Obama to Declare “Victory” on May 20?
By SusanUnPC on May 10, 2008 at 3:19 PM in ABC News, Barack Obama, David Axelrod, Hillary Clinton
We already know that Obama has the outsized ego and self-absorbed obsession with winning equaled only by that of George W. Bush. We know that he fancies himself the second coming of Abraham Lincoln. But must we endure the same imagery?
“Obama To Claim Victory May 20“:
Sen. Barack Obama plans to claim the Democratic presidential nomination on the evening of May. 20.
The Illinois senator’s chief strategist told CBS station WBBM-TV that is the night Obama expects to have locked up a majority of the elected pledged delegates. […]
The Obama campaign is planning a big victory rally on that date, in a scope well beyond the typical rally following past primary victories.
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NEWS FLASH! UPDATE via William’s comment: “I hear that on May 25, Obama will make his first State of the Union Speech. On May 28, he will declare his first term as President a complete success. On May 29, he will announce plans to seek a second term, which he believes he can complete by the middle of June.”
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It is entirely the doing of a nationally syndicated rightwing radio host — noted here at No Quarter in “Aha! It’s Rush Limbaugh’s Fault that Obama Lost Indiana!” — that Obama didn’t get to declare “victory” sooner, claims Obama’s marketing puppeteer David Axelrod:
Axelrod noted that Clinton’s final margin of victory in Indiana was only 1.1 percent–a margin, he said, produced by Rush Limbaugh’s so-called Operation Chaos. He claims that Obama would have won the state without Limbaugh’s efforts to get his listeners to vote for Clinton, thereby prolonging the election battle.
ABC News’s Jake Tapper was not as respectful of Obama’s big plans:
Obama May Declare Victory Before Winning
“That will be an important day," Obama said. "If at that point we have the majority of pledged delegates, which is possible, then I think we can make a pretty strong claim that we’ve got the most runs and it’s the ninth inning and we’ve won.”
Except of course that this isn’t a fight for a majority of pledged delegates. It’s a fight for the majority of total delegates — which includes superdelegates. And the number is 2,025. Not the majority of pledged delegates — the majority of total delegates.
So to use a football analogy: Up by 14, Obama has the ball at Clinton’s 10 yard line with 30 seconds left. Clinton has been arguing with the ref to include touchdowns and field goals that they ruled illegitimate. Clinton has been trying to convince the refs to go into overtime, and she wants to move the goal posts into the stands.
Now Obama wants the game to end early, and he wants the goal posts moved to the 10-yard line.
This strikes me as possibly a huge miscalculation.
Obama began his presidential quest in Springfield, Illinois — as if he were Abraham Lincoln. A rather disrespectful Jake Tapper noted at the time:
Standing outside the Historic Old State Capitol building where Abraham Lincoln gave a famous speech condemning slavery and calling for the United States to unite, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., a 45-year-old with two years of federal legislative experience under his belt, today announced that he will claim the mantle of Lincoln and as president heal a divided nation.
“I recognize there is a certain presumptuousness in this, a certain audacity,” Obama said, cheekily invoking his best-selling political treatise “The Audacity of Hope.” […]
For a man born in Hawaii, educated in Manhattan and Cambridge, Mass., and who lives in Chicago, Springfield was an interesting choice of location for his announcement speech, one designed to allow Obama to beef up his resume a tad by invoking his work as a state senator. …
But most of all Springfield allowed Obama to immodestly and continuously compare himself to Lincoln.
A NO QUARTER EXCLUSIVELY EXCLUSIVE: We have received word, from anonymous sources (on deep background, of course), that Sen. Obama is seeking to rent the 
USS Abraham Lincoln as if it were a gambler’s river steamboat! Obama will land on the flight deck, codpiece and all, and then change into one of his five threadbare suits.
David Axelrod and other Obama marketing geniuses are already making plans to sell the 
exclusive video of Obama landing via fighter jet on the USS Abraham Lincoln, reminiscent of the sale of Obama’s “historic” speech on race, delivered in Philadelphia.
CODPIECE MEMORABILIA: Jake Tapper noted that, at the Springfield announcement, “Lincoln never had supporters throwing out campaign t-shirts to a crowd in a frenzied, concert-like atmosphere, as was the case today.” Nor did Lincoln have “a campaign store featuring “Obama ‘08″ shirts, buttons, signs, and stickers.”
Obama campaign store will sell codpieces similar to the depicted best-selling item purchased mostly by non-Obama supporters.
Here’s another shot for your scrapbooks:
And we owe a BIG THANKS to our cartoonist PatRacimora for these fantastic images.
This is the best yet..I was 1st
PLS DO NOT WASTE TIME ,,BLOGGING
AND ARGUING WITH STUPID TROLLS
WE NEED TO WIN
WE MUST WIN
WE NEED TO DONATE
WE NED TO MAKE CALLS
PLS ,,,MAKE CALLS ,,,,,DON,T FEEL GUILTY LATER ON ,,,THUNKING WHAT IF THIS,,WHAT IF THAT ,,
do it now
take action
don,t just talk the talk
but walk the walk ,,,,
to me that is election fraud..he will not have enough delegates to declare victory..
and he is doing this before the May 31st..decision on Florida and Michigan!
this is bogus and fraud of the American electorate!
and there will be a revolt..count on that..and if we don’t revolt we get what we deserve!
There must be an mass exodus from the dem party by re-registering as republicans!..going indy is not enough!
fly
fly
everyone who knows me will absolutely crap themselves!
but i am willing to show my refusal to be disenfranchised!
fly
But going Indy lets Dems still keep their dignity.
It would quite hard for a dyed-in-the-wool Dem to register as a Republican, when most, if not all of their platform they can’t agree too (heck, I’m a Traditional and can’t agree with most of it!).
Independent is a saving grace. Still be a Dem, and vote on the issues, instead. For those who live in states that bar you from voting for each, that would be a tough break (couldn’t live in a state that forces a voter to register by party).
you can swtich right back..after sending the message on May 20th!…or change from repug to indy..
but a strong message must be sent ..period.
the dems are not worried about indy’s!
Chris, I’ve been a democrat since I was five. The day I saw JFK say “ask not what your country can do for you, ask what can do for your country” he had me, hook, line, sinker, heart and soul. I refuse to give up my party to the likes of Barky and his spoiled gimmee sycophants. They are the very opposite of JFK and what he stood for.
Strawberry,
I understand your sentiment, but I believe the idiot far-left wing looney-toon fringe has already taken over. Thus we have Obama. I’m thoroughly disgusted with it all.
By the looks of it, the DP has been overrun by the same radical left as the GOP (Neo-Cons are the Far-Left of conservatism, and it’s an ideology with a root in Communism). When they crash a party, it’s not impossible, but it’s very difficult to do anything as they’ll block, ridicule, and destroy anything they dislike — and especially cruel to like kind.
I’m a conservative so what I know personally from party squabbles is this: back in 2004, the rift in the GOP (that’s apparent now) was beginning to show it’s cracks. The Right-Right to Far-Right wingers were very upset with Bush and his Empire machine, and some other social policies. They bolted to the Constitution party, the LP, and others became Independent. They left because they couldn’t push policy and the Neo-Cons were ridiculing us to no end (I was even banned from Hannity’s forum, in their post-election clean up — they hated me for defending Dan Rather was the real reason — which is a badge of honor, as I won’t play the partisan game).
Folks could stay in and reform the party, but it takes a HUGE push by members to oust the power structure. It would have to be a major revolt. Even with McInsane as the GOP nominee, it didn’t produce the anger needed to rid the GOP of the Neo-Cons — and this is the worst fracture since ‘76 for the GOP.
The problem I see in these parties is the base would rather plug along. The power structure knows this (”give them 3 meals a day, and they won’t revolt” law from Communism), and will be as cocky as Donna, because they know they can get away with it — “Where would you go, suckers?”, is their thinking. Plugging along betrays everything the voters spend trying to reform, as all that work goes down the drain with a stroke of a pen or email. Case in point, is this election with the railroad job to get Obama elected.
The wings of the GOP bolted for less.
I’m not a magician to change a party, but I do know BOTH parties are screwed up. They take for granted voters, and will screw them to get their way — then expect you to even pay to be raped afterwards. Thus, I’m an independent, as I don’t pay to be abused, nor will compromise values or principles to some corrupt party bosses.
Stay or leave, but NEVER trade your values and principles for a party. The day that is done, this country is screwed. We have a responsibility to caretake this nation, because if it’s gone to these power maniacs and their interests, there will be NO parties to worry about. We’ll be subjects to yet another King.
Keep freedom alive, folks. Once gone, it takes wars to gain them back, as Power won’t give back rights it takes in the night.
I’m ready to quit the party. I’m disgusted at this sexist bullshit. They probably won’t miss the couple of hundred bucks I toss at them, but if enough people tell them to pound sand, maybe they’ll get the drift.
Maybe we need to start a site and gather our forces to split from the party all at once. I bet there is probably a site already somewhere.
Anyone?
please check out savagepolitics.com
most all of the posters there will not vote bo in november.
there has been talk from one of the regulars about creating another site…especially since taylor marsh says she’ll support the dem ticket no matter who’s on it.
I think this would be the ultimate attention getter for the DNC. Everyone switch as closely together as possible. If this behind the scenes maneuvering by the DNC elite to keep Hillary out works, maybe they will find out that the people aren’t as stupid as they think.
great idea. but some of us are in states like texas, where i am, where we don’t register for a party. so we have no way to make that statement (other than voting mccain, of course, which i plan to do).
anybody have any ideas what those of us in this position can do? (i’ve tried writing with my opinions, am sure they don’t give a shit).
Want to add this: notice what’s on CNN right now about the “D.C. Madam”? Did you hear how many men from how many agencies of government — crap even NASA — were involved?
That’s how they regard women. That’s how they can get away being sexist pigs on MSNBC (because probably their power base were being “serviced” in the same way from one of these “agencies”) and beyond.
As long as women regard prostitution as a “victimless” crime, the longer men will continue to regard women as nothing but objects to fill with semen. It doesn’t help that sisters themselves believe it’s a “good job that pays well” (honey, you’re still making 68 cents to that John’s dollar).
Equality won’t come easy, not only for men to change a mindset, but for women who still want to be treated as special and equal. Either you’re special without the protections and rights of being equal; or equal and have to be “one of the guys”. That’s the main crux of the whole ERA movement — women refusing to BE equals, especially when they continue to be tools for the power structure that pays them even 68 cents to their dollar of income to “service” them.
Sisters do it to themselves, and with a smile. :rolleyes:
WE should threaten to riot TOO. Wouldn’t THAT shock the DNC! What would they do if they saw a bunch of typical white people, over 50 females and senior citizens and Italian Garlic-Noses and working class blue collar workers and Catholics and Jews rioting in the streets of wherever Mr. Arrogant plans to anoint himself President?
THAT’S FOR ME!
Sorry, Fly, but I will never, never vote for a Republican, let alone register as one.
I will write in Hillary’s name if she’s not the nominee, and while I’ve been toying with the idea of going Independent, I’ve decided to stay in the party. As long as Wes Clark and Bill and Hill are Democrats, I’m a Democrat.
The Oborg isn’t going to drive me out. I’m going to work to drivethem out. Let them go third party. I’ll be double damned if I’m going to let these creeps drive me out. Fuck ‘em.
Even if not elected, Obama and caucus will reshape and take over the party and totally reframe it.
This is undoubedtly their big [Dean] vision. New voters, internet, and AA rule. Make it over and chase out all that don’t heil to the chief
Latinos can get lost along with older voters, blue collar white working class, former Clintonites, and anyone who won’t go along. Women, forget about it. AA site has Hillary on a Tshirt they sell marked, “HO”.
Lovely people.
Perhaps intead of trying to don JFK’s mantle, he is instead donning GWB’s. Same thin resume and same propensity to declare victory before the battle is over. History is always doomed to repeat itself.
absolutely Jes..you got it!!
Well, GW was Governor.
And at least served in the National Guard and piloted jets (which isn’t easy).
When we sold F-15 to the Saudis they had to make the instruction manuals easy enough for a 5th grader to read.
Obama knows, he was in on the deal, illegally.
/snark.
Except he wanted to sell them to Hamas.
God bless Washington…
/snark.
Aren’t there laws against impersonating cherished images? There ought to be.
He’s gonna need his costume collection for the comedy movies yet to be made.
Michelle as Bride of Frankenstein comes to mind.
A Nation he, himself, divided. Mission Accomplished.
Completely egomaniacal.
“A Nation he, himself, divided. Mission Accomplished.
Completely egomaniacal.”
Right, but Hillary saying she gets the votes of “hard-working Americans, white Americans”–no division there…
Yeah after Bambi called us bitter Archie Bunkers and Donna Brazilla told us to leave, there’s a new democratic base in town.
She was quoting an article that was quoting a poll!
GEEZUSFUCKINGKRIST.
I am so freakin’ sick of this damn double standard. SO FUCKING WHAT IF SHE QUOTED A POLL SHOWING THAT MORE (YUCK!) WHITE PEOPLE VOTED FOR HER THAN MR. ARROGANT? SO WHAT! WHY IS THAT AN ISSUE, BUT WE CAN HEAR OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN HOW MR. ARROGANT HAS GOTTEN 90% OF THE BLACK VOTE?
Enough with the bullshit racism. Everyone knows Hillary is no racist and Mr. Arrogant IS.
So happens to be a totally accurate remark, and she actually said this in response to an AP dispatch stating this when asked by USA. She concurred, as I and so many others do.
It happens to be true.This is a deal he will not be able to close.
The audacity of arrogance strikes again!
What a STROKE!!!!!
that little prick is doing it the day after the Kentucky primary..that little nasty prick is doing it to steal the thunder of Hillary winning the second big state by huge margins!
well fuck him and fuck the dem party..i am done…
we must send a huge message and all go down and re-register as republicans..and send him and the dem party a clear message..on that same day May 20th…
that means he is not only disenfranchising Florida and Michigan..he is disenfranchising all of the USA and all democrats…
how can we get this message out??
lets start the protest and plan on going to re-register as republicans..and steal that little pricks thunder!
they like to talk about Reagan democrats..well we can be Obama’s defection republicans!
fly
Register as an Independent, not Republican. You can be a swing voter.
Not Independent. Republican.
They’ll simply state that Obama/Dem’s get Independent votes. The fact that we are so disgusted and fed-up with these Rovian tactics we would do the unthinkable and REGISTER as Republicans will make quite a statement.
Something tells me that they’ll hear our message LOUD AND CLEAR.
On other sites we were talking about an on masse Green Party registration. They’ll definitely notice when that party’s registration numbers quadruple at least. (Esp. after 2000)
if you really want to send a message to the DNC….REGISTER AS A REPUBLICAN….YOU CAN FUCK THE DNC WITH YOUR VOTES….AND CHANGE TO INDEPENDENT….LATER….MAKE IT HURT….
BITE THE HEADS OFF CHICKENS!
We have been discussing this idea for days. I truly believe that this is an AUTHENTIC way to PROTEST the unethical, undemocratic behavior our party “leaders” have displayed throughout this primary season.
Here’s the proposal…
On May 20th, the day Little Lord Obama will claim his “Mission Accomplished” bullshit, we steal his thunder by raising a banner of our own. I mean, seriously, what’s the harm in registering Republican for the GE? We have been living through this bullshit for 7+ years and it’s painfully evident that this little “wannabe” is pulling the same divisive and illegal crap. They don’t care if they lose us? Fine. They won’t lose us to the Independents, they’ll lose us to the Republicans. Wonder how that’s going to work for them? Be certain that THIS will attract the attention of the MSM. Count on it.
Let’s do this. We must do it TOGETHER so our defection leaves a indelible scar. Large fractions of the Democratic base defecting to the Republican party will ultimately be Little Lord Obama’s legacy.
MAY 20th is D-Day! Defection Day!
Any ideas of how we can implement this?
I will never register as a Republican. They are against all my values. I changed my registeration from Dem to Independent about a month ago.
Me too. NEVER would I change to R if only for a month.
If I change it will be back to Independent where I was a decade or so ago.
I would join a “workingclass” party if there were one. Hillary would be our party nominee!
We aren’t saying indefinitely. Read my post below.
NO, NO, and NO. I would not register as a Republican if you held a gun to my head.
Sorry, Fooj, but this is profoundly baaad idea. You know the Pubs would just turn around and have even more of theirs register as Democrats–all because of their great love for and admiration of The One, doncha know.
No way, Fooj. No way.
Jes-
I understand where you’re coming from. I, too, am a devoted Democrat. Don’t think I haven’t struggled with this idea. I certainly have. However, I believe that at this point in time, the only way to send a clear message that will gain ANY traction is to defect to the OPPOSITION party. The Independent Party is LOADED with Repubs. The way I see it, what’s the difference? I am the ONLY member of my family that is registered as a Dem. You can be certain that when they catch wind of my “defection” the earth will stop spinning on its axis. I’ll get their attention as they will KNOW that something is terribly, terribly wrong.
Desperate times call for desperate measures. Can you imagine what chaos this will create within the Republican Party? Do you honestly think for one moment that the Repubs want a bunch of disillusioned, disgruntled LIBERALS infiltrating their party? Barack claims that he can “transcend” partisan politics by reaching across the isle. We’ll show him and the Democratic Leadership exactly how it’s done. We can BLUR the lines so effectively that no one will know who’s who in the zoo.
In addition, we can send a message to Rove and Co.—get the hell out of our party and STAY OUT! No one using Rovian tactics are welcome here. Crunch those #’s all you want, asshole. You’ll never know where they’re coming from. NOW WE HAVE BECOME YOUR PROBLEM.
MAY 20, 2008 D-Day!!! National Democratic DEFECTION Day!
Each person has to do what they think is right. If you thinks that’s the right path for you, then you should follow it.
I’m a different case. I’m very liberal and will not register as a Republican, even for a day. Their platform is the antithesis of what I believe in. And I like the thought of being an Independent. I have no plans to change back to Democrat unless that party has radical changes in leadership and values.
I think it’s good idea for voters to change political parties to send a signal to the DNC. If Democrats defect enmass on the day that Obama declares victory, the Democratic party will get that message loud and clear.
I absolutely understand and respect your POV. Isn’t it nice to discuss differences of opinion in a rational, civil way? That’s the difference between “us” and “them”.
After all, we ARE on the same team.
So…let’s get this ball rolling. MAY 20th- D-Day! National Democratic DEFECTION Day.
i also respect your POV ..i just come from it as someone who has fought so hard to get minority votes to count in florida only to see mine and all democrats who have worked equally hard to get our votes to count ..and see them flushed down a stinky toilet by the democratic party By Dean, Obama, Pelosi, Brazile, Kerry, Kennedy and many others in a party that i have contributed and worked for for more years with blood sweat and tears and money than i wish to remember..i wish i could still have faith in my values being respected as a loyal democrat..but when you don’t get counted when voting and working as a poll watcher for the dem party to protect votes..it just doesn’t compute for me any longer.
But i respect how you feel..
fly
I’m with you. This is a great idea which will strike fear into the DNC. It’s a tool and I’m going to use it.
May 20. Defection Day.
are dems supporting your values? where are the Texas results..i just went to the Texas Secretary of State Election board..there are no results from the 2008 primary..why would that be?
here i will post it all for you what is there…
http://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/historical/index.shtml
Election Results
Observer’s Reports for Past ElectionsHistorical Election Results (1992-current)
Early Voting Information
Effective Dates of Constitutional Amendments
Early Voting Totals (1996-current)
Turnout and Voter Registration Figures (1970-current)
Presidential Election Results
Voter Registration Figures 1991 - Present
Voter Registration Figures - County History
November 6, 2007 Constitutional Amendments Election (Ballot Language and link to bills)
November 8, 2005 Constitutional Amendments Election (Ballot Language, Authors, and link to bills)
September 13, 2003 Constitutional Amendment Election (Ballot Language, Authors, and link to bills)
Provisional Ballots Voted/Counted November 2004
2004 General Election Survey
Find Your Incumbent
CNN election board only has 41% reporting of the caucus’s..so why would that be when we were told he got all these delegates in Texas..why are the results still not listed?
I know damn well what the results are here in Fla..so who is protecting your values..these dems shoving this guy down our throat with no real results available? and all the cheating that the DNC has done and is doing and Obama’s team is doing..
The dem party has done nothing for my values..they have stolen my vote and disenfranchised me and my family..so today it is my disenfranchisement..i hope it is not yours next..by the democratic party.. that i too used to believe cared about my values…but today i know otherwise.
fly
Flyarm….As I have commented on repeatedly the State democratic party quit counting results at 40% ……They said there was just too many….and other assorted bull shit….HRC tried to get them to elay the convention….but they refused…40% = new majority math
That’s bullshit. The CNN Election page shows 41% reported. Who the hell calls a close primary such as this with less than half of a large state reporting in? Why would they stop counting if there are SO MANY? Wouldn’t that FAVOR Obama and his minions? Why would he want it stopped and how can he claim ANY delegates from Texas when only 41% are certified? Have they certified ANYTHING in Texas?
Hell, Florida votes ARE certified and they don’t count? WTF?
TEXAS STOPPED COUNTING WITH 40% OF THE CAUSCUS RESULTS REPORTING….CLINTON SLAMMED HIM IN THE PRIMARY SWEEPING 96% OF THE COUNTIES…
CHECK OUT THE MAP….
well how in the hell can Texas tell us how many Delegates Obama or Hillary got in Texas if they stopped counting..and people think the values of dems is to count votes? well that is total bullshit..so it wasn’t just Florida and Michigan who were disenfranchised..it was Texas as well..and we know sparky broke the rulzzzzzzzz in Texas as well as advertising in Fla against the rulzzzzzzzzzz..so where are our democratic values being respected?
how in the f can Omama or Hillary say how many delegates they got from Texas???????
they are not counted and they are not yet certified according to the SOS of Texas..or is something else going on..could Hillary have this going to court? is that the freaking Hurry Sparky is under..wtf is going on in Texas..and anyone who doesn’t think the repigs will use this for the general..i have very nice swampland for you in Florida..alligators included!
This is utter bullshit..who is counting the eggs in the chicken coop???????
this is disgraceful and it is fraud on the American electorate!
fly
I have been a Dem for over 40 years and have put up with some real losers, but not this time. I have now registered as an INDY and to tell the truth it feels quite liberating. I urge everyone to do it and send a message to that idiot Dean and company that they will not hijack our party.
how does one go about changing party? I’m not waiting. I’m getting out of the fecking ungrateful, backstabbing thing NOW! I CAN NOT BELIEVE they are throwing Hillary and the best president we have had since FDR, under the proverbial bus! I am …………. SPEECHLESS!
re-registering as indy won’t work..they won’t give a rats crap about that..we must humiliate the dem party..loud and clear and we must get thousands to do this..across the nation!
we must get this message out loud and clear!
we will not tolerate being disenfranchised by the dem party..over and out!
you can vote for whoever you want in the general..be it as a dem or a republican!
but we must make a strong stand now..or we are all being disenfranchised..you want to know how it feels..well just do nothing and let this little prick steal this election!
Well, FA, he looks silly, doesn’t he?
Just because he declares himself victor doesn’t mean he is…
Like Bush, in Iraq…
Flyarm that is what I was thinking or along the same lines as you. How do we get this message out? I’m ready to tear myself away from this idiot party for good. Set a date and those of us that feel this disenfranchised - let’s do it!
May 20th is D-Day! National Democratic Defection Day!
sounds like a good plan to me! I’m voting straight republican ticket in november if obama’s the nominee and they don’t recognize the fl and mi primaries
It’s called chutspah. And a takeover of the party by Dean,Kennedy,Pelosi and group [Reid,too].
In Europe they quaintly refer to this kind of robbery as a “putsch”. Otherwise also known as a coup d’etat. Or Florida all over again, and again.
They don’t give a crap if we leave the party as they feel they don’t need us. We don’t fit into Obama’s ideas of a Big Tent, and the African Americans are salivating about making this dude a big HERO. OK? It’s not gonna be great. Mount Rushmore awaits.
“That will be an important day,” Obama said. “If at that point we have the majority of pledged delegates, which is possible, then I think we can make a pretty strong claim that we’ve got the most runs and it’s the ninth inning and we’ve won.”
I guess Obama’s not a baseball fan, but somebody ought to tell him that the winner isn’t the side that has the most runs DURING the ninth inning. The winner isn’t declared until all nine innings have been played.
being from a baseball family…i wholeheartedly agree blueasthesky..Obama obviouslydoesn’t know baseball..as i remember it during a playoff series..we lost in the bottom of the 9th one year!
fly
I can’t remember the last time I relished the imminent defeat of a politician….Hmmmm……OH YEAH….WHEN HOWARD DEAN HOWLED….
OBAMA IS DESTINED FOR POLITICAL OBSCURITY….AND MAYBE PRISON…
Nuff said…..Howl…….
When did Dean EVER say that?
I think we’d better wrap our heads around thinking about the unthinkable….PRESIDENT McCAIN.
Obama and his slash and burn “Barack Youth” have destroyed the Democratic Party as we know it.
Well, it’s up to Dean to fix it. Not us. Ask Obama to do the American thing and spend more time with his family. He doesn’t look all that healthy these days anyways. Ask him to ask his minions to rally around Clinton and then we can go after McCain.
Check out what Craig Crawford has to say about Barky passing up WV.. you remember Craig right? He was banished for speaking the truth about Barky.. blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix
Well those states are full o’ CRACKERS….AND WHO NEEDS THEM….ANYHOW
I’m sorry…but how is this going to help him in the general? Forgive me if the diary already mentions this but…how are all the folks who haven’t yet voted (never mind the folks in MI and FL) going to feel about it? It appears, selfish, vain, arrogant, presumptive…like he’s pushing to the head of the line. It’s not going play well in middle America where fair is fair and deals are still sealed with a handshake.
He thinks that if he declares victory and stops campaigning against Hillary that she will go away. He’s trying to force her out of the race. This time, himself, instead of through his surrogates. He’s seriously underestimating Hillary, her strengths and options. As well as her supporters and their reaction.
ahhh he doesn’t give a rats crap..today he was in a high school in Bend Ore. and i noticed something very telling..the camera had the crowd fogged out..now as a retired actress..i know damn well that a special lens has to be used to do that..he was clear as a bell but the background crowd was fogged using a special lens..now why would CNN use that type of lens or whoever filmed it..it was a highschool and they wanted the people in the back ground to look like they were middle class white folks..so why did they obscure them???????..maybe they were not local Bend Ore people????????? maybe they were bussed in????????
So who did he talk to ..kids in the audience..about their prom..so who were the real audience..and why not show the people of Bend Ore their own people on tv?????????
please take note of that..something is vwry fishy here..my hubby’s family is from close to Bend in Calif..i know it is small town america..so if those people weren’t from bend the good folks of Bend would know that wouldn’t they???????
so would that be the reason to use a foggy lens on the people behind Obama??????????
and to give the illusion of Middle class americans in the audience????????
we are being conned folks..and the electorate of this nation is being conned..and you are being sold a lousey piece of merchandise!
fly
You know, by this method of conquer and divide, it almost seems as if they’re using, oh, Hamas, or the Shia as a model for election.
And once they get the office, what, if they even would?
How can anyone BE so stupid?
would seem so …the problem is, they think we are all as stupid as they are..and some are..but not us..we got their number long ago!!
All the stunts in the playbook will not make Barack Obama president once the media reverts from Obama leghumpers to junkyard dogs out for a piece of his ass.
Should Clinton be shoved out of the race, it’ll just give the 527s and the McCain media all that much more time to have at the fraud.
Fun times ahead.
Obama is such a pompous ass. And Jack Tapper just can’t seem to figure out that it is the total of delegates (that be all the delegates Jack - including automatics, which can switch Jack, Jack, Jerk, Jack) which will decide the nominee.
I think when Obama has the “nomination taken from him”
(oh sob, bewail, moan)
the biggest problem the country will have is consoling the 14 year old bed-wetting contingency that just “have their hearts” set on him. My advice to parents: let the kids stay up late and watch Laurel and Hardy movies, or re-runs of American Idol. Make the poor darlings some mac-and-cheese or take them to Mickey-Ds.
As for the terror that awaits us all with “recreate
68″ (and for the life of me, I can never remember that it’s re-create 68 and not recreate–as in have fun, bring a football and a six-pack)–as for that
hideous spectre from which we must all cower and capitulate– I say “ha!” A this point, how many working class cops do you think aren’t chaffing at the bit to be able to beat the fuck out of a bunch of spoiled, obnoxious, violence- threatening
pampered rich college kids–who instead of having to get jobs to work, have the time to try and take America’s democracy away from her. Oh please, we are going to have to have workshops for the cops to get them to calm down again after they use the college kids for push brooms.
Enough tooling around DNC. Nominate Clinton and let’s get on with winning the white house (and keeping our congressional and down-ticket positions), and let’s go onto the business of running our country. Obama’s 15 minutes of fame is over– even on the west coast, by now.
I hear that on May 25, Obama will make his first State of the Union Speech. On May 28, he will declare his first term as President a complete success. On May 29, he will announce plans to seek a second term, which he believes he can complete by the middle of June.
Springfield was an interesting choice of location for his announcement speech, one designed to allow Obama to beef up his resume a tad by invoking his work as a state senator. …
Wasn’t he chair of the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services. Didn’t he help reduce the number of members on the Health Facilities Board from 15 to 9, allowing the “schemers” to gain control?
Didn’t he also work to create the minority program to direct pension funds, but left right before s*** hit fan and instead declared himself ready to be president?
I dunno. Maybe he should run from his record instead of on it.
WHATTTTTTTT… they guy has no record in Illinois..he purged all those records…so he has no records!!!!!!!!!..who the f does this guy think he is fooling???????????
No Quarter: Where bad taste, bad losers, and bad haircuts abound.
That’s the best ya got? When your candidate has nothing to offer, I guess, you have to resort to Ad Hominem attacks. You do know that they are the last resort of a failed argument, right? Or do they no longer teach critical thinking in high school?
That was rather presumptuous of you Ms Strawberrybitch. I have no candidate; I just abhor juvenile tantrums thrown by middle-aged hypocrites (and CIA butchers).
You don’t know WHAT you abhor. You simply read off the script that they hand you. Type away, big guy. You fool no one.