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John Anderson

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Friday, May 9, 2008 07:44 PM

Sen Clinton has underperformed at almost every key point

Super Tuesday, PA, the primaries this week, her attempts to acquire more superdelegates...none of these things have really worked out as planned. Why should her continued candidacy be any different?

If she instead made an effort to convince her supporters that she and Obama have similar platforms, and that they would help the Democratic party and themselves by voting for him, well, that would be nice. And then I woke up from my pretty dream.

Friday, May 9, 2008 07:54 PM

"Considering every major city in Indiana is predominantly black"

Indianapolis is about 21% black.

Friday, May 9, 2008 08:13 PM

Wiki says 25.5%

Since you said "predominantly"...you are wrong.

Friday, May 9, 2008 08:24 PM

"Given these facts..."

There are no facts about Indiana voter demographics in your post.

Saturday, May 10, 2008 02:16 PM

"hundreds of millions"

has the election been outsourced to China?

Saturday, May 10, 2008 03:19 PM

"ginning up resentments"

the latest way to say pointless, divisive

Saturday, May 10, 2008 03:42 PM

SWM is an agent provocateur

He slams Obama relentlessly while spouting flagrantly bogus statistics to support Clinton. Then he says things like "FOAD" when you call him on his nuttiness. He is trying to warn us all about Obama's "unelectablity" , but it sounds like his worst feat is that Obama will actually be elected.

I think he's with Operation Chaos...or maybe he's just bored.

Saturday, May 10, 2008 03:50 PM

What WOULD a Hispanic say?

Statistically, he would say "I like Obama better than McCain".

We can't draw too many conclusions about "bloody moron", because the sample size is only one.

Saturday, May 10, 2008 04:03 PM

@Msakel

Consider increasing the number of paragraph breaks. Also, your placement in the thread is not especially good. And try to relate your post to the topic at hand, or to other posters. It seems more "real" that way!

Saturday, May 10, 2008 04:45 PM

@ ethics_professor

No...there are many John Andersons, and you have mistaken me for someone else.

Saturday, May 10, 2008 08:08 PM

statistical tie

My understanding is that this term refers to a count (like a poll) that has a margin of error, and the result is close to the margin of error...thus a "tie". There is no margin of error in the delegate count. Obama is ahead, not in a tie.

Saturday, May 10, 2008 08:38 PM

Sen Clinton has underperformed at almost every key point

Super Tueday, PA, the primaries last week, her bid to win more superdelegates...at every key point she has done worse than expected. This is because outside of her core constituency, she is not well liked.

Obama will have a tough time against McCain, but Clinton would be worse.

Saturday, May 10, 2008 08:48 PM

Wait until Obama debates the old guy with the mashed potatoes face

Hardball Chicago politics meets Navy hothead.

Saturday, May 10, 2008 08:59 PM

@madamfauntleroy

I live in Oregon and it does seem to be Obama Country. But I worry that SWM and PTG, rather than being local abberations, could be the tip of a larger iceberg.

Saturday, May 10, 2008 09:10 PM

yes...full suffrage for sockpuppets

it's only fair

Saturday, May 10, 2008 09:22 PM

@madamfauntleroy

Yes, people are nice here. I hope you were able to register a lot of voters.

Saturday, May 10, 2008 09:31 PM

if you're claiming to be admin

you better show us your papers!

Sunday, May 11, 2008 12:16 PM

not so much being bad winners as being addicted to snark

snark is the new black in blogland

Sunday, May 11, 2008 06:27 PM

@notebook

went to InternetInfo.com but I didn't find any info on "the lock", or anything else for that matter.

Sunday, May 11, 2008 06:30 PM

"Get it?"

no not really

Sunday, May 11, 2008 07:49 PM

"I think Salon should track the IP addresses of people who post and look for patterns, such as if multiple names come from the same IP address"

My understanding is that some ISPs assign IP addresses dynamically, ie you can get a new address simply by disconnecting and then reconnecting.

Part of the problem is the collision of the older "phreak" culture of the internet and the newer "blog" culture. The resulting thread nightmares may be caused by political intrigue, however it may also just be a case of the usual suspects working a new audience.

Sunday, May 11, 2008 08:11 PM

"PLEASE SEND HELP!!!"

it's probably too late

Sunday, May 11, 2008 08:36 PM

@indigo218

In one of your other posts you say you can't vote...but here you are saying that you will probably vote for Obama?

Sunday, May 11, 2008 08:42 PM

@indigo218

I can't even vote but I am for Hillary and have just made a contribution to her campaign. I am one of those millions who have faith in her and don't want her to quit despite the obstacles.

This is cut and pasted right out of your letters...but you just said you will probably vote for Obama.

Sunday, May 11, 2008 08:46 PM

@indigo218

Come November, most will likely vote for Obama, like it or not.

This is what you actually wrote

Sunday, May 11, 2008 08:50 PM

this site needs to develop a foster-care program

-ja

Sunday, May 11, 2008 09:12 PM

@indigo218: so why can't you vote?

You said something about being from Puerto Rico...but you could vote in the primary, just not the GE. Unless you're 14 or something.

I apologize for jumping your shit...my dyslexia kicked in on the quote in question.

Monday, May 12, 2008 07:18 PM

the script in action

check out the comment by "Sharon Minnesota":

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/05/10/feminists-divided-over-clinton-and-obama/

Monday, May 12, 2008 08:04 PM

"Most people don't give a rip about the environment past their immediate and daily reality."

So for most people, the issue the LW has is not much of an issue.

Human beings have a rat-nature and a god-nature, but the rat nature seems to be dominant.

Tuesday, May 13, 2008 09:46 PM
Original article: She won't go easy

the page sparkles

when Paglia appears here. Insightful, penetrating analysis of the Hillary campaign and -- treat me, yes! -- a dizzying tour of ego ideals, seminal influences, and soap opera stars.

Whew!

Saturday, May 17, 2008 08:19 PM

Wright is a talking point

The key is repetition of some perceived negative...that's all.

The issue of Wright will never really be cleared up to the satisfaction of certain people because these people aren't really listening...there is no meeting of the minds, no real discussion.

The "talking point" is a simply a tool of information warfare.

Sunday, May 18, 2008 04:51 PM

75,000 turn out for Obama in Portland, OR

60,000 within the gate at Waterfront Park and 10-15,000 outside. We couldn't get in, so we went to a bar to watch on tv.

To me his speech sounded like a classic democratic pitch...the cult of personality flourishes were actually pretty minimal.

Portland hearts Obama!

Sunday, May 18, 2008 08:28 PM

"If you believe in reproductive choice, SCOTUS justices, 'universal' health care, etc., then you'll vote for Obama," or "You'll eventually come around," or "You're just hurting yourself."

true

maybe not true, in your case

true, unless you make over $250,000/yr or so

Monday, May 19, 2008 08:26 PM
Original article: This Modern World

we are all idiots to Tom

but some are more idiotic than others

Monday, May 19, 2008 08:57 PM

when I'm feeling sad that I'm not in a relationship, reading a letter like this makes me feel "better"

in a depressing sort of way

Wednesday, May 21, 2008 12:54 PM

invoking the myths of Kennedy

rather than the specifics is just good politics.

Wednesday, May 21, 2008 07:39 PM
Original article: She's in it to spin it

"The Democratic race is in many ways a statistical dead heat"

"Statistical dead heat" is a concept invented by the media, not statisticians.

http://www.stat.auckland.ac.nz/~iase/publications/4/292.pdf

Wednesday, May 21, 2008 08:02 PM
Original article: She's in it to spin it

the scripts

-Obama posters were mean, we can't forgive them

-Obama isn't qualified

-the race is really tied

-I'm a Democrat but I can't vote for Obama

-Obama is unelectable so we can't vote for him

These are some of the scripts that are all over the blogs, news sites etc. They are repeated over and over by various individuals who demand respect but give none.

Wednesday, May 21, 2008 09:43 PM
Original article: She's in it to spin it

"She is teaching us that we need to listen, not to the opinions of men, but to our inner voices -- "

"Inner voices" are treatable...unless you're a politician.

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