AMERICAblog: Gallup: Obama seen as strongest candidate to defeat McCain
CDS2
· 1 year ago
I don't have a horse in this race, since both Hillary and Obama are too far left for me. Frankly I don't care who wins. However, I totally understand why Hillary refuses to quit: Just as Hillary will not have enough delagates to win the nomination, neither will Obama. Hillary has won the big states...the states that elect presidents, Obama has won more states, but Montana and the likes?These are not states that elect presidents. If she wins Pa., there's another big state, one that counts. Hell, if she quit now, before Obama has a clear win, think about all the Hillary supporters that would be pissed off....maybe pissed off enough to stay home, or vote for McCain.
TruthCounts
· 1 year ago
What's clear is that if Obama loses the general election, everyone will be blaming Hillary. Just like the scandal-ridden 90's, no one wants a corrupt Clinton to be in the White House ever again.
Tom3
· 1 year ago
Yet another reason for Hillary to drop out. She's broke, she cannot get enough delegates to win, she won't be able to steal the nomination with superdelegates, and she is wrecking the party. And now she is needlessly keeping the race going while the corporate media whores are all gushing over how "presidential" McInsane looks.
KerrynowCampau
· 1 year ago
Please someone give hillary an out!!
FNReedie
· 1 year ago
Has anyone seen any other polls that confirm this?
HereinDC
· 1 year ago
Obama doesn't need to go negative..... Keep doing what you're doing Obama.
HereinDC
· 1 year ago
"Please someone give hillary an out!!"
Governor of NY if the current guy has something else pop up. It was mentioned on Keith Olbermann this past Friday Night that her being the Governor if a new one is need later this year.
PeteWa
· 1 year ago
If Hillary really wants to be compared to a fictional movie character, might I suggest Alien?
ahaque
· 1 year ago
My blog post of March 26 (below) becomes all the more relevant:
It is Time to Shut Down Hillary Clinton With Democratic race getting nastier by the day and Republican nominee wandering the world looking Presidential, it is time that Democrats brought an end to the nomination race.
Hillary Clinton is stretching her experience claims each day. She and her camp are trying to dig up dirt on the front runner so much so that it could damage the Democrats in fall. Hillary's trip to Bosnia under hail of fire has been discussed much in the media. Last night on Larry King Live, the renown journalist Maureen Dowd who accompanied Hillary put paid to Hillary's peace claims in Ireland. She said that apart from having tea with old ladies, Hillary had no contribution towards the Irish peace on that trip.
There is no mathematical possibility of Hillary Clinton winning the nomination. She is likely to win Pennsylvania, but she is 21 points behind Obama in North Carolina according to latest opinion polls.
It is time that a large number of Democratic Senators, Congressmen/women and party officials step forward and endorse Barack Obama in order to shut down Hillary Clinton before she does more damage to the party. Perhaps this is what Harry Reid was talking about yesterday.
snowbird42
· 1 year ago
From TPM., this is what she is up to. http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com... She is determined that Wright will sink Obama even though that is over. Imagine!!The Clintons who loved the blacks!
TruthCounts
· 1 year ago
"She is determined that Wright will sink Obama even though that is over. Imagine!! The Clintons who loved the blacks!"
Both Bill and Hillary are despised by most African-Americans now. Ever since Billary was caught photo-shopping Obama's skin color and nose shape in a negative ad, people woke up to the Clinton's blatant racism. Billy boy almost bankrupt this country back in the 90's while Shillary tried to force her socialized medical plan on everyone. Well now people are speaking out against these frauds and they are sick of Clinton scum.
jimfromthefoothills
· 1 year ago
She is a pathological liar who needs to be expunged from the party. Let her stay in and destroy herself.
Nigel Elliott
· 1 year ago
Hillary's only hope was Pastor Wright. The Wright controversy was pushed by the Clintons and it backfired, pushing up her negatives instead of Obama's. Even though the GOP will use Wright to scare voters, it won't have the same impact because Fox News already beat that story to death. And besides, the Wright/Obama story is nothing compared to the dirt the GOP has on the Clintons. They are even defendants in an upcoming FEC corruption trial. http://www.peterfpaul.com/
HereinDC
· 1 year ago
A SuperDelegate every other day should come out for Obama....drip drip drip
Like that Herbal Essesense shampoo commerical...and so on and so on and so on.
.Then it looks like they are not ganging up on her.
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Milli
· 1 year ago
The supporters who ALREADY voted for her need to stand up and tell her to get the hell out of the race. She just looks more pathetic by the minute.
aquarius2
· 1 year ago
This is not the only damage being done by Hillary staying in the race. This article is really appalling. The conservative radio hosts are going full blast at encouraging Republicans to cross the line and vote to keep Hillary in the race. I guess I have to more than wonder, after reading this, what really was the motivation of Bill going on Limbaugh's radio show and what was the motivation of Hillary of meeting with Scaife and appearing several times on Fox.
I cannot believe that Republican voters in America would actually stoop so low as to try and interfere with the voting process. For them it is a game, a joke. They are listening to the likes of Taft, Limbaugh who are duping them into believing it's all about finding more out about Clinton. You know damn well, come November, if Clinton is the candidate these same conservative radio hosts will fry her like they have done over the past 16 years.
As a Democrat I feel cheated in so many ways. A woman who only values herself is singlehandedly destroying the Democratic party. Where do I matter in all this? Where is my say in all this? Sure I voted but when responsible people of another party step in to destroy the process what is left?
"The conservative radio hosts are going full blast at encouraging Republicans to cross the line and vote to keep Hillary in the race."
It's even worse than that. The top GOP blogs are now shilling for Billary too. Check out DrudgeReport (by far the most popular Republican site). Recently he's been posting glowing stories about Hillary almost as if they were taken directly from her campaign surrogates. At the same time Drudge has been ruthless against Obama, posting every nasty smear. The Republcans are clearly afraid of Obama and it shows on their sites.
gustavmahler
· 1 year ago
Aha! Everyone has missed the point of the pointless Hillary campaign. Hillary is broke and needs money, by continuing she can hope for more donations to pay off her debt. If she leaves now, she will have to pay back this debt some other way. She is hoping that PA will bring her enough donations to get even (and hoping for the meteor or lightning to strike Obama along the way). What gets me is the continuing lies she and her delegates are telling. Obama stated that she should run as long as she wants. She says Obama says to stop the voting. What a liar she is!
Indigo
· 1 year ago
Hillary believes in the process. ☺
AngryOne
· 1 year ago
In the latest stop on his biographical trip down memory lane, presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain returned to his old high school in Alexandria, Virginia. As it turns out, that may have an odd choice for a man trying to reintroduce himself to the American people. Years after leaving the august halls of Episcopal High School, John McCain became a Baptist.
Even more curious is McCain's shifting positions when it comes what he religion now considers himself to be. In June 2007, McClatchy reported, "McCain still calls himself an Episcopalian." But as the 2008 South Carolina approached, McCain had a change of heart as he appealed to the Palmetto's State's massive evangelical base. By September 2007, McCain announced he had in fact switched teams: "It plays a role in my life. By the way, I'm not Episcopalian. I'm Baptist."
Hillary: It doesn't matter that Obama can beat McCain Hillary: It doesn't matter that Obama's won twice as many states Hillary: It doesn't matter that I can't win enough pledged delegates Hillary: It doesn't matter that I will lose the popular vote Hillary: It doesn't matter that I said in January that Michigan's primary results wouldn't count Hillary: You bastards owe me.
Actually, Hillary does resemble Rocky Balboa -- both are punch-drunk fictional characters who are legends in their own minds.
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shanobama
· 1 year ago
hahahahSarah B., that alternet article was a hoot! Thanks.
aquarius2
· 1 year ago
There are brilliant lawyers in this country. Someone should be bringing suit against the likes of Limbaugh, Ingram and Taft. The are deliberately trying to throw an election in order to get the candidate most likely to be defeated in a general election. Oh wait, I forgot, like corporate America, there is no money in it for them to do the right thing.
Jerry Zeifman, a lifelong Democrat, supervised the work of 27-year-old Hillary Rodham on the committee. Hillary got a job working on the investigation at the behest of her former law professor, Burke Marshall, who was also Sen. Ted Kennedy's chief counsel in the Chappaquiddick affair. When the investigation was over, Zeifman fired Hillary from the committee staff and refused to give her a letter of recommendation – one of only three people who earned that dubious distinction in Zeifman's 17-year career.
Why?
"Because she was a liar," Zeifman said in an interview last week. "She was an unethical, dishonest lawyer. She conspired to violate the Constitution, the rules of the House, the rules of the committee and the rules of confidentiality."
dad
· 1 year ago
Rocky? so now we got a stallion to go with the maveric. this would just be a PA thing would it?
Obama's the south paw. He could make it up the steps too.
I think Hillary should stay in so everyone could grow to dislike her.
TruthCounts
· 1 year ago
What I always wonder is what type of person would be supporting Billary at this point? What is their ability to think cleary, logically, and ethically? Obviously not much. If people are that dumb, I don't want them anywhere near the Obama campaign. Billary and her braindead supporters need to get the hell out of the way.
aquarius2
· 1 year ago
Bumpkis
Too bad the main stream media isn't picking up on that one!!! Wright would be a forgotten name.
bumpkis
· 1 year ago
AQ2...I would forward that one to my MSM email list, but gave up on them a long time ago. Just zoom it around the web and hope for the best.....
duchessofbilgewater
· 1 year ago
I'm no expert on Sylvester Stallone movies, but didn't Rocky lose?
Sarah B.
· 1 year ago
I'm no expert on Sylvester Stallone movies, but didn't Rocky lose?
duchess
Yes, Rocky did lose.
And Rocky lost to...are you ready?
An African-American!
Just sayin'....
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BLOGGING BITCH!
· 1 year ago
I think Hillary is the best candidate to release her tax returns.
Mike_H
· 1 year ago
I think, up until these recent polls, she was still seeing enough shreds of hope to keep going, and honestly I believe it's not all machiavellian with her, I think she honestly believes in her leadership abilities, and with good reason.
But now that even those shreds seem to be dissipating, I don't think it'll be too much longer before she figures out a graceful exit...
Sarah B.
· 1 year ago
More good tidings:
New Rasmussen poll -- Obama is shrinking Clinton's lead in Pennsylvania!
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in Pennsylvania shows Clinton leading Barack Obama by just five percentage points, 47% to 42%. For Clinton, that five-point edge is down from a ten-point lead a week ago, a thirteen-point lead in mid-March and a fifteen-point advantage in early March.
Note the speed with which Obama is catching up in Pennsylvania -- his campaign bus tour -- accompanied by the very popular Senator Bob Casey, Jr. -- is already beginning to make a difference...and they're just getting started with speeches and rallies all across the state. :) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
EdNSted
· 1 year ago
Meanwhile, back at the ranch, Congress deploys their ultimate super-secret weapon in the the struggle for a responsive energy policy... the the strongly worded huffNpuff
Yes indeed, leave the bank doors open, the vault unlocked, put a neon sign out from welcoming all theives, turn off the security cameras, dose the bank guards with rohypnol, and then, when the money comes up missing, get all pissy with the criminals you helped rob the bank. These guys are truly audacious.
EdNSted
· 1 year ago
Ya know, i could probably live with Disqus putting my post at one end of the discussion or the other but this dropping it at some random spot in the middle of the thread.... that's just not right.
Tom3
· 1 year ago
Jeez, Nixon was a criminal scumbag but at least he was entitled to counsel.
Hmmm...Who else doesn't think people being accused of crimes don't need access to legal counsel...
Could it be....Chimpy?!?!?
ericgoldman
· 1 year ago
My understanding of the HRC campaign's game plan is that IF she makes strong showings in the next couple of primaries such that she can claim momentum, and such that Obama cannot claim a definitive mathematical victory prior to the convention, THEN the HRC campaign will fight it out in the credentials committee with respect to Michigan and Florida, and fight it out on the convention floor in the hopes that after the initial vote those pledged Obama delegates with "buyer's remorse" will "vote their conscience" and vote Clinton.
In effect, HRC is anticipating that the Republican attack machine is about to take aim at Obama, which will make the HRC attack machine look like a kiddie park attraction.
Thus, in effect, she's betting on the same thing she's been betting on all along. The Republican attack machine will render Obama un-electable and she will be the last Democrat standing -- her old "I'm the strongest candidate because I've been vetted" argument.
LeslieB
· 1 year ago
Sarah B. 5 minutes ago More good tidings: New Rasmussen poll -- Obama is shrinking Clinton's lead in Pennsylvania! Clinton 47% Obama 42%
YIPPEE! HURRAH!!!!
Tom3
· 1 year ago
Ed, don't use the reply feature and it won't dump your comment in the middle. Just use the Add New Comment box every single time.
TruthCounts
· 1 year ago
If Hillary wins Pennsylvania by anything less than 25 points, it will be a devastating loss for her. Obama has eviscerated her dishonest and racist negative campaign. Billary's desperate campaign is sinking and it couldn't be soon enough.
Tom3
· 1 year ago
James Carville, a dirty rotten scoundrel if there ever was one, once described Pennsylvania as "Philadelphia and Pittsburgh with Alabama in the middle".
I don't like him because he literally sleeps with the enemy and he called Bill Richardson "Judas" for endorsing Obama. But he is right on the money about Pennsylvania.
falloch
· 1 year ago
'So we have to ask, under what possible scenario does Hillary see herself becoming the nominee? ' Pre-JFK shooting, was there ever a Democratic race where one of the candidates was under a real threat of assassination? I am NOT saying Billary would be the perpetrator(s), but would take advantage of the reality that is who gets to be president in the USA today. I live in the UK, where friends here almost take it for granted, given the US track record for guns and 'weird, loner' assassins, that it will be a miracle if Obama makes it past the Dem convention, let alone survive to the presidential election. Sorry to be so grim.
bumpkis
· 1 year ago
AQ2..Mirth...I see DKOS has picked up on the same link now...
"The Iraqi military's offensive in Basra was supposed to demonstrate the power of the central government in Baghdad. Instead it has proven the continuing relevance of anti-American cleric Moqtada al-Sadr. Sadr's militia, the Mahdi Army, stood its ground in several days of heavy fighting with Iraqi soldiers backed up by American and British air power. But perhaps more important than the manner in which the militia fought is the manner in which it stopped fighting. On Sunday Sadr issued a call for members of the Mahdi Army to stop appearing in the streets with their weapons and to cease attacks on government installations. Within a day, the fighting had mostly ceased. It was an ominous answer to a question posed for months by U.S. military observes: Is Sadr still the leader of a unified movement and military force? The answer appears to be yes."
KerrynowCampau
· 1 year ago
"I'm no expert on Sylvester Stallone movies, but didn't Rocky lose?"
LOL! Can Hillary get anything right?
dad
· 1 year ago
She was ahead by 19 points in PA.
Anything less than that is a defeat.
aquarius2
· 1 year ago
bumpkis
I have sent the link to every owner of the blogs I read. This is damn important, it goes right to the heart of Clinton's credibility. Let's hope someone else runs with this. Did you write Joe or John to have them run a story on this. I noticed there is a copyright infringement but I am sure if they asked they would be given permission to run with it.
tlsintx
· 1 year ago
McSame is trying to run away from Bush...good luck with that. It's gonna suck to be trashed by Bush twice...
I sent it to JA a while before I posted it here....might be worried about sourcing and cred with that site...I, however, have no such scruples.
aquarius2
· 1 year ago
bumpkis
LOL ya can't do all the work for them, let them vet it. I couldn't find a thing on it at kos, but then I can never find a thing over there.
bumpkis
· 1 year ago
AQ2
I clicked on the dkos link...it is still active.
grasshopper
· 1 year ago
CDS2,
The canard that Hillary is more electable because she won the big states is hogwash. No matter who the Dem nominee is, he/she will win NY, CA, MA, NJ. Doing well in those states is less meaningful than doing well in winnable swing states. Some of the important swing/purple states that Obama has won: Wisconsin, Iowa, Virginia, Colorado, Maryland . The average margin of victory for Obama here was 21.5%. Obama's most important narrow win was in the key swing state of Missouri. Other than that, when he wins, he blows Clinton out of the water. Where Hillary won, it has been with narrow, razor thin margins.
CDS2
· 1 year ago
Grasshopper...
Just trying to think like Hillary...
Sarah B.
· 1 year ago
Just trying to think like Hillary...
CDS
Trying to "think like Hillary" could be dangerous to your mental health!
The woman is pathological on any number of levels -- with lies, self-aggrandizement, complaints of victimization, and a relentless sense of entitlement in the forefront as permanent features of her personality.
Proceed with caution. :) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CDS2
· 1 year ago
Sarah, one more thing (just to stir the pot): What will you do if Hillary wins? Don't tell me it's not possible, 'cause it is.
CDS2
· 1 year ago
OK...you win that one...LOL
Sarah B.
· 1 year ago
"Because she was a liar," Zeifman said in an interview last week. "She was an unethical, dishonest lawyer. She conspired to violate the Constitution, the rules of the House, the rules of the committee and the rules of confidentiality."
bumpkis
That Jerry Zeifman, interview is devastating -- and Hillary is ready to deliver more of the same on Day One!
Plus, the Zeifman interview gives new meaning to Hillary's self-serving mantra -- "I have 35 years of experience." She has "experience" indeed.
Hillary then and Hillary now -- the same “pattern of lies, deceit, fabrications and unethical behavior was established long ago – long before the Bosnia lie, and indeed, even before cattle futures, Travelgate and Whitewater – for the woman who is still asking us to make her president of the United States.”
I don’t believe that Hillary’s padded résumé includes the fact that she was fired for cause from the House Judiciary Committee’s Watergate staff and denied a letter of recommendation – more selective editing, to be sure.
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grandma
· 1 year ago
April 1, 2008, 4:09 pm Blogtalk: Party Crashers
NY Times Caucus
A number of Oregon Republicans are switching their party affiliation so they can participate in the state's Democratic primary.
Hillary appears to have adopted a concerted strategy of telling local media in states that will vote after Pennsylvania that Obama and his supporters are opposed to allowing those states' residents to vote.
Hillary made similar comments to a Montana station, too, and to one in Indiana.
I was hearing somewhere (radio?) that perhaps a good exit plan to offer Hillary is the governship of NY. Is there any truth to this?
Seriously, at this point Hillary needs to start caring about We The People and what's best for the country ...not was is best for her.
Coming Undone
· 1 year ago
We need to get another possible lie straight, Hillary said she never met Rev. Snyder but then she said that she has not attended that church since about 2001. If the Clinton's attended this church it is hard to imagine that Hillary never met Rev Snyder. This would be a big deal to have the President and the first lady in attendance.
Dave of the Jungle
· 1 year ago
Guys,
Why must you constantly cloud the issue with objective factual information?
"Sen. Barack Obama is talking about the elephant in the room — Republican rival John McCain — and all but ignoring the Democrat who stands between him and his party's presidential nomination. "
"One hundred years in a country that had nothing to do with 9/11 may make sense to George Bush and John McCain but it is the wrong thing to do. It is not right for our national security. It is not right for our economy," Obama said to applause at a town hall."
"I don't buy this whole thing that people are super-divided," he said in response to a question. "We are going to come together and focus on the fact that John McCain wants to continue the war in Iraq, I want to end it, John McCain wants to continue George Bush's economic policies."
Jerry Zeifman, a lifelong Democrat, supervised the work of 27-year-old Hillary Rodham on the committee. Hillary got a job working on the investigation at the behest of her former law professor, Burke Marshall, who was also Sen. Ted Kennedy's chief counsel in the Chappaquiddick affair. When the investigation was over, Zeifman fired Hillary from the committee staff and refused to give her a letter of recommendation – one of only three people who earned that dubious distinction in Zeifman's 17-year career.
Zeifman has quite a bibliography, according to his bio, his articles appear in: Wall Street Journal; Washington Times; Insight Magazine; NewsMax; National Ledger; World Net Daily; New York Post.
In other words, he is a regular in every wacko right-wing hate publication on the planet, except for the KKK newsletter and the Neo-Nazi Gazette.
You might want to take his stuff with a grain of salt. He's also older than McCrazy McCain. Probably spends his days shouting at pigeons.
Sarah B.
· 1 year ago
nicho
Yes, upon reflection, Jerry Zeifman -- despite being “a lifelong Democrat” -- does appear to have cultivated a symbiotic relationship with various right-wing wackjob media venues of the most odious variety.
Certainly, the facts -- as Zeifman has related them -- call for further scrutiny and the following questions need to be answered:
(1) Did Zeifman in fact fire Hillary from the House Judiciary Committee’s Watergate investigation staff for the reasons he alleges in the interview?
(2) Did Zeifman deny Hillary a letter of recommendation based upon his stated reasons?
Zeifman should be able to answer those questions definitively – and, if so, then the burden still rests with Hillary to defend herself against his allegations. If she did receive a letter of recommendation from Zeifman, she may have kept that missive among her personal papers to this day and can produce it for all to see.
Or, maybe Zeifman is full of shit.
Or, it could be that both Zeifman and Hillary are full of shit, which renders his allegations moot and irrelevant.
Or, perhaps, it’s just a sad case of an old Pot enjoying a nostalgic rendezvous with an ageing Kettle...in his own mind.
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jr
· 1 year ago
white makes right to Ed Rendell
LizzyBeth
· 1 year ago
there is no reason for the remaining SuperDelegates to remain on the fence and watch Hillary damage our chances at victory in the fall, other than their own cowardice.
Thank you for saying this!
Rab
· 1 year ago
This is common knowledge to anybody thats observed the primaries.
Sarah B.
· 1 year ago
CDS
When you're dealing with the Clintons, alas, anything is possible -- because they plan to beg, borrow, and/or steal this nomination by hook or by crook, specifically, by mustering the Superdelegates to give Hillary a photo-finish.
But, if Hillary is the nominee, I will still hold my nose and vote for her because I don't want to see McCain continue to wage another Hundred Years War in Iraq and Afghanistan – because the current expenditures of $12 billion a month (adjusted for inflation) are simply not sustainable – and if the money factor doesn’t convince you, then, perhaps the continued loss of life might attract your attention.
Even worse, however, is the prospect that McCain would appoint the next one or maybe two Supreme Court Justices, and he has expressed an affinity for jurists like Scalia, Roberts, Thomas, and Alito -- who have aligned themselves with corporatist interests over the rights of the people.
Actually, my nose starts to hurt just thinking about the prospect of holding it that hard....
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Dodgy Press
· 1 year ago
That is Brilliant News.... Here in OZ, the media, have been giving Bilary, way too much Love. This Poll, will hopefully, shake that narrative.
shawn
· 1 year ago
The scenario: she is hoping that something in this "Tonya Harding" plan will sink Obama and bring her up a la Rev. Wright. and she can cruise on to victory. You know, as someone who lives in NY and worked on both campaigns for her husband and voted for her as Senator, I am thoroughly disgusted with her "scorched earth" philosphy and one phony act after another. I simply se Barack Obama as the "real deal"!
mirth
· 1 year ago
EdNSted,
Several have mentioned the Disqus posting a comment seemingly at random and they don't like that. To me, the way new comments appear on the thread makes perfect sense. While you, for instance, were writing your comments, other comments were appearing. When you publish yours it appears below these newest comments and then Disqus hightlights it to make it easy to find and then to read what else posted while you were writing. I don't see why this isn't considered a good feature of Disqus.
mirth
· 1 year ago
Oops. I see that my reply to you may not address that problem you have with Disqus. Tom3 may have solved your problem, which is do not comment by hitting 'reply,' which is intended for indented comments and that feature has been discontinued. As T3 sez, use the comment box and your comment will appear just under comments that were published as you were writing.
mirth
· 1 year ago
Bumpkis...Yea! It's a superb find. People should link it on any other blog they visit.
mirth
· 1 year ago
Bumpkis,
WOW! Excellent find.!
mirth
· 1 year ago
Bumpkis,
There is also a Hillary story (which I linked to on Halo before the switch to Disqus and now can't find) of her self-aggrandizing-lawyer defense of an Arkansas man who had raped a 12-year-old girl. While he had the right to a vigorous defense, Hillary went way beyond that to eviserate this girl...and Clinton, rightly, rec'd jeers for it.
If I find the story, I'll post it again.
mirth
· 1 year ago
How is that "clear," TruthCounts? I don't get the connection. Flash: Because your words appear in print does not give them validity. * Polls like this Gallup bouys our hope, as do the huge amounts of people who come to hear his speeches and who have packed voting places in unprecedented numbers to register their preference for Obama. So it isn't merely our hope; it is our hope based on reality. We have evidence to believe our hope will come to fruition in November.
President Barack Hussein Obama
mirth
· 1 year ago
Truth Counts,
Your continued use of Hillary's "socialized medicine" meme makes you appear very uninformed. Nothing could be farther from the truth. * Nigel,
Cheers for your comment. Your analysis of the Hillary "Wright" campaign is righton and it's another example of her piss-poor managerial skills.
All Comments
Keep doing what you're doing Obama.
Governor of NY if the current guy has something else pop up.
It was mentioned on Keith Olbermann this past Friday Night that her being the Governor if a new one is need later this year.
It is Time to Shut Down Hillary Clinton
With Democratic race getting nastier by the day and Republican nominee wandering the world looking Presidential, it is time that Democrats brought an end to the nomination race.
Hillary Clinton is stretching her experience claims each day. She and her camp are trying to dig up dirt on the front runner so much so that it could damage the Democrats in fall. Hillary's trip to Bosnia under hail of fire has been discussed much in the media. Last night on Larry King Live, the renown journalist Maureen Dowd who accompanied Hillary put paid to Hillary's peace claims in Ireland. She said that apart from having tea with old ladies, Hillary had no contribution towards the Irish peace on that trip.
There is no mathematical possibility of Hillary Clinton winning the nomination. She is likely to win Pennsylvania, but she is 21 points behind Obama in North Carolina according to latest opinion polls.
It is time that a large number of Democratic Senators, Congressmen/women and party officials step forward and endorse Barack Obama in order to shut down Hillary Clinton before she does more damage to the party. Perhaps this is what Harry Reid was talking about yesterday.
http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com...
She is determined that Wright will sink Obama even though that is over. Imagine!!The Clintons who loved the blacks!
Both Bill and Hillary are despised by most African-Americans now. Ever since Billary was caught photo-shopping Obama's skin color and nose shape in a negative ad, people woke up to the Clinton's blatant racism. Billy boy almost bankrupt this country back in the 90's while Shillary tried to force her socialized medical plan on everyone. Well now people are speaking out against these frauds and they are sick of Clinton scum.
http://www.peterfpaul.com/
Like that Herbal Essesense shampoo commerical...and so on and so on and so on.
.Then it looks like they are not ganging up on her.
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I cannot believe that Republican voters in America would actually stoop so low as to try and interfere with the voting process. For them it is a game, a joke. They are listening to the likes of Taft, Limbaugh who are duping them into believing it's all about finding more out about Clinton. You know damn well, come November, if Clinton is the candidate these same conservative radio hosts will fry her like they have done over the past 16 years.
As a Democrat I feel cheated in so many ways. A woman who only values herself is singlehandedly destroying the Democratic party. Where do I matter in all this? Where is my say in all this? Sure I voted but when responsible people of another party step in to destroy the process what is left?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080401/ap_on_el_pr...
It's even worse than that. The top GOP blogs are now shilling for Billary too. Check out DrudgeReport (by far the most popular Republican site). Recently he's been posting glowing stories about Hillary almost as if they were taken directly from her campaign surrogates. At the same time Drudge has been ruthless against Obama, posting every nasty smear. The Republcans are clearly afraid of Obama and it shows on their sites.
What gets me is the continuing lies she and her delegates are telling. Obama stated that she should run as long as she wants. She says Obama says to stop the voting. What a liar she is!
Even more curious is McCain's shifting positions when it comes what he religion now considers himself to be. In June 2007, McClatchy reported, "McCain still calls himself an Episcopalian." But as the 2008 South Carolina approached, McCain had a change of heart as he appealed to the Palmetto's State's massive evangelical base. By September 2007, McCain announced he had in fact switched teams: "It plays a role in my life. By the way, I'm not Episcopalian. I'm Baptist."
For the details, see:
"New Baptist John McCain Returns to His Old Episcopal High School."
Hillary: It doesn't matter that Obama's won twice as many states
Hillary: It doesn't matter that I can't win enough pledged delegates
Hillary: It doesn't matter that I will lose the popular vote
Hillary: It doesn't matter that I said in January that Michigan's primary results wouldn't count
Hillary: You bastards owe me.
The Top 10 Myths Keeping Hillary in the Race
http://www.alternet.org/election08/80870/?page=...
Actually, Hillary does resemble Rocky Balboa -- both are punch-drunk fictional characters who are legends in their own minds.
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http://www.northstarwriters.com/dc163.htm
Jerry Zeifman, a lifelong Democrat, supervised the work of 27-year-old Hillary Rodham on the committee. Hillary got a job working on the investigation at the behest of her former law professor, Burke Marshall, who was also Sen. Ted Kennedy's chief counsel in the Chappaquiddick affair. When the investigation was over, Zeifman fired Hillary from the committee staff and refused to give her a letter of recommendation – one of only three people who earned that dubious distinction in Zeifman's 17-year career.
Why?
"Because she was a liar," Zeifman said in an interview last week. "She was an unethical, dishonest lawyer. She conspired to violate the Constitution, the rules of the House, the rules of the committee and the rules of confidentiality."
so now we got a stallion to go with the maveric.
this would just be a PA thing would it?
Obama's the south paw.
He could make it up the steps too.
I think Hillary should stay in so everyone could grow to dislike her.
Too bad the main stream media isn't picking up on that one!!! Wright would be a forgotten name.
duchess
Yes, Rocky did lose.
And Rocky lost to...are you ready?
An African-American!
Just sayin'....
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But now that even those shreds seem to be dissipating, I don't think it'll be too much longer before she figures out a graceful exit...
New Rasmussen poll -- Obama is shrinking Clinton's lead in Pennsylvania!
Clinton 47% Obama 42%
http://rasmussenreports.com/public_content/poli...
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in Pennsylvania shows Clinton leading Barack Obama by just five percentage points, 47% to 42%. For Clinton, that five-point edge is down from a ten-point lead a week ago, a thirteen-point lead in mid-March and a fifteen-point advantage in early March.
Note the speed with which Obama is catching up in Pennsylvania -- his campaign bus tour -- accompanied by the very popular Senator Bob Casey, Jr. -- is already beginning to make a difference...and they're just getting started with speeches and rallies all across the state.
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Yes indeed, leave the bank doors open, the vault unlocked, put a neon sign out from welcoming all theives, turn off the security cameras, dose the bank guards with rohypnol, and then, when the money comes up missing, get all pissy with the criminals you helped rob the bank. These guys are truly audacious.
Hmmm...Who else doesn't think people being accused of crimes don't need access to legal counsel...
Could it be....Chimpy?!?!?
In effect, HRC is anticipating that the Republican attack machine is about to take aim at Obama, which will make the HRC attack machine look like a kiddie park attraction.
Thus, in effect, she's betting on the same thing she's been betting on all along. The Republican attack machine will render Obama un-electable and she will be the last Democrat standing -- her old "I'm the strongest candidate because I've been vetted" argument.
More good tidings:
New Rasmussen poll -- Obama is shrinking Clinton's lead in Pennsylvania!
Clinton 47% Obama 42%
YIPPEE! HURRAH!!!!
I don't like him because he literally sleeps with the enemy and he called Bill Richardson "Judas" for endorsing Obama. But he is right on the money about Pennsylvania.
Pre-JFK shooting, was there ever a Democratic race where one of the candidates was under a real threat of assassination? I am NOT saying Billary would be the perpetrator(s), but would take advantage of the reality that is who gets to be president in the USA today. I live in the UK, where friends here almost take it for granted, given the US track record for guns and 'weird, loner' assassins, that it will be a miracle if Obama makes it past the Dem convention, let alone survive to the presidential election. Sorry to be so grim.
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/4/1/1647...
How Moqtada al-Sadr Won in Basra
"The Iraqi military's offensive in Basra was supposed to demonstrate the power of the central government in Baghdad. Instead it has proven the continuing relevance of anti-American cleric Moqtada al-Sadr. Sadr's militia, the Mahdi Army, stood its ground in several days of heavy fighting with Iraqi soldiers backed up by American and British air power. But perhaps more important than the manner in which the militia fought is the manner in which it stopped fighting. On Sunday Sadr issued a call for members of the Mahdi Army to stop appearing in the streets with their weapons and to cease attacks on government installations. Within a day, the fighting had mostly ceased. It was an ominous answer to a question posed for months by U.S. military observes: Is Sadr still the leader of a unified movement and military force? The answer appears to be yes."
LOL! Can Hillary get anything right?
Anything less than that is a defeat.
I have sent the link to every owner of the blogs I read. This is damn important, it goes right to the heart of Clinton's credibility. Let's hope someone else runs with this. Did you write Joe or John to have them run a story on this. I noticed there is a copyright infringement but I am sure if they asked they would be given permission to run with it.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080401/ts_alt_afp...
LOL ya can't do all the work for them, let them vet it. I couldn't find a thing on it at kos, but then I can never find a thing over there.
I clicked on the dkos link...it is still active.
The canard that Hillary is more electable because she won the big states is hogwash. No matter who the Dem nominee is, he/she will win NY, CA, MA, NJ. Doing well in those states is less meaningful than doing well in winnable swing states. Some of the important swing/purple states that Obama has won: Wisconsin, Iowa, Virginia, Colorado, Maryland . The average margin of victory for Obama here was 21.5%. Obama's most important narrow win was in the key swing state of Missouri. Other than that, when he wins, he blows Clinton out of the water. Where Hillary won, it has been with narrow, razor thin margins.
Just trying to think like Hillary...
CDS
Trying to "think like Hillary" could be dangerous to your mental health!
The woman is pathological on any number of levels -- with lies, self-aggrandizement, complaints of victimization, and a relentless sense of entitlement in the forefront as permanent features of her personality.
Proceed with caution.
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bumpkis
That Jerry Zeifman, interview is devastating -- and Hillary is ready to deliver more of the same on Day One!
Plus, the Zeifman interview gives new meaning to Hillary's self-serving mantra -- "I have 35 years of experience." She has "experience" indeed.
Hillary then and Hillary now -- the same “pattern of lies, deceit, fabrications and unethical behavior was established long ago – long before the Bosnia lie, and indeed, even before cattle futures, Travelgate and Whitewater – for the woman who is still asking us to make her president of the United States.”
I don’t believe that Hillary’s padded résumé includes the fact that she was fired for cause from the House Judiciary Committee’s Watergate staff and denied a letter of recommendation – more selective editing, to be sure.
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Blogtalk: Party Crashers
NY Times Caucus
A number of Oregon Republicans are switching their party affiliation so they can participate in the state's Democratic primary.
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/01/b...
Hillary made similar comments to a Montana station, too, and to one in Indiana.
http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com...
Seriously, at this point Hillary needs to start caring about We The People and what's best for the country ...not was is best for her.
Hillary said she never met Rev. Snyder but then she said that she has not attended that church since about 2001. If the Clinton's attended this church it is hard to imagine that Hillary never met Rev Snyder. This would be a big deal to have the President and the first lady in attendance.
Why must you constantly cloud the issue with objective factual information?
Obama is now directing his aims at McCrazyCain:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080401/ap_on_el_pr...
"Sen. Barack Obama is talking about the elephant in the room — Republican rival John McCain — and all but ignoring the Democrat who stands between him and his party's presidential nomination. "
"One hundred years in a country that had nothing to do with 9/11 may make sense to George Bush and John McCain but it is the wrong thing to do. It is not right for our national security. It is not right for our economy," Obama said to applause at a town hall."
"I don't buy this whole thing that people are super-divided," he said in response to a question. "We are going to come together and focus on the fact that John McCain wants to continue the war in Iraq, I want to end it, John McCain wants to continue George Bush's economic policies."
Oh my...
http://www.northstarwriters.com/dc163.htm
Jerry Zeifman, a lifelong Democrat, supervised the work of 27-year-old Hillary Rodham on the committee. Hillary got a job working on the investigation at the behest of her former law professor, Burke Marshall, who was also Sen. Ted Kennedy's chief counsel in the Chappaquiddick affair. When the investigation was over, Zeifman fired Hillary from the committee staff and refused to give her a letter of recommendation – one of only three people who earned that dubious distinction in Zeifman's 17-year career.
Zeifman has quite a bibliography, according to his bio, his articles appear in:
Wall Street Journal; Washington Times; Insight Magazine; NewsMax; National Ledger; World Net Daily; New York Post.
In other words, he is a regular in every wacko right-wing hate publication on the planet, except for the KKK newsletter and the Neo-Nazi Gazette.
You might want to take his stuff with a grain of salt. He's also older than McCrazy McCain. Probably spends his days shouting at pigeons.
Yes, upon reflection, Jerry Zeifman -- despite being “a lifelong Democrat” -- does appear to have cultivated a symbiotic relationship with various right-wing wackjob media venues of the most odious variety.
Certainly, the facts -- as Zeifman has related them -- call for further scrutiny and the following questions need to be answered:
(1) Did Zeifman in fact fire Hillary from the House Judiciary Committee’s Watergate investigation staff for the reasons he alleges in the interview?
(2) Did Zeifman deny Hillary a letter of recommendation based upon his stated reasons?
Zeifman should be able to answer those questions definitively – and, if so, then the burden still rests with Hillary to defend herself against his allegations. If she did receive a letter of recommendation from Zeifman, she may have kept that missive among her personal papers to this day and can produce it for all to see.
Or, maybe Zeifman is full of shit.
Or, it could be that both Zeifman and Hillary are full of shit, which renders his allegations moot and irrelevant.
Or, perhaps, it’s just a sad case of an old Pot enjoying a nostalgic rendezvous with an ageing Kettle...in his own mind.
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Thank you for saying this!
When you're dealing with the Clintons, alas, anything is possible -- because they plan to beg, borrow, and/or steal this nomination by hook or by crook, specifically, by mustering the Superdelegates to give Hillary a photo-finish.
But, if Hillary is the nominee, I will still hold my nose and vote for her because I don't want to see McCain continue to wage another Hundred Years War in Iraq and Afghanistan – because the current expenditures of $12 billion a month (adjusted for inflation) are simply not sustainable – and if the money factor doesn’t convince you, then, perhaps the continued loss of life might attract your attention.
Even worse, however, is the prospect that McCain would appoint the next one or maybe two Supreme Court Justices, and he has expressed an affinity for jurists like Scalia, Roberts, Thomas, and Alito -- who have aligned themselves with corporatist interests over the rights of the people.
Actually, my nose starts to hurt just thinking about the prospect of holding it that hard....
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Here in OZ, the media, have been giving Bilary, way too much Love. This Poll, will hopefully, shake that narrative.
Several have mentioned the Disqus posting a comment seemingly at random and they don't like that. To me, the way new comments appear on the thread makes perfect sense.
While you, for instance, were writing your comments, other comments were appearing. When you publish yours it appears below these newest comments and then Disqus hightlights it to make it easy to find and then to read what else posted while you were writing.
I don't see why this isn't considered a good feature of Disqus.
As T3 sez, use the comment box and your comment will appear just under comments that were published as you were writing.
It's a superb find. People should link it on any other blog they visit.
WOW! Excellent find.!
There is also a Hillary story (which I linked to on Halo before the switch to Disqus and now can't find) of her self-aggrandizing-lawyer defense of an Arkansas man who had raped a 12-year-old girl. While he had the right to a vigorous defense, Hillary went way beyond that to eviserate this girl...and Clinton, rightly, rec'd jeers for it.
If I find the story, I'll post it again.
Flash: Because your words appear in print does not give them validity.
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Polls like this Gallup bouys our hope, as do the huge amounts of people who come to hear his speeches and who have packed voting places in unprecedented numbers to register their preference for Obama.
So it isn't merely our hope; it is our hope based on reality. We have evidence to believe our hope will come to fruition in November.
President Barack Hussein Obama
Your continued use of Hillary's "socialized medicine" meme makes you appear very uninformed. Nothing could be farther from the truth.
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Nigel,
Cheers for your comment. Your analysis of the Hillary "Wright" campaign is righton and it's another example of her piss-poor managerial skills.