Why Obama Should Drop Out

• Drop Out, Obama

  By Chris Wilson

  Even as Hillary Clinton trails Barack Obama in pledged delegates, the popular vote, and number of states won, she has made it clear that she plans to stay in the race for the nomination. All of which brings me to this logical conclusion: It is time for Barack Obama to drop out.

  If Clinton had the good of the Democratic Party in mind, she would have given up her bid the day after the Mississippi primary, which Obama won by 25 points. The delegate math was as dismal for her campaign then as it is now, even after Pennsylvania, and she was facing down a six-week gulf before the next election.

  But Hillary Clinton isn’t going to drop out. There simply isn’t a function in her assembly code for throwing in the towel.

  Obama, on the other hand, is fully capable of it. And if he’s really serious about representing a new kind of politics, now is the time for him to prove it in the only meaningful way left. Moreover, were he to play it right, dropping out now nearly guarantees that he’ll be elected president in 2012. Here’s the roadmap:

  Obama drops out next week, stating that although he could almost certainly win the nomination by fighting it out until the convention in August, he is simply not willing to drag the party through a battle that will cripple its chances against John McCain. He then pledges to help support Sen. Clinton in her bid—with full knowledge that she will not take him up on the offer.

  In one stroke, Obama will regain his messiah creds by making the ultimate sacrifice for the good of the party. His followers will be furious. The mere mention of Clinton’s name will provoke unspeakable acts. They will abandon Clinton in numbers sufficient to hand McCain the election in November.

  Losing the presidency again after eight years of Bush will ruin the Democratic Party. It will become obvious that Clinton’s decision to stay in the race was the turning point in the election. The base will turn its wrath on party leaders like Howard Dean and Nancy Pelosi, who failed to push Clinton out. Obama, as the de facto head of the party, will broker negotiations to install new leaders loyal to him.

  McCain will be eminently more beatable in 2012. Demographics will continue to shift in Obama’s favor as his 14- to 17-year-old supporters come of voting age. Anyone foolish enough to challenge Obama for the nomination—and don’t rule out Clinton—will go nowhere. Obama’s utopian vision for a Democratic party unified around him will be complete. QED.

  Published Thursday, April 24, 2008 11:52 AM

  Filed under: Clinton, Obama

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FIRST DAY

i hot my boss’s car on the first day of work. long stupid fucking story shit: i can’t park to save my life and i rubbed our cars together like a 13 year old boys hand to his penis. hard, fast and awkward. soooooo i get my boss, ask him to look at the “mark”. he says it was there before (clearly not seeing the HUGE dent. scratch i made). so i take it, run with it and we go back inside.

but here is the rough thing about being in AA: 1) you can’t drink. 2) you have to tell the truth and people make you feel bad if you don’t. so i call my sponsor, ask her about all this because i know i am full of shit and i feel like shit.  so she tells me i have to email him, ask him to take a second look at the car and tell him that i think i am responsible for some damage.

FUCK waiting on the reply. i’m so fucking sober and nervous. BALLS!

Is our children learning?

April 24, 2008

Jenna Bush may not back McCain

Posted: 11:00 AM ET

Jenna Bush says she may not vote Republican.

(CNN) — President Bush was quick to endorse John McCain when the Arizona senator wrapped up his bid for the Republican presidential nomination.
But another Bush might not be so sure.
Speaking with CNN’s Larry King Wednesday night, Jenna Bush said she hasn’t decided yet who she will vote for in November.
“I don’t know,” Jenna Bush, daughter of President and Mrs. Bush, said when asked if she will back McCain.
“Of course [I am open]. I mean, who isn’t open to learning about the candidates and I’m sure that everybody’s like that,” she added.
Though the younger Bush conceded she has “been too busy with books to really pay that much attention.”
Meanwhile, mother Laura Bush was quick to affirm that she will be voting for the Republican candidate in the fall.
The two appeared on the show to discuss Jenna Bush’s upcoming wedding next month.
“[It will be] outdoors, very small wedding, you ‘know, very small, all relatives, our families, really, kind of big,” Jenna Bush said. “So it’s half-family and then half very close friends.”

From: CNN Ticker Producer Alexander Mooney
Filed under: John McCain
**If by books, she means magazines. also this is my favorite quote “very small wedding…really, kind of big.”

Pennsylvania

Could everyone settle the fuck down? Yes, Hillary won PA but there is no way that Obama isn’t taking the nomination. I bet my left boob on it.

Hello all

** Let me begin by saying I don’t really know how to do this blog thing. The only blogs I read are ones that talk about Lindsay Lohan’s vagina and coke-fueled escapades. But, on the off chance that someone is bored enough to read my inane thoughts on all things unimportant—I am starting this blog. I hope you (lone reader) enjoy it.

Sandwiches

** Let me begin by saying I don’t really know how to do this blog thing. The only blogs I read are ones that talk about Lindsay Lohans vagina and coke-fueled escapades. But, on the off chance that someone is bored enough to read my inane thoughts on all things unimportant—I am starting this blog. I hope you (lone reader) enjoy it.

Sandwiches Are Depressing:

Let me be clear: I am not talking about French roll, imported mustard, Munster cheese (is that fancy? I am a lactard so dairy products are beyond my expertise) type sandwiches. I am talking sandwiches for what they really are—what they were meant to be: sliced white bread, cheddar cheese, mayo and grandpa’s leftover mystery meat.

Sure, as the year’s progress and the memories of being picked last for dodgeball start to slowly but surely fade, the mystery might evolve to sliced turkey and maybe the white bread turns to wheat. No matter.

First, you are probably making these changes not because you are growing up, but because you are fat. We’ll come back to that.

Sandwiches are depressing (especially after the age of 7—before that you are except and any and all problems can and should be blamed on your neurotic, overbearing mother). Picture a cafeteria, any cafeteria in America. Look for the kid sitting alone. The kid may be fat or smelly or short or ugly but you can be sure that kid is eating a sandwich. Made by the loving hands of his mother, or the insecure hands of himself, his head is bent over that sandwich and he is nibbling at a corner of that cheddar cheese like a friendless mouse. It should be noted that this sandwich will, without question be sliced into two triangles. That kid will be holding on to his sandwich with both hands, clutching tightly his only friend.

Now, about fat people. Let me make this very clear. Not all fat people eat sandwiches. Not all people who eat sandwiches are fat (this blog is not endorsed by Dr. Atkins). The Mary Kates of the world may eat sandwiches, but she will have her own issues. Fat people however, seemed to be drawn to a sandwich paradox. From a distance, their lunch will have the guise of being healthy. Have you ever noticed how obese sandwich eaters look both smug and guilty, as though they have a delicious secret and are terrified of being found out? Wheat bread will coat the outside, but inside will be the delectable truth. There will be mayonnaise and Oscar Myer. The eater will crane their neck forward hungrily. Then the devouring will begin.

. For the lonely, sandwiches provide company; for the timid a stable routine. Whatever the reason, if you see a good ‘ol sandwich on store bought white bread, there is a sad soul about to take a bite.

Barack and Pilates

I live in Marin County: white, affluent and liberal. In Marin, like so many other places in the world (black, white, rich, poor, young, old)—Obama mania is everywhere. I love the way it manifests itself in Marin—the white social liberal fiscal conservative hotbed of Northern California.

Obama bumper stickers are everywhere. They are on the back of land rovers parked at the Whole Food, pinned to Chanel scarves and somewhere, I am sure you could find a diaper bag with BARACK splayed across the front. Obama is the latest white liberal fad. A few years ago, it was Pilates. Pilates was everywhere—it could tone you, help you lose weight, center your chi, improve your heart. Classes in gyms and health centers filled. After all, this was much less shallow than simply working out. I mean, Pilates was like made from Indian people (or somewhere exotic and where the people were all centered and stuff). As a result, their ego has gotten a little boost, knowing that they couldn’t possibly be racist—because they totally used Indian techniques to help them loose weight. A woman might let it “slip” to her friend that she had taken up Pilates (translation: I am less racist, more centered and 1weigh 0 pounds less than you). This, in turn, would lead the friend to take up Pilates…and so the fad continues.

Elite Barack mania has the same affect. It should be noted here that this bears no reflection on Barack as a candidate. I like him. I’ll end up voting for him. But the majority of Barack paraphernalia has a much different effect.

In Marin, when a white, upper middle class man or woman walks into a room wearing an Obama pin, they are not supporting his health care policy. They are saying. “I’m not racist. No I mean I am really not racist. I am way more not racist than you. Okay, maybe I have a Mexican maid who I underpay and maybe sometimes I lock my car door when black people walk by, but look at my pin! I’m totally okay.”

Voting for Obama makes white people not racist. I am going to vote for Obama. I hear he can strengthen my core and help me lose 20 pounds.