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You should really put the excerpts from the Times piece in box quotes.
by davidkc on Thu May 08, 2008 at 11:57:51 AM PDT
Barack earned this nomination by winning votes. He had to pry it away from the self-annointed royalty who, to this day, feels it is her nomination by divine right.
by Dillonfence on Thu May 08, 2008 at 12:15:03 PM PDT
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Unless King is anchored to my sledge....
by griz4u on Thu May 08, 2008 at 12:18:49 PM PDT
-5.75,-3.69 - Party like it's 1-20-09.
by Indecent on Thu May 08, 2008 at 12:39:07 PM PDT
7+ years. I don't want to suggest in even the most remote way that Obama follows in his footsteps.
by phrogge prince on Thu May 08, 2008 at 01:14:19 PM PDT
by griz4u on Thu May 08, 2008 at 02:31:01 PM PDT
Esse quam videri
by Ptown boy in NC on Thu May 08, 2008 at 01:20:39 PM PDT
Politics is like driving. To go backward, put it in R. To go forward, put it in D.
by TrueBlueMajority on Thu May 08, 2008 at 02:31:58 PM PDT
he's definitely not American.
by FiveSecondRule on Thu May 08, 2008 at 03:01:16 PM PDT
you mean the album cover lied to me? :-D
by TrueBlueMajority on Thu May 08, 2008 at 03:39:44 PM PDT
what was the 1977 word for 'spin'...?
by FiveSecondRule on Thu May 08, 2008 at 03:52:24 PM PDT
May this find you in good health and good spirits, and if you're lucky, under the influence of the latter.
by Dapremonster on Thu May 08, 2008 at 02:47:32 PM PDT
This situation does remind me a bit of a famous scene from "Monty Python and the Holy Grail."
King Arthur, seeking to cross a small bridge over a stream with his trusty serf Patsy, finds he must fight the Black Knight who refuses to let them pass. After the Knight's left arm is severed, the Knight refuses to stand aside, insisting "tis but a scratch", and fights on. Next his right arm, which had been holding his sword, is also severed, but the Knight still does not concede. As the Knight is literally disarmed, Arthur assumes the fight is over and kneels to offer a prayer to God. The Black Knight interrupts Arthur's prayer of thanks for his victory by kicking him in the side of the head and accusing him of cowardice; when Arthur points out his injuries the Knight insists it's "just a flesh wound". In response to the continued kicks and insults, Arthur chops off first one of the Knight's legs and finally the other, at which the Black Knight then declares "Oh? Alright, we'll call it a draw." Arthur summons Patsy and rides away, leaving the Black Knight to scream "Oh. Oh, I see. Running away, eh? You yellow bastards! Come back here and take what's coming to you. I'll bite your legs off!
I just hope this doesn't get to that point.
by euthymia on Thu May 08, 2008 at 01:08:38 PM PDT
I was thinking about this scene on Tuesday night. Hillary is definitely the Black Knight.
The Bush Family: 0 for 4 in Wisconsin
by Korkenzieher on Thu May 08, 2008 at 01:17:52 PM PDT
May your entire existence be one sensuous, frolic-filled experience lived in defiance of care.
by Fonsia on Thu May 08, 2008 at 01:33:15 PM PDT
Hadn't seen it, though I have made the "narrative" connection myself. Thanks for posting it.
John McCain voted against health care for kids.
by Land of Enchantment on Thu May 08, 2008 at 02:46:39 PM PDT
McCain's speaking style: Like a bad Andy Rooney impersonator, except not that good.
by edg on Thu May 08, 2008 at 01:28:20 PM PDT
... from Sergeant Preston of the Northwest Mounted Police, a radio drama of my youth.
I think it was "Northwest," and not "Canadian," but you know how memory is....
Ed
I do not belong to an organized political party -- I'm a Democrat. [Will Rogers]
by Ed Drone on Thu May 08, 2008 at 01:31:14 PM PDT
and they sell Mr. Obama short
they're disgraceful
I'm kind of stalling for time here...They told me what to say. George W Bush, 03-21-2006 10:00 EST Press Conference
by Tamifah on Thu May 08, 2008 at 12:19:43 PM PDT
... please take that out diarist.
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by highacidity on Thu May 08, 2008 at 12:28:54 PM PDT
here.
by Timothy J on Thu May 08, 2008 at 12:38:32 PM PDT
Or change anything.
This is embarrassing.
The vote is "Basic Democracy #1". YOU must preserve it. -edscan
by BoiseBlue on Thu May 08, 2008 at 12:40:56 PM PDT
"You have 3 seconds to appear and edit your diary or I will take my recommend back and give it to someone who deserves it'' when I discovered he / she finally showed up.
by Mangrove Blues on Thu May 08, 2008 at 01:29:52 PM PDT
by highacidity on Thu May 08, 2008 at 01:42:57 PM PDT
before the race comments (see USA Today)
i thought the booing was in poor taste
until she revokes the hardworking whites strategy
she deserves all the booing we can muster
Tax Paradigms, Feed Imaginations
by jhpdb on Thu May 08, 2008 at 12:36:26 PM PDT
It solidifies the arguments that this site has been occupied by Obama-can-do-no-wrong/Hillary-is-the-devil accolytes who are less interested in democracy, or the Democratic Party, than they are in personality cults.
Will this stuff ever stop getting on the rec list???
by recontext on Thu May 08, 2008 at 12:36:41 PM PDT
Prancer and Vixen.
Don't go there. Please delete the "prancing" and "king" from this.
A prancing queen, however, would thrill me, because my queer soul loves very transgressive drag shows. But that would be a different diary, and not a reference to our guy.
...just another hooligan from the Dalai clique
by RadioGirl on Thu May 08, 2008 at 12:31:38 PM PDT
cold dead hands.
But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. James 3:8
by 99 Percent Pure on Thu May 08, 2008 at 01:05:13 PM PDT
... carrying over $10 million from her senate run, and having 100 superdelegates lined up, mostly on the strength of favors from when Bill was President.
by Land of Enchantment on Thu May 08, 2008 at 02:45:10 PM PDT
This should be removed from diary
My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me. Benjamin Disraeli
by pvmuse on Thu May 08, 2008 at 12:20:41 PM PDT
...should be removed; that is what dear Hillary expected, not Obama. Lots of editing to do.... Good diary, though.
by Mangrove Blues on Thu May 08, 2008 at 12:24:21 PM PDT
Please
no king
we don't need no stinking monarchy ```` peace
U.S. Mayors to Congress: "Pass H.R. 676 NOW"
by peace voter on Thu May 08, 2008 at 12:27:53 PM PDT
Hillary should be gently pushed to exit with dignity. Chelsea shouldn't be catcalled, and Hillary shouldn't be booed.
And we sure as fucking hell are doing now coronations in the United States of America.
This diary is not what Obama or the Democratic party needs.
by Indecent on Thu May 08, 2008 at 12:27:15 PM PDT
it would be different. But she's ran a nasty campaign, so let the cards fall where they may.
Barack Obama Respects Your Opinion
by DJShay on Thu May 08, 2008 at 12:29:19 PM PDT
Hillary passed on the chance for dignity a long time ago.
This is CLASS WAR, and the other side is winning.
by Mr X on Thu May 08, 2008 at 01:04:57 PM PDT
I'm hoping that we can get through the next few weeks without too much rancor.
by shermandem on Thu May 08, 2008 at 01:23:30 PM PDT
This shouldn't be on the rec list. It's embarrassing.
Prancing king? What the fuck are people thinking here?
McCain is not getting my state. Is he getting yours?
by Sun dog on Thu May 08, 2008 at 12:33:21 PM PDT
and made a typo. This diary is nothing but crap, and should be relegated to fall off this list as such.
by Indecent on Thu May 08, 2008 at 12:38:06 PM PDT
No one should know of events I don't like.
So long as men die, Liberty will never perish. -- Charlie Chaplin, "The Great Dictator"
by khereva on Thu May 08, 2008 at 01:10:30 PM PDT
It's not censorship to say that the way a particular story is presented is beneath the standards you or the community consider worth recommending to others.
Reporting that Hillary and Chelsea were booed, etc., is fine. Gloating about it and spouting off nonsense about the coronation of King Barak (which has since, thankfully, been removed) is not, IMHO, worthy of recommendation.
by Indecent on Thu May 08, 2008 at 01:20:40 PM PDT
I don't like seeing anyone heckled or interrupted or catcalled during an appearance. Don't agree with Hillary? Don't show up. Empty chairs at an appearance make her look bad; hecklers make her opponent look bad.
by Korkenzieher on Thu May 08, 2008 at 01:22:34 PM PDT
Once again, the media hide's all of Hillary's flaws and backlashes just to keep this non-race alive. Way to go Excelscior for telling the truth!! Let's keep it honest.
by cappacino on Thu May 08, 2008 at 01:52:30 PM PDT
wide narrow
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