Couldn’t Help But Notice (030608)
Gulp – Rush isn’t concerned (HT NewsBusters’ Matthew Balan) about the nightmare scenario of a Democratic ticket headed up by the candidate I refer to as HR4C (Hillary Rodham Cackling Crying Complaining Clinton), with the candidate I refer to as BOOHOO (Barack O-bomba Overseas Hussein “Obambi” Obama) as Veep.
In fact, it looks like he would welcome it:
Let’s put Hillary at the top, put Hillary on top. That’s a position she’s familiar with. Therefore, you’ve got a woman and a black first time ever on the Democrat ticket. Ahem. (laughter) They don’t have a prayer.
I could go on and on about how dangerous this is, but instead I’ll just echo what Mrs. Clinton said Wednesday on Fox & Friends: “Be careful what you wish for.”
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Cook County, Illinois, whose county seat is Chicago, which is in turn the home of Barack Obama, is now the home of something else (HT TaxProf Blog; bold is mine):
A drink at the bar, a fast-food meal and back-to-school shopping are among those things about to get a bit more expensive in Cook County.
Early Saturday, Cook County Board President Todd Stroger struck a deal with board members, who approved a 1 percent increase in the sales tax - driving Chicago’s overall sales tax to double digits at 10.25 percent, easily among the highest of any big city.
And it will be enacted just in time for the Christmas shopping season.
….. Business leaders and others predicted immediate negative ramifications.
“Chicago now has the unfortunate notoriety of having the highest sales tax in the country, and our region will now be a more expensive place to visit, live, work and operate a business,” said Jerry Roper, head of the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce. “The people of our region should be outraged.”
I’m not aware of any reaction from Obama. His track record would suggest that it doesn’t bother him a bit.
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Clever word of the day — Describing oldline feminists as “gyno-saurs.”
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Speaking of people the “gyno-saurs” ridicule, as of the moment this post was prepared, one US soldier has died in Iraq during March — and that death was non-hostile (select “Non Hostile” on the “Fatality type” drop-down bar at the link).
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My reax to the continued intimidation and censorship efforts in Canada with accommodation and cooperation from the Canadian Human Rights Commission, this time of conservative bloggers, is the same as it was in late December (last item at link): “Where in the bleep is Stephen Harper?”
Speaking of Chicago and Obama. http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/03/obamas_iraqi_oil_for_food_conn.html It seems Obama is tied to the Oil for Food scam via Rezko to London-based Iraqi billionaire Nadhmi Auchi. Guilt by association. You can forget about Obama on any ticket other than one back to Illinois. You may now put a fork in him and declare him well done. My only hope at this point is the bruhaha will be long and slow culmanating at the Dem convention, just long enough for Clinton to gloat over her victory and just enough for the Obama supporters to be extremely angry with Clinton.
Comment by dscott — March 6, 2008 @ 9:26 am
#1, bears watching, but I’m not convinced that it’s fatal to his candidacy, though it should be.
Comment by TBlumer — March 6, 2008 @ 9:37 am
I’m not all concerned about a Clinton-Obama ticket. It’s hard to envision a scenario in which Hillary finds enough delegates to secure the nomination, even with superdelegates. Supposedly, Obama has 50 secret superdelegates ready to endorse him at his command. WY, MS, SD all favor Obama. He’s also likely to score a nice chunk of delegates out of TX due to that weird caucus thing they had. Obama will be the Presidential candidate for the Democrats.
The next question is will Hillary be the VP candidate? And I don’t think so. She’s never liked the idea of playing second fiddle, even when she was First Lady. She’s just publicly mentioning the idea of a Clinton-Obama tickets as a way to show she’s open to compromise within the Democratic Party.
But Obama will likely be the candidate (barring some big scandal). Hillary will then position herself for 2012 if McCain wins in November.
Comment by Brian — March 6, 2008 @ 2:06 pm
#3, I know she won’t play second fiddle, but he might. I think you’re acknowledging that Obama-Clinton would be a strong ticket, but that it’s very unlikely.
I also think it’s still unlikely, but what hacks me off is that it could have been impossible if he had finished her off Tuesday, or even if she had won only OH and not TX.
Now it’s possible that she can come back — still a bit remote, but possible. If she somehow does, and then picks Obama, and they win, it will be largely because of the crossovers influenced by Rush. Play with fire, risk getting burned.
Comment by TBlumer — March 6, 2008 @ 2:53 pm
#3, I also think that he’s the weaker of the two candidates in the general, and thought so even before the media woke up to Rezko, which as you can see from here, should have gone national long ago.
Now he’s even more weakened — so weak that some Dems are looking at the two and trying to figure out how to bring Al Gore back (which wouldn’t happen, but indicates the desperation over an Obama-led ticket). Al Gore coming back and spewing his environonsense just as globaloney has been largely debunked by good old Mother Nature would be a sight to behold.
Comment by TBlumer — March 6, 2008 @ 3:14 pm
I still like how this is playing out. Anything is possible in politics. None of us have a crystal ball. Clinton doesn’t want to be VP, so Obama-Clinton won’t happen. Obama is still going to win the nomination, so Clinton-Obama won’t happen. That’s how I see it. I suppose Clinton-Obama could be a strong ticket but it just won’t happen. Obama will be at the top of the ticket.
Knowing this, it’s best for Republicans if Obama and Hillary continue to go negative against each other. Until at least April 22, Hillary will do all the heavy lifting for McCain against Obama. That gives McCain time and resources to devote to uniting the Republican base squarely behind him and begin to close the gap in fund raising.
This is playing out the best it possibly could for Republicans up until this point. If Clinton-Obama doesn’t happen, and I firmly believe it won’t, half of the Democratic base will be royally pissed off. That’s awesome for McCain. CNN had a poll out the other day saying that 25% of Clinton supporters would consider voting McCain over Obama. That’s eye-popping good news for Republicans.
Comment by Brian — March 6, 2008 @ 3:19 pm
And I think you’re overreacting to Obama’s perceived weakness. He’s still ahead in pledged delegates, overall popular vote lead, dedicated foot soldiers, a huge war chest, and a friendly schedule between now and April 22. He’s going to be the nominee. Too little, too late for Hillary.
Comment by Brian — March 6, 2008 @ 3:20 pm
#6-#7 — Any CNN poll is suspect, because Friends of Bill own the polling co., and CNN is run by an old Clinton shill. Even if the poll was done well, saying you’ll “consider” voting for McCain isn’t the same as doing it.
As to our differing crystal balls, as they say, that’s why they play the games. We’ll see.
Comment by TBlumer — March 6, 2008 @ 3:27 pm
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At the risk of giving away national security secrets and being in violation of section 37 (or is it 39) of the Canada Evidence Act (and with my index finger firmly rubbing my nose) and, entirely on the QT, PMSH is with Warren Kinsella on the Space Shuttle checking out the rumoured crypto-Nazis on the dark side o the moon.
But don’t tell anyone.
Comment by Jay Currie — March 8, 2008 @ 12:56 am
#10, that’s about the only acceptable excuse for noninvolvement that I can imagine.
Comment by TBlumer — March 8, 2008 @ 3:17 am