Personally, I'm still crazy pissed and bitter at Gore for conceding when HE HAD WON. I have no problems with Hillary sticking it out until the absolute complete last second. Which Gore totally should have done. I realize a lot of people feel like it's hurting party unity, but for me, not so much. I was rooting for Hillary, but I will have no problems supporting Obama come November because Hillary waits one more day to concede. It's not like it's going to make me a big McCain fan somehow.
The issue is that until the Dems decide, McCain gets to go around looking "presidential" and honing every single aspect of his campaign. And the Dems aren't able to focus themselves and concentrate on positioning themselves against the Republicans. Every minute they spend fighting amongst themselves is a minute lost in the battle against the Republicans.
From way back....
I'm still confused by guys called Shir (which becomes more and more common).
My Dad's middle name is Sheridan, and he has been called Sherry since before he could crawl. When we were in Pakistan he shortened it to Sher, which means "Tiger" in Urdu and Hindi (naming the tiger in
The Jungle Book
"Shere Khan" was a pretty lame pun). When my little brother Sheridan was born, I thought the perfect nickname for him would be "Bubba Sher," which means "Lion" and was also a nod to our Arkansas roots, but the rest of the family thought it was an equally lame pun, and I couldn't make it stick.
What's the hivemind got to say about sports drinks? I couldn't choke Gatorade down even after the triathlon in 100 degree heat.
Original yellow Gatorade is nasty. Red (fruit punch) Gatorade is the good stuff. It tastes like I always thought Kool-Aid was
supposed
to taste, but didn't. More than about half a liter will give me heartburn, though.
I've never worked up the nerve to try the blue Gatorade. Blue is for windshield wiper fluid, not drinking!
Water is gross. I hate the way it tastes.
Water does have a taste. Even distilled water. I love the way good water tastes, and hate the taste of chlorinated water.
When I have a fever the taste of water changes to slightly sweet.
The first time I ever saw the ocean, I just
had
to go taste it, to see if it was salty the way everyone had said. (What? I was seven.)
I found a diet soda w/o caffeine that I liked just this weekend: A&W diet root beer.
IBC root beer -- diet or regular, doesn't matter -- is my One True Root Beer. No caffeine, either. Give it a try....
I don't hold it against her that she stayed in the race. But, among other things, I hold it against her that she focused not on trying to persuade people how good she was, but on making bullshit claims to undermine the legitimacy of Obama's victories, including (as Susan said) a nonsensical popular vote claim that did not count the state I live and vote in.
Aw, Barack and Michelle just did a little fist bump as she left the stage. So cute.
When we were in Pakistan he shortened it to Sher, which means "Tiger" in Urdu and Hindi (naming the tiger in The Jungle Book "Shere Khan" was a pretty lame pun).
How is "Shere Khan" a pun if the name literally translates to "King of the Tigers" and means nothing else?
Every minute they spend fighting amongst themselves is a minute lost in the battle against the Republicans.
I realize that I'm not really a swing voter, but really, if the last eight years haven't turned people off of the Republican party, or at least built some pretty large grudges for McCain to overcome so that he's starting already behind, then I don't see where they will be completely and totally sold on the McCain love to the point where Obama doesn't even get a chance to change their minds in the next five months. I just always feel like the "build the party unity!" vibes start from the person who wants the other to concede. Essentially, to me, it's one of those arguments that I don't really buy into, even though it, like most campaign "arguments" just gets repeated a lot.
f the last eight years haven't turned people off of the Republican party, or at least built some pretty large grudges for McCain to overcome so that he's starting already behind, then I don't see where they will be completely and totally sold on the McCain love to the point where Obama doesn't even get a chance to change their minds in the next five months.
For a Democrat to win you have to build a lead. The media buys any Swift boat bullshit Karl Rove (who long since joined McCain's campaign) wants to put out. It can be overcome, but you need to run up the score so you can take some losses in the end game and still score ahead of your opponent. I don't remember any election in my lifetime where the Democrats polled as well in November as in August. When you are so far behind your game plan includes the words "and then a miracle occurs" you have an obligation not to go completely negative on the front runner.
Honestly, I don't want her anywhere near the ticket, but then, things like this: [link] makes me cranky.
I always question context with statements like that. I've seen so many comments in that vein twisted (jokes taken seriously, etc.) that I'm always wary of taking them at face value.
Regardless, I understand your distrust of Clinton--she did take some positions and say some things that I disagreed with strongly in the past two months--but I look at our nation and the undeniable fact that Clinton holds the key to a large voting block, and I think that the two of them together have a better chance of winning in November than any other pairing.
Given the speech he's been making, it sounds a lot like he's setting that up. We'll see, obviously; I may be wrong. I'll vote for him either way. I just hope that everyone else who was initially a Clinton supporter will, too.
I had almost forgotten what it was like to listen to a political speech and not feel like I need to shower afterwards.
