Hillary Clinton concedes to the Chosen One:
Hillary Clinton concedes to the Chosen One:
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Perfunction has the story with awesome video of the successful, yet "unproven" missile defense test.
Which inspired me to make this video:
I can imagine how this might relieve you, given that you live so close to Pearl, and all - and considering that you live on a piece of real estate that's within range of a North Korean missile.
Moe Lane
PS: What was the other thing? Oh, right...
I guess it's good news, per Uncle's thinking. It's probably one of her only options left in Montana -- outflank Obama on the one issue he has little to no wiggle room.
When it comes to gun rights, the senator says she did not support gun licensing in New York, and does not support the registration of handguns nationally. But she adds that she does support Second Amendment rights.Funny, she forgot to mention her AWB renewal idea. Then again, "assault rifles" are probably only owned by such people.
"I don't think there's any contradiction between defending Second Amendment rights and the rights of lawful gun owners and trying to keep guns out of the hands of criminals and gang members and people who unfortunately have mental challenges."
Counting all the votes from Florida and Michigan (which are now only getting half their votes counted), she's correct, but not by much.
It's ballsy, I will say that. The ad will run in Montana, but I think it's targeting superdelegates more so than Montana Democrats.
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They're united alright.
If you've been paying attention to the exit polls of the Democratic primaries for the last month or so, you'll notice that Hillary's supporters seemingly hate Obama more than they hate McCain, and vice-versa.
How a convention will suddenly unite them is beyond me.
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Rezko, Wright, Ayers, and now Pfleger. Who's next, and how long can he keep "distancing" from his idiot supporters?
Obama said he was "deeply disappointed" by Pfleger's comments.I guess it's a good thing for Obama that most of America isn't judging him by the friends he keeps.
"As I have traveled this country, I've been impressed not by what divides us, but by all that that unites us," he said in a statement. "That is why I am deeply disappointed in Father Pfleger's divisive, backward-looking rhetoric, which doesn't reflect the country I see or the desire of people across America to come together in common cause."
During an address at an anti-gun rally in front of Chuck's, Rev. Michael Pfleger, pastor of St. Sabina's Church, exhorted the crowd to "drag" shop owner, John Riggio, from his shop "like a rat" and "snuff" him. Rev. Pfleger went on to tell the crowd that legislators that vote against gun control legislation should be "snuffed" as well. As many know, "snuff" is slang for especially violent murder.Audio of that here.
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"All’s fair in love, war, and politics. Put on your big boy pants and step in the game. Now, back to my regularly scheduled not giving a shit about Michelle Obama’s feelings."
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"Barack obscured the true nature of black religious life because, to do otherwise, he would have had to answer the question, "Why are you a member of a church that is this racially divisive and such a sharp aberration to how the rest of black people worship?" When Barack beautifully suggested that the beliefs pronounced from the pulpit of Trinity in Chicago are not uncommon, he was feeding us garbage. But Barack needed to protect his reputation as a race-healer and unifier, so he told a lie about black religious life to help keep the glow of his own reputation alive. And now the evidence suggests that Barack didn't, in the end, break with Wright over his outrageous racial claims, but over his suggestion that Barack is just a politician."
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In the spirit of Democratic party fragmentation, GO CINDY!
Getting on the ballot will be the easy part for Sheehan. If she becomes a recognized candidate, she'll be challenging one of the best-known and most powerful Democrats in the country in Pelosi, a 10-term incumbent who routinely collects around 80 percent of the vote in the San Francisco-only district.
Election challenges are nothing new to Pelosi, who has faced token Republican opposition in most of her November races, along with occasional primary challenges. But since she beat former San Francisco Supervisor Harry Britt in the 1987 special election to replace the late Rep. Sala Burton, Pelosi's political resume has been short of opponents anyone other than local political junkies has ever heard of.
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More or less. I think he was still experiencing the effects from his flaming red-hot tantrum, induced by the news that Hillary beat the Obamessiah (compounded by the fact that Fox called it first -- and was right). But I guess that describes most of the nutroots; without outrage, where is the motivation to blog?
Nevertheless a Hillary win, for some reason, doesn't really matter:
Remember, this is no longer a normal race. We're no longer talking delegate counts since bizarrely, the measure of victory in this primary has been discarded. We're no longer talking popular vote, since Clinton can't win that without throwing in a bunch of hypothetical "ifs" -- as in, "IF you count Michigan, and IF you count Florida, and IF you don't count the caucuses, and IF you don't count weekend contests, and IF you don't count black people..." You get the idea.No I don't get the idea. Obama can make the same argument, only if he makes it, it would be true: IF you don't count women, Obama has the popular vote. Hillary can't win without not counting black people? She has more votes than Obama, counting actual votes. Black people who voted included. Suggesting Hillary is discounting the black votes, to gain a talking point, is very unfair. But I guess you just have to pick up what Kos is puttin down or something. You get the idea.
Which campaign looks more electable on this front? The campaign that is flush with cash and can easily raise more, or the campaign that is scrambling to get out of debt?Last I checked, Americans elected candidates, not campaigns.
This contest is the logical reductio of the identity-group fetishization that they've been peddling for years. They're just feeling suckered because they plumped for the establishment diversity candidate and then found themselves out-diversified.Indeed. If Hillary's a racist, Kos is a misogynist.
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Browsing the leftosphere, I came across this headline at TPM:
"Hillary Privately Blasted "The Activist Base Of The Democratic Party" For Caucus Defeats"
And her offending statement:
"We have been less successful in caucuses because it brings out the activist base of the Democratic Party. MoveOn didn't even want us to go into Afghanistan. I mean, that's what we're dealing with."Oh my, quite the blasphemer.
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Just a thought.
From his piss-poor performance at the debate to his gracious display of sign language, I think he takes comfort in the fact that he sees the finish line.
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At a rally, where he somewhat ironically, speaks of people "stirring up controversy."
Cute. Very presidential. Certainly this is what Americans expect from a guy who not only transcends, but will cure all the negative stuff about America, through a mature, open and honest conversation with America.
For a guy sorely lacking in the experience department, Barack Friedrich Engels Obama doubtless will make the country at ease with such mature displays of statesmanship, not to mention good judgment.
Here's the vid:
And the story with a better picture.
I have to agree with Ace on this:
Could be a bit of a trap. He keeps claiming that it's trivial to bring up nonsense like whether or not he buddies around with terrorists (let's not bicker and argue about 'oo killed 'oo). It's possible that he did this intentionally to stir up debate over a trivial issue so he can 1) change the subject and 2) cry out, "See? See the sorts of silliness they're using as distractions? [hyperlink added]Update: I don't know how it is not Obama's attempt at bird humor. Listen to the speech, the tone of the speech, the audience, and look at that tweetie just taunting Hillary:
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Regarding Hillary's and Obama's recent attempts to get it; is like
an election race of Pat Robertson versus James Dobson, each of them appearing at organic grocery stores and Starbucks throughout Massachusetts, with each candidate insisting that he alone deserves the vote of gay-marriage advocates.Heh.
I don't blame her -- it's the nature of being a Clinton.
But this has to hurt:
Via the "true conservative" Obama-lover.
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In the debate tonight, Charles Gibson asked both democratic candidates why the sudden switch from emphasizing gun control to emphasizing gun rights.
Senator Clinton did about as good as an anti-gun candidate could do -- that is, support the Second Amendment, with a lot of exceptions. But Senator Barack Ernesto Guevara Obama decided the best answer was honesty.
"I have never favored an all out ban on handguns."
Did I say honesty? I meant a bald-faced lie.
Here's the questionnaire Gibson is referring to.
If Obama is telling the truth, then handwriting doesn't much matter; it means that this questionnaire falsely represents Obama's views by supporting a ban on handguns.
But it doesn't. He clearly supported the District of Columbia's complete ban on handguns, not very long ago. That and his voting record on guns doesn't really lend credence to Obama's newfound support for the right to arms.
So much for an Honest Conversation with America. But don't fear, Obama merely advocates commonsense gun control, like ending the practice of concealed carry permits:
"I am not in favor of concealed weapons," Obama said. "I think that creates a potential atmosphere where more innocent people could (get shot during) altercations."And other reasonable things like when he voted against exceptions to restrictions in cases of self defense. And this makes him just like you and me folks, just like you and me.
"He may have jotted some notes on the front page of the questionnaire at the meeting, but that doesn't change the fact that some answers didn't reflect his views. His 11 years in public office do."That's just as damning, no?
Why shouldn't I believe him? See for yourself:
From Allahpundit.
Actually, I think the only thing that makes this newsworthy is the fact that the establishment Democrats are not supporting the establishment-like Clintons:
Senator Edward M. Kennedy implored Americans on Monday to “reject the counsels of doubt and calculation,” as he extended his endorsement and placed the aura of his family’s name around the presidential candidacy of Senator Barack Obama...Video below the fold...
“He will be a president who refuses to be trapped in the patterns of the past,” Mr. Kennedy said. “He is a leader who sees the world clearly without being cynical. He is a fighter who cares passionately about the causes he believes in, without demonizing those who hold a different view.”
Mr. Kennedy, whose endorsement was aggressively pursued by all the Democratic candidates, praised Mr. Obama’s ability to motivate a new generation of leaders. Not since his brothers, Mr. Kennedy said, has he seen a politician possess the ability to inspire.
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Hillary won New Hampshire, or so says NBC. McCain did too with all networks in agreement.
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton won New Hampshire's Democratic primary Tuesday night, pulling out a stunning victory over Sen. Barack Obama in a contest that she had been forecast to lose.It's going to be a very interesting race for the Democrats at least through the next primary on the 15th in Michigan.
On the Republican side, Sen. John McCain defeated former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and climbed back into contention for their party's presidential nomination.
Obama had beaten Clinton, who has been the national front-runner, in the Iowa caucuses last week, and he had appeared to be poised for victory in New Hampshire with tracking polls showing him surging into the lead.
But with 63 percent of Democrats precincts reporting Tuesday night, Clinton had 39 percent of the vote to 36 percent for Obama, who is seeking to become the nation's first black president. Former Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina trailed with 17 percent.
