Gosh, that WAS almost like a debate! Kewl! Thanks for posting, for those of us without TVs.

I hope whoever is hosting the next two *actual* debates between the candidates will take Slackie's suggestion that we have one or two major topics and really get into the nitty gritty of each one. How about a foreign policy question (like, what is your Iraq plan, really?) and a domestic question (e.g., how will your health care plan help the middle class?). Hillary can show off her wonk skills, and Obama can rise to the challenge, if he has some too. Meanwhile, I will be looking forward to hearing speeches from both in Vermont soon. Because being president isn't all about policy details and isn't all about speeches; you have to be good at both. And, honestly, I think they are both good at each one. Their differences are quite exaggerated.

chimpanzees are apes, like us. :)

Thanks for the tip (with a little coronoal ridge of your own...) on the great article - despite the fact that Slate is a major competitor. Nice of you to "plug" that for them.

OK, OK, I'll stop.

That was way funnier than the second Yes We Can parody. The two of them look like they just came down off Brokeback Mountain. I love the little heart that goes up when Bush kisses him. And the music is perfect. Beautifully done! Bravo!

I'm sure the Republicans know how to hire good ad firms too, but their Valentine effort is pathetic by comparison. Are those *supposed* to be retro 1980s jokes? Yikes.

Was it just yesterday that I was criticizing the idea of kicking certain people out? It's like a sewer in here today.

My horse, dog, or whatever other metaphor you want to use, left the race before Super Tuesday. The amendment vote on telecom immunity was important to me; the overall package, since that failed, less so.

Here is the official vote tally from the Senate record.

http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=110&session=2&vote=00015#name

"Hillary didn't vote on final passage of FISA

But then, neither did Obama."

Is just not true. Obama voted against, McCain voted for. Clinton was not present.

The point is that it's worth reading to get an inside view of what "Old Boys' Network" actually means. (For those of us who aren't inside it, I mean.) It looks like a scene from a bad James Bond movie (was that redundant?).

Men have to have sex changes to become like myself, as I am female. And a feminist. Your ridiculously simplistic formulation of the last 100 years of feminism alerts me to the fact that you are troll trying to stir race vs. gender shit in the liberal blogosphere, Why don't you go stir shit between fundie Christians and libertarians over at a right-wing blog instead?

"Sexism is far more problematic then race. Woman have to work ten times harder then their male counter-parts to achieve. "

I can spot a Republican in Democrats' clothing from miles away. Puh. Lease.

As I see it, we can learn from Europe's mistakes, restructure our democracy to hear and implement the will of the people, and be happy - or we can have our own fascist regime, lose a really big war or two, and be forced by outside governments to restructure our democracy and to hear and implement the will of the people, and eventually be happy. Apparently Santorum has a different idea about which one is more appealing.

He says that it will be bad for the party if either candidate gets more delegates and then the superdelegates choose the other one. Then he states the obvious, which is not a contradiction of what he already said, and not parallel at all, because it's not a matter of opinion, but a fact: " how superdelegates want to vote their conscience, that's up to them."

Sounds pretty smooth, non-desperate, and above board to me. Sounds to me as though if he falls behind in the delegate count he will expect the superdelegates to act according to the principle he appealed to, and vote for his opponent. If he changes his mind at that time, then there will be a contradiction.

Every time you guys respond to Obnoxious Anonymous (the poster formerly known as Weird Symbol Guy), you stroke his erection. Please. I beg you. I don't want to watch that.

to see this kind of questioning of people who didn't actually hurt anyone, while those war criminals keep power down the street. My anger is beyond words.

How did you decide between Clinton and Obama? I was undecided for a while after Edwards left the race, then leaning toward Clinton because I liked her health care plan and leaning toward Obama because I liked his anti-lobbyist stance. But the (absence of a) telecom immunity vote scares me. I'd be interested to hear your thoughts about your vote, if you don't mind sharing them.

-Paula

What the hell are you talking about? I'm talking about TELECOM IMMUNITY. CIVIL LIBERTIES. THE ABILITY OF THE GOVERNMENT TO SPY ON EVERY PHONE CALL YOU MAKE. Obama managed to show up for that extremely important vote. McCain did too - and came down on the wrong side of the issue for a maverick. Clinton was NOT PRESENT. What the hell do thank-you speeches have to do with that? I don't give a shit about CNN; I haven't watched television for 15 years.