Arianna In a Huff over Barry’s Shift!
After 17 months of crushing and gushing on Obama while simultaneously flushing out Hillary, the Greek Goddess of Obamania writes a stunner criticizing her Idol for dumping his loyal, trusting base for a sexier, more unattainable demographic: the undecided swing voter.
“…the Obama campaign is making a very serious mistake. Tacking to the center is a losing strategy. And don’t let the latest head-to-head poll numbers lull you the way they lulled Hillary Clinton in December. Running to the middle in an attempt to attract undecided swing voters didn’t work for Al Gore in 2000. It didn’t work for John Kerry in 2004. And it didn’t work when Mark Penn (obsessed with his “microtrends” and missing the megatrend) convinced Hillary Clinton to do it in 2008.”
(Of course no HuffPo post is complete without the obligatory slam on Hillary. Jealous much, Arianna? Have you ever passed legislation or had 18 million people vote for you? No? Pity. But I digress.)
Why are you shocked, Arianna? You of all people should know how volatile mythological love affairs are! Did you really think that he was The One you’d been waiting for? Did you honestly believe that you two had a hopey-changey future together complete with campaign public financing and telecom accountability? Tsk-tsk.We at hireheels expect naivete from mere mortals, but the Goddess of Obamania!?!? You’ve been around the heavens long enough to know that when a dude as smooth, shifty and sexy as Barack gets what he wants from you that he’s bound to move on to the next alluring voting bloc playing hard to get. Apparently, they think that relaxed gun laws and enforcement of the death penalty is hot.
Now I hate to say I told you so A, but the signs were there all along. You should have suspected something when his peeps Samantha Power and Austin Goolsbee were saying one thing while Barack was whispering something else in your ear. I guess that you were too blinded by fantasies of a 16-month troop withdrawal and NAFTA opt-out clauses to notice.
There, there, Arianna, it’s not all your fault. Sure, you may have let him get into your ballot box a little too easily without proper vetting. And maybe you could have played coy for a while and let him pursue you a tad longer before giving up your endorsement to him. But what’s done is done. Now he knows that he can have you whenever he wants you no matter what he does, so he’s playing the field.
So Arianna, you best gather up your stockings and stilettos to make room for the next swing stater that Obama tries to bed. But be sure to wait by the phone, because I’m sure you’ll get a booty call from him whenever his poll numbers start to drop.
on July 2nd, 2008 at 9:47 am
arianna counldn’t see what Obama was because she was so blinded by her CDS.
Now she’s boo-hooing and it invokes nothing in me but schedenfraude.
Ya coulda been a player Zsa-Zsa, instead you chose to be a cheerleader on the second best team.
on July 2nd, 2008 at 10:41 am
Dear tbone,
(I guess the name says it all) Perhaps to you winning the majority of the popular vote, winning in every veue where it was up and up voting, is crappy results, but most of us weren’t looking for just a win. We were looking for an honorable win. Too complicated an idea dor you..
on July 2nd, 2008 at 10:49 am
Tbone, Hillary won 300,000 more votes than Obama. HIllary won all the big swing states: Ohio, PA, CA, FL so on and so forth! Tbone, the superdelegates decision will not be final until August. Tbone, obamabots like you will keep democrats like me, voting, campaigning and donating to John McCain.
To all Obama lovers, the more you degrade Hillary the more determined you make her supporters. For every insult, you will drive two people who’ve never voted republican to vote republican. I”m a black female and I will gladly vote and campaign for McCain before supporting Obama! Eat those my friends. This is America…not some dictatorship..we still have free speech and a right to vote as we please.
on July 2nd, 2008 at 10:53 am
Dear Tbone and your fellow obamabots:
Hillary supporters such as myself look forward to voting Mccain for many reasons including the ones listed below:
Myth: McCain will reverse Roe V Wade so abortion will be illegal and women’s rights will be reversed!
TRUTH: The president of the United States does NOT have the power to reverse judgments of the Supreme Court1. The president appoints Supreme Court Justices. It is possible that McCain could try to appoint conservative anti-abortion judges, but the DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS MUST ratify or approve those judges. In other words, McCain could attempt to appoint anti-abortion judges, but those judges would be stopped by the democratic members of the Congress and Senate. Therefore, McCain reversing Roe v Wade is a BIG LIE. By the way, if Bush was not able to reverse Roe v. Wade with a Republican House and Senate, I don’t think McCain would be successful.
on July 2nd, 2008 at 11:00 am
tbone, you need to read more.
The superdelegates decision will not be final until august. Technically they could still vote for Hillary. Neither obama or hillary has enough delegates without the supers to secure the nomination so superdelegates must decide. My decision like millions of others is final…I will vote McCain!! I’m black but my color doesn’t make me qualified to do anything. I don’t like Obama’s plans, his lies or what he’s done here in Chicago. Just yesterday our taxes rose to 10.25%!
Hillary won 300,000 more votes plus she won the main swing states. Red states are red, blue states are blue. Meaning republican states will vote republican. Democratic states will vote democratic. swing states are critical because they could go either way.
Tbone, until after the convention, no one has officially won anything. I, like millions of others will be voting McCain. YOu may be a brainwashed black person slavishly loyal to the democratic party, but I aint! Liberalism, the victim mentality and the welfare system have done tremendous harm to the community. I won’t even get into Malcom X and his opinion of Dixicrats.
If obama is the nominee, mccain has my vote. Your ignorance here on this board only further solidifies my support of McCain. There are millions of us and we are organizing.
on July 2nd, 2008 at 11:11 am
technically, the sun might not rise tomorrow but I’m pretty sure it will…
on July 2nd, 2008 at 11:25 am
I think the hh girls should hire me b/c I make this site better and more entertaining…gals?
t-bone in the house???
on July 2nd, 2008 at 11:27 am
Tbone, we are Americans first. You may have slavemaster devotion to a political party but we do not. Obama has flip flopped on ever single issue and his support of the Bush/Cheney energy bill tells me exactly where he’s going.
You’re arguing a moot point. We are not slaves…you may be but we are not slaves to the DNC. AT first the DNC said the candidate who wins the popular vote should be the nominee and then they change the rules. TBone, the decision remains unofficial and things could change before august. in either case, since the dnc no longer cares about the will of the people. us people are moving on …in the millions!
I am an American first. The will of the American people is what should matter. The DNC has acted against the will of the people so we have decided millions of us that the DNC no longer represents us.
I used to be uber loyal to the party but then I saw what the loyalities cost in the black community. I will vote mccain and the more insults or snide comments you hurl, the more and more I will stand by my decision.
on July 2nd, 2008 at 11:33 am
there were the Reagan dems
now there will be the Mc Cain Dems
Obama asked for 50% rep of the vote in Florida, counted undecided votes for Obama in Michigan.
ie. selected not elected.
Count all the votes and put Hilary on the Ballot in Denver.
We will vote against the DNC in November.
Also we truly believe Mc Cain is readier than Obama, but we miss Hilary terribly.
on July 2nd, 2008 at 11:35 am
Ah, tbone, I’m surprised you’re back. Aren’t there enough billygoats for you to lunch on?
on July 2nd, 2008 at 11:35 am
well said johnnie.
about this statement: I used to be uber loyal to the party but then I saw what the loyalities cost in the black community
what do you think about the tactic that some aa politicians are being challenged because of they had supported hillary? (john lewis, gregory meeks, edolphus towns) will they lose their elections?
on July 2nd, 2008 at 11:45 am
cold cold thats was just plain cold . i especialy like the part where you said.may have let him get into your ballot box a little too easily .Now he knows that he can have you whenever he wants you no matter what he does, so he’s playing the field.. that was great & how true how true.
that was awsome ms Piper in Pucci
keep up the good work
on July 2nd, 2008 at 12:14 pm
Ding ding ding! tbone gets points in the lightning round for using the two tactics obambots use when they can’t speak to the facts: racism and personal attack. Whoo hoo, you go tbone!
Awwwwhhhg. Darn. tbone gets 2 demerits for lack of originality in the use of his tactics and for glaring display of ignorance about democracy.
His consolation prize: The “pisher” award.
on July 2nd, 2008 at 12:36 pm
“I think the hh girls should hire me b/c I make this site better and more entertaining…gals?”
… actually I think we should vote you off the island. You don’t get the point, say the same thing over and over and contribute about as much as the completely inept and sloppy wanna-be flirt does at an in-store armani cocktail party.
on the other hand, if you choose to actually try to “get it” versus just antagonizing us for your entertainment, then a dialogue might indeed be interesting.
on July 2nd, 2008 at 12:38 pm
“that was awesome ms Piper in Pucci
keep up the good work”
seconded!
on July 2nd, 2008 at 12:44 pm
one more - action alert … easy to do
Debra Bartoshevich is a Wisconson delegate for Hillary that declared she would vote for Hillary at the convention, but McCain in November because Obama lacks the qualifications to become President.
You may know that the Democratic Party of Wisconson is now trying to strip her delegate status.
Please help Debra by writing to the Democratic Party Chair and letting them know how you feel about punishing someone that supports Hillary Clinton:
Joe Wineke
222 W. Washington Avenue, Ste. 150
Madison, WI 53703
party@wisdems.org
on July 2nd, 2008 at 12:50 pm
your right on one thing akron, i don’t “get it”
you claim to support someone but then turn your back her.
you like ed but then you don’t like ed.
i bet u kind of liked obama when hrc offered him the no. 2 but now u don’t like him.
u supported the dnc rulz committee (with half / half supporters) until hrc kept losing and looked like it might help her make up some lost ground.
the caucus states were important but then they don’t count…really cuz the voted for o
we don’t care what poor disaffected white people think but now we feel their pain
i’m trying to get it but having a little bit of a hard time akron.
on July 2nd, 2008 at 12:59 pm
Bartoshevich said she is new to the process and was never provided a list of rules that she is accused of violating, although she knows she signed a declaration that she intended to vote for the Democratic candidate.
gee, i wonder why they don’t want me…i dont get it…
on July 2nd, 2008 at 1:17 pm
Akron said…Debra Bartoshevich is a Wisconson delegate for Hillary that declared she would vote for Hillary at the convention, but McCain in November because Obama lacks the qualifications to become President.
You may know that the Democratic Party of Wisconson is now trying to strip her delegate status.
Not like I’m inclined to throw tbone a bone, but the state party may be within its rights to take that action. I know state committee members who had to give up their seats when they came into conflict somehow with the support-Dems rule–for example, one person accepted a job that included advocating for officials from both parties, so that person resigned the seat (thus keeping open the option of getting it again when the job picture changes). If you sign on as a delegate, committee member, etc., part of the package is your pledge to support that party, at least publicly. What she does in the voting booth is her business, but she would have been better off keeping that inclination to herself.
T-bone, BTW, I’m nervous about Obama in this role as the presumed presidential nominee. I think he may have developed into a politician with more backbone and substance given more time and incentive (read: pressure) to do so. Had the situation played out to allow that process, I might have easily thought better of him. But that’s not what’s happening now.
on July 2nd, 2008 at 2:04 pm
tbone gets a gold star! woo-hoo. thanks minx. just when I was losing hope, you come through.
barry has to move or shift, whichever you prefer, to the middle. he is supposedly the most liberal senator in the u.s. so it just makes sense. you see mcdaddy is making the same tack. if you wanna win, it helps to appeal to the most people.
if time for the process to work out is the best indicator of who would be the best president, mcdaddy should win. he cetainly put his time in. however, his only idea is to “stay the course”.
hrc felt entitled and overlooked o. her mistake not his.
on July 2nd, 2008 at 2:08 pm
O is sooo far the left that if he was teetering at the edge of a cliff, with an 120 ft drop, he could not move center, even with an 8 ft alligator nipping at his heels.
Don’t pay too much mind to T. He’s chosen us over his soap operas.
on July 2nd, 2008 at 2:29 pm
No, Senator Clinton actually votes. Obama skips votes, takes credit for passing bills when he was not at the roll call, voted present 138 times, avoiding taking a stand; and was chewed out on the US Senate for faking he made a mistake on a vote and wanted it changed. In the IL Senate, his collegues described him as a boxer who stands at the sidelines, but never gets into the ring. Then there was his all infamous, “I was against the war from the beginning” claim to fame. The man was in the IL legislature and did not have the power to vote. But….he did vote twice, to fund the war, so that nullifies his, “I was against the war from the beggining”, claim. A true rebel, a true war protestor, would have had the courage to challenge his party on the war, way, way before he started running for President. He’s a follower, not a leader.
on July 2nd, 2008 at 2:30 pm
“i’m trying to get it but having a little bit of a hard time akron.”
that is because emotionally you have no interest in getting it. your only interest is to hang out with a bunch of cool chicks - and some guys who like us - and throw food.
on July 2nd, 2008 at 2:33 pm
minx - fair enough on the state’s rights…. although I wonder how that plays into the normative process of having a roll call that includes HRC.
on July 2nd, 2008 at 2:39 pm
Akron, I don’t know the partics of Wisconsin’s rules, but if it’s like the ones I’m vaguely familiar with, the state party elects delegates, and she’d be bound by whatever rules the electing body laid out before her election. I’m going to try to dig out the real facts, but I think having HRC on the rollcall in Denver is a separate issue from whether the Wisconsin state committee can remove an elected delegate for breaking their rules by publicly supporting a candidate from another party.
on July 2nd, 2008 at 2:56 pm
the obama cheerleaders in the media didn’t vet him. but perhaps they’re noticing that his blatant lies about his ever shifting positions go way beyond “flip flops.”
and then there’s the corruption:
Obama Got Discount on Home Loan
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/01/ar2008070103008.html?nav=hcmodule
on July 2nd, 2008 at 3:08 pm
Ms. Huff: If you have difficulty interpreting Piper’s analysis of your love affair, and I underscore affair….no commitment there - -don’t kid yourself, you have been blinded by the Greek Goddess of infatuation, Ate, who like you personifies Infatuation, defined as “the rash foolishness of blind impulse, usually caused by guilt. Ate actually trapped Zeus once, but he didn’t believe in commitment either, and threw her (literally) off Olympus. What mountain will O throw you off, Ms. A? We are in modern times now; so perhaps there’s no need to worry about mountains; I would worry about that bus he owns and operates though
on July 2nd, 2008 at 3:41 pm
TBone, You are a very Small person. You must have
a hard time finding a date because you are spending
too much time on the lady’s website. What happened?they kicked you off the OB website? We are bored with you here so you should go back home.
on July 2nd, 2008 at 3:53 pm
lisa - in tbone’s case, i suspect it passes for the feeling of being flirted with by someone you desire.
which gives me an idea t - how about going and comforting ms. huff?
on July 2nd, 2008 at 4:20 pm
indieyogini said,
on July 2nd, 2008 at 2:56 pm
Web page on the home loan article, Washington Post has been removed. Oh, well, there’s also O’s involvement with Rezko and an upcoming and impending indictment of the presumed, presumed, nominee. O will implode sooner or later.
on July 2nd, 2008 at 4:27 pm
ooooooh, piper, this is soooo good. thank you!
on July 2nd, 2008 at 4:36 pm
here is the washington post link
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/01/AR2008070103008.html
on July 2nd, 2008 at 4:40 pm
31. FlowerChild2 , on July 2nd, 2008 at 2:29 pm SAID:
“…No, Senator Clinton actually votes. Obama skips votes, takes credit for passing bills when he was not at the roll call, voted present 138 times, avoiding taking a stand…”
MY RESPONSE:
Excellent points. When I scrutinize Barack Obama, I cannot support him! His positions change with the wind.
JustSayNoDeal.com . . . PUMA NY . . . Clintons4McCain.com
on July 2nd, 2008 at 5:06 pm
So long ladies. As long as you let a cretin like tbone hi-jack posts they are not worth reading. See ya after you take out the trash.
on July 2nd, 2008 at 6:04 pm
from evita-…http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqYE-dHI_1k
goodnight and thankyou…a little message from the big “o” to sweet little arianna…for your enjoyment
fuzzybeargville
on July 2nd, 2008 at 6:24 pm
lovin’ it fbg.
on July 2nd, 2008 at 6:57 pm
from what i’ve been hearing, janus-bama has blown the benefit of the doubt he was getting here in germany by his all-of-a-sudden death penalty support! Germans are very aware of barbaric practices and keep a steady eye on America and its grotesque death penalty. Everyone I’ve talked to just shakes their disgust.
sobama, gettin’ ready to do your big jfk impersonation in berlin? it might not go over quite the way you expect…
on July 2nd, 2008 at 6:58 pm
great article btw, piper!!
on July 2nd, 2008 at 8:06 pm
have a good 4th. see everyone next week!!!
on July 2nd, 2008 at 8:10 pm
T-bone: don’t hurry back.
on July 2nd, 2008 at 10:40 pm
good night all sleep safely maybe we will get our girl afterall
obama is beginning to implode like a quantum singularity!
fuzzybeargville
on July 3rd, 2008 at 12:39 am
GOOD NIGHT MY LITTLE PRETTIES - AND EVEN TO U TBONE - U DID PROVIDE AMUSEMENT FOR A WHILE … BUT HIREHEELS PREFERS KOBE NOW….
WE’VE RELEGATED U TO THE MEAT GRINDER - SO YOU’RE STILL AROUND - ONLY - AS GROUND BEEF.
on July 3rd, 2008 at 4:53 am
manolo,
It would not be unreasonable for the state party to have a rule excluding “Dems for a Day” from the convention.
As for Obama reforming his own character — I can imagine that somewhat, if he began by conceding and endorsing Hillary, admitted himself unworthy even to be her VP, retired to some little red western state to do penance … and actually accomplished something there.
I stll wouldn’t trust him with the presidency, but maybe some sort of figurehead post.’
on July 3rd, 2008 at 5:07 am
Blessings to all of you my dears, especially Diane who is way out there in the front lines!
Shouldn’t y’ll put a donation button on your own site, to pay for all these plane rides to interviews?
I don’t know how famliar you are with the blogosphere … but really, don’t spend energy on trolls or hate mail and such. What Would Hillary Do? — or rather, what HAS she done ever since she was First Lady in Arkansas, always getting such flak? Not even waste her time reading it to laugh at, much less take it seriously.
on July 3rd, 2008 at 5:09 am
Sorry for all the late night posts (too much latte this afternoon), but must say I like the new look of the page with the puma at sunset. All that old white space kept me hitting the ‘fit to width’ button, to no effect. The new look keeps the clean white effect, but with reassuring content; someone did an elegant job with that.
on July 3rd, 2008 at 7:44 am
very good advice 1950democrat. if you don’t feed the trolls, they’ll eventually starve and look for food elsewhere.
on July 3rd, 2008 at 7:52 am
Arianna Huffington is inane. Just inane. Piper, thank you for caller her out.
Meanwhile, because there are so many better places to put one’s attention (causes and candidates), I respectfully submit a guide and set of links for donating to Senator Clinton and other progressive pols and causes
Link: http://heidilipotpourri.blogspot.com/2008/07/guide-and-set-of-links-for-donating-to.html
on July 3rd, 2008 at 8:51 am
So glad tbone is now ground beef. Trolls are so boring.
As is Zsa Zsa Huffington and her endless search for relevance.
on July 3rd, 2008 at 9:25 am
I just donated and also bought some T-shirts and pins of Hillary’s. Have any of you followed the Larry Sinclair story?
I have for over a year and believe it 100%. Please come over to his website and read from cover to cover. Listen to all the radio shows and watch the video of the National PRess Conference. It is unbelievable. Thank you.
http://larrysinclair0926.wordpress.com/
on July 3rd, 2008 at 9:26 am
thanks heidi li! i’m with you. there is still time to sway public opinion, which in turn, will sway the superdelegates. and there’s no better way to convince people that we still believe in hill than with cold, hard cash.
everyone, please take the time to visit heidi li’s blog to see her fundraising efforts for hillary, and also visit her companion blog, the denver group to ensure that we have an open, transparent convention this August.
km–i’m glad you’re back!
on July 3rd, 2008 at 10:38 am
Thanks piper and Heidi. The website is now in my favorites, like all of you are in the favorites in my heart.
xxoo
on July 4th, 2008 at 12:46 am
Arianna didn’t even know her own husband was gay……..remember when she herself was a rabid conservative? clearly she has commitment issues of her own, so I don’t know why she’s being so hard on barry.
on July 4th, 2008 at 12:50 pm
there, there, Arianna. He’s just not that into you anymore.
Translation: he used you, he doesn’t need you now.
on July 4th, 2008 at 3:39 pm
indeed parentofed, indeed.
on July 5th, 2008 at 5:00 pm
Great link Indeiyogini but, there’s more….as of yesterday the nyt editorial board slung a shovelful at the presumptuous nominee. Here you go..
.http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/07/04/even-the-new-york-times-editorial-board-turns-on-obama/
also the Boston.com and Philly.com have similar articles. Enjoy!! Please spread the word . I’m posting these at as many places as possible until I’m all worn out. The rest is up to you good people.
on August 2nd, 2008 at 7:26 am
How can someone with such a high IQ be so silly?
on August 8th, 2008 at 8:27 pm
You know what hit me last week? Dems will have enough power in the Senate and House to protect Roe V. Wade!!! Hooray! I can vote McCain now!!! I don’t have to grin and bear it anymore!!!!