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July 31, 2008

Boy, the MSM sure is pushing the "Obamacans" thing

This time, The New York Times gives us a bunch more rock-ribbed (ahem) conservatives who have Seen the Light:

Chuck Lasker, a political blogger and Internet consultant in Indiana, hosted a gathering last week of 20 people he calls “whispering Republicans” — party members like him who support Senator Barack Obama, a Democrat, for president. Over iced tea and brownies, the renegades took turns explaining why they liked Mr. Obama and recalling the strange stares from other Republicans.

“It was sort of like a group therapy session,” said Mr. Lasker, who said he had never voted for a Democrat, for any office, until the Indiana primary in May. “We all wanted to make sure we weren’t a little crazy.”

Um, forgive me for saying this, but you are, in fact, batshit crazy for supporting a socialist jackass like Captain Bullshit. If you're not wild about McCain, how about staying home instead of giving the most important job in the world to a monstrously unqualified empty suit who happens to enjoy hanging around with a bunch of hate-whitey and hate-America whackjobs?

Oh, and am I the only one who's getting tired of the whole "never voted for a Democrat before" thing that seems to be a part of every single one of these stories? It's not like we could check to see if this is true or anything, and it smacks of bullshit. Hey, maybe Obama is the right guy for them, after all.

If you don't feel like reading the whole thing, Chuck Hagel and Eisenhower's granddaughter are given as examples of prominent Republicans who might be or are supporting Obama. Again. Doug Kmeic and Lincoln Chafee aren't mentioned, so their phones must have been busy when the reporter called.

Posted by: Sean M. at 01:22 AM | Comments (9) | Add Comment
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1 I wonder how deep down they had to dig to find his blog. Then I realized what a ridic waste of time that would be.

It's easy to set up a blogspot account. It's a lot harder to build any kind of readership at blog being a conservative who supports Obama. Although there are exceptions.

Posted by: It's Vintage, Duh at July 31, 2008 02:20 AM (mv8F7)

2 Although there are exceptions.

Yeah, but the bandwidth costs are prohibitive for most people.

Posted by: Sean M. at July 31, 2008 02:27 AM (e6v7s)

3 Eisenhower's granddaughter. Well, that's it. I'm voting for O!

Not to knock on Ike, but Truman asked him to run as a Dem. It was 50/50 until he actually declared his candidacy which way he would go.

Posted by: XBradTC at July 31, 2008 03:22 AM (SfCGt)

4 That "never voted for a Democrat" before thing burns me as well. Look, I can be pretty damn partisan but I've voted for Democrats in down ticket elections when I thought that person was better for the job. There's nothing holy about having a pure partisan voting record. Vote for the candidate, not the party. Or don't vote for that election at all.

Also, it's holy and pure when Republicans cross party lines to vote for The Messiah, but when Democrat women get pissed about how Hillary was treated say they're voting for McCain, well, then the poor dears obviously forgot to take their menopause meds. Uh. Huh.

Posted by: alexthechick at July 31, 2008 07:27 AM (SHHaV)

Posted by: alexthechick at July 31, 2008 07:27 AM

I lived in Kentucky's 4th District growing up, and I never voted Democrat, but I never had much urgency to vote for a Republican Congressman either. The Democrat that held the seat, Ken Lucas, had a 71% lifetime ACU rating.

Posted by: It's Vintage, Duh at July 31, 2008 11:56 AM (mv8F7)

6 Obama = Captain Bullshit = Democrat version of W.G. Harding

The more I read about Harding (empty suit propped up for election, checkered past he didn't admit to, people questioned racial heritage, loved by the ladies, etc.), the more parallels I see with BHO (except the politics--Harding was a conservative). And Harding won in the greatest landslide in presidential political history in 1920. I hope that parallel doesn't hold up!

Posted by: Joel D. at July 31, 2008 11:58 AM (NsB4g)

7 Since we're sharing... I voted once for a R cross-filed as a D who didn't make the R school board primary... Once my R state rep somehow got on the D ballot and I voted on the D side as a protest because he's a jackass... and one time I voted for an honest-to-God democrat for county commissioner because one of our R's was a moron (who later turned Indy).

Posted by: Sockless Joe at July 31, 2008 12:47 PM (w4mWq)

8 Voting for cross-filed candidates in local PA races isn't all that uncommon, particularly for school boards.

Posted by: doubleplusundead at July 31, 2008 12:57 PM (Q3gqU)

Ahh, this story is a load of rich, creamery butter.

Every election anymore our media betters keep running stories about "life-long Republicans" voting for the most lefty candidates for office since Gus Hall and each time someone researches the "life-long Republican", he's donated exclusively or almost so to Democrats.

In other words, a moby.

When I was still commenting at Wizbang, I used to preface a bunch of my comments with "as a life-long liberal (I voted for Jimmy Carter, twice)" because they had an infestation of mobies there that were funny.

It's real easy to say that stuff, expecially to our oh so credulous media betters when the stuff helps their chosen party.

Posted by: Veeshir at July 31, 2008 01:55 PM (zXUuJ)

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