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Monday, October 27, 2008

Sen. Chuck Hagel Rips into Sarah Palin

Thank God for the ever-reasonable Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE):

Hagel may be the only senior Republican elected official who has publicly criticized McCain’s choice of Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate. “I don’t believe she’s qualified to be President of the United States,” Hagel told me. “The first judgment a potential President makes is who their running mate is—and I don’t think John made a very good selection.” He scoffed at McCain’s attempts to portray her as an experienced politician. “To try to make the excuse that she looks out her window and sees Russia—and that she’s commander of the Alaska National Guard.” He added, “There is no question that this candidate is arguably the thinnest-résumé candidate for Vice-President in the history of America.”

Posted by Metavirus at 10/27/2008 12:29:00 PM 0 comments  

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Saturday, February 9, 2008

Super Saturday for Obama

11:03 - Obama also wins the Virgin Islands. A clean sweep! I just finished watching Obama's speech and it, as usual brought a few tears to my eyes. I so want to hope. I so want to dream. I so want to think that we are better than the last 8+ years.

10:09 - Obama wins Louisiana, keeping him on a 100% winning streak for the night. Each contest tonight have him winning by HUGE margins.

8:58 - Watching CNN again. Look at the map of states that Clinton and Obama have won. Obama has swept the center of the country in contests where tons of new voters and independents turned out. You want the same red state/blue state divide we got in the Bush elections? You want the same "Well, we won the coasts so we squeaked by"? Then vote for Hillary. If you want a truly new dynamic that will have these calcified pundits blown apart in an entirely new Democratic election calculus? Then vote for Obama!

8:53 - Trying to keep a positive mood but Clinton's never-ending screed is getting under my skin. Oh no, now Bill is about to jump in. Nope, off to commercials on CNN. Back to MSNBC, nope, more Hillary. I shudder to consider her stepping again into the Oval Office. Think to yourself, erase the gender factor and erase her stints as first lady in Arkansas ad Washington... What does she have to offer? How does she have a leg to stand on in terms of health care. Her attempt in the 90's failed miserably. Do you think she's really going to pull out troops out of Iraq in a year? Nope, she'll spend her first 4 years trying to prove her national security bona fides and will bow to the forces of calculation and come up with some excuse. We NEED Obama!

8:42 - More primaries and caucuses for today. Obama has already won a couple of big prizes: Nebraska, and Washington. Washington was the big state with the most delegates today.

Posted by Metavirus at 2/09/2008 08:42:00 PM 4 comments  

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