One more on HRC

I couldn't resist some comics...this whole "Obama for VP" absurdity from the Clinton campaign has me royally peeved.

Hillary at 3AM

A remix of the now infamous(ly stupid) ad:

Clinton Swings a Bit Too Wild?

Wow. I have seen such "pretty to think so" cynicism about "the way of it" since Rumsfeld stepped down and Cheney retreated (further) from the light of the public eye. Anyone thinking she's prematurely auditioning for a Zell Miller moment at the Republican Convention?

People backing Obama see themselves in fight. If nomiated, and elected, those people expect Obama to fight for the new politics he's envisioned. Clinton, among a crowd of supporters, may have thought she was just tossing a barb at Obama. But as phrased, she's not just attacking Obama, she's attacking the very idea of optimism and hope. There are ways of demanding more specifics on how Obama wants to enact "change" in America. This isn't one of them. To the minds of many outside of the old guard DLC Democratic party, this is a highly effective anti-Clinton ad courtesy of the Clinton campaign itself.

Super Tuesday Republican Primary Endorsement Reminder

Republicans: KEEP THIS GUY AND HIS ENTOURAGE THEATRE AROUND ALL THE WAY TO THE CONVENTION! I want to see V. for Vendetta guys and people in colonial tri-corners standing in the rafters of the Xcel Energy Center in downtown St. Paul. Oh come on! The conventions going to be in St. Paul! The Party needs at least a keynote from the one wizened prophet daring to speak the truth given the namesake. Send Paul to St. Paul!

Cheesesteak the Impaler Shifts to Barack Obama for Dem Primaries

To our knowledge, the flu-stricken Cod Peace is going to defiantly hold onto our endorsement of John Edwards all the way to his MA primary polling station today.

That said, I am taking my share of Bostodelphia's awesome endorsement power and swinging it to Obama. With Edwards bowed out, I believe Obama is the Democratic Party's last, best hope for change in American politics, a rallying figure for those who've felt disenfranchised by the Democratic Party and electoral politics in general over the course of the preceding political generation. And, yes, I'll insert the ubiquitous Black Eyed Peas fronted deluge of celebrity endorsements vid here:


While Senator Clinton has served the state of New York capably during her terms in office, to this sandwich the experience she touts strikes more of a political legacy which this country needs to shed. I am not speaking of her name per se. Rather, I find nothing in her record to really distinguish her from the rank and file of the Democratic Leadership Council who sapped the Democrats' progressive soul in exchange for industry-backed or bought electoral security. These are the people who gave us John Kerry instead of Howard Dean. This is the political calculation that stood by and did nothing while a President marched this country to war on false premises.

Obama is a move away from the DLC's philosophy of maintaining power regardless of how principles must be compromised to keep one's office. It's difficult to see exactly how much change an Obama presidency may bring contemporary politics; but this sandwich has faith that whatever can be ushered in will be an improvement over the current situation.

Bostodelphia Super Tuesday Republican Primaries Endorsement: Ron Paul

How can we not love this guy? He characterizes those who oppose his movement as "Tolkien's Orcs." Where's all the money going? Who knows? But he's just now able to add his political friends to paid staff positions. People are not just giving up mad props, they're putting blimps up there for him!

Full disclosure, since our tangle with the Ron Paul movement over matters of basic media literacy, we've actually had more to say about Ron Paul's campaign than either Coddy or I have had time to really broach. That Orc thing, for instance. Please, those of you not putting a word into the good fight of the Democratic primary, we beg you. Drop your ballot for Ron Paul. The longer he stays in this thing, the longer we'll have a ready topic to blog about for you, dear readers. This is about more than Ron Paul. This is about you. And us. Specifically us having something for you to read.

Bostodelphia Super Tuesday Democratic Primaries Endorsement: John Edwards

As Super Tuesday approaches, Bostodelphia is sticking with our New Hampshire decision to back John Edwards.
Perhaps prior to the big primary shakedown, Cod Peace may step out to give a fuller explanation of our Edwards support. For now, in a nutshell we find Edwards the most progressive candidate.

Edwards is the most consistent among his competition in recognizing the need for economic justice/fairness as the most pressing issue facing a broad majority of Americans. While Senator Clinton touts her experience as most suited to running the ship as currently engineered, and Senator Obama strives to motivate Americans past the divisions that have plagued the country as far back as the 60s, we commend Edwards for recognizing that the present tax and economic regulatory system designed to maintain and further the wealth of America's richest exists at the expense of the country's middle and working class.

Cod Peace N.H. Primary Timed Endorsement: John Edwards for President

I'm endorsing John Edwards for the Democratic nomination. He's the most progessive of the 3 leading Democrats, he's the only candidate to discuss reform of the economic system in a serious way, he would pull troops from Iraq the fastest, and his health care plan is the closest we're going to see to a single-payer system anytime according to Paul Krugman.

Since I'm a resident of the great Commonwealth of Massachusetts (and a registered Dem, no independents allowed to vote in MA in party primaries) I'll be voting in our primary on February 5, part of Super Tuesday.