"Remember when we stole everything from the Indians?"

-My favorite basketball player of all time, Charles Barkley, making an analogy.
A scholar and a gentleman.

Mikey Corleone's Restaurant Bathroom Quote of the Day

Lest the Obama and Clinton supporters forget:

"Senator we are part of the same hypocrisy."

Get over yourselves. You're both dirty rats.
One no better than the other.

Obama Supporters Promise To Hold Their Breath Until They Get Their Way

What's that sound?? Sounds like the disgruntled left whining and complaining -- yet again -- about another "unfair" debate. They didn't talk about anything substantive...It was all personality politics...ABC News is in the tank for Hills...Charlie Gibson and Georgy Boy are evil, etc. etc.

All the angry vitriol by the people at daily Kos, Salon commenters, etc. leads me to one conclusion: Obama didn't do very well in that debate. In fact Hills likely had a decisive victory.

Newsflash people: it's the 21st Democratic debate. You've been watching it for 15 months. You can only reinvent the wheel talking about policy so many times. I hear the common refrain that the moderator didn't ask many questions about the economy or substantive Iraq pull-out strategies. If you don't know what their policies are and you don't have Internet access to Barry or Hill's websites, then I don't know what to do for you. They've been talking about it for over a year now. We all know where they stand so any whining that the moderators were biased against thoughtful discussion is disingenuous. Obama was finally attacked -- and he was hit hard -- by the moderators, and the microphallic Left (MPL) is pouting. I'm surprised they don't blame Nader for something just for kicks.

The discussion about Reverend Wright, the issue with the flagpin, and the William Ayers controversy are all topics that are out there and have to be discussed somewhere. I know, for all you intellectuals who love talking policy, it's offensive to your delicate sensibilities. How gauche?! I know, I know. But guess what? That debate wasn't just for you. It was for the entire country (Pennsylvania voters, actually). It was for the swing voters who still have questions in their mind about Obama's leftist tendencies. The truth of the matter is people who watch Faux News vote too, believe it or not. And, no matter what you think of them, these are issues are in their mind. These are things they think about.

Everyday Americans who don't live in Manhattan or anywhere near New England do think Obama may be Muslim. Some of them actually do make a vague association in their mind with Al Qaeda sleeper cell. It's the same train of though that associates Iran with Iraq, and Saddam Hussein with Osama bin Laden and Barack Hussein Obama. If these issues aren't addressed in some form or fashion, people who would otherwise vote for Obama might easily associate him with that Marx fellow or not wearing a flagpin or not being proud of one's country or thinking of middle-Americans as rural, uneducated backwood folk. Ignore these people at your own risk and allow LimbaughHannityRove to define him as a LeftyPinkoCommyAmericaHatingRadical- -Muslim. Or make the effort to speak to them so that they hear you.

Obama hasn't been questioned on anything significant for the first 10 months. He's had a free ride. And now that someone actually bothers to look into his past, all of the sudden it's dirty attack politics.

re: Rev. Wright
It is a fair enough question: Obama never sat in on a sermon where Rev. Wright said something that mainstream America would call hateful and un-American? I actually love Rev. Wright. I come from another part of the world so Rev. Wright's perspective is something I understand and relate to. It's not Un-American. It's calling it like it is. I know where it comes from. Obama does too, but he can't admit that.

Obama probably has been in the pews when Rev. Wright said something particularly disagreeable. But, sitting there in the pew, Obama had no idea simply being present in a church as his pastor is mouthing off would be something he'd need apologize for.

re: flagpin
There are things to be said about Obama's judgment that hadn't come to light until the past few months. Why the hell doesn't the idiot just wear the stupid flagpin?! If for no other reason than it wouldn't ever surface as an issue. Why use the flagpin as a flashpoint to let people attack your patriotism? That's just a dumb move.

re: Being proud of your country (finally)
Dumb move. Why say it? She's a smart lawyer who went to two Ivy league schools. She's not some random woman off the street. It speaks to a larger level of lazinesss. Less is more, Michelle.

re: "bitter"
Barry, you ought to know better than anyone that decent people who are different from you sometimes say inaccurate and insensitive things without realizing how or why it's offensive. Be smarter.

re: William Ayers
This shouldn't be a major issue. It really shouldn't. But, guess what? It's going to be. Faux News is going to hammer him on this one.

re: superdelegates
If Obama does get hobbled to the point of being a seriously injured candidated, wouldn't it be a good thing those superdelegates are in place? Not that I care one way or the other about the Democratic party. Personally, I am in favor of Armageddon.

Words for Barry: Playuh to Playuh. Pimp to Pimp

You're Barry O and you have an important debate in Philly coming up.

Problem: You're too smart for this job. Seriously. Intelligent people don't actually become President. They're too bright to aspire to such dreary feats. Now you have to pretend like you care about bowling and quail hunting and deep sea fishing.

Solution: Well, you got yourself into this mess. Dumb yourself up a little bit. Stop equivocating all the time. Stop stuttering all the time. Or else middle America will think you're one of those guys who actually contemplates deeper meanings and such.

Problem: You feel compelled to keep explaining yourself over and over. Just because you have an extensive intellectual background (allegedly) doesn't mean you should feel compelled to share it. You know, the whole why use ten words when you could use five model.

Solution: Start using Reagan's "Well, there you go again." And really sell the comma as a pause. Imperceptibly shake your head in mock derision.

Problem: For godsakes man, put on a damn flag pin. I mean, yeah, I get it (I'm with you on that one). But you're running as a corporate stooge, why would you pick that particular issue to take a stand on? You don't openly care much about poverty or impeaching the Prez or committing to ending the occupation. But the flag pin issue: Oh! Now that's where you feel compelled to take a stand.

Solution: Remember Homey The Clown? Dance for the man until you get elected, then AFTERWARDS you can slap people around and indignantly tell them, There are gonna be some changes up in this piece.

Problem: You're always going to end up finding a way to tick someone, somewhere off. You could win the Nobel Peace prize and Faux News will find some way to disparage you. You can unite independents and conservatives, but you'll still piss off your progressive brethren. White people will love you, and there will be a strong contingent of blacks who'll resent you for it. Appear black and you scare away the Starbucks voters.

Solution: Deal. You're a politician and it's your job to appease everyone and kiss everyone's ass. The price you pay for the life you live.

Clinton Aide Voices Concern Obama Will In Fact Fool The Children Of The Revolution

A Clinton insider has privately expressed feelings that a vote for Obama likely won't be the once in a lifetime, transcendent vote the MSM had billed it up to be. "It won't be like that scene at the end of Lucas when he got the slow handclap from all the kids even though he dropped the football ."

Meanwhile, yippie parents are reconsidering their Obama votes in wake of the Vote For Obama Or I'll Pout and Withdraw Affection strategy employed by their teen children.

"I think 'Don't Stop Thinking About Tomorrow' is Fleetwood Mac's Undisputed Masterpiece."

What's with the dudes in the suits?? Can you say lascivious stare? Patrick Bateman, much?

I love how HandlebarMustache guy is all about the ceremony of shots. I mean, this cat doesn't care about universal healthcare and he's probably all about the occupation of Iraq. But we must make sure she does it just so. Meanwhile Hills is saying to herself, The Shit I do for the blue-collar, white male voter. It's all Edwards' fault with that populist crap. Whatevs. Down the hatch.

And HandleBar yet again. The only one who takes pride in the shot. The only one who cares enough to make sure the sorority sister is doing it right. HandleBar guy was an absolute Godsend for whichever Clinton aide dreamed of this photo-op. I mean, he embodies the essence of the Steelers-loving, "bitter", "ordinary" voter whom Obama loves to inadvertently disparage.

Note: The suits almost destroyed the blue-collar vibe.

Sure, the whole thing was a staged photo op. But a brilliant one. Because at the end of the day she did have to actually imbibe alcohol (assuming Huma didn't sleight of hand some apple juice in there, which I believe she's very capable of doing). It's a great contrast to Obama's new portrayal as an elitist, limousine liberal. Which he sort of is. And Hillary was too before she switched to the defender of Handle Bar-loving, sweatshirt that says 'Dad'-wearing, Marlboro Men everywhere.

No See,WhatIMeantWas...No See,What I Meant Was...No See, What I Meant Was

I find it amusing that Obama is so laughably out of touch with lower-middle class Americans. The whole reason no one wanted John Edwards was because the mainstream media and DLC decided his message was too angry and abrasive (For the record: I love angry and abrasive). Edwards' populist rhetoric was aimed to give voice to Obama's "bitter" citizens. And now it comes as no surprise that Obama can inspire the 20somethings in New England and across college campuses everywhere, but when asked what ails Americans in the middle of the country he struggles mightily. This was the whole problem with anointing Obama.