby poll released on Wednesday.

The poll showed Obama had only a statistically insignificant lead of 47 percent to 44 percent over Clinton, down sharply from a 14 point edge he held over her in February when he was riding the tide of 10 straight victories.

Illinois Sen. Obama, who would be America's first black president, has been buffeted by attacks in recent weeks from New York Sen. Clinton over his fitness to serve as commander-in-chief and by a tempest over racially charged sermons given by his Chicago preacher.

The poll showed Arizona Sen. McCain, who has clinched the Republican presidential nomination, is benefiting from the lengthy campaign battle between Obama and Clinton, who are now battling to win Pennsylvania on April 22.

McCain leads 46 percent to 40 percent in a hypothetical matchup against Obama in the November presidential election, according to the poll.

That is a sharp turnaround from the Reuters/Zogby poll from last month, which showed in a head-to-head matchup that Obama would beat McCain 47 percent to 40 percent.

"The last couple of weeks have taken a toll on Obama and in a general election match-up, on both Democrats," said pollster John Zogby.

Matched up against Clinton, McCain leads 48 percent to 40 percent, narrower than his 50 to 38 percent advantage over her in February.

"It's not surprising to me that McCain's on top because there is disarray and confusion on the Democratic side," Zogby said

Obama gave a speech on Tuesday rebuking his pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, for sermons sometimes laced with inflammatory tirades but said he could not disown him and it was time for Americans to bind the country's racial wounds.

The poll showed Obama continues to have strong support from the African-American community but that he is experiencing some slippage among moderates and independents.

Among independents, McCain led for the first time in the poll, 46 percent to 36 percent over Obama.

He was behind McCain by 21 percent among white voters.

Zogby attributed this to a combination of the fallout from Clinton's victory in Ohio earlier this month and the controversy over Wright's sermons.

"And, just the closer he gets to the nomination, the tougher questions whites ask about an African-American candidate," Zogby said.

The March 13-14 poll surveyed 525 likely Democratic primary voters for the matchup between Clinton and Obama. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.4 percentage points.

For the matchup between McCain and his Democratic rivals, 1004 likely voters were surveyed. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.2 percentage points.

(To read more about the U.S. political campaign, visit Reuters "Tales from the Trail: 2008" online at http://blogs.reuters.com/trail08/

(Editing by Todd Eastham)

 

[Kitila Mkumbo]

Kuna pundits hapa bado watakwambia hii kitu has no impact!