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Big Announcement: A New Presidential Candidate

Posted by Brian Fairbanks

We wanted to make sure you were the first to know. Full story here. 

All kidding aside, the real story is that the first cracks in the "Democratic year" story the media has been trumpeting finally appeared yesterday.

The Co-Chairs of University of Iowa Students for Hillary have just sent out a Facebook message imploring the group's members to vote for John McCain -- or, if that's too hard to stomach, presumptive Green Party nominee Cynthia McKinney.

"John McCain is an honorable man," the letter states. "He is good personal friends with Hillary Clinton. He is qualified to be president. We do not agree with him on everything, and this is why we urge you to strongly support Democrats up for re-election to congress."

We understand you're bitter, but don't go imitating these ill-informed fools. Being "qualified" for the job is utterly irrelevant to the task of being President-- most great Presidents would be canceled out by this stringent rule, while Dickhead Cheney would blow them all outta the water. "We do not agree with him on everything"-- no, morons, you don't agree with him on anything. That's why you support Hillary Clinton-- she's everything John McCain is not.

Meanwhile, two Democratic Congressman have refused to endorse Obama, one saying that Obama is "the most liberal Senator." Obviously, Ted Kennedy, Chuck Schumer, Barbara Boxer, and many other Senators died last night. 

Please let these be the first and last signs of fracture... Barack Obama is a better candidate, a better campaigner, and although maybe not all that we want him to be, he is light years beyond the Neanderthal that is John McCain, who seems stuck with President Bush in Medieval Times.

Via Politico. 


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Emily Farris said:

Hehe. Can I be your Condi?

June 12, 2008 12:19 PM

Daniel J Dwyer said:

When did liberal become a dirty word? If anything, Obama is not liberal enough.

Also, it's ironic for Clinton supporters to prefer the "more experienced" McCain over "inexperienced" Obama. Apparently they have forgotten 1992, when they undoubtedly cast their ballots for the "inexperienced" Bill Clinton over the "most experienced presidential candidate in history" George Bush Senior.

June 12, 2008 4:48 PM

apocolypic dreams said:

the headline in this article says it all:

Election 2008: Brian Fairbanks?

Let me reiterate...

Brian Fairbanks???????????????

Let there be light, for the darkness has descended.

June 12, 2008 11:12 PM

About Brian Fairbanks

Brian Fairbanks, the Senior National Political Correspondent for Hooksexup, is a filmmaker living in the wilds of Brooklyn. He previously wrote for the Hartford Courant and Gawker/The Consumerist. He will be first against the wall, come the revolution.

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Emily Farris writes about culture and food for numerous publications and websites you've probably never heard of, including her own blog eefers. Her first cookbook will be published in fall 2008. Emily lives in Greenpoint, Brooklyn with her cat, but just one . . . so far.

Brian Fairbanks is a filmmaker living in the wilds of Brooklyn. He previously wrote for the Hartford Courant and Gawker. He won the Williamsburg Spelling Bee once. He loves cats, women with guns, and burning books.

Nicole Pasulka is a Brooklyn writer and editor who's always on the lookout for the dirty. Her other virtual home is at The Morning News, where things are squeaky clean most of the time.

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