West Virginia OPEN THREAD
By SusanUnPC on May 13, 2008 at 6:13 PM in Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, West Virginia
| CNN has already declared Hillary the winner! What fun is there in that?! We wanted at least 10 minutes of suspense! |
HALPERIN:
Fox News: 78% want Clinton to stay in the race, 17% think she should drop out.Watch video above. Read more exit poll results here.
CNN’s big hint: Almost half the voters seeking “change” in a candidate voted for Clinton. 64% said the economy was their #1 issue. More results here. Associated Press: Looks at Rev. Wright’s effect and the gas tax. More results here. ABC News: “Two in 10 whites said the race of the candidate was a factor in their vote, second only to Mississippi.” More results here. Permalink Some more of the early exit poll results via an e-mail: 61% think HRC more likely to beat McCain (obviously typed by a friend while she was listening … add articles and more as you catch them!) |
AND do share whatever you hear on the various networks - from the obnoxious downplaying of the results to the rare brilliant insight!
Completely off topic, but I wrote a new diary to lighten things up a little. Maybe folks will forgive my previous transgressions. Even if you don’t enjoy the diary.
And I Thought DINO Was a Dinosaur
Blitzer says we are waiting to Hear HILLARYS Tone..
Thats what Michelle kept saying when asked about Hillary too..Whats with That..
God..The MSM is PUCKINGING..
YEAH HILLARY…YOU GO GIRL….!!
Wow…That speech and that crowd was AWESOME…
Her Tone was Perfect…You have got to LOVE THE LADY…
Don’t it make you want to Shout..!!
Look what Hillary is doing..Taking on two Men and the MSM Gorgyles..making them look WEAK…
Go Hillary…!! YOU ROCK…
BREAKING FROM THE ORANGE PLACE / this is its top-rated diary:
“Unbreaking: Obama accepts W. Virginia vote, suspends campaign”
(It’s really, really amusing. Not.)
Yeah, well, they’re not funny people, those with little self awareness rarely are…
They will all go down in flames, one way or the other. I shall enjoy it.
Stop, Drop, And Roll, Obamatrons! Stop, Drop, And Roll!!!!
Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia, mountain momma
Take me home, country roads
HRC….YOU ARE THE BEST
I feel good
I knew that I would!!
I feel nice!!
BOOYAH!!
HILLYEAH!!
Hold these numbers W VA!!!
Hold em baby!!!!!!
watch those polling places for shenanigans!!
HILLYEAH!
47% think Obama is honest?????
29% think Obama is more qualified?????
Those numbers should be 0%.
I guess more than half of WV voters view Reverend Wright and Obama as one in the same. I imagine that number would be higher if Michelle bothered to campaign in WV.
LOL!! When I heard she was going to San Juan, I said ” I pray it is so!”
i’m from NYC. Our Boricua will NOT warm up to Michelle Obama.
CNN projects a WV victory for Hillary CLINTON.
here it comes
Fox calls it for Hillary!
here it comes
yay
we won
by nearly 2-1
capturing nearly every demographic group per Faux
woohoo
BOOYAH W VA!!
THANK YOU W VA!!!!!!
ABC calls it CONFIDENTLY. And they comment that the flag pin is back.
ABC - Race Card ::shred:: Ok, that’s done. What else needs to be run through the shredder?
Ohhhhhhh I missed that Race Card. I’m collecting them. I’ll trade you a CNN race card for that ABC card.
Thanks! I needed a good laugh!!!
waaaaaaaaaaa..i don’t have a race card..will you share????????
thank you..
fly
Hey Fly You think BO plays GoFish any better than he bowls. He can’t even bowl for columine ’cause he is for gun control in Chicago and against it in Idaho.Like some in Idaho is going to look at that and not say to them selves “BO is for it and against it.
CNN “He blew off West Virginia…”
Jamal WHO?…sorry my sane half has me stuck on this channel. What are the rules regarding campaigning in Florida and Michigan when 1) he is NOT the nominee. 2) They pledged NOT to campaign in those states 3) none of the other candidates where able to.
Flyarm? What are the “rules”>?
Won’t the voters of these states look upon this for what it is? Can you imagine pissing of 2.3 million people and then have BO showup not being the nominee and what? ask for their vote?
That is SOOOO not kool as a matter of pure ethics…
heyyy TeakWoodKite..it wasn’t the rules so much it was a pledge each candidate took to not campaign in Florida..Obama ran commericals at the rate of 1.5 million that came into Fla..he spent more than 8 republicans who were on the ballot and did not have to sign a pledge to the RNC..and legally ran commercials..combined..
he also spoke to the media days after signing the pledge ..against the rules of the pledge he signed..the ink wasn’t even dry.
Obama is a damn liar and so is Wolf Blitzer and all the damn media pundits..the only one who has told the truth about it is Lou Dobbs.
and that was only once or twice.
Hey TeakWoodKite..its a good night..and i couldn’t be happier being here than anywhere tonight!
fly
A toast to Hillary!!
Isn’t he planning on visiting Florida within the next week or so? Doesn’t that pledge still apply considering he hasn’t technically or otherwise, won the nomination? Rules are rules, yes? Tsk. Tsk. Tsk. Is Little Lord Obama trying to pull another fast one?
I don’t care if his commercials came through Cable News. Nobody else did it. Isn’t that breaking the rules? I think Donna Brazille’s about ready to score a trifecta for humiliating defeats. She’a a fraud. Obama is a fraud. What a bunch of losers.
Margins in demographics show a whomping.
I’m sure The Obama camp will consider it a victory.
They’ve gotten rather good at the keystrokes “shift+ctl+plus” in Adobe to flip pdf files counter clockwise, so they can read the results upside down, sideways, and every other which way, haven’t they?
I keep waiting for a camera man to accidently show one of the anchors standing in his chair bending over in a “u” shape with their head cocked to one side as he/she reads results.
Somebody just said, If you’re Barack Obama and you are ignoring someone who is still in the race, and you lost this bad, you have got to be feeling pretty stupid.
and of course his ‘analysts’ are saying he’s only losing because he didn’t want the state.
but he spent a lot of damn money didn’t he? Why aren’t the Supers looking at these demographics.
Edwards to get 4%
Faux
KEWL!!!!!
Hahaha. They said the Edwards people are not pleased with the Egghead at all.
Well Uppity…i was an Edwards person and i even Volunteered and flew to Iowa ( and froze) to work for him for 2 weeks before the Jan 3rd election..I walked the streets early morning till late at night knocking on doors.. ..in the snow and dark of Iowa..and i worked as a Co-captian at a very large caucus for him….i even saw on one farm a real reindeer!!…and i will tell you the crap i saw..there is no way in hell..in fact..hell would have to freeze over and the devil would have to be passing out ice cubes as proof before i would vote for Obama the cheater!
Never in my 56 years have i ever seen democrats cheat so bad..and considering i am from Florida and have dealt with so much repiglican cheating..i can tell you I left Iowa throughly disgusted ..and told as many people as i could about the Obama cheating i saw there.
My decision was made then..i would never ever ever ever vote for Obama..he is A DAMN CHEAT!
I also traveled to South Carolina for Edwards..and saw the scummy tactics of the Obamabrats….I and another delegate for Florida went to South Carolina..for over a Week.the other delegate saw what i saw as well..when these pricks say rules..i laugh..what a freaking joke..they don’t know what rules are..they are cheaters..and i will never ever support cheaters!
I have fought them for almost eight years here in Florida..not for me but for all our kids sake..and future generations sake..well now i feel if the kids don’t care..fuckem..
i am done..but i will never ever ever vote for their messiah and cheater…won’t happen..and i don’t give a rats ass what the pundits say..they are only fooling the stupid..because this guy will lose by a landslide in November.
Of that i have no doubt.
I WAS NEVER A HILLARY FAN.. ok ..i know i know..i loved Edwards and i was one of his Delegates in 2004..but i have grown to respect Hillary and her strength…and her ability to tune these assholes out..i am sure behind the scenes..she has had her tears..but she makes me proud to be a woman of her generation..she has Guts and she has an inner fighting spirt that has so impressed me.
She has won ..yes won.. all of my support!
There is a famous remark about Ginger Rogers that she “did everything Fred Astaire did except backwards and in high heels”.
fly./.now a huge Hillary fan!
Thank you for your great post! I really admired Edwards too.
Flyarm,
I walked the streets early morning till late at night knocking on doors.. ..in the snow and dark of Iowa
.
let me tell you..being on the campaign of any candidate running for office is exhausting..when i got home from Iowa and from SC i was beat..just totally best..how Hillary keeps up that pace day after day after day..is an amazement to me.
I sure would not have that kind of fortitude..no way, no how..lol…i hit the sack when i got home and stayed there for days..unable to move..from complete exhaustion!
I told my hubby ..don’t look for me to smile..or talk for days..
but he saw me do this daily in 2004 so he “got it”..and gave me my space..
So i say this with all sincerity..Hillary has my deepest admiration and respect! It is no easy task to do campsigning on a daily basis as she has done..she is a champ!!
fly
Agreed….The whole Process is like a Reality Show for the networks to Play with..and to Hell with what the Candidates have to go through..or pay to campaign…Who gets all the Ads Money…The Media..
Who fights for ratings all day with Jerry Springer like tactics..and even some Don Imus like teasers..?? The Media…
Who gets the advertisers..The Media..
Who Pays way to much for Political campaigns..The Candidates and the American People Do…Theere is enough stress in America without all this Manufactured Bull Shit…
Who Gets thier Rocks off Controling the Game and public opinion..and gets Tingly all over..Like deviates..
Those Media Blow Up Dolls…God, now they even talk about thier Sex lifes..and act like Lecherous Old bastards and Wicked Witches who can’t wait to sell thier own tell all Books..
What a Sick System.of..TV TRAUMA…and too much OBAMA…
Get out those darts…
I’ll get the pints. !!
ok…Pounders..and shuffle Board too..
Popcorns on the Bar..Pizza in the Oven..
Guess who’s face is on the dart Board..
hehe..
I was for him too, fly. Thanks for the post. I feel the same way about our girl Hil.
thank you Fly! That was inspiring. Get your story in the media in Florida if you can . Barry will be there 3 DAYS next week. Arrogant shit that he is.
I liked Edwards too. He was my first choice, but I’ve fallen head over heels for Hillary!
He isn’t the authentic nominee yet. He hasn’t won. It’s that simple, yes? Why is he campaigning in Florida then? Isn’t that AGAINST THE RULES? His arrogance is stunning.
I think that’s simply a strategy.
Yes, he’s going to PRETEND that he won, just likes he pretends everything else. He’s a pretender, and Senator Clinton is a CONTENDER!
Huffington Post had their beat writers/on the bus types holding up Obama campaign signs for photo ops and supposedly doing unbiased coverage, trying to develop a new style of reporting.
Iowa was full on shenanigans.
You bet they did Mr Murder..like
“bus loads” full of shenanigans!! and ipods all the same color and identical..of caucus kids…funny they must have all got “the same one” from “SANTA” …they fooled no one..EXCEPT THE RULE MAKERS.. Brazile and Dean who didn’t give a rats ass about our reports to them!
fly
Hey, flyarm, I was for Edwards, too. Thank you for all the work you have done for them both. I too have come to love and respect Hillary.
I heard about some of the shenigans in Iowa on Edwards site. That totally turned me against me him, too. I am still fascinated and curious to hear details of what they did in Iowa. Do you think you could write more about it, preferably a diary or blog here. Susan has been asking for dirt on Obama and this is the worst there is. Stealing an election?!!?? The worst.
Please write it in full detail. Many people read this site and this is important stuff for people to know about.
No way do I want a president who stole an election (again) or a country who permits it.
What she says is absolutely verifiable. I heard first hand reports from her DAILY. I couldn’t believe the reports to the DNC, Dean and Brazille were falling on deaf ears. Unbelievable. It was like living in an alternate universe.
Thanks for all of the work that you do, Fly!
((((((hugs))))))
There will be several sites that take a huge dive for their obvious abuse of journalism this season.
That’s one.
SWEEEEEET !!!!!!
I guess that’s more racism, eh?
thank you W VA
http://youtube.com/watch?v=BnrLloO7nFQ
Whoomp there it is!!!
These pundits keep saying she’s staying in because she wants something. VP, Blah blah, her health care plan, blah blah.
SHe wants to get as many votes as she can so she can stand by when a skeleton the size of Brooklyn falls out of that asshole’s closet before August. GOd knows he must have three clowns holding that closet shut.
arrargggggghhh!!!! You’re awesome!!!
Right. Why are they so worried about her destroying his chances in the general? what else is he hiding that they are terrified will get out?
I wish we could find it and let it out!
LOL I’m pissing myself on that one
Numbers aren’t in yet, but the Fox exit poll says:
Clinton 68%
Obama 32%
Woooohooooo!
I’m sure we’ll be hearing soon that OF COURSE she won big in West Virginia, but by the way she was up by 40 points in July 2007 so this is actually a big win for Obama she should drop out now blah blah blah..
Ha! She put a spanking on the Great One didnt she?
Obama just got elected to be the neighborhood fire hydrant. A well known favorite.
Kite….Thanks Pal…Just got another good laugh out of that image…Good One…
you are going Gold my man…
Ha! She put a spanking on the Great One didnt she? You know it’s bad when Brazille is talking as if someone passed away in her family.
Oh good. I hope Brazille is suffering. No one could deserve it more.
With ya there! Brazile should be muzzled before she totally destroys the Democratic Party with her rabid shilling for Obama. (Don’t ya just love when they keep calling her “undeclared” on CNN? As if she hasn’t been shilling for Obama for months.)
And I swear to God if that pinhead says “The rules are the rules” one more time I am going to commit extreme violence against my television set.
Clinton won the youth vote tonight.
WV poll:
72% of Hillary supporters agree with gas tax suspension
43% of Obama supporters say it is a good idea.
Yay! for Hillary!
Susan UnPC this read is for you!
http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_sandra_m_080513_2008_3a_the_year_ameri.htm
and all women…
Look at Donna on CNN I think she’s gonna cry.
Is Flavia there?
They are reporting that Michelle Obama is going to Puerto Rico to try to build up support for her Messiah! It seems as if theres a wake at CNN…I LOVE IT!!!!! GO HILLARY
Meeeechellle is probably going to look for the next vacation spot ….
Good luck, Michelle, they HATE Barack in Puerto Rico! After the Rev. Wright debaucle, they grew to hate him. And they love Bill Clinton, who’s there right now.
She should know that the Larry Sinclair story went mainstream there on one of their very popular tv shows. Sinclair was interviewed and everything and it was all over the papers.
Obama gets 28% of white vote.
YOu can’t say that anymore. You can only talk about black votes. Get with the program!
Which is more than Hill gets of the black vote, but no one says that, right?
Oh look at Rolan turning this into something good on Dobbs.
Hillary gets 71% of women in WV
The AA commentators on CNN are now saying that Obama does not need OHIO< WEST VIRGINIA, and Kentucky..WHAT? Roland Martin actually believes he doesmt need these states and Lou Dobbs called him ,on it..LOL
Poor Roland. Truly. He has to pull a spin out of his ass every single day. You think that’s easy?
I don’t know. He has a pretty big ass.
has anyone told Roland there are only 12 % of AA in this nation to vote for Obama?????
and a hell of alot more women!! and hispanics and working white folks..
does this guy even have a clue?????????
wow the stupidity of the Obamabrats is mind boggling.
fly
So that’s what the additional 7 states in our new 57 state union are about. To make up for all the real states that Obama doesn’t need.
At the point any campaign this early in the game makes asinine statements like we don’t need such and such state is the height of arrogance and an insult to voters everywhere.
Well what states do you need. Missouri? Where he won only by 1%?
These people aren’t just neophytes, they’re stupid!!!!!
That is the real perplexing issue of this election.
I think they are actually thinking that Colorado will go blue.
Not a chance, in my opinion.
Nor will the SW states.
He so doesn’t connect with the swing voters in those states. Yes, I know…..he was neck-and-neck.
But which PART of the neck did he get and which part didn’t he get?
The analysis on this primary season has been sloppy.
At least, in my opinion.
Way too much reactivity to the obvious. Very little real thinking going on.
312 delegates come from caucus states. Perhaps “robbed” would be a better term.
The system wasn’t designed for such a close race. That much we know.
I give him credit for figuring out how to thread the needle.
I don’t give him credit for thinking about the country.
What do you do with this “win”?
Are you truly prepared?
Only a fool rushes in.
I think that’s what we have on our hands…..a bit of a fool.
He over-trusts himself.
I’ve been there. I’ve got an ego, too.
And I got it whacked right down to size with some doozy failures. I think that’s the way it should be.
Hillary has been whacked down more than once.
That’s honestly why I trust her.
It’s not because I think she’s brilliant. He’s brilliant, too, I’m sure.
I think I trust people who have really failed. REALLY failed.
That is the great levelor in life.
He has not yet been there.
He gamed the system. The leadership of the Democratic Party helped him do it. Rules don’t apply to Little Lord Obama. We already have a leader in the WH who behaves this way. It’s criminal. We certainly don’t need another.
I’m not quite willing to call it criminal, but I do agree with the perspective.
This is a country. Not a game.
WOOOOO HOOOOOOO!!! go Hillary and Thank you West Virginia Voters!!!
You are the best..you stuck it right up the pundits asses!! and the Obama media asses!
fly
Barry should be giving a victory speech soon.
hell Barry went to the most republican area in Missouri today..why would that be?????????
because he thinks the only way he can win is with repigs…cause he know dems won’t vote for him ..that would be the real dems..you know the women who do all the work on the ground and put up all the $$$$$$$$$$$$
screw you trolls..your guy will not win without us..and they don’t have a fat baby’s fart of a chance of getting us!
fly
They sure did and the Media is trying their fargin best to blow it off as nothing! There is no shame to these whores!
We will NOT be silenced. Go Hillary!
We want Flavia!
Hey they are really covering this story! I’m amazed!
Oh no!!!! Not FLAVIA!!!! Wait………Then again………Yeah Bring her on…LMAO
Fred Barnes, The Weekly Standard on Fox:
I think this is terrible news for Obama here. It’s not going to effect the nomination, but I think it will increase the anxiety level among Democrats about winning in the Fall and it should. I mean, why would Obama do so poorly here? He had Jay Rockefeller campaigning for him, he had Nick Rahall, probably the most important House member, he spent more money, he had more offices and staffers here in WV. And he gets beaten 2 to 1? You can’t say, “Oh, that’s just West Virginia.” There are a lot of states like WV, and we’ve named them, Ohio, Pennsylvania.
Juan Williams:
It’s not just race. It’s THIS man and his vulnerabilities coming into play here, especially on the cultural side, with Rev. Wright and the like. If you raise this Fred…If I raise it, I’m a[n Uncle] Tom and a crazy person.
Hey, Superdelegates? Are you watching Fox? Or are you still so stupid that you’re watching MSNObama?
If I raise it, I’m a[n Uncle] Tom and a crazy person.
WOW! He said that on national TV?
Yoohoo BO are you listening? BO, you are such a “Loneley Goat Hearder”
The clanking of bells you hear are the sound of people that brought ya. You see the path worn in to the hillside? It has been there for centuries. The goats haven’t changed it…what makes you think you can lie and make it change?
Rofl she’s gonna drop out tonight. And the knife ran away with the spoon.