Defeat is painful. Defeat is agonizing. Defeat is indigestible. For Hillary Clinton to absorb the uncomfortable and shocking news that she was handily defeated by a stronger, more skilled and sensible candidate is excruciatingly arduous to digest.
The previous seven candidates who along with Obama and Clinton vied for the Democratic nomination all graciously exited the contentious race and suspended their campaigns when it was evident that their paths to the White House were doubtful. Why then did Senator Clinton in front of a deluge of ardent supporters and staffers at Baruch College in New York City feel that it was necessary to selfishly assert she needed additional time to consult with advisers in order to evaluate her next move?
Her opponent had already secured the requisite number of delegates to become their party's nominee, and it was blatantly evident to all that her campaign aspirations had to be terminated. On national television at 9 P.M. in front of democrats and republicans who were painstakingly glued to one of the major networks, Clinton could have conceded and officially endorsed Obama.
This would have been the classy, shrewd and hospitable action to pursue. The one that presidential hopefuls from both parties did this year when it became apparent that their time was up. That their parties objectives and dreams of the country they so greatly cherish took precedent over their own priorities. Moreover, the words unification and courtesy are paramount to the words Hillary Clinton.
Yes, it's my inherent belief that with the country anxiously viewing Tuesday night, Clinton miserably failed to demonstrate that she was fully behind her rival and supported him wholeheartedly. At the very least, it could have sent a concerted message to her supporters that it's time to gather around our parties nominee for a greater cause and greater good.
Furthermore, she sent a direct slap in the face to Barack Obama and democrats Tuesday night that can not be reformed by whatever insincere comments she might profess Saturday.
Thursday, June 05, 2008
Getting Politics Out of the Bedroom
If you check out Zennie's post below, you'll see that at a campaign stop in Nashville, TN, on Monday, John McCain was asked about "gay marriage . . . in the context of the preservation of marriage." The question came from a citizen at a town hall meeting who gently raised the issue of McCain's own infidelity, wondering how infidelity as a whole is compatible with the notion that marriage is so sacred as to be off limits to the gay community.
It's a good point. Conservative estimates put the percentage of married Americans who stray around 22%. That's at least 1 in 5. Imagine your neighborhood. Now imagine that 1 in 5 of those homes contain a spouse who is having an extramarital affair. That should put things in perspective.
With so many Americans turning outside their marriages for affairs, is the town hall questioner correct that marriage is not quite the sanctified union in America that it used to be? Further, with religious affiliation on the decline in the United States, how representative of the culture at large is the idea of a sanctified union?
The issue of gay marriage is, at best, complicated. The question is who is best to legislate it? Should we allow politicians with their own histories of violating the sacred unions they vow to uphold, like John McCain, into our bedrooms to legislate who we may marry and enter into unions with? Or should we leave those decisions to the more impartial court systems? Or, better yet, put them to vote? Surely a country where 1 in 5 married people cheat, a country slowly turning away from the notion of sanctified marriages in the religious context, would be able to see past the sanctification issues and allow all people, regardless of sex, to declare their love for each other with all rights and priveleges of traditional legal marriage.
As Zennie correctly points out, this will not be the last time that John McCain is confronted with the infidelity and, by extension, character issue on the campaign trail. I think that this questioner showed that this will also not be the last time he is confronted on the gay marriage issue. When politicians can prove that they can take care of the issues in their own bedrooms, I might entertain the notion of letting them think about what goes on in mine. Until that time (never), they need to get back to legislating about important things, like this war, this struggling economy, the prescriptions too expensive for my mother in law, and the standardized testing my daughter is still taking on the next to last day of school.
It's a good point. Conservative estimates put the percentage of married Americans who stray around 22%. That's at least 1 in 5. Imagine your neighborhood. Now imagine that 1 in 5 of those homes contain a spouse who is having an extramarital affair. That should put things in perspective.
With so many Americans turning outside their marriages for affairs, is the town hall questioner correct that marriage is not quite the sanctified union in America that it used to be? Further, with religious affiliation on the decline in the United States, how representative of the culture at large is the idea of a sanctified union?
The issue of gay marriage is, at best, complicated. The question is who is best to legislate it? Should we allow politicians with their own histories of violating the sacred unions they vow to uphold, like John McCain, into our bedrooms to legislate who we may marry and enter into unions with? Or should we leave those decisions to the more impartial court systems? Or, better yet, put them to vote? Surely a country where 1 in 5 married people cheat, a country slowly turning away from the notion of sanctified marriages in the religious context, would be able to see past the sanctification issues and allow all people, regardless of sex, to declare their love for each other with all rights and priveleges of traditional legal marriage.
As Zennie correctly points out, this will not be the last time that John McCain is confronted with the infidelity and, by extension, character issue on the campaign trail. I think that this questioner showed that this will also not be the last time he is confronted on the gay marriage issue. When politicians can prove that they can take care of the issues in their own bedrooms, I might entertain the notion of letting them think about what goes on in mine. Until that time (never), they need to get back to legislating about important things, like this war, this struggling economy, the prescriptions too expensive for my mother in law, and the standardized testing my daughter is still taking on the next to last day of school.
Mother to Son: 'Obama Proved Me Wrong'
Mary Curtis, a columnist for the Charlotte Observer in North Carolina, talks about her reaction to the primary victory of Senator Barack Obama, and what it means to her as the mother of a bi-racial son. I volunteer for Barack Obama because I remember when Kennedy died, and then the summer of race riots and his brother's death, too. This country is too great to continue bullying others who are not like us, just as we are too great to tolerate antiquated nonsense such as skin-color-based discrimination. Listen, and know that when we support Barack Obama for president we are working for the best future for our children.
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McCain's Infidelity Mentioned By "Supporter" - Did McCain Cheat On His Wife?
At a town hall meeting in Nashville, Tennessee Monday, this McCain supporter says -- well is this person a supporter? -- this:
My second and final question, you talk a lot about the character issue...and...like you, um, I was opposed to gay marriage, I was in always in favor of civil unions but the basic definition of marriage....but, then I get to thinking, that is based on what we consider to be the sanctity of marriage. There is nothing....you see long-term couples splitting up, it's, it's just crazy...I know that you, your own situation, you're going to have to address that in the campaign. Infidelity is just a terrible cancer on this country....and I think if we're going to talk about...gay marriage, it has to be in the context of the preservation of marriage...which I just don't see it, I think we need to make it more difficult for people to get married, or whatever we need to do..if that's...if we're going to be consistent.
From the website the book The Real McCain, we find this:
Update: From The Real McCain:
Arriving back in the United States in 1973, McCain faced not only his own lingering injuries but also those that his wife had sustained in an automobile accident in 1969. After nine months of intensive physical therapy, he was reinstated to flight status. While stationed in Jacksonville, Florida, he was instrumental in turning around the performance of a Corsair squadron.
His marriage did not recover so well. McCain has admitted to “selfishness and immaturity” and has attributed the breakup of his marriage to his own misdeeds. He has even gone out of his way to exempt Vietnam from any blame. “The blame was entirely mine,” he said.
McCain had already met and romanced, while still married to Shepp, the woman who would be his second wife — Cindy Lou Hensley, seventeen years his junior, the only child of a wealthy Anheuser-Busch distributor from Phoenix.10 Cindy’s father, Jim Hensley, had been a World War II pilot, shot down over the English Channel. In 1955 he formed his company, Hensley & Co., now the country’s sixth-largest beer distributorship. Cindy had gone from cheerleader to rodeo queen to graduate student at University of South Carolina by the time she met McCain in 1979. A year later, McCain and his first wife were granted a divorce; six weeks later, McCain married Cindy.
Then of course, there was the matter of Vicki Iseman, the powerful lobbyist McCain has a cosy relationship with that did not seem to veer into infidelity, but was enough to concern McCain aides.
As this stage of the campaign unfolds, John McCain will have to decide how he's going to adress the character issue, because it seems to result in someone, even a supporter, throwing a figurative brick at his glass house. He should get the Tennessee GOP to stop attacking Senator Obama's wife.
Hillaryis44.org Should Shut Down; Close http://www.hillaryis44.org
Alex Rodriguez, Close "Hillary Is 44" Now!
Hillary Is 44 is now a waste of time, and also may be the site behind the Democrats Against Obama effort. The site, owned by Alex Rodriguez didn't do the job of helping Clinton -- Obama's the nominee.
Alex Rodriguez, it's time to shut down Hillary Is 44. Put it to bed. Now.
Democrats Against Obama Smear Site Should Be Hacked
Democrats Against Obama Smear Site Should Be Hacked
There's a website called Democrats against Obama that has this URL: http://democrats-against-obama.org which when looked up is such that you can't tell who owns it. It's been privacy-protected. Thus, this is a stunt of some kind by someone -- most likely a Republican -- who does not want to be identified.
The website includes a link to companion site called "http://democrats-for-mccain.org
If you signup at this site, you're a total fool. Period. Also the person who created the site will be discovered, and soon.
Meanwhile there's a site up called "Republicans Against McCain" at http://www.republicansagainstmccain.com.
Just save your time and join BarackObama.com
Clinton Message Just Released, Will "Strongly Support Senator Obama"
This came to me via an Obama group email, which in turn was gotten from a person who has a friend that's on Hillary Clinton's mailing list..
Below is a message from Hillary to her supporters:
Dear Supporter,
I wanted you to be one of the first to know: on Saturday, I will hold an event in Washington D.C. to thank everyone who has supported my campaign. Over the course of the last 16 months, I have been privileged and touched to witness the incredible dedication and sacrifice of so many people working for our campaign. Every minute you put into helping us win, every dollar you gave to keep up the fight meant more to me than I can ever possibly tell you.
On Saturday, I will extend my congratulations to Senator Obama and my support for his candidacy. This has been a long and hard-fought campaign, but as I have always said, my differences with Senator Obama are small compared to the differences we have with Senator McCain and the Republicans.
I have said throughout the campaign that I would strongly support Senator Obama if he were the Democratic Party's nominee, and I intend to deliver on that promise.
When I decided to run for president, I knew exactly why I was getting into this race: to work hard every day for the millions of Americans who need a voice in the White House.
I made you -- and everyone who supported me -- a promise: to stand up for our shared values and to never back down. I'm going to keep that promise today, tomorrow, and for the rest of my life.
I will be speaking on Saturday about how together we can rally the party behind Senator Obama. The stakes are too high and the task before us too important to do otherwise.
I know as I continue my lifelong work for a stronger America and a better world, I will turn to you for the support, the strength, and the commitment that you have shown me in the past 16 months. And I will always keep faith with the issues and causes that are important to you.
In the past few days, you have shown that support once again with hundreds of thousands of messages to the campaign, and again, I am touched by your thoughtfulness and kindness.
I can never possibly express my gratitude, so let me say simply, thank you.
Sincerely,
Hillary
Below is a message from Hillary to her supporters:
Dear Supporter,
I wanted you to be one of the first to know: on Saturday, I will hold an event in Washington D.C. to thank everyone who has supported my campaign. Over the course of the last 16 months, I have been privileged and touched to witness the incredible dedication and sacrifice of so many people working for our campaign. Every minute you put into helping us win, every dollar you gave to keep up the fight meant more to me than I can ever possibly tell you.
On Saturday, I will extend my congratulations to Senator Obama and my support for his candidacy. This has been a long and hard-fought campaign, but as I have always said, my differences with Senator Obama are small compared to the differences we have with Senator McCain and the Republicans.
I have said throughout the campaign that I would strongly support Senator Obama if he were the Democratic Party's nominee, and I intend to deliver on that promise.
When I decided to run for president, I knew exactly why I was getting into this race: to work hard every day for the millions of Americans who need a voice in the White House.
I made you -- and everyone who supported me -- a promise: to stand up for our shared values and to never back down. I'm going to keep that promise today, tomorrow, and for the rest of my life.
I will be speaking on Saturday about how together we can rally the party behind Senator Obama. The stakes are too high and the task before us too important to do otherwise.
I know as I continue my lifelong work for a stronger America and a better world, I will turn to you for the support, the strength, and the commitment that you have shown me in the past 16 months. And I will always keep faith with the issues and causes that are important to you.
In the past few days, you have shown that support once again with hundreds of thousands of messages to the campaign, and again, I am touched by your thoughtfulness and kindness.
I can never possibly express my gratitude, so let me say simply, thank you.
Sincerely,
Hillary
Wednesday, June 04, 2008
Wii Fit Fitness Video Review Video - Will This Kill The Gym?
As I watch this highly rated YouTube video by Diet.com, I have to wonder if this explosion in the use of Wii as a home fitness instrument will lead to the death of the gym and health club?
CNN Clobbers Fox, Beats MSNBC On Obama's Speech
According to Mediabistro, CNN's decision to carry Senator Barack Obama's historic speech live caused it to beat all networks, cable and broadcast, for June 3rd, outpacing ABC, the other network that had Obama's speech live, 4.3 million viewers to 4 million for ABC.
(Before you see the numbers below, FNC is Fox, CNN is CNN, and HLN is Headline News.)
Here are the numbers:
25-54 demographic: (L +SD)
Total day: FNC: 298 | CNN: 407 | MSNBC: 294 | HLN: 134
Prime: FNC: 739 | CNN: 1415 | MSNBC: 1053 | HLN: 199
5p: 6p: 7p: 8p: 9p: 10p: 11p:
FNC ElectionHQ: Hume: Shep.: ElectionHQ: ElectionHQ: ElectionHQ: H&C:
242 280 326 528 843 847 415
CNN Blitzer: Blitzer: Dobbs: Elec.Cent.: Elec.Cent.: Elec./Coop: Cooper:
293 351 579 885 1465 1890 975
MSNBC Hardball: Spec.Cov.: Spec.Cov.: Spec.Cov.: Spec.Cov.: Spec.Cov.: Spec.Cov.:
250 320 531 617 1068 1473 598
HLN Prime: Prime: Beck: Grace: Beck: Grace: Showbiz:
112 92 241 308 116 203 218
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.
Total Viewers: (L +SD)
Total day: FNC: 1086 | CNN: 1102 | MSNBC: 770 | HLN: 303
Prime: FNC: 2389 | CNN: 3519 | MSNBC: 2627 | HLN: 496
5p: 6p: 7p: 8p: 9p: 10p: 11p:
FNC ElectionHQ: Hume: Shep.: ElectionHQ: ElectionHQ: ElectionHQ: H&C:
1100 1443 1398 2006 2745 2415 1341
CNN Blitzer: Blitzer: Dobbs: Elec.Cent.: Elec.Cent.: Elec./Coop: Cooper:
1058 1114 1502 2242 3788 4523 2323
MSNBC Hardball: Spec.Cov.: Spec.Cov.: Spec.Cov.: Spec.Cov.: Spec.Cov.: Spec.Cov.:
770 965 1266 1719 2713 3450 1346
HLN Prime: Prime: Beck: Grace: Beck: Grace: Showbiz:
272 238 611 712 363 469 457
In reading this, CNN beats all other news channels in the 25 to 54 demographic and overall for June 3, election night. But CNN beats Fox on every night, even when there's no election coverage. Whie Fox News Channel may have a victory in one time slow or another, it's just that -- one slot at one time. CNN has a larger audience, and it's thought to be due to the fact that CNN is more of a "news ticker" channel whereas Fox is personality driven. CNN commands higher ad rates and is believed to be the "snob" channel.
As for Fox News, it really is competitive with -- drumroll -- no one. According to fair.org, Fox News's most popular show, The O'Reily Factor, draws four times fewer viewers than the CBS Evening News, which is considered to be a ratings disaster. If that's the case, then Bill O'Reilly's the Titanic. It's why they resort to the upskirt tactics and other "Jump the Shark" programming. MSNBC falls late night -- in my view -- because of that stupid prison-programming where they seem obsessed with showing the inside of a prison. It's depressing and channel-turning -- away from MSNBC. Their power is in news, but they don't seem to know that.
Clinton to Officially Quit Running For President Friday - New York Pushed Clinton To Concede
Hey, I thought she quit running for President yesterday! But it's being reported that Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton will officially end her run for President of the United States Friday, as Senator Barack Obama's clinched the Democratic Nomination for President of the United States.
Reportedly, Senator Clinton was pressured by two groups: the New York political delegation, lead by the legendary Representative Charlie Rangle, who said that Hillary Clinton left the New York group in a kind of confusing position. He also said that Clinton could have been far more generous in her speech. That he said this publicly and has been a supporter of hers spoke volumes. Here's the video:
There's also a feeling with some New Yorkers that Hillary Clinton is being offered a special cabinet position in the Obama Administration, but also a feeling expressed by one person that New Yorkers were "used." This is what I found at the Long Island Nassau Suffolk County New York Political Forum:
Charles Barron, Democratic New York City Councilmember and long a New York political player says that Obama should not select Clinton as VP and was also disappointed in Hillary's speech; he favors Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius, and talks to us about her and other views regarding Obama in this video:
Reportedly, Senator Clinton was pressured by two groups: the New York political delegation, lead by the legendary Representative Charlie Rangle, who said that Hillary Clinton left the New York group in a kind of confusing position. He also said that Clinton could have been far more generous in her speech. That he said this publicly and has been a supporter of hers spoke volumes. Here's the video:
There's also a feeling with some New Yorkers that Hillary Clinton is being offered a special cabinet position in the Obama Administration, but also a feeling expressed by one person that New Yorkers were "used." This is what I found at the Long Island Nassau Suffolk County New York Political Forum:
Its was all part of a greater agenda to get back to Washington DC. (whether its successful, remains to be seen). Hillary used NYers. We gave her a Senate seat, we gave her lots of money and attention. She did nothing for upstate, nothing for Long Island, and sucked lots of money out of the metro area for her Senate and presidential runs.
What this is all about:
Hillary Clinton will be offered a dignified exit from the presidential race and the prospect of a place in Barack Obama's cabinet under plans for a "negotiated surrender" of her White House ambitions being drawn up by Senator Obama's aides.
She becomes part of Obama's cabinet, abandons her Senate seat, and moves back to Washington DC fulltime.
So, how does it feel, million dollar donors, successful moneymen, getting f**ked without even being kissed. All that to know a Cabinet secretary.
But, wait....she thinks Obama can't win, so she may still be stuck here. What is plan B?
Charles Barron, Democratic New York City Councilmember and long a New York political player says that Obama should not select Clinton as VP and was also disappointed in Hillary's speech; he favors Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius, and talks to us about her and other views regarding Obama in this video:
Obama Selection Of Caroline Kennedy To Seek VP Candidate May Spell End for Clinton
Senator Barack Obama asked Caroline Kennedy to head the effort to find a Vice Presidential candidate, and that move could spell the end for Senator Clinton's quest for the number two slot. The reason is simple: Ted Kennedy doesn't think Clinton would make a good fit, and has said so.
Kennedy is joined by Eric Holder, the former Deputy Attorney General under Janet Reno, and Jim Johnson, the man who ran John Kerry’s veep search.
The Clinton's have not pleased Ted Kennedy, first with the whole MLK and race-bating campaign they waged, and recently with her TERRIBLE gafe regarding RFK and assassination.
Again, the term today is Popularometer, and Clinton's -- both Bill and Hillary -- is at an all time low.
I also think what may have happened is that Clinton wanted Obama to immediately ask her to be her VP and he said he was going to form a search committee and have a process. I'll bet that's what happened and explains why she didn't concede. But it all boils down to her not getting her way.
I can see the needle on the Popularometer falling yet again.
Kennedy is joined by Eric Holder, the former Deputy Attorney General under Janet Reno, and Jim Johnson, the man who ran John Kerry’s veep search.
The Clinton's have not pleased Ted Kennedy, first with the whole MLK and race-bating campaign they waged, and recently with her TERRIBLE gafe regarding RFK and assassination.
Again, the term today is Popularometer, and Clinton's -- both Bill and Hillary -- is at an all time low.
I also think what may have happened is that Clinton wanted Obama to immediately ask her to be her VP and he said he was going to form a search committee and have a process. I'll bet that's what happened and explains why she didn't concede. But it all boils down to her not getting her way.
I can see the needle on the Popularometer falling yet again.
BET"s Bob Johnson Asks Jim Clyburn To Push For Obama Clinton Ticket, But Bill Clinton Cursed Clyburm!
I've got Fox News -- yes, Fox News, and specifically "Studio B with Shepard Smith" -- on now, and Smith's reporting that BET's Bob Johnson, an outspoken supporter of Hillary Clinton, has asked via letter to the office of South Carolina's Congressman Jim Clyburn, for Clyburn to push for an Obama / Clinton ticket.
Here's the problem.
Just a over a month ago, former President Bill Clinton, Hil's hubby and that famously tempermental campaigner, lost it with Clyburn and according to the Wall Street Journal cursed at him, thus pushing Clyburn to be even more outspoken in his opposition to the campaign tactics of the Clintons, and to eventually endorse Senator Obama for President.
So why the hell would Clyburn want to walk down the road of essentially helping the Clintons? And Clinton supporters flooding Clyburn's office with racist hate-calls certainly doesn't help at all.
Both Bill and Hillary have to learn to be humble here. As I just wrote, their Populaometer's at an all time low. Time to appologize to Clyburn and fall behind Senator Obama.
Here's the problem.
Just a over a month ago, former President Bill Clinton, Hil's hubby and that famously tempermental campaigner, lost it with Clyburn and according to the Wall Street Journal cursed at him, thus pushing Clyburn to be even more outspoken in his opposition to the campaign tactics of the Clintons, and to eventually endorse Senator Obama for President.
So why the hell would Clyburn want to walk down the road of essentially helping the Clintons? And Clinton supporters flooding Clyburn's office with racist hate-calls certainly doesn't help at all.
Both Bill and Hillary have to learn to be humble here. As I just wrote, their Populaometer's at an all time low. Time to appologize to Clyburn and fall behind Senator Obama.
Clinton's Speech Pisses Off Many - Can't Concede To Obama
Hillary Clinton may be slowly taking herself out of the race for Vice President with her speech where she stopped short of conceding to Senator Barack Obama, who's the presumptive Democratic Presidential nominee. On CNN and on the blogs and in listserves, Clinton's being skewered, and even CNN's Jeffrey Tobin, long a kind commenter on the Clintons during this campaign, called her speech an example of "deranged narcissism".
..and the commenters over at The Huffington Post agreed with her:
Jeffrey Toobin: Clinton's Refusal To Concede "Deranged Narcissism"
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Huffington Post | June 3, 2008 11:30 PM
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The math doesn't convince her that she actually LOST. A title won't convince her that she's not ACTUALLY president. Her insanity would have her dictating policy and negotiating treaties with other countries.
HRC is mad and so is our nation if we support her hell-bent, out-of-control and plain-ol' SICK demand for power.
Mr. Toobin is not only RIGHT, he's the only MSM talking head with GUTS to say out loud what the vast majority of Americans ARE thinking!
Reply Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 12:56 PM on 06/04/2008
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BEST pundit quote of the campaign. Thanks for the honesty Mr. Toobin!
Reply Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 12:53 PM on 06/04/2008
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I absolutely agree.
I saw watched this live. Despite David Gergen's immediate distancing from Toobin's comment, I think Toobin told it like it is.
Some folks say the media have been against Hillary. IMO, I think she's had it fairly easy. I could use a few more like Toobin speaking up.
Reply Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 12:51 PM on 06/04/2008
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Toobin took the words right out of my mouth!
I love it when someone loses his or her PC media facade and just belches out the truth.
Reply Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 12:51 PM on 06/04/2008
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Hillary is the Black Knight in Monty Python and the Holy Grail. "I'm invincible. The Black Knight always triumphs. Oh, I see. Running away. Come back here and take what's coming to you. I'll bite your legs off!" Actually, she's worse than the Black Knight, because when both his arms and legs were chopped off, he at least conceded a little and said "All right, we'll call it a draw."
Reply Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 12:48 PM on 06/04/2008
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I can't catch my breath right now I am laughing so hard....
Reply Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 01:24 PM on 06/04/2008
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Jeff Toobin ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Reply Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 12:44 PM on 06/04/2008
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honesty and b*lls for a change on the corporate media - great!
Reply Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 01:25 PM on 06/04/2008
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Toobin is the man!
Obama won!
Why is everyone soo worried about Clinton!
She's acting like a spoiled child-
Don't you think that something deeper is wrong with the display that she's putting on.
She's willing to hold the democrats hostage- so that she comes out on top!
Her popular vote argument is also little pychotic, yet nobody wants to correct her-
Why does she have to be pampered off stage? particularly after the bombs, she and bill dropped.
The media's thirst to suck up to her is un-real! Is the media's debt to the Clinton's finally over?
CAN THE PUBLIC NOW RECEIVE UNBIAS COVERAGE, WITHOUT PEOPLE LIKE CARVILLE & DAVIS ON IT'S STAFF.
Toobin's right- OBAMA WON, WHERE'S THE JOY?
Or if not the Huffington Post, then James Fallows over at The Atlantic, who wasted no time in lowering the boom on Senator Clinton.
You HAVE LOST the nomination. There are NO MORE primaries. And you're urging your supporters to nurse their bitter feelings on your web site, and keep selling their bikes to give you money that you'll spend on... what? The unseemliness -- and, yes, destructiveness -- of this is too obvious to mention, though perhaps not obvious enough to have occurred to you.
This is a new low.
Indeed, between HRC's no-concession speech, Bill Clinton's skewering in the Vanity Fair, and the former President's reported cursing at Rep Jim Clyburn, the Clinton's popularity meter -- let's call it a "Populometer" -- is at an all time low. They're in a damage control situation and the trouble is they don't act like it.
Stay tuned.
..and the commenters over at The Huffington Post agreed with her:
Jeffrey Toobin: Clinton's Refusal To Concede "Deranged Narcissism"
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Huffington Post | June 3, 2008 11:30 PM
- CarmenCameron See Profile I'm a Fan of CarmenCameron
The math doesn't convince her that she actually LOST. A title won't convince her that she's not ACTUALLY president. Her insanity would have her dictating policy and negotiating treaties with other countries.
HRC is mad and so is our nation if we support her hell-bent, out-of-control and plain-ol' SICK demand for power.
Mr. Toobin is not only RIGHT, he's the only MSM talking head with GUTS to say out loud what the vast majority of Americans ARE thinking!
Reply Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 12:56 PM on 06/04/2008
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BEST pundit quote of the campaign. Thanks for the honesty Mr. Toobin!
Reply Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 12:53 PM on 06/04/2008
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I absolutely agree.
I saw watched this live. Despite David Gergen's immediate distancing from Toobin's comment, I think Toobin told it like it is.
Some folks say the media have been against Hillary. IMO, I think she's had it fairly easy. I could use a few more like Toobin speaking up.
Reply Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 12:51 PM on 06/04/2008
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Toobin took the words right out of my mouth!
I love it when someone loses his or her PC media facade and just belches out the truth.
Reply Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 12:51 PM on 06/04/2008
- JeffWasHere See Profile I'm a Fan of JeffWasHere
Hillary is the Black Knight in Monty Python and the Holy Grail. "I'm invincible. The Black Knight always triumphs. Oh, I see. Running away. Come back here and take what's coming to you. I'll bite your legs off!" Actually, she's worse than the Black Knight, because when both his arms and legs were chopped off, he at least conceded a little and said "All right, we'll call it a draw."
Reply Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 12:48 PM on 06/04/2008
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I can't catch my breath right now I am laughing so hard....
Reply Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 01:24 PM on 06/04/2008
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Jeff Toobin ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Reply Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 12:44 PM on 06/04/2008
- dm92 See Profile I'm a Fan of dm92
honesty and b*lls for a change on the corporate media - great!
Reply Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 01:25 PM on 06/04/2008
- sueno See Profile I'm a Fan of sueno
Toobin is the man!
Obama won!
Why is everyone soo worried about Clinton!
She's acting like a spoiled child-
Don't you think that something deeper is wrong with the display that she's putting on.
She's willing to hold the democrats hostage- so that she comes out on top!
Her popular vote argument is also little pychotic, yet nobody wants to correct her-
Why does she have to be pampered off stage? particularly after the bombs, she and bill dropped.
The media's thirst to suck up to her is un-real! Is the media's debt to the Clinton's finally over?
CAN THE PUBLIC NOW RECEIVE UNBIAS COVERAGE, WITHOUT PEOPLE LIKE CARVILLE & DAVIS ON IT'S STAFF.
Toobin's right- OBAMA WON, WHERE'S THE JOY?
Or if not the Huffington Post, then James Fallows over at The Atlantic, who wasted no time in lowering the boom on Senator Clinton.
You HAVE LOST the nomination. There are NO MORE primaries. And you're urging your supporters to nurse their bitter feelings on your web site, and keep selling their bikes to give you money that you'll spend on... what? The unseemliness -- and, yes, destructiveness -- of this is too obvious to mention, though perhaps not obvious enough to have occurred to you.
This is a new low.
Indeed, between HRC's no-concession speech, Bill Clinton's skewering in the Vanity Fair, and the former President's reported cursing at Rep Jim Clyburn, the Clinton's popularity meter -- let's call it a "Populometer" -- is at an all time low. They're in a damage control situation and the trouble is they don't act like it.
Stay tuned.
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Did Hillary Clinton miss her moment?
In real estate, it's "location;" in politics, it's "Timing, timing, timing!"
Senator Clinton had an optimum moment in terms of what impact her concession might have had, and the attention that was focused on her and her statement. Senator Obama managed even more gracious praise for her contributions and efforts as he spoke last night at the XCEL Center in St. Paul, Minnesota - and the crowd was with him in that sentiment, clearly. He held the 20,000 people inside the arena nearly transfixed, and they roared approval when he held forth on Senator Clinton’s strengths and character.
The press will not ignore whatever subsequent statements she makes - and obviously it’s premature for an outsider to suggest concession is the course of action she will follow - yet at this juncture it’s already clear that the effect and the interest are rapidly, moment by moment, diminishing.
There are many effective, influential women rising through the ranks of political influence, so others will run and win soon. But it is difficult to predict there will be another moment when Hillary might soar as high as she could have - should have - on Tuesday night.
Did Senator Clinton miss her moment? Yes, I'm afraid she did.
Senator Clinton had an optimum moment in terms of what impact her concession might have had, and the attention that was focused on her and her statement. Senator Obama managed even more gracious praise for her contributions and efforts as he spoke last night at the XCEL Center in St. Paul, Minnesota - and the crowd was with him in that sentiment, clearly. He held the 20,000 people inside the arena nearly transfixed, and they roared approval when he held forth on Senator Clinton’s strengths and character.The press will not ignore whatever subsequent statements she makes - and obviously it’s premature for an outsider to suggest concession is the course of action she will follow - yet at this juncture it’s already clear that the effect and the interest are rapidly, moment by moment, diminishing.
There are many effective, influential women rising through the ranks of political influence, so others will run and win soon. But it is difficult to predict there will be another moment when Hillary might soar as high as she could have - should have - on Tuesday night.
Did Senator Clinton miss her moment? Yes, I'm afraid she did.
Barack Obama Speech and Process To Nomination
This video series by YouTuber JoeJack101 captures the process leading up to his historic speech:
1) CNN Announces that Obama Has Reached the Delegate Milestone
2) The Speech:
1) CNN Announces that Obama Has Reached the Delegate Milestone
2) The Speech:
Tuesday, June 03, 2008
Barack Obama Gets 2,118 Delegates To Officially Seal The Nomination!
Barack Obama sealed the deal. He's officially done it! He's the Democratic Nominee!
Barack Obama Clinches Democratic Nomination
What began as a farfetched and idealistic quest 16 months ago against an established and legendary candidate, has now transformed into reality. Yes, Barack Obama, a young and visionary community organizer from the south side of Chicago has prevailed against the entrenched Hillary Clinton in one of the most unlikely and improbable political contests in United States history.
While on the subject of history and momentous events, it's essential to recognize that 43 years after the ratification of the voting rights act and 54 years after the desegregation of schools in Brown V. Board of Education, an African-American is the presumptive nominee of a political party.
The milestone achieved by Obama extends not only for new founded opportunities to blacks, but for all Americans, and most notably young Americans. Tonight, a significant generational shift has been established in which the thunderous voices of millions of young people have been heard . Mobilized and energized, young people across the nation are on board with the astounding movement created by Senator Obama.
For a 45-year old man, whether white, black, Hispanic or Asian to have eclipsed a plethora of insurmountable barriers in a quest to stake their claim as a potential commander in chief is astronomical and noteworthy.
For all Democrats ready to rise up against John McCain, it's time to get up, speak up, let our voices be heard and make that change. The first change being to elect Barack Obama to the White House.
While on the subject of history and momentous events, it's essential to recognize that 43 years after the ratification of the voting rights act and 54 years after the desegregation of schools in Brown V. Board of Education, an African-American is the presumptive nominee of a political party.
The milestone achieved by Obama extends not only for new founded opportunities to blacks, but for all Americans, and most notably young Americans. Tonight, a significant generational shift has been established in which the thunderous voices of millions of young people have been heard . Mobilized and energized, young people across the nation are on board with the astounding movement created by Senator Obama.
For a 45-year old man, whether white, black, Hispanic or Asian to have eclipsed a plethora of insurmountable barriers in a quest to stake their claim as a potential commander in chief is astronomical and noteworthy.
For all Democrats ready to rise up against John McCain, it's time to get up, speak up, let our voices be heard and make that change. The first change being to elect Barack Obama to the White House.
Eyes On November
With the AP news (see below) that Barack Obama has clinched the Democratic nomination for President, all Democrats must now turn their eyes toward the November election. This has been a contentious race for the nomination. Racism and sexism have dominated the landscape in a party normally known for inclusion and tolerance.
But with some Democrats claiming that they would rather vote for John McCain than Barack Obama, how do we, as a party, forge a path of unity in just the next five months? What rallying cry will get Democrats to remove their blinders and see the urgency of retaking the White House, candidate partisanship be damned?
Do you have ideas? Let's hear them. Leave your comments below.
But with some Democrats claiming that they would rather vote for John McCain than Barack Obama, how do we, as a party, forge a path of unity in just the next five months? What rallying cry will get Democrats to remove their blinders and see the urgency of retaking the White House, candidate partisanship be damned?
Do you have ideas? Let's hear them. Leave your comments below.
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AP: OBAMA CLINCHES DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION!
After over a year of working and fund-raising, the Associated Press has reported that Senator Barack Obama has reached the targeted number of delegates -- 2,118 -- needed to clinch the Democratic Nomination.
It's over. We -- the new America of a diverse collection of people who really love this country and want to bring everyone together -- won! Obama for America!
Congratulations to everyone on the Obama staff both nationally and locally in the San Francisco Bay Area, and other states and cities.
It's over. We -- the new America of a diverse collection of people who really love this country and want to bring everyone together -- won! Obama for America!
Congratulations to everyone on the Obama staff both nationally and locally in the San Francisco Bay Area, and other states and cities.
No, I Did Not Contribute $17,000 To The Obama Campaign
The current -- as of today -- Oakland Tribune article reads that I contributed $17,000 to the Obama for America campaign. I did not. What I told Barbara Grady, who's a great person, is that I raised that much, mostly from an event held at the Mark Hopkins last year on St. Patrick's Day 2007 and which I co-chaired (there were about 25 co-chairs) and created an online sign-up and website for. I managed to get 15 people to sign up online there at $1,000 each, so that's $15,000 alone.
But I wish I had $17,000 just laying around.
But I wish I had $17,000 just laying around.
An Obama / Clinton Ticket Is What The Democratic Party Needs
Ok, I've written it, and I'll stand by it. I think a Democratic ticket with Senator Obama and Senator Clinton on it as VP will not only heel Democratic Party wounds, but bring the country together and confound Senator Clinton's more reason-challenged supporters.
Obama / Clinton has a nice ring to it for a host of reasons. First, it's a change ticket because for the first time we would have an African American man and a European American woman running together. Morover, it would fuse two campaigns that have done an extraordinary job of raising money. Senator Obama's campaign alone has taken in over one-third of a billion dollar, a level never before seen in American politics. Senator Clinton has a large list of well-known donors, and while may of them would come over Senator Obama anyway, having her on the ticket makes this process a certainty.
Finally, it's a good marriage of the Clintons, who are the ultimate insiders and Senator Obama, who's the best outside-insider. Senator Obama's the best example of a corporate heretic America Politics has ever seen. He's arugably better than Bill Clinton, which brings me to my next point.
Obama will have Bill at the ready in a unique role that seems taylor made for him. Look, I could care less about the Vanity Fair article for many reasons, but foremost amoung them is that it's tone was really personal and read like an attack on Clinton as a man, not as a politician. I'll get to that later, but in my view, it's time for us -- including me -- to lay down our arms and bring the Democratic Party together. The war's over; let's not take it to the convention.
Another Sad Example Of Clinton Backer Racism
I just saw and read this story on a listserv I'm a member of and it presents the "major problem we as Obama supporters must attack". To save you the gory details, it's about a call the person, who worked for the Democratic Party, took from a Clinton supporter.
The caller can be identified as 1) expressing stereotyped views, 2) getting them from television (generally CNN, FOX, and MSNBC), and then expressing racist views (and racism as we know is a mental illness), where the person would say, referring to Barack Obama, "A person from that kind of a culture that is not advanced on the evolutionary scale cannot serve as the President of the United States."
What?
This is a statement not far from that made by Harriet Christian, the DNC Rules Committee visitor from New York, who was thrown out ofthe meeting for launching into a racist rant, and who's the new image of modern racism, and seems to have Clinton supporters on message boards like HillaryClintonForum.com, who support her really, well, paranoid views (paranoia is a foundation of racism, and also is found to be a psychotic behavior.)
The problem is bigger than just one for Obama supporters, but its for the Democratic Party. We're allowing a mix of television producers and execs who are used to manipulating our fears for ratings, racists, and the totally under-educated to hijack the Democratic Party.
We've got to take it back.
This is the full post from "irish09,"
This is what we need to address
by irish09, Mon Jun 02, 2008 at 11:32:48 AM EST
I am an intern for the Democratic Party in a swing state. Part of my duties today (besides making coffee of course!) was to answer incoming phone calls. Some people in this area decide to call the local Democratic Party to vent their anger and frustration regarding the primaries and their results. Many of them are angry Clinton supporters, though there are some Obama people who are very upset that she hasn't stepped out yet. I want to tell this community of a conversation that I had this morning with a Catholic woman who identified herself as a lifetime Democratic voter.
This caller is a Clinton supporter and she started the conversation by asking, "Why did our party make this mistake of nominating an inexperienced candidate with so much baggage from Chicago?" I of course provided the company line that the Democratic Party has not endorsed a candidate and that ultimately we are going to support whichever candidate is nominated.
She pressed further, "but even him?!" This is when I started to engage with her and try to push her towards the candidate that does appear to be our persumptive nominee. In regards to the lack of political experience, I told her that Barack Obama has been in elected office for more years before the presidency than George W. Bush, Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, and many former presidents, including Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Carter, Franklin Roosevelt, and Woodrow Wilson. What matters in this election is judgement, which can be achieved through the sheer number of years in government or the ability to appropriately see a problem and find its solution. In regards to Obama, we know that he wants to push for an end to the war in Iraq, economic reform, and greater health insurance benefits. For McCain, we know that he wants 100 years in Iraq, no substantial change to our nation's "markets," and reductions in a number of items that affect our nation's safety net. Who has the better judgement there to solve our problems?
From here, this caller discussed how women feel so shunned in this process because the Democratic Party itself decided to throw women to the side. I calmly told her that the party doesn't get to decide the nominee, that voters decide through the primary and caucus process. And I told her that women made up the majority of voters in all contests for the Democratic nomination, except for in Puerto Rico. She said that McCain and the Republicans "are moving towards the center and his policies really can appeal to me and many other women." I tried to point out certain policy proposals that I feel would really upset women, including cutting SCHIP, but this didn't seem to go over well with her.
Finally, she went on about Obama's "baggage" which consists of "Chicago machine politics, Farakhan, Ayers, Wright, and that church of his which is so against what I as a Catholic believe in." This was a doozie. I started by asking for where she heard this information - and she said TV. Of course, I told her that she shouldn't accept everything she sees on TV wholesale, which she said that she didn't. I talked about how almost every politician will have a connection to a political machine - it's part of the game. The bigger issue is how a candidate attempts to run a campaign that is as clean as possible, which made me bring up that Obama doesn't accept a dime from lobbyists. I informed her politely that there isn't a connection at all between Farakhan and Obama and that the media, regardless of party, will always blow non-stories into front page news. I also mentioned that all candidates have baggage, include the Clintons.
Then, she asked, "well what about the church? They all hoot and holler." I, like the caller, am a Catholic. I also major in Theology at the University of Notre Dame, which has allowed me to experience all kinds of faith experiences. I told her that I have attended African-American churches that are much like Senator Obama's now former church. It is a completely different style of worship that is interactive and focuses on creating the fire of the Holy Spirit in the church members. It is a wonderful way to express faith and to form a religious community.
Her response, "but what about saying 'God damn' during church services?" I kindly pointed to the former rite of the Catholic Church that included many uses of the word "damn" or "damned." The word "damn" in a religious context has no value as a modern curse word.
Now this set her off, though. She went on, "A person from that kind of a culture that is not advanced on the evolutionary scale cannot serve as the President of the United States. Thank you for listening to me, good bye." Quite the horrible, race-based ending to our conversation.
This phone call shows what exactly we need to address during this campaign. Obama's lack of experience and "baggage" need to be artfully addressed. I obviously failed today because the woman was receptive to none of it. We need to be prepared for this sort of thing, especially as we unify this party. It is also clear that the media narrative about maverick McCain is too quickly accepted by even core Democratic groups. It's obvious that the minute that Obama hits the magic number, he needs to run a biographical ad, and then he, along with 527s and whatever the DNC can muster, need to put together a constant negative ad campaign out against McCain that highlights his many failures in judgement.
Finally, we need to remember that there is a race element to this campaign. That is the world that we live in. We need to find a way to not allow the media's narrative to become one of Obama being a "scary black man." Frankly, talking to this woman, and others over the past few weeks, I am afraid that we are unable to reach many voters who are in our base camp because of certain prejudices. What can we do to look up this base? We need to decide that as soon as possible or else John McCain will run away with this thing and be George Bush's third term.
*I'm not saying that Clinton supporters are all inherently racist. I am merely saying that race is probably a problem for at least some of her voters, which is a reasonable statement.
Update: Thanks for placing me on the rec list, my first time! These are important issues and to move forward as a party searching to create change not only in this election but in our culture, we need to discuss them.
The caller can be identified as 1) expressing stereotyped views, 2) getting them from television (generally CNN, FOX, and MSNBC), and then expressing racist views (and racism as we know is a mental illness), where the person would say, referring to Barack Obama, "A person from that kind of a culture that is not advanced on the evolutionary scale cannot serve as the President of the United States."
What?
This is a statement not far from that made by Harriet Christian, the DNC Rules Committee visitor from New York, who was thrown out ofthe meeting for launching into a racist rant, and who's the new image of modern racism, and seems to have Clinton supporters on message boards like HillaryClintonForum.com, who support her really, well, paranoid views (paranoia is a foundation of racism, and also is found to be a psychotic behavior.)
The problem is bigger than just one for Obama supporters, but its for the Democratic Party. We're allowing a mix of television producers and execs who are used to manipulating our fears for ratings, racists, and the totally under-educated to hijack the Democratic Party.
We've got to take it back.
This is the full post from "irish09,"
This is what we need to address
by irish09, Mon Jun 02, 2008 at 11:32:48 AM EST
I am an intern for the Democratic Party in a swing state. Part of my duties today (besides making coffee of course!) was to answer incoming phone calls. Some people in this area decide to call the local Democratic Party to vent their anger and frustration regarding the primaries and their results. Many of them are angry Clinton supporters, though there are some Obama people who are very upset that she hasn't stepped out yet. I want to tell this community of a conversation that I had this morning with a Catholic woman who identified herself as a lifetime Democratic voter.
This caller is a Clinton supporter and she started the conversation by asking, "Why did our party make this mistake of nominating an inexperienced candidate with so much baggage from Chicago?" I of course provided the company line that the Democratic Party has not endorsed a candidate and that ultimately we are going to support whichever candidate is nominated.
She pressed further, "but even him?!" This is when I started to engage with her and try to push her towards the candidate that does appear to be our persumptive nominee. In regards to the lack of political experience, I told her that Barack Obama has been in elected office for more years before the presidency than George W. Bush, Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, and many former presidents, including Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Carter, Franklin Roosevelt, and Woodrow Wilson. What matters in this election is judgement, which can be achieved through the sheer number of years in government or the ability to appropriately see a problem and find its solution. In regards to Obama, we know that he wants to push for an end to the war in Iraq, economic reform, and greater health insurance benefits. For McCain, we know that he wants 100 years in Iraq, no substantial change to our nation's "markets," and reductions in a number of items that affect our nation's safety net. Who has the better judgement there to solve our problems?
From here, this caller discussed how women feel so shunned in this process because the Democratic Party itself decided to throw women to the side. I calmly told her that the party doesn't get to decide the nominee, that voters decide through the primary and caucus process. And I told her that women made up the majority of voters in all contests for the Democratic nomination, except for in Puerto Rico. She said that McCain and the Republicans "are moving towards the center and his policies really can appeal to me and many other women." I tried to point out certain policy proposals that I feel would really upset women, including cutting SCHIP, but this didn't seem to go over well with her.
Finally, she went on about Obama's "baggage" which consists of "Chicago machine politics, Farakhan, Ayers, Wright, and that church of his which is so against what I as a Catholic believe in." This was a doozie. I started by asking for where she heard this information - and she said TV. Of course, I told her that she shouldn't accept everything she sees on TV wholesale, which she said that she didn't. I talked about how almost every politician will have a connection to a political machine - it's part of the game. The bigger issue is how a candidate attempts to run a campaign that is as clean as possible, which made me bring up that Obama doesn't accept a dime from lobbyists. I informed her politely that there isn't a connection at all between Farakhan and Obama and that the media, regardless of party, will always blow non-stories into front page news. I also mentioned that all candidates have baggage, include the Clintons.
Then, she asked, "well what about the church? They all hoot and holler." I, like the caller, am a Catholic. I also major in Theology at the University of Notre Dame, which has allowed me to experience all kinds of faith experiences. I told her that I have attended African-American churches that are much like Senator Obama's now former church. It is a completely different style of worship that is interactive and focuses on creating the fire of the Holy Spirit in the church members. It is a wonderful way to express faith and to form a religious community.
Her response, "but what about saying 'God damn' during church services?" I kindly pointed to the former rite of the Catholic Church that included many uses of the word "damn" or "damned." The word "damn" in a religious context has no value as a modern curse word.
Now this set her off, though. She went on, "A person from that kind of a culture that is not advanced on the evolutionary scale cannot serve as the President of the United States. Thank you for listening to me, good bye." Quite the horrible, race-based ending to our conversation.
This phone call shows what exactly we need to address during this campaign. Obama's lack of experience and "baggage" need to be artfully addressed. I obviously failed today because the woman was receptive to none of it. We need to be prepared for this sort of thing, especially as we unify this party. It is also clear that the media narrative about maverick McCain is too quickly accepted by even core Democratic groups. It's obvious that the minute that Obama hits the magic number, he needs to run a biographical ad, and then he, along with 527s and whatever the DNC can muster, need to put together a constant negative ad campaign out against McCain that highlights his many failures in judgement.
Finally, we need to remember that there is a race element to this campaign. That is the world that we live in. We need to find a way to not allow the media's narrative to become one of Obama being a "scary black man." Frankly, talking to this woman, and others over the past few weeks, I am afraid that we are unable to reach many voters who are in our base camp because of certain prejudices. What can we do to look up this base? We need to decide that as soon as possible or else John McCain will run away with this thing and be George Bush's third term.
*I'm not saying that Clinton supporters are all inherently racist. I am merely saying that race is probably a problem for at least some of her voters, which is a reasonable statement.
Update: Thanks for placing me on the rec list, my first time! These are important issues and to move forward as a party searching to create change not only in this election but in our culture, we need to discuss them.
IT'S ELECTION DAY - GO VOTE
IT'S ELECTION DAY - GO VOTE
We will have recaps late Tuesday and into Wednesday morning. And also a brief on who and what to vote for in local SF and Oakland races.
...That is all.
Senator John McCain Has Not Overcome Keating Scandal
We hear a lot about the great Senator and Presidential Candidate John McCain and how he's beyond the point where he can be "bhttp://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gifought" by lobbyists and hasn't taken an earmark. We also get very little information on Senator McCain and the Keating Five Scandal, I think in part because four of the five people involved were Democrats of otherwise great stature. But still, it's a part of history, and of the Keating Five, only John McCain is still in office.
What was the Keating Scandal?
The Keating Scandel is named for Charles Keating, who, during the 1980s was the Chairman of the Lincoln Savings and Loan Association of Irvine, Calif., and a big political donor. So much so that five Senators -- Alan Cranston (D-CA), Dennis DeConcini (D-AZ), John Glenn (D-OH), John McCain (R-AZ), Donald W. Riegle (D-MI) -- received $300,000 in contributions from him and McCain himself received $112,000 by 1987 from Keating.
This power enabled Charles Keating to buy their influnce such that when the Federal Home Loan Bank Board (FHLBB) -- which regulated savings and loan association activities -- worked to curb the 80s trend toward risky investments, which caused the collapse of the Lincoln Savings and Loan Association, which Keating ran. When the FHLBB and its head, Chairman Ed Gray, moved to investigate the Lincoln matter, McCain and the other four Senators asked Gray to step back from any meaningful study of Lincoln.
When that news was revealed by Grey it set off a round of connect-the-dots inquiries, all of which found that:
In October 1989 The Arizona Republic reported that in addition to campaign contributions, McCain's wife and her father had invested $359,100 in a Keating shopping center in April 1986, a year before McCain met with the regulators. The paper also reported that the McCains, sometimes accompanied by their daughter and baby-sitter, had made at least nine trips at Keating's expense, sometimes aboard the American Continental Corporation (parent of Lincoln) jet. Three of the trips were made during vacations to Keating's opulent Bahamas retreat at Cat Cay. McCain also did not pay Keating for some of the trips until years after they were taken, after he learned that Keating was in trouble over Lincoln. [3] Lincoln Savings and Loan's collapse is said to have cost taxpayers $3.4 billion
The final outcome was that investigator deemed McCain's involvement to me "minimal." But as we've recently learned The Keating Five matter has not really altered John McCains' close association with people who are major contributors to his campaign, partcularly Federal lobbyists.
This video shows that McCain has had as many as 59 lobbyists raising money for his Presidential campaign including Vicki Iseman, with whom it was rumored he had a "relationship" and the now famous Charlie Black:
What does all of this mean? It means that McCain is still to this day in a great position to be directed to shape government policy by corporate interests in much the same way as he was in the events that lead up to the Keating Five scandal.
What was the Keating Scandal?
The Keating Scandel is named for Charles Keating, who, during the 1980s was the Chairman of the Lincoln Savings and Loan Association of Irvine, Calif., and a big political donor. So much so that five Senators -- Alan Cranston (D-CA), Dennis DeConcini (D-AZ), John Glenn (D-OH), John McCain (R-AZ), Donald W. Riegle (D-MI) -- received $300,000 in contributions from him and McCain himself received $112,000 by 1987 from Keating.
This power enabled Charles Keating to buy their influnce such that when the Federal Home Loan Bank Board (FHLBB) -- which regulated savings and loan association activities -- worked to curb the 80s trend toward risky investments, which caused the collapse of the Lincoln Savings and Loan Association, which Keating ran. When the FHLBB and its head, Chairman Ed Gray, moved to investigate the Lincoln matter, McCain and the other four Senators asked Gray to step back from any meaningful study of Lincoln.
When that news was revealed by Grey it set off a round of connect-the-dots inquiries, all of which found that:
In October 1989 The Arizona Republic reported that in addition to campaign contributions, McCain's wife and her father had invested $359,100 in a Keating shopping center in April 1986, a year before McCain met with the regulators. The paper also reported that the McCains, sometimes accompanied by their daughter and baby-sitter, had made at least nine trips at Keating's expense, sometimes aboard the American Continental Corporation (parent of Lincoln) jet. Three of the trips were made during vacations to Keating's opulent Bahamas retreat at Cat Cay. McCain also did not pay Keating for some of the trips until years after they were taken, after he learned that Keating was in trouble over Lincoln. [3] Lincoln Savings and Loan's collapse is said to have cost taxpayers $3.4 billion
The final outcome was that investigator deemed McCain's involvement to me "minimal." But as we've recently learned The Keating Five matter has not really altered John McCains' close association with people who are major contributors to his campaign, partcularly Federal lobbyists.
This video shows that McCain has had as many as 59 lobbyists raising money for his Presidential campaign including Vicki Iseman, with whom it was rumored he had a "relationship" and the now famous Charlie Black:
What does all of this mean? It means that McCain is still to this day in a great position to be directed to shape government policy by corporate interests in much the same way as he was in the events that lead up to the Keating Five scandal.
Zennie's Zeitgeist Covered By The Oakland Tribune
The Oakland Tribune's Barbara Grady penned this story below about this blogger and blog's being credentialed for the upcoming Democratic National Convention. But to be fair, the blog is more than me, its the other writers on it, like Tom Hayes and Dave Kaye and Ashley Long, all of whom are credentialed to go to the convention. It's readers like you and of course the overall SBS website system.
Also, it must be reported that the YouTube channel zennie62 is "attached" to this blog and also I said to Barbara that the overall SBS website gets 65,000 unique visitors a month, with Zennie's Zeitgeist a part of that, about between 30 percent and 50 percent of that per month. But yes, this blog did command 44,000 page views and 24,000 visitors on the day after the New Hampshire Primary. That was due to one post on reported election machine voter fraud problems in that state.
Also, I did not contribute $17,000 to the campaign, I raised it over time via the Internet and mostly from a fundraiser at the Mark Hopkins I co-sponsored. But I do not have that kind of money and could not do that anyway as the limit is $2,500. It was an error on her part.
Whatever the details, it was great to have our people recognized. Here's the article:
Oakland blogger to cover Democratic National Convention
By Barbara Grady
Oakland Tribune
Article Created: 06/02/2008 09:05:32 PM PDT
OAKLAND — As the Democratic National Convention gets under way in August, Oakland blogger Zennie Abraham will be on the convention floor with a microphone poised to pick up discussions of race, predatory lending, infrastructure improvement and other issues of concern to Oakland.
Abraham and his Zennie's Zeitgeist blog at zennie2005.blogspot.com have won a coveted credential from the Democratic National Committee to cover the convention as a blogger journalist. He was selected late last week as one of 124 bloggers to receive credentials from an applicant pool of more than 400.
Zennie's Zeitgeist is usually about Abraham's take on political issues of the day — often the Democratic presidential contest — with a smattering of posts about pop culture and sports.
The Democratic National Committee said its criteria in choosing which bloggers to let into what no doubt will be a crowded and history-making Denver convention are that they cover state and local politics and have a high daily audience based on statistics from Technorati, a Web site that tracks blogs. Among applicants whose sites met those criteria, the committee looked for blogs that "stand out as an effective online organizing tool and/or agent of change."
Abraham has not been shy to take on controversial issues. He has written about predatory lending, accusing check cashing centers of exploiting the poor, and crime
and criminals.
He already has specific plans for what topics he'll focus on at the convention.
"I'm concerned about (Hillary) Clinton and (Barack) Obama, and the race issue. I really want to see if Democrats are going to rally around Obama unanimously," Abraham said Monday. "I want to know specifically if people who are Clinton supporters, if they are really going to rally behind Obama. If not, I want to know if it is because of race."
And he will report on any discussions of race, whether polite or not.
He also plans to report in detail on the development of a Democratic platform, "with respect to what degree the platform represents domestic issues like predatory lending in credit card rates, our enormous infrastructure problems and what I call keeping jobs at home."
Abraham has been an outspoken supporter of Obama and contributed about $17,000 to his campaign. That partisanship did not seem to phase the DNC, even though many of the other blogs selected are less committed to one candidate.
Many of the blogs represent Democrats from particular states, such as the Blue Jersey, Blue Indiana and Blue Hampshire blogs.
Abraham, 45, is an entrepreneurial businessman, having founded Sports Business Simulations of Oakland five years ago, but he put in his time in politics. He worked for former Oakland Mayor Jerry Brown as an economic adviser and then as the Oakland Alameda Sports Commissioner.
Abraham started his blogging career in 2006 writing about sports. But then he couldn't resist talking about politics.
Over time, he separated his own political and cultural ramblings into Zennie's Zeitgeist, distinct from his larger SBS Voices sports blog, and wrote increasingly about politics, following the Democratic campaign as it progressed tooth and nail.
The day after the New Hampshire primary, his blog posting received 44,000 hits. Since then, his audience has steadily grown. He was invited by CNN to post a video blog as a sample for its YouTube CNN Democratic Debate last year. Afterward, links to his blog started showing up elsewhere on other political sites. Now Zennie's Zeitgeist receives about 60,000 unique visitors a month on average.
Also, it must be reported that the YouTube channel zennie62 is "attached" to this blog and also I said to Barbara that the overall SBS website gets 65,000 unique visitors a month, with Zennie's Zeitgeist a part of that, about between 30 percent and 50 percent of that per month. But yes, this blog did command 44,000 page views and 24,000 visitors on the day after the New Hampshire Primary. That was due to one post on reported election machine voter fraud problems in that state.
Also, I did not contribute $17,000 to the campaign, I raised it over time via the Internet and mostly from a fundraiser at the Mark Hopkins I co-sponsored. But I do not have that kind of money and could not do that anyway as the limit is $2,500. It was an error on her part.
Whatever the details, it was great to have our people recognized. Here's the article:
Oakland blogger to cover Democratic National Convention
By Barbara Grady
Oakland Tribune
Article Created: 06/02/2008 09:05:32 PM PDT
OAKLAND — As the Democratic National Convention gets under way in August, Oakland blogger Zennie Abraham will be on the convention floor with a microphone poised to pick up discussions of race, predatory lending, infrastructure improvement and other issues of concern to Oakland.
Abraham and his Zennie's Zeitgeist blog at zennie2005.blogspot.com have won a coveted credential from the Democratic National Committee to cover the convention as a blogger journalist. He was selected late last week as one of 124 bloggers to receive credentials from an applicant pool of more than 400.
Zennie's Zeitgeist is usually about Abraham's take on political issues of the day — often the Democratic presidential contest — with a smattering of posts about pop culture and sports.
The Democratic National Committee said its criteria in choosing which bloggers to let into what no doubt will be a crowded and history-making Denver convention are that they cover state and local politics and have a high daily audience based on statistics from Technorati, a Web site that tracks blogs. Among applicants whose sites met those criteria, the committee looked for blogs that "stand out as an effective online organizing tool and/or agent of change."
Abraham has not been shy to take on controversial issues. He has written about predatory lending, accusing check cashing centers of exploiting the poor, and crime
and criminals.
He already has specific plans for what topics he'll focus on at the convention.
"I'm concerned about (Hillary) Clinton and (Barack) Obama, and the race issue. I really want to see if Democrats are going to rally around Obama unanimously," Abraham said Monday. "I want to know specifically if people who are Clinton supporters, if they are really going to rally behind Obama. If not, I want to know if it is because of race."
And he will report on any discussions of race, whether polite or not.
He also plans to report in detail on the development of a Democratic platform, "with respect to what degree the platform represents domestic issues like predatory lending in credit card rates, our enormous infrastructure problems and what I call keeping jobs at home."
Abraham has been an outspoken supporter of Obama and contributed about $17,000 to his campaign. That partisanship did not seem to phase the DNC, even though many of the other blogs selected are less committed to one candidate.
Many of the blogs represent Democrats from particular states, such as the Blue Jersey, Blue Indiana and Blue Hampshire blogs.
Abraham, 45, is an entrepreneurial businessman, having founded Sports Business Simulations of Oakland five years ago, but he put in his time in politics. He worked for former Oakland Mayor Jerry Brown as an economic adviser and then as the Oakland Alameda Sports Commissioner.
Abraham started his blogging career in 2006 writing about sports. But then he couldn't resist talking about politics.
Over time, he separated his own political and cultural ramblings into Zennie's Zeitgeist, distinct from his larger SBS Voices sports blog, and wrote increasingly about politics, following the Democratic campaign as it progressed tooth and nail.
The day after the New Hampshire primary, his blog posting received 44,000 hits. Since then, his audience has steadily grown. He was invited by CNN to post a video blog as a sample for its YouTube CNN Democratic Debate last year. Afterward, links to his blog started showing up elsewhere on other political sites. Now Zennie's Zeitgeist receives about 60,000 unique visitors a month on average.
Universal Studios Fire- Back To the Future Sets Destroyed - Video
This is a video of the fire that was reportedly started by a Workers' blow torch and spread to destroy the sets used for the movie "Back to the Future" and a library of 40,000 video tapes, and the "King Kong" attraction.
Universal Studios Fire Video Back To the Future Sets Destroyed
This is a video of the fire that was reportedly started by a Workers' blow torch and spread to destroy the sets used for the movie "Back to the Future" and a library of 40,000 video tapes, and the "King Kong" attraction.
Monday, June 02, 2008
Harriet Christian - Who Is Harriet Christian And What Of Racist Clinton Supporters?
Harriet Christian being escorted out of the DNC Rules Committee by two Black men totally adequate for the task.
Who is Harriet Christian? Records over at the Huffington Post's special project called "Fundrace" on the identification and location of donors to presidential campaigns shows that she does indeed live in New York City, at 20 Waterside Plaza, along the East River with a nice view I might add, and has worked or is working as a Waitress and also worked or is working for Infocus Realty at 419 Lafayette Street 2nd Floor New York, NY.
Indeed, she's currently listed as a sales agent there with the following contact information: 917-716-1757 and email at HChristian@INFNYC.com
Now, let's stop and think about that for a moment. A person who would scream "inadequate Black Male" and rant about her right to say that is the last person you'd think would sell an apartment to someone Black. She's got to be a poster child for racial discrimination in New York real estate. If there's someone out there who's been discriminated against by her, well, here's your online proof of her bias. InFocus Realty should be very concerned about this; I don't yet know if they are.
Harriet's racism reflects on the firm that hired her to work in real estate.
Then this comments posted in the Manhattan Offender:
I actually found myself at a bar sitting next to Harriet Christian shortly after she made that comment. Harriet has the Hillary Clinton tattoo. Harriet says, you want to see my new tattoo? So, she hikes up her dress and sure enough, there’s Hillary on her inner thigh. You know who this is don't you? This here's Hillary Clinton. Bet you can't guess who’s tattooed on my other leg, she says, hiking her dress even further. I look at her other thigh, but the likeness escapes me. I don't recognize the other face, I said. But I'd know that one in the middle anywhere – that there's Sandy Berger: http://theseedsof9-11.com
Posted by: Peggy McGilligan | 01 June 2008 at 03:07 PM
But what's most terrible beyond Harriet's racist rant is the supportive -- that's right, supportive -- comments at the forum called HillaryClintonForum. These people are totally sick.
For example:
My favorite quote, "You can call me white, but I can't call you black! That is not my America."
Or this:
She says it like "it" is.
And this work-of - genius:
Harriet Christian for VP
And this outrage:
A woman after my own heart! You go girl!!
What the hell was that? I could not believe the comments over at that post, but hey, you can't see them in person before you, so you can see just how dark their hearts are.
What you're reading over at Hillary Clinton Forum shows the worst in America, and it is that they are so happy this person who's White is really talking for people who apparently do feel that Blacks don't know their place and are Democrats, an are acting just like Father Michael Pflager said Hillary Clinton herself was acting (and I totally think the Father was offbase).
But I think Father Plager -- who's not a reverend as Anderson Cooper called him, he's Catholic -- should have talked about some Clinton supporters like the ones on the Clinton Forum, as he'd have been totally correct.
I doubt people would have been so upset.
Taylor Marsh Bad For Democratic Party; Might As Well Be Republican
You know, I can't find a single -- not one -- post where Taylor Marsh has anything good to say about Senator Obama. It's more of the same dribble and it continues at a time when the Democratic Party needs to come together.
She thinks it is entertainment, but it's not, it's simply an insulting and anti-intellectual blogging approach that needs to be stopped. It would be only slightly more tolerable if Marsh and her writers actually knew what they were talking about.
The antidote to right-wing talk my ass!
She thinks it is entertainment, but it's not, it's simply an insulting and anti-intellectual blogging approach that needs to be stopped. It would be only slightly more tolerable if Marsh and her writers actually knew what they were talking about.
The antidote to right-wing talk my ass!
Pacman Returns-for now...
From NFLMedia.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
6/2/08
NFL STATEMENT ON LIMITED REINSTATEMENT OF ADAM JONES:
Commissioner Roger Goodell notified Adam Jones today that, effective immediately, he may participate in organized team activities with the Dallas Cowboys, including training camp and preseason games. In a letter to Jones, Commissioner Goodell wrote that a final determination on his reinstatement for the 2008 regular season will be made by September 1. Commissioner Goodell told Jones that his continued participation in the NFL depends on demonstrating that he can conduct himself in a lawful and reliable manner. Jones will be expected to continue the personal conduct program established for him by the NFL and the Cowboys and to avoid further adverse involvement with law enforcement.
My Take: That Means No more Topless Bars Pacman!! If you really want to Play in the NFL it's time to show you mean it and keep your Nose clean!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
6/2/08
NFL STATEMENT ON LIMITED REINSTATEMENT OF ADAM JONES:
Commissioner Roger Goodell notified Adam Jones today that, effective immediately, he may participate in organized team activities with the Dallas Cowboys, including training camp and preseason games. In a letter to Jones, Commissioner Goodell wrote that a final determination on his reinstatement for the 2008 regular season will be made by September 1. Commissioner Goodell told Jones that his continued participation in the NFL depends on demonstrating that he can conduct himself in a lawful and reliable manner. Jones will be expected to continue the personal conduct program established for him by the NFL and the Cowboys and to avoid further adverse involvement with law enforcement.
My Take: That Means No more Topless Bars Pacman!! If you really want to Play in the NFL it's time to show you mean it and keep your Nose clean!
Rep. James Clyburn Endorses Barack Obama
According to the Huffington Post, Rep. James Clyburn from South Carolina, a ranking Congressman and House Majority Whip, is endorsing Senator Barack Obama. For the entire campaign Clyburn, a well-regarded elected official and representative of the Congressional Black Caucus, had remained neutral between Clinton and Obama.
Now, with Obama's chance for victory all but certain, and with Clyburn's expressed concerns over Clinton's race-based campaign approach, Clyburn's moving toward Obama.
Congressman Clyburn is the House Majority Whip in the 110th Congress, and is the third-ranking Democrat in the House behind House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer. He can carry a number of Superdelegate votes with him.
Now, with Obama's chance for victory all but certain, and with Clyburn's expressed concerns over Clinton's race-based campaign approach, Clyburn's moving toward Obama.
Congressman Clyburn is the House Majority Whip in the 110th Congress, and is the third-ranking Democrat in the House behind House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer. He can carry a number of Superdelegate votes with him.
Senator Kennedy Surgery Complete; Will Stay At Hospital For A Week
According to CNN.com, Senator Ted Kennedy's surgery today was a success and he will remain at Duke Hopital for about a week.
Senator Kennedy Enters The Hospital Today
Senator Ted Kennedy is to enter the hospital for targeted treatments on the tumor in his brain, it was reported today. That process will be followed by radiation and chemotherapy work. Two weeks ago, Senator Kennedy was sent to the hospital after a a seizure at his home on Cape Cod.
According to reports, doctors later announced that he had a malignant glioma in his left parietal lobe, a brain region that governs sensation but also plays some role in movement and language.
According to reports, doctors later announced that he had a malignant glioma in his left parietal lobe, a brain region that governs sensation but also plays some role in movement and language.
YSL Passes - Yves Saint-Laurent:
YSL is what I will always remember. Another signpost in the Zeitgeist. Yves Saint-Larent, who passed away over the weekend, was and is a shaper of the fashion women wear, but most importantly to me he represents France's emergence onto the World image-making scene. From the time I was a small boy to today, YSL was creating styles that drove and influnced American and industrial culture around the World.
He will be missed, but his work lives on.
Sunday, June 01, 2008
The Four Michigan Delegates Obama Now Has Didn't Belong To Clinton To Start
The Four Michigan Delegates Obama Now Has Didn't Belong To Clinton To Start
At the historic DNC Rules Committee of Saturday May 31, 2008, both Florida and Michigan delegates were seated but with 50 percent of the common voting power each and with Senator Clinton receiving 69 delegates and Senator Obama gaining 59 delegates. The total number is 128 delegates, so the 50 percent split mark would be 64 delegates.
The Clinton camp, lead by Senior Campaign Advisor Harold Ickes, claims that they were forced to give 4 delegates to Senator Obama. Before we take on their claim, let's give it a closer look.
The charge of Ickes and others, like Clinton campaign supporter Lanny Davis, is that Clinton should have gotten 73 delegates and "uncommitted" 55. When they didn't get their way, Ickes, claiming to speak for Senator Clinton, but really, I think got carried away, said they were going to take their fight to the DNC Convention.
They will lose the fight again if they do.
The reason is that Senator Clinton kept her name on the Michigan ballot, whereas Senator Obama, Senator Edwards, Governor Bill Richardson, and the other Democratic Presidential candidates took their name off the ballot, because they, and Senator Clinton, knew and admitted that the "Michigan primary would not count."
The remainder was the "uncommitted" vote, which, when the actual Michigan primary was held against DNC rules -- which told the state not to hold its primary ahead of the schedule orginally set for it by and with the DNC -- became an unusually large percentage of the vote, something like 30 percent of the total.
The Clinton people base their delegate estimate on that actual voting outcome, and say that the legitimacy of the Michigan process rests in the 600,000 people who voted in that state. That's the basis for the anger of some Clinton people like Ickes. And here's the major problem.
The delegates never actually belonged to the Clinton campaign, but to the DNC, because Michigan was stripped of its delegates by the DNC, which the DNC Rules Committee has the power to do, and did.
Because of that fact, the DNC Rules Committee could come up with any scenario they could and had the votes to pass, and that's what happened. The Rules Committee could have elected to do absolutely nothing and have a "zero-delegate" outcome, which means Senator Clinton would have no delegates seated from Michigan. Those delegates would be allocated by the DNC because, again, the DNC stripped Michigan of its delegates to start with.
And regarding the 600,000 voters, there's a great argument and study that suggests as many as 1 million people did not vote in Michigan because they were under the impression the primary would not count by the view of the DNC. And they were right. The DNC stripped Michigan of delegates.
Because of this, delegates were malleable by the DNC. In other words, because Michigan was stripped of delegates, the DNC could give life to and then shape and mold the delegate count and split as it chose to do so, and it did just that.
The DNC was well within its right to do what it did, and Senator Clinton in reality had no right to any number of delegates. She, like the other candidates including Senator Obama, was at the mercy of the DNC Rules Committee.
Harold Ickes knows this, and admitted on today's Meet The Press show with Tim Russert, that the reason the Clinton people and Senator Clinton said that they knew Michigan wasn't going to count. Here's what Ickes said on MTP today:
MR. ICKES: Michigan was, in fact, a real primary. Six hundred thousand people voted, Tim, compared, compared, compared to 160,000 in '04, which had a high--which had a real, live primary as well.
MR. RUSSERT: Then why did Senator Clinton say it wasn't going to count for anything?
MR. ICKES: I think at that time people were focused on Super Tuesday, and a lot of us did not feel that it was going to go beyond that.
Wow.
Think about that. I also can't believe Tim Russert didn't hammer Ickes on that statement because Harold just admitted on national television that the reason Clinton didn't concern herself with "defending Michigan" at the time was really because they didn't think they were going to need the delegates to win.
Wow.
So now that they're counting every delegate from here to Mars, suddenly challenging DNC rules and working some weird form of Jedi-mind trick on hapless political pundits , Michigan suddenly counts and the count must favor them.
That's not the way it works. Here's the bottom line: Florida and Michigan were stripped of their delegates, the DNC thus had the right to create delegates and shape and mold the delegste split, and as it turned out Senator Obama had the votes in the DNC Rules Committee -- including from Clinton supporters -- to achieve the outcome we see before us now.
End game.
Clinton Wins Puerto Rico; Obama Gains 17 Delegates; 45 From Nomination
As predicted, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton won Puerto Rico gaining 68 percent of the vote to Senator Obama's 32 percent of the vote, according to DemConWatch Blog.
Now, Senator Obama's just 45 delegates away from gaining the Democratic nomination for President of the United States. It's anticipated that a combination of the Montana and South Dakota primaries and just the movement of perhaps as many as 20 Superdelegates could put Obama over the top.
Now, Senator Obama's just 45 delegates away from gaining the Democratic nomination for President of the United States. It's anticipated that a combination of the Montana and South Dakota primaries and just the movement of perhaps as many as 20 Superdelegates could put Obama over the top.
2008 NFL Unrestricted & Restricted Free-Agent Signings As Of 5/29/08
From NFLMedia.com
2008 NFL Unrestricted & Restricted Free-Agent Signings As Of 5/29/08
05/29/2008
2008 NFL UNRESTRICTED & RESTRICTED FREE-AGENT SIGNINGS
AS OF 5/29/08
(Based on official notification to NFL office)
1) 131 UNRESTRICTED free agents have signed with a NEW team:
TEAM
PLAYER
FORMER TEAM
DATE REPORTED
Arizona Cardinals
LB Clark Haggans
Pittsburgh Steelers
3/27/08
DE Travis LaBoy
Tennessee Titans
3/4/08
DE Bryan Robinson
Cincinnati Bengals
4/11/08
QB Brian St. Pierre
Pittsburgh Steelers
3/31/08
LB Matt Stewart
Cleveland Browns
4/17/08
Atlanta Falcons
S Erik Coleman
N.Y. Jets
3/3/08
K Jason Elam
Denver Broncos
3/24/08
TE Ben Hartsock
Tennessee Titans
3/3/08
CB Von Hutchins
Houston Texans
3/3/08
DT Kindal Moorehead
Carolina Panthers
3/10/08
RB Michael Turner
San Diego Chargers
3/3/08
C Alex Stepanovich
Cincinnati Bengals
3/10/08
Baltimore Ravens
LB Brendon Ayanbadejo
Chicago Bears
3/10/08
CB Frank Walker
Green Bay Packers
3/14/08
Buffalo Bills
TE Courtney Anderson
Atlanta Falcons
3/10/08
CB William James
Philadelphia Eagles
3/25/08
DT Spencer Johnson
Minnesota Vikings
3/1/08
LB Kawika Mitchell
N.Y. Giants
3/1/08
Carolina Panthers
DT Tyler Brayton
Oakland Raiders
3/7/08
G Milford Brown
St. Louis Rams
3/28/08
CB Ricardo Colclough
Cleveland Browns
3/4/08
WR D.J. Hackett
Seattle Seahawks
3/20/08
LB Landon Johnson
Cincinnati Bengals
3/10/08
DT Ian Scott
Philadelphia Eagles
4/29/08
RB LaBrandon Toefield
Jacksonville Jaguars
3/10/08
G Keydrick Vincent
Arizona Cardinals
3/4/08
Cincinnati Bengals
DE Antwan Odom
Tennessee Titans
3/4/08
Cleveland Browns
CB Terry Cousin
Jacksonville Jaguars
5/27/08
G Rex Hadnot
Miami Dolphins
3/11/08
DE Shantee Orr
Jacksonville Jaguars
3/24/08
WR Donte’ Stallworth
New England Patriots
3/6/08
Denver Broncos
LB Boss Bailey
Detroit Lions
3/7/08
WR Keary Colbert
Carolina Panthers
3/3/08
LB Niko Koutouvides
Seattle Seahawks
3/4/08
S Marquand Manuel
Carolina Panthers
3/10/08
WR Samie Parker
Kansas City Chiefs
4/15/08
RB Michael Pittman
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
5/28/08
C Casey Wiegmann
Kansas City Chiefs
3/24/08
Detroit Lions
DT Chuck Darby
Seattle Seahawks
3/11/08
TE Michael Gaines
Buffalo Bills
3/3/08
LB Gilbert Gardner
Tennessee Titans
3/24/08
CB Brian Kelly
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
3/14/08
Green Bay Packers
LB Brandon Chillar
St. Louis Rams
3/24/08
Houston Texans
LB Kevin Bentley
Seattle Seahawks
3/3/08
RB Chris Brown
Tennessee Titans
3/20/08
WR Tim Carter
Cleveland Browns
5/22/08
DB Nick Ferguson
Denver Broncos
3/27/08
QB Quinn Gray
Jacksonville Jaguars
3/24/08
TE Ryan Krause
Green Bay Packers
5/19/08
CB Jacques Reeves
Dallas Cowboys
3/3/08
LB Chaun Thompson
Cleveland Browns
3/14/08
Jacksonville Jaguars
CB Drayton Florence
San Diego Chargers
3/1/08
QB Cleo Lemon
Miami Dolphins
3/1/08
WR Jerry Porter
Oakland Raiders
2/29/08
S Pierson Prioleau
Washington Redskins
4/30/08
Kansas City Chiefs
WR Devard Darling
Baltimore Ravens
3/12/08
KR B.J. Sams
Baltimore Ravens
4/13/08
C Wade Smith
New York Jets
4/21/08
LB Demorrio Williams
Atlanta Falcons
3/3/08
Miami Dolphins
LB Charlie Anderson
Houston Texans
3/1/08
S Chris Crocker
Atlanta Falcons
4/2/08
S Keith Davis
Dallas Cowboys
3/11/08
CB Nathan Jones
Dallas Cowboys
3/17/08
QB Josh McCown
Oakland Raiders
3/1/08
TE Sean Ryan
N.Y. Jets
3/1/08
G Justin Smiley
San Francisco 49ers
3/1/08
DT Randy Starks
Tennessee Titans
3/1/08
LB Reggie Torbor
N.Y. Giants
3/1/08
WR Ernest Wilford
Jacksonville Jaguars
3/1/08
Minnesota Vikings
WR Bernard Berrian
Chicago Bears
3/3/08
S Michael Boulware
Houston Texans
3/21/08
RB Maurice Hicks
San Francisco 49ers
3/5/08
LB Derrick Pope
Miami Dolphins
3/14/08
CB Benny Sapp
Kansas City Chiefs
3/25/08
RB Thomas Tapeh
Philadelphia Eagles
3/1/08
S Madieu Williams
Cincinnati Bengals
3/1/08
DT Ellis Wyms
Seattle Seahawks
3/18/08
New England Patriots
WR Sam Aiken
Buffalo Bills
3/3/08
LB Victor Hobson
New York Jets
4/7/08
TE Marcus Pollard
Seattle Seahawks
4/23/08
CB Jason Webster
Buffalo Bills
3/4/08
S Tank Williams
Minnesota Vikings
3/6/08
New Orleans Saints
QB Mark Brunell
Washington Redskins
3/17/08
CB Randall Gay
New England Patriots
3/4/08
CB Aaron Glenn
Jacksonville Jaguars
4/7/08
C Matt Lehr
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
3/24/08
DE Bobby McCray
Jacksonville Jaguars
3/11/08
New York Giants
LB Danny Clark
Houston Texans
3/13/08
S Sammy Knight
Jacksonville Jaguars
3/4/08
New York Jets
RB Jesse Chatman
Miami Dolphins
3/11/08
G Alan Faneca
Pittsburgh Steelers
3/3/08
LB Calvin Pace
Arizona Cardinals
3/4/08
RB Tony Richardson
Minnesota Vikings
3/6/08
RB Musa Smith
Baltimore Ravens
5/27/08
G Damien Woody
Detroit Lions
3/4/08
Oakland Raiders
WR Drew Carter
Carolina Panthers
3/13/08
T Kwame Harris
San Francisco 49ers
3/5/08
NT William Joseph
N.Y. Giants
3/14/08
QB Marques Tuiasosopo
N.Y. Jets
5/22/08
C John Wade
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
3/31/08
S Gibril Wilson
N.Y. Giants
3/1/08
Philadelphia Eagles
LB Rocky Boiman
Indianapolis Colts
3/24/08
DE Chris Clemons
Oakland Raiders
3/1/08
RB Dan Klecko
Indianapolis Colts
3/17/08
CB Asante Samuel
New England Patriots
3/1/08
RB Kris Wilson
Kansas City Chiefs
3/26/08
Pittsburgh Steelers
LB Keyaron Fox
Kansas City Chiefs
3/12/08
RB Mewelde Moore
Minnesota Vikings
3/4/08
St. Louis Rams
TE Anthony Becht
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
3/11/08
G Jacob Bell
Tennessee Titans
3/4/08
K Josh Brown
Seattle Seahawks
3/1/08
WR Reche Caldwell
Washington Redskins
3/27/08
CB David Macklin
Washington Redskins
3/20/08
San Francisco 49ers
WR Bryant Johnson
Arizona Cardinals
3/17/08
QB J.T. O’Sullivan
Detroit Lions
3/4/08
DE Justin Smith
Cincinnati Bengals
3/3/08
LB Dontarrious Thomas
Minnesota Vikings
3/3/08
Seattle Seahawks
RB T.J. Duckett
Detroit Lions
3/5/08
RB Julius Jones
Dallas Cowboys
3/10/08
S Omar Lowe
Atlanta Falcons
4/7/08
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
DE Marques Douglas
San Francisco 49ers
3/18/08
C Jeff Faine
New Orleans Saints
3/1/08
TE John Gilmore
Chicago Bears
3/1/08
LB Teddy Lehman
Detroit Lions
3/5/08
LB Leon Joe
Buffalo Bills
3/3/08
TE Ben Troupe
Tennessee Titans
3/10/08
DE Jimmy Wilkerson
Kansas City Chiefs
3/1/08
S Eugene Wilson
New England Patriots
3/17/08
Tennessee Titans
TE Dwayne Blakley
Atlanta Falcons
3/24/08
G Jake Scott
Indianapolis Colts
3/10/08
LB Josh Stamer
Buffalo Bills
3/28/08
2) 78 UNRESTRICTED free agents have re-signed with their OLD team:
TEAM
PLAYER
DATE REPORTED
Arizona Cardinals
CB Ralph Brown
4/3/08
S Oliver Celestin
4/9/08
LS Nathan Hodel
3/13/08
DE Joe Tafoya
3/26/08
S Matt Ware
3/31/08
Atlanta Falcons
DT Tim Anderson
3/10/08
QB Chris Redman
2/29/08
Baltimore Ravens
LB Nick Greisen
3/24/08
Buffalo Bills
TE Matt Murphy
3/4/08
CB Bryan Scott
3/18/08
G Jason Whittle
3/7/08
Carolina Panthers
LB Donte’ Curry
3/3/08
CB Curtis Deloatch
5/28/08
RB Brad Hoover
2/29/08
CB Dante Wesley
2/29/08
Chicago Bears
LB Lance Briggs
3/7/08
Cincinnati Bengals
LB Dhani Jones
3/4/08
P Kyle Larson
3/5/08
Cleveland Browns
CB Gary Baxter
3/13/08
C Lennie Friedman
3/11/08
G Seth McKinney
3/28/08
CB Nick Sorensen
3/4/08
Denver Broncos
DE Ebenezer Ekuban
3/3/08
DE John Engelberger
3/4/08
TE Nate Jackson
3/4/08
RB Cecil Sapp
3/24/08
Detroit Lions
RB Tatum Bell
3/13/08
RB Aveion Cason
3/5/08
CB Travis Fisher
3/12/08
T George Foster
3/10/08
TE John Owens
3/3/08
DE Corey Smith
3/17/08
CB Keith Smith
2/29/08
Green Bay Packers
LB Tracy White
3/25/08
Houston Texans
TE Mark Bruener
3/10/08
WR Andre Davis
3/1/08
CB Will Demps
3/20/08
CB Glenn Earl
3/7/08
DE Ndukwe Kalu
3/20/08
P Matt Turk
3/24/08
G Fred Weary
5/12/08
Indianapolis Colts
DE Josh Thomas
3/18/08
Jacksonville Jaguars
T Maurice Williams
3/6/08
Miami Dolphins
S Yeremiah Bell
3/4/08
CB Michael Lehan
3/5/08
Minnesota Vikings
WR Robert Ferguson
3/24/08
New England Patriots
LB Tedy Bruschi
2/29/08
WR Jabar Gaffney
3/5/08
WR Randy Moss
3/3/08
LS Lonie Paxson
2/29/08
WR Kelley Washington
2/29/08
New Orleans Saints
C Jonathan Goodwin
3/1/08
WR Devery Henderson
3/3/08
TE Eric Johnson
3/12/08
TE Billy Miller
3/10/08
WR David Patten
3/3/08
LB Mark Simoneau
3/7/08
RB Aaron Stecker
3/7/08
DT Brian Young
3/1/08
New York Giants
RB Derrick Ward
3/14/08
New York Jets
CB Hank Poteat
5/6/08
Oakland Raiders
S Jarrod Cooper
4/17/08
T Cornell Green
3/6/08
Pittsburgh Steelers
DE Nick Eason
3/27/08
St. Louis Rams
G Adam Goldberg
3/10/08
T Brandon Gorin
3/17/08
C Brett Romberg
9/26/08
San Francisco 49ers
S Donald Strickland
3/24/08
San Diego Chargers
QB Billy Volek
3/1/08
Seattle Seahawks
T Floyd Womack
5/2/08
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
CB Sammy Davis
3/6/08
Tennessee Titans
WR Justin Gage
3/3/08
S Donnie Nickey
3/26/08
Washington Redskins
DT Ryan Boschetti
3/12/08
RB Rock Cartwright
3/10/08
QB Todd Collins
3/4/08
T Jason Fabini
3/25/08
P Derrick Frost
3/24/08
3) 3 RESTRICTED free agents have signed with NEW teams:
TEAM
PLAYER
FORMER TEAM
DATE REPORTED
Detroit Lions
CB Kalvin Pearson
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
3/13/08
Cincinnati Bengals
TE Ben Utecht
Indianapolis Colts
3/24/08
Tennessee Titans
CB Chris Carr
Oakland Raiders
4/7/08
4) 63 RESTRICTED free agents have re-signed with their OLD team:
TEAM
PLAYER
DATE REPORTED
Arizona Cardinals
G Elton Brown
3/24/08
CB Eric Green
4/3/08
DE Antonio Smith
4/3/08
Atlanta Falcons
LB Michael Boley
4/9/08
DE Chauncey Davis
4/14/08
P Michael Koenen
4/14/08
RB Corey McIntyre
4/18/08
Baltimore Ravens
G Jason Brown
4/21/08
RB Justin Green
3/18/08
LS Matt Katula
4/17/08
Buffalo Bills
DT Jason Jefferson
3/25/08
Carolina Panthers
G Geoff Hangartner
3/20/08
G Evan Mathis
3/20/08
LB Adam Seward
4/29/08
Chicago Bears
WR Rashied Davis
4/21/08
S Brandon McGowan
4/1/08
Cincinnati Bengals
QB Ryan Fitzpatrick
4/17/08
Cleveland Browns
QB Derek Anderson
3/11/08
LB Kris Griffin
3/26/08
CB Daven Holly
5/21/08
Dallas Cowboys
RB Marion Barber
5/20/08
G Joe Berger
4/18/08
Denver Broncos
CB Hamza Abdullah
4/17/08
S Dominique Foxworth
4/21/08
G Chris Myers (Traded to HOU)
3/17/08
S Karl Paymah
4/28/08
Detroit Lions
NT Langston Moore
4/18/08
QB Dan Orlovsky
4/22/08
G Stephen Peterman
4/17/08
CB Stanley Wilson
4/8/08
Green Bay Packers
DT Colin Cole
4/17/08
RB Vernand Morency
4/4/08
Houston Texans
S C.C. Brown
3/28/08
DT Anthony Maddox
4/2/08
Indianapolis Colts
TE Bryan Fletcher
4/21/08
G Dylan Gandy
4/18/08
S Matt Giordano
4/9/08
DT Darrell Reid
4/18/08
Jacksonville Jaguars
S Gerald Sensabaugh
4/8/08
Kansas City Chiefs
T Will Svitek
4/18/08
Minnesota Vikings
LB Heath Farwell
3/24/04
New England Patriots
DE Mike Wright
3/14/08
New York Giants
S James Butler
5/12/08
QB Jared Lorenzen
3/31/08
Oakland Raiders
LB Isaiah Ekejiuba
4/15/08
DT Josh Shaw
3/18/08
Philadelphia Eagles
S Joselio Hanson
4/1/08
Pittsburgh Steelers
T Trai Essex
3/17/08
G Chris Kemoetu
3/18/08
LS Greg Warren
3/25/08
WR Nate Washington
4/16/08
St. Louis Rams
S Oshiomogho Atogwe
4/30/08
San Diego Chargers
LB Marques Harris
4/2/08
San Francisco 49ers
TE Billy Bajema
3/28/08
Seattle Seahawks
RB Leonard Weaver
4/21/08
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
DT Jovan Haye
5/8/08
Tennessee Titans
K Rob Bironas
5/8/08
RB Casey Cramer
3/24/08
S Vincent Fuller
4/23/08
CB Reynaldo Hill
4/22/08
T Daniel Loper
3/19/08
TE Bo Scaife
4/2/08
T David Stewart
5/13/08
5) 0 FRANCHISE players have signed with NEW teams:
TEAM
PLAYER
FORMER TEAM
DATE REPORTED
6) 7 FRANCHISE players have re-signed with their OLD team:
TEAM
PLAYER
DATE REPORTED
Arizona Cardinals
LB Karlos Dansby
4/17/08
Carolina Panthers
T Jordan Gross
3/20/08
Cincinnati Bengals
G Stacey Andrews
3/19/08
Kansas City Chiefs
DE Jared Allen
4/23/08 (Traded to Minnesota)
Green Bay Packers
DT Corey Williams
3/1/08 (Traded to Cleveland)
Philadelphia Eagles
TE L.J. Smith
4/2/08
Seattle Seahawks
CB Marcus Trufant
3/27/08
7) 1 TRANSITION players have re-signed with their OLD team:
TEAM
PLAYER
DATE REPORTED
Pittsburgh Steelers
T Max Starks
4/21/08
8) 1 RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL player has signed with a NEW team:
TEAM
PLAYER
DATE REPORTED
Jacksonville Jaguars
DT Jimmy Kennedy
3/4/08
2008 NFL Unrestricted & Restricted Free-Agent Signings As Of 5/29/08
05/29/2008
2008 NFL UNRESTRICTED & RESTRICTED FREE-AGENT SIGNINGS
AS OF 5/29/08
(Based on official notification to NFL office)
1) 131 UNRESTRICTED free agents have signed with a NEW team:
TEAM
PLAYER
FORMER TEAM
DATE REPORTED
Arizona Cardinals
LB Clark Haggans
Pittsburgh Steelers
3/27/08
DE Travis LaBoy
Tennessee Titans
3/4/08
DE Bryan Robinson
Cincinnati Bengals
4/11/08
QB Brian St. Pierre
Pittsburgh Steelers
3/31/08
LB Matt Stewart
Cleveland Browns
4/17/08
Atlanta Falcons
S Erik Coleman
N.Y. Jets
3/3/08
K Jason Elam
Denver Broncos
3/24/08
TE Ben Hartsock
Tennessee Titans
3/3/08
CB Von Hutchins
Houston Texans
3/3/08
DT Kindal Moorehead
Carolina Panthers
3/10/08
RB Michael Turner
San Diego Chargers
3/3/08
C Alex Stepanovich
Cincinnati Bengals
3/10/08
Baltimore Ravens
LB Brendon Ayanbadejo
Chicago Bears
3/10/08
CB Frank Walker
Green Bay Packers
3/14/08
Buffalo Bills
TE Courtney Anderson
Atlanta Falcons
3/10/08
CB William James
Philadelphia Eagles
3/25/08
DT Spencer Johnson
Minnesota Vikings
3/1/08
LB Kawika Mitchell
N.Y. Giants
3/1/08
Carolina Panthers
DT Tyler Brayton
Oakland Raiders
3/7/08
G Milford Brown
St. Louis Rams
3/28/08
CB Ricardo Colclough
Cleveland Browns
3/4/08
WR D.J. Hackett
Seattle Seahawks
3/20/08
LB Landon Johnson
Cincinnati Bengals
3/10/08
DT Ian Scott
Philadelphia Eagles
4/29/08
RB LaBrandon Toefield
Jacksonville Jaguars
3/10/08
G Keydrick Vincent
Arizona Cardinals
3/4/08
Cincinnati Bengals
DE Antwan Odom
Tennessee Titans
3/4/08
Cleveland Browns
CB Terry Cousin
Jacksonville Jaguars
5/27/08
G Rex Hadnot
Miami Dolphins
3/11/08
DE Shantee Orr
Jacksonville Jaguars
3/24/08
WR Donte’ Stallworth
New England Patriots
3/6/08
Denver Broncos
LB Boss Bailey
Detroit Lions
3/7/08
WR Keary Colbert
Carolina Panthers
3/3/08
LB Niko Koutouvides
Seattle Seahawks
3/4/08
S Marquand Manuel
Carolina Panthers
3/10/08
WR Samie Parker
Kansas City Chiefs
4/15/08
RB Michael Pittman
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
5/28/08
C Casey Wiegmann
Kansas City Chiefs
3/24/08
Detroit Lions
DT Chuck Darby
Seattle Seahawks
3/11/08
TE Michael Gaines
Buffalo Bills
3/3/08
LB Gilbert Gardner
Tennessee Titans
3/24/08
CB Brian Kelly
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
3/14/08
Green Bay Packers
LB Brandon Chillar
St. Louis Rams
3/24/08
Houston Texans
LB Kevin Bentley
Seattle Seahawks
3/3/08
RB Chris Brown
Tennessee Titans
3/20/08
WR Tim Carter
Cleveland Browns
5/22/08
DB Nick Ferguson
Denver Broncos
3/27/08
QB Quinn Gray
Jacksonville Jaguars
3/24/08
TE Ryan Krause
Green Bay Packers
5/19/08
CB Jacques Reeves
Dallas Cowboys
3/3/08
LB Chaun Thompson
Cleveland Browns
3/14/08
Jacksonville Jaguars
CB Drayton Florence
San Diego Chargers
3/1/08
QB Cleo Lemon
Miami Dolphins
3/1/08
WR Jerry Porter
Oakland Raiders
2/29/08
S Pierson Prioleau
Washington Redskins
4/30/08
Kansas City Chiefs
WR Devard Darling
Baltimore Ravens
3/12/08
KR B.J. Sams
Baltimore Ravens
4/13/08
C Wade Smith
New York Jets
4/21/08
LB Demorrio Williams
Atlanta Falcons
3/3/08
Miami Dolphins
LB Charlie Anderson
Houston Texans
3/1/08
S Chris Crocker
Atlanta Falcons
4/2/08
S Keith Davis
Dallas Cowboys
3/11/08
CB Nathan Jones
Dallas Cowboys
3/17/08
QB Josh McCown
Oakland Raiders
3/1/08
TE Sean Ryan
N.Y. Jets
3/1/08
G Justin Smiley
San Francisco 49ers
3/1/08
DT Randy Starks
Tennessee Titans
3/1/08
LB Reggie Torbor
N.Y. Giants
3/1/08
WR Ernest Wilford
Jacksonville Jaguars
3/1/08
Minnesota Vikings
WR Bernard Berrian
Chicago Bears
3/3/08
S Michael Boulware
Houston Texans
3/21/08
RB Maurice Hicks
San Francisco 49ers
3/5/08
LB Derrick Pope
Miami Dolphins
3/14/08
CB Benny Sapp
Kansas City Chiefs
3/25/08
RB Thomas Tapeh
Philadelphia Eagles
3/1/08
S Madieu Williams
Cincinnati Bengals
3/1/08
DT Ellis Wyms
Seattle Seahawks
3/18/08
New England Patriots
WR Sam Aiken
Buffalo Bills
3/3/08
LB Victor Hobson
New York Jets
4/7/08
TE Marcus Pollard
Seattle Seahawks
4/23/08
CB Jason Webster
Buffalo Bills
3/4/08
S Tank Williams
Minnesota Vikings
3/6/08
New Orleans Saints
QB Mark Brunell
Washington Redskins
3/17/08
CB Randall Gay
New England Patriots
3/4/08
CB Aaron Glenn
Jacksonville Jaguars
4/7/08
C Matt Lehr
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
3/24/08
DE Bobby McCray
Jacksonville Jaguars
3/11/08
New York Giants
LB Danny Clark
Houston Texans
3/13/08
S Sammy Knight
Jacksonville Jaguars
3/4/08
New York Jets
RB Jesse Chatman
Miami Dolphins
3/11/08
G Alan Faneca
Pittsburgh Steelers
3/3/08
LB Calvin Pace
Arizona Cardinals
3/4/08
RB Tony Richardson
Minnesota Vikings
3/6/08
RB Musa Smith
Baltimore Ravens
5/27/08
G Damien Woody
Detroit Lions
3/4/08
Oakland Raiders
WR Drew Carter
Carolina Panthers
3/13/08
T Kwame Harris
San Francisco 49ers
3/5/08
NT William Joseph
N.Y. Giants
3/14/08
QB Marques Tuiasosopo
N.Y. Jets
5/22/08
C John Wade
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
3/31/08
S Gibril Wilson
N.Y. Giants
3/1/08
Philadelphia Eagles
LB Rocky Boiman
Indianapolis Colts
3/24/08
DE Chris Clemons
Oakland Raiders
3/1/08
RB Dan Klecko
Indianapolis Colts
3/17/08
CB Asante Samuel
New England Patriots
3/1/08
RB Kris Wilson
Kansas City Chiefs
3/26/08
Pittsburgh Steelers
LB Keyaron Fox
Kansas City Chiefs
3/12/08
RB Mewelde Moore
Minnesota Vikings
3/4/08
St. Louis Rams
TE Anthony Becht
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
3/11/08
G Jacob Bell
Tennessee Titans
3/4/08
K Josh Brown
Seattle Seahawks
3/1/08
WR Reche Caldwell
Washington Redskins
3/27/08
CB David Macklin
Washington Redskins
3/20/08
San Francisco 49ers
WR Bryant Johnson
Arizona Cardinals
3/17/08
QB J.T. O’Sullivan
Detroit Lions
3/4/08
DE Justin Smith
Cincinnati Bengals
3/3/08
LB Dontarrious Thomas
Minnesota Vikings
3/3/08
Seattle Seahawks
RB T.J. Duckett
Detroit Lions
3/5/08
RB Julius Jones
Dallas Cowboys
3/10/08
S Omar Lowe
Atlanta Falcons
4/7/08
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
DE Marques Douglas
San Francisco 49ers
3/18/08
C Jeff Faine
New Orleans Saints
3/1/08
TE John Gilmore
Chicago Bears
3/1/08
LB Teddy Lehman
Detroit Lions
3/5/08
LB Leon Joe
Buffalo Bills
3/3/08
TE Ben Troupe
Tennessee Titans
3/10/08
DE Jimmy Wilkerson
Kansas City Chiefs
3/1/08
S Eugene Wilson
New England Patriots
3/17/08
Tennessee Titans
TE Dwayne Blakley
Atlanta Falcons
3/24/08
G Jake Scott
Indianapolis Colts
3/10/08
LB Josh Stamer
Buffalo Bills
3/28/08
2) 78 UNRESTRICTED free agents have re-signed with their OLD team:
TEAM
PLAYER
DATE REPORTED
Arizona Cardinals
CB Ralph Brown
4/3/08
S Oliver Celestin
4/9/08
LS Nathan Hodel
3/13/08
DE Joe Tafoya
3/26/08
S Matt Ware
3/31/08
Atlanta Falcons
DT Tim Anderson
3/10/08
QB Chris Redman
2/29/08
Baltimore Ravens
LB Nick Greisen
3/24/08
Buffalo Bills
TE Matt Murphy
3/4/08
CB Bryan Scott
3/18/08
G Jason Whittle
3/7/08
Carolina Panthers
LB Donte’ Curry
3/3/08
CB Curtis Deloatch
5/28/08
RB Brad Hoover
2/29/08
CB Dante Wesley
2/29/08
Chicago Bears
LB Lance Briggs
3/7/08
Cincinnati Bengals
LB Dhani Jones
3/4/08
P Kyle Larson
3/5/08
Cleveland Browns
CB Gary Baxter
3/13/08
C Lennie Friedman
3/11/08
G Seth McKinney
3/28/08
CB Nick Sorensen
3/4/08
Denver Broncos
DE Ebenezer Ekuban
3/3/08
DE John Engelberger
3/4/08
TE Nate Jackson
3/4/08
RB Cecil Sapp
3/24/08
Detroit Lions
RB Tatum Bell
3/13/08
RB Aveion Cason
3/5/08
CB Travis Fisher
3/12/08
T George Foster
3/10/08
TE John Owens
3/3/08
DE Corey Smith
3/17/08
CB Keith Smith
2/29/08
Green Bay Packers
LB Tracy White
3/25/08
Houston Texans
TE Mark Bruener
3/10/08
WR Andre Davis
3/1/08
CB Will Demps
3/20/08
CB Glenn Earl
3/7/08
DE Ndukwe Kalu
3/20/08
P Matt Turk
3/24/08
G Fred Weary
5/12/08
Indianapolis Colts
DE Josh Thomas
3/18/08
Jacksonville Jaguars
T Maurice Williams
3/6/08
Miami Dolphins
S Yeremiah Bell
3/4/08
CB Michael Lehan
3/5/08
Minnesota Vikings
WR Robert Ferguson
3/24/08
New England Patriots
LB Tedy Bruschi
2/29/08
WR Jabar Gaffney
3/5/08
WR Randy Moss
3/3/08
LS Lonie Paxson
2/29/08
WR Kelley Washington
2/29/08
New Orleans Saints
C Jonathan Goodwin
3/1/08
WR Devery Henderson
3/3/08
TE Eric Johnson
3/12/08
TE Billy Miller
3/10/08
WR David Patten
3/3/08
LB Mark Simoneau
3/7/08
RB Aaron Stecker
3/7/08
DT Brian Young
3/1/08
New York Giants
RB Derrick Ward
3/14/08
New York Jets
CB Hank Poteat
5/6/08
Oakland Raiders
S Jarrod Cooper
4/17/08
T Cornell Green
3/6/08
Pittsburgh Steelers
DE Nick Eason
3/27/08
St. Louis Rams
G Adam Goldberg
3/10/08
T Brandon Gorin
3/17/08
C Brett Romberg
9/26/08
San Francisco 49ers
S Donald Strickland
3/24/08
San Diego Chargers
QB Billy Volek
3/1/08
Seattle Seahawks
T Floyd Womack
5/2/08
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
CB Sammy Davis
3/6/08
Tennessee Titans
WR Justin Gage
3/3/08
S Donnie Nickey
3/26/08
Washington Redskins
DT Ryan Boschetti
3/12/08
RB Rock Cartwright
3/10/08
QB Todd Collins
3/4/08
T Jason Fabini
3/25/08
P Derrick Frost
3/24/08
3) 3 RESTRICTED free agents have signed with NEW teams:
TEAM
PLAYER
FORMER TEAM
DATE REPORTED
Detroit Lions
CB Kalvin Pearson
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
3/13/08
Cincinnati Bengals
TE Ben Utecht
Indianapolis Colts
3/24/08
Tennessee Titans
CB Chris Carr
Oakland Raiders
4/7/08
4) 63 RESTRICTED free agents have re-signed with their OLD team:
TEAM
PLAYER
DATE REPORTED
Arizona Cardinals
G Elton Brown
3/24/08
CB Eric Green
4/3/08
DE Antonio Smith
4/3/08
Atlanta Falcons
LB Michael Boley
4/9/08
DE Chauncey Davis
4/14/08
P Michael Koenen
4/14/08
RB Corey McIntyre
4/18/08
Baltimore Ravens
G Jason Brown
4/21/08
RB Justin Green
3/18/08
LS Matt Katula
4/17/08
Buffalo Bills
DT Jason Jefferson
3/25/08
Carolina Panthers
G Geoff Hangartner
3/20/08
G Evan Mathis
3/20/08
LB Adam Seward
4/29/08
Chicago Bears
WR Rashied Davis
4/21/08
S Brandon McGowan
4/1/08
Cincinnati Bengals
QB Ryan Fitzpatrick
4/17/08
Cleveland Browns
QB Derek Anderson
3/11/08
LB Kris Griffin
3/26/08
CB Daven Holly
5/21/08
Dallas Cowboys
RB Marion Barber
5/20/08
G Joe Berger
4/18/08
Denver Broncos
CB Hamza Abdullah
4/17/08
S Dominique Foxworth
4/21/08
G Chris Myers (Traded to HOU)
3/17/08
S Karl Paymah
4/28/08
Detroit Lions
NT Langston Moore
4/18/08
QB Dan Orlovsky
4/22/08
G Stephen Peterman
4/17/08
CB Stanley Wilson
4/8/08
Green Bay Packers
DT Colin Cole
4/17/08
RB Vernand Morency
4/4/08
Houston Texans
S C.C. Brown
3/28/08
DT Anthony Maddox
4/2/08
Indianapolis Colts
TE Bryan Fletcher
4/21/08
G Dylan Gandy
4/18/08
S Matt Giordano
4/9/08
DT Darrell Reid
4/18/08
Jacksonville Jaguars
S Gerald Sensabaugh
4/8/08
Kansas City Chiefs
T Will Svitek
4/18/08
Minnesota Vikings
LB Heath Farwell
3/24/04
New England Patriots
DE Mike Wright
3/14/08
New York Giants
S James Butler
5/12/08
QB Jared Lorenzen
3/31/08
Oakland Raiders
LB Isaiah Ekejiuba
4/15/08
DT Josh Shaw
3/18/08
Philadelphia Eagles
S Joselio Hanson
4/1/08
Pittsburgh Steelers
T Trai Essex
3/17/08
G Chris Kemoetu
3/18/08
LS Greg Warren
3/25/08
WR Nate Washington
4/16/08
St. Louis Rams
S Oshiomogho Atogwe
4/30/08
San Diego Chargers
LB Marques Harris
4/2/08
San Francisco 49ers
TE Billy Bajema
3/28/08
Seattle Seahawks
RB Leonard Weaver
4/21/08
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
DT Jovan Haye
5/8/08
Tennessee Titans
K Rob Bironas
5/8/08
RB Casey Cramer
3/24/08
S Vincent Fuller
4/23/08
CB Reynaldo Hill
4/22/08
T Daniel Loper
3/19/08
TE Bo Scaife
4/2/08
T David Stewart
5/13/08
5) 0 FRANCHISE players have signed with NEW teams:
TEAM
PLAYER
FORMER TEAM
DATE REPORTED
6) 7 FRANCHISE players have re-signed with their OLD team:
TEAM
PLAYER
DATE REPORTED
Arizona Cardinals
LB Karlos Dansby
4/17/08
Carolina Panthers
T Jordan Gross
3/20/08
Cincinnati Bengals
G Stacey Andrews
3/19/08
Kansas City Chiefs
DE Jared Allen
4/23/08 (Traded to Minnesota)
Green Bay Packers
DT Corey Williams
3/1/08 (Traded to Cleveland)
Philadelphia Eagles
TE L.J. Smith
4/2/08
Seattle Seahawks
CB Marcus Trufant
3/27/08
7) 1 TRANSITION players have re-signed with their OLD team:
TEAM
PLAYER
DATE REPORTED
Pittsburgh Steelers
T Max Starks
4/21/08
8) 1 RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL player has signed with a NEW team:
TEAM
PLAYER
DATE REPORTED
Jacksonville Jaguars
DT Jimmy Kennedy
3/4/08
CNN Trying To Fix Democratic Election For Clinton; Obama Ahead in Popular Vote
I'm watching CNN's telecast of the Puerto Rico vote and they're -- Wolf Blitzer's -- trying to fix the election for Senator Clinton. The reality is that we count all votes of the 48 state and we have two that broke the rules. Plus, you can't just "give" votes cast in Florida and Michigan because the election was tainted. The DNC Rules Commitee established that.
Thus, the real popular vote tally is this:
Obama - 17,601,742 48.3% Clinton - 17,325,334 47.6%
Obama +276,408 +0.7%
That shows Obama ahead and it includes all of the caucus states, including Washington. The bottom line is that you can't just exclude states that have had fair elections and played by DNC rules -- that's 48 states.
CNN's trying to fix the news and public opinion by presenting what are in fact false scenarios. Frankly, I think the FCC should investigate CNN's actions, and those of the other networks as well.
Oh, and Terry McAuliffe is real wrong because to be frank, the four delegates were not -- not Senator Clinton's to begin with. Terry, the Michigan election was against DNC Rules, how many times do you need to be reminded of that? She did not win those delegates "fair and square."
Thus, the real popular vote tally is this:
Obama - 17,601,742 48.3% Clinton - 17,325,334 47.6%
Obama +276,408 +0.7%
That shows Obama ahead and it includes all of the caucus states, including Washington. The bottom line is that you can't just exclude states that have had fair elections and played by DNC rules -- that's 48 states.
CNN's trying to fix the news and public opinion by presenting what are in fact false scenarios. Frankly, I think the FCC should investigate CNN's actions, and those of the other networks as well.
Oh, and Terry McAuliffe is real wrong because to be frank, the four delegates were not -- not Senator Clinton's to begin with. Terry, the Michigan election was against DNC Rules, how many times do you need to be reminded of that? She did not win those delegates "fair and square."
Clinton Supporter Harriet Christian Racist Rant Shows Worst Of America
After the DNC Rules Committee, Harriet Christian, a Clinton supporter from Manhattan who's voice you could hear at various parts of the committee meeting and louder as it became apparent that Senator Clinton was not going to get a significant gain from any decision the group made, let loose with a totally racist rant that shows the worst of America and reveals every stereotype anyone had about people who support Hillary Clinton.
UPDATE: Who is Harriet Christian and what of racist Clinton supporters?
Harriet says she's proud to be an American Woman. "The Democrats are throwing the election away; for what? An inadequate Black male?, she said. Here's the full text of her comments:
I wonder if Hillary Clinton thinks the same way. Given the way she and Bill Clinton ran their campaign, there's a lot of evidence that points to the affirmative response.
Here's the video...
And this response from YouTuber BrandonKeatingSr:
UPDATE: Who is Harriet Christian and what of racist Clinton supporters?
Harriet says she's proud to be an American Woman. "The Democrats are throwing the election away; for what? An inadequate Black male?, she said. Here's the full text of her comments:
"I'm proud to be an older American woman....
"The Democrats are throwing the election away. For what? An inadequate black male, who would not have been running had it not been a white woman that was running for president? And I'm not gonna shut my mouth anymore. I can be called white, but you can't be called black. That's not my America. It's equality for all of us. It's about time we all stood up for it. I'm no second class citizen, and God damn the Democrats....
"I came here for the vote of every American, and our Democratic Party threw us down the tubes. I was a second class citizen before, now I'm nothing. Why? Because they want to do what they want to do. And they think we won't turn and vote for McCain. Well, I got news for all of you: McCain will be the next president of the United States."
I wonder if Hillary Clinton thinks the same way. Given the way she and Bill Clinton ran their campaign, there's a lot of evidence that points to the affirmative response.
Here's the video...
And this response from YouTuber BrandonKeatingSr:
DNC Rules Committee May 31st Meeting Video Clip Series
This is a great May 31st 2008 DNC Rules Committee video series created by sallj2007 on YouTube. The ultimate result of these deliberations was that the delegates from both Florida and Michigan were seated with one-half of the vote for each delegate. The new delegate total is 2,118, with Senator Obama now at 2,052, needing 66 to win, and Senator Clinton at 1,877.5 delegates, 240.5 short of the number needed to win.
Here's the series:
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Part 5
Part 6
Part 7
Part 8
Part 9
Part 10 - Reporter Summary of Events
Part 11 - Chuck Todd Summary
Here's the series:
Part 1:
Part 2:
Part 3:
Part 4:
Part 5
Part 6
Part 7
Part 8
Part 9
Part 10 - Reporter Summary of Events
Part 11 - Chuck Todd Summary
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