I'm Voting For McCain Unless

by HillsMyGirl, Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 12:24:36 PM EST

Well you Obama supporters have really ticked me off this time.  I'm outraged about something but I haven't decided what it is yet.  I'm mad at you but I can't pinpoint why I'm mad.  I know Obama will protect a woman's right to choose, promote fair pay for women, enforce the civil right laws, strengthen laws protecting women against violence, sign the Lily Ledbetter Act, keep contraception and birth control legal, (John McCain thinks condoms are abortion), and basically pass 99% of everything on women's issues that My Girl Hillary would have passed.

But I'm voting for McCain unless

1.  You say you are sorry to me even if you did nothing wrong.

2.  You bow in my presence by waiving both arms downwards and saying, "You are the Greatest."

3.  You will bake me an apple pie.  It must be at least 10 inches round.

4.  The box that you bake me my applie pie in should contain a wad of $100 bills.  A minimum of 10 is required.  You must not tell anyone though.

5.  You promise to front page one of out every four diaries I write.  I want to feel important.

6.  You tell me at least three times a day that I am the nicest person you've ever met.  You don't have to include weekends though.

If you want me to vote for the person who agrees with Hillary 97% of the time instead of the person who agrees with Hillary 10% of the time, you must give in to my demands.




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by HillsMyGirl on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 12:25:31 PM EST

Re: WOW (2.00 / 3)

This is brutally sarcastic, right down to the alleged weblink.  Are you sure you are a Clinton supporter?  ;)


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by LtWorf on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 12:28:29 PM EST
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Re: WOW (2.00 / 13)

The weblink is made up but what should I do?

Vote for a guy like Obama who treats his wife with class or vote for a guy like McCain who calls his wife a trollop and a cunt?

It's such a hard decision.


by HillsMyGirl on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 12:29:52 PM EST
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Re: WOW (2.00 / 12)

Obama punched his wife on the fist just before his winning speech.


by parahammer on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 12:47:17 PM EST
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Re: WOW (2.00 / 12)

With his Terrorist Fist Jab.


unapologetic Obama supporter
by dantes on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 12:55:25 PM EST
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Re: WOW (2.00 / 10)

And then slapped her ass after. Her ass BTW apparently located on the small of her back.


by Tatan on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 01:03:11 PM EST
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Re: WOW (2.00 / 3)

Yea now how am I supposed to explain THAT to my kids?

What about the children!


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by CrushTheGOP2008 on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 01:18:36 PM EST
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Re: WOW (2.00 / 4)

Ass-slapping is a well-known Al Qaeda greeting, haven't you heard?


by tomchaps on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 01:42:31 PM EST
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Re: WOW (2.00 / 2)

Does that make me Osama bin Laden?


by XoFalconXo on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 01:47:32 PM EST
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Re: WOW (2.00 / 3)

osama bin slappin


by parahammer on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 01:56:28 PM EST
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Re: WOW (2.00 / 1)

Does that make the entire NFL terrorists?


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by mistersite on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 01:54:49 PM EST
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Re: WOW (2.00 / 1)

The only terrorists in the NFL are the Packers secondary.

Bringing down receivers like 9/11 wooo.


by AIegra on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 02:03:00 PM EST
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Re: WOW (none / 0)

Breaking up plays like Pan-Am 103.


by AIegra on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 02:06:55 PM EST
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Re: WOW (none / 0)

Blowing out the score board like the marine barracks in Beiruit.


by AIegra on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 02:14:43 PM EST
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Re: WOW (none / 0)

Um, not funny.


by niksder on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 03:45:03 PM EST
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Is your handle snark? (none / 0)

Seriously now

Is that snark>?


by HillsMyGirl on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 02:14:01 PM EST
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Re: Is your handle snark? (none / 0)

p. much, I figures this name would be opening up.


by AIegra on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 02:15:49 PM EST
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Re: WOW (none / 0)

Yes, but it is actually donkey-slapping. Not only is Obama a terrorist but he is one of the democratic-party-slapper kind.
by french imp on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 04:32:11 PM EST
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Re: WOW (none / 0)

I thought it was the Ass grab with a slight counter-clockwise twist.  Unless you are south of the equator then it is a clockwise twist.

Sheesh I have to get my signals straight.


by Delver Rootnose on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 07:58:27 PM EST
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Re: WOW (2.00 / 1)

Check out the link he posted (McCain calls his wife a c***).   There is your answer.


by miker2008 on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 02:22:49 PM EST
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Unreccommend diary This a dishonest diary (none / 0)

read the comments by hillsmygal

she/he 's posing as a clinton supporter.

he/she is a jerk par excellence.

make a case for something honestly...this post and the handle are deceitful.

In one comment Jerome was accused of being on Clinton's payroll.


by debcoop on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 06:05:03 PM EST
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Re: Unreccommend diary This a dishonest diary (none / 0)

Well duh!

Most posters here figured that out a long time ago. hillsmygal is a parody troll.


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by Lefty Coaster on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 10:29:04 PM EST
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I am sorry (2.00 / 10)

even if though I did nothing wrong.  I bow in your presence by waiving both arms downwards and saying, "You are the Greatest." I promise to bake me an apple pie that is more than 10 inches round and I will deliver it in a box with a wad of $100 bills.  A minimum of 10 is required.  (I promise to keep this a secret.)  I have a blog where I promise to front page one of out every four diaries you write because you are important.


That's it, baby; let's go win this election!
by Beltway Dem on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 12:30:05 PM EST
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Re: I am sorry (2.00 / 1)

You actually find this funny?  


formerly bookgirl
by masslib1 on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 02:49:36 PM EST
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You (2.00 / 3)

are the nicest person I've ever met.


That's it, baby; let's go win this election!
by Beltway Dem on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 12:31:09 PM EST
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You (2.00 / 1)

are the nicest person I've ever met.


That's it, baby; let's go win this election!
by Beltway Dem on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 12:31:34 PM EST
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Awesome diary. (2.00 / 12)

Personally, I'm not voting for Obama unless he buys me a Shetland pony. Also, I want to borrow that outfit Michelle was wearing the night Obama declared victory.


Even John McCain lusts after teh engels.
by sricki on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 01:07:07 PM EST
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Re: Awesome diary. (2.00 / 3)

watch out for those ponies.

They bite!


by JoeW on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 01:44:09 PM EST
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I'm partial to the (2.00 / 2)

Puerto Rico dress myself.


No Way, No How, No McCain!
by GFORD on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 02:33:51 PM EST
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Re: I'm partial to the (2.00 / 1)

your ratings abuse has been reported


by zerosumgame on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 05:48:44 PM EST
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hm (none / 0)

.  


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by kevin22262 on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 04:43:23 PM EST
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Man, you should've held out (2.00 / 9)

I would have asked for a monster truck.


In this avalanche, the pebbles get to vote.
by Dracomicron on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 12:28:20 PM EST

Re: Man, you should've held out (2.00 / 7)

Or a jet ski.

The Kawasaki 800 SXRs are pretty sweet.


by TCQuad on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 12:38:32 PM EST
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Re: Man, you should've held out (2.00 / 3)

Edwards already got a couple of those.


unapologetic Obama supporter
by dantes on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 12:55:53 PM EST
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Re: Man, you should've held out (none / 0)

One offered by Obama and one by Clinton?
by french imp on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 04:35:16 PM EST
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Re: Man, you should've held out (none / 0)

Plus one from Kawasaki with the attached note, "Thank you so much! We couldn't buy publicity like that!"


by TCQuad on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 04:42:25 PM EST
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mockery is as mockery does. (2.00 / 4)


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by canadian gal on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 12:29:57 PM EST

Re: mockery is as mockery does. (2.00 / 1)

well you know how hysterical wimmins get so you gots to keep on pounding on thar heeds until you gets your way...


by zerosumgame on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 05:47:40 PM EST
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You (2.00 / 1)

are the nicest person I've ever met.


That's it, baby; let's go win this election!
by Beltway Dem on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 12:31:20 PM EST

Re: You (2.00 / 1)

Not that I have anything against the message, but did you intend to post that 3 different times?


Vote Change in '08!
by iowa dem on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 02:01:04 PM EST
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indeed I did, (none / 0)

it was her requirement before she would consent to vote for Obama in the fall.  What could I do?


That's it, baby; let's go win this election!
by Beltway Dem on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 05:13:17 PM EST
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This is election is so important (2.00 / 3)

With the exception of the money pie, I would be willing to do all those things assuming it wasn't snark.


by Homebrewer on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 12:31:27 PM EST

Re: This is election is so important (2.00 / 6)

Actually, the Democratic defectors/McCain converts don't want any pie for themselves, they're leaving it for us...

I'm moving over the next few days & it seems as good a time as any to have a sort of final reckoning with the Democratic Party.

I'm leaving a big tray of strawberry pie with real whipped cream & fresh squeezed lemonade.

Good luck. I really really really really really don't know what to say except- enjoy the pie.


by Johnny Gentle Famous Crooner on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 12:54:30 PM EST
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mmmmmm (none / 0)

.......money pie.......

arrrgrrrrgrrrrgrrglllllgrle


by BlueinColorado on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 04:48:04 PM EST
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Re: I'm Voting For McCain Unless (2.00 / 3)

" You say you are sorry to me even if you did nothing wrong. "

- Isn't that what Clinton was supposed to do on the rfk thing according to some Obama supporters. (Apologize to Obama , even though we know she is not talking about him )


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by lori on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 12:32:23 PM EST

If "according to some ... supporters" (2.00 / 2)

is your test for a candidate, you'll never vote again.  Some people are flat-out nuts, and a bigger portion are just silly, especially when emotions run high.

Personally, I didn't think it was something she needed to apologize to Obama for certainly -- it wasn't any sort of direct knock.  However, it was a pretty damned tin-eared thing to say for someone so politically astute.

And for the record, regardless of what "some supporters" think, I have basically the same opinion about Bill's "Jesse Jackson won South Carolina twice" statement.  I know what he was getting at, and Bill's not a racist, but it was a bad, bad way to say it, and he knows better.

So... "some supporters" say things like this, too.


by Rorgg on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 01:35:36 PM EST
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not to nitpick (none / 0)

but I don't remember anyone asking her to apologise to Obama for that. there was a great general outcry for her to admit it was a dumb thing for anyone running for president to say. And I really don't understand why she didn't just do that, because I don't think it would have hurt her one bit to do so.


by 2501 on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 01:43:05 PM EST
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Re: not to nitpick (none / 0)

A lot of people said she should apologize to Obama.  In fact they said it right here on this site.  If you wanted to go back and look at the threads about the whole thing you would find plenty of examples.


by JustJennifer on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 02:11:55 PM EST
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Re: not to nitpick (2.00 / 1)

She should have apologized.  Intentionally or not, she implied that Obama may suffer some kind of "accident."  She certainly wasn't calling for it or hoping it would happen.  And she probably didn't even mean for it to be interpreted that way.  But it was.

That's like saying "Hey Hillary, I can't help it.  Sometimes Presidents get caught fooling around with interns and such.  Oh!  I didn't mean Bill!"


by ProgressiveDL on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 02:16:32 PM EST
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Re: not to nitpick (2.00 / 1)

WTF are you talking about?  Jesus, she was comparing herself to RFK.


formerly bookgirl
by masslib1 on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 02:26:18 PM EST
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Re: not to nitpick (2.00 / 1)

I disagree.  She was saying that sometimes unpredictable things happen late in primaries.  I don't think she meant it this way, but I took it as "When those unpredictable and tragic things happen, someone has to be there to pick up the pieces.  That's me."


by ProgressiveDL on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 02:29:58 PM EST
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Re: not to nitpick (2.00 / 1)

No she wasn't.  Nope.  She was talking about long primaries.  That's all.  And, she, like RFK, campaigning into a long primary.  That's it.  You people have to get the feck over yourselves.  Not everything is about Obama.  


formerly bookgirl
by masslib1 on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 02:33:28 PM EST
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Re: not to nitpick (2.00 / 2)

RFK had only entered the primary a month before he was killed.  In those days, the primaries began much later.

So unless she doesn't know the history, the only way her statement makes sense is if she meant "anything can happen".  That's what I thought she meant.  I may have been wrong.


We should be able to deliver bottled hot water to dehydrated babies.
by Jess81 on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 02:45:24 PM EST
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Re: not to nitpick (2.00 / 1)

You are wrong, and as I am sure you know, the Argus Leader concludes you are wrong.  So stop perpetuating a lie.  She does not owe Obama an apology to comparing herself to RFK and others who were still running in June.  


formerly bookgirl
by masslib1 on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 02:47:43 PM EST
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Re: not to nitpick (2.00 / 2)

First of all, I'm not perpetuating a lie.  I explained why I thought she meant that "anything can happen" - because if she meant "primaries have lasted a long time before" she wouldn't have used RFK.  That primary lasted a month.


We should be able to deliver bottled hot water to dehydrated babies.
by Jess81 on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 03:10:46 PM EST
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You are perpetuating a lie. (2.00 / 1)

The damned interviewer publically stated her comments had nothing to do with Obama.  You just want to believe they do.  I don't know why.  I can not fathom why you would want to.  But it's clear you must hold on to this untruth.  


formerly bookgirl
by masslib1 on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 03:14:17 PM EST
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Re: You are perpetuating a lie. (2.00 / 2)

If you have no response other than to attack me, then you may be over your head.

You said she only mentioned RFK to illustrate the length of primaries.  I told you that that makes no sense because RFK's primary was very SHORT.  Not long.  Short.

I also allowed that I might be wrong in what I thought she meant, but that she couldn't have possibly have just been illustrating long primaries.  Why?  Because RFK's primary was very SHORT.  Obama/Clinton was LONG.

I may, however, be wrong.  I'm trying to be diplomatic but you're frustrating me.

Look, just answer this: why would she use RFK to illustrate a long primary, when it illustrates just the opposite?  Any reasonable answer will do, but try not to namecall.


We should be able to deliver bottled hot water to dehydrated babies.
by Jess81 on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 03:22:28 PM EST
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Re: You are perpetuating a lie. (none / 0)

Primaries in June.  Nominations not being decided until mid-summer.  Got it?  

But forget it.  You can't wrap your arms around the idea her comment was about HER not OBAMA.  


formerly bookgirl
by masslib1 on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 03:26:36 PM EST
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Re: You are perpetuating a lie. (2.00 / 2)

Then what happened was that she didn't know that RFK entered the race much later than she had.

At any rate, her words were wide open to interpretation. As I've unsuccessfully tried to explain, on their face they make no sense - the 1968 primary was short.  Go back and read your post explaining what she meant - you said it had to do with long primaries.  RFK was a short primary.

I hate to keep hammering at this but I don't understand why misunderstanding what she meant, given that it was based on a historical inaccuracy, is so outrageous.  And I don't know why you felt like you had to insult me.


We should be able to deliver bottled hot water to dehydrated babies.
by Jess81 on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 03:40:09 PM EST
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Re: You are perpetuating a lie. (1.00 / 2)

I meant primaries still running into the summer.  Just forget it.  You are so attached to this lie you can not let it go.  It's just so fricken important to you to believe this lie.  You just love believing something completely absurd and illogical.  Something the interviewers themselves say was a reflection of primaries still occurring in June and nothing more.  But, it's so important to you.  You just love believing this untruth.  You can't let it go.  I see that.  Let's not talk again.  


formerly bookgirl
by masslib1 on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 03:49:38 PM EST
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Re: You are perpetuating a lie. (none / 0)

And miss out on someone going apeshit on me out of nowhere and slinging insults for no reason?

Actually, yeah, let's not.


We should be able to deliver bottled hot water to dehydrated babies.
by Jess81 on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 03:59:37 PM EST
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Right (none / 0)

"You just love believing something completely absurd and illogical."

Because you aren't going overboard at all.


by ProgressiveDL on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 04:06:53 PM EST
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Re: Right (none / 0)

No, she's right.  I love believing crazy things.  I just can't get enough of it.


We should be able to deliver bottled hot water to dehydrated babies.
by Jess81 on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 04:20:39 PM EST
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Re: Right (none / 0)

It's purposeful.  I am sick of it.  She's not even in the race, and Obama supporters seem to need to hang on to these fantasies.


formerly bookgirl
by masslib1 on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 04:30:33 PM EST
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Re: not to nitpick (none / 0)

I know what you are saying and I agree with the idea behind it-- the primary cycles between 1968 and 2008 (or probably between any two election cycles since 1968) are simply not comparable.  But in point of fact, the 1968 New Hampshire primary was held on March 12th.  Kennedy, of course, was shot on June 5th, the night of the California primary (or perhaps it was past midnight, I'd need to check).  And the New York primary hadn't happened yet.


by redwoodsummer on Thu Jun 12, 2008 at 01:01:54 AM EST
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Re: not to nitpick (2.00 / 0)

Then why the hell would she not reference 1980??  The best and most obvious example?  Why pick a race that is incredibly famous for something entirely different, and a race that actually does not illustrate her point well at all.

It's like saying "Sometimes World Series can be unpredictable.  Like in 1919."


by ProgressiveDL on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 04:10:05 PM EST
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Re: not to nitpick (none / 0)

What does it matter?  It had nothing to do with Obama.  Her and RFK's run have a number of similarities.  Both ran in wide open primaries.  They won a number of the same states, lost a number of the same states, were popular in the Appalachia, were criticized for being the political insider in the race, and for only being where they were becuase of their name, and were both Senator's of New York.  She probably thought about his run a lot more than Kennedy running against an incumbant Carter.  Why can't you just accept the fact that she was talking about herself and not Obama?  


formerly bookgirl
by masslib1 on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 04:35:31 PM EST
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You're being obtuse (none / 0)

Combine her statement with Ickes statement about an "October surprise" and it was pretty clear that she was waiting for a "mistake" to occur.  I don't believe that the mistake was suppose to be an assassination, but ocnsidering that she herself had stopped using the "a" word in two prior speeches gives credence that she knew it was a hot button topic.

That being said, both her examples, JFK and Bill's 92 campaign, were poorly chosen.  Especially since the NYT crowned Bill in March after Dukakis dropped out (I provided a link ages ago) and RFK's campaign, where the primary season was only one month old.

And Masslib, if you want to make the "simplistic" argument that June 2007 = June 1968, you can't be surprised if the folks around here who lived in 1968 are calling it BS.  It's not apples to apples, not even close.


by Regenman on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 05:43:17 PM EST
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Re: You're being obtuse (none / 0)

Funny, my father is a political scientist and a fulbright scholar and he made the same argument weeks before Hillary.  Just take a break from your conspiracy theories.


formerly bookgirl
by masslib1 on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 06:34:07 PM EST
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Re: You're being obtuse (none / 0)

I hope he made it more tactfully so it actually made sense.


by ProgressiveDL on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 06:54:36 PM EST
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Re: You're being obtuse (none / 0)

She is still waiting for an "October" surprise.  That is why she won't release her delegates.

 http://www.dickmorris.com/blog/2008/06/0 9/hillary-circles-slowly-overhead/


by dogman on Thu Jun 12, 2008 at 10:24:23 AM EST
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Re: I'm Voting For McCain Unless (2.00 / 1)

Oh ok...I guess she was referring to Mike Gravel?  Or Ron Paul?  His supporters are a bit nuts.  They could do anything.


by ProgressiveDL on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 02:14:46 PM EST
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Re: I'm Voting For McCain Unless (2.00 / 1)

You know, this really isn't helpful to Obama.  At what point do Obama supporters sto smearing Hillary Clinton?  Ever?


formerly bookgirl
by masslib1 on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 02:48:44 PM EST
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Re: I'm Voting For McCain Unless (2.00 / 2)

You mean when do we stop giving our honest assessment of things?  Never.

I told you what I thought she meant, allowed that I might be wrong (which was your cue to show me where I'd gone astray) and instead you freaked the fuck out and told me that I was lying.

That's not how you persuade people who tell you right up front that they're open to being persuaded.


We should be able to deliver bottled hot water to dehydrated babies.
by Jess81 on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 03:13:44 PM EST
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Re: I'm Voting For McCain Unless (2.00 / 1)

You are wrong.  


formerly bookgirl
by masslib1 on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 03:15:14 PM EST
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Re: I'm Voting For McCain Unless (none / 0)

How?


We should be able to deliver bottled hot water to dehydrated babies.
by Jess81 on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 03:24:10 PM EST
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Re: I'm Voting For McCain Unless (none / 0)

a loose definition of "smear".

But I myself would be thrilled if every thread didn't have to contain 52 "what about THIS vicious attack on  poor poor pitiful Hillary?" posts, followed by some made up offense from a surrogate or a blog poster or media figure or GOP consultant or random woman at a McCain rally for which Barack Obama is somehow supposed to be personally responsible.

(And that is only a "smear" on Clinton if she's posting here under a nym).


by BlueinColorado on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 04:52:31 PM EST
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Very cute. (2.00 / 4)

Bonus props for the Lily Ledbetter act, that's one of those odd issues that I never thought got as much attention as it deserved in the media-at-large. When I finally read about it (page 16 of a local newspaper), I ended up reading the article twice because it was so absurd I thought I missed something the first time through.

And now, some google bombing. Also, a similarly snarky video that's been making the rounds this morning.

Vote Republican! Go John McCain!


by TCQuad on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 12:34:39 PM EST

Re: Very cute. (2.00 / 2)

Agreed on Ledbetter.  What drove me crazy was that my dad was talking to me about it and said "why'd so many Democrats vote against it?"  I said, um, no, I don't think any did.  

So he forwards me the AP article, which states "the bill failed, 56-42."

However, the 56 votes were votes in FAVOR, a fact that the article failed to note.  The AP had just decided to pretend the filibusterers were in the majority, rather than 42 holdouts.  It was unreal.  


John McCain: Healthcare for Kids? In America? No way
by bosdcla14 on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 01:13:59 PM EST
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Example #56839 (2.00 / 2)

of how our traditional media are a bunch of fucking morons.


Stop the racism. Fight the smears.
by CrazyDrumGuy on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 01:34:14 PM EST
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Re: Example #56839 (none / 0)

Or are fucking biased.  Or both.


John McCain: Healthcare for Kids? In America? No way
by bosdcla14 on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 04:31:48 PM EST
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Re: I'm Voting For McCain Unless (2.00 / 5)

Classy, and very helpful I am sure. <insert sarcasm here>


by JustJennifer on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 12:39:17 PM EST

Just like all the McCain diaries? (2.00 / 1)

You do understand the concept of a parody???  

I sure don't see you putting in "sarcasm" posts in all those "I'm voting for McCain" diaries, so I suggest you be intellectually consistent and call out those "non-helpful" posts as well.


by Regenman on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 12:50:23 PM EST
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Re: Just like all the McCain diaries? (2.00 / 1)

I am guilty of only reading diaries that interest me.  The diaries about voting for McCain are not included in that group.  I would like to go around and fight with fellow Democrats over this issue... oh wait, no I really wouldn't.  I think either people have made up their minds or they will change their minds after some time passes.  I don't think continually harping on the issue at this point in time is doing anything to help.


by JustJennifer on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 12:54:51 PM EST
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Re: Just like all the McCain diaries? (2.00 / 1)

This is not parody.

It's meant to insult and demean.


by Juno on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 01:08:29 PM EST
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You obviously haven't read alegre (2.00 / 6)

or texasdarlin and their faux outrage demanding Obama apologize for every comment by every preacher and every politician and every nutcracker maker and every MSNBC/NBC/CNN commentator who ever said anything that could remotely be construed as unflattering to Hillary. Parody or sarcasm or whatever you want to call it, this isn't too far off the mark. The diarist isn't presuming this is the case for all Hillary supporters or those who aren't sold on Obama for legitimate reasons, this is directed at those stubborn people who wallow in their self-importance.


by 79blondini on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 01:57:01 PM EST
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Re: You obviously haven't read alegre (2.00 / 1)

It's way off the mark, juvenile, and does nothing to create that change Obamans are supposedly about.


by Juno on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 02:03:37 PM EST
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It's making a point that people (none / 0)

are justifying their support for McCain by trying to leverage their faux outrage. Most of the people this applies to have already moved to Noquarter so the joke is on them and not people who remain here.


by 79blondini on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 02:14:58 PM EST
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Re: You obviously haven't read alegre (none / 0)

and does nothing to create that change Obamans are supposedly about.

Huh. Hadn't heard that speech where Obama vowed to eliminate snark from the blogosphere. And if he did, I will be a less enthusiastic supporter.


by BlueinColorado on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 04:54:20 PM EST
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I thought liberals were supposed to be tolerant (none / 0)

And respectful of other people.

Sorry, I just hear that BS right-wing argument about liberals whenever people say "I thought Obama people were supposed to be about unity/change/hope/roll over and accept any shit thrown their way!!!11"


Hillary is voting for Obama, so why aren't you?
by BrighidG on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 04:54:42 PM EST
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Turn the other cheek you non-Christians (none / 0)

Yes, the irony of all of us "evil" atheists, agnostics, Buddhists, Muslims, and liberal Christians for not following the "Christian" tenet of turning the other cheek when the other side insults us.

The utter gall of standing up for oneself.

Dang, my dad should have told me when kids called me "chink" as a child to walk away.  What a crappy dad for telling me to stand up for myself.


by Regenman on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 05:47:53 PM EST
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Re: Just like all the McCain diaries? (none / 0)

Anyone who would consider voting for McCain and posts here, deserves the insults for being a (wait for it) TROLL.


Hillary is voting for Obama, so why aren't you?
by BrighidG on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 04:52:58 PM EST
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Classic (2.00 / 2)

Thanks for the laugh.  And, oh yeah, the pie is on the way.


Let's elect a Dem President!
by SpanishFly on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 12:42:58 PM EST

Ever gracious in victory (2.00 / 3)

I see.


I want my UHC!
by votermom on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 12:43:52 PM EST

Voting for the enemy (2.00 / 5)

Didn't know we had to be gracious for folks dedicated to voting for the enemy.  Thanks for the tip there.  


by Regenman on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 12:51:27 PM EST
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Most excellent snark! Snarkily delicious.... (2.00 / 4)


Obama supporter working to defeat McCain.
by Rumarhazzit on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 12:47:47 PM EST

No PIE for YOU n/t (2.00 / 4)


by parahammer on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 12:49:03 PM EST

Re: I'm Voting For McCain Unless (1.00 / 3)

"i'm voting for McCain unless"...I thought 12 year olds can't vote?


by gorgias on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 12:51:22 PM EST

Re: I'm Voting For McCain Unless (2.00 / 1)

Wow, you got a bipartisan troll-rating.

That's when you know you fucked up.


We should be able to deliver bottled hot water to dehydrated babies.
by Jess81 on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 02:49:54 PM EST
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additional list item (2.00 / 7)

YOU FORGOT TO ADD TO THE LIST THE ONE THAT GOES.....While you may only say nice things about Hillary,I can continue to trash talk your guy without any blow-back from any of you Obama supporters.


by GeeMan on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 12:52:31 PM EST

Re: additional list item (2.00 / 5)

...or if you do try to rebut my lies then automatically Obama no longer stands for change


Please don't associate moose with Palin, she likes to kill them.
by KLRinLA on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 01:54:46 PM EST
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Re: additional list item (2.00 / 1)

My personal favourite.


by interestedbystander on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 03:18:01 PM EST
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Re: additional list item (none / 0)

I only know one user who does that.  Are their others?


We should be able to deliver bottled hot water to dehydrated babies.
by Jess81 on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 02:50:44 PM EST
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Re: additional list item (2.00 / 1)

Actually no, I know a ton who do that.

I know only one who singles out Obama supporters and yet demands to be pampered.


We should be able to deliver bottled hot water to dehydrated babies.
by Jess81 on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 03:16:35 PM EST
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Not recommended! (2.00 / 1)

Frankly, reading that post was an utter waste of time.  If you are going to post snark, a far lighter touch might help to make it funny.


by BillCat on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 12:54:50 PM EST

Re: I'm Voting For McCain Unless (2.00 / 1)

tsk tsk. HillsMyGirl

your parody and your bullshit name are pretty laughable.

[no pie for you. how bout some eggs, they'll come at you pretty fast, you gotta be quick]


by alyssa chaos on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 12:57:14 PM EST

Mocking people doesn't help (2.00 / 3)

I doubt mocking diaries help to bring voters together, but have your fun at the expense of unity......


by Chelsea in 2020 on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 12:57:57 PM EST

Re: Mocking people doesn't help (1.91 / 12)

And who exactly is being mocked?

I doubt there are few Democrats ignorant enough to vote for McCain.


http://www.truepat.org/
by CrushTheGOP2008 on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 01:21:00 PM EST
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Re: Mocking people doesn't help (2.00 / 1)

I should hope we don't have to choose between fun and unity, because I don't think thats a battle unity can win.


by XoFalconXo on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 01:52:53 PM EST
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Re: I'm Voting For McCain Unless (2.00 / 1)

While this may be funny to Obama supporters, (I'm one of them and it kind of is)I don't think this is helpful at this point.  I don't know how I would feel if a candidate I had been devoted to had lost the primary.  I'm only 24, I supported Kerry last time (I know, I know) and haven't had a candidate I truly care about lose ,(a primary that is) and then been expected to turn around and support the person that was battling my candidate.  On the other hand, if people aren't able to realize what's at stake by July, let the mockery begin.


by cycl06 on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 12:58:44 PM EST

Hillary has endorsed Obama (none / 0)

Should we listen to her or not?

That's what I'm trying "to decide."


by HillsMyGirl on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 02:06:11 PM EST
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Re: Hillary has endorsed Obama (none / 0)

Of course "you" should listen to her.  But also listen to what the choice is in this election.  For anyone who says they are a Democrat/Liberal/Progressive, John McCain is not acceptable.  My point is purely that people are heavliy emotionally invested and still may need a little more time.  And that being mocked by the winners isn't helpful.  And I'll say it again, in a month, if some people still can't get over it, despite Obama kissing Hillary's feet, despite his support for Hillary's issues, then they deserve to be mocked.  I'm just saying not yet.  I don't know when its appropriate, I just don't feel that now is the right time.  I don't think its helpful to the cause of electing Barack Obama President.


by cycl06 on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 02:48:49 PM EST
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Congrats - Top of Rec List (none / 0)

I wonder if it was uprated by people that didn't even read it.


by parahammer on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 01:05:44 PM EST

Re: I'm Voting For McCain Unless (1.42 / 7)

Anyone see change?  

Hope?

Unity?

Inspiration?

Anyone?

Helloooooooooooooooooooooooo???

(Crickets chirping).

Odd that it's the Inspired Ones who want change who nonetheless can't stop pummeling their primary opponent and her supporters even as they shriek about needing unity in the party.


by Juno on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 01:07:03 PM EST

Re: I'm Voting For McCain Unless (1.00 / 0)

Check the diarists name.


by parahammer on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 01:08:13 PM EST
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Re: I'm Voting For McCain Unless (none / 0)

Read the diary.

This is an Obama supporter mocking Clinton supporters.


by Juno on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 01:13:48 PM EST
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Re: I'm Voting For McCain Unless (none / 0)

How do you know she is not serious.


by parahammer on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 01:14:41 PM EST
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Re: I'm Voting For McCain Unless (2.00 / 1)

It sounds like a million other "I'm Voting For McCain Unless" diaries.

How do you know this is satire?

Please point it out.


http://www.truepat.org/
by CrushTheGOP2008 on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 01:21:58 PM EST
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Re: I'm Voting For McCain Unless (none / 0)

Wow.


by Juno on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 01:35:29 PM EST
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Uh....... (2.00 / 2)

"snark" being the only tag my be a clue.

Also, I thought you were leaving.


by Chelsea in 2020 on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 01:49:39 PM EST
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Re: Uh....... (none / 0)

I never said that, I said I would leave if this site died, and I expressed my wish not for that.

The people I have read state they would leave are the people this diary is parodying.


http://www.truepat.org/
by CrushTheGOP2008 on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 02:00:00 PM EST
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Re: I'm Voting For McCain Unless (none / 0)

Are you really that dumb?  


by dcg2 on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 05:35:44 PM EST
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Re: I'm Voting For McCain Unless (none / 0)

wow.


by Juno on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 01:35:16 PM EST
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Re: I'm Voting For McCain Unless (none / 0)

I am having a personality transformation.

Senator Clinton did a super job last week so I need a new gig.


by HillsMyGirl on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 01:27:51 PM EST
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Re: I'm Voting For McCain Unless (none / 0)

folks here who take Juno seriously..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1MwKxUAY u0


"harlequin speech of suicide, demanding instantaneous lobotomy"
by nogo postal on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 02:09:47 PM EST
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Re: I'm Voting For McCain Unless (none / 0)

"folks here who take Juno seriously"

Is this snark.  Seriously.


Please don't associate moose with Palin, she likes to kill them.
by KLRinLA on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 06:31:56 PM EST
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Re: I'm Voting For McCain Unless (none / 0)

Assuming you are a Hillary supporter, the use of the word "shriek" to describe them is a really odd one.  That and the word "Inspired Ones" makes you sound like a Republican troll.


by ProgressiveDL on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 02:21:30 PM EST
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Re: I'm Voting For McCain Unless (none / 0)

YEs, I know. We've already discussed today how any criticism or seeming criticism of Obama or his supporters automatically makes a person a troll, a McCain hack, or a Republican something or other.

It's like how Bush supporters say of Americans who criticize Bush that they are unAmerican, hate America, and are traitors.

Have you signed your loyalty oath today?


by Juno on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 02:39:54 PM EST
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Re: I'm Voting For McCain Unless (2.00 / 4)

You waste a whole LOT of keystrokes.

You have exactly two posts - the first is "wow, is this the kind of change you Obamans are talking about?"

The second is "I've been called a Republican, a hack, and a racist.  The new politics isn't very tolerant, is it".

In the future, just write "1" or "2".  It saves your time, and ours.


We should be able to deliver bottled hot water to dehydrated babies.
by Jess81 on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 02:55:26 PM EST
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Re: I'm Voting For McCain Unless (none / 0)

I'll write what I please.

You are welcome to ignore my comments.


by Juno on Wed Jun 11, 2008 at 03:10:08 PM EST
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Re: I'm Voting For McCain Unless