I just threw up all over my keyboard.

Maybe she can "borrow" another couple million bucks from foreign governments that torture and kill labor organizers to actually, you know, get this on the air.

That'll show them thar elites!

The Obama Post and bittergate brought down Obama.

He should drop out, give the millions he raised to Clinton to crush mcwar in the general.

Boring and not hard hitting but the "cling to" remarks are not going away. Obama's Frisco comments show the man/candidate for who he is.

In addition to his Frisco remarks, add the Reverend Wright's 20 years of sermons, Mrs. Obama's recently proud to be an American, and Obama's "punished with a baby" comment and you have a general election problem. It's the electoral college that counts and Obama can't win the states DEMS need to win in November.

Those comments seem so natural and off the cuff. The citizen on the street format is an indication of how genuine these words are. I think Hillary might think of using "It shows he's out of touch" and "Hillary Clinton has been fighting for people like us her whole life" for the wider campaign.

I think the comment is fair game but couldn't Hillary have found more convincing actors?

You have to be an incredible simple-minded person to take his comments offensively, and as has been the case time and time again; when Hillary sees something she can exploit to gain simple-minded votes; she will take it. It's disgusting.

This ad angered me and sealed the deal; I will never vote for Hillary Clinton for anything. Ever. Period. If it's her instead of McCain.. great, I'm leaving and you dumb asses can get the president you deserve.

I don't understand Hillary can't see that Obama is the last true hope for this nation and humanity. As a former supporter of hers, I can now say that I have seen the light and have drunk the kool-aide.

I will not question him. To support Obama is to have faith in his wisdom. To question him is reveal a weaknes in your own soul.

Truly he is the Messiah.

In probably one of the dumbest moves I have ever witnessed in politics, Obama refuses to apologize for insulting the voters.

Too late now, he is over.

Drop out Obama.

That's the absolute best John McCain ad I've ever seen. And McCain didn't even have to pay for it. He must be thrilled!

Ugh ...

I didn't think things had become too, too self-destructive before. But this is utterly, profoundly self-destructive. McCain must be giddy.

Love it. Great ad.

Obama is toast. Dukakis 2.0

This ad seemed hopelessly contrived to my ears. If I were an undecided Pennsylvania voter (which I am not), I expect that this would move me slightly away from her, albeit only slightly. It certainly would do nothing, however, to make me inclined to vote for her.

Obama could easily make an ad based on just that last couple's comment, "Hillary Clinton has been fighting for people like us her whole life" and continue on with something like "maybe they own a health insurance company" or "major stockholder in a pharmaceutical company" or "CEO of a credit card company" and so on...because that's who she has been "fighting for" ever since she's had to opportunity to have a say in anything. Maybe she does understand the people of PA; she just doesn't really care about what happens to them.

She really is asking for a smackdown, and Obama's got the ammo for it and more than enough money to make her wish she'd never brought it up.

it reminds me of that youtube video Hillary made of her dropping out of the band to run for president.

On a scale of 1 to 10, this ad is about a 4 on the effectiveness scale. The problem with this ad is that Obama is out there very strongly right now delivering his real message and not the distortion that Hillary is making it to be. It is going to backfire on her; big time.

I wonder what Hillary would have done if she were running against a candidate who mispoke the way she did on Bosnia sniper fire -- three times!???

People in PA are sick of seeing Obama's face. His spending advantage of 4-1 isn't going to help him.

He's finished in PA and has no chance of winning a general election.

Barry Bittergate is damaged goods. He's always been damaged goods, but maybe his fans will finally start to notice before they end up making fools of themselves by nominating and following this empty suit to embarrassing defeat.

Come on superdelegates. Do your jobs and spare us from this Dukakis disaster.

Obamas chickens are coming home to roost, as his spiritual adviser, Reverend "God Damn America" Wright might have put it.

It's amazing to watch this fight within the fight happening. HRC is using tactics now that are specifically designed as though she's running the general election against Obama. If she thinks that agreeing with John McCain on points that are soundpoints that will be glorified into issues come this fall, then she shouldn't be CALLED a democrat. This is exactly what Rush Limbaugh wants with Operation Chaos. Barack Obama is going to win, but he's too clean now so he needs to be bloodied up. Some stupid 'bitterness' scandal coupled with Rev. Wright should do the trick. If he looses the general election because of these points, I'll never forgive HRC

Two things....

1. As an actor....that video really insults my profession...they..were...horrible.

2. Everyone in that video Looked bitter and even if they weren't they certainly dont seem like the economically furstrated people he was referring to....

Horatio386: Hate to break the news to you, but new Quinniapic Pennsylvania poll out tomorrow shows that Bittergate has not hurt Obama.

Mrs. Clinton is beating a dead horse. But that's her style and it usually ends up backfiring on her.

I remember the polls showing Obama winning CA, TX, OH, MA. He was thrashed in all of them and FL too.

Obama is headed for defeat in PA.

Superdelegates are paying attention. They know he can't win in November.

It's real simple Obama fans.

Ask yourself this: Why is Obama going to lose in Pennsylvania?

Because he's seen as too liberal.

"Oh but he'll make up for that by winning Utah and Georgia."

Do you realize how idiotic Obamalogic sounds to people outside the cult?

Again, I ask you: Why is Obama going to lose PA?

Marginal Player: Don't call it Frisco.

Ugh. I'm done. I voted for Hillary in the California primary. It took a while to push me over the edge, but if she is the nominee I will vote Green. Up until now I'd take either one, but I've just been pushed over the edge. She's running like a Republican and I just have no interest in this type of nonsense anymore.

I was very excited about getting someone other than a Republican in office after Bush. Not anymore. Now a Hillary victory would seem like a loss. It's a shame.

And for those of you who are going to use the line, "How could you vote for McCain if you are a liberal?" Well, I'm not a Democrat. I'm an Independent. I'm the kind of voter you need. The Green Party best represents my views, so the Dems should consider themselves lucky I have opened myself up to the possibility of voting for them. I'm an American. My vote must be earned. Hillary has now done the opposite.

I have flagged this video on YouTube for "Hateful and abusive content" subcategory "bullying" --everyone else should do the same. Get this crap shut down!

Armchair campaign advisor: I think Obama should not bother to do a rebuttal to this dumb ad. He should go back and do another bus tour, with all the free local media coverage that entails, along with lots and lots and lots of retail (town hall) type events so people can hear, once again, his smart and detailed plans to change things for the better.

Meanwhile, Hillary's doing a straight-up Republican wedgie type ad can hardly endear her to either superdelegates or active/informed Dem voters.

According to the AP, Hillary Clinton is getting ready to formally endorse Sen. John McCain for President.

This exact ad worked great for Romney in New Hampshire.

She is just as cynical and despicable as they come.

I bet Man 1's mother in law is so very proud of him...

Here is Barry Bittergate in 2005 admitting he wouldn't know what he was doing if he ran for president:

"I will not run on a national ticket in '08. I'm a believer in knowing what you're doing when you apply for a job. Some people would be comfortable doing that but I'm just not one of those people."

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=bdb_1207434986

Obama won Texas.

End of story.

Good job Hillary. YOu go girl!

Hillary v. McCain 08.

Obama will join ranks of Kerry, Dodd, Kennedy, Richardson, etc., etc.,

He will be yesterday's news soon.

I'm just surprised you people aren't allready sick of him.

Just look at this!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuB_W8o_UsU&eurl=http://www.politicalforum.com/elections-campaigns/33068-whos-bamboozling-who.html

In the wake of this patronizing ad -- as if Hillary and her hundred-million-dollar income knows shit about average Pennsylvanians -- it's worth noting that today, 21 elected officials and community leaders from small towns in Pennsylvania wrote the following:

". . . What Sen. Obama said is that over the last 25-30 years, working class people in places like Pennsylvania have been falling behind, and that politicians in Washington haven"t been looking out for them. He also said that, as a result, many people have become frustrated, angry and even bitter about all the broken promises.

"He was right.

"The politicians who are now saying that we shouldn"t be frustrated are the ones who are out of touch. . . .

"Unlike his opponents who have been part of the Washington establishment for decades, Barack Obama understands the struggles we are going through. We welcomed him with open arms as he made his way through small towns and rural areas on his recent bus tour across the state. And we will work day and night from now until the primary on his behalf not only because he has heard our frustrations, but because he speaks to our hope that Washington can actually work for people like us."

Pretty much says it all, I think.

"Shhhhh, be vewwy, vewwy quiet. We're huntin' wabbits."

--Hillary Clinton, armed and dangerous

According to the AP, Hillary Clinton is getting ready to formally endorse Sen. John McCain for President.

Sadly, that is all too believable.

Riiiiiiight. How's the weather down there, what with your head in the sand and all? Clinton's playing right out of the GOP southern strategy playbook. If you can't see it, you don't have eyes to see. Have fun with President McCain, then, and thanks for all the sh!t the rest of us Dems will have to work twice as hard to clean up after in the General.

With friends like this ...

-Hillary Clinton, armed and dangerous

You're just asking for a Cheney-style face full of buckshot.

LOLOLOLOL!!!!!!!

Hillbillary - Git er done on day 1!

WHO is behind the Barack Obama for President
"moo-vement"?

.................. GE ......................

and a gaggle of other corporate elitists.

Are a lot of working class Americans Bitter?

Well, they SHOULD be: Another GE candidate for President SOLD to the public by the Corporate-Controlled "Mainstream MEDIA ... Ronald Reagan ... began the MASSIVE Robbery of the American people that has continued to this day.

About every day & sometimes several times a day the TV Talking heads say: "The Rich are getting richer and everybody else is getting poorer"

... & You'd Think ... after nearly 30 years they would FINALLY ASK: WHY?

The answer is simple: Reagan cut the top tax rate down from the 70%'s to the low 30%'s.

(If you made $$$ 100 million & your tax rate was 70% you would pay $70 million to Uncle Sam & keep $30 million ... earning interest, or dividends, or capital THE NEXT YEAR on that $30 million. If, instead, you paid $30 million in taxes and KEPT $70 million --- You'd make a lot MORE money the next year on that $70 million - in interest, dividends, etc.)

Simple, tax the rich a lot less AND they damn sure WILL get a whole lot richer a whole lot faster.

There was 2 PARTS to Reaganomics tho. The second part was: The Two-Tier Wage Structure"
i.e. Pay the Top level "executives" a Whole LOT MORE; Pay everybody else a Whole LOT LESS. (Newspapers & TV in the early 80's had articles & coverage of the "Two-Tier Wage Structure" that CORPORATE America trotted out IN CONCERT with Reagan's election/tax cuts.)

IF its CORPORATE POLICY to PAY Everybody else a WHOLE LOT LESS ... everybody else is going to get ... a whole lot poorer ... huh.

a. It was deliberate. b. Its been going on for nearly 30 years.

Next Question: Is Obama likely to fix it?

Answer: Hell No. Because THE SAME PEOPLE are running him for President - The SAME WAY they got Reagan/ Bush1 / Bush2 elected:

MEDIA Propaganda. GE owns MSNBC & NBC. AOL Time Warner owns CNN. Westinghouse owns CBS.
(GE is the 2nd largest corporation on the planet).

They have interlocking directorships. THEY ARE the Corporate-Controllers of the Corporate-Controlled Media.

MSNBC/NBC have become the CHIEF propaganda mouthpiece of the Obama Pushers ... (BOPN - Barack Obama Propagands Networks) - just like FOX has been the the Bush Propaganda Network all these years.

There are no more Journalists, no more NEWS People. They have all become court jesters and clowns doing their bit to please their corporate masters .... Top Level PAID A WHOLE LOT MORE -------- Media whores.

Here's a glimpse of one of the $Billions of Dollars TAXPAYER RIPOFF Reasons GE wants to "elect" Obama President:

GE & Westinghouse are in the business of building nuclear power plants.

The Cheney Energy Bill passed in 2005 - made it possible for the nuclear industry to begin planning to build 29 new nuclear power plants (licensing hearings are already scheduled for the first few of them).

No new nuke plants were built for 30 years because the banks wouldn't loan the money - too risky. The Cheney Energy Bill solved that problem for them by Guaranteeing TAXPAYER PAYBACK of any of the nuke building loans that default (The Congressional Budget Office rated the risk of default at 50% or greater".

Obama voted FOR the Cheney Energy Bill. Clinton voted against. Clinton says her Energy plan does not include nuclear & if they want to be considered in the future they will have to FIRST Make it Cheaper and find a safe way to dispose of the nuke waste.

McCain, this week on the Campaign trail said ... we just have to face it we need to start building new, CLEAN, nuclear power plants.

i.e. The Corporate Elitists are running OBAMA AND McCain for President.

("Getting off coal to go to nuclear is like giving up cigarettees to take up smoking crack".)

I just don't understand why Obama was hanging out in a bath house in San Fransico anyway. I mean isn't the next primary in Pennsylvania?

Sometimes, in fact, I scream 'bite my **********, ******** ******' as well as a **** ****** ******** and ' you big **** *********ing jowly *******hat'. Just depends on the day, really. Good thing I don't own a parrot.

The counter-ad will feature "ordinary citizens" ducking sniper fire in PA.

Er, excuse me, I've been in a coma for the past month, and I'm just coming to...

When I first went under, there was this Earth-shattering crisis in the Obama campaign; his pastor said some things that scared white people.

As memory serves, it was the single defining event that was supposed to end his campaign.

Well did it? I'm assuming the "Rev. Wright" flap is all over the news today like a rash. And that this is still considered the fatal blow to Barack Obama's chances to be prez.

I'll just have to turn on the TV, here, and see if... hey, wait a minute...

In probably one of the dumbest moves I have ever witnessed in politics, Obama refuses to apologize for insulting the voters.

Did you first tune into 'politics' this last friday? And did you turn out before Saturday morning?

I don't know whether Republicans really want to face Clinton more than Obama in November. What I do know is that they'd be absolutely delighted if Clinton won the primaries only by convincing people that she's in touch with rural Americans. Talk about a soft target for the GOP.

Baraks "bitter" statements might have been poorly phrased, but they tell some of the few truths in recent politics.
Here he is saying the same thing in 2004.

dont worry guys, this isnt hurting the party at ALL!

negative attack ads against each other make us stronger for the general...

....oh no now im going to be sick on wwjbs keyboard

It's time for Obama to pull out an ad of Hillary's sniper story she told Pennsylvania and run it constantly between now and the primary.

Perhaps the Obama camp should put out a response ad showing myself and my fellow Philadelphians who are bitter about having gun control legislation blocked by the representatives of the rest of PA, who obviously wouldn't be able to live if they could only buy 1 gun a month.

I'll just have to turn on the TV, here, and see if... hey, wait a minute...

LOL!!!

question. can Shrillary's campaign only pay for these three trolls? is that really the best she can pay for? sir elton has got to be disappointed.

Lest we forget who we're dealing with, let me remind you of some Hillary quotes:

"Where is the G*d@mn f**king flag? I want the G-d@mn f**king flag up every f**king morning at f**king sunrise."
- Hillary to the staff at the Arkansas Governor's mansion on Labor Day, 1991 (Inside The White House by Ronald Kessler, p. 244 )

"F*#k off! It's enough that I have to see you sh#t-kickers every day, I'm not going to talk to you too!! Just do your G*d@mn job and keep your mouth shut."
- Hillary to her State Trooper bodyguards after one of them greeted her with "Good morning." (American Evita by Christopher Anderson, p.90)

"If you want to remain on this detail, get your f**king @$$ over here and grab those bags!"
- Hillary to a Secret Service Agent who was reluctant to carry her luggage because he wanted to keep his hands free in case of an incident. Many other instances like this! (The First Partner by Joyce Milton, p.259 )

"Where's the miserable c*ck s*cker?"
- Hillary shouting at a Secret Service officer (The Truth About Hillary by Edward Klein, p.5 )

"Put this on the ground! I left my sunglasses in the limo. I need those sunglasses. We need to go back!"
- Hillary to Marine One helicopter pilot to turn back while en route to Air Force One (Dereliction of Duty by Clinton military aide Robert Patterson p. 71-72)

It's not too hard. You can find that on any blog.

Was civility the impetus for choosing your screen name?

To use Elizabeth Drew's term, it's more "molehill politics" from the Clinton campaign. That's when a candidate adopts mock outrage over nonsense to create a phony media issue. It's nauseating.

First, Sen. Clinton tried to make an issue of Sen. Obama's (correct) observation that Pres. Reagan was more transformative than Pres. Clinton, as though Obama was Alex P. Keaton in disguise. Didn't stick.

Then Pres. Clinton's comments in South Carolina. Oops, that stuck. On Sen. Clinton.

The Clinton campaign then tried to convince us that only big states that she wins really matter. Didn't stick.

Caucuses don't count? Didn't stick.

"Empty suit" who only uses words? Didn't stick.

Plagiarism? Amusing, but didn't stick.

Now this non-issue about "bitterness." If this sticks, then we deserve the government we elect.

She could at least be drinkin American whiskey for chrissakes, instead of that elitist imported stuff.

Not true. This from politico:

She starts out ahead of him in electoral votes, 202 to 198. Pretty evenly matched, with only 4 electoral votes between them. Of the states that are not in McCain's column, how can Hillary pick up 68 electoral votes from swing states to make the magic 270?

CT - 7 (202+7=209)
NJ - 15 (209+15=224)
DE - 3 (224 +3=227)
HI - 4 (227+4=231)
FL - 27 (231+27=258)
WV - 5 (258+5=263)
and either WA or MN or MO or WI or MI or VA
The first four states should go to any Democratic nominee. Hillary can win back WV if she is getting Pennsylvania and Ohio, and she's consistently winning Florida. Michigan is likely for her because of pushing to count their vote in the primary, Washington is a traditionally blue state, Missouri is a long shot, and Minnesota and Wisconsin are fully competitive. Virginia may say swing, but I doubt its competitive. Winning two of the final group and losing WV would still work. Winning Nevada is a possibility, but wouldn't be enough on its own to clinch the Electoral College.

On McCain's side, he has to get 72 electoral votes to win. That means even winning Virginia and Florida are not enough to put him over the top. He would have to win three of the following: WA, MN, MO, WI, MI, NV, WV. With Nevada or West Virginia as the third, that means he must win MI and either WA or MO, to reach 270. Also, if the three are MN, WI and either MO or WA, he is one vote short, and thus must win at least Nevada or West Virginia as well. Basically, if McCain has lost OH and PA, he must win MI, FL and VA to have a chance. If Hillary takes Florida out of play, McCain is highly unlikely to win.

Obama vs. McCain: Obama starts 28 points bakc, 180 vs. 208, and McCain is ahead of where he started with Hillary. More states are swing states because Obama is not clearly leading in them, thus momentum is leaning towards McCain. Of the states that are not in McCain's column, how can Obama pick up 90 electoral votes from swing states to make the magic 270?

PA - 21 (180+21=201)
OH - 20 (201+20=221)
MI- 17 (221+17=238)
NJ - 15(238_15=253)
and then at least two of the following - MN, WI, VA, CO, IA, but the two cannot be CO and IA as they do not total 17.

See a problem here? Yeah, he tanked in Ohio and New Jersey, has dissed Michigan by refusing to let them revote even when he might have won it, and is trailing badly in Pennsylvania. Minnesota and Wisconsin are probably easier for him to win than they are for Hillary, though they are swing states for her as well, and it is questionable whether he could pull out Virginia or Colorado. He simply isn't competitive in any border state - KY, TN, MO, AR - or in Florida. If he loses Ohio and Pennsylvania, he basically has to take evey other swing state to make up for their electoral deficit, whereas if McCain picks up just OH and PA, he only needs 21 more votes to clinch the election, and that means just Virginia and South Carolina. Not a good bet.

These are projections, of course, but they have some basis in the demographic makeup of the states and reference the historical voting patterns of those states.

And all of this, the Politico article and the latest polls, were done before Obama's recent blather about bitter lower-class voters.

Obama's ability to win the Democratic nomination itself presupposes that Florida and Michigan are eliminated from the delegate count and that he wins big in all the remaining primaries and that the lion's share of the super delegates break his way. Barring votes from Michigan and Florida will cripple the Democartic party in those states in November. It does not look likely that he will win big in the upcoming primaries. Super delegates, according to the Politico report, are beginning to question the wisdom of their initial pledge.

Hard for him to do since last week in Montana and then back on February 2, 2008 up in Boise he was all pro-guns. Here's what he said in Boise.

"And then there are people who say, `Well, he doesn't believe in the Second Amendment,' even though I come from a state _ we've got a lot of hunters in downstate Illinois. And I have no intention of taking away folks' guns."

That's the problem with Obama, he keeps on telling different audiences different things and it is catching up with him. In Iowa he was against driver's licenses for undocumented workers but in Los Angeles he was for them. Fair enough he can change his mind and he did so in public but in his comments in gun-shy San Francisco he said he was going to tighten sales at gun shows and ban certain types of guns. Yet in Idaho and Montana he did not quite say that. Personally I think it is because he wants to be all things to all people but he turns off people in the process. As a gay man, I find his rhetoric on gay issues is not matched by his actions.

Let me put this as softly as I can, Obama has turned off large segments of the Democratic constituency. I was an Edwards supporter to start. Rather than be pulled to Clinton, I was pushed to Clinton because of Obama's stances on health care, energy, foreign policy and gay issues. Having said that, the more I learn about Obama the more offensive I find him.

Happy to see the story has plenty of legs. Early Morning Update of RCP Obmaa is 6 for 6 on blogs. Not good Obama cultists. http://realclearpolitics.com/

Barry Obama/Reverend Wright 2008, that's the winning ticket.

As much as I agree with him, I'm afraid this flap is more serious than the others. This is not some abstract "hate America" or "love NAFTA" concept that people can't quite take seriously. This hits the bedrock antipathy Americans have to anybody who thinks or acts like they're "better" than them. This is at the core of the rampant anti-intellectualism infecting the country. This is the "My kid just beat up your honor student" bumpersticker.

I'm sick to death of this woman. She plays just like the Neocons. I'm tired of that crap. She and the rest of Old Washington need to go.