Why 3 a.m.?

mccainreport ^ | Michael Goldfarb

[flyfree]

Less than two weeks ago, Obama campaign manager David Plouffe emailed supporters to assure them that they would be the first to know who Obama choose for his VP: People keep asking me if we're really going to announce Barack's VP directly to our supporters.

The answer is yes. In the event, the press got wind of the announcement long before the text messages started going out. All three networks had confirmed his choice of Senator Biden before midnight. And then at 3 a.m., the text messages started going out.

By all accounts, Hillary Clinton was not vetted for the second spot, nor was she consulted by the Obama campaign on who should be taken--not even as a courtesy. If she had been the pick, the 3 a.m. text message might have had some real resonance--a signal that the two had put a tough campaign behind them in order to work together on the serious issues the next administration will have to deal with.

But what's with holding the text message until 3 a.m. for Joe Biden? The only explanation that makes any sense is that Team Obama just couldn't resist one last dig at Hillary.

[MadelineZapeezda]

Chilish = Childish

[goldstategop]

His own supporters were in bed when the text went out about the Big Kahuna! That shows the Messiah's providential foresight!

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[johnnycap]

“Because Obama was up all night hittin’ the stem, puffin’ some rocks, yo.”

-LOL, that’s probably true...change you can believe in!!

[SERKIT]

You mean when Huma’s CrackBerry alerted at 3am, Hillary rolled over?

[healy61]

I am glad to hear he is off the foil. What a change.

[Twinkie]

OK. Now, enough about Obama and Biden. I’m bored. - My husband revealed to me last night that he thinks that John Edwards did NOT tell Elizabeth about his little series of one-night stands with Rielle/Lisa in 2006. . that Edwards is most likely just using Elizabeth to further the illusion that she was in collusion with him to deceive everyone into voting for him for POTUS! - I wish Elizabeth could just get well and take Edwards to the cleaners, leaving little or nothing for the two lovebirds to feather their nest with and lots for her to live high on the hog with!

OK. Ya’ll can go back to talking about Joe Biden and Barack Hussein Obama now.

[healy61]

“Chilish” and “for the chilrun.” You were correct.

[Finalapproach29er]

There is a WH hotline 3 AM phone call joke in there somewhere.

[brityank]

Why 3 a.m.?

Because it was 8 a.m. in MECCA !!

Any questions?

[HIDEK6]

It was 3AM because they blew the text messaging thing. They had planned on doing it at 10AM Saturday morning. But the media scooped them so they had to send it out.

Obviously they put the guy responsible for the balloon drops in charge of the text message project.

[informavoracious]

Isn’t 3 a.m. the “witching hour” - the “devil’s hour”? hmmmmmmm

[bt_dooftlook]

1 question - where do you get your facts?

Mecca is GMT+3; EST = GMT-5

I.e. when it is midnight EST in Boston, it is 8AM in Mecca;
3AM in London = 6AM in Mecca

[Gunner9mm]

Forget all the stuff about the 3am text message being a put down of Hillary.
If Obama is elected, the real 3am phone call will be “Hey Joe! What do I do now??”