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In West Virginia, Obama Still Can't Win
By Erick Posted in 2008 | Barack Obama | Hillary Clinton | MSM — Comments (13) / Email this page » / Leave a comment »
As crosses burn Hillary sweeps across West Virginia tonight with a massive victory, I have to wonder how many members of the MSM will change the "Obama wins" narrative, at least only slightly, to recognize that Obama is, in fact, the weaker candidate in a general election match up with John McCain.
When Indiana and North Carolina voted last week, the MSM was gleeful pointing out that McCain, the GOP nominee, was still seeing double digits worth of votes go to Huckabee, Ron Paul, and others.
Here now, this week, and next week, Barack Obama, the presumptive Democrat nominee, will have lost every election since February except North Carolina and Guam, and lost nearly two thirds of the vote in West Virginia, and yet the media will sweep it all under the rug, flailing about wildly to find burning crosses and white sheets instead of recognizing Obama's significant general election vulnerabilities.
Hillary is still done for in the media's mind, but Barack still can't win. The media will ignore that. After all, West Virginia and Kentucky and Indiana and Puerto Rico are all racist.
When the sun sets on this election we might have to realize that the media's efforts to set up Obama as the Democrat nominee has been the greatest gift they've ever given to the GOP.
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Timing is a factor. :) <NT>
by Moe Lane
The Fuzzy Puppy of the VRWC. I've been usurped!
Since February . . .
by latinjum
I think since February Obama has won Vermont, Wyoming, Mississippi, Guam, and NC. Clinton has won Ohio, RI, PA, IN, and WV. They split TX - Clinton the primary, Obama the caucuses - and Obama won the most delegates in TX.
...was pretty decisively won by Clinton. It's not our fault if the Democrats were dumb enough to play silly games with a separate caucus and a proportional system that penalized Red district outgrowth. :)
The Fuzzy Puppy of the VRWC. I've been usurped!
So
by motigercali
out of 3 million ballots cast a 101,000 vote margin is pretty decisively. I would say she pretty decisively beat Obama in Ohio and Penn and Crushed Obama in WV but did anybody expect anything different in WV She had 50 point lead there about 2 months ago, to honestly think Clinton supporters were going to just magically go to Obama only 1 week after NC and Indiana is being crazy since this Primary has been very competitive and then you have your Candidate not only spend millions on ads but have Pres. Clinton spend almost a whole week there along with Hillary and a lot of here surrogates.
yup
by dingo
On CNN (it was on at my gym) Paul Begala gave up the Hillary spin that her victory won't hurt Obama - if he wins the nomination - because Rasmussen has a poll out that shows Obama is neck and neck with McCain in WV. (Of course, what he doesn't say is that McCain has not run any ads in the state, or campaigned there at all, in contrast to Obama.) I would expect the media to play this spin up. But in the general election, I am sure that McCain will crush Obama in WV.
She is currently leading by *41 points*
by Derannimer
You know what? I bet she would have won it even if she had dropped out last week. That would have been embarrassing. Of course, this is embarrassing enough. Hurrah!
Racist imagery
by M Penny
Erick,
I understand that using the reference to crosses burning and crossing it out is a veiled attempt a referencing a potentially racist motivation associated with the voters of West Virginia; however, using some inflammatory statements only reinforces the concept of racism as being only perpetrated by one race (whites) against another race (blacks).
If we are actually going to get past racial division in this country, isn't it necessary that we speak honestly about racism. Certainly, there are some voters who will not vote for Obama because he is black, just as there are many otherwise conservative blacks who are voting for the Marxist/socialist/liberal Obama only because he is black. Why is one position racist and the other not?
Isnt' it about time that we all "speak truth to power". How about the truth of crime statistics. Maybe Barry's grandmother had reason to be afraid of black men on the streets.
M Penny
Something that has been on display with increasing frequency for the last few weeks - from both sides, frankly - and which promises to only get worse.
Speaking as a Republican, I can only deplore the regressive and unfortunate attitudes being displayed by our colleagues in their primary season, and I hope that they do not think that they will be permitted to reprise their rather reprehensible behavior in the general election.
The Fuzzy Puppy of the VRWC. I've been usurped!
But Moe
by M Penny
I thought only white Republicans could be racists -- after all that is all I have heard from the Democrats for the last 35 years while I've voted straight Republican tickets.
M Penny
So when Obama loses in
by aaronbg
So when Obama loses in November due to the press over hype of him being some sort of Messiah, I expect the left wing to blame the press as being a right wing tool who chose their candidate for them and that they all really wanted Clinton to win.
HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
I can't wait.
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