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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.

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  1. Re:...but Hillary still won't leave. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    A Zombie Jesus perhaps?

  2. Re:People don't learn from history by The+Warlock · · Score: 5, Funny

    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?

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  3. Re:...but Hillary still won't leave. by glgraca · · Score: 5, Funny

    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".

  4. Re:People don't seem to learn from reading, either by Minwee · · Score: 4, Funny

    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?

  5. Re:People don't seem to learn from reading, either by ChromeAeonium · · Score: 4, Funny

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

  6. Re:People don't learn from history by morgan_greywolf · · Score: 5, Funny

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


    You say that like it's a bad thing.
  7. Re:Spelling? by morgan_greywolf · · Score: 5, Funny

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

  8. Re:People don't learn from history by hansamurai · · Score: 5, Funny

    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?
  9. Re:Good Luck America by PerdixUK · · Score: 4, Funny

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

  10. Someone help me with this... by Voltar · · Score: 5, Funny

    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!

  11. Re:...but Hillary still won't leave. by Swampash · · Score: 5, Funny

    A quote I saw today:

    Hillary Clinton, America's Psycho Ex-girlfriend

  12. Re:The Republican Party is not "conservative". by dvice_null · · Score: 5, Funny

    > 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.

  13. Re:The Republican Party is not "conservative". by EMeta · · Score: 5, Funny

    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!

  14. Re:People don't seem to learn from reading, either by genner · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can se Mccains slogan. Obama shall not pass.

  15. Re:People don't seem to learn from reading, either by Quiet_Desperation · · Score: 4, Funny

    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!
  16. Re:People don't seem to learn from reading, either by f8l_0e · · Score: 5, Funny

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

  17. Re:The Republican Party is not "conservative". by wooferhound · · Score: 5, Funny

    The Republicans
    are the
    Grand Oil Party

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  18. Re:People don't learn from history by Mister+Whirly · · Score: 5, Funny

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

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  19. Re:People don't learn from history by Foobar+of+Borg · · Score: 4, Funny

    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).
  20. Re:People don't seem to learn from reading, either by dave420 · · Score: 4, Funny

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

  21. Re:The Republican Party is not "conservative". by Cassius+Corodes · · Score: 5, Funny

    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!

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