expert analysis,
but these 2 words

Minotaur029 wrote:I don't care how much of an establishment candidate you consider Obama to be, unless he gets assassinated (<- entirely possible)

are not necessary.
it's not like you're going to prevent an assassination by warning obama here.
it's not like we think assassination is impossible.
it's not like it makes you look smarter.
i'm not calling you selfish, but why else would you point this out?
at best, it's poor conversation art.
at worst, it's sadistic voyeurism.
i know you're not the only one. rick pulls this crap in the ron paul thread. i can't stand it. you may have nothing to lose, but it's a catch-22. if he doesn't get assassinated, then you were just a prophet of doom. if he does get assassinated, then you (presumably) won't feel the satisfaction of being right.

i'm reminded of this

sparky wrote:It is predictable, but that does not mean that being confronted by the act itself is not a psychological blow. Sure, we all thought [Bhutto's] murder was likely. However, to use a crude example, it is one thing to acknowledge that your parents will die one day; it is another to see them laid out on the slab.

The best part of Huckabee winning is that leading up to this, the Republican media machine (Limbaugh et al) have been going apeshit trying to discredit the guy because he's not their establishment choice (which would, i believe, be Giuliani first, then, oh, fuck i don't know). It's gonna be absolutely hilarious listening to these guys spin and wail and bitch for the next few days.

A childhood friend of mine has been working for the Fred Thompson campaign (weird how far apart people can drift, eh?), and his blog has taken just about every cheap shot against Huckabee he could think of. His blog's gonna be hilarious come tomorrow...even later tonight!

DrAwkward wrote:A childhood friend of mine has been working for the Fred Thompson campaign (weird how far apart people can drift, eh?), and his blog has taken just about every cheap shot against Huckabee he could think of. His blog's gonna be hilarious come tomorrow...even later tonight!

Nice try, but we all know that you love Fred Thompson, and we all know that "your friend's blog" is yours.

drew patrick wrote:

DrAwkward wrote:A childhood friend of mine has been working for the Fred Thompson campaign (weird how far apart people can drift, eh?), and his blog has taken just about every cheap shot against Huckabee he could think of. His blog's gonna be hilarious come tomorrow...even later tonight!

Nice try, but we all know that you love Fred Thompson, and we all know that "your friend's blog" is yours.

It's the whole Law & Order thing. If Belzer and Ice-T were running i'd be out canvassing for that shit.

DrAwkward wrote:

drew patrick wrote:

DrAwkward wrote:A childhood friend of mine has been working for the Fred Thompson campaign (weird how far apart people can drift, eh?), and his blog has taken just about every cheap shot against Huckabee he could think of. His blog's gonna be hilarious come tomorrow...even later tonight!

Nice try, but we all know that you love Fred Thompson, and we all know that "your friend's blog" is yours.

It's the whole Law & Order thing. If Belzer and Ice-T were running i'd be out canvassing for that shit.

We also know that your support of Thompson is wavering in the face of Ric Flair's endorsement of Huckabee.

Minotaur -

I hear what you're saying, and yes, it's huge that Obama won. It's huge that he beat Clinton too.
However, I pretty much figured that one of the big spenders would place first, and one would place second. It might not be close, but the gap wouldn't be THAT wide.
Well, it was, AND Edwards beat Clinton and her freakin' huge bucket of money.
He was supposed the place in the mid-teens, and he did twice that. And he did it with pennies on the Clintbama dollar.

I agree that Romney failed, big time. Again though, Huckabee beat the ever loving shit out of him with... pennies on the dollar.

Big money didn't win so big this time, did it?
I like that.

OK, so McCain hauled in what, 10%? That may not mean much. He's been running for president for 8 years, non-stop, and can barely get arrested. I don't know, maybe he'll do well in NH.
Good for him, I guess, but I don't consider it on par with Edward's showing and momentum.

-A

drew patrick wrote:We also know that your support of Thompson is wavering in the face of Ric Flair's endorsement of Huckabee.

DrAwkward is currently lurking in the shadows, about to attack Thompson or Romney with a set of brass knuckles.

alex maiolo wrote:OK, so McCain hauled in what, 10%? That may not mean much. He's been running for president for 8 years, non-stop, and can barely get arrested. I don't know, maybe he'll do well in NH.
Good for him, I guess, but I don't consider it on par with Edward's showing and momentum.

Edwards focused all his attention on Iowa. McCain did not even bother to campaign in Iowa (just like in 2000). Edwards has been running for president for four to six years...and did not even win his state of expertise. At least Clinton's concession speech was gracious...Edwards just gave a stump speech.

McCain will win NH. So will Obama (I think). Edwards is now a footnote.

Hmmm...major malling marsupial.

The candidate that represents actual change gets shot...common tale. I don't see the point of coming down on me (well, in this case)...we have a BLACK GUY who could become president. Iowa is only one state...but it was make or break for him. It made him...so I hope his security detail is tight as fuck.

I'm no "prophet of doom"...I think and type really fast (sometimes to my disadvantage).

Marsupialized wrote:Huckabee?

A half retarded Jesus kook hillbilly who can barely spell his own name?

My god, the people of this country get just what they deserve.

Thanks for pointing that out.


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