Posted on June 5th, 2008 by Gilbert Martinez
Because the former king of pop can do it better than me:
From the early MNSBC treatment of Hillary (initiated, btw, by Edwards and Obama), to mocking her nonexistent tears, to the constant calls for her to quit, to the painting of her as racist, to the absurd f#$%ing idea that Hillary was waiting for the [...]
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Posted on June 4th, 2008 by Gilbert Martinez
Yes. I’m not sure we will fix future primary seasons otherwise. It will also be good to get the Superdelegates on the record giving the nomination to the person who received fewer votes, which is really why they are all calling for Hillary to drop out. But going to Denver gives us time to evaluate [...]
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Posted on June 3rd, 2008 by Gilbert Martinez
No matter how you feel about the eventual Democratic nominee (Hillary or Obama), today was a bad day for democracy. Not once, but twice (at least, the day is still young) AP tried to call this race before the voters had a chance to get to the polls. The media shamelessly tried to influence the results [...]
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Posted on May 31st, 2008 by Gilbert Martinez
No matter what you think of the delegate rulings today, one thing is clear. By seating the delegates in any fashion, the RBC legitimized the popular vote tallies from FL and MI. This means Hillary can legitimately claim a net of over 600,000 votes today. No news source should report total popular vote numbers that [...]
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Posted on May 29th, 2008 by Gilbert Martinez
I just read that David Bonior and Rep. Robert Wexler will represent Obama at the RBC over the weekend. I’m curious as to what their arguments will be. This is going to go into the permanent history of the United States. Will those two argue for disenfranchisement? How will History judge them–and Obama–for what happens [...]
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Posted on May 26th, 2008 by Gilbert Martinez
Voters should never be disenfranchised because their legislators wanted to play games. That’s what this comes down to. That’s why this borderline Dem is ticked off. Rules should never be written to take away the franchise from innocent voters. Is that such a hard concept for people to understand?
Discuss.
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Posted on May 26th, 2008 by Gilbert Martinez
“When the violence causes silence we must be mistaken”:
Many Hillary supporters see this election as social justice issue. Obama has worked hand in hand with the media in branding the Clintons as racists and spreading the gross lie that Hillary was calling for Obama’s assassination. The so-called liberal bloggers have joined in this appalling demonstration. [...]
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Posted on May 25th, 2008 by Gilbert Martinez
Note: This is something I wrote in 2004 and I reproduce intact without any changes. It is in line with my thinking on Progressive Blogosphere 2.0 and defining a 21st Century Liberalism. I never finished it so it’s not my best work. But you get the idea.
The past three years has seen the emergence of [...]
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Posted on May 18th, 2008 by Gilbert Martinez
Because I need a break from writing. Lest you think I am a total slacker, my computer hard drive died on me and there is only one lab computer I can use which has the software I need for certain things. See, it’s not all my fault.
I’ve been noticing that the vast majority of the [...]
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Posted on May 16th, 2008 by Gilbert Martinez
Hillary’s dominating in the non-African American working class votes. There is no question about that. People can call it racism, but I think the hook in Shakira’s song above is a more accurate reason why. (Yeah, you’re going to have to do some translation.)
Here’s the deal: Hillary’s road map to the nomination hasn’t changed since [...]
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Filed under: Election '08, Gilbert Martinez, Hillary Clinton '08, Presidential Primaries
Posted on May 13th, 2008 by Gilbert Martinez
As of now (7:05 PST), Hillary is laying a thumping on Obama in WV: 65-28%.
Since the IN and NC primaries, there has been a coronation of Obama as the Democratic nominee. Obama has planned his acceptance speech/party on May 20th. The media and blogger boiz have essentially ruled Hillary Clinton completely out of the race. [...]
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Posted on May 13th, 2008 by Gilbert Martinez
You’ll have to excuse me if I’m unmoved by the keyboard jockeys claiming racism for those who are not supporting Obama. I don’t have to justify my race relations credibility to anyone. You just have to ask those who know me, about the group I helped start at the medical school I’m affiliated with to [...]
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