Erick Erickson, editor of the popular conservative megablog RedState, conceded that progressives currently enjoy an advantage over conservatives online—though he attributed it to an asymmetry in free time, since conservatives “have families because we don’t abort our kids, and we have jobs because we believe in capitalism.”
Which is, of course, why they’re asking for handouts instead of running more ads.
My friends, can you not feel the collossal ass whipping that this guy is going to put on John McCain later this year?
Man, I really want to but I’ve got a bottle of So. Co. that will not be opened until the Supremes tell us who won the election. It will either help the celebration or to drown the sorrow.
For now, I will enjoy the sight of the fRightened Kneepadists as they convince themselves that they really were for McCain along, and scramble to turn out a script to replace “We Hate Hitlery!!”
10.
sivapith
I mean, his speech tonight is pretty good, but you know. TelePrompTer.
11.
Snark Based Reality
Holy fuck what a good speech towards the end.
And I love how MSNBC waited until the music kicked in at the end of Obama’s speech to bother mentioning McCains had already started. Haha.
John McPain now speaks: “We don’t believe that government has all the answers.”
Does it occur to this man that steadfastly pimping a war despised by the majority of Americans doesn’t really do anything but create a cognitive dissonance when you turn around and try to sell the idea that government really can’t be trusted?
Look at this fool, and compare him to the candidate you heard five minutes ago.
It’s over, kids. The era of the bumfuck GOP is over.
13.
chopper
dude, i just tuned in obama’s speech, and i was sure by the end of it i was watching the next president of the US. i mean, i’m not a political cult of personality type (i hate politicians), but the dude’s got it. he’s in.
not only is the next president going to be a dem (thank fucking christ), he’s going to be black. i honestly never thought i’d live to see the day.
14.
Dennis - SGMM
Song for Hillary.
The Other Steve, I would have sworn that you’d picked This one
Most you don’t remember the latter speeches of General MacArthur, but McPain is doing a really good imitation of them. Al that’s missing is the corncob pipe.
18.
Elvis Elvisberg
Good Lord. After watching Obama’s terrific, moving speech, surrounded by 18,000 cheering supporters in Madison, this McCain event appears to be taking place in someone’s closet.
Hearing Sen. McCain refer to what he’d seen as a P.O.W. reminds me of why I once thought of this guy as a personal hero. Maybe, given that he’s going to get demolished in the general election, we’ll see that old McCain again. Maybe he’ll try to rescue the GOP from the agents of intolerance. Not likely, but hey, it could happen. Huh, and a Frost allusion, that’s cute.
19.
Tractarian
Look at this fool, and compare him to the candidate you heard five minutes ago.
I could have sworn McCain was trying to wrap up his speech before Obama finished, so that the two couldn’t be compared. Ouch.
Olbermann: The rule has to be, if you can, always speak before Barack Obama, not after Barack Obama.
20.
Snark Based Reality
I turned McCain off after the first minute. BORING.
21.
Jay
Thanks Other Steve.
McCain following Obama is like Chamber Of Commerce karaoke following a U2 concert.
22.
Asti
Man, I really want to but I’ve got a bottle of So. Co. that will not be opened until the Supremes tell us who won the election. It will either help the celebration or to drown the sorrow.
Jake? The Supremes aren’t supposed to announce the winner, you’re giving them far too much credit and relying on them to perform an act that is NOT in their job description. Don’t go there, please.
When 28% can still approve of Bush(the president) there is no way this will happen.
35.
D-Chance.
Obamasscre?
He may have won 66+% of the popular and delegate vote; but Hillary won over 60% of the SUPER delegates.
Sending Chelsea out on those “private breakfasts” must be having a positive effect for the Clinton campaign…
36.
Tractarian
He may have won 66+% of the popular and delegate vote; but Hillary won over 60% of the SUPER delegates.
Actually Obama has won the backing of 9 SDs in the last three days as compared to 2 for Hillary
37.
Tractarian
Howard Fineman on MSNBC says insiders on both campaigns now agree it is “highly unlikely” that Hillary will finish the season with a lead in pledged delegates.
38.
myiq2xu
Obamasscre?
It’s coming.
39.
Dennis - SGMM
Howard Fineman on MSNBC says insiders on both campaigns now agree it is “highly unlikely” that Hillary will finish the season with a lead in pledged delegates.
I’m counting on the DNC to somehow throw the nom to Clinton “for the good of the party.” They’re so used to being beaten that an actual win would kill them all.
40.
myiq2xu
I’m counting on the DNC to somehow throw the nom to Clinton “for the good of the party.” They’re so used to being beaten that an actual win would kill them all.
Yeah, they haven’t won a Presidential election since. . .uh . . . what was his name?
41.
TenguPhule
Devastating, crushing. I really feel sorry for McCain at this point.
A sufficient quantity of beer can solve that problem.
When the Republican is down on the ground, bleeding and whimpering….that’s the time to run them over with the steam roller.
42.
myiq2xu
A sufficient quantity of beer can solve that problem.
AKA: “The Coors Cure”
43.
Dennis - SGMM
Yeah, they haven’t won a Presidential election since. . .uh . . . what was his name?
Yeah, I know who you mean. The guy who signed all of that progressive legislation. The guy who left those huge Democratic majorities in Congress. Why, without him the Republicans might have had a lock on Congress for over a decade and elected God knows who. Too bad he’s not the one who’s running.
Sending Chelsea out on those “private breakfasts” must be having a positive effect for the Clinton campaign…
You stay classy, D-Chance.
47.
myiq2xu
The guy who left those huge Democratic majorities in Congress. Why, without him the Republicans might have had a lock on Congress for over a decade and elected God knows who.
Thank Jeebus we have the majority now and are kicking ass and taking names.
48.
myiq2xu
Fuck. Bloody Bill Kristonacrutch is on the Daily Show.
Where’s my remote?
49.
The Other Steve
McCain’s speech seemed to amount to “We can’t let the Democrats win!”
That hardly seems to be a reason to vote for the old man.
50.
The Other Steve
I’m counting on the DNC to somehow throw the nom to Clinton “for the good of the party.” They’re so used to being beaten that an actual win would kill them all.
I get the impression that the DNC would be more than happy to toss Hillary to the curb and move on.
51.
Dennis - SGMM
Thank Jeebus we have the majority now and are kicking ass and taking names.
Yes, Hillary’s courageous “Not Voting ” on the Dodd-Feingold Amendment today was an inspiration to us all. That cowardly Obama stole into town to vote “Yea” but our girl Hillary is made of better stuff than that.
52.
Jake
If he had come out and said “Let me give you the 4-1-1 fo shizzle” it wouldn’t have sounded any sillier.
Nah. We know McCane likes The Beach Boys.
I must note though that he is 12 x 10^6^ more genuine and animated than neocon fave raves Mitt. R. and Fred T.
Which puts him up there with polyester lint.
53.
chopper
It’s coming.
hillary’s turning a corner!
54.
The Other Steve
Exit polls out of Virginia…
Would you be satisfied if Clinton won the nomination? 64% yes
Would you be satisfied if Obama won the nomination? 82% yes
For the good of the party, Hillary Clinton must drop out.
55.
myiq2xu
Yes, Hillary’s courageous “Not Voting ” on the Dodd-Feingold Amendment today was an inspiration to us all. That cowardly Obama stole into town to vote “Yea” but our girl Hillary is made of better stuff than that.
Yes, terrible. If only she had been there, we would have won.
56.
myiq2xu
For the good of the party, Hillary Clinton must drop out.
Be careful what you wish for.
I am enthused and excited (weee!) to inform everyone that it is my carefully considered opinion that unless Barack is caught with a live boy or a dead girl, he will win the Democratic Nomination.
I will support him, I will vote for him.
He was my sixth choice, so you can guess how happy I am.
57.
Daniel Munz
Yes, Hillary’s courageous “Not Voting ” on the Dodd-Feingold Amendment today was an inspiration to us all. That cowardly Obama stole into town to vote “Yea” but our girl Hillary is made of better stuff than that.
Yes, terrible. If only she had been there, we would have won.
Fat lot of good those 35 years of experience are doing us, eh? I know the odds seemed stacked against the FISA bill, but Hillary Clinton is a certified World-Class Change-Maker(TM)!
Just too bad that to make change, you actually have to show up, which in this case, would’ve required getting off the campaign trail in the middle of having the tar beaten out of you. D’oh!
58.
myiq2xu
Fat lot of good those 35 years of experience are doing us, eh? I know the odds seemed stacked against the FISA bill, but Hillary Clinton is a certified World-Class Change-Maker™!
Just too bad that to make change, you actually have to show up, which in this case, would’ve required getting off the campaign trail in the middle of having the tar beaten out of you. D’oh!
What do I care? I’m supporting Obama.
59.
Tractarian
Just close your eyes, myiq, and let the Unity wash over you.
We’ve still got plenty of room for you on the Pony.
And so forth.
60.
Dennis - SGMM
Yes, terrible. If only she had been there, we would have won.
“We can’t do anything about it so why try?”
Nope, won’t fit on a bumper sticker.
“It’s hopeless, just give up.”
Yeah, that’s it! That’s the kind of leadership we need to solve the mess Bush put us in.
61.
The Other Steve
I will support him, I will vote for him.
He was my sixth choice, so you can guess how happy I am.
The Magical Unity Pony Rides again!
I was pretty undecided about this whole thing up until about two days before Iowa. Even though I did see Obama in July here in Minnesota. But posting that 2005 diary from Obama and reading it again tonight showed me why I’d had my eye on Obama.
62.
myiq2xu
Just close your eyes, myiq, and let the Unity wash over you.
Is that grape or cherry kool-aid?
63.
Daniel Munz
What do I care? I’m supporting Obama.
By god, I posted before I saw that. Well, welcome to the club — snark aside, it’s good to have your support. Now just look at this for a few seconds:
OBAMA HYPNOTOAD!
All done!
64.
myiq2xu
Even though I did see Obama in July here in Minnesota. But posting that 2005 diary from Obama and reading it again tonight showed me why I’d had my eye on Obama.
Wasn’t there a show . . . “Something Eye for the Straight Guy?”
65.
Daniel Munz
Dangdammit, my images didn’t show up. I wanted you to look at this and then this. It should still work.
66.
Dennis - SGMM
Is that grape or cherry kool-aid?
The Magical Unity Pony has transcended flavors. Just drink and you will be refreshed.
You mean we’re not working for the Houyhnhnm’s already?
69.
Texas Dem
Obama displayed his characteristic eloquence. I particularly liked the way he payed tribute to McCain’s service to our country, then ripped him to shreds. Very smart. But let’s not kid outselves here, folks. This election is going to close. As Pat Buchanan was pointing out on MSNBC, the GOP knows that the only way they can avoid a total blowout is to go negative on Obama in a big way. That means we’re in for a very nasty campaign. And don’t misunderestimate (ha, ha) Big John’s comrade in arms, GWB. Expect to see lots of terror alerts and other dirty tricks designed to scare the shit out of people. We have a long tough fight ahead of us.
70.
JWeidner
I am enthused and excited (weee!) to inform everyone that it is my carefully considered opinion that unless Barack is caught with a live boy or a dead girl, he will win the Democratic Nomination.
I will support him, I will vote for him.
He was my sixth choice, so you can guess how happy I am.
You mean we’re not working for the Houyhnhnm’s already?
Well, I feel like such a yahoo.
73.
TenguPhule
Ride the pony biatch! Ride the pony!
In Mother Russia, Pony biatch rides you.
74.
Dennis - SGMM
Expect to see lots of terror alerts and other dirty tricks designed to scare the shit out of people.
Bwahaha! I can see it all now:
“Islamofascist U-boat believed to be operating in US waters”
“FBI arrests brown-skinned guys for disliking the government”
“Park Police nab foreigner taking pictures of Washington Monument”
“Petraeus predicts victory in six months if McCain elected.”
I’m seeing a lot of inevitability right now, actually…
78.
TheFountainHead
Wow, what a night of wins! Obama sweeps the Shanendoah Showdown and then I come here to find he has pulled myiq aboard. The winds they are a changin!
79.
Conservatively Liberal
Ummm, if you are under the Magical Unity Pony and something is trickling down, you may want to move. Fast.
We’re heading for an Obamanation! Ride pony, ride! Like chopper said, I never thought I would live to see a black man make it all of the way to the Presidency. Obama can do it, just get out of the way Hillary!
80.
g-rant
In Mother Russia, Pony biatch rides you.
Says Catherine the Great…
81.
myiq2xu
Says Catherine the Great…
There’s a place in Tijuana where they reenact that story every night. Admission used to be $100, but it was worth it.
82.
Splitting Image
I actually had to search around a bit to find Obama’s unedited speech. CNN and Yahoo seemed to have cut out all the good bits about McCain and the link on TPM was trimmed too.
I have to concur with ThymeZone. If it looks like a duck, talks like a duck, and is named McCain…I’m afraid it’s dead.
Like most people, I figured the Republicans would eventually rally around the nominee, but I don’t think that’s going to happen. And unless Clinton stages a dramatic turnaround, they won’t get the benefit of a divided Democratic party either. That business in Washington is going to kill McCain when Obama adds it to his speech and starts stumping in all the states Huckabee won. The only thing that’s going to keep him above 40% is sympathy.
On a happier note, George W. Bush himself predicted Hillary Clinton would win the nomination and lose the general election. Obama is on his way to proving the Boy King wrong yet again.
83.
Conservatively Liberal
I thought I would visit The Great Orange Satan and RedNeckState to see what each side is saying. At the GOS, many Hillary supporters were bitter and both sides were sniping back and forth at each other. One Obama supporter posted that the site http://www.hillaryis44.com is full of Obama ‘haters’, and that they refer to Obama there as ‘Obambi’ and they are constantly ripping on him. I have never been there, so I went to that site and I have to say that while I have seen Obama supporters say stupid things, they pale next to the crap that Hillary supporters are dumping on Obama.
There are calls for the right to start sticking it to Obama now to knock him out so Hillary wins, that the right ‘floated a few things yesterday’ to see how they would work against him (Hooray!), that Hillary ‘vet Obama and vet him HARD’, and on and on. When I see people wishing the opposition would attack a fellow party member, then these people are already around the bend.
RedNeckState peeps are mourning the Obama wins as they would rather face Hillary, and a few there suggested that the right should go after Obama now to save Hillary. A couple of people were worried that the right has been focusing on the wrong person up to now, and that they have nothing to go after Obama with (so get to work and dig up dirt!).
When Hillary’s people are wanting the right to save them, and the right is considering doing so to save themselves, you know they both realize that they are in some serious trouble. That each is looking to the other to save themselves is making me laugh my ass off at it all. NOW they love each other! ;) My assessment that the right is not geared up to go after Obama because they had been focusing on Hillary is probably right. You can bet that there is a lot of effort being put out on the right to get it in gear and to hope it is not too late.
The Magical Unity pony only unifies his followers, and sows discord and dissent on those who will not follow him. All hail the MUP!
;)
84.
Wilfred
“We are the makers of History, not its victims”.
Thus McCain last night. That about zero-sums up the philosophy of dead end neo-cons and the Bush Administration. If the word hadn’t come to mean everything and nothing I’d even call it fascistic. Most amazing damn thing I’ve heard in a long time. When I got up this morning, first thing I asked myself was whether I was gonna make some history or be its victim, figuring that anybody who was up before me could potentially make history before me and somehow make me its victim, or had already done so and pre-victimed me, leaving me behind in making history, the way that Obama’s history making is making Clinton a victim.
So I posted this.
When I saw Obama’s speech, I saw the next President. They’ve been trying to frame his as weak, unable to withstand the onslaughts that Clinton has, all the bad things that people say. That’s the set-up for what’s coming the next few weeks.
85.
Conservatively Liberal
Damn, I am still reading the above Hillary site, and it is quite entertaining. It is like watching some blind drunk out shooting clay pigeons with a machine gun. They are all over the place. Hating that independents and republicans could cross over vote yesterday, then welcoming an independent that just joined them to say that she voted for Hillary, saying that the repub voters who voted for Obama last night will vote McCain in the general (cuz Faux Nooz said so!), that the Hillary supporters are voting for McCain if she does not get the nod (same with their friends and family!) and on and on.
Some gems:
btw: i hope no one’s stupid enough to believe that I’m telling this site 100% of what I know from the Obambi campaign. crucial details are sent to who needs to hear them. ;) you guys know aobut 60% of what i have learned.
outrageous. despicable. these democratic primaries make me sick, the way they let republicans freely walk in and out.
again. the day these dirt republican and Obama tricks dies, is the day I’ll turn vegetarian, commit my life to God, and promise virginity for the rest of my life.
I’ll tell you how. Word of mouth and Obama started it, you remember all those flyers, crossover for a day and take out HRC, from Nevada, a lot of that got passed on thru RW websites.He gave them the idea to do it.
The bastard orchestrated the republicans against the democratic party, he deserves a kicking for that, I will never vote for him, I just can’t.
Let’s work on the upcoming contests, and framing FL/MI in the context that if F*ckhead wants to discard their votes, he and Donna Brassiere can’t be going around pouting about super delegates.
I’m assuming these margins will make John Edwards weak in the knees; that’s likely what he was waiting to see.
F him too
um. I think it’s time for Bill and Hill to just vet Obama and get it over with. Better the dems do it on their own than the repubs. let’s just vet him now and see how he does….
ugh. i swear, the next time I see Obama in person within 1 foot of me, i am going up to him and socking him in the stomach.
The thought of this guy just dancing naked with the Republicans is vile, disgusting, and wretched.
vet him. I have been CALLING FOR THIS since Iowa. VET HIM HARD. DO IT WELL AND THOROUGHLY. NO MORE NICENICE CAMPAIGN. The American Public doesn’t dislike negative campaigns so long as the negative stuff isn’t LYING.
would it not be hard for obama to make the case since he actually campaigned in Florida? He is the only one that campaigned there and not one darn media has pointed this out.
Okay here comes BO on C-Span.
OH! OH! LOOK! LOOK! SEE THE TELEPROMPTERS?
THAT BASTARD OBAMA “That’s what happens when we use 9/11 to scare up votes” re: HRC. GD! I HOPE SHE EATS HIS LUNCH ON THAT ONE.
Ok, enough. But I am going back to read some more. This is some of the most entertaining crap I have seen in some time! Almost like a slow-motion, non-stop train wreck.
Yup, I am a rubbernecker. Guilty as charged. ;)
86.
Wilfred
The thought of this guy just dancing naked with the Republicans is vile, disgusting, and wretched.
I don’t know. If it was done tastefully, in a “Three Graces” kind of way, with Obama in the middle with crown of laurel and peonies and Cheney, Rumsfeld and Bush as fauns or nymphs tossing rose petals about, it might work.
87.
Conservatively Liberal
Oh man, some real doozies:
Is that cocaine/gay oral sex scandal true about obama??
Godwin’s Rule:
No he CAN’T. I am so sick of this “Yes we can” crap. All what’s going on is very similar to the Nazi time. Hilter was also very inspiring and he was a very good speaker. See what happened!
Glad people agree with me :-). This Obamaminia is really similar to what Hilter did in Germany. He gave a lot of rousing speeches and had all these big gatherings (BHO likes to get tens of thousands of people together right?). After listened to Hilter’s speeches, everyone was like “Yes leader”, crap like that!
This man is very dangerous to say the least. People are pretty stupid too.
the drug/gay sex scandal – it’s so funny in the sense that i don’t even think the gay sex part is the scandal – it’s the drug use. anyway, there’s no proof other than a he said/he said…wish that this had gotten traction and attention earlier if it were to to be investigated.
barack obama getting blowed while doing cocaine? it was from newsvine and a youtube video with a guy claiming he has receipts and can describe barack’s gentialia…ew.
Well, I am sure the red state and the repubs will soon pick the story up, if it is making the rounds and they will have no qualms in putting this guy front and centre on tv hooked up to a polygraph
Oh the humanity! ;)
88.
Jake
Now just look at this for a few seconds:
OBAMA HYPNOTOAD!
I thought he was using an Obavinator.
ugh. i swear, the next time I see Obama in person within 1 foot of me, i am going up to him and socking him in the stomach.
Nice to see the fRighties haven’t managed to collect all of the fuckheads.
89.
dslak
Hitler was a good orator. Obama is a good orator. Therefore, Obama is Hitler. Indeed, that is central to my point!
90.
TheFountainHead
Haha, OMG, CL, stay AWAY from that site and don’t, under any circumstances, let them follow you back here!!!
Everyone attracts crazies, there are certainly some Obama crazies, but Hillary has attracted so many of them I’m beginning to wonder how Ron Paul amassed as many as he did in the first place!!
91.
Dennis - SGMM
Hillary certainly has the “Crackpot” demographic sewn up.
92.
Billy K
The symbiotic relationship between Fox/RedState crazies and Hillary/Her supproters has never been so clearly laid out. Two sides to the same coin.
93.
jenniebee
barack obama getting blowed while doing cocaine? it was from newsvine and a youtube video with a guy claiming he has receipts and can describe barack’s gentialia…ew.
Ok, first, when you buy cocaine, you can get a receipt for it? It’s what, deductible now or something?
Also, I can report to you all with absolute certainty that there was no pledge or loyalty oath or anything for voters who wanted to vote R in the Virginia primaries yesterday. I was part of almost giving the state to Huckabee yesterday. Not because I like him or anything, but because there hasn’t been much good on TV lately and watching the CPAC Republicans panic is at least mildly entertaining.
ThymeZone
Hold on, I am listening to his speech….
ThymeZone
Preach it brother!
Notorious P.A.T.
Was it Mark Penn?
ThymeZone
My friends, can you not feel the collossal ass whipping that this guy is going to put on John McCain later this year?
OMFG.
The Other Steve
i’m smelling a McCain Unity Pony!
Jay
Song for Hillary.
The Other Steve
Erick Erickson would like to take this moment to explain why liberals are better with computers.
Which is, of course, why they’re asking for handouts instead of running more ads.
The Other Steve
Try this
Jake
I give the title of this post four MUPs.
Man, I really want to but I’ve got a bottle of So. Co. that will not be opened until the Supremes tell us who won the election. It will either help the celebration or to drown the sorrow.
For now, I will enjoy the sight of the fRightened Kneepadists as they convince themselves that they really were for McCain along, and scramble to turn out a script to replace “We Hate Hitlery!!”
sivapith
I mean, his speech tonight is pretty good, but you know. TelePrompTer.
Snark Based Reality
Holy fuck what a good speech towards the end.
And I love how MSNBC waited until the music kicked in at the end of Obama’s speech to bother mentioning McCains had already started. Haha.
ThymeZone
John McPain now speaks: “We don’t believe that government has all the answers.”
Does it occur to this man that steadfastly pimping a war despised by the majority of Americans doesn’t really do anything but create a cognitive dissonance when you turn around and try to sell the idea that government really can’t be trusted?
Look at this fool, and compare him to the candidate you heard five minutes ago.
It’s over, kids. The era of the bumfuck GOP is over.
chopper
dude, i just tuned in obama’s speech, and i was sure by the end of it i was watching the next president of the US. i mean, i’m not a political cult of personality type (i hate politicians), but the dude’s got it. he’s in.
not only is the next president going to be a dem (thank fucking christ), he’s going to be black. i honestly never thought i’d live to see the day.
Dennis - SGMM
The Other Steve, I would have sworn that you’d picked This one
J. Michael Neal
I watched the speech, too. Clearly John Cole is an Obamican.
ThymeZone
Jesus, this is embarassing. Somebody get a hook and yank McPain off the stage.
ThymeZone
Most you don’t remember the latter speeches of General MacArthur, but McPain is doing a really good imitation of them. Al that’s missing is the corncob pipe.
Elvis Elvisberg
Good Lord. After watching Obama’s terrific, moving speech, surrounded by 18,000 cheering supporters in Madison, this McCain event appears to be taking place in someone’s closet.
Hearing Sen. McCain refer to what he’d seen as a P.O.W. reminds me of why I once thought of this guy as a personal hero. Maybe, given that he’s going to get demolished in the general election, we’ll see that old McCain again. Maybe he’ll try to rescue the GOP from the agents of intolerance. Not likely, but hey, it could happen. Huh, and a Frost allusion, that’s cute.
Tractarian
I could have sworn McCain was trying to wrap up his speech before Obama finished, so that the two couldn’t be compared. Ouch.
Olbermann: The rule has to be, if you can, always speak before Barack Obama, not after Barack Obama.
Snark Based Reality
I turned McCain off after the first minute. BORING.
Jay
Thanks Other Steve.
McCain following Obama is like Chamber Of Commerce karaoke following a U2 concert.
Asti
Jake? The Supremes aren’t supposed to announce the winner, you’re giving them far too much credit and relying on them to perform an act that is NOT in their job description. Don’t go there, please.
ThymeZone
Olbermann: Never speak after Obama, always try to speak before him.
Obama: John McCain is a hero, we honor his great service to this country.
And then proceeds to rip McCain’s policy views to shreds.
Devastating, crushing. I really feel sorry for McCain at this point.
Dennis - SGMM
McCain ended his speech with, no shit, “I’m fired up and I’m ready to go.”
Just go, John.
Tractarian
And then he proceeded to get an ovation of applause from his Madison audience for the leading Republican candidate.
Magical Unity Pony, indeed.
ThymeZone
Don’t worry, when you win 60-40 or 65-35, the Supremes will be watching it on tv with the rest of us.
I hope the fat lady is gargling, it’s already over.
Jake
Can’t. McCainiac is using the hook as a cane.
D-Chance.
OMFG! I just realized it. Watching the Obamatv clip from his website (linked by Sully today)… I just realized it.
If Obama raised the People’s Eyebrow, he’d be The Rock.
bwaage
I don’t know why you guys are so hung up on what the supremes think about this, they haven’t been relevant at all since Ross left.
zzyzx
So I hear McCain is adding, “Hey kids, get off my lawn,” as a plank on his platform.
The “Fired up, ready to go,” thing was just sad, like the adult pretending to act like a teenager.
Asti
I want 80/20 dammit!
ThymeZone
If he had come out and said “Let me give you the 4-1-1 fo shizzle” it wouldn’t have sounded any sillier.
ThymeZone
That WOULD be fun. WooHoo!
UnkyT
When 28% can still approve of Bush(the president) there is no way this will happen.
D-Chance.
Obamasscre?
He may have won 66+% of the popular and delegate vote; but Hillary won over 60% of the SUPER delegates.
Sending Chelsea out on those “private breakfasts” must be having a positive effect for the Clinton campaign…
Tractarian
Actually Obama has won the backing of 9 SDs in the last three days as compared to 2 for Hillary
Tractarian
Howard Fineman on MSNBC says insiders on both campaigns now agree it is “highly unlikely” that Hillary will finish the season with a lead in pledged delegates.
myiq2xu
It’s coming.
Dennis - SGMM
I’m counting on the DNC to somehow throw the nom to Clinton “for the good of the party.” They’re so used to being beaten that an actual win would kill them all.
myiq2xu
Yeah, they haven’t won a Presidential election since. . .uh . . . what was his name?
TenguPhule
A sufficient quantity of beer can solve that problem.
When the Republican is down on the ground, bleeding and whimpering….that’s the time to run them over with the steam roller.
myiq2xu
AKA: “The Coors Cure”
Dennis - SGMM
Yeah, I know who you mean. The guy who signed all of that progressive legislation. The guy who left those huge Democratic majorities in Congress. Why, without him the Republicans might have had a lock on Congress for over a decade and elected God knows who. Too bad he’s not the one who’s running.
ThymeZone
Amen. Then, back up and run over them again.
myiq2xu
Seems like them little fuckers reproduce fast.
“the Republican is . . . run them over.”
But I agree with the sentiment – Squish ’em all and let God sort ’em out.
Dayv
You stay classy, D-Chance.
myiq2xu
Thank Jeebus we have the majority now and are kicking ass and taking names.
myiq2xu
Fuck. Bloody Bill Kristonacrutch is on the Daily Show.
Where’s my remote?
The Other Steve
McCain’s speech seemed to amount to “We can’t let the Democrats win!”
That hardly seems to be a reason to vote for the old man.
The Other Steve
I get the impression that the DNC would be more than happy to toss Hillary to the curb and move on.
Dennis - SGMM
Yes, Hillary’s courageous “Not Voting ” on the Dodd-Feingold Amendment today was an inspiration to us all. That cowardly Obama stole into town to vote “Yea” but our girl Hillary is made of better stuff than that.
Jake
Nah. We know McCane likes The Beach Boys.
I must note though that he is 12 x 10^6^ more genuine and animated than neocon fave raves Mitt. R. and Fred T.
Which puts him up there with polyester lint.
chopper
hillary’s turning a corner!
The Other Steve
Exit polls out of Virginia…
Would you be satisfied if Clinton won the nomination? 64% yes
Would you be satisfied if Obama won the nomination? 82% yes
For the good of the party, Hillary Clinton must drop out.
myiq2xu
Yes, terrible. If only she had been there, we would have won.
myiq2xu
Be careful what you wish for.
I am enthused and excited (weee!) to inform everyone that it is my carefully considered opinion that unless Barack is caught with a live boy or a dead girl, he will win the Democratic Nomination.
I will support him, I will vote for him.
He was my sixth choice, so you can guess how happy I am.
Daniel Munz
Fat lot of good those 35 years of experience are doing us, eh? I know the odds seemed stacked against the FISA bill, but Hillary Clinton is a certified World-Class Change-Maker(TM)!
Just too bad that to make change, you actually have to show up, which in this case, would’ve required getting off the campaign trail in the middle of having the tar beaten out of you. D’oh!
myiq2xu
What do I care? I’m supporting Obama.
Tractarian
Just close your eyes, myiq, and let the Unity wash over you.
We’ve still got plenty of room for you on the Pony.
And so forth.
Dennis - SGMM
“We can’t do anything about it so why try?”
Nope, won’t fit on a bumper sticker.
“It’s hopeless, just give up.”
Yeah, that’s it! That’s the kind of leadership we need to solve the mess Bush put us in.
The Other Steve
The Magical Unity Pony Rides again!
I was pretty undecided about this whole thing up until about two days before Iowa. Even though I did see Obama in July here in Minnesota. But posting that 2005 diary from Obama and reading it again tonight showed me why I’d had my eye on Obama.
myiq2xu
Is that grape or cherry kool-aid?
Daniel Munz
By god, I posted before I saw that. Well, welcome to the club — snark aside, it’s good to have your support. Now just look at this for a few seconds:
OBAMA HYPNOTOAD!
All done!
myiq2xu
Wasn’t there a show . . . “Something Eye for the Straight Guy?”
Daniel Munz
Dangdammit, my images didn’t show up. I wanted you to look at this and then this. It should still work.
Dennis - SGMM
The Magical Unity Pony has transcended flavors. Just drink and you will be refreshed.
ThymeZone
I for one welcome our equine overlords.
Dennis - SGMM
You mean we’re not working for the Houyhnhnm’s already?
Texas Dem
Obama displayed his characteristic eloquence. I particularly liked the way he payed tribute to McCain’s service to our country, then ripped him to shreds. Very smart. But let’s not kid outselves here, folks. This election is going to close. As Pat Buchanan was pointing out on MSNBC, the GOP knows that the only way they can avoid a total blowout is to go negative on Obama in a big way. That means we’re in for a very nasty campaign. And don’t misunderestimate (ha, ha) Big John’s comrade in arms, GWB. Expect to see lots of terror alerts and other dirty tricks designed to scare the shit out of people. We have a long tough fight ahead of us.
JWeidner
Ride the pony biatch! Ride the pony!
SmilingPolitely
It’s Purple Stuff.
ThymeZone
Well, I feel like such a yahoo.
TenguPhule
In Mother Russia, Pony biatch rides you.
Dennis - SGMM
Bwahaha! I can see it all now:
“Islamofascist U-boat believed to be operating in US waters”
“FBI arrests brown-skinned guys for disliking the government”
“Park Police nab foreigner taking pictures of Washington Monument”
“Petraeus predicts victory in six months if McCain elected.”
TenguPhule
It is magical trickle down economics.
ThymeZone
Did we mention, November is going to be a lot of fun?
Zeta
“So much for inevitability.”
I’m seeing a lot of inevitability right now, actually…
TheFountainHead
Wow, what a night of wins! Obama sweeps the Shanendoah Showdown and then I come here to find he has pulled myiq aboard. The winds they are a changin!
Conservatively Liberal
Ummm, if you are under the Magical Unity Pony and something is trickling down, you may want to move. Fast.
We’re heading for an Obamanation! Ride pony, ride! Like chopper said, I never thought I would live to see a black man make it all of the way to the Presidency. Obama can do it, just get out of the way Hillary!
g-rant
Says Catherine the Great…
myiq2xu
There’s a place in Tijuana where they reenact that story every night. Admission used to be $100, but it was worth it.
Splitting Image
I actually had to search around a bit to find Obama’s unedited speech. CNN and Yahoo seemed to have cut out all the good bits about McCain and the link on TPM was trimmed too.
I have to concur with ThymeZone. If it looks like a duck, talks like a duck, and is named McCain…I’m afraid it’s dead.
Like most people, I figured the Republicans would eventually rally around the nominee, but I don’t think that’s going to happen. And unless Clinton stages a dramatic turnaround, they won’t get the benefit of a divided Democratic party either. That business in Washington is going to kill McCain when Obama adds it to his speech and starts stumping in all the states Huckabee won. The only thing that’s going to keep him above 40% is sympathy.
On a happier note, George W. Bush himself predicted Hillary Clinton would win the nomination and lose the general election. Obama is on his way to proving the Boy King wrong yet again.
Conservatively Liberal
I thought I would visit The Great Orange Satan and RedNeckState to see what each side is saying. At the GOS, many Hillary supporters were bitter and both sides were sniping back and forth at each other. One Obama supporter posted that the site http://www.hillaryis44.com is full of Obama ‘haters’, and that they refer to Obama there as ‘Obambi’ and they are constantly ripping on him. I have never been there, so I went to that site and I have to say that while I have seen Obama supporters say stupid things, they pale next to the crap that Hillary supporters are dumping on Obama.
There are calls for the right to start sticking it to Obama now to knock him out so Hillary wins, that the right ‘floated a few things yesterday’ to see how they would work against him (Hooray!), that Hillary ‘vet Obama and vet him HARD’, and on and on. When I see people wishing the opposition would attack a fellow party member, then these people are already around the bend.
RedNeckState peeps are mourning the Obama wins as they would rather face Hillary, and a few there suggested that the right should go after Obama now to save Hillary. A couple of people were worried that the right has been focusing on the wrong person up to now, and that they have nothing to go after Obama with (so get to work and dig up dirt!).
When Hillary’s people are wanting the right to save them, and the right is considering doing so to save themselves, you know they both realize that they are in some serious trouble. That each is looking to the other to save themselves is making me laugh my ass off at it all. NOW they love each other! ;) My assessment that the right is not geared up to go after Obama because they had been focusing on Hillary is probably right. You can bet that there is a lot of effort being put out on the right to get it in gear and to hope it is not too late.
The Magical Unity pony only unifies his followers, and sows discord and dissent on those who will not follow him. All hail the MUP!
;)
Wilfred
Thus McCain last night. That about zero-sums up the philosophy of dead end neo-cons and the Bush Administration. If the word hadn’t come to mean everything and nothing I’d even call it fascistic. Most amazing damn thing I’ve heard in a long time. When I got up this morning, first thing I asked myself was whether I was gonna make some history or be its victim, figuring that anybody who was up before me could potentially make history before me and somehow make me its victim, or had already done so and pre-victimed me, leaving me behind in making history, the way that Obama’s history making is making Clinton a victim.
So I posted this.
When I saw Obama’s speech, I saw the next President. They’ve been trying to frame his as weak, unable to withstand the onslaughts that Clinton has, all the bad things that people say. That’s the set-up for what’s coming the next few weeks.
Conservatively Liberal
Damn, I am still reading the above Hillary site, and it is quite entertaining. It is like watching some blind drunk out shooting clay pigeons with a machine gun. They are all over the place. Hating that independents and republicans could cross over vote yesterday, then welcoming an independent that just joined them to say that she voted for Hillary, saying that the repub voters who voted for Obama last night will vote McCain in the general (cuz Faux Nooz said so!), that the Hillary supporters are voting for McCain if she does not get the nod (same with their friends and family!) and on and on.
Some gems:
Ok, enough. But I am going back to read some more. This is some of the most entertaining crap I have seen in some time! Almost like a slow-motion, non-stop train wreck.
Yup, I am a rubbernecker. Guilty as charged. ;)
Wilfred
I don’t know. If it was done tastefully, in a “Three Graces” kind of way, with Obama in the middle with crown of laurel and peonies and Cheney, Rumsfeld and Bush as fauns or nymphs tossing rose petals about, it might work.
Conservatively Liberal
Oh man, some real doozies:
Godwin’s Rule:
Oh the humanity! ;)
Jake
I thought he was using an Obavinator.
Nice to see the fRighties haven’t managed to collect all of the fuckheads.
dslak
Hitler was a good orator. Obama is a good orator. Therefore, Obama is Hitler. Indeed, that is central to my point!
TheFountainHead
Haha, OMG, CL, stay AWAY from that site and don’t, under any circumstances, let them follow you back here!!!
Everyone attracts crazies, there are certainly some Obama crazies, but Hillary has attracted so many of them I’m beginning to wonder how Ron Paul amassed as many as he did in the first place!!
Dennis - SGMM
Hillary certainly has the “Crackpot” demographic sewn up.
Billy K
The symbiotic relationship between Fox/RedState crazies and Hillary/Her supproters has never been so clearly laid out. Two sides to the same coin.
jenniebee
Ok, first, when you buy cocaine, you can get a receipt for it? It’s what, deductible now or something?
Also, I can report to you all with absolute certainty that there was no pledge or loyalty oath or anything for voters who wanted to vote R in the Virginia primaries yesterday. I was part of almost giving the state to Huckabee yesterday. Not because I like him or anything, but because there hasn’t been much good on TV lately and watching the CPAC Republicans panic is at least mildly entertaining.
ThymeZone
A good deal of that Obama “hate” stuff you guys are quoting is probably spoof.
Spoof is now the standard in Bloggovia. Get used to it.