Clinton campaign entering its twilight
Nick Juliano
Update: Clinton campaign chair says race will be over in early June
With Tuesday's "split" decision in North Carolina and Indiana nonetheless giving Barack Obama a needed shot of adrenaline, experts and observers are coming to the realization that Hillary Clinton cannot win the Democratic presidential nomination.
The "Hillary Deathwatch" maintained by online magazine Slate has plummeted in the last two days -- now down to 2.5 percent, down 10 points from Monday. Online speculators similarly see the former first lady as a bad investment. Investors betting on the Democratic victor at the Intrade political prediction markets give Clinton a less than 9 percent chance of winning, down from around 25 percent the day before this week's primaries.
With perceptions solidifying that Barack Obama will be the Democratic Party's nominee in November -- "the question seems not whether Clinton will exit the race but when," writes Time magazine's Karen Tumulty -- Clinton's campaign is still vowing to fight on, and she's scheduled campaign stops in three upcoming primary states Thursday.
But Clinton's campaign chairman said on Thursday he believes the Democrats will have a presidential nominee in June and that if it is not Clinton, she will campaign for rival Barack Obama.
"She can win the states we need to win in the general election. Why should Hillary Clinton, until there is a nominee with the number of necessary delegates, why should she get out?" Clinton campaign chairman Terry McAuliffe asked on NBC's "Today" show.
"It'll be over early June," McAuliffe said. "We've all said we'll be together at the end. If Hillary doesn't win, Hillary, (former) President (Bill) Clinton, myself, we'll be over there helping Senator Obama. And, likewise, Senator Obama will come together to help Hillary if she's the nominee."
However, the vigorous optimism that accompanied Clinton's campaign even after setbacks earlier in the primary season seems to have deflated.
In a fundraising e-mail to supporters Wednesday night, Clinton struck a defiant tone as she appealed for contributions that would allow her campaign to continue. "Here's why," was the subject line of the e-mail, in which Clinton referenced her "personal determination to keep forging forward."
Too bad she can't bring herself to part with some dignity. This desperation is really beneath her. I like both candidates. I voted Obama, but I would have been OK if the rest of the country had chosen Hillary.
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I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever.
-Thomas Jefferson
FBI seeking records of 2004 Condoleeza Rice ethics probe
By Marisa Taylor | McClatchy Newspapers
WASHINGTON — FBI agents investigating government watchdog Scott Bloch have subpoenaed any records that would reveal whether concerns about the 2004 elections prompted him to clear Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice of ethics violations.
Bloch, the U.S. special counsel who investigates federal employee whistleblower complaints, found no merit to allegations that Rice, then President Bush's national security adviser, timed some of her trips to boost Bush's 2004 reelection campaign.
The FBI is investigating whether Bloch obstructed justice by destroying computer files to hinder an outside inquiry into allegations that he retaliated against employees who opposed his policies. He's also suspected of making false statements to investigators.
FBI agents, who searched Bloch's office and home Tuesday, subpoenaed 17 of his current and former employees to appear before a federal grand jury and asked them to bring any documents related to possible tampering of records in the office's electronic investigative tracking system, McClatchy has learned.
Officials with knowledge of the investigation also told McClatchy that the FBI has subpoenaed records about the decision to assign Rice's case to an investigator. The officials asked to remain anonymous because they weren't authorized to discuss the investigation.
It's unclear whether the FBI is looking into Bloch's decision to clear Rice or whether agents are seeking evidence in separate obstruction and false-statements investigation.
Submitted by edna ellen poe on Thu, 05/08/2008 - 2:47pm.
» Political commentator, radio host, college drop-out, alleged closet homosexual, and, as recently revealed, synthetic heroin drug addict, Rush Hudson Limbaugh III is probably the best known neocon personality in American radio.
Born in Cape Girardeau, MO, in 1951, Limbaugh spent many of
his formative years pursuing a career in radio. After using his pilonidal cyst - a congenital birth defect - to
avoid military service in the Vietnam War, Limbaugh briefly
worked for radio stations in Pittsburgh, PA and Kansas City, MO. Fired from both jobs, he worked as a wiener salesman for the KC Royals baseball franchise, eventually slithering back into the radio business.
In 1971 Limbaugh attended Southeastern Missouri University,
where, according to reports, he had a brief but heated affair with Elliot Sanders. So gay is Limbaugh, guarantees Sanders, that, "none of his marriages was ever consummated."
Is anyone listening to Thom? Christy Harvey said something about someone actually named Kaiser Sosay (like in The Usual Suspects) who did something bad. I'm cleaning closets and missed the actual story. Did anyone get what that was about? Didn't find anything on the Center for American Progress page. Also, pbtrue1, real life is pretty horrifying. Trying to live in the moment, even when the moment right now is not so good.
hmm, tough call. i think his endorsement early on would have had a big impact in swinging the primary. however, given the undercurrent that he thought obama wasn't begging enough while clinton was, i'm not sure that i would have liked his choice even though i supported him $$$.
Submitted by Regnad Kcin on Thu, 05/08/2008 - 3:03pm.
she's gonna do it. By the time she's finished with the Dems
and Obama, they will be totally ruined and in shambles.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Her voice raspy, her tone determined, Hillary Rodham Clinton urged her supporters on Thursday to ignore the political pundits who have declared her toast.
The former first lady raced into a long West Virginia-to-the-West Coast campaign day, declaring she would move forward with her presidential effort and insisting anew that she, not rival Barack Obama, would be the stronger Democratic candidate to face Republican John McCain in November.
sounds like dog whistle for i'm not black. the other day lionel was talking about how what people say isn't what people do when nobody knows. his context was that some number of the people who are saying they don't have a problem voting for obama when actually presented with the choice of voting for a john or a barack will chose john because of deep down illogical fears.
Submitted by Sunshine Jim on Thu, 05/08/2008 - 3:09pm.
from Sue P
The hawk chicks have hatched and Lincoln Karim has taken their baby pictures. Palemale and Lola’s eggs have failed to hatch for the third year. They have not hatched a chick since their nest was destroyed and rebuilt.
"Operation Chaos" was hugely successful as self-promotion, and for the boosting of sales of gear -- the coffee mugs, the caps, the jerseys; the autographed, fully-illustrated New Testaments.
Limbaugh's phony-baloney stealth campaign got his name batted around in the cavernous 24-hour newshole by reporters who should know better. His name was on everyone's lips -- a glorious place for any entertainer's name to be. http://blatherwatch.blogs.com/talk_radio/2008/05/operation-chaos.html
Submitted by edna ellen poe on Thu, 05/08/2008 - 3:15pm.
I was for Edwards as well. But what continues to haunt me is his refusal to acknowledge what happened in Ohio 2004.
As I have post before, Edwards came to Ohio approximately 3 years ago. He was promoting his poverty initiative. We approached him with our voting horror stories. He responded with silence. A few months later, he returned yet again. He was bombarded with additional accounts of election fraud. Silence was still his response.
I think Edward's poverty initiative was a backhanded tactic for another presidential run. Kerry also came to Ohio. He was exploring the possibility of another run for presidency. To his credit, he did acknowledge that the election was stolen. However, he did nothing about it.
5:09 PM: I may have to adjust my tin foil but does it seem like the gremlins have caused more technical glitches in the past two shows, than we go through in a month of Maron v Seder, and that's being conservative.
i was for Obama from the get and never flinched...i fell in love with him when i saw this skinny person talk powerfully for the first time at the democratic convention
after hearing gw speech's you have to allow me that privilege
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman said on Thursday he believes the Democrats will have a presidential nominee in June and that if it is not Clinton, she will campaign for rival Barack Obama.
Clinton is given little chance of winning the nomination but so far is rejecting calls by some prominent Democrats to withdraw from the race and cede the field to Obama, a first-term Illinois senator who crushed Clinton in North Carolina on Tuesday and almost defeated her in Indiana.
Vito Fossella Cries On House Floor After Drunk Driving, Adultery Revelations
Disgraced New York Congressman Vito Fossella broke down in tears on the floor of the House of Representatives today, apparently under the emotional weight of his recent behavior.
Fossella acknowledged on Thursday that he had fathered a daughter, now three years old, with a woman who wasn't his wife. News of his adultery came just a week after the Staten Island Republican was arrested for drunk driving in suburban Virginia.
Submitted by Crank Bait on Thu, 05/08/2008 - 3:25pm.
Submitted by pbtrue1 on Thu, 05/08/2008 - 3:13pm.
"Operation Chaos" was hugely successful as self-promotion...
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I was beginning to feel like a lone voice in the wilderness.
A Hezbollah supporter burns tires, closing for a second day the highway to Lebanon's international airport during a protest in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, May 8, 2008. Shiite supporters of Iranian-backed Hezbollah and Sunnis backing Lebanon's U.S.-backed government clashed for a second straight day Thursday as the sectarian confrontations in Beirut spread to other parts of the country.
Submitted by Regnad Kcin on Thu, 05/08/2008 - 3:30pm.
She's not hired by fascists to quit. She's being paid big bucks to do her job....destroy the Democratic Party. The war will not end if any of these people are elected. The war will not end until each and every nickle that can be extracted from Iraq has been safely pocketed. The number of troops that die or are horribly injured does not figure into the equation. Every dead soldier is a person that will NOT collect unemployment benefits, welfare and medical.
Submitted by impeachnow on Thu, 05/08/2008 - 3:26pm.
would be the stronger Democratic candidate
Submitted by dan on Thu, 05/08/2008 - 3:07pm
obama when actually presented with the choice of voting for a john or a barack will chose john because of deep down illogical fears.
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someone needs to tell lionel thats called "racism"
also i was on the home page and saw there was an interview
with "economic hitman" author so i clicked on it
it was Lionel doing the interview
oh what a terrible interview you know how he ended the piece? he said "oh and nobody knows it but this guys real name is Hiram Lipshitz..."
OMG what an absolute nincompoop !!
I can't believe this guy is allowed to be in front of or behind or anywhere near a microphone
Submitted by Fernando on Thu, 05/08/2008 - 3:30pm.
did she really mean races other than the hard-working ones will be over by June? She's from the Hillary camp. We don't really know WHAT they are talking about. It's best not to assume anything.
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Witnesses and security officials say Shiite supporters of Hezbollah and Sunni backers of Lebanon's U.S.-allied government are clashing with automatic rifles and grenades.
The latest clashes follow a defiant speech by Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in which he said the militant organizations would respond with force to any attacks.
It is the second day of clashes that have turned some Beirut neighborhoods into battlegrounds. The sectarian confrontation have also spilled over to other parts of the country.
The clashes are taking place on Corniche Mazraa, a major thoroughfare that has become a demarcation line between the two sides, and the Ras el-Nabeh area.
Television footage showed gunmen taking cover on street corners next to shuttered shops. There was no immediate word on casualties.
"People are craving it," said Larry Hackett, People's managing editor. "They are really, really interested in what's going on, and so we're covering it more than ever."
Submitted by Regnad Kcin on Thu, 05/08/2008 - 3:38pm.
Because a dead soldier is MUCH more cost effective. It costs the fascist United States government MUCH less money to bury the stiffs than it does to give them medical and provide them benefits. America is the Big Death Machine and Republicans are the Big Bloodthirsty Death Merchants.
haha, someone said she hasn't even been on this week. Proof I guess that I haven't listened. I've been posting here and on the American Afternoon one. Trying to do the little bit we can do to influence. You never know it might help this time??? and I refuse to see that as the definition of insanity (doing the same..expecting...)
Submitted by edna ellen poe on Thu, 05/08/2008 - 3:43pm.
Submitted by Lucille on Thu, 05/08/2008 - 3:20pm.
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I must admit Luce that I ignored Obama's run for the presidency. It wasn't until September 2007, that I actually listen to Obama's speeches. After that I was hooked.
I was never enthused about Hillary. She is what I call a default feminist. She just happened to be in the right place, and at the right time- to benefit from the women's movement. Geraldine Ferraro and Nancy Pelosi are default feminist as well. In reality, they are pampered rich women, who don't give a damn about working class- or poor women.
Submitted by impeachnow on Thu, 05/08/2008 - 3:46pm.
Why no armour on the Humvee's or troops?
new
Submitted by Regnad Kcin on Thu, 05/08/2008 - 3:38pm
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yeah, the same way HMO's work BTW
cheaper for the insured to die rather than the company pay
once they get sick
i worked for one once in a call center and we would get in trouble if we made too many appointments- the goal was keep people out of the clinics and hospital no matter what
the call center was the gatekeeper
Guantanamo judge may suspend trial for Canadian detainee
Guantanamo judge threatens to suspend trial for Canadian detainee over evidence delay
A military judge threatened to suspend the war-crimes trial of a Canadian detainee, scolding the government Thursday for failing to provide records of his confinement at Guantanamo.
Attorneys for Omar Khadr say details of his interrogations and mental health could provide grounds to suppress self-incriminating statements at the U.S. Navy base in southeast Cuba. Khadr is accused of killing a U.S. soldier in Afghanistan.
At a pretrial hearing, Judge Peter Brownback, an Army colonel, criticized the prosecution team led by Marine Maj. Jeffrey Groharing for demanding an expedited trial despite failing to obtain the documents from the detention center.
it's so deja` vu how many times have we had to do it, every time when they fired or threatened to fire the hosts we loved...
now honestly i find it hard to keep doing it, i did it for sam but it costs me some effort every time, just because i am not sure these people listen and because well, it gets a little repetitive
so i thought couldn't we just go back to one year ago when we did it for sam then, or two years ago, when again his contract was up and we didn't know what was going on, remember, we were hanging by a thread on every minute of his last shows waiting for him to tell us if there was any good news - couldn't we just go back to the old blogs and just copy and paste from entries of way back - all our professions of love and enduring devotion, our admiration for these hosts, pledges of loyalty to whichever station willing to picking them up.. i don't know if these old blogs are still online
i don't know, it just get so old, seems like we have said it all before
The tale of a pair of gay penguins who adopt a chick has once again topped the ‘objectionable’ list in US libraries.
‘And Tango Makes Three’ is a children’s picture book published in 2005 about a family of penguins – with two fathers.
It is the most ‘challenged’ book in public schools and libraries for the second year in a row, according to the American Libraries Association.
The ALA defines a "challenge" as a "formal, written complaint filed with a library or school requesting that materials be removed because of content or appropriateness."
Submitted by impeachnow on Thu, 05/08/2008 - 4:02pm.
this AM I was driving and had car radio on NPR
heard at the top of the 10AM hour lakshmi singh
report that when the FBI raided Scott Bloch house
they also did a body search and confiscated two
thumb-drives that have been rumored to contain the info he had web geeks destroy
but i cannot find any link to that part of the newsstory
i just hope its true -
I'm sure they got the thumb drives but i'm also
sure it will take awhile before we find out what those drives contained
Obama in the House: A Clinton super gets an autograph
I think you call this "wavering."
Politico's Amie Parnes e-mails from Obama's visit to the House floor, where he was mobbed instantly.
New York Rep. Yvette Clarke, in theory a Clinton superdelegate, asked him to autograph the cover of today's New York Daily News, with the headline "It's His Party."
Rep. Alcee Hastings, a Clinton supporter from Florida, gave him a big hug. Even Republicans were star-struck. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen of Florida crossed the aisle to say hello and brought three children — in town for a school safety patrol trip — with her.
Obama, meanwhile, bowed to Majority Leader Steny Hoyer.
It's no secret that Hillary Clinton's top aides have long been angry at MSNBC for coverage they consider blatantly pro-Obama.
But the final straw seems to have come Tuesday night, when Tim Russert, NBC's Washington bureau chief, declared on MSNBC: "We now know who the Democratic nominee is going to be, and no one is going to dispute it." Other MSNBC pundits agreed, and Russert repeated the verdict yesterday, saying that barring a collapse by Barack Obama or an act of God, "this race is over."
In an e-mail yesterday, Jay Carson, Clinton's press secretary, told NBC's political director Chuck Todd: "Can you think of one good reason we should continue to cart you guys around the country with us, given that your network has declared the entire race over?"
Submitted by impeachnow on Thu, 05/08/2008 - 4:12pm.
beggin and pleading to the aar evil gods
new
Submitted by mire on Thu, 05/08/2008 - 3:56pm
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for me its also an emotional rollercoaster.
Funny how protective i've become of getting
information/news from a reliable source, someone that
actually has integrity and will speak truth to power
without considering or even considering the
consequences- Sam is one of a kind.
We've seen Paris now we can't go back to the farm.
Oliver Willis: Hillary's "Klan-style talking points"
by John Aravosis (DC) · 5/08/2008 04:00:00 PM ET · Link
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Blogger Oliver Willis, who is African-American, weighs in with a post titled "Hillary White Power Clinton":
Indeed, a pattern has emerged some time ago. Boy, did we dodge a bullet.
“[W]orking, hard-working Americans, white Americans.” She really said that. Wow.
Congratulations, Hillary Clinton, you win the prize for the first Democratic Bigot Eruption since I’ve been keeping track of this. Even professional haters like Pat Buchanan and his ilk aren’t so balls-out about racism. You’ve been getting your ass handed to you and especially among black voters. This shows me once again that we - who are apparently lazy and shiftless non-Americans based on your definition - have yet again been a leading indicator.
There was maybe a slight chance Barack Obama might have been pushed to pick you as his running mate, but we can’t have someone spouting Klan-style talking points on the ticket. Heck, there’s a good shot with language like that you won’t win back your senate seat in 2012. I mean, a lot of those apparently lazy and shiftless non-American blacks helped you to win and they’d just as soon vote for someone else in the primary or the Republican in the election rather than someone echoing Bull Connor’s language.
“Working, hard working Americans, white Americans,” indeed.
Submitted by ghettodefender on Thu, 05/08/2008 - 4:19pm.
A human rights crime
The world must stop standing idle while the people of Gaza are treated with such cruelty
Jimmy Carter
This article appeared in the Guardian on Thursday May 08
The world is witnessing a terrible human rights crime in Gaza, where a million and a half human beings are being imprisoned with almost no access to the outside world. An entire population is being brutally punished...
The Iraqis accuse the embassy of leaving the abuse unchallenged and failing adequately to respond to complaints against several British managers for KBR. The company was allowed to conduct its own inquiry, an arrangement criticised as a very serious conflict of interest.
The complainants — the cleaner and two male cooks who worked in the embassy canteen — say that some KBR managers groped Iraqi staff regularly, paid or otherwise rewarded them for sex and dismissed those who refused or spoke out.
BEIRUT, Lebanon — The decision by the Lebanese government to shut down a private telephone network operated by the Iranian-backed group Hezbollah was an act of war and Hezbollah would defend itself, Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah’s leader, said on Thursday.
"Can you think of one good reason we should continue to cart you guys around the country with us, given that your network has declared the entire race over?"
Then go on and dump 'em Hillary. I'm sure that will solve all your campaign's problems.
Anyone else hearing the desparation in these voices?
let's remember that this is being incited by the pnac crazies that are trying to start a larger war in that part of the world - anything can be a spark to inflame the whole middle east and they're throwing matches here and there
Submitted by M the a-c on Thu, 05/08/2008 - 4:50pm.
nbc and hillary at it again
new
Submitted by Lucille on Thu, 05/08/2008 - 4:07pm.
In an e-mail yesterday, Jay Carson, Clinton's press secretary, told NBC's political director Chuck Todd: "Can you think of one good reason we should continue to cart you guys around the country with us, given that your network has declared the entire race over?"
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Which is more enraging-- the fact that they are threatening the media with Chimp-like verbiage or the fact that they are apparently more delusional than Sean Young?
She has numerous goals here and she's bound to accomplish at least one:
o oust the entire liberal/progressive element of the party so that the DLC finally wins
o turn the dem party into another version of the republican party -- by attracting reactionary Christianists, racists (Southern and otherwise), and those who love being pandered to and are easily manipulated/propagandized
o get the nomination (and here's my conspiracy speculation contribution) by means of making deals better than even the deals that addled McCain can be trusted to deliver, thereby Hillary would get the blessing of the BushCo-controlled corrupt electronic elections technology cartel (or whatever it can be called).
Hillary, being a Christianist (as her 15 years with The Fellowship indicates), can be viewed as a step above non-Christianist McCain when it comes to attracting the old-time religion (reactionary) vote -- so she truly might do better than McCain when it comes to attracting Bush's base! She is totally pro on prayer in schools, religious lessons in schools, faith-based initiatives, status quo patriarchy (she didn't leave Bill for L'Affaire Lewinsky and loves the military and imperialism, and apartheid in Israel).
Submitted by ghettodefender on Thu, 05/08/2008 - 5:01pm.
Beirut racked by street
The Lebanese army did not participate in the fighting.
But Robert Fisk, a journalist in Beirut, speaking to Al Jazeera, said that could change if the fighting escalated.
"If we have a situation where one group of people move into another group's area - either Shia or Sunni - then the army may have to take much harsher measures and that immediately raises the question of 'what is the future of the Lebanese army', because it's made up of all the citizens of this country, not just one group or the other," Fisk said.
The White House demanded Hezbollah stop "disruptive activities".
"Hezbollah needs to make a choice - be a terrorist organisation or be a political party, but quit trying to be both," Gordon Johndroe, a White House spokesman, said.
"They need to start playing a constructive role and stop their disruptive activities now."
Submitted by ghettodefender on Thu, 05/08/2008 - 5:07pm.
I have believed this all along. I believe she is a thousand times more dangerous than McCain. Had should become the nominee, and then won the general, after she iniated a war with Iran, you would have seen most of the Dems turn around and support that disaster.
Only Two News Networks Willing To Explain Their Role In Pentagon Propaganda Program
On April 20, the New York Times published a blockbuster exposé revealing a secret Pentagon program that used retired military analysts to “generate favorable news coverage of the administration’s wartime performance.” Though the analysts often had “ties to military contractors vested in the very war policies” they assessed on air, their potential conflicts of interest were “hardly ever disclosed to the viewers.”
Four days after the Times’ expose hit newsstands, Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) wrote letters to the heads of ABC News, CBS News, CNN News, Fox News Channel, and NBC News asking for “specifics about each outlet’s policies surrounding the hiring and vetting of military analysts reporting on the Iraq War.” Here’s part of what she wrote to ABC News head David Westin:
When the American people turn on their TV news, they expect coverage of the Iraq War and military issues to be using analysts without conflicts of interests. When you put analysts on the air without fully disclosing their business interests, as well as relationships with high-level officials within the government, the public trust is betrayed.
Politico reports today that only Westin and CNN’s Jim Walton have responded to DeLauro’s questions. In his response, Westin asserted that ABC News had “acted responsibly”:
From what I know of our reporting involving our military analysts, I am satisfied that ABC News has acted responsibly and has served its audience well.
Both Westin and Walton’s responses lacked any genuine self-examination. But the fact that they were even willing to reply is more than the other networks did, proving that the Washington Post’s Howard Kurtz was right when he said “the networks are ducking this one, big time.” In the week after the story broke, the Project for Excellence in Journalism found that “out of approximately 1,300 news stories, only two touched on the Pentagon analysts scoop — both airing on PBS’s ‘NewsHour.’”
DeLauro, along with 40 other lawmakers, are calling on the Pentagon’s Inspector General to investigate the program.
We have to make every one of the next 27 days count -- please act today!
I want to tell you about the day I had on Monday. I stopped in nine towns throughout North Carolina, starting the day at 7:30 a.m. in Elizabeth City and ending with a rally in Raleigh. That's the most stops I've ever done in a single day -- for any campaign. And I couldn't be happier to work that hard for Hillary.
I talked to a lot of people that day, and one thing was crystal clear -- people want Hillary to stay in this race until every last voter has a say. That's why Hillary and I are working so hard. That's why we've made a deep commitment to keep campaigning, keep fighting, and keep winning.
We have had a lot of success in this campaign, and our come-from-behind victory in Indiana is the latest example of how Hillary wins when she has your support behind her. As long as you share her commitment to winning, this race is going to continue.
Our next test is just five days away in West Virginia. Hillary needs your help right now to keep winning.
Contribute now to help us show the strength of our campaign.
I know something about coming back to win after you've been counted out. So does Hillary. Over the course of this campaign, the pundits have tried to declare a premature end to the race dozens of times.
Well, last time I checked, it's still up to the voters. And there are a lot of voters who haven't had their say yet.
It's up to us to make sure that the voters in West Virginia and the other states yet to come are given a choice. I urge you to act now to help Hillary keep fighting.
Show your support by making a contribution today.
I wish I could talk to every last person who has worked so hard for Hillary to thank you for everything you've done for her. You mean so much to both of us. She's still in this thing because of your hard work and your indomitable spirit.
Submitted by oakland_steve on Thu, 05/08/2008 - 5:19pm.
All thats going to be left if it continues is prehistoric toxic algae and mutant jelly fish and if you think about folks the Chinese are really the only culture that know how to prepare that stuff properly.
Submitted by M the a-c on Thu, 05/08/2008 - 5:19pm.
Arsenio Hall sometimes guests on a radio show here in L.A. as a favor to his friend.
Yesterday they were cracking numerous jokes at a vain attempt to be humorous. Then they played clips of the Hilldabeast's speech.
"WE'VE BROKEN THE TIE, AND NOW IT'S FULL SPEED AHEAD TO THE WHITE HOUSE."
Arsenio (with no trace of jocularity-- almost in a disturbed tone): "She sounds totally insane."
Even though it wasn't a joke, it was the statement at which I actually laughed-- and I laughed hard.
right on the money
Thank you Sam
"choked blue" by those extreme Democrats
i want in on that...get a hold of one of them
Lucille,
I'll sit on them for you.
Whooot!
Looks like my second graders are over on their field trip and not coming to art today.
YAY!
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I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever.
-Thomas Jefferson
Meg,
enjoy your mini-vacation
I'll sit on them for you.
damn you lazy
new blog up for american
new blog up for american afternoon. Funny, I was so hot to get Randi back and I haven't listened to her at all this week.
mccain interview
is there a posted link to the interview with mccain discussing his torture?
sam has played it several times recently.
thanks!
can you post that, sam? ... the mccain clip ONLY... thanks
(i know it's included with the sands interview)
Randi...
Randi hasn't been on this week has she?
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I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever.
-Thomas Jefferson
to art today.
you an art teacher? i think Mirelli too..am not sure
Congrats on your blog KUDOS!
new blog up for american
Submitted by kthc on Thu, 05/08/2008 - 2:25pm
I read your post.
It was very good.
Art
Yes, art.
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I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever.
-Thomas Jefferson
Clinton campaign entering
Clinton campaign entering its twilight
Nick Juliano
Update: Clinton campaign chair says race will be over in early June
With Tuesday's "split" decision in North Carolina and Indiana nonetheless giving Barack Obama a needed shot of adrenaline, experts and observers are coming to the realization that Hillary Clinton cannot win the Democratic presidential nomination.
The "Hillary Deathwatch" maintained by online magazine Slate has plummeted in the last two days -- now down to 2.5 percent, down 10 points from Monday. Online speculators similarly see the former first lady as a bad investment. Investors betting on the Democratic victor at the Intrade political prediction markets give Clinton a less than 9 percent chance of winning, down from around 25 percent the day before this week's primaries.
With perceptions solidifying that Barack Obama will be the Democratic Party's nominee in November -- "the question seems not whether Clinton will exit the race but when," writes Time magazine's Karen Tumulty -- Clinton's campaign is still vowing to fight on, and she's scheduled campaign stops in three upcoming primary states Thursday.
But Clinton's campaign chairman said on Thursday he believes the Democrats will have a presidential nominee in June and that if it is not Clinton, she will campaign for rival Barack Obama.
"She can win the states we need to win in the general election. Why should Hillary Clinton, until there is a nominee with the number of necessary delegates, why should she get out?" Clinton campaign chairman Terry McAuliffe asked on NBC's "Today" show.
"It'll be over early June," McAuliffe said. "We've all said we'll be together at the end. If Hillary doesn't win, Hillary, (former) President (Bill) Clinton, myself, we'll be over there helping Senator Obama. And, likewise, Senator Obama will come together to help Hillary if she's the nominee."
However, the vigorous optimism that accompanied Clinton's campaign even after setbacks earlier in the primary season seems to have deflated.
In a fundraising e-mail to supporters Wednesday night, Clinton struck a defiant tone as she appealed for contributions that would allow her campaign to continue. "Here's why," was the subject line of the e-mail, in which Clinton referenced her "personal determination to keep forging forward."
http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Clinton_campaign_entering_its_twilight_050...
pbtrue1
haha, the 'brilliant' made me really happy. Think maybe I should get a real life?...nah
Hillary
Too bad she can't bring herself to part with some dignity. This desperation is really beneath her. I like both candidates. I voted Obama, but I would have been OK if the rest of the country had chosen Hillary.
________________________________
I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever.
-Thomas Jefferson
rest of the country had chosen Hillary
yuck
FBI seeking records of 2004
FBI seeking records of 2004 Condoleeza Rice ethics probe
By Marisa Taylor | McClatchy Newspapers
WASHINGTON — FBI agents investigating government watchdog Scott Bloch have subpoenaed any records that would reveal whether concerns about the 2004 elections prompted him to clear Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice of ethics violations.
Bloch, the U.S. special counsel who investigates federal employee whistleblower complaints, found no merit to allegations that Rice, then President Bush's national security adviser, timed some of her trips to boost Bush's 2004 reelection campaign.
The FBI is investigating whether Bloch obstructed justice by destroying computer files to hinder an outside inquiry into allegations that he retaliated against employees who opposed his policies. He's also suspected of making false statements to investigators.
FBI agents, who searched Bloch's office and home Tuesday, subpoenaed 17 of his current and former employees to appear before a federal grand jury and asked them to bring any documents related to possible tampering of records in the office's electronic investigative tracking system, McClatchy has learned.
Officials with knowledge of the investigation also told McClatchy that the FBI has subpoenaed records about the decision to assign Rice's case to an investigator. The officials asked to remain anonymous because they weren't authorized to discuss the investigation.
It's unclear whether the FBI is looking into Bloch's decision to clear Rice or whether agents are seeking evidence in separate obstruction and false-statements investigation.
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/251/story/36329.html
Yes Rush, Obama is weak!
Must repost!
Ohio Primary 2000
Al Gore 720,311
George Bush 810,369
John McCain 516,790
{Barack Obama (2008) 1,046,220}
Pennsylvania Primary 2000
Al Gore 525, 306
John McCain 145,719
George Bush 472, 398
{Barack Obama (2008) 1, 046,220}
Indiana Primary 2000
Al Gore 219, 604
George Bush 330,095
John McCain 76,569
{Barack Obama (2008) 623,294}
Ohio Primary 2004
John Kerry 641, 487
George Bush 793,833
{Barack Obama (2008) 979,025}
Pennsylvannia Primary 2004
John Kerry 585,683
George Bush 861,555
{Barack Obama (2008) 1,046,220}
Indiana Primary 2004
George Bush 469,528
John Kerry 231,047
Ohio Primary Election 2008
John Mccain 636,256
Barack Obama 982,489
Pennsylvania Primary Election 2008
John McCain 574,779
Barack Obama 1,046.822
Indiana Primary 2008
John McCain 316, 657
Barack Obama 629, 031
kthc
Think maybe I should get a real life?...nah
The scary part...
This is real life. The reality of Shrubco, and the media gatekeepers. We have to fight for the progressive voice.
rest of the country had chosen Hillary
We'd have to get over it. Because McCain would surely be the death knell for America.
It actually may already be too late, and maybe Hillary would have screwed it up as well, but it would be our only chance.
________________________________
I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever.
-Thomas Jefferson
It actually may already be too late
never dat...and if that is the case i am fucking off to live in the jungle with 60th street...more sanity there seems
We could fake them all out, and write in Edwards...
Wouldn't that burst Hillary's bubble.
Rush: Is a big fat Queen . The closet! The closet!
» Political commentator, radio host, college drop-out, alleged closet homosexual, and, as recently revealed, synthetic heroin drug addict, Rush Hudson Limbaugh III is probably the best known neocon personality in American radio.
Born in Cape Girardeau, MO, in 1951, Limbaugh spent many of
his formative years pursuing a career in radio. After using his pilonidal cyst - a congenital birth defect - to
avoid military service in the Vietnam War, Limbaugh briefly
worked for radio stations in Pittsburgh, PA and Kansas City, MO. Fired from both jobs, he worked as a wiener salesman for the KC Royals baseball franchise, eventually slithering back into the radio business.
In 1971 Limbaugh attended Southeastern Missouri University,
where, according to reports, he had a brief but heated affair with Elliot Sanders. So gay is Limbaugh, guarantees Sanders, that, "none of his marriages was ever consummated."
http://pssht.com/biography/rush_limbaugh.html
Write in Edwards
That would be funny.
So glad he didn't endorse. Smart move on his part. Atty General Edwards? sounds good to me.
________________________________
I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever.
-Thomas Jefferson
kaiser sosay?
Is anyone listening to Thom? Christy Harvey said something about someone actually named Kaiser Sosay (like in The Usual Suspects) who did something bad. I'm cleaning closets and missed the actual story. Did anyone get what that was about? Didn't find anything on the Center for American Progress page. Also, pbtrue1, real life is pretty horrifying. Trying to live in the moment, even when the moment right now is not so good.
So glad he didn't endorse
i wish he would have had the balls to
Maron prep..
You may want to connect to the stream a bit early.
Avoid the rush.
http://aarlive.voxcdn.com/live.m3u
This will open in your media player.
After using his pilonidal cyst
i wonder where else did he use it
So glad he didn't endorse.
hmm, tough call. i think his endorsement early on would have had a big impact in swinging the primary. however, given the undercurrent that he thought obama wasn't begging enough while clinton was, i'm not sure that i would have liked his choice even though i supported him $$$.
Big Boom
And a power surge..
I went outside my portable to see if I could figure out what it was. A kid was walking by and asked me what was that.
I said it was probably a transformer.
He gives me this look like "Nuh-uh!"
No, not the robot, you know, the power lines.
The kid now thinks I'm insane.
________________________________
I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever.
-Thomas Jefferson
Meg, you don't have to be
crazy to be here, but it helps.
any showings on Ed Schultz
radio rating in NYC yet?
There's more damage to be done and, by God,
she's gonna do it. By the time she's finished with the Dems
and Obama, they will be totally ruined and in shambles.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Her voice raspy, her tone determined, Hillary Rodham Clinton urged her supporters on Thursday to ignore the political pundits who have declared her toast.
The former first lady raced into a long West Virginia-to-the-West Coast campaign day, declaring she would move forward with her presidential effort and insisting anew that she, not rival Barack Obama, would be the stronger Democratic candidate to face Republican John McCain in November.
Hoo Ha!
i get the day off from the shop!
yay me!
Something is Fishy!
My connection to AA stream worked like a dream today.
At no time yesterday during Sam's show did my connection work!
would be the stronger Democratic candidate
sounds like dog whistle for i'm not black. the other day lionel was talking about how what people say isn't what people do when nobody knows. his context was that some number of the people who are saying they don't have a problem voting for obama when actually presented with the choice of voting for a john or a barack will chose john because of deep down illogical fears.
Pale Male Pix
from Sue P
The hawk chicks have hatched and Lincoln Karim has taken their baby pictures. Palemale and Lola’s eggs have failed to hatch for the third year. They have not hatched a chick since their nest was destroyed and rebuilt.
http://www.palemale.com/
you get high
and you look at things...hahaha
Limpballs made a lot of money
"Operation Chaos" was hugely successful as self-promotion, and for the boosting of sales of gear -- the coffee mugs, the caps, the jerseys; the autographed, fully-illustrated New Testaments.
Limbaugh's phony-baloney stealth campaign got his name batted around in the cavernous 24-hour newshole by reporters who should know better. His name was on everyone's lips -- a glorious place for any entertainer's name to be.
http://blatherwatch.blogs.com/talk_radio/2008/05/operation-chaos.html
About Edwards Blogafellows..
I was for Edwards as well. But what continues to haunt me is his refusal to acknowledge what happened in Ohio 2004.
As I have post before, Edwards came to Ohio approximately 3 years ago. He was promoting his poverty initiative. We approached him with our voting horror stories. He responded with silence. A few months later, he returned yet again. He was bombarded with additional accounts of election fraud. Silence was still his response.
I think Edward's poverty initiative was a backhanded tactic for another presidential run. Kerry also came to Ohio. He was exploring the possibility of another run for presidency. To his credit, he did acknowledge that the election was stolen. However, he did nothing about it.
mo lib
I sent this to Sam yesterday.
5:09 PM: I may have to adjust my tin foil but does it seem like the gremlins have caused more technical glitches in the past two shows, than we go through in a month of Maron v Seder, and that's being conservative.
He noticed too.
wonderful thing how birds feed
their young
Great opening monologue
by Marc!
pb
I'll send Sam an email.
I was for Edwards as well
i was for Obama from the get and never flinched...i fell in love with him when i saw this skinny person talk powerfully for the first time at the democratic convention
after hearing gw speech's you have to allow me that privilege
now she wants to suck ass
Clinton aide predicts race will be over by June
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman said on Thursday he believes the Democrats will have a presidential nominee in June and that if it is not Clinton, she will campaign for rival Barack Obama.
Clinton is given little chance of winning the nomination but so far is rejecting calls by some prominent Democrats to withdraw from the race and cede the field to Obama, a first-term Illinois senator who crushed Clinton in North Carolina on Tuesday and almost defeated her in Indiana.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080508/ts_nm/usa_politics_mcauliffe_dc;_ylt...
I was gonna ask if there were techie problems..
during the previous Cavalcade of Stars.
Consider this....
The current week's problems could be due to a system overload. [Insert Scotty's plea to Cap'n Kirk here]
Can't blog gotta work..
I don't wanna work
Wanna bang on the blog all day.
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bluerootsradio
kthc that is a great comment
why don't you post it to the Marc aar page or sam's or both -
I was so hot to get Randi back and I haven't listened to her at all this week.
»
Afternoon Lucille!
yes, that's an interesting story is'nt it?
i've been following it for a while.
those ducks in the drainage
ditch have the same
survival ability.
impressive eh?
something wrong with new yorkers and thats word
Vito Fossella Cries On House Floor After Drunk Driving, Adultery Revelations
Disgraced New York Congressman Vito Fossella broke down in tears on the floor of the House of Representatives today, apparently under the emotional weight of his recent behavior.
Fossella acknowledged on Thursday that he had fathered a daughter, now three years old, with a woman who wasn't his wife. News of his adultery came just a week after the Staten Island Republican was arrested for drunk driving in suburban Virginia.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/05/08/vito-fossella-cries-on-ho_n_100...
she will campaign for rival obama
oh go home already, we had enough of you
Tampering with AA stream
I just wonder if someone (MG?) tampered with the stream to keep Sam's numbers down. He said his numbers were quite good on Monday.
Just Another Actor Looking For His Next Gig
Submitted by pbtrue1 on Thu, 05/08/2008 - 3:13pm.
"Operation Chaos" was hugely successful as self-promotion...
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I was beginning to feel like a lone voice in the wilderness.
Follow the money. It knows all and tells all.
this was once my daily bread
A Hezbollah supporter burns tires, closing for a second day the highway to Lebanon's international airport during a protest in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, May 8, 2008. Shiite supporters of Iranian-backed Hezbollah and Sunnis backing Lebanon's U.S.-backed government clashed for a second straight day Thursday as the sectarian confrontations in Beirut spread to other parts of the country.
race will be over by June
She's not hired by fascists to quit. She's being paid big bucks to do her job....destroy the Democratic Party. The war will not end if any of these people are elected. The war will not end until each and every nickle that can be extracted from Iraq has been safely pocketed. The number of troops that die or are horribly injured does not figure into the equation. Every dead soldier is a person that will NOT collect unemployment benefits, welfare and medical.
lionel lionel lionel
would be the stronger Democratic candidate
Submitted by dan on Thu, 05/08/2008 - 3:07pm
obama when actually presented with the choice of voting for a john or a barack will chose john because of deep down illogical fears.
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someone needs to tell lionel thats called "racism"
also i was on the home page and saw there was an interview
with "economic hitman" author so i clicked on it
it was Lionel doing the interview
oh what a terrible interview you know how he ended the piece? he said "oh and nobody knows it but this guys real name is Hiram Lipshitz..."
OMG what an absolute nincompoop !!
I can't believe this guy is allowed to be in front of or behind or anywhere near a microphone
impressive eh?
i live right by the first picture
race will be over by June
did she really mean races other than the hard-working ones will be over by June? She's from the Hillary camp. We don't really know WHAT they are talking about. It's best not to assume anything.
"economic hitman" author so i clicked on it
the fuck???? he needs to hit the roads thats whats up
Clashes erupt for second day in Lebanon
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Witnesses and security officials say Shiite supporters of Hezbollah and Sunni backers of Lebanon's U.S.-allied government are clashing with automatic rifles and grenades.
The latest clashes follow a defiant speech by Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in which he said the militant organizations would respond with force to any attacks.
It is the second day of clashes that have turned some Beirut neighborhoods into battlegrounds. The sectarian confrontation have also spilled over to other parts of the country.
The clashes are taking place on Corniche Mazraa, a major thoroughfare that has become a demarcation line between the two sides, and the Ras el-Nabeh area.
Television footage showed gunmen taking cover on street corners next to shuttered shops. There was no immediate word on casualties.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/05/08/clashes-erupt-for-second-_n_100...
eya Regnad Kcin
yup!
the wreck of the USA.
pretty ugly. less than a million
assholes running the show. time for 'extreme therapy'...
feels good to me
Politics: Suddenly Better Than Sex?
"People are craving it," said Larry Hackett, People's managing editor. "They are really, really interested in what's going on, and so we're covering it more than ever."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/05/08/politics-suddenly-better_n_1008...
Why no armour on the Humvee's or troops?
Because a dead soldier is MUCH more cost effective. It costs the fascist United States government MUCH less money to bury the stiffs than it does to give them medical and provide them benefits. America is the Big Death Machine and Republicans are the Big Bloodthirsty Death Merchants.
he needs to hit the roads thats whats up
oh if only we could be so lucky
he's been nothing but a huge disappointment
why doesn't aar see that by now...
they must
and these are the same guys deciding sammy's fate
....shit
oh yes please torture them right on my tv
"why don't you post it to the Marc aar page or sam's or both"
haha, someone said she hasn't even been on this week. Proof I guess that I haven't listened. I've been posting here and on the American Afternoon one. Trying to do the little bit we can do to influence. You never know it might help this time??? and I refuse to see that as the definition of insanity (doing the same..expecting...)
President Obama 2009
Submitted by Lucille on Thu, 05/08/2008 - 3:20pm.
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I must admit Luce that I ignored Obama's run for the presidency. It wasn't until September 2007, that I actually listen to Obama's speeches. After that I was hooked.
I was never enthused about Hillary. She is what I call a default feminist. She just happened to be in the right place, and at the right time- to benefit from the women's movement. Geraldine Ferraro and Nancy Pelosi are default feminist as well. In reality, they are pampered rich women, who don't give a damn about working class- or poor women.
Marc is so fucking right
all this computer stuff is draining my head is so fucked up right about now...but cannot quit...damn
cost analysis
Why no armour on the Humvee's or troops?
new
Submitted by Regnad Kcin on Thu, 05/08/2008 - 3:38pm
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yeah, the same way HMO's work BTW
cheaper for the insured to die rather than the company pay
once they get sick
i worked for one once in a call center and we would get in trouble if we made too many appointments- the goal was keep people out of the clinics and hospital no matter what
the call center was the gatekeeper
Scientists declares
Great tits enjoying the warmer weather – so far
beware - contains image of scientist cupping great tit with bare hands.
She is what I call a default feminist
Testicular Fortitude, i heard someone say no so long ago..i wonder what that means
Watch Out! Gay Penguins are Coming to Get You!
The Most Objectionable Book in America
now here are some balls i would like to have
Guantanamo judge may suspend trial for Canadian detainee
Guantanamo judge threatens to suspend trial for Canadian detainee over evidence delay
A military judge threatened to suspend the war-crimes trial of a Canadian detainee, scolding the government Thursday for failing to provide records of his confinement at Guantanamo.
Attorneys for Omar Khadr say details of his interrogations and mental health could provide grounds to suppress self-incriminating statements at the U.S. Navy base in southeast Cuba. Khadr is accused of killing a U.S. soldier in Afghanistan.
At a pretrial hearing, Judge Peter Brownback, an Army colonel, criticized the prosecution team led by Marine Maj. Jeffrey Groharing for demanding an expedited trial despite failing to obtain the documents from the detention center.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/2008/05/guantanamo_judge_may_suspend_t...
cupping great tit with bare hands
hehe you so silly
i just asked yesterday where he was
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUoJXv1vh8g
beggin and pleading to the aar evil gods
it's so deja` vu how many times have we had to do it, every time when they fired or threatened to fire the hosts we loved...
now honestly i find it hard to keep doing it, i did it for sam but it costs me some effort every time, just because i am not sure these people listen and because well, it gets a little repetitive
so i thought couldn't we just go back to one year ago when we did it for sam then, or two years ago, when again his contract was up and we didn't know what was going on, remember, we were hanging by a thread on every minute of his last shows waiting for him to tell us if there was any good news - couldn't we just go back to the old blogs and just copy and paste from entries of way back - all our professions of love and enduring devotion, our admiration for these hosts, pledges of loyalty to whichever station willing to picking them up.. i don't know if these old blogs are still online
i don't know, it just get so old, seems like we have said it all before
OMG such filth
The tale of a pair of gay penguins who adopt a chick has once again topped the ‘objectionable’ list in US libraries.
‘And Tango Makes Three’ is a children’s picture book published in 2005 about a family of penguins – with two fathers.
It is the most ‘challenged’ book in public schools and libraries for the second year in a row, according to the American Libraries Association.
The ALA defines a "challenge" as a "formal, written complaint filed with a library or school requesting that materials be removed because of content or appropriateness."
body search of Scott Bloch
this AM I was driving and had car radio on NPR
heard at the top of the 10AM hour lakshmi singh
report that when the FBI raided Scott Bloch house
they also did a body search and confiscated two
thumb-drives that have been rumored to contain the info he had web geeks destroy
but i cannot find any link to that part of the newsstory
i just hope its true -
I'm sure they got the thumb drives but i'm also
sure it will take awhile before we find out what those drives contained
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90223448
flip flop
Obama in the House: A Clinton super gets an autograph
I think you call this "wavering."
Politico's Amie Parnes e-mails from Obama's visit to the House floor, where he was mobbed instantly.
New York Rep. Yvette Clarke, in theory a Clinton superdelegate, asked him to autograph the cover of today's New York Daily News, with the headline "It's His Party."
Rep. Alcee Hastings, a Clinton supporter from Florida, gave him a big hug. Even Republicans were star-struck. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen of Florida crossed the aisle to say hello and brought three children — in town for a school safety patrol trip — with her.
Obama, meanwhile, bowed to Majority Leader Steny Hoyer.
we find out what those drives contained
THEY will destroy them the legal way
eya Mire!
it ain't you.
the deck was rigged from the start.
AARgh management throws the switch when anyone gets uppity.
we've been under attack for four years.
we've kicked ass and taken names
here though and that's
what really counts.
art and life
and love.
nbc and hillary at it again
Clinton Camp Chides NBC
It's no secret that Hillary Clinton's top aides have long been angry at MSNBC for coverage they consider blatantly pro-Obama.
But the final straw seems to have come Tuesday night, when Tim Russert, NBC's Washington bureau chief, declared on MSNBC: "We now know who the Democratic nominee is going to be, and no one is going to dispute it." Other MSNBC pundits agreed, and Russert repeated the verdict yesterday, saying that barring a collapse by Barack Obama or an act of God, "this race is over."
In an e-mail yesterday, Jay Carson, Clinton's press secretary, told NBC's political director Chuck Todd: "Can you think of one good reason we should continue to cart you guys around the country with us, given that your network has declared the entire race over?"
art and life
oo.oo can i add one to please...."fight"
the effort
beggin and pleading to the aar evil gods
new
Submitted by mire on Thu, 05/08/2008 - 3:56pm
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for me its also an emotional rollercoaster.
Funny how protective i've become of getting
information/news from a reliable source, someone that
actually has integrity and will speak truth to power
without considering or even considering the
consequences- Sam is one of a kind.
We've seen Paris now we can't go back to the farm.
another blogger
Oliver Willis: Hillary's "Klan-style talking points"
by John Aravosis (DC) · 5/08/2008 04:00:00 PM ET · Link
Discuss this post here: 4 Comments · reddit · FARK ·· Digg It!
Blogger Oliver Willis, who is African-American, weighs in with a post titled "Hillary White Power Clinton":
Indeed, a pattern has emerged some time ago. Boy, did we dodge a bullet.
“[W]orking, hard-working Americans, white Americans.” She really said that. Wow.
Congratulations, Hillary Clinton, you win the prize for the first Democratic Bigot Eruption since I’ve been keeping track of this. Even professional haters like Pat Buchanan and his ilk aren’t so balls-out about racism. You’ve been getting your ass handed to you and especially among black voters. This shows me once again that we - who are apparently lazy and shiftless non-Americans based on your definition - have yet again been a leading indicator.
There was maybe a slight chance Barack Obama might have been pushed to pick you as his running mate, but we can’t have someone spouting Klan-style talking points on the ticket. Heck, there’s a good shot with language like that you won’t win back your senate seat in 2012. I mean, a lot of those apparently lazy and shiftless non-American blacks helped you to win and they’d just as soon vote for someone else in the primary or the Republican in the election rather than someone echoing Bull Connor’s language.
“Working, hard working Americans, white Americans,” indeed.
"fight"!
only if you add an exclamation point!
the list goes on.
just like life.
rachel advertising her show
said "right here right after the randi rhodes show?"
shouldn't she update her ad
oh aar is so screwed
Submitted by Sunshine Jim on Thu, 05/08/2008 - 4:15pm
HA you got jokes
Sixty Years of Genocide
A human rights crime
The world must stop standing idle while the people of Gaza are treated with such cruelty
Jimmy Carter
This article appeared in the Guardian on Thursday May 08
The world is witnessing a terrible human rights crime in Gaza, where a million and a half human beings are being imprisoned with almost no access to the outside world. An entire population is being brutally punished...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/may/08/israelandthepalestin...
did i mention someone else that curses more
than marc sam and myself...dude on the radio with marc now matt...a true potty mouth..turns me on
yeahy marc get ballsy
let's call it the marc maron show today - enough of this guest host bullshit
what is the matter with them?
The Iraqis accuse the embassy of leaving the abuse unchallenged and failing adequately to respond to complaints against several British managers for KBR. The company was allowed to conduct its own inquiry, an arrangement criticised as a very serious conflict of interest.
The complainants — the cleaner and two male cooks who worked in the embassy canteen — say that some KBR managers groped Iraqi staff regularly, paid or otherwise rewarded them for sex and dismissed those who refused or spoke out.
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/08/latest-kbr-scandal-contractors-accus...
what's the matter with them
they are republican pigs and thugs
Marc Maron Show Today
Much better than American Afternoon. I think Marc Maron Show Today should be the title regardless of the host.
blood fire
Confrontation in Lebanon Appears to Escalate
BEIRUT, Lebanon — The decision by the Lebanese government to shut down a private telephone network operated by the Iranian-backed group Hezbollah was an act of war and Hezbollah would defend itself, Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah’s leader, said on Thursday.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/08/world/middleeast/09lebanon.html?partne...
LOL...
"Can you think of one good reason we should continue to cart you guys around the country with us, given that your network has declared the entire race over?"
Then go on and dump 'em Hillary. I'm sure that will solve all your campaign's problems.
Anyone else hearing the desparation in these voices?
Last gasp...
lebanon fighting
let's remember that this is being incited by the pnac crazies that are trying to start a larger war in that part of the world - anything can be a spark to inflame the whole middle east and they're throwing matches here and there
the pnac crazies
how i hate them so, and they are all over my tv still
wishing carter a long life
for all his good work speaking against apartheid and israel's crimes
Maron & Taibbi
Great interview Marc!
Access: the name of the game
nbc and hillary at it again
new
Submitted by Lucille on Thu, 05/08/2008 - 4:07pm.
In an e-mail yesterday, Jay Carson, Clinton's press secretary, told NBC's political director Chuck Todd: "Can you think of one good reason we should continue to cart you guys around the country with us, given that your network has declared the entire race over?"
__________
Which is more enraging-- the fact that they are threatening the media with Chimp-like verbiage or the fact that they are apparently more delusional than Sean Young?
www.sigzone.blogspot.com
hysterical woman
caller means Randi
gotta go pick demz up
talk to you later..maybe (wink, wink) oh only if you will be nice to me
Interesting conservative caller on with Marc
now.
Actually, sincerely asked Marc his opinion about terrorism and bush.
HRC now on CPT
she put her Prada in it now, boieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
hysterical womanSubmitted
hysterical woman
Submitted by Lucille on Thu, 05/08/2008 - 4:52pm.
caller means Randi
_______
whenever you hear someone say, "woman who thought that everything was 'unbelievable'" you should immediately think of Rhodes
I listened to her show fairly often during its last few weeks. I often wondered what she thought WAS believable.
www.sigzone.blogspot.com
It's a possible win-win-win for Clinton to continue
She has numerous goals here and she's bound to accomplish at least one:
o oust the entire liberal/progressive element of the party so that the DLC finally wins
o turn the dem party into another version of the republican party -- by attracting reactionary Christianists, racists (Southern and otherwise), and those who love being pandered to and are easily manipulated/propagandized
o get the nomination (and here's my conspiracy speculation contribution) by means of making deals better than even the deals that addled McCain can be trusted to deliver, thereby Hillary would get the blessing of the BushCo-controlled corrupt electronic elections technology cartel (or whatever it can be called).
Hillary, being a Christianist (as her 15 years with The Fellowship indicates), can be viewed as a step above non-Christianist McCain when it comes to attracting the old-time religion (reactionary) vote -- so she truly might do better than McCain when it comes to attracting Bush's base! She is totally pro on prayer in schools, religious lessons in schools, faith-based initiatives, status quo patriarchy (she didn't leave Bill for L'Affaire Lewinsky and loves the military and imperialism, and apartheid in Israel).
pnac crazies
Beirut racked by street
The Lebanese army did not participate in the fighting.
But Robert Fisk, a journalist in Beirut, speaking to Al Jazeera, said that could change if the fighting escalated.
"If we have a situation where one group of people move into another group's area - either Shia or Sunni - then the army may have to take much harsher measures and that immediately raises the question of 'what is the future of the Lebanese army', because it's made up of all the citizens of this country, not just one group or the other," Fisk said.
The White House demanded Hezbollah stop "disruptive activities".
"Hezbollah needs to make a choice - be a terrorist organisation or be a political party, but quit trying to be both," Gordon Johndroe, a White House spokesman, said.
"They need to start playing a constructive role and stop their disruptive activities now."
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/FFE67A81-6B2E-4573-9CCA-4582CDB93...
Democratic Bigot Eruption
dem Dixiecratz is back, yo!
Leaving for work soon.
Hope my knee holds up. I got a knee brace so I don't pivot wrong.
Marcs doing a good job, but if I had my druthers, I'd still like to see Sam with a show. Myla would like it too.
"Barak Obama" Sam should send that clip of myla saying his name to him!
Did you see Wolf Blitzer's interview of Obama?
or the fact that they are carting these guys around
just for propaganda reasons (if you're not kissing our ass what's the point?)
what's more outrageous?
Congratulations, Mr.
Congratulations, Mr. Vitter!
The Senate ethics committee has dismissed a complaint against Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) for soliciting prostitution.
http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/05/senate_ethics_committe...
Olmert Suspected of Taking
Olmert Suspected of Taking Bribes, Will Resign if Indicted
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/2008/05/olmert_denies_taking_bribes_wo...
win-win-win for Clinton to continue
I have believed this all along. I believe she is a thousand times more dangerous than McCain. Had should become the nominee, and then won the general, after she iniated a war with Iran, you would have seen most of the Dems turn around and support that disaster.
Only Two News Networks
Only Two News Networks Willing To Explain Their Role In Pentagon Propaganda Program
On April 20, the New York Times published a blockbuster exposé revealing a secret Pentagon program that used retired military analysts to “generate favorable news coverage of the administration’s wartime performance.” Though the analysts often had “ties to military contractors vested in the very war policies” they assessed on air, their potential conflicts of interest were “hardly ever disclosed to the viewers.”
Four days after the Times’ expose hit newsstands, Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) wrote letters to the heads of ABC News, CBS News, CNN News, Fox News Channel, and NBC News asking for “specifics about each outlet’s policies surrounding the hiring and vetting of military analysts reporting on the Iraq War.” Here’s part of what she wrote to ABC News head David Westin:
When the American people turn on their TV news, they expect coverage of the Iraq War and military issues to be using analysts without conflicts of interests. When you put analysts on the air without fully disclosing their business interests, as well as relationships with high-level officials within the government, the public trust is betrayed.
Politico reports today that only Westin and CNN’s Jim Walton have responded to DeLauro’s questions. In his response, Westin asserted that ABC News had “acted responsibly”:
From what I know of our reporting involving our military analysts, I am satisfied that ABC News has acted responsibly and has served its audience well.
Both Westin and Walton’s responses lacked any genuine self-examination. But the fact that they were even willing to reply is more than the other networks did, proving that the Washington Post’s Howard Kurtz was right when he said “the networks are ducking this one, big time.” In the week after the story broke, the Project for Excellence in Journalism found that “out of approximately 1,300 news stories, only two touched on the Pentagon analysts scoop — both airing on PBS’s ‘NewsHour.’”
DeLauro, along with 40 other lawmakers, are calling on the Pentagon’s Inspector General to investigate the program.
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/08/delauro-cnn-abc/
maron
is soooo deep!
ha!
Marc discovers the "Manchurian Candidate".
chinese grocers and global warming.
he's close to figuring it all.
just has to put it together.
I want Maron & Seder
on the radio.
And now a message from the last actual president of the U.S.
Dear Friend,
We have to make every one of the next 27 days count -- please act today!
I want to tell you about the day I had on Monday. I stopped in nine towns throughout North Carolina, starting the day at 7:30 a.m. in Elizabeth City and ending with a rally in Raleigh. That's the most stops I've ever done in a single day -- for any campaign. And I couldn't be happier to work that hard for Hillary.
I talked to a lot of people that day, and one thing was crystal clear -- people want Hillary to stay in this race until every last voter has a say. That's why Hillary and I are working so hard. That's why we've made a deep commitment to keep campaigning, keep fighting, and keep winning.
We have had a lot of success in this campaign, and our come-from-behind victory in Indiana is the latest example of how Hillary wins when she has your support behind her. As long as you share her commitment to winning, this race is going to continue.
Our next test is just five days away in West Virginia. Hillary needs your help right now to keep winning.
Contribute now to help us show the strength of our campaign.
I know something about coming back to win after you've been counted out. So does Hillary. Over the course of this campaign, the pundits have tried to declare a premature end to the race dozens of times.
Well, last time I checked, it's still up to the voters. And there are a lot of voters who haven't had their say yet.
It's up to us to make sure that the voters in West Virginia and the other states yet to come are given a choice. I urge you to act now to help Hillary keep fighting.
Show your support by making a contribution today.
I wish I could talk to every last person who has worked so hard for Hillary to thank you for everything you've done for her. You mean so much to both of us. She's still in this thing because of your hard work and your indomitable spirit.
Sincerely,
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
Orangutan on Hardball
Howard (looks like an orangutan) Wolfson was on Hardball. He is slamming Obama. Hillzilla not giving up.
Maron is the hysterical one - today
The Chinese National Anthem was a HOOT!
Maron on China and Global Warming
All thats going to be left if it continues is prehistoric toxic algae and mutant jelly fish and if you think about folks the Chinese are really the only culture that know how to prepare that stuff properly.
Arsenio
Arsenio Hall sometimes guests on a radio show here in L.A. as a favor to his friend.
Yesterday they were cracking numerous jokes at a vain attempt to be humorous. Then they played clips of the Hilldabeast's speech.
"WE'VE BROKEN THE TIE, AND NOW IT'S FULL SPEED AHEAD TO THE WHITE HOUSE."
Arsenio (with no trace of jocularity-- almost in a disturbed tone): "She sounds totally insane."
Even though it wasn't a joke, it was the statement at which I actually laughed-- and I laughed hard.
Marc's a good comedian.
His crew was superb too.
where the hell's Swetlana when you need her?
China lends US 1 billion dollars a day!