That’s just cool…
When asked for a comment on the fist bump, 71 year old John McCain said, “I don’t condone domestic violence… and when did we start allowing women to expoxe their arms in public?”
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Now that we know who the Democratic nominee will be, it's time to go to work...
Obama for America is looking for exceptionally talented web developers who want to play a key role in a historic political campaign and help elect Barack Obama as the next President of the United States. (Interested in a security expert position?)
This six-month opportunity will allow you to:
- Create software tools which will enable an unprecedented nationwide voter contact and mobilization effort
- Help build and run the largest online, grassroots fundraising operation in the history of American politics
- Introduce cutting-edge social networking and online organizing to the democratic process by empowering everyday people to participate on My.BarackObama
You must have:
- At least 5 years of professional web development experience
- A deep understanding of LAMP development processes and best practices
- Experience building complex applications using PHP and MySQL
- Advanced or expert CSS, Javascript, and AJAX skills
- An abiding desire to put your technical wizardry to work for democracy and for our country
Special consideration given to candidates who have:
- Experience scaling large LAMP applications
- Posses deep knowledge of MySQL performance and query optimization
- Strong practical knowledge of web application security
- Created highly usable user interface/experience for complex web applications
- Worked in a fast‐paced web development environment and have proven their ability to write outstanding code under tight deadlines
Successful candidates will join the development team in Boston, MA. Candidates should be willing to commit to work through the election in November. This is a salaried position. Housing assistance may be available for those not located in the Boston area.
Link: Verbose Coma : Culture Gone to Brunch: The Bagel of my Discontent.
Hilarious... Any ideas? Personally, I think if you had a hose with hot water, you could flush it with water through the screen. Eventually, it would thaw, then get really soggy and disintegrate.
Hillary Clinton's colossal blunder simply the last straw
We have seen an X-ray of a very dark soul. One consumed by raw ambition to where the possible assassination of an opponent is something to ponder in a strategic way.
"Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama veered from collegial to clenched and combative in a debate on Thursday, with Mrs. Clinton turning especially aggressive as she all but accused Mr. Obama of plagiarism and derided his political message as “change you can Xerox.”"
From CNN...
"...the New York senator struck a cautious and, at times, conciliatory tone toward Obama, and likely did little to blunt the momentum of a candidate who has won 11 straight contests.
It wasn't quite the love-fest of the CNN debate in Los Angeles, California, three weeks ago, but Clinton repeatedly shied away from challenging her rival, even when the debate's moderators gave her ample opportunities to do so."
It wasn't quite the love-fest of the CNN debate in Los Angeles, California, three weeks ago, but Clinton repeatedly shied away from challenging her rival, even when the debate's moderators gave her ample opportunities to do so."
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Michigan and Florida decided to move their primaries up ahead of Super Tuesday, against the wishes of the Democratic party. So, the party decided not to count those primaries and all the candidates decided not to campaign in those states.
After she won them, and now that she's behind in the delegate tallies, now Hillary wants those primaries to count.
Obama's name wasn't even on the Michigan ballet!!
She says she worries about disenfranchised voters, but then when the casino workers in Nevada officially endorsed Obama, she filed suit to prevent them from caucusing inside casinos during that state's primary.
And then there's the issue of superdelegates. WTF even knew these people even existed before this election? Here you are thinking that your vote counts for something, and then you find out that a bunch of political insiders can outvote you come convention time.
Obama wants superdelegates to vote along with the people of their states.
Hillary wants superdelegates not to vote for the candidate that the people in their state voted for, but to "vote their conscience."
To me, that's just about the most objectionable stance you could possibly take on this issue. It's less democratic.
She thinks that superdelegates should not"be swayed by current trends"... You know, like the trend of people not voting for her.
Her campaign strategist, himself a superdelegate, said that superdelegates should vote by keeping in mind "their best judgment in the interests of the party and the country."
I hope they do just that.
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"We're urging votes for a candidate whose political views we often disagree with. But this is a more complicated contest, and a more complex candidate, than the norm. This nation's next president inherits a war -- against terrorists in Iraq and elsewhere -- that has found many ways to divide Americans. Capitol Hill is gridlocked and uncivil. Our discourse is hostage to blame.For the Democrats: Obama -- chicagotribune.comObama can help this nation move forward. A Tribune profile last May labeled his eight years in Springfield as "a study in complexity, caution and calculation. In the minority party for all but his final two years in the Statehouse, he tempered a progressive agenda with a cold dash of realism, often forging consensus with conservative Republicans when other liberals wanted to crusade."Racial profiling, death penalty reform, recording of criminal interrogations, health care -- when victory was elusive, Obama seized progress.
He did so by working fluidly with Republicans and Democrats. He sought out his ideological foes. He listened closely to them. As a result, many Republicans in Illinois have warm words for Barack Obama.
Obama's key opponent, U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton, unifies only her foes. Her penchant for gaming every issue -- recall her clumsy dodging when asked in a Philadelphia debate whether illegal immigrants should be licensed to drive -- feeds suspicion of maneuvering that would humble Machiavelli.As this campaign has progressed, Hillary Clinton in moments of crisis hasn't been an ennobling sight. Her reliance on her husband, the less-than-presidential Bill, to trash-talk Obama reaffirms that the Clintons do whatever it takes to prevail. Depicting Obama's record on Iraq as a "fairy tale" is instructive: Think what you will of the war, but Sen. Clinton was an enabler when that was popular. In Kerryspeak, she was for the war before she was against the war."
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