Comments on: The Denial Campaign http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/06/01/the-denial-campaign/ Like Kryptonite To Stupid Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:43:41 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: fafaroo http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/06/01/the-denial-campaign/#comment-97748 fafaroo Mon, 02 Jun 2008 17:56:30 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/06/01/the-denial-campaign/#comment-97748 McAuliffe says: "Every option is on the table.” Jesus! Clinton isn't going to nuke Obama is she? McAuliffe says: “Every option is on the table.”

Jesus! Clinton isn’t going to nuke Obama is she?

]]> By: Duros62 http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/06/01/the-denial-campaign/#comment-97661 Duros62 Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:07:27 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/06/01/the-denial-campaign/#comment-97661 That Walk of Shame is never fun. That Walk of Shame is never fun.

]]> By: midderpidge http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/06/01/the-denial-campaign/#comment-97642 midderpidge Mon, 02 Jun 2008 12:14:42 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/06/01/the-denial-campaign/#comment-97642 I call him Grizzled Bar Veteran... wielding his mighty bottle in the war against his liver. I call him Grizzled Bar Veteran… wielding his mighty bottle in the war against his liver.

]]> By: Kyle E. Moore http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/06/01/the-denial-campaign/#comment-97563 Kyle E. Moore Mon, 02 Jun 2008 06:56:14 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/06/01/the-denial-campaign/#comment-97563 Great. Just Great. I was going to prove my geekiness by catching onto the Larry Laffer reference and BD had to come and beat me to it. *sigh* Well, never let a comment go to waste. After all at least Larry Laffer was cool. Sorta Great.

Just Great.

I was going to prove my geekiness by catching onto the Larry Laffer reference and BD had to come and beat me to it.

*sigh*

Well, never let a comment go to waste.

After all at least Larry Laffer was cool. Sorta

]]> By: bostondreams http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/06/01/the-denial-campaign/#comment-97543 bostondreams Mon, 02 Jun 2008 03:35:38 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/06/01/the-denial-campaign/#comment-97543 Please. That's cruel. Even Larry Laffer knows when to give it up. Err..no pun intended. Please. That’s cruel. Even Larry Laffer knows when to give it up. Err..no pun intended.

]]> By: Sean D. Martin http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/06/01/the-denial-campaign/#comment-97540 Sean D. Martin Mon, 02 Jun 2008 03:10:58 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/06/01/the-denial-campaign/#comment-97540 <i>Now that she is fighting for herself rather than principle, we have this raging warrior.</i> Excellent point. If her eight years in Congress are supposed to be so much more experience than Obama's four (plus of course his many years in elected office before that, but let's not count those) what exactly did she actually accomplish during those eight years? What happened to this fighter's health care plan? Now that she is fighting for herself rather than principle, we have this raging warrior.

Excellent point. If her eight years in Congress are supposed to be so much more experience than Obama’s four (plus of course his many years in elected office before that, but let’s not count those) what exactly did she actually accomplish during those eight years?

What happened to this fighter’s health care plan?

]]> By: Gyuss Baaltar http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/06/01/the-denial-campaign/#comment-97536 Gyuss Baaltar Mon, 02 Jun 2008 02:00:28 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/06/01/the-denial-campaign/#comment-97536 I just got back from NYC and I was amazed at the number of New Yorkers I spoke to who are just sick of the Clintons, and they all say their opinion changed to the negative during this primary season. She's turned her own back yard against her. I just got back from NYC and I was amazed at the number of New Yorkers I spoke to who are just sick of the Clintons, and they all say their opinion changed to the negative during this primary season.

She’s turned her own back yard against her.

]]> By: z_adura http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/06/01/the-denial-campaign/#comment-97535 z_adura Mon, 02 Jun 2008 01:55:20 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/06/01/the-denial-campaign/#comment-97535 The amazing thing about fightin' Hillary is that it is so new. She has hardly been a Barbara Boxer or Barbara Lee in Congress. Rather she's been a kind of Centrist / Accommodationist and notoriously absent of fight. Now that she is fighting for herself rather than principle, we have this raging warrior. Funny that... The amazing thing about fightin’ Hillary is that it is so new. She has hardly been a Barbara Boxer or Barbara Lee in Congress. Rather she’s been a kind of Centrist / Accommodationist and notoriously absent of fight. Now that she is fighting for herself rather than principle, we have this raging warrior. Funny that…

]]> By: Sean D. Martin http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/06/01/the-denial-campaign/#comment-97534 Sean D. Martin Mon, 02 Jun 2008 01:45:27 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/06/01/the-denial-campaign/#comment-97534 <i>Careful there, counting those guinea fowl:</i> Oh, please. "New and dramatic developments. This is a heads up. I’ll post the news Monday". Why not just stand up and say "I have in my hand a list of names..." If she had something really significant it would be posted without the build up. Careful there, counting those guinea fowl:

Oh, please. “New and dramatic developments. This is a heads up. I’ll post the news Monday”.

Why not just stand up and say “I have in my hand a list of names…”

If she had something really significant it would be posted without the build up.

]]> By: Nanjala http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/06/01/the-denial-campaign/#comment-97531 Nanjala Mon, 02 Jun 2008 01:26:24 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/06/01/the-denial-campaign/#comment-97531 Careful there, counting those guinea fowl: [link to Larry Johnson's nutjob central removed, but you can Google it] Careful there, counting those guinea fowl:

[link to Larry Johnson's nutjob central removed, but you can Google it]

]]> By: anotherbozo http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/06/01/the-denial-campaign/#comment-97529 anotherbozo Mon, 02 Jun 2008 01:17:28 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/06/01/the-denial-campaign/#comment-97529 I like the MSNBC pundits' consensus that the VP spot is just not, not, NOT in the cards. Forget the JFK/LBJ analogy. NOT. I like the MSNBC pundits’ consensus that the VP spot is just not, not, NOT in the cards. Forget the JFK/LBJ analogy. NOT.

]]> By: anotherbozo http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/06/01/the-denial-campaign/#comment-97528 anotherbozo Mon, 02 Jun 2008 01:13:16 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/06/01/the-denial-campaign/#comment-97528 My own guess is that Hillary wants to be self-righteously standing on Tuesday night or Wednesday morning, having been wind-burned by the rush of superdelegates toward Obama, saying "I told them to wait till we could make our case but they didn't listen. So don't come crying to me if Obama can't take the swing states." The key word here is "self-righteously." SHE was the reasonable one. But they just wouldn't listen. This way, too, she could never be accused of "quitting." This is an old political model, the one where the candidate says "Nothing will stop us now" the night before and "I called to congratulate our opponent" next morning. Turn-on-a-dime reversals without the least sign of whiplash. My guess may be spiked with hopefulness. We shall see. But THE DAMN THING WILL SOON BE OVER! PLEASE GOD! My own guess is that Hillary wants to be self-righteously standing on Tuesday night or Wednesday morning, having been wind-burned by the rush of superdelegates toward Obama, saying “I told them to wait till we could make our case but they didn’t listen. So don’t come crying to me if Obama can’t take the swing states.”

The key word here is “self-righteously.” SHE was the reasonable one. But they just wouldn’t listen. This way, too, she could never be accused of “quitting.”

This is an old political model, the one where the candidate says “Nothing will stop us now” the night before and “I called to congratulate our opponent” next morning. Turn-on-a-dime reversals without the least sign of whiplash.
My guess may be spiked with hopefulness. We shall see. But THE DAMN THING WILL SOON BE OVER! PLEASE GOD!

]]> By: moron http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/06/01/the-denial-campaign/#comment-97526 moron Mon, 02 Jun 2008 00:47:54 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/06/01/the-denial-campaign/#comment-97526 <i> or let them wake up in alley somewhere in their own filth. </i> They <b> are </b> their own filth. or let them wake up in alley somewhere in their own filth.

They are their own filth.

]]> By: Sean D. Martin http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/06/01/the-denial-campaign/#comment-97525 Sean D. Martin Mon, 02 Jun 2008 00:37:46 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/06/01/the-denial-campaign/#comment-97525 Wellll, technically Obama's reaching the 2118 delegate threshold wouldn't be it, because nothing is really, truly, finally decided until the convention and the actual vote is recorded. But, seriously, can anyone explain to me what would actually be gained by dragging this out to the last final moment? What benefit does that provide to the Democratic party and their ability to win the White House and a larger majority in Congress? That is the goal, isn't it? A Democrat as president and a larger majority in both houses. Someone who supports Hillary staying in past Obama's securing 2118 delegates explain to me how that is an easier thing to do with a fractured and pissed off base. Wellll, technically Obama’s reaching the 2118 delegate threshold wouldn’t be it, because nothing is really, truly, finally decided until the convention and the actual vote is recorded.

But, seriously, can anyone explain to me what would actually be gained by dragging this out to the last final moment? What benefit does that provide to the Democratic party and their ability to win the White House and a larger majority in Congress?

That is the goal, isn’t it? A Democrat as president and a larger majority in both houses. Someone who supports Hillary staying in past Obama’s securing 2118 delegates explain to me how that is an easier thing to do with a fractured and pissed off base.

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