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Thursday, May 22, 2008 12:00 AM

"It's just a flesh wound"

Some of Barack Obama's supporters use an old Monty Python favorite to make a statement about Hillary Clinton.

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Thursday, May 22, 2008 09:07 AM

Only Problem Is

That 4 months in to the swordfight Hillary beat him 132-56 in West Virginia and Kentucky.

Thursday, May 22, 2008 09:10 AM

Hilarious!!!

Wes lacks a sense of humor. Well, Wes lacks much sense at all.

My favorite line: "Good lord they've all gone crazy. It's not just Lanny Davis any more."

Thanks, Koppelman. You are 100% right: we all need a good laugh. (Especially that bite-in-the-ass right-wing sports-jock Notorious WES!)

Thursday, May 22, 2008 09:11 AM

Bring out the Holy Hand grenade of Antioch!

Where's the holy relics when you need them.

Thursday, May 22, 2008 09:14 AM

Grumpy

Not funny, even though I'm an Obama supporter. Isn't there anything important or relevant to report on? Congressional hearings with oil execs? Farm bill? McCain ethical problems? Isreali-Syrian meetings? The War?

Thursday, May 22, 2008 09:18 AM

@Ray

Step 1. Lighten up.

Step 2. Unclench.

Step 3. Feel the relief.

Thursday, May 22, 2008 09:18 AM

calgodot

Shove it. I voted for Obama Tuesday. It was damn hard. If there's one thing I wanted to do in this life it's vote for Hillary for Prez and this primary may have been my only chance. But the decision has been made and I am on board.

Thursday, May 22, 2008 09:22 AM

132-56

So, in this case the Black Knight managed to hop close enough to bash his armored head into Arthur's knee.

And then Arthur left him behind, screaming that the fight didn't count.

Actually, considering the way that movie ends for Arthur, I'd rather this whole metaphor fade away.

Thursday, May 22, 2008 09:23 AM

fair play

In honour of fair play, may I suggest Clinton supporters come up with something comparing Obama to the borg of Star Trek??

then we'd have all the nerd bases covered!

:D

Thursday, May 22, 2008 09:24 AM

Should have been Cheney

COme on. Cheney, Limbaugh or Rove had to be the Dark Knight. Hilary Clinton just doesn't fit. It's just like Barkley in the "Matrix" silliness last night. Charles Barkley can not ever be Morpheus (if only because Morpheus can not be a cheesesteak munching fool) and Clinton can not be the Dark Knight (she does not have the "smirking bullshit factor that Cheney and Rove and Limbaugh have).

I, too, want to see the Holy Hand Grenade. I do NOT want to see what these characters would put in the nunnery. Leave Begala at home please.

Obama and Clinton as Cheech and Chong would be funny. Maybe it would even bring some supporters together.

Thursday, May 22, 2008 09:27 AM

Say What?

I voted for Obama Tuesday. It was damn hard. If there's one thing I wanted to do in this life it's vote for Hillary for Prez and this primary may have been my only chance. But the decision has been made and I am on board.

-- The Notorious W.E.S.

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat??? Oh, come on. Did HR Clinton's check bounce or what?

Thursday, May 22, 2008 09:29 AM

@WES

If there's one thing I wanted to do in this life it's vote for Hillary for Prez and this primary may have been my only chance.

Why didn't you? It's the primary. You can vote for whoever you like. No one at Salon knows your address. No one will come and hit you. That didn't make sense.

At least your preferred candidate is still in. I had to flip a coin at the booth. I wanted Edwards. I really wanted Edwards. Gave money and all of it. But no dice.

Thursday, May 22, 2008 09:29 AM

"Pie Jesu Domine, dona eis requiem"

Translation?

"Holy Jesus! Please make them stop!"

Amen to that.

Thursday, May 22, 2008 09:30 AM

Pfaugh

What a twitty short. Twit, twit, twit, twit.

Thursday, May 22, 2008 09:30 AM

Awesome!

Have any of you Hillary supporters paused to think that her behaviour has become more and more detached from reality as the margin by which she is losing increases? Do you REALLY want ANOTHER president who consistently steps in shit and calls it a rose?

Thursday, May 22, 2008 09:32 AM

Yeah, maybe she's more like Brian in "Life of Brian"

Always look on the bright side of life...

Always look on the light side of life...

Thursday, May 22, 2008 09:32 AM

Leave WES alone!

Jeebus! S/he has voted, for Obama even! Save your ire for those who deserve it. Don't be so nasty, even in victory.

Thursday, May 22, 2008 09:32 AM

I'm Warming Up To Obama

He's already driving Hannity and Glenn Beck bat-shit-crazy and we have a while to go.

Thursday, May 22, 2008 09:32 AM

Wait, wait, that's it!

Obama campaign: Judean People's Front

Clinton campaign: People's Front of Judea

Thursday, May 22, 2008 09:34 AM

Not really very funny

Not very sporting, either. This is not the kind of thing I come to War Room to see.

And unlike Arthur versus the Black Knight, there is still a sliver of a ghost of a tiny chance that Clinton will become the nominee.

Most primary candidates drop out long before they reach the point of improbability that Clinton's campaign has reached. But if she wants to stay in, what the hell, she gets to stay in.

Thursday, May 22, 2008 09:44 AM

"fiercesome"?

Not a word.

Thursday, May 22, 2008 09:47 AM

Funny but Disturbing

In my household we have been joking about Clinton as the Black Night for weeks now. While it is a fitting comparison, I must say I had forgotten how gross the actual scene was. While I realize it is metaphorical, it is still unsettling to see a theoratical female Black Knight cut down by a male. Don't be surprised if this gets called sexist, and worse because of the strong graphic depiction of violence to defeat Clinton. There is a long and continuing history of men not only using violence against women to silence women but there is a very dark corner of ponography that caters to the desires of some to see sexalized immages of women being brutilized.

Thursday, May 22, 2008 09:50 AM

John Aravosis

...is a egocentric woman-hating ass. I still look at his blog occasionally, but the misogynistic dreck he's been serving up about Hillary has been disgusting. Okay, I know it's off-topic, but I've grown quite tired of him.

Rant over.

Thursday, May 22, 2008 09:54 AM

Monty Python's

got a better scene to depict Billory's plight. It's the scene where the surfs are collecting the plague dead and one of the "dead" is complaining that he's, "not quite dead yet".

His phrase is followed with a pronounced clubbing. And that's that...

Thursday, May 22, 2008 10:00 AM

Notorious W.U.S.

The Ministry of Silly Walks is calling. Hobble along now....

Thursday, May 22, 2008 10:09 AM

can't watch videos

Is there an alternate link or something for those of us who are slacking off at work but youtube is blocked? (I'm assuming these are youtube videos because all I see is a big, empty white space where the video should be.) For what it's worth, I have no problem viewing the current tv videos that are sometimes embedded.

Thursday, May 22, 2008 10:34 AM

Yes, it's gross, but

if Gore was running against Obama, it would work too. That's what keeps it from being sexist. (PS. I'm a 51-yr-old female Obama supporter.)

Thursday, May 22, 2008 10:41 AM

That scene has always bugged me.

Is it just a girl thing? Anyway, putting Hillary's beloved voice in that helmet made it far, far more gruesome for me. I am not amused. Except the "James Carville's better-looking cousin" thing was hilarious.

Have you seen the Hillary-as-Vader movie? Now THAT is hilarious, without any loss of limbs.

The REALLY important thing about this thread? W.E.S. voted for Obama! What a pill.

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