Comments on: Oh, snap. http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/05/19/oh-snap/ "...a somewhat popular blogger" Mon, 30 Nov 2009 04:20:34 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: postmodernprimate http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/05/19/oh-snap/comment-page-1/#comment-9787 postmodernprimate Wed, 21 May 2008 01:04:42 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/05/19/oh-snap/#comment-9787 <p>“the line outside Monday’s Obama rally was seven-people wide around five square blocks — during his speech. Organizers turned people away. The estimated crowd was more than 10,000. The same estimates said some 4,000 didn’t get in.” - From a local Louisville article.</p> <p>I was planning on leaving work early to go down there but was warned off by a friend that I didn’t have a chance in hell to make it inside.</p> “the line outside Monday’s Obama rally was seven-people wide around five square blocks — during his speech. Organizers turned people away. The estimated crowd was more than 10,000. The same estimates said some 4,000 didn’t get in.” – From a local Louisville article.

I was planning on leaving work early to go down there but was warned off by a friend that I didn’t have a chance in hell to make it inside.

]]> By: JGabriel http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/05/19/oh-snap/comment-page-1/#comment-9776 JGabriel Tue, 20 May 2008 19:34:31 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/05/19/oh-snap/#comment-9776 <p>Mark Levin:<br /> </p><blockquote>How many people showed up for Obama’s rally in Kentucky? Oh, he didn’t campaign there?</blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.kentucky.com/468/story/402778.html" rel="nofollow">8000.</a></p> <p>H/T John Cole & Commenter ‘Andrew’ at <a href="http://www.balloon-juice.com/?p=10412" rel="nofollow">Balloon Juice</a>.</p> Mark Levin:

How many people showed up for Obama’s rally in Kentucky? Oh, he didn’t campaign there?

8000.

H/T John Cole & Commenter ‘Andrew’ at Balloon Juice.

]]> By: StinkyMcGee http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/05/19/oh-snap/comment-page-1/#comment-9770 StinkyMcGee Tue, 20 May 2008 16:30:21 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/05/19/oh-snap/#comment-9770 <p>Ooh. Take that Swanson!</p> Ooh. Take that Swanson!

]]> By: 3letterjon http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/05/19/oh-snap/comment-page-1/#comment-9753 3letterjon Tue, 20 May 2008 10:11:11 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/05/19/oh-snap/#comment-9753 <p>He’s got a face for radio and a voice for print. And he’s saying what about Obama? He didn’t campaign heavily in a state he’s expected to lose. Gosh, what a smashing blow to the campaign that’s beating that other campaign before it will beat the campaign that beat those other campaigns he himself wanted to win.</p> <p>Oh yeah, well Reagan didn’t win Minnesota in 1984. So pooty-poo on you, Mr. Levin!</p> <p>And don’t forget the District of Columbia!</p> He’s got a face for radio and a voice for print. And he’s saying what about Obama? He didn’t campaign heavily in a state he’s expected to lose. Gosh, what a smashing blow to the campaign that’s beating that other campaign before it will beat the campaign that beat those other campaigns he himself wanted to win.

Oh yeah, well Reagan didn’t win Minnesota in 1984. So pooty-poo on you, Mr. Levin!

And don’t forget the District of Columbia!

]]> By: MaryCh http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/05/19/oh-snap/comment-page-1/#comment-9743 MaryCh Tue, 20 May 2008 05:23:57 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/05/19/oh-snap/#comment-9743 <p>Bonus factoid: Levin calls himself “The Great” on his radio show.</p> Bonus factoid: Levin calls himself “The Great” on his radio show.

]]> By: Ruthie http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/05/19/oh-snap/comment-page-1/#comment-9742 Ruthie Tue, 20 May 2008 05:10:41 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/05/19/oh-snap/#comment-9742 <p>Sigh. Tell me again why we even bother clicking on links to “The Corner?” </p> <p>Unfortunately, not all members of the “creative class” who run for public office can afford to write their campaigns $11 million loans that will enable them to hobnob with “the little people” (Just like them!) who live off the beaten paths of the campaign trail.</p> Sigh. Tell me again why we even bother clicking on links to “The Corner?”

Unfortunately, not all members of the “creative class” who run for public office can afford to write their campaigns $11 million loans that will enable them to hobnob with “the little people” (Just like them!) who live off the beaten paths of the campaign trail.

]]> By: annagranfors http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/05/19/oh-snap/comment-page-1/#comment-9741 annagranfors Tue, 20 May 2008 04:38:07 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/05/19/oh-snap/#comment-9741 <p>What the HELL does that even MEAN, she asked, for the umpteenmillionth time since all this crap started…</p> <p>Valium. I want three. 10 mg. VALIUM. NOWWWWWW, goddammit!!!</p> What the HELL does that even MEAN, she asked, for the umpteenmillionth time since all this crap started…

Valium. I want three. 10 mg. VALIUM. NOWWWWWW, goddammit!!!

]]> By: captphealy http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/05/19/oh-snap/comment-page-1/#comment-9740 captphealy Tue, 20 May 2008 04:28:24 +0000 http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2008/05/19/oh-snap/#comment-9740 <p>I had a comment all typed up and ready to go, when a bout of “don’t speak ill of the dead” came upon me.</p> I had a comment all typed up and ready to go, when a bout of “don’t speak ill of the dead” came upon me.

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