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Barakopolis

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:55:59 GMT

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Democrats will kneel before the "Temple of Obama" tonight.

As if a Rocky Mountain coronation were not lofty enough, Barack Obama will aim for Mount Olympus when he accepts his party's nomination atop an enormous, Greek-columned stage - built by the same cheesy set team that put together Britney Spears' last tour.

Some Republicans have dubbed it the "Barackopolis," while others suggested the delegates should wear togas

It's only appropriate that Barack Obama would descend down from the heavens and spend a little time with us mere mortals

Temple of Obama

We would have expected to read something like this in The Onion. Fortunately for us, it's true. Unfortunately for Obama, it's true

"We've done Britney's sets and a whole bunch of rock shows, but this was far more elaborate and complicated and we had to do it in far less time,"

Asked who is harder to sat isfy - the Democrats or Britney - Allen replied: "I better not answer that."

Tags: obama, democrats, election, campaign, convention, politics

Clinton supporters not happy

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 22:49:17 GMT

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Clip Source: politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com

a former Clinton strategist told CNN's Candy Crowley. "Focus on the politics of it and you have about a quarter of Clinton loyalists still not joining the caravan…for God's sake, not to even make a show of taking her seriously is flatly stupid."

A top Clinton advisor also told CNN they were "outraged," over how the process was conducted.

You can't put [Obama VP vetters] Eric Holder and Carolyn Kennedy on an hour plane ride to Chappaqua just to check the box?

"They thought her supporters were mad before? They are really mad now," this person also said. We knew it was never going to happen but you would have thought they might at least make a show of it."

"I think there are a lot of Hillary voters who are going to say, 'Hey, wait a minute, man You said you were going to put her on the short list. You know, you didn't even vet her. You didn't call her. You didn't seek her advice,'" Begala said

he didn't seek President Clinton's advice either

Tags: obama, clinton, biden, election, politics, democrats

Party Unity My A**

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:10:02 GMT

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Clip Source: voices.washingtonpost.com

A number of Sen. Hillary Clinton's top advisers will not be staying in Denver long enough to hear Barack Obama accept the nomination for president, according to sources familiar with their schedules.

Clinton will deliver her speech Tuesday night. She will hold a private meeting with her top financial supporters Wednesday at noon, and will thank her delegates at an event that afternoon. Former president Bill Clinton will speak that night. Several of Hillary Clinton's supporters are then planning to leave town. Among them, Terry McAuliffe, Clinton's campaign chairman, and longtime supporters Steve Rattner and Maureen White. Another of Clinton's top New York fundraisers, Alan Patricof, did not make the trip to Denver.

Tags: clinton, obama, democrats, campaign, election, convention

DNC smears Cantor for being Jewish

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 06:25:41 GMT

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Clip Source: www.redstate.com

The Democratic National Committee has a website set up to attack potential McCain running mates as "The Next Cheney"

go to the page on Congressman Cantor,

Where this gets creepy, though, is the persistent focus on Cantor's faith. We should associate Cantor with Abramoff, the Democrats tell us, because "Both Abramoff and Cantor are Jewish". Then we get this item that is supposed to make us fear Cantor:

At Fundraiser, Jack Abramoff Named Sandwich After Eric Cantor -- Cantor Asked To Switch Sandwiches. "At a January 2003 fundraiser for Cantor, who had just become chief deputy whip, Abramoff unveiled the Eric Cantor sandwich, 'a tuna-based stacker,' which, lamentably, was 'not quite [the] power lunch befitting' the only Jewish Republican in the House. Hence a request by Cantor ... to switch his eponymous sandwich to roast beef on challah, 'a deli special that exudes Jewish power.'"

just 660 words

Jewish" appears five times

which I suppose in some circles is a really devastating indictment

Tags: democrats, dnc, cantor, jewish, religion, politics

DNCC tickets wrap Obama in upside down flag

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:03:20 GMT

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Clip Source: hotair.com

Maybe the DNCC has kept track of the polling this summer and figures the Democratic nominee is officially in distress. That’s the only explanation for a silly gaffe by the convention committee for the graphics on their credentials for those allowed to see Barack Obama’s acceptance speech at Invesco Field. The holographic image uses an American flag motif with the blue field at the bottom, with Obama’s head emerging from it in one of the two alternating images

the Obama campaign says the flag is not upside down. He says it is a stylized flag designed to blend the stars on Senator Obama’s shirt with the flag blowing in the wind.

Yes — a flag blowing upside-down. The DNCC would not even admit they used a flag:

The DNCC community credentials incorporate patriotic design elements. They do not depict an actual American flag.

Blue field …. check. Stars …. check. Alternating white and red stripes …. check. Looks like the flag to me.

Update: Maybe the DNCC got the motif from their last nominee:

Tags: obama, election, democrats, politics

Ohio Becomes Little Zimbabwe

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:21:56 GMT

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Clip Source: gatewaypundit.blogspot.com

Democrats in Ohio have passed a law that assures a win for Obama this year!

Democratic Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner on Wednesday issued a directive advising county elections boards that they must have procedures in place to allow voters who register to be immediately issued an absentee ballot. She said boards can delay voting if they have concerns over the validity of a registration.

Brunner said absentee ballots are verified once they are cast and counted after polls close Election Day.

"The prospect of someone coming in with no ID and registering and voting is contrary to every sort of protection that legislators and lawmakers have built into this system for decades," said Kevin DeWine, a Republican lawmaker

"The processes and the law and the systems in our 88 counties are not equipped to handle same-day registration."

Nice work, democrats!

And, you thought bogus laws like this were only in place in tinpot dictatorships like Zimbabwe and Venezuela!

Tags: ohio, corruption, democrats, vote, fraud, politics, election

Puma PAC; democrats coming together

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:31:35 GMT

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Clip Source: blog.pumapac.org

On November 4, 2008, in private voting booths in every city and town across this huge country, alone and unwatched, as is our way, Pumas will carry out the Protest of the 2008 Presidential Election.

1,000 Reasons Puma Democrats Are Protesting the 2008 Presidential Election

We are protesting the 2008 Presidential Election because we refuse to support a nominee who was selected by the leadership rather than elected by the voters.

We will not support or vote for an illegitimate nominee. We will not be bullied, pandered to, sweet-talked, or manipulated. We will not succumb to appeals to our better natures, to our identities as democrats, as uniters, as healers, or as helpers.

WE WILL NOT VOTE FOR THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE

Some of us will stay home. Some of us will vote for a third-party. Some of us will write-in Clinton. Many of us will vote for John McCain.

The leaders did us wrong. They did Hillary Clinton wrong. They did our country wrong. But it’s still our party.

We want it back.

Tags: democrats, election, obama, clinton, politics

Dean trying to remove Hillary from ballot at convention?

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 22:57:35 GMT

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Clip Source: clintondems.com

TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION! Howard Dean is working to remove Hillary from first ballot at the convention! I.E he is trying to have her stricken from the record…the annals of history, and diminish the gravity of her historic place in history. Remember, Obama had Alyce Palmur removed from the ballot here in Chicago so he had no one to challenge him….SEE A PATTERN?

WOMEN: Dean is also pressuring Hillary to release her delegates! THIS IS UNPRECEDENTED AND UNCALLED FOR AND MALICIOUS! For every delegate that he takes, he is diminishing the women’s movement and stripping us of the delegates we elected to represent our votes for HILLARY!

P.S HILLARY DID NOT NOR WILL SHE EVER RELEASE HER DELEGATES!

Tags: dean, clinton, obama, democrats, convention, politics, election

Who's to Blame for High Gas Prices?

Sat, 07 Jun 2008 00:42:09 GMT

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Clip Source: www.powerlineblog.com

For several decades, the Democratic Party has pursued policies designed to drive up the cost of petroleum, and therefore gas at the pump. Remarkably, the Democrats don't seem to have taken much of a political hit from the current spike in gas prices. Probably that's because most people don't realize how different the two parties' energy policies have been.

ANWR Exploration House Republicans: 91% Supported House Democrats: 86% Opposed

Coal-to-Liquid
House Republicans: 97% Supported
House Democrats: 78% Opposed

Oil Shale Exploration
House Republicans: 90% Supported
House Democrats: 86% Opposed

Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Exploration
House Republicans: 81% Supported
House Democrats: 83% Opposed

Refinery Increased Capacity
House Republicans: 97% Supported
House Democrats: 96% Opposed

91% of House Republicans have historically voted to increase the production of American-made oil and gas

86% of House Democrats have historically voted against increasing the production of American-made oil and gas

Tags: gas, oil, politics, republicans, democrats

Can you keep up?

Sun, 08 Jun 2008 07:32:57 GMT

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Clip Source: www.floppingaces.net

Percent of Democrats against	Percent of Republicans for
ANWR Exploration
86%	91%
Coal-to-Liquid
78%	97%
Oil Shale Exploration
86%	90%
Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Exploration
83%	81%
Refinery Increased Capacity
96%	97%
SUMMARY
86%	91%

Democrats have blocked the development of new sources of petroleum.
Democrats have blocked drilling in ANWR.
Democrats have blocked drilling off the coast of Florida.
Democrats have blocked drilling off of the east coast.
Democrats have blocked drilling off of the west coast.
Democrats have blocked drilling off the Alaskan coast.
Democrats have blocked building oil refineries.
Democrats have blocked clean nuclear energy production.
Democrats have blocked clean coal production.

Tags: gas, oil, democrats, politics

Democrat party cracking up?

Wed, 07 May 2008 15:03:36 GMT

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Clip Source: marcambinder.theatlantic.com

Here's what jumps out at me from the first wave of exit polls that have been released to the Edison-Mitsofky consortium:

Forget the horse race numbers for a moment: if the surveys are accurate, the polarization within the Democratic Party has reached critical levels. Nearly six in ten Obama supporters in Indiana say they would be dissatisfied if Clinton were the nominee -- that's (I believe) the high percentage of Obama supporters who have ever said that.

In both IN and NC, two thirds of Clinton supporters say they'd be dissatisfied if Obama were the nominee -- I believe that's the highest number recorded for that question, too.

The percentage of Clinton voters who say they'd choose McCain over Obama in a general election is approaching 40% in Indiana. Put it another way: in North Carolina, less than HALF of folks who voted today for Hillary Clinton are ready to say today that they'd definitely vote for Obama in a general election.

Tags: democrats, polls, clinton, obama, race, mccain, politics

Gas prices

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 21:04:01 GMT

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Clip Source: gatewaypundit.blogspot.com

"All you have to do is drive down the street in your car, see the price at the pump, and you know that Americans can no longer afford George W. Bush as President and his Rubber Stamp Republican Congress."

Nancy Pelosi
April 26, 2006

Tags: congress, democrats, pelosi, gas, politics

Defeat

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 00:57:49 GMT

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Clip Source: www.redstate.com

The appearances before Congress by General Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker this week were marked less by the sober forthrightness of the two men than by Democrat grandstanding. Tuesday’s Senate hearings were best summed up by Sen. Joseph Lieberman: "As I hear the questions and the statements today, it seems to me that there's a kind of 'hear no progress in Iraq, see no progress in Iraq, and most of all, speak of no progress in Iraq.'"

Tags: iraq, congress, politics, democrats, defeat

Name that party Slideshow version

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 05:40:19 GMT

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clipper's remarks: ABC makes it easy. Instead of having to go search for media bias, ABC does all the work in a nice pretty slideshow format.

The official numbers go like this. Of the 13 sex scandals, 12 involve elected officials. Of those, 7 are republican and 5 are democrat. And if you counted you know that they mention party only once for the democrats (20%), but they mention it in six of the clips involving republicans (86%).

Clip Source: abcnews.go.com

Political Sex Scandals

Tags: media, bias, democrats, republicans, politics, sex, msm

Dems quadruple earmarks

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 16:20:40 GMT

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Clip Source: demint.senate.gov

After an initial review of the legislation, several wasteful and unnecessary provisions have already been identified:

• Earmarks: Instead of reducing the number of pork projects in the federal budget, the bill drives the number of earmarks up from last year. The bill contains over 8,000 earmarks, bringing the total for 2008 up to over 10,000 earmarks compared to just 2,658 in 2007.

• Spending Gimmicks: Instead of cutting wasteful spending out of the bill to bring its cost down to the President’s level, the bill uses budget tricks and gimmicks to hide at least $14 billion in extra domestic spending.

• Policy Riders: Instead of limiting the package to spending needed to fund government operations, the bill includes unrelated policy items. Many of these riders are backed by special interests, such as organized labor, and could not win passage on their own.

Tags: pork, spending, budget, earmarks, democrats, congress, politics

Clipmarks | n2sooners's 'democrats' clips

Barakopolis

Clinton supporters not happy

Party Unity My A**

DNC smears Cantor for being Jewish

DNCC tickets wrap Obama in upside down flag

Ohio Becomes Little Zimbabwe

Puma PAC; democrats coming together

1,000 Reasons Puma Democrats Are Protesting the 2008 Presidential Election

Dean trying to remove Hillary from ballot at convention?

Who's to Blame for High Gas Prices?

Can you keep up?

Democrat party cracking up?

Gas prices

Defeat

Name that party Slideshow version

POLITICAL SEX SCANDALS REDUX

Political Sex Scandals

Dems quadruple earmarks