Comments on: Straw Candidate? http://xrlq.com/2007/08/14/3246/ Politische Kommentare mit Snarkenremarken Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:52:35 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Thomas Jackson http://xrlq.com/2007/08/14/3246/comment-page-1/#comment-170774 Thomas Jackson Tue, 21 Aug 2007 04:43:11 +0000 http://xrlq.com/2007/08/14/3246/#comment-170774 No presidential candidate could make the number of blubers Osama has and be a serious candidate. No presidential candidate could make the number of blubers Osama has and be a serious candidate.

]]> By: Wulf http://xrlq.com/2007/08/14/3246/comment-page-1/#comment-170200 Wulf Fri, 17 Aug 2007 14:21:21 +0000 http://xrlq.com/2007/08/14/3246/#comment-170200 Jeff, the only reason I make the distinction is that I don't think Obama has any realistic expectation of winning the White House in 2008. But I think he does aspire and expect to win the presidency eventually. Jeff, the only reason I make the distinction is that I don’t think Obama has any realistic expectation of winning the White House in 2008. But I think he does aspire and expect to win the presidency eventually.

]]> By: Anwyn http://xrlq.com/2007/08/14/3246/comment-page-1/#comment-170198 Anwyn Fri, 17 Aug 2007 14:17:00 +0000 http://xrlq.com/2007/08/14/3246/#comment-170198 Either his handlers are True Believers or he keeps going off-script. You know, extempore and homespun, like Reagan or something. Only in his case it's more "something." I don't think it's hurting him that much. I think he's dead on with his target audience and he was never going to get the rest of us on board anyway. It remains to be seen, if he makes it out of the primary, how many are "target audience" and how many are "the rest of us." My best friend styles herself a moderate liberal (my words), but she's in the tank for Obama and I doubt any of this stuff is changing her mind. There are simply too many people to whom squidginess about cooperation, consensus, and the rest of it are just Carrots of Unusual Size, not to be resisted. Either his handlers are True Believers or he keeps going off-script. You know, extempore and homespun, like Reagan or something. Only in his case it’s more “something.”

I don’t think it’s hurting him that much. I think he’s dead on with his target audience and he was never going to get the rest of us on board anyway. It remains to be seen, if he makes it out of the primary, how many are “target audience” and how many are “the rest of us.” My best friend styles herself a moderate liberal (my words), but she’s in the tank for Obama and I doubt any of this stuff is changing her mind. There are simply too many people to whom squidginess about cooperation, consensus, and the rest of it are just Carrots of Unusual Size, not to be resisted.

]]> By: Xrlq http://xrlq.com/2007/08/14/3246/comment-page-1/#comment-170097 Xrlq Fri, 17 Aug 2007 04:00:28 +0000 http://xrlq.com/2007/08/14/3246/#comment-170097 Wulf: potato, potahto. Kevin: who are they? Anwyn (who isn't a man): I suppose it's possible the guy is that deluded, but if he is, why doesn't he have handlers to keep him from saying the crazy stuff he keeps saying? Wulf: potato, potahto.

Kevin: who are they?

Anwyn (who isn’t a man): I suppose it’s possible the guy is that deluded, but if he is, why doesn’t he have handlers to keep him from saying the crazy stuff he keeps saying?

]]> By: Anwyn http://xrlq.com/2007/08/14/3246/comment-page-1/#comment-169887 Anwyn Wed, 15 Aug 2007 22:02:58 +0000 http://xrlq.com/2007/08/14/3246/#comment-169887 That may be how it'll end up in hindsight, but if you're saying he himself is not convinced he can be elected president, I think you're mistaken. That may be how it’ll end up in hindsight, but if you’re saying he himself is not convinced he can be elected president, I think you’re mistaken.

]]> By: Electric Venom » Blog Archive » Nine Nibbles http://xrlq.com/2007/08/14/3246/comment-page-1/#comment-169882 Electric Venom » Blog Archive » Nine Nibbles Wed, 15 Aug 2007 21:31:31 +0000 http://xrlq.com/2007/08/14/3246/#comment-169882 [...] 3. Is Barack Obama up to something? [...] [...] 3. Is Barack Obama up to something? [...]

]]> By: Kevin Murphy http://xrlq.com/2007/08/14/3246/comment-page-1/#comment-169863 Kevin Murphy Wed, 15 Aug 2007 15:10:58 +0000 http://xrlq.com/2007/08/14/3246/#comment-169863 Hmmm .. then what are Kucinich, Dodd, Gravel, Biden, Richardson and Edwards there for? Hmmm .. then what are Kucinich, Dodd, Gravel, Biden, Richardson and Edwards there for?

]]> By: Wulf http://xrlq.com/2007/08/14/3246/comment-page-1/#comment-169771 Wulf Wed, 15 Aug 2007 02:56:29 +0000 http://xrlq.com/2007/08/14/3246/#comment-169771 Replace "aspirations" with "expectations" and I might agree. Replace “aspirations” with “expectations” and I might agree.

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