Jack and Jill Politics - Latest Comments in Through The Looking Glass…….

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AgentX — Sun, 11 May 2008 00:36:00 -0000

She may be willing to commit party-cide but the Superdelegates won't let her.
Howard Dean is gonna shut this down by June. Her campaign has given June 15th.

Her options are out. The only reason why she's sticking around is to make money to pay the bills.

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Anonymous — Sat, 10 May 2008 18:28:00 -0000

"She and Cokie Roberts are two of my favourite older women. They display grace, wit, intelligence and courtesy to spare and have both crafted careers that any feminist would be proud of, IMO. All that with seemingly no discernible sexual pandering or simpering".---lolo

Cokie is clearly biased and is bitter about her female candidate losing this thing. That's not hard to see. She is hardly objective

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Michelle — Sat, 10 May 2008 16:26:00 -0000

It took Jon Stewart to frame the issue through a comic lens, but he was dead serious when he said let's cut through all the mess and get to the core: "Are you going to enslave the white race?"

Craig, yeah I saw that too, that's exactly it IMO. I've generally found Jon Stewart to be ferociously deeply intelligent in what he does and that is not an exception.

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Michelle — Sat, 10 May 2008 16:23:00 -0000

KRK, that's an interesting article from McClatchy.

What struck me most is -- if a fiercely anti-Obama retired CIA operative worked hard to assemble a dossier on Obama and that's all her came up with .... that's great news.

I myself feel like people who believe that kind of stuff are already not going to vote for him or ANY Democrat.

PS looks like the trolls are out in extra-special force these days. Attempting to create reality, anyone?

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BigAssBelle — Sat, 10 May 2008 01:07:00 -0000

ugh. i hate to see that right wing tool peggy noonan's name even show up in this place.

nevertheless, it's over and he's got it and i'm thrilled. yay!

but please, no more peggy noonan. there is no worse example of the inside-the-beltway kewl kidz sneering at the ignorant animals in the rest of the country.

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Lolo — Fri, 09 May 2008 20:04:00 -0000

Racists are afraid that minorities will rise up, band together, take all their jobs, their neighborhoods, their schools, their way of life.

Fear of retribution is what drives much of racist behaviour because the racist knows in his gut that where he stands is a wrong place to be and he "earned" it on the backs and with the pain of the many that were beaten, killed, robbed and just plain old denied.

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Fri, 09 May 2008 19:47:00 -0000

So are you all saying if McCain wins it will be because whites were afraid of Obama because he is black?

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N. Mahana — Fri, 09 May 2008 19:11:00 -0000

Rikyrah,

You summed it up perfectly, yet the idea is not sinking in. The more, systematically we are excluded, the more it actually helps to produce the beginning of those feelings in some black Americans. The system controlled by whites is creating the very thing they fear and it needs to stop before it actually implodes.

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rikyrah — Fri, 09 May 2008 18:32:00 -0000

thought merchant, it's the fear of retribution that has so many knickers in a twist.

I've been saying that to a friend of mine since day one of this campaign. It took Jon Stewart to frame the issue through a comic lens, but he was dead serious when he said let's cut through all the mess and get to the core: "Are you going to enslave the white race?"

Of course everyone laughed.

You're probably right. The thing is...Black folks (a whole lot of us) don't wanna to Nat Turner on anyone...just get the foot off our necks, and we can begin to talk.

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TruthSeeker — Fri, 09 May 2008 16:48:00 -0000

I read on HuffPo that the open letter from Hillary had 2 typo's in addition to factual errors.

Also, Obama got 8 superdelegates today.

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justice58 — Fri, 09 May 2008 14:17:00 -0000

Quote from Ted Kennedy on Hillary VP slot:

"Obama should choose a running mate who "is in tune with his appeal for the nobler aspirations of the American people," Kennedy said. "If we had real leadership — as we do with Barack Obama — in the No. 2 spot as well, it'd be enormously helpful."

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Oops! That hurt!

bwahahahahahahahahahaha

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Thought Merchant — Fri, 09 May 2008 14:10:00 -0000

Will Hillary pull a Joe Leiberman and run as an independent in pure scorched earth fashion?? Think about it. Don't act like its impossible.

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justice58 — Fri, 09 May 2008 14:05:00 -0000

MS.Martin,
"Hillary is calling for a debate before the Oregon primary.

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I heard it & thought WTF! Oh yes, she going to have to be dragged off! The woman is nuts!

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Ms.Martin — Fri, 09 May 2008 13:56:00 -0000

Hillary is calling for a debate before the Oregon primary.

She has really lost it!

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justice58 — Fri, 09 May 2008 13:50:00 -0000

Stephanie Tubb Jones was defending Hillary on MSNBC today! She said Hillary was only quoting from an article written in USA Today! And she was quite defensive about it!

Stephanie is blind in one eye & can't see out the other! Gaah!

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Craig Hickman — Fri, 09 May 2008 12:54:00 -0000

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Thought Merchant — Fri, 09 May 2008 12:30:00 -0000

Wow, JJP is doing well, you guys officially have a right wing TROLL! I'm impressed. Clearly someone doing opposition research for comments on pro-Obama blogs. You guys can look forward to being on Bill O'Reilly's show for being "left wing radical black militant bloggers" who support Obama. Trust me, its coming soon.

Since the beginning of this campaign I've often thought about one of my favorite films from the 70's. If you really want to understand the irrational fear that Hillary and the Media are trying to instill in America, all you have to do is look at this clip from a classic film from a classic book:

"The Spook who sat by the door"

Check the trailor:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLKSyy5AwtQ

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acanthus — Fri, 09 May 2008 12:20:00 -0000

"So while you are all crowing about Peggy Noonan, another shoe is yet to drop for Obama..."

That shoe has already dropped. To no real effect. Keep trying, though. ok?

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Anonymous — Fri, 09 May 2008 12:16:00 -0000

"What do you comments have to do with the fact that liberal elected officials and the presumptive Democrat presidential nominee favor a foreign policy strategy that undermines our ally, Colombia, while aiding Chavez and his terrorist cohorts, FARC?"

As opposed to our bipartisan support for Saudi Arabia - the nation from which the 9/11 hijackers actually came? The nation that provides the lion's share of money for terrorist groups? Considering that FARC has never carried out an attack on American soil or American embassies, you'll forgive me if I believe it is important to prioritize our threats

- KXB

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Ms.Martin — Fri, 09 May 2008 12:05:00 -0000

Craig

I agree with you wholeheartedly about Edwards; I said long ago that he was weak!

I just read an article where he said endorsements don't really mean that much and Obama has done fine without his.

I'm glad he didn't endorse, now Obama won't feel obliged to offer his weak ass the veep spot.

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justice58 — Fri, 09 May 2008 11:58:00 -0000

anon 5:51,

Just another wussy jealous of Barack Obama's success! Hater!

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Anonymous — Fri, 09 May 2008 11:57:00 -0000

lolo,

That's right. So when Noonan eventually criticizes Obama on policy and politics, and she will, her words will resonate with all reasonable voters.

The scrutiny of Obama begins:

"Given the importance that Obama places on this approach to foreign policy — he seldom fails to mention it as an example of the “change” he’ll bring to Washington — one wonders why the media hasn’t pressed him on this rationalization. Obama isn’t merely saying that he’ll reinstitute diplomatic relations with Iran, which would emulate our relations with the Nazis and the Japanese prior to Pearl Harbor. Obama wants to have meetings without preconditions with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who has publicly spoken of his desire to annihilate a key ally of the US, as well as Hugo Chavez, Raul Castro, and any number of thugs and tyrants. When did FDR, Truman, and Kennedy do that? Answer: never.

Negotiations with tyrants almost always leads to appeasement, which only postpones war until the tyrant is strong enough to wage it most effectively. It results in many more deaths and far more destruction because it gives the initiative and the timing to the tyrants, while building their credibility at home. William Shirer noted that the Germans were astounded when Hitler repeatedly bluffed the West during the years from 1935 to 1939, figuring each bluff would be called and Hitler destroyed as a political force. By the time he rolled into Poland unopposed except by the outmatched Poles, who expected actual military assistance from Britain and France, Germans would follow Hitler anywhere, convinced of his invincibility.

That’s what Obama’s “new approach” to foreign policy promises. It’s Neville Chamberlain without the umbrella. It certainly isn’t FDR or Truman."

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Lolo — Fri, 09 May 2008 11:48:00 -0000

Noonan has always gotten Obama's appeal. Whatever differences she has with his candidacy are about his policy and economic views. Whether you agree with Ms. Noonan or not she is a wordsmith that has few peers in today's newspapers and she knows the power of words and ideas.

She and Cokie Roberts are two of my favourite older women. They display grace, wit, intelligence and courtesy to spare and have both crafted careers that any feminist would be proud of, IMO. All that with seemingly no discernible sexual pandering or simpering.

Maureen Dowd wishes she had half of Noonan's chops so that she wouldn't have to keep reminding us of her sexual cachet and her charmingly girlish ways as she battles her incipient decline into middleaged caricature.

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Anonymous — Fri, 09 May 2008 11:44:00 -0000

Obama now leads Hillary in superdelegates by two.

He will be the nominee.

And John McCain isthe clear favorite of those economists who responded to the question:

"Which of the three remaining presidential candidates offers the most responsible fiscal policy proposals in your view?"

Twenty-one economists, or 75% of the respondents, chose Senator McCain, the republican nominee to be. Obama came in second with the backing of six economists, or 21% of the respondents. Just one economist picked Hillary.

The Wall Street Journal's economics blog, Real Time Economics, reports the question was asked as part of the Journal's latest forecasting survey.

In another interesting finding from the survey, 51% of the respondents said demand from China and India was the prime factor in soaring energy prices, and 41% said the demand was the chief contributor to rising food costs. Constraint in supply was cited second most often; Twenty percent blamed supply problems for higher food prices, and 15% for increasing energy prices. If these economist are right, there is little the U.S. can do to ease the pain of higher energy and food prices.

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Anonymous — Fri, 09 May 2008 11:36:00 -0000

@anon KXB,

What do you comments have to do with the fact that liberal elected officials and the presumptive Democrat presidential nominee favor a foreign policy strategy that undermines our ally, Colombia, while aiding Chavez and his terrorist cohorts, FARC?

If you want to debate, engage the facts presented instead of blowing smoke. When the smoke clears, the facts still remain.

Your "I know you are but what am I?" playground comebacks are lame.