Barack Obama Projected Winner In Mississippi Democratic Primary
By Logan Murphy Monday Mar 10, 2008 9:15pm
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Obama, BarackMSNBC has projected Senator Barack Obama the winner of the Mississippi primary.
NBC News declared Barack Obama as the projected winner in the Mississippi primary on Tuesday, the latest in a string of racially polarized contests across the Deep South and a final tune-up before April's high-stakes race with Hillary Rodham Clinton in Pennsylvania.
Obama was winning roughly 90 percent of the black vote but only about one-third of the white vote, extending a pattern that carried him to victory in earlier primaries in South Carolina, Alabama, Georgia and Louisiana. Read on...
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clinton should drop out ... even if she "wins" penslevannia she won't have enough delegates
I voted for Hillary today but I'm happy for Obama. I think he'll be a great candidate.
GOBAMA!
Yeah, but Hillary Still Insists its Eliot Spitzer Who Has the ‘Life Experiences’ to be Commander and Chief
"clinton should drop out … even if she “wins” penslevannia she won’t have enough delegates"
Yes, but her little advisers and such say, BUT SHE WINS THE BIG STATES!!! OTHER STATES DON'T MATTER! SCREW POPULAR VOTE!
Mississippi only voted in favor of Obama because he is black.
From the quoted article:
**Sigh**
I wouldn't mind so much if they would praise each other and tag team Gone InSane.
By the way, if Obama's victories in southern and so called red states can indeed be attributed to African American turnout there, wouldn't it make sense for someone to study whether those southern African Americans have voted in these numbers in past elections, and whether they will vote at all if Clinton is the nominee? I ask because the Clinton campaign has argued that she is winning in the states that traditionally catapult Democrats to the presidency, and belittling his ability to win in the general election.
I think it's sad that I am at the point where I don't care anymore. I was pretty fired up about a particular candidate, but now I feel as though it doesn't matter. I think I'll start paying attention again to our candidate when I know who it is.
Everyone else who is still excited... great. I'll be over here giving dirty looks to the Republican apologists.
Rusty Baines Shackleford @ 2:
Allah Akbar
Left&Left @ 6:
I would argue that people in Mississippi didn't vote for him because he isn't white. Same coin, two sides.
Not a Republican @ 9:
It's a trap?
Not a Republican @ 9:
Gesundheit
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Not a Republican @ 9:
Akbar and Jeff.
Karen @ 14:
Mutt and Jeff?
Obama keeps his slight edge over Hillary Clinton for now.
DavidtheDuke @ 5:
"Screw the popular vote" - where have we heard that before. Oh yeah...the 2000 election where the popular vote was tossed out and Bush was appointed by a 5-4 victory.
I am so fed up with Hillary's way of campaigning that it would be better for everyone if she dropped out, but then if she was going to do the right thing she would have already been doing it and I wouldn't be so upset over her BS tactics.
He should start pressuring Hillary to concede, every chance, pointing out he will win the contest fair and square and there's nothing she can do at this point.
L.A. Confidential @ 16:
For now? how exactly is he going to loose his edge? except for the Superdelegates turning over the popular vote there is no way for her to win the nomination. Why the press won't report on that fact I have no idea.
What am I saying...of course I have an idea...it's the MSM and they are so bought and paid for I guess nothing they do should surprise me.
I look for Obama to finish with a twenty point lead, at least, over Hillary.
The white majority counties in the northeast corner of the state have all been counted. (Check CNN's map---they did go to Hillary). The majority of the remaining counties will go Obama.
Queen 50+1 is not amused. Let them drink lattes.
Obama's "slight" edge isn't "slight" anymore. He's got a good lead on her.
BTW, Mississippi has an open primary system. You walk in the polling place and choose to vote in the (D) primary or the (R) primary. I personally know Republicans who were planning to vote for Hillary in the (D) primary because they think it helps McCain, or Rush told them so, or something. I try not to listen too hard when they talk.
Hillary announced today that:
“Although Barrack Hussein Obama is not a Muslim, as far as I know, I still think he would be a good vice president. And he would protect American’s against other Muslim evil doers. But I’m not saying he’s a Muslim.
But he would be a terrible president. And he’s a negro.”
Look at those vote totals!!! The repubs are toast!
Looks like the Dem south is comin back! THEY'VE HAD ENOUGH OF THE BULLSHIT TOO!
LOOKS MORE LIKE A DEMOCRATIC TSUNAMI! 281,000 dems to 1oo,ooo repubs. Gonna be hard to diebold one that one next fall.
If there is an election that is.
Here's a couple interesting things I found in the Exit Polls from CNN:
13% of voters had a "Strongly Favorable" opinion of John McCain, and 74% of them voted for Hillary Clinton.
13% of voters identified themselves as Republican, and 77% of them voted for Clinton.
They might be voting for the candidate that I favor, but I still say that we should have let them secede. Especially Mississippi...
Half of Hillary's voters in Miss. could vote for McCain in the general (assuming today's figures are roughly comparable to what happens then)...
and he still loses to Obama.
mo_dem @ 26:
Yep. See my comment @ 23 above.
Vman @ 25:
Not to rain on the parade, but we do have to remember that there are plenty of Republicans who are (a) sitting this out, since Gone InSane has already won the nomination; and (b) Following Limbo's marching orders and crossing over to vote Democratic.
Left&Left @ 6:
And I guess the whites in Mississippi voted for Hillary. There are not enough black votes in Mississippi to elect anybody to anything.
I'm reading that 15% of Republicans voted in the Democratic primary in Mississippi, and of those who crossed over 85% voted for Clinton. This is what caused her to win the Texas primary. Does anyone know what kind of set up we will be facing in Pennsylvania?
The vote totals don't mean squat, McCain is already the winner, no ones going out to vote in the republican race unless they're voting for hilary or something.
Geraldine Ferraro??
anything in C&L about her repeated statements reminding us that Obama is black?
Dahgrostab'ph-r-i @ 19:
I think this is one we can't smack the MSM in the face for, i'm seeing it reported pretty well that she's not winning via pledged delegates unless the remaining states are hit with a new deadly plague transmitted by the sharing of hope in large groups.
Left&Left @ 6:
Color-coding in Mississippi goes both ways, as you would know if you got your head out of your cooler.
Vman @ 25:
I wouldn't take anything for granted this time around.
Huckabee got 12%, even though he is out? Wow, the Republicans just [heart] McCain...
Told ya.
With 80% in, Obama's up by 20%.
And get over the Fear McCain shit. He's as finished as Hillary.
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Barrett D @ 33:
Obama will be President, and the House Democrats will pick up 40 seats, and five Senate seats but it will all be a bad, bad dream.
McCain't Ain't.
btw i read on CNN that hilary didn't even win texas, Obama got more delegates than she did because of the complex delegate counting
c127 @ 31:
Karen @ 14:
LOL! Love Akbar and Jeff. I always think of them when I hear that phrase too. Funny.
Barrett D @ 42:
Mainly the caucuses held after the election.
Paul in LA @ 41:
it's in reference to McCain winning the Republican primary & probably carrying the state in the general, not taking the White House
Wow and McCain won as well.
Who could have ever guessed?
God Bless his fat face.
Go for 60% Obama!!! This one is for Ferraro
euthyfro @ 46:
I see, yes, the R primary is over. Didn't get the implication, thanks.
Watching the bobbleheads describe tonight's exit polls, they kept talking about whites going hugely for Clinton, and their unwillingness to switch to Obama.
What's troubling is that the commentators seemed to portray these data as a new national direction, when it only reflects on Mississippi.
I haven't heard tonight anyone mention that maybe there is a bit of racism left in this state, and that these data really don't transfer that well to the rest of the country.
What do you think?
she’s not winning via pledged delegates unless the remaining states are hit with a new deadly plague transmitted by the sharing of hope in large groups.
That's the quote of the week. =)
VoR
Hussein Hussein @ 50:
If he continues to lose white men and older voters, Obama won't win the election.
Paul @ 38:
And even funnier is the fact that he's still beating Ron Paul.
Suck it Paultards. lol
Rusty Baines Shackleford @ 2:
But the TeeVee tells me people like you don't exist.
Hussein Hussein @ 50:
They will totally ignore the overwhelmingly white states Obama has won over her.
Michael @ 54:
They never ask me if I exist. I'm kind of starting to wonder myself.
naschkatzeHussein @ 32:
Good Question.
You'll get Clinton/Obama.
Obama deserves it, the most delegates gained blah blah blah.
You all fight amongst yourselves.
Then diebold gives you McStupid.
Cheerio fucktards.
naschkatzeHussein @ 55:
Iowa was kinda hard to miss.
Hussein Hussein @ 50:
The media -- to the extent that it "wants" anything -- wants the horse race to continue. So, it will hype the battle between Obama and Clinton in any way it can.
Clinton is behind in the delegate count, so, the media reports that white people are unwilling to switch to Obama. You're correct that it is silly to claim that Mississippi's primary as indicative of the national direction.
And while there is still much racism there (and all over this country), we don't know whether white Democrats in Mississippi will be willing to vote for Obama in the general election. We also don't know whether African American Democrats in Mississippi, and who have helped Obama throughout the south, will vote at all in the general election if Obama is not the nominee.
Russ Mason UK @ 58:
Cocoa Krispie dickhead
Orangutan. @ 57:
I believe that PA has a closed primary - only registered Dems and vote in the Democratic primary.
Russ Mason UK @ 58:
Hey, yeah our govt is criminally incompetent. What was your govt's excuse for going along with it?
By the way.....did anyone catch Pelosi saying that having Obama and Clinton on the same ticket is "impossible."
L.A. Confidential @ 52:
That's my point. He's not losing these voters; it's a completely different state with completely different demographics.
The bobbleheads do the public a disservice at every turn. Chris Matthews is getting "bold" and invoking race now, but only do try to wedge voters instead of enlighten them.
Karen @ 64:
Right like she has any credibility left?
If Clinton cared anything about her party, she would concede. But alas, she's a DINO.
Both CNN and MSNBC have reported on exit polling asking if voters would vote for the other candidate if he/she was the eventual nominee. Granted, this is Mississippi, a bit of an anomaly state, but:
72% of clinton supporters said they would not vote for Obama
57% of Obama supporters said they would not vote for Clinton
Which, at the very least undermines the earlier argument (from Obama) that he would be able to bring out more voters than Clinton in November. And, more importantly and ominously, it appears that the
sniping between the two camps is having a negative effect. Months ago similar polls showed that over 80% of supporters of either of the two would support the other candidate. That is being eroded.....
Hussein Hussein @ 65:
I'm talking about the General Election in Nov.
Don @ 68:
No it doesn't. All that shows is that votes in MI are polarized, and a lot of R voted for Clinton in order to deny Obama.
Obama brings in lots of new voters, young voters, and Disgusted with Hillary voters. That hasn't changed.
Don @ 68:
Don't forget that many of the people who voted for Hillary in Mississippi were Republicans crossing over, on Rush's orders. No matter who the Dem nominee is, they'll be voting for McCain.
Roket @ 67:
Totally.
Roket @ 67:
HRC is NOT a DINO.
The suggestion that a candidate -- ANY candidate -- should concede before they have to or otherwise do, is counter-democratic. Let her run!
She's not doing Obama any particular harm, and comparisons to McGovern were weak nonsense, much as Dem Now! and Colbert tried.
Roket @ 67:
Your not going to win a Presidency and rally enough voters behind your man with an attitude like that.
Like or not your going to need those Clinton voters.
Crooksandliars sure were smart to endorse Obama.
But HRC has momentum!
Like a falling star.
CoIntelPro - against Repug Moles in the Democratic Party @ 46:
and billary wonders why she has such high negatives.
naschkatzeHussein @ 32:
Barrett D @ 1:
Pennsylvania (Note the spelling) has closed primaries
KC @ 76:
when did THAT happen?
KC @ 76:
They didn't. Nice try though.
L.A. Confidential @ 52:
You give the distinct impression of being anti-African American.
Paul in LA @ 74:
The way she's treating Ferraro leads me to believe she actually doesnt mind race getting thrown into the campaign.
its only going to get worse, and its awful now.
she needs to leave, the stats are less and less mathmatically possible every day.
"Fall in love, then fall in line"
Sorry guys, but its time to give up on Hillary - McCain must be defeated and we need the time to unite and not be tearing each other apart.
KC @ 76:
Show me where that happened. links sources...c'mon tough guy. that's big talk...
L.A. Confidential @ 75:
I'll give the voters more credit than I give the cliton campaign.
If the Democrats self-destruct, because only they can insure their own defeat, and not only lose the White House, but lose one or both houses of Congress, the Republicans have the machinery in place to
basically guarantee decades of their rule. That said, Bill Clinton will hold the dubious honor of having sabotaged the party not once (Monica Lewinsky), but twice (kitchen-sink strategy against Obama). Now that's a hell of a legacy. But Clinton (husband and wife) won't be alone in this: we'll be carrying the guilt on our own shoulders.
Isome @ 82:
Sorry I grew up in a house with brothers Miles Davis and Coltrane permeating the ether. In fact I never referred to persons with dark skin as African Americans anyway. But as human beings, brothers, and Americans. So let's not go down that road okay?
L.A. Confidential @ 52:
your statement goes against the facts. you must be talking about the repugs who crossed the line to vote for shillary.
Karen @ 64:
got it earlier and luved how she came back to make her self clear, if I was in a leadership role I would get every willing SDs to bury her NOW!
Barrett D @ 42:
The media blatantly misled the public on Texas. Texas wasn't over when the primary was over, there was a caucus that's still being counted and Obama will win the most delegates total and therefore "win" if its appropriate to even say that about states that split their delegates.
The Texas system was not overly complex and anybody with a half a brain could figure out the "complexity" in a sentence or two. There was a primary in the morning and a caucus in the evening... that's it. The media needed a story line and a "Clinton comeback" sells their rags. Obama's camp should be more savvy in getting out the truth about the delegate count. How can anyone be declared the winner when delegates are still up for grabs while the votes are being counted?
Of course, the Clinton spin will be...ho hum, just an expected ( he's black, just like Jessie Jackson ) win, in an itty bitty teeny tiny state. It's the BIG states that really matter.
Fuck that! He leads in delegates by over 100, he leads in popular votes by over 600,000. This country is made up of 50 states, some big, some small...but they all count...otherwise they wouldn't all get two Senators.
GOBAMA
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/democratic_vote_c...
L.A. Confidential @ 52:
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Absolute Pee-Pee Caa-Caa, If are talking about the whole nation and using the south for a factor for the whole nation, maybe you should consider video games instead.
Don @ 86:
please tell me WHAT of this nonsense can be laid at Obama's feet. Obama let the Power lady resign and he spoke out against the VP offer from Billary. When the dust settles and the clintons are gone it won't look like the Democratic Party is self-destructing.
L.A. Confidential @ 87:
oh yeah listening to jazz and saying 'brother' guarantees that you're not racist. lol.
My comment about Obama not bringing out a tsunami of voters was only for Mississippi. This is the only state where the Black vote can, by itself, be determinative. But only if a majority of the white Dems also vote. That's what I fear will not happen. And just comparing the turnouts between the two parties is meaningless because McCain has it nailed down. Anyway, the good news is that no one thinks Mississippi will go Blue, but there is an outside chance of getting a Dem in one of the Senate seats.
Polly_Tics @ 40:
interlude @ 34:
B/c the racist OLD BAG is shillary's ally. Lies, abusive and offensive statements are clintons' "specialite de la maison".. then, the crocodile tears..
CoIntelPro of the Madrassa @ 88:
Oh? If someone told me to cross the line and Vote for McCain I'd say your out of your freaking mind.
natisman @ 93:
Okay champ. Whatever you say.
seevee @ 92:
Interesting that if you include Florida and Michigan, Obama still has a slight lead in the popular vote.
CoIntelPro of the Madrassa @ 94:
What nonsense? What do you disagree with? That divisiveness in the party doesn't open the door for McCain and the Repubs? And I'm not laying any of it at Obama's feet. He's not the one who went negative. Bill Clinton isn't working for Obama! As for shared blame, as long as there are Obama supporters who would not support Hilary in the general election, then it is shared blame if McCain wins and we lose any of the Congress. That's all I'm saying.
mo_dem @ 95:
How could I could I be a racist when skin color means absolutely NOTHING to me.
Your out of league with me kid.
Left&Left @ 6, and Vermont, Wyoming, Alaska, etc. voted for him why again?
mo_dem @ 100:
So did Gore and Kerry. Your not going to go on just that are you? You must be pretty ignorant to place all your hopes on that.
L.A. Confidential @ 98:
but that's you, not some hate-filled pus-bag who'll do anything to keep a black man off the November ballot.
KC @ 76:
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So when did this happen? haven't seen this one, care to point it out, just pull the Hilliary cream off your face and tell us. So does she still have the infotainment thing on at night with face cream and salsa dip?
Obama wins another primary! Quick offer him the VP slot!
Don @ 68:
That's true. But I think this is why Obama today said that Hillary would make a good V.P. if he was the nominee. The 2 camps need to keep their eye on the ball and not allow their supporters to rip each other apart like they are on posts like this. I can sense some absolute hatred beginning to set in and this is why the 2 candidates need to begin the healing process right now by being more civil to and respectful of each other. With Florida and Michigan most likely having a say this thing wont be decided until the convention, and then all bets are off. People need to relax, continue to support their favorites but my God dont forget that this process is to determine who competes against McCain and the Republicans. Remember, your favorite will in the end support the other so try not to tear each other to pieces - save the fighting for the main event.
CappuccettoHusseinRosso @ 97:
dont forget GF works for FauxNews and Hillary, its too rich
Don @ 101:
ok.
People need to relax, continue to support their favorites but my God dont forget that this process is to determine who competes against McCain and the Republicans. Remember, your favorite will in the end support the other so try not to tear each other to pieces - save the fighting for the main event.
Wise words.
L.A. Confidential @ 99:
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So do you really think that? that the south has the same factors involved in the Demo party as opposed to the rest of the states?
Looks like Mississippi just became an unimportant state, eh?
Don @ 68:
the media is feeding this as continuously and repeatedly as possible.
Most impressive to me - and continuing the nation-wide trend, are the differences in the ages of the voters for each party.....talk about the party of "old white racists"....Mississippi might turn Blue, in about 8 years....
http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/state/#MS
CappuccettoHusseinRosso @ 97:
Look here
yay for 60%! inside Ferraro's sink
L.A. Confidential @ 104:
One can hope the system will still work, and facts are all we've got. Sure, it could be gamed, but I still think it is important to focus on the facts instead of the spin. I'm not ready to give it up.
natisman @ 112:
No I wasn't using the south as the measuring stick for the whole Nations Political Pulse.
Of course not.
seevee @ 118:
The win is going to come from an overwhelming show of voters for Obama or Hillary or Obama/Hillary Hillary/Obama whatever. This 533 vote margin in favor of the Cons crap has to END.
Not a Republican @ 9:
Hillary supporter, are you? Well I am glad the arab won!
bring on Florida and Michigan!
that is more delegates for Obama's total even if he narrowly loses both of those states.
Having Florida and Michigan re-contest will help wrap up this nomination faster by allocating more delegates to both, pushing Obama towards the 2000 mark and then waiting for the Super Delagetes to close the deal.
I am just flabbergasted to see how being black just gets you there.. I mean what has this country come to? You win state after state just because you are black? THis just sickens me...
Ok for all the numbnuts here.. I am being sarcastic, dont write to me, save your crayons..
TheEnticer @ 123:
Vermont? Iowa? Wisconsin?
Vermont is like 98% White and Obama got a landslide. Your post fails, just like Ferraro
Paul in LA @ 74:
i agree with that. hillary is a dino. in places like here in kentucky, democrats (other than john yarmuth) can easily be mistaken for republicans everywhere else. unless there is a miraculous uptick in voting for clinton, she would have lost:
the popular vote
states
elected delegates
there is now statistically no possible way that clinton can take states or elected delegates. the only reason that she is possibly in this race is to garner more popular votes so that she can use that to appeal to the superdelegates to
stealwin the process from obama. it will be abundantly clear after pennsylvania. he doesn't even have to win pennsylvania. ironically enough, if she wins 50% + 1 of the popular vote, it's over as in really really over. she won't be able to win the popular vote because obama will absolutely jollystomp her in the states he will win and clinton won't be able to do the same in the states she wins. she's only done that in 3 states (arkansas, oklahoma and tennessee i think).and even then, if she does win the popular vote, do you honestly think that the superdelegates (a mess of whom are the typical spineless variety of elected officials) are going to overturn the will of all of those states? i may understand it if she wins all of the rest of the states should they go that way. i may even hold my nose and fill in the circle next to her name if that happens. but overturning the people's will that way going into the convention is going to turn off a lot of people, democrats, moderates, and independants like myself.
L.A. Confidential @ 75:
the problem isn't people like paul. it's people like clinton. i and several others have a problem with her lust for power and the way that she goes about seeking that power, resorting to very rovian, mcconnellian, republicanesque tactics that turns my stomach at least.
When Obama wins he needs to consider choosing the most repulsive VP candidate, one the Repups could never ever consider acceptable running "their" country. Its the Cheney strategy. It'd keep him from being shot or impeached.
The Texas Secretary of State is set to certify the official election results for the Democratic primary. As predicted, Barack Obama has beaten Hillary Clinton. While Clinton won the state's popular vote, Obama racked up more caucus support, so that, now that the final tally is in, the Lone Star state's delegate total reads:
Obama: 61 delegates from the popular vote + 38 delegates from caucuses = 99 delegates.
Clinton: 65 delegates from the popular vote + 30 delegates from Caucuses = 95 delegates.
So news people can now stop saying "two big wins in Ohio and Texas." Big win in Ohio, sure, but not Texas.
link
Don @ 68, check your math!! Given the figures you list Obama would get 349,400 votes (240,000 plus 109,400{72% of Hillarys 152,000}) and Clinton would get 288,800 votes (152,000 plus 136,800{57% of Baracks 240,000}).
Fil @ 124:
Dude are you retarded? I was being sarcastic.. and I said so.. at the bottom.. I am an Obama supporter.. sheesh.. too many stupid people have a computer hooked up to the interwebs..
And this win in Mississippi means what exactly? He'll carry the state in a landslide in November? Like South Carolina? Welcome to Land of Oz. Really? You're all a laugh riot.
I wonder what the femistapos are plotting now.. We saw the kitchen sink.. So far we have seen them throw:
1. Obama is a Muslim (original email started by Hill staff).
2. Obama smokes and did drugs.
3. Obama *dealt* drugs.
4. Obama is as irrelevant as Jesse.
5. Obama dresses like Aladdin.
6. Obama is a christian, *AS FAR AS* hill knows and can tell.
7. Obama is not ready to be CIC but would make the greatest VP because from now till Aug, he will get experience.
8. Obama lied on NAFTA, when it turns out it was Hill's people who actually did that.
9. Obama would is far worse than McCain and Hill.
10. Final straw (IMHO) * OBAMA GOT TO WHERE HE IS BECAUSE HE IS BLACK*.
11. If you dont agree with me on #10, you are a racist.
Are you kidding me? I would love to see a good female leader lead this nation one day, but I can not look past the failings of Hill campaign and the femistapo that seems to be in-charge. I am disgusted on one side, but on the other side, finally Hill is undoing a lot of rights the femistapos have long held (the right to play natural victims, the right to be assumed to favor *equal* rights for all sexes: now it turns out they only care about themselves and their power, the right to accuse someone of sexism if you disagree with them).
HDon @ 126:
ever see the Dave Chappelle stand-up about the same?......he doesnt say repulsive, "... as the first black prez I'd have a Mexican as VP....just for insurance!..."
clyde @ 130:
It means he has a chance to carry, unlike Shillary who has a snowball's chance in hell of winning that state. the only states Hill can win are NY, NJ, CA and perhaps OR and AR. I am not sure she will get MA.
LA@120
Amen and Amen
Hey, everybody: in the deep South, white registered Democrats haven't voted for any Democrat in decades. So to say he only carried a fraction of the white population means that he carried a lot of "real" Democrats who are white, just not the closet Republicans. If the talking heads bothered to check, they'd see that Obama was in fact doing well among whites after all. Duh!
L.A. Confidential @ 104:
I was just pointing out that I found it interesting that even after including FL and MI he would still lead in the popular vote. I wasn't talking about general elections or 'placing my hope' or 'going on' anything. Also, Kerry lost the popular vote pretty soundly if I recall.
You need to get the stick out of your ass dude, almost every single one of your comments makes you look like a bitter and spiteful person who only comments in order to try and make someone else feel stupid or "ignorant", as you say. Just had to say that. Now, this is the internet and of course there's nothing wrong with that, but I just wanted to let you know.
Russ Mason UK @ 58:
It isn't McStupid
It is McDangerous
The UK is our poodle and you're being a rude poodle at that.
interlude @ 34:
Don't know about C & L, but Olbermann will be doing a Special Comment about it tomorrow.
Mississippi is racially charged? You don't say?
For God sakes, the place is best known for movies such as "Mississippi Burning" and the shooting of Medgar Evers. They have a football mascot called Colonel Rebel and they had to outlaw flags from their football stadium because of the Confederate Flag. You really think this "progressive" whites in this state was going to vote 50% for Obama? Would Golda Meir carry 50% of the muslim vote in Iran? Why is the media making Mississippi out to be representative of the white vote nation wide?
IT'S MISSISSIPPI!!!!
Vonda @ 83:
HRC has the right to run the race she wants to run. Most of the racism shit is spin by HRC-haters; the milder form of racism doesn't win her any votes with people like me--the DLC ought to be presured to make her stop it, but if she wants to offend more people for the DLC, that's their prerogative.
August is far away, but June isn't so far off, and the primaries are over by June 8. What she is busy doing is losing the VP seat -- she already lost the primary, unless something changes.
naschkatzeHussein @ 32:
Only 9% of Republicans in Texas voted in the Democratic primary and 7% voted for Obama. Obama lost Texas because he is just that, a loser. Obama only gets votes from Republicans, Independents, blacks, and a few white trash voters who think voting for Obama makes them hip! That is the only reason Obama has made it this far.
As a non-American:
What a strange system, that allow supporters of 1 party vote for somebody of an other party, only to screw things up.
Why are not only party members allowed to vote in these primaries?
TheEnticer @ 131:
Femistapo or not, the list is correct.
Of course #10 is the clincher, you left out 'man'
'Obama got to be where he is because he is a black man.'
That is news to me, I want someone to come explain to the black men in my neighborhood just how wonderful it all is. I mean being a black man in this country. The people in my neighborhood are fine people, we all know it here. I know they are going to feel a whole heck of lot better at this news that the country knows it.
ecotopian @ 138:
I know that it's been hard for C&L this cover this primary because they want to be objective and independent of the process. But I don't see how anyone can carry the water for Hillary Clinton when she's using a Republican playbook to run her campaign.
She has endorsed John McCain over Obama not once but twice!
When a Obama supporter called her a monster off the record, even though she's HIGHLY respected throughout the political and academic community, he fired her right away. But on three occasions (once with Jackson, twice with Obama), Ferraro has gone out of her way to marginalize a Black candidate claiming they are only get serious consideration because of their race. That is not only VERY offensive and insulting to Black people, but it should be very offensive and insulting to all people.....especially within the Democratic party.
I'm supporting Mr. Obama, but I'd throw any person (including family) under the bus if they was to say something as ignorant as Hillary Clinton is only being taking seriously because of what's between her legs, or any other comment reflecting sexism and/or bigotry.
I've read and watched videos on this site of Republicans and Conservatives who've said far-less offensive things. I think to be totally objective, I feel that C&L should highlight what Ferraro said and allow us to have a intelligent discussion about it. How can we say that guys like Scooter Libby are wrong for carrying the water of the Bush administration if we don't do the same to Democrats who turn their guns on their own?
Is it too late for Clinton to fly back to Florida to make another big victory speech?
A blast from the past and the smoking gun is alive and well
March 11, 2008
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A Ferraro flashback
"If Jesse Jackson were not black, he wouldn't be in the race," she said.
Really. The cite is an April 15, 1988 Washington Post story (byline: Howard Kurtz), available only on Nexis.
Here's the full context:
Placid of demeanor but pointed in his rhetoric, Jackson struck out repeatedly today against those who suggest his race has been an asset in the campaign. President Reagan suggested Tuesday that people don't ask Jackson tough questions because of his race. And former representative Geraldine A. Ferraro (D-N.Y.) said Wednesday that because of his "radical" views, "if Jesse Jackson were not black, he wouldn't be in the race."
Asked about this at a campaign stop in Buffalo, Jackson at first seemed ready to pounce fiercely on his critics. But then he stopped, took a breath, and said quietly, "Millions of Americans have a point of view different from" Ferraro's.
Discussing the same point in Washington, Jackson said, "We campaigned across the South . . . without a single catcall or boo. It was not until we got North to New York that we began to hear this from Koch, President Reagan and then Mrs. Ferraro . . . . Some people are making hysteria while I'm making history."
And the beatings continue
Texas @ 141:
Obama won Texas overall. See post 127.
And the UK troll, Have a rotten day and please brush your teeth.
Aaron @ 145:
I hear Clinton is thinking about offering to let Obama run as her VP.
LOL
Don @ 68:
Wow only one person caught this huge ERROR!
Basically only 28% of Clinton supporters would vote for Obama while 43% of Obama supporters would vote for Clinton. How does that undermine Obama's argument about bringing out more voters? THAT SUPPORTS HIS ARGUMENT THAT HIS SUPPORTERS ARE MORE WILLING TO VOTE FOR THE MONSTER! It also proves that Obama supporters are more open minded than hillary supporters are although all we hear about is hillary hate, that stat proves that hillary supporters are more filled with Obama hate.
If Hillary really cared about this country, she would give up her hopeless campaign and get working on smashing McPain into the ground.
Godzilla @ 147:
What troll?
Alice Hussein @ 143:
Well we all know how blessed all colored men are, always presumed innocent, never do time for crimes, especially against white women and especially in all the Southern states that 'Bama won. I mean black men just get a free pass in those states.. Aren't we all tired of black men and their overwhelming political power? I know Geraldine is and by not distancing themselves from her, the Hill campaign definitely is.
Go aladdin!
Why is it that NOTHING is being said in the news about Hillary's exagerations and lies about her so-called foreign policy experience she is claiming to have? (i.e., Kosovo, Northern Ireland etc.) Those involved said she was never even directly involved in any of those things. In fact, all she did was travel with her husband Bill on these trips and just did a couple lectures that had no bearing on peace in N. Ireland or Kosovo. Yet she keeps using these lies to make people think she has the experience when in fact she has none at all. Shouldn't the American people be informed about this because people are voting just because of foreign policy issues and are being fooled. It's not fair to those voters because it's like they are tricked into throwing away an important vote.
Fred S.
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