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John Anderson

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Sunday, March 23, 2008 07:14 PM

a note about RealityCounts

I am one of those "older" women who support Hillary and I will tell you right now that should Obama win the nomination I will be voting for McCain.

- RC, from a previous thread

Pathetic

Sunday, March 23, 2008 08:45 PM

protecting the hypothesis

Your idea that a theoretical advantage in the popular vote is somehow more compelling than an actual advantage in delegates is interesting. Let us know how the new meds work out.

Sunday, March 23, 2008 08:53 PM

The key is a symbol of his emotional availability

He's not emotionally evailable...he withholds the key. I'm not emotionally available either, but it doesn't really matter because I don't have a girlfriend.

Sunday, March 23, 2008 09:06 PM

Yes, the process is broken because Hillary isn't winning

Not the stated argument, but it might as well be.

Sunday, March 23, 2008 09:28 PM

@Democrats for McCain

In natural philosophy, atomism is the theory that all the objects in the universe are composed of very small, indestructible building blocks, called atoms, like:

"Hillary is losing"

These particles at present show no experimental evidence of size or substructure. However, the trend of empirical evidence for ever-smaller subatomic particles raises the question: "Is matter infinitely divisible?" Since absence of evidence does not amount to evidence of absence, experiment cannot answer this question.

Sunday, March 23, 2008 09:56 PM

sure, dump him

but if you don't take a look at yourself, you'll probably pick another one just like him.

Monday, March 24, 2008 07:03 PM
Original article: Seduced by the Dalai Lama

"What a burden to place on a child: to be a god."

The Dalai Lama is a buddha, not a god, I think.

Monday, March 24, 2008 07:17 PM

yes Mr. Shawn, Hillary is not losing by much

But why blame the left for not getting with the center? Why not blame the center for not getting with the left?

But by all means...blame, blame, blame.

Monday, March 24, 2008 07:26 PM
Original article: Seduced by the Dalai Lama

ondelette

thanks.

Monday, March 24, 2008 08:56 PM

"And then you have the audacity to blame the center left!"

Actually, I'm blaming the right.

Look, I've been in the center for many years but I went left for Obama. All I'm asking is that everybody think exactly like me...isn't this the basic approach taken in the Salon letters section?

Thursday, March 27, 2008 06:00 PM

the fog of commentary is free

but the article is $42.63

http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/bpl/jcpp/2006/00000047/00000001/art00003

Thursday, March 27, 2008 06:32 PM

feminine side

Men supposedly develop their feminine side as they get older. Not as in "metrosexual" but more like "not such a prick".

I'm not as much of a prick as I was when I was younger, and I do notice that I'm not having as much success with women as I used to. Of course, maybe I've also just gotten ugly.

Just an observation...I don't advocate being a prick with women, or men either for that matter.

Thursday, March 27, 2008 06:39 PM

nature abhors a vacuum

This is sort of like the "loudness wars" in the music industry: every part of the signal is pumped up to nearly maximum volume.

The result is a wall of noise.

Thursday, March 27, 2008 07:06 PM
Original article: Have a daughter? You wimp

if it were glucosol-x-12-tetraquinine nobody would care...

...but since it's the "man" chemical...your issue with the research is what exactly?

Hello, if this bugs you maybe you should take a look at the psych drug industry re blanket generalizations about personalities.

Thursday, March 27, 2008 07:37 PM

subprime

The subprime lenders, Obama and the American people all want an economic environment where houses can be bought and money can be made. Nothing the "Obama haters" have said has convinced me that Obama is not going to work for this.

Thursday, March 27, 2008 07:46 PM

walter_map

If I had an hour for every internet post...well, that's a lot of yoga.

Thursday, March 27, 2008 08:17 PM

How is Bill Richardson not like Bill Clinton?

- not sued for sexual harassment

- not accused of rape

- not impeached

Perhaps Former President Clinton should remove himself from his wife's campaign.

Thursday, March 27, 2008 08:37 PM

stats

Preliminary results from the world's largest survey on mental health indicate that mental illness is widespread and undertreated, and that wealthy people with mild illness receive more and better treatment than poor people with severe illness.

From 1 to 5 percent of the populations of most of the countries surveyed had serious mental illness, according to the findings...

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=health&res=9D04EEDF1431F931A35755C0A9629C8B63

Thursday, March 27, 2008 09:08 PM

from the same page of National Review Online

McCain's World

Foreign Policy: John McCain's vision of the U.S. role in the world includes completing the victory in Iraq and forging a new alliance of free nations. The contrast with his two Democratic rivals couldn't be starker.

Going to the National Review for info on Obama is like going to Mother Jones for info on McCain.

Thursday, March 27, 2008 09:26 PM

"Barack Obama is not out of the woods yet on these issues..."

By all means, let us know when he is.

Friday, March 28, 2008 07:11 PM

AKA: do you listen to your candidate?

I believe a spirited contest is good for the Democratic Party and will strengthen the eventual nominee," she said. "We will have a united party behind whomever that nominee is. ... I look forward to campaigning over the next several months."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080328/ap_on_el_pr/clinton

But since you seem to be an expert on all things Clinton, maybe you have an advance directive on the thousand cuts strategy.

Saturday, March 29, 2008 05:06 PM

*Much Love*

The Democratic Party wants your love...however your love is a conditional, Hillary-based variety so your vote will most likely be going to McCain.

Although Obama is ahead, apparently we need to see that he is really behind and so we need to support Hillary. And although Obama looks pretty good in the polls against McCain, Hillary looks better (?) so we need to get behind her instead.

Your argument (as far as I can tell, sorry if I'm stupid) seems to be: I Am The Prototypical Swing Voter, And I Will Not Vote For Obama. So Nominate Hillary Because You Cannot Win Without Me.

Well, I'm from Oregon and I'll be voting for Obama in the primary. I'll vote for Hillary in the general if it comes to that.

But I'm no more likely to vote for Hillary in the primary than you are to vote for Obama in the general.

Saturday, March 29, 2008 06:05 PM

Clinton on NAFTA

We all know the record of the DLC, the Progressive Policy Institute and, of course, the Clinton-Gore Administration. The economic recovery plan stands first and foremost as a testament to both good ideas and political courage. National service. The Brady Bill. Family Leave. NAFTA. [Remarks of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton to the 2002 DLC National Conversation]

http://www.ndol.org/ndol_ci.cfm?kaid=106&subid=122&contentid=250750

Clinton: "You know, I have been a critic of NAFTA from the very beginning. I didn't have a public position on it, because I was part of the administration, but when I started running for the Senate, I have been a critic." [Democratic Debate, 2/26/08]

http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/03/obama_camp_blasts_hillary_on_n.php

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