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Carol Richards

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Monday, April 28, 2008 02:19 PM

@skylark (Obama has awful supporters)

You are right! And this is something that Joan writes about:

There is something worse about Obama's supporters. She is not saying that every Obama supporter is awful, but Joan has noticed that he has more awful supporters and they are bad in a way that Hillary's bad supporters just aren't. Joan is, I think, even open to the idea that Obama supporters have physical characteristics that are in some head-scratching way worse than Hillary's awful supporters.

Hillary's awful supporters aren't as bad as Barack's and this means something. What does it mean? You tell me!

Monday, April 28, 2008 02:22 PM

@tbrandel (thanks for your honesty)

tbrandel, will you admit that you think Obama has no weaknesess and that you sort of hate anybody who appreciates Hillary? If so, you are a good example of what is wrong with Barack: I think there is some new scientific evidence that Barack actually enjoys having the worst type of support. At least you are an honest awful supporter.

Monday, April 28, 2008 02:25 PM

If I was under the Obama trance

I would get so mad at people who don't love him and I would try to prove that they don't love America. I would say things like, "He is the best human alive!" and "He will save us."

You can always tell an Obamamaniac because they will downplay the mainstream media's way of viewing him. It's all true.

Monday, April 28, 2008 02:36 PM

@Joan (soon to be announced new science!)

Joan,

I think there is a group of 4 scientist in North Dakota who are just about to release a study that does, indeed, prove that Hillary supporters are, on average a bit more attractive and substantially more intelligent. They also have found that Hillary supporters as infants were more likely to focus on sensory data that was more relevant to their future success.

Barack supporters, as infants, had a tendency to just focus on bright lights and attractive colors.

I think they also have found that Barack supporters, ON AVERAGE, on shorter and dumpier. Anyway, I let you know once the science has been released.

By the way, these are the same scientists who got credit for proving that Americans, on average, tell time more quickly than any other nation.

Monday, April 28, 2008 02:49 PM

@haggismold (think about the logic in bold)

All I'm saying is that now that we know Obama isn't some sort of God shouldn't we do some revotes? Isn't it unfair to Hillary that so many people voted for Barack when they thought he was God. Now we know that he might lose! Hillary might not lose. Think about that very carefully.

Barack, he might lose to McCain. Whereas,

Hillary, she might not!

That's all I'm saying. Believe me, keep reading Joan's blog if you want proof that Barack could lose this whole thing and proof that Hillary isn't a supernatural demonic being. But you don't have much more time because soon Joan will soon start writing about Barack as if it is his strengths that deserve more of our focus (after Hillary steps down on June 4th)

Monday, April 28, 2008 03:05 PM

@tbrandel (a first)

You are the first awful Barack supporter that I actually like!

We really should at least be worried that Barack seems to attract negative attention, while keeping in mind all the detailed statements Hillary has made in reegards to helping our country.

Don't be so affable or I might have to start thinking something different about the unique awfulness of the awful Barack people!

Monday, April 28, 2008 03:09 PM

@Weeping (don't let marriage stop you)

Listen, as Barack supporters you and I are probably the type of people who can overlook little things like marriage vows, don't you think? I mean if we were in charge of the world, we would let a guy be president who has no experience, can be percieved as elitist, might not have won the election without our powers and can be associated with negative events. Marry me and let's call it a day!

Monday, April 28, 2008 03:16 PM

@manos99 (I'm also psychic)

you want a free psychic reading (don't everybody expect this now!!!)

Ok, manos99, not only are you supporting a person who doesn't love this country, but as a child you went through a distinct period of confusion in relation to one of your parents. The female one. I believe it was your mother. Anyway, in resolving this confusion, you mustered together a fairly strong ego but you became much more suseptible to false idolatry, which we now see manifested in your delusional support of a man who is not in any way, shape, gender or form Hillary Clinton.

You presently are considering an alternative job offer that sounds exciting. I wouldn't take it. You'd make a bit more money in the short term the the guy in charge is shady. If you haven't received this job opportunity just yet, it's coming in the next day or two.

Other than that: change your mind about Barack and realize that it is possible to exclusively focus on Hillary's positive characteristics. That's all I got, manos99.

Monday, April 28, 2008 03:24 PM

@tbrandel (the implications!!)

wait, tbrandel, are you suggesting that we might be able to live in a world in which we simply accept that we don't know exactly what is going to happen in this election and that it could very well be that Barack and Hillary are each basically normal, decent folks who would each bring something fairly positive to the White House? Are you suggesting that rather than compare one's weaknesess to the other's strengths, we could get interested in other questions; like why the media seems to just blindly accept narratives that paint republicans as strong moral people who might occasionally make mistakes and democrats as elite, nervous twits who are eager to tell us what we need?

I'm sorry, but if you are suggesting that Barack might actually elicit something other than dissapointment and sadness...I'm not sure I trust you. I'm not sure he can win without my sad dissapointment!

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