Obama’s Speechwriter Boldly Declares She’s a P.U.M.A!
October 29, 2008 by PUMA Pundit
We told you PUMAs are everywhere. It seems one of Barack Obama’s speechwriters is a PUMA…
Aha… Excerpts from her “coming out” article at TheDailyBeast
A speechwriter for Obama, Edwards, and Clinton on why she’s voting McCain.
Since I started writing speeches more than ten years ago, I have always believed in the Democratic Party. Not anymore. Not after the election of 2008. This transformation has been swift and complete and since I’m a woman writing in the election of 2008, “very emotional
When we first met, Obama and I had a nice conversation about speeches and writing, and at the end of the meeting I handed him a pocket-sized bottle of Grey Poupon mustard so he wouldn’t have to ask staff if it was okay to put it on his hamburger. At the bottom of the bottle was the logo for “The South Beach Diet” and he snapped, “Oh so you read People magazine.” He seemed to think that I was commenting on his bathing suit picture.
I helped with his announcement speech and others. I worked in the Senate when he was in D.C. One day after a hearing on Darfur, we were walking back to the office. I was still hobbling from a very bad ankle injury and in a very kind and gentle way he offered his arm when we approached the stairs. But later in debate preps and phone conversations and meetings, I realized that I had made a mistake. I didn’t belong. No matter how hard I tried, my heart wasn’t in it anymore.
This drift started on a personal level with the fall of former Senator John Edwards. It got stronger during the Democratic National Convention when I counted the substantive mentions of poverty on one hand and a whole bunch of bad canned partisan lines against Senator John McCain. Some faith was lifted after Senator Hillary Clinton’s grace during a difficult hour. But that faith was dashed when I saw that someone had raided the Caligula set and planted the old columns at Invesco Field.
The final straw came the other week when Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher (a.k.a Joe the Plumber) asked a question about higher taxes for small businesses. Instead of celebrating his aspirations, they were mocked. He wasn’t “a real plumber,” and “They’re fighting for Joe the Hedge-Fund manager,” and the patronizing, “I’ve got nothing but love for Joe the Plumber.”
As the nation slouches toward disaster, the level of political discourse is unworthy of this moment in history. We have Republicans raising Ayers and Democrats fostering ageism with “erratic” and jokes about Depends. Sexism. Racism. Ageism and maybe some Socialism have all made their ugly cameos in election 2008. It’s not inspiring. Perhaps this is why I found the initial mocking of Joe so offensive and I realized an old line applied: “I didn’t leave the Democratic Party; the Democratic Party left me.”
The party I believed in wouldn’t look down on working people under any circumstance. And Joe the Plumber is right. This is the absolutely worst time to raise taxes on anyone: the rich, the middle class, the poor, small businesses and corporations.
Governor Palin and I don’t agree on a lot of things, mostly social issues. But I have grown to appreciate the Governor. I was one of those initial skeptics and would laugh at the pictures. Not anymore. When someone takes on a corrupt political machine and a sitting governor, that is not done by someone with a low I.Q. or a moral core made of tissue paper. When someone fights her way to get scholarships and work her way through college even in a jagged line, that shows determination and humility you can’t learn from reading Reinhold Niebuhr. When a mother brings her son with special needs onto the national stage with love, honesty, and pride, that gives hope to families like mine as my older brother lives with a mental disability. And when someone can sit on a stage during the Sarah Palin rap on Saturday Night Live, put her hands in the air and watch someone in a moose costume get shot—that’s a sign of both humor and humanity.
I can no longer justify what this party has done and can’t dismiss the treatment of women and working people as just part of the new kind of politics. It’s wrong and someone has to say that. And also say that the Democratic Party’s talking points—that Senator John McCain is just four more years of the same and that he’s President Bush—are now just hooker lines that fit a very effective and perhaps wave-winning political argument…doesn’t mean they’re true. After all, he is the only one who’s worked in a bipartisan way on big challenges.
When people say how excited they are about this election, I can now say, “Maybe for you. But I lost my home.”
Wow, what a great piece! Really sums up a lot of what a number of us are feeling.
A talented lady.. too bad it took her so long to come out… she could have contributed to the right side of the issue sooner.
Go Sarah!!!
When I surfing the net, I realized one thing that funny. The funniest thing is American is so stupid and not see thing through. By his own word on his memoir on Dreams of My Father he told us already about his child hood in Indonesia, that’s make me wake up with this anxiety. Here’s the fact of the blog I see before on my surfing for Obama as Indonesian”
No need any extreme details sir, just look at this fact below.
Although I’m an Indonesian and I loved to supported Barack Obama as the US President, but I prefer that all nation in the world is lead by their own people (having true nationality). I know by saying all of this things, I might called traitor by my own countryman but I think the truth shall set us free.
I learned about his past in Indonesia, and guess what; in Indonesia especially back on that era during late 60’s up to late 70’s, Indonesia was on power struggle between Soekarno and Soeharto. as Zhou yue my relative said on texasdralin:
You got it 100% right sir. He is an Indonesian. Why, For the law. Period. When he stay and went to school on the public school, the law also said that only Indonesian that had all the right to go to the public school. The other shall required SKBRI (Surat Keterangan Berkewarganegaraan Indonesia/ Letter for acknowledge of Indonesian citizenship) which practically applied the most on the Chinese and foreigner that mostly were non Muslim origins. However for his step father were native Indonesian, then his mother automatically could become Indonesian too. As well as he. Remember this, once you become Indonesian, then you must revoke your old nationality, period. As a Chinese man and former Indonesian citizen I dare to speak for this. As 3 richax said:
This is where your logic falls apart:
Now while Indonesia does not allow children over the age of five to be adopted, so far as I can tell, it does recognize that other countries do so. There is a provision covering that:
“A foreign child aged below 21 and unmarried, who is adopted by an Indonesian, will be eligible for Indonesian citizenship if the process does not cause dual citizenship.”
So it is possible to adopt a child abroad under the Laws of another country, for example the USA, and that child could be of any age. But, you say, if you adopt an American child that IS causing Dual Citizenship. In the real world the rest of us live in, yes, but in Indonesian Law:
“his or her relationship to the birth parents is severed by adoption”
From your endnote 3:
Therefore he is Indonesian and truly must not has any right once so ever to even went to this race. Why, because our nation law forbid that unless that child is not revoke his nationality when he become Indonesian, while his parents is 100% certainly must revoke his old nationality in order to get him to school in Indonesia. Lolo Sutoro is not a stupid man after all. Only us the Americans is the biggest fools.
And allowed me to write his base on his argument base on Indonesian constitution translation:
Pasal 31
(1) Tiap-tiap warga negara berhak mendapat pengajaran.
(2) Pemerintah mengusahakan dan menyelenggarakan satu sistem pengajaran nasional, yang diatur dengan undang-undang.
Article 31:
1. Every citizen (Indonesian citizen) have right to gain education.
2. Government shall provide and create a national education system, which applied by law.
By this original Indonesian constitution, has stated clear that only Indonesian that had access to studying on public school. And since Indonesia don’t apply dual nationality, means he must drop his US nationality first before he become Indonesian. After I seen the AP picture that contains his school cerfiticate, now I convinced that he is truly is Indonesian. I also read about the US constitution and I think this man, no matter how bright he is and how proud I’m had he become the US president must not become the US President at all.
However he must be the President if that certificate is a false one.
And here’s another friend of him testify about him. Barry Soetoro is indeed Obama. His school registration picture is online on the AP press, or if you surf on the internet, just use google, click the image tab, then write obama childhood, amongst the picture there’s his school registration under name of Barry soetoro or bary soetoro.
Obama, yo Mama…
Oleh: Didiet Adiputro
Siapa yang nggak kenal Obama (bukan Osama), mungkin semua orang di dunia ini sudah tau siapa dia. Seorang senator dari partai demokrat, kulit hitam, anti perang Irak dan pastinya ingin perubahan. Tapi bukan itu, Perspektif Wimar edisi ini akan melihat sudut pandang lain tentang seorang Barack Obama dari teman-teman semasa kecilnya dulu di Indonesia. Yang kali ini diwakili oleh Indra Djaya Madewa dan Ronny Amir, dengan ditemani Revalina S Temat sebagai co host.
Indra yang dua tahun lebih muda dari Obama sempat bingung ketika senator dari Illinois ini menjadi salah satu kandidat Presiden Amerika. Karena nama Obama di Indonesia adalah Barry Soetoro, bukan Barack Hussein Obama seperti yang kita kenal sekarang. Seperti umumnya anak kecil, Indra dan Barry tentu sering bermain bersama seperti bermain sepeda.“kita juga sering olahraga bersama”, ujar Indra.
Revalina dan Indra Djaya Madewa
Obama juga bisa dibilang anak yang nakal dan nggak bisa diam. “dia orangnya juga senang makan dan sering makan makanan rumah saya” kenang Indra. Karena badan Obama lebih besar di banding anak seumurannya di Indonesia, Indra mengaku pernah diangkat lalu dibanting oleh Obama di teras rumahnya. Dan itu jadi kenangan Indra yang tak terlupakan dari calon ‘orang terkuat di dunia’ itu.
Lain Indra, lain juga Ronny Amir. Ronny yang lebih tua dari Obama bercerita kalau dulu sering bermain ke rawa bilal untuk mengambil capung dengan Barack. Meskipun Obama orang asing tapi dia suka bergaul dengan siapa saja, seperti main bola di jalanan. Pengalaman yang paling diingat Indra, bahwa Obama memelihara seekor buaya, dan ketika dia ‘diisengin’ oleh anak-anak lain, dia masuk ke rumah dan kembali keluar dengan membawa buaya!
co host dan Ronny Amir
Ronny juga percaya kalau Obama akan melakukan perubahan di Amerika. Menurutnya Obama pantas dipilih karena dia seorang humanis dan anti perang. Menurut WW, kalau ada orang Indonesia yang humanis dan anti perang (selain nggak korup juga), pasti dia layak dipilih menjadi presiden! Eehhmm.. ada nggak ya?
Jika anda punya kesaksian dan kenangan lain tentang Obama, silakan komentar disini.
UU No.62 Tahun 1958 if you could translate this and see this through shall confirm on what I said.
Beside what else could make him to travel to Pakistan using Indonesian passport by the name Barry Soetoro if he is not Indonesian for Indonesian own law forbid that.
Awesome!!! Thanks for coming out Wendy! Go Sarah!!!
WasHRCnowPalin - Where you been? Missed you and your fiestiness!!
are y’all women libbers or racist? or both?
A woman of Guts!
Excellent piece! Wish I had found this site months ago … and here I thought I was alone!
Jamakers … it’s comments like that that made me a PUMA … voting for McCain does not make me a libber … or a racist … it makes me a women with common sense … and a love for our country … Country First …
Hi Sparky,
Been campaigning with my family and friends for Sarah Palin. Most of them are Democrats in Florida and I think I have persuaded almost 2 dozen of them that the Obozo from Chicago is not a good choice for them.
Just doing my part… see you have been dunking kool-aid drinkers in my absence.
Go Sarah!!!
GOOD MORNING PUMA’S!
ATTENTION!!!!!!!!!! We need to get RADICAL! As I’ve been mentioning, I and another ‘unofficial’ PUMA are organizing a NATIONAL ‘MILLION MCCAIN MARCH’ this Sunday. WE NEED EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!!!1
GO TO: teamsarah.org, and search MILLION MCCAIN MARCH. It will explain everything. Basically it’s a 50 state ‘march’ (aka waving signs, etc., or if you want, actual ‘marching’) on Sunday, at noon (or whatever time you want to ‘organize’) Basically EVERY MCCAIN SUPPORTER TO GET OUT ON SUNDAY ON THE STREETS AND SHOW YOUR SUPPORT!!!!!! And don’t watch polls!!!!!!
God Bless the PUMA’s
Boemery I signed up yesterday and tied myself into the Texas Sector. Good job…I’m on it.
WasHRCnowPalin - the dunking was a pleasure that was all mine
Welcome back!
PUMA’S! (I’M POSTING THIS IN EVERY DISCUSSION - AS WE ONLY HAVE 5 DAYS LEFT) This is a letter, with a ’sample flyer to follow’, that if you could send it to media outlets and ‘get the word out’, would be appreciated, because for some reason my email wouldn’t do it.
MARCH FOR MCCAIN!
Dear (whoever - put in name of person sent to)
I and another member of teamsarah.org, are organizing a (last-minute) NATIONAL ‘MARCH’ for McCain/Palin 2008 this Sunday, called the ‘MILLION MCCAIN MARCH’. We are planning for every city in every state to be represented to show our support for the McCain/Palin candidacy (and some perhaps just opposed to the Obama/Biden one). We are absolutely appalled at the overwhelming bias of the liberal media, and we’re making our ’silenced’ voices heard this Sunday. While there will surely be other rallies throughout the next few days, this is a concerted effort for a NATIONAL CALL OF SUPPORT, and to oppose the policies of the Democratic candidate. I myself am a registered Independent, who would have voted for Hillary Clinton, and due to her ‘defeat’ of the nomination, and the utter disrespect which Obama showed to her and Bill Clinton, will be voting for McCain/Palin. There is also a website, puma08.com, which has ALOT of angry Hillary voters who are voting for McCain/Palin. We would GREATLY APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT for this endeavor, and would love to have a NATIONAL FRONT to oppose the Obama INFOMERCIAL.
Thank you for your informative reporting, and again, please help by giving us a ‘plug’.
Sincerely,
Brooke Emery
Miami, FL
(flyer sample)
MARCH for MCCAIN!
Sunday, November 2, starting at 12 noon, in EVERY city and state in America, McCain supporters will join in showing their support for their candidates.
If you would like to be a part of this National show of support for McCain/Palin 2008 for the MILLION MCCAIN MARCH, please email millionmccainmarch@yahoo.com, to coordinate meeting times and places. (pls. leave msg with name, your city/state/zip, and a major ‘location’ you are near, so we can direct you to the right place.
We want to have McCain/Palin supporters at every major intersection to show all of the McCain/Palin voters that we are ALIVE and KICKING, and that the POLLS are WRONG! Let’s show that WE LOVE AMERICA!
(in here is a picture of McCain/Palin logo)
see teamsarah.org for more information
Boemery - it appears that you have a fire lit underneath you tonight…eh?
I am so pleased to know that the entire world is not under the hypnosis of BARRY JONES. (For those who do not know the comparison is that of Jim Jones and Barack Obama AKA Barry Obama) All he has to do at this point is to ask his zombies to drink purple kool aid and join him in the promise land.
I believe that Obama is the Antichrist that Nostradamus has prophecised. Nostradamus said that the 3rd Antichrist name was going to be MABUS. Obama has all the letters in his name. obaMA Barack hUSsien. Listing his last name first then his first name followed by his middle name. Read it for yourselves!
I am so glad to have found this site of people who are using their BRAINS and voting for MCCAIN. We all have to pray that this does not come a REALITY of having Obama as our next President. I am a Hillary supporter but became disgusted on how disrespectful Obama was to her and the Media. Obama is a Jack of all Trades and a Master of Nothing. He reminds me of the MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE who has been brainwashed by the company he keeps.
Have you seen the picture that is posted around town?(those who live in Dade and Broward County FL) His photo is an exact replica of CHE GUEVARA (the Argentine-born Marxist revolutionary and Cuban guerrilla leader. NEED I SAY MORE
One Love
Sheryl
Miramar FL
Oh Sparks,
I have to say, I love all the PUMA’s, but you’re my fave.
Just 3 weeks ago, Obama machine was talking about a landslice win with over 13 points lead. Now, 4 days before the elections with 4 points lead they are begging African Americans to come help Obama in Pennsylvania, Florida and Ohio. They are on full voting fraud mode. I want to see Bill” the Judas” Richardson when McCain-Palin come up victorius.