I was an Edwards supporter...after FL when he dropped out, I leaned towards Clinton mainly because I LOVE(d) Bill. I shook his hand once in CO when he flew in for the AF academy graduation. But Hill and Bills behavior since Feb. has been DISGRACEFUL, DISGUSTING and yes, I too now HATE them both !!!!
I didn't leave them...they left ME and turned me OFF to them in a BIG WAY !!!
The more she does to taint Obama's candidacy in the GE, the more she will be hated. She needs to figure out RIGHT NOW how to bow out with grace and class. Rotsa ruck with that!
aquarius2
· 1 year ago
Against all MSNBC talking heads, Rachel Maddow said Clinton was not dropping out of the race. Rachel is batting 100%, Clinton isn't dropping out and I agreed with that last night. Look what has happened today, Clinton is out there as if this was a minor setback.
I stand by my statement, she has moved people from neutral to hate in a few short months.
jr
· 1 year ago
I've hated Hillary since Bill signed the telecommunications act of 1996 leaving us outnumbered 9-1 on talk radio. Now she's starving our governor, congress, senate and state candidates of money by staying in the race
Hangtown Danile
· 1 year ago
I'd hate to break it to ya buddy. The real reason you are out numbered 9-1 on talk radio is that nobody likes liberal talk radio. If people wanted to listen to liberal talk radio then the libs would be all over the radio it is an open market.
ChairmanMo
· 1 year ago
I'm amazed at how hateful this blog is. Then again, not so much. Get help.
Bush_Bites
· 1 year ago
I was thinking Hillary would see the writing on the wall and try to go out with some class.
I forgot who we're dealing with.
constantcomment
· 1 year ago
OH GIVE IT A REST!! the hillary-barack contest has been the best thing for the democratic party. sure barack will be nominated but the hillary factor is going to be huge come november. the spirited race has resulted in more younger folk registering to vote, more blacks registered to vote, more folks period registered to vote and thus a greater chance of more folks voting democratic come november, and you whiney obamaheads who keep screaming "get out hillary you're wreckin' the party" are full of dark matter and just plain not too savvy.............i'm voting for the white guy with the mocha complexion.
AngelaChanning
· 1 year ago
If the stakes were not so high, I would admire Hillary Clinton, because I have a genuine affection for delusional matriarchs, especially those who have lost their empires. LOL.
shell
· 1 year ago
Yes, SOME do hate Hillary. But most are like me -- who don't like her/despise her, etc. (I save hatred for mass murderers, like the Bush cabal.) That said, this has been a ploy by the Clinton camp, for quite some time. They have said, for a long time, that many HATE Hillary. Is this a self-fulfilling prophecy? Look at Bartcop.com. He has been shilling this for months. And I wrote in, telling him he was out of bounds. But he continued.
Will some BEGIN to hate her, along the way? Sure. But those people haven't really liked her, as a candidate, for a long time, and wouldn't vote for her. Hence, no worry about losing voters for Camp Hillary. On the plus side, for them, the more the Hillary supporters THINK others HATE their candidate, the more they dig in their heels. Risky? Sure. But what other choice does Hillary have? Yeah, yeah, she has tried everything.
acole
· 1 year ago
I don't Hate her - despise and loath? Oh hell, yes!
steve303
· 1 year ago
Last night my wife and I were watching the primary coverage when Hillary Clinton gave her Indiana 'victory' speech. About 3 minutes in:
Me: "Why is it the more I hear her [Clinton] the more I dislike her?"
My Wife: "Because you're listening to her"
'nuff said
mikeyDe
· 1 year ago
I don't hate Clinton, though I've begun to think she's mentally ill or at least unhinged. But I have started to hate the Democratic Party. Over the months and years since this primary began my already limited faith in the party has been reduced to near zero. Every two years I pony up support for the party, hold my nose and vote Democratic. More often than not I feel betrayed. Although Obama was my third choice, I like him enough to give the Dems another chance. Still, there's a nagging fear of yet another betrayal.
I never registered Democratic, so I can't leave the party. But if Clinton manages to steal the nomination, I will have to look elsewhere.
johnsonFamily
· 1 year ago
Never in a million years did I ever think I'd find myself agreeing with Elizabeth Hasselback on "The View." You know, she was always sooooo kneejerk about calling Hillary a panderer. Who knows? Maybe Elizabeth has more insight than I've given her credit for.
And yes, I believe that Elizabeth H. does hate Hillary, in spite of being one of the professional gossipers on "The View." No, don't ask me why I watch The View, some of us HAVE to because we don't have control of the remote (or our own time).
FunMe
· 1 year ago
I don't hate her at all.
I just DETEST the harm she is inflicting to the Democratic Party.
She is as much a part of the problem of DC politicians as any republicon who has allowed 7+ years of damage to our country.
PeteWa
· 1 year ago
I wouldn't go so far as to say I hate Hillary, but she does disgust me. I went from a slight dislike to outright disgust.
mirror
· 1 year ago
The race baiting will NEVER forgiven in my household, and that includes Bill.
NEVER.
cmpnwtr
· 1 year ago
I hate Hillary as a political actor, what she does, what she represents. I am beginning to hate the Dem. party as being an enabler of her and all that it contemptible about her.
AdmNaismith
· 1 year ago
My question is this- knowing that Hillary could have walked away with the Presidency no matter what Republican ran, why did Barak Obama suddenly think he was the smartest guy in the room (and smarter that Hillary)? He could have left the messy work of cleaning up after W to Hillary and done a Dem victory lap in 8 yrs (after building an actual record in the Senate). I consider him the interloper in an easy Dem win, suddenl;y deciding that it was his time, right this f*cking minute. On paper he's the same candidate as Hillary, and pretty words don't mean the same to me as solid policy positions (Kucnich/Sharpton was ALL that with a cherry on top). Why did Obama spoil an easy Dem victory?
helenahandbasket
· 1 year ago
Very interesting transformation. My wife (late 50s, white, masters degree, runs her own business) has gone from liking HIllary in late 2007 to absolute "personal" revulsion. She agrees with Senator Clinton on all the issues (except the pandering "gas tax holiday"), yet the venom is palpable.
aquarius2
· 1 year ago
Some of you may think hate is a strong word, yet you, according to the thesaurus are saying the same thing with different word usage. It doesn't matter to me, but before you continue to disavow the word hate, you might want to see what the thesaurus has as synonyms for hate.
Main Entry: hate Part of Speech: noun Definition: Extreme hostility and dislike. Synonyms: abhorrence, abomination, antipathy, aversion, detestation, hatred, horror, loathing, repellence, repellency, repugnance, repugnancy, repulsion, revulsion
schmed
· 1 year ago
I, too, have grown to detest her and her brand of politics. Two thoughts about this widespread volte-face: (1) I think there was a lot of ambivalence or repressed resentment about the Clintons and how their (esp. Bill's) personal needs had hijacked the party, and now like Mildred Pierce belatedly discovering the truth about her daughter Vida ("I see you for the first time, and you're horrid!), the reaction is extreme, as if to say, it was for THIS that I swallowed hard all these years!? HRC's dissing of MoveOn.org encapsulates this perfectly. (2) I originally vacillated about supporting HRC because she seemed a bad leader, someone who would not take a stand until she had poll-tested and focused-group'ed the hell out of it. Now I actually think she has no sense of reality beyond her naked ambition. I'm sure this is only a seeming paradox.
DoctorJ
· 1 year ago
I've been on the dislike side of Hillary for a very long time, all the while I loved Bill and voted for him twice. The first time I caught wind of her presidential ambitions, which was pretty apparent as soon as Bill was elected in 1992, I thought, oh no, please don't, ever. She has always, always struck me as fatally flawed -- uninspiring, shifty, and patently dishonest. Once her overweening ambition became clear -- eg., each time she smeared one of Bill's hook-ups after her own public humiliation -- I knew she was trouble. Fast-forward 15 years: Her bottom-feeding behavior in this primary has far exceeded my expectations, the race-baiting being the worst of all. Nothing like throwing Bill's most loyal base of voters under the bus, with no attempt at reconciliation once she'd decided that she could win without them, which was the wrong bet... Yeah, I'm a Hillary hater now.
sittenpretty
· 1 year ago
more BAD BABY PRODUCTS after DISNEY ,to BOYCOTT
John McCain will raise over $7 million tonight at a high-dollar New York fundraiser, his largest one-event haul yet during the campaign, according to sources familiar with the expected haul.
The fundraiser, to be held at the Sheraton in Midtown Manhattan, will also be one of the biggest in New York political history.
19 co-hosts will raise $100,000 each and 39 co-chairs have pledged to bring in $25,000.
The main reception costs $1,000 and the VIP pre-party and photo op will run you $25,000.
The take, of course, is bolstered by the much higher limits set up by hybrid McCain's Victory Committee. Donors are not constrained by the $2,300 cap on individuals and can give tens of thousands of their own cash.
The event tonight is being spearheaded by Jets owner Woody Johnson, an heir to the Johnson & Johnson fortune and top McCain bundler. Rudy Giuliani will appear and speak before McCain.
After the reception, Johnson is to host a smaller dinner with the McCains and those fundraisers who brought in $100,000 at his home in Manhattan
chandler_in_lasvegas
· 1 year ago
. . John, your amazement chagrins me. After beating the anti-Hillary drumbeat for months now, NOW you are surprised. I feel sorry for her. Like Bush, who I don't feel sorry for, she has no endgame.
constantcomment
· 1 year ago
50% of hillary voters say that won't vote for barack come november. do you see much in the way of barack hate speech on the hillary blogs like one does on the obamahead blogs???? someone is not dealing with reality. wonder who????
tlsintx
· 1 year ago
OT - but still about hate: when will Mr. Russert talk about Reverend Pastor John Hagee...bff of Saint McCain?
"I wouldn't go so far as to say I hate Hillary, but she does disgust me. I went from a slight dislike to outright disgust."
Me too. She campaigns like a repuke and I thought Dems were better than that.
Maybe that was my mistake.
davidkc
· 1 year ago
I used to like Hillary, but started to hate her shortly after South Carolina, and that hate has grown with each passing month as I've watched her conduct a nasty, divisive, dishonest campaign full of race-baiting tactics, right-wing talking points and ploys, lies and deceptions. It's gotten to the point where I wouldn't vote for Hillary for anything, under any circumstance.
Rab
· 1 year ago
This item says it all, I voted for Bill twice and even thought the repugs going after him was b.s., I was so-so on Hillary because I didn't think of her as a politician. Now after seeing her in action it confirms it, she's not much of a politician, mediocre at best.
tlsintx
· 1 year ago
busboy- limpballs said the exact same thing today...were you listening?
i just want to help Timmy do his job.
acole
· 1 year ago
I love what the AP just had on Hillary
"Nonetheless, Tuesday's results drastically reshaped the dynamic of the campaign, positioning Obama as the all-but-certain nominee and casting Clinton as a dogged but deluded also-ran"
SociologistTina
· 1 year ago
Great post.
Barabara Ehrenreich also talked about this issue on her blog about a year ago.
Bottom Line: Hillary is hell-bent on being the first female U.S. president. And it's now or never. In 8 years, she will be too old. So -- this is her last chance. The vast majority of Americans would try, but if they lost, they faced the facts. Many of us have tried and failed at certain ambitions. Oh, but not Hillary!
I realize that part of reaching lofty goals is to never give up. But there comes a time to realize you've failed. She can't/won't. Americans have been very patient with her -- letting her carry on for months after it was clear she wouldn't win. But now, can't Americans see that when she destroys everything, for the .00005% chance she can "win" (and only that if she destroys Obama), it becomes a REAL sickness? Someone needs to lead her to a quiet room and give her some warm milk. And a shrink.
hope_chest
· 1 year ago
every music board i frequent has a huge thread about hating hillary, all started by people who initially were fond of her and, especially, bill. talk about flushing a good legacy.
grandma
· 1 year ago
For many years I didn't understand why so many disliked Hillary so much....I often felt a lil sorry for her having to put up with Bill's shenanigans and stuck up for her............I still think he was one of our best Presidents.
Tho I now know why so many disliked (hated) Hillary.......she is ruthless.
Ann_in_KC
· 1 year ago
I'm bitter about "as far as I know" after months of having to tell way too many people that he wasn't muslim. The list is long with her Rep approach to this race which should be unforgivable. MSM and the blogs would love the word to be "hate" and maybe I do. I'd like to think I don't put that much time and effort to use such a passionate word, after all, there's a fine line between love and hate. What I do know is that I normally change the channel if she's coming up.
vwcat
· 1 year ago
I have grown to dislike the clintons in the late 90s. So her running this year was never something I got behind. I've been supporting Obama since he announced he was thinking about running on MTP. I've been solid behind him since. And though Hillary and Bill made me come close to hating them, they ticked me off so much, I don't think I ever hated her. That is pretty strong. And reserved for people like Bush and Cheney.
LunaStick
· 1 year ago
I'm still too much riding the wave of good feelings after the big win here in NC yesterday to feel the hate for hillary. It's there though and coming on strong with each thing I hear about her vowing to stay in the race. There is no reason for her to do so. All she is doing is trying to take the money of her working class supporters and waste it on a hopeless effort. It's like robbery at this point, snake oil sales, a con, seperating suckers from their money. Call it what you will but it shows what kind of person she is. I'm glad she has been rejected by the majority of democratic voters.
tlsintx
· 1 year ago
busboy- you're so endearingly condescending.
Nigel Elliott
· 1 year ago
Trolls live under bridges to scare and divide people. Busboy is a sad miserable troll. Poor thing. LOL
Bluestocking
· 1 year ago
I think *hate* is far too extreme a term to describe my feelings about Hillary Clinton, even though I most definitely do not want her to be the Democratic Party nominee. Over the past few years, I've lost a lot of respect for her -- largely as a result of her ideological shift from Democrat to "Republican Lite". Also, as a result of watching the stunts that the Clinton campaign has tried to pull off over the last few months, I can honestly say that I'm beginning to understand why some of my Republican relatives have perceived and described her in the past as being someone who's willing to go to virtually any lengths to get what she wants. We've spent the last seven years dealing with a president who has consistently put his interests and those of his supporters not only above the interests of the American people as a whole, but above the rule of law altogether in some cases. Not only do we not need another person like this in the White House, I'm not certain that we could even *survive* such an occurrence.
gwpriester
· 1 year ago
It is like Night of the Living Dead. She just keeps coming and coming and coming.
What this should demonstrate to everybody, those who like Hillary and those who don't like her, is that she is in this race for herself and to hell with the party. This is too important an election for such an ego. It is not unlike the republicans asking why we hate Bush and the polite answer is we don't hate Bush (Hillary) we hate what he (she) has done to the country (party).
Happy_Housewife
· 1 year ago
I don't hate her. I'm incredibly frustrated by her, because I suspect that she's actually not a bad person - very smart, funny, etc. But she never, ever lets that show. She's a blow-dried, focus-grouped parody of a CEO. The HR Director from hell. The VP of Marketing for a notorious polluter. A Stepford candidate on steroids.
I wish she'd go away and not come back for a long, long time.
dad
· 1 year ago
give her a day or two to come to terms with it.
she will. she has no other choice.
gonzalez
· 1 year ago
I used to like her and would have voted for her last year, but, once she started pandering for votes late last year, that was it for me. I liked Obama from before anyway, and the choice was easy. I just can't stand her now and I will never vote for her. Even if she was the only one running in the contest. The party does not have the courage to stop her. She knows it and the republicans know it.
FauxReal
· 1 year ago
“It is quite possible that someone is insane and they think they have a chance. Not insane in the clinical sense, but they may have such a strong political ambition that they blind themselves to reality.” Davey Crockett
GrahamCrackerDC
· 1 year ago
Obama is a shifty politician -- he just hides it better under a more appealing exterior.
Remember, he "corrected" his earlier stories about how much money Rezko raised, and how often he had talked with Rezko.
Clearly, he's not AS crooked as Clinton -but he's a POLITICIAN, people!
I agree that he's inspirational and has a lot of good ideas -- I voted as an independent in the VA Dem primary, and voted for Obama.
He's very appealing -- but when the crowd starts chanting "Yes We Can", I can't help but hear "Sieg Heil".
shanobama
· 1 year ago
For me it was Hillarys support of Kyle/Lieberman
I HATE Kyle. Anyone who sides with Kyle gets a bit of that rubbed off on them.
bb765431
· 1 year ago
Don't we want a leader that can deal with a war costing $341 Million dollars a day, A DAY, bring charges against the Bush regime for spending YOUR Social Security Retirement Surplus Fund , a 15 Trillion dollar deficit that was 15 Trillion in the black when Clinton left office? Do you know your great great grandchildren are still going to be paying off the Bush deficit? Did you know the Iraq war is about oil, not what the White House has tried to lead us to believe?
Whatever emotions you pour into your writings, open your eyes to what is really happening in this country. Elect a president of substance, experience, and intellect to deal with all the devastation just around the corner in all our lives.
Happy_Housewife
· 1 year ago
Hangtown, if you don't know something, you really shouldn't try to talk about it. Hence, you should stay away from trying to speak about the radio industry. It makes you sound stupid.
Here's your first lesson about radio: It's anything but "an open market"
etc
· 1 year ago
Pat yourselves on the back. As one of the foremost Hillary Hating blogs (formerly one of the best progressive politics blogs) you should be proud!
etc
· 1 year ago
By the way, whatever happened to the apology for that series of disproven smears about commercials that played with noses size and skin tone? How many people did were influenced with that dose of Hillary hating kool-aid?
vkobaya
· 1 year ago
but now she's making Democrats hate her. That isn't good. And it isn't the definition of electable.
Even worse, she and Nancy Pelosi have made the strongest arguments that never again will women be allowed to hold positions of power in our government. I am a woman, and am nearly convinced that is a good idea. Both, Pelosi and Clinton have made the strongest cases that women in power are weak, whiny, petty, small minded, nasty, back stabbers as well as ineffective leaders. We've already seen women who have been very effective, intelligent, courageous leaders, but Pelosi and Hillary have done their best to see that people forget those examples.
etc
· 1 year ago
none of the dmeocrats who voted fer hate her. this blind hatred is infused by delirious obama fans who have reinvented the progressive agenda into one big hillary bashing session. If he is so great, why can't he seal the deal? Why did he lose indiana? pennsylvania? hmm?
RickTaylor
· 1 year ago
I'm not much of a hater, but I have certainly turned around concerning Hillary in the last few months. I even voted for her in the primary, and now I absolutely regret it. I expect politicians to push the envelope and play to win (and Barack has done things I haven't liked, especially his attacks on Hillary's health care), but she's gone way past the boundaries. My biggest trouble with her is her attacking the legitimacy of the process, not playing by the rules but constantly trying to redefine the rules in a way where she can win, to the point of suggesting if Obama wins, it won't be legitimate. That's just out of bounds. I'm speaking here of her attempt to seat the Michigan and Florida delegates, and her constant belittling of any group that doesn't support her (smaller states are not important, caucus states important, now it's white working class votes that are important, if only we had all or nothing primaries I'd be the nominee, on and on). Quite frankly I'm floored; I had no idea she was like this. And if she'd won handily as originally expected, I'd still be clueless.
MorgaineSwann
· 1 year ago
Until South Carolina, I was torn between Hillary and Barack - I liked his sense of "newness" and change, but my feminist friends (I'm still a radical feminist) were saying we should vote for Hillary. I struggled with it right up until Bill started race-baiting. I can't believe they went there, and I'll never see them the same way again. I went from loving and admiring them to not being able to stand the sight of them. I can forgive a lot of things but acting like a racist, anti-intellectual Republican is not one of them.
TomJoad
· 1 year ago
Exactly what I've been saying. I liked Bill (I don't know, and I was always aware that he was both good and bad, that he furthered a lot of things Bush is just taking further, like use of american force in places we have no business...trade treaties, etc. but I still liked him) but I can't stand him now and I initially had good feelings about Hillary, believing she was similar on many issues..that started crumbling when she voted on "flag burning" amendment to the constitution. But now, I absolutely cannot stand her. I don't "hate" her, but I hate many of her actions, her arrogance is unbelieveable. She IS like a spoiled brat whining "it isn't SUPPOSED to go this way" and stamping her feet. She is phony as a two dollar bill and getting more and more so as time goes by. She mayb e grea tone on one, but she acts like your mother trying to be "hip" which was REALLY stupid. She doesn't know how to address a crowd, timing is all wrong (WAY too long pauses...doesn't play and makes her seem more pedantic) but that caustic crap that comes out of her mouth is what really seals the deal.
She is lame. We've had enough of the Clintons and the Bushes. Give another family a chance eh?
fl79tr
· 1 year ago
I've always had my reservations about her... I guess I'm old enough to remember NAFTA when it went through and it was obvious at the time that it would be completely negative and destructive to the middle class in the US, (anyone remember the battle of Seattle??) well it was as obvious as the fact that Iraq would be a disaster... strangely somethings are obvious to some while others are left trying to figure it out after they've lost the farm to the glittering lights of the casino. ...maybe I'm left of the middle in that respect.... anyways I'm not one to forget, I'll forgive, but I don't forget. to quote 1990's slang, a time she had a hand in shaping,,, She should've checked herself cuz she just wrecked herself.
RickTaylor
· 1 year ago
I wasn't quite at the "hate" level when I wrote my last comment, but her campaign's decision to run explicitly on race in the last 24 hours has pushed me over.
andyphx
· 1 year ago
She's just straight up fucking ridiculous.
mirth
· 1 year ago
I was a supporter of Bill and until this election season I bought the hype of his presidency. Hillary I had benign feelings for; I didn't especially like nor especially dislike her. Now, with her despicable campaign and with all that we now know, yes, "hate" describes my feelings for her. Once she returns to the Senate it is my goal to help unseat her, and never would I vote for her. Never.
mirth
· 1 year ago
Sooooo, Cracker,
Barack Obama is a shifty politician, yet at the same time he is inspirational and very appealing and he has a lot of good ideas.
RevDrBillyBob
· 1 year ago
Well, Ah guess you could blame SATAN for this Hillary mess-thang, but you godless heathens don't believe in such, so Ah guess that solution is pert near "out," huh ?
Busboy
· 1 year ago
Nigel, you can't even read. Hillary beats Obama, not v/v.
Busboy
· 1 year ago
Mea culpa, Nigel. Didn't scroll down far enough. You sneaky bastard.....
Busboy
· 1 year ago
No, dear, I wasn't listening. Carry on, tls. I enjoy your repartee....
Busboy
· 1 year ago
upthread!
Busboy
· 1 year ago
Seemingly, not a whole lot has changed since yesterday. Have to go now and look outside. Tornado on the ground headed this way....
Busboy
· 1 year ago
Schmed... You "swallowed hard all these years"? Is that funny, or what? The Clinton's are Arkies. No allegiance, no morals, jousting for position to get their hands on the almighty (once) dollar. Go wash your mouth out with soap!.....
Busboy
· 1 year ago
Tornado missed by the way; thanks for your prayers.
Busboy
· 1 year ago
tls. there's plenty of time for that. As for now? take time to smell the roses....
All Comments
But Hill and Bills behavior since Feb. has been DISGRACEFUL, DISGUSTING and yes, I too now HATE them both !!!!
I didn't leave them...they left ME and turned me OFF to them in a BIG WAY !!!
http://www.truthdig.com/avbooth/item/20080504_t...
I stand by my statement, she has moved people from neutral to hate in a few short months.
I forgot who we're dealing with.
Will some BEGIN to hate her, along the way? Sure. But those people haven't really liked her, as a candidate, for a long time, and wouldn't vote for her. Hence, no worry about losing voters for Camp Hillary. On the plus side, for them, the more the Hillary supporters THINK others HATE their candidate, the more they dig in their heels. Risky? Sure. But what other choice does Hillary have? Yeah, yeah, she has tried everything.
Me: "Why is it the more I hear her [Clinton] the more I dislike her?"
My Wife: "Because you're listening to her"
'nuff said
I never registered Democratic, so I can't leave the party. But if Clinton manages to steal the nomination, I will have to look elsewhere.
And yes, I believe that Elizabeth H. does hate Hillary, in spite of being one of the professional gossipers on "The View." No, don't ask me why I watch The View, some of us HAVE to because we don't have control of the remote (or our own time).
I just DETEST the harm she is inflicting to the Democratic Party.
She is as much a part of the problem of DC politicians as any republicon who has allowed 7+ years of damage to our country.
I went from a slight dislike to outright disgust.
NEVER.
He could have left the messy work of cleaning up after W to Hillary and done a Dem victory lap in 8 yrs (after building an actual record in the Senate).
I consider him the interloper in an easy Dem win, suddenl;y deciding that it was his time, right this f*cking minute.
On paper he's the same candidate as Hillary, and pretty words don't mean the same to me as solid policy positions (Kucnich/Sharpton was ALL that with a cherry on top).
Why did Obama spoil an easy Dem victory?
Main Entry: hate
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: Extreme hostility and dislike.
Synonyms: abhorrence, abomination, antipathy, aversion, detestation, hatred, horror, loathing, repellence, repellency, repugnance, repugnancy, repulsion, revulsion
(1) I think there was a lot of ambivalence or repressed resentment about the Clintons and how their (esp. Bill's) personal needs had hijacked the party, and now like Mildred Pierce belatedly discovering the truth about her daughter Vida ("I see you for the first time, and you're horrid!), the reaction is extreme, as if to say, it was for THIS that I swallowed hard all these years!? HRC's dissing of MoveOn.org encapsulates this perfectly.
(2) I originally vacillated about supporting HRC because she seemed a bad leader, someone who would not take a stand until she had poll-tested and focused-group'ed the hell out of it. Now I actually think she has no sense of reality beyond her naked ambition. I'm sure this is only a seeming paradox.
John McCain will raise over $7 million tonight at a high-dollar New York fundraiser, his largest one-event haul yet during the campaign, according to sources familiar with the expected haul.
The fundraiser, to be held at the Sheraton in Midtown Manhattan, will also be one of the biggest in New York political history.
19 co-hosts will raise $100,000 each and 39 co-chairs have pledged to bring in $25,000.
The main reception costs $1,000 and the VIP pre-party and photo op will run you $25,000.
The take, of course, is bolstered by the much higher limits set up by hybrid McCain's Victory Committee. Donors are not constrained by the $2,300 cap on individuals and can give tens of thousands of their own cash.
The event tonight is being spearheaded by Jets owner Woody Johnson, an heir to the Johnson & Johnson fortune and top McCain bundler. Rudy Giuliani will appear and speak before McCain.
After the reception, Johnson is to host a smaller dinner with the McCains and those fundraisers who brought in $100,000 at his home in Manhattan
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John, your amazement chagrins me. After beating the anti-Hillary drumbeat for months now, NOW you are surprised. I feel sorry for her. Like Bush, who I don't feel sorry for, she has no endgame.
when will Mr. Russert talk about Reverend Pastor John Hagee...bff of Saint McCain?
http://maruthecrankpot.blogspot.com/2008/05/why...
I went from a slight dislike to outright disgust."
Me too. She campaigns like a repuke and I thought Dems were better than that.
Maybe that was my mistake.
limpballs said the exact same thing today...were you listening?
i just want to help Timmy do his job.
"Nonetheless, Tuesday's results drastically reshaped the dynamic of the campaign, positioning Obama as the all-but-certain nominee and casting Clinton as a dogged but deluded also-ran"
Barabara Ehrenreich also talked about this issue on her blog about a year ago.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/107059/Obama-Beats-M...
I realize that part of reaching lofty goals is to never give up. But there comes a time to realize you've failed. She can't/won't. Americans have been very patient with her -- letting her carry on for months after it was clear she wouldn't win. But now, can't Americans see that when she destroys everything, for the .00005% chance she can "win" (and only that if she destroys Obama), it becomes a REAL sickness? Someone needs to lead her to a quiet room and give her some warm milk. And a shrink.
Tho I now know why so many disliked (hated) Hillary.......she is ruthless.
That is pretty strong.
And reserved for people like Bush and Cheney.
you're so endearingly condescending.
What this should demonstrate to everybody, those who like Hillary and those who don't like her, is that she is in this race for herself and to hell with the party. This is too important an election for such an ego. It is not unlike the republicans asking why we hate Bush and the polite answer is we don't hate Bush (Hillary) we hate what he (she) has done to the country (party).
I wish she'd go away and not come back for a long, long time.
she will. she has no other choice.
Davey Crockett
Remember, he "corrected" his earlier stories about how much money Rezko raised, and how often he had talked with Rezko.
Clearly, he's not AS crooked as Clinton -but he's a POLITICIAN, people!
I agree that he's inspirational and has a lot of good ideas -- I voted as an independent in the VA Dem primary, and voted for Obama.
He's very appealing -- but when the crowd starts chanting "Yes We Can", I can't help but hear "Sieg Heil".
I HATE Kyle. Anyone who sides with Kyle gets a bit of that rubbed off on them.
Whatever emotions you pour into your writings, open your eyes to what is really happening in this country. Elect a president of substance, experience, and intellect to deal with all the devastation just around the corner in all our lives.
Here's your first lesson about radio: It's anything but "an open market"
How many people did were influenced with that dose of Hillary hating kool-aid?
Even worse, she and Nancy Pelosi have made the strongest arguments that never again will women be allowed to hold positions of power in our government. I am a woman, and am nearly convinced that is a good idea. Both, Pelosi and Clinton have made the strongest cases that women in power are weak, whiny, petty, small minded, nasty, back stabbers as well as ineffective leaders. We've already seen women who have been very effective, intelligent, courageous leaders, but Pelosi and Hillary have done their best to see that people forget those examples.
If he is so great, why can't he seal the deal? Why did he lose indiana? pennsylvania? hmm?
She is phony as a two dollar bill and getting more and more so as time goes by. She mayb e grea tone on one, but she acts like your mother trying to be "hip" which was REALLY stupid. She doesn't know how to address a crowd, timing is all wrong (WAY too long pauses...doesn't play and makes her seem more pedantic) but that caustic crap that comes out of her mouth is what really seals the deal.
She is lame. We've had enough of the Clintons and the Bushes. Give another family a chance eh?
Hillary I had benign feelings for; I didn't especially like nor especially dislike her. Now, with her despicable campaign and with all that we now know, yes, "hate" describes my feelings for her. Once she returns to the Senate it is my goal to help unseat her, and never would I vote for her. Never.
Barack Obama is a shifty politician, yet at the same time he is inspirational and very appealing and he has a lot of good ideas.