Barack Obama knew better than to rely on the existing infrastructure, created by the blogosphere, to fight back against the Bush administration and the media. We are too stridently partisanto be messengers of a new kind of politics. He had to step around the gatekeepers of the blogosphere, much to their chagrin. Barack Obama’s greatest accomplishment is the organization that he created. He used our tools and his own message. And he won. He could not have won any other way. And that makes him both our greatest representative, and someone who doesn’t really need us at all. All of you should go join up on his website and meet your neighbors that are supporting him, and get organized. For presidential stuff, there is no reason to use the blogosphere at all. Use Obama’s own tools.
Dear God. I’ve held back on the Obama cult accusations for a while now; many of my friends and family support him. But Booman… wtf? I don’t even know where to begin with this. It is the Borg. No, wait, it’s the Heaven’s Gate cultists leaving behind their earthly bodies to merge with the higher consciousness.
Actually, I’ve got it! It’s like in the Matrix, where the humans created the machines and then after they fought it out the machines kept the humans alive as tiny generators, feeding them the liquified remains of their brethren.
Not because they had to. Not because we even deserved it, as strident and partisan as we were. But because they’re merciful!
So, come on, everyone. Leave your individual thoughts behind. Take the blue pill and relax. Ignorance is bliss!
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Our forefathers had a revolution for this?
“And that makes him both our greatest representative, and someone who doesn’t really need us at all.”
Teh Stupid, It Burns
Doesn’t it, VL. And to think that a vote for Obama is a vote to raise the profile and influence of some of these idiots (sure, most will join Rev. Wright and Universal Healthcare under the bus, but a few will be rewarded).
I sent Hillary $25 this morning. I know Obama will probably be the nominee now, but I wanted to thank her for trying. And she’s the first woman to ever win a primary, so that’s huge in itself.
I'm going to name all my grandchildren Hillary
and if my son doesn’t like it, then he can have his own grandchildren!
“The great divide in this country is not by race or even income, it’s by those who think they are better than everyone else and think they should play by a different set of rules,” —Bill Clinton
The part that really got me was--
“As for the Clintons, it took a lot of money and a lot of psychic energy to defeat them. There is no way that Obama can betray that effort by inviting them back into the tent. That would make his campaign all about him, rather than all about us. This was a fight for the ideological soul of the party. But the ideology wasn’t so much about health or education policy. It was about how the party is organized,who it really represents, and whether or not it will continue to be beholden to the old lobbyists, interests groups, and consultants, or whether it will become the truly people-powered party that is a necessary predicate for bringing real progressive change.”
a)the Unity
pony has been sent to the glue factory (unless you’re a “moderate” Republican”
kind of fluffy bunny campaign is this??
b)Not about health care and education??? WTF
The Republican Umbrella has morphed
…into the Obama Tent.
I’d rather sleep outside in a blizzard from hell.
Has BooMan shut down his site, yet?
Maybe he could talk to Sadly, No?
I’m imagining all the bloggers at DL last night, and BooMan coming out with this…
Well, is he right?
[x] Any (D) in the general. [ ] Any mullah-sucking billionaire-teabagging torture-loving pus-encrusted spawn of Cthulhu, bless his (R) heart.
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