CookieWrites's Comments (20)

“But when the beauty queen is the best qualification she has got that's what you go with. You show the best.”

“that the grand ole party will take away Roe vs. Wade is not a threat; it is a fact. What in hell do you think pro life means?”

“If McCain is elected, my bet is it will take the nation a decade to recover the values I care about. In this election Apathy = more fuel a war machine that serves the oil companies and defense contractors.”

“One might think that women, like men, ought to consider what will improve the lives of most people and the country as a whole. Just say "No!", until we get what we want? Does that mean, if it is not a woman President, don't vote?
In this primary battle there was one disenfranchised group that was going to be mightily disappoint­ed--either Afro-Americans or women. Hillary Clinton had everything going for her--except a good campaign strategy. That is no one's fault but her campaign team. That it was so close DESPITE having a poor campaign team shows how many other advantages she had--name recognition, the party establishment, a very popular ex-President hubby, and so on.
Hillary could have swept the primaries if she had, like all the others, owned up to her Iraq War vote being a mistake and apologizing. But, she didn't. That's no one's fault but her own.”

“And what are your interests? Your interests boil down to two things: Make Hillary president, and put Obama back in his place. Your post is an exercise in deceit. The difference between the two candidates' policies was tiny. The ability to get the policies enacted was the difference. Hillary's campaign showed that even with a gigantic lead in name recognition, money, etc., she could not get it done. Same with the health-care issue after Bill was elected. Being a good president means you GET IT DONE. Bush got what he and his people wanted. Even Bill Clinton didn't do that, losing Congress and ushering in the Bush years.”

“THATS WHAT I COULD NOT UNDERSTAND HER GOING TO HARVARD, PRINCETON - DID NOT PUT FOOD ON MY TALBE NOR FULL MY CAR UP WITH GAS, WHO CARES ABOUT THAT. IT IS TOO MANY ISSUES AT STAKE TO TRUST A PERSON WHO HAS BEEN IN THE SENATE 4 YEARS OUT OF THAT 19 MONTHS WAS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT. PEOPLE WAKE UP !!!”

“Some of our most successful leaders have been the least experienced.

AND 11 years of government service IS experience!

The whole experience argument is silly. We've had deeply entrenched government pros who sit on their laurels and do nothing for YEARS! We've had the 'businessman' argument -- well, G.W. was a businessman, and after mangling that, he was handed the robust Clinton economy and mangled that as well.

I'd like all the doubters to publicly sign a document declaring that we will not see an improvement after Obama is elected. In four years, I'd love to pull it out and wave it in your face and make you eat crow.”

“And Mr. Bush has that experience right? And McCain who voted with him on policies 95% of the time has that experience right>

The man who has not voted for VETS to get even a college grant is dealing with the real issues, right?”

“"The Obamas may get elected and it may do something for racism in America. But don't expect that to solve the economic and international issues because they don't have the experience to get that job done."


However, we all know that because JM was a POW, he does have the experience to solve the country's economic and international issues.”

“Cookie stay tuned.....­..........­....... unlike McLame who believes the economy is good, Senators Obama and Biden know the truth and do have plans to begin undoing the great damage done by 8 years of Bush/Cheney.

And do yourself a favor and watch the Convention on C-Span.”

“Well said. Keep standing standing up for those courageous principles. I'll see you or your daughters at the abortion clinic I'm opening in Canada after the election..­..........­..”

“So you are not given something for women unless you have the one candidate you want”

“mark77
"Obama and Clinton have both shown themselves to be graceful and magnanimous"

. . . oh, what Bullshit. Hilly has shown herself to be anything BUT "graceful", and sure as hell NOT "magnaminous".

~se7en”

“This is now a dead horse....p­roclaimed so by the DNC. There is no sense in the continued beating of same. Fortunately, at least I think so, both the Clinton and Obama platforms seem agreed on what most of the Democratic electorate deems important. The time has come to grit our teeth and move on against Bush economics and his surrogate, Senator McCain, who admits he knows little about the subject.

Some things are too scary to contemplate.”

“Guess what? Those 600,000 voters were disenfranchised by their state leadership who broke the rules knowing that there would be a price to pay. If you feel so disenfranchised, vote out your state leaders. Don't blame the DNC for having rules and following them.”

“That Barack Obama, always stealing from women what is rightfully theirs.”

“I don't know. Could it have anything to do with the fact that Alice is not a contender for the vice presidency? Just wondering.”

“Because this is an Obama site.”

“She has "done" nothing, and done it to the detriment of the ideals she purports to espouse. What are YOU talking about?

"the invisibility of 52% of our population­"...feelin­g invisible are we? I think you have just managed to insult EVERY woman in America, including yourself, simultaneo­usly...con­gratulatio­ns on your fully realized angst.”

“1. "The hatred for women in America, the invisibility of 52% of our population, is shameful and may ultimately be the roots of the downfall of America."

Agreed. Completely.

but--

2. Sen. Clinton lost it fair and square--her own actions did her in.

These two facts are not in contention with one another; both are true and they are not contradictory.”

“You really believe that all of the people who didn't vote for, and/or don't like, Hillary Clinton are woman-haters? How is that any different from the people who believe that anyone who didn't vote for Barack Obama is racist?

As a woman, I applaud that Hillary Clinton has made a serious run for the Presidency, and I respect her right to finish out the primaries and complete that run. Completing the run will in and of itself be historic.

However, I believe that she should continue toning down her inflamatory language to her supporters in an effort to begin the healing of the divides in the Democratic Party. Also, she should have the grace to bow out after the last of the primaries have been held and there is NO chance of her winning the nomination. By then, FL and MI will have been decided, and there won't be anything left to fight over.”

“What color is the sky in your world? There are women in all sorts of political offices today, who ran against men and other women, who did not resort to using the gender card when campaigning, who have a real resume, and who did not have numerous "dodging Bosnian sniper fire" moments. People like you hold on to the gender card to play it any time you are our of substantive arguments. No one is permitted to see HRC as the problem without it being in your mind chauvinistic women bashing with no basis but gender preference. The people posting negative items about HRC are in good part female and are doing it because they have decided for reasons other than gender that she is not the person they want for the Dem nominee or as president. But apparently you think they are not entitled to their opinions. Your opinion is the only one that counts and consists of saying that anyone criticizing HRC must hate women and want them in burkas. I submit that it is you who are in the stone age; not the people who do not like HRC SWEETIE.”

“It is ultimately sad that you would feel this way. Any man would have ripped to shred for lying about Bosnia and any man would be ripped to shreds if he claimed that his competency to be President was based on his role as a first husband or a spousal relationship qualified him for the Presidency.

With equality comes the right to be bashed like everyone else. Did you see HIllary ever have to explain her religious beliefs, or talk about her radical ties from the past.? To suggest that she was destroyed by the Press or by male hatred of woman is a stretch one really can't make in the face of the simple fact that she ran a very poor campaign initially; tied her qualifications to her husband; but most important of all, she VOTED FOR THE DAMN WAR AND STILL REFUSES TO ADMIT THAT IT WAS A MISTAKE.”

“I was so horrified by the attacks on Hillary's minister - I mean who cares what her minister says, it should be about her. Obviously sexist.

I was also appalled that the media spied on a private Clinton fundraiser and played recordings of a minor, poorly worded remark that Hillary made - one out of so many eloquent ones over a long campaign. Making a big deal about that proves how sexist the media is. They would never do that to a man.

Meanwhile Obama literally fabricates stories about bringing about peace in Northern Ireland and opening borders in Macedonia and escaping fictitious sniper fire. I mean if that were a woman that would have been the end of her campaign - lying about so many things. More proof of sexism.

Yup, that Hillary had it tough, boy. The media just endlessly talked about Whitewater, Filegate, TravelGate, cheating in the futures market, Vince Foster...b­oy was she vetted. That's all you heard
for months and months of this campaign. They never treat male candidates like that. I mean just
look at Bill Clinton. Nobody every went after him for anything.”

“As a woman, I am shocked that there are so many sour, bitter women. I had no idea. People are judged by their actions and their behavior not their gender. How sad to go through life, always being the victim because you're a woman. I wish much ,much better for my daughters.”

“Ummm, what? Hillary ran into a phenom in Barack - Its not because she's a "woman" that she won't get the nomination, its because people want change, and she and Bill's story is already known, I.E. same old politics, same old faces, same old aliances

Uh ugh, a new generation has stepped forward to serve - the boomers in the form of Clinton-Bush neoliberaism have had their chance for the last 16 years, and look what they have wrought.

The torch has been passed.”

“Glad you can't see past the cleavage, there.

Clinton is criticized for HOW she ran the campaign because she did it so BADLY. I realize that many of her supporters are willing to claim sexism for each and every valid criticism of Clinton's campaign, but let's take a rundown of the Ship of Utter Fail that Clinton has tried to sail to Denver:

1. Clinton hired prominent aides that take significantly different positions on her issues than she wanted her campaign to show (one of her proponents of counting MI & FL actually voted AGAINST counting them when he was given the choice, another worked for a government whose trade proposal she claimed to oppose).
2. Clinton hired a campaign manager who didn't bother to read the rules of the contest (much as she didn't bother to read the NIE - go figure).
3. Clinton's big state strategy was horribly overwhelmed by Obama's 50 state strategy.
4. Clinton's big donor strategy was horribly overwhelmed by the little-man, we all count strategy.
5. Clinton's GOP-Lite campaign (used by NO OTHER MALE campaigners) was detested by Democrats who tired of it with the GOP in 2004.

There are other reasons... not that you'll listen.”

“I don't care about the "how" or "what" Hillary does. She is total negativity with her lies, insincerity, selfishness, and it was always about her, not the country, not you or me, it was about her. My criticism of her is the same of any candidate, because leadership, honesty, character, and concern for others is what is required of a person for the highest office in our country. Just because Bush got in without any of these qualities does not mean the requirements for President have changed. People forget about what makes a true leader. She is not it.”

“The complaints about Hillary's tactics in the campaign have nothing at all to do with her gender.

The complaints have everything to do with Hillary's lack of a moral center that would stop her from doing things that have severely damaged her reputation and Bill's legacy.

Gender is an issue in part because Hillary has repeatedly played the gender card---even whining that the boys were ganging up on her. She has set the women's movement back 20 years with her constant use of the gender card.

While there is no doubt that sexism is a serious problem around the world, you must remember that it was ever thus, and several millenia of sexism won't disappear overnight, or even over a decade or two.

But to say that American women are hated is both hyperbolic and divisive. It is far better to work for equality than to complain and carp about perceived injustices.

You cannot blame anyone but Hillary for the failure of her campaign---she did it with her own little hatchet. Blaming others implies that Hillary isn't capable of making decisions---rightly or wrongly---about her campaign, and that's sexism in a very blatant form.”

“I stand right by your side on this post. TY”

“Spare the outrage. I am a woman, and there is no way you can stick the "chauvinist" tag on me or the many many women who support Obama.”

“" ... for "how" she did it rather than "what" she is doing. No man would be ripped to shreads the way she has."

Not so. Certainly Bush has been called to task as much as anyone for what he did to John McCain back in the '00 campaign. Even knee-jerk, lock-step conservatives found him loathsome - and many said so.

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“Okay, okay. I give up. You caught us fair and square. We hate women and want to enslave you.

Now go make me a sandwich.”

“Oh Brother...­.... Whoops.. I mean Sister!!!!

Give us a break and then get a life...”

“Sounds like it might be yours, first.”

“Cookie, read what you wrote. Then go read up on Florida and Michigan. See? Now shake it off. Information is out there for the gleaning. You don't have to settle for the bromides, table-pounding, and nonsense that comes wafting on the air currents to you without effort on your part, YOU can actually PERSUE information and facts for YOURSELF.

Wake up, now. You are not in a hypnotic trance. You are not in a hypnoptic trance. You are not”

“Cookie, read what you wrote. Then go read up on Florida and Michigan. See? Now shake it off. Information is out there for the gleaning. You don't have to settle for the bromides, table-pounding, and nonsense that comes wafting on the air currents to you without effort on your part, YOU can actually PERSUE information and facts for YOURSELF.

Wake up, now. You are not in a hypnotic trance. You are not in a hypnoptic trance. You are not”

“I thought Florida and Michigan were being punished for defying National Party rules and scheduling their primaries when they felt like it.”

“I thought Florida and Michigan were being punished for defying National Party rules and scheduling their primaries when they felt like it.”

“Cookie, read what you wrote. Then go read up on Florida and Michigan. See? Now shake it off. Information is out there for the gleaning. You don't have to settle for the bromides, table-pounding, and nonsense that comes wafting on the air currents to you without effort on your part, YOU can actually PERSUE information and facts for YOURSELF.

Wake up, now. You are not in a hypnotic trance. You are not in a hypnoptic trance. You are not”

“Cookie, read what you wrote. Then go read up on Florida and Michigan. See? Now shake it off. Information is out there for the gleaning. You don't have to settle for the bromides, table-pounding, and nonsense that comes wafting on the air currents to you without effort on your part, YOU can actually PERSUE information and facts for YOURSELF.

Wake up, now. You are not in a hypnotic trance. You are not in a hypnoptic trance. You are not”

“I thought Florida and Michigan were being punished for defying National Party rules and scheduling their primaries when they felt like it.”

“I thought Florida and Michigan were being punished for defying National Party rules and scheduling their primaries when they felt like it.”

“Seems like the gas bags out there who ask why Senator Clinton did not divorce President Clinton are all great practitioners of serial marriage. Translation for you trolls out there --- practitioners of serial marriage = multiple divorces.”