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The Obamas and The Bidens - Awkward Embraces

August 25th, 2008 at 11:56 by MsUnderestimated

Folks, I don’t know about you, but when the Bidens joined Barack and Michelle on stage after they were introduced last Saturday, the body language of both couples was very odd to me. When Jill Biden reached out to hug Michelle, Michelle seemed very stiff, holding back and trying not to get too close. Michelle’s hand always kept the upper position to Jill’s. When Joe Biden hugged Michelle, and when Jill hugged Barack at the same time, I felt and saw a sense of awkwardness between the two couples, although Michelle & Joe’s embrace was a bit more emphatic. Barack kept his distance in the hug with Jill. Joe squeezed Michelle in a bear hug with his arms tightly wrapped around her upper body, and with her arms wrapped around his neck.

Just something creepy about the whole thing. I’d love to see Bill O’Reilly have Tonya Reiman do a body language segment on that embracing exchange. This video here is at a different angle than what I saw on TV, but you can get a general idea.

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Remember The Democrat Primaries - For Future Reference

August 25th, 2008 at 07:16 by MsUnderestimated

I say that because we need to keep notes about what happened as we’ll need it for ammo in the general election. What we’ve witnessed is unprecedented. The warring factions in the Democrat party are damn near history-making. We’ve seen fights and arguments about delegate rules, popular vote vs. delegate count, and endless capitulations to make the losing party “feel good” about the outcome, even though rules were broken (i.e., Michigan and Florida). Remember that infamous election in the not-too-distant past when the Democrats fought with the Republicans about the “popular vote?” Get ready to engage in a fight for the ages in the general election. Especially considering the race now appears to be neck-and-neck between Obama and McCain.

So, what we’ll need to arm ourselves with in these arguments is this: “Wait - you guys bent, re-created, twisted, and morphed the rules during your primary; so why are these rules so hard-and-fast now?” Count on it. If the race in November is as tight as it is now, look for the Democrats to change their views on the rules - again.

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Best. Video. Ever. (VIDEO)

August 10th, 2008 at 12:34 by MsUnderestimated

No words to describe this, except ‘damn.’ I love this guy, as noted in the previous post, but I’ve never heard any one person so concisely describe the difference between liberalism and conservatism, and state the case for the United States.

It’s longer than 30 minutes to watch, but I can’t think of any half-hour TV program that has more worth than this.

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Obama Camp Responds to McCain on Justices

May 6th, 2008 at 07:15 by MsUnderestimated

Below are a couple of screencaps of quotes from an Obama camp spokesman responding to McCain’s remarks about Obama and Supreme Court Justices. Here are portions of what McCain said:

For both Senator Obama and Senator Clinton, it turned out that not even John Roberts was quite good enough for them. Senator Obama in particular likes to talk up his background as a lecturer on law, and also as someone who can work across the aisle to get things done. But when Judge Roberts was nominated, it seemed to bring out more the lecturer in Senator Obama than it did the guy who can get things done.

Obama’s rep, Tommy Vielor, had this to say:

Know what I say? PLEASE, U.S. Government… LEAVE me to fend for myself! I don’t want you in my life, don’t NEED you in my life, so please please, leave me to fend for myself, except for those things regarding protecting our borders and defending this country. For it is I who knows better than you what I need and can provide for my own life.

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