Is Hillary on the verge of a John Kerry or John McCain type return from the brink? Maybe. She is in better shape in Ohio. She has reversed the Obama surge in Texas to a dead even race even as Obama has outspent her four to one.
Obama is beginning to get some serious exposure and his messianic bubble is getting perilously close to being pricked.
I thought it was over for Hillary. Now I am not so sure. If she survives this day, she will go on to win Pennsylvania. The threshold is winning Ohio and a win or near tie in Texas. If that happens, Michigan and Florida will have to come back in play. That will be entertaining.
The question is, which candidate will have a better chance at beating John McCain? Many Democrats are not so sure.
Is it just me, or does Hill seem a little--attractive--in that position?
ReplyDeleteWhen she's back from the dead's when we really have to worry.
Keeping up with the arcanum of the Democratic primaries is easily done at www.ruralvotes.com (click on The Field at the top). Good track record prediction-wise. Delegate tallies, estimates, and etc.
ReplyDeleteVerrrrry keen bunch of sleepless, chain-smoking Obama fans. I'm sure their server will be overloaded tonight.
doug wrote that politics are important.
ReplyDeleteSenator Clinton may not be asking the correct questions of her democratic opponent.
It seems no individual at Tigerhawk can answer simple questions about Mr. Obama
Perhaps EB readers can provide answers
The question being ...
ReplyDelete... whether those of us who view politics as a spectator sport and politicians as fodder for snark and mockery ought not entertain ourselves by "mentioning" Obama's middle name.
If one finds it amusing, then one should use it. I have been using the term "Billary" to describe the Clintons re-run for the White House, for months. Fair description of their "two for one" attempt.
I do not see much amusement in using the Hussein name, except that it exemplifies the diversity of Mr Obama's background.
He is the world, as are we.
Now if the US were at war with Islam, the Religion of Peace, that name could become an issue. But since the US is allied with the remnents of Saddam Hussein's supporters, in Iraq, it only proves the adaptivness of wordsmiths.
They that have Awakened to their predicament and revived their previous US alliances, dating back to the Iran/Iraq War.
The Baathists, reborn the 1920 Brigades, now repackaged as Concerned Local Citizens.
Gotta love the marketing.
Welcome back Bob W. mentioned you just the other day, as a valuable part of our institutional memory.
bobal said...
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Mmmm, Bondage!
bobal said...
ReplyDeleteSounds like sudden infant death syndrome by another name. It's allah's will.
Doug said...
I'm named in Allah's Will!
bobal said...
Indeed you are. We all are. But as beneficiaries? That is the question.
Doug said...
To behead, or not to behead,
that is the question.
Check your Sat Mar 01, 01:10:00 PM links at tigerhawk, Elijah.
ReplyDeleteI was going to post them here, but they are blank.
Obama's class war court
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Elijah Link.
In that debate did Obama get 3 times the time as Billary?
ReplyDelete...that's what happened in the clips I just watched.
Or as Josh Marshall says...
ReplyDelete"...look at the delegate counts, or what they seem likely to be. We've run the numbers, and even assuming a very big night for Clinton, she seems unlikely to make more than a small dent in Obama's lead of roughly 150 pledged delegates. Indeed, she could actually do quite well on the popular vote side and end up falling behind a bit further on pledged delegates.
"The upshot is that the Clinton campaign may come out of tonight with a major shot in the arm and a round of good press and yet still be in no more realistic a position to win the nomination based on the stubborn tally of delegates."
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ReplyDeleteThat seems to be the way the Texas Democrats rigged the game, when it looked like Billary, being half of the first "Black Presidency" would carry the urban vote.
ReplyDeleteNow that the tables have been turned, that piece of chicanery is coming back to bite her.
Funny stuff, the ethnicly driven webs that were woven. In the name of fairness, balance and equality.
Some Democrats being more equal than others.
The times, they are a changin'
Neither one of them will have enough votes, depending on the Supermen/Women delegates.
ReplyDeleteThe American Spectator
ReplyDeleteThe Coming Brokered Democratic Convention
That is a ray of sunshine, to be sure. Neither of the Democratic hopefuls will drop out, then. They will battle on until August, without an ordained candidate.
ReplyDeleteLeaving the Librarians to steal the thunder!
This one has a Black Version of the Beauty Queen Genius!
ReplyDeleteI'm voting OBAMA!
--- YouTube - We Are The Ones Song by will.i.am - Obama
On topic:
ReplyDeleteHillary's toast...
Re: Elijah's reference to the Tigerhawk thread.
Maybe I've been working and hanging out at the EB too long but those people over there sounded like egghead ethereals to me.
No offense, Tigerhawkers...
egghead ethereals
ReplyDeleteethereal eggheads
Take your pick.
Crisis Deepens as Venezuela Closes Border.
ReplyDeleteWhat do know, Trish?
What do youknow, Trish?
ReplyDeleteBTW - Wouldn't yesterday been a little too early to have moved 10K troops to the border?
BOGOTA (AFP) - A crisis between three Latin American nations worsened Tuesday when Venezuela said it was closing its border with Colombia, even as frantic diplomatic talks to stave off war were about to begin.
ReplyDeleteVenezuelan Agriculture Minister Elia Jaua said "we have taken some measures, like closing the border," according to the Colombian television station Caracol.
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You REALLY want to await confirmation on that. Were Caracas to actually through, the only way they could do it would be short term and extremely selective.
10 minutes ago...
ReplyDeleteWashington - US President George W Bush Tuesday denounced as "provocative" moves by Venezuela against the Colombian border, saying it threatens Colombia's fight against the "terrorist" rebel organization at the heart of the conflict.
Bush said the conflict that has put the region on the brink of war has pointed out the urgent need for US Congress to pass the US- Colombia Free Trade Act, which he said was no longer just a "matter of smart economics" but a serious "matter of national security."
The US has been backing Colombia with a plan to interdict the drug trade.
Bush said that he had talked to Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, who told him that passage of the trade agreement was key to reinforcing the message of support for the South American country.
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), which Bush called a "terrorist" organization, has for four decades carried out kidnappings and murder, financed through the drug trade, in an effort to unseat the democratically elected government.
Colombia's raid across the border into Ecuador on Saturday to kill FARC's second-in-command has triggered tension in the region. Ecuador and Venezuela, which has close ties to FARC, have sent troops to the border.
Wouldn't yesterday been a little too early to have moved 10K troops to the border?
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Nope. Neither would've Sat afternoon for that matter. The demonstration of a prompt and resolute will is three quarters of your national cache.
"'provocative' moves by Venezuela against the Colombian border"
ReplyDeleteExcept that they're not there.
Nothing like an external enemy ...
ReplyDeleteRally round the flag, boys
It's time to rally once again!
Chasing that boogieman
For FREEDOM!
I'd imagine that Mr Bush knows where the Venezuelan troops really are, no?
Oh, I know he does, Rat.
ReplyDeleteRoger that.
ReplyDeleteRally once again!
Commander in Mideast Says Officials Will Need Time This Summer to Reassess Iraq
WASHINGTON (Associated Press) -- The top U.S. military commander in the Middle East said Tuesday that officials will probably need some time this summer to reassess the situation in Iraq before drawing down more troops.
Adm. William Fallon said he expects Gen. David Petraeus will suggest to him that come midyear, "it's prudent to make an assessment of where we are."
Fallon said Petraeus, who oversees combat in Iraq, has the daunting task of making sure Iraqi security forces are ready to take over. The goal will be to try not to lose the momentum U.S. forces have gained, he said.
"We'll take actions based on the conditions that we find," Fallon told the Senate Armed Services Committee. "And if conditions change, I expect there will be a reconsideration."
By July, the Pentagon is on track to complete its reduction from 20 to 15 active-duty brigades deployed to Iraq.
Petraeus, who is slated to testify before Congress on April 8-9, has said he favors a "period of assessment" after that so as not to lose the security gains made in recent months. Petraeus is expected to ask President Bush to wait until as late as September to decide whether to bring home more troops.
With a December '08 deadline of the UN authorization running out. The Iraqi government of Mr Maliki stating it will not be renewed, as is.
The state of the negotiations on a Status of Forces agreement not leaking to the public.
All silent on the Iraqi Front.
geeez trish, you haven't been there more than a month and look at the trouble you've caused...
ReplyDeleteAnd I haven't even started driving yet. Think of the possibilities.
ReplyDelete(Insert comment here about about driving in South America.)
ReplyDeleteFoot Patrol
ReplyDeleteAfter the EB, Whit, any place w/o blood on the floor and doorknobs would look like the Vatican.
ReplyDeleteWell, the question of the day, then ...
ReplyDeleteWhich of Hugo's advisors went to Yale?
"The demonstration of a prompt and resolute will is three quarters of your national cache.
ReplyDelete"
Amen to that.
GWB has proved the converse.
Pelosi's moves against FISA and Free Trade for Uribe gotta be all-timers.
ReplyDeleteWish she'd get Alzheimers.
Can't say I didn't warn you, Ash,
ReplyDeletemore than once.
Bush is going in big, Trish:
ReplyDeleteHunt for WMDs.
Colombia Says Rebels Sought to Make Dirty Bomb
The accusations against the FARC group represent a sharp escalation in rhetoric around a three-country dispute.
Bugs Bunny ALWAYS Beats Daffy Duck
ReplyDeletePolitical punditry even I can understand.
That's All, Folks
Bugs has got the ears of Victory, hahahahaha.
ReplyDeleteWhy Is a '98 Pickup No. 1 in Mexico?
ReplyDeleteThat explanation is overwrought, Al-Bob,
ReplyDeleteBoiled Down:
Bigger Ears Win!
"Daffy is constantly frustrated, sometimes by outside forces, sometimes by his own overwrought response to them. In one classic duel with Bugs, the two try to persuade Elmer Fudd to shoot the other—until Daffy, tricked by Bugs' wordplay, screams, "Shoot me now!"
ReplyDelete"Hmmm," he adds a moment later in a rare bit of self-scrutiny. "Pronoun trouble."
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That '98 F-150 LOOKS better than any new truck!
ReplyDeleteSopranos’ Rides Hit Auction Block
ReplyDeleteTalk about provenance. Collectors will also be able to bid on the champagne Cadillac CTS that Paulie Walnuts used to demolish Christopher Moltisanti’s new front yard, Vito Spatafore’s black Cadillac DeVille, and four cars used in the climactic Bada Bing shootout.
ASK TOUGH QUESTIONS? YES, THEY CAN!
ReplyDeleteThe media's love affair with Barack Obama may finally be over.
Doug
ReplyDeletethe horn on Paulie's Cadillac plays the Godfather theme song. I want one.
Death Hunt, with Lee Harris and Charles Bronson, was on today.
ReplyDeleteDeath Wish is on right now.
If Bugs wins, Daffy's out on her tiny ears, out on her tail feathers. But if Daffy should win, she'll want the ears of Bugs on the ticket for the youth and enthusiasm it generates, so it'll be Daffy/Bugs vs Fudd.
ReplyDeleteThe exit-pollers take the day off, or what?
ReplyDeleteTrish, I was talking about the logistics of moving 10,000 troops within 24 hours of Chavez's order.
ReplyDeleteShe doesn't require genuine softballs as an excuse to grab the baseball bat and beat you around the head and shoulders.
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ReplyDelete"Is it just me, or does Hill seem a little--attractive--in that position?"
ReplyDeleteWould be even better with kerosene and lit matches.
:)
ReplyDeleteMat, shame on you!
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This researcher don't know a theophany when it hits him in the face.
Moses was high on drugs: Israeli researcher
High on Mount Sinai, Moses was on psychedelic drugs when he heard God deliver the Ten Commandments, an Israeli researcher claimed in a study published this week.
Such mind-altering substances formed an integral part of the religious rites of Israelites in biblical times, Benny Shanon, a professor of cognitive psychology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem wrote in the Time and Mind journal of philosophy.
"As far Moses on Mount Sinai is concerned, it was either a supernatural cosmic event, which I don't believe, or a legend, which I don't believe either, or finally, and this is very probable, an event that joined Moses and the people of Israel under the effect of narcotics," Shanon told Israeli public radio on Tuesday.
Moses was probably also on drugs when he saw the "burning bush," suggested Shanon, who said he himself has dabbled with such substances.
"The Bible says people see sounds, and that is a clasic phenomenon," he said citing the example of religious ceremonies in the Amazon in which drugs are used that induce people to "see music."
He mentioned his own experience when he used ayahuasca, a powerful psychotropic plant, during a religious ceremony in Brazil's Amazon forest in 1991. "I experienced visions that had spiritual-religious connotations," Shanon said.
He said the psychedelic effects of ayahuasca were comparable to those produced by concoctions based on bark of the acacia tree, that is frequently mentioned in the Bible.
McCain Told Me to Delete Those.
ReplyDeleteAl-Bob,
ReplyDeleteAre we the only ones, or the only honest ones?
We be the only ones, the only honest ones, the few, the two, the lonely, thank God for friendship....
ReplyDeleteHonest what, doug?
ReplyDeletebob, most likely is, your claims of an affair with Sonia makes your verasity suspect, she never once mentioned you, amongst her lovers.
Nor amongst her clothiers, for that matter. Though she and I often share the smae tailor.
Ten to twelve battalions, 10,000 troops, depending upon organizational tables. Mobile in trucks, figure 6 to 8 vehicles per 100 troops ...
600 to 800 trucks.
Unless they are walking to the border. Doubt they'd get there in 24 hours, ready to jump off in an assualt.
Wiki provides an inventory of Hugo's tanks and transport vehicles. Doubt from reading the descriptions he has 800 trucks available.
There are a total of 86 AMX main batle tanks in inventory (AMX 30V model, the most advanced variation, modernised in 1989), supplemented by 120 or so thirty year old light tanks & APCs.
Figure at least a third of these 20 to 30 year old vehicles are down at any given time.
Thanks Rat,
ReplyDeleteThat's just the transportation. I wouldn't expect the 10K to be at the border yet. The question is, are they mobilising? If the order is given how long would it take to "get er done?"
Details concerning the Order of Battle for the Colombian Army are not easily found.
ReplyDeleteThere are five offical Divisions and the "Sixth" which is, or was. the paramilitaries.
The tasking of the Army seems to have been in a counter-insurgency mission. Couldn't find any info on their armored capacity. They have a few dozen choppers, Hueys and Blackhawks. A few Mirage fighters.
The Plan Colombia included the delivery of 33 ex-Canadian UH-1Ns, 25 ex-US Army UH-1H Huey IIs and fourteen UH-60L Black Hawks for which training is provided by the US Department of State contractors under the Colombia Plan Helicopter Plan. Furthermore, the Plan Colombia called for the delivery of another fifteen UH-60L Black Hawk helicopters, totalling almost thirty examples of the type. The latest deliveries saw a batch of six Mil Mi-17MD Hips being added to the fast growing force in August 2002. Five Kaman K-1200 K-Maxes used for general support mission by the US Department of State also took residence at Tolemaida.
Honest about our deepest desires, 'Rat.
ReplyDeleteMat don't no we don't need no Kerosene.
Baby won't you light my fire.
I think my brother's Classic Comic Books may have warped me wrt to bound women.
...course we'd need a sack.
That must be one successful design!
ReplyDeleteUsed by over 50 countries.
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"In July 2002, Kazan signed an international marketing agreement with BAE Systems of the UK and Kelowna Flightcraft of Canada for an upgraded version, the Mi-172 medium-utility and transport helicopter. The Mi-172 has a new mission system from BAE Systems Avionics, new glass cockpit with Honeywell electronic flight instrument system and BAE Systems' Titan 385 stabilised multi-sensor turret. The upgraded helicopter has been ordered by the Kazakhstan Air Force."
Optional engines for 'hot and high' conditions are the 1545kW (2070 shp) Isotov TV3-117VM. Recent exports to China and Venezuela for use in high mountains have the new VK-2500 version of the engine with FADEC control.
ReplyDeleteStarting to look a little like Michael Jackson
ReplyDelete..."cosmetic" surgery oughtta be outlawed!
"I've earned every one of these Surgical Scars!"
ReplyDelete"...There are a total of 86 AMX main batle tanks in inventory (AMX 30V model)..."
ReplyDeleteI wonder if they're keeping these running with French parts, or replacements.
Decent tank, about equal to our M60-A3. Odd in that it has a 20mm cannon mounted coaxial.
Well that explains Sonia
ReplyDeleteTarnsmen of Gor, John Norman
An entire Gor series, actually.
Bound and branded, they kept their women. Treated aging like a disease, had the cure, too.
mat would enjoy the read, if only for that. Science ficton, not fact, in the case of Gor, the counter Earth.
Those Soviets sure could design aircraft that were tough.
ReplyDeleteThis one takes the cake, though.
Today after 50 years, with more than 15000 units built, this single engine bi-plane outperforms anything. The An2 offers the most aircraft for the money, has a safety record unmatched and puts the pilots back into a different world.
Not certifiable in the US, though.
No "free trade" when it comes to low cost utility aircraft.
I never thought about that:
ReplyDeleteOn what basis do they keep them out?
Hey, Deuce and Whit:
ReplyDeleteYou oughtta bring every rezko thread to the front.
Neither 'Rat nor anyone else took the timing of the trial into effect.
Reporters are asking questions at the very worst time for Barry the Bumbler.
Duke got put in jail.
Taking gifts a no-no, quid pro quo or not.
Can't remember the details, but one of my classmates mentioned either working with or knowing of an American special operatiosn unit that used An-2s at some point in its history. I think he said it was in the 60s-70s era.
ReplyDeleteAN-2 is also widely used for infiltrations.
ReplyDeleteDon't know if that's the official reason, though.
ReplyDelete"All-metal two-spar structure, fabric covered aft of front spar" (!)
ReplyDeleteAs I recall they are classified for exhibition, ONLY.
ReplyDeleteMust take off and land from the same airport and CANNOT be used for skydiving.
Looked into buying one, when Jr thought he wanted to become a adventure pilot.
Figured a small fleet of old tech could be competitive, down to fishing/surf camps in Mexico and the like. But the FAA put a fly in that ointment. He never did stick to the flying lessons, so the whole affair just became a link in my "Mexico" favorites.
But they are quite inexpensive, comparatively speaking.
12 passengers.
ReplyDelete6 stretchers
Meanwhile most of our ambulances are twin engine Cessna Deathtraps.
(1 stretcher)
Yeah, but what keeps them from getting certified for real?
ReplyDeleteRead a discription from a fellow that ferried one to Africa, said it flew like a brick, but never failed.
ReplyDeleteCessna could not compete, would be my guess. Didn't dig to deep into it, just accepted the reality of it.
ReplyDeleteTail unit: Braced metal structure. Fabric-covered tailplane.
ReplyDeleteSure as Hell couldn't compete!
ReplyDeleteAbout how much do they cost?
Be shure to wait for the animated pic to load completely!
ReplyDeletehttp://www.termikas.com/main.htm
http://www.termikas.com/an-2-script/20.jpg
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http://www.termikas.com/an-2-script/18.jpg
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...etc
http://www.metric-conversions.org/cgi-bin/util/convert.cgi
ReplyDeleteAn2
Empty 3450 kg; ----------7605 lb
Max T-O weight 5500 kg;-12125 lb
Useful load 2050 kg -----4519 lb
In Lithuania there is this one
ReplyDeleteAntonov An-2
airframe: agricultur| s/n:1G12041 | year: 1979
times: 10583h | 25 smoh
engine: ASh-62IR | s/n: K1613832 |
time: 3942 h | 18h smoh
avionic: VFR
com: 2 VHF | nav: ADF
instruments
standard instruments / gyros
condition: no damage, no corrotion, original logs
paint: polyurethane original AEROFLOT scheme
interior: passenger seats
status
english placards, new synthetic fabric
hoses: 1998
reference value
US$ 25 000
This An2 is a nearly new aircraft, based at Lithuania.
ReplyDeleteAntonov An-2 P
airframe: passenger version | s/n:1G23945 | year: 1990
time: 45 h since new
engine: ASH-62 | s/n: K16510183 | year: 1989
time: 55 h
avionic: VFR
com: 2 VHF + 1 HF radio | nav: ADF
Intercom + 2 sets of headphones | Radio altimeter
instruments
standard instruments / gyros
condition: no damage
paint: polyurethane original AEROFLOT scheme
interior: passenger seats
status
new tires, english placards,complete ground fastening equipment, engine cover, canopy cover
hoses: 1997 (TBO 7 years)
reference value
US$ 50 000
This Antonov An2 is a privat operated aircraft
ReplyDeletebased in New York state.
airframe:5000h | year: 1981
engine: Shevetsov Aeh-621R | power: 1000hp | time: 550h smoh
propeller: ---- | time: h sinsp.
avionic all russian
#1com: yes | #2com: ---- | nav: yes | ADF: yes | transponder: yes | HF: russian | and marker
instruments
gyros----|
equipment
8 para-seats, |
condition
paint: good | interior: ---- | wing: all new fabric | glass: good |
status
new tires, new breaks, with fresh 100h insp., some parts |
reference value
US$ 75 000
Buy the cheaper plane. I've been gettin' along with ma truck all these years.
ReplyDeleteFewer frills, more thrills, we always say.
ReplyDeleteJust take your time!
ReplyDelete115 mph cruise.
"What is it like to fly the
ReplyDeleteRussian AN-2"
We have flown our Antonov An2, 73 Alfa November about ninety hours since we purchased it about three years ago and that is one of the most asked questions we get. One good answer we give is that it is like going up in your attic and flying your house around!
But to he truthful, it is a real fun plane and is a pleasure to fly. With the exception of the braking system it is not much different than flying a Cessna 180 or any other higher horsepower tail-dragger.
The AN-2 has a 1,000 horsepower engine and a constant speed propeller, cable controlled tail surfaces, push rod controlled ailerons and electric flaps and trim. The AN-2 is quite heavy on the controls in steep turns and quick maneuvers but on normal correction changes they are about like the C180’s.
Ground handling is a different story. The AN-2 has no hydraulic system for brakes, it uses air, like a truck, with the pressure controlled by a squeeze handle on the left side of the control wheel. There is a differential brake valve connected with the rudder bar which gives full right rudder full right brake and full left rudder full left brake. A differential pressure in between. It takes a while to get used to this system of stopping with your hands rather then your feet but with both inboard and outboard brakes it has plenty of stopping power. An intercom is a must for communicating between the pilot and copilot because it is quite noisy up front with the exhaust about 2 feet away from the copilots right foot. 73 Alfa November is a cargo, Medi-vac, paratroop and crop duster model so there is no plush seats or carpet on the floor in back which makes it a noisy passenger area.
But this is the fun of flying the world's largest flying bi-wing,
We attend many air-shows and fly-in breakfasts around New York and Pa.. Stop in and talk with us. See you around.
TEXAS
ReplyDeleteOBAMA 526,526 54%
CLINTON 442,100 45%
Florida in Texas!
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The Clinton campaign called an “emergency” conference call with reporters that was interrupted by Obama’s chief counsel Bob Bauer, who called in and said the Clinton campaign only criticized the caucus process when it was losing.
With Clinton facing what many consider must-win scenarios in both Ohio and Texas and both races too-close-to-call, the Clinton campaign charged that the Obama campaign had shut the doors on Clinton supporters at some of the caucuses, among other things.
The campaign also said the Obama camp had hijacked some of the caucus packets at certain precincts, adding that in others Obama supporters were calling in caucus results before the polls had closed.
Ace Smith, Clinton’s Texas campaign director, said the state party’s election hotline was jammed, and the Clinton campaign was receiving “hundreds of complaints.”
“This is just truly outrageous behavior,” Smith said. “It’s really disturbing, and it’s really undemocratic what’s going on.”
Clinton’s attorney said on the call that “all options are open at this point” when asked about the possibility of seeking a legal remedy to the campaign’s concerns.
Bauer’s presence on the call came as a surprise as he and Howard Wolfson, Clinton’s communications director, went round and round. Wolfson repeatedly asked Bauer and the Obama campaign to ensure that all votes in Texas are counted as Bauer impugned the Clinton campaign’s “attacking the caucus process.”
Ohio Democratic Primary Results
ReplyDeleteCandidate Votes %
Hillary Clinton 147,299 60%
Barack Obama 92,756 38%
John Edwards 5,020 2%
Dennis Kucinich 0 0%
Key: Winner
11% counted--Hillary is slipping loose, cheating the noose.
Clinton Wins in Rhode Island
ReplyDeleteWASHINGTON (AP) - campaign_minute Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton split a pair of New England primaries Tuesday night and sought bigger prizes in Ohio and Texas in a riveting race for the Democratic presidential nomination. Arizona Sen. John McCain, a political maverick and unflinching supporter of the Iraq War, clinched the Republican prize.
Obama won the Vermont primary, gaining nearly 60 percent of the vote for a 12th straight victory over the former first lady.
She countered quickly, winning in Rhode Island, where she was collecting about 53 percent of the vote.
Doctor describes Grieving Process:
ReplyDelete---
In a sign that John McCain still has a way to go to build party unity, check out these comments by US Senator John Cornyn (R-TX). Speaking this past weekend at a GOP dinner, Cornyn said McCain wasn't his "first choice ... or second, third or fourth choice" for the Presidential nomination. "I sort of liken it to a grieving process. You come to acceptance," said Cornyn in his speech, according to the Dallas Morning News. Still, Cornyn said he thought McCain was "head and shoulders above Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton" -- as he said he feared the election of either could lead to a "socialist regime" in the US.
Yeah, but you already had your way w/her, Al-Bob.
ReplyDeletehehehehe,ah joy-
ReplyDeleteClinton cries foul in Texas; Obama lawyer hijacks call
By Sam Youngman
Posted: 03/04/08 09:10 PM [ET]
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s (D-N.Y.) campaign charged rival Sen. Barack Obama’s (D-Ill.) campaign with breaking several rules in the Texas caucuses.
The Clinton campaign called an “emergency” conference call with reporters that was interrupted by Obama’s chief counsel Bob Bauer, who called in and said the Clinton campaign only criticized the caucus process when it was losing.
With Clinton facing what many consider must-win scenarios in both Ohio and Texas and both races too-close-to-call, the Clinton campaign charged that the Obama campaign had shut the doors on Clinton supporters at some of the caucuses, among other things.
The campaign also said the Obama camp had hijacked some of the caucus packets at certain precincts, adding that in others Obama supporters were calling in caucus results before the polls had closed.
Ace Smith, Clinton’s Texas campaign director, said the state party’s election hotline was jammed, and the Clinton campaign was receiving “hundreds of complaints.”
“This is just truly outrageous behavior,” Smith said. “It’s really disturbing, and it’s really undemocratic what’s going on.”
Clinton’s attorney said on the call that “all options are open at this point” when asked about the possibility of seeking a legal remedy to the campaign’s concerns.
Bauer’s presence on the call came as a surprise as he and Howard Wolfson, Clinton’s communications director, went round and round. Wolfson repeatedly asked Bauer and the Obama campaign to ensure that all votes in Texas are counted as Bauer impugned the Clinton campaign’s “attacking the caucus process.”
"Late deciders' have been going for Billary in Texas, radio says.
ReplyDeleteTX (P) 12%Obama 50%Clinton 48%
ReplyDeleteMore than just raw percentages, in Texas, it's where those votes are.
ReplyDeleteNot all Democratic votes are equal, in Texas.
Thems the rules and rules, well they're the rules.
Billary will battle on to PA, anoither State that will become decisive or divisive, depending upon ones' perspective.
McCain sweeps the board, and the Huckster abdicates.
On to the September "surprise"!
westhawk has an interesting take on the Colombia/Venezuela dust up.
ReplyDeleteNo idea how accurate it may be.
Professor so an so addresses the EarthFirst! rally--
ReplyDeleteMushkin raised his paper and read his statemnt. "Earth First! eco-fascists," he announced, "I congratulate you on setting back the cause of justice, decency, ecology and environmentalism by at least 50 years in America."
Cheers. Applause. Scattered twitting.
"Your well publicized advocacy of sabotage and monkey-wrenching has made Earth First! a synonym for terrorism."
"Your well known support of famine in Aftica, as preached by your official spokesperson Foreman, has revealed you as fascist, neocolonialist and anti-humanitarian."
"Your enthusiastic support of immigration control, as preached by your official idealogists Hardin and Abbey, has revealed you as nationalists and xenophobes, quite the opposite of the fun-loving anarchists you pretend to be."
"I might add that your opposition to immigration, especially your opposition to immigration from Third World nations, which means of course immigration by people of color--"
"Colored people?" someone shouted. "That's a racist term, you lousy bigot."
"I said people of color," Mushkin shouted back, his voice breaking into boy-soprano range. "People of color I said."
"Your dogmatic opposition to immigration by people of color from oppressed Third World nations-oppressed mainly by capitalist Amerika, I might point out--exposes you, exposes you--he emphasized, "as not only nationalists, xenophobes, cultural chauvinists and running dog lackeys for economic imperialism, but also I must say, and it pains me to say it---"
---exposes you as a hypocritical mob of creeping fascist hynena and elitist Nazi racists. Sieg heil!" he shouted.
"Sieg heil!" they shouted back.
Hayduke Lives
TX (P) 19%Obama 49%Clinton 49%
ReplyDeleteNo wonder I'm a zenophobe:
ReplyDeleteI took several classes w/Hardin!
Damnit Albob, If it weren't for 'Rat I wouldn't know shit from Shineola.
ReplyDeleteWhere did that come from, not abbey, since he's IN it!
Called a walk on/ drop by/sit in, Doug. An old trick of the trade.
ReplyDeleteI read an article yesterday that I can't find now, that was interesting. Said the muzzies in Ohio usually vote Republican, which is in line with what I know about the few I have known personally, but they are all voting for Obama this time, which says a hell of a lot about how they perceive him, Christian though he claims to be.
Who is this Hardon fellow, I've never heard of him?
ReplyDeleteGreat guy.
ReplyDeleteBiology Prof, taught Bio 1, Genetics, Human Evolution, and some others.
Wrote "Nature and Man's Fate" "Tragedy of the Commons," and several Bio textbooks.
Walked w/a Cane as a Polio Survivor.
Univ of Chicago, Stanford, UC.
He and his wife checked out together w/advanced age and failing health.
ReplyDeleteMakes more sense to me than spending a mint on tubes and additional pain, agony, and humiliation.
The Garrett Hardin Society
ReplyDelete"Money is both the kind word and the gun. If the firepower is not great enough to persuade the targeted person, increase the offer." - Garrett Hardin
Hardin, sorry, slip o the finger.
ReplyDeleteMakes more sense to me too. My wife and I have talked about it, off hand. We're not close to there yet. Doc told her she's healthy as a horse, will live to be 200. Oregon has an assisted suicide law.
Texas Democratic Primary Results
Candidate Votes %
Barack Obama 711,759 49%
Hillary Clinton 711,183 49%
John Edwards 16,206 1%
Bill Richardson 6,114 0%
Joe Biden 3,025 0%
Chris Dodd 2,077 0%
Key: Winner
Precincts: 23% | Updated: 10:44 PM ET | Source: AP
23%
Hillary in Ohio
ReplyDelete"A community that renounces war as a means of settling international disputes still cannot survive without that discriminating form of altruism we call patriotism.
ReplyDeleteIt must defend the integrity of its borders or succumb into chaos."
Hillary aint quitting tonight
ReplyDeleteDeuce, did you see my Rezko post above?
ReplyDelete"Mat, shame on you!"
ReplyDeleteWhoat? Billary's descendancy was preordained!
Doug will work on it tonight
ReplyDeleteClinton 773,431 50% 0
ReplyDeleteObama 754,381 49% 0
Clinton is pushing ahead a little in Texas.
Convention Fight!
Convention Fight!
"This An2 is a nearly new aircraft, based at Lithuania."
ReplyDeleteDuring Soviet times Lithuania had a well known reputation for poor quality. Stay away.
This is fun to watch, but being sober about it, if Hillary wins, she might tap Obama for VP to heal the wounds, and he'd take it I bet. Would be a hard ticket for McCain to beat. She wouldn't be VP though. A step down from First Lady.
ReplyDeleteFocus Groups have found that women voters are suckers for wrinkles.
ReplyDeleteFit right in at EB:
ReplyDelete"Jobs himself judges the world in binary terms. Products, in his view, are "insanely great" or "shit." One is facing death from cancer or "cured." Subordinates are geniuses or "bozos," indispensable or no longer relevant. People in his orbit regularly flip, at a second's notice, from one category to another, in what early Apple colleagues came to call his "hero-shithead roller coaster." "
"hero-shithead roller coaster."
ReplyDelete...one for the ages.
Stanford management science professor Robert Sutton discussed Jobs in his bestselling 2007 book, "The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't." "As soon as people heard I was writing a book on assholes, they would come up to me and start telling a Steve Jobs story," says Sutton. "The degree to which people in Silicon Valley are afraid of Jobs is unbelievable. He made people feel terrible; he made people cry. But he was almost always right, and even when he was wrong, it was so creative it was still amazing." Says Palo Alto venture capitalist Jean-Louis Gasse, a former Apple executive who once worked with Jobs: "Democracies don't make great products. You need a competent tyrant."
ReplyDeleteWozniak had a cool little gadget he was working on, but when Jobs found out it was in collaboration with some other (small) Company, Jobs grabbed it and smashed it against the wall!
ReplyDeleteThere are no subordinates at EB, you bozo!
ReplyDeleteErika is rejected by Oral Hatch(Erika had given the missionary mormon Hatch an emission on mission, and not in the missionary position, fell for him hard, and seeks him in far-a-away Utah.)
ReplyDeleteYoung Hatch ran, ran like man in fear, into the fringes of the swirling crowd...
She sank to her knees on the pine needles of the forest floor, mindless of gaping bystanders, and wept freely, loudly, with the fairytale abandon of the lovelorn Svenka maid. The dour Norse? That Nordic phlem? The dull and sluggish Norwegian permafrost?
Tout au contraire: they are a wild and hearty breed, whose emotions from joy to despair and back again run deep, fierce, true, and hotly energetic, untainted by the cynical affectation of Latin posturing, the operatic gestures of the lukewarm worn-out thin-blooded Mediterrainean soul. If ever turned loose from their self-constrained cage of inner doubt, guilt neuroses and liberalistic angst, these northern races could subjugate the entire planet in approximately two weeks. (Well, Japan might give them trouble. And the Israelis. And the cheerful little Bushmen of Southwest Africa.)
Hayduke Lives
OHIO
ReplyDelete*CLINTON 792,910 57%
OBAMA 576,187 41%
Clinton wins Ohio! I call that a thumping, a royal trumping, a smashing bashing crumbling. And I've been reading Abbey too long.
http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/13/video-yes-we-can-reagan-remix
ReplyDeleteAll is subordinate to Al-Doug.
ReplyDeletePBUD
Peace Upon Doug
ReplyDeletePUD
Doug, this is something we did on Rezko back in 2006.
ReplyDeleteBarack OUTSPENT HILLARY FIVE TO ONE.
ReplyDeleteUzi'd like that.
ReplyDeleteAll's sub ordinates.
I Put some new links on that one.
ReplyDeletefrom elijah's post above--
ReplyDeleteIf you are a political reporter you are surely steeped in the writing of H.L. Mencken, the founding pundit of American journalism. Well, he made a living for years taunting Warren Harding, referring to him almost exclusively by his middle name, "Gamaliel." Notwithstanding the original Gamaliel's revered status as a teacher of Paul, the name somehow added to Harding's goofiness (he being, in his confused rhetoric, the oratorical antecedent of George W. Bush).
Hillary’s Math Problem:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.newsweek.com/id/118240
Which means, it'll be up to the super delegates.
Talk about torture:....Howard Fineman, Chris Matthews and Keith Oberman on NBC gloomy about Obama.
ReplyDeleteHillary takes Texas
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