Posted by Carl Richard at 2/9/08 2:28 p.m."Clinton versus McCain. That will be about as interesting and exciting as watching two retirement homes in Florida battling it out over a game of shuffleboard. Look, I'm 66. I appeal to my fellow senior citizens. Let's step aside and let Obama and his younger generation have their shot. They have many more years to enjoy living in this wonderful country than we do.
"Remember, Washington, Obama--not Clinton--has ties to Seattle. His grandparents moved to the city in 1955 and his mom is a Mercer Island High grad. Do the right thing! Obama!"
Comments on a Seattle PI story on the caucuses
Anecdotally at least, Obama has a major edge in Washington state. Hopefully he can do well in Louisiana and Nebraska as well. If there is supposed to be inevitability in this primary season, let it be that Hillary Clinton should just go home and do the best she can for the state of New York, or wherever she calls home these days.
"Rethink what you're doing; do not make a choice based on the emotion of the moment."- Clinton supporter trying to diminish the Obama support (apparently they think we're all children
Here's some emotional impact for you, Hillary Goon. Obama can beat McCain and your angry choice can not.
"They say it's like when John Kennedy was running. It's the same feeling of hope, and a new face and new voice....He's not beholden to anybody."I like his youth. I believe he talks from the heart and it's not the same old verbiage over and over with no compassion underneath.
"I remember John Kennedy and I remember the good feeling that I had at that time. And I have that with Obama."
- Clarence Freeman Jr., Washington caucus-goer
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