Comments on: Thinking About November

By: SomeOneElse

SomeOneElse — Mon, 12 May 2008 06:34:03 +0000

I saw a werewolf in the WaWa last night.

His hair was perfect! Aooow, werewolves of WaWa.

By: TheExpatriate

TheExpatriate — Sun, 11 May 2008 17:36:42 +0000

Zuzu,

Rather than complaining about misogny, maybe Hillbots should stop hiding behind her gender and acknowledge her weaknesses as a candidate, starting with the way she’s mismanaged her campaign. She’s displayed the same problems-relying on an inexperienced inner circle-that helped her derail health care in the Nineties.

Also, in regard to what Krugman wrote, am I the only one who noticed that Senator Clinton did not have much to say about the exclusion of Michigan and Florida until it became clear she couldn’t win without them? Indeed, as was noted on today’s Face the Nation, Terry MacAuliffe, one of her supporters, threatened to strip Michigan of delegates for the same offense when he was DNC chairman.

By: Bob

Bob — Sun, 11 May 2008 01:13:34 +0000

Cgeye @ 19: “The primaries are *not* over. In past years the backroom deals made most of the American votes in primaries superfluous. This year, they aren’t.”
Congratulations: that is the most perfectly, symmetrically incorrect statement I’ve yet read from any Clinton supporter. In years past votes in primaries ended the races before the backrooms of the convention could become a factor. This time around the only hope you and your fellow travelers have left to overturn the votes of the rabble is by having Super Delegates – being courted in back rooms – hand the election to Clinton.

By: cgeye

cgeye — Sun, 11 May 2008 00:08:50 +0000

The primaries are *not* over.

In past years the backroom deals made most of the American votes in primaries superfluous. This year, they aren’t.

By: barb

barb — Sat, 10 May 2008 23:05:33 +0000

It was Clinton who implied white working class, hard working white voters (you know) were voting according to racist tendencies, not Obama.

By: TheRightRevArugalaTurnipHead

TheRightRevArugalaTurnipHead — Sat, 10 May 2008 21:47:53 +0000

Of course any one can find any excuse to not face reality. You can claim special math that comforts your bruised expectations. You can use people’s prejudice to excuse your own fears. You can claim offense when done have been given.
But these are all excuses. The primary is over, Senator Obama has won. He is not a misogynist, he is not the enemy.

The order is Rapidly fadin’
The Right Reverend Blind Arugala TurnipHead

By: Bob

Bob — Sat, 10 May 2008 21:35:31 +0000

Might be nice if Clinton supporters dropped the juvenile nicknames for Obama supporters. Unless doing Rush Limbaughs job is your goal.

By: zuzu

zuzu — Sat, 10 May 2008 20:43:35 +0000

Might be nice if the Obots turned off the misogyny.

By: TheRightRevArugalaTurnipHead

TheRightRevArugalaTurnipHead — Sat, 10 May 2008 15:54:16 +0000

A suggestion:
Let’s call off the democratic civil war. Stop posting anti Obama tirades, stop worrying if a black man can win the general election, stop pretending that the nominee will not be Obama.
If you don’t want to use your blog to support the democratic nominee, fine but stop attacking him. Is that too hard?

Yours In Christ Where There is No East or West
The Right Reverend Blind Arugala TurnipHead

By: TheRightRevAruglaTurnipHead

TheRightRevAruglaTurnipHead — Sat, 10 May 2008 15:32:46 +0000

Lambert! You shop at Whole Foods? ^_^ Meet’cha at the juice bar, we can converse in proletarian!
No shit, I thought he’d be buying ham hocks, mustard greens and green tomato chow chow at the Piggly Wiggly.

By: steveeboy

steveeboy — Sat, 10 May 2008 15:02:14 +0000

i think I saw a yuppie at the port richmond thriftway…

By: Macjazz

Macjazz — Sat, 10 May 2008 14:13:30 +0000

“I think I saw a working class person in Whole Foods the other day.”

Lambert! You shop at Whole Foods? ^_^ Meet’cha at the juice bar, we can converse in proletarian!

I do agree that Obama should focus his national campaign on Dem voters’ bread and butter issues … or guns and butter! Obama should go right out and embrace the NRA, even though he won’t get their endorsement and McCain will. Yes, I’m serious. And he should do this in the frame that he will PROTECT THE BILL OF RIGHTS AND THE CONSTITUTION against all assaults! That sounds damn American, and it is damn American. BushCo Inc. has been trying to rewrite and dismantle the Constitution, and I believe it’s a winning formula to stand up against that, and against McCain, who’s the BushCo successor. And incorporate the gun issue into that - this is not the time to push gun control, it’s an issue that could lose Obama the election. So let it go, there are bigger fish to fry, and … protect the bill of rights!

By: whippingpost

whippingpost — Sat, 10 May 2008 13:07:22 +0000

Meanwhile, Hanging With the Hard Working White Folk “I think it’s just great that she’s staying in,” Frisby told me. He isn’t a big fan of Obama. He’s heard Obama won’t sing the national anthem, that he considers it a war song. “How good an American could he be if that’s his way of thinking?” Frisby asked. “His patriotism goes one way—that’s his way.” How did Frisby hear about Obama’s dislike of the national anthem? You guess it: By email.

By: whippingpost

whippingpost — Sat, 10 May 2008 13:01:46 +0000

Obama picks up eight superdelegates; Clinton unveils PowerPoint presentation
good luck!

By: snuzy mandrake

snuzy mandrake — Sat, 10 May 2008 12:59:54 +0000

another factor that krugman has not taken into consideration is the amazingly short attention span of the american public. do you remember the stuff we were obsessing about in december? i barely do. a side effect of the 24 hour news cycle is that when a lot of stuff gets reported at once, we quickly put behind us things that didn’t happen all that long ago. that works to obama and the democrats’ advantage in terms of bringing the party together.

By: whippingpost

whippingpost — Sat, 10 May 2008 12:58:32 +0000

Herbert:
There is, indeed. There was a name for it when the Republicans were using that kind of lousy rhetoric to good effect: it was called the Southern strategy, although it was hardly limited to the South. Now the Clintons, in their desperation to find some way — any way — back to the White House, have leapt aboard that sorry train.
He can’t win! Don’t you understand? He’s black! He’s black!
Shame on you!

By: zuzu

zuzu — Sat, 10 May 2008 04:47:40 +0000

Pity he’s rolling out a 50-state strategy for the general when he hasn’t dealt with the 48-state primary.

By: memyself

memyself — Sat, 10 May 2008 02:18:48 +0000

I think the 50 state program the Obama’s campaign is rolling out this week will take a lot of local Republican organizations by surprise. Another thing they will not expect is how hard and fast Obama will hit back at swiftboating when it doesn’t come from within his own party.

By: Joe

Joe — Sat, 10 May 2008 00:38:06 +0000

can I play too???

my previous post commented on how the dem turnout is beyond record levels.

SCARY FACTS FOR REPUBLICANS: Per the DNC Memo, “In fact, in seven counties in Ohio—Putnam, Brown, Shelby, Belmont, Warren, Delaware, and Clarmont—the vote totals for our two Democratic candidates in the 2008 primary exceeded the votes for John Kerry in the general election in each of those counties.”

Sure, some were hrc supporters but are we to pretend they all won’t vote Dem in the GE? mending will take place over time - reality will take root and OB donors, volunteers, and money-generation machine will bring the dems together to trounce mccrazytime.

Some may chose to not play or direct their vote to someone else…I understand - I would not have voted for hrc if she won (past tense). altho you all would chime on about how could I want mccrazylegs to have a chance; come to the party; fight for progress…you know all the stuff a few have been pleading here the last three days…I have faith OB will attempt to reconcile when the time is right and it can be reciprocated…(there’s the key, my friends…it takes two to mend)…

By: HeywoodR

HeywoodR — Sat, 10 May 2008 00:34:52 +0000

I’m independent

And where do your candidates come from, do you pull them out of your ass?

By: Elijah Trotsky

Elijah Trotsky — Fri, 09 May 2008 23:58:30 +0000

Obama is the lefts George W. Bush…I saw it in the debates..he has a speech and a basic idea and after that nothing. We on the D side (I’m independent) deserve this kind of vacous and misogynistic candidate…I can’t believe I am going to vote for McCain…but I cannot in good heart allow the arrogant left choose my nominee in some phony stacked caucus.

“We have to destroy the village in order to save it….”..ugh, maybe true

By: lambert strether

lambert strether — Fri, 09 May 2008 23:28:22 +0000

Krugman writes:

Mr. Obama should center his campaign on economic issues that matter to working-class families, whatever their race.

I think I saw a working class person in Whole Foods the other day.