Obama to Clintons: "Nice try, assholes."

Photograph: Emmanuel Dunand/AFP

It's official. The Clintons just got owned.

As our Dear Leader would say, it was a "thumpin'." It was a troucing, a rout. Obama crushed the Clintons and, God, it was beautiful.

In short, the Clintons screwed up. They figured that playing up the race issue could only help them by boxing Obama in as the black candidate. A modest win by Obama could have been dismissed as a demographically narrow victory.

South Carolinia Democrats repudiated that strategy. Obama victory was decisive, and he carried 44 of 46 SC counties. That said, the Clintons' hardball strategy may yet prove to be successful, depressingly enough, should Obama fail to capture substantial white pluralities in the 22 states that vote on February 5th.

I say they, because it's now obvious that Obama's running against both of these clowns. Bill Clinton took on the role of Hillary's sniping attack dog, and it backfired badly. Thankfully, the media didn't give Bill a pass, and it looks like Bill Clinton bashing will be back in vogue. This time, however, he really will deserve it.

Experience, my ass. Fuck the Clintons.