Thursday, September 04, 2008

Barack needs a translator

BULLY BOY PRESS & CEDRIC'S BIG MIX -- THE KOOL-AID TABLE
 
 
NO, HE DOESN'T.  AND APPARENTLY ENGLISH IS ALSO A PROBLEM. AT LEAST WHEN IT COMES TO TALKING TO WOMEN WHICH IS WHY 'SWEETIE' OBAMA TOLD US TONIGHT HE'D STUMBLED ON THE WAY TO REACH WOMEN: LET OTHER PEOPLE SPEAK TO THEM.
 
IN OTHER NEWS, FAILED ACTRESS SUSAN SARANDON HAS LAUNCHED A BLISTERING ATTACK ON HILLARY CLINTON.  THE FAILED ACTRESS WHOSE LAST 17 FILMS HAVE BOMBED AT THE BOX OFFICE (AND FAILED CRITICALLY AS WELL -- ENCHANTED WAS A BIT PART, LIKE WHAT SHE DID ON FRIENDS, MAD TV AND OTHER TV PROGRAMS THAT FAILED MOVIE STARS GUEST STAR ON) DECLARED THAT HILLARY SENDS THE WRONG MESSAGE TO YOUNG GIRLS.  WHEN ASKED ABOUT HER OWN MESSAGE TO YOUNG GIRLS, SUE DECLARED SHE COULD CUT UP SOME LEMONS, SMEAR 'EM ON HER BREASTS AND HAVE A HIT "ALL OVER AGAIN."  WE DIDN'T HAVE THE HEART TO TELL SUE THAT ATLANTIC CITY WAS ALSO A FLOP. SUE FIXED THOSE BUG EYES ON US AND INSISTED SHE HAD STARRED IN ONE FILM THAT CROSSED THE $100 MILLION MARK.  YEAH, 1976'S ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW.  THAT'S REALLY SOMETHING FOR AN OVER WORKED ACTRESS TO BRAG ABOUT, A FILM SHE MADE 32 YEARS AGO, DAMN IT, SUSAN.
 
 
 
Turning to US presidential politics, Ralph Nader makes an ill informed remark to John Nichols ("My Running-Mat is More Qualified," The Nation) that Matt Gonzalez is more qualified than Sarah Palin.  Matt Gonzalez was not the mayor of San Francisco -- he did run for it, he did lose to Gavin Newsom. Gonzalez has many strong qualities, being mayor is not one of them and to imply that mayor and Board of Supervisors President is the same thing is to ignore that we elect different people to those posts and we decided not to elect Matt.  That is the way it went. While president of the board is an important position, it is not mayor.  And it's a real shame Ralph allowed himself to be put in the position of doing Team Obama's work for them. It scores no points for Nader to get into that conversation.  It allows the attacks to be launched on him -- attacks people like Kim Gandy are more than willing to make.  He put himself in a very bad position and shouldn't have done so.  Repeating, since the issue was raised elsewhere, we could have voted Matt Gonzalez mayor of San Francisco, we chose to vote Gavin Newsom into that office. Those of us who voted in that election made the decision.  When Ralph makes the comment, "San Francisco is a lot bigger than Wasilla," he takes it into a penis measuring contest whether he intends to do so or not.  And he does it over someone (Gonzalez) who has never been mayor.  It's not the same thing and all the boys need to stick their privates back into their pants before they do more damage to their images.  If you get sick of the whose-is-bigger commentary that the mainstream and panhandle media traffic in, Catherine Morgan has and is compiling a resource list for women bloggers.   She explains, "Answering the question…Where are all the women political bloggers? I decided to take some time today and surf the Internet for as many women blogging on politics that I could find. The refreshing thing about women political bloggers is their diversity…and here are 100 300 500 of them."
 
Amanda Hess (Washington City Paper) notes, "Tonight, Nader will not only stage a rally, but a 'Super Rally,' pulling out even superer celebs: Sheehan. Ventura. Rovics*--in an attempt to get to the $100,000 mark--only 10,000 $10 bills."  Team Nader notes:
 
 
We knew you wouldn't let us down.
We're rapidly approaching our goal of $100,000 by midnight tonight.
Now, we're in striking range.
Just a little over $10,000 away.
That's just 1,000 of you -- our loyal supporters -- contributing $10 each now.
Then, tune in tonight 7 p.m. Central, 8 p.m. EST.
Live from Minneapolis.
It's Ralph Nader.
Then, tune in tonight 7 p.m. Central, 8 p.m. EST.
Live from Minneapolis.
It's Ralph Nader.
And Matt Gonzalez.
And Jesse Ventura.
And a lot more.
In the belly of the Republican beast.
The Nader/Gonzalez Open the Debates Rally.
If you are in the area, hope to see you there at Orchestra Hall.
If not, you can watch it the live stream here at 8 p.m. EST.
(Sorry it didn't work out with the Denver stream. We'll try and make sure this one works.)
As you watch, keep an eye on the last day of our $100,000 fundraising campaign.
We're so close, we can almost touch it.
So, as you watch Ralph Nader rip into the corporate Republicans and Democrats.
Ask yourself this:
Who else is in this election year is standing for the American people?
Who else is standing against the candidates of perpetual war?
Who else is standing for shifting the power from the corporate goliaths back into the hands of the American people?
And if you answer Ralph Nader, then drop $10 -- we need 1,000 of you -- our most loyal supporters -- to do that today.
And we'll reach our goal.
Watch the event.
Remember, if you give $100 or more now, we'll send you three DVDs -- the Denver rally, the Minneapolis rally, and a special debate DVD. (Three DVD offer ends tonight at 11:59 p.m.)
Onward to November
The Nader Team
 
Green Party presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney has multiple events tomorrow and Saturday in Wisconsin including a lunch (10:30 a.m.), a town hall (Walden III School, Racine) at one p.m., and a Park Six meet and greet starting at 4:30.  Saturday she will be speaking at the Fighting Bob Festival (Baraboo, Wisconsin at 10:20 in the morning and will be hosting another meet and greet this time at High Noon Salloon in Madison beginning at 5:30 p.m.). 
 
 

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