John Edwards fucking rocks.
Posted by RAM at February 10, 2008 07:08 PMI'm trying to figure out how Bill O'Reilly can navigate this great country without EVER looking while going under a bridge.
Horse blinders?
Posted by TIKI AL at February 10, 2008 07:32 PMSorry, that should have read "horse's ass blinders".
Posted by TIKI AL at February 10, 2008 07:35 PMTinted windows on the limo and the latest intern on his lap, TIKI. Oh, and looking the other way helps, too.
Thanks for this post, Turkana.
Posted by iamcoyote at February 10, 2008 07:35 PMYea, and Venetian blinds on the limo windows crafted from trophy loofahs!
Posted by TIKI AL at February 10, 2008 08:52 PMThanks for linking the diary! I hope your readers will take a moment and contact their Senators and Rep and ask them to support the Reconnecting Homeless Youth Act and to oppose budget cuts that would hurt the homeless.
Posted by at February 10, 2008 09:32 PMCheck out this article from today's Baltimore Sun. Absolutely amazing. This information needs wider exposure. I can't belive this country is thinking of letting HRC anywhere near the White House if her management skills are this lousy. Her campaign has been in terrible disarray all along....
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http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/politics/blog/2008/02/maine_caucuses_barack_obama_to.html
"Patti Solis Doyle had been living on borrowed time as Clinton's campaign manager following the disastrous showing in Iowa and the rockiness leading up to the New Hampshire primary.
"What happened today would have happened the day after New Hampshire had we lost," one source said, adding that others may soon follow Solis Doyle's departure.
Initially, Clinton's former White House chief of staff, Maggie Williams, was brought in to run the campaign even though Solis Doyle was still there. The result was confusion and awkwardness for the staff, who weren't sure who was really in charge.
But even more problematic was the campaign's money crunch. Over the last seven years, Clinton had raised $175 million for her reelection and her presidential campaign. But Solis Doyle didn't tell Clinton that there was next to no cash on hand until after the New Hampshire primary.
"We were lying about money," a source said. "The cash on hand was nothing."
In turn, Clinton didn't tell Solis Doyle that she was lending her own money to keep the campaign afloat. Solis Doyle found out third-hand. And when she asked Clinton about it, the senator told her she couldn't understand how the campaign had gotten to such a point."
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Not only does Edwards rock, but so do his supporters. When all is said and done, Obama and Hillary may be pleasant surprises. But one thing I know is that I just do not think like the OFB or Team Hillary.
Listening to my fellow Edwards supporters was a constant validation of my choice to support him. They got it.
Edwards was not a perfect candidate by any stretch. He had a less than progressive voting record. He was wrong on the war. And he was not as tall as I would like.
This Lambert post is an excellent summation of the history of modern Movement Conservatism. If you accept it as largely true, I defy you to support Obama or Hillary with anything approaching enthusiasm.
It's like a mathmatical equation that does not balance. The Answer to the last 30 years of GOP scheming ≠ Obama ≠ Hillary.
Edwards was a solution that made sense. He might not have been the most elegant solution, but he added up it the right way. He didn't repeat GOP talking points. He didn't attack Paul Krugman. He didn't take lobbyist money. He didn't attack the blogs. And he never told his supporters "Trust me. I'm going to spew a bunch of bullshit to get elected, but don't worry, once I'm in the White House, it will be the second coming of the New Deal." He said what he was going to do and his campaign suffered for it.
Posted by space at February 10, 2008 10:24 PM