Biden Covers Obama's Weakness

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Saturday August 23, 2008 · 4:44 PM PDT

2008/08/23 · 16:44

No. I'm not talking about foreign policy or military matters. How many diaries around here have you all written about Obama sucking on foreign policy? Not many - because Obama's foreign policy is spot on. What have the diaries been about (the ones critical of Obama)?

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Tuesday August 05, 2008 · 2:27 PM PDT

2008/08/05 · 14:27

Contrary to a diary that I read here every couple of days, Obama isn't hammering McCain. Even today's comment about "pride in being ignorant" isn't going to harm McCain. Why? Because it's just a snarky comment that hardly anyone hears and doesn't resonate anyway. In order to not pull this punch, Obama would have to run some campaign ads not saying that Republicans take "pride in being ignorant," but that they are ignorant. Blatantly, unequivocally, call them out for being stupid. Maybe throw in a line about how Republican's can't even figure out how to lower gas prices... or keep them from quadrupling.

Even then, the ads wouldn't resonate because the GOP is not ignorant - and people know it. But people don't really know what they're up to.

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Friday August 01, 2008 · 10:44 AM PDT

2008/08/01 · 10:44

A new federal income tax bracket. All income over $1,000,000 will be taxed at 90%. Oh, and your capital gains loopholes and whatnot will be closed.

What, that sounds crazy to you? Here's a little history of income tax in the United States. That's right, the last time the highest tax rate was lower than it is right now was during the Regan/Bush years. Before that, it was in the early part of the Great Depression. In fact, for the period between 1932 and 1981 (when the US was at its height of power, I might add) the top tax bracket never dropped below 63%. From 1936 through 1981, it never dropped below 70%. For fifteen of those years, it was over 90%. So I don't think what I suggest is crazy. To the contrary, it has been done before.

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Saturday June 21, 2008 · 1:46 PM PDT

2008/06/21 · 13:46

The arguments about Obama being pragmatic on FISA are complete and utter bullshit. So I'm not using a strawman, I'll quote from the diary that currently sits atop the rec list:

he avoids creating a rift among Democrats, which the media loves

he deprives the Republicans of an issue this fall.

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Monday June 09, 2008 · 11:35 PM PDT

2008/06/09 · 23:35

It is 8:17pm pacific time. Dennis Kucinich has been introducting 35 articles of impeachment to the United States House of Representatives for the last couple of hours. He is still going. He is basically laying out the grievances of a great number of Democratic voters. Voters like me. You would think that the 24-hour news channels would cover it, but no. Not one broke into regularly scheduled programming (that I saw) to cover it.

Even worse. Here are some screen shots from their websites taken around 8:25pm pacific time:

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Saturday May 24, 2008 · 8:16 AM PDT

2008/05/24 · 08:16

I'm not sure how to write this diary. I almost posted it as "Assassinations: Clinton's New Metric." I would have talked about how in this metric, she's tied with Obama. But it's too snarky, and I'm too upset.

I just want to say this: even if Obama is assassinated, you will not be the nominee. You will never be the nominee. The stars aligned for you during this election cycle. You had huge name recognition, polled better than anyone else by far, had a huge money advantage, had early support from tons of superdelegates, etc. But now you are exposed. As some have said, it should have been a surprise that you were unable to lock up even more superdelegates early, and that that should have been seen as a crack in the foundation of your campaign. It wasn't, but hindsight has revealed it.

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Friday May 23, 2008 · 11:36 AM PDT

2008/05/23 · 11:36

First off, let me say I'm sorry for the rambling (and mostly pointless) diary. You should only read this crap if you're really bored...

Well, yesterday, it finally happened. My posting abilities were removed at MyDD. I probably deserved it. That place is a delusional community, and I have been openly antagonistic towards it. I have talked about how MyDD would fold as soon as Hillary loses. Still, I was a little surprised that the diary got me banned was about the insanity of the people controlling the electoral maps on their homepage that show Clinton getting 68 more electoral votes than Obama - carrying NC and MO while Obama does not. This is clearly farcical, and not even in the top 10 list of objectional things I've said there.

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Wednesday May 21, 2008 · 2:27 PM PDT

2008/05/21 · 14:27

As has been said in Hillaryland:

What I think it comes down to with many of my fellow HRC supporters, especially women, is the following: They just experienced a long process in which a more qualified woman was passed over for a promotion in favor of a man who is arguably unqualified for this job

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Wednesday May 14, 2008 · 5:21 PM PDT

2008/05/14 · 17:21

when she stops doing things to deserve them.

Maybe.

She's done an awful lot of things to deserve boos, and many people's longterm perception of her may be permanently damaged by these things. I don't think my perception of her will ever be restored to what it once was. In crunch time she showed that her personal ambition was stronger than her ethics... or that she didn't have the ethics I thought that she did. That's pretty much 'game over' in my book.

But... to her supporters, let's talk about what we have in common, and what needs to be done to advance our common interests. One difference in our judgement of two other people does not make us enemies. There are a lot of progressive causes out there that need action. It's time to get our nominee, Obama, elected. Then, it will be time for us, no matter who we supported, to put pressure on him so that he will make the best decisions to advance our common progressive causes.

Hillary "Wins" in IN by 10, "Ties" in NC

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Monday May 05, 2008 · 11:26 PM PDT

2008/05/05 · 23:26

Sorry for the attention grabbing headline, but that's the kind of bullshit you should expect to hear if the composit pollser.com scores accurately predict the results:

Indiana
  Clinton 49.7
  Obama 43.9

North Carolina
  Clinton 42.2
  Obama 49.9

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Sunday May 04, 2008 · 9:11 AM PDT

2008/05/04 · 09:11

Yes, yes, we all hate Fox News. We know how they are a right-wing propoganda outlet. Unfortunately, this has lead to them actually covering relevant news - they just cover it in a fashion meant to deceive.

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Tuesday April 22, 2008 · 11:14 PM PDT

2008/04/22 · 23:14

Hillary began this primary season with tremendous advantages. She has huge name recognition. She has the same name as the last Democratic president, who was beloved by most of the party... who also happens to be her husband. She had the best fundraisers in the party, headed by Terry McAuliffe. She had also locked up the support of nearly 200 superdelegates. Ever since she has been trying to knock her competition out of the primary.

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The boos for Hillary will stop

Hillary "Wins" in IN by 10, "Ties" in NC

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