Slog - Comments on The Stranger Endorses Obama. Caucus on Feb. 9

Comment by Ronan

Ronan — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:20:12 -0800

The Stanger? What's a stanger?

Comment by muckfetro

muckfetro — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:20:53 -0800

I am all against R's but I think it is spelled Stranger.

Comment by blaire with an e

blaire with an e — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:22:30 -0800

Erica must be crushed.

Comment by Fnarf

Fnarf — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:24:20 -0800

A Stanger is whut a skeeter stangs yuh wiyuth.

Comment by abomb

abomb — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:24:48 -0800

Whatever. Didn't the SECB endorse Nader in 2000? I'm still rooting for Clinton.

Comment by NaFun

NaFun — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:31:22 -0800

I bet Erica absolutely hates the Election Control Board for having the same initials. She has to read 'SECB endorses Obama!' That must fucking suck.

I've loved Erica's posts and articles about HRC, and am hoping she keeps it up until the convention. And then I hope she starts stumping for Obama.

Comment by Hernandez

Hernandez — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:34:10 -0800

Erica's head explodes in 5...4...3...2...1...

Comment by BEN AFFECTLESS

BEN AFFECTLESS — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:34:56 -0800

...it's so murky out, but I think the sun, the moon and the stars are still doin' their thing.

Comment by George

George — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:35:47 -0800

Fired UP. Ready to GO.

Comment by Big Sven

Big Sven — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:35:49 -0800

I've loved annie's posts and articles about Obama, and am hoping she keeps it up until the convention. And then I hope she starts stumping for Clinton.

Comment by Will in Seattle

Will in Seattle — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:36:15 -0800

Aren't there any links to say the King County Dems caucus site or like the 43rd?

I hear they pay their domain bills ...

Comment by Bellevue Ave

Bellevue Ave — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:50:07 -0800

www.kcdems.net

they have an awesome freaking google maps layout for where to caucus. i'm going to be at seattle central, drunk as a skunt on apple schnapps, dancing for obamarama.

Comment by bohica

bohica — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:50:08 -0800

Erica's head is not going to explode. Look at their track record; I feel confident that with the SECB endorsing Obama, Hillary's nomination is assured.

Comment by crazycatguy

crazycatguy — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:56:16 -0800

That is the most retarded conclusion I have ever read. Seismic shift? transcendence? What's next - the planets are aligned?

Comment by Graham

Graham — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:58:58 -0800

It's an excellent piece of writing.

The KCDems.net site has such a good caucus locator.

I think Edwards dropping out hurts us in the South but helps us in the states (CA, NY, NJ) we needed help in the most.

Interesting to see where we are in a week.

Comment by Mike of Renton

Mike of Renton — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 17:09:06 -0800

Oooh, now I see that Hulk Hogan and Craig (as in craigslist.org) have endorsed Obama. Of course, Ric Flair has been stumping for Fuckabee for a while. No word yet on who the Undertaker is pulling for.

Comment by bellevue & belmont

bellevue & belmont — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 17:26:39 -0800

Here's a *much* better Caucus finder: http://41dems.org/gmap/caucus.html

Comment by Mike of Renton

Mike of Renton — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 17:39:42 -0800

@16 I guess I should refresh the main page before making comments like this one.

Comment by Will in Seattle

Will in Seattle — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 18:23:15 -0800

I think you can also use caucus.kcdems.net and it works the same way.

Comment by Fnarf

Fnarf — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 19:35:36 -0800

There's no such thing as caucus.kcdems.net.

The caucus finder at kcdems.net IS the one at 41dems.org. The link at kcdems.net is http://41dems.org/gmap/caucus.html which is what you want.

We now you return you to "Will in Seattle's Stupidtime".

Comment by unPC

unPC — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 19:42:38 -0800

"It's the transcendence, stupid"?

That's how we're going to win the votes of middle American voters in Pensacola, Fla. and Lorraine, Ohio?

Comment by ecce homo

ecce homo — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 20:09:18 -0800

But will Erica get laid? Maybe one of our fine upstanding, safe, homeless residents would volunteer to hep ease Erica's pain.

Go Obama!!!

Comment by Tarik Sedky

Tarik Sedky — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 20:18:45 -0800

@22,

????

Comment by tsm

tsm — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 20:57:43 -0800

Whoa, this could be big. Obama's gaining big in polling in New York. If Obama holds back HRC in her home state, she could be in big trouble.

Comment by David K.

David K. — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 21:27:43 -0800

Oh, yes: The 'up and coming generation.'

You mean the generation that never gets up off their ass to go out and vote.

Right.

Comment by Andy Niable

Andy Niable — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 22:05:20 -0800

Please TELL ME you have video of the deliberations to post on the Stranger Website. Or at least of ECB when you all reached the, ur, conclusion?

Or should I just go watch CLOVERFIELD again to get the gist of it?

Comment by ecce homo

ecce homo — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 22:16:47 -0800

I suspect that ECB has a penis.

Comment by tim

tim — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 22:29:31 -0800

So friggin predictable. And so short-sighted an endorsement. Thankfully, it's as valuable to BHO as would be an endorsement from the Onion. Oh, and I'm not an old white woman. I'm a young gay man. And, for the record, McCain is more pro-gay rts than Obama. Caucus for Hillary if you care about getting stuff done, and not image.

Comment by keshmeshi

keshmeshi — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 22:43:24 -0800

McCain is more pro-gay rts than Obama.

How do you figure that?

From McCain's website under the "human dignity" category:

As president, John McCain would nominate judges who understand that the role of the Court is not to subvert the rights of the people by legislating from the bench. Critical to Constitutional balance is ensuring that, where state and local governments do act to preserve the traditional family, the Courts must not overstep their authority and thwart the Constitutional right of the people to decide this question.
The family represents the foundation of Western Civilization and civil society and John McCain believes the institution of marriage is a union between one man and one woman. It is only this definition that sufficiently recognizes the vital and unique role played by mothers and fathers in the raising of children, and the role of the family in shaping, stabilizing, and strengthening communities and our nation.

As with most issues vital to the preservation and health of civil society, the basic responsibility for preserving and strengthening the family should reside at the level of government closest to the people. In their wisdom, the Founding Fathers reserved for the States the authority and responsibility to protect and strengthen the vital institutions of our civil society. They did so to ensure that the voices of America's families could not be ignored by an indifferent national government or suffocated through filibusters and clever legislative maneuvering in Congress.

States' rights, sweet. And no mention of civil unions, which Obama supports.

Comment by clarity

clarity — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 01:02:05 -0800

Good for you.

Prop 1 supporters thank you for taking a step to square the books.

Hopefully Erica won't take out her frustration by opposing light rail if it's on the ballot by itself this year.

Comment by Epimetheus

Epimetheus — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 05:28:48 -0800

Strange, when I looked at the web version of your endorsement, there was an ad, "Paid for by John McCain 2008", for Obama ("McCAIN DEFEATS CLINTON") WTF! I imagine the Stranger doesn't directly sell adds to McCain, But why is he paying Google to place that ad when Obama's name is mentioned?

Or is it some weird reverse psychology thing? He wants us to think he wants us to think that he thinks he can beat Clinton, so, since we will think we are smart enough to see through is plan, we will vote for Clinton, since he seems afraid of her, but actualyl that's his double reverse psych out and he really does want to run against Clinton? As you can tell, I am very confused ! (But I'm going to vote for Clinton in the primary anyway, thought I suppose I should vote for Rommny, he is probably more beatable, and the Republicans will halfway care about my vote)

Comment by comedy gold

comedy gold — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 07:57:28 -0800

@26!

BWAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA!!!1!!!1

Comment by Will in Seattle

Will in Seattle — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:45:11 -0800

Well, technically, there is a domain, it's just a redirect to the 41st.

But people not in the 41st might not think it works for them, so it's best to have them go there thru the kcdems website and then they know they're supposed to use it ...

Comment by Donolectic

Donolectic — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:57:50 -0800

While your decision is not the one I would've made, it's not the wrong one. Obama is a great candidate for the Presidency and would make a great President.

May the best woman win. ;)

Comment by Donolectic

Donolectic — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:59:47 -0800

@20 - Fnarf, you continue to be my hero.

To everyone else, please note, Will says whatever he wants to believe and presents it as fact, just like a red Bushie. 'Nuff said.

Comment by A.F.C.

A.F.C. — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 10:17:26 -0800

Hmm, the Stranger endoresement is as vague and rhetorical as a politician's stump speech. No hard proof, no support - just a lot of pomp and circumstance about values and "ideas". Am I supposed to take this seriously? What are the "interests" at stake, what is the "seismic shift" going toward? Let me refer back to your endorsement to ascertain... um... hmm... huh. Nope, no clue. And how come? Because you state a conclusion without explaining why. If you want to see a well-written, well-researched nuanced argument with clear reasoning, check out The New York Times:

(1) http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/25/opinion/25fri1.html?ex=1201842000&en=93273ac5ac81485e&ei=5070&emc=eta1

(2) http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/04/opinion/04krugman.html?em&ex=1202446800&en=6cf40a3439173a04&ei=5087%0A.

As a Seattlite and an avid Stranger reader, I'm disappointed in you, Stranger.

Comment by A.F.C.

A.F.C. — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 10:20:11 -0800

Well shit, nevermind - my friend only emailed me the conclusion.