Comments on: Clinton E-Mail On Dropping Out, Support For Obama

By: Vanessa

Vanessa — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:01:10 +0000

“When a candidate plasters their first name and only their first name all over their campaign posters, then I feel justified in using it.”

Agreed.

By: Sean D. Martin

Sean D. Martin — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:28:11 +0000

merl: And if you don’t know her you address her by her title, not first name. asshole

In my posts I’ve consistently referred to candidates by the name they’ve used themselves. When a candidate plasters their first name and only their first name all over their campaign posters, then I feel justified in using it.

Asshole.

By: Duros62

Duros62 — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:07:09 +0000

Quaker: True that.

Rob; catchy slogan.

By: liberalrob

liberalrob — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 15:57:23 +0000

All I’m going to say is, I’m voting for him and he better not f–k it up. He is going to be put under a microscope (and the Repubs will break out the Nixonian proctoscope too), and if ANYTHING remotely Spitzerian turns up, not only is he toast but the cause of racial unity that he now symbolizes will be toast. I really really hope he pulls it off, because if he doesn’t I’m very fearful of what will happen.

An Obama failure would be infinitely worse than a Hillary failure. So I suggest you Obama supporters adopt the old NASA motto:

Failure Is Not An Option.

By: Quaker in a Basement

Quaker in a Basement — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 15:31:03 +0000

As OW has pointed out many times, the long-running primary contest has brought out millions of new voters and amped up enthusiasm for the coming election.

I predict that when we look back on the primaries, we’ll see them as helpful to our chances in Novemeber.

By: Calvin Jones and the 13th Apostle

Calvin Jones and the 13th Apostle — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 15:25:13 +0000

Duros62:
But the Republicans will still try to rehash all the old crap. It will leave most of us shaking our heads.

By: Duros62

Duros62 — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 15:05:15 +0000

Hillary did Obama a favor by being a tough opponent.

I agree. We get all the crap out of the way, so the GOP really has nothing left to go after him with.

By: Scott Erb

Scott Erb — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:44:00 +0000

Yes, time to go after McCain. Hillary really showed a capacity I didn’t think she had, after she finally stopped her corporate micro-focus group managed ‘over by Super Tuesday’ strategy and started pounding the flesh and going out in the field. And if she hadn’t put the challenge she did, Obama would not have had as money flow in to advertise and organize all over the country. Think of how much having teams on the ground organizing and preparing for the fall will help come November. Hillary did Obama a favor by being a tough opponent. McCain is showing himself to be a gaffe prone weak candidate. This might be fun.

By: Rex Mundane

Rex Mundane — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:42:20 +0000

Wondering how this email will play with the “If Hillary loses then I’m voting McCain” crowd, the ones with the persecution complex big enough to see from space, believing that the whole world is out to get the underdog Clinton who had only been the presumptive nominee since December 2006. We can only hope to keep to a minimum the “Clinton’s a sexist who’s only biased against herself because she’s afraid she’s going to win” sort of comments.

Ah well, finally wraping up the primary at least. Time to unify so that we may mop the floor with the heptagenarian.

By: mike in dc

mike in dc — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:09:08 +0000

You know, if McCain put Jindal on the ticket as VP, and you averaged their ages together, the average would still be almost ten years older than Obama.
McCain is actually a pre-Boomer, a little too young to have been a member of the Greatest Generation, but too old to be a Boomer. Obama is either a late Boomer or an early Gen Xer, depending on what criteria you set for Gen X(1961 or 1964 are the competing cutoffs). This is the greatest generational divide between presidential candidates since, well, Clinton-Dole or Clinton-Bush I.
Did I mention it’s the 21st Century now?

By: Vanessa

Vanessa — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 12:53:43 +0000

For my part, I’ve been sending this link to friends and posting it on blogs. I’d say that it’s pretty damming. Thanks, Oliver!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aMDJP4VxY4

By: Vanessa

Vanessa — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 12:51:59 +0000

“Obama is our undisputed nominee and its time to beat the crap out of John McCain and the Republicans.”

Woo Hoo!!!!!!! Let the games begin.

By: Wilbur

Wilbur — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 12:28:05 +0000

I feel kind of sorry for John McCain. I mean, he’s not the worst of the republicans. Much as we rightfully mock the term ‘maverick’ he has bucked his party at certain times. He’s a genuine war hero in a party of chicken hawks. Imagine how much better the last eight years would have been if the republicans hadn’t decided to set their dials to stupid and nominate Bush in 2000.

But that was eight years ago and now McCain is old news. His body, his mind, his ideas, old, old old. His time is past and we Democrats, Obamicans and Hillaryites, are going to get over our hurt feelings of the past few months and come together to righteously whoop his wrinkly ass into the old folks home.

Commence ass-kicking NOW!

By: somejackass

somejackass — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 12:26:24 +0000

Heh, I signed up just yesterday and typed in her comment box something like “It’s time to move on, already, get out for the sake of the party. Clear up your entitlement issues with a shrink, not the country”. I used a fake name but my real email. What a pleasant surprise to see this as the first thing I get from HRC’s campaign. Coincidence? I think not. I think she’s scared of me, one “Notmy Realname”, and swayed by my brilliantly worded feedback on her form (even if I don’t remember exactly what I wrote).

By: SaveFarris

SaveFarris — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 12:26:07 +0000

Right on: time to start name calling and stupid ass f##&ing comments about John McSame!!!

By: merl

merl — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 09:00:55 +0000

Thanks, Oliver for that. Let’s stop the name calling and stupid ass fucking comments about Sen. Clinton.
And if you don’t know her you address her by her title, not first name. asshole

By: Oliver Willis

Oliver Willis — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 08:58:15 +0000

Okay, and this advice is for me too: I’m not telling you what to write in comments (this isn’t Talkleft) but Clinton is ending her campaign, Obama is our undisputed nominee and its time to beat the crap out of John McCain and the Republicans.

By: Sean D. Martin

Sean D. Martin — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 07:54:24 +0000

Hillary:
- Release your delegates
- Wholeheartedly support Obama’s campaign and do all you can to help him win
- Make it about his campaign and not about you

THEN maybe I’ll believe you’ve stopped being a hypocritical, self-centered egotist.

By: Robster

Robster — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 07:21:24 +0000

If she follows through on this, good for her.

By: Keon

Keon — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 06:56:26 +0000

It’s about time. Hopefully she acknowledges the historical implications of this election season regardless of whether she gets a ride on the ticket or not.