One more plus if Hillary LOSES the primary.....
Mr Mary McCheney Carville and Paul THE IDIOT Begala will be pariahs, oh and let's not forget Mark THE ROVE Penn....having them gone is worth pretty much anything!

And I've thought they irrelevant since '94.  My only proof that they are irrelevant is that they're reduced to being talking heads on cable infotainment channels.  

So, I'm going to ignore all this and go to the 50 State Strategy.  This is Dean's baby.  The Kerry campaign almost thought about maybe trying it about 2 weeks before the election.  It was clearly in play during '06 and no amount of credit-stealing from Emmanuel or any other dolt is going to take that away.  

It's obvious that Obama has taken the 50 State Strategy and put it in effect.  The one thing I hear from veteran Dem. volunteers and organizers is how big Obama's ground campaign is.  My father was stunned that there was an Obama office near the church where he sometimes preaches.  This place is in the middle of nowhere in Missouri, yet the Obama campaign had an office there.  To make it even more impressive, in most of the states, regardless of wins or losses, many of the offices are still running.  

Dean has to feel totally vindicated by this approach, his baby.  Yet, it's amusing to watch him speak in interviews.  He's incredibly diplomatic, yet one comes away with the impression that he's no fan of Obama, despite the fact that we know he's no fan of Clinton.  From what I heard, this is the same approach Obama took in his Illinois campaign--the 50 County Strategy, if you will--so it's nothing new to him, just a bigger scale.  But I'm very interested in knowing if Dean is annoyed that Obama is doing well using this 50 State Strategy.  Did Obama do this without Dean's "blessing"?  

I don't expect anyone to actually answer the question, it's just something I've been wondering about since Super Tuesday.  

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It appears in one of about 1000 US trash newsheets. ALL of which  spewed propaganda during the runup to the invasion of Iraq; all of which are pushing one line or another depending on who owns them. (And of course who owns the owners.)

Just for starters.

More?

It is unattributed.

Was the writer there?

And even if he was...why should he be trusted? Because he writes for a U.S. paper? Please. Judith Miller worked for one too. So does Novakula. Please.

More?

Sure?

It REEKS of bad journalism. There used to be a series on the New York News, years ago. Sunday edition. True crime shit. The WORST. I would buy the paper just to read it. The WORST. Same routine. Writing as if the reporter was there in the room listening to Dillinger or Pretty Boy Floyd or whoever talk like Cagney or some other Hollywood actor.

And here we have:

Jabbing the air for emphasis, Bill Clinton gave his answer: "Because you're a sticker! That's what people need to know -- you're a sticker. You stick at the things you care about."

C'mon...

"Jabbing the air for emphasis!!!???"

EDITOR!!! REWRITE DESK!!! QUICK!!! IT MAY BE TERMINAL!!!

ANTIDOTE!!!

BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE!!!

What drivel.

No wonder she's losing.

With support like this, who needs opponents?

Shameful.

AG


Goodness had nothing to do with it, dearie.-Mae West

From the article "little story: "http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2002329307_hillary11.html

"The speculation about the Clinton marriage is not confined to ordinary voters. In the White House years and since then, it has been a common topic of discussion among Clinton friends and aides. With few exceptions, most of these people concluded that the marriage is a genuine if turbulent romance, powered by a shared sense of mission about politics and government."

One reason many professional women do not support Hillary is her acceptance of public humiliation from her husband--way before the White House incident.

ENOUGH WITH THE EFFING MARRIAGE!!!!!
 Look at the situation TODAY! Because of the horrendous approach that the Clinton campaign has taken, she is on the verge of losing the nomination. Don't get me wrong. She is a formidble person. But, with the likes of the dlc, begala, ford and their ilk, to hell with them. They are over with.
Look at the Obama approach. Look at the breadth of his obvious impact. Look at the diversity of his support. I am not in love with the man but as was pointed out by Gov. Dean, every state counts. Sure, that costs bucks but it doesn't seem to be a problem for the O man so far.
 If anyone has been right, It has been DEAN! Now, will the voters turn out for the Nov election? I think so if the candidate assumes that each and every one of the voters feels that he/ she is important and that is the O mans message. Hold you noses, cross your fingers, take a deep breath- whatever turns you on but don't forget that this election is the most important election in the history of this country.
  The friends you keep is so true! But what is even more true is the simple fact that turning te enthusiam of this voter population will be a disaster of epic proportions!

Is anyone going to buy a Coke (or was it Pepsi) because Carville's ugly mug was in a commercial? Quite the opposite.

it's all about money and power.

Well, "You can't vote for war and disown the results"

"Not normal." Based on what? Believe it or not, lots of couples manage to work things out and stay together after infidelity. The only difference here is, they went through what should have been a very private ordeal in the public eye, thanks to the panty-sniffing Republicans.

Speaking of the Clinton marriage... Look what I saw at the grocery store checkout yesterday:

Consider the source. But it caught my eye, like when we had all the tabloid stories of Laura leaving George because of his drinking.

If there is any doubt the direction that Republican foot soldiers will take over the next 9 months, here it is via Digby and Down With Tyranny from the CPAC Conference just held:

I saw something similar to the Hillary one stuck in the back window of an SUV on the way home just a few minutes ago.  It's all they know how to do.  Misogyny, racism and hate.  Welcome to the new GOP, same as the old one.  I bet McCain is proud.  Can't wait for the condemnation by our illustrious Congressional representatives.

Oh wait...........I forgot.  It's fine if you're a Republican.  Nothing to see here, move it along folks.  Just people exercising their right to free speech.

God this is going to be ugly beyond description.

"Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity"

I'm less interested in details of the Clinton's personal life, which, although character revealing, are out of bounds -- IMO.

However, the attacks on Dean in the aftermath of the 2006 election outraged me, and that was at a point long before I had decided on who to support in the 2008 Presidential election. My reaction to comments by Carville and others was one of shock, since it was obviously a power play by the Clinton people which had nothing to do with disagreements over strategy.

Carville's specious claim about Dean being the reason for the Democrats not taking more seats was not only clearly empirically wrong -- from a political science point of view -- it was also amazingly ill-timed. This last point, of timing, is extremely significant.

The significance of the aftermath of an election, particularly a landslide, lies in the psychology of decision making. Mandates are formed in the post-decisional phase of cognitive dissonance immediately following an election. This is the period when voters have the chance to mold the meaning of their vote into an agenda for the incoming Congress (or Administration). Curiously, or perhaps not, discussion about the meaning of the 2006 election was short-circuited by the media, as well as by comments by Carville.

The timing of Carville's comments was extremely bad, but I hardly think it was the only dynamic in play. One of the other reasons -- quite obviously -- was the eagerness to move to Presidential 'horse race' coverage, but it's also extremely suspicious that the media preempted coverage of the meaning of the 2006 election. This is one of the few instances in which I encourage conspiratorial thinking, since there was clearly a decision made by the corporate management of the media giants to quell discussion of the meaning of the 2006 election. Considering the fact that businesses have applied social-psychological theory on the post-decisional phase of cognitive dissonance into their business practices, there is little doubt that they were unaware of the impact on public opinion regarding the 2006 election.

"..the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. .. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked.." - Goering