UPDATE: TWO wingnuts bring assault rifles to Obama event

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Monday August 17, 2009 · 11:56 AM PDT

2009/08/17 · 11:56

A man, who decided not to give his name, was walking around the pro-health care reform rally at 3rd and Washington streets, with a pistol on his hip, and an AR-15 (a semi-automatic assault rifle) on a strap over his shoulder.

"Because I can do it," he said when asked why he was armed. "In Arizona, I still have some freedoms."

Two police officers were staying very close to the man.

"What he is doing is perfectly legal," Det. J. Oliver, of the Phoenix Police Department said. "We are here to keep the peace. If we need to intervene, we will intervene at that time."

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What's craziest?

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What's craziest?

That someone brought an assault rifle to a presidential event

66 votes

That it's legal for him to do so

272 votes

That it no longer warrants its own headline

160 votes

UPDATED: Suspect cornered by Bomb Squad at LA Federal Bldg

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Thursday August 13, 2009 · 11:31 AM PDT

2009/08/13 · 11:31

A developing story from The Los Angeles Times:

Police in standoff with suspect who made threats against White House

A standoff between a motorist and Los Angeles police is occurring at the Federal Building in Westwood. A law enforcement source told The Times the suspect allegedly made an unspecified threat against the White House and that the U.S. Secret Service was involved.

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Friday August 07, 2009 · 9:46 AM PDT

2009/08/07 · 09:46

Rush Limbaugh's comparison of the Obama health care logo to a Nazi standard has been exhaustively covered during the past 24 hours. As Kos pointed out earlier,

Here is the logo, compared to the Nazi logo, from Rush's own website:

Yeah, Rush and his pals think the symbol of caduceus, often used to represent medicine, is a Nazi symbol.

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Tuesday May 27, 2008 · 10:10 AM PDT

2008/05/27 · 10:10

Yesterday, Jerome Armstrong, founder of MyDD, finally confirmed what everyone already knows: that his site will officially brook no criticism of Hillary Clinton or, more to the point, her supporters. In a front-page-posted diary, he warned critics of the site's rec-list-darling, Alegre, that anyone giving her negative ratings for her abusive, insulting, non-discursive attacks is subject to losing privileges or being banned.

This is a Democratic site. Clinton is a Democrat, and she has supporters here. If you are an Obama supporter, and don't like that, tough. Deal with it.

The problem, of course, is that Alegre is notorious for hit-and-run jobs on Obama supporters on the site - exactly the same kind of behavior Jerome is decrying. And when, in a heated exchange between Jerome and commenters on the diary, this was pointed out, Alegre's ratings history was suddenly and inexplicably scrubbed, making it impossible to provide evidence of her own offenses.

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Wednesday May 14, 2008 · 6:09 PM PDT

2008/05/14 · 18:09

From Hardball, 5/14:

"The Clinton campaign apologized to Julie Corvo, a West Virginia woman, after her answering machine picked up some choice words from a Clinton campaign volunteer. The campaign worker, unable to get Corvo to answer her phone, unintentionally left this little sugar plum for the hoped-for contributor."

Transcription of the message:

"Hi. Hello? This is crazy.

This person hung up.

Maybe they think it's a bill collector.

I bet it is.

West Virginians are poor."

Mene Mene Tekel Upharsin

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Wednesday May 07, 2008 · 8:01 AM PDT

2008/05/07 · 08:01

What a sense of relief.

Like all of us, I've been glued to the television, newspaper, and internet for the past year watching this thing play out, and tonight, it's finally over. Oh, I realize it may be a week or two before Clinton throws in the towel, but I don't think there's any real disagreement out there about what tonight's results meant. And for those still clinging to that last thread of hope for her chances, the conciliatory, elegiac tone of Hillary's speech and the looks on her family's faces tonight should pretty much confirm which way the winds are blowing.

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Tuesday May 06, 2008 · 10:09 AM PDT

2008/05/06 · 10:09

Last night, I posted a clip of Olbermann's Countdown on YouTube in which he sagely predicted that the Clinton camp would be moving the goalposts for her victory again today. I'm glad to see someone posted it and it hit the rec list. It was primo Olbermann

And today, like clockwork, his prediction has come true. I saw this Washington Times article this morning, and had to double-check to make sure I wasn't reading "The Onion":

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When do you think Hillary will clinch the nomination?

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When do you think Hillary will clinch the nomination?

When she wins the most pledged delegates

2 votes

When she wins the most total delegates

6 votes

When she wins the popular vote without FL & MI

2 votes

When she wins the popular vote with FL & MI

5 votes

When voting machines in 30 states are discovered to have been faulty

7 votes

When Obama contracts the Ebola virus

34 votes

When her stormtroopers barricade the convention and execute the credentials committee

201 votes

VIDEO (w/poll!): Olbermann summarizes Clinton's ever-moving goalposts

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Monday May 05, 2008 · 6:53 PM PDT

2008/05/05 · 18:53

Countdown With Keith Olbermann 5/5/2008

In anticipation of yet another goalpost-move by the Clinton campaign when she fails to close North Carolina tomorrow, Keith does a quick run-down of the history of the Clinton campaign's creative metrics. Haven't been following Clintonista logic lately? No worries - Keith will catch you up on everything you missed...

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539 votes Show Results

When do you think Hillary will clinch the nomination?

539 votes Vote Now!

When do you think Hillary will clinch the nomination?

When she wins the most pledged delegates

12 votes

When she wins the most total delegates

4 votes

When she wins the popular vote without FL & MI

3 votes

When she wins the popular vote with FL & MI

6 votes

When voting machines in 30 states are discovered to have been faulty

21 votes

When Obama contracts the Ebola virus

99 votes

When her stormtroopers barricade the convention and execute the credentials committee

394 votes

VIDEO - Joe Andrew on Countdown re: switching to Obama

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Friday May 02, 2008 · 7:22 AM PDT

2008/05/02 · 07:22

Keith Olbermann interviews former DNC Chairman Joe Andrews, who switched endorsements yesterday from Hillary Clinton to Barack Obama.

Andrews also discusses the Clinton Campaign's bizarre assertion that he is somehow "not from Indiana," made by both Howard Wolfson and Evan Bayh.

Countdown with Keith Olbermann
5/1/08

VIDEO: Colbert on the importance of Guam

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Thursday May 01, 2008 · 1:32 PM PDT

2008/05/01 · 13:32

Prompted by Barack Obama's precedent-setting move of opening a campaign office in Guam, Stephen Colbert interviews Guam Congresswoman Madeleine Bordallo on whether it's actually part of the U.S., its gigantic men, its baby-eating population, and its pervasive brown tree snake problem.

The Colbert Report
4/30/08

VIDEO: Obama on Fox News Sunday

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Sunday April 27, 2008 · 2:33 PM PDT

2008/04/27 · 14:33

I've just finished uploading the first of four parts of the Obama interview today with Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday. Here it is, below. The entire interview ran about 40 minutes even, so it will appear in four parts (YouTube policy is <10 min per video).</p>

I will continue to update this diary as the additional parts of the video are uploaded.

***UPDATE: Part Two has been added

***UPDATE: Part Three has been added

***UPDATE: Part Four has been added

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Friday April 25, 2008 · 10:45 AM PDT

2008/04/25 · 10:45

Paul Loeb over at HuffPo has posted a article today called Is Hillary Clinton Push Polling?. It tells the story of David LaMotte, a North Carolina progressive who had the presence of mind to start recording a phone call when he realized it was not an internal poll from Hillary Clinton's campaign, conducted by the firm of Geoff Garin, her new campaign head, but in fact a push poll by that same firm, smearing Barack Obama.

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If you knew that Hillary Clinton was employing sleazy push-polling, a grotesque tactic ordinarily reserved for evil Republicans who eat babies, in order to steal this election from the American voters with a method that shows her contempt for them and her

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If you knew that Hillary Clinton was employing sleazy push-polling, a grotesque tactic ordinarily reserved for evil Republicans who eat babies, in order to steal this election from the American voters with a method that shows her contempt for them and her

A. Much more likely to vote for her in the North Carolina primary

3 votes

B. Somewhat more likely to vote for her in the North Carolina primary

0 votes

C. Just as likely to vote for her in the North Carolina primary

1 vote

D. Somewhat less likely to vote for Barack Obama in the North Carolina primary

0 votes

E. Much less likely to vote for Barack Obama in the North Carolina primary

2 votes

F. Wait, did you say Barack Obama eats babies?

33 votes

G. Wow. Your desperation is showing.

57 votes

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MyDD Jumps the... Flounder?

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Speaking of moving the goal posts... (w/poll)

VIDEO (w/poll!): Olbermann summarizes Clinton's ever-moving goalposts

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VIDEO: Obama on Fox News Sunday

The Sound of HRC Push-Polling (w/audio! and poll!)