Sooner Be Blue

Mostly politics, a few current events, a squirt of seltzer down yer pants .. a little blog for my rambles and rants.

2008/2/29

Matt Drudge outs Prince Harry

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@ 10:15 AM (4 months, 10 days ago)


I should have known that rightie blogger Matt Drudge would turn against our allies! Poor under-achiever, he only cared about trying to act like a real print media player with this scoop. His ego is bigger than his sense of duty or his moral conscience.

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2008/2/28

Late-night jokes recap 2/28

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@ 07:01 AM (4 months, 11 days ago)
 
"In political news, Ralph Nader has decided to run for president. Well, you thought Mike Huckabee didn't know when to quit, huh? There you go. In fact, Ralph Nader's campaign slogan -- 'It's me again.'" --Jay Leno
 
"He's gonna be 74 next week. In fact, the good news, if Ralph gets sick, his younger brother, Raul Nader, will then take over." --Jay Leno
 
"Well, you know who's thrilled that Nader is back in the race? John McCain. He's not the oldest guy anymore." --Jay Leno
 
"I like Ralph Nader. He looks like a guy who comes into town once a year for supplies. ... He looks like a guy you would see sitting on his front porch watching for out-of-state plates. ... Ralph Nader looks like a postal worker who doesn't know whether to retire or start shooting." --David Letterman
 
"But seriously how about that John McCain? John McCain looks like a guy whose head you can barely see over the steering wheel. ... John McCain looks like the guy who thinks the nurses are stealing his stuff. 'Dad, why would they take your socks? It doesn't make sense.'" --David Letterman
 
"And former presidential candidate -- what's his name? Oh, Chris Dodd of Connecticut has given his endorsement to Barack Obama. Wow, you know what that means? Dozens of votes for Obama." --Jay Leno
 
"As you know, last week the big rumor, according to the New York Times, is John McCain was allegedly sleeping with a a young, attractive lobbyist. Well, that story has pretty much gone away. In fact, the only one trying to keep it alive now? John McCain." --Jay Leno
 
"And God bless him, Ralph Nader running for president again. Yeah, yeah! Nader says he's running for president again because the Democrats did not stop President Bush on the war in Iraq and on the tax cuts. Stop him? If Nader hadn't run, there wouldn't have been a President Bush." --Jay Leno
 
"A lot of controversy still about the photo somebody released of Obama wearing a turban. You know, they originally said Clinton's camp did it, and they said we didn't do it. If I was Barack Obama, I would have worn the turban to the debate tonight. That's why I'm not running for president." --Jimmy Kimmel
 
"Obama accused Hillary of wanting to have it both ways [on screen: Obama saying, 'You can't take credit for everything that is good in the Clinton administration and suddenly say you don't want to take credit for what folks don't like about the Clinton administration']. Yeah, you can't cherry pick from your long record of public service. That's why I, Barack Obama, don't have one." --Jon Stewart
 
"It is a sad day for America. Democratic frontrunner Barack Obama is a terrorist [on screen: Obama in a traditional Somali dress]. This is the only possible explanation for him wearing this outfit unless he is a waiter at a Middle Eastern restaurant, or an extra in Disney's 'Aladdin On Ice,' or some teenagers teepeeed him. Terrible." --Stephen Colbert
 
"Oh, and Barack Obama made another woman faint today. The bad news, it was Hillary when she saw the poll numbers." --Jay Leno
 
"This is exciting news. Southern Methodist University announced that they will be the home of George W. Bush's presidential library. This will be the first presidential library to be made up entirely of small, shiny objects. In fact, I understand right now, they're building a shelf for the book." --Jay Leno
 
"Now, as you probably know, President Bush's wife, Laura, was a librarian when they met. Did you know that? In fact, she's the only thing he ever checked out of a library" --Jay Leno
 
"Ralph Nader announced he is running for president again. His announcement has filled millions of people with excitement and hope. And these people are called Republicans." --Craig Ferguson
 
"Now that he is the Republican frontrunner, it looks like John McCain has changed his position on torture. He's now in favor of waterboarding, but only in very limited cases -- like if you're editor of the New York Times." --Jay Leno
 
"No, they say this woman traveled around with McCain on his campaign stops, and she also flew aboard his private jet. Do you know what you call a young woman traveling around with a 71-year-old man? A nurse." --Jay Leno
 
"Anyway, John McCain said he was disappointed with the story. His friend, Rudy Giuliani, said he was very upset by the story. I tell you, you know who was really angry? Mitt Romney. He said, 'Why couldn't this happen two weeks ago?'" --Jay Leno
 
"The New York Times printed a story that said ... in John McCain's last campaign in 2000, he was apparently acting so sprung on a lobbyist lady that his staff had to c--kblock the senior citizen from Arizona from sweeping this chick right off her feet and onto his motorized shopping cart. ... John McCain's pick-up line is, 'Did you know that 150 is the new 130?'" --Bill Maher
 
"But I know what you're thinking, a Republican politician ... with a woman?" --Bill Maher
 
"Come on, what girl could resist? An old guy with anger problems and a bus." --Bill Maher
 
"Senator John McCain has been accused of having an affair with a woman who was a lobbyist for a cable television company. During their affair, the cable lobbyist would show up at McCain's house sometime between 8:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m." --Conan O'Brien
 
"The New York Times says that John McCain had a close, personal relationship with a beautiful, young, female lobbyist. Do you believe this? Think about it. A senator, who's a Republican having sex with a woman." --Jay Leno
 
"According to the New York Times, John McCain may have had an inappropriate relationship with a young blond. That sounds like presidential material to me." --David Letterman
 
"I like that John McCain. He looks like a guy who gets tickets for mowing under the influence. He looks like a guy with a collection of movies he bought at the car wash. He looks like a guy on the beach with a metal detector. He looks like the guy who is still confused by the phone answering machine: 'Hello, is that - hello, is that you? Larry, Larry, hello?' He looks like the guy who calls his grandson when he screws up the remote: 'Well, now all the shows are in Spanish. What am I going to do, hello?'" --David Letterman
 
"But, I want to tell you something, the Republicans, they're not taking this scandal lightly. They are very concerned about this new scandal, yes, they are. But, on the bright side, it doesn't involve an airport men's room." --David Letterman
 
"Hillary Clinton still doing very well in one state - the state of denial, ladies and gentlemen. Well, after winning 10 in a row, political experts say there's a very good chance that Barack Obama could end up as our next president. See, that shows you the progress we've made in this country. We can have a black man in the White House. I remember when we couldn't get a black man in the cast of 'Friends.'" --Jay Leno
 
"There was a big story in The New York Times about Senator John McCain, it questioned his ties to a lobbyist named Vicki Iseman. The story 'hinted' that McCain may have had an extramarital affair with her, but the weird thing is she looks almost exactly like John McCain's wife, Cindy. So he might have just got confused and grabbed the wrong woman. These two look more alike than the Olson twins." --Jimmy Kimmel
 

2008/2/27

Obama probably thinks it's all down Hill-ary from here

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@ 08:38 AM (4 months, 12 days ago)

Yes, Barack Obama is loved and adored and is being crowned and carried on the shoulders of his young admirers, who are so thirsty for a hero.
 
Yes, Obama is on a roll, winning all those primaries hand over fist...but I can't shake the feeling that while he's a mile wide, he's only an inch deep. I'm not saying I don't admire the man, I do...but I think he needs to be more seasoned. What's wrong with waiting a few years? He's young.
 
People are too bowled over by his charisma. Hillary doesn't have charisma. I don’t care, I don't trust charisma.
 
Let's face it, if Barack Obama was a woman nobody would give him the time of day. A female of his age and experience wanting to be commander in chief? Why, the Military alone would be in full scale mutiny at such a ridiculous notion.
 
It makes you wonder if women have it worse than black men in America. Remember, black men got the vote 51 years before women did. Black men--in 1869 (15th Amendment), women--in 1920 (19th Amendment.)
 
Last night's debate shows that Hillary Clinton is a fighter. She fights for children and families. She fights for women's rights around the world. She fights for health care...for veterans' health care too.
 
Hillary needs to pound home that theme--"I'm a fighter."
 
Last night at the last debate, she took no prisoners. It looked like Obama wanted to just get it over with without making any mistakes. But he didn't say anything of significance. I didn't like the way he danced around the Farrakhan question. He almost seemed bored. I didn't see any passion in him.
 
Hillary showed passion and enthusiasm. She relishes politics and it shows. She knows from experience that politics is not a tea party. She knows this animal inside and out and will get things done...exactly for the same reasons that Obama’s fan base derides her.
 
Yes, Hillary has made mistakes. But that’s because she’s made hard choices. Obama goes to Congress and sometimes ducks tough issues by voting "Present."
 
Our next president needs to be a fighter--determined, stoical, and experienced. Someone who is inured to being blamed and smeared. I just think Hillary would be a better warrior than Barack.
 
She certainly wasn't afraid to speak up for herself last night at the debate, the flash in her eyes was obvious:
 
SEN. CLINTON: "Well, can I just point out that in the last several debates, I seem to get the first question all the time. And I don't mind. I -- you know, I'll be happy to field them, but I do find it curious, and if anybody saw "Saturday Night Live," you know, maybe we should ask Barack if he's comfortable and needs another pillow. (Laughter, boos.) I just find it kind of curious that I keep getting the first question on all of these issues. But I'm happy to answer it."
 
I'm really glad she mentioned the bias...it needed to be said.
 
And do you want to see how ugly the bias can get? Allow me to introduce you to the "Bro's Before Ho's" Barack & Hillary T-Shirts. They even have them for children.
 
http://tinyurl.com/2ugdvb
 
Lucky Obama is a bro...
 
I swear, anyone with a mother, daughter or younger sister should be concerned with this kind of crap. I can't believe it's the 21st century and this stuff is still considered cool.
 

2008/2/26

"Bitch is the new black!"

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@ 06:42 AM (4 months, 13 days ago)

Saturday Night Live returned from its writer's strike and hit a home run with the biggest overnight rating in two years. But the news of the night came when Tina Fey formally endorsed Hillary Clinton for President. She quickly made fun of just about every reason pundits and other women are using not to vote for Hillary.
 
[UPDATE: They jerked it off YouTube, here is the NBC URL, but you have to wade through an ad first]
 
http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/#mea=221773
 
If you are in the Clinton camp, this should make you happy. One thing for sure, it couldn't come at a better time.
 
I remember the McCain incident, when he was asked "How do we beat the bitch?"...how he just laughed and went along. Good ol' Tailhook boy that he is.
 
I think Tina was trying to reclaim the power of the term "bitch" for women...and defuse the nastiness that so many people intend when they call someone a bitch.
 
"Yo, Bitches get things done!"
 
What do you say, we start an All Bitch Party? Goodbye Democrats! The Bitch is Back could be our theme song! Yeah...we could have A Million Bitch March on Washington.........
 
Seriously, strong women don't necessarily want to be mean...or be seen as "bitches." However, misogyny and gender inequality are so tightly woven into our culture that women HAVE to work harder, speak louder and defend actions that are commonly accepted by men.
 
I really do wonder why women are called bitches for taking the same action as their male counterparts.
 
Men are ambitious, which is good. Women are just am-bitches.......
 

2008/2/25

Whoever wears the biggest flag pin wins the presidency

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@ 09:00 AM (4 months, 14 days ago)
 
Politico.com reports that CNN was running an 'online poll' asking if Barack Obama has enough patriotism to be president. Politico pointing out that "it's odd to see the mainstream media drive a largely whispered question that none of his main, named critics -- Hillary, McCain, or the RNC -- will touch."
 
http://tinyurl.com/yrp3no
 
The poll is gone now, replaced by a poll about last night's Oscars, so I can't tell you the results... but the results don’t really matter. Because watching righties spin scandals out of thin air is one thing...but watching the Mainstream Media get into the act is a different thing completely.
 
CNN should be ashamed...this is a partisan hit piece. But, that's how it works. It starts with rightie smear sites and hoax emails...next thing you know it's taken seriously at CNN.
 
Like it or not, the media often drives the major stories of an election season, and faulty reporting can sink a candidate’s chances.
 
So...will we have a poll asking if John McCain has enough patriotism to be president? And, let's see, did CNN ever ask if a certain officer in the Air National Guard who deserted his unit "in a time of war" was "patriotic enough" to become president? Or a guy who sought five draft deferments to avoid serving his country was "patriotic enough" to become vice-president?
 
It's slander, pure and simple...and pretty typical of what the next eight and a half months have in store.
 
I honestly don’t understand the thinking of people who are going to base their vote on whether or not the candidate wears a flag pin on their lapel, it’s not going to get them into heaven anymore (John Prine).
 
As Bush and Cheney have amply shown, any politician can wear the flag pin while lying to us and trashing our Constitution.
 
I think it was Sinclair Lewis who said that if fascism ever came to America it would come wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.
 
Obama’s response:
"As far as the American flag pin, I mean when we start getting into those definitions of patriotism that’s a debate I’m happy to have, because I will come right after them. This is a party that presided over a war in which our troops did not get the body armor that they needed, or sending troops over who were untrained because of poor planning, or are not fulfilling the veterans benefits that these troops need when they come home, or undermining our constitution with warrantless wiretaps that are unnecessary.
 
That is a debate that I am very happy to have. We’ll see what the American people think is the true definition of patriotism is."
 
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/02/qa-with-bho.html
 
That is a wonderful response to the drivel coming from the right. I especially like his mentioning the Constitution and warrantless wiretapping.
 
The Politico also reports:
"Top Republican strategists are working on plans to protect the GOP from charges of racism or sexism in the general election, as they prepare for a presidential campaign against the first ever African-American or female Democratic nominee.
 
The Republican National Committee has commissioned polling and focus groups to determine the boundaries of attacking a minority or female candidate...[..]"
 
http://tinyurl.com/228suy
 
I don't know why I find this so funny...how I wish I could've attended some of those meetings. My mind reels with Saturday Night Live skits....
 

2008/2/24

Attention Karl Rove freaks!

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@ 07:54 AM (4 months, 15 days ago)

The Big Sleazy wanted dirty pictures.
 
Don't tell me that Republicans are going to start running to the dreaded liberal media with their sorry tales of woe about how the White House made ‘em do it.
 
Jill Simpson, a former "opposition researcher" (a cleaned up term for smear and slime agent) for Karl Rove, is being interviewed tonight on 60 Minutes. She'll say he wanted her to take hanky panky pictures to prove an Alabama Democratic governor was unfaithful to his wife in an effort to derail the very successful politician’s re-election.
 
This isn't the first time...she testified to congressional investigators last year that she overheard conversations among Republicans in 2002 indicating that Rove was involved in the Justice Department's prosecution of Siegelman.
 
We all know how the Bush regime does business. It's why we cannot allow the telecoms to have immunity. If the Bushies were wiretapping before 9/11, there's only one reason they did--to get DIRT.
 
"GOP Operative: Karl Rove Sought To Smear Dem
 
60 Minutes: Woman Says Top Bush Adviser Asked Her To Take Compromising Pictures Of Alabama Gov. Siegelman
 
(CBS) A Republican operative in Alabama says Karl Rove asked her to try to prove the state’s Democratic governor was unfaithful to his wife in an effort to thwart the highly successful politician’s re-election.
 
...Simpson says she found no evidence of infidelity despite months of observation. She tells Pelley that Rove, who had been a top Republican strategist in Alabama, had made requests for information from her before in her capacity as an "opposition researcher" for Republicans running for office.
 
Rove would not speak to 60 Minutes, but elsewhere has denied being involved in efforts to discredit Siegelman.
 
...Siegelman was convicted of bribery in a case that has drawn criticism from Democrats and Republicans. In fact, 52 former states’ attorneys general from both political parties petitioned Congress to investigate Siegelman’s case, resulting in hearings held last fall.
 
"I haven’t seen a case with this many red flags on it that pointed towards a real injustice being done," Grant Woods, the former Republican attorney general of Arizona and one of those who petitioned Congress, tells Pelley. "I personally believe that what happened here is that they targeted Don Siegelman because they could not beat him fair and square."
 
Siegelman was the only politician in Alabama history to be elected to all four of the state’s highest offices of secretary of state, attorney general, lieutenant governor and governor, and he did it as a Democrat in the heavily Republican state."
 
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/02/21/60minutes/main3859830.shtml
 
Hopefully, the next Attorney General will look into charges of obstruction of justice, and prove that Karl interfered with more than one prosecution for political reasons.
 
Please please please, if I can have only one Bush regime member frog-marched off in shackles and chains to prison, please please please let it be Karl Rove.
 
Seriously, if there's any justice in this world at all, Rove will one day spend time behind bars...but I'm not holding my breath.
 
Rove will probably be in the news for decades, as more and more of his schemes and dirty tricks gradually come to light. But he won't mind. It'll be history by then...and it'll keep his speaking fees up.
 
Never forget that Karl Rove was the "genius" who gave us our worst president in history, George W. Bush. Rove built him from the clay of a party-boy, draft-dodging, failed business man...creating the myth of the “cowboy” in a white hat who would right all wrongs in the world...a “common man you'd want to have a beer with."
 
Karl guided George into the governor's seat in Texas after that makeover. But first he had to get rid of a very popular Gov. Ann Richards...so he started a whisper campaign that the beloved grandmother was a lesbian.
 
BTW--I think it's telling that John McCain has cozied up to, and accepted a campaign contribution from, Karl Rove--after Rove trashed him and his family so savagely in South Carolina during the 2000 race. Remember the "illegitimate black baby"...who turned out to be McCain's adopted daughter from Bangladesh?
 
There is no limit to how low The Big Sleazy can go.

2008/2/23

US troops use captured weapons and ammo

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@ 08:05 AM (4 months, 16 days ago)
 
...because they have to wait too long for replacement parts, etc.
 
How in the hell can US troops possibly be using enemy equipment or ammo if we’re spending $10 billion a month on defense?!
 
The right wingers are spitting flecks of foam over a story Barack Obama told at the debate the other night...about an Army captain and how we're short changing our troops in Afghanistan, shorting rifle platoons.
 
ABC's Jake Tapper tracked down the Army captain in question, and Obama's story appears to check out in full:
 
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/02/from-the-fact-3.html
 
Of course, the Pentagon denies it.
 
Yet, everybody knows that this administration shorted Afghanistan from the beginning...thinking Afghanistan could be done on the cheap. And they've let Afghanistan go to hell...look how the Taliban and al Qaeda have surged twice as strong there as we diddled away in Iraq.
 
The same Afghanistan that enabled al Qaeda to launch the attack that killed 3,000 Americans.
 
I backed our going into Afghanistan, that's where the men who attacked us came from. But then Bush lied us into his stupid greedy oil war in Iraq...which undermined the real war in Afghanistan.
 
And who's surprised that the Bush/Cheney/McCain worshipers are trying to discredit Obama's story. A story which shows once again the failure of the GOP to handle the wars, not to mention national security matters.
 
Here's the original story from NBC News Feb. 22, 2008...
 
WASHINGTON - The Pentagon on Friday tried to cast doubt on an account of military equipment shortages mentioned by Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, whose campaign team stood by the story.
 
In a debate with rival Hillary Clinton on Thursday evening, Obama said he had heard from an Army captain who served in Afghanistan and whose unit did not have enough ammunition or vehicles.
 
Obama said it was easier for the troops to capture weapons from Taliban militants than it was "to get properly equipped by our current commander in chief," President Bush.
 
The captain told NBC News that he was talking about not having enough ammunition and no Humvees for training, but that his unit underwent a three-week crash course in Afghanistan before they saw combat.
 
...The captain, who spoke on background because he's still active duty, said that his unit temporarily had to replace their .50-caliber turret-mounted machine gun with a weapon seized from the Taliban because they couldn't get a needed part fast enough.
 
...Obama said the captain had served as the head of a rifle platoon, which should have had 39 members — but 15 had been sent to Iraq so the unit deployed to Afghanistan had only 24 soldiers.[..]"
 
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23301273/
 
Remember that brave soldier who confronted Rumsfeld a few years back? He asked Rummy why troops were forced to dig up scrap metal to protect their vehicles because the military did not have enough armor.
 
Rumsfeld said "you go to war with the Army you have, not the Army you might want..." I wanted to slug him. Here we're the richest nation on earth and we can't supply the best equipment for those kids?
 
And now we learn from Obama's captain that things haven't changed.
 
The warhawks. Bush/Cheney/McCain, will try to deny it, but there are more stories out there about how the war in Iraq has diverted scarce military resources -- troops, equipment -- from Afghanistan to Iraq. The cost for that diversion was paid, is still being paid, by America's sons and daughters. We owe our troops better.
 
At the rate this administration has destroyed the military, it will be a miracle if we have a standing army by the time we get rid of GWB.
 
A president who thought of war as one big John Wayne movie -- "Bring 'em on!"
 

2008/2/22

Late-night jokes recap 2/22

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@ 06:22 AM (4 months, 18 days ago)

 

"Welcome to "The Tonight Show." Happy Black History Month. Did you know this is Black History Month? If Barack Obama keeps winning, it looks like Hillary could be history." --Jay Leno

"I think the only way Hillary is going to get into the White House now is by using the tunnel that Bill dug to sneak out." --Jay Leno

"Mike Huckabee's campaign is starting to taper off a little bit. Like for the big rallies, Chuck Norris just sends his stunt double." --Jay Leno

"Over in Africa, President Bush was welcomed as a hero in Tanzania. See, that's because President Bush always said one day third world countries would have the same economy as the United States and thanks to his economic plan, now they do." --Jay Leno

"The United States military is thinking about shooting down Hillary's campaign before it falls to earth and hurts somebody." --David Letterman

"How about that John McCain, though? He looks like the guy in front of you at the movies whose wife has to repeat everything, doesn't he a little bit? He looks like the guy who has to always be told something is on his chin. He looks like the guy who still has a rotary phone. He looks like the guy who backed over his own mailbox. He looks like the guy whose sweater is always misbuttoned - you know that guy? He looks like the guy that always tells you he's 72 years young. He looks like the guy who's bragged that oatmeal has lowered his cholesterol." --David Letterman

"Senator Barack Obama won the Wisconsin Democratic primary, which makes Obama the first black man to ever win a primary in Wisconsin and the first black man to ever go to Wisconsin." --Conan O'Brien

"How about this John McCain, huh? Whoa, my gosh, he looks kind of like a Wal-Mart greeter. He looks like the neighbor who says, "Oh, that dead tree is on your property," one of those guys. He's the guy who is always early for the early bird special. He looks like the guy at the supermarket who is confused by the automatic doors. He looks like the uncle who pretends to remove his thumb." --David Letterman

"Castro's retirement will not change the relationship Cuba has with the United States. Cubans will still not legally be allowed to enter the United States unless they have an overpowering fastball." --David Letterman

"Experts believe that now that Fidel has resigned, he will either be succeeded by his brother, Raul, or by his idiot son, Fidel W. Castro." --David Letterman

"He ran Cuba for almost 50 years. And political analysts are now debating what kind of changes the Cuban people will hope for. I'm gonna guess: term limits." --Jay Leno

"He was president a long time. Do you realize that when Castro came to power in 1959 John McCain was only 61 years old?" --Jay Leno

"Well, congratulations to the new nation of Kosovo. They gained their independence this week. Of course, President Bush was shocked when he heard this. He said: 'Independence? But, we haven't even invaded them yet.'" --Jay Leno

"I like John McCain. He looks like an old guy in a coffee shop who's still complaining about the designated hitter. He looks like the guy who asks the driver if he's on the right bus. He looks like the guy who's always saying, 'What was that? Nothing? That's what I thought.'" --David Letterman

"Hillary Clinton out on the campaign trail. She's very sly. You know, she's been campaigning about Black History Month, and she said today that America has come so far that a black man could one day grow up and possibly be vice president of the United States." --Jay Leno

"And Senator John McCain was on the Larry King show the other night. He and Larry got in a big argument over whose prostate was larger." --Jay Leno

"This campaign is kind of fascinating, because the three major candidates have to be very careful when they criticize each other. Like, you can't criticize Hillary. Ooh, that's sexism. You can't criticize Barack. Ooh, that's racism. And you can't go after McCain, because that's elder abuse." --Jay Leno

"Hillary Clinton's campaign is accusing Barack Obama of plagiarizing a speech by the Governor of Massachusetts. They may have a point because Barack's speech was entitled, 'I love Chowdah.'" --Conan O'Brien

"President Bush met the president of Tanzania and he gave him a pair of Shaquille O'Neal's sneakers. The president of Tanzania was thrilled and plans to use Shaq's shoes as a house for hundreds of his people." --Conan O'Brien

 

2008/2/21

Bimbo alert!

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@ 08:01 AM (4 months, 18 days ago)

Boy, just what ol' Huck has been hopin' for! And maybe why ol' Mitt only "suspended" his campaign?
 
Hmm...Senator McCain spends a lot of personal time, and *maybe* has affair with, Telecom industry lobbyist, while said senator is active in Telecom industry legislation.
 
Wellll, at least it's not a scandal about a homosexual affair...with an underage boy...and gerbils...and light bulbs.
 
His people are denying it of course. Maybe we ought to send McCain to Gitmo and waterboard him until the truth comes out.
 
This is a story from the NY Times about Sen. John McCain's ethics...his  possibly inappropriate relationship with a female lobbyist. The NYT had been chasing this story for months and were having internal dissension over whether to run the article. But rival publications (Newsweek, The New Republic and Politico) were hot on the trail and forced their hand.
 
Why was the NYT dragging its feet with this story? Surely not trying to atone for all those years of pimping the Bill and Monica story?
 
Or...are we not getting the news because 5 people own ALL the media?
 
From nytimes.com: "...In 1999 she began showing up so frequently in his offices and at campaign events that staff members took notice. One recalled asking, "Why is she always around?"
 
....A former campaign adviser described being instructed to keep Ms. Iseman away from the senator at public events, while a Senate aide recalled plans to limit Ms. Iseman's access to his offices.
 
In interviews, the two former associates said they joined in a series of confrontations with Mr. McCain, warning him that he was risking his campaign and career. Both said Mr. McCain acknowledged behaving inappropriately and pledged to keep his distance from Ms. Iseman. The two associates, who said they had become disillusioned with the senator, spoke independently of each other and provided details that were corroborated by others.
 
Separately, a top McCain aide met with Ms. Iseman at Union Station in Washington to ask her to stay away from the senator. John Weaver, a former top strategist and now an informal campaign adviser, said in an e-mail message that he arranged the meeting after "a discussion among the campaign leadership" about her.[..]"
 
http://tinyurl.com/ys69sj
 
Let's see...didn't Viagra come out around 1999?
 
Looks like the Times wouldn't stick its neck out so far if they didn't know a lot more about the story...at least on this first go round.
 
And if I am reading correctly, the key sources in this story are Republicans. Are they putting up a sex/corruption story now as a buffer zone against future stories that would be corruption only?
 
Seriously, if this was just about an 8 year old affair it wouldn't be much...but the fact that Iseman's clients had business before McCain's committee at the same time makes this story important.
 
Wow...could he literally go to bed with a lobbyist and then push her legislative goals?
 
How did McCain vote on the impeachment of Clinton, again?
 
As to the fall out, Hillary probably does not want to go there...we'll have to wait and see if Obama and Michelle find some way to take a few subtle digs at McCain.
 
There's long been blog rumors about a stifled NYT bimbo story concerning an unspecified candidate...some thought it was about Edwards.
 
And you know, it would be interesting to find out how many people knew about the existence of the NYT McCain story through blog activity...as opposed to how many would have known about it before blogs came along.
 
I'd bet the difference would be in the millions. Something to think about...
 

2008/2/20

Who says white men can't jump?

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@ 08:23 AM (4 months, 19 days ago)

This Democratic presidential nomination race that pits a bi-racial man against a woman, may well be determined by middle-class white men. They might determine the next occupant of the White House.
 
It certainly won't be the first time working-class white men have influenced our nation's politics. They were the main-stay of FDR's New Deal coalition. They were the "Reagan Democrats" who helped Ronald Reagan win office in the 80's. Then Bill Clinton won many of them back to the Democratic Party in the 90's.
 
And they were the same "angry white males" who resented affirmative action and the women's movement enough to help Republicans capture Congress a couple years later.
 
They make up nearly one-fourth of the electorate, outnumbering African-American and Hispanic voters combined.
 
A lot of these white men just won't go along with Hillary Clinton, who's a symbol for everything that irritates them -- the women's movement, women in the workforce, etc.
 
That's why they've started voting for Barack Obama.
 
Yes, primary exit polls show that Obama is picking up support from white men from lower income, less educated voters and union voters. That pretty well sums up the angry white male demographic.
 
Bringing these men back to our party is a very healthy sign...working white men are a damned big demographic. It would be great if we could rebuild the Democratic party that existed before sexism, racism and Reagan splintered it.
 
Here's the CNN exit poll of Wisconsin voters:
 
Obama won male voters 67% to 31% -- they split the women's vote.
 
Obama won all education levels (narrow margin for high school only) and all income levels.
 
Obama won white men 63% to 34%.
 
Clinton won white women, but only 52% to 47%.
 
Obama won union households.
 
http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/epolls/#WIDEM
 
The Virginia exit poll last week found a similar trend.
 
So, Barack Obama is making history in more ways than one on his march to the White House -- he's picking up strong majorities of white men. That's unheard of...white men have always been the most reactionary, racially-bonded voting group, and the deepest well of anti-Black hostility in the country.
 
So, why are they jumping to vote for Obama?
 
Maybe because Obama has been sending messages from day one that he will take race and sex privilege off the table? Notice how he doesn't preach about either?
 
I do have one little theory about Barack Obama's unusual appeal to white males.
 
Since a good many American white males under 50 are so crazy about spectator sports, maybe they see Barack Obama as a cross between Tiger Woods and Michael Jordan.
 
No really...just watch ESPN for a while and notice how many black athletes are important stars for more than just their athletic prowess. A lot of these athletes are wildly successful and have a ton of charisma. And money. Their audience of white men perceive them as leaders.
 
So maybe it's not so far-fetched for these white males to see Obama as a leader.
 
Just sayin'.....

2008/2/19

Of delegates and superdelegates

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@ 06:55 AM (4 months, 20 days ago)
 
There was an interesting piece in the Sunday NYT on the history of delegates in the Republican and Democratic parties.
 
From nytimes.com: "The two parties’ nominating systems reflect the philosophical differences between them. Or, as a prominent Republican strategist, Mike Murphy, suggested, perhaps jocularly, in a recent appearance on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Democrats are hung up on ideas of fairness and equity.
 
“Democrats, being the nice liberals they are, grade on a curve,” he said. “They give you delegates for coming in second.”
 
“Republicans,” he continued, “being mean social Darwinists, we tend to punish the second-place guy with a lot of winner-take-all primaries.”
 
In other words, the Republican who kills the buffalo gets all the meat; the Democrat has to crouch around the campfire and share it with his brethren and sistren.[..]"
 
http://tinyurl.com/yq6n3x
 
Thomas Jefferson felt that Democracy depended on an educated electorate. I wish I believed that Americans have a longer attention span than catchy chants like 'yes we can, yes we can.'
 
But then the record turnout for the primaries and caucuses gives me hope that Americans are paying attention to politics after being asleep at the wheel for so many elections.
 
I just hope something doesn't happen to turn off voters before November. My greatest fear is a destructive convention in Denver.
 
If Obama is denied the nomination because of the superdelegates...if he wins the popular vote and then loses because of the delegates, I think we will see rioting in the streets by young people. How terrible to have a re-run of the nightmare of the 1968 Convention.
 
Democrats started this superdelegate thing a couple of decades ago...people really didn't pay much attention to it because it never comes into play. Well, now it might come into play and people don't like it at all.
 
To be fair, the superdelegates were designed to play a pivotal role at the beginning rather than the end of the primary season. Way back before the power of blogs, a frontrunner could become a frontrunner just from having the support of a majority of superdelegates.
 
So in essence, Democrats may have more or less shot themselves in the foot, at least where ordinary voters are concerned.
 
It's nice to think of a national primary, held maybe on the first Tuesday in March or April...everyone votes, every vote counts, etc. But then it's also nice that during the caucuses voters get to see and talk to the candidates face to face. And small states get to play too. With no caucuses, campaigns would just turn into big airport rallies.
 
Basically what this boils down to is Democrats created the superdelegates to make sure the nominee was one that was ELECTABLE.
 
And look at the choices that the superdelegates in their wisdom have given us: Walter Mondale, Michael Dukakis, Al Gore, and John Kerry.
 
Okay okay...they came up with one winner, Bill Clinton.
 
To make matters worse, superdelegates have received over $800,000 from Obama and Clinton in the form of campaign contributions during the last three years, according to the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics.
 
Obama has doled out more than $694,000 to the superdelegates from his political action committee, Hope Fund, or campaign committee since 2005.
 
Clinton has not been as openhanded. Her PAC, HILLPAC, and campaign committee appear to have distributed $195,500 to superdelegates.
 
Wonder what Thomas Jefferson would think about all that?
 
Lefty organization Move-On has gathered over 200,000 signatures on a petition to Democratic Party superdelegates. It reads: “The superdelegates should let the voters decide between Clinton and Obama. Then support the people’s choice.”
 
The superdelegates MUST respect the will of the voters if they want unity in the Democratic Party and victory in November.
 
Just a thought -- if the GOP had superdelegates, does anyone still think that John McCain would be their nominee?
 

2008/2/18

Late-night jokes recap 2/18

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@ 11:02 AM (4 months, 21 days ago)
"Have you been watching the Roger Clemens congressional hearings? He denies being injected by his trainer. But what I thought was interesting was every time they mentioned 'buttocks,' Sen. Larry Craig swooned." --David Letterman
 
"Mexican President Felipe Calderon is visiting the United States. Before hand he came here, he sent his advance team ..all 12 million of them." --Jay Leno
 
"Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito gave a speech in New Jersey and he condemned the show 'The Sopranos' because he says it makes New Jersey look bad. Which really isn't true - New Jersey makes New Jersey look bad." --Conan O'Brien
 
"President Bush has got a little less than a year left in office so he is trying to squeeze in as many free trips as he can. He's visiting Africa - this is his second trip there as a President. This time, he's going to meet with a number of key leaders including the President of Benin and the leader of Rwanda. Last time, he refused to meet anyone other than Babar, the cartoon elephant." --Jimmy Kimmel
 
"After John McCain swept the primaries he purposely stole a line Barack Obama's been using, 'I'm fired up and ready to go.' When Obama heard this he stole a line McCain's been using, 'I'm old and not sure where I am.'" --Conan O'Brien
 
"Roger Clemens testified before Congress about his alleged use of steroids and human growth hormone. There was an awkward moment when Clemens leaned on the table and it shattered." --Conan O'Brien
 
"Not a good night for Hillary Clinton. She got the pantsuit beaten off of her." --Jay Leno
 
"Barack Obama is now considered the front-runner. You know what they say, behind every successful man is a woman. Hillary was surprised to find out that it was her." --Jay Leno
 
"Actually they say the race between Barack and Hillary could be decided by the voters of Texas. Texas! Which is a comfort -- when it comes to providing smart politicians, Texas is the place you want to be." --Jay Leno
 
"Senator John McCain did very well. He swept as well. He won all his primaries. Of course the big question with McCain is his age. I don't want to say he's old, but I understand his new campaign slogan is, 'What did I come in here for again?'" --Jay Leno
 
"The C.I.A. has admitted to destroying videotapes of terrorist suspects being tortured. They said the reason they destroyed the videotapes was under the new agreement they didn't want to have to pay the writers residuals every time it showed up on the Internet." --Jay Leno
 
"Roger Clemens denied before Congress that he was ever injected with steroids or human growth hormones. Then he gave himself away when he asked for a pillow to sit on during the rest of his testimony." --Jay Leno
 
"How about that Mitt Romney? I'm going to miss him. He looks like the archaeologist who ignored the curse of the mummy's tomb. ... He looks like the dull fiance that Julie Roberts dumps for the co-star. ... He looks like the author of the book on seven keys to success. ... He looks like the guy who puts on a dress and wig and sneaks into the lifeboat." --David Letterman
 
"Roger Clemens denied using steroids, and at one point he got so angry that he snapped the Washington Monument in half like a twig." --David Letterman
 
"Another gift from the comedy gods: Baseball great Roger Clemens sat in front of Congress to answer questions about whether or not he used performance-enhancing drugs. Clemens says he didn't; his former trainer says he did. I might be the only one who believes them both. ... I only know this: I watched this thing for three hours and I have not heard the word buttocks used so often in congressional hearings. They're very focused on buttocks because it takes their minds off the economy and the war and all that other stuff." --Jimmy Kimmel
 
"Boy, talk about a black eye for baseball. Congressional investigations into Roger Clemens and the steroid use begin. And it's interesting, you know? We didn't get bin Laden but by God, we're nailing this guy." --David Letterman
 
"Roger Clemens testifys that a size 48 neck is completely normal." --David Letterman
 
"And of course Mitt Romney dropped out of the race, and I'm going to miss him. Romney looks like a guy who says to the bartender, 'If I wanted a glass of tonic, I would have ordered it.' ... Romney looks like a guy you just met who uses your first name too much. ... Mitt Romney looks like a cavalry officer who has no intention of honoring the treaty with the Apaches." --David Letterman
 
"Very awkward moment in the Hillary Clinton campaign today. I guess Hillary told her staff to call Democrats with money, and they called Barack Obama." --Jay Leno
 
"The government is going to be handing out rebate checks. We're like a bad car dealership now in this country, handing out the rebate checks. They're trying to restore confidence in the U.S. economy. The bad news - half the people want the money in euros, the other half want it in pesos." --Jay Leno
 
"According to a new poll, the nation's youth do not have as much faith in the federal government being able to help them in their future. Fifty percent of the young people polled said they felt the federal government would get in their way of their goals and their ambitions. The other 50 percent said they had no goals or ambitions and hoped to work for the Federal government." --Jay Leno
 
Scientists for the United States Army have developed a sandwich that can remain edible for three years. Well, if that doesn't get guys to re-up, nothing will. Let me tell you, that shows you how dedicated our armed forces are. I mean, the other side offers their guys, what, 72 virgins? We get a 3-year-old sandwich." --Jay Leno
 

2008/2/15

Hope you didn't hurt your hip on that flip-flop, John

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@ 08:01 AM (4 months, 24 days ago)

 

McCain was against torture before he was for it.

"There is no principle I will not renege on, and no personal values I will not betray in order to get the nomination of the GOP." -- George W. McCain

From Senate debates on torture rules, November 8, 2005:

SEN. JOHN McCAIN: First, subjecting prisoners to abuse leads to bad intelligence because under torture, a detainee will tell his interrogator anything to make the pain stop. Second, mistreatment of our prisoners endangers U.S. troops who might be captured by the enemy, if not in this war, then in the next.

SEN. JOHN McCAIN: If we inflict this cruel and inhumane treatment, the cruel actions of a few darken the reputation of our country in the eyes of millions. American values should win against all others in any war of ideas, and we can't let prisoner abuse tarnish our image.

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/military/july-dec05/torture_11-08.html

The United States punished the Japanese (15 years of hard labor) when waterboarding was used against Americans in World War II...we called it a war crime.

Waterboarding WAS torture, IS torture and WILL be torture. Period.

From nytimes.com, 2/14/08: WASHINGTON — The Senate voted 51 to 45 on Wednesday afternoon to ban waterboarding and other harsh interrogation methods used by the Central Intelligence Agency against high-level terrorism suspects.

....Mr. McCain, a former prisoner of war, has consistently voiced opposition to waterboarding and other methods that critics say is a form torture. But the Republicans, confident of a White House veto, did not mount the challenge. Mr. McCain voted "no" on Wednesday afternoon."

http://tinyurl.com/yussem

He supports torture after opposing it...after SUFFERING from it.

He's trying to convince the millions of conservatives who dislike him that he is in fact a conservative candidate. He doesn't get it...he is winning BECAUSE conservatives don't like him...BECAUSE he is/was more moderate.

If he is willing to change his position on this...what else is he willing to change his position on for political convenience?

If his ambition continues to smother his principles, he's going to erode the respect many Democrats have for him...sad, especially since he will probably lose the election anyway.

And after Bush vetoes the bill, McCain will again be faced with a vote to either stand with Bush or stand against torture. By his vote today we all know where he will come down on that issue. That picture of him with his head cuddled to Bush's chest flashes through my mind.

So, let the flipping and flopping begin. But really, it began back when he kissed Jerry Falwell's, uh, ring.

No wonder Romney endorsed him.

Flip McCain/Flop Romney 2008..."Whatever you believe, we'll believe it too."

 

2008/2/14

Just keep him sitting behind that big desk...okay?

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@ 08:04 AM (4 months, 25 days ago)
 
Man-crush or Restless Leg Syndrome?
 
Wow, and I thought Chris Matthews was over the top when he said Hillary Clinton has a career only because her husband cheated on her....
 
From newsbusters.org: "During MSNBC's live coverage of Tuesday's presidential primary elections, after the speeches of Barack Obama and John McCain had aired, Chris Matthews expressed his latest over the top admiration for Obama's speaking skills as the MSNBC anchor admitted that Obama's speech created a "thrill" in his leg: "It's part of reporting this case, this election, the feeling most people get when they hear Barack Obama's speech. My, I felt this thrill going up my leg. I mean, I don't have that too often." (Transcript follows)
 
http://tinyurl.com/2k5y8n
 
How soon will it be before he faints? And is this anything like the feeling he got seeing George Bush in his flight suit?
 
Not only does Michelle Obama have to endure crowds of women moaning ecstatically every time her husband opens his mouth, now she has to worry about the feeling Chris Matthews gets up his leg.
 
(Also notice how MSNBC has ever so subtly been on the Obama bandwagon...and in order for them to push Obama, they've had to ever so cleverly attack the Clinton campaign.)
 
If Chris Matthews got a certain leg thrill when Obama spoke...and he watched the speech via a satellite feed, imagine what would've happened if he'd seen it in person.
 
You know, there's a very big difference between how good a speaker is and how good their policies will be as president. All too often style counts more than substance in this election.
 
I would like to ask Obama's supporters: Are you in favor of Obama’s energy plan? Do you know what his energy plan is? What do you think the result of said energy plan would be?
 
Being black and having charisma is not enough for me. Yes, he is riding high on this "cult of personality"...but what do you want to bet that in 6 months he'll feel the same voter apathy that Hillary is feeling now?
 
Ah well...if nothing else, Chris Matthews has given us a peek into the forbidden world of how Man Thrills really work. So, they run UP the leg, huh? Do they start in the feet or what?

2008/2/13

Late-night jokes recap 2/13

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@ 07:47 AM (4 months, 26 days ago)

"The GOP likes to call itself the "Big Tent Party," which would make Mike Huckabee the revivalist tent. Ron Paul would be the circus tent. And of course, John McCain is the oxygen tent." --Jay Leno
 
"Congratulations to presidential candidate Barack Obama. He won a Grammy for best spoken word album. Boy, there's four words you haven't heard in the same sentence in a while - 'presidential' and 'best spoken word.'" --Jay Leno
 
"Well, you know who he beat out? Bill Clinton. Hope this doesn't cause any tension between the two families." --Jay Leno
 
"Asked why he is still in the race, Mike Huckabee said, 'I have nothing else to do.' So it sounds like he really is running for vice president." --Jay Leno
 
"Republicans say that John McCain will be good for business. They didn't say what business, but I'm guessing probably the Scooter Store, Doan's Pills, Craftmatic Adjustable Bed, and the Miracle Ear." --Jay Leno
 
"As you know, Mitt Romney's campaign is dead. Although I understand why those officials just told President Bush he went to 'live on a farm.'" --Jay Leno
 
"How about that? Mitt Romney now has suspended his campaign. Yeah, but don't worry about Mitt. He's already gone back to playing Ridge Forrester on 'The Bold and the Beautiful.'" --David Letterman
 
"Hillary replaced her campaign manager - Patti Doyle was her name - and she hired in her place Maggie Williams. So, for the first time, Hillary now is juggling more women than Bill." --David Letterman
 
"Barack Obama won a Grammy for his audio book. He's on a roll! 'What did you do over the weekend?' 'I won four primaries and a Grammy.' ... He beat four nominees, including Bill Clinton's audio book. Barack Obama beating a Clinton? They're getting kind of used to that. ... I've heard Bill's audio book - it's not that good. it's two hours of heavy breathing." --Craig Ferguson
 
"How about that Mitt Romney? He looks like a doctor with a miracle cure for arthritis. ... looks like one of those guys whose cologne you smell long after he's gone. ... like a lawyer in a yellow pages ad, I'm telling you. ... Mitt Romney looks like a guy on a cruise ship who teaches your wife how to cha-cha." --David Letterman
 
"Fashion Week this week. Hillary Clinton was wearing her strapless pantsuit." --David Letterman
 
"Rudy Giuliani is announcing his own line of clothing. It comes apart at the seams." --David Letterman
 
"Mitt Romney threw in the monogrammed towel. That leaves McCain and Huckabee. The old guy and the preacher. Which brings up the philosophical question: Which one is closer to God?" --Jay Leno
 
"It looks like John McCain has gotten the nod. Of course, McCain getting a nomination, this is Rush Limbaugh's worst nightmare since the pharmacist said, "We're out of OxyContin." --Jay Leno
 
From David Letterman's Top Ten Reasons Mitt Romney Dropped Out Of The Presidential Race: "Apparently America is not ready for a white male president"
 
"John McCain was the big Republican winner. One pundit said McCain's lucky nickel was working. He carries a lucky nickel. It must be lucky - six months ago, that was his campaign war chest." --Jay Leno
 
"Super Tuesday elections. I had the worst trouble with the machines. I kept yanking on the lever. One time, I turned the whole thing over. ... I like to go in there and take off my pants. I hold them outside the curtain and say, "You got these in a 38? --David Letterman
 
"Big day for Hillary Clinton. She won in Samoa. And coincidentally that's where she's hiding Bill." --David Letterman
 
"Now refers to Mike Huckabee as "Mike Suckabee" --from David Letterman's Top Ten Signs John McCain Is Getting Too Cocky
 

2008/2/12

Beat beat beat, beat beat McCain...

@ 11:40 AM (4 months, 27 days ago)

"Good luck with that in November"
 
I read that the following video got 200,000 hits on the first day...dang near impossible to get that many viewers in one day on YouTube without putting on black eyeliner and crying.
 
Here's the answer to swiftboating...actual wit and sarcasm used to show the real flaws of the GOP.
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gwqEneBKUs
 
Maybe the media will let politicians get away with campaigning out of both sides of their mouths, but YouTube will not.
 
I’ve long said that all we have to do with McCain is let him open his mouth.
 
Wait until they drag out his "jokes"...like this one:
 
"Why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly? Because her father is Janet Reno." - John McCain in 1998 at a GOP fundraiser.
 
Bashing an 18 year old girl and making a lesbian joke about the Attorney General.
 
That's "Tailhook" mentality enough for me.
 

2008/2/11

Hillary-hate ain't got nothin' on McCain-hate.

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@ 08:32 AM (4 months, 28 days ago)

Yep, you have yer Vietnam Veterans Against McCain...you have Rush Limbaugh leading right-wing radio in calling McCain--"John McLame".. "John McAmnesty".."John McPain"...etc. etc. etc.
 
The fact that they would rather not vote, than to vote for McCain says a lot. That they all rallied around a loser like Bush, following him right over that cliff, says a lot. It's just crazy to me that Rush, DeLay, Coulter et al are so offended by McCain, yet rabidly defend Bush.
 
You have Tom DeLay on This Week yesterday, saying that John McCain had to prove himself to conservatives on such issues as immigration and the 2nd Amendment. (Not sure what the latter is about.)
 
Then you have Karl Rove appearing on Face the Nation with his little white board showing Rush and his litter mates that, even though *they* may not like John McCain, a lot of other Republicans *do*...and like him in higher numbers than Democrats love Hillary. Or something like that.
 
I just love that little board...damn, Fox knew what they were doing when they hired Rove. Every media outlet will want Karl, and every time he opens his mouth he pimps Fox. Genius I tell you, Genius.
 
Rove said McCain "has a lot of work to do" to get conservatives "energetic and passionate and committed." He said he has already contributed money to McCain's campaign because he views him as "the presumptive Republican nominee."
 
Next you have the Preznit on Fox News Sunday telling Chris Wallace that McCain is a true conservative. But, as we all know by now, Bush does not know what a conservative is...and, hopefully, he gave McCain the kiss of death with this endorsement.
 
Anyway, the Prez seems ready to give McCain advice and begin duties on the campaign trail, and I’m certain McCain has a fundraising position with Bush's name on it. Uh huh...
 
Surely people aren't voting for McCain because wingnuts prefer to follow their talk radio masters, who are pounding him for not hating Mexicans enough and for hating torture too much.
 
The important thing to see here is that Americans in general are plain fed-up with the modern Republican conservative--ignorant, intolerant and unable to admit the truth about what they have done to this country. People want change.
 
The question isn't why McCain isn't winning, it's why Republicans aren't winning.
 
I've been a Democrat voter for many years and I've been known to criticize my party as well as Republicans for poor management of our country. However, having lived thru these last 7+ yrs of Republican mismanagement, I am astounded that anyone would even want to vote Republican this time.
 
I still don't understand the vehemence these Republican fanatics feel against John McCain. He is their best candidate, but they hate the fact that he doesn't join them in lockstep. You would think that, oh, a war hero with a long list of experience, a hawkish stance, pro-life, and broad appeal would be a good thing.
 
If McCain wins, it will show that those righty blowhards just aren't that important anymore. It would mean that a Republican, business-friendly, supports military, fiscal conservative, etc., doesn't have to be praising Jesus, demanding prayer in schools and the stoning of abortion doctors to be elected.
 
Anyway, there aren't enough conservatives to win elections without wooing centrists and liberals -- usually through slander and fear-mongering. That stuff wears off, especially when you can't deliver the goods.
 
John McCain is the GOP's only hope BECAUSE he isn't as right-wing as the lunatic fringe would like. As he moves to the right to please the radicals of his party, he lessens his chances of winning in November.
 
Whatever, it's their grave...we can be bipartisan in digging it.

2008/2/10

Latinos will be the wild card

@ 07:58 AM (4 months, 29 days ago)

On his JOURNAL this week Bill Moyers had an interesting conversation with Hispanic evangelical Samuel Rodriguez--president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference with access to 18,000 Latino evangelical churches--who argues that Republicans’ opposition to amnesty for illegal immigrants could undermine the GOP’s power to attract Hispanic voters.
 
Rodriguez gave his opinion on the role faith is playing in this campaign, and his take on what's happening with the evangelical vote in the primaries.
 
I had never heard Rodriguez speak before, but I found the interview to be quite compelling. He talked about issues like immigration, marriage, evangelicalism, abortion and xenophobia.
 
He believes that Obama needs to reach out to the Latinos...that Obama should be resonating with them more than Hillary. And he isn't against gay people's rights. He is primarily for justice...he believes our common thread should be justice. Justice for all.
 
“The Republican Party really had it going on. I mean, they really made significant inroads. 44 percent of Latinos voted for George W. Bush in the 2004 elections... All of a sudden, the Republican Party is hijacked de facto by the Sensenbrenners and Tancredos... There's an anti-Latino, a nativism, xenophobic spirit emerging out of the Republican Party. As a result of that, the Republican party will be hard pressed to engage anything close to 25 percent in the 2008 elections. And they may lose the Latino vote for two or three generations...
 
"....we're all in favor of border protection and securing the borders, of course. But however, what we actually did see in the Republican Party is the emergence of something that subtle in the Republican Party, the xenophobia, American nativism under the guise of border protection and border security. And the amount of polarization — I'm a generation X'er, born in the great republic of New Jersey — I never would have imaged in my lifetime that I would have to prove my citizenship in order to apply for an apartment in Oklahoma, Texas or Arizona.
 
There's an anti-Latino, a nativism, xenophobic spirit emerging out of the Republican Party. As a result of that, the Republican Party will be hard pressed to engage anything close to 25 percent in the 2008 elections. And they may lose the Latino vote for two or three generations."
 
Transcripts:
 
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/02082008/transcript2.html
 
The video:
 
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/02082008/watch2.html
 
 
 

2008/2/8

Take that, Rush! Mitt Quits

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@ 08:01 AM (5 months, 1 day ago)

With the evangelical Republicans having a strangle-hold on the South, it's beyond me how a Mormon thought he could win the Republican nomination. This guy's goose was cooked before the campaign ever got started.

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2008/2/7

Late-night jokes recap 2/7

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@ 08:11 AM (5 months, 2 days ago)
 
"Well, it's all over now. Hillary can remove the duct tape from Bill's mouth." --David Letterman
 
"But, by God, I wish that John McCain a great deal of luck. I'm telling you, at my age, I'm just happy to see a president who's older than I am, you know what I mean?" --David Letterman
 
"John McCain says that he's been tested, re-tested and tested again. And that's just his prostate." --Jay Leno
 
"How about that Mitt Romney? ... He looks like the guy that would approve your check at a supermarket. ... He looks like the piano player at an upscale department store. ... He looks like a guy who winks when he shakes your hand. ... He looks like a guy who is married to an over the hill actress. ... He looks like a guy who would brag about his cholesterol. ... He looks like the owner of the steakhouse who keeps interrupting dinner to find out how things are going" --David Letterman
 
"All the candidates are out there stumping like it's November. Do you know why campaigns call it stumping? Anybody know? You know where it comes from? It's interesting. It's called stumping because when you ask them, 'When are we getting out of Iraq,' they're stumped. 'How about health care?' They're stumped. 'The economy?' Stumped." --Jay Leno
 
"How about the (Super Bowl) commercials? There's some good ones. How about the one, mytalkingstain.com? ... A stain that can talk. This sounds like Bill Clinton's worst nightmare, doesn't it?" --Jay Leno
 
"You know what's amazing about Los Angeles? This city never fails to amaze me. Last week, Governor Schwarzenegger was in town. All the Republican candidates were here. All the Democratic candidates were here. All with secret service protection. And all put together, they still had less of a motorcade than Britney Spears going to the hospital." --Jay Leno
 
"How about that Mitt Romney, huh? This guy looks like a lawyer who advertises on the back of a bus. ... This guy, he looks like an American actor who's popular in Germany. ... He looks like a contractor you'd have to sue, this Mitt Romney. ... He looks like the neighbor with the neat garage, that Mitt Romney. ... You remember Mitt Romney from the '80s? He was Mr. Goodwrench." --David Letterman
 
"John Edwards said that even though he is out of the presidential race, he still cares for the little people. And today, to prove it, he had lunch with Dennis Kucinich." --Jay Leno
 
"You know what's interesting? How the GOP candidates are sniping at each other. Romney wants Huckabee to quit. Some think McCain is too liberal. Others think Romney is too conservative. Remember the good old days when the Republican Party was united against the poor?"--Jay Leno
 
"Well, we had President Bush's last State of the Union. ... How many saw this speech? ... When are we going to fit this guy for a helmet?" --Bill Maher
 
"I hope Americans learn one thing -- never again elect a black-out drinker. ... This is the guy who parks his car on the front lawn and says, 'How did that get there?'" --Bill Maher
 
"Hillary and Obama debated at the Kodak Theatre. The camera showed so many celebrities in the audience, I thought I was watching a Lakers game. ... Hillary and Obama. Is it just me or did they look like the local weekend news anchor team? 'Over to you, Hillary. That is a lot of puppies. Thank you.'" --Bill Maher
 
"This is who the Democrats brought out to Kodak Theatre -- James Bond was there, Leo DiCaprio, Diane Keaton, Steven Spielberg. Now, not to be outdone, this was who John McCain was campaigning with last week -- Wilford Brimley, the Quaker Oats dude. They are a little celebrity challenged. John McCain must have said to his staff, 'Find me someone who makes me look young. Make up a short list of people who are older than me.' And they said, 'Sir, that is a short list. Joan Rivers doesn't want to do it, and we're not sure if Abe Bagota is dead.'" --Bill Maher
 
"Speaking of dead, the Republicans had their debate at the Reagan Library. They opened the debate -- I couldn't make this up -- with a shot of Reagan's diary. The actual handwritten, leather-bound Reagan diary with a little key. I swear to God, Anderson Cooper said he was afraid to even touch it ... like it was something out of Harry Potter. Republicans don't want to have a debate, they want to have a seance. They want to bring back Reagan's ghost and have him run the country, hovering over your bed like Eva Longoria in that movie." --Bill Maher
 
"Rudy Giuliani dropped out of the race. I will miss Rudy Giuliani as a comedian. I will miss the arguments he had with Mitt Romney. It was like a Halloween costume debating a mannequin." --Bill Maher
 
"The other guy who dropped out last week I have the highest regards for -- John Edwards. That's his platform that they are running on. He worked his ass off. He never got enough oxygen with those two show ponies in the race. It was like being on the red carpet when George Clooney shows up." --Bill Maher
 
"I think Hillary is getting a little too sensitive. Like when they asked her about the surge, she said she didn't want to talk about Barack's poll numbers." --Jay Leno
 
"I asked my daughter who she liked for president today. She told me she likes Obama because he has big ears like Will Smith. You know, ear size is one of the key issues with young people nowadays." --Jimmy Kimmel
 

2008/2/6

The morning after

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@ 08:40 AM (5 months, 3 days ago)

I watched most of Super Tuesday's returns on Fox, just so I could enjoy their squirming over Romney's dismal showing. I got a certain amount of pleasure from watching Sean Hannity put in his place...he didn't make much eye contact as Brit Hume interviewed him about McCain's win.
 
Because, guess what? Apparently after two weeks of rabid Righties fluffing up Romney and swiftboating John McCain, it was all for naught.
 
Day in and day out, all you heard from Rush Limbaugh, Laura Ingram, Sean Hannity, Ann Coulter, James Dobson, the editorial board at the National Review, etc. was how they will not vote for him and would, in fact, vote for Hitlery instead.
 
"He's not a real conservative" they whined. "Why he's wasn't even a real hero in Vietnam" they sneered. "He's a Mexican-lover" they drooled.
 
Fox’s Brit Hume had even reported that McCain had "lied"...also that “some members” of the Bush family are supporting Romney (maybe that was the kiss of death).
 
I guess we can call them Neo-con Coyotes ...because they chewed off their legs to get away from John McCain... and now they have to figure out how to unshit their nest. And may I gleefully predict that this is the beginning of their decline. Sane Republicans are tired of all their hate.
 
Okay now, McCain has emerged as a frontrunner, Romney is a dead candidate walking, and Huckabee is hanging in there with the biggest ol' grin on his face. But, Huck won't seriously be considered as a conservative alternative to McCain.
 
So, the Republicans are pretty much sorted out, while the Democratic race has no clear-cut winner before the convention. Just the exact opposite of what everyone expected not too long ago.
 
If the R's are smart they would kick Limbaugh & Gang to the corner and quickly unite behind McCain to start running a general election campaign ...because the D's will get all the negative press as they'll probably duke it out for months to come.
 
Yes, Obama won more states, but Clinton won the big Democratic strongholds. People are choosing between inspiration and competence. There will be more wins in store for Obama, but come November he won't win the same places he won last night...because they are wingnut country. Karl Rove himself said the same thing on Fox last night. (Yes, he finally came home)
 
So, this very close Democratic race brings good news and bad news. The good news -- it's still Exciting! The bad news -- contrary to what all the pundits and TV talking heads have said, the race hasn't been a very nasty one....until now.
 
The delegate thing drives me crazy. Republicans have a "winner take all" delegates arrangement. Democrats have a "proportional delegates" arrangement, wanting everyone to have a chance for a slice of the pie. Trying to be fair you see, but boy is it complicated.
 
And what about all those bastard Michigan and Florida delegates? There Will Be Blood at the Denver convention.
 
But back to last night. Again, Hillary's women give her strong unshakable support...even the Massachusetts women the Kennedys tried to seduce away. These women don't make as much noise as Barack’s youth movement, but it looks like they will not be moved. Hillary's women will either give her victory or keep her in play till the very end.
 
And remember that older women are steady ...not as flighty as college students. Older women know how to stand their ground.
 
What we have to figure out is -- who has a better chance to defeat John McCain in a general election?
 
More about that later.
 

2008/2/5

Today's the day kids! Tsunami Tuesday!

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@ 07:24 AM (5 months, 4 days ago)
 
It's gonna be a close one between Democrats. What if it's a dead heat, so close that the so-called SuperDelegates get to make the selection? Hillary and Obama could get the same number of delegates, this year there's 4,049 (it changes with population) delegates that they earn through voting. Then there's this other 796 SuperDelegates, Congressmen, Senators, party officials, who have the privilege of changing their vote at the last minute. The last minute.
 
One thing I'd like to say--If Hillary Clinton does pull this thing off, she will have done so against 16 years of being the target of misogyny and hatred...and not always from the Righties either. I guess she didn't get the memo -- middle aged women are supposed to fade away, go home and be invisible.
 
There has also been a world of difference between the way the media cover Obama and Hillary. The language they use to talk about him--his charisma, his youth movement, his momentum and his star quality--all stand in sharp contrast to the way they pick apart every tiny detail about Clinton. They never once made fun of Obama's voice, his laugh, his hair, the way he dressed, or when he got a tear in his eye (which he did when the Kennedys endorsed him).
 
About Obama, I like what Bill Maher said: "...there's something there that we haven't seen in decades -- people getting involved who never got involved before. He's stirring something....he got like 14,000 people in Idaho or some place where there's only 12,000 Democrats....you know, it's something that's -- it's beyond politics.
 
And that's, I think, what a lot of this country has been looking for. In the last presidential election, I think, the figure is 79 million people who could have voted and did not. Those are the people, I think, who are getting involved."
 
Obama has also had to battle hatred. Who hasn't seen the hate email full of lies zooming around the country? I was so surprised that someone I admire actually said, "Wouldn't it be terrible if Obama was planted by the terrorists?" I gave her the snopes.com site.
 
So now...there's nothing else to do but:
 
1 -- Ignore the polls and the meedja spin
2 -- Think long and hard about what's important to you
3 -- Make up your mind who deserves your vote
4 -- Get out there and vote for him or her no matter the weather
5 -- Kick back with some popcorn and await the results
 
Then "Que sera, sera."
 
I don't care if my president is good looking, or black or white or male or female. I don't even care if my President is nice. I want a smart President, a strong President, a successful President who leads our country, who ruthlessly defends our constitution, and protects and promotes our civil rights. I'm not real concerned about the means to those ends...just that they be legal.
 
You know, I'm really going to miss the horse race aspect of the whole thing...and the haters and the lovers...laughing at the "impartial" partial opinion making clowns on TV...and the phone calls. Who's going to be messing with my beautiful mind next?
 
March is going to be sort of blah.....
 

2008/2/4

I'm shocked, SHOCKED I tell you.

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@ 11:41 AM (5 months, 5 days ago)
(What with all the campaign frenzy, no one is going to mention this...so I will.)
 
Boy, that Karl Rove sure can do a lot of dirty business just using his phone and blackberry. Like "softening" the reports of the 9/11 Commission.
 
A Philip Shenon book coming out soon will reveal that Rove carried on back-room discussions with Philip Zelikow, the Commission's Executive Director, for a LONG time after the Commission told him to STOP speaking with White House Officials.
 
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The September 11 commission's executive director had closer ties with the White House than publicly disclosed and tried to influence the final report in ways that the staff often perceived as limiting the Bush administration's responsibility, a new book says.
 
Philip Zelikow, a friend of then-national security adviser Condoleezza Rice, spoke with her several times during the 20-month investigation that closely examined her role in assessing the al-Qaida threat.
 
He also exchanged frequent calls with the White House, including at least four from Karl Rove, Bush's chief political adviser at the time.[..]"
 
http://tinyurl.com/2lcnrm
 
You know, one of the topics of conversation might've been those terror tapes that George Tenet never told the 9/11 Commission about.
 
Or, how about the obvious? That the entire Bush team poo-pooed Bill Clinton’s advice that their first priority ought to be Al Qaeda...and as a result lost any chance they had to prevent it?
 
Lost a chance to prevent 9-11 or gained a chance for a new Pearl Harbor?
 
http://www.themodernreligion.com/terror/thirty-year-itch.html
 
And ain't it funny that Zelikow was yakking it up with Rove on June 23, just when that whole Plame leak thang was brewing?
 
Nah...I highly doubt there is any connection between the two investigations. But I do think it's typical that Karl Rove was trying to obstruct two investigations at the same time.
 
Anyway...what will be the right-winger spin? Will they lead off with the usual ad hominem attacks, or will they use a Clinton deflection?
 
Let's sit back and wait ....
 

2008/2/3

McCain Derangement Syndrome

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@ 07:51 AM (5 months, 6 days ago)

Last Friday night Pollster Frank Luntz came on Fox News' Hannity & Colmes to discuss his reaction to the debate between Hillary and Obama the night before.
 
He lost no time pointing out Obama’s swipes at McCain, but he never mentioned Obama’s zingers about Mitt Romney. This is just too obvious--“fair and balanced” Fox plays up attacks on McCain to show favoritism for Romney.
 
Bashing John McCain, the odds on favorite to win the Republican nomination, seems to be a popular Fox game right now.
 
Yet, it's not just Fox, it's also all over conservative media.The noise machine is gunning for McCain because he does not follow the corporate line. Too bad they can't use that illegitimate black baby smear again. Oh wait, there is that "John McCain Is No Hero POW" ad that accused McCain of ratting on his fellow prisoners at the Hanoi Hilton.
 
The Republicans are double disgusting when they eat one of their own.
 
This confuses me. Rabid Righties seem to literally hate their party's frontrunner. Ann The Man Coulter even said she'd rather vote for Hillary!
 
Fox promotes Romney at every opportunity, even though his chances are slim...despite his spending nearly 50 million dollars of his own personal fortune. That was one of Obama's zingers--Romney's business smarts not getting him a good return on his investment so far in this campaign.
 
Average Republicans on the street just don't seem to like the guy. They say he looks like a phony and speaks out both sides of his mouth, the ultimate flip-flopper. First he supports a woman's right to choose, then he doesn't. First he supports a secret timetable for troops to come home from Iraq, then he doesn't.
 
So, it looks like McCain might just be the Republicans best chance to maintain their hold on the White House. But they'd prefer to nominate Romney, an almost certain loser, rather than the man who gives their party its best hope?
 
Surely they don't actually prefer either Clinton or Obama over McCain?
 
Wait...is this the Rapture?
 

2008/2/2

Late-night jokes 2/2

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@ 07:05 AM (5 months, 7 days ago)
"The Republican race is now down to McCain and Romney. Interesting two guys, you got the guy who spent five years in a prison camp versus the guy who spent five years in the tanning booth." --Jay Leno
 
"The Florida retirees didn't go for that Mitt Romney, either. He reminded them of a guy who tries to get a hold of their nest egg. ... He reminded them of a guy who sells subdivisions in the Everglades. ... He reminded them of the guy who pitches overpriced cemetery plots. ... He reminded them of the pharmacist who doesn't accept their prescription plan." --David Letterman
 
"How sad really that Edwards is out of the race, because he had a stirring message about two Americas. It is so true, there were two Americas. One in which people were voting for Edwards because they were afraid of Hillary, and another America where people were voting for Edwards because they were afraid of Barack Obama." --Stephen Colbert
 
"President Bush said the State of the Union was good, not as good as his buddies at Exxon, but still pretty good." --Jay Leno
 
"President Bush also promoted his stimulus package, where each American will get $600. This is part of the 'You Got Screwed, But Here's Cab Fare Plan.'" --Jay Leno
 
"It was such a riveting speech, the State of the Union speech, Senator Larry Craig only took two bathroom breaks." --David Letterman
 
"About halfway through, Senator Ted Kennedy sent over a couple of drinks to the Bush twins." --David Letterman
 
"All the candidates are talking about national health care, but doctors don't want it. Doctors worry the national health care plan would drastically cut their pay. Yeah, to give you an idea how much of a pay cut doctors would have to take, they said by the year 2010, you could actually have a lot of doctors playing on public golf courses" --Jay Leno
 
"Well, we've marked the one-year-left point in the Bush presidency. Folks, I'm with you, but stop cheering. He is still allowed to touch things. I pray he doesn't have one more giant f--- up in him, because, you know, he does keep trying. He tried to screw up Social Security, right? He tried to appoint his cleaning lady to the Supreme Court. He tried to get a war cry going to attack Iran. It's not like he's going to quit. He's going to be the worst president ever to the very last minute of the very last day. ... So I'm still nervous about this last year. I have the same feeling about this last year of his in office as I have when I'm on the highway and I have to go to the bathroom and I just passed a sign that says 'Next Rest Stop: 28 miles.'" --Bill Maher
 
"Sylvester Stallone announced that he is endorsing John McCain. I think that's what he said. He might have said, 'Hand me my cane.'" --Jay Leno
 
"How about that Mitt Romney, huh? I mean, this guy looks like he'd be selling fruit dehydrators on cable. ... He looks like the guy who tells you how to buy real estate with no money down. ... He looks like a cosmetic surgeon who gets ambushed on '60 Minutes.' ... He looks like the photo that comes with the frame." --David Letterman
 
"Have you heard this story? They're trying to pass a bill now that allows politicians to insist that they be addressed by gender- neutral titles. Is that really necessary? I mean, don't we already have gender neutral titles for politicians? 'Crook,' 'liar,' 'adulterer,' 'pinhead,' 'moron,' these are all gender-neutral." --Jay Leno
 
"The government is thinking of considering charging every person who enters the United States a dollar to raise more money for border control agents. You know, we can't catch people sneaking across the border now. How are you gonna charge them a dollar? ... I got a better idea, why don't we charge American companies a buck for every job they send overseas?" --Jay Leno
 
"Today is the 171st birthday of the flush toilet. Or, as Senator Larry Craig calls it, 'the love seat'" --David Letterman
 
"How about that Mitt Romney, am I right about this guy? ... I mean, he looks like the guy on TV selling life insurance, doesn't he? ... He looks like that guy on a Father's Day ad for Norelco. ... He looks like a guy on cable urging you to tap your home equity. ... He looks like an American President in a Canadian movie. ... He looks like the medical expert in a Victoria Principal infomercial. ... He looks like the spokesman for senior lending networks. ... He looks like the guy who promises accident victims he'll get the money they deserve. ... He looks like the guy on the 'Just For Men' bottle" --David Letterman
 
"A new government study says that millions and millions of dollars of federal money is being wasted every year on frivolous and unnecessary projects. This study was two years in the making, and cost $22 million" --Jay Leno
 
"The Academy Awards were announced. It looks a lot of Oscar buzz for 'No Country For Old Men,' which I think was also John McCain's campaign slogan." --Jay Leno
 
"Another big Oscar nod for 'There Will Be Blood,' the story of a ruthless oil tycoon. Or, as Dick Cheney calls it, 'the greatest movie of all time.'" --Jay Leno
 
"Have you heard this report that Iran and Syria have been printing counterfeit $100 bills in order to ruin the U.S. economy? Hey, you're about four years too late, okay? You know, if the Iranians really want to ruin our economy, make TVs and cars. That's what the Japanese did" --Jay Leno
 
"What about that Mitt Romney? Mitt Romney. He looks like a guy who would run a seminar on condo flipping. He looks like a weekend weather man, doesn't he? He looks like the neighbor who spends way too much time on his lawn" --David Letterman
 

2008/2/1

Hillary vs Obama, no blood this time

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@ 08:41 AM (5 months, 8 days ago)
 
Finally, a grown-up debate, and the best one I've seen in a long time. Two smart, engaged, informed candidates, a stark contrast to the past 7 years of...well, you know..."Subliminabable misunderestimations."
 
Such a refreshing contrast to the last Republican debate. Those guys were trying to out gun and out God each other all over the place.
 
Both Hillary and Obama looked great. Compared to the GOP debate, it was like sunshine and darkness.
 
Again...I felt proud to be a Democrat.
 
It really was an informative, dignified debate and makes the Democrats look like smart, informed grown-ups. We should all be proud.
 
After Edwards left, I leaned toward Obama...but now I am undecided. Hillary held her stuff, and showed her command of the issues. But then again, Obama did too.
 
Obama's Iraq response was very good. And Hillary's explanation of the reality of being in the situation was also good, how the problems Iraq posed in the 1990's factored into her vote...along with explaining the realities of policy making. "I supported legislation for inspections not war" is essentially her argument.
 
That helped soften my "Iraq problem" with her.
 
Really liked Obama's answer on immigration... he resisted the temptation for an easy pander on scapegoating Mexican immigrants. I liked Hillary's answer too...making us think about the reality of rounding up 12/14 million people, knocking on every door, and where would we get the law enforcement to do such a task, etc.
 
I thought Obama did a nice job of showing some clear differences between himself and Hillary without distorting her record or trying to draw blood...as in the last debate with the Walmart crack. Which caused her to shoot back with the slumlord crack.
 
His debating style still needs sharpening, he still stammers and raises his hand to speak, but he's improving. I also like Hillary a lot more when she's not in attack dog mode--it lets her grasp of the issues shine through.
 
I hope the militants in either camp don't try to ruin the afterglow of this debate for Democrats.
 
I actually learned something from their discussions. It was nice to see two candidates capable of actually talking about an issue without resorting to just sound bites.
 
The question about a joint ticket was, to say the least, titillating. As the debate unfolded I couldn't help but think -- hey, maybe they *could* do a joint ticket after all. The fact that the debate ended with that idea in the air makes me think that they were feeling the same thing. After all, they'll probably need each other to win big later.
 
Bring in Edwards as AG to clean up the mess at DOJ and we have a trifecta.
 
Even though I still think Hillary would have a hard time settling for second place, the combined ticket would be historic, and it would be foolish for either candidate to ignore it at this point. Also, the Democratic base would be extremely disappointed if one or the other candidate does not step up for this historic opportunity.
 
I thought it was classy that Obama helped Hillary in and out of her chair. Of course some people saw it as not only gender-related but also age-related. But a good move by Obama in my estimation. Maybe it will impress some of those older women, Obama's smallest constituency....and put to rest any 'snub' questions.
 
CNN did a good job with this format -- smart audience, long time discussing big issues. Finally, they got to talk about ONE issue for more than two minutes.
 
But I do get fed up with Wolf Blitzer playing "gotcha"-- he kept trying to start a fight with his "Was that a swipe at ...?"
 
Anyway, we've got a long way to go baby until November. Beware of desperate Republicans ...they get down and dirty and conjure up 'illegitimate black babies' when they're in a corner.
 
I am still a little fearful that nothing will motivate the Republican base like selecting Hillary as our nominee...that it's the only chance they have at keeping the White House.
 
But I am even softening on that. We just shouldn't worry about the wackadoo-wingnuts, we'll never get past their tribal markers anyway. If it's not the Clintons that set them off, it's going to be MoveOn.org, Howard Dean's "scream", Dan Rather, etc.
 
And really, they make up a relatively small portion of the overall electorate, so why bother? Let's not overestimate their influence. Remember, in the face of their opposition, Bill Clinton won two elections and survived impeachment.
 
Let's not allow extremist minorities to influence who we choose to be on our ticket.
 
So, the next time you encounter a right-wing crazy -- laugh in his face and move on past him without a second thought. He'll sputter and fume, but soon get back to his racist jokes.