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In an article oh so cleverly titled “Oh, Yes She Can”, Hillary stalker Kristen Breitweister threatens reminds us that Hillary could still, in theory, lose this election for the Democrats:

The Superdelegates have not yet voted. They cast their vote at the Convention in August which means Hillary Clinton’s “suspended” campaign could be reinstated. (Because, Oh, Yes She Can!)

Of course, this reality is probably why the Republicans have remained mostly silent against Obama since they’d rather run against Obama than Hillary. The Republicans know that a small window remains open for Hillary to get the nomination. And a coup at the Convention is not entirely out of the question– particularly in light of Obama’s recent behavior in thumbing his nose at the Progressive base. Yes folks, it’s not too late.

It’s July 9, 2008. There are 6 weeks left until the convention in Denver. And I think all Americans should be paying close attention to see what Barack Obama does. Does he continue to flounder and move to the center compromising important Progressive principles? Or does he correct his wayward ways?

Firstly, I wasn’t aware that there’s an official group of (capital P) progressives out there, making decisions for all of us starry eyed socialist types. Secondly, she’s implying that the progressive left should push to replace the current candidate (the one who, ya know, got elected) with a former Wal-Mart board member who voted for the Iraq War, loves lobbyists like family members, and takes shitloads of cash from health insurance and mortgage companies.

Yeah, let’s get right on that.

UPDATE

Can’t stop, won’t stop!

Jesus fucking christ people, I get it, you feel burnt, but diluting the base like this only contributes to a fucking right wing Republican in the White House.

I’d start defending Obama’s consistency on these issues (except for FISA but what the fuck, can’t win ‘em all), except that this is all bullshit concern trolling from sore losers and people who refuse to accept the reality on the ground. Obama is the only left leaning (as much as you can in this stupid shitty country) candidate, McCain may actually be WORSE than fucking George fucking W. fucking Bush, and those are your fucking choices. Clinton LOST the election, and all of this hand wringing over Obama’s Liberal Street Cred is just chipping away at the base, which is already more cynical than the opposition by virtue of being far more intelligent.

So for fuck’s sake people, get a grip.

See also: this. (Bob Cesca is the dude of dudes imo).

Okay, so Nader’s being a real racist doofus, Obama’s totally trying to make it with the Bible, Chris Dodd got sweatheart loans from Countrywide, Jim Webb is hot for off-shore drilling, Lieberman is totally convinced that he’ll at least get to speak at the RNC if not get to run for VP, Hillary’s taking a nap somewhere or something, and nobody fucking cares that Charlie Black is the goddamned devil.

Oh well, I guess, oh well.

I accidentally listened to Idiot Laura Ingraham’s show yesterday (bc Mainers couldn’t possibly fund either Pacifica *or* NPR to have actual content at 11 am) and caught a bit where her stand-in  Monica Crowley was raving about the awesome forced-labor factory summer camps that we should send our little Jaydens and Cadens and Brodies to, because Barack”chief metrosexual” Obama doesn’t care about manufacturing jobs, or some bullshit. And that kids never go outside or do anything and don’t know how to use their hands. Somehow, this isn’t their parents’ fault, but the fault of liberals, of course.

Then some woman called in, in tears mind you, to thank whoever the idiot woman hosting Monica Crowley for bringing this miracle to her son’s life. She was crying because she was so happy and thankful to have a horrible child-slave sweatshop to send her fat little buzzcut-sporting kid. (All neocons have fat kids with buzzcuts and retarded names, btw. ALL of them.)

THEN some grizzled old fart calls in to share this nugget:

“WE CAN THANK THE SOFTNESS OF OUR KIDS ON THE 40 YEARS OF PEACETIME WE’VE HAD.”

Yeah, it was that we didn’t have any awesome wars to fight, why America’s kids are such fucking jerks. I’m sure it has nothing to do with the fact that, for the past 40 years, families can no longer afford for one parent to stay home and raise their own goddamned kids, so they feel so guilty when they come home from their 40+ hours away that they spoil the shit out of them. Obviously people could either plan better (hey, don’t have things you can’t afford, and that includes pets and babies!) or parent better (Baby Einstein makes your kid sit still because it’s ruining his brain, dipshit. Hold him and read to him, god.)

But we cannot absolve the American government, and we can never absolve the American rich. For they are the ones who have purposefully created an economic culture that prohibits middle, working, and lower class families from succeeding and thriving. They are the beneficiaries of torn, overworked, estranged and broken families, and even though we may love to scoff at the idiots who really have no business having children, they are simply behaving as they’ve been conditioned to, and they really deserve our (the collective thinking progressives) pity and aid, not our scorn.

(This said, those made-up baby names are still fair game for snark and eye-rolling, because, come on.)

Imported content from Crooks and Liars. This is from the comments of this weird post bawwwwing about Big Fat Tim Russert joining the rest of us back in March and declaring the Democratic primaries over.

Longest thing I’ve written in months (due to VIDYA GAEMS and general ennui), so I thought I’d give it 10 more views by crossposting it here.

Post is “after the jump” as the lame kids say…

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I don’t know what infuriates me more: that Hillary is flat-out campaigning for McCain now, or that the government has been illegally paying military guys to lie on TV about the awesomeness of the war since ‘02.

Here is a direct quote from the manic egomaniac:

“I think you’ll be able to imagine many things Senator McCain will be able to say. He’s never been the president, but he will put forth his lifetime of experience. I will put forth my lifetime of experience. Senator Obama will put forth a speech he made in 2002.”

Seriously. Seriously?

It really doesn’t matter, I think, which is a more vomity thing. If she steals the nomination, Denver will surely burn, and two of your favorite bloggers will be driving down ole Me-he-co way but for good. No me gusta esto, y no sé que hacer más.

100%.

Makeup gives you cancer, shampoo causes infertility, and lotion makes your baby’s brain stupid(er). Also your baby’s toys and bottle (really? You’re bottle-feeding? Okay, it’s your money you’re throwing away.) will poison the fuck out of it.

This is pretty fucked up, especially because EU countries have outlawed cosmetics and personal care products that contain phthalates. You can tell how bad phthalates are for you by how weird the word itself is spelled.

Cool, huh?

and if it makes me the worst personal assistant of sorts, but I absolutely refuse to iron my boss’s husband’s boxer shorts.

I mean, really. Can we think of something more degrading to ask of a domestic employee than to iron our underwear?

Gross.

Here’s a sweet little baby bunny to make us all feel better about our horrible lives.

Soooo, Erica! J!o!n!g!, the stalwart, brave, outspoken feminist she is, thinks old-lady-arm-flab is a “body deformity.”

You know what a body deformity is? When, instead of having just one face, you have two faces, like that awesome baby from India. That’s deformed.

Old-lady-arm-flab is natural and gross.

Plus also read Taibbi’s (Matt, not Mike) response to her accusations of Nazism and KKKism. He’s clearly the winner.

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Erica Jong!, who knows that you are sexist if you aren’t a Hillary supporter, can’t tell the difference between these two people (who happen not to be awesome women, and therefore are probably sexist):

In reference to this piece, she rants:

I have been stunned by it — especially the random physical put-downs that are everywhere. Mike Taibbi refers to “flabby arms” in his latest Hillary obit. Who cares? I want to ask. But apparently Mr. Taibbi does. (And how would he know? Hillary is always encased in a blazer).

Now yes, they are father and son, but I tend not to confuse a network news correspondent with a dude who writes for Rolling Stone. Perhaps it is because of how sexist I am.

Oh, btw Matt can tell that Hillary’s arms are flabby because, regardless of her gender, she is gettin’ kinda fat.

this just in:

The Taibbi thing has been settled, as she corrected and (gasp) CITED the Matt Taibi article.

Meanwhile she says this (h/t the commentarz):

Perhaps this is possible in Pakistan and India with their myriad female deities who embody the mother as creator and as destroyer.

O Rly? 

Census data^[2] indicates that over 97% of the population are Muslims.

So there is that.

Erica! Jongggggg!