I'm Barry Obama?

Over the weekend, Obama said, 'On this Memorial Day, as our nation honors its unbroken line of fallen heroes -- and I see many of them in the audience here today...'

What do we do on Memorial Day? We honor people who have died in the military.

SuperDelegates, is it possible Obama does not know this?

Yes!

I'm Barry Obama?

Michelle Malkin writes:

But what about Barack Obama? The guy’s a perpetual gaffe machine. Let us count the ways, large and small, that his tongue has betrayed him throughout the campaign:

Last May, he claimed that tornadoes in Kansas killed a whopping 10,000 people: “In case you missed it, this week, there was a tragedy in Kansas. Ten thousand people died — an entire town destroyed.” The actual death toll: 12.

The Count

There are currently 4,050 total delegates to the Democratic National Convention, including 3,253 pledged delegates and 797 superdelegates. The total number of delegate votes needed to win the nomination is 2,026

Delegates remaining: 302








TOTAL DELEGATES

Barack Obama
Pledged: 1656
Superdelegates: 306
Total: 1,962

Hillary Clinton
Pledged: 1498
Superdelegates

I Have a Scheme

Free Concert by Popular Band Preceded Obama’s Big Rally

By Robert Knight May 20, 2008 - 17:16 ET


From CNN to the New York Times, the media hyped Barack Obama's Portland, Oregon rally on Sunday, some comparing him to a rock star.


Unmentioned in national reporting was the fact that Obama was preceded by a rare, 45-minute free concert by actual rock stars The Decemberists. The Portland-based band has drawn rave reviews from Rolling Stone magazine, which gave their 2005 album Picaresque four and a half stars (out of five), and another four and a half stars for 2007's The Crane Wife.


How many of the people showed up to hear Obama, and how many to hear the band?


Here's how the local paper The Oregonian, which estimated the crowd at 72,000, reported the rally:


"Obama was the biggest star at Sunday's gathering -- though a popular Portland band, The Decemberists, provided the warmup act. With blue skies and temperatures in the 80s, many in the crowd said Waterfront Park was simply the place to be."


CNN headlined its 10 p.m. segment on May 18 with "Barack Obama: Achieving Rock Star Status in Oregon."


The New York Times, which ran a color photo of the crowd, estimated the throng at 75,000, noting that it was "the largest crowd of his campaign so far." There was no mention of The Decemberists, and the Times described the weather as "an unseasonably hot day."


Indie rock Web sites were abuzz with news of the impending concert, which was also announced on the Obama campaign's Web site.


Here's the report from the Indie rock Web site Pitchfork:

By land and by sea, they came to see the great man speak. An estimated
75,000 in all turned out to see presidential hopeful Barack Obama at Portland's
Waterfront Park yesterday afternoon-- a record crowd for Obama's own campaign,
according to The New York Times, and a record crowd for Oregon political
events, according to The Oregonian. Just look at them all!


And hey, they got to see a pretty sweet opening act too. Calling
themselves the
Decemberists and led by lovably literate Steve Novick endorser Colin Meloy, this feisty fivepiece
charmed the gathered for a good 45 minutes before Senator Obama took the stump.
They even closed out with a sing-along entitled "Sons & Daughters", which
had the masses joining the band to declare "Here all the bombs fade away..."
Something tells me this Decemberists band is going places. Just like Senator
Obama.

Here's how Pitchfork primed the pump for the concert/rally:

Indie rock's #1 candidate crush Barack Obama is sittin' quite a bit prettier than he was a few
weeks ago when the Arcade Fire and Bruce Springsteen went to bat for him, but the dashing junior
Senator hasn't quite clinched the Democratic party nomination yet. Next up on
the primary agenda are Oregon and Kentucky, whose voters hit the polls Tuesday,
May 20. Should Obama win a heaping majority of the delegates up for grabs that
day, he'll be within inches of securing the hotly-contested nom.


And look who's arrived to give Obama the extra push he needs to get on
the ballot in November. Why, it's none other than those kings and queens of the
month after, the
Decemberists!

There's nothing wrong with a candidate using celebrity power to draw a crowd, but the media have a responsibility to report their presence. By ignoring the free concert, the Times and other outlets made it appear that 75,000 people were drawn only by Sen. Obama's considerable charisma.

The Count

Barack Obama
Pledged: 1612
Superdelegates: 292
Total: 1,904

Hillary Clinton
Pledged: 1443
Superdelegates: 274
Total: 1,717

Poor Barry's Under The Table

Take Me Home (To The White House)

West Virginia goes HANDILY to HILLARY. Let's go over the ramifications... West Virginia is in play in this election cycle, as I believe more states are than ever before. At this point we have to be looking at who can win what states, because the delegate count isn't going to pick the nominee... the SuperDelegates are. The SuperDelegate is an institution created to make sure the strongest candidate comes out of the nomination process and lives on to battle in the general. Hillary is far and away that strongest candidate.

Consider: when did the most recent new revelation come out about Hillary that could be an obstacle in her nomination? 1999?

Consider: who can't seem to extend his winning grip on voters past college kids and black Americans? Barry.

Consider: who's pulling real voters to switch parties and push the button for her? Our Hillary.

Consider: who's admittedly getting new voters to turn out in this primary like new voters have never turned out before? Barry.

Are new voters dependable and can Barry seal the deal with record numbers of new voters? No.

SuperDelegates! Pick a winner.

Tell Him to Run, Forrest

For those of you who have stuck with me for a while - and a big 'Thank You' to those of you who have - then you already know this. But to the newbies who might be randomly searching for Hillary, Barry, Tom Hanks, Britney Spears, Star Wars, Pamela Anderson, etc, you've found us. Welcome. The Associated Press reports this:
Tom Hanks announces support for Obama's presidential bid

But as you've readon this site for the last few months, Tommy and his wife have been giving money hand over fist to Barry, and encouraging all of their limosine-liberal friends to do the same. Tom Hanks. A war-film monger, a renounced cross-dresser, a marriage fiend. This guy irks me. Anyway, here's the story...

NEW YORK (AP) - entertainmentminute Tom Hanks is supporting presidential hopeful Barack Obama.

Hanks has taken to his MySpace.com page to pledge his support for Obama, who is competing to be the first black president. Obama, who faces rival Hillary Rodham Clinton for the Democratic nomination, has also been endorsed by Oprah Winfrey, Bruce Springsteen and Scarlett Johansson.

"As an official celebrity, I know my endorsement has just made your mind up for you," the 51-year-old actor says in a short video titled, "Beware: Celebrity Endorsement."

"History with a capital `H' is going to be made this November, no matter who the president-elect is. I want Barack Obama to be president of this country, a country that once said people with his skin color were only three-fifths of a human being."