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snow on the ground. Aaaauuuuuuugh!!!! I hate snow!
Did they get you to trade your heroes for ghosts, hot ashes for trees, hot earth for a cool breeze?
by minerva1157 on Sun May 11, 2008 at 05:38:58 AM PDT
Jabberwonk! Reality Based Liberal Link Dump
by Jimmy Crackcorn on Sun May 11, 2008 at 05:53:56 AM PDT
[ Parent ]
someone, it's gone.
The religious fanatics didn't buy the republican party because it was virtuous, they bought it because it was for sale
by nupstateny on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:38:01 AM PDT
by Jimmy Crackcorn on Sun May 11, 2008 at 07:03:29 AM PDT
by nupstateny on Sun May 11, 2008 at 07:21:25 AM PDT
John W. McCain, Bush's third term.
by aaraujo on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:42:40 AM PDT
I'm in southern WI and we have rain, no snow so you must be north of us.
Eyes on the Prize - JedReport
by juslikagrzly on Sun May 11, 2008 at 07:09:28 AM PDT
by minerva1157 on Sun May 11, 2008 at 07:19:24 AM PDT
by cmnh on Sun May 11, 2008 at 05:39:01 AM PDT
Please make some calls for Barack!
by sick of it all on Sun May 11, 2008 at 05:54:04 AM PDT
You know her Grammie made this outfit!!
by sick of it all on Sun May 11, 2008 at 05:57:15 AM PDT
for the grandbaby, Obama, and America! That's amazing and inspiring!
by juslikagrzly on Sun May 11, 2008 at 07:13:39 AM PDT
I am jealous of her. That outfit is the shet!
"Let us find that common stake we all have in one another, and let our politics reflect that spirit as well. " Barack Obama:A More Perfect Union
by WeBetterWinThisTime on Sun May 11, 2008 at 07:47:40 AM PDT
The CBS Evening News with Katie Couric... ... news INSPIRED by true stories
by D Wreck on Sun May 11, 2008 at 05:39:10 AM PDT
From Dallas Morning News:
Officiating was the Rev. Kirbyjon Caldwell, senior pastor of Windsor Village United Methodist Church, a 14,000-member church in Houston. He has been described as one of President Bush's spiritual advisers. But earlier this year, the pastor endorsed a Democrat for president – and has vowed to campaign for Sen. Barack Obama.
Officiating was the Rev. Kirbyjon Caldwell, senior pastor of Windsor Village United Methodist Church, a 14,000-member church in Houston. He has been described as one of President Bush's spiritual advisers.
But earlier this year, the pastor endorsed a Democrat for president – and has vowed to campaign for Sen. Barack Obama.
In TX-32, track the voting record of Pete Sessions at SessionsWatch.
by CoolOnion on Sun May 11, 2008 at 05:40:19 AM PDT
From Belief Net:
Excerpt:
You’ve been pretty quiet about your support for Obama since endorsing him. Why? Nobody’s asked me. But, I tell you what. As soon as he gets the nomination, it will become a lot more noisy. Let me share this with you. The check that I wrote to Senator Obama is the first check I’ve ever written to a politician who was running for local, state, or federal office. So you see him as a unique candidate. Yeah. There are several reasons. One, I think he’s just a solid man. He’s a solid, spiritual man, and I have a great deal of respect for him as an individual. Number two, when he initially announced, they said, "Well, he will be a symbolic candidate. He has no chance of winning." And then he began to attract, you know, crowds of 20, 30, 40,000. Then they’d say, "Well, he may attract twenty, thirty thousand folk at a time, but he won’t be able to raise any money." And then he started raising a ton of money... Then, they said, "Well, he’s not black enough." Well, clearly he is. Then they said, "He’s too black." Well, that’s ridiculous. Then they said, "Well, you know, he doesn’t like white folk because his pastor says whatever." And I think folks forget his mother was white, for goodness sake. The grandmother of his children are white. I mean it just--that’s just a ridiculous argument. Then, they said, "Well, he’s Muslim." And he’s confessed his faith--I would say that he’s more of a Christian than some folk who claim to be Christian, because he didn’t grow up in a Christian house... He had to declare his faith separate and distinct from his--from the house that he grew up in.
You’ve been pretty quiet about your support for Obama since endorsing him. Why?
Nobody’s asked me. But, I tell you what. As soon as he gets the nomination, it will become a lot more noisy. Let me share this with you. The check that I wrote to Senator Obama is the first check I’ve ever written to a politician who was running for local, state, or federal office.
So you see him as a unique candidate.
Yeah. There are several reasons. One, I think he’s just a solid man. He’s a solid, spiritual man, and I have a great deal of respect for him as an individual.
Number two, when he initially announced, they said, "Well, he will be a symbolic candidate. He has no chance of winning." And then he began to attract, you know, crowds of 20, 30, 40,000. Then they’d say, "Well, he may attract twenty, thirty thousand folk at a time, but he won’t be able to raise any money." And then he started raising a ton of money... Then, they said, "Well, he’s not black enough." Well, clearly he is. Then they said, "He’s too black." Well, that’s ridiculous. Then they said, "Well, you know, he doesn’t like white folk because his pastor says whatever." And I think folks forget his mother was white, for goodness sake. The grandmother of his children are white. I mean it just--that’s just a ridiculous argument.
Then, they said, "Well, he’s Muslim." And he’s confessed his faith--I would say that he’s more of a Christian than some folk who claim to be Christian, because he didn’t grow up in a Christian house... He had to declare his faith separate and distinct from his--from the house that he grew up in.
by CoolOnion on Sun May 11, 2008 at 05:45:01 AM PDT
Talk about spin spin spin!!!!
http://ascrivenerslament.blogspot.co...
The Post reported in December that Jenna was going to teach at Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom Public Charter School in a low-income neighborhood. But after rumors flew that Jenna had actually started as a teaching assistant, the Post spoke to executive director Linda Moore. “Jenna Bush is not employed as a teacher at the school,” Moore said. Asked whether Jenna was working as an assistant teacher, Moore said: “I can’t confirm that.” That’s when Moore mentioned No Child Left Behind. She told the Post there are “some very strict requirements about who can be hired and what their credentials have to be, and they do apply to charter schools.” All Laura Bush’s spokesman would say is “Jenna Bush has started work.”
The Post reported in December that Jenna was going to teach at Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom Public Charter School in a low-income neighborhood.
But after rumors flew that Jenna had actually started as a teaching assistant, the Post spoke to executive director Linda Moore.
“Jenna Bush is not employed as a teacher at the school,” Moore said.
Asked whether Jenna was working as an assistant teacher, Moore said: “I can’t confirm that.”
That’s when Moore mentioned No Child Left Behind.
She told the Post there are “some very strict requirements about who can be hired and what their credentials have to be, and they do apply to charter schools.”
All Laura Bush’s spokesman would say is “Jenna Bush has started work.”
http://www.sfgate.com/...
The most unsatisfying aspect of Bush's work is that it ends with many loose threads: Ana has not finished school or found work; her sister is still in an orphanage; she must tell her new boyfriend about her HIV infection. Bush addresses some of these points in an afterword, but as she notes, "Ana's story is still being written." Another notable feature of the book is its easy reading level. Although "Ana's Story" is being promoted heavily, it is not really designed for adults or advanced readers. Rather, it's targeted to students and teachers with a study guide and several reference sections. She is already collaborating on an illustrated children's book with her mother, first lady Laura Bush.
Teacher and author?????
donate to a shelter box please http://www.shelterboxusa.org/
by TexMex on Sun May 11, 2008 at 07:24:42 AM PDT
authors? Didn't Barbara Bush help Millie the Springer Spaniel write her autobiography and didn't Socks and Buddy collaborate on a compilation of their correspondence while in the WH?
There is some question as to Fala's biography's author (FDR's Scottish Terrier) so it is not included as an autobiography.
by entlord1 on Sun May 11, 2008 at 07:55:54 AM PDT
You think he had an "Obama '08" bumper sticker across the back of the Bible?
"The Use of Unnecessary Violence Has Been Approved." Keith Olbermann
by CityLightsLover on Sun May 11, 2008 at 09:17:21 AM PDT
Why?
by David Kroning on Sun May 11, 2008 at 05:41:40 AM PDT
by Sam Loomis on Sun May 11, 2008 at 05:57:30 AM PDT
Terry McCauliffe is all I know.
" In our every deliberation,we must consider the impact of our decisions on the next seven generations" From the great law of the Iroquois confederacy.
by flatford39 on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:13:06 AM PDT
by sick of it all on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:32:37 AM PDT
deloused the studio before, during, and after Terry McAwful's visit. EEEeeeWWWWww...
by CityLightsLover on Sun May 11, 2008 at 09:19:14 AM PDT
Or rather, good evening, as this picture was taken as I left 30th Street Station last night.
My signature beat up your signature.
by Stand Strong on Sun May 11, 2008 at 05:42:32 AM PDT
Wish I could figure out how to imbed an image. :)
Stay calm, cool, collected.
by heart4idaho on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:23:36 AM PDT
Open a Photobucket or Flickr account. Upload your photos to the account. When uploaded, there will be several options as to what you want to do with the image. Copy the HTML one and paste it into a comment. Here's a photo that you can click on that will take you to my photobucket account.
by donnamarie on Sun May 11, 2008 at 07:12:17 AM PDT
by juslikagrzly on Sun May 11, 2008 at 07:14:49 AM PDT
I think I first saw it in gchaucer2's Live Blog diary from last week. There was much discussion on the 'moran' photo and someone posted this one, too. I, of course, stole it!
by donnamarie on Sun May 11, 2008 at 07:19:16 AM PDT
by heart4idaho on Sun May 11, 2008 at 07:20:39 AM PDT
"Not Very Friendly!"
You Sacrifice the Thing You Love the Most. I Love My Guitar - Jimi Hendrix
by jds1978 on Sun May 11, 2008 at 07:34:12 AM PDT
WTF is that ?
by WeBetterWinThisTime on Sun May 11, 2008 at 07:49:20 AM PDT
(Long story about how a possum and I innocently and mutually terrified each other very late at night in Santa Barbara suitable for telling when drunk and, mercifully, I don't drink.)
Currently, one of my neighborhood possums is displaying very un possum like behavior, going so far as to perch on the fence while we're outside or even sit in one of the patio chairs. I've named him Percy and all I have to say is that he's got a future in community organizing because this guy's a UNITER!
Nebraska: Who knew it was a hotbed of activist trust-funded latte-drinking Prius-driving brainwashed caucusers? It's not just about the corn.
by cultural worker on Sun May 11, 2008 at 07:59:30 AM PDT
And they always don't act "possum-like": Calamity Jean could tell you a story about one that she had a run-in with.
Float like a manhole cover, sting like a sash weight.
by JeffW on Sun May 11, 2008 at 08:22:11 AM PDT
Whoops--I forgot! She's Annie Oakley.
by cultural worker on Sun May 11, 2008 at 08:39:55 AM PDT
that we feed. Every once in awhile, we get possums that come help themselves, too. They're big 'ol suckers!
by CityLightsLover on Sun May 11, 2008 at 09:20:55 AM PDT
"We're all working for the Pharaoh" - Richard Thompson
by mayan on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:45:39 AM PDT
Meet McCain's "Spiritual Advisers"
Here is what a True U.S. Patriot stands for.
by SaraBeth on Sun May 11, 2008 at 05:43:01 AM PDT
In his new book, TORTURE TEAM: RUMSFELD'S MEMO AND THE BETRAYAL OF AMERICAN VALUES, Philippe Sands draws on official documents and interviews with key players to explain how the U.S. Military went from interrogations strictly regulated by the U.S. ARMY FIELD MANUAL 34-52 to enhanced interrogations that included sleep deprivation, nudity, stress positions, and water boarding. As Sands explains in an interview with Scott Horton in THE NEW REPUBLIC: When the administration released the December 2002 and other memos, it told a story that essentially said this: The new interrogation techniques came from the bottom up and had nothing to do with policy decisions driven from the top. I wanted to explore the truth of that account, by trying to talk to as many of the people involved in the decision as I could
In his new book, TORTURE TEAM: RUMSFELD'S MEMO AND THE BETRAYAL OF AMERICAN VALUES, Philippe Sands draws on official documents and interviews with key players to explain how the U.S. Military went from interrogations strictly regulated by the U.S. ARMY FIELD MANUAL 34-52 to enhanced interrogations that included sleep deprivation, nudity, stress positions, and water boarding. As Sands explains in an interview with Scott Horton in THE NEW REPUBLIC:
When the administration released the December 2002 and other memos, it told a story that essentially said this: The new interrogation techniques came from the bottom up and had nothing to do with policy decisions driven from the top. I wanted to explore the truth of that account, by trying to talk to as many of the people involved in the decision as I could
http://www.pbs.org/... If you can't catch this on a rerun they have transcripts.
CHRISTIAN, n. One who believes that the New Testament is a divinely inspired book admirably suited to the spiritual needs of his neighbor. A. Bierce
by irate on Sun May 11, 2008 at 05:43:58 AM PDT
...read an article by someone who was tortured during the British campaign against the IRA--Member of Parliament for West Belfast, Gerry Adams:
I Have Been in Torture Photos, Too, Counterpunch, June 4/6, 2004.
Exceprt:
ews of the ill-treatment of prisoners in Iraq created no great surprise in republican Ireland. We have seen and heard it all before. Some of us have even survived that type of treatment. Suggestions that the brutality in Iraq was meted out by a few miscreants aren't even seriously entertained here. We have seen and heard all that before as well. But our experience is that, while individuals may bring a particular impact to their work, they do so within interrogative practices authorised by their superiors... ...After the first initial flurry, which I resisted briefly, the beating became a dogged punching and kicking match with me as the punch bag. I was forced into the search position, palms against the walls, body at an acute angle, legs well spread. They beat me systematically. I fell to the ground. Buckets of water were flung over me. I was stripped naked. Once I was aroused from unconsciousness by a British army doctor. He seemed concerned about damage to my kidneys. After he examined me he left and the beatings began again. At one point a plastic bucket was placed over my head. I was left in the company of two uniformed British soldiers. I could see their camouflage trousers and heavy boots from beneath the rim of the bucket. One of them stubbed his cigarette out on my wrist. His mate rebuked him...
ews of the ill-treatment of prisoners in Iraq created no great surprise in republican Ireland. We have seen and heard it all before. Some of us have even survived that type of treatment. Suggestions that the brutality in Iraq was meted out by a few miscreants aren't even seriously entertained here. We have seen and heard all that before as well. But our experience is that, while individuals may bring a particular impact to their work, they do so within interrogative practices authorised by their superiors...
...After the first initial flurry, which I resisted briefly, the beating became a dogged punching and kicking match with me as the punch bag. I was forced into the search position, palms against the walls, body at an acute angle, legs well spread. They beat me systematically. I fell to the ground. Buckets of water were flung over me. I was stripped naked. Once I was aroused from unconsciousness by a British army doctor. He seemed concerned about damage to my kidneys. After he examined me he left and the beatings began again. At one point a plastic bucket was placed over my head. I was left in the company of two uniformed British soldiers. I could see their camouflage trousers and heavy boots from beneath the rim of the bucket. One of them stubbed his cigarette out on my wrist. His mate rebuked him...
by CoolOnion on Sun May 11, 2008 at 05:51:18 AM PDT
by Sam Loomis on Sun May 11, 2008 at 05:58:15 AM PDT
his show played earlier here. Sometimes I toss and turn all night after watching his show but I wouldn't miss it.
by nupstateny on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:42:45 AM PDT
that was rescued last night.. The diary is on the narrative that no one, including Bush will ever be punished. Sands makes the point that if we don't bring them to trial some other country will. http://www.dailykos.com/...
President Theodore Roosevelt,"No man can take part in the torture of a human being without having his own moral nature permanently lowered."
by SmileySam on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:44:39 AM PDT
From Concord NC ! There's a light rain falling & it's about 60*
guess that will make for a lazy Sunday Hope your's is a good one
by eeff on Sun May 11, 2008 at 05:46:06 AM PDT
We're shocked by a naked nipple, but not by naked aggression.
by Lepanto on Sun May 11, 2008 at 05:46:20 AM PDT
I Kid You Not Just Heard This On TV And Found Some Info Online.
LINK
The pastor is also one of Bushs spiritual leaders.
Kudos to MSNBC for picking up on this little gem of a story.
McCain/(Hagee+Parsley) '08 "We Hunt Jews and Muslims So You Dont Have To. Straight Talk"
by DFutureIsNow on Sun May 11, 2008 at 05:50:50 AM PDT
"______".
by David Kroning on Sun May 11, 2008 at 05:58:37 AM PDT
Jenna seems like a pretty cool kid.
I may get totally flamed for this, but I watch Bush and his daughter and I can see some serious adoration. It's kinda like the principal at my school, a decent guy, but shouldn't be leading...
(But I do think there is serious denial so that Bush can sleep at night.)
by sick of it all on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:38:30 AM PDT
"future democrat"
John McCain: A Punk and A Mean Little F*cker
by Zwoof on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:59:37 AM PDT
is a GOP big wheeler and dealer so they are referring to the match as "dynastic".
by entlord1 on Sun May 11, 2008 at 07:57:58 AM PDT
by JeffW on Sun May 11, 2008 at 08:12:22 AM PDT
used to work for TurdBlossom.
by CityLightsLover on Sun May 11, 2008 at 09:24:29 AM PDT
We are called to speak for the weak, for the voiceless, for victims of our nation and for those it calls enemy.... --ML King "Beyond Vietnam"
by Gooserock on Sun May 11, 2008 at 09:05:28 AM PDT
Anybody given any thought to Sandra Day O'Connor as a possible Obama running mate?
(I know she's 78, and voted wrong in Bush v. Gore, but would these be the only main objections?)
Alex Choose Our President 2008
by ourprez08 on Sun May 11, 2008 at 05:51:03 AM PDT
My Silver State - Where Progressive Nevadans Unite
by Sven at My Silver State on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:01:31 AM PDT
Quite a few Democratic senators and governors have similar objections in number and content...support for the recent bankruptcy bills or other bad/dangerous bills, scandals new and old, health concerns, support for Joe Lieberman's reelection (that one including Barack Obama himself), and yet their names are still bandied about freely without much thought.
by ourprez08 on Sun May 11, 2008 at 09:40:45 AM PDT
since you won't name any names I can only assume who you mean. But I seriously doubt any of them contributed to putting Bush/Cheney in the White House. Honestly, Sandra O'Connor is as unserious a candidate for VP as they come. Attacking Democratic Senators and Governors won't make your suggestion any better.
by Sven at My Silver State on Sun May 11, 2008 at 09:58:51 AM PDT
It's a bit unserious, but still my favorite Republican name.
by ourprez08 on Sun May 11, 2008 at 10:19:32 AM PDT
from some of the categories I listed above:
Joe Biden has had brain surgery twice and never quite recovered his national reputation after his '88 Neil Kinnock plagiarism scandals, also he's close to credit card companies and help push through the terrible bankruptcy bill and he says weirdly racist things sometimes, though I do not believe he is a racist at heart. I would not support him for v.p. or even Secretary of State, but he is still consistently mentioned.
Barbara Boxer, I think would be a pretty good choice if she and Obama could not both be pointed to for their "most liberal" voting records--even despite the fact that those metrics, as Obama has pointed out, are far from definitive and should be argued against. Boxer also lied about Lieberman's record on abortion while supporting his reelection and never retracted those statements, though I do not believe she is a secret Republican or anti-choicer. Her name still comes up once in a while.
Bill Richardson would be beaten to death by the GOP for the multiple national security blunders and scandals which occurred on his watch as Energy Secretary, which the first Baker-Hamilton commission (with Howard Baker instead of James) laid squarely at his feet, and which he took responsibility for but has never fully explained.
Jim Webb is a former Reagan administration official who voted wrong on the important FISA bill, and who has only won one squeaker of an election in Virginia over a racist remark, and yet he is often cited as Virginia's favorite son, and able to put that state in play, which I find questionable at best. Generally, I like him in the Senate, though, and hope he sticks around there and learns and grows more.
Finally, I think Hillary Rodham Clinton, Wes Clark, Ted Strickland and Ed Rendell all went to far in attacking Barack Obama in this primary season to be seriously considered, but they all still have their supporters who would argue I'm an idiot and we could "heal the party" by choosing one of them.
by ourprez08 on Sun May 11, 2008 at 10:34:47 AM PDT
Obama's comment (where he said "in fifty ...seven States" and got a laugh from the young 'uns) is going around Freeperville like wildfire because they think they have him.
They're trying to equate it to Dan Quayle 'potatoe'.
And the funniest thing?
1 - it's a phrase that has been in use around the net for a few years now (the full phrase is "that's illegal in fifty-seven States").
2 - there's even a YouTube video from a couple of months back called "Illegal in 57 States"
3 - all this information is available to ...well, anyone. Anyone with an internet connection and a will to seek out Google.
I posted full details, and a slap-down to the [f]right wingers, last night. Click here for the Obama video, and how the Freepers have shot themselves in the foot because of it.
It shows how out-of-touch the Conservatives really are.
I hope Obama follows it up with the "I'm a hundred... and four percent sure" quote from the movie Juno, just to see how many Freepers fall for that one too!!!
The nation can be made to produce a far higher standard of living for the masses of the people if only government is intelligent and energetic... (FDR, '37)
by ShawnGBR on Sun May 11, 2008 at 05:51:58 AM PDT
And the comment about Lieberman personally checking McSame's bearings - dang. Let's watch the old people get defensive and self-righteous - trying to be cool - and fall on their faces!!
Grab the popcorn!
by sick of it all on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:40:55 AM PDT
On another blog this morning was a reference to coots, meaning the waterfowl with the webbed toes (but the webs are not connected as with a duck) and some of the responders evidently did not understand the reference to feathers distinctly meant the reference was to nonhuman oldsters.
by entlord1 on Sun May 11, 2008 at 07:59:57 AM PDT
to all you Mothers! ;-)
by TexMex on Sun May 11, 2008 at 05:57:55 AM PDT
Just for fun. My little diary is falling off the scroll, so I hope anyone who would enjoy this will see it sometime today. Anyone is welcome to copy and paste to make your own Mom's Day card for your Obama Mama.
Design: Obama M O M (Happy Mother's Day everyone!)
Diary :http://www.dailykos.com/...
by heart4idaho on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:21:57 AM PDT
I got a "Mama for Obama" button yesterday at our voter registration rally.
by juslikagrzly on Sun May 11, 2008 at 07:16:54 AM PDT
by heart4idaho on Sun May 11, 2008 at 07:22:00 AM PDT
today, you can vote in the Obama Cabinet poll on the next Secretary of Agriculture.
The candidates are:
David Boren Gus Douglass Dan Glickman Ellen Haas Tom Harkin Stephanie Herseth Sandlin Jim Hightower Patty Judge Blanche Lincoln Collin Peterson John Salazar Ed Schafer Ron Sparks Jon Tester Tom Vilsack
Vote here!
by Sven at My Silver State on Sun May 11, 2008 at 05:59:05 AM PDT
WVWV is doing their tricky mailing thing in WV.
The Rhetoric of Now: here and at paralepsis
by kellogg on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:00:20 AM PDT
And let this serve as a warning in the unlikely but very embarassing event that you've forgotten.
Visit The Dream Antilles, a lit blog. Another Proud Member of the Mariachi Mama Moratorium On Bickering.
by davidseth on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:02:14 AM PDT
and to all Mother's everywhere---God bless you all.
by Phil S 33 on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:07:24 AM PDT
on MTP right now. Damn I want to punch the hell out of the tv right now. That bastard makes me sick.
I'm an Edwards Democrat
by docstymie on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:09:24 AM PDT
McAuliffe just told Tim that Big Russ was up in heaven watching. Timmeh had to tell him that his father wasn't dead. What a fucking schmuck.
by docstymie on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:20:42 AM PDT
Awk-ward. . .
I honor John McCain's military service.
by Crashing Vor on Sun May 11, 2008 at 07:38:48 AM PDT
something he didn't know; I really have to quit watching the Soprano reruns on A&E.
by entlord1 on Sun May 11, 2008 at 08:08:29 AM PDT
John McCain's Straight Talk Express runs on fossil fuels.
by Dump Terry McAuliffe on Sun May 11, 2008 at 07:57:02 AM PDT
NOBODY deserves this in a Sunday morning!
by CityLightsLover on Sun May 11, 2008 at 09:26:09 AM PDT
I won. I won. I won!
I am an Obama delegate from the great state of Missouri.
Four Kossaks were at the Convention & voted for me. Thanks to all!!
I am the female "at-large" delegate. I had already left the Convention after 14 hours. We did the alternate voting, and then I left b/c I didn't feel like I had enough votes & I was two hours from home and it was raining, etc. . . . About 20 minutes after I left - I got the call!! It was so SWEET!!!
And there was 800 Democrats at the Convention including Claire McCaskill, Ike Skelton, Dick Gephardt, Robin & Russ Carnahan, Lacy Clay. Unity was the theme of the day. I had lunch with Clinton people, and we talked mainly how the excitement of the primary would help our downticket races.
I am so excited!
Cheers!
John McCain doesn't want healthy children.
by aimeeinkc on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:11:08 AM PDT
great news, what a fantastic experience you're going to have. I'm jealous.
by sodalis on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:16:07 AM PDT
going to have a great time at the convention!
by feelingsickinMN on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:22:23 AM PDT
female at-large alternate.
But same diff - I'm still in Denver.
by aimeeinkc on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:27:12 AM PDT
Too cool!
by mayan on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:47:24 AM PDT
I'm so happy for you. Congratulations!
by Crashing Vor on Sun May 11, 2008 at 07:39:45 AM PDT
I'm still in awe over the amount of energy you displayed during the run-up to the 2006 elections.
When you get to Denver, have a microbrew for me, okay?
by Dump Terry McAuliffe on Sun May 11, 2008 at 07:58:13 AM PDT
and that work helped me in the delegate election - I knew a lot of people there who also helped Claire get elected.
by aimeeinkc on Sun May 11, 2008 at 08:06:28 AM PDT
Crescat scientia; vita excolatur
by AxmxZ on Sun May 11, 2008 at 03:08:18 PM PDT
Long, but read it here
by Phil S 33 on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:13:02 AM PDT
I have to say, if we think politics is vicious now -- and it is in some ways -- the Hillary/Obama thing is a tea party next to years past. And campaigns are incredibly different. I'm reading Rick Perlstein's "Before the Storm" on the Goldwater days. One time Barry was campaigning in Georgia, when a supporter urged him to try his new soda, "Gold Water." Barry tasted ... spit it out and said, quote, "That tastes like piss! I wouldn't drink it in gin!" Can you imagine anyone doing that today? This was at a public rally. That candidate would be dead on the spot. Maybe it was more fun back then, though ... now people get the vapors over any utterance that hasn't been sanitized and bleached.
Dear Democratic Party: Win This One or Just Disband
by Tuffie on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:40:20 AM PDT
There was still some "secrecy," (no YouTube and such) and "political correctness" wasn't so rampant, either.
by CityLightsLover on Sun May 11, 2008 at 09:28:54 AM PDT
I've been thinking about what happens if/when Osama comes out with a tape the Friday before the election in November. And he says something like, "We welcome America's rejection of the Satan Bush's successor" or some such thing. The media-wingnut coalition will immediately spin this as an "endorsement" of Obama by the terrorists, who are "afraid" of McCain. Question: how does Obama counter? And do you think he has people working on these possibilities right now? I hope so, because it's pretty certain we're gonna face some mischief from Bin Laden again.
by Tuffie on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:14:11 AM PDT
already concerned for October! It's going to be a long summer.
by mayan on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:48:42 AM PDT
"The Joke is on Osama bin Laden, because as we withdraw from Iraq, we'll have more resources of all kinds to hunt for him."
He could follow up by pointing out that
Osama said the USA would be easier to beat than the USSR, thereby showing OBL thinks our democracy is a weakness. Is that what the Republicans are trying to imply? Well, we happen to think that our free speech, our freedom of the press, our right to vote, our democracy, are sources of strength, not weakness.
Osama said the USA would be easier to beat than the USSR, thereby showing OBL thinks our democracy is a weakness. Is that what the Republicans are trying to imply?
Well, we happen to think that our free speech, our freedom of the press, our right to vote, our democracy, are sources of strength, not weakness.
I was a Republican until they lost their minds, The word 'conservative' means 'discriminatory,' ... It's a form of political discrimination. --- Charles Barkley
by Kimball Cross on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:48:55 AM PDT
It would be out by NOW because right now Hillary and Bill are throwing the kitchen sink. Harold Ickes would have released it by now.
I think the October surprise was going to be Wright's "God Damn America" line. That got released too early. Perhaps something to do with Ayers.
But the reality is that Bush is Obama's "October surprise"...LOL!
Obama: "Because We Won... We Have to Win." 6/6/08
by Drdemocrat on Sun May 11, 2008 at 07:10:31 AM PDT
Cheney in a big fake beard. The laugh did not sound like bin Laden's. We have already seen this with the meme that Hamas has endorsed Obama. I am waiting to hear that Nazrullah and Hizbullah have also endorsed Obama. This is really a silly game that only works for an electorate that stays steadfastly ignorant.
by entlord1 on Sun May 11, 2008 at 08:11:38 AM PDT
here in Eastern PA and the apple blossoms are loving it!
"What's troubling is the gap between the magnitude of our challenges and the smallness of our politics." -Barack Obama
by azure on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:15:01 AM PDT
Never hurts to ask. :)
My latest brief blurb there:
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Never, never brave me, nor my fury tempt: Downy wings, but wroth they beat; Tempest even in reason's seat.
by GreyHawk on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:15:21 AM PDT
Terry Mac is an idiot. He just told Timmeh that "Big Russ is probably watching this from heaven..saying 'the race goes on..'".
Timmeh: Big Russ is still here watching in the barco lounger.
Please go away Terry.
Once in awhile you get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right...
by Glic on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:20:36 AM PDT
You'll only encourage them.
But don't forget that most men without property would rather protect the possibility of becoming rich, than face the reality of being poor. (1776)
by banjolele on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:41:54 AM PDT
Hillary is going to be the VP!
by David Kroning on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:30:44 AM PDT
It's his only realistic chance of being relevant and having a job for the next 5 (or more) years.
by banjolele on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:40:57 AM PDT
sayin she's the next POTUS. That's an important step even for a jackass like him...
I stand by all the misstatements that I've made- Dan Quayle
by Crying for the women of Alesia on Sun May 11, 2008 at 07:59:44 AM PDT
Dick Morris says the same thing; the problem is that none of them can say what Hillary as VP would bring to the table to strengthen the ticket. All they can point to is that with her as VP candidate that Obama will hold all the "working white people". Sooner or later, one of the talking heads is going to go a little bit too far and it may be Pat Buchanan whose newest idea is that a decade or so ago, Europeans were 25% of the population while Africans were 9%. Now projections are that Europeans will be 9% or so and Africans will be 25%. Someone even has a neat map drawn up showing how Europe will look once the Muslims reconquer the continent. Of course, the US has its own "Reconquista" to worry about (I have to quit reading RW blogs) where the readers complain that illegal aliens feel they owe first loyalty to their birth country and that illegals should not be taking part in marches because they don't have that right, and one dear soul who thought he spotted an illegal Hispanic flying a Communist Chinese flag. (Now that would have been interesting.)
by entlord1 on Sun May 11, 2008 at 08:07:01 AM PDT
Just askin'...
by CityLightsLover on Sun May 11, 2008 at 09:30:38 AM PDT
Clinton's yellow and black jacket and says:
"The men are ganging up on her and the press is disrespecting her!"
by David Kroning on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:33:50 AM PDT
Not so well, it seems.
by Sam Loomis on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:53:30 AM PDT
was not overtly overshadowing it. Hillary, her supporters and even Cokie Roberts have nothing to complain about as the Clinton Campaign decides to crash and burn itself.
Does not have to end this way. Camp Obama seems to be bending over backwards to encourage a smooth landing.
"OUR time has come. Our MOVEMENT is real. CHANGE is coming to America" - Sen. Barack Obama, Super Tues. night
by tmeyer on Sun May 11, 2008 at 09:24:37 AM PDT
I'm sure she's got the coin, and it probably won't be her first contribution, either.
by CityLightsLover on Sun May 11, 2008 at 09:32:08 AM PDT
with 'hidden' comments not being properly hidden? when should they disappear from public view? is it bases on time or number 'hidden' votes total? thanks.
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by tnichlsn on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:43:15 AM PDT
It takes 2 HRs to hide a comment. More if it's been uprated. I think it's either 3:1 or 4:1 if it's been uprated.
by donnamarie on Sun May 11, 2008 at 07:35:55 AM PDT
here for some reason...
by tnichlsn on Sun May 11, 2008 at 09:12:42 AM PDT
A special thank you to those women who care about the kid next door or up the street or halfway around the world whose only comfort may be knowing you care.
This time it's personal.
by apostrophe on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:46:40 AM PDT
away from their kids because they're in Iraq or other dangerous places. I've been thinking about them all morning and (if possible) further despising Repubs, Dems, and
