"Idiot voters". Those words from an earlier poster represent our (the Democrats') problem. Condescension, snarky sneers and juvenile jokes coming from Obama supporters at the expense of people in West Virginia, Kentucky, Alaska and just about any other community that doesn't "understand" how great Obama is generate resentment, anger and, ultimately McCain/Palin votes. (As an aside, when George Wallace spoke at Harvard and was called a racist by a rowdy and profane student body, he won lots of points across America when he asked the Harvard president "How many 'Negra' professors do you have on your staff?" The answer of course was none. Sticking it to the arrogant and self satisfied always gets votes.)

Obama's statement about "bitter" people to a cloistered SF fat cat crowd reveals an important Obama problem. He was asked why he didn't do better with rural voters. He blamed the voters rather look at what he might be doing wrong as a candidate. They were bitter, biased and in the throws of uncertainty. Maybe Obama will do better in the polls if he looks at his shortcomings and corrects them.

Posted at September 8, 2008 11:40 AM in response to More Polling Shows Convention Bounce For McCain

Exactly right, Boxofrain. Also, chant that garbage at the wrong time and you will have cops pulling out their billyclubs. I was at a rally in DC once - a peaceful one - and mounted cops formed a phalanx and trotted past us. It sent a powerful message, but we were lawful and cops were respectful and nobody was hurt; our message was heard by the President, who came out onto the portico to see what was up. One of our crowd thought that it would be cool to flip the bird at Carter. Whether he saw it or not, he immediately turned and left. I was disgusted and did the same. Moron.

Posted at August 25, 2008 5:38 PM in response to Fox News Reporter slammed at rally in Denver

Respectfully, TenaX, I don't think fighting back is chanting "Fuck You" to a reporter - if the marchers don't display self respect others will just ignore them as fools or juveniles. I don't remember King leading marches that featured that conduct and those are the templates for the real difference making marches.

Posted at August 25, 2008 5:18 PM in response to Fox News Reporter slammed at rally in Denver

I saw the video and there's nothing funny about it. The crowd looked and sounded like idiots - the last people that Obama should want Americans to think are his base or representative of Democrats in general. The Fox reporter didn't ask anything that deserved that kind of response. Intelligent answers would have been easy to give and could have done justice to the march or shamed Fox, whichever was in play. When they talk about "recreate '68" they sound like morons. I watched the riots of that convention and there was nothing to celebrate or glorify. They were horrible, ugly and doomed Humphrey - yielding Nixon. Its time for Obama supporters and the wing nuts that hang around the Democratic Party to grow up; they can start by ditching the '68 nonsense.

Dont' think that McCain's people wont' have tape of this freak show and meld it into Ayers commercials.

These fools are one of the reasons that this yellow dog Democrat is going Independent.

Posted at August 25, 2008 5:07 PM in response to Fox News Reporter slammed at rally in Denver

The GOP found tape of Obama hugging Kilpatrick and saying nice things about him. I don't find this ad racist - weak, yes - but not racist. Kilpatrick is a lousy mayor, a crook and most important, in the news. If Kilpatrick was white as the driven snow the ad would still run. It would still be weak. If tape exists of Obama hugging my former Governor Spitzer, also a lousy official and a crook, then that will be part of another add. It will not be anti-Semitic or racist, just weak and annoying. Coming soon to a GOP ad near you : Obama hugging John Edwards.

Posted at August 13, 2008 4:22 PM in response to Tennessee GOP Links Obama To Black Scandal-Plagued Mayor

Obama is here getting bit by the dog that protected him during the primary.
Get used to it.
The Republicans will say from now until Nov. that Obama said 16 mos. pullout during the primary and is now saying, "whenever" and, ipso facto, he can't be trusted. Nothing O says or does will dissuade the media from buying into that line if it wants to - just as nothing Hillary could say would make the media rework its desired story line - Obama good, Hillary bad. On it goes.

Posted at July 3, 2008 5:41 PM in response to News Orgs Already Getting It Wrong On Obama's Iraq Remarks

Obama is squirming out of a pledge - when he made it he used language that was intended to convince people that he was "above it all", was going to show us all how clean politics are done and that all he needed was a willing Republican (and, at that time, the long shot nomination - , do you think he made the pledge to get some attention and show up Hillary? - just asking).

I know, his pledge wasn't really a pledge, it had some weasel words. But O people don't accept weasel words. They don't accept Hillary weasel words or McCain weasel words, so why do they rationalize and get all defensive and protective about O's?

Anyway, O is just another Chicago politcian who plays the game better than most. Nothing really new under the sun. I'm voting for him because he's not McCain and even though I want to like McCain, I can't - he makes it impossible. This flip flop by Obama on financing was heralded months ago. He's no revelation, just a politician.

Posted at June 19, 2008 9:19 PM in response to McCain Campaign: Obama's Public Finance Decision "All About Money"

Seems like a valid news item to me. The Obama people have been thrashing over "what will Hillary do? what does Hillary want?" for weeks. Now we start to see some reporting of the answers and the O'bots carp, with too much protest, that Hillary gets too much attention (wee bit insecure about O, are we?). Imagine if weeks past and nothing was heard from Hillary's camp. You can hear it now: "Why aren't you reporting on Hillary just sitting on her rump while O needs party unity? Typical Hillary, typical TPM, covering up for Hillary - in the tank for her - knew it all along."

O people: lighten up, your guy won and will be president, probably. Hopefully, Hillary will be his VP.

Posted at June 17, 2008 9:34 AM in response to Hillary Holding Private Conference Call With Top Fundraisers On Thursday*

"they always walk on eggshells, even when they are knifing each other in the back."

Perfectly said.

Posted at June 3, 2008 2:31 PM in response to Senators Failed To Reach Endorsement Decision; Privately Discussed Joint Ticket

Spineless! Agree completely.
Superdelegates want all the authority and none of the responsibility; all the medals without the soldiering. Most have known since at least NH
whom they preferred but were too afraid of ticking off this or that sub-group. I support Hillary and to watch her "supers" suddenly discover something that just couldn't be resisted - always something "moral or in the best interests of the party or nation or unity or........" when it was always, "who's winning?" before ditching her might have been nauseating were it not so predictable.
If they are rubber stamps of the primary vote then they are unnecessary; if they won't dare override the primary season plurality delegate count then they are useless.

Regardless of which side of the debate you've been on, I think we can agree that superdelegates have been nothing but an irritant best done away with in 2012

Posted at June 3, 2008 1:58 PM in response to Senators Failed To Reach Endorsement Decision; Privately Discussed Joint Ticket