http://diatribune.com/this-a-039change039-election-not-a-039throwback039-election Comments for "This is a 'Change' Election, not a 'Throwback' Election." en http://diatribune.com/this-a-039change039-election-not-a-039throwback039-election#comment-3054 <p><b>Obama's sliding "50, 49, 48, 47, 46... state strategy"</b></p> <p>Obama is running a "50 state strategy" except for blocking revotes he would have lost in Michigan and Florida. So let's call it a "48 state strategy" except for West Virginia, where Obama was competitive with... Edwards, who already withdrew. So let's call it a "47 state strategy" except for Kentucky where Obama is about to get crushed again. So let's call it a 46 state strategy, except...</p> <p>It's weird to hear an Obama supporter talk about how many enemies Hillary Clinton has made, when thousands of nasty little suck-ups all over the internet have been spewing hate at anybody who dares to criticize their Messiah. Some of us won't forgive or forget... and a vote for the Greens has the advantage of being a vote for a party that has been right about almost everything for the last 40 years, unlike the two "major" parties that had no visible environmental program whatsoever. </p> <p>Obama has a few critics who can also get down and dirty, like me, but the Edwards-Dodd-Richardson mob is very mellow, and any of those three candidates would go into the general election with fewer negatives than Obama.</p> <p>If there were a wisp of intelligence floating anywhere within 5,000,000 miles of the Democratic Party, they would all be hoping for a locked convention that neither of the two damaged front-runners could win, and then the Democrats could pick a reasonable candidate instead of either of the two bloody monsters that we are stuck with now.</p> Thu, 15 May 2008 04:28:07 -0600 Jacob Freeze comment 3054 at http://diatribune.com http://diatribune.com/this-a-039change039-election-not-a-039throwback039-election <p><i>cross-posted @ <a href="http://thisweekwithbarackobama.blogspot.com">This Week With Barack Obama</a></i></p> <p>Congratulations to Hillary Clinton and her supporters for the win in West Virginia.</p> <p>Clinton netted 137,410 of the popular vote.</p> <p>Many estimated that West Virginians would vote upwards or over 500,000 to 600,000, but that was not the case.</p> <p>The turnout was lower.</p> <p>Moving on....</p> <p><a href="http://diatribune.com/this-a-039change039-election-not-a-039throwback039-election">read more</a></p> http://diatribune.com/this-a-039change039-election-not-a-039throwback039-election#comments 2008 elections Clinton, Hillary Obama, Barack Wed, 14 May 2008 06:10:56 -0600 icebergslim 3634 at http://diatribune.com