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July 8th, 2008
09:20 PM ET
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its disgusting that Anyone should be traeted different for what they believe or dont believe in!!!
There should be no bias at all in the military on anything. If someone is willing to risk their life to serve they shouldn't be harassed about anything.
Cindy..Ga.
One might think our military is using religion as a leveraging point for power and manipulation over those serving in our military.
I thought the Army was for patriotism. Not religion. They need to stop trying to cram their religion down his throat, and be glad he's fighting for this country.
Now, this story of religion in the military is a good story. I bet it will get squashed.
I'm not certain Bill Richardson is fresh enough, quite frankly. I think he is relatively progressive, but I'm not sold.
Hall's experience (if true) is very much a deviation from both policy, regulations, and practice. I spent 22 years in the Navy and reserves and never saw anything like this.
What made him change his mind about being a Christian?
Are the military members suppose to hide their religion now?
Hello David Gergen,
I agree with your point, I think that Obama will pick his running mate Hillary Clinton on the ticket. and nice see you on the blog tonight! 🙂
Come on! Do you even realize how excited those girls probably were to do that interview? They were clearly happy ..... it was cute.
Mike from Syracuse - My sense is that he does indeed believe in the positions he has been taking recently. Don't see any evidence to the contrary.
Interesting and high degree of support for Bill Richardson in comments tonight. D
I find it appalling that honor is more important than your own flesh and blood.
i can't believe honor killing is still around in these day and age. it is a sick sick thing.
Religion has no place in the military, nor does it have any place in any aspect of our government. One might think our military is using religion as a leveraging point for power and manipulation over those serving in our military. Why does our military and millions of so-called Christians continue to discriminate and judge and condemn people such as Army Specialist Jeremy Hall?
We are taught to respect the traditions of other cultures, but there have to be some concepts that are universal. Honor killings have no place in any culture.
So the guy killed his daughter for "shaming the family"? Seems to me he (the father) is the one who "shamed the family". Especially since now everyone knows that he killed his daughter over her wanting a divorce- something that is not generally considered "a big deal" in this country.
David, as always you are brillant. I think we do need to see how the Clinton question unfolds. I think many questions will be answered.
Always enjoy hearing from you.
David, I agree with you completely. For someone to be able to work with everyone, they most likely will agree with various sides depending on the issue. I do wonder if he has to work out a resolution with Clinton or some of her supporters. I say that because I really think that she would do anything to elect a Democrat.
Don't the theives know that those ATMs are Lojacked?
Its very sad that there are people from different countries who flee here to escape certain customs and circumstances in their own country just to have something they were fleeing follow them to a free country where those customs are wrong to do.
There is nothing honorable about arranging a marriage for your daughter and definitely not in killing her. What an archaic belief.
The honor killing story is very sad...it makes me really sad because I am a Pakistani and a muslim as well. My parents were born in Pakistan, but I was born and raised in America. It makes me really angry to see people from Pakistan and the Middle East still do honor killings in this day and age. It has nothing to do with Islam either! There is nothing in the Qur'an that allows honor killings. Woman are allowed to choose who they want to marry. Also, if they are unhappy in their marriage, they can take a divorce (it is called "Khulah").
David Gergen: I agree with you regarding Obama and how he will work out the whole Hillary question. This will be a true test of his leadership and it will be interesting to watch how he handles it moving forward.
I don't like that to kill own his daughter, she wanted out her marriage. what was he thinking??????????? I hope that he have learn his lesson today!
I think Biden is a good choice for VP as well. I agree with you Greg S.
bill richardson would be a great partnership for obama. he's grounded, he has great govt experience and it would unite the dems even more. it also wouldn't divide the republicans as much if they want to vote dem. independents might find bill richardson favorable too.
I agree totally with you David G. I hope that they can work something out but they have to know that Senator Obama is no pushover.
I wish honor killings that are committed every day throughout the world would get more attention!
You dont really think about honour killings happening anymore anywhere in the world sicne then have been outlawed in many countries around the world. for it to happen in the western world it really opens your eyes that this still happens not just here but around the world and it must be stopped.
Thank you David. I agree very much...If BO and HRC can create a friendly resolution by the convention is will be great.
David, Interesting analysis. Did he do something wrong? Yes, if he made a conscious decision to embrace more centrist positions he doesn't really believe in.
I can't believe that he killed her just because she wanted a divorce! That is ridiculous!!
Cindy..Ga.
I liked the interview with the girls. They are so cute. Malia looks so much like her daddy.
600,000 acres destroyed!?! Jeez! He is literally driving through the fire. Wow.
my dad is from paskistan
he's accepted that my sister and i won't allow him to arrange marriages for either of us
honor killings... those are two words that do not go together
I really like the interview, with the Obama Family.
David is always so nice to see you on the blog
I am so sad for people who lost their 40 homes destroyed due fires. I am glad that police arrested one of his brother. That is so danger job for firefighters in S. California.
Barak Obama has a nice family and wonderful kids. But to expose them to help get votes is out of the line. Thats my opinion.
I thought the Obama family interview was cute, and the questions couldn't be too tough from Access Hollywood. The children seemed to want to be speaking publicly. If he does become president those children are going to spend four to eight years with the spotlight of the world on them. Why not let them get a little used to it?
The interview was cute – people need to relax
no need to pull it into the campaign or overexpose it over analyse it
they are 10 and 7 !!!
Those girls are so cute and adorable. Malia was so charming.
I think the Obamas have two wonderful girls.
For the person who says Obama is another Carter...Newsflash: Obama is Obama.
No one can be like anyone else. The are individuals and unique.
Hello everyone - great to read all your comments. Just to amplify a bit, my sense is that while Barack Obama remains very much a progressive, he and his campaign made a conscious decision that if he were to embrace very position of the left, he would seem like a knee-jerk liberal - just the kind that Republicans have regularly beaten in the past (think McGovern, Mondale, Dukakis). So, without changing his basic progressive orientation, he has recently been emphasizing some "refinements" or nuances that show he is a man of the center-left, not the far left. Naturally, this is upsetting some of his supporters who are farther left - they thought he was one of them - but it is probably a much better path to the White House. And he and his team have to believe that if they win, the country will travel on a far more progressive path than if they lose.
So, is he doing something wrong? If you are a purist, you could accuse him of that. But if you believe - as I do - that he has always in fact been more of a man of the center-left than the far left (read Audacity of Hope, as one viewer said above, and you will see that he is), then it seems unfair to accuse him of being just another standard issue, flip-flopping politician. He still strikes me as much better than that.
His tougher challenge right now, in my judgment, is to work out a friendly resolution on the Hillary Clinton question. We will get a much better sense of his leadership as we watch this one unfold.
I thik the interview was so sweet and a very smart move.
Do you remember being a child? Who doesn't want to be famous at that age?They were probably thrilled to FINALLY be involved in a tv interview. Strange choice of shows though. Why not AC 360?
I didn't see the whole Obama family interview, but from the excerpts shown here tonight, they appear to be a very close family and I thought they were cute, especially picking on Barack like they did. Give the man credit, he was surrounded by females!
What was that news crew in CA thinking? To drive into the middle of that fire seems too much for "the story"
i can't even imagine what it would be like to be forced to marry someone. living in america we often forget about the customs of others and it shocks us when we hear about these things. just imagine how many of these killings go on throughout the world.
Obama means so much to me and my family two sons 14 and 15 years of age african americans, for them to witness this happen is truly amazing.