Obama just ended this primary. It's about damn time.

[GarbagemanLB]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIxmi3e2Vmo

[GarbagemanLB]

1. Goodbye Hillary Oakley!

[L0oniX]

98. and Buffalo Bill ...Clinton

[Sander]

109. Time to let Hillary know it is time to throw in the towel

Today I received an email from Hillary's campaign asking, "We want to know what you think -- about the state of the race, our campaign strategy, or your ideas for doing things differently." Seems like a strange request to someone who has never contributed a dime to her campaign. Is she really asking our permission to withdraw? I have taken this as an opportunity to let her campaign know that I think, for the good of our country, she should withdraw right now. I encourage everyone here to do the same.

Here is what I wrote on her website at http://www.hillaryclinton.com/action/ideas/?sc=1774&utm_source=1774&utm_medium=e.

"I was one of your biggest supporters. Your attempt to overhaul the health care system in our country in the 90's was heroic. You demonstrated leadership and guts in how you handled the attacks and challenges of Bill's Presidency.

However, now, your latest destructive campaign tactics and refusal to face the realities of the situation are damaging our chances of getting rid of the Republican thugs that have our country by the throat.

It is time to throw in the towel! Announce you are going to submit to the will of the voters now and throw your support to Barack Obama. It is time to start running against McCain and the right-wing establishment. We cannot do so with your continuing your bitter, divisive and hopeless primary campaign.

Do the right thing. Save your reputation and dignity. Work now to elect Barack Obama as our next President."

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=5500091&mesg_id=5500091
http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/sanderbellman/gGBpzM

[99th_Monkey]

147. Hey, I did it too. thanks for the link

here's what I wrote.

Dear Sen. Clinton's campaign,
Thanks for the opportunity to share my thoughts with Senator Clinton. What I must say, is that I feel it's time for Hillary to withdraw from the Democratic primary, since the only possible outcome at this point is to weaken Obama's chances at beating McCain the GE.

I hope for the sake of our party and our nation that she will see the wisdom of conceding the nomination to the front-runner, Barak Obama.

Thanks again for the opportunity to comment on Sen. Clinton's campaign effort.

Life-long Lib/Dem,
John Hubbird

[NJmaverick]

2. He is way to skillful for hillary's cheap tricks

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

115. You said it. If Obama can handle Hillary so deftly, he can certainly wipe the floor with McPain.

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[AX10]

4. HAHAHAHA!

It is those comments at the fundraiser in SF last week that the public will remember.

[GarbagemanLB]

7. I take it you are a suppoter of Annie 'Get your gun' Clinton? lol

[SoCalDem]

29. pow pow bang bang

Hilly Git yer Guns

[Cha]

46. Obama said he wants to see that picture of

hilary in a duck blind.. Says she all acting like Annie Oakley with her Six Shooters! He cracks me up!

[amandabeech]

56. Hillary would look about as good in a duck blind as Obama did in bowling shoes.

Awful.

Both of them should just stop trying to be normal, because neither of them are.

[Larry in KC]

112. Yeah, but one of them's a little supernormal, the other... isn't.

[L0oniX]

100. and her side kick...

[smiley_glad_hands]

34. It will Hilliarys words and actions that the progressive grass roots will remember.

How can you support someone who sells out the progressive cause with such ease?

[elmerdem]

107. You are happy that

that is what America will remember? A sound bite vs. the truth? Oh I see as long as your candidate wins.

[jefferson_dem]

9. Funny thing is ... your username doesn't fit you at all.

[SoonerPride]

13. "Ignored" fits "ignored" just fine.

Try it.

You'll like it.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

151. Actually, the new name is "Tombstone."

[Forkboy]

27. Unlike you, he has yet to say he'll volunteer for McCain.

Now that's some true garbage.

[Zhade]

28. Awwww, are you sad people haven't bowed to your jesus yet?

Btw, clinton's still not getting the nom.

[Lerkfish]

108. "no offense"

LOL! did you see the SNL opening this week?

"well, senator, he IS going to be the next president...no offense"

[Colobo]

5. Annie Oakley already lost the nomination a long time ago.

[donheld]

10. She's an Annie Oakley wannabe

or maybe pretend to be.

[pocoloco]

36. She don't have Chris Colts 45's either!!

[donheld]

6. That's wonderful, Thanks

Obama knows how to bring it home.

[C_U_L8R]

8. When the punchline of the joke is Hillary Clinton

it might be time for Hillary to come up with another line of work

[EVDebs]

20. Hillary's Theme Song = "It's Money That Matters"

and McCain is a serious contender for the 'What, Me Worry' BuschCo heir award for pusillanimous pols:

"Evincing, or characterized by, weakness of mind, and want of courage; feeble; as, pusillanimous counsels. "A low and pusillanimous spirit." --Burke."

[Yukari Yakumo]

57. A better suggestion...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hkjkTe5kZE

[krkaufman]

77. She *is* getting seriously close to critically damaging her future political career ....

... aside from losing the nomination. She's beginning to look ridiculous and silly, and is looking decidedly not senatorial. But that'll be up to the good people of New York.

[C_U_L8R]

89. As a NYer

I don't have any good reason to vote for her again

[krkaufman]

150. Thanks for the feedback. I just have to believe that there will be a lot of angry voters ...

... come 2012. Or maybe she thinks all can be healed by then, over the next 4 years. Who knows, maybe she'll become a great progressive Democratic Senator once she no longer has a path to the Presidency.

[RememberWellstone]

11. PA can't vote?

Damn...I guess next you will say no GE just hand it over. I can see that going over real well.

[GarbagemanLB]

12. Oh, PA will vote, and Hillary can stay in until August...that video just ended any shot at SDs comin

g out for her, though.

[OhioBlue]

17. ya know

your line "experience cannot be faked" next to the pic of Hillary is kinda funny.

She's the only one that is faking experience.

Oh, and enough of the cry-baby "PA" can't vote or why can't we let NC and IN vote... Nobody and I mean NOBODY is saying that they can't vote.

[krkaufman]

81. Was Hillary concerned about PA when saying the race would be over by Feb 5th?

Answer: No. Nor were her supporters.

Q: Is Hillary concerned that PA and the remaining states don't have the same candidate choices as all of the previous states?

A: No. Hillary nor any of her supporters are claiming that voters have been disenfranchised by other candidates having withdrawn from the race, prior to all of the states having voted.

This is not an election; it is a party nominating process. PA *will* still vote, as will every other state, regardless of how many candidates remain on the ticket. The voters will have only slightly less choice without Hillary still in the race as they would *with* her still in the race. Where's Dodd, Biden, Edwards, Kucinich, Gravel, Richardson? The same place Hillary should be, having gracefully bowed-out once her path to the nomination was lost.

[InfiniteNether]

136. Right on, brother. Her "concern" for the voters is touching.

[BeyondGeography]

14. The best thing he did was call her on using Republican talking points

"I expect that kind of talk from John McCain..."

[Catherina]

15. Yes he did! That was masterful! n/t

[Adelante]

16. SMACKDOWN

He was hot. :wow:

[CatsDogsBabies]

18. That was fun to watch

his "shame on you" was a bit tongue in cheek, and he clearly had the image of HRC as Annie Oakley, out duck hunting with her six-shooter is his head because he couldn't help but laugh a bit about that.

[SunsetDreams]

19. LOL

President Barack Obama speaks for the people!

He drew some political blood, she should have never added the "out of touch" comment, because that left her open for counterattack on her lying to the people!

[yellerpup]

21. He is great!

I can't wait to vote for him in the GE! GObama! :kick:

[Barack_America]

22. This has reinvigorated Obama...

He really looks like he's enjoying talking about this.

I always suspected that he was truly a populist. ;)

[FrenchieCat]

24. He had me cracking up!

:rofl: Annie Oakley in the duckblind!

[Bigleaf]

26. You do realize Hillary's new movie will be out very soon.

[redstateblues]

32. Now that's Hill-fuckin-larious

[GoesTo11]

86. HRC, stop with the macho gun talk.

Ducks. Snipers. Jeez.

[MADem]

124. Do you get these images from Free Republic?

I notice that the Clinton supporters don't stoop to such childish illustrations, papered about the forum routinely. Yet the Obama supporters are constantly throwing these images up, like little Limbaughs on steroids.

It certainly says something about the quality of supporter Obama "enjoys."

[InfiniteNether]

137. Dude, this is frigging hilarious!

[Kindigger]

143. Me too, only

my vision included a camouflage pantsuit. :think:

[Kittycat]

55. That was great! Looks like he's fed up with her bullshit.

[MannyGoldstein]

23. HOLY SWEET JAYSUS

The coup de grace has been administered.

[EFerrari]

52. Her lunch has been EATEN.

LOL

[krkaufman]

80. Obama drinks Hillary's milkshake!!! n/t

[backscatter712]

25. PWNAGE!!!

I do believe Hillary's latest attack has boomeranged on her, again.

[AZBlue]

30. Oh, snap!

That made my day!!
(notice my updated youtube link in my sig line)

[JeffR]

31. Amazing

He handed his opponents in both parties their asses. They're probably not sharp enough to know it, mind you. But he did.

[GarbagemanLB]

33. Agreed.

[Willo]

35. I've got to K&R for bigleaf's pic :) n/t

[mtnsnake]

37. Wow, did he ever come across as one angry man. Not good for his chances.

Why is he mad at Hillary? It wasn't her who made the Bittergate remark. Jeesh

[Evergreen Emerald]

39. Keep him away from the red phone! What a bitter, angry man!

Oh the irony.

[ClassWarrior]

40. Awww, just ignore mtnsnake. That's just how s/he is.

NGU.

[Evergreen Emerald]

44. He is right. When Clinton does it, she is painted as unhinged

When Obama does it, he has "sown up the election." What a joke DU has become.

The double standard is amazing.

[ClassWarrior]

49. Does what? Ignores trolls?

NGU.

[Evergreen Emerald]

53. trolls? I have no idea what you are talking about.

[ClassWarrior]

58. The feeling is mutual.

NGU.

[Evergreen Emerald]

59. Ummm....I am thinking you might want to lock up the liquor cabinet!

and please don't drive.

[shellgame26]

146. That's right

when Hillary lies about being under sniper fire she's seen as insane but when Obama does...it..oops sorry.

[SOS]

139. Angry?

He was laughing at her.

[Divine Discontent]

42. Your opinion of angry apparently is pretty sensitive, you must find Hillary angry often.

What I saw was a feisty response, and you ought to appreciate the guy who we'll be voting for, turning a potential negative around and slamming the responses of McCain and Clinton, showing how they're out of touch for Pennsylvania. It was good to finally see him like this. That's what will be needed for him to beat McSame ---

For once, I'm glad Hillary was in the primary still, at least for a day.

[knixphan]

76. seconded.

[Divine Discontent]

85. ty! and is isaiah gone from NY? I heard they might boot him? I always liked him as a player EOM

[Lucky 13]

54. LOL!

Damn right he's angry. You can only slander someone and distort their words for so long before they finally give you a smack. And that's just what he did. She's done.

[DemVet]

92. Agreed. Obama is losing his cool. Hillary has HIM playing her game.

So much for Obama being the cool responder. She got under his skin and he snapped.

[ExPatLeftist]

117. Yeah! Did you see him SNAP too?

He just went all crazy, totally snapped, what with the relaxed talking and all the smiling... HE SNAPPED I TELL YOU! It was especially funny when his handlers had to come drag him off the stage because he was going so nuts!!!

[mcollier]

122. And isn't it facinating

how the Obama crowd responses with such loud applause.... Continue snapping...

[jettison]

125. She got under his skin...

Like a little dog that isn't threatening but snips at your heals when you're trying to get work done. You ignore it for awhile, but then eventually, through pure annoyance, you have to push it away with your shoes or just chain it up to the fence in the backyard. Hillary just got chained. How many times does she have to bark at Obama, needlessly, only to be put in her place like the nippity little pet that she's acting like?

[NOLALady]

138. He was laughing.

He didn't seem like an angry black man to me.

He was trying very hard to not :rofl:

[slinkerwink]

38. Annie, get your gun! Who seriously believes that Hillary hunts?

[BlooInBloo]

41. Annie got a gun... Whole world's come undone....What did her husband DOOO!

:rofl:

[aaroh]

43. cool obama is still wearing that wrist-band given by the mother who lost her son in iraq

[ampad]

45. That was great

The crowd was having a ball laughing at her. He handed Hillary her right, wing, wannabe ass! :rofl: K&R

[WillyT]

47. Goodbye Hillary, Toad...

It'll take you a couple of Vodka and tonics
to get you on your feet again...

:hi:

[Bonobo]

48. Man, he fucking took her apart. Ouch.

[Connie_Corleone]

50. Hillary, get your gun!

And down those whiskey shots!

[EFerrari]

51. Good night, sweetheart, it's time to go.

:rofl:

:woohoo:

[2rth2pwr]

60. What a whiner! OOooh, she's a bad woman, she's hurting my feelings!

[sniff}

[GarbagemanLB]

61. No whining here. He was clearly having a good time, as was the crowd.

[EFerrari]

62. He was laughing and so was the crowd.

That's gotta hurt.

[tishaLA]

63. It's gotta be rough to be a laughingstock

But she's managed to make herself one.

[jackson_dem]

65. Only in the "netroots". In the real world the popular vote difference is 1.4% counting Florida

2.6% if you favor the Jeb Bush view. Clinton will win Pennsylvania and the margin will become even smaller.

[jettison]

127. And it still won't matter because she still can't win

So what's your point?

[jettison]

128. And it still won't matter because she still can't win

So what's your point?

[ginnyinWI]

67. perfect way to frame it, especially to the Steelworkers.

Laugh in her face. Show how ridiculous she looks. Perfect.

That's why this guy's winning. He can campaign rings around her. He knows exactly who he's talking to at any given time,that's why. He knows people, real ones, and how to reach them. Hillary--she's been in Washington far too long!

[JustinL]

87. you brought up a great point

Watch the Steelworkers video and then watch the video from the Compassion Forum held later the same day. They really demonstrate his ability to tailor his message and his delivery to the forum and the audience.

[krkaufman]

82. Just the name "Hillary" is becoming a punch line.

Soon, it'll be like the Monty Python skit, where just uttering her name will be so powerfully hilarious that it will be a killing force.

[fascisthunter]

110. I Was Thinking That Hillary Might Cry Again

Kinda like her whiner supporters whinning about this video clip.

[jettison]

126. He said neither

He just called her remarks ridiculous because they are. Hillary, champion of gun advocacy. Riiiiiight. And we have Democcrats here actually defending her remarks. Now that's scary. Hillary could come out pro-life tomorrow and the Hillary fans would certainly support her. "Oh abortion... Obama doesn't believe in your unborn fetus's rights. He's a child killer at heart, and out of touch with the working man in Pennsylvania. Back when I was a kid, my family and I use to picket abortion clinics."

Hillary could say that, and she's still get defended by her groupie base. Obama folks might be drinking Kool-aid, but if that's true, the Hillary camp has been sucking down the harder stuff.

[jackson_dem]

64. Was he dog whistling to sexists again?

"You know guns are something for us men folk only, wink, wink"

[ginnyinWI]

68. no it was anti-elitist.

She's obviously upper class, and the picture of her as she's painting herself, as a working class hunter, was just too funny to pass up.

[jettison]

129. spinning like a true Clintonista

[my3boyz]

66. I only wish he wasn't on defensive talking about this bullshit instead

of talking about the real issues. I don't see how ANYONE could choose Hillary over Barack.

[ginnyinWI]

69. first he's got to make them like him.

Then they will listen to the issues. This was a good way to do it, IMO.

[my3boyz]

75. Okay. Good pt. Thanks. nt

[Blue_State_Elitist]

70. LOL

So we should expect her to drop out tomorrow. haha

[Imagevision]

71. Really! buh-bye Hillary - it's ok, you don't really live with Bill anyway...

[crankychatter]

72. I think he exercises a tremendous amount of self restraint

in contrast to her conduct, those were the lightest chides

what CAN you do BUT laugh?

[GarbagemanLB]

73. EXACTLY. You can tell he is just having fun, whereas when Hillary said 'shame on you', she was

all serious and had that douche-bag standing behind her nodding his head while frowning.

[krkaufman]

84. The scolding school marm, or overly stern grandmother lacking any sense of priority.

And don't forget her "the skies will open" mockery. She's just not a pleasant person.

[Egnever]

101. I agree, she has left herself open so many times this season

He has shown amazing restraint in not just blasting her with all her missteps. So many oportunities to just slam her and he has taken advantage of so few.

[ClayZ]

74. Bravo! K and R

[knixphan]

78. About damn time!

[krkaufman]

79. boo and YAH! k and r.

Long video, but all of it is good.

Hilarious Hillary "Annie Oakley" comments start around 3:40.

[TheDonkey]

83. LOVE OBAMA!

this man is just smoooooth. F U Hillary.

[Life Long Dem]

88. How amazing Obama is should be on Ripley's belive it or not!

:woohoo:

[MethuenProgressive]

90. What a desperate attempt at spinning his elitist sneer of Pennsylvania's peasantry.

No one but the chior is buying what he's preaching anymore.

[ElboRuum]

97. Peasantry?

Talk about elitist.

[lakercub]

114. Given the dent he's made in her twenty point PA lead

sounds like a lot of people are still buying.

[jettison]

130. You call yourself a progressive

Yet there's nothing progressive about that take. Do you disagree with his sentiments? If so, in what way do you disagree? Please tell us, oh common-man enlightened one, how the down and out do not "cling to religion and guns". I'd love to hear your take on this issue.

[bklyncowgirl]

91. It might do the job if it gets airplay in context.

Terrific speech but all I've heard is the "Annie Oakley" clip on the media.

I fear the the media is out for Barack's hide.

[crankychatter]

93. THE Problem - you got it

always has been...

interesting that despite this, his numbers still rise

more slowly but they do...

I think people are taking their parents to the computer and saying "Hey, Ma, hey Pa.... they've been lying to you."

OR, folks are just not believing the MSM anymore... Bush has done ONE GOOD thing... and that's to devistate Public Confidence.

[bklyncowgirl]

94. I believe that the word has gone out from the powers that be that Obama must be "Deaned"

He may have mentioned one of the great unmentionables in American politics, i.e. that ordinary citizens are angry. Acknowledging that anger exists, even if it completely justifiable, is a threat to the powers that be--as is a candidate who is raising his money from those angry citizens instead of from the political donor class.

But maybe I'm just paranoid.

[OnionPatch]

133. Sure, he's being "Deaned"

They're trying one thing after another, hoping something will stick. This uproar over the "bitter" remark pretty much proves it to me. I grew up in one of those little towns he talked about and I don't understand the uproar over his words at all. Sure, we value our guns and our God. Who wouldn't cling to the things that will protect them when everything else seems to be falling apart? What's so insulting about that? I'm glad he understands it. Methinks there's a whole lot of fake-outrage at play here.

Edited to add: I believe the only ones who are really outraged are Republicans who can't stand Obama in the first place and will jump on anything the media throws out to them.

[chieftain]

95. This guy is tough enough to stand up to the Republican

attack machine. We are going to win in Denver and then we are going to kick some RW ass.

GOBAMA !!!

[ElboRuum]

96. Owned... no... Pwned... no... Qwned!

And even that my not be enough.

[FlaGranny]

99. If Kerry had

responded to the swiftboaters like that in 2004, a couple of thousand American kids might still be alive today.

[Bensthename]

104. yup.. Obama will rip Clinton's ass Wed. night. I can't wait.

[Bensthename]

102. And that is why we love Obama. I dare any Clinton supporter to watch that and comment.

[wowimthere]

103. If she thinks this will fly during the debate, she's in for a rude awakening.

[futureliveshere]

105. This is fucking brilliant.. The first time I saw the whole vid.. Thanks.. K&R

[KoKo]

106. Honestly...watching that I felt like I was listening to a Preacherman....

He didn't seem Presidential to me in that speech before the Steel Workers. He slipped into a Southern accent...down home...which seemed Preachy. He "got into his rhetoric" too much and enjoyed the Annie Oakley thing a little too much.

I don't disagree with what he was saying...but his delivery isn't going to go over well with the general public... Too "down homey" when what many people are looking for is confidence and sophistication.

I worry that Obama is becoming a chameleon.... It's not good to slip in and out of accents. He was born in Hawaii...lived in Indonesia, his mother and grandparents were from Kansas he graduated from Columbia and Harvard .....yet he's talking like Reverend Sharpton. I've heard him speak very differently in other speeches. So he slips in and out of the preacher mode.

This will bother many people.

[jettison]

131. He seemed human...

... and not like a typical politician/robot. "That makes me uncomfortable. I can't vote for him." You are part of the fearful crowd that he was "preaching" about in San Francisco. Afraid to listen to a real person who says what he actually thinks rather then what he thinks you want to hear... aka Hillary.

[NOLALady]

148. I don't know.

The way I see it, the middle class (who are rapidly sinking into the lower class) seem to be interested in his agenda. I doubt if they are concerned about his dialect.

Many Edwards' supporters are now supporting Obama. Edwards accent didn't seem to pose a problem.

[Cameron27]

111. Oh yeah,

that'll knock her out. :eyes:

[williesgirl]

113. Great video. Thanks for posting. He is the real thing. rec'd

[Jester Messiah]

116. Bad comparison...

Annie Oakley was by all accounts a good shot. Hillary just keeps on shooting herself in the foot!

[DrZeeLit]

118. I cannot wait for him to debate McSame. Grab a mop... he'll be McFloored!

That was truly a great little speech.
Uplifting. NOT condescending. Crystal clear.

So... are Gore and Carter RUNNING to her door now to grab her towel and throw it in?
Please, oh please, oh please, oh please.
Cuz... I can't take another minute of her shrill voice, baggy eyes, and CONDESCENDING attempts to tear apart the party because she's BITTER.
Bitter about not having this nomination handed to her on the silver plate she thought she'd bought.

Please, get her to stop before she really hurts our chances.
Obama is doing a GREAT job... he's more than ready for the Repub machine.

[jgraz]

119. Classy, sincere and absolutely devastating

Hillary's got nothin

[B Calm]

120. You tooks the words right out of my mouth!

[tabasco]

121. LOLOLOLOL! Nice work Obama. Time to take the gloves off.

H. Clinton is a phony, lying POS and it makes me glad to see Obama call her on her LIES.

[guyanakoolaid]

123. "I want to see that picture of her in the duck blind"

:rofl: :applause: :spank: :rofl: :nopity:

[Stuckinthebush]

132. Game. Set. Match

Damn that guy is good.

[FedoraLV]

134. The contrast

between this and the video where Sen. Clinton is booed is remarkable: she turns back to her notes, she does not react to how the audience is taking her words, she just gives the speech from the page no matter how people react. Sen. Obama listens to the audience, he listens for their responses, he talks to an audience member when he doesn't quite catch their reply. He's right there with them, talking without notes, exactly making his point that he's responsible to the people.

Wow.

-FedoraLV

[InfiniteNether]

135. Obama is the Roadrunner, Hillary is Wile E. Coyote. She just can't catch him.

[TankLV]

140. Obama 's campaign is IMPLODING and you dream that he's doing good...

he just can't stop insulting people...

first it's gay persons and now it's religious persons...

you're koolaid must be pretty tasty...

oh - and Clinton just INCREASSED her lead over obama here in Clark County's re-do of the caucus this past Saturday - to almost now TEN PERCENTAGE POINTS!!!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Interesting what happens when the programs are run FAIRLY...

[NedSchneebly]

141. All I got to say is, " Go get 'em Annie!!!!!"

[SunDrop23]

142. Two words: kick. arse.

Good job!

[paparush]

144. Goddamn, its refreshing to hear a polician talk straight..

I know its relative..but this isn't rhetoric..it isn't spin. He was bold enough to call it like he sees it without sugar coating or wrapping in soundbites.

[byronius]

145. That. Was. Great.

Damn, he's amazing.

[Hardrada]

149. Hey, Hill, where ya goin' with that gun in your hand?

I said, "Hey, Hill, where ya goin with that gun in your hand?"

"I'm goin to a photo op so the honyocks
will finally understand.

I'm goin to to a photo op to show 'em all
That I can take a stand!"