Maybe he thought the party was still playing the game?

This is from an article:

Jones appointed Obama sponsor of virtually every high-profile piece of legislation, angering many rank-and-file state legislators who had more seniority than Obama and had spent years championing the bills.

“I took all the beatings and insults and endured all the racist comments over the years from nasty Republican committee chairmen,” State Senator Rickey Hendon, the original sponsor of landmark racial profiling and videotaped confession legislation yanked away by Jones and given to Obama, complained to me at the time. “Barack didn’t have to endure any of it, yet, in the end, he got all the credit.

“I don’t consider it bill jacking,” Hendon told me. “But no one wants to carry the ball 99 yards all the way to the one-yard line, and then give it to the halfback who gets all the credit and the stats in the record book.”

During his seventh and final year in the state Senate, Obama’s stats soared. He sponsored a whopping 26 bills passed into law ” including many he now cites in his presidential campaign when attacked as inexperienced.

It was a stunning achievement that started him on the path of national politics ” and he couldn’t have done it without Jones.

Before Obama ran for U.S. Senate in 2004, he was virtually unknown even in his own state. Polls showed fewer than 20 percent of Illinois voters had ever heard of Barack Obama.

Jones further helped raise Obama’s profile by having him craft legislation addressing the day-to-day tragedies that dominated local news �headlines.

I spoke to Jones earlier this week and he confirmed his conversation with Kelley, adding that he gave Obama the legislation because he believed in Obama’s ability to negotiate with Democrats and Republicans on divisive issues.

slednfool on March 24, 2008 at 8:38 AM”

Well, it certainly had NOTHING to do with his race!!

If Obama really wants to do God’s work on earth, what God is he talking about? The God of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Jesus Christ, or the god of Jeremiah Wright? A President Barack Obama would drive America to its knees, in fervent prayer to the real God to save us from Obama.

sounds like ole Billy Jeff..

Hello? Deja vu to his rise in the Chicago Senate..!

Pam on March 24, 2008 at 8:45 AM

Excellent link. Thanks.

1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25.

Change You Can Count on.

This message has been approved by Barack Hussein Obama.

Maybe Liberal doesn’t go far enough for Obama. He wants to be called Socialist.

I can’t go as far as label him as a socialist yet. I can say with certainty that his general stand on the issues pretty much depends on which direction the wind is blowing at the time. B.O. may stand for promise, he may stand for hope, but when it comes to taking a definitive stand on the key issues, the guy is an absolute wuss. So for now, maybe we can classify him as a Non-Liberal Non-Socialist Liberal Wussie.

http://www.kansascity.com/sports/story/543807.html

Trinity’s New Pastor Complains about Media Lynching
March 23, 2008 – 19:41 ET by laree
Media Lynching hmmm…that sounds familar who called caused the Media S*^T Storm last April they didn’t mind that Media Lynching so much in fact alot of them took part fire Imus fire Imus, we don’t care if it was satire taken out of context we don’t care about the whole man and his life of good works this has nothing to do with the 1st amendment the Free Market did work with a secondary boycott? come on they threatened the networks advertisers when they couldn’t itimidate the networks. NHH was satire that was apologized for and accepted. GD America no one has apologized tick tick tick tick..no still no apology to a whole country of people. Oh I think they know all about Media Lynching.

http://www.talkers.com/main/index.php?option=com_content&task=category&sectionid=5&id=30&Itemid=127

Anyone want to read more check out Imus Times we love to discuss this interesting change of events. Chickens coming home to Roost, Obama has bigger problems then Nesting “yard birds”

/sarc

Obama, in an interview, said that “a lot of these old labels don’t apply anymore.”

He said he was a progressive and a pragmatist,

Progressive = socialist. Not quite communist, but a believer in bigger and bigger government.

Drudge Report is citing this morning that B.O. stated over the weekend that he is NOT a liberal. Yet he seems to lean that direction on virtually he stands for. So I guess that now makes him a Non-Liberal Liberal.

pilamaye on March 24, 2008 at 9:11 AM

Maybe Liberal doesn’t go far enough for Obama. He wants to be called Socialist.

Change, hope, and hopeful change.

Carville famously said that Pennsylvania is Pittsburgh and Philadelphia with Alabama in between.

We’ll soon find out how many rural whites still believe in Obama.

My prediction is that Clinton beats Obama by 20 points in PA. White voters were willing to give the guy a chance when it seemed like he was trying to rise above the race baiters.

Now that it’s been revealed that Obama is nothing but Sharpton without the pompadour and the megaphone, Obama is finished.

So unless Obambi unexpectedly crashes and burns, he will be the nominee. Then we will see if he can flim-flam the electorate into voting for him the same way. That his opponent will be a sometimes engaging, but aging Senator who is timid about confronting Obambi’s lack of substance will not help.

What exactly does this guy bring to the table besides the ability to serve up slick speeches to dopes?

He brings hope and change and, um, er, ah, . . . well, we’ll get back to you on that. But if you don’t support/vote for him, then you’re a racist.

rbj on March 24, 2008 at 8:49 AM

The Obama campaign strategy succinctly put

They are born liar’s hence they become politicians.

What exactly does this guy bring to the table besides the ability to serve up slick speeches to dopes?

NoDonkey on March 24, 2008 at 8:36 AM

He brings hope and change and, um, er, ah, . . . well, we’ll get back to you on that. But if you don’t support/vote for him, then you’re a racist.