Craig Crawford's Trail Mix

Hey Craig, miss seeing you on the tellie lately.

I haven't had the time or energy to follow the minute details of the Dem battle. What I'm gathering is that the "bitter comment is resonating with the real folks.

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Good Morning all....

Have to scan through the msm to get my news because dutch press decided today not to write or broadcast anything about the race...

Nice article Craig, but I got lost reading district 5 or sth.
Will try again later....

How ´s everyone doing... OD hope you are still having energy to go on and be visible for HRC

No kidding, Craig, where've you been lately, tee vee-wise? Your loyal fans miss you much!

Hmm
Anyone has a link to the Michelle O´s appearance yesterday on Colbert...
Cannot find the link, and want to see how the woman did....

Amazing how CNN continues to ignore certain polls and only report on polls that have been WRONG the past primaries. Why would that be?

Should I be bitter today?

Jason,

Why do you think CNN only report the wrong polls- they are in the tank like all msm. 360 tonight did a full report on Obama, but only the nicey nice stuff. Nothing intensive. I get so tired of seeing it all about him, finally turned over to pbs.. Much as I hate Fox, at least they don't fawn over him. Larry King had a pretty good show on tonight, with 4 panelists on the "bitter" debate.

I thought Dutch news was doing a good job, what happened?

Julie

Larry King???? I stopped watching him last week after that ridiculous comment he made. I think HRC did good NOT to go to grandpa. As much as I was a fan, as much dismayed I am now.....

360 is a program that is only for CNN domestic, so I cannot see it over here.

I think the dutch press is not so much enthusiastic anymore. Now and then they do and show some news, but it is not spectacular. The people here in Holland do not view it as a high priority. In an poll, 46% of people said that the battle between HRC and BO is ridiculous and that the media is to blame....That was way back in February.

They do not view the media in the US as objective....

Jason..I'm working in Southern Oregon this week but brought mysigns with me.only got in 1/2 hour this morning..

Friday I'll be home and can work in headquarters and the usual sign stuff.

Growing enthusiasm here for Hillary. Pennsylvania looks good and Kentucky may be a total blowout.

Terry McCaullife made several appearances in Oregon today opening Hillary headquarters. The cling to guns and religion issue has great impact here.

Hi Everyone,

Watching CNN tonight, I had the same feelings that Julie and Jason
had. After MSNBC's glaring Obama fixation, I started switching to CNN recently hoping for more neutral coverage. But, every time I tune in to
CNN, there's another Obama tribute. Is there no where for authentic
journalism anymore? Mr. O doesn't need 100 zillion dollars in contributions for advertising. He now has two cable channels that do his work for him.
As a life long loyal Democrat, I'm ashamed to admit I find myself watching
Fox more, to ease Obama fatigue. The worst thing about
Fox now, for me, is the odious Dick Morris. He seems to have made
a career out of Clinton hate. He's pathological, spewing venomous
Hillary-hate as he spits and foams. Does anyone know why he
hates the Clintons so much?

LOL

Michelle Obama said last night: "the race will be over in June after all 50 states have spoken".

Too good, please....help...I am getting bitter over here. Am gonna cling to my religion for this one. hahahhahahahahahahahahhaha

Michelle is just the gift get doesn´t need any unwrapping. Every layer is fun. LMPO

This story will also just not die..

I think it will be used efectively if BO gets the democratic nomination

Judas. Remark by Mary Matalin and the story behind the Judas remark
http://jammerbirdi.wordpress.com/

Woman Who Published "Bittergate" Deluged With Hate Mail

The L.A. Times reports today that the 61 year old "citizen journalist,"
Mrs. Fowler, who posted her report on The Huffington Post about
B.O's statements concerning small town Americans says she's received
200 emails ranging from creepy to threatening including a few death
threats. So much for the new politics and all that positive change Obama
supporters claim to be feeling. Fowler, an Obama supporter, said
she thought O's remarks were "condescending, even elitist."

Thanks, Jason. For linking to my blog and the Mary Matalin angle on the Bill Richardson endorsement.

The more I think about this, the more taken aback that the MSM hasn't jumped on her version of events.

Think about it. She's saying that Bill Richardson LURED Bill Clinton to New Mexico. away from the campaign trail, to fund raise for him, on the ASSURANCE that Richardson would endorse Hillary. That's beyond anything that's been reported so far.

There is an mp3 audio file on my blog of Matalin on Imus.

http://jammerbirdi.wordpress.com/

But isn´t it appalling that MSM refuses to broadcast this, or at least mention it???????
I mean, how can we as a people just accept this and move on.

Let us look beyond the campaigns, beyond this circus that is called the primaries.

Just see how manipulative the MSM is, how they stratigically want us to just accept what they tell and preach. How important is it for us to just have and form our own opinion. It is amazing that we sit back and still look at this.

More and more during this primary I have felt let down by MSM which I thought was objective. People frequently confronted me with the un objective likes of CNN, MSNBC, FOX etc etc. I always wiped that away.
Now I sing a different tone.
Not only is it bad, but it is also very distasteful that we as a people swallow this.

Doesn´t matter if you are a Barrack Obama supporter or a Hillary Clinton supporter. We need to unify, seen as HRC or BO have allready won, we as a people will lose, if we let these dictators try to dictate their way into our choices.

I started my Larry King boycot two weeks ago, I think it is best if I just refuse to watch CNN in it´s entirety. CNBC will be added.

And for the record: I am not bitter.... LOL

p.s. Thanks for the audio jammerbirdi. Maybe we should find a way to get this through so that more people can hear it.

Morning Jason -- it's as if the MSM is deliberately trying to rig this election....

I'm really glad that jason is not bitter, but then he don't live in a country that follows the policies of Hitler and authorizes Torture like Der Fuhrer Bush.

So Prof Marcia...

Do you know or are you a friend of Torture Legal authority John Yoo.

Since the MSM has been in Der Fuhrer's back pocket and refuses to cover The War Crimes committed by his administration you have now put Obama in the same class as Fuhrer Adolph Bush.

Soon you will hear another rumor right out of Rove's Republican Play Book of Obama having an illegitimate White Baby. You know like what happened to McCain in S.C. in 2000. I would put nothing past the Clinton campaign.

Anon -- doesn't it give you pause that the same MSM that cheerleaded us into two GWBush presidencies, destroyed Gore and Kerry and rah-rah'd us into war is shoving Obama down our throats?

Patsi, that is what I mean.

And Anon, I am here on a two year trip to finish my dissertation. I have lived for 26 years in the USA and born in Suriname (south america).
I am a US citizen which will be back in the states in 1 year and about 4 months.....

Very good article in NY Magazine:

http://nymag.com/news/features/46011/

Good Morning Everyone,

.......by the looks of it, ya'll are greaing up for next weeks primary.....Guess its good that I have to work.

Jason, I haven't been around much, but would like to officially welcome you to Trail Mix. ;0)

Anon-p....so good to see you and you sound strong lately! You sound good. Please keep fighting the good fight.

This Too Shall Pass and we will spend days in cerebral heaven again. God Bless my friend.

Jason...

Didn't they sign the Geneva Conventions and if there not signatories than how to they feel that America in now a country that Tortures and invades other countries like Hitler did because they believe that country was a danger to them?

Like Hitler invaded Poland after telling the German People that Poland wanted to do them harm?

patsi...

And the MSM can support anyone if that's what there truly doing according to you and other Clinton supporters say, but like the old saying you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink it.

So how are they shoving Obama down your throat? You don't have to vote for him now do you? So why are you complaining?

Don't like him don't vote for him. Sit home like a good German.

Thanx chef Sheila...(have been here now for 3 weeks)

Don´t know if you know, but "This too shall pass" is an amazing song written and performed by singer India Arie. It is one of my alltime favourites.

Patsi, I will read the article you provided under the link...

I have found reading what most of the people on this blog put up for reading and persuasion, doesn't read as well or with the same chutzpa that was intended.

I clearly blame this phenomena on ones passionate emotional connection to your candidate. While I applaud you all for this, I don't share most of your visions.

This is why I personally, have not made statements. The passions are so high and some are so armed for bear, that anything I write won't be for the most part read anyway.

So with that, Unlikely Burrito you are a light of intelligence and calm in the storm. I want to thank you for taking time to discuss issues with me.

Eurotom, Gotta say, you are trying very hard and I applaud some well written posts lately.,

For the rest, we'll get there, this primary is amost over. Don't burn your bridges with Obama Supporters. We are just plain people like you.

Cheers!

Jason,

I LOVE India Arie....wow not many know of her. I like you already!

"Don't like him don't vote for him. Sit home like a good German."

More condescension, anon.

Hey AP,

I haven´t got the slightest idea what you are talking about with regard to your quote to me..... I live in the Netherlands now, I don´t know if that may ring a different bell......

Anywho,
Let me paraphrase something to some of you in this forum. I am a thrity year old and do take notice that we live in THE YOUTUBE age! Anything you say or do will be published or broadcasted. Anything you didn´t say will be published or broadcasted.... The next level is that it is for a lot of people BELIEVABLE. You know why? Because they have no choice, they live in the age where news is news, and not a biased opinion.

In 15 years from now, we will look differently at MSM, because of this. People will look back and say: dayum, can´t believe those people fell for that crap. Now we just take in, and still believe that everything msm is saying is NEW and INFORMATIVE (INFORMATION).

If you can look me in the eye and tell me that BO has not had the free ride that everyone else notices, it is absurd. I only go back to the boring, know it all Al Gore. He got the elbow and he felt it. It is now HRC´s turn.
There are two differences though: She is female and she has more soul than the former.....

I guess the HuffPuff writer who broke the "bitter Pennsylvanians" story has burned her bridges with Obama's supporters. She's now getting death threats.

Patsi: Thank you so much for the link to the article in NY Magazine. I believe that women have become much too complacent in this perceived "post-Feminist" era and ignored some of the reasons the Women's Movement happened in the first place. Mainly, the need for women to maintain their own financial independence. I cannot believe how many of my friends thought that their husbands would be the new generation of men who don't leave their wives for the younger model.

And now that history is repeating itself, and my friends are being left by their husbands, they are reexamining their decisions to devote the last 10-20 years to marriage and children without remaining vibrant and financially independent. A new Women's Movement will happen because it has to. So many women have reverted back to their grandmother's generation only because they remembered the good parts: Baking pies, nesting etc. They forgot the part where their grandmothers (and mothers) were left in serious financial peril when the husbands who they baked the pies for and had dinner waiting on the table for left them for their secretaries or, as I see now, work associates.

The complacency has also led us to the new generation of young women such as Paris Hilton and the band of cheerleaders who beat the young girl in Florida. Hello? Ever heard of sisterhood? Most days, I am glad I have boys.

Silda Spitzer, and women like her, can afford to devote their lives to their husband. Middle class and even those in the barely upper middle class cannot.

(These are just my opinions...as I have said many times, I work out of my house so I can be here after school. I did many workarounds so I could have the benefits of spending time with my kids while still making sure I could support my kids and myself if my husband gets hit by a bus (or is shoved in front of one if he decides to make a bad decision...you get my drift.))

Chef Sheila,

That is good!
Although we support different candidates, we have India Arie in common....

So if CQ's analysis is accurate,and the delegate count is that close, will Hillary stay in? I hope so. I think the Super Delegates greatest fear is that they will have to publicly commit. That could be dicey for many of them. Massachusetts went for Hillary-Kennedy and Kerry for BHO-RI went for Hillary-Patrick Kennedy for BHO-same story for Richardson. Many of them are elected officials that have to be concerned about their own re-election. If they vote the way their state voted, that's good news for Hillary-she won the big states.The Democratic convention in August could be exciting TV.

Weeeellll,

"Attack the Messenger".

Craig's book will add another chapter because of this election.

The way I see it. Since I began my Palm Beach From Hell Trip last December. I have read a lot of material, rather than watched endless TV News and political programs.

What I noticed, was that articles are being written for and against across the board.

I see FOX (YUK) a great opposite for opinion for MSNBC. I see MSNBC speaking the negatives on Obama on a regular basis and I see Clinton being given a pass at times....I think both should be given passes for stupid remarks on both sides.

I see the race being reported in print and on the tele in a responsible fashion by both sides of the media.

NOT extreme right or left lol of course.

The media may not be perfect, but the audience is for the most part naive....you just have to admit that.

Pass schmass...lookey what the Cheyney gang ('legidlee') gets away with.

"Lane said Shaffer's rulings, including those blocking the release of videotapes that Lane said show the agents accusing each other of lying and trying to cover up what happen, have been very protective of the government."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080416/ap_on_re_us/cheney_man_arrested

Jason...

Thank you for your response. I believe that the Nederlands were signers of the Geneva Conventions IIRC and if they were how do they feel that America in now a country that Tortures those in our custody?

IIRC also I believe that it may have been Belgium were they changed the law so Cheney could set foot on their soil and not get arrested and charged with War Crimes.

If Fuhrer Bush gets us into another war {think Iran} and Russia and China support Iran and step in we may be in a Nuclear War before your schooling is up. You may not have a home to come home to.

ubns,,,,

Primaries are like waiting for the "AntiChrist". Everyone guesses and theorizes about when "The Coming" or "The Ending" will occur. But it will suprise everyone when it happens or doesn't happen.

Its Clinton's race. have faith and trust her for the best decision.

BTW, and Official welcome to you too! can we ask what your acronym means?

patsi...

"More condescension, anon."

Oh you will definitely know when I am. Soon I will put you in the same category as SnowFlake Blue Fritz. Maybe your his sister or perhaps he's your father.

HI Sheila...

Just wanted to say hello to you my friend and hope things are going well. Got to run and do some work.

Take care and ...

God Bless.

You too Anon-p!

"perhaps he's your father."

My father is dead, thank you. Nice to drag someone's dead parent into your paranoia.

Hilarious!

The Arab Media broadcast Obama bin Laden Gaffe.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jamal-dajani/obama-bin-laden_b_96863.html

Patsi...

No different than the Clinton supporters using Obama's father or Mother to denigrate him.

After watching Michelle Obama on Colbert, I gotta say, they are running the wrong Obama.

"To show you how much things have changed for me, one of my greatest missions this year is to convince Rush to support the Republican candidate for President."
-- Joe Lieberman

Anon-site ONE time when HRC said anyting about BO's parents. Just ONE. You can't. Patsi , ignore these comments. OBO's are paranoid. Their house of cards is about to fall, if not now,definately in NOV. I will vote McCain if it's not Hillary. Lets face it,were you excited to vote for Kerry or Gore? No ,but as loyal democrats we did. Not this time.I'm sick of this loser party. Obama will be chewed up and spit out by Labor Day.

anon-p,

For the record, trashing the family of a fellow poster is what got ol' Fritzie packed up and sent on his way.

Ned Lamont ........the great left hope..........lost to that pantload . There's a lesson for ya........

sturgeone,

That pantload was endorsed by Senator Obama who chose him as his mentor.

If there is any actual logic behind any of that, please pack it in a bullet and shoot me in the head.

9/11,

While Anon-p did not take into account that Patsi's parents may not be here. He was not trashing patsi's parents in meaness.

He was making a snarky point, if not well thought out. I have seen many here who have done it in thoughtlessness and it went unchecked.

Just making the statement before another unchecked pile on occurs. This little bit of argument is between these two. Not us

AND on another note! I feel such lightness and pleasure when I see you 9/11!

It will probably lose Obama a few votes, but generally I think people will overlook it unless they already do not like his politics or him.

sturgeone,

That pantload was endorsed by Senator Obama who chose him as his mentor.

If there is any actual logic behind any of that, please pack it in a bullet and shoot me in the head.

Posted by: 9/11 survivor (sort of) | April 16, 2008 8:29 AM

HEY! lol We all have wingers in our repertoire. its how we learn from them that count. ;0)

I bet you have some. I know I do and that mistake has served me well.

mornin' all.

And a beautiful one it is, too. A touch of frost, sunny, and headed for almost 70 this afternoon. Pretty close to perfect. And I won in the first lawn wars skirmish ( I think). After 5 months of neglect, the lawn tractor fired right up - with gas that was probably bought at about $3/gal., 'cuz I bought it last October. (Compared to $3.47 this morning). But the oil companies are making their money this morning after gas prices jumped 22 cents here overnight. Funny, they do FIFO inventory control with LIFO pricing - pretty good sc am - buy oil at, say, $100 a barrel, refine it and deliver it to the pumps for sale at whatever price the spot market dictates the day the gas is sold. See, when the price of oil jumps, they sell the stuff already purchased and refined at the price that the stuff you are now purchasing for refining and sale later should sell at. McNumNuts' federal gasoline tax relief plan would bring gas down here to only 4 cents above where it was YESTERDAY, but lets the oil companies make their increased profit of an additional 7% in ONE DAY. Great plan - I wonder if the oil companies plan to donate that extra profit to the road repair fund that will go lacking under McNutjob's plan? Probably not. Deprive the fed highway admin of funds for road infrastructure development and maintenance, but let he oil companies go their merry way. Great idea, John.

Hey anyone notice that Ted "Tubes" Stevens is in the race of his life to retain his senate seat - in Alaska, which is a decidedly red state..

Tim Robinson may not be popular by some, but that is why I like him and this speech he made last week, hits Freedom of Speech and/or expression right out of the park.

The Power and Responsibility of our Nation's Broadcasters

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tim-robbins/addressing-the-national-a_b_96836.html

chef wonderful ecstatic sheila,

He did it. It was clear at the time Lieberman had little interest in the party whose nomination he seeks.

Lieberman's intense support of continued and expanded war was clear as well.

An elected Senator (or even a candidate) for public office has to be responsible for the things they justify doing politically.

That goes for all three of 'em.

That's politics dating back to humanity's tribal days -- as old as it's grimy, as infernal as it's eternal.

Gorgeously written 9/11.

I didn't state that Obama was right. lol I implied that the more imporatant lesson is what you "Learned From the Mistake".

I believe you and I both have learned very important lessons from mistakes in trusting a charactor that turned out to be less than we thought.

I'll admit I was being snarky to Patsi and I will apologize though I doubt she'll accept it.

A lot of you here have trashed Obama's parents and had no problem doing it. So you don't like Obama, fine. This gives you no excuse to trash his family which many of you have done several times over the past month.

He has been accused of being a bad parent, his mother has now been accused of being a bad parent and this in one of the reasons decent people don't want to serve the public and we end up with what he have now.

And I am angry and bitter that the Democratic play book is now no different then the Republican play book.

Enjoy while you can as your making McCain look more electable then either Democratic candidate.

And today the dollar fell to a new low. You better hope that Iran don't convince OPEC to start selling there oil for Yen and Euro's as the dollar will totally collapse and we will all be screwed.

Or that China don't dump all our dollars for other currencies or continue to buy all are assets as they and many Arab countries are doing by the selling out of America by both Parties.

sheila,

I didn't say you did!

I'm glad I'm merely a voter who occasionally gets helped and frequently gets ransacked by his public servants.

If I was anything other than just a voter... I don't think I'd survive ten days in that world inhabited entirely by Eve Harringtons of every sex and age imaginable.

Obama’s remarks feed class resentment
(Gene Lyons)

"A more perfect expression of pseudo-Marxist / academic cant—or a greater gift to Sen. John McCain and the Republicans—would be hard to imagine.

This is what Democrats get if they choose an inexperienced faculty-lounge lizard as their presidential candidate. People tend to assume that a black candidate has a lot of street sense, but Obama increasingly comes off as a classic Ivy League brainiac too impressed by his own SAT scores to change a tire without delivering an oration on the economics of rubber tree cultivation.

Since 1968, when Richard Nixon put his famous “Southern strategy” into play, two big themes have kept the GOP in the White House most of the time: race along with class and regional resentment. In seeking to transcend the former, Obama has handed them the latter on a silver platter. Republicans won’t have to caricature him as a condescending snob who looks down on working stiffs. He’s already done it to himself."

http://www.nwanews.com/story.php?paper=adg§ion=Editorial&storyid=222937

CHuckles @ 9/11

"If there is any actual logic behind any of that, please pack it in a bullet and shoot me in the head."

ROFL! 9/11! That's a fabulous line...I may steal it sometime!

Craig...this has nothing to do with the post - although I appreciate the analysis.

I know you probably can't really answer this...but I'm going to ask it anyway.

Why does MoJo continue to let Mike Barnicle go on their and make sexists remarks when analysing this race when he could have someone who is much more fair minded, like yourself, come on and do the same type of analysis? I'm seriously considering turning off MoJo now too. I can live with Mika as an Obama shill because the group, overall, is entertaining and Joe doesn't let the bias get too far out of hand.

In fact, what brought me to your site was a day when you and Mike Barnicle were on at the same time and you were the lone voice saying: "Can someone please tell me what racist comments President Clinton made?" and Barnicle just scoffed at you and insisted that they did...even though he wouldn't really answer your question.

Anyway...I wish they would just have you on or at least both of you on so that you can give some balanced analysis rather than the baloney that comes out of Barnicle's mouth. Once he starts in with his woman bashing baloney, I turn the channel.

Ugh...anyway...I know you can't really answer that question - but I wish they'd get rid of him and just ask you the questions. You would answer them w/o having to pepper the answer with sexist observations.

Ah Wendy,

Real political discussion deserves diverse opinions to show what would be acceptable or not.

Barnacles comments will not influence anyone it already hasn't.....that is why he is on occasionaly. He's not on all the time, that is the more important point. ;0)

"McNumNuts' federal gasoline tax relief plan would bring gas down here to only 4 cents above where it was YESTERDAY, but lets the oil companies make their increased profit of an additional 7% in ONE DAY. Great plan - I wonder if the oil companies plan to donate that extra profit to the road repair fund that will go lacking under McNutjob's plan?"

I heard that, Pogo....it goes on and on.

Wendy: I think they have Barnicle on BECAUSE he is such an ass.

hey Wendy, et al -- for those wishin to comment on MSNBC they have a message board for MoJo:

http://boards.msn.com/MSNBCboards/board.aspx?BoardID=877

AP

"A lot of you here have trashed Obama's parents and had no problem doing it. So you don't like Obama, fine. This gives you no excuse to trash his family which many of you have done several times over the past month."

Where? Outside of some of the tin hat muslim stuff about his father or posting articles that describe his later alcohol problems, I haven't seen any "trashing". There have been some questions asked, but they weren't mean. The only thing I've seen is criticism of the mass media for not looking into Sen. Obama's biography. You can go on line and find detailed descriptions of Sen. Clinton's childhood while there are huge blanks in Sen. Obama's only filled by vague descriptions from his books. The criticism is of the media not them.

9/11

I would give you a Sarah Siddons any day for dealing with the Harringtons.

the main point and an astounding one at that is that Barack endorsed Lieberman.......

"I think they have Barnicle on BECAUSE he is such an ass. "

I think you are exactly right.

what did Hillary do during Lieberman's independent run......if she endorsed lieberman i guess it cancels out........

Sheila:

I don't care whether Barnicle influences anyone - I'm tired of women getting bashed in the process. He's entitled to his opinion but I'm also entitled to bitch about being trashed as a woman. My complaint isn't that he favors one candidate over another - my complaint is that he hates women and is given a forum to express it.

It's sad to hear that the lady who broke the SF story is getting death threats now. If the press did their jobs and gave us equal information on all the candidates maybe she would not of brought up the story in the first place. There are so many more important issues to bring but the press chose this one to jump on and now won't let it go. We still don't know a lot about Obama, and if he becomes the nominee, the Reps have a field day. It maybe to late to do any damage control by then.

Hi everyone,
Just a brief post and off with the dogs.

I think that in the competitive nature of cable news, that Mojo wants to be edgy trying to gain viewers and traction. Joe will let anyone say crap, as long as he's not going to pay the price for it, ie. getting suspended of whatever they do. They want people talking about their show, good or bad at this point.

I didn't see this show, and actually I have not been watching TV for a couple of weeks. It can really be mind clearing to take a break from the constant barrage of various opinions and predictions.

Anyway, the sun is out and the dogs are howling....

peace

^^^^^^^^

Chef Sheila Hussein The Nun - that was kind, an over-statement, but thanks. Have a good one. Oh - and right back at you. : )

To Chef Sheila--

Thank you for the welcome. I enjoy reading your posts. My acronym ubns-Uneducated But Not Stupid-is how I labeled myself after constantly hearing the MSM describing Hillary supporters as uneducated,downscale, lower class, low income white blue collar women. I've noticed they don't use that description as much anymore. Someone must have realized it sounds rather demeaning. Now, a personal question for you--are you a professional chef?

Craig:

I did send MoJo and e-mail about some of the garbage I heard this morning...I didn't mention your name though...I'll need to send a follow-up.

:-D

By the way, yesterday on NPR an economist said that if the last century was "America's Century" as a business and economic power, we need to understand that this century is "Asia's Century." He said "Look, we're already going to them hat in hand."

He laid out the case in pretty stark terms.

Bush was handed a great country by Bill Clinton, and he went out of his way to destroy it. Almost as if he liked Grover Norquist's idea of "starving the beast" of our government in order to destroy SS and Medicare and privatize it. Gee....do ya suppose....

ha, wendy, you can mention me as long as you say nice things :-)

Mika is in full Obama shill mode this morning with the snarky "yeah right" commentary on anything from the Clinton. If he were in the same room with her, she would probably be doing a strip tease.

jamie & AP, there is a fairly good article in this week's Time on Obama's upbringing. Pretty factual I thought.

AP, I have to echo jamie's thought- I haven't seen any trashing of Obama's family, although by Western standards, his father certainly would deserve some. The man is a poster child for the bad husband and father society, and this does not suggest anything negative about Obama.

UBNS....I LOVE THAT! Great moniker.

I am a professional Chef and a Private one. No restaurants for me anymore....unless I have to and then McDonalds would me more lucrative.... ;0)

What's worse about the lady who broke the "bitter" story is an Obama supporter (at least she gave $2300 to his campaign - otherwise couldn't be there) with a conscience...in fact...she published a couple of articles earlier in the week about that night and kept that under wraps...she clearly struggled with whether she should put it out.

I guess NOT everyone is entitled to their opinion in political discourse - especially if within that discourse, they expose something negative about Obama.

Lovin' this "New" politics.

Craig going to be on tonight during the debate?

LOL Craig...of course

;-)

ubns - I have fell the same way about that description since the first time I heard it......

I am surprised they could hold themselves back from adding "fat & ugly, bitter & bitchy".

: )

....ok ok , now they are crazy ( the dogs) gotta go.....

UBNS

Sheila is a chef and a wonderful one. She also wouldn't get lost looking for the White House kitchen though now she indulges a Palm Beach family.

Speaking of which, Sheila, when do you get to go home for a break?

"Craig going to be on tonight during the debate? --Posted by: vadaryl"

haven't heard from them for a while, vadaryl. doin imus tomorrow

Well,

With a bitter wind a blowin in amongst the posts now, I believe its finally time to unpack the care and settle back in before starting work again tomorrow.

Ya'll have a great Day.

I mean are you going to beon your blog during the debate.

What time are you going to be on Imus tomorrow?

"I mean are you going to beon your blog during the debate. -- Posted by: vadaryl"

oh yes of course, always love our debate rodeos

imus 630a tomorrow, links in today's post

Oh Jamie!

I AM HOME!!!! As of last night. I am really relieved.

Do you think it will be another lovefest or a real debate this time.

I think the last time it was on ABC Charles Gibson did a great job. I think he has been the best so far. Even CNN repeated the ABC debates. Wonder if they will do it again this time.

First some non political fun from the folks at McClatchy, about about measuring and detection in science

"The enthusiastic stomping of soccer fans after a goal creates a "footquake" on earthquake gauges 30 or more miles away."

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/226/story/33774.html

On political comment

I noticed yesterday that Obama's mentor ,Lieberman
was busy trashing him.
Obama doesn't have very good luck with father figures.

Out of here for the day good weather has arrived and the work has piled up.

Jack

you mean, will Hillary turn into Annie Oakley tonight? dunno. advisers beat the life out of debates, warning candidates about voter backlash if they actually debate

typical debate pattern for most candidates is to play nice, then go on the stump the next day and say all the mean stuff you wanted to say during the debate

sturg - Hillary supported Lamont.

http://www.breitbart.com/print.php?id=D8JNM09G0&show_article=1

Lamont didn't return the favor.

But this time the stakes are so high and I just have a feeling the Charles will ask questions that may tell us more about where these two people stand on the issues instead of spending time on what was said in SF.

Craig, still would love to know which Bill you favor on the Press protection Act. The Senate version or the House? Which version if ANY do you think our Founding Fathers would have voted for?

I agree on Thursday they will go back on the attack mode but I hope Charles allows them to engage each other on some questions without getting ugly. If I remember right he did that the last time he ran the debate and it went well.

well if it's about issues then there really won't be much debating. almost no difference between them on issues

Just watch this and skip the debates

From Annie Get Your Gun -

I Can Do Anything Better Than You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txbxRCxVFQc

Ok I'm really gone, I mean it, really
I'm out of here

Jack

I do want to say that I like what Michelle Obama said about herself being a product of public education. I think those are actually very important comments since public education in this country does seem to be under fire. And in the end...when public education is supported, you can produce accomplished people who can attend schools like Princeton and Harvard as Michelle did.

The substance of the "public education" part of her comment will be lost, unfortunately, because of what she was responding to, but I hope that some folks will pick up on it and recognize it for the important statement that it is.

well, craig - I tried. Maybe it's our firewall or our virus program (or maybe they just heard about me and don't want me to commetn on their site) but MSNBC won't let me sign in because it doesn't think I'm typing the correct characters from the damn security picture. I know Abrams used to be the GM - I had his e-mail address. Who's the GM now, and do you have his or her e-mail?

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2008/04/pennsylvania-delegate-hunt.html#comment-68461

Maxtrue, must confess i havent examined those bills closely, will do so soon. that is important stuff, and i noticed McCain backed one of them

Excuse me, anon-paranoid, but the aware for the nastiest comment about parenting or family life goes hands down to Michelle Obama:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sN1qZMBE9Gc

For the record, I think Chelsea Clinton is evidence that Hillary Clinton is "running her own house" just fine!

pogo, Phil Griffin runs msnbc now but i don't have his email, maybe one of the media monitroing sites has it

i think clinton will come out both guns blazing''
shooting from the hip'' she's got nothin to loose

And craig, if you can't publicly post the email of the MSNBC GM, you can send it to my email..larry.chafin@steptoe-johnson.com

Your right they agree on a lot of issues but maybe he can get them to talk about what there differences are and debate them. one question could be: Why they think they are the one who has the best chance of defeating McCain.

craig, thanks - I'll see if I can dig it up.

anon-paranoid: Your comments re "attacks" on Obama's family notwithstanding, the award for the NASTIEST, most inappropriate actual ATTACK on a candidate re their family life goes hands down to MICHELLE OBAMA:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sN1qZMBE9Gc

Chelsea Clinton,, who may be the most together kid in the White House in decades, would suggestion that Mrs. Obama is incorrect in suggesting that Hillary Clinton "can't run her own house."

i really dont have it, pogo. i steer clear of executives

Actually, McCain hasn't really said which version he is backing. Conservatives might blast him if he says the House version.

Very important stuff that has implications for internet journalism. I wish the pundits chimed in, but I have the feeling they support the House version. Then they can protect their sources that tell them everything China makes is junk. If you want some details, check out Stubborn Facts. They would be honored by your opinion. As a jounalist, I figured you would be concerned about this issue as well as all here. My remark over at SF excluded you Craig, because I have a feeling you understand these important "rights" were meant "for the people" as your comments have consistently implied. And everyone with a printer and computer fits what Franklin thought defined the "Press".

I wonder if Hillary will ask Obama if he ever met Auchi...LOL

Also since they are still active senators what are they going to do today that will make a difference until Bush is out of office.

This is who I e-mail regularly at NBC:

steve.capus@nbc.com, phil.griffin@nbc.com

"will Hillary turn into Annie Oakley tonight"

I wanted her to whistle, "Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better", but given the coverage, the press would report it as "You Can't Get A Man With A Gun".

Agree or disagree with McCain at least he proposed something that can make a difference now. Ask them what there stance is on his Gas proposal.

you bet it's important, Maxtrue. and i ought to be on top of that, usually am, but the campaign trail (and my tulips) distracting me these days

good morning gang....

just poking my nose in here..... working hard lately.... want to take some time off as the weather improves.....

Sheila.... welcome home.... although some would think it funny that you consider being in Florida for the winter "hell" instead of Michigan..... I think all of us in northern climes had record snow this year....

let's see...... should I watch the 1,063th Democratic debate.... or watch the Red Sox/Yankees game..... hmmmmmmm....... GO RED SOX!

oh yeah...... GO DEMOCRATS!

craig how's your leg?

Have not heard in awhile what going on with FL & MI?

Well, here is an example of citizen jounalism.

Two days ago I met a person who drove a top unnamed executive for NBC. He told this driver that NBC wants Obama to win and offered him free air time which of course would be illegal. The limo driver was struck by the comments about supporting Obama though he also supports Obama. After this episode the driver told me that he thought the Press was way over the top in advocating a candidate. Now had I posted the NBC exec's name and tried to leave this drive out of it, I would have no protection no matter how "regularly" I post here or elsewhere. . I know this is just one poor example, but if you read the House version, it really is a perversion on what the Constitution states. Given the partisanship of the Press, I doubt protecting the "club" by the crtieria stated will help the public debate.

In any case, your tulips will look lovely and given the campaign trail, I don't expect you eo be ominpotent, unless of course you've been drinking the Kool Aid....

Dickerson had a fine article about that....

I doubt that it is likely to have much effect, but for any who are interested, the msnbc e-mail address is letters@msnbc.com.

Craig: Understand that it's a delegate race, but is the following possible/probable:

Clinton wins by double digits in PA
Clinton wins HUGE in WV, KY and PR
Clinton wins Indiana
Edward endorses Clinton and she closes the gap to points in NC (Obama probably still wins)
Super delegates get VERY nervous about Obama's inability to win the electoral college
Someone negotiates a Clinton/Obama or Obama/Clinton ticket
Your thoughts?
I know you joined Cuomo and Leon Panetta in pointing out that joint ticket may be the only way to go. Just wondering what you think scenario will be if Clinton REALLY closes in.

thanks, Ally. I'll try those.

well lynn, that's a rosy scenario but not out of the question i suppose. still think this path is about her best shot: http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2008/03/clintons-tortured-path-to-vict.html

ankle is doing great, vadaryl, thanks for askin. almost back to normal

i gotta run, you guys play nice

renee, came a hair's breadth from coming to NH (Manchester) tomorrow. Had to pass because the return flight schedules couldn't get me back here in time for LP's first AAU tournament game Friday night. Oh, well.

Renee,

Could you get me email addresses for Manny and Ortiz? I want to try to convince both of them that Joba Chamberlain's dad, Harlan, is also their biological father and that they should spend the next two days at the hospital with him and Joba.

I don't know if Big Papi is still slumping, but I know that digging up the new Yankee Stadium and pulling his jersey out was a bad idea. There are just too many possible headlines like "breaking out" and "rising from the ashes" that I'm afraid we might be reading in the next few days.

Good luck. As usual, I'm rooting for your guys to come in second tonight and tomorrow.

Top of the day peeps, tonights debate should be fun. Can't wait to see how deftly Obama is going fillet Hillary. As the saying goes, she has it coming.

Todays endorsement:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080416/ap_on_el_pr/clinton_union

Here's something for the Obama supporters. My son came up with the words and his buddy put them on a T-shirt.

http://www.zazzle.com/gikitease/product/235632652940242969?CMPN=ltte&color=black&context=mfong&group=mens&lifeStyle=all&side_back=horz&side_front=horz&size=a_m&style=basic_tshirt_light&view=front

Bruce Springsteen endorsed Obama this morning.

Yeah, I know he supported Kerry last time out. But this is during the primary season.

http://brucespringsteen.net/news/index.html

Obama has never done well in debates unless he has Tweety and his other fans to help him.

Still waiting for the income tax story to take her down.

Barry is about to be passedover

Text of Bruce Springsteen's endorsement letter.

Dear Friends and Fans:

LIke most of you, I've been following the campaign and I have now seen and heard enough to know where I stand. Senator Obama, in my view, is head and shoulders above the rest.

He has the depth, the reflectiveness, and the resilience to be our next President. He speaks to the America I've envisioned in my music for the past 35 years, a generous nation with a citizenry willing to tackle nuanced and complex problems, a country that's interested in its collective destiny and in the potential of its gathered spirit. A place where "...nobody crowds you, and nobody goes it alone."

At the moment, critics have tried to diminish Senator Obama through the exaggeration of certain of his comments and relationships. While these matters are worthy of some discussion, they have been ripped out of the context and fabric of the man's life and vision, so well described in his excellent book, Dreams of My Father, often in order to distract us from discussing the real issues: war and peace, the fight for economic and racial justice, reaffirming our Constitution, and the protection and enhancement of our environment.

After the terrible damage done over the past eight years, a great American reclamation project needs to be undertaken. I believe that Senator Obama is the best candidate to lead that project and to lead us into the 21st Century with a renewed sense of moral purpose and of ourselves as Americans.

Over here on E Street, we're proud to support Obama for President.

Hoosiers for Hillary Announces Endorsements of 21 Additional Mayors, Four Local Democratic Leaders

http://www.hillaryclinton.com/news/release/view/?id=6915

OK, vad, now let's wait for the attacks on plasterers and cement masons.

Poll Shows Erosion Of Trust in Clinton
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/15/AR2008041502883.html?hpid=topnews

"Amazing how CNN continues to ignore certain polls and only report on polls that have been WRONG the past primaries. Why would that be?"

They are setting it up for Clinton to outperform expectations. I think if she wins by over 10 points - which she very well may - it will be the BIG victory they have been waiting for blah blah blah. It will be spun that she is now the frontrunner - and somehow Obama needs to catch up.

Anyways, it will all be a lot of noise - and I will just be paying attention to the popular vote.

Some of these ladies might be Bruce Springsteen fans as well:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpDTvlSd0x4&eurl=http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/

Supreme Court Allows Lethal Injection for Execution
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Scotus-Lethal-Injection.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

More evidence to support my secret Clinton supporters theory.

(This is the theory that some loyal Clinton supporters will claim they are undecided in polls - to ensure that Clinton gets the late push and exceeds expectations).

Chuck Todd said this morning on MSNBC that despite the variations in the polls (with Clinton have leads of 5-15) - the support for Obama is always hovering around 40% - and it is Clinton's numbers that tend to fluctuate.

Looks like not all Clinton supporters got the memo (that is what makes it a secret...)

Btw, this is pure speculation and it is based on nothing more than a hunch.

So, are all of you Clintonites bitter that no matter what, you can't defeat Obama? Not with hyper parsing of his comments. Not with surrogates running around frantically claiming that this is it. This is the gaffe that make Obama unelectable?

BTW, what's with your surrogates? They are some of the weirdest supporters ever. You've got Billionaire Bob, who made his name and money via women shaking their ass on BET. He's so reviled in the black community that every time he speaks, Obama gets yet another percentage point in the black community. There's Kiki McLean, who always has this strange smile on her face, as though she's on meds. Then there's Ed Rendell, who's hedging his bets by saying Obama will be fine for the GE. Lanny Davis, who is as hack as they come. Yikes, and then there's bitter racist old woman Geraldine Ferraro. No wonder Billary's campaign has exploded.

Anyway, she better win by 20 points or she's just jacking up jump shots without a jumper. Times a marching on, y'all, and your candidate is running out of it. Just about eight more candidate shopping weeks before Clinton 08 bumper stickers go on eBay at .10 per, right next to Confederate dollars and Buffalo Bills Super Bowl t-shirts.

Warren----------------------------

"They are setting it up for Clinton to outperform expectations."

Do you REALLY believe this?

I hope you are just spinning.

Depth.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/15/opinion/15brooks.html?em&ex=1208491200&en=b52df7c95f4b9205&ei=5087%0A

Prof:

"Does anyone know why [Dick Morris]
hates the Clintons so much?"

He knows them so well....

Gordo:

I think CNN favors Clinton more than MSNBC.

Dick Morris, the guy who swore under penalty of perjury that he was accurately reporting his income and taxes due - what, to the tune of a $2.5 million dollar lie? Now there's someone you can trust to tell the truth.

LOL @ Warren

warren, I think we agree on one thing (almost). I think CNN favors Obama less than MSNBC. If that's favoring Clinton more than MSNBC, you're probably right.

Obama tied to lobbyists, but boasts of not taking money

WASHINGTON — Barack Obama often boasts he is "the only candidate who isn't taking a dime from Washington lobbyists," yet his fundraising team includes 38 members of law firms that were paid $138 million last year to lobby the federal government, records show.

Those lawyers, including 10 former federal lobbyists, have pledged to raise at least $3.5 million for the Illinois senator's presidential race. Employees of their firms have given Obama's campaign $2.26 million, a USA TODAY analysis of campaign finance data shows.

Thirty-one of the 38 are law firm partners, who typically receive a share of their firm's lobbying fees. At least six of them have some managerial authority over lobbyists.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-04-15-obama_N.htm?loc=interstitialskip

"Clinton is viewed as "honest and trustworthy" by just 39 percent of Americans, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll"

Sometimes the public does get it right. Oh those pesky negatives.

And yes - if you start from the premise that Clinton is going to win PA - then that BEST coverage she can have leading up to the Apr. 22 is doomsday stories that she might lose...

Even though she had 20 point leads a month ago in all the polls - if she wins by 10 - which she likely would have done with or without the bitter comments - all we will hear from the Clinton camp on Apr. 23 is "See, we told you - Obama can't connect with people in small towns."

Total BS - but I expect nothing less from the Clinton camp.