“OBAMA SUPPORTERS” DAILY NEWS Tuesday May 6, 2008

Right to life thinks they have the right to break the law as well.

been on computer too long today/

Jerome Armstrong & WVWV - what's the deal?

by jakester, Mon May 05, 2008

Monday, May 5, 2008 The Personal IS Political

The Dark Side Welcomes Hillary

IN and NC Polls

by kos Mon May 05, 2008 at 05:55:13 PM PDT

Obama will close out Tuesday night in North Carolina, Clinton in Indiana. Sort of tells you who expects to win what, huh?

...more at the link

More on The Gas Tax Holiday Nonsense

By: John Cole May 6, 2008 at 12:11 am

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x128234

this is an awesome video

(Sorry for the bad news.)



Obama's campaign headquarters vandalized



Obama Indiana campaign office vandalized (video)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x5823562

Betting on stupid

Betty Cracker

Everyone knows the gas tax holiday is a stupid idea. Anti-Obama, pro-Clinton economist and NYT columnist Paul Krugman admits it's a bad idea, along with just about every other reputable economist with an opinion on the issue.

Bloomington Herald Tribune http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/hr.asp?fpVname=IN_HT&ref_pge=lst

Elkhart The Truth http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/hr.asp?fpVname=IN_ET&ref_pge=lst

Fort Wayne Journal Gazette http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/hr.asp?fpVname=IN_JG&ref_pge=lst

Fort Wayne News Sentinel http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/hr.asp?fpVname=IN_NS&ref_pge=lst

The Indianapolis Star http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/hr.asp?fpVname=IN_IS&ref_pge=lst

NWI The Times http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/hr.asp?fpVname=IN_TT&ref_pge=lst

South Bend Tribune http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/hr.asp?fpVname=IN_SBT&ref_pge=lst

Charlotte Observer http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/hr.asp?fpVname=NC_CO&ref_pge=lst

Winston-Salem Journal http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/hr.asp?fpVname=NC_WSJ&ref_pge=lst

There are lots of ways to show your enthusiasm in this race. Dressing in an eagle costume is certainly one that will draw attention.

The 'Obama eagle': Lost his son in Iraq, now he wants the troops home

Chad on Mon, 05/05/2008



It was a nice spring day in South Bend, Indiana. Sunny and warm can be the ticket to spending the day doing a number of activities. But Jesse Cao was standing outside in downtown South Bend all day in an eagle costume holding an Obama sign. All day.

I drove by about 4-5 times, seeing him out there. Finally, I had to ask what his reason for standing out there.

Cao told me his son, a 1st Lieutenant, died in Iraq 3 years ago. And he was out there to work to being his friends home from the war. He said we should focus on Afghanistan.

I asked him how the reaction had been. He said tons of people were honking and stopping by during the 4 days he had been out there.

...http://www.buzzflash.com/articles/election08/166

Broad Stripes and Bright Stars: Youths ruin system by actually using right to vote

Published: Tuesday, May 6, 2008



…Kids, go ahead and waste your youth, but leave the electoral process out of it.
For years, the youth of America were satisfied with their music videos and their caffeinated soft drinks. Politics never made it to the roundtable discussions amidst rounds of Mario Kart.
Perhaps drunk on the power of electing their favorite American Idol, today’s youth are elevating elders’ eyebrows because of their political activity.
…The 2008 Iowa caucuses tripled the number of participants aged 18 to 29 from the 2004 caucus. The majority (57 percent) of these whippersnappers voted for Barack Obama.

…
Actually, we do know how 18 to 20 year olds received the right to vote. The same old malarkey you hear today along the lines of “being old enough to die for your country means you’re old enough to drink a beer” was being used decades ago. Just replace drinking with voting and you’ve got yourself the 26th Amendment. …more at the link

Chris Yonker is a senior journalism major. Send him your draft cards at cy129904@ohiou.edu.
http://www.thepost.ohiou.edu/Articles/Opinion/Columns/2008/05/06/24326/

((((((((((((((((((((((( The RBC Update: Contempt )))))))))))))))))))))))

2008.05.05 21:59:27


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By proposing the gas tax holiday, an idea only a fool or an
ignoramus could take seriously, Hillary Clinton has advertised
to the world that she thinks her voters are easy marks. Some
of them probably resent it, or could be encouraged to do so.
And the same goes for John McCain in the general election: the
press has already more or less announced that the idea is
bogus.

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http://WWW.samefacts.com/archives/campaign_2008_/2008/05/contempt.php

Please visit this thread, kick AND recommend!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=5834804&mesg_id=5834804

May 6 2008 Primary Election Protection for North Carolina & Indiana

toll free hotlines and also online form to report incidents. Robo call warning.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x502024

Election results at the NC State Board of Elections website
http://www.sboe.state.nc.us/

Indiana = Clinton +3.5
North Carolina = Obama + 13

...giving an estimated 10 delegate differential to Obama!!
Yay.

projections are higher than they should be in NC because they assume that the
African American voting pattern during early voting will persist on election day.

The truth is that democrats push early voting, AA advocates PUSH early voting.

Expect the AA turnout to be a lower percent on election day than was during early voting.

How much lower I don't know, but significant.

:thumbsup:

We Will Unite

Gary Pearce May 5. Talking About Politics.

Saturday’s Jefferson-Jackson Dinner was the biggest ever in North Carolina.

And the most divided.

When the Governor gets booed, you know feelings run high. It’s like those state Republican conventions back in the 1970s when the moderates and the Jessecrats were at war.

Can the split be healed by November? My guess is that it can, but only if Obama is the nominee.

This may be an oversimplification, but Clinton’s supporters – being older and more jaded – probably will be more willing to accept Obama than vice versa.

The Obama people – young people and minorities – will feel betrayed if Obama is denied. Many of them are involved in politics for the first time. They’re young and idealistic. They don’t have the same scar tissue as the Clinton supporters.

Plus, Obama has won the most delegates. Clinton can win only by persuading the superdelegates to overturn that result – or by winning a bloody battle over seating Michigan and Florida.

One thing becomes more likely as this long war goes on: Whoever wins will pick the other as his or her running mate.

posted @ Monday, May 05, 2008 11:51 AM by Gary Pearce

http://www.talkingaboutpolitics.com/Home/tabid/36/ctl/ArticleView/mid/364/articleId/1196/We-Will-Unite.aspx

http://www.suffolk.edu/offices/20580.html#anchor28671

I like the Suffolk poll because they use bellwether areas to compare to their polls and the actual results, and the correlations are remarkable.

"Bellwether area" is one of a long list of things that I have learned about thanks to this stoopid election.

since they are low information voters?

I always vote on election day, but many people have already voted.

See our election schedule in North Carolina:

Important Election Dates:
2008 Primary Election May 6th
Last day to register to vote: Apr. 11
Absentee Voting: Mar. 17 - Apr. 29
One Stop Absentee Voting: Apr. 17 - May 3

One man came in the polling place and asked the workers if he could
switch parties today.

When told no, he left WITHOUT VOTING.

We have a gubenatorial race (Gov Easley is outgoing) so you'd think the guy would
stay and at least cast his vote for Gov, Lt Gov, Commiss of Labor, Superintendent of Schools,
Judicial Contests.

I guess Operation Chaos isn't organized well enough (I hope)

I also got some calls and emails today on questions and problems,
maybe do a separate post on that in a bit.

Monday, May 5, 2008
Clinton, Nixon; Nixon, Clinton: The Crooks Are At It Again



Economist.com
New York

SIX days ahead of the North Carolina primary comes a story of real sleaze—not Jeremiah Wright-style buffoonery, but Nixon-style illegality designed to dupe and disenfranchise voters—that should surprise precisely nobody who has been following and covering this campaign. A group called Women's Voices Women's Vote (WVWV), which claims to have been "created to activate unmarried Americans in their government and in our democracy" has been placing robocalls to voters across North Carolina that seem designed to fool them into thinking they have not yet registered to vote. Many of the voters who received those calls are black. Voters in 11 states have complained about similarly deceptive calls and mailings that have been traced back to WVWV this primary season.

Guess which Democratic candidate WVWV's founder and president, Page Gardner, has donated $6,700 to (hint: it's not Barack Obama). Guess whose election campaign Joe Goode, WVWV's executive director, worked for (hint: it was in 1992, and it was a winning campaign). Guess whose chief of staff sits on WVWV's board of directors (hint: it was the president who served between two Bushes). And guess whose campaign manager was a member of WVWV's leadership team (hint: it's Hillary Clinton).

It's an odd story: a recording of someone named Lamont Williams calls voters to tell them a voter-registration packet is on its way. It's unclear whether anything arrives; what isn't unclear is that the call is well after the registration deadline. It's not too hard to imagine this call coming to an unsophisticated voter (and let me make this clear: I am in no way saying black voters, who seem to have received the lion's share of the calls, are all unsophisticated; I'm simply positing a scenario), and that voter becoming confused. Perhaps he thinks he's not registered, and calls his state's board of elections who tells him it's too late so he stays home on election day. Perhaps the board of elections doesn't know what he's talking about, and he gets frustrated and stays home, assuming he's unregistered.

If this were a one-time event, I might be less suspicious, but it's happened in state after state, always after the registration deadline has passed, and always shortly before the primary. This is an organisation stuffed with Washington insiders; incompetence like this simply doesn't happen over and over again, not in the same way like this. Something stinks.

....more at the link
http://theladnerreportblog.blogspot.com/2008/05/clinton-nixon-nixon-clinton-crooks-are.html

Monday, May 5, 2008
STEPHANIE TUBBS JONES JUST LOVES HERSELF SOME "MISS HILLARY"

http://bp1.blogger.com/_3IycwU-oXnQ/SB_gUwBB0dI/AAAAAAAAAOk/6NPvAlTFFp0/s400/stephanie+and+hillary.jpg

Here's hoping Stephanie's constituents in Cleveland, Ohio who voted for Barack Obama make her pay when she comes up for re-election. She said on MSNBC today that she is honored to work in Hillary's campaign. She is an embarrassment to black womanhood in America.
Is grinnin' and skinnin' on behalf of her "Miss Hillary" all she can do with her life?

Folks, it's time for the take-down. A friend said she is organizing a campaign to get her out of office for crimes against the mostly black inner city voters who sent her to the U.S. Congress. Let's see what "Miss Hillary" will do to help her (we know Hillary doesn't give a darn about Stephanie).

Stephanie told the media that her District is diverse (translation: she has a few white constituents too). She had the nerve to say that white men in her District love her. Is she for real? If she believes that, elephants can fly. Delusional? That's for you to decide. We will see what happens in her District when Barack Obama gets the nomination. Will her diverse constituency including the white men who love her offer enough support in her inner city District to send her back to Washington for another term?

Payback can be lethal. No more "Delta Days" in which she shows off her "Miss Hillary" around the Capitol. Some Delta Sigma Theta Sorors want to bring her up on charges for using our beloved DST to advance "Miss Hillary's" campaign among black women nationally. Sorors, I will be right there to join in the action and from the mail I am getting, others of you across the country will be there too. If there is one thing black women don't tolerate, it is being used to advance a bigoted, lethal white woman's agenda.

... more at the link
http://theladnerreportblog.blogspot.com/2008/05/stephanie-tubbs-jones-just-loves.html

This is a fun comment posted to the Carpet Bagger Report, about the WVWV robo calls
and political ties:

On April 30th, 2008 at 4:28 pm, Spero Melior said:
She may campaign like a Republican, but she’d never, ever consider governing like one. C’mon, you can trust her.

My resolve to hold my nose and vote for her in Nov. if she gets the nomination continues to be tested. Forget about holding my nose; I’m going to need at Hazmat suit.

http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/archives/15388.html

What does this phrase really mean?

"You can trust her" can only be spoken about someone that someone else doesn't trust.

This was posted to a forum at the Greensboro News and Record. I did report it to
1-866-OUR-VOTE.

Holden said:

I took some members of my Mom's Sunday School class to their polling place in southern Alamance County (Eli Whitney Recreational Center) - some problems or confusion there concerning two older black women who appeared to be voting for the first time. They claimed they had registered as "unaffiliated" but apparently were given ballots for "independents" which did not allow them to vote for Obama. When they complained, they were told nothing could be done since they had already voted. These two women appeared confused and disappointed.

http://blog.news-record.com/staff/debatables/2008/05/vote_today.shtml

Robert L. Borosage: Carolina On My Mind

If Hillary loses North Carolina tonight, it's over. Any superdelegate who is sentient and truly not committed should bring this thing to an end, by endorsing Obama as quickly as possible.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-l-borosage/carolina-on-my-mind_b_100367.html

The fix is in already!!
Submitted by Jim Sheaves on Tue, 05/06/2008 - 8:55am. election irregularities vote rigging
I was just contacted by a good friend in Granville County about what is turning into, at best a problem, but most likely IMO, a concerted effort to supress Democrats from voting in Granville County. From her message:

They opened the doors at 6:30 and we were 4th and 5th in line at the A-H table. There was a problem with the first guy in line. They got him out of line and I don't know where he went. I think they got him a provisional ballot. The next lady's name was on the list and she voted.

However, they couldn't find person #3's name in the book either. She was upset because she has been a registered voter in Granville County for many years. Next-my turn. My name is not there. Neither is ******* nor *******. WTF? I also told the lady that I have been registered to vote in Granville County for 14 years AND have voted in every election. I know this because I looked it up when you gave me the sample ballot webpage! WTF?

They gave me a provisional ballot but I didn't have time to vote with it because all the booths were full and I had to get to work!! But, as I'm leaving, I hear the lady at the A-H book tell the man running the precinct that the book might as well be thrown out because out of 15 people, only 3 have had their names listed.

OK. I am seething and I want an explanation!!! WTF is up here? I don't know what to do or who to call. I did notice the book with the names in it was more than half the size it was the last time I voted - and very strange since the lower half of Granville County has grown expeonentially since 2004. I know of about 600 new homes within 5 miles of my house. Something stinks!

...more at
http://bluenc.com/the-fix-is-in-already%21%21

visit the link and read the comments to get the answer to why this happened.

I warned of this and sent out press releases before early voting and the message
just didn't reach every day people.

This is over at www.BlueNC.com

NC Election Returns Party - Live-Blog
Submitted by Betsy Muse on Tue, 05/06/2008

new
We will be joined by the good folks at The Blend
Submitted by Betsy Muse on Tue, 05/06/2008 - 4:05pm.
Pam will be on location at Jim Neal's celebration so we're joining forces in the live-blog. It will be posted at her place and BlueNC and possibly MyDD. So, we'll be busy moderating and hunting down return numbers.

I hope you're all planning on attending. We'll kick off at 7:00 p.m. with some casual chat time. I can't wait to see you all here.

The dogs are taken care of and it is time to get back out at the polls.

Robin Hayes lied. Nobody died, but thousands of folks lost their jobs.

GO HERE TO SEE WHAT WE TARHEELS ARE SAYING
http://bluenc.com/nc-election-returns-party---live-blog

Primary Day Ritual
06 May 2008 04:48 pm Andrew Sullivan

An hilariously dead-on account by Al Giordano. And yes, it has already begun:

The day begins with the Clinton campaign “leaking” something to the Drudge Report to set expectations for the day. That then gets repeated on political blogs and cable news, where Clinton surrogate Terry McAuliffe elaborates. Today’s “expectation”: That the Clinton campaign expects a “15 point” defeat in North Carolina. Clinton’s yapping puppies in the news media repeat the manufactured expectation all day long, in which the bar is supposedly now that if Clinton comes within 15 points in that state that she has somehow “won” with a 14 point (or 6 point) defeat.
You know the rest ... God I hate the Clintons. More goal-post moving here.

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http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/05/primary-day-rit.html

Council backs Obama
Submitted by ryanteaguebeckwith on May 6, 2008 - 6:30pm.

Jeanette Council has endorsed Barack Obama.

The Cumberland County commissioner, who is a Democratic Party superdelegate, told the Fayetteville Observer that she was backing Obama.

"I would have no problem voting for either of the two," she said. "But of the two, I think Barack Obama is the better candidate."

Earlier, she told the newspaper that she was not sure if she would make a decision before Election Day

The announcement brings Obama's North Carolina superdelegate count to seven. Rival Hillary Clinton has two.

http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/council_backs_obama

Obama-Supporter Daschle: Taking It To Rules Committee Would Be "Extralegal"
By Greg Sargent - May 6, 2008, 7:10PM

An odd moment on MSNBC just now: Tom Daschle, a major Obama supporter, seemed to suggest that it would be "extra-legal" if the Hillary campaign takes the dispute over the Florida and Michigan delegations to the DNC's Rules and Bylaws Committee.

Asked about that scenario, Daschle said:

"If we have the majority of delegates, and we've got a nominee, all this becomes sort of a moot point. I can't imagine that they would actually consider something that dramatic, something that extra-legal, at a time when we really ought to be talking about uniting the party."
Extra-legal? According to Dictionary.com, that words means "not regulated or sanctioned by law."

Whatever you think of any plans to go to the Rules and Bylaws committee, It's not clear that there would be anything "extra-legal" about it at all, at least according to this rundown on how that committee works.


http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/05/obamasupporter_daschle_taking.php

Tue May 6, 3:17 PM | Permalink / Comments
Pro-McCain GOPers backing Clinton in open Democratic primaries

Since John McCain wrapped up the Republican nomination, it's become clear that a small but significant number of pro-McCain Republicans have begun participating in the Democratic primary and are voting for Hillary Clinton.

It's a trend that will have an impact on the results tonight in Indiana, though at this point we don't know how big. It's also not clear whether these Republicans are engaged in Operation Chaos-style "strategic voting" or if they are expressing their preference for second place.

Comparing the numbers from before McCain effectively secured the GOP nomination to after, it appears that since March, up to 3% of all voters in open Democratic primaries are Republicans supporting Clinton with no intention of actually voting for her in the general.

http://www.jedreport.com/2008/05/pro-mccain-repu.html

Tue May 6, 10:02 AM | Permalink / Comments
Listen up, undeclared superdelegates!



He's got 1.5 million individual contributors...and we're still in the primary.
He has endured an assault from the GOP, his Democratic opponent, and the MSM -- and he is still winning the nomination battled.
He's locked up the democratically selected pledged delegate victory (even if you include Mich. and Fla.)
The only way his opponent can win is if 80% of choose to overturn the vote.
He's working to unite the Democratic Party to take on John McCain.
He is expanding the electoral map.
He respects the American people enough to tell the truth.
He is the future.
Now, superdelegates, we need you to make a decision -- for the good of the party and for the good of your country.

Superdelegates, your time is now.

http://www.jedreport.com/2008/05/listen-up-undec.html

The Current Clinton Voter
Published May 6, 2008 in Hillary Clinton. 18 Comments
You gotta be kidding me.

Mary Bunger, a 44-year-old single mom from Abington, emerged from the town’s general store on Wednesday, the only place to purchase a snack in a 10-mile radius.

“I am definitely going to try to go with Hillary,” she said. “I almost feel like (Obama’s) the anti-Christ from the Middle East.”

Bunger reads news online about the election and has been “trying to talk everybody into voting, especially this year because I’m really scared for Obama to get it.”

http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/05/06/the-current-clinton-voter/

but boy is that some guessing. There's alot to do to report all those votes
from about 3,000 polling places.

Harry Reid: Clinton's Iran Comment Is "Not The American Way"

May 6, 2008 06:26 PM

TOM ASHBROOK: A surge in diplomacy, you say. Senator Clinton recently used the word "obliterate" in regard to Iran. That it might be obliterated if it moved against Israel. Is that a helpful kind of word? Senator Obama said not.

HARRY REID: Well, I am certainly doing my best not to take sides in this presidential thing. But I think that flexing our muscles, threatening people, threatening countries, is not the American way. We have -- as President Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt said, "speak softly, carry a big stick." Words to that effect. And that's what I think we should do. Speak softly, make sure that people know that we can react if we have to, but let's not go around threatening people.

...http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/05/06/harry-reid-clintons-iran_n_100468.html

I hope he holds this gigantic lead!

Considering all of the dirty tricks and stuff, I am amazed.

See CNN

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/state/#NC

PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE - DEM (Vote For 1) Vote Type Summary Contest Detail Map
0 of 100 Counties Reporting Percent Votes

Hillary Clinton (DEM) 40.94% 122,237
Mike Gravel (DEM) 0.65% 1,951
Barack Obama (DEM) 57.19% 170,766
No Preference (DEM) 1.22% 3,651
298,605 counted so far

This is with partial results reported for 10 counties out of 100.

http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NC/1875/3170/en/pr.html

I wonder where CNN gets their results from since the North Carolina SBoE results are
not as big a win for Obama.

AT 8:23 PM CHECKING BOTH CNN AND NC STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SITES:

CNN RESULTS

North Carolina

Updated 1 minute ago

County: Table | Map
Exit Poll
Obama 191,292 64% 20 9% reporting
Clinton 102,787 34% 13

No Preference 3,160 1

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/state/#NC

NORTH CAROLINA STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SITE REPORTING LIVE

PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE - DEM (Vote For 1) Vote Type Summary Contest Detail Map
2 of 100 Counties Reporting
Percent Votes
Hillary Clinton (DEM) 40.46% 166,774
Mike Gravel (DEM) 0.66% 2,706
Barack Obama (DEM) 57.65% 237,641
No Preference (DEM) 1.23% 5,063
412,184

http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NC/1875/3206/en/summary.html