I pit the constant barrage of Obama

[What_Exit]

@athelas

You know, instead of wasting money on commercials, can’t the candidates just…you know…bribe us?

Considering what they spent in Iowa & Nevada versus the numbers that actually Caucus, it might have been cheaper in those states.

Problem is, in our state (you are in NJ aren’t you?) the ads are cheaper that paying us off.

Jim

[KSO]

At least it’s Obama and not every half-assed douchebag Kennedy looking for camera time. Yesterday, I was subjected to Fat Drunk Teddy and Caroline supporting Obama and one of Bobby Kennedy’s kids telling me he supports Hillary.

Big. Fucking. Deal.

[Una_Persson]

Sorry to disappoint the Hillary lovers on the SDMB (sadly, too many of them) but I’d rather listen to Obama read from the phone book than listen to Hillary…well, than listen to her at all, the two-faced pandering lying bitch.

[Quartz]

@What Exit?

Fred Thompson would have at least put me right back to sleep.

Winner!

[brownie55]

@KSO

At least it’s Obama and not every half-assed douchebag Kennedy looking for camera time. Yesterday, I was subjected to Fat Drunk Teddy and Caroline supporting Obama and one of Bobby Kennedy’s kids telling me he supports Hillary.

Big. Fucking. Deal.

They are Kennedys, it’s not like they are going to get jobs as plumbers or assembly line workers or something. Talk is what they do.

[brownie55]

@Una Persson

Sorry to disappoint the Hillary lovers on the SDMB (sadly, too many of them) but I’d rather listen to Obama read from the phone book than listen to Hillary…well, than listen to her at all, the two-faced pandering lying bitch.

Don’t forget her 35 years of experience!

[What_Exit]

@Una Persson

Sorry to disappoint the Hillary lovers on the SDMB (sadly, too many of them) but I’d rather listen to Obama read from the phone book than listen to Hillary…well, than listen to her at all, the two-faced pandering lying bitch.

I agree, but if she pulls out the nomination over Obama, I will still end up voting for her. Just not with the enthusiasm I will have in voting for Obama. Either centrist Democrat will be a good thing for this country after the last 7 years.

Quartz: Thanks

Jim

[Windwalker]

@Una Persson

Sorry to disappoint the Hillary lovers on the SDMB (sadly, too many of them) but I’d rather listen to Obama read from the phone book than listen to Hillary…well, than listen to her at all, the two-faced pandering lying bitch.

Don’t they all pander and lie? Obama certainly panders, though I’m not sure if we’ve caught him lying yet. The only concrete thing that pushes me toward Obama is their differing actions with regards to Iraq. Obama was among the unpopular politicians who had the guts to heed reason and oppose the war initially, when it counted. Hillary was one of the hawkier Democrats that authorized the war. Whether or not she just got caught up in the mass idiocy at the time, or whether it was calculated to further her political ambition, that vote is inexcusable. Only one thing, but a very, very big thing, one that makes me fear for more potentially catastrophic decisions from this person. So big, that it makes my decision for me.

Obama it is.

[Wile_E]

If you’re already sick and tired of campaigns/politicians you’re not going to make it until November. Better get a break from it all so you don’t go off the deep end. Don’t watch TV for a while, avoid newspapers and the internet, don’t go anywhere because you might see campaign posters, don’t talk to anyone because they might mention politics. Hmm … maybe you should try living in a cave? Wait, are bears still hibernating and are they non-partisan?

Personally I am thankful for the blessed relief from Giuliani.
[sub]Please don’t let the republican nominee choose him for VP. Please don’t let the republican nominee choose him for VP. Please don’t let the republican nominee choose him for VP. Please don’t let the republican nominee choose him for VP.[/sub]

[Una_Persson]

@Windwalker

Don’t they all pander and lie? Obama certainly panders, though I’m not sure if we’ve caught him lying yet. The only concrete thing that pushes me toward Obama is their differing actions with regards to Iraq. Obama was among the unpopular politicians who had the guts to heed reason and oppose the war initially, when it counted. Hillary was one of the hawkier Democrats that authorized the war. Whether or not she just got caught up in the mass idiocy at the time, or whether it was calculated to further her political ambition, that vote is inexcusable. Only one thing, but a very, very big thing, one that makes me fear for more potentially catastrophic decisions from this person. So big, that it makes my decision for me.

Obama it is.

As I posted before, I’m a fiscal conservative and social quasi-liberal who thinks that of the entire field out there, Obama is the best choice. He’s not my ideal candidate, and he’s on the opposite side of the fence on some issues than I, but here we are.

I don’t intend to debate the mendacity of Hillary Clinton (who couldn’t even tell the truth about her own fucking name), just to say that Obama’s message rings truer and better.

[What_Exit]

@Wile E

[sub]Please don’t let the republican nominee choose him for VP. Please don’t let the republican nominee choose him for VP. Please don’t let the republican nominee choose him for VP. Please don’t let the republican nominee choose him for VP.[/sub]

If it is McCain, Rudy will be part of the election team. He might get the VP or it might just be a promise of AG or Homeland Security. They are friends.

I sincerely hope that it is McCain and not Romney that needs to make this decision. It even looks likely. So, I don’t think you will be rid of Rudy any time soon.

I am not 100% sure, but I saw something last week, where Rudy is one of the only candidates whose poll numbers dropped after he visited an area. Has anyone else seen this? Was it real or just stretching the truth for humor value?

Jim

[Wile_E]

@What Exit?

If it is McCain, Rudy will be part of the election team. He might get the VP or it might just be a promise of AG or Homeland Security. They are friends.

I sincerely hope that it is McCain and not Romney that needs to make this decision. It even looks likely. So, I don’t think you will be rid of Rudy any time soon.
…

Jim

Thanks for the encouragement, Jim. I guess I’ll go looking for my cave now.

[BrainGlutton]

Yeh, he’s a “uniter,” for better or for worse.

. . . A President cannot build a movement, but he can be its messenger, as was Reagan. Part of what tantalizes and frustrates about Obama is that he seems to have the potential to be such a messenger and yet shies away from speaking in ideological terms. When he invokes union organizers facing Pinkerton thugs to give us our forty-hour week, or says we are bound to one another as “our brother’s keeper…our sister’s keeper,” he is articulating the deepest progressive values: solidarity and community and collective action. But he places more rhetorical emphasis on a politics of “unity” that, read uncharitably, seems to fetishize bipartisanship as an end in itself and reinforce lame and deceptive myths that the parties are equally responsible for the “bickering” and “divisiveness” in Washington. It appears sometimes that his diagnosis of what’s wrong with politics is the way it is conducted rather than for whom.

In its totality, though, Obama’s rhetoric tells a story of politics that is distinct from both the one told by Beltway devotees of bipartisanship and comity and from the progressive activists’ story of a ceaseless battle between the forces of progress and those of reaction. If it differs from what I like to hear, it is also unfailingly targeted at building the coalition that is the raison d’être of Obama’s candidacy. Consider this passage from Obama’s stump speech:

I’ve learned in my life that you can stand firm in your principles while still reaching out to those who might not always agree with you. And although the Republican operatives in Washington might not be interested in hearing what we have to say, I think Republican and independent voters outside of Washington are. That’s the once-in-a-generation opportunity we have in this election.

Obama makes a distinction between bad-faith, implacable enemies (lobbyists, entrenched interests, “operatives”) and good-faith ideological opponents (Republicans, independents and conservatives of good conscience). He wants to court the latter and use their support to vanquish the former. This may be improbable, but it crucially allows former Republicans (Obama Republicans?) to cross over without guilt or self-loathing. They are not asked to renounce, only to join.

[rhythmonly]

I received a phone call the other night. It was the local Obama Headquarters. I have no idea how they got my number.

“We see that you’re registered with the Independent Party. Would you mind telling us who you plan to vote for?”

“Well, yes. I usually wait until I get my ballot.” (the Independent party in my town does not have a strong presence)

Then they hung up.

I decided to call them back (via Information), but no one answered. My phone rang a few minutes later.

“Obama Headquarters. How can we help you?”

I was a little ticked off at this point, so I decided to ask a few questions.

“Isn’t it true that Barrack’s a Muslim, and that if he wins he’ll be sworn in with the Koran instead of the bible?”

“I do not know what you mean, Sir. I’m a God-Fearing Christian woman.”

“Well, if that’s the case, I’m still going to vote Independent.”

(click)

[DrDeth]

@zweisamkeit

You could take it as a change from the past 20 years of either Clinton or Bush families in the White House.

I’d loooove Bill back. And Bush fils wasn’t so bad.

[storyteller0910]

@rhythmonly

I received a phone call the other night. It was the local Obama Headquarters. I have no idea how they got my number.

“We see that you’re registered with the Independent Party. Would you mind telling us who you plan to vote for?”

“Well, yes. I usually wait until I get my ballot.” (the Independent party in my town does not have a strong presence)

Then they hung up.

I decided to call them back (via Information), but no one answered. My phone rang a few minutes later.

“Obama Headquarters. How can we help you?”

I was a little ticked off at this point, so I decided to ask a few questions.

“Isn’t it true that Barrack’s a Muslim, and that if he wins he’ll be sworn in with the Koran instead of the bible?”

“I do not know what you mean, Sir. I’m a God-Fearing Christian woman.”

“Well, if that’s the case, I’m still going to vote Independent.”

(click)

1. They called to poll you.

2. You indicated that you didn’t want to answer.

3. They hung up.

4. You called them back.

5. They missed your call.

6. They returned your call shortly thereafter.

Am I missing something? Why did you do #4, and given that you did, why should #6 have ticked you off?

[Wile_E]

@rhythmonly

<snip>

“I do not know what you mean, Sir. I’m a God-Fearing Christian woman.”

“Well, if that’s the case, I’m still going to vote Independent.”

(click)

Wait, Obama is a God-Fearing Christian woman? Wow, this really will be a history making election.

[MovieMogul]

@atomicbadgerrace

They’re bullshit ads, to boot. This is where his campaign money is going? “Hey, young voters-- Barack promises change! Obama has a long history of being able to bring people together!” Not one of these ads references his position on any political issue. Just buzzwords to brainwash people to mindlessly vote, in case they hadn’t already been following. “Change!” “Unity!” “Hope!” I at least respect Hillary for not pandering to the uneducated vote in this state.

There’s very little to distinguish Obama from Hillary policy-wide. What they represent–the tenor of their campaigns, their attitude toward the electorate and public service (which you’re calling “bullshit”)–is how he’s setting himself apart. Once he wins the nomination ( :fingers crossed: ), then there’ll be plenty of policy-oriented ads against the GOP nominee. But right now, generating hope and enthusiasm is what’s critical in getting the vote out.

[kaylasdad99]

@DrDeth

I’d loooove Bill back. And Bush fils wasn’t so bad.

:eek:

You do know that fils means “the son”, right?

[B.Serum]

@Asimovian

Scarlett Johansson left me a voicemail message this morning asking me out on a date. I mean, she said she was asking me to vote for Obama tomorrow, but her meaning was clear.

I haven’t seen very many candidate commercials this time around. What I will be glad to be done with are the commercials for Propositions 94-97 on the California ballot. Those commercials have been constantly since about November, and in the past two weeks, it’s been pretty much every commercial break. SHUT UP.

FACT.

I know what you mean.

FACT.

Those things were aired on almost 5 minute intervals

FACT.

We at the office started lampooned the format when we would talk to one another in the office.

FACT.

I had to resist voting “No” just to spite them.