Goons For Obama: April 2008

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Connecting the Dots

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/30/opinion/30wed1.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

The New York Times on Obama, Wright, repudiation, and John Hagee, via The Dark Project.

Obama in 30 Seconds

http://obamain30seconds.org/

The MoveOn.org "Obama in 30 Seconds" contest has narrowed down the contest finalists so anyone interested in that can go vote.

Thanks be to mich.

Interesting...

http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=98#more-98

Lord of the Llamas says:

Here's an interesting little post about Wright's NAACP speech and how he confuses some of the (linguistic) facts when trying to get an otherwise fair point across

Distance

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4EKY7rCF_c

Obama's press conference about Wright-dorf2. Courtesy of bort.

That's My Pig!

Tainen let's us know that Obama has secured the All Important Pink Floyd Endorsement.

Bill vs. Barack

http://www.newyorker.com/talk/2008/05/05/080505ta_talk_lizza

Thanks, Llama of Destiny.

Lunacy

Charlie Booker, God bless him, is paying attention.

When you stand at a distance and survey this level of nitpicking idiocy, taking in the full landscape of stupidity and meaningless analysis, it's hard not to conclude that 24-hour rolling news is the worst thing to befall humankind since the Manhattan Project.

Thanks Unkempt

Judas Speaks

http://men.style.com/gq/blogs/gqeditors/2008/04/title.html

An interview with Bill Richardson in GQ, via JulianD.

Lion's Den

Transcript and video of Obama on Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace.

Electability!

Howard Dean is a spineless pussy who is starting to sound like stealing the election is A-OK.

Or otherwise he's a smart tactician giving an appearance of impartiality!

Thanks be to CommanderApaul.

Campaigning

Oooo, look, Obama's campaign is a tight ship.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0408/9891.html

Thanks to Grandasaur Egg.

Saturday, April 19, 2008

Obama has two new ads out today:

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/04/19/921286.aspx

Train Ride

Obama takes a train ride through PA.

Mr. Obama seemed amused by his latest mode of transportation. As he descended the escalator at 30th Street Station in Philadelphia, he said: “Let’s get on this train. This is what I’m talking about.”

The conductor, waiting to greet Mr. Obama, told him that he could sound the train’s whistle. “Can I do that, right now?” Mr. Obama asked. “Am I allowed.”

With permission granted, he raised his hand and pulled the cable. “Woo, woo!” Next stop: Paoli, Pa.

From Tortolia

Philly

Obama's speech in Philly:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=QORZY11IHMo

From DaveWoo

Baracky

Baracky: The Movie.

Posted by Chain Lightning

The Queen of Pork

Taibbi's new article on Hillary, "The Queen of Pork" is out.

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/20306341/the_queen_of_pork/print

Posted by ReindeerF

Spontaneous March

Video from the spontaneous march after the Philly rally:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYUkyvpA_a8&eurl=http://www.dailykos.com/comments/2008/4/18/22105/1053/399

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ie6I3yHJips&eurl=http://www.dailykos.com/comments/2008/4/18/22105/1053/399

All praise to Tainen

Friday, April 18, 2008

Hillary Slams MoveOn

Hillary Slams MoveOn:

At a small closed-door fundraiser after Super Tuesday, Sen. Hillary Clinton blamed what she called the "activist base" of the Democratic Party -- and MoveOn.org in particular -- for many of her electoral defeats, saying activists had "flooded" state caucuses and "intimidated" her supporters, according to an audio recording of the event obtained by The Huffington Post.

"Moveon.org endorsed [Sen. Barack Obama] -- which is like a gusher of money that never seems to slow down," Clinton said to a meeting of donors. "We have been less successful in caucuses because it brings out the activist base of the Democratic Party. MoveOn didn't even want us to go into Afghanistan. I mean, that's what we're dealing with. And you know they turn out in great numbers. And they are very driven by their view of our positions, and It's primarily national security and foreign policy that drives them. I don't agree with them. They know I don't agree with them. So they flood into these caucuses and dominate them and really intimidate people who actually show up to support me."

Click through for audio.

Posted by Eggplant999

The Philly Citypaper infiltrated an undercover reporter into the Obama campaign and did the same to the Clinton campaign. They each detailed their time spent as a volunteer for the campaign in Philly.

Obama.

Clinton.

Posted by elpintogrande

Monday, April 7, 2008

Obama Didn't Want My Money

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/4/7/124812/3285/604/491642

Obama sends money back to lobbyist, who then writes about how he now further supports Obama.

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Endorsement by Lee Hamilton

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/2008/04/former_rep_hamilton_to_endorse.php

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama Wednesday won the endorsement of Lee Hamilton, a former Indiana congressman who is a leading U.S. authority on foreign relations and national security.

The support of Hamilton, who co-chaired two blue-ribbon commissions that investigated the Sept. 11 attacks and advised President Bush on the war in Iraq, could boost the Illinois senator in his May 6 Indiana primary contest against New York Sen. Hillary Clinton.

Posted by "Bad Sandwiches"