Comments on: Long night

By: RebL

RebL — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 03:02:28 +0000

I said right up front that I’m not happy about Clinton’s negative swipes. That goes for the ones I point out AND the ones you point out. Though I don’t think right prior to Obama accusatory Wal Mart board claim that Clinton had taken a swipe. It was a debate and I was probably not paying the best attention, but I don’t remember her uttering the word “Muslim” at any point – as though that were a dirty word. I’m just saying Obama supporters like to turn a blind eye to their candidate as though they wouldn’t be surprised if he were to walk on the water.

Also, Obama’s support of college $$ for national service is not new and it has been widely applied for decades. YAWN. Now if he said AmeriCoprs, AmeriCorps NCCC, VISTA, RSVP, America’s Promise, Peace Corps, and so on could get the college compensation military volunteers get – now that would pique my interest.

Finally, geez Dad. There have been no powdered drinks under my roof in more than a decade. Nor are there PHOs. HFCS is on it’s way out. Ever striving… but your comment does bring me back around to that whole bit about how interesting it is that another Obama supporter would be all up in my pantry without a second thought to his own.

(Thanks for the homage though. It’s nice to know you’re paying attention.)

By: laocoon

laocoon — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:31:49 +0000

Hmmm. Well, you say it was Obama that struck first, but before the WalMart comment there was: two Iowa Clinton operatives that passed around a “he’s a Muslim” email, the day before the N.H. vote mailer about his anti-abortion present votes, her chief strategist Penn on TV saying “cocaine” six times while explaining why Jimmy Shaheen in NH called Obama a cokehead and had to leave the campaign, there was Bob Kerrey talking about his middle name during an endorsement, there was Bob Johnson of BET’s revolting comments about how Obama wasn’t black enough during his endorsement. Whenever I’ve heard Obama say anything remotely negative, it’s always been in response to something really ugly thrown his way.
Also, I wouldn’t have you throw your bruised political heart into the fray. Do it for entirely cerebral issues like: he’s the one obviously and unambiguously against the war in Iraq; he proposes educational funding up to $4000 a year in exchange for national service just like you worked for Americorps for your student aid; and, as a Constitutional law professor he is the most likely of the candidates to clean up the unitary executive mess that Bush/Cheney created in a way that really preserves our civil liberties.
So, drink the KoolAid and not that store brand knockoff powdered juice of boilerplate crap that Sen. Clinton is peddling, you frugal thing you. (homage, again, but this time to you)

By: RebL

RebL — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 16:51:20 +0000

What kind of fairyland are Obama supporters living in that they think he hasn’t taken some swings at Sen. Clinton? I don’t care for the phone call ad. I don’t appreciate that Sen. Clinton didn’t squash the Muslim question the other night. I didn’t like the way Sen. Clinton forced the “reject” vs. uh… that other word of Farrakhan’s support. I’m disappointed every time.

Obama gave a speech in Denver saying a vote for Clinton is a backwards vote. Her response, “It took a Clinton to clean up after the first Bush….” Obama struck first with the “You were on the board of Wal Mart” thing. She countered with the slumlord thing. There was the 1984esque ad (maybe that was viral?, but he certainly wasn’t crying foul against his sensibilities). For some reason, we hear the strident bitch over the man who speaks with reason and authority.

Of course I’ve been feverishly sleeping with bacteria for the last five weeks. Maybe my drug haze has clouded my brain or perhaps I’m in my own world because I haven’t listened to pundits but watched the actual candidates instead. Plus, Obama-zombies freak me out just a little. I’m wondering if I’ll see such blind love again when my teenaged daughter gets a big old crush on some hairy legged boy. (That’s homage to you, Dad, and not a comment on schoolgirl crushes.)

As exciting as this all is, I’m reserving my bruised political heart.