A disturbing pattern for Obama?

Forum Name General Discussion: Primaries
Topic subject A disturbing pattern for Obama?
Topic URL http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x4264846#4264846
4264846, A disturbing pattern for Obama?
Posted by KennedyGuy on Tue Jan-29-08 09:30 AM

http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/01/28/post-sotu-al-kaidee-on-the-run-open-thread /

"That immature rudeness (what else can one call it?) reminds me of Mr. Obama’s behavior after he lost in Nevada. He not congratulate Sen. Clinton on her victory, nor did he call her with congratulations. In contrast, on Saturday night after the South Carolina primary, Sen. Clinton called Sen. Obama to congratulate him, and did so too in her speech in Tennessee, carried live on C-Span.

There’s something arrogant — and ill-mannered — about the man when he’s “scoring” victories and endorsements. That is, if it can be said that he really “scored” today when he got the endorsement of Teddy Kennedy, despised by Republicans (who Obama is courting). The same Teddy Kennedy that an arrogant Obama attacked nastily in 2003:

“hen he was an Illinois State Senator in 2003 … Sen. Ted Kennedy, the liberal lion, for not showing enough political backbone on “a prescription drug bill being considered by Congress".