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There is no pressue on Clinton now. It is entirely conceivable she could win the popular vote after the final primaries are completed, regardless of which of the 1/2 dozen different ways you total the votes in these screwed-up "democratic" primaries.
The pressure is on Obama, unless going into the primary convention with less of the popular vote seems appealing to him and his supporters and the super-delegates have no issue pledging their votes to the candidate with less of the popular vote. Stealing the election like GWB did with less then the popular vote and with the help of technicalties, is not change I can believe. Actually it's not even change.
Ask yourself this, why is Obama so hot in the pants to have Clinton bow out if not that he is afraid of embarassment, maybe even of losing. He was certainly afraid to debate Hillary one on one in a race where the candidates were running 50-50. Actually for one who claims to not want to lead by fear, he himself is full of fear. The fact is if Obama truly had it locked up, he and the obomans would not give two craps about what Clinton did or did not do. So instead they pretend she does not exist all the while pleading and screaming she bow out. Instead Clinton should gladly return the finger Mr uniter gave to Clinton while his fans cheered.
The confession is in Farsi, a language Jawad does not speak. Which might have mattered if Jawad could read.
Jawed of course can also not write, so the "signature" on it is a thumbprint, which of course is easily coerced.
How can such a system exist that disgraces all men who participate in it.
Since Hillary narrowly won Michigan's non-primary against "uncommitted", the Clinton camp proposes that she recieve 78% of the delegates. No, seriously.
If Obama had been on the ballot, he'd have won the state by 10 points.-- gezelligtexas
His name was on the ballot, but he removed it. Mostly because Axelrod is a wheeling dealing snake and Obama is a coward.
But look upon the bright side, if you need any lobbying of public policy on the behalf of and paid for by Corporations disguised as independents - call Axelrod, he'll fix you right up.
Meyers, Wright, Hamas, Farrakhan, Fukuyama, Ben and Jerries.
Ok Ben and Jerries just has radical ice cream,
Meyers felt it was ok to use violence against the government way back when, but apparently does not advocate it now because he has a good job and does not want to screw that up.
Hamas is sick of being isolated and would look for any help from the west.
Farrakahn and Wright, well they basicaly hate the Whities, probably justifiably so.
With Fukuyama, it could be he has no moral compass at all, and is just attracted to the latest radical "thing", whatever it may be. And Obama happens to be the current and chic radical "thing".
Hillary lied -- Obama mispoke -- got to love politics.
Obama neither mispoke nor lied (well unless he can't come up with the name of his uncle), but he did again prove he is self-aggrandizing and ignorant.
Why would an Obamite expect a presidential candidate to know world history or world geography? Aren't aides or something supposed to be the ones who know whether Poland is a country or a bottled water? Just becasue Clinton was not ignorant about the world, doesn't mean Obama can't be as ignorant as Reagan, Bush and McCain.
If Bushs approval ratings were in the 50s and 60s instead of the 20s and low 30s, my guess is that Scotty would have a book out extolling the virtues of Bush.
Approval ratings for Congress make Bushs approval ratings seem fantastic, with disapproval against both sides of the aisle about equal. Furthermore the GOP can throw Bush under the bus and make a credible argument that Bush was at best a lousy conservative if a conservative at all, and so "returning to conservative values" could work as a selling point.
The voters seem to want to take out their disapproval of both Congress and GWB out on republican congressional candidates, but counting chickens before they are hatched is a bad idea.
Es verdad that Obama cannot speak Spansish and is taking the art of "speaking a few words in spanish" pandering to new heights or lows depending on your pov.
So what if Hillary takes it to the convention. This race is way too close, we need to see Obama and Hillary go head to head for a chance at being leader of the free world.
Obama is fearful of the convention as he is fearful of one on one debates with Hillary. He needs to grow some and so do Obamites. If it's in the bag, and Obama is the obvious nominee, then that'll come out at the convention. So whats with all the moaning, sliming and hand wringing?
Let it play out, there is no reason to short-circuit the process except fear.
And it is not our job to debate them; it's our job to ask the questions. -- Gibson
Gibson would have been more accurate if he had said this:
And it is not our job to debate them, since we don't have even one half-assed clue about whats going on;it's our job to ask the questions and then report the answers uncritically, without analysis, like outrageously, ridiculously over-paid stenographers.
And it is not our job to debate them; it's our job to ask the questions. -- Gibson
Gibson would have been more accurate if he had said this:
And it is not our job to debate them, since we don't have even one half-assed clue about whats going on;it's our job to ask the questions and then report the answers uncritically, without analysis, like outrageously, ridiculously over-paid stenographers.