It is being widely censored. The uncensored version is below the fold.This is the most disturbing thing I’ve posted in a while. At least 12 hours or so. Continue reading Edgy over the top politically real video by Madonna. Must see. →

Oh. No. Right. Bob Bar. Not Barbar. Whatever. Continue reading Babar the Elephant for President! →

According to news breaking moments ago, Obama and Clinton are meeting at this very moment in a home in the Washington D.C. area.There are no details available. But I thought you’d like to know.UPDATE:It is now thought that the “home in DC” was Hillary’s place. It is believed that Hillary has snuck out the back of the house and she and Barack are going to meet somewhere quite.And no, I am not making this up.UPDATE (8:50PM CST):It appears that Obama was in the DC area today with the press group that is assigned to him. Then they went to get on the plane and fly away. Well, they did go on the plane to fly away. And they flew away.But Obama only made them THINK he was on the plane. The press corps flew away and Obama was still on the ground … on his way over to Hillary’s place.And no, I really really am not making this up.

According to press reports such as this one, and for all I know a zillion others (I’ve been totally out of touch at a graduation party over on Eat Street), Clinton will announce her move on Saturday. She had a conference call with party mucky mucks today, apparently. The announcement will come in connection with an end-of-primary event. The Obama campaign is pretty much staying out of the way. Continue reading Hillary Clinton Will Announce Withdraw From Race on Saturday, Will Back Obama →

I remember being shaken awake by my father. He did not want me to miss an historic event. During the election campaigns, the television is always on in my house, this has been true since I was a kid and we first got a TV. So the TV was on and he knew Robert Kennedy had been shot, and he woke me up to make sure I knew what was going on.The next day, the same thing happened, this time with the news that Kennedy was dead. Continue reading June 4th: Kennedy Wins California Primary; June 5th Kennedy Shot; June 6th Kennedy Dies →

The DNC does not always have a keynote speaker. Sometimes there is a speaker that can be thought of later as such, but was not necessarily labeled “keynote” at the time. So this list can certainly be argued with.Obama was the DNC keynote during the last Presidential nominating convention. It is often presumed that the keynote speaker will be a key player in future elections. However, that is definitely not always the case. Sometimes the keynote is finishing old business (in which case their name is usually “Kennedy” and other times reorienting the party towards its traditional liberal values. Other times the keynote is a display of the Democratic Party commitment to diversity and equality. Continue reading Prior keynote speeches at the DNC →

Obama is the projected winner of this last primary, though no margin is estimated at this time.Obama to speak from Saint Paul.There is good information out there that Clinton and Obama are working out a meeting as soon as possible.There is also excellent information out there indicating that Clinton is interested in being vice president.These two things are probably related.

In Saint Paul, at the same stadium where the Republicans will hold their convention later this sumer.I won’t be live blogging this because it won’t be as suspensful as Clinton’s speech. He is expected to acknowledge his position as presumptive nominee.

Clinton thanks South Dakota who “had the last word” in this primary season (oops, that would be Montana, but whatever).She honored Barak Obama and his supporters for “all they have accomplished.”Clinton noted the great increase in previously uninvolved voters and the unprecedented raising of money, as well as the importance of her campaign in relation to women’s rights and political standing. (Especially noting the women in her campaign who were born before women were allowed to vote in the US.She noted that people across the country and the territories all had a chance to vote for the candidate they felt would be best, strongest, most experienced, etc. and that the majority of people voted for her. She noted that she had won the swing states necessary to get the necessary electoral votes in the general election.Clinton ran over the litany ways in which the Republicans have screwed up our country and the rest of the world, noting as well that the average hard working person is invisible to the president. But not to Hillary.Then, she asked the question: Continue reading Clinton Speaks in New York City →

Fifty seven to forty three percent.

For the first time in history, a black man is one of the main candidates for election to the office of the President of the United States, having achieved the number of delegates required to be offered the nomination of the Democratic Party. This is based on recent declaration by several super delegates for Obama and the estimated outcome of the South Dakota polls, which closed moments ago.

Most importantly, Clinton seems to be stressing the importance of the party (the Democratic Party) winning in November. Continue reading AP: Clinton is open to VP spot →