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Sen. Clinton May Have Secured My Vote

Cross-Posted HERE.

I'm wavering in my support for Sen. Obama.  

I've been leaning towards Barack Obama for a few months now.  However, Sen. Clinton, in a speech today highlighting the importance of the Pennsylvania Primary on Tuesday, said the words that these ears have longed to hear:

"I didn't want to just show up and give one of these woop-de-doo speeches."

Now I'm on the fence.

Throughout this extended primary season, in which every imaginable group has been assiduously courted, there is one constituency that has been left unattended: the woop-de-damn-doers!  

Although I have been generally impressed with Sen. Obama's attempts to elevate our political discourse, and inspire the electorate to transform divisions, Sen. Clinton has eviscerated these notions with one simple expression: "Woop-de-Doo".

Woop-de-doo, alternatively referred to as "whoop de doo" or "woop de freakin' do" if you're not into the whole brevity thing, is defined in the Urban Dictionary as:

Sarcastic retort used in response to a comment that somebody has used to induce excitement or shock. Used with a sense of irony . . . the second party is expressing indifference or mild annoyance at the content of the comment made.

Also used when one has excitedly passed on a piece of relatively unenlightening information.

I think Sen. Clinton is onto something here.  This just might catch on.

I'm already envisioning buttons:  "Hillary 08: Woop De Doo!"

Or perhaps during her stump speeches, when she's trotting out the right-wing playbook, the crow could begin a chant: "Woop-de-Doo, Woop-de-Doo, Woop-de-Doo"!

How about:

"Hillary 08: Ready to put the Woop de in your Doo from Day One!!"

Maybe Hillary could sing a breathy rendition of "I Want to Be Loved by You" and incorporate the phrase: "Woop Woop de Doo"!!

This has endless potential; any suggestions?


Comments (106)

I sense a disturbance in the force. Cafe reader-blogger jthomascronin is wavering. Finally, he has gravitated away from more serious-minded offerings and has now made his transformation.

Welcome, my friend, to the Snark Side.

It's pretty easy when they're bending over and teeing it up for you.

For the record, this was very funny and I enjoy your straight pieces as well.

This was recommended?
Expectations are quite high for Obama supporters.

Expectations you say? I thought it was recommended because it was funny.

Keith Olbermann would find it funny. It's right up there with Oddball and all the stuff that send 11 year-olds into hysterics.

I sense a disturbance in the Force. Cafe reader-blogger jthomascronin is wavering. Finally, he has gravitated away from more serious-minded offerings to make his final transformation.

Welcome, my friend, to the Snark Side.

Apologies for the double-posting. Some login wackiness affected my Sith-like concentration.

It was me. I logged on, and you felt it.

Sorry.

Campaign Anthem
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnrLloO7nFQ&fmt=18

I'm on board 100%!
Only Hillary has crossed the Woop De Doo Threshold. Take that Obamites!

Consarn and dagnabbit!
These uppity younguns an their woop-de-doo speeches.

As if Hill could just rattle one off at any time.

Then she proceeds to bore the paint off the bleachers.
Clap-clap.
Nod-nod.
Point-point.

Foghorn J Leghorn has just endorsed Hillary!

I see huge potential in youtube videos for this camapign slogan, "Hillary 4 u n Me, Woop-de-doo"

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I am sorry, sir, but you are clearly misinformed. The phrase is 'Whoop-de-do'. This is why elitists (those who don't know how to spell 'Whoop-de-do') are just not going to be ready on Day One.

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If she's going for the Archie Bunker vote, maybe she thinks it helps her street cred to mis-spell stuff.

Awwwww jeeezz you think I'm gunna vote for one a dem dair commiefemmewutzits?

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Shouldn't it actually be "Whoop-whoop-de-doop"?

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those of us 2 cool 4 skool just say "Whoop... der it iz!" Then we sneak a middle finger salute, brush the dirt off, down some Krunk juice, pop in our grills, slide behind the wheel of our whip, lay our 9 mil on the seat, burn some rubber... where my bitches at?

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Anybody got a can of whoop-ass handy?

Hillary is clearly trying to appeal to the Archie Bunker's in PA... and you will recall Archie Bunker would often say "Whoop-de-do".

If this doesn't work, she will next try "Yaba Daba Doo".

I'm sure you'll appreciate this one:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=7fqCS7Y_kME

That was fun.

The more things change:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNWIatFCH1Q

Adam Sandler said it best. Was he at a Clinton rally?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=v-KX3XuUXpc&feature=related

And the line was probably suggested by Rob Reiner, campaigning with her.

Wonderful! Thank you all. I opened the thread dreading to read another troll post pretending to be won over by lame Clinton talking points. I haven't laughed so hard in weeks. This reminds me anew why all the movement is a one-way street to Obama.

I opened the thread dreading to read another troll post pretending to be won over by lame Clinton talking points
Actually... is it my imagination, or have the trolls all gone away today? Especially Louisville and the guy with the baby twins picture? Almost as if this were a M-F job for them....

Though Weaver says some ridiculous things, I don't think he counts as a troll per se. He has his own blog which he regularly publicizes. Whatever his point of view, he means it.

I'm not sure about Louisville either. Sometimes he says things that I think are sincere. Not that I agree with most of it and not that a lot of it is thoughtful or tactful, but I don't think that he's a bona fide troll.

I still don't get how that automatically exempts him.

Let me just say this - some of the worst, most pernicious trolls I know of have their own blogs where they say the same things they say while trolling.

They are still trolling this board. Just cause they have a blog is meaningless - there's no relation.

you're still hot, of course. ;)

I guess I'm just used to the old school USENET definition of a troll. Back then it was someone who was completely insincere and was basically just saying what they were saying to incite a flame war for their own amusement. I don't think that someone like Weaver falls into this category. I think the guy genuinely means what he says. I don't agree with the vast majority of it, but there's something uncomfortable to me about just calling someone a troll because I don't agree with their point of view.

Then again, this is the Internet and his blog and avatar could just be contrivances to deceive me into buying his sincerity. I'm so confused!

They're employees... they don't work weekends.

I think what would also be quite effective would be to swirl one's finger up into the air whilst exclaiming "Woop de doo". It symbolizes her campaign moving forward, not backward, upward not forward, and always twirling, twirling, twirling towards freedom.

Kang/Kodos 2008!!!

"Defeat Clin-Ton! Abortions for some, tiny flags for others!"

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somehow she did not quite get the anger into this one that she got into the " Enough with the speeches..." line in Ohio. (One of my favorites)
as some people around where I live say :thank you jesus for this post.
with the press people reporting this with a straight face, one begins to wonder whether anyone else out there in the world also heard the utter inanity of her remark.

Hey, if thats what it takes... why not? Its a marketing strategy too and if it works for her.. let her use it. You people here are so rediculous. Of course it cracks me up but... if it works for her let her to do the whoop de do de doo thing. Its a sound strategy. Leave the lady alone.. please!!!

Hee hee!

No way! Now, I hate unfairness and cruelty, but she deserves this bit of teasing--this is just too good to pass up! She's getting sillier every day!

;-p

"leave the 'Lady' alone." Who's the lady?

As it was drummed in my head, all grown females are women, but not all women are ladies. Excuse me, but "ladies" do not swill beer in polyester pant suits. Or even silk chiffon. They just don't do those things. Not to mention polyester pant suits ... so declassè.

I prefer the version I heard from a co-worker in Dayton, Ohio, 25 years ago: "Whoop-de-goddam-do!"

I like that -

Hillary-Joe: ready on day 1 to put some "whoop de in your goddam-do"


LOL!!!

That just might be the winner.

I agree. It's lyrical. Graceful. Just dances right off the tongue.

Good job, Tena.

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Ok, ya got me with "Maybe Hillary could sing a breathy rendition of "I Want to Be Loved by You" and incorporate the phrase: "Woop Woop de Doo"!!"

After fighting so hard for so long to neuter her femininity (and thus her humanity) in some weird effort to cross the CinC threshold, the vision of Hillary as Marilyn Monroe radiating female pheromones is hilarious.

..., if you're not into the whole brevity thing, ...
Here, here! El duderino!.

You forgot the Southern derivative of the expression, as I use on a regular basis:

Whoopty-sh*t.

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How about making this into the latest "spontaneous" chant at her rallies (oops, I mean intimate gatherings in partially filled gyms): whoop, de, do! whoop, de do! (using same rhythm as "yes she can" and other previous efforts).

You definitely clap/point to that rhythm.

God she's going after the seniors. I mean, I'm no spring chicken and woopdedoo is grand parent speak even to me.

Ah, she's missing one senior, that's for sure. My 75-year-old mother-in-law is constantly mocking Hillary; her favorite is exactly what DF has hit on: the nod-nod, clap-clap, point-point. She does a drop-dead version of it; it gets her 20-year-old grand-daughter (and 48-year-old son-in-law) rolling on the floor with laughter. And my mother-in-law was a big Fan of Bill's. Now she's like everybody else who defended the Clintons once too long against her Republican friends. She feels burned and tired, and totally energized by Barack Obama. (Want to see a 75-year-old woman swoon? Whisper "President Obama" in her ear.)

I'm going to try that on the next 75 year old woman I run into. Usually calling them "Miss" does the trick. ;)

Well,.............Bye!

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Yeah, that "whoop"-speak will go over real well with Christophe and the rest of her billionaire buddies.

Truly, it's unimaginable.

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Big whoop.

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Hillary is against Woop-De-Doo speeches. She has always been against them. If you take the time to actually listen to what she said, she was promising not to engage in Woop-De-Doo like some other men do.

Senator Clinton believes that there should be no place in national campaigns for Woop-De-Doo .

Senator Clinton believes that her Boo-Hoo-Hoo communications style is much more in tune with the mood of the nation.

"Woop-De-Doo is just Voodoo Deep Doo-Doo" Hillary Lachrymose Clinton.

Alright! Do that voodoo that you do.

Denial can be an exceptional thing... however, when one is supporting a candidate who was dead to begin with (think 1960s, 2007) and who is dead in 2008, it's time to go visit a therapist... HRC is history, she will NEVER be president: thank God, because otherwise it would take 100 years for a woman to ever be president as she is not qualified to be President in 2008. RIP HRC

I wonder if there's a connection between Hillary's opposition to Whoop-De-Doo and her husband's obvious fondness for Doin'-De-Whoopee?

Perhaps this is simply her version of making whoopee?

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I can't imagine it's with Bill.

Great, great post & comments.

I came with an open mind to see if HRC had said something that had had a convincing effect on a voter. I guess she did in a way.

Her first scorning of 'big rallies & fancy speeches' was just the tip of the iceburg (that sunk the Titanic), but Whoop-de-do, now that's just sound reasoning.

All snark aside, that is what you do when you have no reasoned arguement. It does serve to give permission to those voters who also don't have a sound reason not to vote for O; the Bunker vote.

Well, she needs some kind of slogan other than ones stolen from Obama.

Barrack-"yes we can." Hillary-"yes we will."

Audiences are so tuned into Obama's message that she HAS to co-opt his slogans because they're on the lips of her own crowds.


Well, she needs some kind of slogan other than ones stolen from Obama.

Barrack-"yes we can." Hillary-"yes we will."

Audiences are so tuned into Obama's message that she HAS to co-opt his slogans because they're on the lips of her own crowds.


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whoop de doo dah day... dahlink

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Cute. Nice attack on Clinton's "woop-de-doo". The only thing is that you stated that so far you have been generally impressed with Obama's attempt to elevate the political discourse. I guess that means you didn't see all his complaining about the low level of ABC debate as deflection and damage control over his in ability to handle the kind of tough questions that will be coming his way from the GOP. I was impressed too. I was impressed by how badly he wilted.

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Clinton: "Why do I always get the first question?"
"The boys are piling on the girl" I'm sure there are more. She is such a "victim".

First, it's beyond hypocrisy for the Clinton camp to accuse Sen. Obama of "complaining." Sen. Clinton has chosen to relentlessly attempt to shape the media narrative by doing just that; and that's her right. In fact, I would argue that her relentless complaints have been effective to the extent that the media seems to follow her cue.

Second, the argument that the tough questions will be "coming his way from the GOP" is the intellectual equivalent of my conversations with my mother when I was eight years old:
ME: Mom, can I do [fill in the blank]?
MOM: No
ME[Whining]: But . . . Timmy's mom let's him do [fill in the blank]
MOM: Then go live at Timmy's house

Maybe Hillary should just go live at Timmy's house.

Hah. "Tough questions". That was a good one.

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Clinton couldn't give a whoop-de-doo speech even if Obama wrote it for her and coached her on delivery. She lacks the one thing that makes charisma possible: an authentic sense of self.

clap, clap, point, point, (swirling finger in the air)whoop-de-doo.............

All together now:
Clap
Clap
Point
Point
WHOOP - DE -DOO!!

God what a joke she has become.

You left out some things:

Clap, clap

Eyes bugged out of her head as she

Points, Points to acknowledge someone-ANYONE in the crowd..goes back to clapping like a seal...

Fake smile, fake smile, and then

Whoop-de-do!

Repeat until camera-man is nauseated and cannot continue filming

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Otto you just don't get it.

We have over $9 trillion dollars of public debt. $50 trillion when you add private debt. At the latest DAVOS conference the talk was about how to keep the US from falling into a major recession, if not worse, and bringing the rest of the world's economy down with it.

We're mired in two military quagmires overseas that we're borrowing $200 billion a year to finance. Our army and marines are on the verge of breakdown and have nothing to respond with if hostilities flare up elsewhere. With interest and care for our wounded it may well cost us $3 trillion over the 10 years.

We have almost $2 trillion dollars of infrastructure that needs rebuilding.

We have 47 million people without health insurance.

We have 2% of the world's oil reserves and use 25% of the world's oil. It is supplied by other nations that increasingly view us with suspicion and hostility.

Both ice caps are melting signaling great, possibly catastrophic climate change sooner than later scientists say.

We have a administration that has trashed the constitution, repeatedly broken our laws and int'l. law, while politicizing and crippling most of the federal government.

And you think this election is going to be about tough questions that will be coming his way from the GOP? Are you nuts or just a shallow fool?

The rotund diva is warming up the ol' pipes:

http://www.pollster.com/08-US-Dem-Pres-Primary.php

The trend is clear enough even for Otto and Billy Glad to see. I'm in Pa. and the buzz here is starting to grow. I think Obama may actually keep it within 5 points. Maybe closer.

i dont think there was nearly enough snark in this post...

Get off the freakin' pot and decide!

Sheesh, like you don't already know after almost two years who you're going to vote for?

Lord of mercy.

For me, I CANNOT VOTE FOR ANYONE WHO SUPPORTED THE IRAQ WAR INVASION! PERIOD!

Whoa. I'm thinking you might want to make the next cup chamomile.

Unfortunately she was for WHOOP - DE -DOO before she was against it, and as a waffler, is unelectable.

She's finally done it. She's offended even the woop-de-dooers.

Let me tell you that am a woop-de-dooer, and proud of it. In fact, I woop-de-doo all the do da day. So, Hillary and her whoopie-making husband can kiss my patootie!

It is time for woop-de-dooers to stand firm and and tell that nattering-nabob of negativism to stop lollygagging, take a hint, and -na na na na, na na na na, hey hey hey (say) goodbye!

Do do do, da da da, that's all I've got to say to you.

I'll vote Barack on Tuesay, and my heart stands still...

Da do run run run, da do run run

I can't go with Clinton even against Bill...

Da do run run run, da do run run..

Yeah, Obama's my guy...

Yeah, he's it, my oh my!

Yeah, he will take us home,

Da do run run run, da do run run!

With apologies to the Ronnettes!

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I'll remember your pointless remarks when she wins in PA, PR, WV, and IN. She will then have won 9 of 10 of the largest states.

PR and WV biggest states?

Please remember:

Big State = Hillary wins state

Important State = Hillary wins state

Key Caucus = Hillary wins caucus

Haven't you gotten your marching orders yet?

See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNWIatFCH1Q

Top 10 states by population from the 2000 census:
[1] California
[2] Texas
[3] New York
[4] Florida
[5] Illinois
[6] Pennsylvania
[7] Ohio
[8] Michigan
[9] New Jersey
[10] Georgia

Now, which state did Sen. Clinton win in the primary that she will win in the general [and Sen. Obama would lose]?

CA? TX? NY? NJ? The only state in which you can even make a reasonable argument for is OH.

Just for fun, here's the next 5:
[11] North Carolina
[12] Virginia
[13] Massachusetts
[14] Indiana
[15] Washington

Do you believe Sen. Obama will not win Massachusetts? Conversely, how do you think Sen. Clinton will do in the states won by Sen. Obama?

[16] Tennessee
[17] Missouri
[18] Wisconsin
[19] Maryland
[20] Arizona

Do you think Sen. Clinton will win TN or AZ? Conversely, what about the states won by Sen. Obama?

So, here's my final tally:

States won by Sen. Clinton in the primary that Sen. Clinton MIGHT win in the general & Sen. Obama MIGHT lose - [1] Ohio [2] New Jersey [remote, but possible]

States won by Sen. Obama in the primary that Sen. Obama MIGHT win in the general & Sen. Clinton MIGHT lose - [1] VA [2] WA [3] WI [4] MD [MI]

Why not just use real data (however imperfect that data may be at the moment):

http://www.electoral-vote.com/

She has lost. What about that concept is so hard for you to understand? Her mis-managed campaign is broke.

Also, have you ever been to West Virginia? It is a lovely state. It is not big. Puerto Rico is neither large, nor a state.

Saying that small states don't matter sounds kinda "elitist" to me. What do you think?

Whoop de doo-- another amusing, clever post by a TPM commenter. So what else is new? ;-)

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Personally, I think she on to something. Going right for the "Hey, you kids get off my lawn!" vote.

But, we already have a crotchety old man in the race.

John McCain is the guy that if he lived in your neighborhood, and some kids were playing a game and accidentally had their ball go in his yard, they would have to huddle and figure out which one of them was not too scared to go retrieve it.

He's got the "get off my lawn" vote locked up.

Look, there are two candidates in this race who have crossed the "Get off my lawn!" threshold.

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Hope you two can keep your sense of humor when Obama the big spender gets access to the National Budget. Looking at the way he's been throwing the cash around with his ad campaign in PA, I think Obama will sign away in debt to China whatever Bush has left of the United States before the end of his first year in office.

I hear he's been paying his campaign bills like he thinks money grows on trees.

Kids these days!

"Since 1946, Democratic presidents increased the national debt an average of only 3.2% per year. The Republican presidents stay at an average increase of 9.7% per year. Republican Presidents out borrowed and spent Democratic presidents by a three to one ratio. Putting that in very real terms; for every dollar a Democratic president has raised the national debt in the past 59 years Republican presidents have raised the debt by $2.99"

http://www.cedarcomm.com/~stevelm1/usdebt.htm

That was cash that we gave him to win. I'd be a little miffed if we has being tight with it in PA.

You know, that is what Kerry did. He witheld money when he should have spent every last cent! I won't even open his (many) emails to me now for that very reason.

Obama is doing the right thing.

Yes he is!

Yes he can!

Yeah, the "big spender" Obama has actually been spending money that he HAS! Whereas Clinton is in debt and is stiffing the high schools and insurance companies which her campaign has contracted with. Hillary already has Bush's philosophy down pat. Deficit spending is GOOD. Managing a budget is BAD!

As to Obama spending more than Hillary -- since when has it been a negative to raise more money than your opponent? Oh, yeah! Every since Obama started raising millions more than Hillary by small donations as opposed to big spenders. Oh, well. Now we have gone full circle!

This just in on the "Whoop-dee-doo" issue! (Care of my wife, who never got out of her 1970s teen years, culturally.)

Do you remember who made that phrase a common retort in popular culture? Archie Bunker!

Remember?

Michael Stivic would be making a cogent argument, running rhetorical circles around Archie, leaving Archie flummoxed. So Archie would respond, "Well, whoop-dee-doo!"

Meat Head would continue arguing, making further points, further antagonizing the losing Archie, to which Archie would let fly, "Whoop-dee-doo, whoop-dee-doo, whoop-dee-doo, Meathead!"

So, now Hillary is adopting the Archie Bunker role to Obama's Meathead.

Bunkerbargering?

Uh...this was already pointed out. By me. Way up at the top.

nice avatar. thought i'd be the first to say:

OHH YEAHHHH!!!!!!

Thanks. With all this talk about Kool-Aid, I figured it was time.

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She will win Pennsylvania, but Whoop-de-doo.

Delegate math? Campaign finance?

Let's see how Archie Bunker would have handled it:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=7IBKNuHJgrg

Whoop-de-doo!

Zippity Doo Dah
Zippity Ay
My oh my
I'm not as bad as they say.

I'm gonna be POTUS
Get out of my way.
Zippity Doo Dah
Zippity Ay

Karl Rove on my shoulder,
It's the truth;
It's actual;
Everything is satisfactual.

Zippity Doo Dah
Zippity Ay
Horrible feeling,
Wonderful day!

A pretty shrewd move on Hillary's part.

"Woop-de-do," along with "Yeehaw" and "WooHoo!" are exclamations that one would hear during any 1930s Mississippi lynching.

I'll say this for The Monster, she knows how to rally her supporters.

Talk of state's rights next, right?

Let's get serious: "Yeehaw" and "WooHoo" and "Woop-de-do" are common expressions:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PUHTcUrJqM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdAtL35yRuU

I use again that famous line from Tomstone:

Well.................Bye!

Next debate, Bunker style:

Hillary: "One of us has not crossed the threshold. I'm not gonna say who it is, I'm just gonna look at the guilty person and whistle." (Rolling eyes at Obama and giving a nice, descending whistle.)

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