Daily Show on… P.U.M.A…
August 27, 2008 by PUMA Pundit
Where is Waldo? Just kidding, two of our very own P.U.M.As are on the show… Guess which ones…
Here is the clip, just in case you can’t view it in your browser, click on the link here
PS John Oliver, we DON’T need a child psychologist, but “Obama” being chased and brought down by a brown dog… hmmm 
Very funny.
I support Obama but had Clinton won I’d easily vote for her over McCain. A lot of Clinton supporters cite sexism as an example of the injustice done to Clinton, but much of that was done by the media over which Obama had no control and even if Obama did act sexistly you can be sure having him as president will be much better for women’s rights than McCain who is anti-abortion, etc for president. To me, voting for McCain just seems like shooting yourself in the foot to prove a poin - sure if there are enough of you that you cause Obama to lose the election people will notice, but you’ll also be stuck with a president for four years who is MUCH less similar to Clinton who will probably do tons of things you disagree with that will certainly affect you in many ways.
Furthermore, just as some Clinton supporters claim Obama was sexist many Obama supporters claim Clinton was racist. Don’t be so narrow-minded to think that it doesn’t work both ways.
Lastly, I’m just wondering, to those Clinton supporters who think Obama won the nomination unfairly, had the tables been turned and had Clinton been the one who lost in Michigan and Florida and had Obama wanted their votes counted even though they had previously agreed that they wouldn’t count so that Clinton never bothered to campaign in those states would you have been OK with counting the votes to Clinton’s detriment? I don’t think you would be. It is simply unreasonable to try and change rules you established in the beginning just to benefit yourself when everyone has been playing the primary game a certain way. I understand the frustration because even had Obama campaigned in those states he’d have still probably lost in them and if those states were counted it could have easily resulted in a Clinton win. A lot of Clinton’s loss can be chalked up to bad luck, which is unfortunate, but it’s not Obama’s fault - he’s just doing his best to get elected, just like Clinton.
Clinton will have another shot and I’ll happily vote for her then.
If Hillary had won and Barack’s supporters refused to support her, you would all be whining loudly and incessantly about how sexism was STILL keeping her down.
I think it’s fine if you all don’t want to support Obama, but you also seem dedicated to helping get McLame elected, whether directly or indirectly, and that is truly self-defeating.
Just be ready to kiss Roe v. Wade, funding for early childhood and higher education and pretty much every gay/lesbian right goodbye, too.
Also, for the PUMA conspiracy theorists salivating over the ‘Obama isn’t a citizen’ fallacy, check out the truth on: http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/citizen.asp
Hi there. I wanted to ask anyone who reads this a question. I will let you know I am an Obama supporter, so you know where I am coming from. And I understand that you are upset with how things turned out, and I sincerely sympathize with all of you, so please do not think I am not aware of the feelings that are out there.
OK, on to my question. After hearing the speeches of both Hillary and Bill Clinton, I wanted to know if any of you are now rethinking your positions about whether or not to support Obama in November. You must know that a McCain presidency will not champion many of the ideals we all share as democrats. And it seems counter-productive to vote for McCain, and thus against our own interests as democrats. Hillary herself asked the question, and I think it bears repeating. I will paraphrase, but she asked if you were only supporting her campaign because of her personally, or because of what it is she stood for? And if you believe in her ideals, then you should really be thinking about voting for Obama. I am sure I will elicit some angry responses, and I understand that. I am not trying to provoke more anger from any of you. I just want to know if anything has changed in any of your views in light of the speeches the last two days. I will check back and see if anyone has written anything in response, and thank you for taking the time to read this.
“but “Obama” being chased and brought down by a brown dog”
That is the most vile, horrible, racially charged statement that I have heard in my lifetime that was not referring to some pre-civil rights horror from before my birth. That sort of thing reminds me of the horror stories my 80 year old grandfather tells of the things he witnessed in the South as a child, and probably why he fought for equal rights in the work place as a Union Rep. as an adult. You should be ashamed of yourself for still holding on to that sort of backwards thinking in this day and age.
We as a people should have long evolved beyond that sort of thinking.