Comments on: Another Enormous Win As The Obama Firestorm Closes In On The Clinton Firewall http://themoderatevoice.com/17898/another-huge-win-for-obama-as-the-firestorm-closes-in-on-the-clinton-firewall/ An Internet hub with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, indies, centrists, moderates, and right Wed, 15 Feb 2012 21:33:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: DLS http://themoderatevoice.com/17898/another-huge-win-for-obama-as-the-firestorm-closes-in-on-the-clinton-firewall/comment-page-1/#comment-130857 DLS Wed, 20 Feb 2008 20:00:34 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/politics/john-mccain/17898/another-huge-win-for-obama-as-the-firestorm-closes-in-on-the-clinton-firewall/#comment-130857 "I chose the photo"<br><br>Don't forget, while too much Bush-bashing is too much, that one photo of the Prez that shows him struggling to say something (harkens back to that guy in Texas who said "the gears were grinding [or straining], but nothing was coming out"), possibly with a microphone in his hand, is a classic. It's the "what's two plus two" photo. “I chose the photo”

Don't forget, while too much Bush-bashing is too much, that one photo of the Prez that shows him struggling to say something (harkens back to that guy in Texas who said “the gears were grinding [or straining], but nothing was coming out”), possibly with a microphone in his hand, is a classic. It's the “what's two plus two” photo.

]]> By: DLS http://themoderatevoice.com/17898/another-huge-win-for-obama-as-the-firestorm-closes-in-on-the-clinton-firewall/comment-page-1/#comment-130856 DLS Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:36:33 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/politics/john-mccain/17898/another-huge-win-for-obama-as-the-firestorm-closes-in-on-the-clinton-firewall/#comment-130856 Yep, Shaun, if anything it's a mild reverse (dislike) cult for Clinton this year. Consider how so many of us have reacted each time she's cried, which we suspect widely of being staged for sympathy-trolling. Yep, Shaun, if anything it's a mild reverse (dislike) cult for Clinton this year. Consider how so many of us have reacted each time she's cried, which we suspect widely of being staged for sympathy-trolling.

]]> By: DLS http://themoderatevoice.com/17898/another-huge-win-for-obama-as-the-firestorm-closes-in-on-the-clinton-firewall/comment-page-1/#comment-130854 DLS Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:34:21 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/politics/john-mccain/17898/another-huge-win-for-obama-as-the-firestorm-closes-in-on-the-clinton-firewall/#comment-130854 I feel sorry for my rad-lib friend who couldn't count on Kucinich, then liked Edwards and saw him drop out (I still think he'd be good as Obama's VP, though), and then for somewhat odd reasoning, it seemed to me, selected Clinton rather than Obama, including because she favors a woman as the potential minority victor this year of choice (though she does, and many do, and this is legitimate if we are in a lefty "identity politics" year, electoral multi-culturalism on steroids). The US Presidency is a "hurdle" still (until it is vaulted) for women as well as for black Americans. I feel sorry for my rad-lib friend who couldn't count on Kucinich, then liked Edwards and saw him drop out (I still think he'd be good as Obama's VP, though), and then for somewhat odd reasoning, it seemed to me, selected Clinton rather than Obama, including because she favors a woman as the potential minority victor this year of choice (though she does, and many do, and this is legitimate if we are in a lefty “identity politics” year, electoral multi-culturalism on steroids). The US Presidency is a “hurdle” still (until it is vaulted) for women as well as for black Americans.

]]> By: DLS http://themoderatevoice.com/17898/another-huge-win-for-obama-as-the-firestorm-closes-in-on-the-clinton-firewall/comment-page-1/#comment-130851 DLS Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:29:27 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/politics/john-mccain/17898/another-huge-win-for-obama-as-the-firestorm-closes-in-on-the-clinton-firewall/#comment-130851 Interesting stuff here. Huck's amendments are a bit of a stretch as well as too narrow at the same time<br><br><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120352248942680161.html?mod=googlenews_wsj">http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120352248942680...</a> Interesting stuff here. Huck's amendments are a bit of a stretch as well as too narrow at the same time

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120352248942680…

]]> By: shaun http://themoderatevoice.com/17898/another-huge-win-for-obama-as-the-firestorm-closes-in-on-the-clinton-firewall/comment-page-1/#comment-130850 shaun Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:27:41 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/politics/john-mccain/17898/another-huge-win-for-obama-as-the-firestorm-closes-in-on-the-clinton-firewall/#comment-130850 DLS:<br><br>Good one. I chose the photo because it cuts a number of ways and, of course, shouts "Wisconsin," but I had not considered the cult angle. DLS:

Good one. I chose the photo because it cuts a number of ways and, of course, shouts “Wisconsin,” but I had not considered the cult angle.

]]> By: DLS http://themoderatevoice.com/17898/another-huge-win-for-obama-as-the-firestorm-closes-in-on-the-clinton-firewall/comment-page-1/#comment-130849 DLS Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:21:25 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/politics/john-mccain/17898/another-huge-win-for-obama-as-the-firestorm-closes-in-on-the-clinton-firewall/#comment-130849 There's more to the Cheesehead photo than people realize. It illustrates in its own way the unfortunate turn of events for Clinton in this campaign.<br><br>The Cheesehead in the photo is wearing a Favre jersey. The guy not only has a cult following among some fans (recall the recent game -- I got to observe the following where I live: "LOOK! HE THREW A SNOWBALL!" Ahem ... BFD). He also is (and this is the key point) one of the long-team media darlings.<br><br>Well, this year, "Saint Hillary" is not quite worshiped by the liberal media, it seems. They have a new, young, more attractive, more-interesting-story darling they have adopted in her place. And his program is just like hers but he is not one of her disciples! There's more to the Cheesehead photo than people realize. It illustrates in its own way the unfortunate turn of events for Clinton in this campaign.

The Cheesehead in the photo is wearing a Favre jersey. The guy not only has a cult following among some fans (recall the recent game — I got to observe the following where I live: “LOOK! HE THREW A SNOWBALL!” Ahem … BFD). He also is (and this is the key point) one of the long-team media darlings.

Well, this year, “Saint Hillary” is not quite worshiped by the liberal media, it seems. They have a new, young, more attractive, more-interesting-story darling they have adopted in her place. And his program is just like hers but he is not one of her disciples!

]]> By: ChrisWWW http://themoderatevoice.com/17898/another-huge-win-for-obama-as-the-firestorm-closes-in-on-the-clinton-firewall/comment-page-1/#comment-130847 ChrisWWW Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:27:07 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/politics/john-mccain/17898/another-huge-win-for-obama-as-the-firestorm-closes-in-on-the-clinton-firewall/#comment-130847 <b>"But with every negative ad and negative comment from Clinton and her surrogates, every effort to rig the nominating process to give her an edge, every murky statement that the campaign will be clear about its intentions, she widens the perceptual gulf that Obama represents the fresh and new while she represents the tired and old."</b><br><br>I hope that's true. It'd be nice to think negative campaigning doesn't necessarily work. “But with every negative ad and negative comment from Clinton and her surrogates, every effort to rig the nominating process to give her an edge, every murky statement that the campaign will be clear about its intentions, she widens the perceptual gulf that Obama represents the fresh and new while she represents the tired and old.”

I hope that's true. It'd be nice to think negative campaigning doesn't necessarily work.

]]> By: GreenDreams http://themoderatevoice.com/17898/another-huge-win-for-obama-as-the-firestorm-closes-in-on-the-clinton-firewall/comment-page-1/#comment-130846 GreenDreams Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:46:11 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/politics/john-mccain/17898/another-huge-win-for-obama-as-the-firestorm-closes-in-on-the-clinton-firewall/#comment-130846 I almost feel sorry for her...<br><br>nah, cosmo's right I almost feel sorry for her…

nah, cosmo's right

]]> By: cosmoetica http://themoderatevoice.com/17898/another-huge-win-for-obama-as-the-firestorm-closes-in-on-the-clinton-firewall/comment-page-1/#comment-130843 cosmoetica Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:13:33 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/politics/john-mccain/17898/another-huge-win-for-obama-as-the-firestorm-closes-in-on-the-clinton-firewall/#comment-130843 It's wonderful to see a politician finally get what they deserve. It's wonderful to see a politician finally get what they deserve.

]]> By: Man o' Law http://themoderatevoice.com/17898/another-huge-win-for-obama-as-the-firestorm-closes-in-on-the-clinton-firewall/comment-page-1/#comment-130842 Man o' Law Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:31:45 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/politics/john-mccain/17898/another-huge-win-for-obama-as-the-firestorm-closes-in-on-the-clinton-firewall/#comment-130842 The fat lady is warming up her voice, listen carefully, Hillary. The fat lady is warming up her voice, listen carefully, Hillary.

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