Barack Hussein Obama, Barack Milhous Obama, Barack Not-That Hussein Obama....

Barack Obama and Relatives in Africa (1987)
What's in a name? Are we now not allowed to use BHO's full name? Mark Levin came up with a couple of humorous alternatives yesterday: Barack Milhouse Obama and Barack Not-That-Hussein Obama! We freely speak of Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR), John Fitzgerald Kennedy (JFK), Richard Milhous Nixon (RMN), William Jefferson Clinton (WJC) but we can't use Barack Hussein Obama (BHO); don't even try to go with BO. Remember Joe Biden said he's clean, Oh, and don't forget either;we can't call BHO liberal he doesn't like that. Fact is, BHO is beyond liberal with his collectivist ideology.






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Today on Steady Habits: Candidate Must be Natural Born

Traditional Attire: Obama v Hillary....

Senator Clinton's campaign responded to the controversy over the photo below of Barack Obama in Kenya:

....there are photos of her from around the world wearing "the costume of the country" she was visiting.

"Every time I traveled to foreign countries, I wore the costume of the country. You can find dozen of pictures of me in different parts of the world," said Clinton. "You can find me wearing African outfits, Latin American outfits, Asian outfits, when you travel to foreign countries, it’s a sign of respect. What does that have to do with anything?"

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Nader to Run; Obama Not Worried....

Perennial spoiler Ralph Nader has announced he intends to enter this year's presidential contest according to the Associated Press. Nader is scheduled on the "meet the Press" program this morning. According to The Wall Street Journal:

Barack Obama said today during a visit at the Ohio State University Medical Center that he wasn’t terribly concerned about the prospect of a Nader campaign. “I think the job of the Democratic Party is to be so compelling that a few percentage [points] of the vote going to another candidate is not going to make any difference.”

It was, however, those few percentage points of the vote which gave "W" his margin of victory in Florida in 2004. Nader is hated by many Democrats for that reason and is bound to incur their wrath this time around as well. It wasn't all that long ago when another spoiler named Ross Perot had handed the victory to Bill Clinton in 1992. In that race Perot received 18.9% of the vote compared to Clinton's 43%.The indefatigable Nader will be 74 in a few days.

The Green Party folks have a draft Nader movement in place and have been especially excited by a Nader candidacy since John Edwards left the race in January. This has got to auger well for the Republicans.

Nader moonbattery evident in the video below:


Tags: ralph nader,ross perot,barack obama,campaign 08,election spoilers,john mccain,republicans rejoicegreen party

Voting Thoughtfully in Seattle....

The following folks were all voted most sexy in the Seattle weekly The Stranger's feature titled "Meet Your Objects of Lust":

Evan Rodd A sex-positive, carnally knowledgeable drummer? Suh-WOON! (And, oh yeah: He’s voting Obama.)
Fuchsia FoXXX is rooting for Hillary Clinton "because of the vagina thing,"
Tomoko (aka "Coco") I want whoever shows up for my opening reception on April 5 to be the next president,
Sarah Scherer,thinks Obama is the sexiest presidential candidate
Holly Chernobyl supports "our underwater overlord Cthulhu" for president.
Amber Davis a Republican, and not at all happy with the way things are going in America, is considering giving Obama her vote in the 2008 election. As for Hillary, she doesn't like her one bit.
Luke Dorsey a solidly undecided voter who leans Democrat
Arielle Davis plans to vote for Obama in '08. "He'd have to do something pretty bad for me not to vote for him," she says.
Jarred Grimes is rooting for Obama.
AK Bennett, proud Obama delegate
Joshua Meacham a certified Obama guy. "I feel like he's going to unify our country," he says. "I like the Clintons, but I think they're a little bit shady and corrupt
Annie, says she can't decide between presidential candidates: "I'm on the line between Obama and Hillary."

All apparently were asked about their presidential preferences and the answers do not auger well for our nation.



I kinda like Coco though, she nominated herself and won. She says:

I blow glass for work at Glassybaby, and for fun at Viscosity glass studio. Feeling extremely sexy, she nominated herself because, she says, "I'm also a pick-up artist for burlesque shows, a fetish performer, and a model. I think I'm the only glass blower who has done naked sushi.....What can I say? I blow for money. And I'm awesome at it."

Tags:the stranger,seattle,humor,political humor,obama,hillary,seattle's sexiest,thoughtful voting,campaign 08

Obama Stealth and Bush Bras....

The above photo is from an aerial photo by North Carolina TV station WTVD. Depicted are Obama and Edwards at the Edwards' home in Chapel Hill NC. The MyWay News reports:

CHICAGO (AP) - Barack Obama sneaked down to North Carolina Sunday and met with former rival John Edwards, who has yet to make an endorsement in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination.

Officials at North Carolina television station WTVD said they have video taken from a helicopter of Obama leaving Edwards' home in Chapel Hill. A producer said the station was "tipped off" about the meeting, but said the source was confidential.

The Obama campaign confirmed the meeting. Although reporters normally travel everywhere with Obama, he left them behind to fly down in secret from his hometown.

Of course this leads to much speculation about the Edwards candidate endorsement:

The couple has been impressed with Clinton, who has more effectively courted them since the 2004 vice presidential nominee dropped out, people who talk to the Edwardses say. Obama has been less attentive, they say, and some of those close to the Edwardses have been annoyed that Obama has continued to ridicule him for once saying his biggest weakness is that he has a powerful response to seeing pain in others.

The campaign is getting interesting, one might even say it's heating up drastically (see the Bill Clinton photo below where he confronts an Obama supporter in Canton OH)



Meanwhile "W" is greeted with great fanfare and adulation during his trip to Africa.Reutors reports:

Beaming repeatedly during a press conference with Kikwete, (Bush) made a point of referring to his welcome on the streets, which he described as "very moving".

Bush opened his remarks by saying "Vipi Mambo!" before turning to U.S. journalists and adding: "For the uneducated, that's Swahili for 'Howdy Y'all'" --a typical Texas greeting.

Kikwete told Bush: "The outpouring of warmth and affection from the people of Tanzania that you have witnessed since your arrival is a genuine reflection of what we feel towards you and towards the American people."....

In a reference to Bush's domestic problems, Kikwete added: "Different people may have different views about you and your administration and your legacy.

Bush was greeted on his arrival in Tanzania by women sporting "Bush Bras"!




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Obama: Hysteria, Obasms and Obamania….

h/t Wonkette

"Is it true that Barack's caucus is bigger than Hillary's?" (last comment on this video)




The national obsession with all things Obama continues. Blogger J. Grant Swank, Jr. writes, Magic City Morning Star (2/13) :

Forget issues. He's the man who wraps up JFK, Martin Luther King, Jr., Mandela - for blacks and whites, particularly women and children - and the young who can vote. Mob hysteria - mob psychology - could win the November ballot for Barack Obama. There is no doubt about it. It can sweep across the nation, grow and grow and grow, until talking about the nation's pressing matters will fly out the window....he has audiences who are thirsting for nothing but flimflam; otherwise, Obama's groupies would not wow him as they do. They howl. They weep. The clutch. After all, they're not constituents. They're groupies caught up in Obamamania....He mesmerizes his listeners as a drug dealer wraps up a sale. Now that's truly scary. It's all smoke and mirrors, folks. It's all senior high school president oratory in hopes of winning the election down the hall. That's it. He's got the music entree, then there's the tilt to the head, the cadence in his speech, the compassion in his face, the slick lean body, the shiny white teeth, the sympathy in his voice and the assurance in his cliches. But all he's got is a bag of tricks - snappy words like "Change" and "Unite." That's it. He's a politico magician with a bag of tricks.

Beatlemania comes to mind:



Blogger mssinglemama's comment on my previous post tends to underscore what is going on here:

Crazy about the Code Pink ladies - very interesting tactic. Nearly as bad as Hillary crying.

I have to tell you though - if I saw Obama I’d probably faint too…bottom line - he’s hot, so intelligent, elouqent and powerful - everything a woman wants in a man. And the leader this single mama is voting for.

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Obama: The Hysteria, The Hysteria....

Obama is “The Man” women are fainting in the crowd just like when Sinatra was on stage. Today in New Hampshire a woman just fainted and last month at an Opra rally they were dropping like Flies. Edwards also has them falling.

Jim Vicevich, our Connecticut WTIC morning radio conservative talk host, notes the eerie similarity of female fainting episodes at Obama rallies. James Taranto's "The Best of the Web Today" picks up this theme in a posting today.

"James Vicevich, a Connecticut radio talk show host, takes note of yet another creepy element of the Obama campaign.

It happened here in Hartford ....
Throughout the speech, Obama kept a close eye on the crowd. Upon hearing a small group begin chanting “We can’t wait” — a phrase Obama had just used — he pointed them out with an outstretched arm, and within seconds the entire arena was chanting the phrase in unison.
And when a woman appeared to faint in the standing-only VIP section in front of the podium, Obama paused his speech for over a minute as he directed the crowd to make way for an EMT team and tossed a bottle of water from the stage.

Update: Coincidence?: Our morning show host Ray Dunaway pointed this out after sifting through DU. A little research and this is what I came up with. Coincidence? The Obama version of "crying"? Or am I just cynical (hard not to be these days)? There seems to be a trend at Obama rallies ... women fainting. And interestingly enough the Senator responds the same way every time, almost as if ... naah, couldn't be.

The far left group Code Pink uses staged fainting as part of their bag of tricks.

Code Pink women activists are vehemently anti-war and claim to be the mothers, wives and daughters of the troops fighting in Iraq. Favorite tactics from the Code Pink bag of tricks include street theatrics, hunger strikes and staged fainting in Capitol Hill offices, and protests at campaign stops across the country -- basically anything that gains media attention. They point to men as the cause of war and women as the solution. Their stated purpose is to end the “occupation in Iraq,” although their goals go beyond that. Their leadership and mission are rooted more in communist ideals than in moral objection to unjust war.

A hunger-striking Code Pink member who fainted in the office of Sen. Joe Lieberman (D-Conn.) late last month will return to the Hart Senate Office Building Tuesday to resume her protest against Lieberman.

And finally; they faint for Obama but only "nearly faint" for Hillary Clinton.

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) -- Rep. Nita Lowey was hospitalized in New
York City after nearly fainting at a suburban campaign rally for
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton.

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Rev. Jeremiah Wright Retires....

The Chicago Tribune is reporting today that yesterday (Sunday Feb 10)
was Reverend Jeremiah H. Wright's last day in the pulpit of the city's Trinity United Church of Christ.Rev. Wright was Barack Obama's spiritual mentor and Wright's sermon "The Audacity of Hope" inspired Obama's breakthrough 2006 speech and highly acclaimed book of the same title. The videos below help illustrate some of the controversy that surrounds Pastor Wright and his church.





See Baltimore Sun, 1/16/08
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Vinyl Records Find New Life....

The strangest thing about EMI’s former record factory in Hayes, west London, is not that it has been lying derelict for years, but that in a ramshackle outbuilding once occupied by the packing and shipping department, 11 of the 120 record presses that immortalised the music of groups such as The Beatles and Pink Floyd are again in full production, turning out singles and LPs.....

Thus begins a really interesting article in the Financial Times (U.K.) about the continued life, and new production, of vinyl records amidst the proliferation of all sorts of new formats (mostly inferior) and the decline of the CD. Even the introduction of new HiFi formats such as "lossless MP3" and "Super Audio CD" have not killed vinyl which, for a variety of reasons explained in the article, maintains a significant niche presence in the marketplace. The article continues:

But if it were only old fuddy-duddies still buying LPs, records would soon be heading the same way as the phonograph cylinder. In fact, younger music fans are helping keep the format alive. After CDs came along, dance music DJs did their bit, staying loyal to the 12in single and influencing fans to buy them. More recently, it has suddenly become fashionable among pop artists to release singles on 7in vinyl as well as in digital formats, often in limited editions that are seen as collectors’ items. The joke is, many of these singles are bought by youngsters who do not even own a turntable, but increasingly the records come with a coupon entitling the owner to a download of the same music....

Ann Coulter at CPAC (not.... well sort of)

Coulter was not invited to speak at CPAC this year because of her controversial comments about John Edwards last year. However, she did manage to get a large crowd in an adjoining venue where she held forth for almost an hour with her usual aplomb and, and arguably fading, brilliance. The video (53:25) from Townhall.com of her appearance is below. The mostly college age audience was understandably enthralled.
http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/b9769...7-c9955af1a2e5

About half of the appearance was devoted to Q & A which enabled the questioners to really draw her out on her opinions i.e. will she really campaign for Hillary; would she vote for McCain if Romney was on the ticket, or alternatively, if Coburn was on the ticket; would she have voted for Giuliani ("Yes, but she would lie to her friends abut it"), and much more.

A friend in another forum replies:

"She's become a caricature of herself. The informed, opinionated, and well-researched woman has become the Republican Banshee. I've no use for hysterics, and I'm someone who thinks Mark Levin is a thoughtful person. But Coulter just reminds me of the reactionist retreads like Roger L. Simon who has stated that anyone in opposition to McCain has "McCain Derangement Syndrome" - in reverse, of course. Well, these sophists can go and call each other names until they run out of clever invectives. In the meantime, there are actual thoughtful people who have walked the metaphorical trenches and done far more than write weekly columns, dedicated their fortunes and their sacred honor to a certain cause, such as John Bolton, who have made far more persuasive arguments than Coulter or Simon could ever hope to make in their wildest dreams. And then, of course, there are those who have dedicated their very lives. This civi, this sheep cannot fathom doing something that would deny them their victory after so much sacrifice on my and their country's behalf. I am convinced McCain feels the same way. To Hell with Coulter and her Party-first approach. We'll have ample time to sort out the messy details of party politics afterwards. It will take a bit more effort on the Conservative's part to bring the Party back in line on certain issues. I don't think that's too high a price to pay."

I pretty much agree, your comments are appreciated. I think as queen of the one liner she is running out of "zing". In these crucial and dangerous times leading up to November she will continue to prowl the college circuit arousing the Young Republicans while the serious conservatives search for ways out of the abyss.

h/t Ampdead
Also see: Ace of Spades HQ
Tags: ann coulter,cpac,john mccain,campaign 08,republican dilemma

Romney Out....

In a speech to be delivered at the CPAC meeting in Washington, Mitt Romney will announce that he is retiring from the field and will not continue his quest for nomination.
A.P. is reporting:

WASHINGTON (AP) - John McCain effectively sealed the Republican presidential nomination on Thursday as chief rival Mitt Romney suspended his faltering presidential campaign.

"If I fight on in my campaign, all the way to the convention, I would forestall the launch of a national campaign and make it more likely that Senator Clinton or Obama would win. And in this time of war, I simply cannot let my campaign, be a part of aiding a surrender to terror," Romney will say at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington.

Speech transcript here.
Excerpts follow:

Our prosperity and security also depend on finally acting to become energy secure. Oil producing states like Russia and Venezuela, Saudi Arabia and Iran are siphoning over $400 billion per year from our economy—that’s almost what we spend annually for defense. It is past time for us to invest in energy technology, nuclear power, clean coal, liquid coal, renewable sources and energy efficiency. America must never be held hostage by the likes of Putin, Chavez, and Ahmendinejad.....

Even though we face an uphill fight, I know that many in this room are fully behind my campaign.” You are with me all the way to the convention. Fight on, just like Ronald Reagan did in 1976. But there is an important difference from 1976: today… we are a nation at war ....

.... Barack and Hillary have made their intentions clear regarding Iraq and the war on terror. They would retreat and declare defeat. And the consequence of that would be devastating. It would mean attacks on America, launched from safe havens that make Afghanistan under the Taliban look like child’s play. About this, I have no doubt.

I disagree with Senator McCain on a number of issues, as you know. But I agree with him on doing whatever it takes to be successful in Iraq, on finding and executing Osama bin Laden, and on eliminating Al Qaeda and terror. If I fight on in my campaign, all the way to the convention, I would forestall the launch of a national campaign and make it more likely that Senator Clinton or Obama would win. And in this time of war, I simply cannot let my campaign, be a part of aiding a surrender to terror.

Ted Kennedy Way Over the Top (again)....

Do you think NY Yankees' announcer John Sterling is over the top with his team victory chant*. Just listen to this audio as Ted Kennedy outSterlings Sterling in his introduction of Barack Obama at Hartford CT Feb. 4. "The Swimmer" is in great form with "Will you do this....elect him as the next president of the United States....Barackoooo Bamaaaaaaa!"
Priceless!
JB
* TheeeeeeeeeeYankeeeeeeeeeesWiiiiiiiiiiin!

The Democrats Debate....

I wasted 90 (I didn't watch the entire 2 hours) minutes of my life last night watching the Democrat candidates Obama and Clinton discuss the issues. I would not characterize this as a debate because they are so alike on most of the issues; lovey-dovey, two peas in a pod. It appears that the gloves are back on and that the only question remaining is will the ticket be Clinton/Obams or Obama/Clinton. Personally, I don't think Clinton would ever consent to 2nd billing.