CA and IL have passed so far--i know IL will be the one that puts him over the top, as always.

but why did CA pass--it's 400+ votes.

Hillary, Schumer, Rangel, Silver, Paterson-- all on tv--

so staged--unity, i guess

and requested acclamation.

We didn't even hear *New York*'s vote count.

Irony to the end.

UPDATE Though it's touching, truly, to see tears of joy. It would be wonderful if I were wrong, and they will not be disappointed.

[ ] Very tepidly voting for Obama [ ] ?????. [ ] Any mullah-sucking billionaire-teabagging torture-loving pus-encrusted spawn of Cthulhu, bless his (R) heart.

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[ ] Very tepidly voting for Obama [ ] ?????. [ ] Any mullah-sucking billionaire-teabagging torture-loving pus-encrusted spawn of Cthulhu, bless his (R) heart.

I was so angry at NJ voting unanimously for Obama, which meant rejecting my vote and those of all who voted by Hillary Clinton, that I couldn't control myself and yelled, uh, imprecations at Corzine, whom I like a lot. Scared the cats--and myself!

The votes in a Dem primary, even when it's so close, apparently don't matter much. (Yes, I do realize Hillary released her delegates--which she had to do, alas.)

And it pained me to see that Hillary had to call for the acclimation.

Now Jeff Greenfield is saying that Bill Clinton has to redemm himself to night with his speech.

Give me a break.

1. Game the caucuses.
2. Michigan/Florida fiasco.
3. Superdelegate mash.
4. Steal the votes on the convention floor.

Why do we not have smoked fill rooms? Why do we go through this charade. Kennedy, Kerry and company got what they wanted.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_...

(i don't see any "acclamation"--it certainly hasn't happened in my lifetime i don't think--64 til now)

has made (as if racism and inequality just disappeared like magic--poof!)

I'm not an election law specialist, but I think some delegates are legally bound to vote in a representative, proportional fashion.

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This really is NOT offensive in anyway.

Add your own http:// because I hate linking to this filth.
"Sneak Peek at Bill Clinton’s Denver DNC Speech"
foxforum.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/08/27/sneak-peek-at-bill-clintons-denver-dnc-speech/

This "James P. Pinkerton" is a real piece of work. I wonder if the cognitive dissonance involved with implying Obama would pardon Bin Laden takes some form of super powers. Is he really unaware the Bandar Bush and the bin Laden family ties to Bushies? The Saudi connections and the simple fact that bin Laden is free and Iraq is occupied for one simple reason, papa Bush and baby Bush's relations to the Saudis.

--not. right now on CNN. he is a "personification of America"

and going on and on about what Bill "must do".

at all

Guardian-- Obama wins make-believe Democratic party vote designed to be won by Obama -- http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/oliverbu...

is going to play into the GOP's affirmative action dogwhistle. They couldn't even have the usual sham vote they normally had. Obama needed his own very special sham vote.

Nobody pulls defeat from the jaws of victory like the Democratic Party. They may yet win this year, but it won't be for lack of trying to lose.

I am feeling really frustrated today. I am sensing that something is wrong with this convention, and that there will be no bounce. I don't know exactly what we need to do to get a bounce, but I do know that we haven't done it yet.

Maybe it's the undemocratic nature of the proceedings?

Or could it be the emphasis on image over reality?

I know! It's the aroma of bullshit that permeates everything! (except Hillary)

http://www.openleft.com/showDiary.do?dia...

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“I don't belong to any organized political party. I'm a Democrat.” - Will Rogers

Gosh, I wonder if the GOP is going to enjoy bringing that up. It's as if the DNC has given the Republican Party a loaded gun aimed right at the Jackass Party and dares them to shoot.

Not an impressive figure.

Does anybody else want to kill the announcer?

[ ] Very tepidly voting for Obama [ ] ?????. [ ] Any mullah-sucking billionaire-teabagging torture-loving pus-encrusted spawn of Cthulhu, bless his (R) heart.

Not an impressive figure.

Does anybody else want to kill the announcer?

[ ] Very tepidly voting for Obama [ ] ?????. [ ] Any mullah-sucking billionaire-teabagging torture-loving pus-encrusted spawn of Cthulhu, bless his (R) heart.

Just shoot me. Wait, I didn't mean that.

I'm waiting for the paragraph that ends: "... and that's why Senator Obama and I voted for retroactive immunity for the telcos."

Ah, now I get the connection: Coal in both IL and WV. It's clean. Shoot me.

More toxic leader memes.

[ ] Very tepidly voting for Obama [ ] ?????. [ ] Any mullah-sucking billionaire-teabagging torture-loving pus-encrusted spawn of Cthulhu, bless his (R) heart.

for working at FOX News.

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/mark-finkel...

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“I don't belong to any organized political party. I'm a Democrat.” - Will Rogers

Congratulations, everyone!

Jesse Jackson: full roll call.
Ted Kennedy: full roll call.
Hillary Clinton*, first woman to win a primary or a caucus; the winner of the most votes in the history of the Democratic Party and virtually tied in delegates in the closest primary in modern history: hell, no!

Will the great champion of voting fairness, Jimmy Carter, say anything about this nonsense? No, nor was he bothered with FL and MI. FL didn't bother Al Gore either (Just as the author of The Assault on Reason stood silent in the face of the media barrage on Clinton).

Fuck. It. All. After all this, to think anyone would even vote to legitimize all of this misogynistic bullshit is beyond me. It's absurdly obvious that gender is the issue here. Sure, there's other standard elements of political corruption, but bigotry is the heart and soul of this operation because they know they could get away with it. And that's the worst part: they will.

*Yes, she "agreed" to it, like someone with a gun to their head.

knock her out forever...there's no way they'll allow her to be the nominee--whether Obama wins or loses.

Three minutes to go!

They're playing "Chain of Fools"?! Truly, an irony free zone.

[ ] Very tepidly voting for Obama [ ] ?????. [ ] Any mullah-sucking billionaire-teabagging torture-loving pus-encrusted spawn of Cthulhu, bless his (R) heart.

... but they won't let Bill start. "Sit down!"

[ ] Very tepidly voting for Obama [ ] ?????. [ ] Any mullah-sucking billionaire-teabagging torture-loving pus-encrusted spawn of Cthulhu, bless his (R) heart.

(and it'd be nice if Michelle would smile and clap for real instead of frowning and fake-clapping)

the audience loves him--as does the country. : >

Hillary! Chelsea! Charlie!

blub.

David Dinkins by Charlie Rangel?

to be there saying this stuff after what they did to him--i guess that's why he's such a successful pol--he can smile at them and say what they want even after all that.

and Obama's gonna expand it...

It's to great to hear somebody work their way through a beautifully constructed paragraph while showing they understand the impact of every word -- and while keeping a crowd on each one..

Dunno about "preserve, protect and defend," though. FISA? Just not so. Truthiness, Bill!

Looks like they went the C-i-C route, though, not the economy route. Would be interesting to see of Obama reserved that one for himself tomorrow.

[ ] Very tepidly voting for Obama [ ] ?????. [ ] Any mullah-sucking billionaire-teabagging torture-loving pus-encrusted spawn of Cthulhu, bless his (R) heart.

"Experience and wisdom"

Heh.

Finally, he gets them to boo the Rs!! And right to productivity but nothing for it. And income inequality [bpp]

[ ] Very tepidly voting for Obama [ ] ?????. [ ] Any mullah-sucking billionaire-teabagging torture-loving pus-encrusted spawn of Cthulhu, bless his (R) heart.

the beginning was half-hearted, i'd say.

(and of course, it's wholly partisan and non-unity)

Just wow.

[ ] Very tepidly voting for Obama [ ] ?????. [ ] Any mullah-sucking billionaire-teabagging torture-loving pus-encrusted spawn of Cthulhu, bless his (R) heart.

very not much. (and good for him!)

no. no. no. no. no.

On msnbc, after Bill Clinton's convention speech.

Matthews: Tom, first, what did you make of the acknowledgment of the service of John McCain in very galling terms?

Brokaw: Well, uh, look. For Bill Clinton and for anyone in the Democratic Party for that matter, it's a very tricky case taking on John McCain and trying to rough him up. When John McCain was sitting in a prison in Hanoi, Bill Clinton was writing letters to his ROTC commander and trying to get out of the draft, which he did successfully.

no?

--she got to marry, at least, thank God...

R.I.P.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cg...

it's an interesting subtext -- or not so sub.

They couldn't have thrown Albright in?

and this is not cool--they're exploiting vets like the GOP does---and failed us in ending Iraq like they promised in 06.

... on hard times, once the sacharrine stuff is out of the way.

"George, I mean John."

"Not isolated discussions by people down on their luck."

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(not)

Nobody pulls defeat from the jaws of victory like the Democratic Party. They may yet win this year, but it won’t be for lack of trying to lose.

I don't care what anyone thinks of the source of that meme, I'm laughing, and laughing hardily.

Michigan's delegation voted 125 vs 27, Obama.

I guess once you start a lie, you have to follow it through to its conclusion, huh? I'm so glad this damn this is over. I'm not sure I'd ever like to vote in another primary, again. Voting in January here in Michigan was difficult enough realizing that my vote may not count. Watching my delegation validate what happened to my state by not only giving Obama all "uncommitted" votes, but then having Hillary delegates cross over in such numbers is a kick in the stomach.

Since this nomination, tonight, magically destroys racism, can tonight also be the magical end to Hillary Hate and Clinton Derangement Syndrome?

They couldn't even pretend to even give the impression of fairness, tonight.

Hah, teh funny. (lyrics)

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They say Dems are "scared" McC will pick a woman. Heh.

We've seen this before, no? Oh those crazy fans--wait, youth-dog-whistling campaign employees?! It's not like they are doing it to the Democrats-on-the-same-team who have lives or would be hurt or publicly disrespected. This one was an in-joke for Michelle, right?

It's still my prediction that to dampen Obama's message of change, he'll go with a woman or minority. I'd have said a few months ago that he wouldn't be responding to Obama with his pick and go conventional, but I think things may have changed for him. I also don't think he's going to go the evangelical route like so many think he has to. Furthermore, it seems much more likely that he'd go for a minority than a woman given that any chose of a woman will be compared to Hillary.

On the convention, tonight, I was very happy to see Bill go cerebral in his defense of, and support for, Obama, which was actually more of a defense of, and support for, the Democratic Party. I simply can't imagine Obama being better than either of them, and certainly not better than both of them , together, displaying the Democratic platform when he hits up Invesco. The constant obsession by the media with the Clinton's sincerity kind of shows you just how much Obama's party has to prop him up to make him look acceptable. That Bill and Hillary have so much power is no fault of their own. If Obama looks weak next to either of them that's certainly not their faults.