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Another Candy-Ass Unity Thread

By Ripper on Mon, 06/09/2008 - 12:57am |
Sigmund Freud supposedly said: "Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar." He meant that we can read too much into things.So, I wonder, who are these people at TPM who just can't resist bashing Barack or Hillary? Democrats?I thought Democrats...

Ripper Befuddled by Intertubes

By Ripper on Sun, 06/08/2008 - 2:00am |
Forget the previous post below. I'm embarrassed that I misread a release from the Democratic National Committee posted at Fox Business as if it were a Fox Business news piece.The kicking of my own ass continues....

Even Fox Says McCain Befuddled on Economy

By Ripper on Sun, 06/08/2008 - 1:51am |
John McCain is so out of touch with the reality of America's economic woes that even Fox Business, the business news arm of Fox News, is skeptical of his claims.Today, new economic indicators revealed the jobless claims reached a 22...

I Love Hillary

By Ripper on Sat, 06/07/2008 - 1:38am |
Recommend please.If there's one thing I've enjoyed doing on this site, it's tearing Hillary a new one.But in recent days, I've had a change of heart, just as some Hillary supporters have had (e.g., Allsburg's apology;) concerning Obama. You see,...

That Way Lies Madness

By Ripper on Fri, 06/06/2008 - 4:51pm |
I used to bash Hillary when I thought it was warranted. No more.From this point forward, I will make no post and recommend no post that airs a past or present grievance against Sen. Clinton. It just doesn't advance any...

How to Heal a Party

By Ripper on Thu, 06/05/2008 - 3:52pm |
There have been multiple, awkward attempts to appeal to Hillary supporters for the sake of party unity, including one by yours truly that was interesting, if not successful. All of them were doomed to failure for two simple reasons.The first...

Oh, Sure, Blame Obama

By Ripper on Wed, 06/04/2008 - 3:57pm |
There are limits to what Obama and his supporters can do to achieve party unity. The onus, however, is on Hillary Clinton and her supporters.Hyper-aggrieved Clinton partisans here tend to blog that 1) it's time for unity even if Obama...

People Get Ready

By Ripper on Wed, 06/04/2008 - 3:58am |
Not long before Super Tuesday, I made the following entry in blog at my.barackobama.com. I thought some of you, like me, could use some uplifting perspective.There's a train about to leave the station, and it's name is the Obama Express....

Graceless in Defeat

By Ripper on Wed, 06/04/2008 - 3:16am |
Hillary Clinton proved tonight she loves nothing so much as herself.Rather than admitting defeat and laying down arms, she spit in Obama's eye and dared him to cross her private army of followers.After a few obligatory sentences of conciliation, she...

Obama Starts Tuesday with Another Superdelegate

By Ripper on Tue, 06/03/2008 - 12:59pm |
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports Missouri State Rep. Maria Chappelle-Nadal will endorse Obama today. Nice way to start the day."This is a year that the mere existence of a single candidate, Barack Obama, has inspired people in my district to...

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