NYT: "That raucous laughter you hear is coming from the likes of Rove, Cheney, Bush & McCain"

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Op-Ed Columnist

Road Map to Defeat

By BOB HERBERT

Published: April 19, 2008

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/19/opinion/19herbert.html



The Democrats are doing everything they can to blow this presidential election. This is a skill that comes naturally to the party. There is no such thing as a can’t-miss year for the Democrats. They are truly gifted at finding ways to lose.

Voters across the country seem disgusted with this state of affairs. George Stephanopoulos and Charles Gibson of ABC News are being pilloried for the way they conducted Wednesday’s debate. Hillary Clinton’s disapproval ratings have climbed into a zone that makes it legitimate to wonder whether she could defeat Senator McCain. And much of the excitement and enthusiasm surrounding Mr. Obama’s candidacy has cooled.

That raucous laughter you hear in the background is coming from the likes of Karl Rove, Dick Cheney, President Bush and Senator McCain. They can’t believe their good fortune.

The issues still favor the Democrats. More and more Americans are losing their jobs, and many of those still employed are working fewer hours and cashing smaller paychecks. Vacation plans are being curtailed because of declining family income and sky-high gasoline prices. The value of the family home is eroding.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/19/opinion/19herbert.html?em&ex=1208750400&en=13b2fa2cf7483a4f&ei=5087

[JohnnyLib2]

1. Painful, but worthwhile read.

Thanks for posting, and I hope the messenger is not shot this time.

Recommended.

[saigon68]

2. Yes--- there is still time To snatch Defeat from the Jaws of Victory

[LibertyorDeath]

3. "much of the excitement and enthusiasm surrounding Mr. Obama’s candidacy has cooled."

What planet is this Joker on?????

They are so fucking scared of Obama becoming President!


Obama greeted by largest crowd of his campaign Updated at 3:06 PM

Source: Associated Press via Yahoo

Barack Obama was greeted by the largest crowd of his campaign Friday night in Philadelphia. Some 35,000 people jammed into Independence Park to see the Democratic presidential candidate, four days before this state's crucial April 22 primary. Frank Friel, director of security at the Independence Visitor Center, made the official estimate. The crowd exceed the 30,000 who greeted Obama and Oprah Winfrey in December in Columbia, S.C.

Obama told the crowd the United States is at a crucial moment in its history, much like what the founding fathers faced in Philadelphia.

"It was over 200 years ago that a group of patriots gathered in this city to do something that no one in the world believed they could do," Obama said. "After years of a government that didn't listen to them, or speak for them, or represent their hopes and their dreams, a few humble colonists came to Philadelphia to declare their independence from the tyranny of the British throne."



Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080419/ap_on_el_pr/obama_c... ;_ylt=AggB56TS9WA_xzqgtpo3H25h24cA

[Arugula Latte]

4. Hey, Herbert had a very reliable source for that little factoid:

His own ass.

[windoe]

5. Gag me this is too bias n/t

[dave123williams]

6. Losers find a way to lose, that's for sure.