- Black people are stoked about Barack Obama winning the nomination. [New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post]
- Meet the Republicans’ own “Barack Obama”: Bobby Jindal, a young Ivy League elitist from a minority. [Wall Street Journal]
- The Democratic nominee could potentially raise billions of dollars for the two-month general election sprint, while the Republican nominee will be auctioning off his collection of buffalo nickels. [Politico]
- Clinton wuz robbed by the superdelegates, who showed superhuman strength in withstanding Bill’s constant badgering. [New York Times]
- Hillary said she was dropping out of the race on Friday, but that was just another psych out. Now she is dropping out of the race on Saturday. [Washington Post]
- Between Barack Obama’s problems with the white working class and John McCain’s problems with Republicans, this presidential race could totally reshape the electoral map! Except it probably won’t. [Los Angeles Times]
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Will we soon be seeing Secretary of State Al Sharpton?
Jindal is perfect. He’s got the minority tan, but South Asia Indians, as everyone knows, are actually whiter than regular white people. Just wait, his election tagline will be a nerdy “No, how are YOU doing?”
Gov. Jindal, a child of Indian immigrants who has a gift for oratory, is the first minority to govern Louisiana since African-American P.B.S. Pinchback held the office for 35 days during Reconstruction.
P.B.S. Pinchback is the best name ever. If Kenny ever bans me, I’m coming back as P.B.S. Pinchback.
Jindal sounds “great” but he wrote a few articles about seeing demons and demons in vaginas (confusing lust with the devil.) Not exactly the stuff of reality based sanity here.
Tidbit: the same NYT article for you ‘mericans called “Barack Obama: Calm in the Swirl of History” was headlined in the International Herald Tribune (for the new world order) as “Studied, Eloquent and Somehow Inscrutable.”
“Representative Ben Chandler of Kentucky, who came out for Mr. Obama on April 29, said he timed his endorsement to an ‘unusually critical’ moment.”
Jeebus! We must get rid of superdelegates as soon as possible. Their egos are growing at a rate that will upset the balance of the physical universe.
Was Jindal good at spelling-bees when he was a student?
As much as I’m loathe to say it, Jindal is a pretty good guy. But I call bullshit on his declaration that he’s not a “GOP Barack Obama.” Yes he is! Yes he is!
[re=7743]ManchuCandidate[/re]: You should know by now that reality based sanity is not a prerequisite in Republican politics.
In her previous life, Hillary worked as a telegraphist for the Japanese government on December 7, 1941.
while the Republican nominee will be auctioning off his collection of buffalo nickels.
What’s sad is that McCain will probably come up with half of those nickels (and other rare coins) by digging through his couch and lazy chair. Hell, he’ll probably find a Penny Black on a letter from one of his stripper girlfriends.
She can’t drop out tomorrow. It is the anniversary of the RFK assassination. If she waits until Saturday, she may not have to concede… Her crazies are preparing.
As much as this is a joke, I hope Obama just stays home tomorrow.
[re=7743]ManchuCandidate[/re]: That means he’s the ideal running mate for McCain.
Hey I finally got my avatar working!
On topic: Hillary spent 8-10 weeks bashing Obama and got him down another 8-10 points with women. She also gave bitters a ton more ammo and bad blood. As recently as Monday Bill was screaming about Obama. If Obama picks Hillary for a running mate, I’m freaking voting for McBush.
[re=7752]Humble Pi[/re]:
[re=7777]Whore Diamond in the Rough[/re]:
True, but it doesn’t jibe with Walnuts’ “Me realist unlike Pretty Boy Barry” message.
I hope that whoever Barry picks as VP shows up at the VP debate wearing a demon mask.
[re=7751]queeraselvis v 2.0[/re]: Sorry, Jinadal is a pretty good guy!? He wants to make women who are raped bear the children of their rapists. I’d say that gets you on the ‘one of the shittiest dudes ever’ lists in my book.
[re=7781]Rosalindavenue[/re]: The way Hillz and Walnuts send love-winks to each other these days, I’d say Hillz is campaign to be McHillary.
I doubt Bobby Jindal will make it to the VP slot. The Republican party would implode. “A leopard cannot change his shorts.”
[re=7739]Botswana Meat Commission FC[/re]: 19th century politicians had much better names than the Johnny-come-latelies of our own time. Except Barry Obama, of course, that’s pretty cool.
[re=7784]Condiments-OnlyDiet[/re]: Oh, I don’t disagree with you at all about that. He’s done plenty to ensure his place atop many a “shitty asshole” list. That said, he’s done a surprisingly (amazingly) good job at bringing some semblance of financial and ethical stability to Louisiana, which is no mean feat.
[re=7784]Condiments-OnlyDiet[/re]:
True enough… plus he really hasn’t made a good movie since “The Sixth Sense.”
[re=7787]Darehead[/re]: *campaigning*
Hey kiddies… wanna check out my 3-legged 1937 buffalo?
Nice phrase in the NY Times article: “And superdelegates were showing an independence that the Clinton campaign had not counted on..” The Clinton campaign overall was better at insulting people’s intelligence than rising to such challenges.
I think what you meat was, “Meet the Republicans’ own “Macaca”: Bobby Jindal”
As one of Jindal’s fellow browns, i.e., those of the Indian waggle, I can attest that the overwhelming majority of his fellow browns find Jindal’s policies and attitude detestable. For one, they’re mostly Democrats (even the really rich ones in the ghastly McMansions). Second, its his “I’m not really brown, I don’t eat tandoori, and I don’t worship that God with the 24 hands” schtick (Jindal speak is “I’m louisianian, I eat Big Macs and I love the gay Pope and the gay Brady Bunch”). That’s all well and good, but when Jindal’s fundraising goons begin to troll the phone directories for anyone with an Indian name and raise the whole ethnic pride thing in a hush-hush/wink-wink manner, the BS really begins to stink. I’m like, look Mary-Jane Chartreuse of the Baton Rouge Freedom Fund, unless I see Jindal playing the homely sidekick to a Bollywood hunk in a 20 song musical, I aint buying it.
Bobby named himself after Brady Bunch Bobby. So his real goal here is to have a bedroom next to Cindy.
On the circuit, Gov. Jindal can attract the kind of youthful, star-struck adoration typical of fans of Sen. Obama. Mary Beth Crifasi, an 18-year-old from New Orleans who plans to major in political science at the University of Mississippi this fall, came to an appearance of Gov. Jindal and Sen. McCain in New Orleans on Tuesday night. Wearing a Bobby Jindal T-shirt with pearls and a cardigan, she stood on a chair so her father could take a picture with the governor in the background.
“He’s so personal and just very healing, very down to earth,” she said. “He’s a great guy.”
Her quote made me laugh… he’s just… very healing.
[re=7820]Serolf Divad[/re]: … which is arguably worse.
[re=7820]Serolf Divad[/re]: though he could use the “I see dead people” line when introducing McCain.
I usually enjoy your writing Ms. Smith, but really, “Black people are stoked…”? Black people are never stoked. And they don’t surf. Like Charley. I live in a beach town, so I know these things…you could check it for yourself…honest, ask anyone.
Snark aside, it won’t be Jindal, Rice or Powell. Race is the only issue the Republicans have got, they’re not going to throw it away.
He might take Sarah Palin, unless Obama pre-empts him by choosing Sibelius, McCaskill or Murray. But, who knows if the cunt would accept.
Obama/Edwards ’08! What a handsome ticket. What could go wrong?
Can we no longer add pictures? God dammit.
I doubt McCain will pick Jindal. The man is already ghosty-white. Next to Jindal he’ll look freaking translucent.
The brown folks will flock to Jindal the way the black folks flock to Alan Keyes. The problem with the GOP is that they really think identity politics is just about skin color/gender. They forget there’s this whole “representing our interests” component.
[re=7744]Darehead[/re]:
That’s because only Luxembourgers know what “inscrutable” means.
Something to do with nutsacks, right?
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