*applause*

IceTruckKiller: *applause*

/for headline
//not Obama
///sad Duncan Hunter is no longer in the race

He's gonna win Texas.

I wish i still had TF to +1 the headline.

deeproy: He's gonna win Texas.

There are rumors that Republican gerrymandering in Texas may actually work to Obama's benefit. Suck it, Delay!

Fantastic!

IceTruckKiller: ///sad Duncan Hunter is no longer in the race

I've never really met a Duncan Hunter fan (or anyone who hates him, either).

Of all candidates, out of curiosity, what drew you to him?

Very nice.

Subby: 1.8 million members

Are you referring to the number of sperm deposited daily on Ms. Jameson's belly?

/wait, she's not really hot anymore.

Headline = Absolute gold!

The article points out how many union members live in the important states, as if they will all go along with their union and vote for the same candidate like some sort of socialist... oh wait,

they probably will.

Nicely done, O-man.

nooooOOOOOOOOOO!

ZachF81: The article points out how many union members live in the important states, as if they will all go along with their union and vote for the same candidate like some sort of socialist... oh wait,

they probably will.

They tend to in order to keep the unions influence strong. It's a matter of voting for what's in their best interests, wouldn't you agree?

I Said: Fantastic!

IceTruckKiller: ///sad Duncan Hunter is no longer in the race

I've never really met a Duncan Hunter fan (or anyone who hates him, either).

Of all candidates, out of curiosity, what drew you to him?

He's just a good, true conservative: strong on national security, very tough on illegal immigration, strong conservative stance on social issues, lots of experience in the House, and probably the most knowledgeable candidate when it comes to global trade, especially with China Link (pops).

Someone cue up the bros before hoes pic eh?

I can't wait until Hill-Billy drinks a big cup of STFU.

Well, the union organizers probably realize that Hillary can't get elected, and McCain isn't good for them. They also probably *hope* for some sort of payback when Obama gets elected.

IceTruckKiller:
He's just a good, true conservative: strong on national security, very tough on illegal immigration, strong conservative stance on social issues, lots of experience in the House, and probably the most knowledgeable candidate when it comes to global trade, especially with China Link (pops).

He's also very strong on the nuking-Iran-issue.

"I would authorize the use of tactical nuclear weapons if there was no other way to preempt those particular centrifuges [in Iran]." -- Duncan Hunter

Did anyone else notice that the Service Employees International Union is largely made up of health care workers? Hillary must be having a fit.

/Obama '08

Empanda: Did anyone else notice that the Service Employees International Union is largely made up of health care workers? Hillary must be having a fit.

/Obama '08

Holy shiat, really? Do you have a link? I didn't see that.

I love country music?

Jesus Farking Christ: Empanda: Did anyone else notice that the Service Employees International Union is largely made up of health care workers? Hillary must be having a fit.

/Obama '08

Holy shiat, really? Do you have a link? I didn't see that.

Sure, here's their Fast Facts (new window) page.

Calvin Coolidge: IceTruckKiller:
He's just a good, true conservative: strong on national security, very tough on illegal immigration, strong conservative stance on social issues, lots of experience in the House, and probably the most knowledgeable candidate when it comes to global trade, especially with China Link (pops).

He's also very strong on the nuking-Iran-issue.

"I would authorize the use of tactical nuclear weapons if there was no other way to preempt those particular centrifuges [in Iran]." -- Duncan Hunter

Every politician says things that they, realistically, would never do and do not mean. For instance, Bill Clinton said in 1992 that he would run "the most ethical administration in the history of the Republic." Or when Obama said he would deplete the US of all nuclear missiles.

/obviously Clinton was not very ethical
//if president, Obama would never actually get rid of our nuclear arsenal. never.

Jesus Farking Christ: Empanda: Did anyone else notice that the Service Employees International Union is largely made up of health care workers? Hillary must be having a fit.

/Obama '08

Holy shiat, really? Do you have a link? I didn't see that.

Well, the SEIU office down the street from my house says SEIU-UHW on the building. UHW is United Healthcare Workers. I think they are in cahoots.

Neurochemist: Just an update of what I've been working on.. If you want to track the status of the Clinton fail machine

That's very cool. Good work.

Empanda and mrjared: Bless you both.

Halleluja, a nice big fark you almost in time for Valentine's Day.

Neurochemist: Just an update of what I've been working on.. If you want to track the status of the Clinton fail machine

right on -- thanks for creating/sharing that.

Yah - you can tell.. even what I consider the worst possible scenario (the polls being accurate).. She can win Texas, Ohio and Pennsylvania .. and will still be down 70 delegates.

But theres no reason to believe the polls are going to be accurate (considering what has happened before).. I'd say Obama ends up putting much more of a fight

(I'm reposting this because I don't know if everyone saw it)

To the person that asked what Hillary Clinton has done during her service in government:

1) During the Clinton Administration Hillary helped create the State Children's Health Insurance Program. Because of this law many children in our country who would not have insurance do. As Obama likes to point out children don't have voices and that is why he is making it mandatory for parents to have insurance for their children. Thank goodness Hillary has led the way on this issue because for many years now children who wouldn't have had the chance for insurance do.

2) Clinton helped create the Office on Violence Against Women at the Department of Justice

3) In 1997, she initiated and shepherded the Adoption and Safe Families Act.

4) First lady Clinton traveled the world extensively on behalf of the American people. One of her greatest moments was in a September 1995 speech before the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, Clinton argued very forcefully against practices that abused women around the world and in China itself, declaring "that it is no longer acceptable to discuss women's rights as separate from human rights" She has made this a movement around the world.

These are some of the things she has done as First Lady. My question to you is how was Obama effecting Americans lives at that time?

more things Hillary has done.
-Clinton has served on five Senate committees: Committee on Budget (2001-2002), Committee on Armed Services (since 2003), Committee on Environment and Public Works (since 2001), Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (since 2001) and Special Committee on Aging.[205] She is also a Commissioner of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe(since 2001).

-successfully introduced and helped pass legislation protecting kids from drugs that have not first been tested on children. she introduced the Pediatric Research Improvement Act to "make permanent the Food and Drug Administration's authority to ensure that drugs marketed for pediatric use are safe and effective for children." This bill passed the Senate by unanimous consent

-In September 2007 she voted in favor of a Senate resolution calling on the State Department to label the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps "a foreign terrorist organization", which passed 76-22. Obama was not in attendance for this vote. He had scheduling conflicts. Is it my imagination or is he a Senator from IL and an American that is against the radical extreme who killed thousands of Americans? My question is what was so important that he missed that vote, the Presidential campaign wasn't in full swing yet.

-In March 2007, in response to the dismissal of U.S. attorneys controversy, Clinton called on Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to resign,[238] and launched an Internet campaign to gain petition signatures towards this end

-Hillary worked with Congress to expand Medicare coverage to help pay for annual mammogram screenings for all beneficiaries age 40 and over.

-Clinton has enjoyed high approval ratings for her job as senator within New York, reaching an all-time high of 72 to 74 percent approving (including half of Republicans).

Neurochemist: Just an update of what I've been working on.. If you want to track the status of the Clinton fail machine

Doesn't it matter where in the states the candidates do well? I know in Texas areas that had a higher turn out in 2004 get a higher proportion of delegates.

JooJooJoo..coming soon...

12) Lost the 2008 primary election to someone who convinced the country/cynics we could do better. Someone who made us believe.

Empanda: Doesn't it matter where in the states the candidates do well? I know in Texas areas that had a higher turn out in 2004 get a higher proportion of delegates.

Going into the level of detail is impossible without far too much speculation. The way I have it presented assumes it offsets (which it is statistically likely to do). If theres anything I would bet on, it's that I'm low-balling Obama (estimating from past performance) and he's still astronomically ahead.

IceTruckKiller:
Every politician says things that they, realistically, would never do and do not mean. For instance, Bill Clinton said in 1992 that he would run "the most ethical administration in the history of the Republic." Or when Obama said he would deplete the US of all nuclear missiles.

/obviously Clinton was not very ethical
//if president, Obama would never actually get rid of our nuclear arsenal. never.

It's a trap. He's going to deplete them by using them all. Bwaa haa haa.

neurochemist:
JooJooJoo..coming soon...

hypothetical 12) Lost the 2008 primary election to someone who convinced the country/cynics we could do better. Someone who made us believe.

hypothetical 13) Laughed in the faces of the Obamanaters who ruined our country. Sorry (sad pouty face)

JooJooJoo: (I'm reposting this because I don't know if everyone saw it)

I think we can find Wiki on our own.

To the person that asked what Hillary Clinton has done during her service in government:

I don't recall that coming up, per se, in this thread.

All the talk of her 35 years of experience/service, and yet none of this covers more than the last 16. Why?

Why isn't the blank check to Bush 43 to authorize force again Iraq included in here? How about her votes for Patriot (I)?

Not saying that she hasn't done some favorable things, but she's been wrong in ways that are very damaging to the country, and she refuses to admit she's wrong. Plus she's married to a man who had the begrudging respect from large swaths of the populace that frankly can't stomach either one of them any longer. If she's in the Senate, doing good things, and I'm not saying she's not, perhaps that's where she should stay, and work on bringing here current 60% approval rating back up to what it was in here heyday.

Important numbers from this endorsement:

Separately Thursday, Obama also won the backing of the United Food and Commercial Workers, a politically active union with significant membership in the upcoming Democratic battlegrounds.

The 1.3-million member UFCW has 69,000 members in Ohio and another 26,000 in Texas.The food workers also have 19,000 members in Wisconsin, which holds a primary Tuesday.

The union is made up of supermarket workers and meatpackers, with 40 percent of the membership under 30 years old. Obama has been doing especially well among young voters.

So these voters would likely have gone for Obama in large proportion anyway. (mostly young) But the numbers and get out the vote are important regardless.

Also, in a nod to bad journalism, no numbers on actual members of SEIU in the upcoming states is in the article.

JooJooJoo: hypothetical 13) Laughed in the faces of the Obamanaters who ruined our country. Sorry (sad pouty face)

Haha - Ruin our country after 8 years of Bush. Anyone willing to vote for Hilary knowing she was 1) stupid enough to vote YES to the Iraq war and 2) stupid enough to take a stand against Florida/Michigan, then GOES BACK and WANTS THEM TO COUNT.

She is exactly what is wrong with this country. You go to the library and check-out the 'audacity of hope' and read up on Obama's past before you come on here spewing for that biotch.

JooJooJoo: 2) Clinton helped create the Office on Violence Against Women at the Department of Justice

Oh that's rich. Biden might want a word with you about that.

JooJooJoo: -In September 2007 she voted in favor of a Senate resolution calling on the State Department to label the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps "a foreign terrorist organization", which passed 76-22.

You call that an accomplishment? IRG is Irans army. That would be like China declaring our marine corps to be a terrorist organization. The bill was heavily watered down by the time it passed but it still achieved its purpose: to allow the White House the authorization to pursue Iranian forces militarily WITHOUT congressional approval. The White House currently has a blank check to pursue terrorist targets, designating the IRG as such is a rather thinly veiled second blank check for the Bush administration to pursue Iran.

Hillary claimed that she voted for the initial resolution to authorize force with Iraq, but that she "hoped it wouldn't pass." Then she magically got "duped" again into voting for a similar bill in regards to Iran. She is either profoundly stupid, or not really interested in pursuing diplomacy over military intervention in regards to troubled middle east countries.

JooJooJoo: hypothetical 13) Laughed in the faces of the Obamanaters who ruined our country. Sorry (sad pouty face)

Hypothetical 14) Sued the Democratic party to seat Florida and Michigan delegates to beat unfairly beat a fellow party member, losing the general election, and disenfranchising the entire young generation of Democrats, thus dooming the party to minority status for decades to come.

Be kind to JooJooJoo...

...she's not getting paid this month, after all.

JooJooJoo: These are some of the things she has done as First Lady. My question to you is how was Obama effecting Americans lives at that time?

He was representing "community organizers, discrimination claims, and voting rights cases" while lecturing on constitutional law.

Of course, when Hillary Clinton was First Lady, Obama was only in his 30's.

What was Hillary Clinton doing in her 30's? Oh that's right. She was representing Wal-Mart.

Political Scientist from Houston here.
I will throw in my two bits of analysis(long overdue anyway).

This could be nice for Obama in the sense that SEIU represents almost all the janitors in the Downtown area (thousands). How many of those guys can actually vote? I am not sure. Medical employees in the Medical center are another target as well.
Statewide it is similar in the major cities although I am not sure about the smaller counties.

/all in all it is a nice endorsement.

JooJooJoo: 4) First lady Clinton traveled the world extensively on behalf of the American people. One of her greatest moments was in a September 1995 speech before the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, Clinton argued very forcefully against practices that abused women around the world and in China itself, declaring "that it is no longer acceptable to discuss women's rights as separate from human rights" She has made this a movement around the world.

Jesus, sorry, I can't stop.

"She has made this a movement around the world."

You sure the people who actually founded the World Conference on Women who were able to hold a conference in China and get the First Lady to speak in only four years of its existence might deserve a little bit of the credit?

Not to mention NOW, the Lawyer's Guild, and the two global waves of feminism that preceded that conferance...

Duffer: Hillary claimed that she voted for the initial resolution to authorize force with Iraq, but that she "hoped it wouldn't pass." Then she magically got "duped" again into voting for a similar bill in regards to Iran.

Why would I want a US President who doesn't seem to understand how voting works?

You're doing it wrong, Hillary.

Cartman: [joins the other two boys, grunting as he gets into position] Aw, don't tell me we haven't even reached the cloud city yet!
Stan: No cloud city, not even a giant. Heaven must still be a long way off.
Cartman: Alright, look. I didn't wanna have to say this, but I think maybe we're not seeing heaven because one of us doesn't believe in it enough.
Kyle: Huh?
Cartman: Heaven could be like the pixie faeries of Bubble Yum Forest. You only see them if you really believe in them.
Stan: What??
Cartman: You know, maybe we're not seeing heaven because one of us is a J-O-O.
Kyle: [processes the comment] What does me being a Jew have to do with anything?!
Cartman: Because Jews don't believe in heaven!
Kyle: Yes we do! Just not the Christian heaven!
Cartman: Right. Your idea of heaven is getting five dollars off your matzah ball soup at Barney's Beanery by lying about a hair in it.
Kyle: HAAHH!!! [smacks Cartman on the side of the face with his left fist]