It's Going To Be Obama

[NanceGreggs]

MEMO to the GOP:

Barack Hussein Obama will be the next President of the United States.

No matter how many of your on-the-payroll talking-heads spew utter nonsense about him, it’s going to be Obama.

No matter how many outrageous smears you come up, it’s going to be Obama.

No matter how many scurrilous lies your minions tell, it’s going to be Obama.

No matter how much effort your operatives put into swiftboating him, it’s going to be Obama.

No matter how many times you raise the specter of Reverend Wright, or flag-pins, or Chicago-style politics, it’s going to be Obama.

No matter how often you attempt to insult his wife, his friends, or his associates, it’s going to be Obama.

No matter how vociferously your pundits challenge his abilities and his competence, it’s going to be Obama.

No matter what tricks you plan to put into action between now and November, it’s going to be Obama.

No matter how many baseless rumors you try to pass off as the truth, it’s going to be Obama.

No matter who you dredge up to speak against him, it’s going to be Obama.

No matter what lengths you go to, or what depths you sink to in order to turn people against him, it’s going to be Obama.

No matter where you go to dig up dirt, or how far your party tries to fling it, it’s going to be Obama.

No matter how hard you to try to instill fear with suggestions of looming terrorism, it’s going to be Obama.

No matter who you cajole, threaten, or pay-off to besmirch his good name, it’s going to be Obama.

No matter how often you publicly wring your hands and question his ability to lead a nation, it’s going to be Obama.

No matter how passionately you proffer your arguments to the contrary, it’s going to be Obama.

No matter how shrill your voices get, or how incensed you become at the thought, it’s going to be Obama.

No matter what you do, say, fabricate, exaggerate, allude to, conjure up, pass along, shout, whisper, fantasize, publicize, propagate, proliferate, cause tears about, cause fears about, stomp your feet over, scream your fears over, pollute, dilute, spin, fold, staple or mutilate, the end result will be the same: it’s going to be Obama.

Barack Hussein Obama will be the next President of the United States.

That is all.

Try not to choke on the idea – but don’t feel obligated to try too hard.

[Kerrytravelers]

1. I am so happy to be rec number 1.

:bounce:

[roguevalley]

23. I detect hopefulness in the OP that has long been missing from this

world. Thank you, OP. I concur. :P

[Mike Nelson]

2. It better be Obama

or, we're doomed!

[NotThisTime]

11. Ditto!

[gademocrat7]

3. K & R

once again, Nance, well done!

[senseandsensibility]

4. woo-hoo!

Absolutely!

[FrenchieCat]

5. You've got that right!

:headbang:

[ThatsMyBarack]

6. If NanceGreggs says it, it must be true!

K&R! :patriot:

[Rosa Luxemburg]

7. I hope so

I hope so

[calimary]

8. Don't think I'd choke on that idea. What about doing the happy dance around it, instead?

I would yell and hoot and dance and wave my arms around and sing on that idea. At the top of my lungs!

[NanceGreggs]

10. No, we won't choke ...

... but there are many GOPers who will - and I am really not too concerned if their choking proves fatal.

[Divine Discontent]

13. "I am really not too concerned if their choking proves fatal"

such sass! I LOVE IT! RRRREEEOOOOWWW! (my cat sound!)

This OP fired me up big time, thank you for making it - especially for the minions around this place who fear him! Maybe when they saw "HUSSEIN" they lodged a hunk of ribeye in the windpipe.




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[calimary]

29. Yeah... know whatcha mean...

You know what? Let 'em. I figure it's THEIR TURN. We've had to choke on eight - to about 15 or 16 YEARS of it. Farther back than that, if you consider the years before Clinton - from maybe reagan onward. Let them choke for a change. Maybe some hard time wandering in the wilderness will provoke some circumspection and soul-searching.

Then again, and I'm genuinely sorry to feel this way, I look at someone like laura ingraham. Just survived a bout with cancer. That is no small stuff. I know a woman on that journey now. HORRIBLE!!! EXTREMELY traumatic on all sorts of levels. A struggle, and a spiritual/psychic/psychological/financial/emotional/AND physical punch in the gut. You go through a lot of changes when you face something that life-altering. You'd think that kind of ordeal would have made our friend laura ingraham a better person. From her continued harsh snark and nastiness, coldness, judgmentalism, and lack of compassion, I'd say probably not. I hoped for something different from her. Might help her stay healthier.

[rasputin1952]

9. When one considers that McCain has to be back in his

coffin before sunrise, this should be an intersting situation...:D

[NanceGreggs]

20. Yeah, that's one issue the GOP have yet to publicly address ...

Would a McCain presidency mean the WH only operates between dusk and dawn?

[saltpoint]

62. : )

[gblady]

12. I'm counting on it.....

that's for darned sure!

[Aanya]

14. Why wait?

Sounds good to me! Let's get this show on the road! I don't think McBush is going to last clear till November anyway! The brain matter is drying up and blowing away!

[madfloridian]

15. Yes, it is.

:hi:

[L0oniX]

16. Hey ...do you think that Obama will be the next president of the United States?

:hi:

[elocs]

17. I said the same thing and was accused of being overconfident.

I called it simply being confident. But I don't just want to win, I want to give McCain a humiliation beating. All Republicans should get a humiliation beating too. So let's not just win, let's WIN!!!

[pipi_k]

69. Ordinarily I would say the same thing

About overconfidence, I mean.

I'm still suffering from my beloved Patriots losing the Superbowl to the underdog. Lots of Pats fans were doing the Happy Dance all over the (virtual) bodies of Giants fans. That made me very nervous...like they were inadvertently calling down the wrath of the football gods who would punish their arrogance...and then..... :wow:

But see, fan confidence had nothing whatsoever to do with a team winning. If voting had won that game, the Pats would have won, I'm sure...which leads me to the topic of confidence in Obama's win in November.

We have control over what happens. Well, to an extent, anyway. People can vote...and vote...and vote. And that's where the confidence comes from...

I think that when people say Obama WILL WIN, it's coming from the knowledge that people are going to rise up do whatever they have to do to ensure that he wins.

Because our country's future depends on it.

:)

[elocs]

75. To win a game or an election you must not only show up, but fight to win.

In line with the football analogy, being here in Wisconsin I have seen the Packers when they were one of the top teams have the attitude for a game that they were so good that all they had to do was show up. The trouble is that they actually had to play the game and have as much hunger to win as their opponent. I think in this past football season the Giants had more desire to win than the Cowboys, the Packers, or the Patriots.

I think the Democrats can decisively beat McCain, but they will have to work hard to do it. That's one of the reasons I don't like the picking of Obama's cabinet before he even wins the election.

[liberal N proud]

18. We are doomed if he isn't

[AndyTiedye]

19. I Sure Hope So!

+ =

:nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke:
:nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke:
:nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke::nuke:

[graywarrior]

21. We knew that all along, didn't we NanceGreggs?

[Faygo Kid]

22. Today's rejection of public funding will assure it happening. No "swift boating" this time.

The GOP will throw the 527s at him, but he will respond with all the money he needs.

We're gonna see to it.

[salguine]

24. With all due respect, it most definitely will NOT be Obama if

everybody thinks this way. It's this kind of self-congratulatory complacency that makes front-runners careless. Has the lesson of Hillary Clinton been forgotten in less than two weeks?

I hope I'm wrong, but I fully expect the GOP to steal the 2008 election, and no one will do a goddamn thing about it. It's worked twice already, why the hell wouldn't they do it again? We've already amply demonstrated that they can rely on nobody going after them for it.

[greyghost]

27. They never tried it against this man, the dogs will have their day.

[NanceGreggs]

34. Confidence and complacency ...

... are not one and the same thing.

The woman who knows her peach cobbler will win the blue ribbon at the county fair rarely sits around the kitchen, expecting that the prize-winner will bake itself.

[me b zola]

81. No complacency here. We have a lot of work to do.

But I've got to tell you, it will happen.

I liked Kerry and most definitely wanted him to win in '04, but even though he was ahead going into election day, I did not visualize him winning. It haunted me that I "saw" bush* taking another term, but yet that is what I "saw".

Where as I believe that we cannot become complacent nor lazy, I see Obama winning, I do not see a 'president McCain', but I do see President Obama.

It will happen.

Now everyone get to work! :)

[greyghost]

25. Spot on, and thank you!

[WeDidIt]

26. 1.5 million people willing to do without something in order to donate to Obama

TERRIFIES everybody in any position resembling power.

Media goons.

Party bigwhigs.

The entire GOP.

The military industrial complex.

Every last one of the pricks who have had their hands in our pockets for decades is absolutely shaking in their boots over 1.5 million people reaching into their pockets on a semi-regular basis in order to give.

[JeffR]

28. Maybe, but it's just too soon to count Mercer out.

And the Wetzelbill/Kurovski ticket is still very attractive...

[NanceGreggs]

33. Whoa ...

... stop messin' with my head, dude.

[rhiannon55]

30. NanceGreggs I'm proud to share a party with you

You write the coolest damn stuff. Thanks for reminding me that sometimes the inevitable is INEVITABLE. Woo-hoo! It's going to be Obama!:woohoo:

[Cha]

31. It IS going to be Obama!

And, none of that will matter, NOT THIS TIME... Thanks Nance!

[Bjorn Against]

32. I hope you are right Nance, I really hope you are...

But I don't think we should be too overconfident. Yes, things look good for us right now, but we all know how dirty the Republicans play. These people are not going to give up the White House easily, and they will do anything they can to make sure that Obama never steps inside the Oval Office.

We can certainly win this, but only if we fight hard for it. This is not going to be an easy battle, but it is a battle we must win.

[Duder]

35. It's going to be...

...Obama.

For sure. :)

[Willo]

36. Obama will be the next President

But make sure you vote, no matter what. Even if you know your state won't matter. Even if you hear he's already won or lost your state.

[scarface2004]

37. i think we should just call him hussein from now on!!!

and watch the heads of republikan assholes explode!!!!

[a la izquierda]

93. you know, i was thinking the same thing

the other day while driving around listening to NPR.

[eppur_se_muova]

38. Obama = PPOTUS

Presumptive President of These United States!

[cliffordu]

39. Nance - another wonderful post. If I could vote for you someplace,

I would. Best DU author, Senator, Pulitzer Prize? I don't care, I'd give you my vote.

(This offer does not include President. Senator Obama has it for the next 2 election cycles. You can have it after that, though).

[K Gardner]

40. Well, Nance, for the first time I'm a bit disappointed in one of your OPs. Hard as I try, I can't

fit the damned thing ON A T-SHIRT !! %$^#&$^%@@@!!

I guess I'll have to make it a poster and paste it on the back of my car !

[MadrasT]

41. Take that, GOPukes!

:dem: You go, girl!

[Swamp Rat]

42. President Barack Hussein Obama

[trickyguy]

43. I'm puttin' on my dancin' shoes. Can't wait to see Barack and

Michelle at the Inaguration Ball. Bet she'll look stunning.

Seriously, it IS going to be Obama.

[FightingIrish]

44. For the next seven months I am going to vizualize

a tall, proud, young president saying "I Barack Hussein Obama do solemnly swear" while glancing at the soon to be indicted war criminal whose legacy he will erase. I hope he puts a subtle emphasis on his middle name as he takes up the mantle we have helped him claim.

[MaraJade]

45. No matter how many women over 35 are passed by and ignored,

it's going to be Obama.

(sigh)

Four years. . .

[Shae]

54. Vote for McCain if you think you'll get a better shake there. . .

Hillary lost and Obama is the nominee.
If you can't get behind him, then do what you gotta do.

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[NanceGreggs]

48. Buh bye!

Be sure to tell you buddies back at home base you made it to one whole post!

:hi:

[MaraJade]

49. Another THREAT against all who DISAGREE. . .

Looks really good on us "BIG TENT" Dems. . .

[NanceGreggs]

51. If you honestly think that post ...

... represents "disagreement" within the party, you might want to reconsider the use of the word "us".

[The Magistrate]

53. That One Was Not One Of Us, Ma'am

"Kill one, warn one hundred."

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[NanceGreggs]

52. Funny ...

... I didn't see any "factual comments" to opine on.

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[redqueen]

70. Yeah... FAUX's whores are all pushing the campaign finance BS *hard* today.

So yeah... thanks for doing your part, too. :eyes:


Enjoy your brief stay.

[Peacetrain]

47. wonderful!

K&R

[Shae]

55. I think you may be onto something, Nance Greggs! nt

[Jackpine Radical]

56. Hi Nance. Hey, you got any thoughts

on how the Presidential election might come out?

[NanceGreggs]

57. Me? Nah ...

I'm adopting a wait-and-see attitude myself.

:hi:

[Jackpine Radical]

86. No doubt the only safe thing to do.

It all seems so iffy.

[tavalon]

58. Oh, it will be Obama and his coattails will be long

We will likely get that supermajority that the Democrats swear is the only thing holding them back from doing great things in Congress. What I worry about now is what if Obama becomes President and there is a Democratic majority in the House and Senate and nothing changes? I don't think I could quite handle it, really. It will be a macro version of what happened after all the work we put in around the 2006 elections and then nothing changed. I don't think I have much more disillusionment left in me, ya know?

[emanymton]

59. Who Controls The Election Machines?

.

Your absolute certainty assumes that there be an open election. As J. Stalin is credited with saying, "Who counts the votes matters."

Put nothing beyond the people holding power in USA today. Mr Cheney plays a long game. He knows he can expect to have to answer for his actions once the new administration is sworn in on January 2009.

Zimbabwe's current president, Robert Mugabe faces the very same prospects of losing power through the voting process. Mr Mugabe's solution is to intimidate, arrest and torture/kill those who stand against him. Mr Cheney does have his own private army, Blackwater to turn to.

Let us hope that USA has an election. Should it be an open election, then "it’s going to be Obama" is valid.

BTW - Love your writing.

.

[Seabiscuit]

71. September: Bush nukes Iran. October: Martial Law. November: Elections cancelled.

December: Blackwater mercenaries set loose on all political dissidents. Water boarding pales in significance to the torture meted out. Homes not just invaded, but torched.
January: Nation collectively salutes Herr W.

Anyone here seriously think it can't happen?

[beezlebum]

79. i seriously think it won't happen/

not necessarily that it can't but that it won't.

why be openly dictatorial when you can fool people, gradually convincing them you're doing these things to "protect" them, and then, after your decade is up, you retire to some place sunny and luxurious and continue to collect your pay.

propaganda and dogs and ponies are plenty effective, and the populace can be appeased/go back to sleep with an eventual economical improvement. no need to dictateify.

there will be an election. and enough people will vote obama that it can't be stolen this time.

[sellitman]

60. It will have to be a landslide.

I have no doubt the Republicans have more dirty work up their sleeve. They have cheated their way in the past 8 years and I fear history will repeat unless we have a overwelming turnout.

[ccharles000]

61. Lovely.

[The Wizard]

63. This is going to

some Hillary supporter friends who are determined to undermine Obama with the hope that Hillary will get the 2012 nomination. I will entertain their bizarre responses with silence. Yes I still know a few who now recite republican talking points with same alacrity as Hannity and Limbaugh.

[loyalkydem]

64. This post

Brings a warm fuzzy feeling to my body

[bluescribbler]

65. The audacity

to hope for this to happen.

[Mad_Dem_X]

66. AMEN!

Our candidate is a fighter, and he is going to keep fighting all the way to the WH, and even after he gets in!

[Lugnut]

67. K&R n/t

[yellerpup]

72. Its going to be Obama.

K&R! :kick:

[Jack Rabbit]

73. Let the GOP choke on this thought:

YES, WE THE PEOPLE CAN!!

[katandmoon]

74. So where is Obama in the FISA bill fight? Too busy trying to get elected to national office

To show any national leadership in advance.

[Political Heretic]

100. Because his vote is the difference between passing and not passing.

Oh wait.

Yes, of course he's trying to get elected. Which is why he is going to speak out against immunity (as he has been doing), work to take it out, and if that doesn't work vote for it because its absolutely stupid not to on a bill that has more than enough votes to pass anyway and simply HAND the GOP their attack points in your vulnerable area (national security/foreign policy)gift wrapped with a note that says "please use this against me to paint me as naive, inexperienced, soft on terror, out of touch on security and weak from now until November! Love, Barack."

[katandmoon]

101. Lather, rinse, repeat, SPIN SPIN SPIN

Obama is a fucking liar just like all politicians.

[Political Heretic]

103. Show me the lie.

[Name removed]

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[crankychatter]

77. have I kicked this fun thread yet? - nt

[crankychatter]

78. Thank you for your recommendation. If the thread you recommended NT

[Imagevision]

80. I say it will be Obama too, and I believe countless republicans are going to help...

[me b zola]

82. I love Nance!

There! I said it out-loud. :blush:



Thank you, Nance! :thumbsup:

[Mark D.]

83. Great Post

But two things.

1) I hope we can eventually just call him "Barry" as his friends did and probably do. Any less fuel to the 'he's a muslim/terrorist' crowd of FAUX SNOOZE liars isn't helpful in this. Nothing wrong with his name for anyone who gets it. But the easily (mis)lead and the right wingers who want to tarnish him will use this and anything they can.

2) I do think he's likely to win. If everyone votes, and the voter turnout causes a wide enough victory to allow him to win DESPITE republican vote stealing tactics, that WILL happen since 8 years after the first major problems popped up, we have ever more polling places using electronic voting with no paper trail. And having one doesn't matter anyway, paper 'recounts' only happen when it's a close decision. If one side wins big enough, the electronic count wins. We should have two counts in every election, electronic THEN public paper counts by non-partisans closely watched.

But aside from that. Too much, 'we're going to win' celebration may lead to 'I don't have to vote, everyone else will vote for him'. Everyone needs to vote. Pessimism in this case would help get a higher turnout maybe. Especially given the above likelihood of right wing voter sabotage. We have to win big, or we may not win at all. That is the reality.

PS. That is if late October polls don't show an easy win for Obama, so Bush nukes Iran and uses an expected national uprising in protest as the 'emergency' he's qualified himself to use (and Congress allowed) to take over the guard from states, roll out Blackwater (after all the shooting practice they had in Iraq) and overrule Congress/Senate objection (as if the largely complicit Democrats would bother) and suspend the Constitution (which he can also do now) and elections too.

[NanceGreggs]

94. Thank you for your concern.

The man's name is Barack, and he has made it clear that this is the name he wishes to be addressed by, and known as.

Thanks for reminding us all that if we want him to actually win, we have to vote for him. I'm sure that hasn't occurred to anyone, and most people are planning to stay home in November.

Do you have a firm date as to exactly when Bush is going to declare martial law, suspend the Constitution and the elections? I only ask because I have been reminded that this is imminent, on a daily basis, for several years now. And I'm still waiting.

[blondeatlast]

102. I love you, Nance!

:spray::thumbsup:

[Rocky2007]

84. k&r No doubt, Barack ROCKS!!!

:toast: :kick:

[JAbuchan08]

85. just don't forget that you have to vote to guarantee it.

n/t

[MaryRN]

87. No matter what Obama does - whether it be walk naked down Pennsylvania Ave, or the discovery

of yet one more thing he doesnt' remember, it's going to be Obama.

[RestoreGore]

88. Did you clear that with DIEBOLD?

[NanceGreggs]

89. At this point ...

... even Diebold is bettin' on Obama.

[1Hippiechick]

92. Good question. Many states returning to paper ballots this fall - shouldn't we all? AND demand

verifiable cross-checking?

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/06/17/many_states_turning_to_paper_ballots_for_fall/

:argh:

[RNdaSilva]

90. For sure!

The glass is more than half-full.

"The Power of Positive Thinking."

[Fluffdaddy]

91. I thought John Kerry was going to win too. :(

[Duder]

95. Times change...

'35% of Americans say they have watched online political videos–a figure that nearly triples the reading the Pew Internet Project got in the 2004 race.

10% say they have used social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace to gather information or become involved. This especially applies to younger voters: two-thirds of internet users under the age of 30 have a social networking profile, and half use social networking sites to get or share information about the campaigns.

6% of Americans have made political contributions online during the primaries, versus 2% during the entire 2004 campaign.

39% of have used the internet to access campaign materials; including videos of candidate debates, speeches, announcements, position papers and speech transcripts.'

[K Gardner]

96. This needs a kick.. not for the GOP, but for the concern trolls and cowards HERE.

[AZBlue]

97. Love the last line the most!

:thumbsup:
K&R

[think4yourself]

98. Thank you.

Your post IS a pleasure to read. It is so refreshing to feel hope and optimism again. And, it is truly a joy to work hard for this. This election will be more fair and accurate than the last two. BOTH sides know better now!

Peace!

[Political Heretic]

99. All bets are off when the Republicans DONT NOMINATE MCCAIN

They can see the polls and indicators just like we can. They know McCains chances are DOA. Worse still, McCain doesn't seem to phsyically be handling the campaign schedule well...

Under pressure, he drops out for health reasons, and the nominate someone else who can then take the "new, fresh, attention-grabbing change" message and run with it.

(For the record, I think he'll still win, but I don't think its time to get over confident.)