Obama's Recent Remarks Could Derail Democratic Campaign For The White House - Comments Page 7

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• 276 - Jet

  Aug 21, 2008 at 7:46 am

  I saw this coming...
  
  

  A national poll released Wednesday by Reuters/Zogby showed McCain beating Obama 46 to 41 percent, an advantage that also shows that voters now see McCain as stronger on economic issues. The latest poll erased the strong seven-point advantage held by the Democrat just last month. Other polls had the race statistically tied.
  
  Moreover, some recent polls indicate that some red states that Democrats had hoped they could flip to blue - like Indiana and Virginia - are tacking back slightly to McCain.
  
  The latest polls show that even with gas prices rising precipitously under a Republican administration, the candidates are unusually close on whom Americans trust to deal with the issue.

• 277 - Jet

  Nov 03, 2008 at 11:04 pm

  I WROTE THIS ARTICLE... I was wrong. I was so goddamned anxious to cast doubt on Obama, after he defeated Hillary in the primaries (whom I supported), that I rushed to write this piece before I had time to think about it.
  
  I'm man enough to admit when I was wrong.
  
  ...and I was.
  
  Jet Gardner
  Columbus Ohio

• 278 - Heloise

  Nov 03, 2008 at 11:11 pm

  Jet, I missed this, was in CA. Good for you to admit it. I was in California when you wrote this. I guess my foresight is why people like Arch [personal attack deleted] and Dave (he's got problems) are both attacking Heloise.
  
  If Arch does not take down his comments and apologize I just might have to leave this site. It's that bad. I don't need it.
  
  Heloise

• 279 - Jet

  Nov 03, 2008 at 11:18 pm

  thanks Heloise, I hope the writers/editor(s) learn from my mistake and follow the example. As for Archness, he's been banned from here so many times, that I don't see him learning any kind of lesson.
  
  He's like an old sock left on the fireplace mantle; after a while you're so used to seeing (hearing) it that you don't notice it anymore until a neighbor comes over and asks if you're early for Santa Clause.
  
  Jet

• 280 - Dr Dreadful

  Nov 03, 2008 at 11:22 pm

  I was in California when you wrote this
  
  ...so forgive me if it goes astray?

• 281 - Jet

  Nov 03, 2008 at 11:24 pm

  Prince... is that you?

• 282 - Dr Dreadful

  Nov 03, 2008 at 11:27 pm

  I've been so many people today, including Dracula, that I'm not sure any more.
  
  As far as I know, Jet, Archie has never actually been banned from the site. He is frequently edited and/or told to put a sock in it, but I think you're getting him mixed up with He Who Shall Not Be Named.

• 283 - Heloise

  Nov 03, 2008 at 11:31 pm

  No, I meant to edit out one of those. Geez, is everybody here anal retentive? He has over 200 comments and was expressing his opinion. It was obviously popular article. I missed THIS article because I was in California at the time.
  
  Not to imply it went astray because I was not here to monitor it. Is that what you are trying to say or think I was trying to say? People get over it. These are just comments. I am tired, busy, just wrote an interview and like to write quick notes. WTF? Is it just me? Is it cause I'm black you people call me on every comment? I used to never comment. Maybe I will go back to that.
  
  Good night!
  
  Heloise

• 284 - Jet

  Nov 03, 2008 at 11:31 pm

  You're probably right, they're so interchangeable. Is it my copy of IE8.1 beta, or are the fresh comments just posted here, have somehow wound up near the bottom of the fresh comments page???

• 285 - Jet

  Nov 03, 2008 at 11:34 pm

  Heloise, he was making a joke based on the lyrics of a Prince song. I know the feeling, I have to label my jokes so people know when to laugh too...
  
  For you just joining this, go back to comment#277

• 286 - Jordan Richardson

  Nov 03, 2008 at 11:35 pm

  Heloise, calm down. And do it because you're black.

• 287 - Jet

  Nov 03, 2008 at 11:37 pm

  George Wallace; is that you?

• 288 - Jordan Richardson

  Nov 03, 2008 at 11:40 pm

  The segregation guy or the black comedian?

• 289 - Heloise

  Nov 03, 2008 at 11:41 pm

  Oh, you people are too smart for me. I am a Prince aficionado, love Prince. Didn't catch that one. You scared me. Arch's attack shook me up.
  
  Another one of my kitties bit the dust, literally. I found him dead after he committed kitticide by jumping off the garage. I told that idiot to stay off the roof and out the trees but he wouldn't listen. His name was Reba.
  
  Anyway, But thank you Dr. D for editing out his comments.
  
  I almost lost my JFK cool. Can't have that can we, Hackie?
  
  Heloise
  
  

• 290 - Jet

  Nov 03, 2008 at 11:42 pm

  The racist governor who ran for president in the 60s...

• 291 - Jet

  Nov 03, 2008 at 11:44 pm

  I was dreamin' when I wrote this, forgive me if it goes astray... Hey, I could use that as an excuse for this article!

• 292 - Dr Dreadful

  Nov 03, 2008 at 11:45 pm

  @ #284: No, Jet, it's happened to me a few times too, and I'm using Safari on my Mac. Go figure...!

• 293 - Dr Dreadful

  Nov 03, 2008 at 11:48 pm

  Heloise, I'm sorry to hear about Reba (Reba??!??!) I have two cats myself. They stay indoors, but I'd hate it if anything happened to them.

• 294 - Jet

  Nov 03, 2008 at 11:48 pm

  Oh... well... that explains a lot... I think?

• 295 - Jet

  Nov 03, 2008 at 11:50 pm

  I'm trying to figure out what Reba is short for that would be good for a male cat. The options boggle the mind...

• 296 - Heloise

  Nov 04, 2008 at 12:00 am

  LOL. My daughter asked me the same thing. She said, I thought it was a female, when I said "He was dead." I told her I liked the name "Reba" my other cat has a straight-up dog's name. Go figure, Heloise is just funny like that. His name was supposed to be "Brutus." I thought Reba was close enough.
  
  Does that explain it?
  
  Heloise
  
  
  

• 297 - Jet

  Nov 04, 2008 at 12:02 am

  Well now I'm worried that I actually understood that Heloise...

• 298 - Heloise

  Nov 04, 2008 at 12:08 am

  Jet, LOL. Nobody gets me. Or is it that nobody understands me. That's what I get for writing poetry for years. You know in poetry you try to be misunderstood, mysterious, sphinx-like, and shit. Bottom line: it comes natural.
  
  Heloise

• 299 - Jet

  Nov 04, 2008 at 12:09 am

  I'm taking a moment (no joke) to express my sorrow to Obama on the death of his grandmother, who died within hours of seeing her grandson elected President.

• 300 - Jet

  Nov 04, 2008 at 12:12 am

  Do your remember a weekly newspaper article entitled "Handy Hints from Heloise?"

• 301 - Heloise

  Nov 04, 2008 at 12:19 am

  That was a long time ago. I read them. But I named myself after the French philosopher "Heloise" of Heloise and Abelard fame circa 13th century France. But guess what if you google Heloise you get hints from Heloise first because Ta Da, she has gone online.
  
  Then there is Heloise and the Savoir Faire, just heard of them. But there is only one "Heloise" of France, that's me.
  
  Heloise

• 302 - Jet

  Nov 04, 2008 at 12:44 am

  I'm suprised they didn't nickname you "Hally" ...that's from "The Electric Horseman"

• 303 - Jet

  Nov 04, 2008 at 2:01 am

  I'd like to thank whomever fixed the length of time it takes to post a comment.

• 304 - Jet

  Nov 04, 2008 at 2:07 am

  I have no intentions of gloating tomorrow night; I'll just be glad that this place will be more civil and normal...

• 305 - Jet

  Nov 04, 2008 at 7:29 am

  For those who missed it last night...
  
  I WROTE THIS ARTICLE... I was wrong. I was so goddamned anxious to cast doubt on Obama, after he defeated Hillary in the primaries (whom I supported), that I rushed to write this piece before I had time to think about it.
  
  I'm man enough to admit when I was wrong.
  
  ...and I was.
  
  Jet Gardner
  Columbus Ohio
  
  

• 306 - Christopher Rose

  Nov 04, 2008 at 7:33 am

  Jet, re your #291, I've already used a variation of that line - and will sue you for breach of copyright if you use it too! LOL!!

• 307 - Jet

  Nov 04, 2008 at 7:45 am

  Hey, don't blame me, Doc started it way back in #280

• 308 - bliffle

  Nov 04, 2008 at 11:03 am

  Heloise says:
  
  "If Arch does not take down his comments and apologize I just might have to leave this site. It's that bad. I don't need it."
  
  You don't have to do that, all you have to do is give Archie a mental rating and then as you scan comments throw his away. That's what I do.
  
  I also do it for some others. Anyone whose info content is so low that they don't count.
  
  

• 309 - bliffle

  Nov 04, 2008 at 11:07 am

  Heloise says:
  
  "...I named myself after the French philosopher "Heloise" of Heloise and Abelard fame..."
  
  I'm glad I'm not YOUR boyfriend.
  

• 310 - Cindy D

  Nov 04, 2008 at 11:25 am

  RE # 299,
  
  Jet,
  
  I didn't know that. That is heartbreaking.

• 311 - Jet

  Nov 04, 2008 at 1:31 pm

  Cindy, according to the news reports, she absentee voted for him before she died.