The ever-increasing genitalian vote rears its ugly genitals again...
Posted on 01/12/2008 5:30:03 AM PST by Kaslin
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The absence of Oprah Winfrey from the frantic four last days of the New Hampshire primary campaign after her heavy schedule in Iowa backing Sen. Barack Obama may be traced to heavy, unaccustomed post-Iowa abuse of the popular entertainment superstar by women.
Winfrey did not publicize it, but her Website was swamped with complaints after she went to Iowa. The principal complaint was that she betrayed women by not supporting Sen. Hillary Clinton. The criticism was described as personal.
Several of these critics identified themselves as African-Americans, indicating that gender is more important than race for many people.
NO JOE FOR MCCAIN
Close advisers of Sen. John McCain say there is no possibility that Independent Democratic Sen. Joseph Lieberman would be McCain's vice presidential running mate on the Republican ticket.
McCain credits Lieberman's endorsement for president last month as triggering his turnaround in New Hampshire, leading to victory in that state's primary last Tuesday. In addition, McCain and Lieberman are friends who admire each other personally. Nevertheless, Lieberman still votes the straight Democratic line in the Senate on nearly all issues except Iraq, and McCain's advisers feel Lieberman never would be accepted by the Republican Party.
A footnote: When Lieberman endorsed McCain, Democratic friends called his office seeking reassurance that he was endorsing McCain only for the Republican nomination and not actually the office of president. No, they were told, this was a real presidential endorsement.
OBAMA'S UNION
The politically potent presidential endorsement of Sen. Barack Obama by 60,000-member Local 226 of the Culinary Workers in Nevada, announced just after his defeat in the New Hampshire primary, was vigorously opposed by union members supporting Sen. Hillary Clinton.
Obama had lagged behind Clinton and John Edwards in winning labor support, but the Culinary Workers may be the biggest union plum. This endorsement could swing the Nevada Democratic caucuses Jan. 19 to Obama, though the state's party establishment supports Clinton. Backing for her by Rep. Shelley Berkley, who previously said she would stay neutral, was unveiled immediately after the Culinary Workers acted. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is officially uncommitted but is regarded as a Clinton supporter, with his son, Clark County Commission Chairman Rory Reid, heading Clinton's state campaign.
A footnote: Sen. John Kerry announced his support of Obama Thursday, waiting until his friends -- Sens. Joseph Biden and Christopher Dodd -- had abandoned their candidacies. He did not worry about endorsing against Edwards, his 2004 running mate on the national ticket.
GETTING BERNANKE
When Chairman John Spratt's House Budget Committee announced Wednesday that it would hold hearings Jan. 17 with Ben S. Bernanke, it meant Spratt had won an intra-Democratic race with Sen. Charles Schumer's Joint Economic Committee to get the Federal Reserve chairman to testify about the declining economy.
Both Spratt and Schumer wanted to hear from Bernanke the first week that Congress will be back in session following the year-end break. Bernanke said he was not going testify on the same subject twice in the same week, and he gave the edge to Spratt.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi has made clear she wants the House to get ahead of the economic issue in this election year, and the Bernanke hearing is the start.
POOR HUCK
Although Mike Huckabee is first in the polls for the Jan. 19 South Carolina Republican primary, the latest Federal Election Commission (FEC) figures show him not even among the top four Republican presidential candidates for fund-raising in South Carolina.
Rudy Giuliani leads the South Carolina Republican money game, followed by Sen. John McCain, Mitt Romney and Fred Thompson.
Huckabee is also not among the top four Republican presidential candidate fund-raisers in two other impending primary states: Michigan (Jan. 15) and Florida (Jan. 29). FEC numbers put Romney in the money lead in Michigan and Giuliani ahead in Florida.
I like Lieberman, but not for VP.
Yeah, sure. Black like Bill, I'd wager.
Memo to The Oprah..
If you get into a filty game like politics yer gonna get dirty...and it does get personal.
Well, this is what happens when the principles of affirmative action are applied to a national political campaign. The Dems have two unqualified candidates running for the nomination. Their strong support is based on the fact that they are a woman and a black. Neither has any particular qualifications for the office other than possessing quota system points due to their gender and race, respectively.
So two “victim” groups are simultaneously insisting that the time has come for one of their own to be placed in power. The resulting clash is kind of fun to watch, though it’s also a sign of how far our nation has degenerated that we could (but hopefully won’t) end up with our first quota president.
Several of these critics identified themselves as African-Americans, indicating that gender is more important than race for many people.
Can you say ""seminar e-mailers"? I'll bet the wording of many of these e-mails was identical. And as to how people identify themselves in e-communications, if I said I was the spitting image of Catherine Zeta-Jones, would you just take my word for it?
The politics of personal destruction is what the clinton campaign lives by. Oprah better beware the IRS.
A horse head in the bed wouldn't surprise me at all.
Oprahbama should press the race card on Hillary. I mean really press the issue.
Just would be fun to see a battle between the Race Warlords and the Lesbian Left
Second memo to Oprah: These are people who like to get in your face and yell, but if you stand up to them, they’ll fold.
The ever-increasing genitalian vote rears its ugly genitals again...
Vote for a woman, my you know what. That is so much bs. People are beginning to se Oprah for what she is; a racist. I just can’t imagine anyone in America who says they are an American could or would support a racist candidate who is also connected to our enemy.
As far as the culinary union; I saw the picture and tell me which one of those fine people can legally vote?
And with democrats it gets violent too.
Savoring that picture causes me to contemplate the possibility that deep down inside she fantasizes about yearning to have carnal knowledge of an old, gray haired, fat soon to be retired guy........with limited funds.....
Never mind!!!
Yeah right. If a conservative black female were running against a liberal white male for President, the "gender is more important than race" crap would be quickly forgotten. Buncha ding dongs.
LOL - that sounds so gay. I guess at a gathering of lesbians and gays, they would be addressed as laydees and genitalmen.
Goooooooooooooooooooo nads!
“Lesbies and genitalmen, lets get ready to foooooondle.”
Actually it would be a chocolate lab’s head. But I'm sure Oprah's estates and hotel suits have super security. It would probably have to be FedExed to her. I can't believe I'm saying this must make coffee must make coffee must make c
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