Politics
Axelrod strikes again
The Astroturf King is getting lazy. I guess he spent so much money buying up the netroots for Obama that now he’s down to outsourcing canned scripts to Mumbai. This comment is showing up in moderation queues throughout the Hillary-supporting blogosphere: When I watched her speech this morning, I felt something genuine in her voice. [...]
Fuck off, Obama
From Riverdaughter: The Obama camp just issued the following statement on Hillary Clinton’s endorsement. “Obviously, I am thrilled and honored to have Senator Clinton’s support. But more than that, I honor her today for the valiant and historic campaign she has run. She shattered barriers on behalf of my daughters and women everywhere, who now [...]
The Hube Redux
There is no limit to the man’s hypocrisy. Butter wouldn’t melt in his mouth. This is Obama responding to a reporter’s question about the alleged Michelle tape: “We have seen this before. There is dirt and lies that are circulated in emails and they pump them out long enough until finally you, a mainstream reporter, [...]
Quick clarification
I still don’t have regular internet access and I don’t watch TV, so I’m out of the loop. But I hear things — weird, disturbing, almost unbelievable things — and so I’m grabbing a few minutes here on my Dad’s computer before a family birthday party for this brief announcement: When I wrote this post [...]
Why does the guy with the second-most votes keep acting like he’s going to be the nominee?
Hey, everybody. Just checking in here from my father’s computer. The news is funny, eh? “Barack Obama begins search for running mate” sez the New York Times. Does that actually work? To just assume you’re going to be the nominee even though most people voted for the other person? Since the other person in this [...]
Maybe they just want to vote for somebody who can find their state on a map
Via Taylor Marsh comes word that Obama is already offering reasons why he’s going to lose in Kentucky (Fox News, chain mails, stupidity), including this gem: “What it says is that I’m not very well known in that part of the country,” Obama said. “Sen. Clinton, I think, is much better known, coming from a [...]
Conference call with Hillary
Yesterday afternoon I was extremely honored to participate in a conference call with Sen. Clinton and a bunch of other pro-Hillary bloggers, thanks to the good offices of Peter Daou, the Clinton campaign’s internet guru. The Senator was warm, gracious, and every bit as sharp and energetic as ever. (How does the woman do it?) [...]
Welcome, Operation Code Blue!
From HillBuzz, the exciting news we’ve all been waiting for! Apparently, according to FOX News, the Obama campaign has hired 400 bloggers to influence the public discourse and sway Hillary voters to “remember we are all Democrats”, to give up Clinton’s cause, and to become dutiful citizens of the Obama Nation. Also, it’s been noted [...]
Blast from the past: Obama calls Sen. Barbara Boxer “a cutie” (Plus: update on how we can fight back)
In the wake of sweetie-gate, someone emailed me this story from a year ago: Obama, speaking at the Westin St. Francis in San Francisco, raised eyebrows Monday at a fundraiser for Sen. Barbara Boxer when, as we reported, the Illinois Senator described his Democratic colleague from California as “a fighter, a leader, a charmer, a [...]
Women’s boycott of Obama percolates up to the mainstream media
I am woman, hear me roar. ABC’s Political Punch reports on “female supporters of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton who are angry — at the Democratic Party, at the Obama campaign, or at the general situation that sees their candidate facing tough times, in their view, in part because of sexism.” I’m glad our collective voices [...]
