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Launching TheHug.com - Spread the Word!
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Friends, I've launched a (really tiny) microsite called TheHug.com.
As they say, a picture is worth a thousand words, and this image should be very familiar to you. However, it's not yet familiar to the average American voter.
So we have some work to do. We need to start defining McCain now, and we can use the same viral tactics the Right uses to spread disgusting smears about the candidates on our side. But a simple picture (overflowing with truthiness) is all we need.
So open up your email, and send the link to everyone you know:
Thanks,
Luigi
P.S. Great redesign/restructuring DFA!
Tom -
You definitely have the flair for being the first one to comment on a new thread (it kind of reminds me of hockey and other sports, where a player hangs near the net, so as to ...
I defer to Mike. He holds the record all time. I'm a piker by comparison.
Well he was here yesterday to pay a gracious compliment to the Red Wings but rashly predicted their demise in the Stanley Cup finals nevertheless.
Im just chuckling at many of you these days.........now we get from the hi and mighty how much smarter you all are vs Clinton supporters.........really?
I see little or no evidence of that based on the issues........in fact, a smart person would not say such a dumb, condescending thing IMO............
"[N]ow we get from the hi and mighty how much smarter you all are vs Clinton supporters.........really? I see little or no evidence of that based on the issues........in fact, a smart person would not say such a dumb, condescending thing IMO."
Are you trying to say that you're no smarter than us or that you're condescending?
speaking of "hi and mighty" --
-- I give you Hillary and her relationship with super Ds:
http://demconwatch.blogspot.com/2008/02/superdelegate-history-tracker.html
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"I've come to admire the zeal and dedication of Clinton supporters in this race but their stupidity has become awkward."=====
How is the zeal, dedication and awkward stupidity of the Obama-zombies any different, really?
I'd say the zeal and dedication are markedly similar. However, I was attempting to highlight the stupidity of the Clinton camp in thinking that her nomination would not rend the party and eliminate her hopes of a general election victory after Obama's campaign has succeeded in garnering a majority of primary wins, caucus wins, delegates and new voters, among other things.
Obviously, if he wins having abided by every delegate selection rule of the party, there would be no reason to doubt the legitimacy of his nomination. Her case is the opposite. She would have flouted the selection rules in having the superdelegates overturn the regular results of the process by fiat. Her stupidity, and by association, that of her supporters, is in not recognizing that this is the case.
Tom, I agree 100% with you that any win by Hillary based on smoky, back-room dealings re. delegates would be egregious beyond belief and could indeed cause a riff in the party. I also believe that her best bet at this point would be to drop out....I've said that for a few months now.
At the same time, SOME Obama supporters, in their zeal, clearly view him as the Second Coming, so to speak. That's all I was saying.
- Not the Jewish ones - they don't, as a collective religion, believe in the First Coming ;)
By Denise in San Mateo County on May 14, 2008 2:58 PM EDTcomments from some Obama '08 website bloggers --
-- regarding 60% or more:
http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/samgrahamfelsen/gGBdf5/commentary#comment-g9d5b
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one of 19 over 60%
By Ed G 18 minutes ago
Thank you Christine! Democrats Abroad is one of 19 contests that Sen. Obama won with over 60% of the vote:
Idaho 82.2%
Hawaii 76.2%
District of Columbia 75.8%
Alaska 74.6%
Kansas 74.2%
Washington 68.4%
Georgia 68.1%
Minnesota 67.4%
Colorado 67.3%
Illinois 66.3%
Virginia 64.2%
North Dakota 62.6%
Mississippi 62.2%
Maryland 61.9%
Wyoming 61.9%
Louisiana 61.7%
Vermont 60.6%
PLUS - Virgin Islands
one of 19 over 60%
By BahamasForObama08 2 minutes ago
17 states with over 60% is what the MSM pundits should be talking about! A bi-racial come-from-out-of-no-where underdog not to be taken seriously candidate who is giving the competition a real GRASSROOT kind of whoop a$$ is PRICELESS!
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In contrast, Sen. Clinton has only won two states more than 60 % --
Arkansas 70 %, West Virginia 67 %.
I have to admit that Clinton's nomination and the immolation of the Democratic Party would be the ultimate accomplishment if screwing Dean is her objective. He'd be ousted in disgrace as party leader, and the Clintons would resume their place as power brokers. The only problem is that they'd have destroyed the party they control in the process.
Bill Clinton started up the Democratic Leadership Council, an organization that provides direction at the behest of a small number of people and is modeled on David Rockefeller's Council of the Americas. The intent is, clearly, to circumvent input from the citizenry and reduce democracy to a selection process, akin to a lottery, where the numbers are different, but the balls are all the same. If you like that metaphor, then you might conclude that Obama isn't just a different color, but a different weight.
"[The Clintons] have no interest in the Democratic Party."
Compared to Dean, who has set aside his own interests for the party's benefit. That's why Phil and I are in agreement that support for Clinton from a former Dean booster is the ultimate betrayal. It reflects a conveniently malleable sense of political morality and fidelity.
While it may be convenient for people to forget that THEY voted George W. Bush into office, the fact is that they did and pretending that public officials are self-generated entities doesn't change that fact. Of course, if voters don't claim responsibility for their part in the process, then it's not reasonable to expect the public officials to accept their responsibility either.
What we have here is a failure to face reality and accept responsibility. That the media prefer to deal in fiction, rather than fact is another matter.
"While it may be convenient for people to forget that THEY voted George W. Bush into office, the fact is that they did . . ."
I'd have to note that they didn't do so in 2000. He assumed office by alternative means.
Fact is that the voters participated in a flawed process, lacking in proper procedures to validate the outcome and were content to imagine they had control over something which they clearly hadn't, and still don't. Which actually re-enforces my earlier point that the fictions to which we and the press are subscribing make it impossible to account accurately and make sure we're doing what we want.
NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE ABOUT THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE!
There's a reason why the power of the people to rule did not even begin to prevail until the second half of the twentieth century--the variable state rules and regulations concerning the designation and selection of public officials mitigated against popular government. Tradition and procedure managed to undermine the intent of the framers of the Constitution--or at least some of them. Still does.
I believe that all here will heartily enjoy!
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Things younger than Republican Presidential candidate (oh, and did I forget to mention “war hero”?) John McCain
Am I being “age-ist”? Probably. But the world is a pretty complicated place right now and I’m thinking that it’s not such a great time to elect our oldest President ever. So sue me.
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[I'll give the link in a reply because I don't have a toolbar.]
This is an image that speaks a thousand words. Problem is, nobody is quite sure what they say. Perhaps we need a caption contest.
This is a maverick? doesn't do it for me.
and Arianna Huffington states she heard McCain say years ago that he never voted for Bush in 2000.
Boy, and I thought Mitt Romney was a flip-flopper.
Beyond whatever meaning you want to read into the picture of McCains literal and figurative embrace of Bush, one other thing about the picture is clear...that is one really ackward looking hug!
reckoned with the Dean phenomenon yet. When my neighbors, some of whom see themselves as rather apolitical, are Obama supporters, that tells me something. The Clinton campaign is using the same tactics as the Bush campaign and the McCain campaign. Many thoughtful people are more than tired of the deception, the name calling, the stereotyping, the slanders. We've had so much of that in our political life that for many that's simply business as usual. But, I would maintain that that tenor infects our whole social, government, values life in our society. Dean offered a different way: plain speaking, honesty, listening to the electorate, practical solutions that serve the good of the whole. I still don't think the media has taken into account how much an impact he has made.
Has anyone noticed the dour, sour, bitter looks on some of the women that Clinton is pictured with when she speaks? I noticed that on Olbermann's Countdown two nights ago. They look very angry. I would doubt that these women would ever vote for Obama.
And do I think that the Clintons would destroy the Democratic Party to achieve their ambitions? Yes.
I wish someone would take those stats for Obama and Clinton and post them on KOS. It seems that once something like that hits the KOS place, the media must feel they are being outdone with the facts and then address some of that stuff.
I read but never do anything more than comment there.
Thanks mary, I'll go have a look.
Have you tried playing around with the "expand all" button above? Might help -- or not:)
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John Edwards, who was still on the WV ballot, got 7% of the vote there.
Joan - Nothing happens when I hit expand all. Display settings comes up with audrey.nc and access denied. How's that? LOL
Thanks anyway. I have more issues on my MAC. I can link, etc. from our pc.
Well, this makes me think that Clinton is appealing to the worst in all of us rather than Obama appealing to the best in all of us. Just my random thoughts.
http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2008/may/14/obama-picks-more-superdelates-despite-west-va-loss/
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The Associated Press
Published: May 14, 2008
STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. -
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endorsing Obama were three former Securities and Exchange Commission chairmen - William Donaldson, David Ruder, and Arthur Levitt Jr., who was appointed by former President Clinton. The campaign released a joint statement by the former SEC chiefs, well as former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker, that praised Obama's "positive leadership and judgment" on economic issues.
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I wrote a blog post and shamelessly recommended it, but I think it's just in my 'personal' area -- how do you get it to go in the queue?
fyi - new thread (bring your needles and remember "telling a good yarn" will save us all time, as much as a "stitch in time")
- http://democracyforamerica.com/blog_posts/25269-wicker-i-didnt-mean-to-insult-blacks-i-meant-to-insult-gays#1196527
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By Tom Bearse on May 14, 2008 9:01 AM EDTI've come to admire the zeal and dedication of Clinton supporters in this race but their stupidity has become awkward. Proving to the voting public that you will ignore any rule and dispose of any scruple necessary to obtain the nomination by whatever means allow it is hardly an endorsement of change in politics. Rather, it's an advance announcement that Clinton's administration would conduct itself likewise after it's installed.
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