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1. Interested:

wow, grasp at anything for a candidate that was measured and left wanting. The candidate who’s experience was found to be not all there. The candidate to who the fabricated element was better than the truth. No matter how this candidate attempted to position themselves and reposition and position again.

Still came up short.

Jun 8, 2008 - 3:38 am 2. Bernard Chapin:

Excellent article, Elizabeth. Very interesting hypothesis.

Jun 8, 2008 - 4:28 am 3. Alan:

You could have written the same column in many fewer words:

Hilary and her supporters felt she was entitled to the nomination.
She didn’t get it.
No wonder those YouTube women are so mad.

Jun 8, 2008 - 4:42 am 4. Obama, the Trophy Wife? | The Anchoress:

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Jun 8, 2008 - 5:15 am 5. vb:

I almost think the MSM was more taken by the trophy wife than many dems. The latter at least had to think of their constituencies and were acquainted with the seamier sides of politics. In contrast, the press rarely sees a pretty face or bit of cleavage without thinking ratings and page one. They are addicted to the hottest new thing on the block.

Jun 8, 2008 - 5:34 am 6. Mike:

All hail the Messiah. Didn’t Obama in his recent speach say he would heal the sick and reverse sea level? Didn’t Reuters run the Massiah’s picture with a Halo around His head? Can he fool guilty white liberals?, YES HE CAN!! Expect a copyright case to be lodged against Obama by ” Bob the Builder “. How appropriate a Kindergarten level slogan be used by Obama, it fits his supporters like a glove.

Jun 8, 2008 - 6:11 am 7. Leslie Hanks:

Superb analysis!!

Thanks for the longer version it was fun to savor over early
morning coffee.

Jun 8, 2008 - 6:46 am 8. ~Paules:

I followed the YouTube link and was shocked at what I saw. The associated links are even worse. One woman delegate was physically ejected from a DNC meeting leaving baseball-sized bruises on her arm. Got that? These women will neither forget nor forgive, and I don’t blame them. Now that the feminists have been alienated, along with working class whites, what’s left of the democratic base? Such are the fruits of identity politics.

Jun 8, 2008 - 6:46 am 9. Misanthropicus:

Alas, unfortunately quite true. And it’s a double whammy issue, that is Hillary was treated by the media as she was because:
1) she is a woman,
2) she is a WHITE woman.
I remember this issue being discussed also by Dee-Dee Mayers a fewks ago with Travis on PBS, where Myers rightfully complained by the way Hillary was treated by Obama’s supporters AND by the media as well – media who, as we all know is SOOOOOOOO! dwarfingly enligtened, progressive AND! objective, and as such, all along the campaingn kept ridiculing and criticizing her.

Jun 8, 2008 - 6:50 am 10. Sissy Willis:

A brilliant analysis. Your metaphor illuminates the psychology behind the liberals’ — er, I mean progressives’ — decades-long, fearful flight from maturity.

Jun 8, 2008 - 7:06 am 11. Klaire:

Great analogy! But is it really a suprise (to many on the left I would say yes, which is why this article is so important). The left is ALL about what others think; at the expense of truth and reality of course.

Did anyone notice that the Obama “best self” line is lifted straight from Oprah? Yes indeed, it’s the “code word” for the new age “it’s all about me, me and me.” When anti christ Oprah continually reminds us to “be our best self”,it’s never without throwing someone in the way under the big bus, even our Dear Jesus Christ.

My worst nightmare is that Obama, as you so eloquently and rightly describe Elizabeth as the “trophy wife”, will pick the “Best Self gal herself” for the VP. After all, it’s all about “ratings” certainly not experience.

Klaire

Jun 8, 2008 - 7:11 am 12. T. J. Babson:

Amusing but fatuous.

Jun 8, 2008 - 7:17 am 13. Bookworm Room » Trophy wives:

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Jun 8, 2008 - 7:37 am 14. MaggieW:

No matter how lofty their illusions. Still the
law of gravity will prevail.

Jun 8, 2008 - 8:02 am 15. Around The Campaign 2008 Sphere June 8, 2008:

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Jun 8, 2008 - 8:22 am 16. Chuck:

I hope the law of gravity prevails before the election.

Jun 8, 2008 - 9:06 am 17. Texas Gal:

The analogy is a good one from the viewpoint of the Hillary supporter that was kick to the curb for the younger Obama supporter but I don’t think the DNC sees Obama as a trophy wife per se; he’s more like a bug catcher that glows and blinds bugs so that they gravitate to the light and sucked in.

Healing America worked for the White-Guilt Liberals. Yes We Can drew in the Blacks. Hope and Change seduced the Young First-Timers.

I think the DNC has a much greater long-term plan in mind that includes a permanent Democratic voting majority and an 8 year stint in the WH that will present them with all kinds of opportunities with control of both the WH and Congress to put more entitlements into effect to solidify that permanent majority.

Obama does not have a clue about virtually everything. How many examples have there been to demonstrate that his Hope and Change is just a mantra and none of his ideas have actually gone beyond the slogan stage? The DNC elites (not exclusive to just the politicos) would have little influence over a President Hillary compared to a President Obama.

Jun 8, 2008 - 9:37 am 18. newton:

I think Hillary and her (mostly female) supporters are going to do the equivalent of the “First Wives Club” on Democrats before all of this is over.

Jun 8, 2008 - 9:43 am 19. Joan of Argghh!:

Nah. Hillary just forgot to become her own person. It wasn’t her age or sex. It was her inattentiveness to her soul, just like Bill. The two of them together don’t even add up to one whole person.

She should have made herself more interersting, to coin the old riposte.

Jun 8, 2008 - 9:50 am 20. eor:

Sorry, I’m just an old lady who has seen it all–and Hillary was not ever to be trusted. Being a woman does not make her a good person.I visited Arkansas soon after the clintons went on to Washington D.C. and total strangers volunteered their opinions and NOT ONE had anything good to say about them. It was, as it is now, all about them. Never mind the good of the state or the country. It was and is all about money grubbing. It’s a long way from a trailer in Little Rock to mansions in Wash. D.C., N.Y., the Caribean, and a million dollar penthouse in Ireland (pied-a-terre?). I consider common sense a virtue and so have no respect for the clintons and what they have done to our country.

Jun 8, 2008 - 9:54 am 21. Flexo:

Do we really want to raise the issue of “trophy wives” in this election? Because I’m not that sure that folks would think of Obama first in that respect.

When we talk about kicking to the curb the first wife, the wife who heroically stood by her husband when many others in her place had run away, the wife who defended the homefront when her husband was away, the wife who fought and fought and fought on behalf of him and other POWs, only to be rewarded with repeated adulterous infidelities upon his return (freely admited by him, and a felony under the UCMJ, by the way), followed by dumping-by-divorce in order to trade-in that heroic first wife for a richer, younger, prettier, former cheerleader and true “trophy wife,” we can only be talking about one candidate in this election, and his name ain’t Obama.

Jun 8, 2008 - 11:39 am 22. Believer:

Nothing short of brilliant.

But let’s not underestimate the Pretty New One.

Obama knows how to play rough. And I’m thinking he can get ugly if he doesn’t get what he wants. He’s made more than a few enemies in his home state in order to rise fast. And did you hear how, in the Senate, he pressed Lieberman almost against the wall last week for a “little chat?”

I’d check his fingernails – they could leave some nasty wounds.

Jun 8, 2008 - 11:39 am 23. Joshuapundit:

Very nicely done,Anchoress…I’ll link to this.

A word to ‘Flexo’…John McCain came home from a Vietnamese prison in 1973. He met his second wife AFTER he and his first wife separated,in 1979…and to this day, he remains on excellent terms with wife #1 who has absolutely nothing bad to say about him. And believe me the dinosaur media has tried.

What you’re engaged in here is commonly known as slander. I’m by no means all that enamored of Senator McCain, but this is despicable.

Jun 8, 2008 - 12:14 pm 24. Commentary » Blog Archive » Boo! Hiss!:

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Jun 8, 2008 - 1:09 pm 26. Mia:

Here’s a crazy thought: maybe Obama is the candidate more people can stomach. Perhaps people aren’t being sexist, but refuse to side with millions of women who believe that suffering through all the indignities of being Clinton’s spouse and the right wing conspiracy qualifies one to be President. Drama seems to follow the Clinton’s wherever they go, along with the shared sentiment that because they did so much good for the American people that the American people somehow owes them. Perhaps focusing on sexism is easier to do for the Clintons then to admit that they have lied in their own bed that they themselves have made. And this belief that Clinton is the only one who has suffered from unfair media coverage is a myth. People will talk smack. Nothing, not even appointing feminists to every single Obama administration post will prevent that. Part of equality means that you can lose as well as win like the men. To pretend that because she is a woman is the reason she lost her presidency is a sexist thought in itself. She ran a poor campaign, didn’t play the game well, and ran the last part of her campaign like a procrastinating college student that suddenly realizes she is going to fail the course if she doesn’t put her nose to the grind. She is not the end all and be all of women leaders. More will come. Bet on it.

Jun 8, 2008 - 1:10 pm 27. Believer:

I missed This Week today. But at “redstate” they’re reporting Dianne Feinstein countered Carter’s rude dismissal of an Obama/Clinton ticket.

Sticking up for her gal, she said, “Hillary brings a ‘movement’ with her.”

Goodness. Do you think she brings…uh…tissue as well?

Jun 8, 2008 - 1:16 pm 28. Mia:

I will follow up my criticism of Mrs. Clinton with this: when she is on top of her game she is unbeatable. Her problem was she followed the advice of people who obviously didn’t know her real talents. Bill Clinton was merely the husband who wanted to do everything he could to get her elected. His heart was in the right spot (unfortunately, his mouth wasn’t). I read an article she wrote on the Children’s Defense Fund. It was inspiring, hopeful, and heartfelt. Had I not voted the week before, this would have turned my vote to her. She needed to do more of these things. How sadly ironic that she bowed out, giving the best speech I have ever heard.

I am also not part of the electorate that wants to see the Clintons burn. A sign of Obama’s leadership skills is to pick the most qualified people and to coalesce his team around that person. Obama has already given her props, and an interesting thing I picked up on his acceptance speech–when he mentioned her by her full name he put pointed emphasis on Rodham and not Clinton. Which is how he needs to sell her as VP. If he can sell her as a change candidate and a pioneer (both of which she is)–I don’t see any reason whey they can’t work together.

Jun 8, 2008 - 1:27 pm 29. Flexo:

Slander, by definition, requires that the statement be false. And there is nothing false in that short summary of one particular candidate, whom you have identified as John McCain.

But taking your non-denial denial regarding his earlier infidelities (which even McCain does not deny, but has admitted), let us set those aside and simply focus on the last one, which you mention. Let us grant your statement that McCain had separated from first wife Carol (it would be erroneous to say that “they” had separated – he left her, she never left him). Well, separated does not equal divorced. Separated equals MARRIED. And when he pursued and started up with wife number two, he was STILL MARRIED to wife number one. It was only ONE MONTH after he filed for and obtained a divorce that he married wife number two.

The fact remains — McCain dumped his loyal first wife — a wife who remained loyal during his captivity and even remains loyal today — he tossed aside his former model first wife after she became disabled in a terrible auto accident, all in order to marry a much, much younger, richer, and prettier second wife. That is not slander. That is truth.

Jun 8, 2008 - 1:33 pm 30. MarkJ:

T. J. Babson,

“Amusing but fatuous.”

fat·u·ous /ˈfætʃuəs/ Pronunciation[fach-oo-uhs]–adjective
1. foolish or inane, esp. in an unconscious, complacent manner; silly.
2. unreal; illusory.
[Origin: 1625–35; < L fatuus silly, foolish, idiotic; see -ous]

Ummm, better back and look at Obama’s own voting record and policy pronouncements–”fatuous” should be his other middle name.

Jun 8, 2008 - 1:34 pm 31. Justforkix:

Yeah, and now many of these women want to vote for John McCain, who is the living, breathing embodyment of everything you’ve written about. He dumped Carol McCain, shattered after a car accident, for his current wife, who is 15 years his junior. How will voting for McCain instead of Obama put salve on those wounds women have suffered? I just don’t get it.

Jun 8, 2008 - 1:45 pm 32. Justforkix:

For those who want a detailed account of the McCain saga, http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1024927/The-wife-John-McCain-callously-left-behind.html.

Jun 8, 2008 - 1:48 pm 33. Tom Paine:

I think Hillary was thrown overboard because she’s not far-left enough for the Soros/MoveOn/Kos Krowd — and also because she’s too tough to be pushed around by them.

Obama, in contrast, will be easily controlled – because he’s far-left himself and because he’s a naïve wuss with no backbone or practical know-how whatsoever.

So he’ll be their figurehead pushover sliding smoothly in whatever direction they want him to go.

Jun 8, 2008 - 1:53 pm 34. Rich Vail:

Hey Flexo,

Why don’t you use your real name? I guess it’s far easier/safer to use a nom d’plume to write something well and truly nasty when you can hide behind a psuedonym.

The sort of drech you’ve written generally comes from an odious beast commonly called a troll. On the otherhand, as a former US Marine, I’ll go by the USMC 2nd motto:

“1st to go, last to know, I’ll defend to the death your right to be missinformed” (AKA the 1st Amendment to the US Constitution)

Sadly, though, just read any of the left leaning blogs and you’ll read much of the same sentiment.

Jun 8, 2008 - 2:14 pm 35. christopher rivers:

Excellent, I particularly enjoyed the bit about obama representing everything the dems think they represent. Unfortunately for obama, he can’t work miracles and a majority of his supporters, newcomers to politics, actually believe he can.

Jun 8, 2008 - 2:16 pm 36. Sandra M:

Like many would-be trophy wives, Obama has told more than a few lies about his background; i.e. his father born in Kenya is 87% Arab, (says he’s Arab on his birth certificate); his half brother, Abongo Obama and cousin Odinga (google Odinga and Obama) (whom he called during the New Hampshire primary) are trying to bring Muslim Sharia law to Kenya by overthrowing last year’s election. There are 28 lies Obama has told in the comments section of Rick Moran’s Obama vs. McCain: the gloves come off. It’s comment 4 by Dean. Elsewhere on line, someone as added 48 more Obama lies.

Election day is equivalent to the wedding day after which the bride confesses that she really doesn’t like camping and fishing. In 1992, The national press knew and suppressed information about Clinton’s many sex scandals until it was too late and we were stuck with this sick, narcissistic sex addict and rapist.

Hillary, the thrown-over first wife of the Anchoress’s metaphor, acted like a trophy wife by mismanaging blowing one quarter of a billion dollars of other people’s money and smugly didn’t think she had to plan beyond Super Tuesday (just what we need in a Commander in Chief) Tired, plump, middleaged and jowly, she has a shrill, nagging shrew’s voice most men flee. (I have to turn off the sound and use closed captioning when Hillary speaks lest the neighborhood dogs start howling.

Unlike 1992, when the press could enact a blackout on negative news about their chosen one, we have Youtube, blogs and email. We can print out Obama’s lies, slip copies to our neighbors and have a real impact on this election.

Jun 8, 2008 - 2:17 pm 37. Sabreen60:

I don’t know any other way to say this except your article is pure BS. You know what? I can understand disappointment. BUT – if Hillary’s supporters are concerned more about the ISSUES facing this country RATHER THAN Hillary the WOMAN, then they will have no problem voting for Obama. The women who claim they will vote for McCain are not true Democrats. AND the statement by that woman was ABSOLUTELY RACIST. She had the nerve to say what a lot of the ANGRY woman will NOT say. This is downright pathetic in 2008 !!!!

Jun 8, 2008 - 2:36 pm 38. Joan of Argghh!:

Y’know, InFlexo, trauma takes its toll on a marriage. If McCain were the monster you describe, his ex would be a stupid cow to stand up for him.

Couples that experience grief and loss together often go their separate ways, amicably. the remembered pain of their shared experience can be too much.

It’s something for you to read up on, since I didn’t note that you are a psychologist or a marriage counselor. I might guess that you or someone close to you might be the victim of something like what you describe. If so, you have my sympathies, but it still wouldn’t make you more knowledgeable about John McCain’s first marriage than his own ex-wife is.

Gotta go with her testimony over yours.

Jun 8, 2008 - 2:43 pm 39. Neal J. King:

What the original posting misses is that it wasn’t just the MSM that went for Obama, but very large numbers of people and excited new voters.

Jun 8, 2008 - 2:43 pm 40. jeff:

I’m still hazy on this: should Clinton just have been given the nomination w/out competition because she is a woman? A ‘…mature, dependable, experienced woman,’ I agree, but so what? She was beaten for any number of reasons, and if p[art of that list is because some people just do not like her then so be it.

Because she is a woman has no issue for me – I just do not like her, from afar, as a candidate… Is that so bad? Am I to blame for her not being able to achieve her dreams? Am I to blame because so many women are upset because their (female) choice was not swept into the arms of the public and given a chance at history? No! It’s not my fault. I support who I want based on a myriad of reasons, and if some women want to push that aside and blame sexism, so be it. That’s sad and pathetic, but I get it.

I will just say quit complaining and whining. It’s not helping. You’re gal lost. She is ‘…mature, dependable, experienced,’ but she didn’t have the little extra. And that’s not my damn fault…

Jun 8, 2008 - 2:50 pm 41. Jim C.:

Interested wrote, “The candidate who’s experience was found to be not all there.”

You mean Obama, of course. Right?

“No matter how this candidate attempted to position themselves and reposition and position again.”

Obama, again. Right?

“Still came up short.”

I think so.

I’ll be voting for McCain, but arguably Hillary has more experience than Our Blessed Obama.

Flexo wrote, “The fact remains — McCain dumped his loyal first wife — a wife who remained loyal during his captivity and even remains loyal today”

And Slick Willie didn’t dump Hillary, and she didn’t dump him. That wasn’t a problem for the left. Why should it be for McCain?

Jun 8, 2008 - 2:53 pm 42. Californio:

Sigh. I remember the uncomfortable aftermath of a discussion I had with my parents some years ago. As the only Republican amongst the die-hard Democrats, I was used to getting razed about just about everything. Until I pointed out what my parents “got” for their loyalty to the party. “Would any of you get a return telephone call from Willie Brown (speaker of the California Assembly)? Or from your Cogressman or Senator? After years and years of unwaivering loyalty – well? But tell me that I won’t get better service – as a Republican – if I give them a little money.” “Hell, tell me Speaker Brown wouldn’t serve drinks to the KKK in blackface for the right amount of money..” These comments were met with silence. Loyalty does not count for Sh*t – cash money will trump it everytime. So to impute a personal standard of loyalty onto politics is childish.

That being said – interesting how it poorly reflects on the man when he re-marries after succeding – when a successful woman does this she is merely dumping the “loser” husband. Are not the very qualities that prompt success those that tend to NOT tolerate BS behavior from your significant other? What successful person pays top dollar for secondary goods? Or suffers nagging for…..what? how many times do you have to pay someone back – or are you supposed to be in debt for life? Really, who pays the price for a top of the line luxury car so they can drive an econo-box?

Jun 8, 2008 - 3:05 pm 43. cass:

Hillary’s supporters steadfastly refuse to acknowledge that she had any shortcomings, maybe something they picked up from their candidate. And yet Obama supporters are supposed to be the kool-aid drinkers. If you believe your candidate is flawless, then of course you will be filled with righteous indignation and look around for conspiracies to blame. Obama has said he was only human, that he has his faults. Many of his supporters get carried away and overlook his faults, but you can’t blame the candidate for that. The difference is that the Clintons have created a culture which depends on them being blameless victims of the vast right-wing (make that left-wing)conspiracy. I would respect Hillary a lot more if she could say that the Iraq vote was a mistake, the vote for Kyl-Lieberman was a mistake, and her support of the flag-burning bill was merely an attempt to position herself for her presidential run.

Jun 8, 2008 - 3:07 pm 44. Jbl:

I don’t see how John McCain’s first marriage in any way negates the validity of the analogy.

It’s just a “distraction” from the Obama side, I think.

Jun 8, 2008 - 3:17 pm 45. bigbooner:

Maybe Hillary would have had more credibility had she dumped the bozo.

Jun 8, 2008 - 3:32 pm 46. jdledell:

To the Democrats in this crowd, I cannot believe personal umbrage toward Obama would cause any of you to vote for McCain. Is health care important? McCain’s plan is a disaster. Is it important to start withdrawing our troops from Iraq? McCain certainly won’t. How many of you want war with Iran? McCain’s your man. How many of you want our foreign policy to continue with the Bush approach of no diplomacy just threats? Go for McCain. How many of you want a rational tax policy that doesn’t give another $300 billion in tax breaks to the wealthy and corporations? McCain’s your man.

I could go on and on but lets get real here. I liked Clinton also but the future is more important than the person.

Jun 8, 2008 - 3:47 pm 47. Thomass:

Chuck:

“I hope the law of gravity prevails before the election.”

It may… the voters are not happy with anyone. The media has spun this into ‘not happy with republicans. But this not being happy with anyone thing is why ‘hope and change’ poll well. Once people get to know Obama better he should plunge back to earth to exist with us mortals again.

Jun 8, 2008 - 3:47 pm 48. George Clarke:

Neither the Press nor the Democratic Party Elites “selected” Barack Obama. The voters and Caucus attendees picked him, under arcane rules drafted by the Dems in the ’70’s. What helped BHO prevail was his charisma. What lost it for Hillary was her lack of same, along with the corrupt, cheating husband she failed to dump. Next time a Woman has a chance at the Big Chair, she should dump the non-trophy dead weight husband who is holding her back. Or like Margaret Thatcher, just keep him in the closet.

Jun 8, 2008 - 3:52 pm 49. Olivia:

Elizabeth this is dead on.

In no way am I one of those people excusing Hillary’s shortcomings, but why do Obama supporters ignore the overwhelming evidence that he was selected by the MSM and DNC. Could it be any more obvious to you. Especially how they affect momentum and how voters perceive candidates.

But again if you’re blind to that, you probably excuse all his racist, anti-American associates. Is that a tingle up your leg.

Jun 8, 2008 - 4:15 pm 50. s sommer:

Hillary lost DESPITE being a woman.. It could have been time for a woman president, and the fact that we chose a Black male candidate shows enough Democrats are now open-minded enough to support someone OTHER than only a white male.. a woman COULD have won, I have no doubt.

But, NOT HILLARY CLINTON. Not THAT woman. Not a woman who so easily lies, who so easily panders, who is blatantly uses people. She may be smart and hardworking. But, not smart enough and confident enough to dump that slimy husband of hers. No woman who has ever dumped a lyin’ cheatin’ husband can have any respect for Hillary. I know I don’t!

She did not have enough confidence to stand on her own, without Bill. How is she a feminist leader? Who needs a Drama Queen as President? Not me! Who wants constant fighting?

Hillary did not cut it by “relating” to us: real women dump men who lie and cheat again & again.

Hillary did not cut it by claiming to be a “fighter”: Sick of all the stupid politicos “fighting.”

Hillary did not cut it by being a “populist”: Chugging shots? Oh, enough already!

Hillary did not cut it by lying: Bosnia sniper fire, my ass. Reunited the Irish? Where are all those jobs she promised to bring to upstate New York? (Go home & finish THAT one first!)

Hillary did not cut it by promising us healthcare reform, because she bungled it LAST time!

She did not lose out by being a WOMAN. Hillary lost out by being HERSELF.

It is the ultimate sexism for her to use being a “woman” as an excuse for losing. Phuleeze!!!!

Jun 8, 2008 - 4:36 pm 51. Christofer:

I think democrats can understand McCain and his 1st wife drifting apart, after all Obama has some experience with his “friends” and “mentors” drifting apart from him. Why, it often turns out hi really didn’t know them at all!

Rezko dealing with corrupt politicians? Never, he was but a man i knew!

Wright blames the U.S. government for aids? No way, he was like a father i knew but never got to know, i swear!

Ayers a known and unrepentant terrorist? Not the man i knew, we just talked thats all!

Jun 8, 2008 - 4:39 pm 52. ~Paules:

jdledell asks . . .

“Is healthcare important?” Yes. Too important to put in the hands of government.

“Is it important to start withdrawing our troops from Iraq?” Yes. As soon as the situation is stable enough that we can leave.

“How many of you want war with Iran?” No. I want Iran’s nuclear capacity neutralized. And if diplomacy is not sufficient for the task, then we must destroy it before the mullahs declare Armageddon.

“How many of you want our diplomacy to continue with . . . no diplomacy only threats?” We engaged Saddam’s regime with diplomatic efforts for better than a decade. He cheated at every opportunity. A muscular military makes diplomacy more credible, not less.

“How many of you want a rational tax policy?” I’ll settle for fiscal responsibility.

I guess McCain is my guy. Thanks for the clarity.

Jun 8, 2008 - 4:45 pm 53. jdledell:

Paules – Your comment about healthcare is too important to be left up to the government tells me you NEVER really supported Clinton. She advocated heavy government involvement in healthcare. She has always been a “Big Government” Democrat. Sounds to me like you were a Republican already and the Clinton-Obama race is immaterial to you.

Jun 8, 2008 - 5:16 pm 54. j. Barnett:

Sad but true, when the DNC, pick Obama over Hillary we have a problem, now if he loses it will still be CLINTON’S FAULT, so this young black nman that Hillary carried will still wet nurse him to the end. Let me say this, if he loses it will be the DNC. fault and his own, also it will be best for this country, we can get rid of the Clintons, Bushes, however we have alot more to go.. Nancy, you have your eyes on the first women President, traveling into other countries, you smile so sneaky, come on you all had to do a hit on Hillary, we might just as well vote for McCain as the DEMS., they didn’t listen to us, so what are we losing, now what other bags of tricks do you have?I’ll end this with, i wish Hillary had ran her middle finger down her face as Obama did, then did the famous jazz dance, the hip talk,the hip walk, so now forget Hillary, watch the crap come out now that you can’t cover up, McCains wife DRUG problem?well Obama i bet it still a problem for you also!!!OH WELL, what goes around comes around.

Jun 8, 2008 - 5:20 pm 55. ~Paules:

I’m a registered independent and fiscal conservative. What’s most important to me is personal liberty. Clear anything up for you?

Jun 8, 2008 - 5:24 pm 56. elittle:

If you want to solve most of the financial problems of this country, vote for the candidate who will stand up and get rid of the FED. You know, those 12 families who PRIVATELY own the Federal Reserve? But beware, he may receive the same fate as the last two presidents who tried to do away with it! Who you say? Lincoln and Kennedy! Who saddled us with this legacy? Why I do believe it was Wilson who later said, ‘I fear I have killed my country” or words to that effect! Quit trying to blame Bush for everything. I thought those Dems were going to fix everything after they took control of Congress? What have they done of any consequence? ZILTCH! ZERO, NADA! Open your eyes and take a look at reality for a change.

Jun 8, 2008 - 5:30 pm 57. vnjagvet:

Interestingly, the “discarded” pilot of Broom One did pretty well in the latter part of her campaign. But that failed to sway those that mattered, the hard-eyed professional politicians.

These worthies had to make one of the most difficult calls in the history of the Democratic party since the 1972 advent of identity politics in its uniquely pure American form. They had to pick between the menopausal feminist category (formerly variously known in earlier headier times as as loyal “career women”, “soccer moms” and “feminist advocates”) and the African American youth contingent, voters under the age of 40, and others yearning for a symbol of a “new era”.

For many reasons they picked the latter groups.

A trendy, sexy and emotionally satisfying decision to be sure, but more romantic than pragmatic. November will determine whether it was wise.

Jun 8, 2008 - 5:48 pm 58. vnjagvet:

Should be “the African American and youth contingent–i.e., voters under the age of 40.”

Jun 8, 2008 - 5:53 pm 59. s sommer:

People, we have a problem. It is not a new one, however & it is getting very tiresome!

HIllary was a flawed candidate due to her character, personality & habits. She ran a bad campaign & the people she put around her all despised each other & fought like crazy. Would you REALLY want to see the cabinet, etc she would have put around her? Nothing but fighting, selfish egos.

Mc Cain has some appeal, until you scratch the surface & get into details. I like a strong military, but he admits he is a zero on the economy & right now he is busily selling out to every old interest group that he criticized Bush for sucking up to. Plus, I am worried about his memory going! I have watched him falter in press conferences & it is not reassuring to see that!

Obama. Who knows!! Moments of being impressive, followed by moments of floundering.
Talented, but more green than black! Crazy bad associations.. He was willing to hang out with slime & crazies, trying to get his political start.. That does not show good judgment! Can he live it down?? Fact: He has run a very good campaign, much better than Hillary’s or Mc Cain.

But… our problem remains: WE NEVER GET A GREAT CANDIDATE TO EVEN VOTE FOR!

Over & over.. we have slim pickin’s.. Hold Yer Noser’s…

All we can do is pay attention & stay on top of whomever gets in, with LOTS of feedback about what we expect, need and demand from our leaders. The internet is helping make that easier.

Voting is just the beginning. Win or lose, GIVE EM all HELL and demand REAL CHANGE NOW.

Jun 8, 2008 - 5:55 pm 60. Independent Larry:

An outstanding and entertaining article. Although intended as satire, it clearly depicts what’s going on in the Democratic Party.

It will be interesting to see what Hillary’s price will be when the Party comes back for a reconciliation in 2012.

Jun 8, 2008 - 6:02 pm 61. Interested:

>Jim C.:
>I’ll be voting for McCain, but arguably Hillary has more experience than Our Blessed Obama.

If you have to argue it, than obviously Hillary does not. But she can spend more years in the Senate trying to match up to her Resume.

Jun 8, 2008 - 6:12 pm 62. Susan:

Cute point of view. But, when you listen to the news to see how they framed all Hillary segments with disdain for Bill or Hillary, you begin to see how the media picked a candidate and pushed that person.

Nobody even argues whether the media was biased against Bill and Hillary. The comedians even mocked the media.

I, for one, want to pick a Persident by reading and watching all the news I can get. I do not want anyone to pick for me. This isn’t Russia, you know. Or is it. Do we have state run media? This election raises that issue.

Anyway, because of all the negative press and blogs (esp. Huff Post), I cannot vote Obama. I’m not a sheep. I’ll pick whom I choose and Obama and his followers can kiss it!

Jun 8, 2008 - 6:38 pm 63. ELC:

Excuse me, but I beat you to this:

“The Democratic rank-and-file are sending a loud-and-clear message: they want Hillary not Barack. And Bill Clinton was arguably the most successful Democratic politician on the national scene since Harry Truman: why wouldn’t the Democrats — the party big-shots, I mean, and their hacks in the mainstream media — why wouldn’t they want the Clintons back in power? I think they learned an important lesson from Bill Clinton, but not quite the lesson he wanted to teach: when you get tired of the old bag, look for a pretty, new face. So, on to Obama and defeat in the general election.”

http://weblog.theviewfromthecore.com/2008_06/ind_005512.html

Mon. 06/02/08 08:15:44 AM

Jun 8, 2008 - 6:39 pm 64. Sabreen60:

Would someone please enlighten me. How did the MSM “choose” Sen. Obama? The MSM beat Sen. Obama with Rev. Wright for a solid month. I mean 24/7. The MSM beat Sen. Obama over the head with “bittergate” which actually took his comments out of context. But Sen. Clinton used those comments and labeled him as an “elitist” which the MSM used against him for weeks. The ABC debate was an Obama bashing. In that so-called debate Sen. Clinton tried to tie Obama to Farrakhan. The MSM dug up the non-Ayres-story and used that against him. Before all of this they circulated (with the help of the Clinton campaign)the picture of Sen. Obama dressed in his father’s native clothes. So please tell me how the MSM helped to nominate Sen. Obama? People were calling CNN the “Clinton News Network”, because of the reporting became so unbalanced. Someone on another blog linked to a report that said both Clinton and Obama were getting about 70-72% positive coverage in the beginning. But then after Clinton claimed that the media was bias toward Obama, the coverage of Obama because very negative and stayed that way. Refute these claims in you can. I am tried of this one-sided rant about the MSM choosing Sen. Obama. It’s not true.

Jun 8, 2008 - 7:38 pm 65. Chuck:

After making this despicable comparison between Obama and a trophy wife, you have no right to bring up sexism in this campaign. This is a shoddy piece of work, and quite frankly the author should be ashamed. You’re terrible.

Jun 8, 2008 - 8:36 pm 66. CKA in Red State USA:

It seems that the Clintons weren’t the only thing the Dems dumped.

I guess it is better to not offend potential black women voters than approximately 10 times more potential white women voters–as well as oodles of women who might be of Hispanic, Asian and other non-black race?

Makes perfect Democrat-math sense.

Perhaps now, the feminists, especially ones of HRC’s approximate age, will find that they hitched their proverbial wagon to the wrong horse?

And that the MSM really didn’t support them at all.

Jun 8, 2008 - 8:59 pm 67. christian:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1024927/The-wife-John-McCain-callously-left-behind.html

Actually a pretty good description of McCain

“To the curb goes the first wife, who worked his way through college, raised the children, kept the house tidy, blended the families, and played hostess to the bosses and hangers-on; she made him look good. The first wife laughed at the stale jokes, refilled the glasses, endured the late nights alone, and gazed in dewy-eyed worship as he took his bows. She learned to turn a blind eye to his follies — and perhaps his fillies — in the belief that one day it would all pay off. She believed in him and all he stood for; she espoused his cause and made his arguments, only to discover that if she Botoxed herself into mummification and submitted to looking as perpetually surprised as Nancy Pelosi, she was still a middle-aged woman — a little too wise and weary to impress his new, superficial friends, or to be impressed by them, and not terribly interested in a helpmeet/sidekick do-over. “

Jun 8, 2008 - 9:13 pm 68. NY State Voting McCain:

“As a trophy wife, Obama would be content to let the Democrats pull out of Iraq; Hillary might actually suggest they stay. Obama would be able to sell the socialized health care Hillary couldn’t pull off. Most importantly, Obama would schmooze and photo-op with the elites for whose approval the Democrats so desperately yearned; Hillary was untrustworthy, there. She might snub Ahmadinejad and, like Bill Clinton before her, pledge to jump into a trench with a rifle to defend Israel. Obama would smile and look good while doing neither.”

Trophy wives don’t complain about hasty withdrawal. They’re just happy the political viagra works. Calling it “socialized medicine” sure didn’t help sell it back in the day. Maybe it would go over better if you just wrote your plan for the big pharma and health industry lobbyists. The first wife also can tell you from experience that there is no reasoning with crazy people. We live in a different reality from the Iranian prez who denies the Holocaust and constantly threatens Israel. I’d say acknowledging Israel’s right to exist is a fair precondition before sitting down and talking. Maybe I just don’t see hope and change when I see Obama’s man boobies in a topless beach photo. I see arm candy for the DC boy’s club. It doesn’t make me angry that he is so young and pretty. It makes me angry that Daddy is blowing my trust fund desperately trying to pass himself off as young and cool. The Dems are still old and foolish, especially with their hot new thing.

Jun 8, 2008 - 10:54 pm 69. Anna:

Excellent run-down of McCain’s despicable treatment of his first wife!

Oh, that *wasn’t* what you were going for? Odd. Because I could *swear* Obama won that nomination because more people voted for him. You know, people from actual states? States that vote in November? Caucusing states, prmary-holding states, states where his name was actually ON THE BALLOT? Those states?

Jun 8, 2008 - 11:03 pm 70. Jbl:

John McCain and the Democrats behave the same way? Then either both are good or both are bad.

Jun 9, 2008 - 1:58 am 71. Never Yet Melted » Obama as Democrat Party’s Trophy Wife:

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Jun 9, 2008 - 3:58 am 72. John:

This sort of bs is going to lose the election for McCain. If the best case we can make for Republicanism is that we shouldn’t elect Obama because he has the attributes of a rock star then it’s all over. Let’s be real here. The electoral landscape is awful, Bush will be an invisible presence on the ticket, McCain is a deeply flawed candidate with lots of baggage that is going to come under the microscope, and the Democrats have chosen a massively charismatic guy who in many ways personifies the American dream. Apart from that all looks great for Republicans. Having seen a couple of McCain speeches now this shows all the signs of turning into another Dole candidacy with the added negatives of Bush. Trying to personify Obama as some sort of pretty boy lightweight when he’s just snatched the nomination from arguably the toughest politicians in America is not going to fly.

Jun 9, 2008 - 5:41 am 73. Mr.X:

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Jun 9, 2008 - 8:02 am 75. Laurie:

The whole ‘hauling away furniture from the White House’ thing was pretty telling about the Clintons, still — I must agree with an article I read that stated “I Hate Obama for Making Me Like Hillary.” Obama would herald in another Administration that drinks it’s own bath-water and loves the smell of it’s own farts. Leftwing hubris will replace rightwing hubris. And we, the American people, will be left with a double bag of shit to sort out at the end of the day.

Jun 9, 2008 - 8:45 am 76. peal shell:

This is to eor: Guess you have your opinion but there are plenty of people in this country and the world who admire and appreciate the Clintons. There are some people who are so resentful of successful people, they can’t see the good, and will believe any propaganda that is put out there regardless of what it is true or not. I for one am truly sorry Senator Clinton did not win the nomination because she is the only of the three who could handle the job. And that is truly a loss to America.

Jun 9, 2008 - 9:25 am 77. Flexo:

Flexo wrote, “The fact remains — McCain dumped his loyal first wife — a wife who remained loyal during his captivity and even remains loyal today”

Jim C. responded: “And Slick Willie didn’t dump Hillary, and she didn’t dump him. That wasn’t a problem for the left. Why should it be for McCain?”

It probably won’t be a problem for McCain, who will apparently get a pass for this very telling aspect of his character, but it’s a big problem for the country (and a big problem for the Republican Party and conservative movement) that, more and more, the outrageous and appalling become excusable and acceptable. Indeed, speaking of McCain’s character, in many ways he is the “Republican” Bill Clinton, sharing many of the same ambitious, egotistical, narcissitic, know-it-all characteristics. And all of that in Clinton has been terribly destructive to the nation. To be sure, it also gives a hint as to why we hear very little about defending family values from McCain.

As for Carol McCain’s feelings on the matter, since she generally refuses to give interviews, we are left with this one comment regarding the divorce, “I attribute it more to John turning 40 and wanting to be 25 again than I do to anything else.” If I had to play armchair psychologist due to her reticence to discuss the matter, I would suspect that, notwithstanding his mistreatment of her, she still loves him and, thus, remains publicly loyal to him.

McCain himself has admitted that he was in the wrong, “But my marriage’s collapse was attributable to my own selfishness and immaturity more than it was to Vietnam, and I cannot escape blame by pointing a finger at the war. The blame was entirely mine.”

Reports are that McCain is having problems with the Evangelical crowd. Well, you can be sure that he will be facing problems with the family-values crowd as well because you can be sure that, at probably the most inopportune time, the MSM is going to sink their teeth into this aspect of McCain’s history.

Jun 9, 2008 - 9:33 am 78. Media Mythbusters Blog » Blog Archive » Media Bias Roundup - 06/09/08:

[...] Anchoress points us to this great piece at Pajama’s Media: Obama the Trophy Wife. All I can say is hell hath no fury folks and she’s not done yet… You watch, Hillary [...]

Jun 9, 2008 - 9:46 am 79. The Same Old Dog, Just No New Tricks « Obi’s Sister:

[...] as “the trophy wife” by The Anchoress over at PJM. Excellent, excellent take on the last few days. And as much as I [...]

Jun 9, 2008 - 9:51 am 80. Rupert Knickerbocker:

Classic! The cute Goldigging “trophy” hitches up with the ageing excitement starved Jackass who casts off his somewhat dowdy espoused one.

Jun 9, 2008 - 10:31 am 81. Juju:

Great article. Hillary was dumped by the DNC and AA community despite her many years of public service to both. Women are angry as h*ll and they’re deserting the Democratic Party in droves. I’m voting for McCain. He’s no pretty boy, but we’re talking about the highest political office in the world, not America’s Next Top Model.

Jun 9, 2008 - 10:43 am 82. Margarita:

Great article.

thank you Elizabeth.

Jun 9, 2008 - 10:46 am 83. Virginia:

I think the only reason Hillary ran for President was to rub Bill’s nose in it for cheating on her in front of the whole world.
What better way to get revenge than to make him “First Lady”?
If she’s smart, she will dump him before taking on any other projects. I also feel that he set out to sabotage her by acting like such a fool during her campaign.
We don’t need any of the Clintons in or near the White House.
My vote is for Obama!

Jun 9, 2008 - 11:07 am 84. georgie:

I am not sure where anyone sees mrs. Obama as pretty. First, that bug mouth is a complete turn off. The party handed this election to Obama, and they will be the ones who look like idiots when this is all done. Do they think we have to vote for someone because they said we have to? I was behind Hillary all the way, but now it’s time for change….yes I can!

Jun 9, 2008 - 11:24 am 85. orter:

Repeal the 19th Amendment, [most] women are too stupid to vote.

Jun 9, 2008 - 11:28 am 86. Stephanie:

I have learn one thing in this campain: not many ladies understand, or are willing to understand rules that govern democratic party:
1. our nature bad loosers. Bad strategies: try to get all big state votes at once and ignoring the delegate role. At the end of the day they are the ones who decide. Wrong or wright? When the husband did not weight his word and mixed up people mind it is just a bad strategy.
2. When you mispoke to much, in your families, and even on TV that make your husband look for a trustworthy trophy wife.
3. When you spend all the money when you know that your big donnors can serve you only once it is a killer economic strategy that will make your husband look for a more efficient trophy wife.
4. It is OK to be desapointed but it is better to learn from our mistakes if we want an other candidate lady tomorrow. Taking responsibility is a must in politics

Jun 9, 2008 - 1:58 pm 87. Joan of Argghh!:

From the Mail’s article, I find this salient point:

“Carol fell into his fast-living world by accident. She escaped a poor upbringing in Philadelphia to become a successful model, married an Annapolis classmate of McCain’s and had two children – Douglas and Andrew – before renewing what one acquaintance calls ‘an old flirtation’ with McCain.”

Can anyone find out what happened to Carol Shepp’s first husband? This paragraph sounds suspiciously as though she dumped her first husband for McCain… which may not be the case … but it’s not like she was his child bride, either.

Jun 9, 2008 - 3:14 pm 88. He’s Baaaaack and Other Unity-Related Items : NO QUARTER:

[...] In the meantime pajamasmedia has an article calling Obama the Democratic Party’s “trophy wife.” Kinda fun, [...]

Jun 9, 2008 - 6:06 pm 89. Dakinikat:

If that’s your argument, let me take your metaphor ONE step farther.

Maybe these women are not willing to vote for a guy of a certain age that needs a medicine cabinet full of little blue pills to perform.

Obama cannot speak intelligently and with facts off teleprompter. His list of accomplishments is thin. He appears to have gotten the few positions he has attained by something other than achievement and brains. Folks in high schools with mostly B’s do not get into the University of Chicago as a general rule. It used to be that one could not be the President of the Harvard Review without having achieved the top grade in the class. It also used to be they clerked with supreme court associates and at the very least with an associate of one of the major appeals courts without exception. It is unique that one is the President of the Harvard Law Review and doesn’t clerk for any prestigious court AND never publishes a single article. That’s right UNIQUE. Usually, one does not win elections by getting the other candidates thrown out on a technicality. He’s done that twice. Now, he’s received the democratic nomination (sic) under highly suspicious circumstances. One, there have been lots of overly-weighted caucuses in states that usually don’t have caucuses. Two, he voluntarily pulled his name of a ballot and still managed to get pledged delegates from that race while taking voters who voted from a different candidate.

Can it just be that women are keener judges of who can cut it and who is a faker?

kat

Jun 9, 2008 - 6:23 pm 90. phoenix:

Well written. I never thought of him as the trophy wife or house ornament, but I can sure see it. Our household refers to him as “Mr. Hologram”. But, honestly, trophy wife will do!

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Jun 9, 2008 - 8:19 pm 92. Kathy:

As far as “hold your nosers” are concerned, when has there ever been a “perfect” candidate? Every person that has ever run for the presidency and ever will run is a flawed human being like the rest of us. In the distant past, the media didn’t tell every detail about a candidate’s personal life, now they do. Our job is to look at the personal characteristics, stands on issues, etc. etc and decide who is closest to what we believe is important in a president and/or his/her policy positions. If we are looking for perfection we are NOT going to find it in this earthly realm.

Anyway, enjoyed the article, Elizabeth!

Jun 10, 2008 - 5:17 am 93. The Ecstasy Of Easy Choices « Sigmund, Carl and Alfred:

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Jun 10, 2008 - 12:01 pm 95. Anacostia:

they act as if obama is twenty something! get over it guys – he’s almost fifty! so i doubt if hillary’s “age” had anything to do with it. it was hillary’s “old school” way of handling politics. this is why she lost! seh concentrated on the big states without counting delagates and barack chose to take a more riskier route!

Jun 10, 2008 - 12:23 pm 96. Obama, Jews & Newsweek: the MSNBC of mags | The Anchoress:

[...] has written a sort of follow-up to my piece posted earlier this week at Pajamas Media, entitled Obama, the Trophy Wife, in which I had written: As a trophy wife, Obama would be content to let the Democrats pull out of [...]

Jun 10, 2008 - 1:32 pm 97. Judy R:

How can Hillary supporters go to McCain rather than Obama? We just don’t trust Obama and at least McCain has a real record. Obama beat Hillary out by just being new, offering vague ideas–hope & change, targeting gullible youth and african-americans. Plus, his internet goons were very effective at spreading rumors and innuendo. ABC has repeatedly referred to a barrage of emails from the Obama campaign about Clinton gaffes, etc. He started his political career by trampling over a senior woman candidate by getting her kicked of the ballot. His associates are just so slimey. His stand on the issues changes from morning to afternoon. How can anyone trust this guy?

Jun 11, 2008 - 6:54 am 98. DAWN:

You need to forgive your husband. Your write-up suggests that U R full of hate.

Jun 11, 2008 - 7:42 am 99. conigliolo:

Thanks for the article. It communicates a very significant point, but I would say, a bit unwittingly. I was for JFK as a youngster. He was very far right of what the Democrats are today. But I learned even as a kid that if you elect a person perceived to be young and inexperienced in a very dangerous geopolitical situation, he will be purposely tested by the opposition, the existence of which cannot be safely denied. Kennedy was FAR more experienced and knowledgeable than Obama. Whether JFK was too “inexperienced” for the presidency of that time was a moot point. But I never, ever thought JFK was WEAK. Friends..we have an extremely serious problem here, because not only is the college kids’ favorite Obama inexperienced, his behavior shows him to be WEAK. This prompted Krauthammer to write the article about whether we should expect a dual presidency(like the Clintons) with the Obamas, which I fear would be the case.. As far as I am concerned Obama is a WEAK metrosexual, and our enemies already know that. Such weakness causes overreaction which is further proof of weakness. Aside from the women who are unhappy, my hope is the men will smell this problem and vote McCain. It is a much bigger problem than any single important policy issue.

Jun 13, 2008 - 3:26 am 100. Mark C:

*** One woman delegate was physically ejected from a DNC meeting leaving baseball-sized bruises on her arm. ***

That’s a load of crap, and has been debunked numerous times.

Jun 18, 2008 - 6:36 am 101. Lynn H.:

When the first paragraph of a story is so far from reality or the truth of a situation I do not continue to read. That is the case with this article. Perhaps there are some who are reacting as the writer has suggested, but for most of the women I talk to that is simply not the case–nor is it for the men who supported Sen. Clinton. We are angry, yes, because we feel the better candidate was pushed out of the race by some very devious methods. We are not voting for Obama because he is inadequate, unprepared, and a master politician whose flip-flops are legendary! We do not feel he is equipped to lead our nation at this time. The problems are too deep and too serious.
Sad to say, had he worked in the government till he had some deeper/broader understanding of the issues–in other words, “done his homework”– I might have supported him. I supported T. Kennedy, Jesse Jackson, etc. But OBAMA IS NOT READY.

Jun 19, 2008 - 8:09 pm 102. ME:

to s sommers:
You are totally wrong when you say a “real woman” would dump a husband who cheats. I said the same thing when I was young, but I’ve lived long enough to know that it takes much more strength to hang in and work things out. It strengthens your character, and that spills out into everything you do. Maybe some day you’ll realize that forgiveness builds character. I hope you don’t have to learn it the hard way.

Jun 19, 2008 - 8:23 pm 103. Rationality:

This is your rationality speaking. The beautiful words filling this page just do not quite cover the hypocrisy that lurks beneath. If I recall correctly, as many who posted before have, McCain owns a trophy wife. If I were to read the middle of this “hypothesis” I would honestly think that I was reading a story about Cindy. Oh well.

Jun 24, 2008 - 10:56 am 104. Hillary SUSPENDS, as predicted | The Anchoress:

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Jul 15, 2008 - 5:39 pm 105. djs:

It might be worthwhile to remember, according to realclearpolitics.com, that in the final popular vote in the primaries, Obama only got .1 percent more votes than Hillary. One-tenth of a percent. So it seems a bit disingenuous to proclaim Obama’s great victory, and it seems just ridiculous to believe that the people who supported Hillary are all disgruntled women. I won’t vote for McCain, but I just cannot vote for Obama. I have actually resigned from the Dean National Party. I am hoping a third party candidate who I can support shows up.

Jul 24, 2008 - 12:29 pm 106. Obama And The Ecstasy Of Easy Choices « Sigmund, Carl and Alfred:

[...] Obama The Trophy Wife, written by Elizabeth Scalia and published at Pajamas Media, is an insightful and somewhat startling look at the Democrat candidate for president candidate and our moth-to-the-flame-fascination with the inexperienced senator from Illinois. A trophy wife, of course, is the younger, less shopworn, unlined, doe-eyed, and sometimes opportunistic woman some middle-aged men marry upon achieving the measure of worldly success that puts them in more “elite” company. Mixing with a “higher caliber” of people, such men know what they wish to present to the world: energy, a tuned-in trendiness, a certain sleekness of manner, and above all, youth! If they can’t quite project all of that with their comb-overs, their sagging jowls, and their reading glasses, why, a pretty young wife and pretty young children are just the accessories to help the illusion along. [...]

Nov 4, 2008 - 12:49 am 107. shaka:

looking good

Feb 4, 2009 - 4:37 pm 108. Porting over to First Things… | The Anchoress:

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