Think of the level of connectivity in his life. No blacberry or any email, no text messages... I bet he even has to have Cindy 'set up' his cell phone calls. Can't you imagine he and Ted Stephens grousing about how THEY didn't need the internets to get anything done in their day...

Posted at June 15, 2008 8:10 PM in response to Obama Helps Midwestern Flood Victims

mmmmmm thats a nice little spring-time appetizer. Thanks arti.

Posted at June 15, 2008 7:47 PM in response to Handicapping the Fall Election, June 15 Style

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visitors_(V_TV_series)

Posted at June 13, 2008 9:35 PM in response to General admission at Federal Hall (a first-hand account of McCain '08 in action)

Here's the core questions that no one has attempted to answer:

If Hillary was so easily knocked out of a democratic primary by sexism from democrats and left-leaning pundits, just how badly would she have lost the GE facing the even more unabashed sexism from the right? How would she have fared as president with the even-harsher sexism that exists in other countries? And why DID she choose to have men run her campaign and make all the major decisions? And when times got tough, why DID she throw the women under the bus like PS Doyle?

I'd say that if Hillary can't stand the heat she should get out of the kitchen - but I'm sure you'd howl about the deafening silence coming from the Obama campaign in response to such a sexist comment by me.

Your endless poo-pooing of the Clintons' purposeful and tactical racism is pretty disturbing. After all, it was Martin Luther King jr who once wrote, "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."

Posted at June 13, 2008 8:33 PM in response to Will White Feminists Speak up for Michelle Obama?

Hillary had the women in her campaign take a back seat to the men. She threw the women under the bus as soon as times got tough (Patti Solis Doyle). If Obama did that it would be unforgivable to you, but Hillary? Letting the boys tell her how to act is just political strategy, right?

And remember when that labor leader said Hillary is the type of leader with "testicular fortitude" and all she did was smirk? I will never forget the deafening silence by PEOPLE LIKE YOU who ignored how incredibly sexist that was and just laughed it off. The Clintons used racism to get votes and ignored sexism to keep them. Real classy.

Posted at June 13, 2008 2:30 AM in response to Will White Feminists Speak up for Michelle Obama?

Well, Bills point was that Obama winning SC was meaningless because the OTHER fairytale black candidate, Jackson, also won SC and look how it turned out for him! Blacks aren't REAL contenders - they just get the black vote (so what?) in black states (so what?). REAL people (whites) in REAL states (almost all white) won't ever vote for such a gimmick candidate in the end - just like they didn't vote for Jesse J in the end.

Essentially saying that a black candidate can only ever get token support because they are "only" black (you know, like Jesse Jackson) is very insulting.

Posted at June 13, 2008 2:07 AM in response to Will White Feminists Speak up for Michelle Obama?

I'm sayin, if it was just a stuffed monkey with a suit on it'd be pretty cute! I mean only if the toy wasn't meant to portray an actual person and it was just a monkey with a suit on. That's all! Kinda like curious george! Then again Curious George was an inherently racist series of stories. And stuffed monkeys with clothes on kind of always insinuate the whole black people-as-monkeys idea, which is the foundation of the doctrine of white supremacy. But... you know... the suit coat comes off! You could sling it over the shoulder and... OK you're right. The thing's repugnant with no redeeming value. my bad.

Posted at June 13, 2008 1:48 AM in response to Obama as A Sock Monkey

COMPLAIN to MSNBC? Seems like you'd be thanking them.

In fact, Clinton recieved the highest percentage of positive coverage from MSNBC among major cable news networks according to the Project for Excellence in Journalism: http://journalism.org/node/11275

A quote: "The Clinton campaign had MSNBC to thank for a greater portion of statements disputing the concept that she is unlikable, 22% on MSNBC versus 13% on CNN and 12% on Fox News."

Covering up bumbling failure due to poor planning and execution by blaming those who actually HELPED you shows just what kind of President Hillary would have been - and, thankfully, will never be.

Posted at June 13, 2008 1:02 AM in response to Will White Feminists Speak up for Michelle Obama?

Really, though, why a monkey? Why not just an actual Obama plush toy? And who's manufacturing these things for this guy? Don't THEY know how utterly racist this is? A black man as a monkey!? And that thing isn't styled to look like him. Sorry, but that ain't nothin' but a stuffed animal monkey with a suit on!!
Maybe, maaaayyyybe this guy was able to get a great deal on some stuffed monkeys and is just using Obama's name to move them without appreciating the racist overtones. But he damn sure knows how offensive it is by now thanks to LG. If he takes down the site and/or stops selling them, then I guess we'll know if all this was on purpose or not.
Worst part? Outside of the racist overtones, the thing's adorable! I mean, the little suit coat even comes off! Bastards...

Posted at June 13, 2008 12:08 AM in response to Obama as A Sock Monkey

Not to mention that the Spurs have more working, hard-working white players than the Lakers.

Posted at May 31, 2008 8:52 PM in response to The NBA Must Award West Crown to Spurs