The always funny Lee Stranahan with a non-video tour de force about the campaign that Obama could have run in order to please the media and win the white working class. My personal favorite: "April 29. On CNN, Obama states that America doesn't have any problems that can't be solved by 'opening a can of whoop-ass.' In the same interview, he also threatens to 'kick the hummus' out of Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadjinejad and breaks several chairs."
And from the Department of WTF -- according to Greg Sargent at TPM, "AFSCME vows to put 'real money' into Hillary ads in remaining states." I can't think of any conceivable angle from which this makes sense. I have asked others close to AFSCME to try and explain the union's "thinking." For the moment I am thoroughly baffled.
I just wanted to register: this was really funny.
Posted by: Nicholas Beaudrot | May 12, 2008 at 07:44 PM
I always feel strange when I am laughing out loud uncontrollably while reading something on a computer screen.
Posted by: Corvus9 | May 12, 2008 at 08:34 PM
I, on the other hand, use staring at the computer screen to camouflage my inappropriate outbursts of spontaneous laughter.
By the way, my AFSCME contacts simply believe that the institution is unwilling to be the first rats off a sinking ship.
Posted by: Sir Charles | May 12, 2008 at 08:41 PM
Or the first frogs out of a boiling pot.
Seriously, Obama seems like a magnanimous dude and all, but I can't shake the feeling that this whole Clinton campaign is systematically destroying everyone that is involved in it.
Posted by: Corvus9 | May 12, 2008 at 08:50 PM
AFSCME didn't hesitate to jump ship when Dean was sinking. My theory is that this is some sort of grudge left over between McAfee and Dean.
And I just listened to a BBC interview with voters in WV. Made me want to stay indoors all day. Cinton's appealing to their most racist instincts, telling them it's okay to feel that way! We all do! And they've totally embraced the racism now. So yeah, her campaign is totally destroying everyone involved in it, including her voters.
Posted by: KathyF | May 13, 2008 at 03:05 AM
Umm, just to be clear, I meant Clinton, not Cinton, who as far as I know is not running for president.
Posted by: KathyF | May 13, 2008 at 03:06 AM
Looking this over, I find that my comment made absolutely no sense. Allow me to clarify
What I mean is, I think a lot of the thing that the Clinton Campaign, its proxies, and its supporters are doing are things that are so insulting—I mean this isn't so much race-baiting as fishing for racists—that I find it hard to believe that there will be no consequences for their support. I mean, if I was running for president in Obama's place, and I won the primary and got elected, I wouldn't give these people the time of day. I would be sore about it all.
Now, considering how often Obama has been able to keep his cool about stuff like this, I think that is not necessarily the case here. Maybe it is. But I think there is a good chance the AFSCME sees itself as all in, and if their nominee doesn't win it, they will just be completely shut out of the next presidency. It's Clinton or nothing.
Posted by: Corvus9 | May 13, 2008 at 11:50 PM