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Obama picks UP superdelegate support

huffingtonpost.com — WASHINGTON — Barack Obama is closing in on Democratic presidential rival Hillary Rodham Clinton's advantage among superdelegates, building on his lead in the primary race even as he faces troubled times.

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  • Smuhamm, on 05/01/2008, -19/+23I believe in America's heart. WE ARE WHO WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR. It is US(United States) of America. It's the lighted hearts that knows the Truth
    • Regbooker, on 05/01/2008, -21/+29At least when Digg was under the "Ron Paul equals front-page" trend the comments were about the US Constitution, world economy and politics, ethics, etc. Now that the Obama trend has taken over Digg, the comments are generic feel-good messages and pre-made campaign phrases summed with ad-hominem attacks towards Clinton's character and McCain's age. What a sad quality decrease.
      • rpgmaker, on 05/01/2008, -1/+5I'm sure you didn't see that coming..
      • onetimer, on 05/01/2008, -6/+9You're joking, right?

        All you had to do was say "Freedomz is populraz lol!!!" for at least 200+ diggs. There was just as much rhetoric.
        • petrodollar, on 05/01/2008, -4/+7Don't forget to say "constitutional" a lot. A lot of Americans who have never actually read the Constituion will think you know what you're talking about if you invoke it every 5 seconds.
          • pintomp3, on 05/01/2008, -1/+4i always found it interesting when ron paul supporters defending his denial of separation of church and state.
      • petrodollar, on 05/01/2008, -12/+13Ron Paul's understanding of the Constitution is severely flawed. Obama's isn't. According to Ron Paul, the commerce clause and the tax and spend clause don't exist. They're just figments of our imagination!

        Also, he seems to think that Article II grants the executive branch the authority to unilaterally rescind legislation. That goes even futher than Bush's "unitary executive" theory.

        How the ***** is that good for America?
      • didiman, on 05/01/2008, -4/+3It's sad, but true. Although given that most diggers are incapable of independent thought it's not surprising.
      • OwdenBowden, on 05/01/2008, -3/+4What is goo for America is not to elect Obama into the White house. The man cannot handle one former president Bill Clinton and he keeps getting caught with his pants down in regards to his "former" spiritual leader and their 20+ year association that he was finally able to figure out that "his belief differs". With that logic it will be 2029 when Obama finally realizes what he should be doing to help the United States in 2009. One the chance that Obama does becomes the President of the United States of America (Lord Forbid) don't be shocked when you see Rev. Wright holding the bible and do not see one American flag present at his Presidential inauguration.

        Like it or not - Obama is the same politician that we have had since the start. The Dreamer withing a Dream. The pied Pippers of the world - the only exception is that he wears slicker suites and is Black.

        SAY NO to O '08
    • bgrah449, on 05/01/2008, -1/+14You believe in America's heart? The lighted hearts know the Truth? ...

      ...
    • ajb2015, on 05/01/2008, -1/+8what are you smoking man?
    • forgiste, on 05/01/2008, -1/+1I agree, kinda. I don't really know what you mean by lighted hearts.. but okay. I do agree, however, that this generation is the one we've been waiting for.
    • Lionhart, on 05/01/2008, -3/+8Check out his profile. Obama bot. I support Obama as much as the next guy but this kind of propaganda is just stupid.
    • didiman, on 05/01/2008, -2/+4go hug a tree, loser
  • kandiekizzes25, on 05/01/2008, -11/+49obama is the next POTUS!!!!!!!!
    • arcooke, on 05/01/2008, -35/+8I think you meant failure.
      • KraftDinner101, on 05/01/2008, -6/+12Keep living under that rock, you might hurt yourself if you venture too far.
      • AgentMull, on 05/01/2008, -1/+1But i thought this was a triumph...
      • spasticjedi, on 05/01/2008, -1/+5Bush really set the standard for "failure", if you ask me.
    • GlassAgate, on 05/01/2008, -15/+4Potus???
      Please explain.
      • Regbooker, on 05/01/2008, -16/+12At least here in Finland (an all across Europe) potus plants are used as a generic decoration omnipresent in the sets of many low-budget cable shows. And the term "potus" refers to something that, even without a logic reason, is placed as a decoration somewhere. Since Obama fans have been constantly promoting articles to the Digg front-page, I think, kandiekizzes referred to Obama as a generic decoration in the front-page when he/she said that he is the next potus.
        • plbogen, on 05/01/2008, -3/+8Well if that is what they are running for, then Hillary would make a better candidate.
        • shai969, on 05/01/2008, -2/+14Wow, great wrong answer.
        • Theisos, on 05/01/2008, -1/+5/sarcasm?
      • smotpoker, on 05/01/2008, -5/+19P.O.T.U.S.

        President of the United States
        • plbogen, on 05/01/2008, -1/+5Wasn't that a band in the mid-nineties that sung such hits as Lump and Peaches.
        • bphicke, on 05/01/2008, -1/+6They were put there by a man.
      • Fallout911, on 05/01/2008, -13/+2POTUS comes out of the tip of my penis when I get exited.
    • jjmelch, on 05/01/2008, -13/+3Fate can't be that much of an idiot. Even HEllary would be better than this incompetent buffoon.
      • jmkiii, on 05/01/2008, -1/+4You're a dog. What do you know?
      • flossdaily, on 05/01/2008, -0/+4"HEllary"? Really? You Republicans sound like a bunch of first graders on the playground.

        Also its funny that after all this time, you're still experimenting with derogatory nicknames. If one hasn't stuck by now, it's not gonna, kiddo.
    • malman4, on 05/01/2008, -5/+2Never mine.........
    • deanlowe, on 05/01/2008, -4/+2The next Bowler in Chief.
  • mcgoo, on 05/01/2008, -13/+50The Wright controversy opened my eyes a bit after I researched the Jim Crow Laws. I was shocked about the treatment of black Americans in the southern states.
    • anselm83, on 05/01/2008, -20/+12lol historical illiteracy
    • indiancompanion, on 05/01/2008, -5/+36where have you been?
      • anselm83, on 05/02/2008, -1/+2I love that we both expressed the same sentiment, yet I get -7 and you get +29. Nice.
        • slaizer, on 05/02/2008, -1/+2It's not what you say, it's how you say it.
        • indiancompanion, on 05/12/2008, -0/+1what can i say, the people love me
    • smotpoker, on 05/01/2008, -7/+28You should research everything he says. Just because a lot is controversial or discredited by the MSM and government doesn't mean all of it is untrue.

      For an older guy, he actually does OK at trying to understand different theories and concepts. He is a bit overzealous with some of his conclusions I think and eccentric but he is not racist or completely insane
      • NJank, on 05/01/2008, -4/+5there's a selling point: vote for me, I'm not COMPLETELY insane...
        • davidrools, on 05/01/2008, -1/+7FYI: Wright isn't running for office
        • smotpoker, on 05/01/2008, -2/+6Do you really think Wright is the one running, are you just trying to be a dick/spread disinformation because of political affiliation or do he and Obama just look alike to you for some undisclosed reason?

          Either way, I don't find your apparent argument or beliefs very credible/valid
    • flossdaily, on 05/01/2008, -4/+4Mcgoo, you're a 54 year old man from Tennessee. You lived through the civil rights movement. WTF is wrong with you that you're just getting around to looking into Jim Crow laws now? Disgusting.
    • flossdaily, on 05/01/2008, -0/+1:(
    • RandomLove, on 05/01/2008, -2/+6You know, I credit Mcgoo for questioning what he has and hasn't been taught. I would bank a lot of people really have no idea about the past (and present) forms of systematic racism and oppression. Mcgoo, I'm glad you took something positive out of what MSM/Clinton/McCain have tried so hard to make into a negative. I'm glad you're educating yourself, word up.
      • flossdaily, on 05/02/2008, -2/+1HE LIVED THROUGH IT. This isn't history for him.
  • nsummy, on 05/01/2008, -57/+17Honestly, why don't all of the Obama fans on digg just start up a message board or a forum or something, and post all Obama stuff there? We get it, you like Obama. I love how Obama people here criticize the msm for not focusing on the most important issues of the world. News flash, you guys aren't any better! There is the war, economy,etc and you guys post a new story every time a candidate picks up a few more super delegates.
    • ToastedZergling, on 05/01/2008, -2/+9You shouldn't think this phenomenon is just digg. . . cliques and popularity contests have been around for awhile.
    • aaronadms, on 05/01/2008, -7/+17when are people going to realize it's not just people on digg that are screaming for obama? that's just where you hear our voices.
    • dabura, on 05/01/2008, -5/+8boohoo, here's the towel now let's vote!
    • enclaved, on 05/01/2008, -4/+9Hey why don't you just start up a message board or a forum or something, and not post all the Obama stuff there? We get it, you don't like Obama.
    • nblsavage, on 05/01/2008, -4/+14If you don't want to look at the political stuff, then just remove 2008 u.s. elections from your profile. It's a lot easier to that than to bitch about Obama stories.
    • minorthreat, on 05/01/2008, -3/+10I like Obama sure, but I am by no means a hardcore fan. I find it amusing that some people still don't understand how digg works... The majority of people using this website digg(vote) up Obama stories, because the majority of people think its interesting and think other people should see it. By all means post your McCain stories and allow us to digg(vote) on whether we find it interesting enough to pass on to friends.

      In a way this place is a democracy where everyone's vote actually counts, unlike the one you live in and have grown accustom to. If you don't like freedom of a system with such fair rules, you can go to 4chan or something. You could also move to China, I hear they tell you what your favorite color is over there.
      • inajeep, on 05/01/2008, -6/+2I think he's referring to every time the guy farts, an article gets dugg to the front page.
        • ensta2, on 05/01/2008, -3/+1True. You never see any articles of gains by McCain or Hilary getting to the front page
        • sagien, on 05/02/2008, -0/+1Obama farted? link to story so I can digg it?
      • Laughsatyou, on 05/01/2008, -1/+1tyranny of the majority = democracy.
    • tnoy, on 05/01/2008, -1/+2Uh, I'm not sure if you're aware of this but, picking up more superdelgates is pretty ***** important. All the issues are pretty hevily intertwined with whomever gets the parties nomination.
      • minorthreat, on 05/01/2008, -2/+1redhat sux
        • tnoy, on 05/03/2008, -0/+1When you start using linux outside of your desktop, you'll think differently.
    • SpinningHead, on 05/02/2008, -0/+1You expect Diggers not to be passionate about politics? This is also the only candidate pushing net neutrality.
  • DeviantDragon, on 05/01/2008, -5/+67Whew, and I thought for a second that Obama was picking DOWN superdelegate support. Thanks for the clarification.
  • thentro, on 05/01/2008, -19/+11There are still 100s left, you cant post every time can you? Besides it shows up days later. Buried for old news.
    • dabura, on 05/01/2008, -5/+10only 45 needed for complete major pwnage against hiLIEry
    • bonds, on 05/01/2008, -4/+8***** negative Nelly
  • dabura, on 05/01/2008, -6/+8Yes he can!
  • jmkiii, on 05/01/2008, -5/+17Why are you yelling UP?
    • PopcornDave, on 05/01/2008, -1/+11Because if he was yelling DOWN at people he'd be elitist?
    • buschwacker, on 05/01/2008, -1/+1I think it's just a typo.
  • stelriah, on 05/01/2008, -9/+14i drink your milkshake, i drink it up.
    • RRJackson, on 05/01/2008, -4/+1That's not my milkshake.
    • lhughey, on 05/01/2008, -1/+1As long as your milshake doesnt bring all the boys to the yard
  • SheilaNoya, on 05/01/2008, -5/+31The amazing thing is that so many of Obama's Super Delegates are former Clinton administration officials or long time Clinton insiders. It seems like the people who know the Clinton's the best are running away from them and have decided that Obama would be a much better president. That speaks volumes in itself.
    • PopcornDave, on 05/01/2008, -2/+7Apparently the sway of fear the Clintons once held has diminished greatly.
    • cerejota, on 05/01/2008, -12/+1It just means that by throwing Wright under the bus, Obama demonstrated he is not really for change, hence a Clinton without the asshole husband and James "Bolivia is mine" Carville calling people Judas.
    • davidrools, on 05/01/2008, -0/+3My favorite are the pledged Clinton delegates who switch their support to Obama...one delegate causing a net gain of TWO superdelegates for Obama.
    • researcher1941, on 05/01/2008, -0/+0amen to that Shelia. this says tons about Hillary and how she is able to run a campaign. as she runs a campaign she will run the country. once i heard her speaking and her mic was still on. it was not pretty and she was all over bill with four letter words.

      me thinks she will be a danger to the country. would love to see a woman in the white house as we white males have sure screwed it up. MC war is of my generation i am very sorry to report.

      love to see a black man in the white just to rub it into the noses of that racist south. the repubs have controlled the southern states since the civil rights bill was passed. pure racists.
  • pogfreak, on 05/01/2008, -7/+6I believe in the hope of change for a better tomorrow through progress and equality!!! Go Obama!!!
    • fleischner, on 05/01/2008, -2/+3The funniest thing is that you could be a serious Leftie or a sarcastic Rightie with that line. Both are equally humorous!
    • cerejota, on 05/01/2008, -8/+1If you take the pastor who wed you and throw him under the bus like that... lets say any little hope I had is shattered...
      • youareretarded, on 05/01/2008, -0/+1What if that same pastor shot a man for no reason? Would you stick by him?

        Obamas allegiance is not to his pastor, it's to his faith and when the two seem to contradict one another who do you think he will stand by?
        Obama is not a divider, he is a uniter and while I'm not 100% up on my bible studies I'm pretty sure the bible is all about coming together and settling your differences.
  • chanop, on 05/01/2008, -15/+5What you guys fail to realize is Hillary is picking up the same amount/more super-delegates with every new story submitted that obama has a new superdelegate. Hillary leads in super-delegates. It's depressing, but true
    • IphtashuFitz, on 05/01/2008, -4/+8How many super delegates that had pledged Clinton have since changed their pledge to Obama? How many have shifted from Obama to Clinton?
      • chanop, on 05/01/2008, -1/+2Obama leads in the delegate count overall, 1736.5-1597.5. Clinton leads the superdelegate race, 263-248. About 230 superdelegates remain undecided
      • br0ck, on 05/01/2008, -1/+3On Super Tuesday Clinton had 213 superdelegates and Obama had 139. Today, Clinton has 264 and Obama has 249. He has gained 110 and Clinton has gained 51 since then. The CNN delegate counter shows that that Obama needs only 88* of the remaining 294 superdelegates to clinch the nomination as long as he wins at least 50% of the remaining delegates. http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/29/delegate.co ... (*That's about 30%, and it's actually more like 80, but it doesn't look like they have assigned the most recent 8 that endorsed yet.)

        Another way to look at it is that Obama now needs 287 delegates to Clinton's 424, which is a split of almost exactly 40% to 60% of the remaining delegates. Numbers from: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21660914
    • sqwirl, on 05/01/2008, -4/+7You're only half right. She does still have more superdelegates, but she's not picking new ones up at anywhere near the rate that obama is. At this rate, he'll pass her in no time.
      • chanop, on 05/01/2008, -3/+1Just because it's not making front page of digg, doesn't mean she's not picking up delegates. She just picked up 2 superdelegates from NY (that were expecting to go with obama). I'm not saying I think she's going to win it, but it's a lot closer than diggers want to believe
        • SpudgeBoy, on 05/01/2008, -1/+5Obama just picked up 7, Clinton just picked up 4. That is almost twice as many and is clearly him having more momentum.
    • marmanukem, on 05/01/2008, -2/+6Actually in the last few days, Obama picked up 15, and Clinton only picked up 6.
  • madk, on 05/01/2008, -3/+3super what?
    • PopcornDave, on 05/01/2008, -1/+7Delegate League of America. It was a short lived Hannah Barbara series back in the 70's.
      • madk, on 05/01/2008, -0/+1Oh okay that explains it. I wasn't born till 1979.
  • benny786, on 05/01/2008, -11/+3Obama B is a lyrical G... i got a feeling im gnna get dugg down.
  • Benji099, on 05/01/2008, -29/+4barack HUSSEIN obama isn't going to win, your wasting your time.
    • anthony0895, on 05/01/2008, -5/+16Be sure to check his profile to see the other insightful and knowledgeable comments he has left on Digg articles!
    • nirav72, on 05/01/2008, -3/+8having a muslim middle name is satanic or something ..according to you right?
    • provost, on 05/01/2008, -4/+8yet another neo-con puppet who has been railroaded into believing that voting against his best interests is a good thing. Pity him for being weak minded and not able to make his own decisions, don't hate him.
      • follower64, on 05/08/2008, -0/+1Do you even know what Neo-Con means? It means 'new conservative'. If you're trying to make it like Neo-Nazi, you have failed.
    • SpudgeBoy, on 05/01/2008, -2/+6Well, Spudge Hussein Boy doesn't give a flying ***** what Obama's middle name is.
    • bigsteve, on 05/01/2008, -4/+9My neighbor's name is Adolf. Great guy, always tending his garden. Watches the dog when I'm away... avid recycler...
  • ashoup, on 05/01/2008, -2/+4He's still a little behind: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/vote2008/primaries/sup ...
    • provost, on 05/01/2008, -1/+2as opposed to hillary clinton's HUGE behind :P
    • IphtashuFitz, on 05/01/2008, -0/+2He may be behind in total number of superdelegates but he's ahead in total number of delegates which is all that matters in the end. Whoever gets to 2025 first wins, whether it's all "regular" delegates or some arbitrary mix of "regular" and "super" delegates.
    • colomboj, on 05/02/2008, -0/+1Yeah and at one point in time not so long ago Obama was behind by 100+ supers. So I think 20 is a good "come back".
  • vexingmodstwo, on 05/01/2008, -2/+7Speaking of Superdelegates... isn't this the same basic concept that I heard many a Democrat / Liberal crying about regarding the Electoral College vs the Popular Vote a few years ago?
    • insomniac8400, on 05/01/2008, -1/+3Not the same. But to be fair Hillary is still crying that the popular vote is all that matters.
      • SpinningHead, on 05/02/2008, -0/+1Except when she is begging pledged delegates elected by the people to change their votes.
    • cerejota, on 05/01/2008, -2/+1Yes, hypocrites...
    • SpudgeBoy, on 05/01/2008, -2/+3Yes, it is the same ***** thing. And crying is not needed to point out a bad system. You just state it. "Bad system." See, no crying.

      Electoral College bad. Super Delegates bad.
      • insomniac8400, on 05/01/2008, -0/+1Electoral college is the same as the normal delegates. The popular vote in the primary is the same as the popular vote in the general election. The super delegates match none of that and are just stupid.
    • NJank, on 05/01/2008, -1/+2actually, it's very different because of one thing: this is a private selection of a candidate to run for office. The party is by no means required to even ask its membership who they want to run. At the moment, they're nice enough to poll for your opinion, and some places let those opinions carry more weight than others.

      This isn't an election, don't pretend it is.
    • SpinningHead, on 05/02/2008, -0/+1Most of us Democrats don't support the super delegate system, but that is how the candidate will be chosen since neither can get enough pledged delegates.
  • insomniac8400, on 05/01/2008, -4/+11Clearly most people are smart enough that a reverend of a church is irrelevant to a candidates views, beliefs, and ability to do the job right. Now Hillary on the other hand is continuing to flat out lie and request crazy things like seating the michigan and florida delegates. If he was hurt, she was smart enough to ***** off sane people enough to drive them to Obama.
    • plaboon, on 05/02/2008, -1/+0Even when said candidate wrote in his book that Rev Wright is a mentor of his? And that until these videos were leaked that he didn't know Rev Wright was a blatant anti-american racist?

      Bill clinton hooks up with a bloated white intern and we never hear the end - Obama follows a raving racist lunatic for 20 years and we're supposed to look the other way?
  • pintomp3, on 05/01/2008, -1/+3Union Pacific? University of Portland?
  • Abbeygargoyle, on 05/01/2008, -12/+8Buried. We have enough huffingtonpost generated Obama spam on digg.
  • cerejota, on 05/01/2008, -19/+2I was open to Obama until he threw Wright under the bus. He proved he is just more of the same.
    • Shao00, on 05/01/2008, -3/+10No he has to pander to the retards who actually care about what this idiot says. The polls in IND and NC already show him down from before that jack ass started talking again.
    • SaperKain, on 05/01/2008, -2/+11Really? Please. Who the ***** are you trying to fool?
    • SpudgeBoy, on 05/01/2008, -2/+6This dickhead is the same person calling Democrats and Liberal hypocrites about three posts up. He never was and never will vote Democratic.

      Lying sack of *****.
    • theviceroy, on 05/01/2008, -0/+3LOL whats with the Obama throwing people under buses thing? First it was his grandma, now Wright... who won't he "throw under a bus"? And where are these busses comming from? I miss my bus half the time as it is, Obama seems to have uncanny bus-timing abilities...
    • flossdaily, on 05/01/2008, -0/+5For the record- Obama's instantly famous RACE speech was a move specifically designed to AVOID throwing Wright "under the bus" when it would have been politically expedient to do so. Obama showed real character and class.

      THEN, in spite of that, Wright accused Obama of playing politics. It was a ridiculous betrayal!

      THEN Wright went out and made some ridiculously inflammatory comments, at which point Obama realized that Wright was not only remorseful about his previous comments, but interested in continuing his hateful rants.

      THEN, AND ONLY THEN, did Obama chastise Wright for his actions.

      Obama handled this in as classy a way as I can imagine.
      • flossdaily, on 05/01/2008, -0/+2excuse me- I should say THEN AND ONLY THEN, did Obama DIVORCE himself from Wright entirely. Obama actually CHASTISED Wright much much earlier.
  • xinhai, on 05/01/2008, -12/+3another Obama post, ***** you diggers
    most people like him over hillary, we get the point, now stfu
  • inajeep, on 05/01/2008, -1/+4Based on the title I pictured him saying "Hey baby, what's your sign?" but just for a second.
  • BufordT, on 05/01/2008, -0/+5"Obama now leads in the delegate count overall 1731.5 to 1598.5 for Clinton"
    Does anyone know how you get 1/2 of a delegate?
    • insanebrain, on 05/01/2008, -0/+4by chopping ?
    • marmanukem, on 05/01/2008, -0/+1I think that is from overseas voting or something like that.
    • MisterEX, on 05/01/2008, -0/+3It has to with the Democratic Abroad. U.S. citizens currently living outside of the country. Each American abroad sent to the Democratic National Convention only gets a half vote.
    • rdoger6424, on 05/01/2008, -0/+2One of her superdelegates is doing a half-assed job endorsing her
    • Sicarius, on 05/01/2008, -0/+1Must be one of those "secret supporter" super delegates the candidates keep talking about. You know the ones that are obviously playing both sides and milking their position for everything they can get.
  • jjmelch, on 05/01/2008, -2/+7What do you think of a party that doesn't trust its own constituents enough to count their votes. If the DNC doesn't like the way you vote they will put up the person they think is best! Wow, and you guys say Republicans are fascists!! Ha, ha you lose!
    • SpinningHead, on 05/02/2008, -0/+1We in the grassroots didnt change that system, the party machine did. Difference is, we are working to change the machine rather than get in lock step with that machine which allowed the supreme court to pick our president.
  • MisterEX, on 05/01/2008, -1/+4No matter the President, we'll still have a ***** Congress.
  • Laughsatyou, on 05/01/2008, -5/+2we had the huffington post about the same ***** story with the same ***** of discussion yesterday. just a way for obamabots to get in their daily circle jerk.
  • ICWeener, on 05/01/2008, -5/+2Why is Hillary's middle name important but Barack's isn't? Or to put it another way...why mention her middle name at all?
    • troub, on 05/01/2008, -1/+2Because that's the way she herself uses her name. Check out her Senate page: http://clinton.senate.gov/
      Rodhams abound on that page.
    • davidrools, on 05/01/2008, -1/+3To distinguish her from the other Hillary Clintons, of course.
    • papipablo, on 05/01/2008, -2/+3Rodham is her maiden name, dumbass. Diane is her middle name and I've heard far more Hussein references than Diane references.
    • McHoffa, on 05/01/2008, -0/+1to show the feminist voters that she in still somewhat independent of her husband... she kept her old name in there, that means she will be a woman's best friend... I don't recall her full name being used back when bill first became president, but then again I was only 15 during that election
  • Trails123, on 05/01/2008, -4/+1Another Super-Delegate sees through Klinton's façade!
    There may be hope yet?

    http://klintons.com
  • jjmelch, on 05/01/2008, -10/+4The Republicans may be stuck with an old, outdated, white politician. The democrats have a choice between a three year rookie, racist, incompetent, hate America buffoon and a dishonest, incompetent, shrill wife of a bum.
  • dizilbdog, on 05/01/2008, -6/+1I hate to be the Conspiracy guy, but do you really think they are going to let a person who hasn't been connected to Bush somehow into the Presidency. I mean with all the ***** that has happened and he has done, you think they want to bring someone in who can unravel all the ***** that he has done.
  • Treoinmypocket, on 05/01/2008, -7/+1Who gives a *****?

    Did anyone catch THIS on that website?!?!?

    "Pelosi: Gas Tax Holiday Would Ruin Attempts To Reduce Oil Use"

    THAT is some arrogant thinking right there - WOW. Of course Obama feels the same way...sad.
    • papipablo, on 05/01/2008, -1/+2Anyone with half a brain realizes that the gas tax holliday would only increase the price of gas and increase the revenue of foreign oil producers.
      • Treoinmypocket, on 05/01/2008, -1/+1Have you ever taken a math class? The FED can knock off the taxes right now and reduce the price of gas - right now.

        All other efforts to reduce the cost of gas can remain the same.
        • youareretarded, on 05/01/2008, -0/+2So naive!

          Why don't we just give the oil companies big subsidies that way they can charge us less for gas!!!
        • papipablo, on 05/01/2008, -1/+2Here's what happens if the FED eliminates the gas tax:

          Demand goes up. Supply does not go up. Do you know what happens to prices when that happens?
    • McHoffa, on 05/01/2008, -0/+2ok a gas tax holiday.. so we get a break from oil taxes during the rising price period to basically even it out so we don't notice as much, and then when this holiday ends suddenly gas jumps 50 cents or more?
      • Treoinmypocket, on 05/01/2008, -1/+1are you serious?

        If it is going to rise it is going to rise -the tax "holiday" will lower the price right now. How could you possibly think this is some kind of vodoo?

        Don't you get that what Pelosi and others are saying is they don't want you to have YOUR money back in this financial pinch?
      • mlrigsby, on 05/01/2008, -0/+1Refineries are already at max output. Lowering the price is not possible right now and would lead to: A.) Shortages, or B) a return to prices very close to what we have now. In other words, the price to the consumer would remain the same and the oil companies would pocket the money that should go to pay for infrastructure.
        • youareretarded, on 05/01/2008, -0/+1Oil prices are high because speculation is forcing them to be high.

          A gas tax break would do nothing. Demand will be high at that time and the prices will be just as high (even if you factor in not having to pay a tax).
          It's political pandering and it's people like Treoinmypocket who lack critical thinking that get us into these kinds of messes.

          Hey treo, just curious, how many times did you vote for Bush?

          http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gpEl7aeyKJK_v9j ...
          • Treoinmypocket, on 05/02/2008, -0/+1Really it would do nothing? The average fillup is 15 gallons. And happens 1X per week. There were 247,421,120 cars on the road in the United States in 2005 and has grown since (more cars on the road every year since 1960).

            $0.18 per gallon back in your pocket per fill-up is $2.70 per week - times 247,421,120 cars. That's $668,037,024 ...EVERY week.

            Times 8 weeks of summer? $5,344,296,192 back into the economy. That's real dollars being spent by real americans and NOT in the hands of our governemnt who ***** away money like its going out of style.

            Will this lower gas prices on the grand scale - as in solving the cost of fuel problem? NO. Will it make the average person feel a little better? YES.

            Now consider that same scale of number for the small businesses, devlivery people, salespeople, school bus drivers, truckers....who fill up 1x every 2-3 days...and who really feel the pinch every week. AND that the truckers & commercial vehicles are not included in those numbers above.

            Seriously, this has nothing to do with political parties, it has to do with the arrogance of our government.

            You know what would be nice? If our government actually tightened their OWN belt instead of constantly asking US to do it.

            There is not ONE reason NOT to suspend that tax.

            As to your attack on my critical thinking and the pandering comment...well...I'll just let you go on believing that if it helps you.
  • maximm, on 05/01/2008, -6/+1keep this pro obama site going eh! ***** how many diggers did his campaign purchase you mindless dolts. He will lose stop the fanboy crap.
  • Theisos, on 05/01/2008, -2/+7Where the hell did this sudden surge of "we hate Obama" come from? Some of you "Diggers" need to save what's left of your dignity and never come back here again.
    • Sicarius, on 05/01/2008, -0/+1You are mistaking a hate of the constant pushing of pro-Obama articles and comments here on Digg for an actual hate of Obama. Frankly some of his supporters and the associated Hillary / McCain bashing are a little too fanatical for my tastes.
      • Gemfinder, on 05/07/2008, -0/+1I got news for you, he's winning. And a lot of people like him. And it's going to go up from here.
        If he wins in November, what're the haters going to do? Go down to the corner bar and drink for four years?
  • c28438, on 05/01/2008, -4/+4Why don't we just have digg.com link directly to the Obama fanboy site huffingtonpost.com It seems that about 20% of the articles on Digg these days come from there anyway. Obama is an economic illiterate who wouldn't know smart economic policy if it rose up and smacked him in the face. Be careful what you wish for Obama fanboy's, the change you want will be higher taxes and a drag on the economy.
    • SpinningHead, on 05/02/2008, -0/+2Apparently, he is the only economic illiterate running who is actually listening to economists when it comes to the idiotic gas tax suspension that the other two economic savants are pushing.
    • colomboj, on 05/02/2008, -0/+1I assume your a master of economics? I guess it's a new requirement of all elected officials that they be master of economics, know everything about everything, and bowl a 300 game every time. There is a reason the president has cabinet members, and advisor's, and staff...
      • HockeyMomma, on 05/02/2008, -0/+0People who DON'T GET IT, don't follow LOGIC, colomboj! They are LEGENDS in their own mind. ha!!!
  • theviceroy, on 05/01/2008, -3/+1Obama jumps UP, smashes block, gets superdelegate.
  • JointVenture, on 05/01/2008, -2/+2What I find funny is that Obama expects us to believe that WE knew who Rev Wright was before he did.
  • ramiro1975, on 05/01/2008, -0/+3Mrs. Obama watch out! That Huffington woman is in love with your husband. Don't believe me, check her out on the Bill Mahr show.
  • RRJackson, on 05/01/2008, -4/+4Wow, an article from Huffington Post on Digg? And a desperate one that's trying to look past the fatal slide Obama is experiencing in the polls at that. Who'd have imagined?
  • amightywind, on 05/01/2008, -2/+3A feeling to doom for a ticket headed by Obama is starting to sink into democrats. Obama will probably get the nomination, but the shine is off this would-be messiah. He is a lightening rod for reverse racism, rather than a post racial candidate - a conventional, elitist liberal, who sympathizes with terror. The flip-flop on the Wright affair proves there is a wimp factor as well.
    • tumatakuru, on 05/01/2008, -1/+3no he's a lightening rod for actual racism
      • SpinningHead, on 05/02/2008, -0/+1yeah not like that racially sensitive mccain who still uses the term "gook"
  • Intrusionv2, on 05/01/2008, -3/+5Gobama
  • Jmn187, on 05/01/2008, -2/+3Obama in 08 suck it Hillary :P
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