The ridiculousness of Obama

[Boris Godunov]

Huh. So Ned had the most accurate insight into what would happen during the 2008 elections...

This whole site needs to commit seppuku now.

[Dinner]

If the Dems overall think that Obama is electable in the general election, they are seriously detached from reality. Who is going to vote for a "real progressive?" There ain't no votes there!

I miss DanS. He was always good for a laugh.

[Dinner]

This guy seems pretty smart.

Come to think of it, I miss the Nediverse too.

[Fake Boris]

Huh. So Ned had the most accurate insight into what would happen during the 2008 elections...

This whole site needs to commit seppuku now.

I cannot stress this enough.

[-Jrabbit]

I remember having the same opinion when Reagan's name was first floated back in the 70s.
"That will never happen..."

[notyoueither]

Huh. So Ned had the most accurate insight into what would happen during the 2008 elections...

This whole site needs to commit seppuku now.

Yup.

[DanS]

Awesome thread.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Man, Ramo was pretty prophetic about Obama from early on.

[Dinner]

Huh. So Ned had the most accurate insight into what would happen during the 2008 elections...

This whole site needs to commit seppuku now.

I don't know. He claimed Obama was an "extreme leftist" something which the man clearly is not nor will ever be.

[Fake Boris]

Cite?

He seems to say he'll move to the center and win on charisma.

[Lorizael]

I don't know. He claimed Obama was an "extreme leftist" something which the man clearly is not nor will ever be.

Do remember that he's viewing Obama through the lens of the Nediverse.

[Imran Siddiqui]

For FakeBoris, who does not understand the Nediverse

From my understanding, Obama is far left. If this is true, he will come off as a lightweight vs. Hillary and/or any likely Republican candidate. He himself needs to move to the center in order to win either the nomination or the presidency.

[OzzyKP]

I miss DanS. He was always good for a laugh.

*ahem*

Obama would make an interesting VP candidate but he isn't ready for prime time. However, the Dems already get 80%+ of the black vote and they'd likely lose some white votes for trying to run a black VP so tactically it doesn't make sense. The Republicans are the ones who'd stand to gain big from a black or female VP candidate since both of those groups tend to vote Democratic.

[Dinner]

I still don't think he's ready for prime time as proven by the fact that he STILL doesn't know how to get the GOP to actually act in good faith. Offering a fair compromise and then compromising on your compromise just results in them spitting in your face. If you want them to actually do something positive then you need to beat them over the head with a club over and over and over again so that it becomes obvious to the public as well as to the Republican dirtbags that the price of obstructionism is higher then just doing what is right for the country. Until he learns he'll continue to get the GOP deliberately trying to crash the national economy for political gain; Obama needs to make it so that even the most disinterested citizen understands what the Republicans are doing and then, and only then, will the GOP respond to voter anger.

I admit I was wrong about the number of whites who wouldn't vote for a black candidate though. Their numbers were fewer than I thought but they're obviously still there and they obviously make up the most vocal and irrational Obama haters in the GOP.

[Imran Siddiqui]

He isn't ready for Prime Time even though HE WON THE RACE FOR PRESIDENT?! What shifting goal posts is this?