May 13, 2008
What's Whose Problem?
Posted By Bob Cesca
Here's something to think about today as we look at West Virginia.
We've learned recently that certain fringe groups of white people won't vote for a candidate simply because he's black. Not many, but enough to become an issue (thanks to the Clintons).
And yet when this electoral dynamic is discussed in the corporate media, it's defined as a "problem" for the black candidate (here, for example).
Why can't that black guy win the racist white vote? they ask. What's that black guy's problem? they repeat.
Just once in this campaign, I want the corporate media to ask the racists in this country what their problem is, instead of simply taking their antiquated, ignorant racism as a given.
Sorry. This ridiculous dynamic isn't "a problem" for the black candidate -- this dynamic is a problem for the white racist.
ADDING... So instead of asking the black candidate why he can't win the racist white guy vote, why not ask the racist white guy why he won't vote for the black candidate. And -- for once -- don't accept the answer: "Just because he's black." Find out why. Make the bastards use their brain for a change. That's what I want Pat Buchanan and all the rest of the pundits to talk about tonight.
May 13, 2008 10:45 AM | Comments (6) | DIGG THIS
Holy Crap! A Bushism!
Posted By Bob Cesca
And I understand that for some, however, Mother's Day is a sad day for those who lost their lives in Oklahoma and Missouri and Georgia because of the tornadoes, are wondering whether or not tomorrow will be a bright and hopeful day.
When we die, is it possible to worry about whether tomorrow will be a hopeful day?
May 13, 2008 10:40 AM | Comments (1) | DIGG THIS
West Virginia Coverage
Posted By Bob Cesca
Which network will have the most race-baiting tonight? I say it'll be FOX News like always, but that's a given. MSNBC, since they continue to allow Pat Buchanan on the air, will be a close second.
Also, I expect to hear too much Manchurian talk.
May 13, 2008 09:00 AM | Comments (3) | DIGG THIS
Morning Awesome
Posted By Bob Cesca
Happy 71st birthday to one of the greatest living Americans: George Carlin.
May 13, 2008 08:56 AM | Comments (0) | DIGG THIS
May 12, 2008
Bill O'Reilly Goes Apeshit
Posted By Bob Cesca
From John Amato at C&L (NOT SAFE FOR WORK):
This is one of the greatest videos ever.
May 12, 2008 10:52 AM | Comments (13) | DIGG THIS
Paging Lionel Hutz
Posted By Bob Cesca
“I heard that Obama is a Muslim and his wife’s an atheist,” said Mr Simpson, drawing on a cigarette outside the fire station in Williamson, a coalmining town of 3,400 people surrounded by lush wooded hillsides.
I swear -- I'm driving to Williamson, West Virginia. There's lots of robot insurance to be sold. Maybe I could sell them a monorail, too.
May 12, 2008 10:32 AM | Comments (3) | DIGG THIS
Morning Awesome
Posted By Bob Cesca
May 12, 2008 08:14 AM | Comments (1) | DIGG THIS
May 11, 2008
Whoops!
Posted By Bob Cesca
Terry McAuliffe on Meet the Press today:
MR. McAULIFFE: Absolutely. We will be together. This is--we're in a primary, we're both trying to win the nomination. But it's not impossible for Hillary Clinton to win. A lot of people have said that. Big Russ, if he were sitting here today, nothing's impossible. Jack McAuliffe, if he were with us today, they both--they're probably both in heaven right now, Tim, probably having a scotch, looking down and saying, you know what, this fight goes on. It's good for the Democratic Party. Millions of people coming out to vote. It's exciting.
Big Russ is still alive.
See previous "nervous breakdown" remarks.
May 11, 2008 06:07 PM | Comments (1) | DIGG THIS
SNL
Posted By Bob Cesca
It's funny because it's true.
May 11, 2008 11:59 AM | Comments (1) | DIGG THIS
Someone Call An Ambulance
Posted By Bob Cesca
I'm watching McAuliffe on Meet the Press. I'm not a doctor but this dude's on the verge of a nervous breakdown.
May 11, 2008 10:38 AM | Comments (1) | DIGG THIS
And Robots!
Posted By Bob Cesca
Second only to the corporate media's cushiony approach to Senator McBush, this ridiculous and misguided paranoia about Senator Obama is going to be the most frustrating aspect of the coming general election. Via Sullivan:
"They're convinced [Obama] is a Muslim, a terrorist, a guy who's coming to take away their guns. It's just sad," - an Obama supporter in West Virginia.
I'm going to seek out these pockets of Americans, and then I'm going to sell them lots and lots of Robot Insurance.
May 11, 2008 10:09 AM | Comments (0) | DIGG THIS
Oh Please Let This Happen
Posted By Bob Cesca
I turned on FOX News Sunday in time to hear Bill Kristol suggest that Senator McCain ought to propose a "surge" for the economy in the same way he supported the Iraq surge.
Please oh please keep giving the McCain campaign advice like this. Tie everything to Iraq and the Bush administration. Winner!
May 11, 2008 09:53 AM | Comments (0) | DIGG THIS
Morning Awesome
Posted By Bob Cesca
Happy Mother's Day!
May 11, 2008 09:49 AM | Comments (0) | DIGG THIS
May 10, 2008
Morning Awesome
Posted By Bob Cesca
Happy birthday to Bono. 48 years old.
May 10, 2008 09:11 AM | Comments (2) | DIGG THIS
May 09, 2008
Creepy McCain
Posted By Bob Cesca
He just creeps me out. I think it's the fake laughing. But it's also the passive aggressive fear mongering.
May 9, 2008 05:30 PM | Comments (2) | DIGG THIS
More Veep Talk
Posted By Bob Cesca
This guy says that Senator Webb would be the best choice.
I'm not so sure I agree. Senator Webb is brand new to the Senate as of a year ago and despite his prior experience, he defeated George Allen by a very slim margin. I feel like we need Senator Webb in the Senate. Virginia is slowly turning blue, and Senator Webb is a big part of it.
The more I think about it, the more I believe Senator Obama needs to choose someone who is more liberal than he is. I hate to sound morbid, but he needs an insurance policy. Someone who makes the uber-loony wingnuts think twice about acting upon their Manchurian paranoia bullshit.
So if he can find a tough-talking populist anti-corporate liberal, he'll be better off. I'm actually thinking that it wouldn't be such a bad idea to pick John Edwards for the job. Sure he ran for the job four years ago, but so what?
May 9, 2008 12:49 PM | Comments (20) | DIGG THIS
Malignant Narcissism
Posted By Bob Cesca
One request at least: can we retire from the dicourse the notion that there is anything even faintly admirable about the Clintons' refusal to accept that they have lost the nomination. This isn't tenacity or pluck or spunk. It's vindictive, sore-loser narcissism. And someone senior in the party needs to call it like it is.
(By the way, Sullivan has experienced a major transformation since Katrina and I admire him for his intellectual honesty and ability to admit he was wrong. It's a shame there aren't more Republicans who are similarly humble about their mistakes.)
May 9, 2008 12:25 PM | Comments (4) | DIGG THIS
John Edwards Voted For -- Whoops!
Posted By Bob Cesca
John Edwards accidentally lets it slip out:
"I voted for him."
Then endorse! Sheesh.
May 9, 2008 09:47 AM | Comments (2) | DIGG THIS
Morning Awesome
Posted By Bob Cesca
May 9, 2008 05:00 AM | Comments (2) | DIGG THIS
May 08, 2008
I Don't Mind Saying...
Posted By Bob Cesca
...Senator Clinton needs to get out of the way. Her name will still be on the ballot in the remaining states so everyone will have a chance to vote in this thing, but she just needs to step off. Every second spent talking about Senator Clinton: In or Out? And What About Michigan & Florida? is one less minute spent on how awful Senator McCain is. Speaking of how awful Senator McCain is... Watch this...
I just saw Howard Wolfson on Hardball along with some random clips of the Senator in West Virginia and, yes, they're crazy. What's worse is that the superdelegates clearly don't have to guts to settle this thing either, and I was wrong to expect they would. I've been wrong about liberal endorsements before.
But there was a period of time this week in which I thought we should go easy on the Clintons. I was wrong to think that they'd back away from the negative attacks and race-baiting. They haven't. Today we've heard Obama Can't Win the White Vote. That, of course, is a lie.
So the Clintons want to stick around and help the Republicans and the McCain campaign a little while (or a long while) longer. Fine. Then we have to fight back.
May 8, 2008 07:21 PM | Comments (4) | DIGG THIS
Josh Brolin As Dubya
Posted By Bob Cesca
Who would you have cast as George W. Bush? My choice would be Gary Busey.
May 8, 2008 02:47 PM | Comments (8) | DIGG THIS
Poor, Poor Lanny
Posted By Bob Cesca
May 8, 2008 11:38 AM | Comments (3) | DIGG THIS
Nice Cover
Posted By Bob Cesca
May 8, 2008 09:14 AM | Comments (8) | DIGG THIS
Morning Awesome
Posted By Bob Cesca
Speed Racer goes batshit. This could be the most awesome Morning Awesome ever.
May 8, 2008 05:00 AM | Comments (3) | DIGG THIS
May 07, 2008
Rank Hillary's Reasons For Staying In
Posted By JumpyPants
So Hillary is staying in. For now. It defies logic and the wishes of many a Democrat, but she's staying in.
If you would be so kind as to share a moment of your time, rank in order of importance the following Hillary Reasons For Staying In, with 1 being most important:
"I hate New York and hate pretending I'm from there"
"Payback. I want to have an affair with my own White House page"
"I literally can't pronounce the words 'President Obama'"
"I want to do anything to make sure Obama loses so I can win it for sure in 2012! Cause I'm a winner!"
"I want to get hammered with West Virginians and Kentuckyians"
"Because I'm actually winning! Everyone else is crazy! I'm the only sane person in THE WORLD!"
"I want to see my inspiring life-story video at the convention"
"Because quitters never win and winners never quit"
"I want to give my campaign more time to dig up some old Wright videos"
Have fun! And add your own!
May 7, 2008 10:26 PM | Comments (7) | DIGG THIS
Dropping Out
Posted By Bob Cesca
Okay, so Senator Clinton isn't going to drop out until there's a nominee. After all, Huckabee took this approach and didn't leave the race until Senator McCain became the presumptive Republican nominee. But that was March 4!
The Democrats and the Obama campaign need to make up for lost time, and as long as Senator Clinton hangs out and overextends her stay, she eats into Senator Obama's news cycles -- drawing media attention away from him. Bad for the nominee, good for Senator McCain. And if it's about allowing voters in the remaining several primaries to have an opportunity to choo-choo-choose her, she can still do that even if she steps aside.
Meanwhile, she's just being disruptive now and the only option is for the superdelegates to step up and potentially embarrass her.
May 7, 2008 04:45 PM | Comments (11) | DIGG THIS
The Map
Posted By Bob Cesca
I'm looking at the electoral map here. I strongly believe that Senator McCain is enjoying his peak support right now. In other words, he doesn't have anywhere to go but down. The generic Democrat vs. Republican polls show a national lead for the Democratic nominee by as much as 15-20 points.
So when you see this map, look at the pink states and the pink-bordered states. These are states (Texas, Indiana, South Carolina, Florida, Nebraska, Ohio, etc) where Senator Obama can overtake Senator McCain between now and November.
May 7, 2008 01:03 PM | Comments (0) | DIGG THIS
Denied
Posted By Bob Cesca
The superdelegates won’t meet with Hillary Clinton.
My prediction is that we'll either see a large coaltion of supers declare during a one or two day span, or we'll see a geyser that will stretch between today and May 21.
May 7, 2008 12:49 PM | Comments (3) | DIGG THIS
Lessons
Posted By Bob Cesca
Knowing that my study of politics is an on-going process, I've been thinking about some lessons I've learned during this primary campaign. Here are two eye-openers:
--There remain some sensible Republicans. Not many, but some who are willing to acknowledge the changing tides of history.
--There remain too many racist and sexist liberals.
May 7, 2008 12:42 PM | Comments (1) | DIGG THIS
How Cool Is This?
Posted By Bob Cesca
We can safely look forward to Senator Obama's convention acceptance speech. And how cool is this:
I had a moment last night when I realized something significant about the historic timing of the Democratic convention. The Democratic nominee (Obama) will give his acceptance speech on August 28, 2008 ... 45 years to the day of MLK's "I Have a Dream" speech. The dream does, in fact, live on.
And some highlights from Senator Obama's 2004 keynote address:
Another coincidence... The 1988 convention keynote speaker went on to be the nominee four years later. That'd be President Clinton.
May 7, 2008 12:23 PM | Comments (1) | DIGG THIS
Patriotism
Posted By Bob Cesca
I love this country too much to see it divided and distracted at this moment in history. I believe in our ability to perfect this union because it’s the only reason I’m standing here today. And I know the promise of America because I have lived it.It is the light of opportunity that led my father across an ocean.
It is the founding ideals that the flag draped over my grandfather’s coffin stands for – it is life, and liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
It’s the simple truth I learned all those years ago when I worked in the shadows of a shuttered steel mill on the South Side of Chicago – that in this country, justice can be won against the greatest of odds; hope can find its way back to the darkest of corners; and when we are told that we cannot bring about the change that we seek, we answer with one voice – yes we can.
Hell yes.
UPDATE... The following passage appears to have been improvised:
That's the America I love. That's the America you love. That's the America that we are fighting for in this election.
It doesn't appear in the official transcript. See timecode 12:00...
May 7, 2008 11:28 AM | Comments (1) | DIGG THIS
Two Days
Posted By Bob Cesca
The next two days will decisively tell us what Senator Clinton is made of. If she emerges tomorrow throwing punches... the party will rise up against her. She needs to disprove people like me who believe that the Clintons are all about the Clintons.
May 7, 2008 09:01 AM | Comments (2) | DIGG THIS
Obama-Clark '08?
Posted By Bob Cesca
We've just been told that General Wesley Clark, a strong Clinton supporter and fellow Arkansan, called Hillary tonight to tell her it's over.
Clark would be a strong choice for the ticket. Not perfect, but strong.
May 7, 2008 08:58 AM | Comments (3) | DIGG THIS
A Photo For The Next Video
Posted By Bob Cesca
May 7, 2008 08:52 AM | Comments (0) | DIGG THIS
Morning Awesome
Posted By Bob Cesca
May 7, 2008 08:45 AM | Comments (0) | DIGG THIS
Rank HRC's Most Rovian Moves
Posted By JumpyPants
Hillary Rodham Clinton and her husband, Bill, who apparently now plays an ignorant, racist creep on TV, have channeled the reptilian brain and flaccid, pasty gut of Karl Rove in increasing measure in this primary.
So if you can spare a moment of your time away from celebrating the putative assumption of our historic nominee, please rank the following sleazeball moves, with 1 being most craptastically Rovian.
Drinking 'til cross-eyed
Jesse Jackson won SC, too
Bittergate
Wright-a-thon
Muslim-baiting
Gun mailers
Gas tax holiday
Drug talk
"More electable," "shucking and jiving," and all the other racist code designed to scare both the ignorant and the informed into thinking that Americans are too racist to elect someone who had one parent born in Africa
And enjoy this one, because I don't think we're going to be talking so much about Mrs. Clinton and her once pretty good shitbird of a husband much anymore.
May 7, 2008 12:40 AM | Comments (5) | DIGG THIS
May 06, 2008
Rank Who Needs To Endorse
Posted By JumpyPants
As we wait for the votes to be counted in Muncie, take a moment of your time to rank the following people in terms of who needs most to endorse Barack Obama tomorrow. In the morning. 1 is most needs to endorse.
Al Gore
Either Edwards
Chuck Schumer
Chelsea Clinton
Barbara Boxer
Nancy Pelosi
Howard Dean
Hillary Clinton
Rahm Emmanuel
Harry Reid
Jimmy Carter
Wesley Clark
Then when you're done with that list, feel free to make a second list of WHEN you think each person will endorse Obama (if ever).
Have fun endorsing!
May 6, 2008 08:27 PM | Comments (9) | DIGG THIS
Liveblogging
Posted By Bob Cesca
The liveblogging is underway here. My back is killing me, so I'm going to especially grumpy tonight.
May 6, 2008 07:12 PM | Comments (3) | DIGG THIS
Drink Up, Girls Of America
Posted By Bob Cesca
McAuliffe confirms the story about Senator Clinton being a hard drinker.
Also, think about this in the context of her crusade to censor video games. Drinking -- good. Video games -- bad. Great example to set for America's teen girls, Senator Clinton.
May 6, 2008 02:25 PM | Comments (1) | DIGG THIS
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