Obama supporters unite! Lets get on Rec list

I am so sick of the rec list being dominated by the divisive, Republcan talking points of the Clinton supporters in re the "Bittergate" story. There are so many levels on which their take on this non-story is wrong and damaging to our chances of winning the election.

Lets start with the statements themselves. Obama, in his original discussion in SF, was making a point that generations of Democratic candidates (including Bill Clinton--see link http://politicalwire.com/archives/2008/0 4/13/historical_quote_of_the_day.html) have been making for years, namely that Republicans have managed to control the voting patterns of a majority of working class white voters with appeals to their religion, to their appreciation for the right to bear arms, to their fear of illegal immigration, all the while passing legislation on trade and taxation that makes them poorer by the day.

Try to make something of it if you will but the man was speaking a well regarded truth. For Hillary to try to paint this as condescending or elitist shows that she truly is willing to do or say anything to get elected, including adopting and propogating manipulative Republican methods to tar her opponent. I am having none of it and I call bullshit.

In fact, if this is the level in which Democratic politics has sunk to then neither candidate has a chance of winning in November because it is a certainty that the republicans will try to paint Hillary with the same kinds of things (remember the "Stand By Your Man" episode in 1992 for instance). I feel certain that Hillary Clinton has a similar analysis of the dynamics of working class white voters and is merely too chicken shit to make the same kind of statement. For her to get the nomination on the back of this kind of parroting of right wing thinking would be the death knell of our chances in the fall.

Please Obama supporters, lets get this or something like it onto the Rec list to show the outside world that this site has degenerated completely into a swamp of right wing talking points.



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why? to Bash HRC? (1.36 / 30)

daily kos is the place for you guys.  There all obama diaries get on the rec list.  The only Obama diaries I've seen on this rec list are those that trash HRC.  So if you want your hate right up front, just go to dailykosobama.  That's a good echo chamber for you all.


by 4justice on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 11:33:59 AM EST

Re: why? to Bash HRC? (1.80 / 25)

So, you're saying, get out of OUR echo chamber, and go back to yours- Then we can have our Daily Hate against Obama without you guys mucking it up with hope and positivity and attacks on McCain and attempts to get progressive Democrats elected.

Right?


Serious question- Is This Snark?
by ragekage on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 11:38:41 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: why? to Bash HRC? (1.25 / 12)

I've read enough threads to notice that your comments are going to be absent any true discourse.


by apolitik on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 11:50:57 AM EST
[ Parent ]

thats BS (1.50 / 2)


-- be excellent to each other
by kindthoughts on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 01:33:52 PM EST
[ Parent ]

The orange satan thing (2.00 / 13)

Please stop this already. MYDD has been a progressive democrat blog since I first joined four years ago. If you're scared of DailyKos, that's your own stupid fault. I like MYDD because it is a RANGE OF DEMOCRAT VOICES, and no some partisan fansite.

Deal with it.

Rec'd, and ready to roll.

Good on you for breaking the mould diarist!

And please, genuine Hillary supporters. I enjoy engage in constructive dialogue with you guys. Your passion and commitment will be needed whoever gets the nomination.

And as for the dozens of freepers, who daily out themselves as wanting nothing more than the destruction of the democrat party.

Keep on keeping on. You're so obvious it's laughable.


Now Loose on the Moose
by brit on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 03:31:22 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: The orange satan thing (2.00 / 2)

Brit--thanks for getting where I was coming from with this diary and for reccing.


by wasder on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 04:40:42 PM EST
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Re: The orange satan thing (2.00 / 1)

I have yet to read a posting by a Hillary-hating Obama supporter that is intelligent. My complaints toward Obama have often been that in place of explaining what he plans to do, all of his so-called unique propositions for change, and so on, he horrendously attacks his opponents, pointing fingers at Bush, Clinton, and McCain, but never at himself. What would he do. Alas, too similarly, his supporters on this blog and elsewhere can only praise him by calling Hillary Clinton names, using profanity, lying about her record and character, brining in the race card willy nilly, and vowing that they would rather vote for McCain. How dreadful, how disgusting! Nobody, but nobody, least of all a former great First Lady, thoroughly effective NY Senator, and above all else a server of the people. Please, show some respect!

Neither Obama nor Hillary can win the general election, unless including the other as VP on the ticket. The nomination has become so competitive that it has brought out the worst in some of its supporters. You need only troll the blogs to see how Obama's supporters are quite relentlessly hateful in their attacks on Hillary; while Hillary's supporters have begun attacking Obama in kind. If the bad blood continues, a huge portion of Hillary's supporters will stay at home or turn GOP, once Obama is nominated. Likewise, with Obama's supporters. Neither candidate can hope to win without the democatic party being unified in Novemember.  As for the best candidate, on paper, on experience, and on demonstrable solutions, Hillary beats both McCain and Obama.


by Folkwolf101 on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 04:56:17 PM EST
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You use words oddly. (2.00 / 2)

Take this turn of phrase: You need only troll the blogs to see how Obama's supporters are quite relentlessly hateful in their attacks on Hillary; I would read that as indicating if you go to blogs and make outrageous statements about Sen. Obama you will get attacked.  Though, I suspect you mean something like You need only read the blogs etcetera.  That is not at all the standard meaning of troll the blogs though.
Colombo style, I just have one more little question.  How do you come to the position that Sen. Clinton is the best candidate, on paper?  What you list are generic impressions and while you seem to feel they are obviously supported I don't think any of them make sense.  To name one, how do you think Sen. Clinton is more experienced than Sen. McCain?  Partially answering my own question, you might have some different meaning for "best on experience".  If that is the case, what would that different meaning be?
by tonedevil on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 05:30:00 PM EST
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Re: You use words oddly. (2.00 / 3)

Fair enough.  Of course, Hillary is not my ideal candidate, just the best that's left. McCain has plenty of experience, to be sure, but has grown soft in the head with his senior moments. He seems stuck on snooze control and is in a desperate tapeloop on Iraq issues. Obama and Clinton are in agreement on 95% their policies, however different their surfaces seem to be. I choose her because she does get the job done, passes more legistation, introduces more bills, and is always working hard. I also trust her more, as she has been vetted over and over again by the most maligning of newscasters and GOP machines. Obama has lied way too may times.


by Folkwolf101 on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 05:45:21 PM EST
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I'm absolutely closing my ears... (2.00 / 3)

to the last sentence and saying I support your vigor.  I would add that I strongly believe in the Democratic  candidate this presidential election, because I can't decide if Sen. McCain is Ford with anger management issues or Dole for the new millennium.


by tonedevil on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 06:03:55 PM EST
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Oh, I am *so* stealing that. (2.00 / 2)

I can't decide if Sen. McCain is Ford with anger management issues or Dole for the new millennium.

Can't use it here, because, well, you already did.

But some day, some where....  :-)

Prog


by Progressive Witness on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 09:08:04 PM EST
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Re: The orange satan thing (1.71 / 7)

what a disingenuous troll. posing as some mananimous voice. give me a break. this diary is pure crap. it's not posing any relevant issue discussion - just begging pathetically for the mob mentality to take charge here at MyDD. THAT is not a recipe for continuing the relative egality of this site.


by swissffun on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 06:02:34 PM EST
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Re: The orange satan thing (2.00 / 4)

You should be trolled for just throwing accusations like that at this diary with no reasoned justification. But let your words stand. They condemn themselves.

On a more productive note, I fail to see that MYDD shows any 'egality'. If it represented the full democratic party spectrum, it wouldn't have nearly 90 per cent of the rec list not only PRO Hillary (this I can understand) but destructively anti Obama.

If you hadn't noticed, he's the front runner at the moment. And whatever position he's in, it's by no means egality to use Rovian and Republican smears against any Democratic Candidate.

I'd say the same if the old smears were being used against the Clintons. That's egality.


Now Loose on the Moose
by brit on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 07:15:47 PM EST
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Re: The orange satan thing (none / 0)

The poster is right, you are the one of the last people on this site with credibility. Changing your tone now is hardly going to help Clinton's supporters move to Obama. Posters like yourself would be of more use being silent if you would like him to win.


by msharp on Wed Apr 16, 2008 at 10:58:10 PM EST
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Re: The orange satan thing (2.00 / 1)

swiss---it should be clear from anything that I have written here that I am not in favor of mob mentality. I am really into getting into it with Clinton supporters who are reasonable. My diary was a reaction to the pathetic state of the rec list this morning when I logged on. it was all reactionary bullshit.


by wasder on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 09:05:04 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Orange Satan? I left there because I was getting (2.00 / 1)

trolled for politely pointing out why I thought Hillary was a better candidate; but I'll tell you, that makes me an 'Obama Hater' to many posters over there.

This diary is already insulting to HRC and her supporters, accusing her/them/us of recycling Republican talking points,  and hurting our chances in the general election.  

I beg to disagree, particularly with the implied subtext that the nomination is already won, and belongs to Obama, in any case.

The presumption of victory, the creation of a victory narrative, is self defeating, particularly when it comes to re-uniting the party, which is going to take all the King's horses and all of his men.  And can any in the Obama camp tell me with a straight face that his supporters do not embrace that victory narrative?

Me, I hold with the wisdom Yogi Berra: 'A ballgame ain't over 'til it's over.'  In the meantime, I came here to escape the Kos Kewl Kidz, and I'm usually ready to invite to go back home, unless they are willing to discuss things calmly here, which sometimes is, but often is not the case.  


The fascist takeover of America has already occurred; but the people have not yet realized.
by magnetics on Tue Apr 15, 2008 at 01:37:55 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Orange Satan? I left there because I was gett (none / 0)

Listening to Hannity the other day, I could have sworn I was reading MYDD.  The same arguments on his show against Obama that I read here.  So yes, a valid point that many HRC are using Right Wing talking points.


Capitalization is the difference between "I had to help my uncle Jack off a horse..." and "I had to help my uncle jack off a horse..."
by igottheblues on Tue Apr 15, 2008 at 08:46:11 PM EST
[ Parent ]

First off: particularize please; I'd like to know (none / 0)

something of what was said.  I will never defend Hannity (stupid to evil ratio about 20/80, IMO), but there is a difference between making a deal out of the 'bitter' comments, and dredging (drudging) up and recycling anti-Hillary talking points from the '90's when she was under baseless attack (remember?) by Independent Council Ken Starr, and the Senate Whitewater commitee, under then-senator Alphonse D'amato.

The last straw at DKos for me was a front page story hinting about what might still surface from the Clinton  scandals (so-called) of the last century.  I wrote a comment asking "Why replay the the Clinton scandals?", and the reply was in effect: "Who mentioned the scandals?"  Well...whom to believe -- you or my lyin' eyes?


The fascist takeover of America has already occurred; but the people have not yet realized.
by magnetics on Wed Apr 16, 2008 at 12:24:25 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: First off: particularize please; I'd like to k (none / 0)

Sorry to it took a while to reply...

But, the gripes Hannity stated were...  He is all words.  The Wright controversy makes him not trustworthy and an America hater (haven't really seen that part here, though).  He is out of touch with middle class Americans (please, a simple look at his biography will clearly show this is not the case.  Public school educated, just finished paying his student loans, couldn't afford a taxi unitl recently, etc.).  He has little elected experience (though it is just as much as HRC considering his time in the state government).  We don't know the real Obama (though he was written two books about his life and he is very open).  Obviously Michelle hates America, as she has never been proud of America until this moment.

That was what I heard in the five minutes or so I listened before I went blech!

I would link various comments from HRC supporters that are along the same lines, but I honestly don't think I need to.  But, if it is insisted, I will.


Capitalization is the difference between "I had to help my uncle Jack off a horse..." and "I had to help my uncle jack off a horse..."
by igottheblues on Wed Apr 16, 2008 at 07:17:50 PM EST
[ Parent ]

As far as Wright goes, (none / 0)

Hannity goes much further than the Clinton campaign -- the interesting thing here is that --although I don't like Wright for a number of unrelated reasons -- his service as a volunteer combat medic makes him a better American than 99% of Rethugs in this country.

I think he is a loose cannon however, and should be made to swallow his tongue for statements to the effect that AIDS/HIV was created by the US government as a genocidal plot against black people.  This is pure hooey, as I well know (Ph. D. in Biochemistry, sorry to to have to pull rank).  As far as genocide goes, (I am also half of a mixed race marriage) I think it is fair that the mass incarceration of young Aframericans  -- which is genocidal policy, IMO -- was in fact the un-stated goal of the Ray-gun justice department and its War on Drugs, so I don't absolve the government of those tendencies.

But I don't see that Clinton has played the Wright-leaning anti-American campaign angle anywhere approaching Hannity's hateful level.

On  the other hand, unfortunately, over at Dkos, we now have Markos endorsing statements in the comment threads to the effect that Hillary is not really a Democrat.

I have voted Dem in every presidential election since McGovern, but if Obama wins the nomination, it is going to take some effort to bring me back into the fold.  I wouldn't vote McCain for dogcatcher, but I might sit out 2008, even though it will cost me a lot of skin at home.  Plus, without seating MI and FL, I think the Dems are shooting themselves, not in foot, but through the vitals -- not heart maybe, but surely liver and spleen.


The fascist takeover of America has already occurred; but the people have not yet realized.
by magnetics on Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 04:52:14 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: why? to Bash HRC? (none / 0)

Pot...meet kettle.


Check out McCain.
by you like it on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 02:19:47 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: why? to Bash HRC? (none / 0)

Thanks for the insult; I appreciate it. Seems to be par for the course for people of your caliber; like the people who mojo-rated your comment.


Serious question- Is This Snark?
by ragekage on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 07:32:02 PM EST
[ Parent ]

I dont' think your intent is to bash McCain (1.70 / 10)

it is to trash HRC, that is plain from the diary.  Now if you all have a change of heart and decide to let the voters decide, and stop your nonsense bashing and hate, and actually focus on McCain, that would be one thing.

But you obamatrons have not proven your muster there. Great lines against HRC, great lies about her service, great lines supporting Obama's attack on democrats, but nothing against McCain

So if you get your rocks off bashing HRC, go where  you have that support.  Otherwise stop whining and put up something of substance here.


by 4justice on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 11:55:00 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: I dont' think your intent is to bash McCain (2.00 / 9)

Actually as a front pager over here I notice that there are groups of people who troll through MyDD and ritualistically recommend the diaries that favor their candidate.

So that said, imho anyone supporting future president Obama, should go for quality over quantity.

Eventually everyone will figure out there are fluffers out there and the candidate who felt like they needed them will be the one that ultimately pays for it in the long run.

One thing I like about being in the Obama camp is that typically the obama supporters that you meet know precisely how to sift out these posts from the other ones.

Just focus on writing a good post, that has good substance and research. Don't worry about how it recommends, it will recommend fine if its good enough.


by Trey Rentz on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 11:59:45 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: I dont' think your intent is to bash McCain (2.00 / 4)

Fair enough. Not trying to fluff anything, though, just trying to distill and make clear the most basic points of what should be a non story. Sorry if there was not enough content for your liking but I am just so sick of the overall vibe of this website right now and want to do my part.


by wasder on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 12:02:17 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: I dont' think your intent is to bash McCain (2.00 / 2)

This is the most comical response I have read to date. Who is bashing who right now? Clinton didn't need to pounce of statements that are entirely true and make a "controversy" out of them.


by wasder on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 12:03:40 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Apparently... (2.00 / 2)

If you write a diary not trashing Obama at MYDD that's somehow the equivalent of trashing Hillary.  


by Tenafly Viper on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 05:04:44 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: why? to Bash HRC? (none / 0)

You mean as in "I hope I can get health care with Obama" as opposed to "I know I will get health care with Clinton" ?

Yeah, that's the way to go.


by splashy on Tue Apr 15, 2008 at 12:52:12 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: why? to Bash HRC? (2.00 / 1)

Good luck with that when she garnishes your wages.


by The Distillery on Tue Apr 15, 2008 at 03:37:26 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: why? to Bash HRC? (none / 0)

You mean as opposed to fining you when you come to the hospital when you are sick and haven't bought into the plan, as Obama says he will do?

Seems to me that limiting payments to 10% or less of your income, taken out on a regular basis as SS is, is much easier to take. That way when you do have to get treatment, as everyone does eventually unless they die very suddenly, you don't have to worry about the cost right then.


by splashy on Sun Apr 20, 2008 at 04:09:34 AM EST
[ Parent ]

The Site that Must Not Be Named (1.87 / 8)

Wow!  Before I left the Site that Must Not Be Named, I never saw supporters of the Candidate that Must Not Ne Named ever complaining about their perpetual domination of the Rec List over there.  Now, they come here to rue our hegemony over the Big Blue rec list.  Turn about is fair play.


That's it, baby; let's go win this election!
by Beltway Dem on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 12:05:19 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: The Site that Must Not Be Named (2.00 / 5)

Did you miss "the strike"?

Turnabout may be fair play, but I think 5 diaries on the same subject is a bit excessive, especially when it's driven by recs from people who don't bother posting.


by Mostly on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 01:34:36 PM EST
[ Parent ]

I suppose (2.00 / 2)

that since you write this, it's your perspective on the matter.


That's it, baby; let's go win this election!
by Beltway Dem on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 03:55:54 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: why? to Bash HRC? (none / 0)

**Why not?  I thought this was a Dem site?


If the choice is between hope and fear, always choose hope. BC
by greylox on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 08:32:50 PM EST
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Re: Obama supporters unite! Lets get on Rec list (2.00 / 3)

There's no hate expressed.


We care about politics because we know politics matters for people's lives and opportunities.
by politicsmatters on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 11:36:31 AM EST

Re: Obama supporters unite! Lets get on Rec list (2.00 / 4)

Maybe a better word is bitterness?


by zenful6219 on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 11:39:17 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Obama supporters unite! Lets get on Rec list (2.00 / 2)

It's an empowerment thing :)


by Mostly on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 01:34:57 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Obama supporters unite! Lets get on Rec list (none / 0)

I've been feeling very bitter today.


It's time to restore balance and fairness to our economy,... It's time to stop giving tax cuts to corporations that ship jobs overseas... - Barack Obama
by Lefty Coaster on Tue Apr 15, 2008 at 01:05:49 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Obama supporters unite! Lets get on Rec list (1.91 / 12)

I have no hate for anyone on this site or elsewhere. I just think its pathetic that supporters of one candidate would spend their energies adopting the talking points of the other party in order to prop up their candidate. It is a pyrrhic victory if she manages to win this way. All she is doing is making the climb that much steeper by validating everything the republicans say about working class America.


by wasder on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 11:37:38 AM EST

Glass house (1.72 / 11)

who was it who said Reagan was great?  Who was it who bashed years of a successful democrat in the white house?  Who was it who used repug talking points in his "harry and louise" add?

So Obama's use of repug talking points throughout his campaign doesn't bother  you?

Double standard, glass house, rocks and all.


by 4justice on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 11:57:50 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Glass house (2.00 / 7)

you know damn well that he didn't say Reagan was great. He said that Reagan was more effective in changing the political landscape to benefit his side than Bill Clinton was and I would imagine that most people on this site would agree.


by wasder on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 12:00:16 PM EST
[ Parent ]

to bad the BHO'ers started with the ken Starr (1.80 / 5)

investigation' talking points from the beginning, then you might have a point. sadly you don't...


by zerosumgame on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 12:00:06 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: to bad the BHO'ers started with the ken Starr (2.00 / 1)

Interesting accusation, but difficult to assess without further information. Can you link some sources and/or give some examples?

BTW, I support Obama, I don't think he's been as squeaky-clean as I wish he had been in his campaigning (recent example--making fun of HRC in a duck blind, saying she thinks she's Annie Oakley, etc.). But--what did his campaign say about the sniper stuff? What did his campaign say about Mark Penn in Colombia? By contrast, how long did it take HRC to get on the air, framing Obama's comments in SF in the most negative light? How long did it take her to publicly jab him on Wright (longer than normal, I'll grant you, but she got there).

So yeah, both have gone negative. But my perception is that HRC has gone wayyyy more negative, much more consistently.


by kydoc on Tue Apr 15, 2008 at 06:04:13 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Obama supporters unite! Lets get on Rec list (none / 0)

I call Bologna Sandwich.


The fascist takeover of America has already occurred; but the people have not yet realized.
by magnetics on Tue Apr 15, 2008 at 01:42:09 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Obama supporters unite! Lets get on Rec list (2.00 / 3)

If you are so tired of debating Obama's words, why are you subjecting us to yet ANOTHER diary that says the same thing as the last 12 diaries by Obama supporters?
If you want to get a diary on the rec list, I suggest you try some original material.

"Who are you for? That is the wrong question. It should be who is for you?" HRC
by skohayes on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 11:43:39 AM EST

well, that's hard and stuff (1.00 / 3)

ya'know?

Much easier to wait for it to be handed to them on a silver platter. so until then whining will be all the rage from them.


by zerosumgame on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 12:01:53 PM EST
[ Parent ]

gee, I wonder who is abusing the ratings (1.00 / 1)

hum, an Obama 'supporter' no doubt LOL!


by zerosumgame on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 11:26:32 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: gee, I wonder who is abusing the ratings (none / 0)

and another one LOL! what lamers


by zerosumgame on Tue Apr 15, 2008 at 06:25:08 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Obama supporters unite! Lets get on Rec list (2.00 / 4)

Oh my. Because it would be terrible if there was another side to the political discourse out there absent that which springs from Barack Jedi Master Obama. Just terrible.


by apolitik on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 11:50:02 AM EST

Re: Obama supporters unite! Lets get on Rec list (2.00 / 6)

No, because it would be terrible if MyDD, a top democratic blog, would become bereft of any representation from supporters of the candidate most likely to get the democratic nomination.


by ryharrin on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 04:20:55 PM EST
[ Parent ]

MyDD now a top down blog (2.00 / 7)

MyDD has been taken over by the Hillary campaign political machine lead by alegre mouthing campaign talking points and spinning like an old pro. This used to be a great blog, very informative, but now its a mechanical spin machine that has lost touch with the grass roots and real human beings.


by ImpeachBushCheney on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 05:12:49 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Obama supporters unite! Lets get on Rec list (2.00 / 5)

Wow--that is like beyond the pot calling the kettle black. The entire rec list is made up of posts saying the same crap over and over. I was merely trying to distill down to the most basic level why Clinton's response to this "controversy" is hypocritical, destructive and self defeating.


by wasder on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 11:51:34 AM EST

Re: Obama supporters unite! Lets get on Rec list (2.00 / 7)

I'll wait for "something like it", thanks.

MyDD isn't a competition even if the Clinton mailing list treats it that way. Given how little credibilty the rec list on this site has, I'd rather see three Alegre screeds up there than even one low-content pro-Obama diary. But I do keep an eye out for well written, interesting, and informative diaries, and I've seen a number of deserving ones on the rec list at times from Bob Johnson, Kid Oakland, and Adam B.

Trust me, Obama supporters still read MyDD - you don't need to beg us to rec list something. The Clinton team staked this site out as their territory, their only answer to the Obama grassroots movement that has swept most of the rest of the blogosphere. Jerome appears to be comfortable with this, and I see no reason to deny the Clinton team their small victory. The effort (and the surrender of dignity) is worth far more to them than to us, because our messages and fundraising appeals have a broader audience online. There is so much support for Obama from the online community that pro-Obama posts find an audience without much effort put into drumming up publicity. The Clinton camp has to work much harder to reach their smaller audience. Obama supporters are better off saving their efforts for refining the quality of their message.


Visit Election Inspection for analysis, polls, and predictions!
by X Stryker on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 11:53:37 AM EST

Re: Obama supporters unite! Lets get on Rec list (1.57 / 7)

oh, THANK YOU for your kind permission and words to let Hillary supporters have mydd.

how frigging condescending of you.  Gee, now I know why you think Obama's rural voter comment was "ok".

and if Obama supporters and the "blogosphere" was all that & a bag of chips, why hasn't Obama clinched the nomination by now?

and let's face it, Obama can't get the nomination without supers EITHER.


by colebiancardi on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 12:01:39 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Obama supporters unite! Lets get on Rec list (2.00 / 2)

You're right; let's split the supers 50/50.  That way neither side can be said to have benefited from them.


by Mostly on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 01:37:32 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Obama supporters unite! Lets get on Rec list (2.00 / 2)

I never said the Blogosphere was all that, because it's only a single tool in the arsenal. It takes a lot of tools to beat the Establishment Candidate, which is Hillary Clinton. And he is, in fact, beating her, by a good amount. I'm not entirely sure why you guys are so super-impressed by the fact that she's still technically in the race, considering that she's been preparing for this since 2000 and that she's had many of these resources at her disposal since 1992. She hired the best (supposedly) consultants money could buy, and has had the ear, although perhaps not the sympathy, of the media from day one.

The whole nation knows about Rev. Wright, and the "bitter" remark is all over the media, but Obama is still beating Clinton by 10 points nationally according to Gallup. As a person who decided for Obama the day after election day, November 2006, I can't help but let my pride show every now and then. I was right. And despite the fact that I argued against it, this very diary now sits atop the MyDD rec list - which means it takes a lot less effort for an Obama diary to get there than I thought. Which reinforces my point, that Obama supporters have the numbers to squeeze out the MyDD rec list if we wanted to organize the way Hillary supporters do to control the rec list here.

Clinton supporters can complain about the DKos rec list all they want, but at least diaries there get rec listed because they are genuinely well-received by their audience. No one is organizing behind the scenes to try to ensure a rec list takeover of the site, because as soon as Edwards dropped out, the progressive blogosphere shifted largely to Obama. In other words, the rec list was reflecting the audience, not the other way around. All the attacks on DKos here stem from one thing only - jealousy.


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by X Stryker on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 04:34:10 PM EST
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Re: Obama supporters unite! Lets get on Rec list (2.00 / 2)

And in case I wasn't clear, let me state outright - I think people should recommend diaries because they like them, not because someone asked them to. Just because we CAN get diaries on there doesn't mean we should (unless the diary is really good).


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by X Stryker on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 04:38:54 PM EST
[ Parent ]

I'm curious (none / 0)

Do you consider this one of the good ones?


"Who are you for? That is the wrong question. It should be who is for you?" HRC
by skohayes on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 05:18:01 PM EST
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Re: I'm curious (2.00 / 1)

I didn't rec it. I thought it was a little light on content. I thought my original comment made that clear.


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by X Stryker on Tue Apr 15, 2008 at 01:40:42 AM EST
[ Parent ]

The problem is (2.00 / 2)

that the pro Hillary diaries are full of abuse.
There is little content beyond hate speech.
Has this site always been this way or are many of the posters new?  Who are they? I am new here. Came to see what HRC supporters are saying.  
It's obvious that the genuine HRC supporter wants to make points for his/her candidate.
So make some valid points.
The reflexive bashing of both candidates is just wasting space.
It's indicitive of what this prolonged campaign has become.
It's tiresome and destructive.
We had something wonderful going on. It's being drowned in a river of you know what.
by barnowl on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 05:28:10 PM EST
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Re: Obama supporters unite! Lets get on Rec list (2.00 / 3)

Stryker--thanks for your response and I agree that I should have looked for a newer angle and more references. But please understand that I am just another Obama supporter who is aghast at what the former democratic Front-runner has stooped to and I wanted to make a statement. I agree that the rec list should be made up of original informative material but that certainly isn't the case now.


by wasder on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 12:12:48 PM EST
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Re: Obama supporters unite! Lets get on Rec list (1.50 / 6)

oh, aghast!!  really?  I am sure you were just as aghast at Obama who slams the BC presidency every chance he gets and uses GOP talking points against Hillary every chance he gets.

Obama has stooped lower than anyone I know of in the democratic party.


by colebiancardi on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 12:27:58 PM EST
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Re: Obama supporters unite! Lets get on Rec list (2.00 / 1)

Please supply examples of Obama slamming the Bill CLinton presidency. I would honestly welcome them to this discussion. I have not seen him slam Bill CLinton's presidency.


by wasder on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 01:01:52 PM EST
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Re: Obama supporters unite! Lets get on Rec list (2.00 / 2)

take a look at the recent comments by Obama (re: bitter)where Obama lumped GWB & Clinton together  and his slam against Clinton when he called Reagan & the republicans the party of ideas.  For a supporter, I guess you only pay attention to Hillary's comments against Obama.


by colebiancardi on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 01:39:35 PM EST
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Trends (2.00 / 3)

He was talking about prevailing trends through both presidencies, he wasn't saying that one was equal to another.


In this avalanche, the pebbles get to vote.
by Dracomicron on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 05:07:03 PM EST
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Re: Obama supporters unite! Lets get on Rec list (none / 0)

If enough people piss in the meta pool, it will turn purple.


"I hope the two wings of the Democratic Party may flap together." - William Jennings Bryan
by pinche tejano on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 11:54:43 AM EST

Re: Obama supporters unite! Lets get on Rec list (2.00 / 3)

Bill Clinton's statement didn't place the blame on voter's religion & guns or their culture.

He understood "them" because HE was one of them.

Obama messed up big time with his little speech.  If you are going to use the What's the Matter with Kansas analogy, you better get your words all out in the right format.

Obama was not speaking about voters not voting democratic but NOT voting for him.

BC was referring to republicans.  Obama was referring to HIS race against Hillary and why he had a hard time connecting with the rural voters.

and BC didn't slam voters and mock the reasons why they may have faith or guns or whatever.

how many times do you need to be told the difference between the two quotes?


by colebiancardi on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 11:58:59 AM EST

Re: Obama supporters unite! Lets get on Rec list (2.00 / 4)

"Obama was not speaking about voters not voting democratic but NOT voting for him."

It is true that his response was given to a question about how he could get working class voters to vote for him, but his answer clearly went beyond who is voting for him into the more general realm of why working class voters go against their own interests. Do you want a candidate who says there is no bitterness in working class America?


by wasder on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 12:09:53 PM EST
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Re: Obama supporters unite! Lets get on Rec list (2.00 / 3)

"but his answer clearly went beyond who is voting for him into the more general realm of why working class voters go against their own interests."

no it wasn't.  I read the same transcript as you did.

he did not mention the classic Thomas Frank Kansas argument.  He was stating why rural voters weren't going to vote for him, a black man (yep, he stated it, not me) and he somehow mangled the classic argument into rural voters in their bitterness, cling to religion & guns.

come on.

read the FULL transcript as is.  Obama must have not had his teleprompter that night, because for a man who believes that "words do matter", he totally dropped the ball.

It doesn't matter if liberals understand what he meant.  If you have to explain it to moderates, independents, republicans, and hand them a copy of Thomas Frank's novel, then I'd say Obama has major problems with his SF statement.


by colebiancardi on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 12:26:34 PM EST
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Re: Obama supporters unite! Lets get on Rec list (2.00 / 4)

No, I'm sorry, he was NOT saying that these people wouldn't vote for a black man. He was saying the exact opposite.

He clearly said upfront that some people (specifically the NY Times, but I suppose also folks like Ed Rendell) are misunderstanding the situation and laboring under the impression that rural voters won't back a black candidate, but he concludes that you can go into these small towns and find plenty of Obama supporters.

I think they're misunderstanding why the demographics in our, in this contest have broken out as they are. Because everybody just ascribes it to 'white working-class don't wanna work -- don't wanna vote for the black guy.' That's...there were intimations of that in an article in the Sunday New York Times today - kind of implies that it's sort of a race thing.

[snip]

I think what you'll find is, is that people of every background -- there are gonna be a mix of people, you can go in the toughest neighborhoods, you know working-class lunch-pail folks, you'll find Obama enthusiasts.



by jdusek on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 01:20:30 PM EST
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Re: Obama supporters unite! Lets get on Rec list (2.00 / 4)

here is the FULL quote, since you left it out the part where they would not vote for him, a black man.


Here's how it is: in a lot of these communities in big industrial states like Ohio and Pennsylvania, people have been beaten down so long, and they feel so betrayed by government, and when they hear a pitch that is premised on not being cynical about government, then a part of them just doesn't buy it. And when it's delivered by -- it's true that when it's delivered by a 46-year-old black man named Barack Obama (laugher), then that adds another layer of skepticism (laughter).

But -- so the questions you're most likely to get about me, 'Well, what is this guy going to do for me? What's the concrete thing?' What they wanna hear is -- so, we'll give you talking points about what we're proposing -- close tax loopholes, roll back, you know, the tax cuts for the top 1 percent. Obama's gonna give tax breaks to middle-class folks and we're gonna provide health care for every American. So we'll go down a series of talking points.

But the truth is, is that, our challenge is to get people persuaded that we can make progress when there's not evidence of that in their daily lives. You go into some of these small towns in Pennsylvania, and like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for 25 years and nothing's replaced them. And they fell through the Clinton administration, and the Bush administration, and each successive administration has said that somehow these communities are gonna regenerate and they have not. So it's not surprising then that they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.

Um, now these are in some communities, you know. I think what you'll find is, is that people of every background -- there are gonna be a mix of people, you can go in the toughest neighborhoods, you know working-class lunch-pail folks, you'll find Obama enthusiasts. And you can go into places where you think I'd be very strong and people will just be skeptical. The important thing is that you show up and you're doing what you're doing.


by colebiancardi on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 01:41:51 PM EST
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Re: Obama supporters unite! Lets get on Rec list (2.00 / 3)

The full quote only confirms what I said above: despite the fact that some people are skeptical of a 46-year-old black man named Barack Obama, the reality is that you can go into these working-class rural communities and find Obama enthusiasts. So again, he's not saying they won't vote for him, he's saying some of them will.


by jdusek on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 01:59:00 PM EST
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Re: Obama supporters unite! Lets get on Rec list (2.00 / 2)

and why won't they vote for him?

something to do with clinging.


by colebiancardi on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 02:32:32 PM EST
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Re: Obama supporters unite! Lets get on Rec list (2.00 / 1)

Cole---I give you major props for engaging on an analytical level. You seem like a smart person and somebody who is arguing about this stuff for the right reasons. We obviously disagree but this is the kind of dialogue that is appreciated round here.


by wasder on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 04:56:03 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Let it go. (2.00 / 1)

He was refuting your earlier claim:

"He was stating why rural voters weren't going to vote for him, a black man (yep, he stated it, not me) and he somehow mangled the classic argument into rural voters in their bitterness, cling to religion & guns"

A claim which a reading of the full transcript - that you posted - shows clearly to be false.  Your polemics about "clinging" aren't exactly relevant - and maybe a tad bitter?


It is not because I cannot explain that you won't understand. It is because you won't understand that I cannot explain. - Elie Wiesel
by Sumo Vita on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 05:05:01 PM EST
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Re: Obama supporters unite! Lets get on Rec list (2.00 / 3)

Yes, he said some voters have grown cynical of government and cling to issues and traditions they feel they have more control over. But again, he did not say they won't vote for him. He said there are Obama supporters in these rural communities, and the challenge for his campaign is to overcome these voters' initial skepticism -- skepticism of him personally and skepticism of government generally.

Clinton understands this. She knows there are some people who are skeptical of her, too. There's a reason she's talking about pinochle and hunting and chasing her beer with Crown Royal. It's an attempt to relate with these people, to overcome their skepticism that a multi-millionaire New York senator and former First Lady can understand their concerns.

Obama made fun of Clinton's whiskey shot today, but it's a bogus complaint -- he's out there bowling and sipping beer and talking about basketball for the exact same reasons.


by jdusek on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 05:18:12 PM EST
[ Parent ]

What?!! (none / 0)


by barnowl on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 05:31:14 PM EST
[ Parent ]

note comments in anti-Obama posts on Rec list (1.83 / 6)

i was VERY surprised to read the comments on one of allegre's hideous ReThug attacks on Obama that made the Rec list. despite having made the Rec list, the comments seemed to be about 4 or 5 to 1 AGAINST the hateful bile Allegre was spilling out. apparently, some Clnton supporters are embarrassed to support this crap. they'll rec it, where of course their name only comes up if you click on the "who rec'd" button, but they won't put their name in support in the comments of the hateful threads. that is surely a good sign.


the time to rise has been engaged.
by catchaz on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 12:00:06 PM EST

That would require (2.00 / 1)

thought.


by ReillyDiefenbach on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 02:22:41 PM EST
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Re: Obama supporters unite! Lets get on Rec list (2.00 / 2)

I recc the sotries I like or are important to read for other readers. If they happen to end up on the recc list, fine, but I don't like the idea of organising it.


by hebi on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 12:05:24 PM EST

Re: Obama supporters unite! Lets get on Rec list (2.00 / 1)

Fair enough. Again, I apologize if there was not enough content in this post to deserve reccing but I just got frustrated with looking at the diaries there.


by wasder on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 12:10:51 PM EST
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Re: Obama supporters unite! Lets get on Rec list (2.00 / 2)

Here's the problem - the anti-Obama stories are recced by people who don't post in them.  If they say it's not coordinated; that's it's not what I think - namely - that people announce their posts over at hillsbloggers and come here and rec posts en masse than I'm wrong.

Regardless, the pro-Obama posts are filled with people commenting who DO NOT RECOMMEND the posting.  We post but don't rec.  They rec but don't post.


by Mostly on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 01:43:53 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Frustration I can understand (2.00 / 0)

It's beyond me why some people get so excited by Obama bashing and keep reccing these diaries into the recc-list, so that part I agree with. I don't agree with taking the low road and starting to organise a counterattack or something like that.
I think that in the end the negative stories of Obama bashers are only going to hurt their candidate of choice, so I'm not really worried about the recc-list.
by hebi on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 02:11:09 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Obama supporters unite! Lets get on Rec list (1.88 / 9)

This post is ridiculous.

It's the BO supporters who come to MyDD to look to degrade, insult, and offend with the "Repub" label to anyone who does not lock step behind BO. When are people from both camps going to realize that the candidates are seen as either the best or the worst?

Given that, why can't BO supporters just accept that HRC supporters like myself think BO is the worst the Dem party has ever promoted, and will never be a part of the BO Express? In my view, he is everything BUT Hope & Change. He is divisive, arrogant, inexperienced, an unknown on many, many issues, keeps shooting himself in the MOUTH with outrageous explanations for gaffes, and I think racially insensitive. He trumpets his "poor, single-parent upbringing" which is a load of BS, he denies ever having any involvement in the Muslim religion, which he refutes in his own books, before becoming a Christian that attends a church where the pastor vilifies America, and plays the race card every chance he gets. He has trashed and demeaned the only 2-term Democratic President we've had in 40 years, attacks HRC with shameful tactics or gets his surrogates to do so to be able to claim he is above the fray, and has a wife that opens her mouth and shows her own anger and bitterness despite a priviledged life.

There are two camps--- BO supporters see HRC as evil and must be demolished, obliterated, despite many, many more years of being a champion of causes for the poor, AAs, children, veterans, etc. And BO has a portfolio of 26 bills he was handed by others who did all the work on.

HRC supporters see BO as all of the things I listed above, and MORE. I see NOTHING from him that tells me I can trust him with my vote for the most important position in our Democracy. Period.

So, if BO supporters HATE the pro Clinton diaries here, there are plenty of other Blogs that support and welcome your pro BO coments. I'd certainly go where I'd feel my voice won't be drowned out by vitriol and insults because of my preferred choice of candidate in a DEMOCRACY. That's why I choose to frequent MyDD and TL, NOT Kos and TPM.

Think about where you want to feel comfortable. HRC supporters go on the attack when the bees swarm and randomly sting anyone that they perceive as the enemy or a threat. This is an election, a race, for the selection of the Dem nominee to the GE. Ge it in perspective.


Take it to the Convention! Hillary '08"
by JHL on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 12:20:14 PM EST

Re: Obama supporters unite! Lets get on Rec list (2.00 / 4)

Whoa! that was a mouthful of hate. I have no hate myself for Hillary Clinton or anyone that supports her. I hate hate HATE that she has chosen this line of attack against one of our own. It is inexcusable and leads to a situation that, should she win the nomination, will lead to her defeat. Can't she (and you) see that this line of thinking reinforces the Republican party's line of BS and will be used against her come November in the unlikely event she wins the nom?


by wasder on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 12:33:49 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Obama supporters unite! Lets get on Rec list (1.50 / 6)

and again, do you hate hate HATE the line of attack that Obama against one of our own?  It is shameful and inexcusable that Obama doesn't even hesitate to slam BC's presidency whenever he can.

It is shameful that Obama has pulled out the Republican playbook from the 1990's & used it against Hillary.

or perhaps you don't really remember the 1990's?  The fact that you are SO one sided with this and really, this primary season is MILD (despite the faked outrage), makes me wonder if this is the first election that you really paid attention to.


by colebiancardi on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 12:41:08 PM EST
[ Parent ]

A challenge... (2.00 / 4)

It is shameful and inexcusable that Obama doesn't even hesitate to slam BC's presidency whenever he can.
Show me any evidence of this.  And given the unequivocal nature of your allegation, I'll need more than a few examples of BHO "slamming" the BC presidency.  Not criticisms of his policies or results; but actual, unspinnable slams of the BC presidency.  I mean, if he's done this "whenever he can", this should be an easy one for you.


Nos causidicus Obama , ergo nos non suadeo
by rb608 on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 12:52:58 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: A challenge... (2.00 / 2)

Agreed. I haven't seen any quotes from Obama slamming Bill Clinton's presidency. Please provide examples if you are going to make this kind of charge.


by wasder on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 12:58:56 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Look no further than (2.00 / 2)

the SC/race card/ Bill and Hillary are racists BS.


Take it to the Convention! Hillary '08"
by JHL on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 01:02:15 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Bullshit (2.00 / 2)

Don't give me the same talking points.  Give me documented facts or quotes.


Nos causidicus Obama , ergo nos non suadeo
by rb608 on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 01:08:17 PM EST
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Re: Bullshit (2.00 / 2)

not a talking point at all... Goggle the news right after SC and the faux outrage. That and the MLK-LBJ attack... That's where it starts...


Take it to the Convention! Hillary '08"
by JHL on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 01:10:03 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Bullshit (2.00 / 4)

Again, don't give me a reaearch project to back up your allegations.


Nos causidicus Obama , ergo nos non suadeo
by rb608 on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 01:10:53 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Bullshit (2.00 / 2)

Also, whatever was said after the SC primary was about that primary not about the Bill Clinton presidency. A minor point you seem to have forgotten.


by wasder on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 01:13:12 PM EST
[ Parent ]

No, you are not correct (1.75 / 4)

The racist attacks against the Clintons came from the BO camp. Otherwise it would not have out there being raged by KO, CM and alike. It was used as a wedge for BO to get the AA vote in larger numbers BECAUSE he knew the Clintons were hugely popular among the AA community.

Sorry, but the attaks against Bill Clinton and Hillary during this campaign have been huge, often, and disgracefully unfounded. I won't do your homework for you. It is up to you to show that the Clintons have not been vilified to tear them apart to get BO to the convention. Sadly, he hs already donehimself so much harm, he will never win the GE, so I already braced myself for a McCain presidency if HRC doesn't get a chance to defeat him in the GE.


Take it to the Convention! Hillary '08"
by JHL on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 01:18:43 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: No, you are not correct (2.00 / 5)

you have revealed yourself to be nothing more than a flamethrower then. you said Obama has attacked the Bill Clinton presidency. This is not true and you did nothing to back up your point.


by wasder on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 01:23:48 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: No, you are not correct (1.57 / 7)

you have revealed yourself to be nothing more than a flamethrower

This is EXACTLY the type of SHIT we HRC supporters HATE, HATE, HATE about BO folks here on MyDD. The name-calling, the accusations, the insults, the empty refutings... Please, go find someone else who will happily engage in this crap with you. It's certainly not me. I'm getting ready to head out to a HUGE HRC Rally in Philadelphia. I'd rather spend my time productively and enjoying myself than trying to reason with the likes ofyou who only have name-calling ad insults to fling. Sadly, it falls short. I support HRC and will do so with my time and energies for as long as she is a Dem candidate for the GE. I'd rather work towards getting her the nomination that cross swords with BO supporters who have nothing else to offer but duels and fencing.


Take it to the Convention! Hillary '08"
by JHL on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 01:32:41 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Hey Kyle... (1.80 / 5)

why the Troll rating from you? You weren't even part of the commenting  was involved with??? What's up with that?


Take it to the Convention! Hillary '08"
by JHL on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 01:44:41 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Hey Kyle... (none / 0)

Actually that was you that I was having that discussion with. If you are angry about being called a flamethrower I am sorry. But I really don't think you substantiated the thing you initially started in with me on.


by wasder on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 04:33:15 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: No, you are not correct (none / 0)

JHL---sorry but the person who I was having this discussion with made an unsubstantiated remark and then backed it up with something totally off point so I felt that he/she was not really trying to back it up but just talk shit. I am sorry if I pissed you off. I am not trying to stir stuff up here but just to try to do my part to put this particular piece of nonsense (the bitter debate) to bed.


by wasder on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 04:32:03 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: No, you are not correct (none / 0)

BHO did say both the Clinton and Bush administrations had let down Pennsylvanian workers.  I saw this is in print, and he did mention both by name.  


by TinaH1963 on Tue Apr 15, 2008 at 05:08:15 AM EST
[ Parent ]

IOW, you have nothing. (2.00 / 5)

I challenged your statement:

It is shameful and inexcusable that Obama doesn't even hesitate to slam BC's presidency whenever he can.
with a request that you provide any foundation for that.  In response, you wanted me to look it up, then prove that it didn't happen.  If that's all you have, I don't blame you for running from the challenge.  

Here's the facts as I see 'em.  You made an allegation that was not true.  You lied.  Enjoy your rally.


Nos causidicus Obama , ergo nos non suadeo
by rb608 on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 01:52:11 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Thank You (2.00 / 2)

I will enjoy the rally. And so will the rest of her supporters...


Take it to the Convention! Hillary '08"
by JHL on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 03:25:14 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Homework... (2.00 / 2)

I won't do your homework for you.

What you are doing is the functional equivalent of turning in a research paper with no sources.  You then proceed to tell your teacher that he/she is responsible for finding sources to back up the assertions in your paper.

Result:  F

Rule:  The person making a claim has the responsibility to back up that claim.


Check out McCain.
by you like it on Mon Apr 14, 2008 at 02:39:45 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Homework... (1.66 / 3)

I have addressed this stuff many times before on other diaries as well as my own. I'm not going to go over it again. That's another thing about BO surrogates... they keep as