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I like the word "hope" a lot more than "evil-doers" and "freedom". It is vague, but doesn't seem to be leading towards bombing anymore brown people.

But I'm just a big, fat Obamatard, so what do I know?

Re that last one: ah, the nuanced, sophisticated humor of political operatives...

I think those bloggers' salaries are quite appropriate, with the possible exception of Arianna Herself.

Ok, I'll say it. The HuffPo comment squad kills me. Read the comments that follow the Clinton aide piece... you might swear you're on RedState or a RonPaul Forum.

@FloraWay: you like hope more than freedom? talk to me in 2012 when President Obama has invaded 6 countries to spread hope around the world.

Nice to have Ken back to keep our idolatry in check. Although that Smokin' Barry shot just fuels it more.

don't bogart that Winston, Barry.

@J.D.Regent: But man, between now and then this hope feels pretty good.

Call me a sucker, but I dig Barry. I hope he drives a stake through Hill's icey heart.

I get thrown out of liberal places like that for saying the same things people cheer here. I think I have found home.

that cig pic of Barry just makes me think he's one step away from singing 'One for My Baby, and One More for the Road.' can't wait to see him put on his porkpie and sling his jacket over his shoulder, striding slowly away with great gravity...

@lonbordin: Agree. I'm thinking the word "PaulTard" may need to be refitted to a new application.

Like, "BarrTard" or something. (Something good, I mean.)

On Huffpo, the trick is to comment on the news articles and not on the bloggers. On the articles, your comments appear more or less instantly, like here. Comment on the blogs and there is a delay, while that blogger considers whether you are sufficiently sycophantic to be allowed into the conversation.
Of the bloggers, Miss Arianna I had tea with Nancy Pelosi but didn't want to bother her pretty little head with any questions about impeachment Huffington is the absolute worst.
Although he once took umbrage at something I wrote, Harry Shearer is O.K., though.

@J.D.Regent:
you like hope more than freedom? talk to me in 2012 when President Obama has invaded 6 countries to spread hope around the world.

On the plus side, such an invasion would have a very good chance of success, as "I hope that soldier doesn't kill me" appears to be an almost universal reaction to having a gun waved in one's face.

Given that, it is somewhat less counterintuitive than sending a bunch of heavily armed guys to enforce "freedom."

@gurukalehuru:
that's actually quite enlightening. i've written endless snarky comments about the shitty quality of huff post's own writers and they never get posted online. i never knew that those same people i'm making fun off get to approve them...

@Tra: stupid italics.

@gurukalehuru:

Arianna I ...

Let's not think evil thoughts now. We have to hope she checks the truss on the horse before each use.

@metropolitan:
That wasn't always the case in the early days of HuffPuff. I happily took shits (amateur not pro) on Greg Gutfield (of Red Eye "fame") when he would trot out his latest ode to the intellect he loved the most (his.)

@kulbreez: I could send Barry another hundred bucks on the strength of that picture alone. I hope the first thing he does in the Oval Office is open his collar, pour himself a scotch, light up a Lucky, and wipe his dirty feet on George Bush's beloved yellow rug.

...Barak's PENIS must really be sore after getting successive blow-jobs from Chris Matthew, Arriana Huffington, Bill Bennett and everyone else in the MEDIA!!! Honestly Im a little jealous.

This Hope crap is making me powerchuck my afternoon sandwich and grape soda.

What about Niceness, huh, Barry?

Let's get down to the real issues, man!

Barack is bored today. He is filled with boredom.

it's a hollywood cool party to be sure. but they do have jane smiley.

I'm already over Obamamania thanks to the HuffnPuff crowd. Now I want to see Hillz win big in NH so I can watch with detached amusement at the whiplash inducing about-face these blowhards will do afterwards.

Per "just some rich good-looking lawyer repeating the empty word 'hope' like Rudy saying '9/11.'" and
"Finally, a good-looking wealthy Ivy League lawyer and U.S. senator has a shot at the presidency!": it's just this kind of facile (dare I say mindless?) sarcasm that isn't constructive in political commentary, even in the twee humor of this site, and that thankfully Obama happens to avoid himself.
He didn't get into ivy league schools by nepotism, like the current president, and, if you remember, actually didn't start out at Columbia. It would also be easy enough to point out the details of his interesting--but not affluent--upbringing.
Even as a joke, this kind of stuff is pointless and I'd imagine misleading to the uninformed. I mean, would you want someone running for president who hadn't been successful in life, gone to good schools, made him- or herself somewhat wealthy? There have been presidents who weren't wealthy, notably Truman, but who were successful in other ways (except for Truman's haberdashery).
I could go on and on. Guy was president of the Harvard Law Review. That's not an indication of privilege, but a very difficult thing to accomplish. Jokes are all well and good, but at least give them some substance or meaning.
You've got somewhat of a point about the repetition of "hope," though, and all candidates essentially repeating themselves. Though, they have to do this at least somewhat or they'll be considered by the press and bloggers to be "too technical," as in the way Al Gore goes on extensively quoting statistics. You can't win either way.
Yeah, when Adlai Stevenson was running for president, someone told him he was sure to get the vote of every thinking man in the country, and he said "Thanks, but I need a majority to win." Ever remember hearing about President Adlai Stevenson?

I would pay Ariana Huffington for phone sex.

So Obama is a BLACK guy?

@Litotes. Tee hee. Arianna The Great?

@aratuk: Guy was president of the Harvard Law Review.

That's dangerously close to Paultards bragging about their engineering degrees...

@nojo: nice. there is heineken all over my screen now.

Hey Boratuk, its the twee, facile sarcasm that will put Barry in the (Formerly) White House.

@angryblakguy: I think it's the other way around -- Barry's lips are blue from constantly blowing the media.

No one running for any high office ever says specifically what they will do when they get in to office. You really cant.. there are so many variables between here and there all you really can do is spout sound bytes.. that's all any one will see any way. Specifics never win an elections they just paint candidates in to a corner. Besides the presidency is more of a triage situation. Its more about handling shit when it comes up than setting out on a predetermined war path. But maybe I've just been watching to much "West Wing."

@aratuk: omg, obamabots?

@aratuk: And plenty of people without advanced degrees, legal training, or inherited riches have gone on to be successful. Doesn't amount to a tinker's dam. I want to vote for someone with know-how, savvy, and diplomatic skill, and that person doesn't need to have graduated from Harvard Law School.

Obama is great, don't get me wrong, but then I worked on the Jesse Jackson campaign back in '84, so it's not like Obama is the first black man to run for President.

I want someone with proven leadership skills, and I don't mean at Harvard Law. The United States has gotten itself into a fine mess, and it's going to take a lot of diplomacy and personal contact to make inroads against the negative image we're portraying right now. I don't think Obama has enough to get that job done.

@Rex Luna: Hit the nail on the head. People forget, the President isn't actually in charge... at least s/he isn't supposed to be. Congress makes the laws, the President checks them over and signs off on them, and the Supreme Court ensures that they are in fact acceptable.

I've always hated candidates who trot out their agendas as if electing them makes it a fait accompli that all this stuff will get done. The President still has to work with Congress to get laws passed that make sense and has to anticipate the problems the Supreme Court might have with them. It requires diplomacy, which unfortunately is lacking today, having been replaced by politics. It's no longer about compromise, it's about quid pro quo.

It's a victory speech for god's sake. The way to energize a crowd is not to go into specific policy positions. He should be more specific, but I don't think it hurts him here.

@J.D.Regent: Barrium Obanemas?

I hope that snake-oil salesman Barry H. *HOPE* Hussein Obama finds a plastic surgeon to pin back those Disney-sized ears so this counterfeit coin corporate shill can look straight into the camera
for a *CHANGE.*

@aratuk: When he puts forward an actual game plan then I'll take him serious. While he is still working the demagoguery of the "Hope" and "Change" bs that has existed in politics from inception I'll continue to ignore him as just another politician shilling for votes. I've seen him speak before he started his presidential campaign, I was entirely underwhelmed even though I had a good deal of enthusiasm going into the talk.

thank you for this blog. I am now at peace

i'm already obama'd out. Next!

Arianna is after a job.