Re: Election 2008
Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 10:51 am
No worries on this side either as I am a card carrying member of the vast Right Wing conspiracy.DaveKCMO wrote: thanks. i'm quite happy to confirm all your worst liberal nightmares.
No worries on this side either as I am a card carrying member of the vast Right Wing conspiracy.DaveKCMO wrote: thanks. i'm quite happy to confirm all your worst liberal nightmares.
Pffft. I imagine, at this point, that it would be thoroughly pointless to draw attention to the fact that you have absolutely no knowledge whatsoever of my level of involvement, the degree to which I am informed, or really anything of consequence about me, eh?Maitre D wrote: That's good. Because, Barack will never allow you to go back to your life as usual, uninvolved, uninformed.
i guess you haven't been on this board long enough to understand that maitre d has his finger directly on the pulse of what is happening in the minds and hearts of enormously broad sections of the public - women, black people, liberals, etc.Jess wrote: Pffft. I imagine, at this point, that it would be thoroughly pointless to draw attention to the fact that you have absolutely no knowledge whatsoever of my level of involvement, the degree to which I am informed, or really anything of consequence about me, eh?
Dude, I was quoting Mechelle Obama. Laugh a little.Jess wrote: Pffft. I imagine, at this point, that it would be thoroughly pointless to draw attention to the fact that you have absolutely no knowledge whatsoever of my level of involvement, the degree to which I am informed, or really anything of consequence about me, eh?
it doesn't matter. the media has pretty much stopped giving lip service to her evolving claims. every single article about the "popular vote" argument contains between three and six calculations and she doesn't win all of them. add on top of that the drunken appearance on MSNBC by her campaign chair and the laughable showmanship of harold ickes* at the rules and bylaws committee on saturday, and it is indeed over.ComandanteCero wrote: so... will it end tonight? Will Clinton grant a concession speech today or will she wait a few days?
Word is some of Obama's closest advisers are dead set against her being VP. Can you imagine having an ex-Prez as the husband of the vice president! He'd be second guessing Obama's every move. And imagine the baggage the Clinton's bring. As President, you don't want the VP overshadowing you.FangKC wrote: Expect Hillary to be offered, and accept, the Vice Presidential slot on the ticket.
i'm praying for a deal where she is offered the next open slot on the supreme court (or maybe AG). early on when she was "inevitable", jeffrey toobin noted the reverse was his prediction for how clinton would prevent "obama 2012" (because, you know, everyone expected him to lose).FangKC wrote:Expect Hillary to be offered, and accept, the Vice Presidential slot on the ticket.
my firm belief is that the people forwarding these things are either secretly scared of his racial background or openly hostile to his political positions and don't literally believe he's a secret muslim, instead thinking that others gullible enough to believe it will actually use this as a criteria for whether or not to vote for him.Pendergast wrote: I have several conservative friends, some with spouses in the military. They are usually nice and would probably bake me cookies if i asked them to. But how do I fight the urge to destroy their internets when I keep getting these "Barack Hussein Obama is a Muslim and McCain is the only patriot left" emails? Someone explain to me how I can keep my friends from being so gullible and passing on rhetoric like this!
Funny, I was visiting with my gal's folks in from LA last week. They are both accountants. They asked me if I knew his middle name was "Hussein" and that he might be Muslim.Pendergast wrote: I have several conservative friends, some with spouses in the military. They are usually nice and would probably bake me cookies if i asked them to. But how do I fight the urge to destroy their internets when I keep getting these "Barack Hussein Obama is a Muslim and McCain is the only patriot left" emails? Someone explain to me how I can keep my friends from being so gullible and passing on rhetoric like this!
Thats the thing. To respond and tell them that they are misguided, or tell let them figure it out on their own. What bothers me is that THIS is the entire reason they vote for Mccain, that he alone is not the reason. This speaks to the fact that he's uninspiring.Maitre D wrote: I tried not to laugh. And of course, let them continue believing what they want.