I originally posted this response to this diary.  I've now realized I need to post this where someone else will see it.

History lends its weight upon youth like a stone.
The young do not deserve that weight nor should they be forced to bear your history.

There is more than enough weight for them to bear in the future.

I haven't seen this diaried here and I know it is late on a Saturday evening.

But this man meant the world to me:

Has there really been any doubt about what the neocons have been up to on the Iran question the last few months?

If so, here is your answer:

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I'm not sure how many of you saw Keith Olbermann's blistering attack of the Mccain campaign's connections to energy speculators:

Most of us who have been on DailyKos for awhile know alegre has been one of the most dedicated Hillary supporters on the site.  alegre was to the Hillary camp what TomP was to the Edwards camp, and icebergslim was to the Obama camp... a good place for videos, mojo, and trollish retorts from detractors.

Edwards left the race gracefully and Hillary supporters went on strike.

In an earlier diary skjold wondered if MyDD was finally coming around.

I think the answer is forthcoming.  MyDD is becoming unglued.

If you haven't learned the rules of Calvinball you simply have not been paying attention.

Once upon a time there lived a family upon the hill.  It was largely a happy family, with many members and many new fields to sow.  The granaries were burgeoning, the children were well fed, and the future looked enticing.  The children loved their parents and each other.  They played well and often.

I just watched the Jeremiah Wright interview on PBS’ Bill Moyer’s Journal.  

I began the interview listening intently, wanting to see what Reverend Wright was made of, how he would fare with one of the fairest journalists on television.  Moyer’s was his only option, as no other outlet would allow him to make his arguments in depth.

I ended the conversation (yes, it was more a conversation than an interview as is Moyer’s style) loving the man.

Yes, loving the man.  Me, a 40 year old white atheist concluding that Jeremiah Wright was a man worthy of love, respect, and my undivided attention.

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I'm not sure how many of you saw Obama's performance on The Daily Show Monday:

Heck, I finally had a chance to watch the interview on the web this evening.

We had great turnout for the Legislative Caucus for the 46th Legislative District.  Obama gained two delegates to the next level, one for the 7th Congressional Caucus and one for the 1st.

More Pics below the fold.

Buzzflash reveals a known link between Drudge and the Clinton Camp. Originally reported by the International Herald Tribune last October, Tracy Sefl, a former DNC official provides the link.

I have been to one professional football game in my life.  The Green Bay Packers came to Seattle over a season ago to play the Seahawks in a regular season game (on a Monday Night, if I remember correctly).  A friend of mine bought tickets for the two of us as a gift.

How exciting.

The 50 State Strategy is alive and well, and working for the candidate who chose to embrace it.

Obama's efforts in every state has led him to huge advantages in states from Idaho to Alaska, Kansas to Georgia, Colorado to Delaware.

These advantages have mitigated the institutional advantages of Clinton in states like California, New York, and Massachusets.

But Obama's efforts have also exposed a fatal flaw in Hillary's campaign:

I have brought you here this evening to tell you why your candidate sucks.  I hate to have to tell you this, but the itch in my fingers is just too unbearable.

To begin with:  your candidate never brings me cookies.  I like cookies, and I have yet to receive a cookie from anyone near your candidate's campaign.

Next:  Your candidate's advocates throw donuts at my candidate's advocates.  Donuts are fattening, unhealthy with transfat, and everyone is supposed to be on a diet according to the MSM.

Finally:  Your candidate did something to someone/something/sometime which is so horrifically bad that I could never support them for anything/anywhere/anytime.

I spent most of my Thanksgiving with family and friends of shared values.  We had a nice day and evening.  I appreciate them very much.

Tonight though I came home alone and felt the need to connect with the other part of family, the part of my family which many of you must have struggled with the past few hours.

Phone conversations usually begin innocent enough:  there are talk of kids, health, daily life.  There are concerns about work, how people are managing.  Things start to appear OK on the other side of the world.

But then the germ of a seed takes root in a conversation.

My mother wanted to know if I was going to vote for Hillary.

someone drop a pin before going below the fold