KOEB 06/07/08 Hillary Finally Packs It In and Endorses Obama? Edition

[Berry Cool]

Let's hope this is the end of the line...

:hi: Join us.

[Berry Cool]

1. For the record, Keith gave a killer introduction.

He's also in Boss Hijack pinstripes and a stripey blue shirt, and a flattering stripey blue tie--cool!

But his makeup is red and his ears are pink, and you can see age spots on his forehead.

I think this thing made him old.

[GigiMommy]

3. He's TOO YOUNG...

to have age spots, GEEZ!!!!!!! :wow:

[WolverineDG]

No he's not

I've got 'em. Had a few since my 20's actually. I'm going later to the salon to have my face sanded off a 3rd round of microdermabrasion.

dg

[GigiMommy]

2. Happy Saturday!

:hi: She IS going to do it, isn't she?

[Berry Cool]

4. Hi GGM!

:hi: Yeah, all indications are that she will. I guess I'm just feeling nervous myself. As if I can hardly believe it. I mean, look at Tuesday--we thought she'd do it then, but noooo.

[Berry Cool]

6. Rachel!!!!!

Good to see her. I just hope Pat Buchanan doesn't spend all his time railing about how she HAS to be VP on the ticket.

Eugene Robinson says she better avoid talking about "hard-working white voters" or "I won the states we need to win." :rofl:

[Berry Cool]

8. Oh no, Pat is already saying that this is how she will lay the ground

to make her case for being VP. :puke:

We can always count on him...

But he's right, she needs to be sincere. Not fake jolly.

[GigiMommy]

7. Had to step away for a min.

Just learned that Broadcaster Jim McKay passed away. I grew up watching "Wide World of Sports". Who can forget the arm wrestling tournaments and the cliff diving competitions. R.I.P Mr. Jim McKay.

[Patsy Stone]

5. Rachel leads the panel!

:loveya:

What a nice thing to see.

:hi:, all!

[Berry Cool]

9. Hi Pats!

:hi: Oh, dear, Jim McKay died? I don't know how Keith will be able to avoid mentioning that--it makes no sense for him to unless he says "As a sportscaster..."

I mean, Jim is a legend. One thing I'll never be able to forget, and I doubt Keith will, is how well he handled switching from sportscaster to newscaster in Munich in '72, when he had no choice. Jim showed Keith how it's done.

"They're all gone." :cry:

[Berry Cool]

11. And no, I will never forget the wristwrestling and cliff diving either.

Nor an event I was able to watch that he was covering, and seeing how it seemed like every two seconds he was being brought something from the concession stand. Still remember seeing him eating an ice cream bar when not on the air.

It really is the end of an era.

[Patsy Stone]

16. "Spanning the globe...."

I wish this was in color, so we could all see that hideous gold jacket.

[WolverineDG]

45. The thrill of victory

& the agony of defeat.

I mean, really, when you hear that phrase, how can you NOT think of that ski jumper falling over those barrels?

:cry:

During the Olympics, he munched on popcorn, or so I read.

dg

[Patsy Stone]

12. I saw that when I logged on

It was on CNN. RIP, Jim. :(

Why doesn't anyone take into account the fact that the Clintons never liked the media -- in fact, they showed contempt for them most of the time? Does no one remember that in the beginning Hillary's people wouldn't even show up when asked? Or that Hillary never showed up on any progressive radio show?

Just asking.

[Berry Cool]

18. Good points.

Someone did mention that last night--was it on Dan Abrams' show? I know I heard someone say it.

[GigiMommy]

25. Is that why I heard Bill on

Al Sharpton's radio show, Tom Joyner's radio show, etc., etc., etc.

[Patsy Stone]

28. IIRC,

before Super Tuesday, they were nowhere to be found. After they realized they needed to fight, surrogates showed up on some shows, but she herself never showed up even though she was invited.

Bill was also on Rush's show. Still not sure what that was about.

[GigiMommy]

10. Hi Patsy!!!

:hi:

[Patsy Stone]

13. Good morning!

It looks like Hillary's speech is going on in the Vatican. :hi:

[GigiMommy]

15. Hee hee hee hee hee...

:rofl:

[Berry Cool]

14. Now they're calling Al Gore the very model of a modern VP

and touting HIM as the ultimate key to a unity ticket. Make him the environmental czar.

"At 11:30 on a Saturday morning, why not throw it out?" says McCheese.

Now THAT is an idea!!

[Berry Cool]

19. Keith is about to say it's the first sunny Saturday of the summer in DC

and then says "Well, it's not SUMMER."

Keith, don't be a tightass. For most people in this country, summer starts with Memorial Day, no matter when the solstice is. Come on. :-)

[Patsy Stone]

17. So, I take it

Terry will NOT be introducing her as "the next President of the United States" this time?

Why does Hillary get such a big do-over?

[Berry Cool]

20. Maybe he will say it and say "The next one after President McCa--er, I mean OBAMA!"

That rat. He's like the Eddie Haskell of the Democratic Party.

Anyway, Debbie W-S is now saying that all four of Hillary's Congressional backers got together Thursday to back Obama? Someone better tell Stephanie T-J, I don't think she got the memo!

[Patsy Stone]

21. She must have whiplash

from that turnaround.

S T-J and Lisa Caputo -- still hangin' on to the dream.

[Berry Cool]

23. I could have sworn I saw Stephanie on TV Thursday and still hanging strong.

Maybe I'm wrong, but I thought I did.

I guess we'll be left waiting a bit while Hillary gets her act together and leaves the house.

Watch, at the last second..."I...just...can't...do it. ON TO DENVER!!!!"

[Patsy Stone]

24. Good news from GD:P if you missed it:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=6305318&mesg_id=6305318

[Berry Cool]

29. I saw this excellent news yesterday, and just removed him from my Ignore list this morning.

But thanks for the link--that's hilarious--I had no idea there were Tombstone Pizza vending machines! :rofl:

I hope he got extra toppings on his. They were so richly deserved.

You should look up yesterday's thread. It was hilarious too. People said they weren't going to say kaddish for him.

There was also a pretty funny thread yesterday morning in which some of us buzzards were circling, saying he was soon to bite the dust and referring to him obliquely, that was pretty funny too.

[GigiMommy]

27. No, I saw that too...

LET IT GO STEPHANIE!!!!

[Patsy Stone]

22. FYI: They're parading Charile Crist around with a woman

With obviously played-for-the-camera PDA's. McCain's pick for VP? See... he's not gay. :eyes:

[Berry Cool]

31. "Let him be perfectly clear..."

...He has a wide stance, is all.

Of course, that could just be 'cause he's sore.

Oh, did I say that? :spank:

[Berry Cool]

32. And let me just say one thing: Fuck the Race for the Cure.

Anything labeled "for the Cure" (tm) that has to do with breast cancer just puts more money into an already wealthy organization, Susan G. Komen, run by Bush Pioneer Nancy Brinker, whose main interest is in keeping Big Pharma well funded so they can continue to come up with treatments for breast cancer rather than actually curing it or preventing it in the first place.

There's BIG money to be made from breast cancer, and Nancy makes sure her Big Pharma Bush-lovin' friends don't miss a dime of it.

Don't get me wrong, we need pharmaceutical companies. We just don't need their astronomical profits. And we don't need them to be more focused on treatment than cures.

[Patsy Stone]

26. What's she been doing that she's running late?

What's more important than this?

[WolverineDG]

35. Freakin' drama queen

It's her last chance to play "It's all about MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!"

:eyes:

:hi: Pats!

dg

[Patsy Stone]

37. She hasn't left the house yet.

:wtf:

:hi:, DG!

[WolverineDG]

39. You know I understand not wanting to get to some place exactly on time

so as to make a dramatic entrance. However, this kind of delay is just fucking rude.

dg

[Patsy Stone]

47. As someone who is always late

even I try to keep it under 30 minutes.

As Chris just said, "They like us thinking about them..."

[ralps]

30. Hi BerryBush, Hi Everyone! My internet tubes must be really clogged! I can't

get to my photobucket account! :hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :shrug:

[Berry Cool]

33. Hi ralps!

:hi: Keith's really getting off on this building as the site for the speech. It's the historian and architect's son in him coming out.

[GigiMommy]

34. Hi Ralps!!!

:hi: Cassie says Hi! too. Here's a kitty for you!

[ralps]

38. Hi GigiMommy! Awww that's so cute! Did you shrink it?

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[GigiMommy]

41. No, we found it that way!

That wasn't Cassie first choice but she wanted to post SOMETHING for you.

[ralps]

72. Thanks GigiMommy & Cassie!

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[WolverineDG]

36. Ya know, I wish themedia would say

"well, obviously, Hillary has more important things to do, like her nails, so now back to our regularly scheduled progamming" and then ignore the shit out of her when she does start blathering about sending her money, etc.

dg

[GigiMommy]

40. Hi Wolfie!

:hi: Cassie says Hi! too.

[WolverineDG]

42. Hi Cassie!!

:hi: Happy Saturday!

dg

[GigiMommy]

43. I'll be back

[Berry Cool]

44. Hurry. You're missing Keith talking about how big and long and tall those pillars are.

He's starting to get me hot. :loveya: :rofl:

[Patsy Stone]

46. It's the way he says "Corinthian"

isn't it? :rofl:

[Berry Cool]

49. "Rich Corinthian columns...the highest in the world."

:rofl: He thinks he's Ricardo Montalban.

Now he's speculating that Hillary's hiding in the bushes. :rofl:

Pat Puke-Cannon, quit talking about how "wounded" she is. She's been attacking Obama plenty. Time to tough up.

[Patsy Stone]

50. I had to switch to CNN

when Pat told me she won the popular vote.

Someone in GD: P thinks Keith is being an ass today, presumably for mentioning she's late. They've surmised it's due to the press being pissed that HRC and BO gave them the slip the other night. :eyes:

[Berry Cool]

60. They always jump to conclusions.

Remember the first time MSNBC covered a Repug debate? They thought Keith was in the bag for them because he said they were marching in and it was kind of a royal procession and a big contrast from how the Dems looked when they walked into theirs. They said this was proof that Keith preferred them to the Dems--when all he was doing was OBSERVING and DESCRIBING.

[Patsy Stone]

68. To be fair

this one has always hated Keith. :eyes:

[Berry Cool]

82. Oh. Well then.

Is it true that certain DU'ers are on a time out? I'm wondering if maybe that's why I haven't seen a lot of posts lately from a Dem who's from the Kennedys' state ifyouknowwhatImean.

I heard one rhyming with "Carrie Smogan" was off for a while. :-) I thought "He deserves it."

[Patsy Stone]

48. Finally, in the cars...

:eyes:

[Berry Cool]

51. A belated hi to Wolfie

:hi: who should be sleeping the sleep of the just!

[WolverineDG]

52. wanna bet they make a quick stop at McD's?

"It's all about MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!"

:eyes:

dg

[Berry Cool]

53. Or is that all about Bill?

:rofl:

Guess she's here, though.

[WolverineDG]

54. How many fucking hands was she shaking AT HER HOUSE????

:eyes:

I love watching this stupid explanation as to why she's late TODAY.

dg

[Patsy Stone]

57. Just asked the husband

the exact same question. :rofl:

[bleever]

55. Elvis is in the building.

:hi:

[Berry Cool]

56. Hi, bleev.

:hi: I can't help but feel they're hoping some terrible "surprise" emerges about Obama before it's too late.

Disgusting. As disgusting as implying that well, he could be shot.

[Berry Cool]

62. Well, here goes nothing.

Her big chance to be the Beatles.

[Patsy Stone]

58. The Building Museum

to be exact.

Mornin'! :hi:

[WolverineDG]

64. Yeah & Hilly finally showed up too!

I know who I'm happier to see! :hi:

dg

[WolverineDG]

59. C'mon everyone! Let's help keep Hilly out of the poor house!

I've already scrounged the bottom of my purse & found two gas receipts, some fortune cookie strips, & a gum wrapper I can toss in the kitty.

COME ON! IT'S FOR A GREAT CAUSE!!

dg

[Patsy Stone]

63. That's www.hillaryclinton.com

Please, make a note of it...

[Berry Cool]

69. HILLARYCLINTON.COM!!!!

That's the name, feel free to wear it out! Keep hitting that button again and again! PLEASE!!!!! I BEG OF YOU!!!!!

[Patsy Stone]

61. Her black "I'm in mourning" pants suit?

Alright, here we go...

[WolverineDG]

65. GIVE ME MONEY! GIVE ME MONEY!!

I only have $100 million! :cry:

dg

[Patsy Stone]

66. I hope that kid gets his video game and bike back.

Give me his name, I'll buy him one.

[RevCheesehead]

111. THANK YOU!!!

:rofl:

[Berry Cool]

67. OH NO. SHE SUCKERED A POOR KID FROM MAYFIELD, OHIO.

Oh well, she's now learned there's no Disneyland in Harrisburg.

[Berry Cool]

70. OK, she can have this, but if she really does make a pitch for money first

before switching to Obama, she's the worst of the worst.

And she can tell these stories of those who voted for her and why but now she's got to convince all these people she "fought" for that someone else can "fight" for them just as well.

[RevCheesehead]

110. ahem...

While it is true that there is no Disneyland in Harrisburg, I feel I need to point out that there IS a Hershey Park in Hershey, just a mere 20 miles east of Harrisburg. I have a niece who tells me so. :)

Sorry I missed the fun... I was doing the bulletin.

[CC]

112. Hershey Park is FUN and you get free chocolate

after the tour of the factory. And don't forget the Hershey Kiss street lights in Hershey. lol


Hit and run since I have no idea how long the cable will stay on. Plus I have to transplant some seedlings so that they can go into the garden when it cools off.

[Berry Cool]

114. It would be fun to go someday.

Speaking of cable...the Belmont starts in a while and MY cable isn't working. It's weirdo-rama...the PBS stations work, the cable channels are all on, but the Big Four Networks are AWOL. Dark.

[Berry Cool]

113. I know that.

In fact, I was able to make good use of that knowledge once, to tell someone off. Long story.

And I have a metal canister that looks like its carousel sitting on my desk at work. Empty Kisses canister.

But I doubt this poor girl ever made it to Hershey Park. Nah, she spent all her time pounding the drum for Hill. And, I guess, learned a valuable lesson in the process. To quote the Rolling Stones, "You can't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you just might find, you get what you need."

Sorry about you having to do that bulletin. Stinks. :-(

[Patsy Stone]

71. Maybe it's brown.

I can't tell.

[Berry Cool]

74. OK, she did the right thing.

But just listen to the BOOS, and LOOK at all the people NOT applauding or cheering her.

[Patsy Stone]

79. She did

And that's a wonderful thing. So far, so good.

[WolverineDG]

73. okay, I heard booing

do I still have to be nice?

dg

[Patsy Stone]

76. Do you know what they were booing?

I wasn't paying attention.

[WolverineDG]

80. endorsing barack

Wasn't too long, but it was a definite "boo" mixed in with the cheers.

dg

[Patsy Stone]

81. Oy.

Thanks.

[Patsy Stone]

75. Thank you, Hillary.

Thank you. Finally.

[WolverineDG]

77. I I I I

Still a bit of a problem with that, eh, Hill? Too bad you screwed the pooch to be VP on Tuesday.

dg

[Berry Cool]

78. I thank her. I thank her for doing it right.

Now she has to find some way to get the boo-birds in line. Because they are THERE.

[GigiMommy]

83. I'm back

Whadda miss!?!

[Patsy Stone]

84. A very wonderful speech.

She's doing everything right. Go, Hill!

[bleever]

85. For a second I thought she was gonna say "Barack Hussein Obama".

:)

[GigiMommy]

87. Hi Bleever!!!

:hi:

[bleever]

91. It's an historic day for women,

and that's good for all of America.

:hi:

[WolverineDG]

86. What's this shit about a woman being CiC?

Is she going into GI Jane/Savior of the Battle of Tuzla again???

:wtf:

dg

[Berry Cool]

88. I think this is her way of saying "Don't give up on the dream of a woman pres"

but at the same time, it's almost like she's laying the groundwork to say "I'll be back in 2012" without saying it overtly or having to make a promise.

I bet that's how she herself was mollified. "Hillary Is 45!"

"I won't say it outright today...but look for me in four years, after Obama makes a mess of things, 'cause I'll be back!!!!"

[Patsy Stone]

89. Hillary, it's a home run.

Thanks for doing this; even if it was a few days late, it's right on target. And no matter what I think about how she's handled this campaign (or what I think about how she's been "handled") she has absolutely made strides towards the acceptance of a future female president. For that, I will always be grateful.

[bleever]

90. Yes.

It's one for the history books.

Full steam ahead to November.

[Patsy Stone]

92. Gobama!

:toast:

[GigiMommy]

93. YAAAAAAAAAY!!!!

:applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause:

[Patsy Stone]

94. Can't wait.

I.Can't.Wait!

:bounce:

[Berry Cool]

96. Yes, I will be kind today.

Even if I suspect she's trying to lay the groundwork for herself as that first woman pres yet again, I will be kind to her today. She had to give up on a dream, and that's hard.

She never said anything today other than what was right. And I hope she does everything she can to pull T-Shirt Woman into line. You know, as Keith said, "Make no mistake, I'm here to support Hillary Clinton, not BHO/DNC" etc."

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

95. I only caught the last few minutes of her speech.

I completely forgot about it this morning. She did OK. But I'm with Wolvie on her. I'll never respect her or Bill again.

[GigiMommy]

98. Hi MO!

:hi: Yes, I see them in a TOTALLY different light now too.

[Berry Cool]

109. I am very glad she did this. I won't respect her or Bill again either, though.

I will respect the difficulty she must have had facing this day, though. And I will hope that she does everything within her power to truly support Obama and, moreover, to get her SUPPORTERS to. I will pray that it's not all being done with the idea in mind that he will bollix things up somewhere along the campaign and she can step in to save the day, or that he will botch his presidency and then she can come in for 2012 saying "Things didn't work out so well, huh?"

I guess only time will tell.

[Patsy Stone]

97. O/T, but kinda relevant:

How cool would it be if Big Brown won the Triple Crown today?

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

99. I would love to see Big Brown win the Triple Crown.

After all it's been 30 years since the last one.

[Patsy Stone]

102. Yep

It's way overdue.

:hi:. mo!

[Berry Cool]

100. Very cool.

On Dan Patrick's show yesterday they were kind of denigrating the other horses, saying he hasn't really run against any good ones yet. Oh well!

[bleever]

101. That was transplendent.

Thank you, Hill.

[Patsy Stone]

103. The only word for it...

:thumbsup:

[Berry Cool]

104. Terry McAuliffe went off and got a tan.

I wish he'd just go away. The more I see him, the more he reminds me of Eddie Haskell.

[Berry Cool]

105. No, Tweety, OHIO DOES NOT NEED HILLARY

and please don't encourage Baghdad Terry to go on about it.

[Patsy Stone]

107. I hate Barack... I love Barack...

24 hour turnaround. :eyes:

[bleever]

106. Michelle Barnard quoting that crazy Harriet Christian lady!

Talk about a lousy focus group!

[Berry Cool]

108. Oh, thank goodness I realize for some reason my recording stopped

and I caught the end, with Keith's expression of sympathies to ABC and to Jim's son at CBS.

Yes, that was the other connection that made a mention of Jim McKay logical--his son's running their news division.

Classy, Keith.