May 17, 2008
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SmellTheHorse
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Superdelegates put Obama within mathematical reach
Obama In Kentucky And West Virginia: Why Will He Lose?
It's kind of cute the way the pundits and Dem powerbrokers are assuming that Hillary will exit gracefully, without being pushed.
Here's what she said today in WV; sure sounds to me like she"s planning to stay in until the (bloody) Convention. Those superdelegates who are "waiting" are allowing Billary to bust the party apart so Her Highness can run again--while shootin' rabbits and slingin' back da whiskey! -- in 2012
CLEAR FORK, WV -- Hillary Clinton turned to the example of John F. Kennedy this afternoon as she tried to keep her bid afloat -- saying that West Virginia "made it possible" for him to become president, even though he went into his party"s convention short on delegates.
"But he had something equally as important," she said. "He had West Virginia behind him, because it"s a fact: that Democrats don"t get elected president unless West Virginia votes for you. And everybody knows West Virginia has picked presidents pretty accurately over the last years." posted 05/12/2008 at 15:37:34
Here's what she said today in WV; sure sounds to me like she"s planning to stay in until the (bloody) Convention. Those superdelegates who are "waiting" are allowing Billary to bust the party apart so Her Highness can run again--while shootin' rabbits and slingin' back da whiskey! -- in 2012
CLEAR FORK, WV -- Hillary Clinton turned to the example of John F. Kennedy this afternoon as she tried to keep her bid afloat -- saying that West Virginia "made it possible" for him to become president, even though he went into his party"s convention short on delegates.
"But he had something equally as important," she said. "He had West Virginia behind him, because it"s a fact: that Democrats don"t get elected president unless West Virginia votes for you. And everybody knows West Virginia has picked presidents pretty accurately over the last years." posted 05/12/2008 at 15:37:34
Clinton's Top Gun: "I Have Seen No Evidence Of Interest" In VP Spot
Somebody's taking crazy pills if they think Obama would select Hillary Clinton as his VP.
Just imagine: all through the fall, if Hillary is on the ticket, Bill Clinton gets to continue his unhinged cross-country speechifying, reminding voters what a great president he was ...Obama would have to waste precious time rebutting 50% of the crap Bill would say, Bill's statements being craftily constructed to screw up Obama's campiagn and undermine the candidacy, so his wife could run in 2012. Not to mention, if Obamaprevailed in Nov., he would spend some percentage of his hard-won Presidency defending his VP's husband each time Bill got caught with his knickers down...
Hillary's supporters are not dumb--most realize that having an ex-President with control issues rattling around the West Wing would be disastrous for all of us... posted 05/12/2008 at 12:01:28
Just imagine: all through the fall, if Hillary is on the ticket, Bill Clinton gets to continue his unhinged cross-country speechifying, reminding voters what a great president he was ...Obama would have to waste precious time rebutting 50% of the crap Bill would say, Bill's statements being craftily constructed to screw up Obama's campiagn and undermine the candidacy, so his wife could run in 2012. Not to mention, if Obamaprevailed in Nov., he would spend some percentage of his hard-won Presidency defending his VP's husband each time Bill got caught with his knickers down...
Hillary's supporters are not dumb--most realize that having an ex-President with control issues rattling around the West Wing would be disastrous for all of us... posted 05/12/2008 at 12:01:28
Under Clinton's Rules, Obama Still Wins
Hillary's advice, she said today, to her mother is, "Just turn off the television." The Hillary-ites in attendance burst into demented applause and shrieking cheers, kinda like zombies from a movie.
"Just turn off the television" can be translated as "Don't pay attention to the fact that, by every measure, I lost fair and square; don't pay attention to the fact that I'm using a Nixonian racist strategy to stir up white fears; in fact don't think at all, just listen to my toxic fear-based politics, and help me pretend I lost not only this primary campaign but also 99% of the goodwill I've acquired in public life; don't listen to your heart, your head or your own conscience."
Not only will Hillary not be VP; I'll be very surprised is she is re-elected to the Senate in NY, after trashing both African Americans and "wall street money grubbers.."
She has NO IDEA how stupid she looks these days, and how clinically bonkers she seems to 99% of the country. posted 05/10/2008 at 22:53:54
"Just turn off the television" can be translated as "Don't pay attention to the fact that, by every measure, I lost fair and square; don't pay attention to the fact that I'm using a Nixonian racist strategy to stir up white fears; in fact don't think at all, just listen to my toxic fear-based politics, and help me pretend I lost not only this primary campaign but also 99% of the goodwill I've acquired in public life; don't listen to your heart, your head or your own conscience."
Not only will Hillary not be VP; I'll be very surprised is she is re-elected to the Senate in NY, after trashing both African Americans and "wall street money grubbers.."
She has NO IDEA how stupid she looks these days, and how clinically bonkers she seems to 99% of the country. posted 05/10/2008 at 22:53:54
Obama Suggests Offer Maybe Clinton Can't Refuse
For a glimpse of how dumb we Democrats are, have a look at Peggy Noonan's column this week in WSJ. Ronald Reagan's former speechwriter points out that, even though the Democrats now know, 100%, who our nominee is, instead of closing ranks and hoisting Obama on our shoulders and blasting into the general election, we're sitting around on our hands, watching Hillary and Bill Clinton smack around our nominee and make racially polarizing comments, making Obama look weak and the party look like a friggin nuthouse of political correctness. Afraid of doing anything to offend the offensive Clintons, we are instead indulging this demented has-been 1990's couple to use the party as their very own play toy, while our candidate loses precious time. Any Democrat who believes Hillary and Bill are not trying to destroy Obama so Hillary can run in 2012 is dumber than a shoe. If the Democrat superdelegates continue to allow Hillary to run out her boneheaded campaign, then frankly we're too stupid to run the country anyway and more power to John McCain... posted 05/10/2008 at 16:12:26
Big Rewards Await Clinton If She Ends Campaign Now
Obama would disappoint his supporters if he bails out Hillary's debt. (and let's be real here: Bill Clinton could write her an $11 million check tonight). Neither does he owe her a VP slot--an eventuality which would saddle him with all of the Clinton scandals on top of his own struggles.
Hillary never ONCE extended Obama any graciousness or benefit of the doubt -- she ran a nasty, ugly campaign, tried to raise doubts about his masculinity, and conducted herself with all the decency of a convicted felon. . All Obama owes her is a handshake and a kick in the ass on her way out the door. Any move by Obama to pay off her debt would look stupid -- Americans mock those who throw good money after bad... posted 05/07/2008 at 22:29:38
Hillary never ONCE extended Obama any graciousness or benefit of the doubt -- she ran a nasty, ugly campaign, tried to raise doubts about his masculinity, and conducted herself with all the decency of a convicted felon. . All Obama owes her is a handshake and a kick in the ass on her way out the door. Any move by Obama to pay off her debt would look stupid -- Americans mock those who throw good money after bad... posted 05/07/2008 at 22:29:38
Hillary Will Drop Out by June 15
She's done. Now the only fight left for Obama's supporters is to ask him to please, please don't put this deranged, unpredictable woman on the ticket as his VP.
If the ticket were Obama-Clinton, all the GOP would have to do is play over and over again the video of Hillary saying she and John McCain have "passed the commander in chief test" and Obama has not. For good measure they could throw in the video clips of Hillary's raising Farrakhan, Rev Wright and Ayres in the debates.
The message would be that Obama's own VP doesnt think he's ready to be President.
The sooner Obama puts HRC on a slow b oat to her pal Oscar de la Renta's private island estate, the better for the Party.
Obama-Webb 08!!! posted 05/07/2008 at 15:51:49
If the ticket were Obama-Clinton, all the GOP would have to do is play over and over again the video of Hillary saying she and John McCain have "passed the commander in chief test" and Obama has not. For good measure they could throw in the video clips of Hillary's raising Farrakhan, Rev Wright and Ayres in the debates.
The message would be that Obama's own VP doesnt think he's ready to be President.
The sooner Obama puts HRC on a slow b oat to her pal Oscar de la Renta's private island estate, the better for the Party.
Obama-Webb 08!!! posted 05/07/2008 at 15:51:49
Exit Polls: Indiana, North Carolina Latest Information
What you'll see in the coming days is the Clinton surrogates--the usual creeps McAuliffe, Carville, Bill, etc--playing up the supposed "terrible" breach in the Dem Party, in an effort to build the absurd case that Obama MUST put the deranged Mrs. Clinton on the ticket, to "unify" the party.
All such a move would do is hand the GOP triple the ammo (Hillary + Bill) to use in November against the Democrats.
Fact is, once Obama is the nominee, folks will settle down, drink some iced tea, go for a stroll along the beach, and the party will be unified by August. posted 05/06/2008 at 18:47:10
All such a move would do is hand the GOP triple the ammo (Hillary + Bill) to use in November against the Democrats.
Fact is, once Obama is the nominee, folks will settle down, drink some iced tea, go for a stroll along the beach, and the party will be unified by August. posted 05/06/2008 at 18:47:10
Latest Indiana And North Carolina Polling Averages
One telling fact which has been completely under-reported by the media: several states which went for Hillary in the primary are now showing, in polls, that Obama is now the candidate of choice of those very same voters. For example: New Jersey, right next to her "home state" (ha ha) of New York.
They've seen the double-talk, sleazy tactics of Hillary Clinton, and they shudder at the idea of her being the Democratic nominee.
And--they didn't fail basic math, they know there's no way for Billary to get the nomination without overturning the will of Democratic party voters. They're ready to get on board the Obama bus to the White House, and they've become sick watching Billary do their best to polarize the party. posted 05/04/2008 at 20:01:23
They've seen the double-talk, sleazy tactics of Hillary Clinton, and they shudder at the idea of her being the Democratic nominee.
And--they didn't fail basic math, they know there's no way for Billary to get the nomination without overturning the will of Democratic party voters. They're ready to get on board the Obama bus to the White House, and they've become sick watching Billary do their best to polarize the party. posted 05/04/2008 at 20:01:23
Clinton Camp Says It Will Use The Nuclear Option
so let me make sure I have this right:
in the past week, Hillary has
a) offered a US nuclear shield to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain;
b) threatened to "obliterate" Iran;
c) declared she never listens to economic experts;
and
d) today, declared that, if elected, she wouldbreak up OPEC.
Is this what "35 years of experience" does to a person? posted 05/05/2008 at 17:43:48
in the past week, Hillary has
a) offered a US nuclear shield to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain;
b) threatened to "obliterate" Iran;
c) declared she never listens to economic experts;
and
d) today, declared that, if elected, she wouldbreak up OPEC.
Is this what "35 years of experience" does to a person? posted 05/05/2008 at 17:43:48
i'll proudly add my name as someone who will fly, drive, walk and crawl to Denver if Hillary tries to steal this nomination. BTW--the convention is in August, college students will be on summer break and thronging to Denver if Obama looks to be denied the nomination--let's make chicago '68 look like a tea party!!!! posted 05/04/2008 at 21:03:02
OK, now that Hillary Clinton is making is blindingly clear that she will do ANYTHING to deny Obama the nomination, even if it means TEARING THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY APART FOR THE NEXT 20 YEARS, it is no longer defensible for the uncommitted superdelegates to sit on the fence -- the time to end this nightmare, and declare support for Barack Obama, is upon us. Those superdelegates who are remaining silent, are consigning their own party to the trash heap, and the threat grows hourly. posted 05/04/2008 at 16:20:51
Clinton Gas Tax Holiday: Hillary Attacks Economists
Hillary sure seems to get off on calling names and dividing Americans -- she's scary. posted 05/04/2008 at 12:21:36
A Point of Clarification
If Hillary had shown any of the (forgive me) traditional female virtues of empathy for others; the courage to stand up for what's the right thing to do rather than the easy thing to do; a natural commitment to justice; a moral compass which keeps one from demonizing one's opponents; the courage to resist rattling the sabre when dealing with complex world events -- then yes, I can see why women, in general, would feel a sense of mission with her campaign. But let's talk some turkey: Hillary is running as Dick Cheney in a dress.
I''ve personally known several men who are better "women" (the quote is from TOOTSIE) than Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Including Barack Obama.
Wise up, ladies--vote Obama and give women a true victory. posted 05/03/2008 at 21:41:02
I''ve personally known several men who are better "women" (the quote is from TOOTSIE) than Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Including Barack Obama.
Wise up, ladies--vote Obama and give women a true victory. posted 05/03/2008 at 21:41:02
The Question of Hillary Clinton's Guilt-By-Association Tactics
if the super-delegates hand Hillary the nomination, a vast cloud of depression, ennui and hopelessness will blanket the country, as the worst of the GOP exults (because it will mean McCain gets the White House) and the best of the Democratic Party -- those who have faith in change, honesty and the ability to improve people's lives-- are left bereft, with only the sordid, race-baiting, lobbyist-loving, shadowy-$$-contribution-sucking Clintons standing on the stage, as the confetti falls on the seedy duo and their moldy 90s thugs, henchmen and hired liars.
God save America. posted 05/03/2008 at 17:25:21
God save America. posted 05/03/2008 at 17:25:21
Paul Kirk, Ex-DNC Chair And Superdelegate, To Endorse Obama
Ah, but that's the beauty of it: Bill WILL get caught with his pants down again (duh), but not until the GOP and Fox have made Hillary the nominee. Even though Hillary has no qualms about recklessly screeching "FARRAKHAN!" when debating Obama, Obama has too much class to mention the 99% likelihood that Bill Clinton is still tomcatting around.
And frankly, given that Bill Clinton's reckless sex life, and the avalanche of lies under oath which followed, led to the impeachment of a Democratic president, it is odd that everyone is so squeamish about asking what is in fact a valid question.
But the GOP will have no such restraint. They're licking their chops at the prospect of putting the Clintons' morals at the center of a presidential campaign. And all it would take if for one floozie from the past 8 years to come forward. Just one. posted 05/02/2008 at 09:14:18
And frankly, given that Bill Clinton's reckless sex life, and the avalanche of lies under oath which followed, led to the impeachment of a Democratic president, it is odd that everyone is so squeamish about asking what is in fact a valid question.
But the GOP will have no such restraint. They're licking their chops at the prospect of putting the Clintons' morals at the center of a presidential campaign. And all it would take if for one floozie from the past 8 years to come forward. Just one. posted 05/02/2008 at 09:14:18
Black-Issues Group: Price To Pay If Clinton Wins Through Superdelegates
OK, for the sake of playing into Hillary's nutty world, let's suppose she and Bill are 100% right: t
hat Obama cannot win against McCain.
My reply to that is: So what?
Obama is still the Democratic candidate chosen by most of those who have voted. Whether or not he "can" win against McCain is completely immaterial to the primary and caucus voting process, which has put Obama in a commanding lead. It's called "democracy," Mrs. Clinton. And it makes people feel good about America -- even if their candidate does not move into the White House.
The Clintons' "win at all costs" mode is what's really grinding the party down.
And by the way: Obama will easily beat McCain. posted 05/02/2008 at 14:53:50
hat Obama cannot win against McCain.
My reply to that is: So what?
Obama is still the Democratic candidate chosen by most of those who have voted. Whether or not he "can" win against McCain is completely immaterial to the primary and caucus voting process, which has put Obama in a commanding lead. It's called "democracy," Mrs. Clinton. And it makes people feel good about America -- even if their candidate does not move into the White House.
The Clintons' "win at all costs" mode is what's really grinding the party down.
And by the way: Obama will easily beat McCain. posted 05/02/2008 at 14:53:50
Clinton Camp Defends Gas Plan: She Doesn't Need To Listen To Experts
Domestic economic policy isn't the only area where Hillary is a dope.
An Iranian dissident blogger wrote this yesterday:
Many Iranians are obsessed with Barack Obama. If he goes to Iran, I'm sure he could fill Tehran's Azadi Stadium, which has a capacity of 100,000. To a large extent this is because of the nature of Obama's message about change and hope. Iranian people truly want to change their situation, get rid of decades of marginalization and restore their reputation in the world. They feel connected to his message of change. They are tired of living under the threat of economic sanctions and military attacks. Obama's remark about initiating a dialogue with Iran translated for many Iranians into hopes of normalizing the relationship between the countries and Iran rejoining the international community.
Hillary Clinton said this last week:
"I want the Iranians to know that if I'm the president, we will attack Iran," Sen. Clinton said. "In the next 10 years, during which they might foolishly consider launching an attack on Israel, we would be able to totally obliterate them." posted 05/01/2008 at 17:20:54
An Iranian dissident blogger wrote this yesterday:
Many Iranians are obsessed with Barack Obama. If he goes to Iran, I'm sure he could fill Tehran's Azadi Stadium, which has a capacity of 100,000. To a large extent this is because of the nature of Obama's message about change and hope. Iranian people truly want to change their situation, get rid of decades of marginalization and restore their reputation in the world. They feel connected to his message of change. They are tired of living under the threat of economic sanctions and military attacks. Obama's remark about initiating a dialogue with Iran translated for many Iranians into hopes of normalizing the relationship between the countries and Iran rejoining the international community.
Hillary Clinton said this last week:
"I want the Iranians to know that if I'm the president, we will attack Iran," Sen. Clinton said. "In the next 10 years, during which they might foolishly consider launching an attack on Israel, we would be able to totally obliterate them." posted 05/01/2008 at 17:20:54
DNC Chairman Under Bill Clinton: Unite Behind Obama
Note how NY Times and other Clinton-friendly papers have passed over Hillary's smug comment on Fox's O"Reilly show last night.
Hillary said:
"And you know what, rich people -- God bless us -- we deserve all the opportunities to make sure our country and our blessings continue for the next generation."
I guess when your family foundation is cashing multi-million dollar checks from donors whose names you arrogantly refuse to release to the American public, God must indeed be blessing you... posted 05/01/2008 at 15:53:04
Hillary said:
"And you know what, rich people -- God bless us -- we deserve all the opportunities to make sure our country and our blessings continue for the next generation."
I guess when your family foundation is cashing multi-million dollar checks from donors whose names you arrogantly refuse to release to the American public, God must indeed be blessing you... posted 05/01/2008 at 15:53:04
Hillary Clinton On O'Reilly Factor: Wright's Statements Are Offensive And Outrageous (VIDEO)
Hillary Clinton represents the worn out, slash-and-burn politics of the past.
Obama offers a way out of that vile swamp. Since he is the nominee, let's all relax and let Hillary haul her vanity act around her GOP fans as long as she wishes. With each days that passes, she and Bill diminish their stature. posted 04/30/2008 at 15:51:32
Obama offers a way out of that vile swamp. Since he is the nominee, let's all relax and let Hillary haul her vanity act around her GOP fans as long as she wishes. With each days that passes, she and Bill diminish their stature. posted 04/30/2008 at 15:51:32
Obama's Reverend Wright Press Conference (VIDEO)
At least we know the Clinton "she's no pansy" campaign is still staying up late (if not til 3 am then pretty darn late:)
Robo Call Gives False Voting Info to North Carolina Voters
By Paul Kiel - April 29, 2008, 3:48PM
Calls have gone out to an untold number of North Carolina voters telling them -- falsely -- that they need to fill out a registration form before they can vote. Democracy North Carolina, a government watchdog that has posted audio of the call, says that the calls went out to "black neighborhoods."
A transcript of the call released by the North Carolina State Board of Elections:
"Hello, this is Lamont Williams. In the next few days, you will receive a voter registration packet in the mail. All you need to do is sign it, date it and return your application. Then you will be able to vote and make your voice heard. Please return the voter registration form when it arrives. Thank you." posted 04/29/2008 at 19:18:24
Robo Call Gives False Voting Info to North Carolina Voters
By Paul Kiel - April 29, 2008, 3:48PM
Calls have gone out to an untold number of North Carolina voters telling them -- falsely -- that they need to fill out a registration form before they can vote. Democracy North Carolina, a government watchdog that has posted audio of the call, says that the calls went out to "black neighborhoods."
A transcript of the call released by the North Carolina State Board of Elections:
"Hello, this is Lamont Williams. In the next few days, you will receive a voter registration packet in the mail. All you need to do is sign it, date it and return your application. Then you will be able to vote and make your voice heard. Please return the voter registration form when it arrives. Thank you." posted 04/29/2008 at 19:18:24
How will Hillary respond to Obama's statements on Wright? She already has--by going on The O'Reilly Factor on Fox tomorrow night, where she knows O'Reilly will bring up Wright (a lot) and she can profess to be "saddened" by the whole thing while she keeps the story alive for another news cycle.
When Obama reaches for the stars, Hillary drags us all through the gutter. posted 04/29/2008 at 15:52:30
When Obama reaches for the stars, Hillary drags us all through the gutter. posted 04/29/2008 at 15:52:30
Now the fun part starts: watching HillBilly try to keep this story alive by raising it on O'Reilly tomorrow night posted 04/29/2008 at 14:20:06
Hillary Clinton To Face Bill O'Reilly On "The Factor"
Hillary and Bill Clinton embraced O'Reilly/Fox style politics MONTHS ago (remember South Carolina? remember "Obama's not a Muslim--AS FAR AS I KNOW?")
This is just the latest in their (still) Mark Penn-directed strategy to repudiate the decency of the Democratic Party and run as Republicans, appealing to fears of THE OTHER rather than nurturing hope, speaking out against injustice and working for betterment of the country.
Bill C tossed admirable Democratic policies overboard in the 90s whenever they required him to stand for what was right instead of what was politically convenient, and Hillary is completing the shredding of the party. If the young and old of this country allow the Democratic Party to be hostage to the Clintons in 2008, they deserve the misery and self-loathing and sour, depressing legacy that awaits.
Good luck. posted 04/29/2008 at 22:52:28
This is just the latest in their (still) Mark Penn-directed strategy to repudiate the decency of the Democratic Party and run as Republicans, appealing to fears of THE OTHER rather than nurturing hope, speaking out against injustice and working for betterment of the country.
Bill C tossed admirable Democratic policies overboard in the 90s whenever they required him to stand for what was right instead of what was politically convenient, and Hillary is completing the shredding of the party. If the young and old of this country allow the Democratic Party to be hostage to the Clintons in 2008, they deserve the misery and self-loathing and sour, depressing legacy that awaits.
Good luck. posted 04/29/2008 at 22:52:28
Elizabeth Edwards Denies Endorsement Rumors
Hillary going on Fox, the O"Reilly show, tomorrow night"which is sick and brilliant in the twisted, stomach-turning Clinton way the country is becoming more and more familia with:
over the past week (make that months), Fox has been "all Rev Wright, all the time" network"Hillary knows O"Reilly will
show Wright clips, ask for her response, it will allow her to milk the Wright mess, big time, while pretending to be above it"
just as she did by "criticizing" McCain for not speaking out against the NC G.O.P. ad using Wright while noting "I wouldn"t have been a member of his church." posted 04/29/2008 at 12:37:51
over the past week (make that months), Fox has been "all Rev Wright, all the time" network"Hillary knows O"Reilly will
show Wright clips, ask for her response, it will allow her to milk the Wright mess, big time, while pretending to be above it"
just as she did by "criticizing" McCain for not speaking out against the NC G.O.P. ad using Wright while noting "I wouldn"t have been a member of his church." posted 04/29/2008 at 12:37:51
Howard Dean: Obama Or Clinton Must Drop Out In June
Hillary Clinton playing the victim card (again), today:
"Now, I know there are some people who say, "Oh my goodness, she is tough." Well, if you"d had my life you"d be tough, too."
Is she talking about the $100 million personal fortune?
The eight years in the White House?
The 2 best-selling books?
Being a U.S. Senator from New York?
Please, Hillary, tell us more about your difficult lifeŠand then your husband can tell us, again, how hard it is to be white... posted 04/28/2008 at 17:44:15
"Now, I know there are some people who say, "Oh my goodness, she is tough." Well, if you"d had my life you"d be tough, too."
Is she talking about the $100 million personal fortune?
The eight years in the White House?
The 2 best-selling books?
Being a U.S. Senator from New York?
Please, Hillary, tell us more about your difficult lifeŠand then your husband can tell us, again, how hard it is to be white... posted 04/28/2008 at 17:44:15
Given the way the G.O.P.'s right wing is creaming its collective trousers over Hillary Clinton -- see: Karl Rove, Bill Kristol, Richard Mellon Scaife -- and given Mrs. Clinton's recent repeated statements that under her watch, the United States would intervene militarily (with "massive retaliation") if Iran dared attack Israel, Kuwait, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia or the United Arab Emirates and "completely obliterate" Iran in the process, a McCain-Clinton ticket is starting to feel like a natural fit. Given that she can't get the nomination without "completely obliterating" Sen. Obama, perhaps Mrs. Clinton should do both parties a favor and follow her natural instinct to run as a Republican. posted 04/28/2008 at 12:11:59
McCain calls Obama insensitive to poor people
John McCain needs to pause, sit back, watch and learn from the Official Hillary Clinton "How to Destroy a Democratic Frontrunner Using G.O.P. Tactics" Playbook....For example, first thing, McCain should have his spouse go around claiming Obama's playing the race card on her... posted 04/28/2008 at 11:35:50
George McGovern: Still Backing Clinton, But Going Way Off Script
Let's hope McGovern's courage to state the obvious will inspire other big Democrats to do likewise, rather than allowing the narrative continue to be determined by the media's obsession with drawing this bloody and dispiriting (and already concluded) primary out all the way until Denver. posted 04/25/2008 at 12:06:32
Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, Howard Dean May Intervene In Dem Primary
Well, it would be nice if Pelosi and Dean and Reid had the courage to tell Hillary and Bill to cease with their race-baiting, demonizing, cynical, polarizing and utterly sleazy tactics, and to finally explain why Obama would not be a good president, since Billary have yet to offer one iota of evidence that he would not be a great President. posted 04/24/2008 at 17:09:54
McCain opposes equal pay bill in Senate
It's stunning how much Clinton and McCain look like running mates in that photo--and after all, they have indeed formed an unholy alliance to get rid of Obama. McCain knows Obama a far stronger candidate than Hillary, and Hillary, well, she just wants to get her paws back on the White House levers of power.
I propose McCain and Hillary run on a 3rd party ticket. posted 04/24/2008 at 11:56:35
I propose McCain and Hillary run on a 3rd party ticket. posted 04/24/2008 at 11:56:35
Long Primary Damaging Democrats
Hillary on Brinks radical: I didn't know!
In an interview yesterday, Hillary -- whose connection to President Clinton's 2001 sentence commutations for two members of the Weather Underground has become an issue since she tried to raise questions about Obama's acquaintance with another ex-Weatherman -- told "Inside Edition" that she "didn't know anything about" the 2001 clemency case.
If she's telling the truth, it means that she got the worst briefings in the world when she was running for Senate in 2000 and the clemency issue was hot in Rockland County, and it means that Chuck Schumer didn't even bother to mention the issue to his fellow NY senator-elect/ First Lady.
Here's the chronology:
On October 19, 2000, as Hillary was hunting for Senate votes throughout New York, Rockland County's biggest paper, the Journal News, ran a front page story reporting that imprisoned radical Susan Rosenberg -- linked to the 1981 Weather Underground Brinks robbery that left two Nyack cops dead -- was seeking clemency from Bill Clinton.
On December 16, 2000, after Hillary became New York's Senator-elect, the paper did another Page 1 story about an upcoming 60 Minutes episode on Rosenberg's clemency application.
On December 17, 2000, the "60 Minutes" piece ran.
So, Clinton now says she knew nothing about it. Nobody briefed her on an emotional hot-button issue that intersected her husband with her constituents. Her husband never so much as mentioned Rosenberg. posted 04/24/2008 at 17:35:14
Any lingering doubts that the Clintons have been playing the race card fast and furious all along,
should have been put to rest the moment Hillary evoked Farrakhan at the ABC debate.
The moderators had not mentioned Farrakhan; John McCain has never mentioned Farrakhan;
Farrakhan is not working on Obama's campaign, they're not pals or buddies.
And yet there was the Former First Lady of the United States,and serious candidate for the Democratic nomination, pulling a "Willie Horton" a week before she needed to turn out white, blue collar voters.
It was calculated, cynical, disgusting, and divisive. Frankly, every remaining superdelegate should have risen in outrage the following morning and endorsed Obama, to stop Mrs Clinton before she goes even further in using GOP scare tactics to fracture the party along racial lines.
Right on cue, Bill followed with his "the Obama campaign played the race card on ME!" comments,
which were calculated to stir up many blue collar whites' (mis)perception that "blacks have it easier in the country, it's the whites who are being oppressed"...
Hillary did the same thing several weeks ago, when she said she "just wished there was a level playing field in this race", implying that, as a black man, Obama was getting all the breaks.
I don't know what we've come to, when a Democratic candidate is using racial politicking to amass votes and power, but I know it's not the Democratic Party most of us love. posted 04/24/2008 at 12:41:00
should have been put to rest the moment Hillary evoked Farrakhan at the ABC debate.
The moderators had not mentioned Farrakhan; John McCain has never mentioned Farrakhan;
Farrakhan is not working on Obama's campaign, they're not pals or buddies.
And yet there was the Former First Lady of the United States,and serious candidate for the Democratic nomination, pulling a "Willie Horton" a week before she needed to turn out white, blue collar voters.
It was calculated, cynical, disgusting, and divisive. Frankly, every remaining superdelegate should have risen in outrage the following morning and endorsed Obama, to stop Mrs Clinton before she goes even further in using GOP scare tactics to fracture the party along racial lines.
Right on cue, Bill followed with his "the Obama campaign played the race card on ME!" comments,
which were calculated to stir up many blue collar whites' (mis)perception that "blacks have it easier in the country, it's the whites who are being oppressed"...
Hillary did the same thing several weeks ago, when she said she "just wished there was a level playing field in this race", implying that, as a black man, Obama was getting all the breaks.
I don't know what we've come to, when a Democratic candidate is using racial politicking to amass votes and power, but I know it's not the Democratic Party most of us love. posted 04/24/2008 at 12:41:00
The good news is, Hillary has left such a foul taste in the mouths of Americans (60% find her dishonest in the most recent polls) that not only will she not win the nomination this year, but she will be laughed off the stage in 2012, the year for which she is currently campaigning via her "tear down Obama and scare white voters" campaign.
Meanwhile, given that Hillary has made Bill Clinton her main surrogate and most highly visible campaigner, it seems appropriate for reporters to start asking him if he's curbed the sexual excesses that tore apart the country in the 1990s, or if we should expect more interns snuggling under him in the 3rd Clinton presidential term. If Hillary can toss around Farrakhan's name in a nationally televised debate, I see no reason why Americans can't ask if Bill has cured his sex addiction. Or is the media really that scared of the Clintons? posted 04/23/2008 at 18:14:05
Meanwhile, given that Hillary has made Bill Clinton her main surrogate and most highly visible campaigner, it seems appropriate for reporters to start asking him if he's curbed the sexual excesses that tore apart the country in the 1990s, or if we should expect more interns snuggling under him in the 3rd Clinton presidential term. If Hillary can toss around Farrakhan's name in a nationally televised debate, I see no reason why Americans can't ask if Bill has cured his sex addiction. Or is the media really that scared of the Clintons? posted 04/23/2008 at 18:14:05
Clinton says tide is turning
Forgive me, but when I hear Hillary Clinton say, "The tide is turning," why does the image of a tsunami way of approaching sewage immediately flood my mind?
Meanwhile, this morning on MSNBC''s "Morning Joe," Sen.. Clinton stood by her "we'll obliterate Iran" comments and behind her suggestion of a Cold War style "nuclear deterrence strategy" of America promising nuclear-weapons-backed protection for Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates (I guess those big contributions from several of those countries to the Clinton Presidential Library are paying off--with a bang...)
Is no one else stunned by the fact that Hillary has moved to the right of John McCain in the war-mongering race? posted 04/23/2008 at 08:45:40
Meanwhile, this morning on MSNBC''s "Morning Joe," Sen.. Clinton stood by her "we'll obliterate Iran" comments and behind her suggestion of a Cold War style "nuclear deterrence strategy" of America promising nuclear-weapons-backed protection for Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates (I guess those big contributions from several of those countries to the Clinton Presidential Library are paying off--with a bang...)
Is no one else stunned by the fact that Hillary has moved to the right of John McCain in the war-mongering race? posted 04/23/2008 at 08:45:40
Pennsylvania Exit Polls: Primary Results
hecy, frankly at this point, I'm scared Hillary os gonna nuke ME if I dont pretend she's not a demented freak! posted 04/22/2008 at 19:17:12
Pennsylvania Expectations: Clinton, Obama Set The Bar
If Hillary and Bill are smelling this nasty and stanky in April, imagine the rank stench they'll be givin' off by the time they have Harold Ickes, Mark Penn* and a team of F.O.B. lawyers file legal challenges to split the Convention in August?
*-- and by the way, why has no reporter had the balls to ask the Clinton campaign if Mark Penn is still on the payroll and at what $$ monthly rate? posted 04/22/2008 at 17:02:25
*-- and by the way, why has no reporter had the balls to ask the Clinton campaign if Mark Penn is still on the payroll and at what $$ monthly rate? posted 04/22/2008 at 17:02:25
Democrats Clinton, Obama collide in Pennsylvania primary
Anyone else noticed that -- with her nuke-happy fear-mongering, her "I know what's best for you" attitude and her rigid "it's my way or the highway" message throughout this campaign -- Hillary Rodham Clinton appears to be running for dictator, not for President? posted 04/22/2008 at 10:02:26
Bill Clinton: Obama "Played The Race Card On Me"... Listen To Audio
It's becoming increasingly pathetic that Democratic superdelegates are allowing this charade to continue, and thus allowing the Clinton legacy of the 1990s to be so tarnished and stained and spoiled by...Bill and Hillary Clinton in 2008.
Let's get this clearly disintegrating couple, and their mutual fondness for lies and mutual lack of decency, off the bus, so the party can move upward, not downward. posted 04/22/2008 at 10:15:28
Let's get this clearly disintegrating couple, and their mutual fondness for lies and mutual lack of decency, off the bus, so the party can move upward, not downward. posted 04/22/2008 at 10:15:28
Hillary Clinton On Olbermann: Laughs Off 'Unholy Alliance' With Democratic Antagonist Scaife
For all of the "serious" media --NY Times, TV networks, Wash Post et al -- bellyaching about how the campaign has devolved to the trivial, I'd sure like to see any of those news organizations report on the very serious foreign policy statements Sen. Clinton has made in the past week, in which she not only proposed a U.S.-funded military deterrent "shield" over Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, but also referred several times to a willingness --almost an eagerness -- on her part to use nuclear weapons ("massive retaliation"; "completely obliterate") in defense of any and all American allies in the Middle East.
These would seem to be HUGE shifts in U.S. foreign policy, and yet no serious newspaper or TV news organization has explored her statements. Hello? posted 04/22/2008 at 13:30:12
These would seem to be HUGE shifts in U.S. foreign policy, and yet no serious newspaper or TV news organization has explored her statements. Hello? posted 04/22/2008 at 13:30:12
Hillary Clinton Ad Features Osama Bin Laden: Campaign AdWatch
Last week in the infamous ABC debate, Hillary made the stupendously reckless, and incendiary, comment that she'd command U.S. armed forces to launch a "massive retaliation" if Iran dared attack the United Arab Emirates or Kuwait -- a statement which, had Obama said it, you can bet would have led the morning newscasts, and the Clinton campaign would be screaming it proved he's not fit to be commander in chief.
But notice how the MSM is giving her a pass on this. posted 04/21/2008 at 16:39:23
But notice how the MSM is giving her a pass on this. posted 04/21/2008 at 16:39:23
Hillary Clinton's FEC Report: Campaign In The Red
Hillary's donors--large and small--might want to ask themselves why she's only loaned a measly $5 million (out of a $100 million+ personal fortune) to her campaign.
If she truly thought she could win, wouldn't she spend whatever it takes?
The answer is that she's only in this, at this point, to damage Obama enough so she can run against McCain in 2012. So she's going to save the rest of that $100 million for a real campaign, not the vanity campaign she's running (on fumes) now...
If I were a Hillary supporter, I'd hesitate to give another nickel to someone who's just using my money to damage the Democratic nominee.
(and note: she didn't "give" her campaign $ 5 million; she "loaned" it--which means she's going to be paid back, unlike her supporters.) posted 04/21/2008 at 12:18:44
If she truly thought she could win, wouldn't she spend whatever it takes?
The answer is that she's only in this, at this point, to damage Obama enough so she can run against McCain in 2012. So she's going to save the rest of that $100 million for a real campaign, not the vanity campaign she's running (on fumes) now...
If I were a Hillary supporter, I'd hesitate to give another nickel to someone who's just using my money to damage the Democratic nominee.
(and note: she didn't "give" her campaign $ 5 million; she "loaned" it--which means she's going to be paid back, unlike her supporters.) posted 04/21/2008 at 12:18:44
"Slash-And-Burn" Vs. "The Kitchen Sink"
the Hillary folks have passed into a hypo-manic, quasi-psychotic state of delusion, since every time they switch on the TV or pick up a newspaper, reporters and pundits are saying, accurately, that Obama has the nomination locked up, and that Hillary supporters such as Ed Rendell are telling folks they're prepping themselves to go to her and tell her it's time to drop out, before her slime tactics against Obama--which bring her own numbers down worse then his, by the way -- repulse the country further. posted 04/20/2008 at 23:22:21
Developing: Hillary Clinton Slams Democratic Activists...
Want some fun? have a look at this Baracky video!
Have a look:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyhIBXNfqMA posted 04/18/2008 at 17:34:45
Have a look:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyhIBXNfqMA posted 04/18/2008 at 17:34:45
Clinton Labor Secretary Robert Reich Endorses Obama
For those looking for a breath of fresh air, read what the political blogger for The Economist has to say about what covering the Democratic Primary has been like.
http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2008/04/thats_it.cfm posted 04/18/2008 at 11:55:03
http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2008/04/thats_it.cfm posted 04/18/2008 at 11:55:03
ABC Hosts Heckled After Debate: "The Crowd Is Turning On Me"
It's fascinating/terrifying to watch Hillary Rodham Clinton morph into Richard Milhaus Nixon, but it's happening clear as day, before our eyes. What's a shame is that the superdelagtes are letting it happen.
Once the Clintons are done destroying the Democratic Party, they'll have their $100 million nest egg, fat speaking fees, more million dollar book deals and lots of cushy private tropical beach estates on which to relax with Ron Burkle, Frank Giustra and the rest of their shady pals.
But what will we Democrats have? posted 04/17/2008 at 19:50:30
Once the Clintons are done destroying the Democratic Party, they'll have their $100 million nest egg, fat speaking fees, more million dollar book deals and lots of cushy private tropical beach estates on which to relax with Ron Burkle, Frank Giustra and the rest of their shady pals.
But what will we Democrats have? posted 04/17/2008 at 19:50:30
Funny how Hillary never once--not once--in the debate resisted the impulse to pile on Gibby and Stephy's all-out cheapo tabloid attack on Obama.
Whereas Obama, in this debate and others, has very often said he takes Hillary at her word, respects her, and never piles on.
The way Obama treats Hillary is how he treats his opponents: with dignity and respect. The way Hillary treats Obama is how she treats HER opponents: as enemies she must personally crush under her heel. Gee, I wonder which candidate would be better at bringing the country together to create real change? posted 04/17/2008 at 15:51:52
Whereas Obama, in this debate and others, has very often said he takes Hillary at her word, respects her, and never piles on.
The way Obama treats Hillary is how he treats his opponents: with dignity and respect. The way Hillary treats Obama is how she treats HER opponents: as enemies she must personally crush under her heel. Gee, I wonder which candidate would be better at bringing the country together to create real change? posted 04/17/2008 at 15:51:52
Clinton emphatically says Obama can win White House
Now that the cat is completely out of the bag and Hillary is running as an imitation snarling Republican, is there any doubt that John McCain--an actual Republican--will beat Hillary (a sickening and perverse hybrid of fake Republican/fake Democrat )in a general election? posted 04/17/2008 at 14:10:38
Obama: Hillary, McCain Using "Very Same Words" Against Me
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Meanwhile, has everyone noticed that, more and more of late, Hillary is saying that without the Florida delegates being seated in Denver, the Dem nominee won't have -- quote -- "legtimacy."? You see where this is going, don't you? Yes: the Clintons are laying the groundwork for some sort of legal challenge, perhaps played out at the Convention.
Those super-delegates who are sitting on the fence, enabling this deeply troubled woman's fire-bombing of the Democratic Party, are going to regret it. posted 04/15/2008 at 18:23:20
Meanwhile, has everyone noticed that, more and more of late, Hillary is saying that without the Florida delegates being seated in Denver, the Dem nominee won't have -- quote -- "legtimacy."? You see where this is going, don't you? Yes: the Clintons are laying the groundwork for some sort of legal challenge, perhaps played out at the Convention.
Those super-delegates who are sitting on the fence, enabling this deeply troubled woman's fire-bombing of the Democratic Party, are going to regret it. posted 04/15/2008 at 18:23:20
Given that today is April 15, can someone press Hillary Clinton, or Wolfson et al, to explain why Mr. and Mrs Clinton have refused to release their tax returns from 2007, but instead filed for an extension? Oh wait, I forgot: the media buys the Clinton smokescreen that releasing returns up through 2006 inoculates them against having to be accountable for last year--the year she began to run for President, and thus the year when foreign payments to Bill might have seen a rather serious, and question-begging, surge... posted 04/15/2008 at 16:50:46
Obama: Clinton Using GOP Playbook
Hillary Clinton is 100% correct when she says that she's been completely vetted and there's nothing more the American voter will discover about her.
Of course, after all that vetting, with no more left to learn, 50% of those American voters have an unfavorable opinion of her. posted 04/14/2008 at 21:47:09
Of course, after all that vetting, with no more left to learn, 50% of those American voters have an unfavorable opinion of her. posted 04/14/2008 at 21:47:09
Clinton Heckled, Obama Cheered Over 'Bitter' Remarks
It's more clear than ever that Hillary is basically running as a Republican against Obama--using the old Rove tactics of questioning patriotism, innuendo and all out lies.
So -- if she succeeds is stealing the nomination, how the hell is she going to run as a Republican against Republican John McCain? posted 04/14/2008 at 16:53:40
So -- if she succeeds is stealing the nomination, how the hell is she going to run as a Republican against Republican John McCain? posted 04/14/2008 at 16:53:40
What Will a Hillary Clinton Presidency Look Like?
This is a brilliant and accurate analysis by a seasoned, Pulitzer-Prize winning reporter who studied Hillary Clinton for several years for his biography, and who has no ax to grind against the Clintons. It should be required reading for every undecided superdelegate. posted 04/13/2008 at 18:58:01
Tim Russert Nails Hillary Clinton Over Bosnia Trip Falsehoods
Cute how Clintonistas whine and blame the media whenever their candidate is caught telling yet another whopper.
Last I checked, it wasn't the media who moved Hillary's mouth to say the Bosnia lie on at least 4 occasions.
The last President to exhibit the same level of clinical paranoia was Richard Nixon. posted 04/13/2008 at 13:29:47
Last I checked, it wasn't the media who moved Hillary's mouth to say the Bosnia lie on at least 4 occasions.
The last President to exhibit the same level of clinical paranoia was Richard Nixon. posted 04/13/2008 at 13:29:47
Here We Go Again
Thank you Ms. Smiley. Now let's see if Dem superdelegates do the right thing and declare their support for Obama NOW, and put a stop to Hillary's vain pissing on Obama's candidacy. The only way Hillary knows how to argue for herself is to attack and distort Obama--
She has no compelling case to make for her own candidacy. Obama is out there, trying to challenge Americans to think and act in new ways, and all she can do is jump and up down, stomp her feet, and imply he's un-American, Muslim and possible car thief (that was Bill C last week, in case you missed it.) Democrats can be such dopes -- in the name of "fairness," we're indulging Billary's slime campaign against Obama when everyone knows she cannot win. posted 04/12/2008 at 16:35:36
She has no compelling case to make for her own candidacy. Obama is out there, trying to challenge Americans to think and act in new ways, and all she can do is jump and up down, stomp her feet, and imply he's un-American, Muslim and possible car thief (that was Bill C last week, in case you missed it.) Democrats can be such dopes -- in the name of "fairness," we're indulging Billary's slime campaign against Obama when everyone knows she cannot win. posted 04/12/2008 at 16:35:36
Bill: Hillary Told Me To Shut Up About Sniper Tale
i'm starting to agree with those who've posted urging Obama to go negative on Hillary in PA -- I just saw she's running VERY nasty radio ads slamming him in PA. And she's got her hubby out there making racist cracks about Obama "stealing cars," to stir up the white PA vote...
where's the Obama ad showing the newsreal footage of Hillary in Bosnia-- with Hillary voice-over of sniper fire--book-ended by the awarding of "4 Pinnochios" from Wash Post and other headlines debunking her fairy tale? posted 04/11/2008 at 17:50:02
where's the Obama ad showing the newsreal footage of Hillary in Bosnia-- with Hillary voice-over of sniper fire--book-ended by the awarding of "4 Pinnochios" from Wash Post and other headlines debunking her fairy tale? posted 04/11/2008 at 17:50:02
Begala: "Nothing But Contempt" For Penn, Compares Him To Rumsfeld
yes though each time he throws a punch at her, another 500 old white ladies in sensible shoes head to the voting both-- posted 04/11/2008 at 15:19:21
"I could never lend myself to any transaction, however respectable, that would commercialize on the prestige and dignity of the office of the presidency."
Harry S. Truman, 1958, on why he didnt get rich after leaving the White House posted 04/11/2008 at 15:06:18
Harry S. Truman, 1958, on why he didnt get rich after leaving the White House posted 04/11/2008 at 15:06:18
Bill Clinton Raises Bosnia, Gets Several Facts Wrong
Good point--yes, Obama is aiming straight for the Bill Clinton legacy -- which, given that Hillary has been running on that legacy for the past year, is not only necessary, but brilliant: If Obama can knock some concrete out of the legacy upon which Hillary is standing, she loses a lot of gravitas, starts to look silly, and--side benefit--it inflames Bill to go on one of his mendacious tirades.Plus by not annointing Bill Clinton in gold-leaf, Obama shows the Democrrats can have a future which isn't about the past.
PS--still waiting for HuffPo and MSM to talk about Bill making joke yesterday about Obama "stealing cars." posted 04/11/2008 at 13:29:58
PS--still waiting for HuffPo and MSM to talk about Bill making joke yesterday about Obama "stealing cars." posted 04/11/2008 at 13:29:58
Bill Clinton also made a "joke" about Obama "stealing cars"--they had it on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" this morning. Clearly ole Hill and Billy trying to scare up the white racist vote in PA.
Aren't they charming?
Here's hoping the print media picks up Lisa Meyer's segment on TV this morning
questioning why the Clintons refuse to release names of the donors to the Clinton Library and Foundation
I think one reason the Clintons waited so long to release the tax returns -- besides having to decide
to hide the 2007 numbers by filing for an extension--is that now the media feels a bit guilty about
pushing for the Foundation and Library donor names -- which, of course, is exactly what any responsible
journalist would do
and speaking of money: I'm bewildered that no reporter has asked the Clinton campaign
the most obvious question: Is Mark Penn still employed at his previous salary?
If he is, I dont see how HRC can claim to have swept her campaign clean of him. posted 04/11/2008 at 11:35:25
Aren't they charming?
Here's hoping the print media picks up Lisa Meyer's segment on TV this morning
questioning why the Clintons refuse to release names of the donors to the Clinton Library and Foundation
I think one reason the Clintons waited so long to release the tax returns -- besides having to decide
to hide the 2007 numbers by filing for an extension--is that now the media feels a bit guilty about
pushing for the Foundation and Library donor names -- which, of course, is exactly what any responsible
journalist would do
and speaking of money: I'm bewildered that no reporter has asked the Clinton campaign
the most obvious question: Is Mark Penn still employed at his previous salary?
If he is, I dont see how HRC can claim to have swept her campaign clean of him. posted 04/11/2008 at 11:35:25
Bill Clinton's Ties To Colombia Trade Deal Stronger Than Even Penn's
Bill Clinton backed Colombia trade deal (from Politico)
A June 23, 2005 article from the news portal Terra quotes Bill Clinton offering unambiguous support for the free trade agreement with Colombia.
"We need your help to expedite the signing of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the EU is very important to give a clear signal of what the relations between the two countries should be," President Alvaro Uribe said yesterday to the former president of the EU Bill Clinton, during Expogestion 2005.
"I will raise your point when you return to the United States," Clinton replied. "I am in favor of the free trade agreement and it is my hope that we will find the right formula to reach the agreement."
The story also reports that Clinton received a two-minute standing ovation after "applauding Colombia's perserverence for the progress made in the Free Trade Agreement negotiations with the United States." posted 04/08/2008 at 16:25:26
A June 23, 2005 article from the news portal Terra quotes Bill Clinton offering unambiguous support for the free trade agreement with Colombia.
"We need your help to expedite the signing of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the EU is very important to give a clear signal of what the relations between the two countries should be," President Alvaro Uribe said yesterday to the former president of the EU Bill Clinton, during Expogestion 2005.
"I will raise your point when you return to the United States," Clinton replied. "I am in favor of the free trade agreement and it is my hope that we will find the right formula to reach the agreement."
The story also reports that Clinton received a two-minute standing ovation after "applauding Colombia's perserverence for the progress made in the Free Trade Agreement negotiations with the United States." posted 04/08/2008 at 16:25:26
I'm all for a former President choosing to compromise his integrity by cashing massive checks from shady foreign outfits -- that's his right. But it's a different matter, entirely, for a) a current Presidential candidate to have enriched herself and her household with the proceeds from those shady foreign outfits and b) to then even consider for a millisecond allowing that compromised former President to move back into the White House, and function as essentially a co-President of the United States. posted 04/08/2008 at 14:01:19
Who Gets The Troops' Votes?
how about those balmy Cayman Islands, Sen. Clinton?
from a speech by Hillary Clinton on March 3, 2004 (http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2004/03/b35989.html):
"We know that people who create a mailbox, or a drop, or send one person to sit on the beach in some island paradise, and claim that it is their offshore headquarters, know exactly what they're doing. They're playing the American economy, they are sucker-punching the American taxpayer...I think it's wrong, and we need to end it. And this should be a non-partisan, let alone bipartisan issue, in order to do so, to tilt the scales back in favor of American companies creating jobs here."
April 5 (Bloomberg) -- Former President Bill Clinton has earned $15.4 million from billionaire Ron Burkle's Yucaipa Cos. investment firm since 2003, according to tax documents released by his wife, presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.....Yucaipa controls three funds located in the Cayman Islands. The Cayman Islands doesn't charge any individual or corporate income tax and has strict bank secrecy laws. posted 04/08/2008 at 11:59:59
from a speech by Hillary Clinton on March 3, 2004 (http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2004/03/b35989.html):
"We know that people who create a mailbox, or a drop, or send one person to sit on the beach in some island paradise, and claim that it is their offshore headquarters, know exactly what they're doing. They're playing the American economy, they are sucker-punching the American taxpayer...I think it's wrong, and we need to end it. And this should be a non-partisan, let alone bipartisan issue, in order to do so, to tilt the scales back in favor of American companies creating jobs here."
April 5 (Bloomberg) -- Former President Bill Clinton has earned $15.4 million from billionaire Ron Burkle's Yucaipa Cos. investment firm since 2003, according to tax documents released by his wife, presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.....Yucaipa controls three funds located in the Cayman Islands. The Cayman Islands doesn't charge any individual or corporate income tax and has strict bank secrecy laws. posted 04/08/2008 at 11:59:59
Mark Penn Speaks (In Private): Will Still Advise Clintons, Calms Nervous Aides
I've yet to see any reporter ask this simple question of the Clinton campaign, which comes under the infallible adage, "follow the money":
In other words, Is Mark Penn still on the campaign payroll? And is he continuing at his huge salary, or has he taken a pay cut?
Hillary's on CNN this morning making a big boast about how her campaign did the right thing by getting rid of Penn.
But I've seen nothing that, beyond a public spanking, offers any hard evidence that Mark Penn is still not a (highly) paid member of Hillary's team. posted 04/08/2008 at 11:10:20
In other words, Is Mark Penn still on the campaign payroll? And is he continuing at his huge salary, or has he taken a pay cut?
Hillary's on CNN this morning making a big boast about how her campaign did the right thing by getting rid of Penn.
But I've seen nothing that, beyond a public spanking, offers any hard evidence that Mark Penn is still not a (highly) paid member of Hillary's team. posted 04/08/2008 at 11:10:20
HRC Colombia ties don't stop with Penn
By: Eamon Javers
April 7, 2008 07:21 PM EST
Mark Penn isn"t the only Hillary Rodham Clinton supporter on the wrong side of the Colombia trade agreement.
The Democratic-leaning advocacy firm the Glover Park Group, former home to Clinton campaign spokesman Howard Wolfson, signed a $40,000 per month contract with the government of Colombia in April of 2007 to promote the very agreement that Clinton now rails against on the presidential campaign trail.
That means Glover Park Group was arguing the same position on the free trade agreement as has Penn, the contentious Clinton strategist and Burson-Marsteller chief executive who lost his campaign job over the weekend after The Wall Street Journal revealed that he"d met with Colombian officials to plot strategy on the pact.
Several other Glover Park employees have deep connections with the Clintons, including founding partner Joe Lockhart, who served as the White House press secretary under President Bill Clinton, and Joel Johnson, who was a senior communications adviser in the Clinton White House.
Six employees of Glover Park Group contributed a total of nearly $20,000 to Clinton"s campaign in 2007, according to data kept by the Center for Responsive Politics.
Wolfson, who is set to take over many responsibilities from the departing Penn, and his wife maintain an equity stake in the firm valued at from $500,000 to $1 million, according to a recent Capitol Hill financial disclosure filing. posted 04/07/2008 at 19:50:30
By: Eamon Javers
April 7, 2008 07:21 PM EST
Mark Penn isn"t the only Hillary Rodham Clinton supporter on the wrong side of the Colombia trade agreement.
The Democratic-leaning advocacy firm the Glover Park Group, former home to Clinton campaign spokesman Howard Wolfson, signed a $40,000 per month contract with the government of Colombia in April of 2007 to promote the very agreement that Clinton now rails against on the presidential campaign trail.
That means Glover Park Group was arguing the same position on the free trade agreement as has Penn, the contentious Clinton strategist and Burson-Marsteller chief executive who lost his campaign job over the weekend after The Wall Street Journal revealed that he"d met with Colombian officials to plot strategy on the pact.
Several other Glover Park employees have deep connections with the Clintons, including founding partner Joe Lockhart, who served as the White House press secretary under President Bill Clinton, and Joel Johnson, who was a senior communications adviser in the Clinton White House.
Six employees of Glover Park Group contributed a total of nearly $20,000 to Clinton"s campaign in 2007, according to data kept by the Center for Responsive Politics.
Wolfson, who is set to take over many responsibilities from the departing Penn, and his wife maintain an equity stake in the firm valued at from $500,000 to $1 million, according to a recent Capitol Hill financial disclosure filing. posted 04/07/2008 at 19:50:30
Very curious to see if the moderators of the debate this coming Saturday actually have the guts to ask Hillary how she feels--PERSONALLY--about having Mark Penn STILL EMPLOYED and CASHING A PAYCHECK from her campaign? I already suspect the U.S. media--made up largely of men who are for some reason almost physically frightened of Hillary and very very easily intimidated by her victim act -- will swallow Billary's lie that Penn has been pushed off the bus.
And will the debate moderators have the balls to ask her about why she's gone back on her promise not to try to poach Obama's pledged delegates, the ones chosen by the same kind of primary and caucus voters whose rights she loudly claims she's now fighting for in MI and FL?
"We have not, are not and will not pursue the pledged delegates of Barack Obama. "
Hillary Clinton spokesman Phil Singer, responding February 19 to an article stating that the Clinton campaign would try to "flip" pledged Obama delegates who were chosen by primary and caucus voters.
ABC News two days ago:
Sen. Hillary Clinton made a blunt appeal to North Dakota delegates to switch their support to her, despite the fact that Sen. Barack Obama handily defeated her in the state's caucus in February....Clinton made it clear to North Dakota Democrats last night that she believes there is no such thing as a pledged delegate. posted 04/07/2008 at 18:30:16
And will the debate moderators have the balls to ask her about why she's gone back on her promise not to try to poach Obama's pledged delegates, the ones chosen by the same kind of primary and caucus voters whose rights she loudly claims she's now fighting for in MI and FL?
"We have not, are not and will not pursue the pledged delegates of Barack Obama. "
Hillary Clinton spokesman Phil Singer, responding February 19 to an article stating that the Clinton campaign would try to "flip" pledged Obama delegates who were chosen by primary and caucus voters.
ABC News two days ago:
Sen. Hillary Clinton made a blunt appeal to North Dakota delegates to switch their support to her, despite the fact that Sen. Barack Obama handily defeated her in the state's caucus in February....Clinton made it clear to North Dakota Democrats last night that she believes there is no such thing as a pledged delegate. posted 04/07/2008 at 18:30:16
Clinton Wants Bush To Boycott Olympic Opening Ceremonies
Hillary told Ellen DeGeneres this morning that her lifetime of being "pushed" around by boys--What is Hillary's position on all of the women her husband pushed around--and up against the wall, etc.--in the long list of his coital "conquests?" Did being pursued, pawed and then slandered by the President of the United States (and, in the case of slander, by his wife) make those women stronger? Just curious. posted 04/07/2008 at 14:59:07
Clinton Announces Ambitious Breast Cancer Research Effort
Well-said. And once she's back in the Senate, let's see if she aggressively pursues finding a cure--or simply continues to plot her next campaign. posted 04/07/2008 at 13:06:13
Mark Penn Resigns As Chief Strategist For Clinton Campaign
Mark Penn: first off the sinking ship.
He's too smart a guy to not know a meeting with Colombians would force HRC to fire him. He's free.
Meanwhile, it's amazing how much stuff the Clinton campaign is sneaking past the media: a few weeks ago her campaign issued stringent, "how-dare-you" denials that they would ever go after Obama's pledged delegates. This weekend HRC made an EXPLICIT grab for Obama's delegates, and there's been barely a peep of comment in the media.
Here's ABC news blog:
Clinton Asks Obama's Pledged Delegates to Switch
By ELOISE HARPER and SUNLEN MILLER
April 5, 2008
Sen. Hillary Clinton made a blunt appeal to North Dakota delegates to switch their support to her, despite the fact that Sen. Barack Obama handily defeated her in the state's caucus in February.
Clinton made it clear to North Dakota Democrats last night that she believes there is no such thing as a pledged delegate and highlighted that stubborn streak in her appeal for delegates to switch from Obama to her when the Democratic national party holds its nominating convention this August.
"I am here tonight because I am seeking your support," Clinton said, adding that she never gives up.
"I know what it's like to stumble. I know what it means to get knocked down. But I've never stayed down. I never will and neither will America if we get ready to win this election in November," she said.
Copyright © 2008 ABC News posted 04/07/2008 at 11:19:45
He's too smart a guy to not know a meeting with Colombians would force HRC to fire him. He's free.
Meanwhile, it's amazing how much stuff the Clinton campaign is sneaking past the media: a few weeks ago her campaign issued stringent, "how-dare-you" denials that they would ever go after Obama's pledged delegates. This weekend HRC made an EXPLICIT grab for Obama's delegates, and there's been barely a peep of comment in the media.
Here's ABC news blog:
Clinton Asks Obama's Pledged Delegates to Switch
By ELOISE HARPER and SUNLEN MILLER
April 5, 2008
Sen. Hillary Clinton made a blunt appeal to North Dakota delegates to switch their support to her, despite the fact that Sen. Barack Obama handily defeated her in the state's caucus in February.
Clinton made it clear to North Dakota Democrats last night that she believes there is no such thing as a pledged delegate and highlighted that stubborn streak in her appeal for delegates to switch from Obama to her when the Democratic national party holds its nominating convention this August.
"I am here tonight because I am seeking your support," Clinton said, adding that she never gives up.
"I know what it's like to stumble. I know what it means to get knocked down. But I've never stayed down. I never will and neither will America if we get ready to win this election in November," she said.
Copyright © 2008 ABC News posted 04/07/2008 at 11:19:45
SNL Returns: Clintons, Dodd And Christopher Walken's Tongue
Clinton Asks Obama's Pledged Delegates to Switch
By ELOISE HARPER and SUNLEN MILLER
ABC News
April 5, 2008
Sen. Hillary Clinton made a blunt appeal to North Dakota delegates to switch their support to her, despite the fact that Sen. Barack Obama handily defeated her in the state's caucus in February.
In an indication of how tense the battle has become for each Democratic delegate, Obama abandoned the campaign trail in Pennsylvania and scooted to North Dakota for the state party's annual dinner last night, despite the fact that he's already won 14 of the state's 21 delegates as well as six of the state's seven superdelegates.
Clinton made it clear to North Dakota Democrats last night that she believes there is no such thing as a pledged delegate and highlighted that stubborn streak in her appeal for delegates to switch from Obama to her when the Democratic national party holds its nominating convention this August.
"I am here tonight because I am seeking your support," Clinton said, adding that she never gives up.
"I know what it's like to stumble. I know what it means to get knocked down. But I've never stayed down. I never will and neither will America if we get ready to win this election in November," she said. posted 04/06/2008 at 13:44:07
By ELOISE HARPER and SUNLEN MILLER
ABC News
April 5, 2008
Sen. Hillary Clinton made a blunt appeal to North Dakota delegates to switch their support to her, despite the fact that Sen. Barack Obama handily defeated her in the state's caucus in February.
In an indication of how tense the battle has become for each Democratic delegate, Obama abandoned the campaign trail in Pennsylvania and scooted to North Dakota for the state party's annual dinner last night, despite the fact that he's already won 14 of the state's 21 delegates as well as six of the state's seven superdelegates.
Clinton made it clear to North Dakota Democrats last night that she believes there is no such thing as a pledged delegate and highlighted that stubborn streak in her appeal for delegates to switch from Obama to her when the Democratic national party holds its nominating convention this August.
"I am here tonight because I am seeking your support," Clinton said, adding that she never gives up.
"I know what it's like to stumble. I know what it means to get knocked down. But I've never stayed down. I never will and neither will America if we get ready to win this election in November," she said. posted 04/06/2008 at 13:44:07
Clinton Under Fire Over False Story Of Health Care Horror
Speaking of Bill and Hillary Clintons' Cayman Island investments--which are lurking in the still-unreleased 2007 returns--, this from a speech by Hillary Clinton on March 3, 2004 (http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2004/03/b35989.html):
"We know that people who create a mailbox, or a drop, or send one person to sit on the beach in some island paradise and claim that it is their offshore headquarters know exactly what they're doing. They're playing the American economy, they are sucker-punching the American taxpayer, and they're taking advantage of the customers and consumers that still provide the bulk of their profits. I think it's wrong, and we need to end it. And this should be a non-partisan, let alone bipartisan issue, in order to do so, to tilt the scales back in favor of American companies creating jobs here." posted 04/05/2008 at 19:21:53
"We know that people who create a mailbox, or a drop, or send one person to sit on the beach in some island paradise and claim that it is their offshore headquarters know exactly what they're doing. They're playing the American economy, they are sucker-punching the American taxpayer, and they're taking advantage of the customers and consumers that still provide the bulk of their profits. I think it's wrong, and we need to end it. And this should be a non-partisan, let alone bipartisan issue, in order to do so, to tilt the scales back in favor of American companies creating jobs here." posted 04/05/2008 at 19:21:53
Hillary Clinton Tax Returns: See Full Details
The big question is, Where are the year 2007 returns? The ones which would show the money pouring into the Clinton bank account when HRC was on the on-ramp to her campaign for the Democratic nomination?
Oh, wait: they filed an extension. How conveeeeenient!
And by the way, why isn't the media reporting more about HRC's chief strategist working for the Colombian govt? posted 04/04/2008 at 18:37:06
Oh, wait: they filed an extension. How conveeeeenient!
And by the way, why isn't the media reporting more about HRC's chief strategist working for the Colombian govt? posted 04/04/2008 at 18:37:06
What's particularly heartening is that we can all asleep soundly--at 3 am!--knowing that none of the special interest groups which shelled out a total of $50 million for Bill Clinton to give speeches are expecting ANYTHING in return should HRC be prez..
Meanwhile, not a peep about the names of the donors to the Clinton Library or the Clinton Foundation. Amazing that the NY Times and WSJ and other major papers lets the Clintons run rings around the media. posted 04/04/2008 at 17:36:52
Meanwhile, not a peep about the names of the donors to the Clinton Library or the Clinton Foundation. Amazing that the NY Times and WSJ and other major papers lets the Clintons run rings around the media. posted 04/04/2008 at 17:36:52
Clinton: "I'm Getting Used To Being Outspent"
Isn't it becoming more and more clear that the Clintons -- Hillary and Bill -- and their top inside people share the character trait of getting a kick out of taking big reckless risks -- telling big whoppers,buddying up with crooks, bedding 20 year old interns, lying right and left to the American people -- and then when they get caught, they giggle and dodge and counterattack (and perjure when necessary)?
That's not the kind of crowd I want in the White House, a bunch of thrill-seekers who believe the American public is too stupid to call their bluff. posted 04/04/2008 at 15:37:54
That's not the kind of crowd I want in the White House, a bunch of thrill-seekers who believe the American public is too stupid to call their bluff. posted 04/04/2008 at 15:37:54
Clinton Adviser Mark Penn Meets To Discuss Free-Trade Pact That Hillary Opposes
The Clintons have no compunction about their top campaign manager breaking bread, for piles of cash, with governments or corporations whose interests are at odds with those of U.S. policy. Doesn't anyone remember how Hillary Clinton's brothers--the Rodham boys-- used to cause migraines in the White House because they were always meeting with shady figures who handed them fat envelopes of cash in return for their lobbying Hillary and Bill for (often granted) pardons? And Bill Clinton himself has been jetting around the world, greasing billion dollar deals for foreign industrialists with foreign governments. To the Clintons, politics is a $50 million business, not a calling. The fact that papers such as the NY Times have largely given Hillary a free pass on the bulging sack of deeply troubling conflicts of interest which she and Bill haul around the globe is truly outrageous. Of course the Clintons, in true crazy paranoid whiny fashion, blame the media for their current expiring campaign--much as Nixon did. posted 04/04/2008 at 13:55:10
Clinton Compares Herself To Rocky Balboa: We "Have A Lot In Common"
I hope the Wash Post, which first exposed Hillary Rodham Clinton's lies about her Bosnia trip,
will keep their Pinnochio meter running.
Today I count 2 big Hillawhoppers so far.
1, she told TV cameras in North Carolina that "Sen. Obama wants to stop the voting now."
2. her spurious claims she raised a "yellow-flag" against NAFTA in the White House
It's not yet sundown so chances are good she'll try to sell at least one more Hillawhopper.
I love it that any Democrat still considers this demented lady fit for our nation's highest office. posted 04/01/2008 at 17:12:18
will keep their Pinnochio meter running.
Today I count 2 big Hillawhoppers so far.
1, she told TV cameras in North Carolina that "Sen. Obama wants to stop the voting now."
2. her spurious claims she raised a "yellow-flag" against NAFTA in the White House
It's not yet sundown so chances are good she'll try to sell at least one more Hillawhopper.
I love it that any Democrat still considers this demented lady fit for our nation's highest office. posted 04/01/2008 at 17:12:18
Clinton Says Obama Wants to Stop Votes
I just saw that, today in North Carolina, Hillary went on the TV news
and said that Obama doesn't want the people of North Carolina to vote.
Which is a lie--again. Let's see if the NY Times has the balls to bust her for this latest whopper.
So-- she's announced he's not ready to be commander in chief; that he "might" be a Muslim; and now, that he wants to block people from voting. Yes, Obama will definitely choose this unhinged nasty little piece of work as his running mate -- she'd make him feel very safe up there, wouldn't she?
The big Dems who are saying "let this play out" are playing Billary's game. posted 04/01/2008 at 13:10:01
and said that Obama doesn't want the people of North Carolina to vote.
Which is a lie--again. Let's see if the NY Times has the balls to bust her for this latest whopper.
So-- she's announced he's not ready to be commander in chief; that he "might" be a Muslim; and now, that he wants to block people from voting. Yes, Obama will definitely choose this unhinged nasty little piece of work as his running mate -- she'd make him feel very safe up there, wouldn't she?
The big Dems who are saying "let this play out" are playing Billary's game. posted 04/01/2008 at 13:10:01
Once again, Hillary Clinton is trying to scare voters into abandoning Obama--first it was the red phone, now it's her daily screech that he's trying to disenfranchise voters and heck that just ain't American, in fact is sounds kinda...Muslim, don't it?
Lacking any good reason voters should side with her, she resorts to innuendo, scare tactics, outright fabrications and slander.
But in the long run this WILL be good for the Party--but not for the reason Billary claim. It will be good for the Party because Hillary's toxic campaign is so out in the open, so obsvious, and so revolting, it will finally expunge the Clinton stain from the Democratic party, and allow room for new voices and vision to fill the howling, sucking ethical void left by Billary Clinton. posted 04/01/2008 at 10:04:34
Lacking any good reason voters should side with her, she resorts to innuendo, scare tactics, outright fabrications and slander.
But in the long run this WILL be good for the Party--but not for the reason Billary claim. It will be good for the Party because Hillary's toxic campaign is so out in the open, so obsvious, and so revolting, it will finally expunge the Clinton stain from the Democratic party, and allow room for new voices and vision to fill the howling, sucking ethical void left by Billary Clinton. posted 04/01/2008 at 10:04:34
Chelsea Clinton Asked About Monica Lewinsky Again, Watch Video
The only way Hillary has left to her to scare up votes is to play the victim card (yet again.) Believe me, these questions to Chelsea, about her father's reckless sexual behavior, are coming from Clinton plants in the audience. Hillary moves up in the polls when she can whine about everyone being so mean to her (imagine, just for a second, how the public would be reacting if a candidate such as John Edwards or Joe Biden or Bill Richardson was going around complaining that everyone is so mean to them--they'd be laughed off the stage.) posted 03/31/2008 at 18:38:23
Bill Clinton Tells Democrats To "Chill Out"
I'll chill out as soon as Hillary Clinton allows voters a peek at what she's been covering up -- namely, the names of the donors (foreign governments included) to the Clinton Library and Foundation; the National Archives records of Bill's pardons; oh and yes those tax returns...
Democrats who goo over Hillary are suffering from Nixon Nostsalgia.. posted 03/30/2008 at 20:23:27
Democrats who goo over Hillary are suffering from Nixon Nostsalgia.. posted 03/30/2008 at 20:23:27
Hooked on Hillary
I hope the Wash Post, which first exposed Hillary Rodham Clinton's lies about her Bosnia trip,
will keep their Pinnochio meter running.
Today I count 2 big Hillawhoppers so far.
1, she told TV cameras in North Carolina that "Sen. Obama wants to stop the voting now."
2. her spurious claims she raised a "yellow-flag" against NAFTA in the White House
It's not yet sundown so chances are good she'll try to sell at least one more Hillawhopper.
I love it that any Democrat still considers this demented lady fit for our nation's highest office. posted 04/01/2008 at 17:14:52
will keep their Pinnochio meter running.
Today I count 2 big Hillawhoppers so far.
1, she told TV cameras in North Carolina that "Sen. Obama wants to stop the voting now."
2. her spurious claims she raised a "yellow-flag" against NAFTA in the White House
It's not yet sundown so chances are good she'll try to sell at least one more Hillawhopper.
I love it that any Democrat still considers this demented lady fit for our nation's highest office. posted 04/01/2008 at 17:14:52
the Hitchens piece gets it exactly right -- Hillary fiddled with failed health care reform as 250,000 Bosnians and Serbians died
http://www.slate.com/?id=2187780 posted 03/31/2008 at 14:54:28
http://www.slate.com/?id=2187780 posted 03/31/2008 at 14:54:28
Hillary And Bill: We Aren't Going Anywhere
I see Hillary is continuing to use her favored tactic of vague innuendo--this woman would be a spectacular disaster as Dem nominee:
The New York senator reaffirmed her belief that superdelegates will base their choice on which candidate would make the best president and would have the best chance to beat Republican John McCain in November.
"There will be additional information that will inform those decisions that will come from these upcoming contests," she said. posted 03/28/2008 at 23:40:22
The New York senator reaffirmed her belief that superdelegates will base their choice on which candidate would make the best president and would have the best chance to beat Republican John McCain in November.
"There will be additional information that will inform those decisions that will come from these upcoming contests," she said. posted 03/28/2008 at 23:40:22
Bill Clinton Praises "Moderate" McCain
so it seems Chelsea has inherited her parents' relationship with the truth...
BENSALEM, Pa. -- Chelsea Clinton mistakenly said President Bush had not toured the Middle East as president before arriving there earlier this year.
Speaking at a retirement community outside of Philadelphia, the former first daughter suggested Bush had not been as engaged in the Middle East as previous Commanders-In-Chief, comparing his work to President Clinton"s in Northern Ireland.
"President Bush was in the Middle East last month, and its great that he was there, but that was his first trip there as president," she said at the Wood River Village Assisted Living Center. "He"d visited our men in northern Iraq before but he"d never been to Israel; he"d never been to Jordan, he"d never been to Saudi Arabia or Egypt; he just hadn"t been."
Bush in fact traveled to Egypt, Jordan and Qatar in 2003, and was in Jordan again in 2006.
Ms. Clinton made the same false comments the following day. posted 03/28/2008 at 10:50:13
BENSALEM, Pa. -- Chelsea Clinton mistakenly said President Bush had not toured the Middle East as president before arriving there earlier this year.
Speaking at a retirement community outside of Philadelphia, the former first daughter suggested Bush had not been as engaged in the Middle East as previous Commanders-In-Chief, comparing his work to President Clinton"s in Northern Ireland.
"President Bush was in the Middle East last month, and its great that he was there, but that was his first trip there as president," she said at the Wood River Village Assisted Living Center. "He"d visited our men in northern Iraq before but he"d never been to Israel; he"d never been to Jordan, he"d never been to Saudi Arabia or Egypt; he just hadn"t been."
Bush in fact traveled to Egypt, Jordan and Qatar in 2003, and was in Jordan again in 2006.
Ms. Clinton made the same false comments the following day. posted 03/28/2008 at 10:50:13
Clinton, Obama: We Will Unite
so it seems Chelsea has inherited her parents' relationship with the truth...
BENSALEM, Pa. -- Chelsea Clinton mistakenly said President Bush had not toured the Middle East as president before arriving there earlier this year.
Speaking at a retirement community outside of Philadelphia, the former first daughter suggested Bush had not been as engaged in the Middle East as previous Commanders-In-Chief, comparing his work to President Clinton"s in Northern Ireland.
"President Bush was in the Middle East last month, and its great that he was there, but that was his first trip there as president," she said at the Wood River Village Assisted Living Center. "He"d visited our men in northern Iraq before but he"d never been to Israel; he"d never been to Jordan, he"d never been to Saudi Arabia or Egypt; he just hadn"t been."
Bush in fact traveled to Egypt, Jordan and Qatar in 2003, and was in Jordan again in 2006.
Ms. Clinton made the same iaccurate comments the following day. posted 03/28/2008 at 10:49:19
BENSALEM, Pa. -- Chelsea Clinton mistakenly said President Bush had not toured the Middle East as president before arriving there earlier this year.
Speaking at a retirement community outside of Philadelphia, the former first daughter suggested Bush had not been as engaged in the Middle East as previous Commanders-In-Chief, comparing his work to President Clinton"s in Northern Ireland.
"President Bush was in the Middle East last month, and its great that he was there, but that was his first trip there as president," she said at the Wood River Village Assisted Living Center. "He"d visited our men in northern Iraq before but he"d never been to Israel; he"d never been to Jordan, he"d never been to Saudi Arabia or Egypt; he just hadn"t been."
Bush in fact traveled to Egypt, Jordan and Qatar in 2003, and was in Jordan again in 2006.
Ms. Clinton made the same iaccurate comments the following day. posted 03/28/2008 at 10:49:19
Clinton Promises to Produce Income Tax Returns Next Week
EXACTLY.
Democrats hoping to live off the fumes of Bill Clinton's time in the White House are pathetic -- why resurrect a deeply tainted past when you can build an exciting, healthy future?
Hillary is a stale thug, like a Mafiosa going around dropping a bundle at the casinos when everyone else knows she's long past her sell-by date.. posted 03/27/2008 at 22:02:07
Democrats hoping to live off the fumes of Bill Clinton's time in the White House are pathetic -- why resurrect a deeply tainted past when you can build an exciting, healthy future?
Hillary is a stale thug, like a Mafiosa going around dropping a bundle at the casinos when everyone else knows she's long past her sell-by date.. posted 03/27/2008 at 22:02:07
Clinton Campaign Stands By Harsh Letter To Pelosi
So the Clintons are resorting to big-money thuggery to win the Democratic nomination -- is this how the Party really wants to operate?
And isnt it cute that Steve Rattner signed the letter--who's best pal is Pinch Sulzberger, the NY Times publisher--and the word is that Bill Keller & the Times editorial board was aching to endorse Obama, but Pinch (and his wife, who is one or HRC's finance chairs) ordered up the HRC endorsement... posted 03/27/2008 at 22:32:54
And isnt it cute that Steve Rattner signed the letter--who's best pal is Pinch Sulzberger, the NY Times publisher--and the word is that Bill Keller & the Times editorial board was aching to endorse Obama, but Pinch (and his wife, who is one or HRC's finance chairs) ordered up the HRC endorsement... posted 03/27/2008 at 22:32:54
Morning Shows Snipe At Clinton Over Bosnia Remarks
Last night I dodged sniper fire on my way to brush my teeth. Well, it was actually my cat, Mr Jenkins. He's very dangerous!!! posted 03/25/2008 at 16:05:34
You're wrong, chief--she and Bill have released no tax returns since they left the White House.
Who's the Zombie now, Einstein? posted 03/25/2008 at 16:03:11
Who's the Zombie now, Einstein? posted 03/25/2008 at 16:03:11
Clinton Camp: Hillary Misspoke About Her Role In Bosnia
Just like her husband, Hillary lies like a rug and feels zero remorse, and secretly thinks the American people are too dumb to deserve the truth. This is the mindset of someone who cannot take advice, cannot listen to opposing viewpoints, who blindly stumbles forward, convinced at all times that her way is the only way, and that by repeating a lie often enough, the press will get exhausted and the lie will become the "truth." posted 03/24/2008 at 15:33:06
Another Bill Clinton Moment On The Campaign Trail
Oh please give it a rest. HillBilly did it to themselves by thinking Americans would fall for slice-n-divide, rumor-slinging, sleaze-peddling Rove-style campaign tactics. The only reason HillBilly are still being taken seriously, after blowing through all their campaign funding and losing 24 states and 60 superdelegates since January, is because it makes a better story for the media = higher ratings= greater profits. posted 03/22/2008 at 16:44:50
Hillary Clinton's Passport File Breached Also, According To Rice
on March 13th Hillary Clinton - surrounded by military supporters said:
"As voters evaluate you as a potential Commander-in-Chief, do you think it"s legitimate for people to be concerned that you have traveled to only one NATO country, on a brief stopover trip in 2005, and have never traveled to Latin America?"
The question could be "how did Senator Clinton know this?"
One possible answer:
"It"s just been reported that one of the people involved in the breach reported to a Mora Hardy, a State Department manager who was made an Ambassador by former President Bill Clinton"
Former Clinton ambassador to Paraguay; Mora Hardy. was the supervisor in charge of the two contract employees dismissed after Jan 9th and Feb 21st breaches of security in going into Sen Obama"s passport files.
This is the same supervisor who, was reported, did not report these incidents to her supervisors.
Mora Hardy retired as the Asst Sec of State for Consular Affairs last month (after the Feb 21st incident).
The third incident was last Friday March 14th but this contract employee was not fired and suddenly this story is leaked to the Washington Times.
This is not the work of the Bush Administration.
This has CLINTON written all over it
wait" posted 03/21/2008 at 12:20:17
"As voters evaluate you as a potential Commander-in-Chief, do you think it"s legitimate for people to be concerned that you have traveled to only one NATO country, on a brief stopover trip in 2005, and have never traveled to Latin America?"
The question could be "how did Senator Clinton know this?"
One possible answer:
"It"s just been reported that one of the people involved in the breach reported to a Mora Hardy, a State Department manager who was made an Ambassador by former President Bill Clinton"
Former Clinton ambassador to Paraguay; Mora Hardy. was the supervisor in charge of the two contract employees dismissed after Jan 9th and Feb 21st breaches of security in going into Sen Obama"s passport files.
This is the same supervisor who, was reported, did not report these incidents to her supervisors.
Mora Hardy retired as the Asst Sec of State for Consular Affairs last month (after the Feb 21st incident).
The third incident was last Friday March 14th but this contract employee was not fired and suddenly this story is leaked to the Washington Times.
This is not the work of the Bush Administration.
This has CLINTON written all over it
wait" posted 03/21/2008 at 12:20:17
A Few Unanswered Questions About Bill Richardson's Obama Endorsement
This is too good: Washington Post gives Hillary's "4 Pinocchio's" for her version of her Balkans trip--and supplies video link of her infamous "mad dash off the tarmac under incoming sniper fire"
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/fact-checker/2008/03/hillarys_balkan_adventures_par.html
posted 03/21/2008 at 14:40:01
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/fact-checker/2008/03/hillarys_balkan_adventures_par.html
posted 03/21/2008 at 14:40:01
Maura Harty: State Department Official In Charge During Breaches An Ambassador Under Clinton
The White House FBI files controversy of the Clinton Administration, often referred to in the press as Filegate, arose in June 1996 around improper access in 1993 and 1994 to Federal Bureau of Investigation security-clearance documents. Craig Livingstone, director of the White House's Office of Personnel Security,improperly requested, and received from the FBI, background reports without asking permission of the subject individuals. Estimates range from 400 to 700 to 900 unauthorized file disclosures. Under criticism, Livingstone resigned from his position. Allegations were made, but never proven, that senior White House figures, including First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, may have requested and read the files for political purposes. posted 03/21/2008 at 11:50:35
Obama, Clinton And McCain's Passports Breached: Two State Dept Officials Fired, Investigation Underway
who do you trust to manage the U.S. economy?
March 21, 2008, 3:25 pm
Clinton"s February F.E.C. Filings
By Michael Luo
Despite a strong month of fund-raising in February in which she brought in $35 million, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton finished the month essentially in the red, once her campaign"s outstanding debts are factored in, as well as her personal loan, according to filings submitted late last night to the Federal Election Commission.
After spending about $31 million in her efforts to keep up with Senator Barack Obama, Mrs. Clinton finished February with more than $33 million in cash on hand, but $21.5 million of that is earmarked exclusively for the general election, leaving her with $11.7 million for the primary.
Mrs. Clinton, however, loaned her campaign $5 million earlier this year and she listed $8.7 million in debts to various vendors, making clear why she has not yet paid herself back from her loan.
By way of comparison, Senator Barack Obama, her Democratic opponent, brought in $55 million in February, a record-setting sum, and spent about $43 million, leaving him with $31.6 million in cash on hand available for the primary and $7.3 million set aside for the general. He also did a much better job paying his bills, listing just $625,000 in outstanding debts.
posted 03/21/2008 at 17:00:14
March 21, 2008, 3:25 pm
Clinton"s February F.E.C. Filings
By Michael Luo
Despite a strong month of fund-raising in February in which she brought in $35 million, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton finished the month essentially in the red, once her campaign"s outstanding debts are factored in, as well as her personal loan, according to filings submitted late last night to the Federal Election Commission.
After spending about $31 million in her efforts to keep up with Senator Barack Obama, Mrs. Clinton finished February with more than $33 million in cash on hand, but $21.5 million of that is earmarked exclusively for the general election, leaving her with $11.7 million for the primary.
Mrs. Clinton, however, loaned her campaign $5 million earlier this year and she listed $8.7 million in debts to various vendors, making clear why she has not yet paid herself back from her loan.
By way of comparison, Senator Barack Obama, her Democratic opponent, brought in $55 million in February, a record-setting sum, and spent about $43 million, leaving him with $31.6 million in cash on hand available for the primary and $7.3 million set aside for the general. He also did a much better job paying his bills, listing just $625,000 in outstanding debts.
posted 03/21/2008 at 17:00:14
Judging from the comments here, it's very clear Hillary has locked up the redneck, racist vote, thanks in large part to her and her campaign's covert and overt green-lighting of playing racial politics (Has anyone heard Hillary, even once, raise her voice in objection to the role race is playing in this election? Didn't think so.).
Unfortunately, her base won't be large enough, or compelling enough, to green-light her hoped-for super-delegate theft of the nomination. posted 03/21/2008 at 13:00:10
Unfortunately, her base won't be large enough, or compelling enough, to green-light her hoped-for super-delegate theft of the nomination. posted 03/21/2008 at 13:00:10
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But am I the only one who suspects that she'll actually be working to undermine him, by dropping a few more of her "He's not a Muslim -- as far as I know" fart bombs? posted 05/13/2008 at 10:45:20