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Obama says, "Ooops."
Update: In Fairness to the man, here is what was said…..:
Honestly the only people freaking out about this, are the Far Right Wing Conservatives and the Hillary supporters. Which I think is stupid, did he insult people? No. Did he possibly say something in a bad manner? Yes. But people are acting like he just insulted the damn pope or something! Which I think speaks volumes for the people insulted, if you ask me. and that last part, that some people are going ape over, was, in fact, a joke. I think some turban headed pundits, need to find something else to bitch about. Things must be slow over there at a well known, pseudo-Conservative Blog, and they’re now grasping at straws. No wonder Preston left. 
It appears that Senator Obama is now eating crow. Here’s the story via the AP, which comes in via Yahoo:
The Article: Obama concedes remarks were ill chosen (via AP/ Yahoo! News)
Democrat Barack Obama on Saturday conceded that comments he made about bitter working class voters who "cling to guns or religion" were ill chosen, as he tried to stem a burst of complaints that he is condescending.
"I didn’t say it as well as I should have," he said at Ball State University.
Here is the Video:
And…. of course, Senator Hillary Clinton felt the need, that she just HAD to pile on.
Quote:
As he tried to quell the furor, presidential rival Hillary Rodham Clinton hit Obama with one of her lengthiest and most pointed criticisms to date.
"Senator Obama’s remarks were elitist and out of touch," she said, campaigning about an hour away in Indianapolis. "They are not reflective of the values and beliefs of Americans."
I got news for you lady, there is a quite a few things that I could say about YOU being out of touch with the rest of America. However, because I do not wish to sit here and get into a dissertation about your Husband’s Presidency, I shall refrain, but let me just say this here, that "out of touch" stuff goes both ways Hillary. You know it and your feckless Husband knows it.
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Editorial: Answer to a very stupid Question
Tom Blumer at Pajamas Media asks this question.
Quote:
The current president has done more than any other to combat the spread of AIDS in Africa. Why haven’t the media noticed?
Two Reasons, for one there is an election taking place, just in case you forgot, and the main stream media is also too busy covering our President ripping our Constitution to shreds and violating the various Geneva conventions.
Let me give you some working examples…:
These Videos come from one of the best political shows on American television, his reporting transcends political parties and appeals to Americans who still believe in that Constitution and the values it stands for.
The Videos:
and finally, one of the most telling of videos ever to be broadcast on National American Television, This Commentary, by one of the highest rated Political Television Commentators out there:
Now as to your question about AIDS, While I know and personally believe AIDS is a horrible and dreadful disease, it is being over shadowed by a Presidency that is, in the most Conservative of terms, shameful. George W. Bush and his clan of Neo-Conservative, war-mongering, thugs have disgraced America, Disgraced the Republican Party, possibly to the point of never, ever, being able to gain access to the White House, for the next four to six years or possibly and quite frankly, hopefully, for longer than this. Why? All because a very simple minded man, who felt he needed to out accomplish his Father, and in the process has put the United States of America in one of it’s worse positions in foreign relations, in it’s many years of existence as a Nation.
Now it would be easy, to dismiss me as some disenfranchised, Anti-American, Liberal with an attitude, but allow me to make some very valid points here. When the John Birch Society, Writers at NewsWithViews.com, WorldNetDaily, like Dr. W.R. Marshall, Ph.D, Cliff Kincaid, Chuck Baldwin, Devvy Kidd, Joseph Farah, Ilana Mercer are saying that the President of the United States of America has abused his powers, disgraced the Nation and totally ignored the Constitution all for his perverted and rather narrow sighted political view, then something is very wrong.
And yet, the Republicans just continue to sit, like mindless trolls and continue to allow this man to completely and abjectly, lie to them and tell them that he is protecting America. All because of a now dead, half baked, Former Democrat, Former President told some reporters, "Thou Shall not speak against thy fellow Republicans". I am sorry, But I do not, for one second, believe that Ronald Reagan meant that you should sit idly by and watch as some criminal warmonger destroys America, the values it was based upon and the Constitution that serves, as the very underpinnings of founding principles of this Nation.
I will end this rather lengthy Blog entry, turned editorial with this thought, if the Republican Party and Conservatives in America do not wake up to the fact that they have been betrayed, lied to, and double crossed by the most evil of persons, within the Conservatives and within the Republican Party. The Republican Party will, in fact, go the way of the Whig Party of old.
I truly hope that they awake from their slumber before then.
Just Words, Part 2
As if we needed anymore proof that this man was a hater.
Comes this Revelation, from The Politico, who saw it on Huffington Post.
Quoting Barry:
You go into these small towns in Pennsylvania and, like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for 25 years and nothing’s replaced them…And they fell through the Clinton administration, and the Bush administration, and each successive administration has said that somehow these communities are gonna regenerate and they have not.
And it’s not surprising then they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations.
Not a smart way to endear yourself to the people, Barry!
I got a feeling that this is going to be all over the media come the weekend or next week. I think he won’t get PA, that’s for sure.
Why? Because it smells of Elitism, which does not go over well, with the Working class, in PA, Detroit, MI, and other major cities were working class folk live. Plus his comments about Guns and Religion tend to alienate people that support the Second Amendment and Christians, plus people who want our borders security.
Big time Reactions in the Blogosphere Via Memeorandum
Cross Posted @ The Christian Nationalist
Bill Clinton attempts to defend his wife and proceeds to lie his rear end off!
This stuff is getting beyond silly, if you ask me. But this was too funny to pass up.
Former President Bill Clinton tried defending his closet lesbian wife, and proceeded to lie his royal behind off in the process!
Follow the link it has all the juicy details, I really don’t want cut and paste all the crap on here.
I’ll before it’s over with, they’ll be in the wrestling ring and fighting for the title. Yeah, it’s gotten that silly.
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Late Night Music Club……………..With The Eagles
I have something in common with Joe Walsh, He and I are both Licensed Amateur Radio Operators.
Small World eh?
Republicans Reportedly "transitioning" away from the FISA Telecom Immunity fight….
Glenn Greenwald Reports that The Hill is reporting the following:
I’m still traveling and so have only a little bit of time to comment, but The Hill is reporting that the GOP is de-prioritizing their efforts to enact the Rockefeller/Cheney FISA bill:
"House Republicans are poised to shift their focus from national security to the economy, hoping to rally opposition to what they claim are Democratic plans to raise taxes amid the economic downturn.
Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) is expected to announce Thursday that the House GOP floor emphasis will transition away from passing the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) and earmark reform to "stop the tax hike.""
I tend to think that the Republicans, at least the ones in the Senate realize that they are not going to win this fight and that it could cost them some serious votes in the coming election. So, I tend to think they’ve changed their priorities.
Unlike some of the more of the ardent Right Wingers or as the rest of the World calls them, the Right Wing Lunatic Fridge, I know that if these companies get immunity, America’s Justice system would be totally undermined. Now, do I believe that the Bush Administration broke the law? I do not know that, as I have zero proof of such claim.
My feelings are, if the Bush Administration has done nothing wrong, then what do they have to hide? If they’ve done nothing wrong, they should not have a problem with the investigations or lawsuit, because they would be vindicated.
Unlike some of the more far right Conservatives, I do not believe that Corporate power should be protected. Every American, of any Religious persuasion, and yes, that does include Muslim, have the right to legal recourse, if they feel that they’ve been unfairly investigated. That is one of our Nation’s founding principles.
Others: Think Progress
Does all of America want a National Healthcare Program?
Wow. Big Surprise there. (not!)
Like me, most people know that our incompetent Government can’t even get a Border Fence up, you think they could provide a quality and the key word here is QUALITY healthcare system? Don’t make me laugh.
Other Opinions via Memeorandum
Liberal shill Randi Rhoades Quits Air America
Another big story, the Liberal version of Michelle Malkin has quit Air America.
From what I read, she has gotten a deal with Clear Channel.
Quite frankly, I could give a rip, if I ever heard her on the air again. She brings nothing, at all, to the Political discourse in America. She’s a hater. I cannot stand her kind of liberalism…..and this is from someone who listens to Stephanie Miller on a regular basis.
The Progressive movement just doesn’t need people like her. If it is to be taken seriously. That is, if it even is anymore, seeing how Hillary is destroying the movement. Just sayin’. 
McCain closes Obama’s lead in a poll…..that includes "leaners"….
An interesting poll, taken by the Associated Press-Ipsos shows that McCain is basically tied with Obama.
Quote:
An AP-Ipsos poll taken in late February had Obama leading McCain 51-41 percent. The current survey, conducted April 7-9, had them at 45 percent each. McCain leads Obama among men, whites, Southerners, married women and independents.
Clinton led McCain, 48-43 percent, in February. The latest survey showed the New York senator with 48 percent support to McCain’s 45 percent. Factoring in the poll’s margin of error of 3.1 percentage points, Clinton and McCain are statistically tied.
However, here’s the thing that kind of makes this poll a joke:
Although the race between Clinton and Obama remained unchanged, there were a few shifts in whom voters are choosing:
• The gender gap has mostly disappeared, with Clinton losing her advantage among women. In February, 51 percent of Democratic women supported Clinton while 38 percent were for Obama. Now they’re statistically tied at 44 percent for Clinton, 42 percent for Obama. That is partially offset by a decline in male support for Obama, down 7 points to 50 percent, while Clinton gained 10 points among men. She is now at 42 percent.
• Obama and Clinton are now statistically about even among households earning under $50,000. In late February, Clinton led 54 percent to 37 percent, but now it is just 48 percent to 41 percent.
• Obama now leads Clinton among self-described moderate Democrats, 51 percent to 35 percent. Previously they were 45 percent Clinton, 40 percent Obama.
The poll questioned 1,005 adults nationally. Included were interviews with 489 Democratic voters and people leaning Democratic, with a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 4.4 points; and 369 Republicans or GOP-leaning voters, with a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 5.1 points.
I mean, how fixed can a poll be? If that wasn’t a bad poll, I don’t know what is. 
Leaning?!?!?! That could mean anything, how do we know those people weren’t lying?
I really do not think that this will really matter, the general public and those paying attention, know the John McCain is going to be equated with Bush and his Policies and people will not vote for him. Obama will win, I think, I would be wrong. But I highly doubt people will vote for him.
Others: MSNBC, Wake up America, TalkLeft and PoliGazette (via Memeorandum)
Clinton is ahead in the polls in PA.
This according to a TIME Poll. It really does not matter however, because Obama has a lead in delegates.
I guess, that is why I don’t understand the MSM’s attempt to paint this as an attempt to steal the nomination. Not like that is going to happen, if you think that the super-delegates will switch to her, you’re crazy, they will do the will of the people.
I just don’t understand why Hillary just doesn’t concede defeat and hope she gets a VP nod, like the rest of them.
Anything to inflate her ego, I suppose.
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Attack reported by Student was a Hoax
(H/T and thanks to Michelle Malkin)
Remember the attack that I reported here two days ago?
Turns out that it was a hoax.
The Story from TylerPaper.com:
A 13-year-old girl who claimed she was attacked by a group inside Athens Middle School was caught on a surveillance camera causing the injuries to herself.
The girl now faces disciplinary action from the school and will be charged with filing a false police report, AISD superintendent Fred Hayes said during a news conference today.
The parents of Melanie Bowers have since sent letters of apology to school and law enforcement investigators.
Not only is this an insult the Hispanic community, it’s an abuse of our Law Enforcement. I am quite glad to see that she will be charged.
Video:
More from KLTV-TV:
After Melanie’s accusations, administrators reviewed school survellience videotape of the incident – which, instead of showing students beating or attacking her, showed Bowers scratching herself on her arms, face, and neck, and walking through the halls of the school calmly long after she claimed the incident happened.
After Melanie’s parents were presented with that information and the video, the school confronted Melanie, and she admitted that she made the story up.
The poster was indeed taken from Melanie, but she reported the incident to a teacher and was sent back to class. 3 students involved in taking Melanie’s project were in ‘in school suspension’ for today only.
Bowers’ parents have apologized to school administrators for their daughter, and Bowers’ father, Gary Bower Jr., is agreeing with the charges against her. "I have reviewed the recording and agree with the charges that will need to be filed," he has said today.
Melanie’s mother, Shera Bowers, released a statement which reads, "I see my daughter was not assaulted, and put the marks on her body. No gang violence as witnessed. She filed a false report."
I am glad to see that the people that did take her sign, were punished. But just as well, you can’t just go around making up lies, just because you happen to not like particular ethnic group.
Hopefully, she will learn her lesson from this. But will say this, how silly of someone to do something like this, didn’t she realize that most schools now have cameras in them? How dense can one person be? 🙄
Thankfully, this happened in a era of cameras and high tech security, had this been say, 20-30 years ago, it would have been her word against theirs.
It really sickens me to know that there are people out there, that would do something like this, as if that would solve our illegal immigration problem.
Cross Posted @ The Christian Nationalist
Jewish Racism by a Obama Supporter!
The Article: Reverend Eric Lee’s Anti-Semitism: A Personal Story (via Pajamas Media)
On April 4, 2008, at a Los Angeles event commemorating the assassination of Martin Luther King, the African-American fraternity Alpha Kappa Psi gave Israeli-American Daphna Ziman its Tom Bradley Award for community service. Then the event’s keynote speaker, Reverend Eric Lee, turned to Ms. Ziman and launched an anti-Semitic diatribe. Roger L. Simon interviewed Ms. Ziman.
Watch this Video:
That’s the saddest thing I have ever had to watch. I think Senator Barack Obama needs to publicly condemn this, there’s just no call for it.
I look for this to be the big story in the next couple of days.
Update: Thankfully, this is being picked up, several Bloggers have started talking about it: Roger L. Simon and Classical Values
Clinton’s Poll Ratings do the Fade….
There’s no denying it. Clinton is slipping, so says Gallup:
Personally, I don’t see why she stays in. Because it will only ruin the party. But that’s your Liberals for you.
Others: The Daily Dish, Talking Points Memo and TPM Election Central (via Memeorandum)
Early Evening Political Humor
Political Blog Wars are so amusing to watch.
Mainly because both sides talk past one another. Not once do they listen to the other side.
Go see what I am talking about. I think that’s the reason why the main stream media hates us Bloggers so much. I doubt one could argue the fact that most Bloggers, especially Political Bloggers, like me, always feel the need to be right and to get the last word.
To me, watching a Blog war, is like watching a roman conquest. Flaming boulders being shot back and forth, it’s quite amazing. Grown people, squabbling like children.
But then again, that’s Politics.
Chris Matthews makes New York Times Magazine
As much as I hate to admit it, I like the guy…..and I’ll explain why.
The article: Chris Matthews, Seriously. (O.K., Not That Seriously.) by MARK LEIBOVICH (via New York Times Magazine)
Quote:
Whenever Chris Matthews says something he likes, which happens a lot, he repeats it often and at volumes suggesting a speaker who feels insufficiently listened to at times. “Tim Russert finally reeled the big marlin into the boat tonight,” Matthews yelled — nine times, on and off the air, after a Democratic debate that Russert moderated with Brian Williams in late February at Cleveland State University. Matthews believed that Russert (the fisherman) had finally succeeded in getting Hillary Clinton (the marlin) to admit that she was wrong to vote in favor of the Iraq war resolution in 2002. “We’ve been trolling for that marlin for what, a year now?” Matthews said to Russert.
The reason why I happen to like Chris Matthews is because he has a redeeming quality. The quality is, that no one, I don’t care who they are, cannot sell a line of B.S. to Chris Matthew’s, He just doesn’t let it happen. Michelle Malkin went on his show and tried it, and Chris Matthews made her look like an idiot. Needless to say, she never went back there.
As he does say on his show, he is tough, fearless and blunt. In fact, Media Matters for America AND Media Research Center both, have expressed their disdain for the guy. I mean, how many people can say, that they have effectively pissed off both Liberals AND Conservatives? Not many.
There’s one part of this story that I refuse to believe, because it’s just too unbelievable.
Quote:
According to people at NBC, Matthews has not been shy in voicing his resentment of Olbermann. Nor, according to network sources, has Olbermann bothered to hide his low regard for Matthews, although when I spoke to him, Olbermann denied any personal animosity toward Matthews and told me that he appreciates his "John Madden-like enthusiasm for politics."
I’m sorry, I just do not buy this at all. Keith Olbermann is professional of the highest order. I do not believe for one minute that Olbermann and Matthews have any problems at all. In fact, I tend to believe that they get along great, I also think they tend to agree much more than people know. I mean, how else would Olbermann get away with using Matthew’s trademark "Ha!" on his OddBall segment? It just does not add up. I tend to believe that the author of this article either doesn’t watch Keith’s show or just was reporting on gossip. Do you think that Matthew’s would allow his voice to be parodied, if he didn’t like someone? I highly doubt that, Matthews is not that stupid.
I recommend reading the article, it’s a bit long and it basically exposes Chris Matthew’s faults and his good points. It was handled fairly and honestly, and I think that is what Chris would want.
Chris Matthews has written some books, might want to pick one up:
Amazon.com: Life’s a Campaign
Amazon.com: Now, Let Me Tell You What I Really Think
Amazon.com: Hardball
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Amazon.com: American
Amazon.com: Kennedy and Nixon
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Did Petraeus Overplay His Hand?
Philip Carter thinks so…
The Article: Petraeus Overplays His Hand (Via Intel Dump @ WaPo)
Except that in making this pitch, Petraeus and Crocker overplayed their hand. They overstated the threat posed by al-Qaeda in Iraq in an effort to justify the mission — a mindset that has generated a deeply flawed strategy. They also overplayed the surge’s success — downplaying or discounting factors that likely did more to create today’s improved security conditions. While their "Anaconda" strategy looks cool on a PowerPoint slide, it confuses the issues of control and influence, putting too much stock in America’s ability to engineer success in Iraq. And, perhaps most tellingly, the two men made the case for perseverance without placing Iraq in the context of vital U.S. national interests, offering only apocalyptic predictions of what would happen if we don’t stay the course.
Andrew Sullivan weighs in:
But that was their carefully prescribed task. I don’t fault them. They’re not responsible for overall strategy. At one point last year, I was worried that Petraeus was being used politically. I was wrong. He’s been a magnificent general, in a near-impossible situation. Ditto Crocker. Along with Patrick Fitzgerald, they strike me as among the most impressive public servants of our time.
Now that is a bit overstated, I think, Because I personally believe that General Patraeus is, in the Bush Administration’s eyes, a pawn. A Pawn in a Neo-Conservative chess game.
While I admire Patraeus for doing his job, I think he knows what he is doing. He’s keeping his head down, and doing his job, and when the President is out of office. He will write a book, that will basically indict his bosses. I could be wrong, but I think General Patraeus is holding his cards to his vest and will tell all, when it’s all over with.
Should be interesting indeed.
Others: Washington Post and SWJ Blog
Memo to Speak Nancy Pelosi: Will you please STFU?
You know, I always thought this Closet Lesbian woman was a feckless Bitch, and now I know it!
Quote:
The Iraqi
peoplegovernment is not worthy of the sacrifice of our troops or the cost that the war is having on our readiness and our economy. We need a New Direction in Iraq, but what General Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker offered today was many more years of the same.
……and Just what the hell is Worthy, Speaker? What is?
A War started by YOUR Party?
Funding for your Aids carrying Homosexuals, that YOU represent?
This crap right here, is the reason why I refuse to align myself with that party!
Why didn’t she just say that the Iraqi PEOPLE weren’t worth the sacrifice?!?!?!
I’m sorry, but Democrats hate America man… I’m really wondering now, who I am going to vote for.
Sure, I know Bush put us into this War, I know this, But is it so wrong to want to fix what we broke? Is it so wrong to want to exercise some personal responsibility? 
But then again, we are talking about the feckless Liberals, like the Government we have here in Michigan.
Others: BLACKFIVE
A good Book:
Amazon.com: Liberal FascismIt’s always them pesky hackers…. Sometimes
Now this is FUNNY! 
The Article: FBI probe: Lieberman campaign to blame for crashing own Web site – The Advocate
A federal investigation has concluded that U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman’s 2006 re-election campaign was to blame for the crash of its Web site the day before Connecticut’s heated Aug. 8 Democratic primary.
The FBI office in New Haven found no evidence supporting the Lieberman campaign’s allegations that supporters of primary challenger Ned Lamont of Greenwich were to blame for the Web site crash.
Lieberman, who was fighting for his political life against the anti-Iraq war candidate Lamont, implied that joe2006.com was hacked by Lamont supporters.
"The server that hosted the joe2006.com Web site failed because it was overutilized and misconfigured. There was no evidence of (an) attack," according to the e-mail.
A program that could have detected a legitimate attack was improperly configured, the e-mail states.
I would tend to believe that someone is feeling a wee bit silly right about now. 
Hey Joe, How’s it feel to eat crow?
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No end in sight…
Hmmmmm… I guess that movie was correct.
The Article: Frustrated Senators See No Exit Signs (via washingtonpost.com)
Asked repeatedly yesterday what "conditions" he is looking for to begin substantial U.S. troop withdrawals from Iraq after this summer’s scheduled drawdown, Army Gen. David H. Petraeus said he will know them when he sees them. For frustrated lawmakers, it was not enough.
"A year ago, the president said we couldn’t withdraw because there was too much violence," said Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.). "Now he says we can’t afford to withdraw because violence is down." Asked Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.): "Where do we go from here?"
Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) said: "I think people want a sense of what the end is going to look like."
But the bottom line was that there was no bottom line. In testimony before the Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations committees, Petraeus, the top U.S. military commander in Iraq, and U.S. Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker echoed what they said seven months ago in their last update to Congress — often using similar words. Iraq’s armed forces continue to improve, overall levels of violence are lower than they were last year, and political reconciliation is happening, albeit still more slowly than they would like.
That’s because with this Presidential Administration, there is no exit sign!
That’s the way his Neo-Conservative planners wanted it. To keep us in that war forever! That’s because Neo-Conservatives believe in perpetual war! Even at the expense of the Nation’s Military.
That’s Neo-Con Game, and we’re playing it…. At our Tax Expense.
A good Movie:
Buy the Movie:
Amazon.com: No End in Sight
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Oprah stumps for Obama, Popularity nose dives….
This is living proof of why it is not smart for celebrities to get involved into Politics.
Oprah’s favorability ratings also remained consistently — and unusually — high. In November 2003, Gallup found that 73 percent of Americans held favorable views about Oprah. Seventy-four percent of Americans reported favorable impressions of Oprah in a January 2007 Gallup/USA Today poll.
And then, seemingly out of nowhere, Oprah announced on CNN’s “Larry King Live” on May 1, 2007, that she would officially endorse her longtime friend Barack Obama for the presidency — the first time she had ever thrown her support behind a political candidate. “I think that my value to him, my support of him, is probably worth more than any check,” Oprah told Larry King. At the time, Oprah did not indicate whether she would campaign for Obama.
Almost instantly, Oprah’s popularity in America plummeted. An August 2007 CBS News poll showed only 61 percent of Americans were favorably disposed to her — a considerable drop of 13 percentage points from a similar survey conducted just seven months prior. An October 2007 Gallup/USA Today poll that showed Oprah with a slightly higher 66 percent favorability still reflected a drop.
Ouch. I guess she must have felt that little jolt in the pocketbook or at least from her producers.
Still, a lesson celebrities may extract is that political endorsements carry the risk of alienating fans, often without the reward of considerably boosting support for the candidate. While celebrities are certainly entitled to express their political beliefs — just like every other American — it is possible that the public prefers high-profile entertainment personalities to stay on the tube and off the stump.
I can understand that, especially if many of her viewers are a-political or not active in Politics, they may have been turned off by the show being turned into a Political infomercial.
As an extra bonus, Check out this article here on Oprah.
Others: Sister Toldjah, Tami, the One True, The Democratic Daily, Taylor Marsh, Political Machine and The Moderate Voice
Neo-Con Michael Goldfarb proves he’s an Idiot….
Hey Goldiefarb!
Has it really been that long?
Goldfarb drops this turd….:
They Need More White people (via The Weekly Standard)
Quote:
The Tartan, Carnegie Mellon’s student newspaper, reports on a campaign event featuring Michelle Obama:
While the crowd was indeed diverse, some students at the event questioned the practices of Mrs. Obama’s event coordinators, who handpicked the crowd sitting behind Mrs. Obama. The Tartan’s correspondents observed one event coordinator say to another, “Get me more white people, we need more white people.” To an Asian girl sitting in the back row, one coordinator said, “We’re moving you, sorry. It’s going to look so pretty, though.”
“I didn’t know they would say, ‘We need a white person here,’ ” said attendee and senior psychology major Shayna Watson, who sat in the crowd behind Mrs. Obama. “I understood they would want a show of diversity, but to pick up people and to reseat them, I didn’t know it would be so outright.”
The Obama campaign discriminates against people of color, and their own supporters no less, in what is presumably a misguided pander to white voters. Very strange, but perhaps Obama’s candidacy really has transcended race in America (surely this is a first). Alternatively, the campaign may just plan to stage-manage it out of public view. Go balloons!
Has this feckless idiot forgotten, this?:
Typical moron Neo-Con, Can’t remember past yesterday.
Others: TBogg and The New Editor and more via Memeornadum
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New Look….
I decided that I needed something a wee bit more brighter, as the other template was too dark.
I hope everyone likes the new look.
Changing the template here…
Hopefully this will work.
Want something a little brighter and a different design.