October, 2008
If you vote for Obama, this is what you’re voting for (Reminder #10)
“Remember, Bobby Kennedy was killed in June!”
That was me, talking to my brother in March or so of this year. We were discussing the Democratic primary and the prospect of an extended battle for the nomination. My point was that there was no reason for Hillary to drop out, no historical basis for [...]
If you vote for Obama, this is what you’re voting for (Reminder #9)
In 2005, Harvard President Larry Summers told an audience of distinguished women scientists that instead of worrying about sexism, they should consider the “evidence” that women are simply genetically inferior to men in terms of aptitude for math and science. This genetic inferiority, he erroneously asserted, was more likely to be the reason for [...]
The basics of training dogs (and Democrats)
If you want to teach your dog not to jump on the couch, you have to say “no!” as soon as she does it. You can’t wait a few hours or until the next day and say, “oh, hey, remember when you jumped on the couch? That was a no-no.” Doesn’t work. [...]
If you vote for Obama, this is what you’re voting for (Reminder #8)
As the creator of this “Halloween decoration” explains, a similar image of Barack Obama would of course be terrible because the image of a black man with a noose around his neck is offensive. But violence against women is “art.” It’s funny. Halloween fun! Lighten up!
No doubt millions agree. [...]
If you vote for Obama, this is what you’re voting for (Reminder #7)
Riding the rails with Sen. Obama in Pennsylvania:
DOWNINGTOWN, Pa.—At the next train stop, I’m going to stand behind Sen. Obama when he speaks. When he’s decrying the trivial distractions in politics, I think he may be crossing his fingers behind his back.
As the senator’s campaign train wound from one speech where he denounced tit-for-tat politics [...]
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(guest post by Bud White, cross-posted everywhere.)
At the end of the Democratic Primary season, this was the situation:
Popular Vote
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton: 17,857,446, (48.04%)
Senator Barack Obama: 17,584,649 (47.31%)
Pledged delegates
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton: 1,730.5 (39.17%)
Senator Barack Obama: 1,747.5 (39.55%)
(source)
Then, for no apparent good reason, in June Howard Dean and Nancy Pelosis decided THEY, [...]
If you vote for Obama, this is what you’re voting for (Reminder #6)
Barack Obama’s campaign has, since the beginning, operated on two levels. There’s the “hope and change” level, which is just for show — but of course that’s the only level his supporters choose to see. The other level, the real campaign, the background stuff through reporters and netroots mouthpieces, has been relentlessly negative. [...]
If you vote for Obama, this is what you’re voting for (Reminder #5)
At a campaign stop a few days before the New Hampshire primary, Hillary Clinton seemed to mist up briefly or get a slight lump in her throat while talking about her commitment to public service and her hopes for America. Or maybe she was just suppressing a cough; hard to tell.
Jesse Jackson Jr., [...]
If you vote for Obama, this is what you’re voting for (Reminder #4)
Barack Obama’s pastor, spiritual mentor, and close personal friend of 20 years, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, explains that women have never been discriminated against:
Quote:
“Hillary ain’t never been called a nigger. Hillary has never had her people defined as non-persons. Hillary ain’t had to work twice as hard just to get accepted by the [...]
Why didn’t she just sew herself a dress from old window curtains?
Commenter “Seriously” nails it at The Confluence:
News of the purchases of designer clothes, largely from upscale Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus, contrasts with the image Palin has crafted as a typical “hockey mom.”
Yeah, sure it does, and if she showed up with her own clothes they’d say she’s a frumpy backwater cracker who doesn’t [...]
