2008 Primaries Thread

I've got the brains, you've got the looks.. let's make lots of money

xp with an argument for the candidate of lowered expectations

daria, you seem to maintain that hillary is the only candidate with workable policy positions on the table but obama only has moonbeams and pretty words! come on! i don't understand why you're spinning obama's speechmaking as a liability

because of the wang

remy i think you're looking for Lame Meme Reemerging

"If I do endorse, it's going to be a gut feeling. It's not going to be about statistics, about past ties," Richardson said. "I've been on the campaign trail with both of them. I feel that I know them. I feel I know the issues. I feel I know what makes them both tick."

I honestly don't think it's a liability for him, no! I just personally find it not my cup of tea at all. But I don't like a lot of music that is exceedingly popular either, it's a matter of taste is all.

it's cute when you use outmoded words like 'meme' in a bid to sound superior

just a link to a thread, doggie

I don't like a lot of music that is exceedingly popular either

so obama is top 40 and hillary is indie rock?

Caption this photo?

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/01/29/us/29caucus-337.jpg

hillary is beth ditto

Haha my day will be devoted to reading about how Americans are almost entirely uninformed about politics.

"I'm a real estate developer outside Tuscon, Chuck."

hillary = unitas, obama = namath

Oh, come on. All I'm trying to say is that it really isn't reflective of the majority view if I don't like Obama's speeches.

"then i was like, do you KNOW where this finger has been??"

so just to change it up, if mccain gets it in the GE - how come nobody makes a deal out of him cheating on his 1st wife?

not that i give a fuck but i presume a lot of republicans do

Here is a quote from the article I just finished (which, I should emphasize, is an academic journal): "At long last, and despite some flickering dissent, there now seems to be near-consensus that by anything approaching elite standards most citizens think and know jaw-droppingly little about politics."

You can probably see the problems with that one.

Sebelius didn't wait - http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080129/ap_on_el_pr/obama_sebelius

I guess Hillary's never gonna be majority leader, huh

so obama is top 40 and hillary is indie rock?

Don't kill my buzz.

hrc: kelly osbourne
obama: usher
edwards: beck
mccain: phil collins
romney: daughtry
huckabee: scott stapp

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20080128/state-of-union-clinton-obama/images/3a71a2cc-38e8-491e-a4bd-0058c2cd418c.jpg

http://ation.no/applause.gif

I just had a small revelation. Clinton might just win February 5th based on this bullshit "Obama was mean to me at the State Of The Union" storyline. Mark my words, it might very well work. It's the same sympathy vote tactic they employed in New Hampshire, and people are getting fooled again. I feel sick...

she won't make that point herself, but she certainly won't stop the media from reading into shit like that. it's a blip on the media screen that will most likely be forced out of frame by Florida tomorrow and her continued statements that its delegates should be seated.

i sympathize with your dread but let's not get carried away.

I just had a small revelation. Clinton might just win February 5th based on this bullshit "Obama was mean to me at the State Of The Union" storyline. Mark my words, it might very well work. It's the same sympathy vote tactic they employed in New Hampshire, and people are getting fooled again. I feel sick...

Is the Democratic primary race really going to whipsaw back and forth based on who was last allegedly victimized by their opponent and/or the nat'l media? It sometimes feels like that.(n.1) That's no way to choose a nominee or to find the best person to win the GE. Ridiculous.

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(n.1) e.g., HRC was mean to everyone by acting like the presumptive nominee before Iowa; Obama and/or the nat'l media were mean to HRC before New Hampshire; the Clintons were mean to Obama before South Carolina; Obama was mean to HRC right before Florida/Super Tuesday.

What's this now?

Huge photo so I won't hotlink it here, but Obama was actually talking to Claire McCaskill:

http://blogs.trb.com/news/politics/blog/Clinton%20greets%20Kennedy%20with%20Obama%20turned.jpg

noise noise noise

amy klobuchar! u go

xp

"Obama faces other direction" is really a story now?

In some quarters, apparently.

Yes it was a big story on cable news today, and it's getting a lot of play from Hillary-loving bloggers.

both of them?

That is seriously the most middle school fucking thing I've heard in a while.

Gossip Girl wouldn't be interested in this shit.

I should go watch Gossip Girl.

http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/8090/1184040522276lb8.jpg

"He's mean to me." "She's meaner to me." "The media is baiting me." "She's slighting me." "This is too ugly and unbecoming." "That hurts my feelings."

No way to choose a nominee.

Angry black men, runnin' amok.

Not shakin' hands.

Refusin' to smile.

SOTU thing was pretty silly. I think they're talking about it because the actual speech was so goddamn boring.

stand up sit down fite fite fite

cf comments here:
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/01/obama-on-the-st.html

That said I bet Hillary was sorta trying to mess with him by walking right over there in a bright red suit to shake hands with Ted Kennedy.