<p>[Clinton</a> backers to make noise at Dem convention - Yahoo! News](<a href=“http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080814/ap_on_el_pr/clinton_holdouts]Clinton”>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080814/ap_on_el_pr/clinton_holdouts)</p>
<p>Case #1,002,948 in the deep and long file…</p>
<p>They’ll end up giving the 2008 Presidential election away, too. I’m curious: did all the malcontented Hillary supporters enjoy bashing Bush so much the past eight years that they want to do it some more with McCain?</p>
<p>Last I checked, there’s no law requiring Hillary Clinton supporters to vote for the Democratic Party. The arrogance of Democrats in believing they will get this kind of automatic support is actually driving these voters away.</p>
<p>Between my wife an I, we have cast every presidential ballot since McGovern for a Democratic candidate with the exception of one ballot. Neither of us have decided what we are doing in November, but we have both determined that it will not be casting a vote for the Democrat.</p>
<p>I don’t think it’s a big deal.</p>
<p>Anyway, David Shuster totally owned the two leaders of the two biggest anti-Obama groups on Hardball. </p>
<p>One of the leaders donated $500 to McCain in 2000; thus, it’s highly doubtful she is even an actual Democrat. Apparently many of the people in these groups have donated or voted for Republicans in the past. As for the other leader, he just came off as incoherent and whiny.</p>
<p>The best momement was when Shuster confronted them about their claiming to have raised 6 million dollars for their cause when in reality they have only raised $50,000.</p>
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<p>The Democrats have only elected one President in the last 30 years. It’s fair to say that a lot of centrist voters have voted Republican in the past.</p>
<p>BTW, this would be the same David Shuster who said that the Clintons were “pimping out” their Stanford educated adult daughter? Says a lot about NBC and General Electric that he is still on the air.</p>
<p>Haha yea. That’s why Shuster rocks.</p>
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<p>Oh boy!!..8 more delicious years to b#$@% about our terrible Republican President!!!..I can’t wait to tear off my anti-Bush bumper stickers and put on some new fresh anti-McCain ones!!!</p>
<p>Sameasiteverwassameasiteverwassameasiteverwas…</p>
<p>Just put those new bumperstickers over the old ones…</p>
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<p>Maybe to sexist dweebs who have no respect for highly educated classy young professonal women. </p>
<p>I’m sure Jack Welch gets a tingle down his leg just thinking about him.</p>
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<p>Great idea, ell! That way, as the war in Iraq and on the environment drags on for the next eight years, I’ll have more room to put more anti-war and environmental stickers on my Subaru wagon! There is one exception though: I think I will take off the “Vote for Change” sticker–honestly,I never could figure out what it meant anyway.</p>
<p>I thought most Democrats spent their time asking for change.</p>
<p>“put more anti-war and environmental stickers on my Subaru wagon”</p>
<p>Never understood why people concerned with the environment bought Subaru wagons. They are not particularly good on gas consumption. My old 1982 Audi 4000s got much better gas mileage and probably had a comparable amount of room.</p>
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<p>Hey, anything that’s advertised heavily in “Mother Jones” is good enough for me…</p>
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<p>I have to agree on this. For years, I’ve been driving a '98 Forester, and while it’s been a great car throughout its 130,000 miles (and counting), its gas mileage has been mediocre at best. I’m wondering why Subaru wasn’t on the forefront in producing hybrids, or at least cars with above-average gas mileage?</p>
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<p>As Billy Crystal’s “Fernando” character once said “I don’t have to <em>be</em> good, I just have to <em>look</em> good.”</p>
<p>I’m not sure why I love my old Sub so much. It’s noisy, uncomfortable, and not particularly attractive–it bears numerous dents and scrapes from two teenaged girls learning to drive in it, plus a long, nasty scar along the back bumper where several years ago someone saw fit to key my “Support Our Troops, Bring Them Home” sticker. Still, it’s honest and decent, and somehow feels like a Democrat to me! But so far it hasn’t figured out a way to shoot itself in the tire or otherwise self-destruct. So perhaps its an independent, after all. :)</p>
<p>There’s no question that there’s always been a whiny, self-centered contingent in both parties - and a lot of the Democratic variety seem to have affixed themselves to Hillary Clinton this year like remoras to a shark. Will the suckerfish succeed in cutting off our noses to spite their faces? Remains to be seen.</p>
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<p>Well, since in only twelve of the past forty years have we seen a democrat in the White House, you know I’m betting on the “suckerfish.” Mmm…after November, that will probably then be twelve out of forty-eight years.</p>
<p>Oh…but it’s so fun to whine!!</p>
<p>Some suckerfish place experience and qualification to be Commander-in-Chief above parochial party interests in the decision-tree.</p>
<p>Subarus have a great track record for being reliable and dependable. Wish I had bought one instead of the $%#@%$ Volvo I ended up buying that has been a nightmare on repairs.</p>
<p>I went with Toyota (Avalon) for the six-passenger seating and the excellent gas mileage for that size car. I have looked at the Subaru but they’re not that good if you’re really tall and the gas mileage for the amount of space that you get isn’t very good. My gas mileage with my old Audi was 36 (I think that it was high-40s for the diesel version) and I sold it with about 225K miles. It was lots of fun to drive with the five-speed.</p>