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Obama Scores a Win in Wyoming

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Posted on Mar 8, 2008

Democratic candidate Barack Obama emerged victorious in Saturday’s Wyoming caucuses, a win The Washington Post framed as “expected” but still one that Obama’s campaign manager called “very important” for the Illinois senator.


“The Fix” at The Washington Post:

David Plouffe, campaign manager for Obama, called Wyoming a “very important win” for the campaign, noting that the state played host to “very furious campaigning by the Clinton campaign.”

Plouffe noted that Obama has now won 30 contests and said the campaign will net two delegates out of Wyoming today.

With 96 percent of precincts reporting, Obama held a 59 percent to 40 percent edge over Clinton.

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By Janet Reno, March 29, 2008 at 7:59 pm #
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THE SPEECH—

The Apologia has arrived and once again the self-indicting, separatist-racist Barack Obama AKA Barack Hussein Obama, promises to heal the wounds of the world. The speech is the rude awakening of mass messianism of his campaign. Apologetically, Obama the MUSLIM double-cross X-boX-BorraX has an astonishingly empty two-prawn echelon explanation of his misjudgment.
In the first prawn: with regard to his connection to separatist-racist Rev. Wright; Obama summons voodoo and juju to express slavery as beginning and ending with the Rev. Wright.
In the second prawn: Obama’s speech takes credit for Ashley’s dream. A dream of unity Martin Luther King, Jr. borrowed from Ashley for his historic “I Have A Dream” speech. In Obama’s speech, the connective bond Ashley, the elderly black man and Obama’s grandmother share; represents Obama’s self-indicting rise to the Harvard Yard. For Obama, the grand flag of language is the semi-fore of words, bestowed upon our nation by the messiah-alumni from Harvard. Obama’s Swoon-Song Apologia to the nation represents a failed hymn—a hymn that fails to heal the nation, repair the world, or make this time different than all the rest. Obama’s speech is a brilliant failure.

http://www.halliburtonwatch.org/

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By democratICnproud, March 11, 2008 at 10:34 am #

Mitt, I must yield to your experience with LSD since I have none but you cut me to the quick with your hurtful comments about my assessment of my own intelligence. “Much smarter”? Excuse me? I think you would be more accurate to say “extraordinarily smarter”. Oh, by the way, let the others in the BHO camp know that the Repuglicans don’t want to play nice and will continue to obstruct progress any way they can SO LEARN HOW TO FIGHT or get out of the way!!

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By democratICnproud, March 10, 2008 at 4:00 pm #

As with MOST of Obama’s wins, this Wyoming win can not and does not compare with winning states like Ohio, New York, California and other states the Democratic Party WILL carry in November. Yet Obama’s camp pretends all states are equal. So naive. Also, Obama should gratefully consent to be Hillary’s VP so she can train him up and make him acceptable for the 2016 election. He’s a bright fellow so that should be enough time. Give ‘em hell Hillary !!!!

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By democratICnproud, March 10, 2008 at 10:29 am #
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I understand the BHO camp’s rush to hang their collective hats on whatever hook is available but reality must begin to take hold soon. BHO touts all the states he is “winning” but an objective look reveals, for the most part, these are states the Repugs will control in Nov. So, a more realistic point of reference is who is taking the states Dems historically must win to take the White House and that analysis clearly elevates HRC. Also, BHO would be better served NOT having losers like Hart and Bill Bradley carrying their message which makes him appear even weaker than he aleady does. WE NEED A FIGHTER !!!!

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By mitt, March 9, 2008 at 10:32 am #
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Your comments represents an LSD trip.  Fantasies and thinking your much smarter than you are.

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By Douglas Chalmers, March 9, 2008 at 9:51 am #

Obama scores a win - new clip of traditional native dance training tour for Samantha Power…....

Mapouka http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1SJwk87jmo&feature=related

Helping Hillary send Bill to Africa…....

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By pacrat, March 9, 2008 at 8:30 am #
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In a state of fewer than a million people - mostly red -  it is surprising that Barack won - and he doesn’t wear cowboy boots or jeans (at least in public). Good for them.

Wonder how their shame (Cheney) feels about it? And, who cares?

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By cyrena, March 9, 2008 at 12:07 am #

Well, we’re hearing more from the silent majority of the 21st Century. Back in the old days of the 20th Century, this would simply not have happened.

Yeah, I know, I know. Obama was ‘projected’ to win in Wyoming, (and that too sort of surprised me) but still, I’m noting the change. Wyoming has always been a blood red state, as it may well remain in the general election. Still, even though this WAS the Democratic Caucus, it’s still a bit of a surprise for Wyoming’s Dems to lean to the progressive rather than the conservative (republican) side of the Democratic Party.

Now of course Hillary’s campaign had already deemed this to be unimportant contest in Wyoming, and an unimportant state. Any state that she doesn’t win is ‘unimportant’ in their eyes. (note the denial of reality).

But, if she were at all smart, or if her campaign advisors were paying the slightest bit of attention, (to reality, which is ‘we the people’) then they WOULD note that these constant wins for Obama might just be a result of the fact that more and more Americans, state by state, are REJECTING not just her policies and positions on the issues most important to them, but the trashy way in which her campaign has been conducted.

Sure in earlier times, Americans might have paid less attention to, or otherwise overlooked one or the other;the flip-flopping on positions or the trashing of her party mate, democratic team member. We saw that Americans didn’t do a whole lot about the swiftboating of John Kerry.

Still, doesn’t she ‘get’ that the ‘fooled once’ adage applies to the American constituency as well? Doesn’t she ‘get’ that after the misery of these 7 long years of a radical/reactionary regime, that Americans wouldn’t be FAR more likely to pay attention now? Don’t they get a clue from the RECORD turnouts in these 2008 primary contests? Have they attempted to connect ANY dots of reality here?

Well, ‘appearances’ at least, would suggest not.  While HRC has in fact sort of blurred/altered her ‘public/campaign’ message to conform more with the concerns of American voters, (ie the vague plans for eventually leaving Iraq – maybe, sometime, if things work out) she’s just gone totally overboard with the trashing. So much so that it’s like watching someone in the throes of a psychotic meltdown.

Now when this happens to Britney Spears, there’s the reaction from the parallel universe/alternative reality of the entertainment industry, that ranges from genuine recognition, (and empathy for her condition) to vicious attacks that demonize her further. BUT, when HRC does this kind of stuff, it makes Americans WORRIED. It’s frightening! At best, it’s uncomfortable to witness (coming from someone who wants to be the top honcho) and at worse, re-affirms our steady decline as a collective/nation.

Now Hillary had an interview with Steve at 60 minutes a couple of days ago, and she actually suggested that John McCain would be a better president than her own Democratic party team contender, Barack Obama, at least in reference to the dreaded ‘national security.’ Now on the one hand, maybe she actually does believe that, and felt nothing was at all untoward in saying it. (like, just the truth in her opinion?) But on the other hand, it will not, and has not been so well received by the public, and it would seem that any politician would recognize public perception as important. Dictators and/or fascists though, don’t CARE what the public perception is. The current administration, (if we wanna call it that) is a perfect example. Hillary is morphing closer and closer to that same ideology/position.

It doesn’t seem to have occurred to her or her advisors. Or, she/they just don’t care.

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By Bill Vroom, March 8, 2008 at 11:01 pm #
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...and more!  See http://obamawill.com

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