Oh, Ouch

Posted on March 28, 2008 by Joe Tobacco

If the Obama campaign reads blogs, they aren’t going to be very happy with Tom Maguire this morning.

Update: Jerome Armstrong missed the apology as well.

Filed under: Barack Obama, Democrats, Election 2008, Jeremiah Wright, Politics, Race

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  1. docweasel, on March 28th, 2008 at 13:59 Said:

    On the other hand: I think the tide has turned against Hillary with this Bosnian thing. I think people are going to loudly start saying she needs to get out, and she’s going to have to defend staying in with superdelegates, under great pressure from everyone to go ahead and anoint Obama, leaving her.

    Which is sad, because I want a brokered convention as much as anyone. But after NC, which she is going to get creamed in, she’ll have to get out to save face as her national numbers tank (as they are now, already).

    I think Pennsylvania is her last gasp.

    And in more good news, check out this Barone post with bad number for Obama, even while the press reports he has bounced back nationally.
    http://www.usnews.com/blogs/barone/2008/03/25/polls-show-obama-damaged-by-reverend-wright.html
    Everyone forgets, national numbers mean nada, folks. We don’t elect presidents that away. Ask President Gore.

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  2. Knowing when to say goodbye: Hillary needs to get out before being pushed « docweaselblog, on March 28th, 2008 at 14:30 Said:

    [...] have not gone great for Obama this month, although the press is doing their best to push the narrative that his speech has healed all [...]

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  3. Joe Tobacco, on March 28th, 2008 at 14:40 Said:

    Yep, I think the crescendo has finally reached the point where Hillary really ought to be thinking about dropping out. The party elders are afraid of the Obama phenomenon, much more afraid than they are of the ailing Clinton machine.

    Great minds, Doc — I think I already linked that Barone article…yep, sure did, right here. Heh.

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  4. docweasel, on March 29th, 2008 at 02:46 Said:

    heh I had read that Tim Blair independently too- I think we have all the same bookmarks :p

    I have 3 folders of bookmarks “open all”":
    several times a day= blogs who update a lot
    once a day= blogs that update daily
    once a week=lazy bloggers, but I still like

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  5. brogarn, on March 31st, 2008 at 10:37 Said:

    This blog isn’t happy with him either. Yeesh!

    http://www.liberalrapture.com/2008/03/poisonous-campaign-of-barack-obama.html

    tinyurl changed a bit and sends you to an advertising page that has the link you’re trying to shrink on it. So, I didn’t use it this time. Sorry for the long link.

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  6. Joe Tobacco, on March 31st, 2008 at 11:01 Said:

    Jesus, brogarn…that guy should tell us what he really thinks next time!

    I get what he’s saying there, truly, I do. And for what it’s worth, most online Obama supporters (twc is a marked exception to this rule) irk me to end as well. If Obama is the nominee, though, I’ll vote for the guy — who knows, I may have a candidate I really like in 2012 or 2016, and I’ll want his supporters to support my guy.

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  7. brogarn, on March 31st, 2008 at 11:14 Said:

    I felt he was holding back. Maybe blocking a little. O.o

    Yes. That would be sarcasm. Flames shot out of my monitor when I was reading his post!

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  8. docweasel, on March 31st, 2008 at 11:59 Said:

    Mr. Snitch finds another really spirited and forceful blogger:
    http://mistersnitch.blogspot.com/2008/02/aw-tell-us-what-you-really-think.html

    Unfortunately, too much of the blogosphere has ‘gone commercial’, with many of the more successful bloggers trying to imitate the tendencies of paid media. When this happens, concerns about integrity (an overused word, we’ll admit) take a backseat to other concerns.

    We’ve noted this in postings regarding the local website Hoboken411 (where the problem is pretty extreme), but we’ve seen signs of it in many of the more ‘connected’ blogs. Too often, posts are written (or not written) out of concern for the fallout from a bigger (we hate the term “A-list”) blog which may cease linking them.

    That’s why this rant was so refreshing in its candor and devil-may-care demeanor. It reminds us of a time when more of the blogosphere was this way.

    I read the post and I have to say the guy is genius.

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  9. Joe Tobacco, on March 31st, 2008 at 12:06 Said:

    Yeah, I remember that post rant, Doc. Of course, I’ve never expected you to hold back on your posts, ever since we met :-)

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