anyone make a thread?

story on yahoo says 44 minutes old

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/clinton_easley;_ylt=AkrQePBuD5azxI34hFpquh6s0NUE

Quote :

" CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Hillary Rodham Clinton has won the endorsement of North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley, a surprise boost to her candidacy in a state where Barack Obama is heavily favored to win the Democratic primary. ADVERTISEMENT Easley was expected to announce his endorsement formally on Tuesday morning in Raleigh, the state capital, one week before North Carolina's primary on May 6. Clinton campaign chairman Terry McAuliffe told supporters about the endorsement Monday at a fundraiser in Charlotte. With its liberal white enclaves and large population of black voters, North Carolina has been viewed as exceptionally favorable to Obama. Public polling in the state has him leading the former first lady by 10 points or more. But Clinton has contested the state in hopes of an upset. Short of that, her campaign aims to peel off enough pledged delegates to stay competitive with Obama. The former first lady spent Monday campaigning across North Carolina and has run a heavy television advertising campaign in the state. She was headed Tuesday to Indiana, whose May 6 primary is viewed as much more competitive. Clinton has benefited from the support of other governors in key primary states, including Ohio's Ted Strickland and Pennsylvania's Ed Rendell. Political observers say Easley, while relatively popular, does not sit atop a massive political operation in North Carolina. Easley is scheduled to leave office next year after serving two terms as governor. Both Democratic candidates vying for the nomination to replace him have endorsed Obama. Besides being a respected figure among Democrats in the state, Easley is one of the all-important superdelegates likely to choose the party's presidential nominee. He would be the second superdelegate from the state to endorse Clinton. Six of its 17 superdelegates have endorsed Obama. Easley had backed former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards for president before he ended his bid in January. Edwards has not yet endorsed a candidate and is not expected to do so before next week's primary. Earlier this month, Easley wrote a note to Obama imploring the Illinois senator to take part in a debate sponsored by the North Carolina Democratic Party and televised by CBS News. But the Clinton and Obama camps were unable to agree to a date, and the state party eventually scrapped its plans. In recent weeks, Clinton's once-sizable lead among superdelegates has dwindled as Obama has picked up the backing of several who were previously uncommitted. Obama's campaign announced Monday that New Mexico Sen. Jeff Bingaman, another superdelegate, was supporting the Illinois senator."

i guess what i took note of or whatever was that the 2 people coming in to governor are obama and he is clinton...i bet it was cause of the debate thing...i dont see obama winning by 25 or whatever the polls say

4/28/2008 8:43:11 PM

Yeah, the two candidates actually trying to get elected are supporting Obama. That's telling.

Who cares what Easley thinks? If anything his endorsement makes me dislike Clinton even more.

4/28/2008 9:24:20 PM

easley is a shitstain

fuck him and what he thinks

4/28/2008 9:32:27 PM

hillarpwned

4/28/2008 10:23:18 PM

Quote :

"Senator Hillary Clinton Visits NC State Sen. Hillary Clinton and Gov. Mike Easley will tour the Golden Leaf Biotechnology Education and Training Center at 8 a.m. on Tuesday, April 29. The Clinton campaign will hold an event at the McKimmon Center beginning at 8:30 a.m. Doors will open at the Mckimmon event at 7 a.m."

http://ncsu.edu/featured-stories/engaging-society/april-2008/clinton-visit/index.php

4/28/2008 10:34:01 PM

fuckkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk i have a freaking presentation

4/29/2008 12:30:40 AM

So Easley has time to campaign with Clinton, but apparently too busy to make even a quick appearance at the Military Appreciation event held last weekend in Downtown Raleigh.

4/29/2008 1:56:39 AM

http://southernstudies.org/facingsouth/2008/04/facing-south-exclusive-dc-nonprofit.asp

the short version: a clinton-backing group (with clinton staffers on its board) took part in illegal robo-calling in NC.


highlights:

Quote :

"First, a quick recap: As we covered yesterday, N.C. residents have reported receiving peculiar automated calls from someone claiming to be "Lamont Williams." The caller says that a "voter registration packet" is coming in the mail, and the recipient can sign it and mail it back to be registered to vote. No other information is provided. The call is deceptive because the deadline has already passed for mail-in registrations for North Carolina's May 6 primary. Also, many who have received the calls -- like Kevin Farmer in Durham, who made a tape of the call that is available here -- are already registered. The call's suggestion that they're not registered has caused widespread confusion and drawn hundreds of complaints, including many from African-American voters who received the calls. "

Quote :

"The calls are also probably illegal. Farmer and others have told Facing South the calls use a blocked phone number and provided no contact information -- a violation of North Carolina rules regulating "robo-calls" (N.C. General Statute 163-104(b)(1)c). N.C. Attorney General Roy Cooper further stated in a recent memo that the identifying information must be clear enough to allow the recipient to "complain or seek redress" -- something not included in the calls. It is also a Class I felony in North Carolina "to misrepresent the law to the public through mass mailing or any other means of communication where the intent and the effect is to intimidate or discourage potential voters from exercising their lawful right to vote." The calls have been denounced by the N.C. State Board of Elections, as well as by voter advocacy groups including Democracy North Carolina, which called them "another in a long line of deceptive practices used in North Carolina and elsewhere that particularly target African-American voters.""

[Edited on April 30, 2008 at 4:41 PM. Reason : .]

and it's for things like this that i canvass for obama, telling their rights and when and where they can vote.

[Edited on April 30, 2008 at 4:42 PM. Reason : .]

4/30/2008 4:40:15 PM

no one cares about this^? really?

4/30/2008 10:46:49 PM

but... she GETS IT!!! come on, guys

5/1/2008 6:44:48 AM

Just fyi, for anyone in Gastonia, there is a guy at Franklin and New Hope with holding the 10 Commandments and a large sign with a picture of an aborted baby that says:

"Hillary (Jezebel) is for abortion."

5/6/2008 12:19:24 PM

sarijoul is such an elitist. Don't listen to him.

5/6/2008 12:50:06 PM

sweet, 1 win for Clinton!

5/6/2008 12:51:51 PM

Quote :

"no one cares about this^? really? "

It was probably TWW behind it

5/6/2008 1:00:31 PM

it was probably the first black president Bill Clinton who was behind it

5/6/2008 1:03:09 PM

in her indiana victory speech she called easley a "visionary leader"

5/7/2008 1:52:53 AM

Meanwhile, pundits & other newsmedia folks scratch their heads trying to figure out why the heck she's still in the race:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lklfIPBK4Zg

5/7/2008 9:14:28 AM