Senator Barack Obama --presumed candidate for the Democratic 2008 presidential nomination -- was in New Hampshire on Sunday. Here's an excerpt from a report in Monday's New York Times:


[Obama's] two public events — a book signing in Portsmouth and a victory rally for the New Hampshire Democratic Party here — sold out days ago. A total of 2,500 people turned out to see him, including 1,500 who paid $25 each to attend the rally.

“We originally scheduled the Rolling Stones, but we canceled them when we figured out that Senator Obama would sell more tickets,” Gov. John Lynch said.

Hmm. Lynch. His last name is appropriate.

Monkeylad Wrote:

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>
> “We originally scheduled the Rolling Stones, but
> we canceled them when we figured out that Senator
> Obama would sell more tickets,” Gov. John Lynch
> said.


political bum snorkling

Dickwad!

largelingerie Wrote:
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> Dickwad!


please....where's your sense of patriotism........it's Senator Richard Wad

I think he meant it more as a commentary on the popularity of Obama.

Just let that guy keep on talking. He's a politician so he's in for the butt-@#$%& of a lifetime no matter what.

JumpingKentFlash

Yes, I guess it's a sort of backhanded compliment to the band. After all, he didn't say “We originally scheduled the Wiggles . . ." or “We originally scheduled Beyonce . . ."

And for a politician to have a sense of humor, well, that's not such a bad thing. Just days ago, Bush showed what a jokester he can be when he said that he read the report by the Iraq Study Group.

you're easily upset

Obviously he meant the comment to be funny but it is in actuality stupid.

Obama or any politician could only hope to be a fraction as popular as the Stones.

Monkeylad Wrote:
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> Obama's two public events — a book signing in Portsmouth
> and a victory rally for the New Hampshire
> Democratic Party here — sold out days ago. A total
> of 2,500 people turned out to see him, including
> 1,500 who paid $25 each to attend the rally.
>
> “We originally scheduled the Rolling Stones, but
> we canceled them when we figured out that Senator
> Obama would sell more tickets,” Gov. John Lynch
> said.


$25? No problem. Put Cohl in charge and then see how many tickets you sell.

The guy's a democrat. They're humorless.

It certainly wasn't any worse than the snarky comments I've read on here about the Stones.

Pleased to meet you......

Public figures always come up with nominally humorous one-liners like that. I could care less. I think this is what people talk about with the negativity on the board, attacking this guy's comment. Who really gives a Shit what this guy says about the Stones. It's a joke.

Politicians are all such dorks, no matter what party.

I guess if you think about it, he's already got his just desserts. I mean, he's the governor of NEW HAMPSHIRE. That's like getting picked last for kickball.

I think that's a smarmy comment rather than snarky.

southboundtrain Wrote:
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> Public figures always come up with nominally
> humorous one-liners like that. I could care less.
> I think this is what people talk about with the
> negativity on the board, attacking this guy's
> comment. Who really gives a Shit what this guy
> says about the Stones. It's a joke.


exactly. he'll probably be flattered that almost 400 people on a Stones board actually cared enough to read the post and that some actually felt bothered enough to get worked up about it.

Snarky, smarmy . . . either applies in this case.

Snarky
- sarcastic, impertinent, or irreverent in tone or manner

Smarmy
- revealing or marked by a smug, ingratiating, or false earnestness
- of low sleazy taste or quality



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Jumpin'JackFrash Wrote:
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> I guess if you think about it, he's already got
> his just desserts. I mean, he's the governor of
> NEW HAMPSHIRE. That's like getting picked last
> for kickball.


New Hampshire is actually quite influential nationally and being Governor means he can count on plenty of asskissing during the course of his term. That said, he is probably jealous because New Hampshire never gets a show.

*Audible Sigh*

Seems to me the Stones sold a lot more than 2500 tickets to most of their concerts.

We have this guy in Canada named Rick Mercer (Canucks are laughing already, they know what I'm getting at). He does a bit where he travels to the US and interviews folks on the street to those walking the halls of congress. The bit is called "talking to Americans".

He proposes rediculoius questions with authority like....should Totronto re-instate a polar bear hunt to rid the city of the pesky things, evidentaly some in the US senate concur. He even asked Bush while running if he supported Prime Minister Poutine's (french fries with gravy and cheese) running again, which Bush replied he did. Realy, it's like shooting fish in a barrel.

So if a guy running for US president can not name the the leader of it's biggest trading partner and next door neibour why would a govener be expected to know anything about the Stones. Sorry but this remark does not surprize me in the least.

J.J.Flash Wrote:
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> I think that's a smarmy comment rather than
> snarky.


Yeah,but still nice use of the word "snarky" monkeylad. I am surprised the gov didn't say obama was cheaper then the stones.

it's times like these that i get very worried my presence on this board. (i start to feel like i'm at a GNR concert)

ARE YOU GUYS IDIOTS? it was clearly a comment on OBAMA'S POPULARITY, not the stones' (or their lack thereof)

consider steam officially blown off.

The Notorious NIK Wrote:

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> consider steam officially blown off.

R Wrote:
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> The guy's a democrat. They're humorless.

yeah, Bush Jr. makes me laugh a lot

His full name:

Barack Hussein Obama

That will get a lot of conservative votes.

Rick Mercer is a Liberal Lapdog Douchebag.
I can't stand that smug twit.

These are the 5 rarest songs played on the whole 89/90 tour.

Shattered 1 time

Salt of the earth 3 times

Blinded by love 3 times

I just wanna make love to you 4 times

Factory girl 9 times




These are the only songs played on every single show for that tour:

Brown sugar
Honky tonk women
Jumpin' jack flash
Miss you
Mixed emotions
Sad sad sad
Start me up
Tumbling dice
It's only rock 'n roll