Comments on: Howard Dean addresses DFL convention

By: beryl k gullsgate

beryl k gullsgate — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 07:03:00 +0000

Wellstone, Dean? We can't lose Obama Hearing the voice of Howard Dean last night only reminded me of the power of this former presidential candidate coming on the heels of our own honorable Paul Wellstone. Was it in Iowa, down among the corn, that Dean on that past campaign trail, was criticized for being too dramatic, too emotional? The media picked up on that same small attitude from then on, and slowly destroyed what would have, could have been one of our great presidents; the man, Howard Dean. As our man Paul Wellstone would have been. One killed in a plane crash...one by the media.

Now we have Obama. We can't lose him. His speech at AIPAC set this voter back a bit to put it mildly, but maybe, just maybe, AIPAC is some kind of rock in the road; some most compromising, politically expected check-point; a sick ritual every 'candidate' is required to perform? Who knows...I don't understand it, but...

I only hope once passing the gauntlet of the most powerful AIPAC lobby-coalition, maybe Obama will see the Palestinian standing in the dust and rubble of his former home, sillouetted by his bulldozed olive grove; his livelihood... while carrying the bloody body of his youngest child limp in his arms? The Palestinian sees you, Obama.

I still retain my hope in Obama but expect more. I Hope he will recognize the other half of the 'equation'...the waiting Palestinian

By: beryl k gullsgate

beryl k gullsgate — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Wellstone, Dean? We can’t lose Obama Hearing the voice of Howard Dean last night only reminded me of the power of this former presidential candidate coming on the heels of our own honorable Paul Wellstone. Was it in Iowa, down among the corn, that Dean on that past campaign trail, was criticized for being too dramatic, too emotional? The media picked up on that same small attitude from then on, and slowly destroyed what would have, could have been one of our great presidents; the man, Howard Dean. As our man Paul Wellstone would have been. One killed in a plane crash…one by the media.

Now we have Obama. We can’t lose him. His speech at AIPAC set this voter back a bit to put it mildly, but maybe, just maybe, AIPAC is some kind of rock in the road; some most compromising, politically expected check-point; a sick ritual every ‘candidate’ is required to perform? Who knows…I don’t understand it, but…

I only hope once passing the gauntlet of the most powerful AIPAC lobby-coalition, maybe Obama will see the Palestinian standing in the dust and rubble of his former home, sillouetted by his bulldozed olive grove; his livelihood… while carrying the bloody body of his youngest child limp in his arms? The Palestinian sees you, Obama.

I still retain my hope in Obama but expect more. I Hope he will recognize the other half of the ‘equation’…the waiting Palestinian