Comments on: Still Catching Up http://www.mahablog.com/2008/03/26/still-catching-up/ Exposing the ugly truths about the Bush Administration. Sat, 17 May 2008 04:01:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1.3 by: unclead http://www.mahablog.com/2008/03/26/still-catching-up/#comment-529092 Sun, 30 Mar 2008 05:16:31 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2008/03/26/still-catching-up/#comment-529092 If you understad Irony, It is surley lost. If you understad Irony, It is surley lost.

]]> by: Happenstance http://www.mahablog.com/2008/03/26/still-catching-up/#comment-529040 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 22:12:46 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2008/03/26/still-catching-up/#comment-529040 DEMS SUCK! OBAMA AND CLINTON AND BUSH AND CHENEY ARE EXACTLY TEH SAME! I'M VOTING NADER TO KEEP MY CONSCIENCE CLEAN! THIRD PARTY! THIRD PARTY! (Oh my God, after being on the receiving end of that stick during the last two elections, it feels good to be on this end for a change. I hope every pseudoprogressive on the Internet appreciates the irony--but I doubt most of them can even comprehend it.) DEMS SUCK! OBAMA AND CLINTON AND BUSH AND CHENEY ARE EXACTLY TEH SAME! I’M VOTING NADER TO KEEP MY CONSCIENCE CLEAN! THIRD PARTY! THIRD PARTY!

(Oh my God, after being on the receiving end of that stick during the last two elections, it feels good to be on this end for a change. I hope every pseudoprogressive on the Internet appreciates the irony–but I doubt most of them can even comprehend it.)

]]> by: felicity http://www.mahablog.com/2008/03/26/still-catching-up/#comment-528981 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:01:26 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2008/03/26/still-catching-up/#comment-528981 DONNA, 3/26 @8:20 hit the nail on the head. The 'Professional Democrats', Hillary etal, are really fighting for their political lives. DONNA, 3/26 @8:20 hit the nail on the head. The ‘Professional Democrats’, Hillary etal, are really fighting for their political lives.

]]> by: RAW http://www.mahablog.com/2008/03/26/still-catching-up/#comment-528978 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:36:54 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2008/03/26/still-catching-up/#comment-528978 I remember reading in this very blog the idea of Clinton for president this cycle and I thought, no way could enough people seriously consider her. So no, not a supporter. However watching the last ywo months and the way that both have handled situations, OB has shown maturity, class and leadership. HRC seems to be crumbling before the onslaught and in an unattractive(not physically) way. Yes, I believe that a great majority of HCR supporters will come to vote for OB. However, even I would have a hard time holding my nose and punching in for her. But with the numbers behind a candidate who is intelligent and capable, if he is rejected by the Supers, I could see that black voters would be not only pissed off but would probably leave the Dems for good. If OB had turned out to be a flash in the pan it might be different but ... Perhaps this is HRC's ultimate goal, the reverse southern strategy. Drive the black voters from the party to gain the racists that are Repubs for racist reasons only...Hmmm... I remember reading in this very blog the idea of Clinton for president this cycle and I thought, no way could enough people seriously consider her. So no, not a supporter. However watching the last ywo months and the way that both have handled situations, OB has shown maturity, class and leadership. HRC seems to be crumbling before the onslaught and in an unattractive(not physically) way. Yes, I believe that a great majority of HCR supporters will come to vote for OB. However, even I would have a hard time holding my nose and punching in for her. But with the numbers behind a candidate who is intelligent and capable, if he is rejected by the Supers, I could see that black voters would be not only pissed off but would probably leave the Dems for good. If OB had turned out to be a flash in the pan it might be different but …
Perhaps this is HRC’s ultimate goal, the reverse southern strategy. Drive the black voters from the party to gain the racists that are Repubs for racist reasons only…Hmmm…

]]> by: Stella http://www.mahablog.com/2008/03/26/still-catching-up/#comment-528973 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 10:50:22 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2008/03/26/still-catching-up/#comment-528973 Be careful of dissing McCain. I remember watching Reagan muse "woudn't it be nice if we could put a big shield up in the sky?" and thinking "okay, now everybody knows he's demented." Hours later, Star Wars was launched, thanks to the same media that serve us now. Be careful of dissing McCain. I remember watching Reagan muse “woudn’t it be nice if we could put a big shield up in the sky?” and thinking “okay, now everybody knows he’s demented.” Hours later, Star Wars was launched, thanks to the same media that serve us now.

]]> by: Michael http://www.mahablog.com/2008/03/26/still-catching-up/#comment-528968 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 04:33:14 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2008/03/26/still-catching-up/#comment-528968 Something should be said about Mark Penn, at any rate. i.e., <a href="http://www.burson-marsteller.com/About_Us/Global_Leadership/Lists/GlobalLeadership/DispForm.aspx?ID=1&#38;nodeName=Global%20Leadership&#38;SubTitle=Mark%20J.%20Penn" rel="nofollow">Mark Penn</a>&#8212;&#62;<a href="http://www.burson-marsteller.com/Integrated_solutions/Pages/BKSH.aspx" rel="nofollow">BKSH</a>&#8212;&#62;<a href="http://www.bksh.com/charlie-black.html" rel="nofollow">Charlie Black</a>&#8212;&#62;<a href="http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/02/top_mccain_adviser_says_he_doe.php" rel="nofollow">John McCain</a>. Something should be said about Mark Penn, at any rate.

i.e., Mark Penn—>BKSH—>Charlie Black—>John McCain.

]]> by: Swami http://www.mahablog.com/2008/03/26/still-catching-up/#comment-528967 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 04:13:24 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2008/03/26/still-catching-up/#comment-528967 I just read that the recent violence in Basra and Baghdad is proof that the surge is working... It's time for me to go to bed..Good night everybody. I just read that the recent violence in Basra and Baghdad is proof that the surge is working… It’s time for me to go to bed..Good night everybody.

]]> by: Swami http://www.mahablog.com/2008/03/26/still-catching-up/#comment-528966 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 03:44:55 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2008/03/26/still-catching-up/#comment-528966 Hillary is tearing herself down...and people are seeing it. For me, experience doesn't factor in to a significant degree. I'm looking for the qualities of character that are essential to leadership. And Hillary,in her hunger for power is making a real poor showing. I can understand blowing your own horn to raise yourself above the crowd, but Hillary has taken to complete fabrication to make herself shine. That's not good at all.. it's a moral failing that has to be looked at closely because it weakens the foundation of trust. To quote another commentor from another blog..."She's become the monster she's supposed to destroy". Hillary is tearing herself down…and people are seeing it. For me, experience doesn’t factor in to a significant degree. I’m looking for the qualities of character that are essential to leadership. And Hillary,in her hunger for power is making a real poor showing.

I can understand blowing your own horn to raise yourself above the crowd, but Hillary has taken to complete fabrication to make herself shine. That’s not good at all.. it’s a moral failing that has to be looked at closely because it weakens the foundation of trust.

To quote another commentor from another blog…”She’s become the monster she’s supposed to destroy”.

]]> by: JR http://www.mahablog.com/2008/03/26/still-catching-up/#comment-528963 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 01:24:35 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2008/03/26/still-catching-up/#comment-528963 I'm wondering if the Hillary supporters who would vote for McCain over Obama are simply those conservative centrists who like the conservative side of Hillary. Maybe they're the hawks but not ready for McCain, but he's closer to their views than Obama in the end. Just a thought. I’m wondering if the Hillary supporters who would vote for McCain over Obama are simply those conservative centrists who like the conservative side of Hillary. Maybe they’re the hawks but not ready for McCain, but he’s closer to their views than Obama in the end. Just a thought.

]]> by: Donna http://www.mahablog.com/2008/03/26/still-catching-up/#comment-528960 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 01:20:43 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2008/03/26/still-catching-up/#comment-528960 I am thinking more and more that Hillary Clinton's behavior is not about trying to trash and tear down Obama in order to gain the nomination, though I believe her hard-core supporters believe in such a mathematical miracle. I am trying to come up with a motivation sufficient to make sense of her tear-him-down campaign against Obama, and the seeming reality that Hillary is carrying water for the opposing party. Math miracles aside, this phenomenon does make sense if this election year really has shaped up to be an Obama grassroots countervailing threat to establishment elites [ongoing Washington power colluders from both parties], and Hillary is actually carrying water for that group of elites which she and Bill have joined. I am thinking more and more that Hillary Clinton’s behavior is not about trying to trash and tear down Obama in order to gain the nomination, though I believe her hard-core supporters believe in such a mathematical miracle.

I am trying to come up with a motivation sufficient to make sense of her tear-him-down campaign against Obama, and the seeming reality that Hillary is carrying water for the opposing party.

Math miracles aside, this phenomenon does make sense if this election year really has shaped up to be an Obama grassroots countervailing threat to establishment elites [ongoing Washington power colluders from both parties], and Hillary is actually carrying water for that group of elites which she and Bill have joined.

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