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Running on empty (Obamessiah "will lock up the pledged delegate race by May 20")
Guardian UK ^ | 05/07/2008 | Dylan Loewe

Posted on 05/07/2008 12:39:35 AM PDT by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle

What began as a night that could have delivered a devastating psychological blow to the Barack Obama campaign has ended with an extraordinary win for Obama, leaving him comfortably poised to ascend to the nomination. Barack Obama defeated Hillary Clinton easily in North Carolina and, in a true squeaker, lost narrowly in Indiana, a result the Clinton campaign will be unable to overcome.

Expectations had cratered for Obama approaching the evening, shifting the likelihood of a large victory in North Carolina to merely the hope for a small one. In Indiana, what began as a potential victory for Obama ended with a Clinton victory assumed. And yet, expectations were shattered. Obama's North Carolina victory was decisive, his victory speech transcendent, and his loss in Indiana so close, it hardly feels like a loss.

(Excerpt) Read more at commentisfree.guardian.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008; elections; hillary; nc2008; obama; obamessiah

1 posted on 05/07/2008 12:39:35 AM PDT by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
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To: NoGrayZone

More, if you can stand it. ;)


2 posted on 05/07/2008 12:40:31 AM PDT by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle (If McCain really CAN "win without conservatives," then why do you care if I vote for him or not?)
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle

The MSM is frustrated over this extended
democrat primary.

They need a candidate so the MSM can begin it’s
campaign against McCain.


3 posted on 05/07/2008 12:50:36 AM PDT by ChiMark
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
Obama will wrap it up soon unless Pubbies cross over in droves to vote Hillary.

Otherwise, get used to the words President Obama.

4 posted on 05/07/2008 1:03:31 AM PDT by TheThinker (Capitalism is the natural result of a democratic government.)
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle

Have you noticed that OBAMA is like the Pied Piper? He “plays” a catchy tune. His followers follow him blindly because they are mesmerized by his words. These are words of no substance. If his “tune” wins the White House, then we are doomed.


5 posted on 05/07/2008 1:10:33 AM PDT by southernmomma
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To: southernmomma
Have you noticed that OBAMA is like the Pied Piper? He “plays” a catchy tune. His followers follow him blindly because they are mesmerized by his words. These are words of no substance.

Oh, yeah. Definitely noticed. ;)

6 posted on 05/07/2008 1:16:08 AM PDT by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle (If McCain really CAN "win without conservatives," then why do you care if I vote for him or not?)
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To: southernmomma
Have you noticed that OBAMA is like the Pied Piper? He “plays” a catchy tune. His followers follow him blindly because they are mesmerized by his words. These are words of no substance. If his “tune” wins the White House, then we are doomed.

His supporters are like the kid that got a bag of horse manure for Christmas, but remained convinced that a pony was somewhere else under the tree.

7 posted on 05/07/2008 1:42:17 AM PDT by leadhead (Most people can't think, most of the remainder won't think,)
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle

The now-inevitable Obama nomination (a.k.a. the Obamanation) is a good thing. Hillary’s next move will be to “gracefully” concede, promise to heartily support Obama with everything she has, and then proceed to undermine him behind closed doors. John McCain’s best allies in the general election may well be the Clintons.


8 posted on 05/07/2008 1:56:55 AM PDT by advance_copy (Stand for life or nothing at all)
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To: advance_copy
Hillary’s next move will be to “gracefully” concede, promise to heartily support Obama with everything she has, and then proceed to undermine him behind closed doors. John McCain’s best allies in the general election may well be the Clintons.

Okay, now this "what if?" scenario actually makes SENSE to me -- ! ;)

9 posted on 05/07/2008 1:58:10 AM PDT by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle (If McCain really CAN "win without conservatives," then why do you care if I vote for him or not?)
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To: advance_copy

Contrary to popular belief, Hillary will not be too old to run again in 2012 (she would still be younger than McCain is today). She does not want Obama in the White House.


10 posted on 05/07/2008 2:04:40 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.)
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To: Fresh Wind

I don’t want Barry Hussein in our White House either. Any critically thinking person or woman who doesn’t want to wear a burka would.


11 posted on 05/07/2008 3:12:09 AM PDT by whatshotandwhatsnot
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To: TheThinker; jveritas

jveritas and the miniscule # of other FReepers who support Obama (and detest Rush) must be thrilled today.


12 posted on 05/07/2008 3:43:00 AM PDT by indcons
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To: indcons

I know I’m happy. Don’t support Obama, except as a tool to drop a house on the witch and the liar once and for all.

Imho, no way Obama wins the general, whereas, the clintons most likely would

Rush’s “chaos”, while likely useful in softening Obama for the general, ran the unacceptable risk of keeping the witch alive and potentially winning it all.

Too much chance to take.


13 posted on 05/07/2008 4:29:43 AM PDT by prov1813man (While the one you despise and ridicule works to protect you, those you embrace work to destroy you)
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
”…his victory speech transcendent”

…cooed the birdbrains at The Guardian.

”In 2006, Obama visited Kibera, Kenya, one of the worst slums in all of Africa. As he came to the village, children from the outskirts of town, seeing him approaching, turned and ran to the village centrw, chanting, ‘Obama biro yawne yo! Obama biro yawne yo!’ ‘Obama's coming. Clear the way.’"

Yes. And if the American people were foolish enough to empower Obama sufficiently, the entire U.S.A. would become indistinguishable from Kibera. The yokels at The Guardian would consider this a triumph. But the American people are not about to let this happen.

"Obama biro yawne yo!" accurately translated means "Vote for McCain!"

14 posted on 05/07/2008 4:35:27 AM PDT by Savage Beast ("History is not just cruel. It is witty." ~Charles Krauthammer)
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To: southernmomma
"Have you noticed that OBAMA is like the Pied Piper? He 'plays' a catchy tune. His followers follow him blindly because they are mesmerized by his words."

And his followers are RATS.

No, I hadn't. But thanks.

15 posted on 05/07/2008 4:38:45 AM PDT by Savage Beast ("History is not just cruel. It is witty." ~Charles Krauthammer)
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle

And Hillary will, through surrogates, drop the bomb that destroy’s Obama’s campaign just after Labor Day. She will begin her 2012 run for the DemonRAT nomination on Wednesday, November 5, 2008.


16 posted on 05/07/2008 6:56:43 AM PDT by MIchaelTArchangel
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