Sunday Roundup

Campaigning in Iowa this week, Bill Clinton told voters they should blame him, not Hillary, for the1993 health care debacle. Putting aside the fact that Hillary has already owned up to her role in the political fiasco, is it really smart to have him stepping in front of her to take the hit for Team Clinton? It may be gallant for a husband to tell friends that the reason he and his wife are an hour late for a dinner party is because he got lost when, in fact, it's because she couldn't decide what to wear. But Hillary isn't running for Favorite Guest, she's running to be President of the United States -- a would-be Commander-in-Chief, not a little woman who needs to be protected by her big, strong man.

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[m4rk]

If she gets elected, will we officially have a two party monarchy? Or will we remain fascists with a democratic mask? Corporations will decide this election, not blue states or red states.

[Dandy12]

At this juncture alot of things that transpired during the Clinton administration (including correspondence in the National Archives) ought to remain in the past! We have enough debacles, corporate thievery, etc. to examine due to this present administration, their henchmen, and corporate cronies! Even Al Gore as V.P. addressed the health care crisis with a graph showing that the costs were "fueling inflation". Under Bush, nothing has been done to curtail these costs. Many were given a license to steal or redistibute wealth to make the rich even richer. So, more power to the Clintons jointly for trying to do something years ago that has spiraled out of control!

[Rabbin]

My Dear Arianna,

Personally I think your right we need a commander and chief who is not only smart but wise and one that does not worry about if HIS or Her SLIP is showing! Little humor there!

I think proper analysis of why the last go around over health care by the Clinton's had less to do over health care needs and errors of how it was presented and more to do over Americas inability to recognize the real needs of the nation even back then as it is today!

Big industry and big business and its influence over both parties will keep any real health care needs of the nation from ever being fulfilled! Human Greed and lust for power always prevails! While the sickest and the weakest continue to be road kill for big industry vultures!

The problem is not only with Bill and Hilary but includes the attitudes of both sides of the isle! the end result is high health care costs which is now bankrupting the sick and the elderly as well as Ford and GM and Medicare/Medicaid those services in which we all pay for though our taxes! As the health care profits rise!

Socialized Medical Care in the US is fast becoming not a by choice matter but a need, for private industry has failed to be responsible and ethical and has failed to do what is right for all people of this nation!

[imsosure]

Yeah and hopefully she'll keep the passive aggressive liars and thieves pissed for years to come. I love to know that the elitists are fuming over here participation in this race. I just wish she'd win too. A nice change of pace from the crap we have been put through for the last several years. I don't really care how the press plays their cards, I think she's kicking ass and there's not a damn thing anyone can do about it. She can stay poised and thoughtful, that's a hell of a lot more than most any of the others can do and she stays relevant. Like it or not, she's doing well and I think she has so many neigh Sayers so uptight to where they are losing their cool and are quite simply screwed. Got to love that! It's damn entertaining...

[jellero]

hillary has become the default candidate of the "lesser of two evils" dem voters, those that don't do what they feel is right but rather what they feel is safe,fast and easy. this has been going on for decades and look where it got us. so until we start voting for who we want to represent us instead of who has the most money/best odds of winning, we will keep getting worse and worse leaders. if that is possible. j

[Americano]

Lets get serious, every spouse in the Democratic presidential race is out there supporting their presidential spouse. This spouse just happens to be an ex-pres.

[williamg]

Bush will not be on the ballot next year! Maybe Hillary will run on something other than "Bush".

[truth101]

IT IS VALUABLE in using the expression
====== TEAM CLINTON ======
to recall
that when they arrived at the WHITEHOUSE
the Republicans has
been there for 20 of the prior 24 YEARS
THAT IS
FOR 80 PERCENT OF THE PRIOR 25 YEARS.
This is crucial === there had been absolutely no discussion whatsoever of
improving the HEALTH CARE of the population
under Bust ONE, Reagan, or Nixon, or from
Carter. It was therefore an extraordinary
change to put it on the front burner, and
it was probably inevitable that the sheer
novelty of the new POLICY FOCUS MEANT ITS
INEVITABLE PRACTICAL FAILURE IN THE SHORT TERM.
I think this is what Bill was getting at, that
they failed to STRETCH BEFORE RUNNING WITH IT.
AND THIS WAS A TEAM DECISION.
THIS IS A VALID WAY TO SEE HISTORY -- AND
WHY THE PRESENT STATE OF AFFAIRS IS DIFFERENT.
THE SEX ROLES INTERPRETATION IS NOT VALID AT ALL.

[rwe2late]

Maybe your post should be titled

WILL HILLARY SUCK DEMOCRATS DOWN THE DRAIN?

[buzzsaw]

Arianna it's quite easy to bash the Clintons. They often make themselves an easy target. But like many others who wouldn't have imagined themselves voting for her one year ago I dread the alternatives. There is no way that she would be worse than any of the Repugs and she's better than most of the Dem's. Instead of taking the easy road of deriding your best chance to see this country do something right for a change why don't you spend your time supporting your own best bet for any kind of future here. Don't end up being the best friend of the Repug's. Nader certainly was.....

[nutty4tahoe]

To everyone here bagging on Hillary Clinton, she isn't my first choice either, HOWEVER, try to imagine what's going to happen to what's left of this country if Giuliani wins. Just that thought alone should be enough to convince every sane, thinking person that maybe Hillary wouldn't be as bad as all that. Consider the alternative.

[williamg]

7 years ago Hillary was unemployed. Can anyone name "1" accomplishment Hillary can take credit for? She often talks about things that she worked on as first lady in Arkansas and First Lady in the White House...seems like she makes a great case to be First Lady. When will she make the case for President?

[givemycountryback]

Why is Hillary a dangerour candidate? No one, and I mean NO ONE, could be worse than the jibbering fool we have now. He and his ilk have ruined our economy, country, and reputation around the world. Well, another repug would not be worse, but almost. The reason Hillarys health care plan didnt work is because the rotten established insurance companies and the rotten repugs in congress wouldnt even give it a chance. It wasnt her fault. I love it the way the repugs rewrite history. And how can you say she has no experience. She is a very intelligent, well educated woman who worked as a lawyer and a Senator. Are you people crazy? Nancy and Laura are not fit to carry her purse. A couple of dunces.

[Hrotea]

BUSLOADS OF OBAMA FOLLOWERS TO IOWA GIVE FALSE FACADE;
IF NOMINATED, REPUBLICANS WILL TEAR HIM TO PIECES

By Hermie Rotea

Don"t be carried away by the hoopla and euphoria of the Barack Hussein Obama steamroller march to the Iowa Democratic Party annual fundraising dinner before 9,000 crowd, one-third of whom were said to be his own supporters who were apparently paid and bussed all the way from Chicago, his home base.

Senator Obama attacked frontrunner Senator Hillary Clinton in hard-hitting fashion, faulting her for being more experienced than him but with a lot of baggage.

One is somewhat razzle-dazzled by the Obama campaign offensive in Iowa, but when subjected to a closer scrutiny, it is more noise than substance. In the ultimate analysis, his own baggage is more vulnerable than Clinton"s own baggage.

The New York senator has already received but survived the worst blow that the Republicans could deliver at her.

What about Senator Obama if by some default or miracle he were nominated as the Democratic Party presidential candidate for the 2008 election? This you can be sure, as sure as the sun that rises in the East, that the Republicans would tear him to pieces.

Everybody has baggage in his or her own closet. Obama is no exception. He is not exactly clean. Just to give one example, he has bragged all along that he did not vote for the Iraq war. Oh yeah, but at the time he was not yet a member of the U.S. Senate yet. He was still just a state senator in Illinois. So who is double-talking here?

If Obama were the nominee, by the time the Republicans and Karl Rove were through with him, he would not be smelling like a rose anymore. His own baggage would drag him down.

There is a saying that he or she who is without sin cast the first stone. By now the Republican attack propagandists are concentrating their plan on Clinton, not Obama, expecting that she would be the inevitable Democratic presidential candidate. What does that tell you?

[bigfro]

The issue of woman is a non issue when a woman is competent and with no excuses. the second a man is expected to be extra "SENSITIVE" to a woman than he would to a man hee sees a little girl and NO execuitive of anything. You want the big job, you have to take the big hits and wasn't the health care thing the main part of her experience. Every man ran for the hills when she said she was being picked on s Artie Lange would say "Whaaa! I want to be president"