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May 10, 2008
Morning Awesome
Happy birthday to Bono. 48 years old.
09:11 AM | Comments (2) | Posted By Bob Cesca
May 09, 2008
Creepy McCain
He just creeps me out. I think it's the fake laughing. But it's also the passive aggressive fear mongering.
05:30 PM | Comments (2) | Posted By Bob Cesca
More Veep Talk
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?
12:49 PM | Comments (20) | Posted By Bob Cesca
Malignant Narcissism
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.)
12:25 PM | Comments (4) | Posted By Bob Cesca
John Edwards Voted For -- Whoops!
John Edwards accidentally lets it slip out:
"I voted for him."
Then endorse! Sheesh.
09:47 AM | Comments (2) | Posted By Bob Cesca
Morning Awesome
05:00 AM | Comments (2) | Posted By Bob Cesca
May 08, 2008
I Don't Mind Saying...
...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.
07:21 PM | Comments (4) | Posted By Bob Cesca
Josh Brolin As Dubya
Who would you have cast as George W. Bush? My choice would be Gary Busey.
02:47 PM | Comments (8) | Posted By Bob Cesca
Poor, Poor Lanny
11:38 AM | Comments (3) | Posted By Bob Cesca
Nice Cover
09:14 AM | Comments (8) | Posted By Bob Cesca
Morning Awesome
Speed Racer goes batshit. This could be the most awesome Morning Awesome ever.
05:00 AM | Comments (3) | Posted By Bob Cesca
May 07, 2008
Rank Hillary's Reasons For Staying In
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!
10:26 PM | Comments (7) | Posted By JumpyPants
Dropping Out
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.
04:45 PM | Comments (11) | Posted By Bob Cesca
The Map
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.
01:03 PM | Comments (0) | Posted By Bob Cesca
Denied
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.
12:49 PM | Comments (3) | Posted By Bob Cesca
Lessons
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.
12:42 PM | Comments (1) | Posted By Bob Cesca
How Cool Is This?
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.
12:23 PM | Comments (1) | Posted By Bob Cesca
Patriotism
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...
11:28 AM | Comments (1) | Posted By Bob Cesca
Two Days
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.
09:01 AM | Comments (2) | Posted By Bob Cesca
Obama-Clark '08?
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.
08:58 AM | Comments (3) | Posted By Bob Cesca
A Photo For The Next Video
08:52 AM | Comments (0) | Posted By Bob Cesca
Morning Awesome
08:45 AM | Comments (0) | Posted By Bob Cesca
Rank HRC's Most Rovian Moves
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.
12:40 AM | Comments (5) | Posted By JumpyPants
May 06, 2008
Rank Who Needs To Endorse
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!
08:27 PM | Comments (9) | Posted By JumpyPants
Liveblogging
The liveblogging is underway here. My back is killing me, so I'm going to especially grumpy tonight.
07:12 PM | Comments (3) | Posted By Bob Cesca
Drink Up, Girls Of America
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.
02:25 PM | Comments (1) | Posted By Bob Cesca
Barack On!
"James Carville is well-known for spouting off his mouth without always knowing what he's talking about. And I intend to stay focused on fighting for the American people because what they don't need is 20 more years of performance art on television."
(h/t Paddy)
12:26 PM | Comments (1) | Posted By Bob Cesca
Morning Awesome
08:34 AM | Comments (0) | Posted By Bob Cesca
May 05, 2008
Let The Heinous Ranking Begin
If you can spare a moment of your time, I'd love for you guys to rank the following people from MOST HEINOUS to LEAST HEINOUS (yes, the implication is they are all, to my mind at this point, heinous), with 1 being Most Heinous. Go for it!
Karl Rove
Hillary Clinton
Chris Matthews
Dane Cook
Britney Spears
Tim Russert
The Emperor Caligula
Bill Clinton
Myley Cyrus
George W. Bush
Ted Bundy
Dick Cheney
Tony Snow
John McCain
Sean Hannity
Elisabeth Hasselbeck
Hillary Clinton's Laughter Coach
Have some non-heinous fun!
11:00 PM | Comments (12) | Posted By JumpyPants
Cletus The Slack-Jawed Candidate
"That's the kind of thing those people that aren't for us say. You know, they think we're dumber'n we are. I know, cuz I grew up in a place like this, and I figured out that people are just as smart here as anywhere else. But they ain't figured it out yet."
Dyuck-yuck-yuck. Duhhhh.
And have you noticed Senator Clinton's southern drawl lately? So embarrassing. Watch this video -- timecode 34 seconds:
"...Which is whut ah thank we'd git with Senter McCayun!"
I exaggerrated the transcript, but it's there. She's clearly putting on a southern accent down there. So she's from Scranton, New York, Chicago, Arkansas and North Carolahhhna.
Bonus awful... Have you noticed the Bush-style slogan backgrounds? Ugh.
05:46 PM | Comments (3) | Posted By Bob Cesca
Worst Person In The World
Today, she blasted Senator Obama for being hypocritical about fuel efficient cars. She claims that while Senator Obama criticized Detroit for manufacturing too many SUVs, yet -- GOTCHA! -- he rides around in SUVs on the campaign trail.
What she doesn't mention, of course, is that the Secret Service requires special armored cars to protect against assassination attempts. What she also doesn't mention is that people like Senator Obama and Al Gore purchase carbon offsets to make up for the pollution they create due to the hazards of their occupations.
But what's really awful is that Malkin chastises the Senator for the Chrysler 300C he drives. She proves this by linking to a May 2007 article on CarAndDriver.com. The article, however, was published prior to the fact that the Senator traded in his Chrysler for a Ford Escape Hybrid.
But, Malkin writes, that doesn't matter because he still rides around in SUVs -- even though he has no control what-so-ever over Secret Service protection. But let's say he did. Is Malkin suggesting that presidential candidates ride around in unprotected cars? That's bizarre coming from a paranoid far-right blogger who thinks that crazy Muslims are just waiting for an opportunity to kill her.
Michelle Malkin... Worst! Person! In the wooooorld!
(apologies to Olbermann)
05:11 PM | Comments (3) | Posted By Bob Cesca
J. Sidney McCain and G. Gordon Liddy
How close are McCain and Liddy? At least as close as Obama and Ayers appear to be. In 1998, Liddy's home was the site of a McCain fundraiser. Over the years, he has made at least four contributions totaling $5,000 to the senator's campaigns--including $1,000 this year.Last November, McCain went on his radio show. Liddy greeted him as "an old friend," and McCain sounded like one. "I'm proud of you, I'm proud of your family," he gushed. "It's always a pleasure for me to come on your program, Gordon, and congratulations on your continued success and adherence to the principles and philosophies that keep our nation great."
Which principles would those be? The ones that told Liddy it was fine to break into the office of the Democratic National Committee to plant bugs and photograph documents? The ones that made him propose to kidnap anti-war activists so they couldn't disrupt the 1972 Republican National Convention? The ones that inspired him to plan the murder (never carried out) of an unfriendly newspaper columnist?
Corporate media? Hello?
(h/t Sullivan)
09:10 AM | Comments (0) | Posted By Bob Cesca
Morning Awful
Attention corporate media! This is Pastor Hagee describing the Catholic Church as "The Great Whore."
09:08 AM | Comments (2) | Posted By Bob Cesca
Morning Awesome
08:52 AM | Comments (1) | Posted By Bob Cesca
May 04, 2008
Tom Hanks Endorses Senator Obama
And the Senator was awesome on Meet the Press this morning. I didn't watch the Clinton show on ABC.
11:34 AM | Comments (4) | Posted By Bob Cesca
Morning Awesome
09:33 AM | Comments (4) | Posted By Bob Cesca
