Jezebel
- Have you been wondering, like, where the hell has Hillary gone? What with all the gubernatorial humping and the Bible thumping and the AIDS conspiracy theorizing and the grandmother/bus/throwundering and the fifth anniversary of the war and the "meh" reaction to the public unveiling of her schedule for the entirety of the nineties, you'd think she had, like, left the race! Well, she kind of has. Her own people are giving her a 10% shot at winning the primary. "The notion of the Democratic contest being a dramatic cliffhanger is a game of make-believe." [Politico]
- In other words, when her campaign says the Richardson endorsement was "insignificant", they are pretty much on the money. [CNN]
- But what kind of job did it buy him? [Wonkette]
- Whatever, TAY ZONDAY is back in the news. [Wired]
- China released a list of 21 most wanted endangerers of national security. They have mustaches and carry swords. [WSJ]
- Why is this State Department bullshit such a big deal? Doesn't anyone think, like, you know, it would be kind of cool to see where Barack Obama traveled back when he went by the name "Barry" and a bunch of other countries went by old names like "Rhodesia" andsuch? Sayin. [Wash Post]
- Why does everyone love David Paterson even though he's a crooked womanizer also? I just assumed, "because it is a lot tougher to pull off being a crooked womanizer when you are blind" but actually it turns out that he is just generally a nice guy. [Wash Post]
- You don't hear about Spain being powerful much anymore but as it turns out they are the secret forces running professional basketball. [WSJ]
- Speaking of the Euros France is getting rid of some of its nukes. [BBC News]
- Abigal Taylor, a 6-year-old girl who had a rare intestine transplant surgery after being disemboweled in a freak pool accident last June, died. [CNN]
- Oh my God Jim Newell you are funny sometimes; why am I old enough to be your typical white grandmother? [Wonkette]
- The Republican attack plan for Obama. [Salon]
- You can still run for mayor after being registered as a sex offender, you are just probably not going to win. [Houston Chronicle]
- Speaking of attacks, this lady may not look scary, but watch out for her outside certain tamer amusement park rides. [Fox News]
- When you live in New York you sometimes forget that you are missing out on anything but here, I just found something. [Very Small Array]
Comments
I have been wondering about her.
If she drops out, I will cry.
Fuck it, I am leaving.
Have a lovely Easter weekend all.
Whatevs. My girl has a hot date with me on the beach, and I am used to not having the White House.
McCain FTW. Sigh.
Well is everyone happy now - you beat her to death with every stick you could find.
I'm coming to the beach too with my vodka, wait for me myrtle!
NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
*sniff* save a spot for me on the beach, too, then
@myrtlebeachbum: @Miss Smith Drank Your Vodka: I'm coming too! I'll bring some wine and girl scout cookies. and sunscreen!
@Miss Smith Drank Your Vodka: Oh girl, I heart you so much. It's gonna be a sad day when HRC throws in the towel and we hand it all over to McCain, but we'll always have the beach and alcohol. My crutches can last me another 4 years, I'm sure.
@jessicarabbit: @Cfredl54: You too, you fucking dykes.
Waffle House is the most disgusting place I have ever eaten. The two worst restaurant horror stories I have are BOTH about Waffle House.
Sometimes I go visit her facebook fan page and bask in all the nice comments from her supporters. I hope she does that sometimes, too :-( April 22nd is such a long way away.
@Cfredl54: What kind of Girl Scout cookies?
say it ain't so . . .
"throwundering" is a rad word.
Also, it is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too soon to count Hillary out. The Politico is out to nail Clinton, and none of the story's sources are attributed besides.
Clinton's's taking it easy because Pennsylvania's a month away and the press have woken up from their love affair with Obama. She can let the news cycle take over for a while. I would love it if the nomination fight were to end sooner rather than later, but I just don't see it happening.
@Miss Smith Drank Your Vodka: Might I borrow Clive while you're at the beach? Please? I'll have him home before dinner- well, before dessert.... okay, before sunrise. Definitely before sunrise- promise!
@myrtlebeachbum: Is it possible for you guys to mourn the inevitable stepping down of your candidate without bitchslapping mine? kthxbai
Moe, you fucking wish. Hillary ain't dropping out of shit. No matter how many times y'all try to make it so. Especially after she crushes your boy in PA.
If Hillary drops out of the race, I will cry (with joy) and do a Nelson "HA HA"
The media has been overlooking this for a while to boost their ratings. When the horserace goes...so do their ratings.
It's nice to see SOMEONE in the media had the courage to finally report honestly on this.
Feel free to flame away. I'm sure it's tough to come to terms with this.
They're still fighting though. Bill Clinton implied (possibly mistakenly) that the only patriots runnin for prez are mccain and hillary.
@SinisterRouge on Notice!:
Ahhh...the politico is clearly in the tank for Obama.
That tank is getting pretty full.
I really lost my love for the Clintons after Bill's stupid comments in SC. I really don't know that I could vote for her. I'm hoping I won't have to.
@cheerupsylvia: They most certainly are. Hell, they can't help it. It's totes cool to be in the tank for Obama. You even got suburban white girls like Moe saying who the minorities should and shouldn't vote for and how she knows all about what goes on in black churches. That's how far in the tank some are. And Politico quoting an anonymous source. Scuse while I take that with a giant grain of salt. And you may not want to hear it, but that Wright thing? Will be the death knell for him in the GE.
@petunia942: No worries. About 25% of Clinton supporters won't vote for Obama, either. The Dems have managed to fuck it up just like everyone thought they would. And Obama will get his ass handed to him by the 71 yr old gramps if he gets the nom.
@battleaxonista: His bitch slap is waiting. No need for us to hand it to him.
Somehow "throwundering" just mutated into "thunderwang" inside my head.
I'm sorry, did the fat lady sing? cause I didn't hear it.
It's not over till it's over.
I can't wait till November when Moe has to eat her words.
@SinisterRouge on Notice!: The only one stupid enough to dance down the merry path of Wright might be Clinton if she sees the lights going out for reals. McCain knows damn well he as actively solicited the support of utter cuckoos and the media would be happy to run Wright's 'US KKK A' next to his pastors spouting a bunch of bigoted crap. They won't turn down a 2 for 1 sale.
Obama has by far run the cleaner campaign. Ergo, the earlier she gets out the earlier he has to get the party reunified and fired up, which I fully expect him to do. Once our eyes are cleared of the fog of bitching about whether a mandate is necessary for Health Care, whether touring Ireland with Sinbad lead to peace or whether a Marine-pastor who's pissed at America automatically makes someone unelectable we will see how fucking INSANE McCain's policies would be. Because right now the DNC is having to try to do the job of a presumptive nominee but they're getting smushed out of the media for more sensational news.
However, none of this will happen if either side sits back when their opponent clinches the nom and says 'haha, well you bitches will see when your candidate LOSES and we're fucked for 4 yrs.' Either side will have to suck it up and run with it because there will be hell to pay if we don't. I wasn't happy having to cheerlead for Kerry after the 'Dean Scream' but I did it, and in this case both candidates have excellent chances of winning in the GE.
@Miss Smith Drank Your Vodka: Tagalongs and samoas, but i can get more if we need em!
I predict win in Pennsylvania for our girl HRC. Remember how the media was gloating in advance over Obama's surefire win in Texas? Her core base of the working class, Latinos and women may not be well-represented in the media, but they sure as hell vote. Viva Hillary!
Actually besides Hillary and Bill's dumb statements, Hillary supporters turn me off from her.Don't like Obama, fine but some of the stuff that some of them say sounds like Fox News
@GinaLouise: unless Ed Rendell keeps saying stupid things and loses it for her. There's still a month to go.
@tranquilmademoiselle: Really? I haven't noticed ;)
@brendastarlet: John Lewis used to be my example of Hillary supporters I have respect for. Ed Rendell is my new example.
What I'd really like to see is Ed Rendell as a possible VP.
@SinisterRouge on Notice!: Have you ever considered that maybe...just maybe...Moe isn't an Obama supporter at all? Maybe it's just that she realized that crappy hour and news roundup are predominantly populated by angry rabid hillary fans. So...like a little boy with a jar full of bugs...she shakes the jar angering the bugs but knowing they are harmless to him...but in this case racks up lots of pageviews as a result.
Maybe...just maybe...Moe isn't an Obama supporter at all. Maybe she is instead....PURE EVIL.
Reading the comments sections of "News Roundup" and "Crappy Hour" is consistently one of the more depressing parts of my day. (Why do I even bother? I'm a glutton for punishment.)
It's like watching the Democratic party crumble before my eyes and that's what I'm really scared of come Nov. 5th. That no matter who the nominee is, Dems will be so pissed THEIR man/woman didn't win that they'll vote McCain. Or even worse not vote at all. Seriously, why are people (who identify themselves as Dems) gleefully predicting a McCain win if only to tell the other side, "Nyah, nyah, I told you so!" How old are you people? Grow the fuck up! Even though I'm an Obama supporter (an Obama supporter who voted Kucinich in the Fla primary) I will happily vote for Clinton because 1) she's not a retard and 1,000 times better than McCain and 2) a McCain presidency is genuinely scary. He's not a "good" republican who will only mess up the country "a little." He wants to go to war with Iran!!! Whoever the nominee is, we have to unite to make sure this shit doesn't happen. And if Obama is the nominee, Clinton lovers? Guess what? Despite what you heard, he doesn't totally suck!
We've been blessed with 2 charismatic and engaging candidates. While the math makes it seem like it will be impossible for Clinton to win the nomination (even with her mostly likely winning in PA), it's not over. I wish it were, if only so the party can stop tearing itself apart and unite already.
@battleaxonista: cause uh, the car inspection industry totes cares how you vote:P *drinks more coffee*
@ShanaElmsford:I hear what you're saying. It's frustrating. I'm not the biggest fan of Hillary but I don't hate her. I just wish that she had said intelligent statements and not played the nasty political game which basically made her look bad in the end. Whoever gets the nomination, I will vote for as a democrat
@cheerupsylvia (Can I a Haz...Notice???): LOL.What I can I say? I just over analyze ;)
A dem who says they won't vote for one if the other gets the nom is a true example of a schoolyard "Imma take my ball and go home!" mentality.
Spanish basketball is a ton of fun to watch. They mike it strangely, though. You can't hear the shoes squeaking and the ball bouncing.
I am also of the opinion that Hillary is taking a much-needed rest during a particularly long stretch before PA. The other events of the week were so obsessed over by the media that nothing she did would have caught their eye, anyway (unless it were equally "scandalous" in the media's eyes), so it's not a bad time to rest up.
And poor Abigail Taylor. That is just a horrific and sad story, and makes me ridiculously mad at people who want to jump aboard the tort-reform-express. I hope the club responsible gets slapped with such tremendous punitive damages that no kid ever dies like this again.
I remember being terrified of pool drains when I was a kid. Sadness.
there's nothing white liberal men and the young women who hope they'll leave their wives for them them won't do to kill the "mommy-first wife-witch." let's all throw ourselves on the pyre of liberal guilt for racism. you're not even allowed to say you think sexism might exist without getting a shit bomb thrown on you.
@ShanaElmsford: i'm fine with obama. it's the anti hillary stuff i can't stand.
@SinisterRouge on Notice!: but she cannot win unless she wins by huge margins for the rest of the way which isn't going to happen. in whose best interest is it for her to take this shit all the way to the convention while mccain sits back and watch? only hers.
"@ShanaElmsford: "While the math makes it seem like it will be impossible for Clinton to win the nomination."
It doesn't make it seem, it IS impossible for her to win unless she does some shady ass shit and rather than her drop out for the good of the party, she remains. so this bullshit will continue. it's no one fault at this point but hers
@bess marvin, girl detective: It really does seem like Hillary's trying to permanently injure him for the GE. I seriously think she may be trying to set herself up for a 2012 run. If that's the case...she must have been really pissed that he ran against her and she must have really felt entitled to the nom.
@battleaxonista: Luv the shout out to Sinbad.
Has anyone ever actually heard any of his material?
I've heard it's pretty bad. It must have been pretty tame though given the folks that book him.
@ShanaElmsford: your comment was smart, clearly written and eloquent. Wish more commenters could write like you.
if Hillary wind, great. I will vote for her. I'm not going to be childish and not vote at all cause my candidate didn't win the nom. I certainly won't vote McCain. Fuck that noise.
wins not wind. Damn iPhone.
@bess marvin, girl detective:
exactly, and that's what continues to turn me off towards her, more and more every day. at first it was like eh, i love obama but i could vote for hillary to stay true to the dems, but now since it's obviously impossible for her to win fairly, it's just pissing me off. like really, drop the fuck out and let us unite behind the dude who is obviously more popular, so we can beat mccain. but of course she won't do that, she's gonna fight to the death because she thinks she's so deserving of it. and to be fair, if their roles were reversed, i'd expect obama to drop out, since either scenario would benefit democrats, and we'd have a better shot of beating john mcdouche come november.