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Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Mr 33

McCain will probably win Kentucky even if Hillary Clinton gets the nomination, but she could force him to fight hard for that state, and there's some chance that she could prevail. Obama cannot win there. He cannot even compete.

Only 33 percent of Kentucky's Clinton supporters say that they will vote for Obama if he is the nominee.

Of course, progressives insist that this reticence stems from the fact that Hillary supporters are all big fat racists. The progs are so lacking in self-awareness that they cannot comprehend that accusations of that sort are precisely what made Clinton supporters repulsed by Obama.

In 2000, "racist" Kentucky would have gone for Colin Powell in a landslide, had he run.

Besides (I may have to repeat this fact another dozen or so times, because it sill hasn't sunk in) Obama's campaign manager David Plouffe insisted that racism would not be a factor in the general, because (sayeth he) nearly all white racists migrated to the Republican party long ago. (Don't believe me? Here.)

The commentary appended to the afore-linked CNN article shows that most Obots didn't get the "make nice" memo -- or, more likely, that most of them are so addicted to Clinton-hate that they simply cannot help themselves:

HILLARY HAS WIDENED THE RIFT AS FAR AS SHE HAS.

SHE & BILL IN THE LAST TWO DAYS HAVE EXPRESSED THEIR PREFERENCE FOR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.

As usual, Obots "recall" seeing things that never happened. When did Bill and Hillary ever indicate that they would not support the Democratic nominee?

Kentucky and West Virginia, we know your extreme views, you ll never change...

Just goes to show how this country hasnt changed at all! Still just as Racist as ever.

Because people in that part of the country are racist.

They would rather suffer four more years of economic hardship under the McCain regime than vote for a black man.

Yep. New definition of racism: Anyone who doesn't like Obama. Someone should tell Plouffe.

I don't want the economy placed in the hands of Obama's crew -- Goolsbee, Liebman and Cutler. Does that fact make me anti-white? I don't want foreign policy placed in the hands of Brzenzinski or one of his creatures. Does that fact make me anti-Polish?

This is all part of Clinton's scorched earth strategy. Shame on her and her self-serving campaign.

What "scorched earth" strategy? How do these wacky memes get started in Obot-land? Do these nutcases actually expect the rest of the nation to share their hallucinations?

(By the way, can anyone name a political campaign that wasn't "self-serving" -- ever, in history? Okay, maybe that contest where the dead guy beat John Ashcroft...)

All she has done is divide our party by staying so long and playing the race card.

This can be attributed to the Clinton's Rovian tactics

Racist morons. Isn't being married to your sister or first cousin illegal.

My fave:

You have to be a divisive person to support hillary. There is no other way to define her supporters.

Well, you get the gist. It goes on and on like that.

Again, I must ask -- how can these cultists be so lacking in the ability to question themselves that they cannot see that they are reason why life-long Dems such as myself won't vote for Obama in November?

I remain stunned by Obama's obnoxious zealots. They honestly can't see that they caused the problem, they cannot understand how repellent they are when they treat a political candidate as if he were a religious figure, they refuse to look at Obama's connections to Chicago's corruption, they have a downright psychotic attitude toward the only successful President of the past 45 years, and they continue to spew the very Kossack talking points that have turned Barack Obama into Mr. 33.

Barack Obama ran a smear campaign in a primary. His close supporters falsely accused innocent people of racism. With a few phone calls, Obama and Howard Dean could have created a much more civilized debate, online and off -- but they didn't.

These miscalculations were epic. These miscalculations -- not "racism" -- are the reason why Obama is Mr 33 in a state the Dems could have flipped.

posted: 4:09 PM

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Comments:

"Of course, progressives insist that this reticence stems from the fact that Hillary supporters are all big fat racists."

I'm not worried about his. Apart from the very sore loser, most people will wake up and get over their little bruised ego instead of helping McCain get elected. Keep in mind that most Hillary supporters don't have to endure the hate from Obama supporters on their blog. And it might surprise you that most people (even Hillary supporters) are NOT the emotional equivalent of a 9 years old after THEIR candidate is not chosen and THEY will be able to see the greater good instead of sticking to "but THEY (some Obots assholes ?) insulted me ! THEY will pay !".

posted by

Hyperman : 7:06 PM

You're crazy if you think that. The wound is deep.

Look, if Obi and Dean and the progblog head honchos are rewarded for their atrocious behavior, then that behavior will be repeated. Skinner of DU, meet Skinner, BF. Unfortunately, the only way to punish these bastards is to withdraw in November.

I liked the way riverdaughter on the Confluence put it. She illustrated her story with an oft-seen image of a cutie in a cocktail dress and a Louise Brooks 'do lounging on a divan. And she said: "We're not stupid, you know. We know we've got something you want reeeeealllll bad."

The Obi-boys want it, all right. You can tell. But so far they have not done the things needed to get it. Things like, you know, showing humility and admitting that they were lying manipulative shit-heads.

It's a "lose face or lose the election" situation. And I think arrogance will prevent them from losing the face.

posted by

Joseph : 2:22 AM

Imagine if the situation was reversed and Hillary was winning, wouldn't you be mad at Obama supporters for not voting for Hillary ?

After people cool down and the dust of the primary war settles, that 33% will shrink. Most people can change their mind (you are an example after voting for Obama yourself).

I'm wondering why is it impossible for you to make the difference between some of the supporters and the candidate himself ? If you had started by attacking Hillary instead of Obama, I'm sure you would have received the same level of hatred from Hillary's assholes(like some people on No Quarter). And before you answer that Hillary's assholes are not as worse as Obama's assholes, let me ask : how do you know ? And can the Obama assholes justify themselves by saying they were attacked by Hillary assholes first ?

"they refuse to look at Obama's connections to Chicago's corruption"

The problem is that there's no evidences of this, only speculations and wishful thinking.
And it's weird how you handle accusations against Hillary and against Obama. Obama is guilty until proven otherwise and Hillary is innocent until proven guilty.

posted by

james t. : 6:54 AM

james, the Evelyn Pringle pieces give plenty of evidence. And that's just the beginning. Spend any time on Rezko Watch?

I mean, just the fact that Obama LIED about knowing Rezko should tell you something!

If this were a normal election, I'd be mad at Democrats who did not line up for the nominee. But this is the first election where something of his nature has ever occurred in a Democratic primary. In essence, what happened to Gore in 2000 (in the general campaign) happened to Hillary. A fake script was written and pounded into the public via (paid?) media hacks. In this case, the situation was even worse, since the script involved false accusations of racism.

Do the script-writers owe direct allegiance to Obama? Of course. When Obama switched course and embarked on "Operation Make Nice," Moulitsas and Huffington TURNED ON A DIME. That fact alone tells you that the preceding "Operation Smear Hillary" was decided upon at Obama HQ.

Besides, if you take note of the things Jesse Jackson Jr. and Plouffe said, you'll know where the blame rests.

I'll say it again: If this behavior is rewarded, it will be repeated. I wish we had some other weapon to register our disapproval, but we do not. We have no choice but to support some candidate other than Obama.

posted by

Joseph : 7:04 AM