May 18, 2008
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jade7243
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Exit Poll Parsing Presents a False Choice
Please send this to the talking heads and Terry McAuliffe. Maybe they'll see we're not as "stoopid" as they think. posted 05/14/2008 at 21:18:18
Butt Pads: How Big Booty Equals Big Business
don't forget they tried the corn rows (Bo Derek)... posted 05/13/2008 at 20:14:46
Before Bitter-Gate: What Obama Said Hours Earlier About Guns
Not only the MSM, but apparently Bloggo-World failed to see context being everything. Funny that with Obama it seems to take a month before so many of you people catch up. posted 05/13/2008 at 18:54:11
TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads
I think if GS was wearing a GE pin, Disney would fire him for conflict of interest. ABC is the wholly owned subsidiary of the Walt Disney Corporation. Now if you know something about the state of GS's contract with ABC -- that is, he might be making cameos on the Today show or something, do tell... we can add that to the Katie Couric is about to fired and return to NBC bottom of the screencrawler .
To Jason...
This column makes my Sunday... I'm always laughing out loud at some little nugget you've delivered. Brilliant!!! posted 05/11/2008 at 17:24:31
To Jason...
This column makes my Sunday... I'm always laughing out loud at some little nugget you've delivered. Brilliant!!! posted 05/11/2008 at 17:24:31
Hillary Clinton and the Veepstakes -- a Logical Move for Her
Barack Obama should choose his running mate based on what he thinks will be best for the country. Political expediency brought us Cheney (bad) , Gore (good, but overshadowed), Quayle (very bad, "potatoe" and "what a waste it is to lose one's mind), Bush (bad), Mondale (mediocre), Agnew (yikes!), Rockefeller (rich), Ford (okay), Humphrey (okay), Johnson (good), Nixon (if only we knew where that led)... you get the picture.
The Clintons have not earned a place on the ticket. She lost it after the "commander-in-chief test" comment, and sunk further into the toilet with her latest " white people" comments.
Choosing Clinton because of some trumped up issue is wrong. Time for her to go... If she leaves now, she can get a head start on McCain chasing Bin Laden to the gates of hell. posted 05/09/2008 at 09:54:40
The Clintons have not earned a place on the ticket. She lost it after the "commander-in-chief test" comment, and sunk further into the toilet with her latest " white people" comments.
Choosing Clinton because of some trumped up issue is wrong. Time for her to go... If she leaves now, she can get a head start on McCain chasing Bin Laden to the gates of hell. posted 05/09/2008 at 09:54:40
Clinton: Obama Not Winning Over "Hard-Working Americans, White Americans"
And the hard-working non-white Americans do not count. I see, Hillary. So the only demographic that Team Clinton thinks is important is the last demographic she won. Had Hillary and Bill and her team not "lost the support of" another key demographic, she might be waltzing to the nomination. But since the votes of hard-working black Americans do not count, she's going to be spending election night munching popcorn at Whitehaven on Embassy Row with some of her closest hard-working white friends like Lanny Davis, Geraldine Ferraro, Geoff Garin, Mark Penn, Howard Wolfson, Gerald McEntee... Maggie Williams will be over in the maid's quarters. posted 05/08/2008 at 09:58:28
Another "The Hillary I Know"
Hilary Rosen gives us another in her compelling series, "The HIllary I Know." Unfortunately, it would be better titled if it was "The Many Personalities of Hillary Clinton." If you have to continually explain yourself, re-invent yourself or re-present yourself, something is wrong. If peope who know you have to explain or excuse or parse who you are -- not what you say, but who you are -- something is wrong. That is what we have here.
If Hillary Clinton is the so-proclaimed "smart" politician Hilary Rosen and other declare that she is, she is certainly smart enough to see the final score: she has lost, and lost handily to Barack Obama. She should have the grace to get out of the race, and frankly, after all she has said, sit quietly on the sidelines.
Her friends and supporters -- like Hilary Rosen -- do her no service by encouraging her to continue to fight what is a losing -- no, LOST -- cause. Hillary Clinton will not be the first woman president. A woman will be one day -- and soon. But Hillary Clinton is not her name. posted 05/09/2008 at 09:27:33
If Hillary Clinton is the so-proclaimed "smart" politician Hilary Rosen and other declare that she is, she is certainly smart enough to see the final score: she has lost, and lost handily to Barack Obama. She should have the grace to get out of the race, and frankly, after all she has said, sit quietly on the sidelines.
Her friends and supporters -- like Hilary Rosen -- do her no service by encouraging her to continue to fight what is a losing -- no, LOST -- cause. Hillary Clinton will not be the first woman president. A woman will be one day -- and soon. But Hillary Clinton is not her name. posted 05/09/2008 at 09:27:33
Clintons Tagteam North Carolina Undecideds; Little Sign Of Obama
I stopped by here to spew some bile in Ms. Fowler's direction. I'll save it for Hillary. Fowler can just crawl back under her rock with the rest of her lizard family.
Oh wait... that's really unfair to millions of hard-working lizards. posted 05/05/2008 at 22:56:23
Oh wait... that's really unfair to millions of hard-working lizards. posted 05/05/2008 at 22:56:23
With Donors Tapped Out, Clinton Turns To Internet
Yeah, two from Bill and one from Carville. posted 05/04/2008 at 23:36:37
Clinton Camp Says It Will Use The Nuclear Option
The Clintons are a cancer on the Democratic party need to be permanently, surgically removed. posted 05/04/2008 at 18:08:57
Dead Kentucky Derby Filly the Elephant in the Room
Um, it was a horse. Sad, that once again a filly in a race (like Ruffian, who before Eight Belles had to be put down, also broke down and had to be euthanized) ends a race in a tragic manner. But, we must put this in at least a little perspective. It was a horse.
Meanwhile in Iraq, people died. In Gaza, people died. In Burma (Myanmar), people died. In Arkansas, people died.
Meanwhile, the media spent another weekend spinning their heads off about what all the media driven controversy over the "in front of the media" performance of Rev. Wright.
Chet Huntley, David Brinkley, John Chancellor, Peter Jennings, Max Robinson, Edward R. Murrow and thousands of other journalists and writers -- alive or dead -- may find the media's behavior deplorable. But it won't be about a horse. It will be about the downright shitty job the media is doing while busy NOT DOING the media's job. posted 05/04/2008 at 17:42:56
Meanwhile in Iraq, people died. In Gaza, people died. In Burma (Myanmar), people died. In Arkansas, people died.
Meanwhile, the media spent another weekend spinning their heads off about what all the media driven controversy over the "in front of the media" performance of Rev. Wright.
Chet Huntley, David Brinkley, John Chancellor, Peter Jennings, Max Robinson, Edward R. Murrow and thousands of other journalists and writers -- alive or dead -- may find the media's behavior deplorable. But it won't be about a horse. It will be about the downright shitty job the media is doing while busy NOT DOING the media's job. posted 05/04/2008 at 17:42:56
An Army of Women
100% with you...
A great disservice is done to women of color who have borne the troubles of this country for far too long and deserve better. "Modern Feminism" made great strides because of progress made during the civil rights movement. But I would not put forth nor support a candidate as unqualified or as self-serving as Hillary Clinton. And I would not vote for Clinton mediocrity when I can wholeheartedly and enthusiastically support another candidate, far better suited to the job.
Enough of Clinton -- both of them! posted 05/02/2008 at 20:18:16
A great disservice is done to women of color who have borne the troubles of this country for far too long and deserve better. "Modern Feminism" made great strides because of progress made during the civil rights movement. But I would not put forth nor support a candidate as unqualified or as self-serving as Hillary Clinton. And I would not vote for Clinton mediocrity when I can wholeheartedly and enthusiastically support another candidate, far better suited to the job.
Enough of Clinton -- both of them! posted 05/02/2008 at 20:18:16
Clinton: Base "Broader And Deeper" Than Obama's
Is that why she has "testicular fortitude?" Or did she just borrow Bill's? posted 05/01/2008 at 20:51:57
and "Check" and "Mate!" posted 05/01/2008 at 20:50:26
Sidney Blumenthal Uses Former Right-Wing Foes To Attack Obama
How do we "commoners" bring this to an end?
Mr. Dreier can you -- or more to the point WILL you divulge all the names on the Blumenthal list so that we can let them know WE KNOW.
The best disinfectant is sunshine. Let's bring them into the open. posted 05/01/2008 at 20:26:35
Mr. Dreier can you -- or more to the point WILL you divulge all the names on the Blumenthal list so that we can let them know WE KNOW.
The best disinfectant is sunshine. Let's bring them into the open. posted 05/01/2008 at 20:26:35
Nelson Mandela On Terrorist Watch List
The View from Gate 14 has been mocked as ridiculous moony-eyed drivel. Noonan's piece questions Barack Obama's patriotism -- it, according to Noonan, must be judged by whether one tears up when names like Henry Ford (an automitive icon and noted anti-Semite) or Orville and Wilbur Wright are mentioned.
There was an excellent rebuttal to the piece done right here on HuffPo. READ THAT instead. posted 05/01/2008 at 13:30:52
There was an excellent rebuttal to the piece done right here on HuffPo. READ THAT instead. posted 05/01/2008 at 13:30:52
Is the Corporate Media Deciding This Election For Us?
Let see what the results would have been in Ohio and Pennsylvania without the breathless coverage non-stop POSITIVE media coverage of HRC's "shame on you" or the 24-hour reverendwrightreverendwrightreverendwright... if that wasn't tailor-made to advantage the Clintons I don't know what is.
Dennis Kucinich is a bright man with great ideas, but wouldn't be my choice for President. Neither would Ron Paul (notice that I don't ascribe "bright and great" to Paul.)
The problem this campaign is the media has taken it upon themselves to create and manipulate the storyline and choose the candidates -- on that we do agree, at least for 2 out of the three. They wanted HRC, McCain and Rudy Giuliani. The dogfight this year was supposed to on the Republican side.
Now, they will promote the pandering gas-tax idea of HRC and McCain, and wonder why Obama won't follow suit. And claim that voters want the $30 bucks without realizing what the end result is.
Yep, this is the media's election, not ours. posted 05/01/2008 at 14:13:08
Dennis Kucinich is a bright man with great ideas, but wouldn't be my choice for President. Neither would Ron Paul (notice that I don't ascribe "bright and great" to Paul.)
The problem this campaign is the media has taken it upon themselves to create and manipulate the storyline and choose the candidates -- on that we do agree, at least for 2 out of the three. They wanted HRC, McCain and Rudy Giuliani. The dogfight this year was supposed to on the Republican side.
Now, they will promote the pandering gas-tax idea of HRC and McCain, and wonder why Obama won't follow suit. And claim that voters want the $30 bucks without realizing what the end result is.
Yep, this is the media's election, not ours. posted 05/01/2008 at 14:13:08
ABC Digs Into Clinton Trade Hypocrisy - Clinton Campaign Responds With More Deception
Here! Here! More Wright all the time.
Just think if George Stephanopolous and Charlie Gibson had spent their debut on matter like this... you know, trade policy, fast-tracking China to MFN status, NAFTA,... I'm not sure but I think they call these "real issues."
So confusing this year with trying to figure out Wright from wrong... posted 04/30/2008 at 17:45:34
Just think if George Stephanopolous and Charlie Gibson had spent their debut on matter like this... you know, trade policy, fast-tracking China to MFN status, NAFTA,... I'm not sure but I think they call these "real issues."
So confusing this year with trying to figure out Wright from wrong... posted 04/30/2008 at 17:45:34
The Morning After: Obama Aide Still Pressed On Wright
Is he just "douchey" more douche-baggy? posted 04/30/2008 at 17:29:33
Geoff Garin, Clinton Chief Strategist, Once Called For Violent Revolution
Bill Ayers didn't "kill police officers." The two former Weather Underground members that BILL CLINTON PARDONED DID. Facts, may dear, facts.
It is the exact parallel. What is good for the gander, is extra-specially good for the GOOSE named Hillary. posted 04/30/2008 at 11:21:34
It is the exact parallel. What is good for the gander, is extra-specially good for the GOOSE named Hillary. posted 04/30/2008 at 11:21:34
America's "Chief White Woman" needs to immediately reject and denounce her new chief strategist for his violent past. How can she continue to be the CWW-in-Chief if she associates with these kinds of people?
Clearly, this demonstrates an untenable lapse in judgement and proves she has not been fully vetted by the media who continue their love affair with Clinton. Someone needs to ask HER immediately if Geoff Garin is patriotic, does he love America enough, why doesn't he wear a flag pin, when was the last time he put his hand over his heart during "America the Beautiful," why can't he sing the Star-Spangled Banner on key with the correct words and minus the beer hat, when was the last ime his wife was "really proud of America," why does he not eat hot dogs, when was the last time he ate apple pie made by his mom, and how many other radicals is he associating with?
I mean standards for presidential associations are pretty high. posted 04/30/2008 at 11:18:12
Clearly, this demonstrates an untenable lapse in judgement and proves she has not been fully vetted by the media who continue their love affair with Clinton. Someone needs to ask HER immediately if Geoff Garin is patriotic, does he love America enough, why doesn't he wear a flag pin, when was the last time he put his hand over his heart during "America the Beautiful," why can't he sing the Star-Spangled Banner on key with the correct words and minus the beer hat, when was the last ime his wife was "really proud of America," why does he not eat hot dogs, when was the last time he ate apple pie made by his mom, and how many other radicals is he associating with?
I mean standards for presidential associations are pretty high. posted 04/30/2008 at 11:18:12
Kellyanne Conway, MSNBC Guest, Calls Hillary Clinton "Chief White Woman" In America
So you're calling Kellyanne Conway a "race-baiter"? Because it was the "white woman" surrogate who said it.
Her campaign is not supported by the most diverse group in electoral history. It is not supported by African Americans -- unless you count Sheila Jackson Lee and Stephanie Tubbs Jones... posted 04/29/2008 at 21:32:34
Her campaign is not supported by the most diverse group in electoral history. It is not supported by African Americans -- unless you count Sheila Jackson Lee and Stephanie Tubbs Jones... posted 04/29/2008 at 21:32:34
Obama's Reverend Wright Press Conference (VIDEO)
Take a deep breath, everybody. What Rev. Wright did yesterday was brilliant. He was able to create the distinction between Wright and Obama that too many people had decided to conflate. The media, the Republicans even Hillary tried to make Wright and Obama the same person. Wright -- in rightfully defending himself at the National Press Club, drew up in stark contrast that they are two entirely different people.
When reporter Ryan Lizza tried to make this same distinction yesterday on Harball, the group laughed at him. But looks who's laughing now. Lizza was right. And now anyone --especially the media -- who continues to harp on the Obama is Wright theme is clearly doing it for partisan reasons (got that MSNBC and FOX?)
Wright gave Obama room to operate.
Now there are still things about Rev. Wright that I like, but understand one thing: I have NEVER been confused as to who was saying what or responsible for what. I cannot say the same for the MSM and even the blogosphere. posted 04/29/2008 at 15:31:48
When reporter Ryan Lizza tried to make this same distinction yesterday on Harball, the group laughed at him. But looks who's laughing now. Lizza was right. And now anyone --especially the media -- who continues to harp on the Obama is Wright theme is clearly doing it for partisan reasons (got that MSNBC and FOX?)
Wright gave Obama room to operate.
Now there are still things about Rev. Wright that I like, but understand one thing: I have NEVER been confused as to who was saying what or responsible for what. I cannot say the same for the MSM and even the blogosphere. posted 04/29/2008 at 15:31:48
America May Owe Reverend Wright a Debt of Gratitude
Mr. Jones, very well said. Perhaps it is time we stop being timid about mentioning race. Obama took some brave steps in poltically inconvenient time. (Hillary and McCain cannot and will not.)
Wright may push/pull him the rest of the way. It is not that Wright is of an age, or burdened with ideas that are no longer in fashion, but we've allowed the conversation to be driven once more by (white)people who don't really want to talk about it.
Obama does I suspect, but doesn't want it to devolve into the same old re-hashed, re-treaded conversation. It may be that Wright is providing the framework for him to finish the job. A bigger, more productive conversation than we have had for 40 years. posted 04/28/2008 at 21:50:00
Wright may push/pull him the rest of the way. It is not that Wright is of an age, or burdened with ideas that are no longer in fashion, but we've allowed the conversation to be driven once more by (white)people who don't really want to talk about it.
Obama does I suspect, but doesn't want it to devolve into the same old re-hashed, re-treaded conversation. It may be that Wright is providing the framework for him to finish the job. A bigger, more productive conversation than we have had for 40 years. posted 04/28/2008 at 21:50:00
Dumbing-Down the Candidates
Actually, they are white, multi-millionaires with fine educations who live in the 'burbs in McMansions and drive foreign luxury automobiles, none of which were ever "pre-owned". Their kids go to private schools and their wives have "careers" so they can have their own "identities" outside of marriage.
They work at CNN, MSNBC, ABC, FOX, CBS, NBC and sometimes PBS. posted 04/28/2008 at 21:38:47
They work at CNN, MSNBC, ABC, FOX, CBS, NBC and sometimes PBS. posted 04/28/2008 at 21:38:47
Krugman Assails 'Gas Tax Holiday' Plan That His Candidate Supports
The gas tax holiday just delays the inevitable. When the holiday is over. the price will be jacked up again.
I don't like Krugman. My support of "no-holiday" is more pro-Obama and facing the reality than anything else. posted 04/28/2008 at 16:27:14
I don't like Krugman. My support of "no-holiday" is more pro-Obama and facing the reality than anything else. posted 04/28/2008 at 16:27:14
Will African Americans Return?
No "apology" that comes out that liar's mouth will satisfy me .
McCain and Clinton are indistinguishable at this point. One is just as bad -- or good -- as the other. So McCain winning is just four more years of the same damn shit we've put up with from Bush 43, Clinton, 42 and Bush 41, and Reagan 40. posted 04/29/2008 at 10:50:21
McCain and Clinton are indistinguishable at this point. One is just as bad -- or good -- as the other. So McCain winning is just four more years of the same damn shit we've put up with from Bush 43, Clinton, 42 and Bush 41, and Reagan 40. posted 04/29/2008 at 10:50:21
The problem is that "white pundits" don't "know" any African-Americans.
They don't "know" black folks. They read statistics, they "see" black people on TV or in the movies, occasionally interview some celeb or back when they were cub reporters conducted a man on the street interview in the 'hood once. They do not "know" black folks because from their tinted window Mercedes and gated communities they don't live, socialize, worship or educate with them. They live in that stratosphere where minorities are there for your service and convenience.
Witness Chris Matthews or Tim Russert. To them, "working class voter" has only one face: white. These two "influential, smart" pundits couldn't grasp the impact of the "Gays, Guns and God" voters. Twice (Ohio and PA). Yet, they're both hair-trigger happy to call Sen. Obama "elitist," "arrogant" and "out of touch" because he likes orange juice, prefers basketball to bowling, went to college and was refreshingly honest assessing his chances in San Francisco, "elitist capitol of the world."
Heads up: Black voters will not back Clinton in the fall. They all won't share my rationale for not supporting her. But bottom line, the Clintons are now on par with Jesse Helms. The "moving goalposts" resonate with black folk everywhere. We've been there, had to go through that.
November 5 may find many of us with something far more important to do than give the white lady the keys to 1600 once again. I'm planning a spa day. posted 04/29/2008 at 10:46:10
They don't "know" black folks. They read statistics, they "see" black people on TV or in the movies, occasionally interview some celeb or back when they were cub reporters conducted a man on the street interview in the 'hood once. They do not "know" black folks because from their tinted window Mercedes and gated communities they don't live, socialize, worship or educate with them. They live in that stratosphere where minorities are there for your service and convenience.
Witness Chris Matthews or Tim Russert. To them, "working class voter" has only one face: white. These two "influential, smart" pundits couldn't grasp the impact of the "Gays, Guns and God" voters. Twice (Ohio and PA). Yet, they're both hair-trigger happy to call Sen. Obama "elitist," "arrogant" and "out of touch" because he likes orange juice, prefers basketball to bowling, went to college and was refreshingly honest assessing his chances in San Francisco, "elitist capitol of the world."
Heads up: Black voters will not back Clinton in the fall. They all won't share my rationale for not supporting her. But bottom line, the Clintons are now on par with Jesse Helms. The "moving goalposts" resonate with black folk everywhere. We've been there, had to go through that.
November 5 may find many of us with something far more important to do than give the white lady the keys to 1600 once again. I'm planning a spa day. posted 04/29/2008 at 10:46:10
Jeremiah Wright At National Press Club: Watch Video
gigi09, if in fact you are who and what you say you are... you would be standing on your chair applauding Rev. Wright speaking out and saying exactly what is on his mind. Rev. Wright will not prevent Barack from being elected.
Dr. King -- since you invoke his name -- would see a reflection of himself in Jeremiah Wright also. As Dr. King himself was the target of vilification, after speaking out against the Vietnam war, he would embrace Rev. Wright for speaking out now. King would find a kindred spirit in Wright. posted 04/28/2008 at 16:44:20
Dr. King -- since you invoke his name -- would see a reflection of himself in Jeremiah Wright also. As Dr. King himself was the target of vilification, after speaking out against the Vietnam war, he would embrace Rev. Wright for speaking out now. King would find a kindred spirit in Wright. posted 04/28/2008 at 16:44:20
If someone was calling your mother a whore today, would you wait until June to call them out? If your children were being bullied at school, would you wait until June? If someone was calling you a liar and a thief, would you wait? If you were being called a communist, anti-American, a hate-monger, would you wait until June to try to clear your name?
No, you sure as hell wouldn't and there is no reason for Rev. Wright to wait either. posted 04/28/2008 at 16:37:19
No, you sure as hell wouldn't and there is no reason for Rev. Wright to wait either. posted 04/28/2008 at 16:37:19
I would be proud to call Jeremiah Wright my friend any day. posted 04/28/2008 at 16:32:52
How The Presidential Candidates Will Look In 4 Years: See Photos
That's right, baby!
Black Don't Crack! posted 04/28/2008 at 16:16:12
Black Don't Crack! posted 04/28/2008 at 16:16:12
Watch Live: Obama's Meeting With Editors Of Indianapolis Star
An excellent interview. He did great! posted 04/25/2008 at 16:40:05
Dining with the Oligarchy
Actually, it belongs in the entertainment or comedy section. Ms. Ebersole is a wonderful actress.
If her retelling of the luncheon is accurate, she sounded less like a crackerjack wit offering up tasty "bon mots" and tales of the "theatre" and more like she was just hooked on crack.
Once I had the occasion of sharing cocktails and dinner with similarly gathered theater and movie types. I was the "odd woman out," being neither a theater, nor movie, nor rich, nor wanna-be type. One cluster of guests was talking more about politics and less about "back-ends" and cut-throat deals. At first the political chatter was a fun re-telling of late-night humor, but before long, one of the actor-types started motor-mouthing a similar line as Ms. Ebersole, which included all kinds of interesting "theories" about past events. When I had reached the point where I could no longer listen, and ducked into the ladies' loo, one of the other female guests who followed shortly thereafter apologized for the rat-ta-tat-tat of the actor-type. He used to be so much fun, she said. But it's the coke. When he's going like that I know he's still using. When I returned to the party, the actor-type was still going strong -- something about Mussolini now -- so I just idled near a group talking about performance art and bodily excretions for a few minutes before going to gaze at the nighttime skyline. posted 04/26/2008 at 18:17:47
If her retelling of the luncheon is accurate, she sounded less like a crackerjack wit offering up tasty "bon mots" and tales of the "theatre" and more like she was just hooked on crack.
Once I had the occasion of sharing cocktails and dinner with similarly gathered theater and movie types. I was the "odd woman out," being neither a theater, nor movie, nor rich, nor wanna-be type. One cluster of guests was talking more about politics and less about "back-ends" and cut-throat deals. At first the political chatter was a fun re-telling of late-night humor, but before long, one of the actor-types started motor-mouthing a similar line as Ms. Ebersole, which included all kinds of interesting "theories" about past events. When I had reached the point where I could no longer listen, and ducked into the ladies' loo, one of the other female guests who followed shortly thereafter apologized for the rat-ta-tat-tat of the actor-type. He used to be so much fun, she said. But it's the coke. When he's going like that I know he's still using. When I returned to the party, the actor-type was still going strong -- something about Mussolini now -- so I just idled near a group talking about performance art and bodily excretions for a few minutes before going to gaze at the nighttime skyline. posted 04/26/2008 at 18:17:47
The Undeniable Virtue of Jeremiah Wright's Pro-Blackness (and the Problem with Pro-Whiteness)
How assinine. You already do: they are called "fraternities and sororities and dining clubs".
Heck if it wasn't for affirmative action, they'd go back to being call Harvard and Yale and Princeton and Wellesley and Columbia and the US Naval Academy and West Point and Michigan and UCLA and Stanford and Ohio State and Pittsburgh and Penn and Bucknell and William and Mary and George Washington, Virginia and Ole Miss and Alabama and Georgia Tech and Arizona and ... posted 04/27/2008 at 11:20:37
Heck if it wasn't for affirmative action, they'd go back to being call Harvard and Yale and Princeton and Wellesley and Columbia and the US Naval Academy and West Point and Michigan and UCLA and Stanford and Ohio State and Pittsburgh and Penn and Bucknell and William and Mary and George Washington, Virginia and Ole Miss and Alabama and Georgia Tech and Arizona and ... posted 04/27/2008 at 11:20:37
better yet... let's call it "REALLY Extreme Makeover "... put them under anesthesia and whem they wake up all bandaged from head to toe they won't know they've been "blackened" ... PERMANENTLY!!! Let's change their eyes, give them plastic surgery to change their noses and lips, nice round butts instead of those flapjacks you all call an ass.
The acid test will be to have them drive a nice car at night. If the cops pull 'em over or rough em up we know we've got it just right. (Of course if the cops empty 50 bullets in their direction, we just call that an unfortunate accident. Same if they're hit 41 times in the doorway of their home while reaching for their wallets to prove they really do live there. OOPS!) posted 04/27/2008 at 09:51:50
The acid test will be to have them drive a nice car at night. If the cops pull 'em over or rough em up we know we've got it just right. (Of course if the cops empty 50 bullets in their direction, we just call that an unfortunate accident. Same if they're hit 41 times in the doorway of their home while reaching for their wallets to prove they really do live there. OOPS!) posted 04/27/2008 at 09:51:50
living up to your screen name.... posted 04/27/2008 at 09:41:09
OOh reaally.... help enlighten the rest us: who are the many people in the world have gone through it (racism)?
Do you really see a "single community" in NYC?
hmmmm... hurt our "cause"... "form a community"? unite the world?
Sorry but just what the hell are you talking about? posted 04/27/2008 at 09:40:25
Do you really see a "single community" in NYC?
hmmmm... hurt our "cause"... "form a community"? unite the world?
Sorry but just what the hell are you talking about? posted 04/27/2008 at 09:40:25
Obama Backer: Irreparable Breach Between Clinton And Blacks Is Foreseeable
Not for long... posted 04/25/2008 at 17:01:52
Krugman Hits Obama Over Working-Class Voters
The New York Times will be firing a mass of reporters today. Unfortunately, Mr. Krugman -- as a columnist -- will not be among them.
Krugman hates Obama for whatever reason. Perhaps someone here at HuffPo can find out why. This is not about policy. It is personal. And it is a shame that Mr. Krugman's personal vendetta against Obama has been allowed to continue by the Times, under the guise of his column.
If you're sick of it, join me in writing to the Times' Public Editor and registering your distaste. posted 04/25/2008 at 10:39:32
Krugman hates Obama for whatever reason. Perhaps someone here at HuffPo can find out why. This is not about policy. It is personal. And it is a shame that Mr. Krugman's personal vendetta against Obama has been allowed to continue by the Times, under the guise of his column.
If you're sick of it, join me in writing to the Times' Public Editor and registering your distaste. posted 04/25/2008 at 10:39:32
Media Jump Ship From Obama To Clinton
Sorry, but I don't think they were ever with Obama.
They perpetuated the myth of Clinton's "experience," her "electability," her "inevitabilty." They continue to support her with endless spins of how she can "still WIN!!!!" They didn't look into her or Bill's financial dealings, the troubles she's had this election cycle with donors, Bosnia didn't become a flash in the pan "issue" until the blogs made it so. They perpetuated the secret Muslim smear against Obama -- see the Washington Post Perry Bacon Jr story pre-Iowa caucus.
This is all more spin and bluster. It's all about the money they'll rake in. posted 04/25/2008 at 00:12:20
They perpetuated the myth of Clinton's "experience," her "electability," her "inevitabilty." They continue to support her with endless spins of how she can "still WIN!!!!" They didn't look into her or Bill's financial dealings, the troubles she's had this election cycle with donors, Bosnia didn't become a flash in the pan "issue" until the blogs made it so. They perpetuated the secret Muslim smear against Obama -- see the Washington Post Perry Bacon Jr story pre-Iowa caucus.
This is all more spin and bluster. It's all about the money they'll rake in. posted 04/25/2008 at 00:12:20
The Media Must Report - NOT Debate - Whether Barack or Hillary is Winning
The dichotomy that Mr. Brant is exposing is the difference between reporting the news, and this pseudo-"analysis" of the news -- especially as delivered by cable news and secondarily by the more tradutional news outlet (broadcast and print). Unfortunately, more broadcast outlets are started to act more like their cable siblings.
Reporting requires accuracy. That has been the trust between those who deliver and those who consume. That trust has been broken. There was a time when the evening news was not expected to be a profit center for the network. The push for profit changed news. The expansion into cable has not brought the detailed insightful, critically analyzed news (that there was no "time" for on broadcast TV). Instead it is wall to wall sensational murder, trumped up sound bites and media groupthink. When a cable anchor and his "expert" tell their audience (as Keith Olbermann and Chuck Todd) told an MSNBC audience when the "bitter" comments broke, that the context of the remarks didn't matter, the Fourth Estate has failed us. When simple math, that a fourth-grader could do, is too complex for middle-aged, college-educated adults, journalism has failed us.
When we,consumers, become tolerant of "sins of omission or commission", we fail ourselves. When we tolerate the failures of the media without complaint or pushback, as a democracy we fail. "Mis-reporting, editorializing" or "committing other journalistic sins" with impugnity is expected in, say, North Korea, not in the US. posted 04/25/2008 at 11:25:35
Reporting requires accuracy. That has been the trust between those who deliver and those who consume. That trust has been broken. There was a time when the evening news was not expected to be a profit center for the network. The push for profit changed news. The expansion into cable has not brought the detailed insightful, critically analyzed news (that there was no "time" for on broadcast TV). Instead it is wall to wall sensational murder, trumped up sound bites and media groupthink. When a cable anchor and his "expert" tell their audience (as Keith Olbermann and Chuck Todd) told an MSNBC audience when the "bitter" comments broke, that the context of the remarks didn't matter, the Fourth Estate has failed us. When simple math, that a fourth-grader could do, is too complex for middle-aged, college-educated adults, journalism has failed us.
When we,consumers, become tolerant of "sins of omission or commission", we fail ourselves. When we tolerate the failures of the media without complaint or pushback, as a democracy we fail. "Mis-reporting, editorializing" or "committing other journalistic sins" with impugnity is expected in, say, North Korea, not in the US. posted 04/25/2008 at 11:25:35
James Carville: Barack Obama "Hides Under The New York Times Editorialists' Skirt"
I would call him a lizard but that would be unfair to lizards, and frankly and insult to everything else organic on this planet. posted 04/25/2008 at 00:20:32
Hillary $10 Million Claims Questioned
She raised $2 million on line, loaned herself $5 million and counted the $2.5 million from the Elton John concert AGAIN, and then ROUNDED UP to get a DOUBLE-DIGIT fundraising day. It's the Clinton New Math hard at work! (And just like Clinton I don't have to prove, just say it and it's true.) posted 04/24/2008 at 10:35:13
Hacker Redirects Obama Website To Clinton's Homepage
So that's where the $10 million came from.... hmmmmmm posted 04/24/2008 at 10:38:26
Dear Barack: Stop the Bleeding!
I agree... I liked the Annie Oakley comment. It was funny without being meanspirited. It was appropriate to what she had claimed. And it showed the right amout of pushback.
I think refusing to fight back or pushback is WIMPY. And Barack is not a wimp. He has a "real person" quality about him that Hillary doesn't have. And he can connect with voters. As someone who saw him in person and got that smile and a handshake -- along with a spontaneous comment to my 78 year old mom, I can tell you that he is not "manufactured." The smile is not just showing his teeth. I get that feeling from Hillary. Her expressions are contrived.
But to the issue at hand: Barack, do not take this advice. Instead. let your surrogates do the smackdown and let THEM do their job. Do not back down from the edgier statements your team makes cause they are right on. Let them rip her to shreds. Do not let anyone else go from the campaign, no matter how much the Clintons doth protest. Know that she is going to go even nastier and make sure that you are winning the news cycles. More surrogates on the air all the time.
In the words of Vince Lombardi: Win, damn it! posted 04/23/2008 at 21:23:02
I think refusing to fight back or pushback is WIMPY. And Barack is not a wimp. He has a "real person" quality about him that Hillary doesn't have. And he can connect with voters. As someone who saw him in person and got that smile and a handshake -- along with a spontaneous comment to my 78 year old mom, I can tell you that he is not "manufactured." The smile is not just showing his teeth. I get that feeling from Hillary. Her expressions are contrived.
But to the issue at hand: Barack, do not take this advice. Instead. let your surrogates do the smackdown and let THEM do their job. Do not back down from the edgier statements your team makes cause they are right on. Let them rip her to shreds. Do not let anyone else go from the campaign, no matter how much the Clintons doth protest. Know that she is going to go even nastier and make sure that you are winning the news cycles. More surrogates on the air all the time.
In the words of Vince Lombardi: Win, damn it! posted 04/23/2008 at 21:23:02
Why, To The Mainstream Media, Does Hillary's 9.4 Victory Margin Equal "Double Digits"?
Expecting the media to be accurate is not a novel concept.
Expecting people like to understand the important difference of fact versus spin is not novel either, but a difficult task.
Words matter. Numbers matter. They're not "just words," or "just numbers."
Similarly, the media continues to insist that Hillary has a path to the nomination. She doesn't. The media knows that but for ratings they continue to spin in her favor. posted 04/23/2008 at 17:17:20
Expecting people like to understand the important difference of fact versus spin is not novel either, but a difficult task.
Words matter. Numbers matter. They're not "just words," or "just numbers."
Similarly, the media continues to insist that Hillary has a path to the nomination. She doesn't. The media knows that but for ratings they continue to spin in her favor. posted 04/23/2008 at 17:17:20
Obama Camp: Using Popular Vote Metric Just Ain't Gonna Work
AFUCKINGMEN! THE RULES ARE THE RULES!
I just wrote to Howard Dean to express my anger over the continued waffling of Mr. Dean. Not over Michigan and Florida being seated or "counting," but over the inability of the DNC to insure that the rules for this convention, as established by the Rules and Bylaws Committee are followed. That means there are no "secret" or "special" or unique metrics by which the super delegates get to decide what "counts" in this election. It is a race for pledged delegates first, last and always.
Mr. Dean needs to insure that the will of the people be followed. The will of the people says BARACK OBAMA.
Mr. Dean needs to remind the Clintons that they are not "running" the DNC anymore. Their pocket tool Terry McAuliffe isn't running the show anymore. posted 04/23/2008 at 16:59:38
I just wrote to Howard Dean to express my anger over the continued waffling of Mr. Dean. Not over Michigan and Florida being seated or "counting," but over the inability of the DNC to insure that the rules for this convention, as established by the Rules and Bylaws Committee are followed. That means there are no "secret" or "special" or unique metrics by which the super delegates get to decide what "counts" in this election. It is a race for pledged delegates first, last and always.
Mr. Dean needs to insure that the will of the people be followed. The will of the people says BARACK OBAMA.
Mr. Dean needs to remind the Clintons that they are not "running" the DNC anymore. Their pocket tool Terry McAuliffe isn't running the show anymore. posted 04/23/2008 at 16:59:38
Pennsylvania & the Persistence of the Race Chasm
The bottom line is that some of these people will never change, regardless of how many Catholics surround him. And as a member of the minority group "Black Catholic" or "Catholic Black", I can say it's the color of the skin, not the religion of the man.
I think if this election had been held with out the inflaming factors that were simmering and allowed to boil over, Obama would have performed much better.
Mr. Sirota, correlate the level of racial rhetoric before each of the primaries that Clinton won. I think you'll find a match. Higher rhetoric (I won't call it all race-baiting) corresponds to a Clinton win. posted 04/23/2008 at 17:30:55
I think if this election had been held with out the inflaming factors that were simmering and allowed to boil over, Obama would have performed much better.
Mr. Sirota, correlate the level of racial rhetoric before each of the primaries that Clinton won. I think you'll find a match. Higher rhetoric (I won't call it all race-baiting) corresponds to a Clinton win. posted 04/23/2008 at 17:30:55
Last Night Clinton Won the Pennsylvania Primary, but Lost the War for the Nomination
8.6 was the margin early this morning. This afternoon it is 9.2 and that is were it will stay.
Hillary Clinton has no path -- ZERO -- to the nomination, other than hiring a hit man.
It is over. Frankly you Clinton supporters need to get over yourselves. This race was lost on Feb. 5th.
Total popular vote doesn't count. Fictious electoral maps do not count. She is a loser. She is a liar.
No more drama. Vote OBAMA! posted 04/23/2008 at 16:02:53
Hillary Clinton has no path -- ZERO -- to the nomination, other than hiring a hit man.
It is over. Frankly you Clinton supporters need to get over yourselves. This race was lost on Feb. 5th.
Total popular vote doesn't count. Fictious electoral maps do not count. She is a loser. She is a liar.
No more drama. Vote OBAMA! posted 04/23/2008 at 16:02:53
Pennsylvania Primary: Liveblogging the Results
Er, that's DAVID Gregory.
DICK Gregory is a famous BLACK social commentarian and comedian. posted 04/22/2008 at 21:46:59
DICK Gregory is a famous BLACK social commentarian and comedian. posted 04/22/2008 at 21:46:59
Remember Missouri... they projected Hillary and had to retract that... Obama won. Let's wait and see..
Remember also that the exits were based on 40 precincts across the state. even with the recalculations, patience is a virtue... posted 04/22/2008 at 21:01:35
Remember also that the exits were based on 40 precincts across the state. even with the recalculations, patience is a virtue... posted 04/22/2008 at 21:01:35
Bill Clinton: Hillary Would Be Winning Under GOP Primary Rules
Hey Bill, you and Hillary and Joe Lieberman can just join the Republicans. That's what the DLC is anyway.
Here's your hat. What's your hurry. Have a nice trip, see you next fall. Don't let the doorknob hit you on the way out. Goodbye and good riddance. Toodle-loo... Fare the well... we won't miss you when you're gone.Don't hurry back and please don't come again! posted 04/21/2008 at 17:25:57
Here's your hat. What's your hurry. Have a nice trip, see you next fall. Don't let the doorknob hit you on the way out. Goodbye and good riddance. Toodle-loo... Fare the well... we won't miss you when you're gone.Don't hurry back and please don't come again! posted 04/21/2008 at 17:25:57
Tony Snow Joins CNN As Political Contributor
You forgot Dobbs. posted 04/21/2008 at 17:20:52
Whoops! Ann Curry Tosses To Katie Couric On "Today"
And the military would not allow him to marry Ann's mother. He had to leave Japan and then return -- i believe it was two years later -- to get his Japanese fiancee. She didn't believe he would come back. A very poignant love story.
Ann should take some more time off... she deserves it.
and like a lot of you -- although I like Meredith, the spot should have gone to Ann. posted 04/21/2008 at 17:17:24
Ann should take some more time off... she deserves it.
and like a lot of you -- although I like Meredith, the spot should have gone to Ann. posted 04/21/2008 at 17:17:24
'Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy' Leader's Newspaper Backs Clinton
"Alright boys and girls, can you say, "BOUGHT and PAID FOR"? Timmy, stop laughing! Suzie, do you have a question? What is a blowjob? Yes, Donnie, I think you can call this a blowjob. What's that Robbie? Your dad says it's what? Oh yes, blowing smoke up the ass... I think that fits too. Sheniqua, you're absolutely right. You can choose which endorsements you want to accept and which should be rejected and denounced. No, sweetie, she won't reject this one... it's a keeper!" posted 04/20/2008 at 15:40:30
Top Clinton Strategist Defends Clinton Slam On Democratic Activists
Having watched that segment of MTP, I feel real sorry for Mr. Garin. He was "pummeled" by David Axelrod
Garin was lost and unable to substantively talk about any of Hillary's issues. posted 04/20/2008 at 13:10:17
Garin was lost and unable to substantively talk about any of Hillary's issues. posted 04/20/2008 at 13:10:17
Stupid Is As Hillary (and Charlie, George, and Tim) Does
Except that for every one story like that from Politico, you have 30 more from Politico extolling mysterious connections between Obama and Bill Ayers, Rev. Wright's patriotism, why Obama didn't put his hand over his heart during (not the Pledge, but the) National Anthem, how HIllary can win, how Hillary can still win, how HIllary can win even while she's losing, and detailed reporting on every single conference call and email coming out of the Clinton campaign. With no cogent -- or accurate -- analysis.
As I see it, Politico is just as ineffective as ABC news was during the debate. posted 04/21/2008 at 10:19:34
As I see it, Politico is just as ineffective as ABC news was during the debate. posted 04/21/2008 at 10:19:34
You hit on a key principle here: EQ (emotional quotient) as opposed to (or perhaps in conjunction with IQ. We have seen a phenomenal difference between the candidates this year: McCain's fly off the handle temper is legendary. Hillary's is well-documented, too (flying ashtrays in the White House family quarters) and we've seen it on the campaign trail (the "shame on you" moment").
Conversely Obama has remained incredibly cool under circumstances that would have most of us "busting a cap in that bitch's ass." Obama's resistance to stoop the to Clinton level is remarkable. But more importantly, you can see the EQ of the entire Obama campaign: it is a collaborative, truly grassroots organization. Although it has a strong "executive branch", those of us in the "legislative" branch are fully engaged and our ideas are valued, our work is valued and most of all we feel needed.
That is at the core of Demings and Baldridge and others focusing on collaboration: workers needed to feel valued, that their work and ideas matter. It takes an extraordinary poltician to set ego and self-gratification aside for the betterment of the group.
Hillary has not and cannot do that. posted 04/21/2008 at 10:12:24
Conversely Obama has remained incredibly cool under circumstances that would have most of us "busting a cap in that bitch's ass." Obama's resistance to stoop the to Clinton level is remarkable. But more importantly, you can see the EQ of the entire Obama campaign: it is a collaborative, truly grassroots organization. Although it has a strong "executive branch", those of us in the "legislative" branch are fully engaged and our ideas are valued, our work is valued and most of all we feel needed.
That is at the core of Demings and Baldridge and others focusing on collaboration: workers needed to feel valued, that their work and ideas matter. It takes an extraordinary poltician to set ego and self-gratification aside for the betterment of the group.
Hillary has not and cannot do that. posted 04/21/2008 at 10:12:24
Debate Analysis: ABC Asked Most Scandal Questions, Obama Was Clear Target
Thanks for the cogent analysis of what ABC did. Great job!
ABC hasn't received all of the beating they deserve. This just make it easier to present an empirical rather than anecdotal analysis.
I suspect that if you factored in the negative "scandal" questions related to one candidate, but asked of the other, I think you will see that Clinton more often received the "how do you respond to that" rather than Obama being asked to comment on the Clinton scandal. posted 04/20/2008 at 15:25:03
ABC hasn't received all of the beating they deserve. This just make it easier to present an empirical rather than anecdotal analysis.
I suspect that if you factored in the negative "scandal" questions related to one candidate, but asked of the other, I think you will see that Clinton more often received the "how do you respond to that" rather than Obama being asked to comment on the Clinton scandal. posted 04/20/2008 at 15:25:03
Bill Clinton Says Criticisms Of Hillary's Healthcare Plan Are 'Bull'
Thanks for including these numbers... people hear Clinton say "everyone will be covered" and they don't get how it's done. posted 04/20/2008 at 11:13:15
Chelsea Clinton Stops Traffic On Gay Pub Crawl
Does allowing prospective voters cop a feel of the merchandise qualify as "pimping out your daughter, in some weird way?"
I see... posted 04/19/2008 at 22:00:26
I see... posted 04/19/2008 at 22:00:26
Bill and Hillary's Biggest White House Stresses Were Self-Inflicted, and Obama Should Say So
It has taken me a long time to embrace the Obama strategy. A long time to even come close to understanding it. Maybe if it were cast in the realm of Gandhi, we might get. It is the ultimate application of "non-violence" we have seen in this country since... well, (and I hesitate to say it) Martin Luther King, Jr., who was constantly implored to "strike back" and advocate a more violent response against those who turned police dogs and fire hoses and ax handles against him and his supporters.
We live in a violent society, so striking back with anger -- the first response for most of us -- is the natural refuge. In politics, you might employ your opponents title, but vile smears are commonplace and cheap. So what does it show about one's character that he refuses -- even when the door is opened wide and folks are trying their damnedest to pull and push him through the portal, that he refuses to go.
The Clintons think he is "afraid," mistakenly. The truth is the lower they sink, the more vile their attacks, the more clearly we see them for what they are: craven, egotistical, lying opportunists.
(And look who's talking: Imus calls Obama a "pussy," yet it was Imus who was picking on basketball team of unsuspecting, undeserving young black college coeds. And that's a fair fight? That's "manly"?)
It is "Obama: Zen and Art of Politics." Embrace it, Grasshopper. Learn and grow. posted 04/19/2008 at 18:45:11
We live in a violent society, so striking back with anger -- the first response for most of us -- is the natural refuge. In politics, you might employ your opponents title, but vile smears are commonplace and cheap. So what does it show about one's character that he refuses -- even when the door is opened wide and folks are trying their damnedest to pull and push him through the portal, that he refuses to go.
The Clintons think he is "afraid," mistakenly. The truth is the lower they sink, the more vile their attacks, the more clearly we see them for what they are: craven, egotistical, lying opportunists.
(And look who's talking: Imus calls Obama a "pussy," yet it was Imus who was picking on basketball team of unsuspecting, undeserving young black college coeds. And that's a fair fight? That's "manly"?)
It is "Obama: Zen and Art of Politics." Embrace it, Grasshopper. Learn and grow. posted 04/19/2008 at 18:45:11
Clinton Faces Steady Erosion Of Support
The funny thing about erosion is that sometimes it happens slowly... an almost imperceptable wearing away... and then the tipping point is reached and what once seemed so strong is washed away in the blink of an eye.... the tipping point for the Clintons is very near. posted 04/19/2008 at 15:59:31
Obama Out of Touch With Pennsylvania? Every Major Paper There Backs Him
LBoucher...
you were a resident of the USA at the time of the 2001 statement (a review of Ayers' book on his days as a Weatherman), WERE YOU NOT????
You were in the US of A in 1995 when Ayers hosted Obama at his home for a funraiser, WERE YOU NOT???
And your parents were in the states in the 1960s and 70s when all of this "hippie" stuff was going around, WERE YOU NOT????
And ALL OF YOU DID NOTHING TO STOP IT!!! YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE! You, sir or madam, are GUILTY of UN_AMERICAN ACTIVITIES by allowing Mr. Ayers to associate with a presidential candidate even before he had announced his candidacy. YOU KNEW this might happen and still you did NOTHING!!!!
If that makes sense to you, we as a country are in a shitload of trouble because it is exactly this kind of McCarthy-esque bullshit that has been the under-current of this campaign. And that you, sir or madam, are foolish enough to have fallen for it shows us all the sorry state we live in.
Are you responsible for what the kid who sat two rows behind you in third grade eating boogers grew up to be? Apparently by your bone-headed, imbecilic reasoning you are. posted 04/19/2008 at 16:16:04
you were a resident of the USA at the time of the 2001 statement (a review of Ayers' book on his days as a Weatherman), WERE YOU NOT????
You were in the US of A in 1995 when Ayers hosted Obama at his home for a funraiser, WERE YOU NOT???
And your parents were in the states in the 1960s and 70s when all of this "hippie" stuff was going around, WERE YOU NOT????
And ALL OF YOU DID NOTHING TO STOP IT!!! YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE! You, sir or madam, are GUILTY of UN_AMERICAN ACTIVITIES by allowing Mr. Ayers to associate with a presidential candidate even before he had announced his candidacy. YOU KNEW this might happen and still you did NOTHING!!!!
If that makes sense to you, we as a country are in a shitload of trouble because it is exactly this kind of McCarthy-esque bullshit that has been the under-current of this campaign. And that you, sir or madam, are foolish enough to have fallen for it shows us all the sorry state we live in.
Are you responsible for what the kid who sat two rows behind you in third grade eating boogers grew up to be? Apparently by your bone-headed, imbecilic reasoning you are. posted 04/19/2008 at 16:16:04
Our "Working Class" Press
they assume that because they are not the "idle rich", that because they show up for their gigs everyday, that's "working class." posted 04/19/2008 at 21:51:02
Watch the Zany New ABC Laff-Fest, Distracting America, with Hillary Clinton and Charlie Gibson -- Featuring Redd Foxx as The Rev. Jeremiah Wright, and Introducing "Little Georgie" Stephanopoulos as Joe McCarthy
Let's get this baby on the air into syndication .... Sign up Wanda Sykes as Michelle Obama -- the sassy black woman with a heart of gold. Revive Shecky Greene's career as the wisecracking Rabbi who lives down the street. Throw in a little Cheech Marin as the illegal immigrant landscaper with a PhD. And give Dakota Fanning a spot as Chelsea, as the marginally talented child prodigy.
It's a winner! posted 04/20/2008 at 11:41:35
It's a winner! posted 04/20/2008 at 11:41:35
You Don't Need a Weatherman to Know Which Way the Wind Blows at ABC News
What is relevant about flag pins? Is a president unable to govern without one? does it convey some sort of mystical magical power on its wearer?
What is so relevant about the patriotism of a third person? Is a president unable to govern if everyone is not at patriotism level green?
What is so relevant about the bitterness or lack thereof of the PA electorate? Is a president unable to govern if the bitterness level is at bitterness code orange? Is that what drives the price of fuel to record levels?
What is so relevant about actions of a 60s radical who is now about as mainstream as they come (sitting on civic boards in the nation's 3rd largest city) that a president who was in grade school in either Indonesia or Hawaii at the time of all this radical behavior (and had no idea their paths would cross despite of any musings of presidential aspirations found in kindergarten papers), must be concerned about today?
What is so relevant about about the ideological vision of a Marine Corps vet (who helped operate on a sitting US President) who became a minister to a flock of black Americans on the south side of Chicago that this minister's view are a threat to a President who attended his church for who gives a shit how long?
Doing their jobs? Bullshit, and you know it. posted 04/19/2008 at 12:20:29
What is so relevant about the patriotism of a third person? Is a president unable to govern if everyone is not at patriotism level green?
What is so relevant about the bitterness or lack thereof of the PA electorate? Is a president unable to govern if the bitterness level is at bitterness code orange? Is that what drives the price of fuel to record levels?
What is so relevant about actions of a 60s radical who is now about as mainstream as they come (sitting on civic boards in the nation's 3rd largest city) that a president who was in grade school in either Indonesia or Hawaii at the time of all this radical behavior (and had no idea their paths would cross despite of any musings of presidential aspirations found in kindergarten papers), must be concerned about today?
What is so relevant about about the ideological vision of a Marine Corps vet (who helped operate on a sitting US President) who became a minister to a flock of black Americans on the south side of Chicago that this minister's view are a threat to a President who attended his church for who gives a shit how long?
Doing their jobs? Bullshit, and you know it. posted 04/19/2008 at 12:20:29
Obama's Ayers Issue
John Ridley... Bro... Dude...
You've been hanging out with that imbecile Joe Scarborough way too f*cking long.
Since when is a candidate responsible for the actions or words of someone else? When those actions happened when the candidate was 8 years old? So f*cking what if Ayers, now a PhD professor of education has a Weather Underground past? Who says he didn't pay his so-called debt to society?
Did Barack Obama bomb anything? No. Advocate bombing anything? No. Is Obama responsible for for the ex-cons who live in or near his neighborhood? No. Are you? F*ck no.
Bill Ayers and the Weather Underground, and Black Panthers, the SDS, the Yippies and the Chicago Seven did something incredibly patriotic back then: they yanked a country mired in endless war out of complacency, marshalled public opinion and ultimately brought the war to an end.
How far has this country fallen that dissent is a sin, a stain to be borne -- like slavery -- into perpetuity by the children of the children of the children of the children... ad infinitum.
This is foolish bullshit. You know it. We all know it. It's time to end it. posted 04/18/2008 at 18:15:00
You've been hanging out with that imbecile Joe Scarborough way too f*cking long.
Since when is a candidate responsible for the actions or words of someone else? When those actions happened when the candidate was 8 years old? So f*cking what if Ayers, now a PhD professor of education has a Weather Underground past? Who says he didn't pay his so-called debt to society?
Did Barack Obama bomb anything? No. Advocate bombing anything? No. Is Obama responsible for for the ex-cons who live in or near his neighborhood? No. Are you? F*ck no.
Bill Ayers and the Weather Underground, and Black Panthers, the SDS, the Yippies and the Chicago Seven did something incredibly patriotic back then: they yanked a country mired in endless war out of complacency, marshalled public opinion and ultimately brought the war to an end.
How far has this country fallen that dissent is a sin, a stain to be borne -- like slavery -- into perpetuity by the children of the children of the children of the children... ad infinitum.
This is foolish bullshit. You know it. We all know it. It's time to end it. posted 04/18/2008 at 18:15:00
Robert Reich's Endorsement -- No Big Deal
Here! Here!...
The fact the Clinton advisors have told the Canadians that she IS PLAYING the wink, wink, nod, nod game with regard to NAFTA excapes Mr. McEntee. But he's looking for a bigger payoff should -- as likely as an asteroid striking downtwon Philly at 3 p.m. TODAY -- become the Democratic nominee.
Members of his union should be concerned that he has associated himself with persons known for the facility with which they lie. That does not bode well for the men and women McEntee should be representing. It means that they should expect him to set up sweetheart deals that line his pockets while they go without the representation their hard work deserves.
Yep, the former Secretary of Labor under the Clintons, a man who had the cajones to DEMAND that Hillary report to the Cabinet just what the hell she was doing with regard to healthcare, and who knows the Clintons intimately enough to know the "say-anything" politics of the 1990s continues with them unabated, endorsed Obama.
Big deal he says. DAMN BIG DEAL, I say. posted 04/19/2008 at 11:53:43
The fact the Clinton advisors have told the Canadians that she IS PLAYING the wink, wink, nod, nod game with regard to NAFTA excapes Mr. McEntee. But he's looking for a bigger payoff should -- as likely as an asteroid striking downtwon Philly at 3 p.m. TODAY -- become the Democratic nominee.
Members of his union should be concerned that he has associated himself with persons known for the facility with which they lie. That does not bode well for the men and women McEntee should be representing. It means that they should expect him to set up sweetheart deals that line his pockets while they go without the representation their hard work deserves.
Yep, the former Secretary of Labor under the Clintons, a man who had the cajones to DEMAND that Hillary report to the Cabinet just what the hell she was doing with regard to healthcare, and who knows the Clintons intimately enough to know the "say-anything" politics of the 1990s continues with them unabated, endorsed Obama.
Big deal he says. DAMN BIG DEAL, I say. posted 04/19/2008 at 11:53:43
Krugman: Obama Clinging To A Stereotype
Paul Frugman in two words: Clinging Bitterly posted 04/18/2008 at 12:09:05
Nash McCabe: Obama's Flag Pin Questioner
Nash McCabe in one word: BITTER posted 04/18/2008 at 12:07:59
The Whole Flag Thing Got Me Thinking
Ms. Garry claims she has been thinking. Apparently, she hasn't been thinking hard enough.
The point is, Ms. Garry, putting on a flag pin does not make you "patriotic." It just makes you someone who wears a flag pin. We could just as easily walk around flashing the "peace" sign, or "flipping the bird" to one another. Symbols and symbolism are not the "real thing."
Think about what "real" patritotism is. I think you'll find most of the flag pin wearing folks come up short.
But hey, I got an Uncle Sam suit in the attic if you want to try that on for size. posted 04/18/2008 at 12:22:09
The point is, Ms. Garry, putting on a flag pin does not make you "patriotic." It just makes you someone who wears a flag pin. We could just as easily walk around flashing the "peace" sign, or "flipping the bird" to one another. Symbols and symbolism are not the "real thing."
Think about what "real" patritotism is. I think you'll find most of the flag pin wearing folks come up short.
But hey, I got an Uncle Sam suit in the attic if you want to try that on for size. posted 04/18/2008 at 12:22:09
George Bush, Gordon Brown Press Conference: Bush Offers Brown A Well-Done Hamburger
McCain got a hot dog lunch on the day Bush "endorsed" him. Gordon Brown gets a burned hamburger (probably infected with mad cow.) The Pope gives "awesome" speeches. Is Bush going skateboarding next? Radical... that's one gnarly dude who's not even fakey 980... dude...dude... DUDE!!!! posted 04/17/2008 at 19:54:26
Me and Barack: Michelle Obama Talks To Pennsylvanians
Actually, Ms. Fowler is neither "journalist" nor "pundit" but one of that self-appointed, self-constructed new breed called "citizen journalists." These CJs rant about mainstream media then propose to show them up by reporting from the "novice" perspective. Therein lies the problem: Fowler is ill-equipped, and certainly without the tempering hand of an editor (who would help provide the balance and structure and tone she lacks) to do anything more than unfocused pieces that miss their mark.
Had Ms. Fowler had a better understanding of "values voters" her "bitter" pill would have far better. But she lacked the understanding to provide her readers with the additional nuance and substance of the original remarks. Here she claims fatigue is what affects Michelle Obama and suggests that a "ghetto-fabulous, angry black woman" (straight out any Tyler Perry flick) is hiding just under the surface of Mrs. Obama. What a limiting and distorted profile. It also demonstrates that Fowler doesn't know the themes around which Michelle's stump speech is woven -- a decided lack of elitist attitude or entitlement and a certain kinship with whomever her audience is always present in her speeches.
Pity that Ms. Fowler doesn't get it. posted 04/17/2008 at 19:28:46
Had Ms. Fowler had a better understanding of "values voters" her "bitter" pill would have far better. But she lacked the understanding to provide her readers with the additional nuance and substance of the original remarks. Here she claims fatigue is what affects Michelle Obama and suggests that a "ghetto-fabulous, angry black woman" (straight out any Tyler Perry flick) is hiding just under the surface of Mrs. Obama. What a limiting and distorted profile. It also demonstrates that Fowler doesn't know the themes around which Michelle's stump speech is woven -- a decided lack of elitist attitude or entitlement and a certain kinship with whomever her audience is always present in her speeches.
Pity that Ms. Fowler doesn't get it. posted 04/17/2008 at 19:28:46
ABC Hosts Heckled After Debate: "The Crowd Is Turning On Me"
That damn "debate" was enough to make anybody bitter. What a fucking waste of airwaves. posted 04/16/2008 at 23:36:10
Hillary Clinton On Southern Working Class Whites In 1995: "Screw 'Em"
According to the Clinton campaign, kindergarten papers are fair game. posted 04/16/2008 at 17:10:05
Between the Ds, it's Obama!
I have to say I agree you too, Mr. Smerconish. I'm a liberal Dem. While for me the day the world changed is still November 22, 1963, I get your point. Rarely do we get a sensible take on the 9/11 issue. You've made your point well. Obama directness on the war in Afghanistan was one of the many reasons I support him.
Perhaps in November, we will have convinced to vote Obama instead of McCain. I have a cure for your angst. posted 04/17/2008 at 00:38:34
Perhaps in November, we will have convinced to vote Obama instead of McCain. I have a cure for your angst. posted 04/17/2008 at 00:38:34
The Uncharted: From Off The Bus to Meet the Press
Mayhill Fowler is the prime example of why "citizen journalists" should concentrate on being just "citizens." posted 04/15/2008 at 00:32:12
Compassion Forum On CNN: Clinton, Obama Square Off
I agree that this is way out of bounds. The sad thing is thanks to the religious right, the Moral Majority, focus on Family and all of these other evangelical groups who have co-opted our political process, this is the new litmus test.
It is not compassion, it is not balanced but skewed directly to Christians and not Jews or Muslims or Buddhists or any other religion. posted 04/13/2008 at 21:08:24
It is not compassion, it is not balanced but skewed directly to Christians and not Jews or Muslims or Buddhists or any other religion. posted 04/13/2008 at 21:08:24
Noteworthy Political Scientist Says Clinton Was For Characterization Of Working-Class Voters Before She Was Against It
Why it's "Gotalife" from TPM!!! Delivering his world famous "LIAR" rant that prompted the even more famous "TrollCritic" to score him -- at last count that I saw 983 points, an all time record!!!! posted 04/13/2008 at 20:46:43
Clinton Becomes A Gun Lover
Guns, whiskey and beer, pizza... no doubt loaded with the hot peppers she claims to eat constantly.... and in between the belching and the farting, a few tall tales of dodging sniper fire from across Lake Winola at age five... no, she was four. mean three... she had six gun... her nickname was Annie Oakley... wait she WAS Annie Oakley...
Sorry, I'm just BITTER and ELITIST... and that's the way I like it! posted 04/13/2008 at 09:53:53
Sorry, I'm just BITTER and ELITIST... and that's the way I like it! posted 04/13/2008 at 09:53:53
Obama Exclusive (Audio): On V.P And Foreign Policy, Courting the Working Class, and Hard-Pressed Pennsylvanians
It was "Barbara Lee" of California's 9th district. Not Sheila Jackson Lee. Huge Difference. posted 04/12/2008 at 17:49:29
I'm wondering why Ms. Fowler took so long to supply the ENTIRE audio which would have provided the necessary context for her article. Instead we have the media and blogosphere freaking out over much ado about nothing.
You know, that makes me bitter. posted 04/12/2008 at 17:38:29
You know, that makes me bitter. posted 04/12/2008 at 17:38:29
Obama 'Small Town' Comments Draw Fire, Support
It's true on both sides of the equation. What you forget is that 3 weeks ago in Philadelphia Obama said just about the same thing: Black anger is real. White resentment is real. It's not an implication, but an OBSERVATION. We cannot conquer the problems we ALL face, if we are afraid to confront our fears and our anger. Lost jobs affect everyone. NAFTA screwed EVERYONE (except the Clintons.)
Read his full statement, think about it and get over your anger, too! posted 04/11/2008 at 21:15:06
Read his full statement, think about it and get over your anger, too! posted 04/11/2008 at 21:15:06
Erica Jong Rolls Out Every Liberal Cliche in Existence
I think one of her books was "Fear of Frying," something to do with bacon, nudity and breakfast cookery. The other was "On an Isadora Wing and Prayer," something to do with kinky Asian sex gadgets. Then I heard she had a massive case of writer's block, (which being an 800-year old, she confused with sunblock which no level of SPF could cure, not even those with UVA and UVB protection.) Not even the late Norman Mailer read her stuff. The low point came when she was booked on Martha Stewart's old show, just in time to be bumped when Martha went off to do her "unfortunate incarceration." With a new agent in tow, she had lined up auditions for "The New Old Designing Women," and the prequel to the "Golden Girls," called "The Prehistoric Iron-Age Girls," but Betty White refused to work with her. The Vegas job was a bust: Dame Edna got more laughs (and did more cabana boys!) However all is not lost... she'll be teaming up with Liza Minelli in a David Guest produced musical, "Really, Really Old Calcutta: The Shriveled Vagina Monologues." posted 04/12/2008 at 20:55:15
I'm on Matt's side in this one.
And Matt, if you want to keep it going baby... I'm all for it.
Pseudo-intellectuals like Jong deserve to be taken down a peg or two by us "regular" folk. posted 04/12/2008 at 20:41:04
And Matt, if you want to keep it going baby... I'm all for it.
Pseudo-intellectuals like Jong deserve to be taken down a peg or two by us "regular" folk. posted 04/12/2008 at 20:41:04
Eight-Hundred-Year-Old Jong Responds to Callow Youth Taibbi
Ms. Jong: A little news...
Hillary Clinton does have flabby arms, and a huge, flabby ass. she's got chunky, flabby thighs, thick ankles and saggy breasts. Her face shows the ravages of not only being 60, but being married to Bill Clinton. If it weren't for the contact lens she wears, we'd see her coke bottle glasses. She has teeth yellowed from age, coffee and tea.
If pointing out these flaws make me sexist or a misogynist (even though I'm a woman) so be it. If my male friends would NOT want to tap that ass, or break them off a piece of that, they're not being sexists, just keepin' it real. I don't know any real women who get moist and swoony over McCain. But I know plenty of women who want Barack to not just "love them back" but front, too. But that doesn't make our assessments of their respective campaigns sexist.
If your 800 years of wisdom leads you to vote for Clinton, go do it. Hell, 800 years ago getting nearly bled to death was the cure for the common cold. But don't suggest that anyone who chooses a different candidate does it out of sexism. Or noting the flabbiness of a candidate's arms is somehow out of bounds. The first female President is going to be revealing more intimate detail than that: First Menopause, anyone?
I choose callow youth in all his ripe glory rather than a withered old prune. Yeah, I could tap that. posted 04/11/2008 at 16:46:48
Hillary Clinton does have flabby arms, and a huge, flabby ass. she's got chunky, flabby thighs, thick ankles and saggy breasts. Her face shows the ravages of not only being 60, but being married to Bill Clinton. If it weren't for the contact lens she wears, we'd see her coke bottle glasses. She has teeth yellowed from age, coffee and tea.
If pointing out these flaws make me sexist or a misogynist (even though I'm a woman) so be it. If my male friends would NOT want to tap that ass, or break them off a piece of that, they're not being sexists, just keepin' it real. I don't know any real women who get moist and swoony over McCain. But I know plenty of women who want Barack to not just "love them back" but front, too. But that doesn't make our assessments of their respective campaigns sexist.
If your 800 years of wisdom leads you to vote for Clinton, go do it. Hell, 800 years ago getting nearly bled to death was the cure for the common cold. But don't suggest that anyone who chooses a different candidate does it out of sexism. Or noting the flabbiness of a candidate's arms is somehow out of bounds. The first female President is going to be revealing more intimate detail than that: First Menopause, anyone?
I choose callow youth in all his ripe glory rather than a withered old prune. Yeah, I could tap that. posted 04/11/2008 at 16:46:48
Why A Woman In The White House?
The problem with American feminists is that they operate from a sense of "entitlement" and "victimhood." If you're not voting for Hillary, you're a sexist. If you're a man, you're a sexist. If you're a woman who likes men, you're a sexist. If you like sex, you're a sexist. If you're a man who likes men, you're sexist.
HIllary Clinton is not being held to a higher standard. If anything, she has been given the benefit of being the SPOUSE of a former President. She's been granted experience she doesn't have because of her husband, she won a Senate seat because of her husband, she's run a campaign as a quasi-incumbent because of her husband. Any male candidate who lost 12 contests in a row would have been politely ushered to the door. But not Hillary Clinton. Any male candidate who told the lies she told about Bosnia would have been booted out. Not Hillary.
250 words is hardly enough to respond to Ms. Reardon. But the problem is not a "woman in the White House." The problem is simply this woman. posted 04/11/2008 at 15:42:01
HIllary Clinton is not being held to a higher standard. If anything, she has been given the benefit of being the SPOUSE of a former President. She's been granted experience she doesn't have because of her husband, she won a Senate seat because of her husband, she's run a campaign as a quasi-incumbent because of her husband. Any male candidate who lost 12 contests in a row would have been politely ushered to the door. But not Hillary Clinton. Any male candidate who told the lies she told about Bosnia would have been booted out. Not Hillary.
250 words is hardly enough to respond to Ms. Reardon. But the problem is not a "woman in the White House." The problem is simply this woman. posted 04/11/2008 at 15:42:01
Erica Jong Thinks I Want to Do My Mother: A Response
Brilliant and spot on!
Jong is just jealous that apparently no one wants to f*ck her -- "zipless" or otherwise. posted 04/11/2008 at 15:53:51
Jong is just jealous that apparently no one wants to f*ck her -- "zipless" or otherwise. posted 04/11/2008 at 15:53:51
Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer Knocks Obama On Health Care, Energy
The "mandates" need to be applied to the health insurance companies, not individuals, who are presumed to be "gaming the system." The fact is Kucinich is the only one who proposed a true, start-from-scratch, universal, single-payer plan. Obama has said if he was starting from scratch -- that is not trying to improve what we have and move towards universal care -- single-payer is the way to go. But Obama is realistic in focusing not on forcing people who cannot afford to pay premiums to pay penalties for not being able to afford premiums (and as Clinton has stated she would do) garnish their wages in the process.
IMHO, when care is "universally available" (that is a wider variety of care outlets in urban and rural settings), responsibly priced to encourage lifelong preventive care, and not "emergent" care, and not tied to an employer based system, we'll move closer to "universal" care.
I trust Barack Obama to move us towards more universal care than I do anyone named Clinton.
Schweitzer will probably endorse Clinton. Barack will probably win Montana. posted 04/10/2008 at 11:34:08
IMHO, when care is "universally available" (that is a wider variety of care outlets in urban and rural settings), responsibly priced to encourage lifelong preventive care, and not "emergent" care, and not tied to an employer based system, we'll move closer to "universal" care.
I trust Barack Obama to move us towards more universal care than I do anyone named Clinton.
Schweitzer will probably endorse Clinton. Barack will probably win Montana. posted 04/10/2008 at 11:34:08
Addressing Obama's Olympics Inexperience
What AnninCA so boldly refuses to acknowledge is that not only does Hillary Clinton have NO experience, but her claims TO experience are all based on LIES. And that, is far worse. posted 04/10/2008 at 11:50:02
I agree... If the Olympics are not about politics, politicians need to stay out of it. Let individuals boycott the games, the ceremonies or advertisers or China.
I think it is also smarter for Obama to delay any comment until it is much closer to the games. There may be other "diplomatic" channels which he might avail himself of, if he is not so hasty. If fact, he might suggest the boycott of other things to make the case -- Chinese goods perhaps?
Let us also be realistic: the same human rights violations China has perpetrated against Tibet and its own citizenry was going on when the games were first awarded. It is convenient to speak out now, but it was not then. Clinton's "faux" outrage (like the rest of her "faux" campaign, is based on political expediency.
I thought his statement was thoughtful and far more appropriate than Clinton's "I'm so tough" foolishness. One more thing: It was in 1995 that Clinton supposedly "got tough" with her speech (just words?) to the Chinese. By all appearances her tought talk had no effect. posted 04/10/2008 at 11:46:07
I think it is also smarter for Obama to delay any comment until it is much closer to the games. There may be other "diplomatic" channels which he might avail himself of, if he is not so hasty. If fact, he might suggest the boycott of other things to make the case -- Chinese goods perhaps?
Let us also be realistic: the same human rights violations China has perpetrated against Tibet and its own citizenry was going on when the games were first awarded. It is convenient to speak out now, but it was not then. Clinton's "faux" outrage (like the rest of her "faux" campaign, is based on political expediency.
I thought his statement was thoughtful and far more appropriate than Clinton's "I'm so tough" foolishness. One more thing: It was in 1995 that Clinton supposedly "got tough" with her speech (just words?) to the Chinese. By all appearances her tought talk had no effect. posted 04/10/2008 at 11:46:07
Clinton Camp: It's A Miracle We're Not Behind In Pennsylvania
Yeah, he's skinny... but he's tough! posted 04/09/2008 at 23:00:06
Jon Stewart Awards Obama "Dick Move of the Week"
Dick Move? I thought it was a "masterful stroke" designed to "penetrate" the"softening" support of the Clinton campaign. I mean, how "hard" is it to "screw" Bill Clinton? Not so hard after all. posted 04/09/2008 at 22:45:05
Mike Huckabee Has A Secret Plan, Website Countdown
Huckabee endorses Barack Obama.... posted 04/09/2008 at 23:06:26
Race Chasm Article Spurs Debate On CNN, Denver Post, Portland Oregonian
The small space HuffPo allows for comment prevents me from saying everything I want to, but:
Most of you haven't experienced "reverse racism." You've felt "resentment." You speak of ancestors who came over (voluntarily) from Europe and were discriminated against by the folks who were here first, but eventually assimilated. The difference between your ancestors and mine is huge, and skin color is the sole basis for it.
Purple Girl's ancestors experienced "class-ism" but because they were white ALWAYS were ahead of my ancestors. That is different than the systematic, entrenched and LEGALIZED racism was applied to my ancestors and the institutionalized, culturally entrenched racism that I, my parents, grand parents and great grandpaerents have experienced.
No, most of you have not committed nor are "responsible" for "crimes of the past" but you, by virtue of birth have benefitted from a system that is constructed to favor you, reflect you and reward you.
Not enough space or time here to do more than talk in generalities. But I hope we will continue this discussion, calmly, rationally, constructively in our homes, schools, places of worship and workplaces. It's a discussion long overdue for all of us. posted 04/08/2008 at 00:41:17
Most of you haven't experienced "reverse racism." You've felt "resentment." You speak of ancestors who came over (voluntarily) from Europe and were discriminated against by the folks who were here first, but eventually assimilated. The difference between your ancestors and mine is huge, and skin color is the sole basis for it.
Purple Girl's ancestors experienced "class-ism" but because they were white ALWAYS were ahead of my ancestors. That is different than the systematic, entrenched and LEGALIZED racism was applied to my ancestors and the institutionalized, culturally entrenched racism that I, my parents, grand parents and great grandpaerents have experienced.
No, most of you have not committed nor are "responsible" for "crimes of the past" but you, by virtue of birth have benefitted from a system that is constructed to favor you, reflect you and reward you.
Not enough space or time here to do more than talk in generalities. But I hope we will continue this discussion, calmly, rationally, constructively in our homes, schools, places of worship and workplaces. It's a discussion long overdue for all of us. posted 04/08/2008 at 00:41:17
An Issue of Legitimacy and Democracy
The "electoral votes" have nothing to wih the presidential primary selection process. All states count -- except for those which violate the DNC rules knowingly as did FL and MI.
Keep moving the goalposts and creating false measures of Clinton's "success." In a race for delegates, it is the delegates that count. nothing else. Not the popular vote, not "electoral votes," not primaries in big states with funny names where Clinton used to live before she was dodging sniper fire in Tuzla.
To paraphrase: "It's the delegates, stupid!" posted 04/07/2008 at 11:20:41
Keep moving the goalposts and creating false measures of Clinton's "success." In a race for delegates, it is the delegates that count. nothing else. Not the popular vote, not "electoral votes," not primaries in big states with funny names where Clinton used to live before she was dodging sniper fire in Tuzla.
To paraphrase: "It's the delegates, stupid!" posted 04/07/2008 at 11:20:41
Two months ago??? How about all of last year when all of this was winding through the Democratic National Committee?
What was legitimate is the DNC's attempt to structure a primary calendar that would be more representative of the US population: South Carolina and Nevada won that "lottery." What was illegitimate was FL and MI attempts to jump the gun. The voters in FL and MI were not -- contrary to Clinton and media spin "disenfranchised." There was not election in which they were forced to pay exorbitant poll taxes, pass literacy tests, endure protest, threats of violence, or worse. Their ballots did not go missing. were not destroyed. This was not Zimbabwe.
The fact is those voters were informed of the consequences of their state party bosses. It was national, front-page and local news. What happened in FL and MI is nothing more than a beauty contest, a straw poll. There was nothing "illegitmate" about it. The issue is now with the DNC and affected state parties. It's time for "plea-bargaining." There must be punishment for their violation of the rules. Not reward. Re-voting is a reward.
FL and MI -- to be blunt -- need to suck it up and take their punishment. The best solution is a "parole" of sorts: the delegation of both states are allowed to ATTEND the convention, but without voting rights. (I have wavered over the approppriate solution, but keep falling back to this as the most correct option.) posted 04/07/2008 at 11:11:09
What was legitimate is the DNC's attempt to structure a primary calendar that would be more representative of the US population: South Carolina and Nevada won that "lottery." What was illegitimate was FL and MI attempts to jump the gun. The voters in FL and MI were not -- contrary to Clinton and media spin "disenfranchised." There was not election in which they were forced to pay exorbitant poll taxes, pass literacy tests, endure protest, threats of violence, or worse. Their ballots did not go missing. were not destroyed. This was not Zimbabwe.
The fact is those voters were informed of the consequences of their state party bosses. It was national, front-page and local news. What happened in FL and MI is nothing more than a beauty contest, a straw poll. There was nothing "illegitmate" about it. The issue is now with the DNC and affected state parties. It's time for "plea-bargaining." There must be punishment for their violation of the rules. Not reward. Re-voting is a reward.
FL and MI -- to be blunt -- need to suck it up and take their punishment. The best solution is a "parole" of sorts: the delegation of both states are allowed to ATTEND the convention, but without voting rights. (I have wavered over the approppriate solution, but keep falling back to this as the most correct option.) posted 04/07/2008 at 11:11:09
Who Can Beat McCain?
Unfortunately, I think what Mr. Baldwin is advocating is the "hold your nose and vote" strategy -- saying without coming right out and saying so, that any Democrat is a better "port in the storm than Mr. McCain."
I don't see McCain as being a particularly viable President. I don't advocate 100 Years Wars nor endless occupation. McCain's record on everything else is middling to sub-par.
Hillary Clinton is far from the experienced bureaucrat she and her campaign have tried to portray her as. To suggest that her "experience" is comparable to Mr. Obama's simply because her husband was in the White House is laughable. We need only look at the revelations of the past weeks to see -- I will choose a softer word than the one I typically would use -- "prevarications" and "misstatements" on her part from Bosnia, Northern Ireland, healthcare (the sad dead woman and baby saga), her opposition to the Iraq war BEFORE Mr. Obama, pledged delegate poaching, Michigan and Florida. Some will call it spin. It is not. It is deliberate and calculated.
Mrs. Clinton has demonstrated a failure to embrace the truth and a failure to do the work necessary to make good decisions in tough times. It is the same malady that afflicts our current President and his administration. From Bin Laden, Iraq, Abu Ghraib,Katrina, torture, US attorney firings on down, Bush has failed because of his arrogance, ignorance and incompetence. Mrs. Clinton is identical.
Democrats need not settle for Hillary Clinton. posted 04/06/2008 at 15:24:01
I don't see McCain as being a particularly viable President. I don't advocate 100 Years Wars nor endless occupation. McCain's record on everything else is middling to sub-par.
Hillary Clinton is far from the experienced bureaucrat she and her campaign have tried to portray her as. To suggest that her "experience" is comparable to Mr. Obama's simply because her husband was in the White House is laughable. We need only look at the revelations of the past weeks to see -- I will choose a softer word than the one I typically would use -- "prevarications" and "misstatements" on her part from Bosnia, Northern Ireland, healthcare (the sad dead woman and baby saga), her opposition to the Iraq war BEFORE Mr. Obama, pledged delegate poaching, Michigan and Florida. Some will call it spin. It is not. It is deliberate and calculated.
Mrs. Clinton has demonstrated a failure to embrace the truth and a failure to do the work necessary to make good decisions in tough times. It is the same malady that afflicts our current President and his administration. From Bin Laden, Iraq, Abu Ghraib,Katrina, torture, US attorney firings on down, Bush has failed because of his arrogance, ignorance and incompetence. Mrs. Clinton is identical.
Democrats need not settle for Hillary Clinton. posted 04/06/2008 at 15:24:01
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