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Poll: US Image Improves, But Still Overwhelmingly Negative

That number will dive lower if McCain is elected. The only reason it has gotten better is because they hope this country will elect a Democrat. The rest of the world just does not comprehend the Republican Party because no other country in the Western world has a large party that is as right wing as the Republicans. Face it Republicans have been bashing the UN and the rest of the western world especially Europe in a constant drumbeat since Reagan. posted 04/02/2008 at 02:32:27

Please nohat you are a neocon. 99% of the western world is left of the current fascist Republican Party. posted 04/02/2008 at 02:27:43

Clinton's Push For Popular Vote Win May Not Persuade Superdelegates

OH always vote their pocketbooks and McCain offers no plans for the economy. For the first time since 1992 more Americans say they are worse of now than four years ago. Obama will win CO, IA and VA and have a shot in MO, posted 04/02/2008 at 11:19:14

What are you smoking? To win the popular vote she would have to win PA by 20% which will never happen. Obama is withing single digits in the latest polls.

This is not the general election yet these poll numbers mean nothing. Obama started down 10%-20% in almost every state contested so far. Obama is the real fighter who can make up a deficit while Hillary cannot. posted 04/02/2008 at 11:14:17

It actually cuts both ways Obama has a 2.6% lead in popular vote and a 6.3% lead in pledge delegates so while caucus states trim you popular vote totals they actually helped Obama out in the pledge delegate lead. The pledge delegate lead is more representative of how Democrats voted in terms of weighted percentages for all Democrats represented in each state.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/ posted 04/02/2008 at 11:10:25

Obama or Hillary will get MI and neither would get FL. Florida is a bright Red state that has gone Republican in 6 of the last 7 races. Both candidates will win states like PA and OH because of the economy but Obama is the only one who has a good chance to win CO, WA, MO and IA. posted 04/02/2008 at 10:52:05

I cannot believe it Obama up two points over Clinton in latest PA poll! Yes I really don't believe it. I think it is actually an anomaly but it a great sign anyway.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/pa/pennsylvania_democratic_primary-240.html posted 04/02/2008 at 10:34:54

Actually Obama has and estimated over 100K net popular votes in his pocket. The caucuses from IA, WA, NV and ME have not counted their total votes yet. So he has that going for him as well.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/democratic_vote_count.html posted 04/02/2008 at 10:23:35

Obama Casts Race Between Him, McCain

Great quote from blogger on DailyKOS

"Blue Texan, who regularly blogs at firedoglake, pointed out:

Someone who favorably compares Iraq -- three religiously and culturally distinct countries crammed into one by British after World War I -- with the ethnically, culturally and largely religiously united societies of Germany and Japan, displays a fundamental misunderstanding of history.

Someone who favorably compares the United States' peaceful occupation of Germany and Japan, neither of which were resulting in American casualties 5 years after our arrival, displays a fundamental misunderstanding of history.

Someone who asserts that occupying Iraq for 100 years is the solution to "radical Islamic extremism" displays a fundamental misunderstanding of history."

McCain has already failed the Commander-in-Chief threshold test with his 100 years in Iraq statement. posted 04/02/2008 at 01:50:41

What's really interesting is that Obama supporters and Republicans get it while Hillary supporters do not. Obama will be the Democratic nominee barring an unforeseen disaster like Obama is an alien or something. Every right wing attack machine like the WSJ, NYP, Washington Times, NRO, Weekly Standard and Faux News have started an all out assault on Obama. Go to RCP.com and it is quite plane to see. If they know this race is over why doesn't Hillary supporters?

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/ posted 04/02/2008 at 01:44:03

Neoconservatism is as failed a political philosophy as communism. posted 04/02/2008 at 01:32:56

What is flowers the Iraqi word for IED?

That lasted about two weeks then the insurgency began. Are you seriously trying to distort the truth and agree with Cheney? posted 04/02/2008 at 01:30:52

Your right of course and Hillary should keep on attacking McCain like she did today as well. At this point if she attacks McCain as well she will seem more magnanimous to Democratic voters. I think she has faced the fact that the kitchen sink blew back on her in the long run. Her campaign will continue to go negative behind the scene but that's not winning her any friends or more importantly super delegates. She will probably go negative again against Obama right before the PA primary but who really listens to her at this point? posted 04/02/2008 at 01:28:45

Agreed. If you think about it if Obama has the delegate lead and popular vote lead he can start the general campaign against McCain as the presumptive nominee and there is little Hillary can really do. posted 04/02/2008 at 01:23:24

Obama has more international experience than Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Abraham Lincoln before they were elected. Lyndon Johnson had years of international experience like John McCain and was responsible for the second biggest foreign policy blunder after Iraq. The joke is nominating a candidate who says he know little about the economy when that is the biggest concern of the American people. Dick Cheney has more international experience than almost anyone in Washington and that did not turn out to make much difference did it now? We were greeted as liberators in Iraq, RIGHT!? posted 04/02/2008 at 01:20:32

Look I'm a dude who knows little about style but Hillary has the worse taste in clothes that I have ever seen for a woman candidate. I mean most female candidates are impeccably dressed and it's not about her size. Clair McCaskill is a healthy sized woman like Hillary and is always in good fashion. I mean from the bumblebee suit, the tweed disaster she wore in the last debate, the drapery like flower prints, the fusia bomb, and to the Republican Red State mess she shows bad judgment in her attire. Ironically she looks best in Democrat Blue and she seldom wears that color. I know fashion decisions are much tougher for women but please. I know it's only a little thing but it bugs me. posted 04/02/2008 at 01:13:45

Kev, I don't know about you but this campaign has aged me in terms of dog years. posted 04/02/2008 at 00:53:32

You bring up a great point. The nomination process is really training for current and future Obama supporters as well. Believe me Obama supporters are itching to train their guns on John McBomb as well. It will feel a whole lot better going after troll warmongers than fellow Democrats. I don't think most Hillary supporters know that most Obama supporters would rather be attacking McCaing right now that's why many of us are so anxious for this race to end. It's not that Obama supporters want to stop other states from voting, it's about a crazy primary and caucus calendar that was heavily front loaded. and should be over by now. While Democrats have a disagreement on who is better able to set this country in the right direction at least we all agree that we need the same change of course. Sorry for all the warship references I'm just in a fighting mood to go after McCain. posted 04/02/2008 at 00:50:27

Another great article by Maureen Dowd. As long as Democrats do not let this race go too far after the primaries end, Clinton is only helping Obama get ready for the general. What may have been lost with the polarization of the Democratic Party will be offset by Obama's baptism by fire with the Hillary hate machine.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/02/opinion/02dowd.html?hp posted 04/02/2008 at 00:21:58

So you are fine with every healthy young person paying a 10% tax for health care. Face it mandatory heath care will be a boon for insurance companies. That's why they are supporting Hillary more than anyone else. Obama's health care plan will let families cover children up to 25 and will reduce costs trough competition. Corporations will drop employee's health care like a bad habit since it will no longer be a competitive advantage to have a good heath care plan (competition for enticing employees) and make individuals who are covered now pay into the group plans. It's economics 101 increase demand with a mandate and prices will go up. Mandatory heath care will be another Clinton boon for corporations and a disaster for the middle class like NAFTA. posted 04/02/2008 at 00:05:42

In this case it was not about the equipment. It was about McCain once again writing letters for his lobbyist friends (this time Northrup) and showing hypocrisy by pointing out the corruption with Boeing but not with the institutionalized corruption within European aerospace companies. posted 04/01/2008 at 23:53:26

The fact that McCain was beaten by Bush the last time shows that McCain is really a default candidate just like Bob Dole was in '96. The Republican Party nominated McCain because they think he has the best chance to win in the fall based on his biog. But make no mistake as a politician McCain is a very flawed candidate. He inspires no one, is more dull than Hillary as a speaker, is mean spirited and is testy at best, has no vision for the country, is linked to the Iraq war, is plagued with gaffes, knows nothing about the economy when that is the biggest concern of the voters and is less believable every time he opens his mouth. posted 04/01/2008 at 23:48:43

Actually Clinton and Obama trained their guns on McCain's feeble "economic plan". McCain has no economic plan except for drafting young people for his other wars. There is a 90% likelyhood that McCain will need to institute a draft to fight his new war with Iran. He is already giving us the same lies that Bush has given trying to link Al Queda with Iran. Who said a gaffe is when a candidate speaks the truth? The "truth" is a relative term for McCain of course. posted 04/01/2008 at 22:52:40

Love Affair (McCain and the Press) Disgusts the Liberal Blogosphere

At one time the Republican Party rejected John McCain for George Bush. In the general McCain will not compare favorably at all with Obama. Anyone who paid attention to the Obama campaign versus the McCain campaign early in the primary season could see that Obama's vision for this country was night and day with McSame's stay the course message (stay the course of the Titanic I would add). I think the media slant towards McCain will evaporate once the general starts because it is just a different animal altogether. posted 04/01/2008 at 23:39:07

McCain: "I'm Not Running On The Bush Presidency"

If he gets elected I'm moving to Canda because it would prove there is no intelligent life or chance for success in America. posted 04/01/2008 at 15:42:51

If it acts like a Bush, talks like a Bush, has policies like a Bush, loves war like a Bush, lies like a Bush, has a temper like a Bush, is a corporatist like a Bush, then it's a Bush. posted 04/01/2008 at 15:37:17

Everyone who votes for McCain is condoning the last 8 years of Bush. It's not a matter of superiority it's a matter of reason and logic. posted 04/01/2008 at 15:29:42

A columnist from Rolling Stone who did a lot of research on McCain had some great insights about McCain. He said when McCain went on his missions in Vietnam and flew near Soviet ships it took all the restraint he had not to bomb them. It did not matter to McCain that this would start WWIII. He said in every war from Vietnam to Iraq McCain wanted to bomb MORE.

A war veteran who promotes war is the worse warmonger possible. Eisenhower was a great man, great veteran and great president because he knew that wars were a necessary evil that's why he ended the war in Korea. Electing McCain would be like electing MacArthur who would have kept the Korean War going to continue fighting a proxy war with China. Wars fill some kind of sick psychological need for people like McCain. posted 04/01/2008 at 15:26:29

Actually this election it would be this.

Fool me once shame on you.

Fool me twice shame on me.

Fool me thrice shoot a fucking bullet through my head because I'm a waste of human protoplasm. posted 04/01/2008 at 14:54:54

Great post I hope I can quote you on a troll site. posted 04/01/2008 at 14:44:52

I cannot wait until the general because McCain is such a flawed candidate we will have a field day with him. The man has no vision for this country except starting other wars. He is going senile and will make gaffe after gaffe when pressed by the media and will do terrible in the debates with Obama. posted 04/01/2008 at 14:42:43

How is McCain any different than Bush is the real question. He has the same failed Iraq strategy. He has the same failed economic plans. His presidency would actually be worse than Bush's because he will start other wars. I always ask trolls how is McCain going to pay for a 100 years war and/or occupation in Iraq? I have failed to get one answer after posting it over a dozen times. Both Clinton and Obama have come correct and say how they are going to pay for their health care and other plans. But McCain gets a free ride from the media because no one asks how is going to pay for 100 years in Iraq. For the first time since the Revolutionary war we are borrowing foreign money to finance a war. Basically Bush has brought us back to square one. I guess that's what conservatism really means. McSame is more of the same no matter what he says. posted 04/01/2008 at 14:30:36

Clinton Compares Herself To Rocky Balboa: We "Have A Lot In Common"

More proof that Hillary is a pure corporatist her vote for the punitive bankruptcy law has now been tied to the housing crisis. The law has helped credit card companies and punished homeowners. While Obama voted against the credit card bill out of principle because 30% was too high an interest rate Hillary was enabling the credit card companies over the American people once again.

http://www.newyorker.com/talk/financial/2008/04/07/080407ta_talk_surowiecki posted 04/01/2008 at 17:30:27

Is bowling now part of the Clinton Commander-in-Chief threshold test? posted 04/01/2008 at 16:38:13

http://www.talkleft.com/ the last link did not work for some reason. posted 04/01/2008 at 16:28:56

Ivan had one of the best quotes of all time though "if he dies, he dies". posted 04/01/2008 at 16:28:06

So what? I get tired of every Hillary supporter claiming the obvious. HuffPo is a progressive anti-war blog which would have a natural slant towards Obama. Go to www.talkleft.com they are a blog totally in the tank for Hillary. posted 04/01/2008 at 16:24:25

Politically speaking this is not a good move by Hillary. It was a real bad idea for her to compare herself to a fictional character after the Bosnia debacle. Especially a character that got his ass beat to pulp. Hillary is positioning herself as a loser who fought the good fight. Political blunder, this is no way for her to win the nomination to be president of the United States. posted 04/01/2008 at 16:20:31

flagged posted 04/01/2008 at 16:14:17

Hillary may be a fighter but she is not a winner. She has not come back in one state where she was behind in the polls at the beginning. While Obama has fought and won most states where Clinton was way ahead. She did not win getting Hillarycare passed no matter how hard she fought. She was basically given her US Senate seat as a New York carpet bagger. She has less than a 10% chance of winning the Democratic nomination. Bush is a fighter too but he is also loser. He really lost to Gore as everyone here knows. Like Bush, Hillary only wins when the game is stacked in her favor.

The American people know Hillary is a loser. Based on a recent Gallup poll 59% of Democrats and whopping 64% of Republicans think Obama has a better chance than Clinton to beat McCain. While 30% of Democrats and a paltry 22% of Republicans think Clinton has a better chance than Obama of beating McCain.

http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2008/03/poll_supports_o.html posted 04/01/2008 at 16:10:11

Both are phonies and frauds.

Rambo would beat the hell out of Rocky anyway. Next thing we will have McCain comparing himself to Rambo. posted 04/01/2008 at 14:14:38

Clinton Says Obama Wants to Stop Votes

Again Clinton supporters want to change the rules in the middle of the game like seating FL and MI delegates per faux primary results. Caucuses are the purest form of democracy because the people are fully engaged in the process. On the contrary something like a mail in vote is a form of Democracy for Dummies because people who would never bother to show up for a primary would vote and college students and transients would not be able to vote in many cases. Clinton should have learned her lesson about bashing caucuses when she lost 9 delegates to Obama in Iowa. posted 04/01/2008 at 15:07:11

Pennsylvania Voters Dismiss Obama's Momentum

Obama has truly brought more people into the process than any time in recent memory. Welcome aboard. posted 04/01/2008 at 22:13:55

I thought it was a pretty insightful article written in a wonkish manner. PA is a very conservative state meaning they do not change their minds quickly and Obama will most likely loose because of this. Hillary's wonky and faux fighter political appeal plays well with people because they want pork from the government like a highly overpriced courthouse.

"Hillary Provides Pork to Fat Pennsyltuckyians" should be the title of this article. posted 04/01/2008 at 22:11:31

Oil Chiefs Say High Prices Not Our Fault

The Bill Clinton years were a boon for corporate America "The news that more than 60 percent of U.S. corporations failed to pay any federal taxes from 1996 through 2000 when corporate profits were soaring"

http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2004/04/b45142.html posted 04/02/2008 at 03:33:50

Corporate America has had a boon with regard to not paying a fair share of their taxes for 50 years. People need to know the facts. Back in 1950 corporations paid 4.8% of the US GDP in taxes which is about the total amount of the deficit this year. While in 2003 corporations have only paid 1.3% of the US GDP in taxes. While payroll taxes have increase from 1.6% of GDP in 1950 to 6.8% of GDP in 2003. Payroll tax is the most punitive tax to the middle class because about 90% of it comes from the middle class. Individual income taxes rose from 5.8 percent of GDP in 1950 to 8.3 percent of GDP in 2002. The regressivity of the Bush tax cuts has made this increase much more of a burden on middle and low-income taxpayers. Obama and Clinton want to rightly repeal the income tax breaks for the rich. This is a very important argument to understand when discussing taxes with trolls. Trolls only want to talk about corporation tax rates which misses the point because these tax rates are only paid on income left over after deductions that are slanted to favor corporate interests. While the tax rate is high for corporations Republicans like Romney try to conflate these rates to the tax burden in the US which is the third lowest out of the 30 richest nations.

http://www.forbes.com/global/2006/0522/032a.html posted 04/02/2008 at 03:33:20

Like most conservatives you conflate tax rate with tax burden like Romney tried to do. 42% is a tax rate on profits after deductions other countries do not give to corporations while tax burden in the United States is 3 lowest in 30 western countries. The tax burden is a measly

http://www.forbes.com/global/2006/0522/032a.html posted 04/02/2008 at 03:16:07

At least oil companies should be taxed fairly considering Americans are footing the bill for a war to secure their raw material. I wonder home many oil companies sons and daughters have died to fill their fat pockets? This is an American travesty brought to you by the Republicans. posted 04/02/2008 at 02:44:34

Let's see oil companies get windfall profits and an illegal war fought on their behalf to secure their raw material and they have the nerve to tell us they don't want to lose their tax breaks. This is the upside down Bush/Cheney world we have been living for the last 7+ years. Wake me up when this nightmare is over. posted 04/02/2008 at 02:41:32

AP: Iraqi Prime Minister Left Politically Battered And Humbled

They already have a theocracy. Their government is called the Supreme Islamic Counsel. posted 03/31/2008 at 22:03:15

Lou Dobbs Says Anti-Clinton Media Bias "Worsening"

Basically "Independents" like Lou Dobbs are closet Republicans who don't want to be associated with the party because Bush is such a miserable failure. Face it Bush broke the Republican brand they call themselves conservatives or independents know. posted 03/31/2008 at 22:26:49

You are so right CNN and Faux News became the Wright show for two weeks straight. Faux News is still exploiting the controversy tonight. posted 03/31/2008 at 22:23:24

It's not biased it's realism finally prevailing through the media. Right now Hillary just has almost no chance to win. If the media did not put that into perspective in covering her campaign they would be factually incorrect. If she was not a Clinton she would be out of the race by know or getting no media play like Huckabee. posted 03/31/2008 at 22:21:03

John McCain "Surprised" By Recent Iraq Developments

I hope this is satire. Sounds like another neocon saying bring 'em on. Get your freedom fries. posted 03/31/2008 at 17:03:28

You are right on point. Kerry lost the election for trumpeting his "hero" status and was rebuked for it. McCain is not a hero because a true war hero would not put brave soldiers in harms way to cover up the failures of politicians. posted 03/31/2008 at 17:01:14

100 years of occupying Iraq means 100 years of war. We are occupying infidels in a Muslim country's holy land. The fact that McCain cannot see this is his fault not Obama's. posted 03/31/2008 at 16:56:57

I'm a survivor of Hodgkin's disease and chemo and radiation treatment. Because one of the cheno drugs I needed to be cured, I developed serious heart damage and almost died from multiple organ failure and pneumonia. I was hospitalized for two months and am permanently disabled. My point is everyone likes to tell me how brave I am and people tell me that they could not go through what I have. I think this is pure hogwash. Survival is an instinct unlike courage and bravery which are traits. I'm not saying McCain does not have courage or bravery I think he does but I think it was much more brave for him to land on carriers after his missions rather than surviving in a POW camp. posted 03/31/2008 at 16:53:53

McCain is surprised when he wakes up every morning. posted 03/31/2008 at 16:11:05

Clinton Surrogate Ed Rendell Praises Fox News For "Most Objective," "Balanced" Coverage

The media is reflecting the campaigns. The Hillary camp has said and done many more negative things than the Obama camp. If her campaign was positive and not such a mess she would not get such negative coverage. That's why the media as a whole has more negative coverage of Clinton camp. Commentators obviously have individual biases and we all know Faux News has an institutional bias. posted 03/31/2008 at 21:58:27

Of course I meant Wright. posted 03/31/2008 at 21:51:02

Yeah keeping the right controversy going is fair and balanced if you are a troll. posted 03/31/2008 at 21:39:56

Faux News is going for Clinton for one major reason. Republicans think they have a far better chance going against Clinton than Obama.

http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2008/03/poll_supports_o.html

In todays Gallup poll 59% of Democrats and a staggering number of 64% of Republicans think Obama has a better chance to beat McCain in the Fall. While 30% of Democrats and a paltry 22% of Republicans think Clinton has a better chance to beat McCain in the Fall.

Isn't this Clinton's who narrative for gaining the nomination through the super delegates? I seriously think that Al Gore has a better chance to win the nomination than Clinton. I'm not kidding. If something happens to Obama like we find out he is an alien and cannot be elected Clinton has no chance to get elected either. Al Gore would have the same right to the nomination that Clinton would since he actually won the popular vote in 2000. posted 03/31/2008 at 21:38:43

I face facts unlike Hillary supporters. Fox is slanted towards Republicans. MSNBC is slanted towards progressives. CNN has been slanted towards the middle and the Clintons. The delusion part comes from thinking Faux News is going to treat any Democrat fairly in the fall. Right now their agenda is simply aligned with Clintons. posted 03/31/2008 at 21:26:32

Faux News will drop her like a bad habit if she does run in the general though. posted 03/31/2008 at 17:12:59

All these Hillary supporter loving Faux News will hate it again if Hillary does get the nomination. Talk about selective memories. Faux News hates the Clintons and are just hoping to destroy the Democratic Party by pumping up Hillary. Don't get it twisted they will try to bring Hillary down in the end. posted 03/31/2008 at 17:10:10

Of course you would love to watch Faux News if you are a Hillary supporter they unfairly bash Obama on a regular basis. That's the point here. posted 03/31/2008 at 17:06:42

Architect Of Vast Right Wing Conspiracy "Reassesses" Hillary

A link to back my argument with a good suggestion for improving Obama's plan.

http://www.city-journal.org/2008/eon0331dg-ph.html posted 03/31/2008 at 16:44:00

It shows her cynical political decision making at work again. I would rather talk to Stalin than the people that led to the impeachment of my spouse.

Do you think Bill Clinton is happy she is buddy buddy with the man who tried to destroy his presidency?

It's a mater of respect for you spouse and again she has shown political expediency over principles. posted 03/31/2008 at 16:33:55

We have Clinton surrogates praising Faux News. We have right wing conspirators praising Clinton.

A Hillaryland presidency will be another up is down and war is peace administration. She is running as a corporatist pure and simple and the right wing is scared to death that a progressive will get elected and tip the balance of power to the little people. Hillary is triangulating just like Republicans have done for years by getting people to vote on their fears and base instincts rather than their own self interests.

Hillarycare will be an unmitigated boon for the insurance industry and corporate America just like NAFTA was. Think about it she will force about 47MM Americans to pay 10% of their salaries to insurance companies. Corporate America will drop health care coverage for their employees and force them to pay for 100% of their own insurance premiums. Obama's plan of non-mandated coverage forces insurance companies to be compete with one another to lure people into purchasing coverage which will reduce costs and not be a huge incentive for American corporations to drop employee's coverage. posted 03/31/2008 at 16:26:23

Obama's Handwriting Found On Survey He Said His Staff Filled Out

McCain"s racist legacy. http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/hongop.shtml posted 04/01/2008 at 00:48:10

Stop the presses Obama is not perfect. The real pattern here is the reaching the media is doing trying to catch Obama in some kind lie to offset the lies in the Hillary camp. If this is all they have on Obama it is pathetic. Lately we are supposed to believe that a 12 year old survey, calling himself a professor in a campaign mailer and referring to a family legend is as bad as lying about being a in combat situation. The reason people don't care about these trivial matters is because Obama was in no way trying to change reality. The reason Hillary's Bosnia lie was her macaca moment is that she altered reality to try and give herself C-in-C bona fides. We have seen this for 8 years in the Bush administration. posted 04/01/2008 at 00:42:19

Clinton Misrepresents Obama's Professor Credentials

Look I know most of you Clinton supporters did not go to college. But it is common knowledge that everyone calls the people teaching them professor, specially in post graduate situations like law school. posted 03/31/2008 at 16:03:48

This just shows how low Clinton will go trying to make something out of nothing. Most college students rightfully call their lecturers, instructors or what ever you want to call it professors. It's just common knowledge. I guess Clinton supporters do not understand this because most of them did not go to college. posted 03/31/2008 at 16:01:21

Little Girl From Bosnia Scandal Shocked, "Surprised" By Clinton's Lie

All politicians and people lie and exaggerate usually as a matter of polite discourse or because we are human subjective memory and not computer verbatim memory. This being said Hillary was using her lie to create a false sense of reality. This creating a false sense of reality is endemic of the Bush administrations lies which are based on delusion. The last thing this country needs is anothwe president that cannot distinguish reality from delusion. posted 03/31/2008 at 17:35:01

It seems like the real scandal is much bigger than the lie. Another error of Hillary's judgment and political calculation over principle seems to have cost thousands of lives.

http://www.slate.com/id/2187780/

""Taking the advice of Al Gore and National Security Advisor Tony Lake, Bill agreed to a proposal to bomb Serbian military positions while helping the Muslims acquire weapons to defend themselves"the fulfillment of a pledge he had made during the 1992 campaign. But instead of pushing European leaders, he directed Secretary of State Warren Christopher merely to consult with them. When they balked at the plan, Bill quickly retreated, creating a "perception of drift." The key factor in Bill's policy reversal was Hillary, who was said to have "deep misgivings" and viewed the situation as "a Vietnam that would compromise health-care reform." The United States took no further action in Bosnia, and the "ethnic cleansing" by the Serbs was to continue for four more years, resulting in the deaths of more than 250,000 people." posted 03/31/2008 at 17:25:42

Al-Sadr Pulls Fighters Off Streets

Another MISSION ACCOMPLISHED moment that did no accomplish anything than getting more people killed. Al-Sadr is getting just what he wants more political power and recruits to fight the occupiers and their allies. posted 03/31/2008 at 01:01:16

I already see right wing bloggers trumpeting Al-Sadr's request for a truce as vindication of how well the Iraqi troops have done to squash the rebellion. Unfortunately this is the way Al-Sadr works if you see how he has been successful in the past. Al-Sadr is getting exactly what he wants more political power through force. Every time the Iraqi government tries to close Al-Sadr down he orchestrates a limited forceful response just to show them the power base he has in Iraq. posted 03/31/2008 at 00:58:25

Elizabeth Edwards On McCain Health Plan: "Neither One Of Us Would Be Covered"

McCain Healthcare plan not that's an oxymoron from a moron. posted 03/30/2008 at 21:44:33

Iraq Fighting Underscores Power Struggle

The biggest reason it underscores that the surge is not working is because the surge never had the intended results of attaining political progress. In fact if anything the surge had the unintended consequence of letting Shia militias like the Mahdi Army regroup and strengthen their hold on Iraq. posted 03/30/2008 at 16:07:07

Obama Bowls for Pennsylvania Voters

LOL 37 that is awful but he had good form except for keeping the tie on. :-) posted 03/30/2008 at 21:35:43

Op-Ed: Obama Was The First To Play Race Card

Just to prove this guy is doing the same race baiting he did in The New Republic a month ago, but now he is doing it to help Hillary win PA.

http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=aa0cd21b-0ff2-4329-88a1-69c6c268b304 posted 03/31/2008 at 22:45:51

This is the same guy righting the same column in another newspaper. He should be sued for breaking his own copyright. The argument did not fly in the New Republic it does not fly now.

I saw him interviewed after the first time he published this nonsense and he had the nerve to say it was a good strategy by Obama and the Clintons fell into the trap. He has no credibility whatsoever.

The interviewer kept on pressing him on Bill Clinton's SC statement trying to marginalize Obama and he had no answer. posted 03/31/2008 at 22:33:17

Obama Overstates Kennedys' Role In Helping His Father

The press is doing their job looking for anything to be balanced. The really story is that everyone who knows where McCain came from is dead or senile. posted 03/30/2008 at 21:43:01

This is like Hillary saying she was named after Sir Edmund Hillary when he actually climbed Mount Everest five years after she was born. I would not call her a liar for saying that either. It was probably just a family legend all families have.

Anyone who is trying to make this a gotcha moment is just being an idiot. posted 03/30/2008 at 21:41:22

This is like Hillary saying she was named after Sir Edmund Hillary when he actually climbed Mount Everest five years after she was born. I would not call her a liar for saying that it was just a family legend. posted 03/30/2008 at 16:20:12

Please it's not like he had a fake recollection about what he knew as fact. He was not born yet. posted 03/30/2008 at 16:18:43

This goes in the category of family lure that may only be partly true. Just like when Hillary's family told her that she was named after Sir Edmund Hillary when she was actually born 5 years before he climbed Mount Everest. Anyone who does not have these wife's tails in their family are just not Americans. This is a staunch case of silly season overload. posted 03/30/2008 at 16:16:41

Cash Strapped Clinton Fails To Pay Bills

I have just read where Hillary did not pay almost $300K worth of her staffs health care premiums for at least two months. This is irony at best and hypocrisy at worse.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0308/9274.html posted 03/31/2008 at 23:07:41

I guess they didn't surf to HuffPo because how much money Obama received was reported here every time the numbers were determined. posted 03/31/2008 at 00:49:37

She definitely has. It was her campaign to lose and her staff is far to over paid, but then again she picked the staff and their pay. Besides giving Wolfson almost $270K a month to be a pit bull, it just seems like blatant corruption to give Mark Penn's company so many millions in business. It's similar to Cheney giving no bid contracts to Haliburton, but of course on a smaller scale and no lives were lost. Bad comparison I guess. posted 03/31/2008 at 00:47:35

The parallels are definitely there, good post. posted 03/31/2008 at 00:42:29

The only question I have is can Hillary use her general election war chest after the primaries are over? I really don't know if she can it would be a sham because she would just be pissing other peoples money away after a lost cause. posted 03/31/2008 at 00:33:31

Just analyzing it objectively how can she continue her campaign past PA or at best past NC or IN? It seems like even though she won the popular votes in TX and OH she still did not get enough new donors. Even if she wins PA by 10 points or more than loses NC by 10 points or more and squeaks by in IN she will run dry of funds. No one is going to give her anything on good faith credit if she keeps on sticking it to small businesses. posted 03/30/2008 at 21:56:59

The real problem I have here is that she is misleading her own supporters. She claimed she got something like $35MM+ last month and spouted it all of the media to make her sound viable. Yet the vast majority of that money came from maxed out contributers and cannot be used for the primaries. While the vast majority of Obama's money is coming in from small contributers. It just seems like Hillary's supporters have been duped as well as the small businesses. posted 03/30/2008 at 21:52:10

I am deeply troubled by this with the economy being so bad. posted 03/30/2008 at 16:21:42

Hillary Clinton Deluged With Calls For Her Withdrawal

Hillary is a wonk and is a great Senator because of this fact. She loves to get down in the details but does not do as well with the big picture or managing people which is the vast weakness of her campaign and campaign strategy. Face it if she was a good strategist with a vision she would have won this election hands down. She would be great as a majority leader in the Senate or as Vice President where she could detailed plans like health care into action that a president does not have time to do. Basically a president needs to be a type of Renaissance person how can form a vision forward for this country while legislators need to be technicians that can do the daily work. Hillary would be great to lead the debate and details on health care for example. posted 03/30/2008 at 16:02:30

Obama has no chance in PA for a couple reasons including this is one of Hillary's "home" states. The old Democratic establishment is unsurmountable in PA because of Rendel, et. al. posted 03/30/2008 at 15:55:37

The majority of Democrats think Obama is qualified. He has more years of elected service than Hillary and more foreign policy experience that Bill Clinton before he was elected the first time.

The whole affirmative action argument is complete nonsense. Obama has had to earn most of his votes while Hillary was the default candidate or Democrats in the beginning. I like someone who said this; if Bush was half black and raised by a single mother and his grandparents his goal in life would be to be fries manager in a Wendy's. Hillary is the one who did not earn her votes just like Bush. posted 03/30/2008 at 15:54:01

I'm an Obama supporter but Hillary should stay in the race until the primaries are over. It helps Obama for her to stay in the race as long as she campaigns clean like she has recently. I think both Democratic candidates should pivot their attacks towards McCain and see who is most effective against him. This would help both candidates and the Democratic Party. Face it the negative campaigning has hurt both sides, especially Hillary's so she needs to put the kitchen sink away. posted 03/30/2008 at 15:47:53

I do not agree at all. It will just show that Hillary enabled Bush with her Iran vote and propagate another war. posted 03/30/2008 at 15:43:13