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President Biden Meet Barack American

By Larry Johnson on August 23, 2008 at 10:10 PM in Barack Obama, Current Affairs, Joe Biden, John McCain

You got to love YouTube. We have never had an election where the media no longer controls the video and audio from events. When candidates make gaffes they will be recorded, replayed, and remembered. Today is no exception. Let’s start with the Democratic odd couple:

Can someone get these guys some name tags or something? Seems to be some confusion about names and titles.

But then there will be the questions in the coming days about what they have said about each other prior to today’s love fest. Here’s Barack singing the “praises” of Joe Biden.

As the church lady said, “Isn’t that special.”

And, for those of you living in a cave or who just came back from a week at an isolated beach on a tropical island, here is Biden sharing some love with Barack:

So, Biden talking nice about McCain. Was that out of context? Here’s another snippet from another time:

But Biden ain’t alone. Hell, both Biden and Barack, along with other Democrats, love them some John McCain.

I would love the job of having to create ads for McCain. The Democrats are turning out to be the gift that keeps on giving. Hell, you don’t even have to be too creative. This shit writes itself.

  • fif

    Oh man. That first clip: someone get these guys teleprompter coaches. Gaffe city, here we come!

    • http://www.thecityedition.com/Pages/Archive/Summer08/BrazileRoveConnect.html YRM

      The best part was not Biden’s speech, but the preposterous running stage entrance. Let’s also not forget how we got to this low point in Dem Party politics.

      The Donna Brazile – Karl Rove Connection
      http://www.thecityedition.com/Pages/Archive/Summer08/BrazileRoveConnect.html

    • Obama is a bum

      These two swung the gate open like clowns. Let the circus begin.

    • http://! Clinton Fan

      DING DING DING DING DING DING DING!!!!!!!!!

      Paging Doctor Freud….. Doctor Freud? Paging Doctor Freud!!!! You’re wanted at Campaign Headquarters… Doctor Freud….!

      DING DING DING DING DING DING DING!!!!!!!!!

      :mrgreen:

      • roseeriter

        Well all those great Democrats have told me to vote for McCain and I use to trust them A lot until they propped up Obambi. So do I listen to the old Dem Party or the New Dem Party??

        Hmmm what to do what to do???

        I know I’ll never support Obama.

  • danny

    What a couple of fucking bufoons!

    • Bud White

      Totally….. I needed a good laugh

      • HARP

        Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum

        • DawnelleNOTVOTING4it

          b o o b

          • HARP

            I think it’s about time we voted for presidents with breasts. After all, we’ve been voting for boobs long enough.

            • DawnelleNOTVOTING4it

              yea baby! lol

        • jwrjr

          Stan and Ollie?

        • 935 Lies

          Tweedle Dum and Dum-Dum

          • mimi

            Frick and Frack.

            • Bye bye Obambi

              Dumb and Dumber

    • cc

      I agree…buffoons both.

  • Truthteller

    They expect me to find motivation in all this mediocrity?

  • Truthteller

    Not only are both plagiarists; both are terrible publish speakers sans script. I guess the Democratic Party is now the party of mediocrity.

    • http://www.youtube.com/user/PaulFVillarreal Paul F. Villarreal

      Ba ha ha! So correct, Truthteller.

      The GOP already has a Biden Gaffe Clock set-up, counting down the time until the next Joke Biden screw-up.

      Lord, think about how pathetic this ticket is. Historians will look back on this duo and cackle with derision.

      • carol

        I don’t think so Paul….Obama made a very good choice. He didn’t select your pick, but he had his own reasons…they just don’t click and probably never would have.

        Lose your hate for a bit, okay? it isn’t very flattering.

        • roseeriter

          Neither is your Obama blindness, but then you must love suppressing the vote and committing fraud like Bush/Cheney- you stupid hypocrit!

  • danny

    Who’s your DADDY!

    biden. he he he he he he ha ha ha ha ha ha

  • CB

    Hilarious! They are so full of themselves.

  • DawnelleNOTVOTING4it

    ROFLMBO!!!

    Barack Amer…..

    Joe you stopped yourself too late son.

    LOLOLOL!

    Lookie everyone the Circus has come to town!!

  • Number2

    Please!?!

    Can someone explain the meaning of Obama’s chair/stool?

    • Northwest rain

      Practice for when he goes to jail.

    • Susan

      He doesn’t have very much stamina – remember during the primaries Hillary was running circles around him – she looked great while he looked exhausted all the time – you’d never guess he’s 15 years younger. And she didn’t need to take 3 vacations in the past year.

    • TeakwoodKite

      Where was the dunce hat? Looked like he was on a time out.

      He was so looking depressed…as if Britney had not called him lately…

  • Patti

    Lookie everyone the Circus has come to town!!

    And TYKE has a goring in mind for Oblowmee and the Biddy. Ought to be an interesting ride

    *(elephants gore their opponents. Tyke was a runaway circus elephant)

  • SJ

    Fox tonight ran a new ad that is coming out from the McCain camp against Obama featuring Hillary, please someone get a copy of this and put it up, this one is going to be a classic.

  • typical.white.person

    Biden says “my state was a slave state”

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFduMuP7v-k

    .

    • http://safari AnnieCarmel

      Wow! Amazing connection. His state was a slave state and Obama’s ancestor was a slave trader. So much in common. When are they going to remember that Barry did not share the typical black experience in America…not from slaves…but slave traders and whiteys.

  • http://! Buzz Latte

    Obama could have selected God himself, the goddess Kwan Yin, or Zeus or Aphrodite and i STILL wouldn’t vote for him! Ever.

    That being said, who knew an election could be such a comedy routine. Obama and Biden the Abbott and Costello for the 21st Century.

    I’m waiting for Obama to do the old one liner: “Take my wife….please.”

    • DawnelleNOTVOTING4it

      what about the GODDESS Dawnella? Would you have voted for that?

      hahaha just kiddin

      I wouldn’t stoop to that level

      I mean if BHO can be a messiah
      I can surely be a Goddess right?

      ;-)

    • http://NoQuarterUSA.net Larry Johnson

      It was Henny Youngman who immortalized the line, “Take my wife. . . . please”

      • http://! Buzz Latte

        That’s right. But who’d want Me-cHELLe?

    • Susan

      but he won’t be kidding.

    • typical.white.person

      I think they are more like Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy, instead of Abbott and Costello. :-)

      Obama is the puppet and Biden (Bergen) the puppet master. That would explain why Obama first said he was introducing the president before he corrected himself to say he was introducing the next Veep.

    • http://safari AnnieCarmel

      He could ask, but no one would…

  • athy

    Off topic but very important…

    I have been running across various names in the blogosphere . I had no idea who these people/groups were so I conducted research in effort to connect the dots…

    In my efforts to try and understand Saul Alinsky, Ford Foundation, Gamaliel Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation and the US media blackout, I ran across this article which I think demands further intellectual scrutiny…

    Read this EXCELLENT article describing the Soros power as it relates to the media…People are afraid of Murdoch’s control of the media? Why? At least Murdoch does it out in the open. Take a look at how much power George Soros has over the non profit information sources. Perhaps this is one (of many) causes of the media blackout on important news items?
    The Soros Media “Empire” The Power of Philanthropy to Engineer Consent By Michael Barker

    http://www.swans.com/library/art14/barker02.html

    This article holds up with regards to being unbiased and thoroughly documented…

    • Dr. Kate

      VERY important link, thank you. now what we see we are up against:

      Without a doubt there is ample evidence to support the contention that the power of liberal philanthropy has been harnessed to protect the powerful. But liberal foundations and private philanthropists, like George Soros, are not all powerful (despite their wishes to be so), and the question remains: who is really the most powerful, the elites or the general populous? In answering this question it is clear that I am in agreement with the power elites who understand that the power of the mass public is greater than their own; however, while I seek to encourage people power, elites more than anything fear the democratic power of the people, and do everything within their means to diminish it. For a rare admission of this deep-reaching elitist fear, see the classic Trilateral Commission report, The Crisis of Democracy (1975).

      • TeakwoodKite

        Youth Media Council: a group that was formed in 2001 to “increase the media strategy and capacity of the youth organizing sector” that has helped to build national networks like the Media & Democracy Coalition and the Media Action Grassroots Network

        Ring a BO ACORN bell?

      • http://nobho.blogspot.com/ Johnny at Work

        In “Gadiator” Commodus and the conspiring Senators knew “Control the mob, and you control Rome”.

        It is the time tested formula for power.

    • simanov

      Thank you for the link.

  • athy

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jackson-williams/joe-biden-true-friend-of_b_120776.html

    Joe Biden: No True Friend of Working Men and Women

    By Jackson Williams Huffington Post 8/23/08

  • standard

    We need a documentary filmmaker with a comic sense to follow
    these 2 clowns on their misadventures to oblivion.

  • The Real Hope

    Like I said Laurel and Hardy.

    • DawnelleNOTVOTING4it

      Hey HOPE

      you know that is almost an insult to Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy right?

      ;-)

      • The Real Hope

        Dawnelle,
        They are probably rolling over in their graves! :)

        Those two look ridiculous standing next to each other!

        :)

  • ugo

    Dnc has lost this election by their own rules. Sen. Binden could not stand the heat from Sen. Clinton and quit the primary, how can he run against the RNC and MacCain?

    The media pundit and the DNC have wishful thinking and hope. Dreamers

  • ssmith

    THE SOB ticket: Senators Obama / Biden

    yep.. that’s a winner.. the SOB ticket!!

    NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • WMCB

      I prefer to use both their initials and call it the BoJB ticket.

  • ggreen

    Is it me or did Obama look totally bored during Biden’s speech?

    • simanov

      Probably written by Obama’s people and handed to credit card Joe.

    • 935 Lies

      I am totally bored when Biden speaks…

  • http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=tristkiss trist

    “Passed Over” Another 3am Announcement TONIGHT!”

    Posted over on the WSJ site:
    blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/08/23/new-mccain-ad-gets-more-personal/

    No sooner had Barack Obama publicly announced his new running mate had John McCain’s campaign produced an attack ad asking: Why not Hillary?

    “Passed Over” will hit the airwaves at (you guessed it) 3 a.m. Sunday. The timing is a reference to Hillary Clinton’s national security ad during the Democratic primary and the same time the Obama campaign sent out its text message announcing Delaware Sen. Joseph Biden as the vice-presidential nominee.

    “She won millions of votes. But isn’t on his ticket. Why?” an announcer says in the 30-second spot.

    The answer? “For speaking the truth.”

    The ad, which has not yet been released, then ticks off a litany of criticism Clinton used against Obama in the prolonged primary, according to a transcript sent to reporters.

    “You never hear the specifics,” Clinton says.

    “On the Rezko scandal,” the voice says.

    “We still don’t have a lot of answers about Senator Obama,” Clinton says in footage from the primaries.

    “Senator Obama’s campaign has become increasingly negative,” Clinton says in another scene.

    The announcer closes by saying “The truth hurt. And Obama didn’t like it.”

    The ad is the latest sign that the presidential contest has grown increasingly personal. It’s also proof that the some times bitter battle between the two Democratic senators has provided useful fodder to the Republican opposition.

    Both Obama and McCain are fighting to win over the 18 million voters who chose Clinton during the primaries.

    Recent polls show her base of mostly white working-class women has not rallied behind the Illinois senator. McCain frequently praises the former first lady in an effort to woo her still undecided supporters.

    “Passed Over” could strike a chord since many Clinton fans are upset that she was not seriously considered as Obama’s running mate. While most people considered the “dream ticket” a long shot, the Obama-Biden ticket still struck a chord among supporters and delegates who had held out hope that Clinton would be chosen.

    While I’m very interested in seeing the ad, and applaud McCain’s team for not missing a beat with these things. I do hope they tread carefully, I do not want to feel like nothing more than a pawn to be used and mistreated and taken for granted in there battle for the White House like the DNC is currently doing to us.
    I know many of us are prepared to vote for McCain, if it comes to that, BUT they must remember it’s still a looooong way till NOV. and they don’t have us….YET!

    • Dr. Kate

      ouch. that’s gonna hurt barky’s ego and he’s going to be pissed.

      HRC delegates, please be careful around the obot thugs!

  • sfhillary

    Damn, Larry, you really have gone over to the dark side, haven’t you? You are a sad case. I hope the ad revenue is worth it; can’t really believe that’s the case, but whatever. Have fun as a member of the minority party.

    • DawnelleNOTVOTING4it

      wah wah wah

      go away then you baby

      give some OTHER blog your attention

      we’d rather NOT read you to be honest

      you SUCK (among other things)

      so you see, you would be much better off GONZO

      make it so

      • sfhillary

        No, I’ll stay. I know you don’t want me hear because I don’t spout Koolaid, but — too bad.

        • Dot

          Not only are you a pesty person, you also have bad english. The word is HERE, not hear.

          • sfhillary

            Good point. It’s late.

            • TeakwoodKite

              sfhillary 9:12 pst is late? /\

              Got Milk?

        • Pink Panther

          It’s spelled “here” not “hear” in the context you used the word.

          “Hear” is to perceive sound through the auditory sense. “Here” is at a location such as, “I am here.”

          There is a book you can purchase to help with grammar called, Basic English Grammar, by Betty Schrampfer Azar, Second Edition.

          Best of luck in the future studying English grammar.

          • 935 Lies

            sfhillary thinks that Strunk & White used to open for The Bay City Rollers.

            • sfhillary

              sfhillary is a professional writer who learned Strunk & White, probably, right around the time the Bay City Rollers had their first and only hit — S A T U R D A Y — NIGHT!

              • Pink Panther

                sf:
                If you are a professional writer, you may want to take a refresher course in writing and grammar.

                • Obama is a bum

                  This lunatic is only working for $7 an hour — expectations are low.

              • Linda K

                sfhillary,
                Do you know Debbie?

        • tzada

          So much for educated Barry supporters, the corrects spelling for the use of that word in that sentence is here.

    • standard

      I’m glad Larry let’s little OBots post here, because it’s so much
      FUN watching them SQUIRM in AGONY!!!

      • sfhillary

        Agony? Obama just came off the worst few weeks of his campaign to date and he has still led McCain by 3 points the last four consecutive days in the Rasmussen tracking poll (a Republican poll, but the one whose methodology I most respect). Mccain just made what could be a campaign-changing blunder with his astonishing admission about his multiple houses. The Biden pick is getting good reviews, we’re going into our convention, McCain has to hold a convention for a party that’s so bored and depressed that most national Republicans aren’t even planning on showing up — and you think I’m squirming? I think, as I have thought for a long time, that Obama is going to mop the floor with your shitty candidate. And the Democrats are going to utterly decimate the GOP in the Congressional races — that’s a foregone conclusion.

        So…I don’t know what you think I’d be feeling bad about. We are going to win, and we’re going to win big.

        • Dr. Kate

          roflmao! keep trying if it makes you feel better. yes, your statement betrays agony and fear, you know, so confident in your idiot–who just f***** you over!!!! how does that feel? ha ha ha ha ha ha…..

        • StrawberrybitesBarky

          How can you write that with a straight face? OMG. Barky should be damn near at his zenith this close to the convention and after he names his VP…and you just admitted this was the worst three weeks for barky? Whoa. Can I have a shot of whatever it is you’re having, that is, if it’s a legal substance and if it doesn’t require a prescripion.

          • 935 Lies

            Do you think sfhillary channels Baghdad Bob or Tokyo Rose?

          • sfhillary

            Your PUMA confidence is touching, and one of the reasons I keep reading you folks. But as I’ve said many times, this election will be won via a number of factors that you folks simply don’t know enough to take into account. I’ve written here before about party identification, ground game, professed enthusiasm levels, changing demographics — all sorts of variables that are tilting Democratic in this election. But here is one more to consider as you all spend this week trying to outdo each other with phrases to connote greater and greater contempt, scorn and hatred for the Evil One — America doesn’t know Barack Obama very well yet. This week, they’ll get to know him a bit better, and a lot of moderate centrist types will probably be won over. I don’t see him getting the ridiculous 15-point bounce that McCain is trying to spin, but I do see my guy moving back into a solid lead, and I see the Republican convention as being painful and embarrassing. No enthusiasm. Most party leaders staying away. McCain had a nice nasty little negative-ad run going there, but — as anyone who knows the guy’s career could have predicted — he shot himself in the ass with a stupid comment. He will continue to do this all throughout the fall. And I have no idea now who he can choose as a running mate who will help. The “houses” problem made Romney an even tougher pick.

            By the way, speaking of wealth, for those fans of mine who enjoy highlighting my occasional errors, I want to acknowledge that when I claimed the other day that Obama’s net worth was only $1.3 million and he and Michelle could reasonably be called “middle class,” I was off by a couple years. Until he started running for president, I think you really could say that about them, and their net worth really was that low. But my figure was a couple years out of date; between his new bestseller and sales of his first (and far superior) book, Obama has made around $5 million in the past couple years in royalties, and can no longer be called anything but wealthy. Nothing like McCain or Romney or Bush, of course, but they’re a wealthy household now. Interesting, though, that Obama’s tax proposals will cost his family a couple hundred thousand a year, whereas McCain’s tax proposals will cut his own hundred-millionaire family’s taxes even more. Typical policy positions for a Republican and a Democrat.

            • Susan1968

              You’re ignoring certain factors. During the last third of the primary when Obama had runout of caucus states to manipulate with his busloads of stormtroopers.

              He LOST. He lost in important states.

              Why? Because when people got to know him they voted, “No thanks.”

              You act as if he really won the primary — he did not.

              He needed the supers to put him over the top.

              What does that mean? It means he can;t win a majority in his own party.

              • sfhillary

                Bullshit. Here’s what really happened: Obama out-organized Hillary in the caucus states — you call them “stormtroopers,” I call them “legal voters” — and won just as many of the succeeding big states as she did. Clinton ran a great race, eventually; unfortunately, by the time she changed gears and found an effective groove, the race, mathematically, was already over. But assuming that just because Obama couldn’t defeat Clinton in, for instance, Pennsylvania, he therefore can’t defeat McCain there is just silly. As for people getting to know him — he began the primaries as an unknown with no name recognition, no money, no super-delegates and a very low percentage of Democratic voters saying they’d vote for him. Hillary began the primaries with over 100 super-delegates pledged to her, by far the greatest name recognition, by far the greatest fundraising network, and a huge lead in the polls.

                Didn’t end that way, on any of those counts, did it? Don’t any of you PUMAs have the intellectual integrity to wonder whether there might be a reason for that other than your fantasies about the Obama camapaign’s mythical criminality?

                • Garfield

                  Not everyone on this site is part of PUMA.

                  You may want to go back to the Obama sites so you can feel smarter because you don’t sound so smart here.

                  • tzada

                    Keep in mind sf creature that millions voted for Barry Soetoro, before we knew that he was Barry Soetoro. I was one of those voters. We knew next to nothing about this man. For whatever reasons we had we voted for him. Then sites like this started the vetting process, and like an onion, the real BS/BO appeared. This process if done by the DNC or the MSM prior to super Tuesday would show an entirely different Democrat as the nominee.

                    Garfield is correct there are millions of us who are not PUMA. That said we have come together for the common good of the United States. That common goal has led us to put aside party affiliations, reach across the aisle and put Country before Party. The common goal that motivates millions, will lead to the defeat of Barry Soetoro. I would vote for the Easter Bunny, before ever voting for him again.

            • Pink Panther

              sf,
              You may not know this but we live in a capitalistic society. In the event you have never taken an economics class, or read a book on the topic, capitalism is an economic system that allows private individuals to invest and operate within a free market, AND allows individuals to own private property.

              As part of the capitalistic system, an individual may start and operate a business (or more than one business) and make a profit(s). Rather than eating at the taxpayers’ trough, individuals can be independent and self-sufficient and not rely on the government.

              Does Obama not support capitalism or the right to own private property?

              • sfhillary

                Hmmm…so, you’re saying you support McCain’s tax plan over Obama’s? You think that the richest 1% of Americans should have their taxes lowered even more, at a time when our national debt is already so high that we are literally selling off huge chunks of our industrial base to overseas companies who are swooping in and snapping up entire companies while the dollar is in a state of collapse?

                Whatever, man. I’m here to argue with crazy Clinton pseudo-Democrats, not out-and-out Republicans. Face the facts, Pink — your era is over. Your party blew it. The public understands this and hates you all and will not vote for you again for a long time.

                • Seattle Moss

                  sf
                  The party is over!
                  Our economy can’t survive the effects of an Obama tax increase
                  And I take Obama at his word for wanting to end NAFTA.
                  Of course if you knew anything about history you would know that increasing taxes and creating tariffs leads to a
                  Great Depression.
                  Maybe that’s what you guys want.

                  American defeat in the world and depression here at home.
                  Only then you can have your little Marxist revolution.

                • Pink Panther

                  My party has been the Democratic Party but you are correct, the new Democratic Party has blown it by selecting a loser by the name of Obama for its Presidential nominee.

                  Obama is not going to change the tax plan because he is sponsored and endorsed by the wealthy. He has been supported by Soro, Wall Street and Silicon Valley billionaires. If you don’t know that by now, you haven’t done your homework on Obama’s background.

                  But that is not surprising given your misguided comments and wrong assumptions (e.g., everyone here is a PUMA member).

                  You really should get educated on the issues before attempting to influence people HERE. (Note the spelling of “here.”)

                • TeakwoodKite

                  You think that the richest 1% of Americans should have their taxes lowered even more,???

                  Ask Soros about that 1%.

                  • Dawnelle Leona Del Puma

                    HELL NO

                • SensibleWomanNOTforBO

                  your era is over. Your party blew it. The public understands this and hates you all and will not vote for you again for a long time.

                  ::finger wagging:: Uh, NOT so fast! I assume by the context in which you are using the phrase, “the public”, you’re probably referring mostly to Independents. Well, the BO DEMS are HOPING we’re PO’d enough to CHANGE the era, but hopin’ and wishin’ doesn’t always get you the change you want when BS is pulled in a Primary as it has been this year.

                  I’m an Independent and I was VERY PO’d. Ready to reactively and impulsively hit the Dem button all the way down the ticket UNTIL the Dems pulled THIS rabbit out of the hat (and he IS a rabbit as he hops ALL over the spectrum pandering to the group of the day or week).

                  When I did my OWN research and found out what he REALLY is…a phony who takes credit for everybody else’s work for one thing…and paid close attention as the Dem Primary unfolded, I slammed on the brakes and THAT vengeful attitude of mine came to a screeching halt PDQ.

                  The Dem leadership’s, Backtrack Barack’s, and John Edwards’ shenanigans have given me plenty of cause to pause and make me backitup, Jack.

                  Now? Fuhgettaboutit! I’ve heard, read and seen enough with my own eyes and ears and that impulsive reaction AIN’T gonna happen now.

                  I personally know many, many others in my state and a number of other states who have been and are on the same path as me.
                  When the pollsters call those of us who are undecided, we don’t tell them diddly squat. We don’t want to tell them what needs to be said and done to get our votes. We want the candidates to lay THEIR cards on the table so WE can see what hand THEY are holding.

                  I don’t look for many of us to fold anytime soon, either.

            • Obama is a bum

              You think you are a genius and you only get $7 and hour.

            • http://safari AnnieCarmel

              Allow me to educate you, honey. Centrists will roll to the right before they will go for an America bashing hater like Barry and his miserable spouse. We like balance but if the scales tip, we’ll go to the guy who’ll stand up for the country and not conspire with our enemies every time. So you have your little dream if you wish…but that’s all it is…you wish.

        • Susan1968

          This Obama supporter is proud of a 3 point lead (average the polls and he has a 1 point lead)?

          Are you kidding me?

          47% of Hillary supporters are either voting for McCain or still undecided.

          You cannot “win big” with that many Democrats repulsed by the nominee.

          It won’t happen.

          • sfhillary

            Well, the way the numbers work out, a lot of those “Hillary supporters” had to have been Republicans voting in Democratic primaries. If Obama were really losing 25% of all Democratic voters, he would be way behind McCain instead of slightly in front. It is true that he hasn’t “closed the deal” with a lot of voters. We start working on that this week. And then there are the debates. Obama isn’t the best debater, but if I were you I would not be too sanguine that your doddering fool of a candidate can speak live on TV for several hours without making any disastrous blunders.

            • StrawberrybitesBarky

              “WE” start working on that? Um perhaps you should be more concerned with barky opening his mouth and inserting his foot. Throwing him in a closet like you did Michelle won’t work.

            • Seattle Moss

              You’re such a tool sf,

              Half of Clinton supporters will not support your selection.
              Once again..
              We decide all elections in modern history.

              The FDR/Reagan/Clinton/McCain Democrats have a duty to choose the best president.

              I will cut to the chase buddy..

              Your guy sucks big time!
              and has a complete lack of experience.
              That means disqualification.

              McCain Powell 08

            • Susan1968

              You’re dreaming, SF-person.

              My numbers are based on this week’s polls of REGISTERED DEMOCRATS.

              You got it?

            • Susan1968

              SF – you’re working on “Closing the deal” in the next 70-odd days?

              LOLOLOL!!!!

              • Pink Panther

                If sf is the one closing the deal, it’s not going to happen.

                Would you buy a car from sf?

            • http://safari AnnieCarmel

              The republicans voting in open primaries were voting for the weaker candidate to win the Democratic race. They feared running anyone against Hillary. My Georgia relatives have always voted Democrat in the primary and Republican in the GE. works every time. The entire south has had this strategy at least since Carter (many southerners did give him a try…to their ever lasting regret). How the hell do you think they compromise this stupid bunch every time? Bill was the exception because he was a southerner and a centrist.

            • tzada

              Ones like this, BS introducing Joe Biden as the “next president?” ones like that? Or his claim on the world tour that the banking committee was “his committee”?

              Nothing worse than a whinny bore, which would fit both you and your idol, yea the one with the clay feet.

              One last question, have you learned Spanish yet? Or Arabic like they speak in Afganistan, oops his ONNESS was wrong on that as well…

              Tsk Tsk Tsk guess cocaine usage got to his brain ….

        • http://nobho.blogspot.com/ Johnny at Work

          Take a look at this sfhillary. It will act like smelling salts for that fuzzy head of yours.

          RealClearPolitics Electoral College
          (270 Electoral Votes Needed To Win)
          Barack Obama 264 John McCain 274

          And, McCain is within reach of MN, MI and NH.

          http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/maps/obama_vs_mccain/?map=10

          • http://nobho.blogspot.com/ Johnny at Work

            oopppss… I forgot PA… McCain is closing in on PA also.

            • sfhillary

              I know, dude. It’s been a rough few weeks for Obama. Those who read NQ regularly know that I acknowledged weeks ago that McCain’s putting Steve Schmidt in charge of his campaign was a smart move, because Schmidt understands that a relentlessly negative, brutal campaign is McCain’s only chance of winning this year. And the attacks have clearly helped McCain, in the short term. But they come at a cost which may only become apparent later this year. He has damaged his own reputation, diminished his POW story to the point where commentators are mocking him for it, made it much easier for Obama himself to go negative, and in general just really hurt his own reputation, which raises the bar for his own VP pick and convention. And I just do not think the GOP is up to it this year.

              • Truthteller

                God Damn the Democrats for nominating an unqualified man who hates the middle class for the Presidency. God Damn the Democrats for embracing the God Damn America church of Reverend Jeremiah Wright. God Damn Joe Biden for approving of Reverend Jeremiah Wright’s antipatriotic race baiting.

                God Damn the Democratic Party.

              • Susan1968

                What commentators are mocking his POW story?

                Olbermann?

                You really have to stop watching MSNBC — they’ll give you the idea you’re actually winning.

                Obama owes big corporations for all their bundling.

                You really think he’s going to raise taxes on the rich – LOLOL??

                It’ll be another Obama flipflop.
                Just like FISA.

              • btintaos

                Sfhillary, you can’t be a professional writer (unless you’re counting “technical” as professional) because that penultimate sentence is like a Bulwer-Lytton entry. Worse, the maniacal certainty with which you draw your conclusions is as scary as the conclusions themselves. Why should anyone vote when we have Psychic Sfhillary?

              • http://safari AnnieCarmel

                There you go with another silly comment. McCain will look like the greatest patriot since George Washington next to the American hating, Islamic loving, Terrorist supporting joke of a couple. Mere stooges.

          • tzada

            We need to keep an eye out for this. According to a NYT article I read some months ago, the Democratic Congress is going to do something to eliminate the Electoral College to insure a Democratic win. It has been started with Illinois, Maryland and I think Mass*. Well we all know about Illinois and why that Governor would do this, and the same for Mass*. I would think many SD reside in Maryland, if so I can see that angle as well.

            Hopefully someone more knowledgeable about the electoral college and what the Democratic house is scheming will delve into this and let everyone know. The Electoral College was set up by the founding fathers for good reason.

            * Not sure of Mass being one of the 3.

        • TeakwoodKite

          Obama is going to mop the floor with your shitty candidate

          Hillary is not in the race…but she has not released her delegates…either.
          BO is his own worst nightmare.

        • btintaos

          Your ass is quite the repository for information.

    • http://NoQuarterUSA.net Larry Johnson

      Dark side? That’s good right? Black is beautiful. You are not suggesting that being “dark” is somehow connected with evil or bad things are you? If so, you are a racist sfhill.

      I’m glad to be on the dark side. Truth is a beautiful thing.

      • DawnelleNOTVOTING4it

        Indeed!!

        Hear, Hear, HERE!

        Cheers to TRUTH!

        gnite

        • 935 Lies

          “sfhilllary is a Racist F**K!”, as, “Beth” would say.

          STOP THE HATE!!!!!

      • http://nobho.blogspot.com/ Johnny at Work

        It would only be racist if we refered to the Ibama Campaign as The Dark Side.

        All color references are racist when refering to THE ZERO.

        Including references to those hypoxic purple lips.

      • sfhillary

        The truth being, what? That you believe John McCain would be a better president than Barack Obama? Don’t make me laugh. You’re a salesman who’s obviously been trolling for a new gig and found one in these pathetic PUMAs. I know your history, we’ve lived in similar worlds, I know better than to believe for a second that you buy any of this shit.

        • Pink Panther

          You are one angry person. You really should consider anger management classes.

          It’s understand why you would be angry. Obama has lied to his supporters and flip-flopped, and is a complete failure. But being angry all the time is not good for your health.

          Have you tried yoga or meditation?

        • Susan1968

          SF reads minds. woo.

          SF knows all. woo-woo

          LOLOL!

        • Disgusted

          SFHillary,
          We are all well aware of the Democratic platform, after all most of us are Democrats. You don’t need to sell us the platform. You need to sell Obama and frankly we are not buying. What you are trying to do is sell some broken down piece of shit just because it has a Porsche emblem. It MAY BE a Porsche but it is still a piece of shit. Obama may be a democrat but he is still………. You get my point right?

  • standard

    I got this link from Big Orange Urinal. It’s a Biden moment on the Daily Show. It starts at around 4:40.

    httpCOLON//wwwDOTcomedycentralDOTcom/videos/indexDOTjhtml?videoId=127383

  • ed
    • standard

      Ed, excactly how DO you post a link here without having to spell out a lot of crap?

      • DawnelleNOTVOTING4it

        right click on the link where ever you are

        then bring it to this page and paste it here

        or type in the html [a href="whatever"]
        say something here then close with brackets the other way [/a

        instead of brackets [ use to close

        • DawnelleNOTVOTING4it

          use the greater lesser symbols that never show up

      • tzada

        Cut and paste the link then highlight it, and click the link button above.

    • http://nobho.blogspot.com/ Johnny at Work

      Great video!

  • George Miles

    I think that Obama’s pick of Biden is a really good choice, and show us some of the good judgment we will see when Obama is President. I also see that this pick scares the Republicans, if the FOX Republican Propaganda Network is any indication. Well, I think I will go donate another $250 to the Obama-Biden Campaign.

    • http://nobho.blogspot.com/ Johnny at Work

      Biden doesn’t scare Republican’s. They are all high fiving and fist bumping.

      The Biden pick tells me that every one else spurned Obama’s invitation to the big dance.

      Hillary was not vetted because SHE DID NOT WANT the VP slot. And, she made that clear to Obama when they met after the primaries.

      Biden effectively extinguishes Ibama’s dopey CHANGE and WASHINGTON OUTSIDER platform.

      Jokebama, he’s not THE ONE, he’s THE ZERO!

      • George Miles

        Hillary will make a great Majority Senate Leader with the new Filibuster proof Democratic Senate with President Obama and the Vice President Biden pushing legislation through Congress that about to really CHANGE things. Obama and Biden represent “The inspiration of Hope and Change with the Experience and Effectiveness to make it reality” Folks “The Times They Are A’Changin”……. Thank You Bush,Chaney & McCain for preparing the way.

        • StrawberrybitesBarky

          Funny guy. How’s your ape named Ape?

          • George Miles

            I don’t understand your question. Are you speaking that short school bus code. Tell me, does it still take you 2hours to watch 60 Minutes?

            • StrawberrybitesBarky

              My son has autism asshole. So Obamabots hate women, blue collar workers, old people and you find it amusing to make fun of the mentally challenged. So are you going to round him up and throw him in an oven if Barky wins? You are scum.

              • George Miles

                Sorry to hear your son has Autism. People such as myself that support Obama, are not about hate. Actually we are about compassion and freedom. I was not making fun of anyone but you and your question. Save the guilt trip for your hubby.

                • Truthteller

                  You are classist and racist, which explains why you support Obama.

                  • George Miles

                    I may be classless, and sometimes clueless but I am no classist. When it comes to being a racist, I am happy to say that I am the complete opposite of a racist, I am a tsicar. I would like to know what you base such ridiculous accusation on?

                    • Eidnoreid

                      no, that’s what other obama supporters have accused of us.

        • Susan1968

          George:

          Stop telling Hillary what she’ll be great at.

          Your patriachial bias is showing.

          • George Miles

            Seriously, you think expressing an opinion that one who thinks a women named Hillary Clinton would make a great Majority Leader of the Senate is showing a patriarchal bias?

            pa·tri·arch
            Pronunciation Key – Show Spelled Pronunciation[pey-tree-ahrk] Pronunciation Key – Show IPA Pronunciation
            –noun
            1. the male head of a family or tribal line.
            2. a person regarded as the father or founder of an order, class, etc.
            3. any of the very early Biblical personages regarded as the fathers of the human race, comprising those from Adam to Noah (antediluvian patriarchs) and those between the Deluge and the birth of Abraham.
            4. any of the three great progenitors of the Israelites: Abraham, Isaac, or Jacob.
            5. any of the sons of Jacob (the twelve patriarchs), from whom the tribes of Israel were descended.
            6. (in the early Christian church) any of the bishops of any of the ancient sees of Alexandria, Antioch, Constantinople, Jerusalem, or Rome having authority over other bishops.
            7. Greek Orthodox Church. the head of any of the ancient sees of Alexandria, Antioch, Constantinople, or Jerusalem, and sometimes including other sees of chief cities. Compare ecumenical patriarch.
            8. the head of certain other churches in the East, as the Coptic, Nestorian, and Armenian churches, that are not in full communication with the ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople.
            9. Roman Catholic Church.
            a. the pope as patriarch of the West.
            b. any of certain bishops of the Eastern rites, as a head of an Eastern rite or a bishop of one of the ancient sees.
            c. the head of a Uniate church.
            10. Mormon Church. any of the high dignitaries who pronounce the blessing of the church; Evangelist.
            11. one of the elders or leading older members of a community.
            12. a venerable old man.

    • Dr. Kate

      silly you. you think Obama chose him? lol.

      dude, obama was forced to take him, and biden was forced on the ticket with obama. and they lost their last chance with HRC supporters with the juvenile bratty timing.

      and biden totally destroys barky’s message of change. oh yes, biden voted for the AUMF and wants our troops there for a decade or more.

      Biden will lose obama more women: we remember why that fool clarence thomas is on the supreme court–biden refused to treat Anita Hill with even a modicum of respect, branding her a liar.

      foolish biden. stooge obama. what a pair, they will never make it. democrats will be laughing stocks.

    • http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/08/obamas_donor_contributions_sil.html Jeremiah God Damn Amerikkka Wright

      Hi DOODAD! How is Abdul doing?

      • DawnelleNOTVOTING4it

        lots of work being done over on Elysian Fields Drive in New Orleans boi! ;-)

    • sfhillary

      You really think so? It seems solid and safe to me. Biden doesn’t thrill me but he’s a solid guy who probably is much better suited to the attack dog VP role than running at the head of a ticket himself. And frankly, I take comfort that Obama didn’t feel he needed to make a game-changing pick; I think he and his senior advisors clearly think that this race is still theirs to lose.

      • simanov

        Something from your childhood is causing you to malfunction. Sounds like it is beyond repair.

      • Susan1968

        And he will lose it.

        Why don’t you go to Huffpo and ditto all your friends.

      • Peggy Sue

        My, my. So now your quoting Rasmussen when earlier only Real Clear Politcs was sound. Couldn’t have anything to do with the fact that the RCP average has Obama at a scant 1.6 lead, rather than that 3 pt lead you mentioned?

        And just as an aside, I like Joe Biden. But you cannot buy or “select” experience when you have no experience of your own. That has always been Obama’s problem and it remains Obama’s problem. No experience, no accomplishments, no there, there.

        So please, go spread your faux bravado elsewhere. Not working here! Won’t work in November either.

        • George Miles

          Can you tell me anyone that has being President Experience that is running for the office?

          • Eidnoreid

            how about the president who ran on judgment? george w. bush.

            • George Miles

              Before this War Criminal ran for President, he had no experience being President. My question was the point. No one how has not been president has presidential experience.

    • http://safari AnnieCarmel

      Knock yourself out.

  • http://nobho.blogspot.com/ Johnny at Work

    My wife and I are LAUGHING OUR ASSES OFF.

    Don’t Ibama and Biden know the celebratory drinking takes place only IF you win in Nov?

    Biden definitly sounded like his tounge was fat. Ibama… Well Ibama sounded like a dolt as always.

    They are going to have to work harder to get that 15% bump McCain predicted.

  • http://investigatebarackobama.wordpress.com/about/ kat in your hat

    I just watched all videos.

    OMG.

    ROFLMAO.

    Is this all happening? Is this for real? LOL. It’s like the whole country is tripping on acid.

    WTF…lol.

    • DawnelleNOTVOTING4it

      beyond a tripping moment I would imagine

      ONE STEP BEYOND!!

      (send in the clowns)

  • Truthteller

    I cannot believe Joe Biden would affiliate himself with a man who attended a “God Damn America” church in inner city Chicago for twenty years.

    • DawnelleNOTVOTING4it

      maybe it’s the shared love of Father Pfleger?

      Pahahahahha!

      Someone quick get me the holy water!

      • Truthteller

        According to Father Pfleger, Joe Biden is yet another one of these white people with a overweening sense of entitlement. After all, Biden hails from a former slave state.

        • George Miles

          Actually, Biden was born in PA, and if my history serves me correctly PA was not a slave state, but they do make it hard to buy a 6 pack of beer.

        • George Miles

          PA also force strippers to ware tassles. There is something unAmerican about a state that makes strippers ware tassles.

          • Susan1968

            George:

            Thanks for confirming you’re a sexist pig.

            Just like your candidate.

            • George Miles

              Actually, all I have confirmed is that I buy and drink beer and have seen a PA stripper. Now, explain to me how that makes me a sexist pig. I mentioned beer, does that make me an alcoholic? I have to admit, when I drink beer, I do get sexier, but I have never been a sexist and the only time I was ever been a pig was at a Las Vegas All You Could Eat Buffy.

              • Susan1968

                Because you objectify women by your mentioning of strippers, tassels, et al.

                And the fact that you don’t see this in yourself is further proof.

                Most sexist pigs don’t realize they’re sexist pigs — their bias is so ingrained it’s second nature to them.

                • George Miles

                  Ok, I will admit that I do objectify women when I am attempting to be humorous. But, believe-you-me I do not objectify women on a personal, professional or philosophical plan. Humor is meant to be outrageous, and not taken seriously. I do feel for those that can’t recognize and enjoy joking, especially politically incorrect joking.

                  • Obama is a bum

                    You have convinced me that the typical Obama supporter is a clown just the candidate — no further demonstration is necessary.

                    • George Miles

                      is a clown just the candidate?

                    • Obama is a bum

                      Yes, his name is Bozo, I mean Obama.

            • George Miles

              It was not Obama that offered up Cindy McCain for a simi-pono Miss Buffalo Chip Beauty Pageant in South Dakota.

              http://www.americablog.com/2008/08/john-mccain-pushes-cindy-to-compete-in.html

              • Susan1968

                George – go trim your nose hairs and leave me alone. Buh-bye.

                • George Miles

                  Good idea, they do need a trimming. But let me leave you with this. I love to laugh and I can find humor in almost anything.

                  But, I do attempt to treat everyone with respect and kindness. The way I try to not be sexist and racist and any other ist is to not ASSUME to much about the other person, especially when I don’t even know them. So, for me it is pretty simple. Be myself, but try to respect others sensibilities and not be a assumist….

              • Obama is a bum

                Did the daily kooks throw you out of their site?

          • tzada

            Ware? Would that not be wear? Sorta like hear and here? OMG sf is using two names or they are cut and pasting out of the same playbook.

    • 935 Lies

      Because Biden in the Bruce Jenner of Democratic politics. He’ll show up anywhere on his own nickel and run off at the mouth for an infinite period so long as either you or he tells him how great he is.

  • http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/08/obamas_donor_contributions_sil.html Jeremiah God Damn Amerikkka Wright

    Can’t wait to see the McCain Video tonight at 3:00 am!!!

    Joe Biden for President / Barack America for VP 08

    • DawnelleNOTVOTING4it

      I’ll catch it around 9am

      Have a great night Jeremiah and NOQTR PUMA & Red or BLUE State NO BAMA voters!

      Adieu

  • Chicago Joe

    WHy doesn’t some MSM type put together the Beau Biden-Larry Sinclair phoney Delaware charge? This could be some payback for BHO. Wake up, news media!

  • http://www.nobloodforhubris.blogspot.com No Blood for Hubris

    It’s all much of a muchness, is it not?

  • Dot

    Can you imagine what other countries are thinking about America. This is a good reason not to vote for Obama Amera or our new second president, Biden.

    • George Miles

      I don’t understand your point?

      • Obama is a bum

        Nobody cares if you do.

        • George Miles

          Obviously, you do…pin head

          • Obama is a bum

            Obviously? What rock did you crawl out from under, moron? Go back to the Daily Krap where your type reside.

            • George Miles

              Daily Krap, that is funny. I have been to the Daily Kos a couple of times, but I am not regular… ha ha

  • HARP

    (CNN) – The Obama campaign has succeeded partly through astute, unprecedented use of the Internet. But some of the most obvious Web site domain names for the Obama-Biden ticket might not actually belong to the campaign anytime soon — if ever.

    After hearing about Obama’s selection for his number-two slot, anyone who tried to surf to obamabiden.org was re-directed to an eBay page selling that domain name for a starting bid of $100,000.

    As of 6:30 p.m. ET, there were no bids listed.

    • http://nobho.blogspot.com/ Johnny at Work

      The RNC owns many of those.

      They must have known that everybody but Biden turned down Ibama.

  • TeakwoodKite

    “I would love the job of having to create ads for McCain. …. This shit writes itself.”

    Just think of all the time you would have for the 3 wood on the back 9… having a job that would do itself…

    Help wanted;
    Person to copy and paste video clips. No voice over or experience required.
    apply at;
    Autopilot Jobs are US INC.
    We specialize in golfing while your work gets done by itself. Cover letter with salary requirements optional. Three wood mandatory.

  • Truthteller

    How will the sanctimonious Obama campaign on judgment when he nominate a man who voted for the war to serve as his Vice President? Apparently Obama cites the war only to exploit it for political gain.

    • George Miles

      What are you going to do when McCain pick a man that was pro-choice?

      • Thinker

        lol, are you new around here?

        Those scare tactics don’t work.

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  • Susan1968

    I love this theory ob MSNBC that Biden will get Obama the blue-collar vote.

    Biden wasn’t able to get himself the blue collar vote during his TWO BIDS for president.

    If blue collar workers loved Biden so much why the heck has he failed each time he entered the presidential primary.

    I repeat — Kucinich got more votes that Biden.

  • Phoenix

    The new Demigodic Party…St. Obama and his disciple…Biden doing his bidding.

  • Pink Panther

    What is the chance that Biden was selected to be VP because Obama will not be the Democratic Presidential candidate through the entire fall process?

    I ask this question based on:

    Obama’s slip of the tongue (i.e., “The next President. . .Biden),

    The lawsuit filed by Berg against Obama, and

    Bill Clinton’s comment a few weeks ago about supporting the Democratic nominee if they could Constitutionally run for the office.

    Biden just seems like an odd choice for Obama’s VP.

    • http://nobho.blogspot.com/ Johnny at Work

      I thought about that too. Ibama’s slip could have been Freudian.

      Biden’s slip was from the alcohol.

    • George Miles

      If you would like to see Obama’s birth certificate that show he was born to an American Citizen (his mother) in the State of Hawaii in 1961. I am 6 months older than Obama. Here is the link: http://my.barackobama.com/page/invite/birthcert

      • http://nobho.blogspot.com/ Johnny at Work

        You must be new here. That is not a birth certificate.

      • http://nobho.blogspot.com/ Johnny at Work

        I am reposting this just for Georgie.

        And Georgie, you may want to have a look at the lawsuit filed in Federal Court last Thursday contesting Ibama’s eligibility here:
        http://www.obamacrimes.com

        The COLB issue is not dead.

        NEWSWEEK on Obama’s Hawaii Certificate of Live Birth: “The short form is printed by the state and draws from a database with fewer details. We tried to ask the Hawaii DOH why they only offer the short form, among other questions, but they have not given a response.”

        In Hawaii, anyone can claim they were born there, and submit evidence years after the birth to obtain a late “Certification of Live Birth”.

        “Who is Eligible to Apply for Late Registration? As provided by law (HRS §§338-15, 338-29.5), the following persons may apply for late registration: Any person born in Hawaii who is one year old or older and whose birth has not been previously registered in Hawaii, or that person’s parent, guardian, next of kin, or older person acting for that person and having knowledge of the facts of birth may request the registration of a late certificate of birth.”

        I do not think it is unreasonable to ask for the original hospital birth certificate or the other documentation that was submitted to Hawaii DOH.

        It is possible that Ibama was born somewhere other than Hawaii, and later applied for the COLB. A sworn affidavit from his grandmother would be enough evidence to satisfy Hawaii DOH.
        Since Ibama was in Seattle only weeks or days after being born, it is possible that he was not born in Hawaii.

        The Hawaii DOH COLB is not conclusive evidence. I’d like to see the hospital birth certificate.
        Even if Ibama was born in Hawaii, his mother registered his nationality and religion as Indonesian, and Islamic. His own mother identified Ibama as Not a US citizen, which makes Ibama a DeFacto Foreigner.

        A POTUS must be, as the Founders intended, a LIFELONG US Citizen without exception.

        The Founding Father’s knew that the loyalty of the President to the US Constitution was paramount to the posterity of this new democracy. Such loyalty was deemed so vital, that they included the clause “No person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President.”

        This distinction is magnified by the different standard for Congressmen and Senators. A Congressman need only have been a citizen for seven years, and nine years for a Senator.

        “No Person shall be a Representative who shall not have been seven Years a Citizen of the United States”, and “No person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty Years, and been nine Years a Citizen of the United States.”

        Loyalty was so vital for the Executive that the Founders wanted a president who was a citizen when he passed from the womb and until his death, someone who’s loyalty to the US and Constitution would never be in doubt.

        So, even with a Hawaii COLB, Ibama still has constitutional problems with becoming President.
        And, even if he could overcome that issue, Ibama is still an inexperienced dilettante, with problematic associations, bad judgment, worse breath (people always pass out at his speeches), and indecisive chronic flip flopping.

        • George Miles

          The silliness, of the claim that Obama is not a native born citizen of the USA is as silly as claiming McCain is not a native born citizen, because he was born in Panama… You, keep your hope alive and waste as much time on this subject as possible. Leave all the other bull shit smears to someone else.

          • http://nobho.blogspot.com/ Johnny at Work

            Struck a nerve, eh Georgie?

    • tzada

      Ware or wear? Hear or here? And I thought BS voters were more educated then the unwashed masses that the DNC doesn’t need.

      Yea ole Nance said that there were to be 2 surprises and the Convention. Biden for Prez and the weather?
      http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/aug/24/tornado-warning-douglas-county/

      At least four tornadoes touched down Sunday afternoon southeast of Denver between the towns of Castle Rock and Parker, but somehow managed to twist dangerously by new housing developments.

      The thunderstorms also unleashed a sudden deluge of rain and hail on several subdivisions. Maybe the plan is for BS to open his arms and command the storms to stop? A true Moses moment eh?

      Rendell: Obama coverage was embarrassing

      Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell was supposed to give “closing remarks” during this afternoon’s Shorenstein Center-sponsored panel discussion with all three Sunday show moderators — NBC’s Tom Brokaw, ABC’s George Stephanopoulous and CBS’s Bob Schieffer — but instead, he opened up a can of worms about bias in 2008 election coverage

      http://www.politico.com/blogs/michaelcalderone/0808/Rendell_Obama_coverage_was_embarrassing.html

  • Brian

    One of the 1st comments mentioned Biden’s “preposterous running stage entrance.” I guess I’m showing my age, but that didn’t look half as silly as Dan Quayle’s running state entrance back in the ’88 campaign. I

  • Phoenix

    Isn’t Biden the one who said, “he’s clean, he’s articulate”, referring to BO?

  • slumlord

    Larry, the title is hilarious.
    I’m glad it’s Biden
    It’s fun to have something to laugh about.

  • http://IthinkIfeel... Tricia Spiegel

    LMAO–Pass the popcorn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • LIsabona

    I don’t know if somebody remember Michel Moore, when he said, he can’t support Hillary, because she was for the war in Iraq.I’m asking myself, if he still support and will vote for Obama, now, when he choose for his VP, somebody who was the bigger supporter of the war. The same thing I ask from others too,who said the same thing about Hillary and Iraq.

    • socalannie

      I sent him a letter today reminding him of that & asked him if he’s going to be an even bigger hypocrite than usual & try to excuse Biden’s vote.

      Sure enough, on the homepage, right under the announcement, is a clip about Biden apologizing for his vote.

      Michael Moore wrote about Obama choosing someone not in politics at all & suggested Caroline Kennedy (!??!) for VP.

      Now he gets Biden, the quintessential Wash insider. But of course, Moore just gets on board the snobama express.

      • http://medusa2.wordpress.com/ Medusa

        OMG! Someone please get the hook so we can pull these nitwits off the stage!

        Do your part. Vote against Obama.

    • George Miles

      Hillary’s vote to allow Bush start a War is one of the reason’s I did not support her in her run for Prez and I also applied this to any other candidate running for Prez. But, both Biden and Hillary later said that there vote was a mistake and I could accept that and support either Hillary or Biden as VP. I don’t understand this fundamentalist way of looking at politicians. We should count our blessing when we can even get them to admit that they were wrong.

      • Eidnoreid

        yeah, and you let biden off the hook…guess those are just different circumstances even though obama wasn’t a senator at the time and h didn’t even vote, he just gave a speech in 2002.

  • http://usa2008election.blogspot.com/ Smoray

    Obama has become a huge disappointment for America as a whole;web post http://usa2008election.blogspot.com/

    Interesting talk about the texting thing! enjoy :¬Þ

  • Obama is a bum

    If Biden is going to be the president and vice president what the hell is Obama going to do?

  • Andy Lewis

    They’re a coupla circus clowns, I tell ya!

  • Linda

    ROFLMAO. Yes, it does.

  • athy

    http://www.votenader.org/media/2008/08/23/NaderonBiden/

    read about what ralph nader has to say regarding Obama picking biden over sen clinton…

    • http://nobho.blogspot.com/ Johnny at Work

      “Biden will have a tough time when people find out that as MBNA’s man in the Senate–MBNA has been his biggest financial backer, after contributing $214,000 over his career–he was the long-time champion and key architect of, in the words of Chair of the Senate Banking Committee, Senator Chris Dodd, “one of the “worst bills ever,” the anti-consumer bankruptcy law, which helped pave the way for the present foreclosure crisis by shifting the risk for engaging in predatory lending practices from predatory lenders to hapless borrowers.”

      I have to agree with the Nader man on that.

      Another bite out of the Ibama platform.

  • Eden

    Here’s an idea of how much this campaign thinks of the little people.

    Keep in mind, Springfield has many choices that are climate controled. There’s an entire huge fairgrounds with air conditioned buildings or a huge grandstand with at least some airflow, and proper crowd management. But noooooooo, we have to have this event in one of the worst places possible logistically.

    People were droppng like flies. This blogger at one point said he heard a loud thud. It was a guy’s head hitting the pavement after he passed out.

    http://blogs.sj-r.com/politics/

    4:50 p.m.: Hospitals dealing with heat victims

    Several people had to seek medical attention during Sen. Barack Obama’s Springfield visit at the Old State Capitol on Saturday.

    The Springfield Fire Department’s division chief, Bob Reside, said his organization does not yet have a definitive count of how many people were treated, adding local paramedics were overwhelmed Saturday and called upon Menard, Morgan and Christian county ambulance services to help transport ill people to local hospitals.

    “Heat was the biggest problem,” he said. “With that many people packed together on a hot, humid day without wind stirring is the perfect recipe for having something like this happen. We were doing our best to get water into the crowd.”

    Reside said he talked to the medical directors for Memorial Medical Center and St. John’s Hospital, both of whom said they’re swamped with patients from the downtown event.

    “They’re not even attempting to pull together information until all of this settles down,” he said about 4:30 p.m.

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    4 Responses to “4:50 p.m.: Hospitals dealing with heat victims”

    1. Jerome Prophet Says:
    August 23rd, 2008 at 6:07 pm

    Felt like sitting on the street a few times instead of standing – the heat was so intense. So strange. The last Obama speech there was so cold – I attended that too.

    A friend walked as close as he could to get some water, but the crowd was so packed he had to return without the water.

    In this respect the event was poorly organized.

    There should have been volunteers with duffel bags filled with free bottles of water going through the crowd giving water away.

    So essentially the crowd was out there in horrible conditions not allowed to take their own water in for fear that someone would make a bomb with it – crazy, just plain crazy.

    I came home, and went to a restaurant and could barely eat a bite, when my daughter said Dad it looks like you have heat exhaustion, drink some water.

    So after several glasses of water I began to feel normal again – sort of.

    Mayor Davlin if you read this, I live in Jerome so I’m not your constituent, but you should have got the Democratic Aldermen together and rounded up some teenagers to hand out water at various spots. They could have filled up, and come back over and over again.

    It might have cost a few thousand dollars, but you could have had your volunteers dressed in political caps and shirts, etc.

    That’s politics in the old fashioned way – and people remember that.

    A missed opportunity to win over your voters as to your graceful caring ways.

    JP

    2. MY my Says:
    August 23rd, 2008 at 7:47 pm

    Yeah, the anticipation of water needed was a major gaff. Everyone knew it would be wicked hot so what’s the hey? I particularly liked it as we were leaving, coming up on people charging $2 for a bottle of warm water out of a golf cart (which we bought out of desperation) only to find free water being handed out at the exit e few feet away. Nice. If I weren’t so hot and tired, i would have gone back to discourage more people from paying for water. There also could have been better crowd control so that people couldn’t keep coming onto the lawn after it was full. It was ridiculous how many people kept trying to squeeze their way thru….all while other people were dropping from the heat. Yeah, pack more people in. Brilliant. It was an exciting day all in all but as usual, local management of the event left a lot to be desired.

    3. Adam Says:
    August 23rd, 2008 at 8:59 pm

    I was 2 people away from that guy in the picture when he went down and started convulsing. Thankfully there was a doctor nearby. The city also did not plan enough emergency exits for fire and police to get in and out effectively. There was absolutely no way to get that guy out on a stretcher with the sea of people and only one entrance on the east side of the lawn. There was the press entrance around the riser but the geniuses that put it up didn’t make it wide enough to get a stretcher through. The paramedics stood dumbfounded when the secret service told them they’d have to go through the mass of people to get the guy out. This guy is lucky he didn’t get seriously injured and was able to walk out with help because it would have taken an hour to get him out of that crowd. Everyone in the crowd was lucky nothing happened either because the lack of proper emergency exits would have created a massive panic and major problems.

    4. HOMCARE PA Says:
    August 23rd, 2008 at 9:06 pm

    LACK OF WATER TO DRINK AND LACK OF SUPPER SIZES FANS BLOWING,OVER THE PEOPLE THEIR TO SEE IT ?? LACK OF PEOPLE WILLING TO HELP IN GENERAL?? AS FOR THE SIGNS HANDED OUT?? WOULD OF BEEN NICE TO SEE THEM FARTHER BACK SO THOSE TRYING TO TAKE PICTURES?? WOULD NOT OF HAD TO WORK SO HARD FOR GOOD PICTURES, IF NOT A SUPPER LENDS ON CAMERS.. OUT OF LUCK??

    • Eden

      Found another article, not part of that blog, with more details. http://www.sj-r.com/news/x2045581223/Some-in-crowd-pass-out-from-heat-exhaustion

      What is wrong with people?

      “At one point in the early afternoon, police carried a sluggish, red-cheeked toddler out of the Old State Capitol plaza because the child was overcome by the heat.”

      There was another mention of a baby being wheeled out of the crowd due to heat. Yes, wheeled. As in stroller.

      What kind of person takes their small child to something like this?

  • Monet

    It appears neither were paying attention to the teleprompters. I suggest in the future, they get a really large one to put behind them so all of us at home can read along.

    At an event to introduce one’s running mate you would think someone would have realized that showing up informal without one’s suit jackets is a no-no. Shirt-sleeves are fine if they’re touring a factory. If they can’t stand the heat of an Illinois August day in a suit jacket for the formal announcement of the running mate, neither is ready for the executive branch.

    If they were trying to look sexy to catch my interest and vote or to look like working people, they failed. Working people don’t wear crisp white shirts with silk ties on Saturday afternoons in August. They’re in t-shirts and polos, unless they’re at a wedding or funeral. At those events, the suit jackets don’t come off until after the ceremony and meal.

    My neighbor’s granddaughter has a hermit crab named Daisy who could do a better job of running Senator Obama’s campaign.

  • Objective analysis

    Check out the pictoral of Barack America on this link.

    I can’t help be laugh my ass off.

    http://www.theobamafile.com/ObamaLatest.htm

    • PS

      Nigerian Police Probe Obama Fundraising Dinner

      Not only look at the photo, but what is going on with this fundraiser. Will this be more money donated by someone in “Georgia”??

  • http://dontcallmesweetie.blogspot.com/ Blu

    Here’s Barack and Joe taking that 3 AM call

    http://tinyurl.com/5pakms

  • ford

    This clip is PRICELESS…thanks Larry!

  • Hijacker

    “THE NEW DREAM TICKET” I’m just another intruder, born and raised a Republican…..but I DID PROUDLY VOTE FOR BILL & HILL TWICE……however in lite of the poor performance by the DNC and you’all passing over HILL, I would like to NOW announce the New Dream Ticket! It shall be no other than JOHN MCCAIN/CONDOLLESA RICE. I just can’t wait to see what Joe has to say about IRAQ, now that Ms Rice has brokered the parameters for our final VICTORY STRATEGY and the beggining of our troop withdrawal PROUDLY and with HONOR. I am just another Disabled Vietnam Veteran myself. CONDI! CONDI! CONDI!

  • Jim

    I think using Biden’s remarks about McCain to show hypocrisy on his part is a misuse of a really deep down nice guy just being gracious.

    • Karma

      Even FoxNews was saying that Biden isn’t a guy/politician who lies to them.

      Trying to claim Biden was being gracious about McCain, like it was simply a professional courtesy.

      Ignores the facts that partisan politics has been the rule not the exception on the airways. If indeed this was simply a professional courtesy then a compliment is always followed by a slam.

      Which was never the case with McCain. To try and claim as much is revisionist history. McCain is the only Republican I have heard consistant and geniune praise from Democratic politicians.

      And during the 2004 election. Every Dem I ran across only became encouraged about Kerry when he considered McCain as his running mate.

  • Steve

    You can’t make this stuff up :-)

    Misery loves company and in the kingdom of the bland, Obama and Biden are kings…

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