comment #1

Marty Melville says ...

There's a Pryor-esque vibe about this particular stump speech that is not only very funny, but gives me hope.

comment #2

Mgmax says ...

The least appealing part about Obama is the part that sounds most like Hillary-- "When I called them ignorant rednecks, I meant that their faces have gone red with frustration at eight years of George W. Bush's politics of division."

The most appealing part is when he talks like he's actually watched The Daily Show and belongs to the present generation.

I wish he still smoked. I'd love to see a State of the Union address delivered with a cigarette in one hand.

comment #3

Sean says ...

When I heard Obama's guns & religion comments, I thought he was trying to explain the phenomenon of single-issue voters who have managed to "vote against their best interests" on more macro stuff. Did I just invent that rationale?

comment #4

nemo says ...

An e-mail to Josh Marshall from a former Clinton advisor:

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/188673.php

"I have been in meetings with the Clintons and their advisors where very clinical things were said in a very-detached tone about unwillingness of working class voters to trust government -- and Bill Clinton -- and about their unfortunate (from a Clinton perspective) proclivity to vote on life-style rather than economic issues. To see Hillary going absolutely over the top to smash Obama for making clearly more humanly sympathetic observations in this vein, is just amazing. Even more so to see her pretending to be a gun-toting non-elite. Give us a break! . . .

"This has to be one of the few times in U.S. political history when a multi-millionaire has accused a much less wealthy fellow public servant, a person of the same party and views who made much less lucrative career choices, of "elitism"! (I won't say the only time, because U.S. political history is full of absurdities of this sort.) . . . "

comment #5

Rich S. says ...

The Clinton campaign is like a political version of Meet the Parents. One small lie gets told (or an opportunity is presented by an Obama slip-up) and then the whole thing immediately spirals out of control with outrageous lie piling on outrageous lie. It's becoming almost comical to watch.

comment #6

K. Bowen says ...

Those are some funny lines.

comment #7

JackeyAces says ...

If Hillary doesn't concede after Pa she should compelled to legally change her name Gollum. Staying in at this point is not being a tough scrapper. Its a weird and pathetic form of delusion & begging.

comment #8

berg says ...

this morning Wall Street Journal radio (a compendium of the paper on air) had a story on the Hottie-Galumph phenom ... I only know that because I went to sleep with coast to coast am on the radio and woke up at 4:55 am to hear the Hottie-Galumph issue being bandied about by people who obviously don't see movies

comment #9

dangovich says ...

I like this stuff from Obama. Never underestimate the power of humor. He should have used this approach in response to Hillary's sniper fire story.

comment #10

Movie Watcher says ...

The democrats just can't get it together. You know ole Johnny Mac is laughing his ass off at Hillary and Barack. The bad news for McCain, if he wins, is the congress will be controlled by the democrats, so he won't get anything done. If he does get elected, get the bombers ready for Iran, and watch the bombs drop. He'll play the fear card, and the democrats will collapse, as usual. If I cared I would vote, but not now.

comment #11

62Lincoln says ...

"If Hillary coesn't concede after Pa..."? http://americanresearchgroup.com/

The latest results seem rather encouraging for Hillary.

comment #12

christian says ...

And today McCain announced that "I hate war." Imagine if Clinton or Obama had said that. Imagine the rightie blustering.

While the Democrats are tearing each other up, McCain is smiling.

comment #13

Edward says ...

Movie Watcher, there are other issues besides the presidental race. I'm sure there are state-wide and local issues which more directly affect you. I have a mayor to vote for, a state representative, Congressman and U.S. Senator, as well as other important statewide and local issues.

comment #14

MovieBob says ...

See, THIS is how you do it. Finally Obama figures it out. Probably not soon enough to stop Hillary from stealing away his pledged delegates (from her own mouth: "there's no such thing as a pledged delegate," and she's RIGHT...) or McCain from creaming him in the general-election debates (fair or not, a grandpa-esque moderate Republican beats a young hard-left Democrat) but he should've been fighting like this all along: If you don't want to fight dirty, you don't want to be president.

comment #15

JackeyAces says ...

If HIllary is willing & able to push things to the convention then maybe some real damage would be done.

Otherwise Obama is gonna be fine. There aren't any issues the Dems are split over. This a battle about personalities more than anything substantive. That's why the fight have become so petty & silly.

Assuming Bill & Hillary are going to play nice & do some campaigning show a united front and the whole smear. Hillary did him huge favor by bringing up Rev. Wright in March instead of most of America hearing for the first time August.

Obama may win, he may not but it won't be because of anything that happened in March or April. Get real! Most of America isn't even paying attention yet.

comment #16

D.Z. says ...

MovieWatcher: "If he does get elected, get the bombers ready for Iran, and watch the bombs drop."

Pro-tip: McCain can't attack Iran if Congress has not declared war. The more you know...

Oh, and SNL calls for it Obama. http://www.crooksandliars.com/index.php?s=SNL+Petraeus

comment #17

Movie Watcher says ...

DZ
McCain will do the same thing Bush did to go to war. You don't think he will? Hence the fear card.

comment #18

JackeyAces says ...

Clinton didn't need Congress to declare war & bombed the crap out of 2 Eastern European countries.

No declaration of war for Korea or Vietnam either.

The Supreme Court has decided that what type of action requires a Congressional act of War is a political question. Which is the Supreme Court's way saying to the Executive & Legislative branches are going work this out themselves.

A draft may not be called without Congressional approval.

Congress does always have the power of the purse & can cut off or reduce funds at any time

I don't think McCain would invade Iran without a very good reason. First off our troops are maxed out & are desperate need of a rest Second the American people don't want it (including a majority of GOP). Third Israel could do it with America picking up the tab is the most likely option if any bombing doe take place.

comment #19

Mgmax says ...

"The bad news for McCain, if he wins, is the congress will be controlled by the democrats, so he won't get anything done."

There are many of us for whom that is the single best reason to vote for McCain.

comment #20

christian says ...

U.S. Rep Geoff Davis apologized Monday for calling presidential contender and U.S. Sen. Barack Obama “boy” during a Northern Kentucky dinner over the weekend.

“My poor choice of words is regrettable and was in no way meant to impugn you or your integrity," Davis wrote in a letter that staffers said was hand-delivered to Obama’s U.S. Senate office. "I offer my sincere apology to you and ask for your forgiveness.”

comment #21

Mgmax says ...

He should have called him a garlic-nosed Italian, then everyone would have understood.