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davidylan:
those fickle women?

If women didn't have suffrage,Republicans would be winning elections by a landslide! The Saudis were up to something good

davidylan:
The real gap is the gender gap. More women voted for Hillary this time than in Iowa. Women and their penchant for tears sef na wa o.

Clinton is also leading handily amongst the older voters

nwando:
Where are the women that can recognise a stallion when they see one?

The women have furnished the electoral equivalent of Kleenex to Clinton

nwando:
and the winner is?

PDP

davidylan:
Even if Obama loses, it shld not be more than a 2% gap for him to still stand a very good chance. He will defo win in South Carolina. John Edwards is the one in serious trouble now.

John who? The man is making up the numbers,he is now gunning for VP's position

The gap is only about 3000 votes

nwando:
davidddddddddddddddddddddddddddd
what's the latest?

Take tranquilisers o,its getting closer by the minute

Even Romney dey close the gap on McCain Obama will win,my exit polls have confirmed this

@JeSoul

The whole point is that if votes were simply cast on the basis of color,Obama wouldn't have any chance of winning for whites constitute the majority in the US.No point advocating something that would backfire on blacks

I am eager to see a Black president but Obama looks more like the new Jimmy Carter than the new JFK

CLINTON 49,851 [39%]
OBAMA 45,660 [36%]

Its down to 3%

Results haven't come in from "college towns".Obama still has "hope" of nicking this

davidylan:
What policies are you talking about? Huckabee won Iowa and he had to be reminded that Pakistan was majority Sunni! The fellow said Shiite!

Rep Silvestre Reyes,Chairman of House of Reps Select Committee on Intelligence,didn't know who Hezbollah are nor whether al-Qaeda is Sunni or Shia!

http://public.cq.com/public/20061211_homeland.html

Exit polls seem to show Obama won,albeit by a narrow margin.

@JeSoul

That is what I have been telling them but a couple of them even referred me to Obama's website to view even more demagogic windy drivel.

Charisma,great speeches and sharing a common racial heritage are all well and good but Obama has to come up with a lot more than that.

nwando:
The average man would be so much intimidated by a woman of her calibre.
She may remain a spinster for life if care's not taken,I wonder if she dates?

There were claims that she is lesbian.I think she was dating one ex-NFL dude like that.

Most men won't want to date such a successful woman.

debosky:
Condi has hot legs . . .apart from that, I can't say I have much to say about her. She's cut from the same cloth as Rumsfeld, so she's no good.

She is very different from Rummy.

Shedding tears is a vote getter!If Obama can promise to find all loose nuclear materials within 4 years,Hillary might as well start weeping. . . . .I nearly wept when I saw some of Obama's promises

It seems McCain is thumping Romney.

Romney has suffered for merely being a Mormon when he is one of the most capable candidates.

lazy:
I don't know about that. They have a lot of baggage also. People also want change and the difference between Hillary and Bill is that Bill can speak so that people feel that change is going to occur. Hillary has no charisma at all and cannot reach people.

Divided Govt is always the best.One party controlling the White House,another controlling Congress.

I want Clinton to win because I think the GOP has better chances against her.At worst,if the GOP were to lose, I would prefer the Clintons given Clinton's relatively good record in 8 years in office.I just don't see what Obama's policies actually are.

@nwando

Na good looks you go chop? Yar'Adua no get good looks?

Na how to best deal with al-Qaeda,the economy,immigration,trade,nuclear proliferation,e.t.c be my main concern.If Condo Rice was running,I would have supported her,she looks sexy in those boots!

davidylan:
Do you know that of Clinton off the top of your head?

I'm not a Clinton supporter!

If I do come here touting the credentials of a particular candidate,its reasonable to expect me to know some of the candidate's proposals off the top of my head,instead of simply stating,"go to his website"."Go to his website" is a subtle admission that you don't know what the person you support stands for.

davidylan:
Can you remind me what Bush's campaign slogans were? I'm sure they did not include amnesty and the war on terror.

If we should vote based on those who truly know their onions . . . the likes of Fred Thompson would be winning these elections. Fact Edwards and Clinton have been around forever, how did they influence government with all these o so beautiful policies that they are now running around with. Was Clinton not a part of the white house for 8yrs . . . how did she influence her husband?

Enough of telling us stories! We just want a new face in office!

Back in 2000,Americans were faced with Gore and Bush.They said they wanted a new face and chose Bush.I hear they are complaining today!

I actually still remember many of Bush's policy positions off the top of my head.Instantly shifting the US embassy in Israel to Jerusalem! Curtailing US military missions abroad,Bush claimed that US military presence in other countries was alienating the world!!!!!

Isn't the lesson Americans should draw from Bush 2000 is to ask for details?That's why they say the devil is in the details

@kalokalo

The summary of your position is that if you think Obama is inexperienced,you have "swallowed white propaganda"?

We should visit his website? Why do Obama supporters keep referring us to his website?Don't they know his positions off the top of their heads?

@Buluti

Even the Obama website reminds me of those mimographs we used to get in Naija universities. A summary of a summary of a summary. . . . .if that was your answer to the emptiness of the Obama campaign,I bow to your superior ignorance.

davidylan:
Lets be honest . . . how many 17-25yr olds want to sit through a campaign speech delving into the nitty gritty of policy change? Give them a catchy slogan and their votes are pretty much sewn up. Ask Clinton if in doubt.

I don't for a second doubt that "giving little away" is a winning strategy for pols,no matter the age demographics they are gunning for.Someone once used the expression,people are "rationally ignorant".The average person doesn't have the time or inclination to wade through tons of policy proposals.Catchy slogans is what wins elections.

My point is,just because the end justifies the means doesn't mean we shouldn't question what Obama actually stands for and how he intends to achieve what he promises.On balance,I have heard more from other candidates than I have heard from Obama.Vacuity plagues every politician but Obama is operating on another level

His Republican equivalent is Huckabee.Empty slogans too,no doubt,his supporters on Nairaland,if any,could refer me to his website to view even more piffle.

@buluti

That Obama's campaign is vacuous doesn't mean he doesn't have a website.Even the screaming Lord Sutch of GB had his own website full of detailed "proposals".

Lets take it one by one.Since you have fully bought the whole thing!How does he propose to secure all loose nuclear materials in the world within 4 years? Oya,find that it in his website

How does he propose to end the war in Iraq?

How does he propose to end the fight with al-Qaeda?

Just these 3 will do.I'm patiently waiting

davidylan:
First Clinton voted for the war in Iraq (which to me was the right step in the right direction) now she is flipflopping on this issue MAINLY because of the votes she hopes to recieve.

Obama once said in 2004 that he doesn't know if he would have voted for the 2002  Congress authorisation.He doesn't say so now,does he?

Flip flopping?Obama was against the Patriot Act and subsequently voted for it

Just think that people should be more circumspect about the Obama bandwagon

McKren:
leadership is not about knowing all the policies in the world, policies and ideas can be bought by assembling the best brains in the country.
leadership has more to do with having a good and large heart, and ability to affect people and carry them along. and that is priceless as it can not be bought.

Obama is going to provide "leadership"?   There are a "million" candidates in that race that can lay claim to demonstrating leadership all through their lives.

He can buy the best brains in the country?What makes you think the Clintons can't get the best brains in the country?

There are obvious flaws in yor analysis of the Brown situation but no point in going into that.Suffice to say that your analysis is fatally flawed

Kobojunkie:
I was so hoping and waiting for someone to actually post that. LMAO!!! I bet 80% of those who support him do not know where he actually stands on critical issues. I don't , Lmao!!!

There is a brilliant writer,David Aaronovitch,that put it succintly,Obama is everything and nothing.You can project any perception unto Obama!

Of all the vacuities he spouts,I loved this one in particular,   “I will end the war in Iraq,I will finish the fight against al-Qaeda".   You have to love that!He can as well summarise that into,"I know Americans are a bit thick and superficial,this tactic worked for Bush in 00 and Reagan in 80 so I will try it one more time"

End the war in Iraq?How is he going to do that? At best,he can end US prescence in Iraq,but he doesn't even promise a full withdrawal!So how is he going to stop Sunni/Shia bloodshed?Hey,don't ask,just follow the crowd.He probably has some magic wand in his dapper suit.

How is he going to end the fight against al-Qaeda?Again,don't ask,better to insult people's intelligence by promising what he you can't deliver.Politicians as a matter of pragmatism are prone to spin but Obama takes it to a whole new level

Clinton has more substance to her campaign by a mile,compared to Obama.

She has more detailed positions on every major issue than Obama.Does anyone know what Obama means by hope? Change?

Even if Clinton is to some extent 'besetted' by vacuities,should one vacuous candidate be swapped for another?People like Edwards and Richardson have more fully thought through policy proposals than Clinton and Obama.Problem is,people prefer razzmatazz to the nitty gritty of policy making.Better to mount the podium mouthing empty slogans about "change" and "hope" than give detailed proposals about how such lofty ideals can be attained.

Obama is the master of vacuities.He keeps on talking about hope,hope of what? There is very little substance to his campaign,most people who support him don't know what he stands for.

His lack of political experience is touted as a bonus. . . . . . .since when was inexperience a positive attribute?

I thought what epitomised Obama was this,4 years ago,he claimed there was no difference between his position on Iraq and that of Bush(that was when the Iraq war was more popular and Obama was jocekying for national recognition)this was a reversal of his prior position in the state legislature,he even put this new Iraq position up on his website then.

Fastforward 3 years later and the speech on his website is gone replaced by ad nauseam recitation of his prescience on Iraq ,very few if any of his supporters know of his constantly "evolving" position on major issues.

@D-reloaded

Never mind them.That is what makes them bad family men.If you don't prefer your family food,you might not prefer your wife's.

nwando:
I -man was the suya PHD at Asata somewhere not too far from the corner of Zik Avenue near the stadium?_{it's been a while}
It was only God that saved me from tape worm in the hands of those mallams

Na dat one. . . .I still dey suffer stomach aches because of them.I even had gastro-intestinal bleeding because of a bug I strongly believe I got from the suya It took 3 years,1 blood transfusion and admission at ICU to recover from the suya

Apart from my parents and a few friends. . . . . . .what do I miss?

Maybe its because I pop into Nigeria fairly often.When you stay here for a while,you start to feel homesick,when you get to Naija,you are reminded why you left.

Ok,I miss being able to screech down the Onitsha/Enugu Expressway trying to break my speed record! Did Enugu Airport to Awka in 15mins back in August!

I miss the sunshine

My favorite joint-Dr Suya PHD(Seriously,that is the inscription at this suya joint)

Piooo water. . . . .the water was never pure

I miss Manuwa,Lady Ibiam and Adelabu(female hostels at UNEC)

Yogurt from those bicycle ice cream vendors when the sun is too hot.

I'm struggling to find things I really miss