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Last updated on June 24th, 2017 at 10:14 am
Further to last week’s column, more bad news for Barack Obama:
Senator Clinton has regained the lead in Gallup’s national tracking poll for the first time since March and leads Senator Obama 46 per cent to 45 per cent. She had been down by 11 points less than a week ago.
The poll was conducted from April 16-18, after the Philadelphia debate in which Senator Obama came under intense questioning over his comment that small-town America was “bitter” and clings to guns and religion. He is also under pressure for his connections with several controversial people.
“… connections with several controversial people.”
Hey, we’re all six degrees from, say, Kevin Bacon.
I’m actually only 3 degrees from Kevin Bacon, for what it’s worth.
Posted by Spiny Norman on 2008 04 21 at 03:10 AM • permalink
- Posted by dean martin on 2008 04 21 at 06:09 AM • permalink
The big question about Obama is: “Is he crashing and burning too early?” Or will he hang on long enough to eliminate Hillary from the race first, then crash and burn?
Posted by daddy dave on 2008 04 21 at 06:12 AM • permalink
#9 …any other candidate who had made those mistakes and who had those associations would have crashed and burned already. The other big question (well, essentially the same one) is how well can the media can run interference (to use the, very apt, American term)? They’re pretty darn determined to see Barry make the touch down.
spokeswoman for the Obama campaign, Adora Andy, said on Saturday that anything less than a 15-point win for Senator Clinton would be a victory for Senator Obama, a clear attempt to massage expectations.
You gotta love it!
(Adora Andy??)
Posted by Mystery Meat on 2008 04 21 at 07:45 AM • permalink
- It wasn’t that long ago that McCain’s campaign was thought to be over. Hillary is like a vampire, she is undead.
It is hard to imagine, but hers would probably be a slightly less disastrous presidency than Obama’s. After all, she is simply dishonest and power hungry, we all know where she is coming from. Nobama is a dangerous left-wing nutjob ideologue.
The absence of first-rate candidates is the reason why, even though the hour is late, I may be tossing my own hat into the ring. I think the doctrine of Paquismo will appeal to the electorate: Peace through strength, border security, low taxes, the primacy of individual liberty, and the elimination of the smoking prohibition in federal buildings. And special incentives for plastic bag manufacturers. My first official act will be to light up an Hoyo de Monterrey Excalibur with a copy of the Kyoto Treaty.
Una patria! Un Estado! Un Paco!
#16 Mojo: As a candidate for president, it is my intention to ignore ad hominem attacks, particularly when they are not expressed in a grammatically correct way (“caca” takes the feminine indefinite article, or “una”, although, since we are talking about a more or less fungible commodity that is not always measured in discrete units, one might have left out the indefinite article altogether). No, it will be my goal to wave away such attacks with an ostensibly dismissive gesture (which is, of course, a secret sign to my flunkeys to take names…for later).
#18 Latino: you’re in. In New York, I’ll be looking to sew up the latin vote (“The First President with a Hispanic-sounding Name!”), the vulture capitalist vote (“Want to Avoid a Hostile Takover? Vote for Paco!”), and the eccentric vote (self-explanatory).
#19: Easily done, Missred. “You shall not crucify the people on a cross of Nicoderm!”
- all of a sudden there is a violent wind shaking the windows of the shrillary campaign headquarters. the cross eyed one gazes into her
whiskycrystal glass and shrieks, “who isssss thisssssssss paco?? bill! find him! find him! desssssssssstroy! kill!”
at that moment, trixi kicks the door in, and throws a bucket of water on shrillary. “i’m melting, i’m melting, help me, help me” “compliments of the minions ofwronwr..paco” trixi gently coos with a soft smile
- The Messiah looks up from this month’s Mother Jones. In velvet tones, he calls to his mentor: ‘Jeremiah? Reverend? Ever hear of this fellow Paco? He seems bitter. But he is not content with God and guns, he now seeks power. Power that is rightfully mine. I hope you will be able to change his mind.”
Wright’s eyes roll back in his head. He screams “I know this PaKKKo! God Damn PaKKKo!”
paco for President! paco for President!
Posted by The_Real_JeffS on 2008 04 21 at 02:58 PM • permalink
#29: No worries there, greene. You might find a few videos showing me rescuing kids from a burning orphanage, or single-handedly opening a can of whoop-ass on a pack of gang-bangers attempting to mug an old lady, or buying a group of homeless veterans lunch at Bobby Van’s, but there shouldn’t be anything embarrassing out there.
BTW, where’s Colonel Milquetoast? I need to sign him on to do campaign ads.
Count me in Paco. Your platform is a lot more attractive than McCain’s. You’ll need a VP candidate. I suggest Andrea. She needs a job and you will need an first class enforcer when you are in the White House.
Posted by Michael Lonie on 2008 04 21 at 10:27 PM • permalink
(BTW, how far is it to Jupiter?)
Not far enough; how about sending Jimmah to check up on Voyager?
And I recommend Andrea as Chairwoman, Joint Chief of Staff. She can copy the design of wronwright’s Guatemalan general uniforms, only with snazzier accessories: alligator leather jackboots, a titanium riding crop, diamond and platinum epaulettes, maybe a gold plated broom handled Mauser.
I always thought wronwright’s plastic sword was a tad cheesy.
Posted by The_Real_JeffS on 2008 04 22 at 01:02 AM • permalink
“Controversial” is the new code word for “racist nutbags the Dhimmicrats don’t want discussed in public”.
If you must talk about them, do it in private, and wash your hands afterwards.