Dueling Grannies Fight Over Democratic Nominee

After Barack Obama offered his potential vice presidency to a senior citizen, CNN decided to let the new candidate-to-be air her views. But since the Democratic primary is still raging, the second guest pundit is a former Republican-turned-Hillary supporter (a Clintocan?).

It gets a little heated, particularly after a reference to "Obama bin Laden." It's an honest mistake (ask the board chair of the Associated Press).

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Comments

[DownwithFearMongers]

Did she really say "Obama bin Laden"? Fruedean slip maybe??? That's a shame.

[bbdmartin]

SLIP OF THE TONGUE??? I THINK NOT..SHE DIDN'T APPEAR TO BE HAVING ANY SENIOR MOMENTS...

AND BRAVO TO OBAMA'S VEEP! SHE'S NOT VOTING FOR THE AFR-AMR CANDIDATE..SHE'S VOTING FOR THE AMERICAN CANDIDATE!!

APPARENTLY SHE WAS THE WISEST OF THE BUNCH!

[Retrofuturistic]

You are making fun of these two older ladies and patronizing older people in general. Shame on you for airing this.

[devadasi]

That's bull retrofuturistic......elders have a voice.

[TheInsomniac]

Aren't these ladies supposed to be supporting McCain, or is he too old for them?

[Daisy1111]

Did you know Obama can make money on his supporters' personal information? Article:

Almost 2 million people have entered personal information on Obama pages on social-networking Web sites such as Facebook, MySpace and his campaign's mybarackobama.com, offering home addresses, phone numbers, their views on specific issues and the names of friends.

For the interest groups or Democratic candidates he chooses to sell it to, it would provide a gold mine of information and access to potential donors.

People who provide their information on line may not realize that the data they are posting at mybarackobama.com may have a long afterlife and find its way to other campaigns in future election cycles.

According to the Obama campaign's online privacy statement, it reserves the right to ``make personal information available to organizations with similar political viewpoints and objectives, in furtherance of our own political objectives.''

Federal election laws require campaigns to charge for the use of their data. The campaign must either sell the information or record the transaction as an in-kind contribution at fair- market value.

http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=183191&src=110

[EosBlue]

Who cares? Billary can do the same thing and probably will to pay off her debts after she drops out.

This is a "typical" Billary post.

[mntnguy]

news flash this is very old new anyone in the IT industry knows this and it is the same for ALL web sites political or not and yes HRC and Mc Same are doing the same.

It is funny to note thought the the company that process the online payments for HRC has suspended her merchant acct 4 times in this election process because of the high number of her supporters going to there bank and filling charge back claims. Also a problem in the IT world but it seems she has real issues with her tech department. They just keep charging and charging and charging!

[MPeter]

MS Weiss was just incredible. She was on fire, on the mark and just exhilerating to watch. She defended Senator Obama better than I have seen seen anyone defend Hillary. Good job grandma, you made us all proud.

[abouttime]

Daisy1111
Thanks for info

[jem286]

And how has Hillary gotten her donations? Do people go to her campaign offices and toss money in a bucket?

[Tropiholic]

perhaps hillary has red kettles with bell ringers outside walmarts across the country?

[moda31]

that's the same for all websites, that's what's in the fine print of the terms of use agreement on any site. there are very few sites out there that don't require you to give up some kind of personal information in exchange for access, customer/user data is an incredibly valuable asset for all kinds of organizations.

[obamagirl1968]

Last time I looked, Obama was married, too! That granny's comments about Billary fitting in with the rest is a thinly veiled (well not so thinly since she invokes Obama bin Laden) RACIST comment. Granny should be ashamed of herself!

[robXdion]

Black people that deal with this kind of madness daily understood the modes of attack way back LAST February when Obama 1st launched his campaign. What's shocking is that it took so long for people to show obvious prejudice. Hillary definitely counted on it, that's why she didn't take Obama seriously. Even Edwards has said he thought his dropping out would help her more. There is no mystery why Obama can't get older whites, working class whites, and latinos. He could turn water to wine. It wouldn't matter.

[CindyKay]

I agree completely . Does she think Obama is single ? She kept saying that Bill & Hill fit right in with the rest of our previous Presidents & their Wives & All I get from that is " The Black Man Would Not Fit Her Chart ! Sad ........Very Very Sad !

I commend the Obama supporter for interrupting the African American Remark & enthusiastically stating that She Was Supporting The " American Candidate " And She Was Dead On When She Said We Need Him !

[PennP]

Oh, how awful. I didn't understand that reference, she kept naming couples, and I thought she must know that Barack is married to Michelle by now. My cat knows Barack is married to Michelle. But having cited only white couples, including nonAmerican ones (Churchills), it does leave race. Or "tint," as I believe she said.

[formlessness]

both of those people are senile fools. The Clinton supporter has no idea what she is talking about and the obama lady spent the first 30 seconds being a televangelist.

[Bootoomee]

I'm sure you don't hope to grow old. I thought Obama's granny was trying to quell the 'he is a muslim' notion with the preamble. I'm sure you know that but since Clinton's granny was awful, Obama's must be dragged into the gutter with her. Typical of clintonians: "WE ARE TERRIBLE BUT THE OTHER GUYS ARE BAD TOO"

[bajanyvie]

I thought the Obama supporter was brilliant in that initial 30 seconds. She was promoting that BO is Christian and not Muslim.

I was raised to respect the elderly so I will refrain from saying anything about the Hillary supporter. But notice how quickly the female newscaster tried to change the subject when her racists references started to become a bit too obvious

[Lindy222]

Margaret O'Brien seem a little out there. Does she actually think Churchill was ever President of the U.S.??!!

Also, she said something I couldn't quite get, maybe someone else caught it: But, "maturity has nothing to do with tints or tongues"?? For those who are interested, go to about the 3:20 mark to hear it.

And of course, all that stuff about how Hillary and Bill "match" all the couples that have gone before. Ugh.

[CindyKay]

Tints = Color
Tongues = Speeches

A True Rethuglikkon turned Clintonista !

If Her Racism wasn't shining through I don't know what was!

[Christine115]

What's with "the couples"? The little lady from Hoboken is really misinformed. She's comparing Bill (impeached) and Hillary (sniper fire) to FDR, George Washington, and Ronald Regan? Does she think Obama isn't married? If she doesn't, then she should inform herself about BOTH candidates first, then she'd know what she was talking about. It seems Hillary supporters are really fitting into the box everyone has given them.

The other lady is passionate, informed and more with it than the other visibly younger Hillary supporter.

[uglybetty]

Gosh Christine ...sorry about the problem with your Eyes !

Right there made you irrelevant !
That old gal for Obama sounds like shes applying to Rev Wright to be his partner .

[HUFFFolksAreUptight]

uglybetty,
If you can't acknowledge the Hillary granny's racism in implying that the "couples" and their “names” make them worthy of being in the White House, you are just as racist as she is.

[snobama]

i took one look at the picture and knew that the crazy granny would be for obama...
and i was right...

she's quite typical of an obamabot... trippin on the kool-aid

[HopeObama08]

You're just ignorant! It's not your fault.

[nibblybits]

Yeah, cuz the other one looked real sane. That poster with all the heart stickers--she and her cat must've spent a whole afternoon making that.

[4wehttam]

Yeah, her 25 cats in her two bedroom house in Hoboken.

What the hell is she talking about couples???? Doesn't she know Obama is married, that's what I'm talking about Hellary supporters.................they don't have any FACTS, just fiction and imagery.

[newsjunkie8]

Classic.

[CindyKay]

Thanks .........I Needed A Good Laugh!

[AntonioMaceo]

bwahahaha

[ZimboChick]

llollllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll u r killing me!

[jafahr]

man, are you deluded! i just hope you don't hold a position of responsibility that involves making life-impacting decisions based on your ability to read people. who is drinking what koolaid? obviously, you are so far removed from reality you must be drinking something. maybe your own pee.

[unity08]

Hmmm....I would hardly describe this beautiful elderly lady as crazy. She did however appear quite excited by the prospect of actually having a candidate who stands for something.
These two ladies so typify the difference among the supporters. One is looking to the future and ready to embrace change. The other is quite literally holding onto the past and would feel more secure within the status quo.

[independentrepublicrat]

The Clinton supporter couldn't get away from pointing out that Billary looked like and "fit in" with all the past occupants of the White House over and over. So is she only supporting Billary because they are white like all the previous inhabitants, afterall she notes that she is a republican...

[CindyKay]

Exactly , that was a which one doesn't belong chart if I ever saw one !

I Loved the Obama Supporter she was Very Cute & Soo Fired Up !

Obama/Webb 08

[tasukibeth1]

#1: He follows the golden rule, "Do unto others..."

#2: She's a woman! I'm a woman! Yay woman! Woman good!

#1: He has wisdom beyond his years! He will talk with our enemies, not wage war!

#2: They make such a great couple! Obama Bin Laden! Obama Bin Laden!

Now if I were John McCain, I think I would have some select words for one of those ladies.

[CindyKay]

McInsaneNasty would call them Trollops & C**ts !

[eridees]

Ms. Weiss, you are the best! XOXOXOX!

[Lindy222]

Okay, it's now definite: The campaign has gone on too long.

[krol]

Yeah. What they didn't tell you was that they started canvassing for their respective candidates when they were in college!

[08timefortruth]

Only Hillary falls in their age group. Maybe they were dorm mates.

[Illinoissuburbanvoter]

Will someone from the Obama campaign please contact Jean Weiss and hire her to campaign for Obama?

Jean Weiss is a fierce to be wreckoned with. She is all of 82, fired up and ready to go. She makes her points better than some of the pudits.

I just love her, bless her heart.

[ZimboChick]

She is so feroshhhhhhh she totally made my night/morning. I second your notion. Someone needs to get her on the campaign trail ASAP!!

[DennyCrane]

The woman supporting Clinton has typical of the old people supporting Clinton. Notice how she keeps talking about the Clinton couple. She can't argue for Hillary without including Bill. Does that mean she's voting for Hillary cause she wants Bill to be co-President? Does that mean she doesn't think Hillary could handle things on her own? And the idea of not talking to your enemies is ridiculous. Talking to them doesn't make you weak. It's a sign of strength. The easy (and cowardly) thing to do is bomb your enemy. The hard (but braver) thing is to sit down and try to negotiate first.

[HopeObama08]

Oh. Are they still married? I thought he was just her running mate? Are Barack and Michelle divorced? Oh, that would be OUTRAGEAOUS! Come on! Who cares? Billary is hust a couple of liers. They are married to lies for sure!

[polystyleneman]

It's funny, my dear old mom is just the opposite, because she doesn't like Clinton BECAUSE she's afraid of Bill having influence in the White House. And after his performance during this campaign, who can blame him?