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Christopher Michael Neill

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Wednesday, June 25, 2008 10:01 AM
Original article: Quote of the day

tone def

Olbermann already excoriated Rove for this last night but it bears repeating: the legacy Yale C student jock with a nick-name for everyone is the arrogant and judgemental elitist, not Senator Obama.

Bush is one of the cool kids -- Will Ferrel's frat-boy character is a better unintentional characture of Bush than his dead-on Bush impersonations ever were, because it accurately portrays the mindset of our man-child president. Turd-blossom's enduring "bromance" for the Codpiece in Chief is a testimony to the irrational love of inadequate peacocks such as Bush.

The difference between peacock Obama and peacock Bush is that when Obama is president it will be because he earned it, not because a repressed homosexual atheist strategist and the Supreme Court put him there; in spite of not having the most powerful legacy at an Ivy League school and not having the most powerful dad in the world.

In spite of, not because of. Obama is elite, but not in the way dough boy Rove means it, instead the good way. When being "elite" was something worth striving for, not to be avoided.

I guess if you are a mediocre intelligence, intellectually incurious with a damaged self-esteem you might chaff, as Bush does, when someone comes along who can make their nouns agree with their verbs. Psychologist Rove, unaware of his transparently homo-erotic fawning over Bush, is simply appealing to America's inferiority complex and sense of entitlement ("its not fair, that smarter, cooler, more handsome guy that earned his status from hard work thinks he's better than us!").

Wednesday, June 25, 2008 05:43 PM

Shorter Log Cabin Meeting

Faceless Queerpublican: Senator, how else can we betray our troops, our country, the working poor and even people who share our sexual orientation from here until November to ensure you are handed the Oval Office in spite of all of the aforementioned groups?

Saturday, June 28, 2008 04:44 PM
Original article: Clintons donate to Obama

Haha

Brings new meaning to the term "zero sum politics". :)

Saturday, June 28, 2008 06:40 PM
Original article: My coming-out mix tape

TFF

I just dusted off my copy of "The Hurting" last night, as a matter of fact. Truly, one of the greatest albums of the 1980s.

Saturday, June 28, 2008 06:46 PM
Original article: My coming-out mix tape

@david sugarman

Should you be using a computer on the Sabbath, Herr Zuckermensch?

"Sweetness, sweetness I was only joking when I said I'd like to smash every tooth in your head."

Sunday, June 29, 2008 04:59 AM

@Travelall

I am a Mac user.

Do you want my MS asset tag number for the Macbook Pro Microsoft bought me to use as my work laptop?

The hegemony of the Wintel desktop/laptop may be waining, but my employer is still going strong.

I'm not sure how I feel about working for Steve Ballmer, but I'll take it as it comes.

Monday, June 30, 2008 12:15 AM

Yank back to the left..

In the words of Quiet Riot, we're not going to take it:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ari-melber/obama-network-organizes-a_b_109882.html

Tuesday, July 1, 2008 12:55 PM

ing the link to this page with your friends and family...(more) Senator Obama - Please Vote NO on Telecom Immunity - Get FISA Right Senator Obama - Please Vote NO on Telecom Immunity - Get FISA Right

8374 Members as of right now, within striking distance of the #3 slot by EOB PDT today. Thanks for the plug, Glenn.

Tuesday, July 1, 2008 12:57 PM

Senator Obama - Please Vote NO on Telecom Immunity - Get FISA Right

Sorry, my cut and paste got mangled in my last letter. Click my name for link to MyBO group.

Tuesday, July 1, 2008 03:37 PM

MyBO FISA group takes #2 spot

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Wednesday, July 2, 2008 06:57 AM

Obama's Israel problem

Is that he hasn't stood up to AIPAC and told the lobby to shut the hell up.

I bet that would instantly win him over with a wide variety of swing voters who are sick of being Israel's second army, arms manufacturer, constant companion and butt-buddy.

Wednesday, July 2, 2008 08:57 AM

10,000 Strong

The MyBO FISA group just broke 10,000 users. It very well could be the #1 group by (think of the symbolism!) 7/4.

Firenze419 - Clinton is still worse. Obama may get the gas face for gravitating toward the reprehensible DLC, the charter organization for Blue Dogs everywhere, Hillary Clinton is an unabashed member.

I'd say that gives Obama some wiggle room before all hope is lost.

Public pressure got Olbermann to back off his defense of Obama's FISA position. Likely, Obama himself smells what the public is cooking. Or better yet, his chickens are coming home to roost? I don't know. Pick your metaphor.

Either way, it is going to be nearly impossible for him to do nothing about this now newsworthy story in the coming week, so I have hope and faith that Obama will come out with a more favorable approach to FISA.

Wednesday, July 2, 2008 11:51 AM

Within striking distance of #1

I know, its the little things:

Action Wire

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The Action Wire keeps you up to date on current rumors and smears and equips you with the information to fight back against them. It's up to all of us...(more)

Senator Obama - Please Vote NO on Telecom Immunity - Get FISA Right

Members: 11319 Access: Public Created: Jun 25th, 2008

Senator Obama - we are a proud group of your supporters who believe in your call for hope and a new kind of politics. Please reject the politics of fe...(more)

Wednesday, July 2, 2008 03:14 PM

MyBO FISA group #2!

Less than 100 to go to be the #1 MyBO group..

Thursday, July 3, 2008 12:15 AM

Yay

MyBO FISA group takes #1 position.

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