Obama's three most famous endorsers:

[tgnyc]

1)someone who couldn't beat George W. Bush, despite the fact that he was saddled with a very unpopular war

2)someone who couldn't beat Jimmy Carter, despite the fact that he was struggling through one of the most troubled presidencies of the 20th century

3)someone who has never been elected to anything, but is famous primarily as a talk show host

Just noticed.


ON EDIT: I'm not saying these guys haven't accomplished a lot for their party/country. They all have. And i like them all. But it seems notable that none of them has EVER BEEN ELECTED PRESIDENT, despite that fact that two of them have tried.

[DJ13]

1. You're right

All the biggest names in the Democratic Party are losers.

Feel better now?

[THUNDER HANDS]

2. and Hillary's biggest endorser

is the guy she married. That's like the old adage "I'm handsome, my mom says so."

[jasmine621]

5. And former President who stood up to the Republican machine while being smeared

by all the media and radio talk show hosts and beat them twice.

[Proud2BAmurkin]

19. Minor correction: beat them three times, including when they tried to remove him from office

[tgnyc]

14. I'm not a Hillary supporter, but it seems worth pointing out that he actually won the presidency.

[mrreowwr_kittty]

16. So did GWB, arguably, the second time

The 2004 election was proof of the stupidity of large numbers.

[Beacool]

23. In case you have forgotten the Clintons have won 4 national elections:

Two bids for the presidency and two for the US senate. Besides, Bill only lost one election in his life. He lost in 1980 and was reelected governor two years later.

The Clintons are winners, and they'll survive to fight another day. Kennedy or no Kennedy endorsement.

[sunonmars]

3. well thats how the repugs will term it, so get used to it

Politics has no friends

[SammyWinstonJack]

27. Au contraire. Politics has many friends and right now, and in the recent past,

it's the corprats who control our politics and our political choices.

[book_worm]

4. Wow!!

talk about being dismissive. Never mind what these people have accomplished in their lives, or the fact that Kerry received more votes for president than any democrat in history including Bill Clinton (by over ten million votes).

It must suck to have to justify the way you do.

[557188]

8. Voters

A Democrat should always have more voters than the nominee of years past because the American population is growing, thus more voters. :)

[book_worm]

12. Yeah but to do that much better than Bill Clinton in terms of votes is

kind of embarrassing for Clinton.

[bicentennial_baby]

6. -1

[geek tragedy]

7. Sour grapes much? n/t

[burythehatchet]

9. How do you clones sleep at night? Hanging upside down?

[sunonmars]

10. you forgot Revs. Caldwell and McKlurkin

[joshcryer]

11. Damn, some serious pwnage there.

[cali]

13. stupid post and let's examine it's stupidity:

In 2004 the war was not yet unpopular by any means. Americans were divided on the war. they certainly were not largely against it.

If you really consider not beating a sitting president for the nomination, you're supremely ignorant. not a surprise.

So Oprah endorsed him. Good for him.

[Nimrod2005]

15. Dumb dumb dumb

[FrenchieCat]

17. Jealousy is ugly........

so Shield your eyes before looking into the mirror.

[jefferson_dem]

18. How old are you?

n/t

[sniffa]

20. Edwards most famous supporter is...

Cooter and John Mellencamp.

:thumbsup:

[Nailzberg]

25. A lot of things need fixing in the country, and who knows fixing stuff better than Cooter?

[sniffa]

26. True, true.

And besides, who better to reach my age group (who grew up on The Dukes Of Hazzard) than him?

Though, I'm still holding out for Roscoe P. Coltrane's endorsement.

[Barack_America]

21. Technically, his most famous endorsers might be...

1). Oprah
2). George Clooney
3). Toni Morrison/Usher

If we're going purely on fame.

[EffieBlack]

22. You might want to be careful about pushing such a snarky analysis

considering one of the candidates against whom Obama is running is someone who has only been elected to one thing in his life - and who is also the running mate of the guy who couldn't beat George W. Bush . . .

just sayin'

[rosesaylavee]

24. So you are saying that the only legitimate endorsements are from former DEM presidents?

That's a pretty limited field there... that is if you are looking for live endorsements.