The Soothing Dulcet Tones of John Mellencamp

He's just happy to get some pub for the first time in a long time.

Mellencamp Has the right to privacy. Kudo's to him for treating all candidates fairly and equaly and choosing to use his right of privacy.

Voting is a right, so is the right to privacy.

No one has to tell anyone whom they or voting for. No one should make anyone feel like they have either.

centristsrule,

Yes. Why is the DNC so blind to that? Remember how Dukakis was ahead by 17% until voters started learning how far left he was.

Progressive Democrat,
Yes, I noticed that they pulled the article down too.

Why would you say I would vote for McCain no matter what? Truth is I am a Democrat who voted for Clinton in my primary.

What does Rush Limbaugh have to do with anything? He is trying to con people into thinking he is behind Clinton voters when in fact he has nothing to do with it. I guess he wants to sell more junk to pay his alimony bills.

Obama is going to lose by a landslide in the fall. Democrats only win the presidency when they can appeal to the center. Obama only appeals to the very far left.

Hillary and McCain are centrist canidates. If Hillary loses the primary then many centrist and independent voters like myself will be voting for McCain.

The democratic party has destroyed itself again.

geevil,

You will be voting for McCain in the fall no matter what. If you were a true Democrat or Progressive you would not be voting for McCain no matter what. So you are one of the 28% who still support Bush and his policies and will vote for McSame no matter what. Hey Rush Limbaugh is about to start. Better go listen to get some more talking points.

No chance Obama supporter. I will not waste my vote writing in Clinton. I would vote for McCain instead of Obama.

When I say Hillary supporters at least write in Hillary Clinton rather than voting for Republicans for the White House, I meant if one doesn't want to vote for the Dem nominee if it isn't Hillary.

Obviously Hillary will close ranks and back the Dem nominee, I am addressing this to those who say they'll vote for McCain if not Hillary.

We can't give the Republicans one vote for more of the same. And I will give my vote to Hillary regardless.

Hillary '08

Mellancamp is a heck of a good guy, and his music reflects that. Kudos to him for hosting both Obama and Hillary events and yet is an Edwards supporter.

Now that's unity I hope we're able to pull together for November!

Hillary voters hopefully will be able to vote for her as Dem nominee this November but if not write in Hillary Clinton.

We Hillary supporters must not give one vote to the Republicans for the White House. We fought too long and hard this primary to do that.

Hillary '08

Call me pedantic, but I just had to point out that Cougar was a stage name, not his born name, which is what "nee" means; John Mellencamp (nee Cougar) is just wrong, he is actually nee Mellencamp.

And I can understand why he would have a hard time making up his mind - the candidates of both major parties are all in thrall to the corporatocracy and we can expect whoever wins to continue destroying our country to benefit the elite.

tuck

Obama speaks the truth...he has said similar things everywhere. As much as you all want to paint a picture that it was different... it really wasn't ...

This "condescending" thing is created... it's a less than Hillary saying "screw'em" about the small towns in the south.

but once again this "biased" media doesn't really cover it.

Isn't it funny how Hillary gets to the negative punch and then runs the other direction when you realize she is as guilty as anybody of misspeak.

The difference is one candidate apologizes (even for little things that were created)and learns...the other candidate denies, denies, denies some more and incites the public... her campaign is like the little kid who comes out and whacks his sibling then runs back and hides behind their parents legs so the parent gets mad at the sibling and not the little brat who is hiding.

This same little brat is the one who goes out and doesn't like the neighborhood bully talking about throwing rocks...so tells the bully "I have rocks and I will throw them if you try to pick up those rocks"

while their sibling is trying to talk the neighborhood kid out of a fight... and getting the other bullies from joining the neighborhood kid...

The little brat decides in his wise wisdom to pick up the rock ...which makes the neighborhood kid come back later with more rocks. basic logic...

If you are dealing with a rogue nation that does not have nuclear weapons...you don't threaten them with nuclear obliteration... ...or massive retaliation.
This is not russia and reagan.
This was not an arms race...Hillary with her comments will make it one.

Great post, HoosierSue.

I don't believe that Hillary can win in the general election. While Rev. Wright was certainly a thorn in Obama's side I still I don't think most people believe that Obama shares Wright's views. For the most part, I think that the only people who will hold Wright against Obama are people who wouldn't have voted for him in the first place. Hillary on the other hand with her own mouth made up that whole Bosnia thing. Why would on earth would she do that? Obama didn't push that the way he could have. John McCain, on the other hand will eat her alive with that.

I'm glad that you Hillary fans are having your last gasp of excitement over her win last night -- and a win is a win.

But I hope you aren't digging into your pocketbooks to send her your hard earned money, which will only go to pay off her debt anyway!

While she temporarily takes back the lead in the popular vote -- she last had it sometime around Super Tuesday, very briefly, if I recall correctly -- she will hold this lead only for a very short time. And she gained little in the way of delegates, even with twelve still left to be allocated. She barely made up for the supers that Senator Obama picked up just in the past two weeks. And he'll likely begin catching up on those he lost last night beginning this morning!!!

So, it isn't over until it's over! But your dreams of somehow stealing this election are pretty far-fetched.

But, for today, Congratulations Hillary. Now get the concession speech ready so we can really cheer you on!

Obama 2008 -- Yes, WE CAN!!!

Lets look at the sober reality:

Still behind in delegates.
Still behind in popular vote.
Still behind in money raised.
Stil behind in number of states won.

How is winning PA by single digits somehow a pivotal moment in the campaign?

Obama supporters continue to spin his loss any way they can. She won, it could be 8, 9 or 10 point margin but she won, give it a rest people................Rise Hillary Rise

I live in Evansville so can offer a bit more info here. The venue Obama was in holds 13,000; he attracted approx. 8,000. We have two colleges here which works for him. What doesn't work for him:

Rev. Wright
Questions of patriotism
Inexperience
Bill Ayers
Michelle Obama

All are negatives, but Rev. Wright takes the overwhelming top slot. I hear time and again that a man cannot sit in a church for 20 years and not hear a thing. Hoosiers consider that to be just plain common sense.

One lady said to me that he needs to put his hand over heart when The Pledge of Allegiance or National Anthem are played. She told me she does, and even if she didn't, she'd sure have sense enough to if she was running for president. More Hoosier common sense!

As an aside, I knew Obama targeted young people, but was surprised at one of his tactics. Voter registration is now closed, but while it was ongoing he offered any high school kid who registered 20 new voters a chance to play basketball with him. I'm still not sure how I feel about that.

Anyway, I early voted for Hillary yesterday and it was truly a moment I'll never forget. I so believe in this lady and all my life I wondered if I'd ever have the chance to vote for a woman or African American for president. This year, thanks to the Democratic party and the long primary, I had a chance to actually choose between those two. It was a moment I'll never forget as long as I live.

I think John Mellencamp is being very smart now. Obviously he doesn't have the power of an Oprah -- but she would have been better served to do what he's doing. Oprah should have given the black candidate AND the woman candidate equal public support. If she had a personal preference, that's fine, but turning her back on the woman candidate was just awful. And I think it made a difference: many women were not happy with her decision and that helped them to make up their own minds -- about Hillary.

HAD THE BIASED MEDIA TOLD THE TRUTH ABOUT GOLDEN BOY OBAMA --- BEFORE HALF OF AMERICA HAD VOTED --- HE WOULDN'T BE IN THIS RACE --- JOHN EDWARDS WOULD BE!

IT'S SAD THAT AN ANTI-AMERICAN IS HEADING UP THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
THERE IS STILL HOPE: CLINTON / EDWARDS 2008!

IF WE DON'T VOTE FOR HILLARY --- McCAIN WILL WIN IN NOVEMBER!