comments, slams, accusations of racism - shoot

krazy!

I'll bet this person is a log cabin republican.

This LGBT person sounds like a member of the Log Cabin Republicans.

Not surprised if that is the case.

"These comments have no place in this campaign," said Obama spokesman Tommy Vietor, who couldn't immediately say whether Thorne would be leaving his position with the campaign.

UPDATE: Vietor said Thorne is resigning from the leadership council, and that the campaign has accepted his resignation.
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While the Clinton camp continues their race baiting tactics:

Geraldine Ferraro digs in, engages in more flagrant race-baiting.
by Geekesque
Tue Mar 11, 2008

Ugly, and the Obama campaign has accepted Thorne's resignation.

http://bbsnews.net/article.php/200510281 81306944

"These comments have no place in this campaign," said Obama spokesman Tommy Vietor, who couldn't immediately say whether Thorne would be leaving his position with the campaign.

UPDATE: Vietor said Thorne is resigning from the leadership council, and that the campaign has accepted his resignation.

Who knew? And where were when the whole McClurkin mess went down? And when Kirbyjohn Caldwell popped up? The time for them to speak was then, not now.

Why all the right wing talking points?

Sickening and shameful. One has to wonder what kind of atmosphere Obama is fostering within his campaign.

"These comments have no place in this campaign," said Obama spokesman Tommy Vietor, who couldn't immediately say whether Thorne would be leaving his position with the campaign."

UPDATE: Vietor said Thorne is resigning from the leadership council, and that the campaign has accepted his resignation.

From Politico.

Well, he's already resigned.  LOL!

Why don't you mention that this guy was forced to resign immediately? Ah... you want to stir the flames a bit more, don't you!

Where is the Ferraro resignation, by the way?

IMO from you means so much bias that it amounts to nothing, really.

Okay, we've established that both sides have supporters who say really dumb things. Maybe we can call a truce again?

Quite honestly, I think this is a sentiment shared by the vast majority of people who do not support Hillary.

uhm..

ehem...

uh--- the quote in this diary sounds just like Rush Limbaugh.

The comments about President and Senator Clinton sound just like something you'd hear on Rush Limbaugh or Sean Hannity.

Am I to understand that they came from a Senator Obama supporter?

Really?

foreign policy. He had to be president NOW because he was told to strike while the iron is hot regardless of the fact that he isn't ready yet. He has milked the Iraq vote for all its worth and more.

He can't differentiate himself from Clinton on senate votes because they are virtually the same. So, he had to pretend that he is the political Mesiah, he will do things in a different way. Well of course that's bullshit. He threw the mud first, saying that Clinton will say or do anything to get elected. He then played the race card over and over again.

In the process he has trashed a Democrat who is ready and the last and only living Democratic president.

Now Obama's and Clinton's supporters hate each other and would rather see McCain win then their Democratic rival.

If Obama plays his cards right he could be president some day. But he and his supporters will probably F%#k it up with their extreme over-confidence. Regardless of the polls and the money advantage, at this point I believe John McCain will be the next president of the United States.

That's two. ;)

CNN showed Obama picture which was darker than usual. We need to alert Kos and some Obama supporters about it. Can someone help? Look at the current picture on cnn website before Kos gets it changed.

Obama surrogate making extreme comment about Hillary seems to happen with remarkable regularity.  In fact, it happens so often that it almost seems calculated: Obama surrogate makes an outrageous comment and then quits the campaign.

It started with David Geffen's famous quote last year:

"Everybody in politics lies, but they [the Clinton's] do it with such ease, it's troubling."

Samantha Power's reference to Hillary the "monster" also falls into the pattern.

The problem is that these extreme comments, while roundly criticized, also hit home.  Even while reflecting poorly on the Obama campaign, they also tarnish Hillary.

Last week's dust-up over who is ready to be Commander-in-Chief is a perfect example.  On March 5, Susan Rice said that neither Obama nor Hillary was ready to take that 3 a.m. call.  Hillary responded the next day that she and McCain were ready, but its not clear whether Obama is.

Hillary was pilloried for her assessment.  Even though Susan Rice's comment was just as damaging as Hillary's, it was dismissed as an Obama mis-step.

By my calculation, Hillary has a habit of over-playing her cards.  Obama knows it.  So they send these surrogates out to make these outrageous comments.  The surrogate may or may not survive the ordeal.  The Obama campaign gets a bit of bad press in the process.  But Hillary always seems to get the worst of it.  Either the characterization of Hillary, however extreme, resonates with the press and some voters or Hillary over-reacts and turns an advantage against herself.

A couple of weeks ago, Maureen Dowd reported on an incident between Hillary and Obama that took place when they ran into each other on the tarmac.  Obama tried to apologize for one of these slights and Hillary really lost it.  Dowd described her as flapping her arms.  Obama tried to calm her, but that just infuriated her the more.

I don't know whether this incident occurred as Dowd reported it.  But Obama found out that Hillary has a bit of a temper.  That's a vulnerability which I believe that the Obama campaign has learned to exploit.

They are cracking all right.  They are:

1) Cracking eggs for a nice, tasty victory omlette. 1 egg for every net delegate.  Thats one big omlette!

2) Cracking smiles as they realize that the nomination JUST GOT closer.

3) Cracking open refreshing beverages, and making reservations in Denver.

I hope y'all are able to come back into the fold happily when this is over.  If not, I pray that you have support groups and counselling available. I really, honestly fear for some of you.