Barack Obama Wins Democratic Nomination

An anonymous reader was one of many who noted that Barack Obama has claimed the Democratic nomination having secured enough delegates and super-delegates to claim victory. Of course, technically this assumes that the supers all vote as they say they will and they are free to change their minds. So no doubt we'll continue to hear debate on this subject until either the convention or Hillary steps down.

Comments

Re:...but Hillary still won't leave.

[Anonymous Coward]

A Zombie Jesus perhaps?

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Re:People don't learn from history

[The Warlock]

you must live in an alternate reality where the republican party stands for saner government and a balanced budget.

what's the price of gas over there?

Re:...but Hillary still won't leave.

[glgraca]

I can picture her in a press conference concurrent to Obama's inauguration saying "I'm not making any decisions tonight; I still have a few cards to play".

Re:People don't seem to learn from reading, either

[Minwee]

Are you suggesting that the spell chequer was somehow wrong?

Don't you know that the Computer is your friend, and any deviation from its approved spelling can lead to your being used as reactor shielding?

Re:People don't seem to learn from reading, either

[ChromeAeonium]

Balrog Obama? Now that sounds like a candidates I can trust!

Re:People don't learn from history

[morgan_greywolf]

blatent neo-trotskyite proto-statist pseudo-"progressive"

You say that like it's a bad thing.

Re:Spelling?

[morgan_greywolf]

Right. It's O'Bama. He's Irish. :-P

Re:People don't learn from history

[hansamurai]

Leaving race out of the issue, how many republicans do you think would vote for someone named Barack Hussein Obama. A name that rings with the sounds of two recent so called enemies. Let's twist that around a bit:

Leaving gender out of the issue, how many republicans do you think would vote for someone named Hillary Rodham Clinton? A name that rings with the sounds of two recent so called enemies (Dennis Rodman is one, you figure out the other). See how stupid that sounds, troll?

Re:Good Luck America

[PerdixUK]

Perhaps America shouldn't have declared independence, because they obviously still need baby sitting.

Re:People don't learn from history

[Carl_Stawicki]

He's ...equally not white... Actually he's more not white than Obama, for those who care about that.

Hmm

[RealErmine]

So no doubt we'll continue to hear debate on this subject until either the convention or Hillary steps down. Would an anti-Hillary step up? Someone contact CERN.

Someone help me with this...

[Voltar]

Is Obama a black man with a white mother or a white man with a black father? As a racist white male, this question has been causing me night terrors!

Re:People don't learn from history

[Anonymous Coward]

Seriously my 19 y/o son has more executive experience than he does and people want to vote him to the most powerful position in the free world? Boggles the mind; it proves to me that the American left are nothing but a bunch of blind sheep.

Sad times ahead...

Rich fat cats who like guns and religion.

[Hankapobe]

him going on about how people only like guns/religion because they're poor, a month or two ago.

Someone needs to tell him about the rich fat cats in the Republican party who like guns and religion. Dick Cheney for one.

Re:...but Hillary still won't leave.

[Swampash]

A quote I saw today:

Hillary Clinton, America's Psycho Ex-girlfriend

My new favorite saying

[bxwatso]

Speaking as a "Typical White Person,"1 I find him a"Clean, Articulate, and Bright Affican American"2

1. Obama himself

2. Joe Biden

Re:People don't learn from history

[cduffy]

Let's be fair, now -- McCain only thinks torture is OK when he's parroting Bush; when he's thinking on his own, he takes the position that using torture is an invitation to enemies to torture our own troops, and opposes it on those grounds.

Re:The Republican Party is not "conservative".

[dvice_null]

> I wish Slashdot editors could be real editors, and check their work.

We will see a black female president who supports communism and is a Debian core developer, before that happens.

Re:People don't seem to learn from reading, either

[Anonymous Coward]

Last I checked it was still Borat.

Re:The Republican Party is not "conservative".

[EMeta]

And high oil prices will in turn decrease consumption, which will save the planet! The neocons are actually trying to save us from ourselves, you see. It all becomes so clear now!

Re:People don't learn from history

[Cairnarvon]

I don't think Chelsea is even running.

Re:People don't learn from history

[Zebraheaded]

Is Hilary Duff the other?

Re:People don't seem to learn from reading, either

[genner]

I can se Mccains slogan. Obama shall not pass.

Re:People don't seem to learn from reading, either

[Quiet_Desperation]

Balrog Obama? Now that sounds like a candidates I can trust! His foreign policy would be unstoppable. Well, unless the terrorists pull a Gandalf out of their turban. I can't believe I'm even typing this nonsense!

Re:...but Hillary still won't leave.

[urcreepyneighbor]

Chelsey Clinton Chelsea? I'd hit it.

Re:Why should she go away?

[geminidomino]

And your kids will carry that DNA...

Be afraid, be very afraid...

Re:People don't seem to learn from reading, either

[f8l_0e]

That doesn't make sense. That's Gandalf's line, not Saruman's. :)

Re:...but Hillary still won't leave.

[maxume]

Either your math is more awesome than normal math, or you are making quite the comment on Reagan's second term.

Re:The Republican Party is not "conservative".

[wooferhound]

The Republicans
are the
Grand Oil Party

Re:People don't learn from history

[Mister Whirly]

I know. If the price of gas gets any more expensive, rappers are going to start drinking it!

Re:The Republican Party is not "conservative".

[fredan]

not to mention that she is the one that has developed Duke Nukem Forever!

Re:People don't learn from history

[Tanktalus]

So all you "Obama hates all white people" folks out there, do you honestly believe he hates his mother and half of himself??

Seems plausible to me - I can think of someone else who hates half of himself...

(For the humour-impaired: just because I think it's plausible doesn't mean I necessarily believe it to be true.)

Re:People don't learn from history

[Foobar of Borg]

I know. If the price of gas gets any more expensive, rappers are going to start drinking it!

You know, that's probably the best argument FOR rising gas prices I've ever seen. Now, if we can just get the country music scene on board. I'd like to see Billy Ray Cyrus chugging a fifth of 100 octane gas (the kind used in NASCAR that gets sold all around the Charlotte, NC metro area during the Holy Days of NASCAR).

Re:People don't seem to learn from reading, either

[dave420]

YOU SHALL NOT PASS... legislation, because that's the job of Congress.

Re:The Republican Party is not "conservative".

[Cassius Corodes]

I was looking for a candidate that stood for higher taxes, more government, less free trade, more social programs and was anti-defence. Thnx for letting me know!

Re:Just So Yo Know What You're Buying This Time

[Squiffy]

"Octoroon" sounds like an eight-sided cookie.