Exhausted Kennedy Warns: 'Obama Is Running Out of Time'

[Yossariant]

Presidential Politics

Exposed Story

An exhausted Sen. Edward Kennedy admitted to a Boston Herald reporter that Democrat presidential hopeful Sen. Barrack Obama is running out of time to wrap up his party's nomination.

Despite Obama's recent slips, Kennedy says he still believes that Barrack is the best chance for Democrats to take back the White House.

But Kennedy's subdued manner and mechanical recitation of Obama talking points, shows he is clearly worried and very tired!

http://www.exposedstory.com/my_weblog/2008/05/tired-kennedy-w.html

[Why Syzygy]

1. We are all exhausted. He doesn't have a corner on that market.

[PBS Poll-435]

2. Maybe he got RFK Jr's message?

:shrug:

[helderheid]

8. Which one is that? This?

http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_barbara__080423_clinton_s_blind_eye_.htm

[PBS Poll-435]

22. Um no. I didn't know he wrote that! WOW

:puke:

[BenDavid]

52. no prodn2000 it's the one where Robert Kennedy said that if

someone hears or sees any type of bigotry or racists remarks one should take a stand and let it be known that it is wrong. Well, obama sat on his ass in church, most likely in that same pew and heard pstor wright spew out all the racial hatred and obama sat there and spoke not a word against the pastor. Obama fails the robert kennedy test for standing up to those that practice racial division and uses bigotted comments. Obama is oozing slowly and will dehydrate after June 3.

[PBS Poll-435]

56. Nail. Hammer. Head.

:thumbsup:

[Bensthename]

3. I'm right there with him.. Oh well it will be over in June.

Supers will fource her out.

[AllentownJake]

4. Teddy

Is in his 70s...the man can be tired.

[FrenchieCat]

5. I"m exhausted too.......

so Hillary needs to move out of the way.

[Evergreen Emerald]

19. interesting strategy: ask your opponent to quit so you can win.

[OzarkDem]

20. Pretty arrogant

another indication of how clueless Obama would be if elected to the WH.

I used to think he would be a good candidate for the 2012 election, but I'm not sure even that's realistic.

He has a lot of "issues".

[JoFerret]

42. I am not sure how many are his

versus the clear problems of so many of his followers.

He is a much better candidate than his followers on DU would lead one to believe.
However - you are right. there are some serious issues. But then - he is human.

[mitchum]

45. Methinks you have really slipped up there with your...

"I used to think he would be a good candidate for the 2012 election"

Just what are the implications of that, Clinton supporter?

[blm]

6. BALONEY - Kennedy knows as well as Clintons that Obama won this Super Tuesday.

This article is meant to DECEIVE voters - the media and Clinton campaign believe their targeted audience really are stupid people.

[enough]

7. I don't understand. Why is it OBAMA who is running out of time?

I there some sort of rule that HRC wins by default after a certain time?

[blm]

12. This article is DECEPTIVE to target the stupid audience who will fall for it.

It's written to deceive as Kennedy has known since Super Tuesday that Obama has won this nomination.

Corporate media and the clinton campaign continuing the lie is because they have no respect for the intellect of their targeted audience.

[my3boyz]

13. I did not see him say that on the video. The reporter is probably

biased and made up some crap. If he said anything like that he probably meant his ability to wrap it up (as in end it right now) by winning both states on Tuesday (which would be difficult). That is the only thing I could think he meant IF (and that is a big if because it is not on the video) he said it!

[my3boyz]

9. I watched the video and he did not see tired or subdued..lol

He basically said the same thing Obama and his surrogates are saying (that she is a tough opponent and that they believe the country is ready for something new..turn the page...change...whatever you want to call it). LOL And by wrapping it up I think he means if Obama could win both states on Tuesday he could wrap it up. Everyone knows that is unlikely so the process will move forward. It is really pathetic the way people twist what a person says.

[chascarrillo]

10. Quotation marks are used for direct quotes. This is not one of them.

Original story: http://news.bostonherald.com/news/regional/general/view.bg?articleid=1091361&srvc=home&position=2

[my3boyz]

15. You can watch the video on that page too. nt

[progressive25]

31. Admit Obama is in trouble

I am an Obama supporter and I admit he is in trouble. Denial will only assure his loss.

[my3boyz]

34. How is he in trouble? LOL nt

[karynnj]

46. He is leading - so if he is "in trouble" who isn't?

HRC has a much harder path to victory - and maybe not even that.

[HCE SuiGeneris]

47. Uh, huh. And I really favor Hillary, but she sure is running a shady campaign.

[HCE SuiGeneris]

17. Lots of inaccurate messaging going on in the OP.

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[HCE SuiGeneris]

14. Not so sure Chet at Exposed Story has the definitive scoop on how "exhausted"

Kennedy is. Or, did you add that "exhausted" yourself?

[featherman]

16. Let's see: "spin" from this blogger misrepresenting a Boston Herald

columnist's brief opinion piece is somehow valuable how?

Read the original article... not this spin of a spin of the original.

[writes3000]

18. That's exactly what I suspected. I may have to put the OP on ignore. Thanks. n/t

[emilyg]

23. Immature to brag about ignore.

Who cares what you do?

[MADem]

24. Heh, heh!!! Like it's a "punishment" to be denied such uninformed comment! nt

[writes3000]

26. "Who cares what you do?"

Obviously, you do. You took the time to respond.

As for ignore, I like to remind people that we all have that option - rather than getting into an antagonizing fight. Those fights can get pretty immature.

[emilyg]

27. I've made it my mission to call people out

on this.

[MADem]

33. Oh, come on--you don't find the IGNORE WHINERS funny? No sense of humor, eh?

I don't like what you say, so I'm going to put YOU on IGNORE!!!!!


I can't respond to your points, so I am going to feign offense and put you on IGNORE!!!


I don't have the intellectual capacity to understand you, so I'm going to put YOU on IGNORE!!!

It's funny to anyone who CAN debate, who can respond, and who does have the intellectual capacity. This IS a moderated forum with rules, which prevents excessive abuse. And there's always that "Hide Thread" option if a discussion gets too painful. But I swear, there have got to be people here--for now, anyway (I suspect they'll be gone after the convention)--who come across threads that are half full of people on IGNORE...and that, to me, is like that lady who debated Randi Rhodes on TV and stuck her fingers in her ears. Not a shining moment!

[Adelante]

21. Watch the video, people

The OP is a reporter's distortion.

[RememberWellstone]

25. Oh my.

How times have changed. Can ye smell it?

[flpoljunkie]

28. "Exposed Story?" As Bill Clinton might say, "Give Me A Break!"

[progressive25]

29. Obama must hold on to his slim lead

Obama must shift gears and find a way to hold on to his slim lead. Kennedy looks war weary.

[mahina]

30. We have all the time there is.

[stray cat]

32. As states vote both candidates run out of time - no surprise there

[Bluenorthwest]

35. Some of us remember when Ted decided to run for Pres

He ran against a sitting Democratic President, Jimmy Carter. Ted got trounced in the Primaries yet he went all the long way to the Convention, where he tried to convert Jimmy's delegates to his side. The animosity was obvious. Kennedy's attempt to unseat Carter failed, and the gap was I think 970 delegates. So Ted is one to talk. And he's an expert at running it all down to the wire himself. He did this to a sitting Democratic President. I'd like to hear him speak about that, and how it relates to this year's primary. But he won't. Special rules for Hyannis boys I guess.

[Seabiscuit]

44. I remember all that. But I also remember how the media trashed him daily with nonstop headlines

about Chappaquiddick. He never stood a chance in that primary.

[Hepburn]

36. Exposed Story?

Is that some rag that one finds at the check out line in the grocery store?

:eyes:

[Avalux]

38. Not a reputable source, that's for sure.

Probably a Hillary supporter's site.

[Life Long Dem]

37. Obama is running out the clock!

[progressive25]

39. He's nose to nose with Hillary and the race is almost over!

[Life Long Dem]

40. Yeah, and we have a new starting line.

:sarcasm:

[progressive25]

41. True

When Obama is winning, he losing, and when he's losing, Hillary's winning.

[dogday]

43. It has been one hell of a fight and there is a lesson to be learned.

Although I have no candidate, I have found out more about the Democratic process than ever, and I have enjoyed watching this fight between two titans... I will support and vote for the one who comes out the winner.. May the best person win....

[Peace Patriot]

48. Well, if the whole thing isn't rigged by the global corporate predators who run

our government--and this deceptive corporate news monopoly practice of interpreting a speaker's statements and NOT putting them in quotes, or NOT including context (used by this blogger), is one example of how things are rigged (the "trade secret" voting machines is another)--it is an "Alice in Wonderland" construction to say that a completely unexpected, "dark horse" candidate like Obama, up against the DLC establishment, is "running out of time" because he's not far enough in the lead and hasn't nailed the nomination yet. Who besides Michelle Obama ever thought he would get this far--with the nomination nearly wrapped up?

This blog is rife with heavily interpretive words.

"An exhausted Sen. Edward Kennedy..."?? (perhaps he hadn't had enough sleep? he's in his 70's!--this detail NOT in the news article).

"...admitted..."?? ('admitted'?? like, he was hiding something before? --this detail is from the news article).

"Kennedy's subdued manner..."?? (maybe he had something else on his mind? --this detail NOT in the news article).

(his) "...mechanical recitation of Obama talking points..."?? (common phenomenon on the campaign trail--usually reporters show a little humanity and ignore it --this detail NOT in the news article).

The blog's interpretive words and outright inventions are in considerable contrast to the news article that the blogger is using as a source. In the Boston Herald news article, there is nothing about Kennedy being "subdued" or "tired." In fact, Kennedy is bouncing right on to the next campaign travels "this weekend." The Boston Herald's opening sentence is interpretive, and the statement that Obama is "running out of time to sew up the Democratic nomination" is NOT in quotes, but the article DOES include considerable context and many positive statements that ARE in quotes. The rest of the article mitigates the opening (not in quotes) negative, and very nearly contradicts it.

The reporter was looking for a story where there wasn't one, and I gather pestered Kennedy until he said something like, "well, yeah, we haven't wrapped it up yet," didn't dare put that in quotes, and led with the one NON-quote, or possibly the editor (who doesn't like Kennedy or Obama?) "found" a title and lede in it and went with an exaggerated, misleading point. Then the blogger ignores nearly all of it, makes shit up, and spins it like a top.

Very, VERY unreliable blogger, and the Boston Herald article itself has a misleading title and lede.

I've taken the trouble to analyze this carefully because I consider Ted Kennedy to be one of the few trustworthy leaders in our political establishment. So his word is important to me. I am very annoyed to have to put out this much effort to figure out what he really said, which was nothing more than the truth of the matter--that Obama hasn't wrapped it up yet, and it could go to the convention. We all know this. And Kennedy is neither exhausted nor discouraged, as the blogger alleges and the article title and lede imply but with no supporting facts or quotes.

[cali]

49. lol. some lame blogger is your authority in this?

how lame can you folks get?

[progressive25]

50. Lame because the blog reports something you don't want to hear?

LOL.

[Beacool]

51. That's what happens when you become a backstabbing SOB, Teddy!!!!!!

After the Clintons helped to save your sorry ass from losing your seat to Romney in 1994, after the years of supporting MA and campaigning there for you and the rest of your brood, you went and endorsed the guy you barely you.

Screw you Teddy, I still remember you and your family's antics from Palm Beach and Hyannis. You have some balls to moralize and criticize Bill Clinton like you did when you endorsed Obama.

[Neshanic]

53. Bored so soon Teddy? Call up Kerry and go out and have a nice dinner.

[Carrieyazel]

54. Kennedy's exactly right, time is starting to run out.

[nsd]

55. Obama's about to close the deal.

If he doesn't do it on Tuesday, he'll do it on May 20 in Oregon. All is well. No need to worry. :)