I get that this is a liberal blog, but do not understand the slant. McCain has it locked; Obaba doesn't and it's close enough that leading blogs shouldn't be so evil. But if you attack Hilary, then you should at least show this.
Bush_Bites
· 1 year ago
Come to think of it, that was unfair.
I read that the campaign hired a full-time pastry chef to take care of Penn.
Bush_Bites
· 1 year ago
Hillary's reply:
"Small businesses are like small states."
Bush_Bites
· 1 year ago
OT:
Slowly but steadily, a string of Democratic Party figures is taking Barack Obama's side in the presidential nominating race and raising the pressure on Hillary Clinton to give up.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota is expected to endorse Sen. Obama Monday, according to a Democrat familiar with her plans. Meanwhile, North Carolina's seven Democratic House members are poised to endorse Sen. Obama as a group -- just one has so far -- before that state's May 6 primary, several Democrats say.
Helping to drive the endorsements is a fear that the Obama-Clinton contest has grown toxic and threatens the Democratic Party's chances against Republican John McCain in the fall.
There is no such thing as OT when it comes good news about new endorsements for Barack Obama by Superdelegates!
This is great news -- really! :) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Andrew A. Gill
· 1 year ago
Slowly but steadily, a string of Democratic Party figures is taking Barack Obama's side in the presidential nominating race and raising the pressure on Hillary Clinton to give up.
If you're paying attention, it's about one per day, with no superdelegates endorsing Clinton in the same time period.
It's almost as if the Democratic leadership...who said that they would try to wrap this thing up...have planned these endorsement releases to try to force Hillary to wrap it up...
Bush_Bites
· 1 year ago
Hillary's trying to woo them and she ends up repulsing them.
She Is just like Bill, isn't she?
grandma
· 1 year ago
With attention focused on the Democrats' infighting for the presidential nomination, Senator John McCain is maneuvering for the spotlight. But as he looks ahead to the general election, he has yet to sign up one critical constituency: the big-money people who powered the Bush fund-raising machine.
According to the Minneapolis Star Tribune it's official :
Minn. Sen. Klobuchar endorses Obama for president
In a statement, Obama says he's grateful for Klobuchar's support. According to the Obama campaign, Klobuchar is the 64th superdelegate to endorse him over rival Hillary Rodham Clinton since the Feb. 5th Super Tuesday contests.
Klobuchar, a freshman Democrat, says in a statement provided to The Associated Press that Obama has "inspired an enthusiasm and idealism" that the country hasn't seen in a long time.
She calls Obama "a new kind of leader," who brings a new perspective and inspires excitement among Americans.
Where are all the Clinton supporters like Henry2008 when poor ol' Hillary needs them? Put up the $$$$ all you Clinton ass barnacles or shut up.
By the way, I would not blame you any Clinton supporter for not contributing. What person in their right mind would contribute to Hillary's campaign at this point?
grandma
· 1 year ago
WASHINGTON -- Housing and Urban Development Secretary Alphonso Jackson is expected to announce his resignation Monday, according to people familiar with the matter, a decision that will deal a blow to the Bush administration's efforts to tackle the housing and mortgage mess.
this may be the real reason she's staying in the race - to try to recoup her $$ losses
Christines
· 1 year ago
This has been flooding the blog sites!
RADICAL ISLAM…THEY WANT US ALL DEAD.
For anyone who fears that Obama is too close to Islam. This is a 15 minute film that the Muslims in the Netherlands have tried to ban. The Muslims have been rioting and killing in the Netherlands because of this film, and now someone has leaked it to the internet. It is very scary, and WARNING…THIS FILM IS NOT FOR EVERYONE. There are some very graphic scenes.
THIS LINK HAS BEEN REMOVED Video: Fitna the Movie: Geert Wilders' film about the Quran (English)
Go Christine....whip up that religious hatred so we can continue this ugly religious war........
Sarah B.
· 1 year ago
grandma
Oh, no -- say it isn't so! -- as if the Bush Crime Family capos were ever really going to tackle the housing and mortgage mess...except, of course, to bail out the culprits who created it.
Consequently, HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson’s departure is just another Bush Crime Family rat deserting the sinking ship. Or, maybe he's hoping to avoid indictment for serial and multiple crimes committed while in office by slinking out the door before congress can catch him -- and, frankly, the Dems in the House and Senate haven't been looking very hard or they might have done something to avert the current mess.
When it comes to the housing and mortgage mess, Katrina Rules apply -- Bush makes speeches and pronouncements of all the wonderful things he and “his team” are going to do to fix the problem whereupon they do absolutely nothing and ride out the clock to January 2009. It's a pattern.
But, it’s still not soon enough for me. :) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
grandma
· 1 year ago
Sarah.......good enough for me too !!
You are right ...Bush makes speeches and then does nothing....Krugman's article in Monday's NY Times says the same:
Fake Reform:
Anyone who has worked in a large organization — or, for that matter, reads the comic strip “Dilbert” — is familiar with the “org chart” strategy. To hide their lack of any actual ideas about what to do, managers sometimes make a big show of rearranging the boxes and lines that say who reports to whom.
You now understand the principle behind the Bush administration’s new proposal for financial reform, which will be formally announced today: it’s all about creating the appearance of responding to the current crisis, without actually doing anything substantive.......
............The administration, then, has learned nothing from the current crisis. Yet it needs, as a political matter, to pretend to be doing something.
I love Snuggly the Security Bear – he makes me feel safe...and secure. :) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
theWalrus
· 1 year ago
Here's an idea:
Move the g-damn convention to May or June. It used to be July. The DNC moved it to the end of AUGUST! That was yet another idiotic idea along with arcane primary/caucus rules and regulations.
TruthCounts
· 1 year ago
I've had it with Hillary. Early on I thought she would be a decent candidate. But after the negative ads against Obama, the photo-shopping Barack's skin color and nose, her racist comments, her suppression of voter turn-out, her lies about Bosnia, and her support of the bloodshed in Iraq - NEVER AGAIN WILL I SUPPORT A CLINTON! http://www.hillarythebitch.com/
green_libertarian
· 1 year ago
Truth Counts is a POS right wing troll masquerading as an Obama supporter, while for the SECOND time that I've seen promoting that vile anti-Hillary AND anti-Obama "Hillary the bitch" website.
Do not be fooled.
Get lost. Idiot.
Andrew A. Gill
· 1 year ago
Yup. I clicked on the Hillary the Bitch link, and I was confronted with anti-Obama stuff, so I just backed away.
If you want some good, funny anti-Hillary stuff, and anti-McCain stuff, and anti-Obama stuff (basically, anti-everyone), go to Fark. (e.g.)
Shannon
· 1 year ago
She can't quit now or she will lose that 5 million she loaned herself.....unlike Romney who raised a lot of money and then quit (smart businessman) so that he can keep all of that loot, Hillary is gambling her own money....as the famous saying goes: follow the money.
Andrew A. Gill
· 1 year ago
She can't quit now or she will lose that 5 million she loaned herself.....unlike Romney who raised a lot of money and then quit (smart businessman) so that he can keep all of that loot, Hillary is gambling her own money....as the famous saying goes: Throwing good money after bad.
fixed that for you.
Shannon
· 1 year ago
Well there is that....mahalo
Kansaskitty
· 1 year ago
Clinton campaign spokesman Jay Carson.....just another liar. They might pay those bills regularly as he said, but if they do, the payment schedule must be once a year or so.....and the time hasn't rolled around again yet.
TruthCounts
· 1 year ago
Also we need to change the corrupt superdelegate system and get rid of it once and for all. I've been told that it was designed by Bill Clinton (no surprise) back in the 90's to secure cronyism and enable him and Hillary to buy off votes. The Clinton legacy is now surely one of dispicable corruption, deceit, bribes, and a ravenous pursuit of power. It wasn't surprising at all when the youngest Clinton, Chelsea, followed right in her hag mother's bitter partisan sniping by snapping at an innocent question because she thought it insuted the Clinton dynasty. Give me a break, the Clintons are scum.
grasshopper
· 1 year ago
Good luck to the vendors ever recouping their losses. Any suckers donating to Hillary's ATM machine will go directly into her offshore account for interest on her $5 million loan.
theWalrus
· 1 year ago
"The Clinton legacy is now surely one of dispicable corruption, deceit, bribes, and a ravenous pursuit of power."
Obviously, we live in parallel universes. You know, like the Star Trek episode where Kirk and Spock get transported to the evil Enterprise. You're in that one.
Shannon
· 1 year ago
Is that like the American Enterprise Institute?
theWalrus
· 1 year ago
LIE: "I've been told that it was designed by Bill Clinton (no surprise) back in the 90's to secure cronyism and enable him and Hillary to buy off votes. "
TRUTH: In 1982, a commission chaired by former North Carolina Governor Jim Hunt created superdelegates.
Truth Counts?
hector
· 1 year ago
Thus, in a draft of a speech to be delivered on Monday, Henry Paulson, the Treasury secretary, declares, “I do not believe it is fair or accurate to blame our regulatory structure for the current turmoil.”
And sure enough, according to the executive summary of the new administration plan, regulation will be limited to institutions that receive explicit federal guarantees — that is, institutions that are already regulated, and have not been the source of today’s problems. As for the rest, it blithely declares that “market discipline is the most effective tool to limit systemic risk.” The administration, then, has learned nothing from the current crisis. Yet it needs, as a political matter, to pretend to be doing something. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/31/opinion/31kru...
Shannon
· 1 year ago
What would anyone expect from Bu$hco?
Serf
· 1 year ago
Has anyone tried to *Un-enroll* or otherwise eliminate their account with DisQus? I am finding it to be harder to eliminate my disqus account than it was to initiate it. And that is saying alot.
Serf
· 1 year ago
I feel as if held captive to the Disqus commenting system!
Please release me, let me go! For I don't love you anymore To waste our lives would be a sin Release me and let me love again
CitizenTwenty
· 1 year ago
I suspect this issue was subtley addressed when Senator Obama said on Saturday "She should be able to compete, and her supporters should be able to support her for as long as they are willing or able," (http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jBaiYA1TV_h...) Emphasis on the "they are willing or ABLE" part. Her cash is clearly drying up. Obama can politely encourage her to continue her campaign knowing quite soon she won't have the resources to make a run for dog catcher. I'm in agreement with some of the other commentators. At this point it's seems likely Clinton is as much trying to recoup her Five Million dollar "loan" as she is trying to run for President.
pcvirginiabeach
· 1 year ago
Speaking of the elections... major newspapers still have Hillary as the winner in Texas, on their election maps, and in the delegate count. Everyone should contact the editors of major newspapers and ask them to make a correction in order to accurately report the results of the Texas primary.
The NYT has it wrong, for example.
Indigo
· 1 year ago
8.7 million. What a waste! I could be basking in the sun on Key West and living comfortably in a sweet two story villa there for that kind of money. Modestly, you understand, but comfortably. So there you have it, life is not fair! On larger matters, HIllary's failure to pay her bills goes along with her failure to pay her (moral) debts. Those of us who were watching back in 1992 when Hubby Bill pulled the "don't ask don't tell" swindle on his gay backers are not surprized. That's how it works with the Debtbeat Politicos. And on a corollary note, this money crunch could be a signal about why the Big Money Support (where are they now?) put out that blackmail letter to Pelosi, support Hillary or loose the cash. Well, um, see, fellows and ladies, you're closing the cash drawer on your Hillary and threatening to close the cash drawer on the Democrats in Congress . . . um . . . pondering, pondering . . . you see, the hidden event here is THE BIG SPENDERS ARE OUT OF MONEY. Now that's funny!
willowhare
· 1 year ago
A friend who used to be in the radio biz told me this story over the weekend. (Note that I have not been able to verify this, and this is a "friend of a friend" story.)
A buddy still working at a radio station in Texas told him of the problems he had with the Clinton campaign. In the world of radio advertising, it is standard that politcal campaigns pay for primary ads upfront, before they air. The stations insist on this because of the chance that a campaign could go under without paying them. Before the Texas primary, the Clinton campaign contracted for some ads. The ads arrived on disc--but without the required payments. The friend immediately called the campaign. The people he talked to insisted it was an oversight, and it would send both checks right away. Only one check arrived. So, the friend ran only 1 of the ads. When the campaign later asked for documentation that both ads were ran, he informed them that he ran only the ad that they paid for.
Now whether this is a case that the campaign hoped that the ads would be run without payment upfront, or proof of a sloppy management team, I don't know.
hauksdottir
· 1 year ago
Is Hillary so desperate for cash that she'll steal from her loyal supporters and worker-bees??? Not repaying the bank fees is unconscionable!!!
Hillary can't even run a campaign budget but we're supposed to think she's ready on day one to manage the economy
Measured_Response
· 1 year ago
Their cautionary tales, combined with published reports about similar difficulties faced by a New Hampshire landlord,
Joe, that New Hampshire landlord Dr. Terry Bennett I suspect is a Repuke operative. He was the private physician to the Alireza family, BinLadin family, and more of the like, nuff said.
I have not even bothered to check the backgrounds of the Iowa office cleaner and a New York caterer as I am sure I would find similar nefarious situations.
Footnotes: The Alireza family has been developing real estate near Disney World, Governor Jeb Bush and the White House interceded on behalf of the Alireza family and Xentury City.
The BinLadin family needs no explanation.
mirth
· 1 year ago
Add deadbeat to the very long list of of why I will never vote for Hillary Rotten Clinton.
All Comments
They probably owe Dunkin' Donuts a cool 10 grand for Mark Penn's charges alone.
I get that this is a liberal blog, but do not understand the slant. McCain has it locked; Obaba doesn't and it's close enough that leading blogs shouldn't be so evil. But if you attack Hilary, then you should at least show this.
I read that the campaign hired a full-time pastry chef to take care of Penn.
"Small businesses are like small states."
Slowly but steadily, a string of Democratic Party figures is taking Barack Obama's side in the presidential nominating race and raising the pressure on Hillary Clinton to give up.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota is expected to endorse Sen. Obama Monday, according to a Democrat familiar with her plans. Meanwhile, North Carolina's seven Democratic House members are poised to endorse Sen. Obama as a group -- just one has so far -- before that state's May 6 primary, several Democrats say.
Helping to drive the endorsements is a fear that the Obama-Clinton contest has grown toxic and threatens the Democratic Party's chances against Republican John McCain in the fall.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120692054573175...
Bush Bites
There is no such thing as OT when it comes good news about new endorsements for Barack Obama by Superdelegates!
This is great news -- really!
:)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
If you're paying attention, it's about one per day, with no superdelegates endorsing Clinton in the same time period.
It's almost as if the Democratic leadership...who said that they would try to wrap this thing up...have planned these endorsement releases to try to force Hillary to wrap it up...
She Is just like Bill, isn't she?
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/03/31/america/...
Oh, wait...She just released her tax return.
Minn. Sen. Klobuchar endorses Obama for president
In a statement, Obama says he's grateful for Klobuchar's support. According to the Obama campaign, Klobuchar is the 64th superdelegate to endorse him over rival Hillary Rodham Clinton since the Feb. 5th Super Tuesday contests.
Klobuchar, a freshman Democrat, says in a statement provided to The Associated Press that Obama has "inspired an enthusiasm and idealism" that the country hasn't seen in a long time.
She calls Obama "a new kind of leader," who brings a new perspective and inspires excitement among Americans.
http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/pr...
By the way, I would not blame you any Clinton supporter for not contributing. What person in their right mind would contribute to Hillary's campaign at this point?
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120692786807175...
RADICAL ISLAM…THEY WANT US ALL DEAD.
For anyone who fears that Obama is too close to Islam. This is a 15 minute film that the Muslims in the Netherlands have tried to ban. The Muslims have been rioting and killing in the Netherlands because of this film, and now someone has leaked it to the internet. It is very scary, and WARNING…THIS FILM IS NOT FOR EVERYONE. There are some very graphic scenes.
THIS LINK HAS BEEN REMOVED
Video: Fitna the Movie: Geert Wilders' film about the Quran (English)
TRY THIS ONE.
http://wwwwakeupamericans-spree.blog...-release...
Oh, no -- say it isn't so! -- as if the Bush Crime Family capos were ever really going to tackle the housing and mortgage mess...except, of course, to bail out the culprits who created it.
Consequently, HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson’s departure is just another Bush Crime Family rat deserting the sinking ship. Or, maybe he's hoping to avoid indictment for serial and multiple crimes committed while in office by slinking out the door before congress can catch him -- and, frankly, the Dems in the House and Senate haven't been looking very hard or they might have done something to avert the current mess.
When it comes to the housing and mortgage mess, Katrina Rules apply -- Bush makes speeches and pronouncements of all the wonderful things he and “his team” are going to do to fix the problem whereupon they do absolutely nothing and ride out the clock to January 2009. It's a pattern.
The good news – The Bush Countdown Clock says only 295 days left (and counting)!
http://www.backwardsbush.com/
But, it’s still not soon enough for me.
:)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
You are right ...Bush makes speeches and then does nothing....Krugman's article in Monday's NY Times says the same:
Fake Reform:
Anyone who has worked in a large organization — or, for that matter, reads the comic strip “Dilbert” — is familiar with the “org chart” strategy. To hide their lack of any actual ideas about what to do, managers sometimes make a big show of rearranging the boxes and lines that say who reports to whom.
You now understand the principle behind the Bush administration’s new proposal for financial reform, which will be formally announced today: it’s all about creating the appearance of responding to the current crisis, without actually doing anything substantive.......
............The administration, then, has learned nothing from the current crisis. Yet it needs, as a political matter, to pretend to be doing something.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/31/opinion/31kru...
http://www.markfiore.com/oneminute_news_vacation
That was great!
And you can't fool me -- the voice over in that video was done by none other than Snuggly the Security Bear! -- I would know that voice anywhere.
Snuggly starring in “The Spies Who Love You” http://www.markfiore.com/spies_who_love_you_0
I love Snuggly the Security Bear – he makes me feel safe...and secure.
:)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Move the g-damn convention to May or June. It used to be July. The DNC moved it to the end of AUGUST! That was yet another idiotic idea along with arcane primary/caucus rules and regulations.
Do not be fooled.
Get lost. Idiot.
If you want some good, funny anti-Hillary stuff, and anti-McCain stuff, and anti-Obama stuff (basically, anti-everyone), go to Fark. (e.g.)
fixed that for you.
Obviously, we live in parallel universes. You know, like the Star Trek episode where Kirk and Spock get transported to the evil Enterprise. You're in that one.
TRUTH: In 1982, a commission chaired by former North Carolina Governor Jim Hunt created superdelegates.
Truth Counts?
And sure enough, according to the executive summary of the new administration plan, regulation will be limited to institutions that receive explicit federal guarantees — that is, institutions that are already regulated, and have not been the source of today’s problems. As for the rest, it blithely declares that “market discipline is the most effective tool to limit systemic risk.” The administration, then, has learned nothing from the current crisis. Yet it needs, as a political matter, to pretend to be doing something.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/31/opinion/31kru...
I am finding it to be harder to eliminate my disqus account than it was to initiate it.
And that is saying alot.
Please release me, let me go!
For I don't love you anymore
To waste our lives would be a sin
Release me and let me love again
Emphasis on the "they are willing or ABLE" part.
Her cash is clearly drying up. Obama can politely encourage her to continue her campaign knowing quite soon she won't have the resources to make a run for dog catcher.
I'm in agreement with some of the other commentators.
At this point it's seems likely Clinton is as much trying to recoup her Five Million dollar "loan" as she is trying to run for President.
The NYT has it wrong, for example.
On larger matters, HIllary's failure to pay her bills goes along with her failure to pay her (moral) debts. Those of us who were watching back in 1992 when Hubby Bill pulled the "don't ask don't tell" swindle on his gay backers are not surprized. That's how it works with the Debtbeat Politicos.
And on a corollary note, this money crunch could be a signal about why the Big Money Support (where are they now?) put out that blackmail letter to Pelosi, support Hillary or loose the cash. Well, um, see, fellows and ladies, you're closing the cash drawer on your Hillary and threatening to close the cash drawer on the Democrats in Congress . . . um . . . pondering, pondering . . . you see, the hidden event here is THE BIG SPENDERS ARE OUT OF MONEY.
Now that's funny!
A buddy still working at a radio station in Texas told him of the problems he had with the Clinton campaign. In the world of radio advertising, it is standard that politcal campaigns pay for primary ads upfront, before they air. The stations insist on this because of the chance that a campaign could go under without paying them. Before the Texas primary, the Clinton campaign contracted for some ads. The ads arrived on disc--but without the required payments. The friend immediately called the campaign. The people he talked to insisted it was an oversight, and it would send both checks right away. Only one check arrived. So, the friend ran only 1 of the ads. When the campaign later asked for documentation that both ads were ran, he informed them that he ran only the ad that they paid for.
Now whether this is a case that the campaign hoped that the ads would be run without payment upfront, or proof of a sloppy management team, I don't know.
http://bluejersey.com/showDiary.do;jsessionid=9...
Joe,
that New Hampshire landlord Dr. Terry Bennett I suspect is a Repuke operative. He was the private physician to the Alireza family, BinLadin family, and more of the like, nuff said.
I have not even bothered to check the backgrounds of the Iowa office cleaner and a New York caterer as I am sure I would find similar nefarious situations.
Footnotes: The Alireza family has been developing real estate near Disney World, Governor Jeb Bush and the White House interceded on behalf of the Alireza family and Xentury City.
The BinLadin family needs no explanation.