U2isthebest
ONE love, blood, life
Aren't we supposed to wait until we get to 1,000 posts now, or did I make that up?
phillyfan26 said:No, that's a true fact.
sulawesigirl4 said:Truthiness perhaps?
Sorry, I think my brain got stuck back with the old server. Y'know, the one that broke when things reached the 500 level. Carry on.
U2isthebest said:
Word.
phillyfan26 said:
Hip to the jive. Sheeeeeeeet.
2861U2 said:http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/03/really-obama-ca.html#comments
Apparently Obama called Lorne Michaels at SNL to complain.
Wow. This guy clearly does not have the stomach to be president.
Obama isnt going to have much time to campaign if he spends all his time calling people who make fun of him.
diamond said:uh oh, this is how al gore went down.
dbs
2861U2 said:http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/03/really-obama-ca.html#comments
Apparently Obama called Lorne Michaels at SNL to complain.
Wow. This guy clearly does not have the stomach to be president.
Obama isnt going to have much time to campaign if he spends all his time calling people who make fun of him.
Obama spokesman Bill Burton says Obama was just joking, and ABC News' David Wright, who was there, says Obama seemed to be totally kidding around -- poking fun at how Clinton has been complaining about her media coverage.
diamond said:i like corn flakes
2861U2 said:http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/03/really-obama-ca.html#comments
Apparently Obama called Lorne Michaels at SNL to complain.
Wow. This guy clearly does not have the stomach to be president.
Obama isnt going to have much time to campaign if he spends all his time calling people who make fun of him.
Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm is calling on the DNC to seat her state's delegates.
Florida Gov. Charlie Crist says "common sense would dictate that every vote should count."
(CNN) -- Florida and Michigan could go from having no say in the Democratic nominating process to deciding the nominee if their states' political leaders succeed in getting their delegates seated.
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Florida Gov. Charlie Crist says "common sense would dictate that every vote should count."
The Democratic National Committee stripped both states of their delegates for violating party rules by scheduling their primaries too early.
But Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are running such a tight race that it looks like neither candidate will get the 2,024 delegates needed to clinch the nomination.
If Florida and Michigan count, their delegates could put either candidate over the top. The states have 366 pledged delegates and superdelegates between them. Allocate delegates and see what happens »
Florida Gov. Charlie Crist says "common sense would dictate that every vote should count.
"The argument that we are making is that the people of our respective states voted. They cast that precious right. They made their voice heard, and those delegates who represent them should be seated at both conventions," Crist said on CNN's "American Morning." Video Watch Florida's mounting frustration »
Crist, who is a Republican, says he wants the votes that were already cast to be counted because the "people should be heard and not party bosses in Washington."
He and Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm, a Democrat, on Wednesday called on the Democratic National Committee to seat their states' delegates.
They accused the party of silencing "the voices of 5,163,271 Americans" who voted in their primaries.
"It is intolerable that the national political parties have denied the citizens of Michigan and Florida their votes and voices at their respective national conventions," they said in a statement.
Sen. Bill Nelson paints Florida ‘train wreck’ scenario
By Manu Raju
Posted: 03/06/08
Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) warned the Democratic National Committee (DNC) Thursday that it is facing the “biggest train wreck you’ve ever seen” if a standoff is not resolved over his state’s pledged delegates to the party’s presidential nominating convention.
Nelson sent a letter to DNC Chairman Howard Dean Thursday asking the committee to either accept the Jan. 29 results of the primary election or pay for a redo of the elections, which could cost in the range of $20 million. He sent the letter after Dean did not return his telephone call Wednesday.
“If they go to the Democratic Convention and stiff-arm the Florida delegations, how in the world do you think Floridians are going to support the Democratic nominee on Nov. 4?” Nelson told reporters Thursday. “It’s in everybody’s interest to find a solution to this problem.”
However, earlier in the day, Dean said the party would not pay for any do-over.
“We can’t afford to do that,” Dean stated on CBS’s “Early Show.” “That’s not our problem. We need our money to win the presidential race.”
The DNC stripped Florida and Michigan of their delegates after both states moved up their primary dates. How to resolve the impasse is even more critical now that Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) and Barack Obama (Ill.) are locked in a neck-and-neck battle for the presidential nomination, and neither has a clear path toward winning enough delegates to clinch the nomination. Clinton won both states, but both candidates agreed not to campaign there and Obama was not on the ballot in Michigan.
Lawmakers from both states met with DNC officials late Wednesday, but no progress was made on resolving the dispute. It’s unclear whether further meetings will occur.
Nelson warned that if the DNC does not pay for a new primary and if the delegations are not seated, Democrats could very easily lose Florida, which has long played a key role in deciding the winner of the general election.
“If they are not going to accept Florida’s election, then we can do a redo, full-blown election again, but someone is going to have to pay for it other than the taxpayers of Florida,” Nelson said.
Florida’s Republican governor, Charlie Crist, and GOP legislature have refused to pay for a redo of the primaries, but Crist is open to holding another election paid for by the DNC, which has struggled in fundraising.
Nelson said not resolving the impasse would disenfranchise 1.75 million Florida Democrats who voted in the Jan. 29 primaries, as well as independents.
2861U2 said:http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/03/really-obama-ca.html#comments
Apparently Obama called Lorne Michaels at SNL to complain.
Wow. This guy clearly does not have the stomach to be president.
Obama isnt going to have much time to campaign if he spends all his time calling people who make fun of him.
U2democrat said:She ought to be fired.
ETA nothing surprising coming from a campaign staffer, Lord knows what the Clinton folks call Obama off the record if they're willing to call him Ken Starr on the record. But they should know better around the media.