Archives for February 2008
Poll: It’s all tied up for Dems in Texas - CNN.com
In the CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey released Monday, 50 percent of likely Democratic primary voters said Obama is their choice for the party’s nominee, while 46 percent backed Clinton.
But taking into account the poll’s sampling error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points for Democratic […]
¶ Posted February 25, 2008 § U.S. 2008 Elections ‡ Comments (17)
This post is completely inside baseball, so deep into the weeds, that it will probably bore most readers to death. Skip it if you like.
Anyway, as most of you know, a 2006 photo of Obama in traditional Kenyan (or “Muslim” or “terrorist”) garb surfaced recently. It got around a bit. Then, this morning, […]
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Rob Port: CNN Questions Obama’s Patriotism - Say Anything
A poll question from CNN’s website: “Is Obama patriotic enough to be president?”
I detest Obama as a candidate, and even I think that’s a dumb question.
Even so, my father tonight (himself a Vietnam veteran decorated with a silver star - pinned on by Patton’s son - four […]
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And here’s teh proof:
He intends to turn the country (Russia, too!) over to a secret cabal of Buddhists. Him and his old friends from the Texas Rangers: The Bush Baseball Buddy Buddhist Bunch.
No wait, this photo was actually taken in Vietnam. OMG! He’s a commie too. He’s going to turn the country over to those […]
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John Cole:
Since Obama and the Democrats seem to have such a big problem with patriotism and lapel pins, I guess we need to have yet another photo montage of prominent Republicans demonstrating how to wear a lapel pin. Here goes:
Check it out. But, of course, John Cole is not really any kind of self-respecting uber-patriot. […]
¶ Posted February 24, 2008 § U.S. 2008 Elections, Wingnuts and GOP Stupidity ‡ Comments (1)
I may be an Obamaniac, but I still get a chuckle out of this:
“da da da da da da da da da da da da … MOON BAT!”
“da da da da da da da da da da da da … MOON BAT!”
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11:25 AM -The Weekly Standard
So for starters, Obama betrays a woeful ignorance of military organization and the chain of command. Then he remarks that the platoon was under-strength because 15 of its men had been “sent to Iraq.” Sorry, the Army doesn’t work that way. Platoons are organic units, consisting of three rifle squads, a […]
¶ Posted February 23, 2008 § U.S. 2008 Elections, Wingnuts and GOP Stupidity ‡ Comments (11)
I wrote about Clinton’s slipping lead among superdelegates yesterday, Feb. 21 at mid-day:
Last month, she had almost 100 more superdelegates “committed” to her than Obama had. Today, that lead is down to 70. The movement and switches in the past week or two have really picked up.
It’s now 32 hours later, Feb 22 at 8 […]
¶ Posted February 22, 2008 § U.S. 2008 Elections ‡ Comments (1)
At last night’s debate, Obama said:
“You know, I’ve heard from an Army captain who was the head of a rifle platoon — supposed to have 39 men in a rifle platoon,” he said. “Ended up being sent to Afghanistan with 24 because 15 of those soldiers had been sent to Iraq. And as a […]
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Lisa Schiffren at The Corner on National Review Online offers this gem:
Obama and I are roughly the same age. I grew up in liberal circles in New York City — a place to which people who wished to rebel against their upbringings had gravitated for generations. And yet, all of my mixed race, black/white classmates […]
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After the month of January, in which consultant spending sapped her campaign, Senator Hillary Clinton has proposed to change the rules of the Democratic nominating process to include her consultants as special delegates, who would be dubbed “super-duper delegates.”
She has spent $3.8 million on messaging guru Mark Penn. And Mandy Grunwald, Clinton’s ad-maker, pulled […]
¶ Posted February 21, 2008 § U.S. 2008 Elections ‡ Comments (3)
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan
As it happens, Obama does have substantive legislative achievements. I have written more about them here. A few highlights, all of which became law:
* Ethics Reform: Obama was the Senate’s point person on ethics reform, and sponsored or co-sponsored the bills that made up what the Washington Post called […]
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2008 Democratic Convention Watch: Superdelegate History Tracker
Amidst all the posturing and table-pounding from the Obama camp, from the Clinton camp, from Donna Brazile, from Chris Bowers, and from bloggers about the role of superdelegates and what their true purpose is and whether or not they are obligated to reflect the will of the voters, etc. […]
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From Chuck Todd, Can Barack Obama be stopped?
There’s no dispute anymore. Sen. Barack Obama is the frontrunner for the Democratic presidential nomination and he’s one win away from putting this race to bed.
A victory in either Ohio or Texas will probably drive Sen. Hillary Clinton out of the race. Victories for Obama in both states […]
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Just making up a hypothetical example, suppose commenter David C. accused me of “being no stranger to the embraces of domestic pets and barnyard animals.”
I guess I could respond either:
1. “I did not have sex with that goat.”
or
2. “It is a shame that David C. has lowered his standards to engage in a hit and […]
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