Texas-Sized Showdowns for Clinton, Obama
ABC News’ David Wright and Kate Snow report: Sen. Hillary Clinton has staked her presidential campaign on Texas and Ohio — and this weekend, with only three days to go before the Democratic primaries in those states, she is battling Sen. Barack Obama and his streak of 11 consecutive wins with everything she has.
In a season of important contests, Tuesday’s are now seen as the ones that could prove decisive. Polls show Clinton ahead in Ohio, while Texas is a virtual dead heat.
With the Democratic campaign possibly hinging on the two battleground states, the candidates are locked in a down-to-the-wire weekend of marathon travel, stump speeches and attacks and counterattacks.
Clinton has focused her efforts on emphasizing national security and at the same time questioning Obama’s credentials.
“His entire campaign is based on a speech he gave at an antiwar rally in 2002 — a lot of talk, little action. Or as they say in Texas, all hat, no cattle,” she said today aboard her campaign plane.
Before heading to Ohio today, Obama was in Providence, R.I., questioning Clinton’s words.
“We need leaders in Washington who say what they mean and mean what they say,” Obama said. “I don’t want to just tell everyone what they want to hear, I’ll tell people what they need to know.”
With four states holding primaries on Tuesday, the Obama campaign believes any delegates Clinton may win — even if she narrowly beats him in Ohio — could be offset by huge Obama wins in Rhode Island or Vermont.
BILL CLINTON QUESTIONS NAFTA
Today in Ohio, Clinton deployed her husband on the stump, and the former president, who passed the North America Free Trade Agreement, is now pledging that his wife will fix it.
“She proposes to substantially overhaul NAFTA,” President Clinton said.
Meanwhile, the Obama campaign sent out thousands of volunteers who plan to knock on one million doors by Tuesday.
“I think his momentum from the other states is going to carry right through to Ohio,” said one volunteer.
Dueling ad campaigns hit the Web this week.
One Clinton ad posted on YouTube, created independently of the Clinton campaign, showed actor Jack Nicholson in his various movie roles saying sound bites that match Clinton’s proposals and plans.
“There is nothing sexier than a woman you have to salute,” Nicholson said in his “A Few Good Men” role. And then, as himself, he added, “I’m Jack Nicholson, and I approved this message.”
Will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas has released a new tribute to Obama on the Internet.
TAKING ON TEXAS
In Texas today, Clinton addressed a group of voters that could deliver crucial delegates.
“I’ve always believe that Texans had a real sense of what it took to have a president,” she said in Ft. Worth today.
Texas has 17 media markets, 12 million registered voters and a population that’s economically and ethnically diverse. The candidates realize how pivotal Tuesday’s outcome could be. Obama has 20 offices statewide, and Clinton has 22. Each campaign boasts about 100,000 volunteers across the state.
Some of the state’s biggest names are getting involved.
“This is gonna be one hell of a primary, so I think everybody better hang on tight spur hard and let her buck,” said singer and novelist Kinky Friedman, who ran his own independent bid for the Texas governership in 2006.
The daughter of the state’s outspoken late Gov. Ann Richards made a Web video wishing her mother were still alive to fight for Clinton.
“After all, Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did — she just did it backwards and high heels,” the former governor is seen saying on the video.
The push for the state’s female and Latin voters is critical for Clinton, but it may not be enough, as Obama also has been courting Hispanic voters.
“Barack Obama’s going to have made inroads with Latinos,” said ABC News political contributor Matthew Dowd. “And his huge support among African Americans is going to be more than enough to compensate for her support among Latinos.”
And Texas is complicated. The delegates are awarded based upon who showed up during the last election, and African Americans showed up in larger numbers than Latinos. And part of the voting is determined by caucusing — a format that has favored Obama so far.
Texans cannot escape the race. It is all over the airwaves. Obama and his allies — unions and outside groups — are outspending Clinton by about two to one on television.
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Jack Nicholson Video Backs Hillary Clinton
ABC News’ Eloise Harper reports: Sen. Hillary Clinton has always had fewer celebrity endorsements than Sen. Barack Obama, but Saturday morning Clinton got a star-studded boost. There is a new YouTube video in which Jack Nicholson expresses his support. And Clinton also received endorsements from Eva Longoria and Melanie Griffith.
Nicholson’s video, which was created independently of the Clinton campaign, shows the actor in his various movie roles saying sound bites that match Clinton’s proposals and plans. The clip includes a newly-filmed statement from Nicholson, plus him in character in "Batman," "The Shining," "A Few Good Men," and "Chinatown," and "Five Easy Pieces."
The new support Longoria and Griffith was announced on Saturday, and the two actresses will be appearing at a town hall meeting the senator is holding on Monday in Austin, Texas.
Obama Responds to Clinton in Rhode Island
ABC News’ Sunlen Miller reports: In his first visit to the smallest state, Rhode Island, Sen. Barack Obama tried to draw big differences between himself and his competitor, Sen. Hillary Clinton, under the guise of questioning who can bring about real change.
Obama argued that Clinton has not led for real change on a myriad of topics, and launched into a cadenced criticism saying, "Real change isn’t calling NAFTA a victory and saying how good it was for American people until you decide to run for president, like Sen. Clinton did… Real change isn’t saying that you’ll stand up to lobbyists and special interests when you’ve taken more money from Washington lobbyists than any Democrat or Republican running for president, like my opponent has… Real change isn’t voting for a bankruptcy bill that makes it harder for working families to climb out of debt."
The final "real change" argument -– on the Iraq war -– was a direct response to Clinton’s criticisms of Obama, which reached new heights this week. The Clinton campaign has ratcheted up its criticism of Obama’s foreign policy credentials and launched a bold ad questioning who was better prepared to pick up the phone in the White House during a crisis at 3 a.m.
Obama reminded the crowd twice during his speech that he was against the war from the start and that Clinton voted for the war.
"Real change isn’t voting for George Bush’s war in Iraq and then telling the American people it was actually voting for more diplomacy when you start running for president. The title of the bill was ‘A Resolution to Authorize the Use of United States Armed Forces against Iraq.’ That’s sounds like you were voting for "Authorize use of armed forces," he joked and then said defiantly, "I knew what it was."
Obama did not vote either way on the bill because in 2002 he was not a U.S. Senator at the time.
Obama’s speech at the Rhode Island College Recreational Center came the same week Clinton was in the same room campaigning. At that speech Clinton joked about Obama thinking that the clouds will part and he will wave a magic wand to get change to happen.
Obama responded today, saying he’s been teased a lot during this campaign.
"She was saying — right in this building — she was saying, ‘oh, you know he thinks that the clouds will part and you know he’s so naïve… He thinks he can wave a magic wand, suddenly everything will be great.’ You know, it is true that I talk about hope a lot…" But he said he knows how hard it will be to bring about change.
Clinton Reduces Obama’s Campaign to a Speech
ABC News’ Eloise Harper reports: Sen. Hillary Clinton reduced Sen. Barack Obama’s entire campaign to a single speech during a press availability on a plane from San Antonio to Dallas.
"His entire campaign is based on one speech he gave at an anti-war rally in 2002," Clinton said. "I give him credit for making the speech, but his speech was not followed up with action, which is the pattern we have seen repeatedly — a lot of talk no action. We have one speech in 2002 versus a record of accomplishment and a record of action."
Clinton also said she and likely Republican nominee Sen. John McCain both had experience to put forth, but Obama only had a speech.
"Now I think you will be able to imagine many things Sen. McCain will be able to say. He has never been the president. He will put forth his experience. I will put forth my experience. Sen. Obama will put forth a speech he made in 2002."
When Clinton was asked if she could name one instance where she had to make a critical decision like the one she references in the "It’s 3 a.m." ad that began airing this week she said the question was framed incorrectly.
"No one who hasn’t been president has done that. That’s not the right question," she said. "The question is what have you done over the course of a lifetime to equip you for that moment. Now I think you will be able to imagine many things Sen. McCain will be able to say. He has never been the president. He will put forth his experience. I will put forth my experience. Sen. Obama will put forth a speech he made in 2002."
Clinton was asked if she and her campaign still feels confused about Texas.
"You mean, trying to figure out the two-step?" Clinton asked. "We feel really good about it. We are training people. We did that event this morning. People have come from 20 counties across Texas who may be at the precinct conventions for me. We are recruiting precinct captains. We feel good about it."
Clinton did, however, express her dismay over caucuses when she chose not to mention that aspect of the Texas election.
"We focus on things, you know, we have very good people working for us. Everybody was aware of that — the primary is what we really pay attention to," she said.
Clinton was asked to react to the recent NAFTA news and was asked if she thought Obama’s position was disingenuous.
"I think it’s somewhat disturbing that he would say one thing in Ohio and have his campaign sending a private signal to a foreign government presenting exactly the opposite of what he is saying in Ohio," Clinton said. " This is part of the pattern and I think it is a pattern that really deserves closer examination. You know, NAFTA is a really critical issue to the people in Ohio. I have not just talked about the problems of NAFTA, I have put forth a very specific plan."
Of Course the Media Coverage of Obama Has Largely Been Positive
ABC News’ Jake Tapper reports on "Political Punch": I can’t believe anyone would even dispute the notion. The New York Times’ Jacques Steinberg takes a look today at the Clinton complaint, with several of the reporters the Clinton campaign regularly cites as filing from their knees disputing the charge, one even saying, "in the conversations we have as colleagues, there is a sense of trying especially hard not to drink the Kool-Aid. It’s so rapturous, everything around him. All these huge rallies.”
Um … If you need to try hard not to drink the Obama Kool-Aid, you are in the wrong business.
Some of the problem is Clinton-made: as the esteemed Mike Glover points out in the Times, the Obama press corps is covering a candidate who has won 11 straight contests, the Clinton press corps is covering someone who has lost 11 straight.
But there is no question the tough coverage Clinton has faced has not been replicated on the Obamabus.
There have been studies done on this — read HERE and HERE.
- jpt
Wolfson Schools the Press Corps
ABC News’ Jake Tapper reports on "Political Punch": In a conference call, Clinton campaign communications director Howard Wolfson pushed the media to be as aggressive in the Rezko case as they were with Norman Hsu, which Wolfson handled.
"I did my level best to answer appropriately, honestly, as completely as I could many, many, many questions about the relationship between Norman Hsu and Bill and Hillary Clinton, down to, in one instance — if the person is on the call I don’t mean to embarrass him — but down to one instance, whether or not Norman Hsu had received a signed saxophone from Bill Clinton. The number of questions that we don’t know the answers to about the relationship between Mr. Rezko and Mr. Obama is staggering.
"Just a couple: is there anyone on this call who knows how many fundraisers Tony Rezko has thrown for Barack Obama? Is there anyone on this call who knows how much money Tony Rezko has raised for Barack Obama? Is there anyone on this call who knew before a week ago that Tony Rezko actually toured the house that they purchased before Barack Obama belatedly admitted it? Is there anyone on this call who’s aware that Barack Obama met with business associates of Tony Rezko? Is there anyone on this call aware about what was discussed at that meeting? Is there anyone on this call aware whether there were other such meetings? Is there anyone on this call aware whether or not Barack Obama impugned, or, I’m sorry, opportuned Tony Rezko to obtain jobs in the Blagojevich administration for Obama allies? These are very simple questions.
"I can guarantee you that if the shoe were on the other foot, so to speak, no pun intended, I would have been getting those calls, those questions, left and right and having to come up with answers that were satisfactory to a very serious and dogged press corps. I’ve just given a bunch of questions. I bet that as good as the press corps on this call is, I bet that most of you don’t know the answers to those questions. They are legitimate questions. What is the nature of the relationship? How many fundraisers were held? How much money was raised? How many meetings were attended? What was said at those meetings? Were jobs, did Tony Rezko attempt to get jobs for Obama allies? Question after question after question after question has neither been posed nor answered in any serious way by Barack Obama. He has thus far skated by.
"Well, now the trial is beginning and I think it will be more difficult for him to avoid these various serious questions. I can guarantee you that if, again, if the shoe were on the other foot, I would be getting those questions and I’d be having to answer them to people who are very serious investigative reporters, who know their business, who know the right questions to ask, and don’t take ‘no comment’ for an answer."
Wolfson is not wrong here.
If you want to hear his melodic voice ask these questions — it’s almost like an aria, really — you can listen to it HERE.
– jpt
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Or,it could be that they are smarter than to listen to a lot of bull from Obama. They know what bull is in Texas.
Posted by: KC+1701 | March 1, 2008, 11:20 am 11:20 am
Go Hillary you will Set Us Free! You Speak The Truth… God Only Knows Whay Will Be Coming Out in a Few Weeks About The Messiah! Hillary 08
Posted by: Reflective | March 1, 2008, 11:22 am 11:22 am
It’s been real interesting watching the national media try to divide us up and tell us how we’re going to vote.
That may play in a few areas in the state but not the big cities.
Houston is more of a stew. We work, live and play together. We’ve got it all. Add in a huge medical center that looks like a UN meeting…
When the Katrina folks came to Houston all these “divisions” pulled together.
What they don’t report is that all these groups have hearts as big as Texas.
Which is why Obama touches hearts. His big rally here was not just about him. It was about us. It was about the good in us. It was about what we all are capable of… working together to solve problems. Houston has done it before, we’ll do it again. OBAMA 08
Posted by: Jan | March 1, 2008, 11:23 am 11:23 am
Obama lies about NAFTA
“Obama’s campaign claims a million jobs have vanished because of the deal. That sounds devastating, but over the last 14 years, the American economy has added a net total of 25 million jobs — some of them, incidentally, attributable to expanded trade with Mexico. When NAFTA took effect in 1994, the unemployment rate was 6.7 percent. Today it’s 4.9 percent.”
“But maybe all the jobs we lost were good ones and all the new ones are minimum-wage positions sweeping out abandoned factories? Actually, no. According to data compiled by Harvard economist Robert Z. Lawrence, the average blue-collar worker’s wages and benefits, adjusted for inflation, have risen by 11 percent under NAFTA. Instead of driving pay scales down, it appears to have pulled them up.”
“Manufacturing employment has declined, but not because we’re producing less: Manufacturing output has not only expanded, but has expanded far faster than it did in the decade before NAFTA. The problem is that as productivity rises, we can make more stuff with fewer people. That’s not a bad thing. In fact, it’s essentially the definition of economic progress.”
Posted by: LOSERLIBERALS | March 1, 2008, 11:25 am 11:25 am
LOSERLIBERALS, You don’t know what ;you are talking about. Why is it that people are having to work two jobs to make ends meet. All kind of jobs have left the US for Mexico and other nations in the last few years. I will vote for Clinton because she will make the best president for all the people, but will vote for McCain if Obama is the democrat nominee.
Posted by: barefootboy | March 1, 2008, 11:37 am 11:37 am
Why must all reporting on Texas be so trite. Texas is much more nuanced than the Dallas-show-of-the-80′s reference to big hair and hats reflects.
Posted by: Bobby | March 1, 2008, 11:49 am 11:49 am
Sure hope the good folks of Texas live up to their reputation of being pretty savvy people; they know a snake in the grass when they see one. The more they see Hillary the more her disquise fails her and the snake-like features become exposed. Do the right thing Texas, the rest of the country is at stake.
Posted by: John | March 1, 2008, 11:51 am 11:51 am
Kinky was hillarious as a candidate. Here’s an example. When asked what his position is on gay marriage: “I’m all for it. They have a right to be as miserable as the rest of us.”
Even from Virginia, I had office co-workers waiting for the next Friedman press release.
Posted by: Paul | March 1, 2008, 11:53 am 11:53 am
Adult American Female…. grow up and think for yourself. Obama and his followers sound a lot more racist than what I know the Cinton’s to be. This will be a different country under Obama. my fear is I dont know what kind. Good luck to you.
HIllary 2008, 2012, 2016… whenever she wins!
Posted by: Chipo1965 | March 1, 2008, 11:59 am 11:59 am
There is only one candidate who truly wants to end the war, reduce taxes by reducing spending, increase the value of the dollar and understands the principles of freedom and liberty. That candidate is Ron Paul. He is a genuine Texan and a genuine conservative.
Posted by: Milton | March 1, 2008, 12:03 pm 12:03 pm
Milton, maybe Ron Paul and Hillary Clinton could come together on an independent ticket. Then we’d have all the internet warriors working together – could be unstoppable.
Posted by: Paul | March 1, 2008, 12:06 pm 12:06 pm
All media outlets are doing a great disservice to the viewing audience by not mentioning and/or explaining that neither Texas or Ohio are “winner take all” voting primaries. An explanation of how delegates are won in these primary elections is long overdue.
Is this another example of media reporting bias?
Posted by: Gary | March 1, 2008, 12:11 pm 12:11 pm
Texas and Ohio please save our country!!! Please don’t let this silver tongued pied piper fool you. I won’t be able to sleep nights with Obama in the White House. His wife wasn’t even proud of American until her husband became a celebrity. Hillary is the real deal for the economy, for health care, for our struggling foreign relations. There are serious issues in the country. We can’t afford a vacation to the Island of Hope.
Posted by: Carol | March 1, 2008, 12:13 pm 12:13 pm
You Clinton supporters are in a dream, wake up. After Tue, it’ll all be a nightmare
Posted by: bob | March 1, 2008, 12:13 pm 12:13 pm
Gary – I’ve heard a fair amount of reporting on delegate apportionment, especially in Texas, which is a little trickier than Ohio. And if it was media bias, which I don’t think it is, who would that bias favor?
Posted by: Paul | March 1, 2008, 12:15 pm 12:15 pm
Let’s talk about change. Hillary has already made a lot of change. Why talk about it – DO IT!
Posted by: lois | March 1, 2008, 12:16 pm 12:16 pm
Bob – actually I think the nightmare part is right now. Clinton supporters are going through the worst part of a campaign, which is the part before a losing campaign actually quits. I’ve been there – its not fun.
Its actually easier once its final. Then you go away numb for a while, recharge, and see where things go from there.
Posted by: Paul | March 1, 2008, 12:18 pm 12:18 pm
Lois – what has Hillary changed?
Posted by: Paul | March 1, 2008, 12:19 pm 12:19 pm
JUST WHAT WE NEED A MAN THAT WHEN HE IS NEEDED BY HIS PEOPLE DOES A NO SHOWObama didn’t help his record in Springfield when he failed to come home from a Hawaiian vacation to vote on the Safe Neighborhoods Act. His vote wouldn’t have made a difference, but Obama’s been a strident supporter of gun control, so a lot of voters thought he’d disappeared when his voice was needed most.
Posted by: pespiloverforever | March 1, 2008, 12:19 pm 12:19 pm
The “present” votes, Obama speculates, were cast by Republicans “who were embarrassed, who knew this was something they should be voting,”SO I GUESS THAT WHY HE VOTED PRESENT SO MANY TIMES, HE KNEW HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN VOTING YES , BUT DIDN’T HAVE THE GUTS, JUST WHAT WE NEED IN THE WHITE HOUSE
Posted by: pespiloverforever | March 1, 2008, 12:20 pm 12:20 pm
How anyone without experience can bamboozle some americans with ONLY flowery speech towards getting the toughest, most important job in the world numbs me!!! Has anyone of obama’s supporters ever applied for a job and/or attended a job interview? OH NO! Most of them are still in fairyland. I know that somewhere along the line,this BS will stop. Either the dems do it themselves (sooner, better) or it will be done Nov. America didnt get to where it is today by rewarding incompetency
Posted by: lluluadorl | March 1, 2008, 12:24 pm 12:24 pm
Obama Words Now on the War, How long it will take him to get the troops out, Obama also contested the notion that he advocates an overly quick withdrawal from Iraq.”If we are maintaining the timetable that I’m talking about , we’re talking two years from now before we would have combat troops out of Iraq,” he said. “The notion that this is somehow a precipitous withdrawal that I?m proposing just isn’t borne out by facts.”
Posted by: pespiloverforever | March 1, 2008, 12:27 pm 12:27 pm
Paul,
Then I go to support McCain’s campaign like a lot of other HRC supporters will do if Obama is the nominee. My country is too important to leave to chance.
Posted by: Carol | March 1, 2008, 12:28 pm 12:28 pm
Hillary’s biggest mistake was continuing to tout this imaginary 35 years of experience that she said qualifies her to become President. I guess the bull-detecting people of Texas are catching on to that myth.
Posted by: dgfiit | March 1, 2008, 12:32 pm 12:32 pm
lluluadorl – that whole experience/resume thing is little more than Clinton supporters buying into her campaign’s attempts to frame the debate.
A couple points. First, experience traditionally has had little consequence in elections. And before you start thinking this is just proof of the daffy quality of American voters over the years, try this:
Make a list of the five presidents you consider the best, and another of the five presidents you consider the worst. Then look at those two lists from the perspective of experience in Washington.
No need to share your results with the rest of us – just consider doing this for your own interests. You might be surprised.
Second, Clinton really doesn’t have much experience, when you come right down to it. She was a private attorney, though she did dabble in a couple public bureaucratic roles. She was a First Lady in Arkansas and the White House.
The only thing that could be considered traditional presidential-campaign type experience is her one-plus terms as a U.S. Senator. And that’s fine, on its own. But to then campaign as the ‘experienced’ candidate – well, that was perhaps her first strategic mistake in this campaign. Her past is too well known, and it seemed like a stretch in truth to the ears of many voters.
Posted by: Paul | March 1, 2008, 12:32 pm 12:32 pm
Following the campaign closely I have heard answers to most of what I consider to be critical concerns. How one receives them is up to the listener. But there is one question that I still would like to see answered: Does Sen. Obama subscribe to the “Israel=Apartheid” view? This is a view shared by Farrakhan, Pastor Wright, his advisor Brezinski, Jimmy Carter, the left wing of the Dem Party, and a large part of the black community. I think it’s a key question which goes beyond pledges and shows orientation to Israel, the Middle East and our foreign policy in general.
Posted by: hopesprings52 | March 1, 2008, 12:34 pm 12:34 pm
What is so bad about the Bill Clinton Presidency:
1)8 years of prosperity and surplus coming out of our ears.
2)8 years of No Unemployment problem
3)8 years without War
4)our investments, and 401k’s quadrupled during these very good years this just to name a few…
and this is after George SR screw up the country.
I may not be George Stenap…. but these assessments are no brain er.
Another 8 years of Clinton’s in the White house will make this country GREAT and STRONG again…VOTE FOR HILARY
If morals and values is at question, Mr. Obama’s idols are John and Ted Kennedy…Even JFK JR would like to denounce his relative, and you would embrace it…
Posted by: 1andresbonifacio | March 1, 2008, 12:38 pm 12:38 pm
hopespring – that’s an interesting question. And I have to admit while I think I know a fair amount about Obama’s views, I can’t answer that.
By apartheid, I’m assuming you mean a political separation between Israel and areas that would become a Palestinian state, right? My guess, and keep in mind its just a guess, is that he’s for a Palestinian state, which peacefully coexists with Israel, rather than an attempt to integrate those areas back into one state.
I think this is a position shared by Clinton and McCain, as well as the Bush Administration, isn’t it?
And I mean that question honestly. If you know more, please respond.
Posted by: Paul | March 1, 2008, 12:38 pm 12:38 pm
Paul,
If Sen. Clinton doesn’t appeal to you, on the experience scale, then Sen.Obama should have even less appeal. Because he knows less, does less but TALKS more.
TALK is CHEAP! I still trust hillary to lead this nation. If u want to hear it. Either Her or McCain. Someone to be President of the USA ought to have paid the dues. Simple. No amount of TALK can change that!
Posted by: lluluadorl | March 1, 2008, 12:43 pm 12:43 pm
We’ll see if Texans are all talk and so substance like a lot of jokes say. I believe that Texans are astute and will make the decision that is best for them AND the country.
Has Hilary been talking about “all hat and not cattle”? Remember how well SHE did in cattle futures. If only the rest of us could.
Posted by: touchetgal | March 1, 2008, 12:43 pm 12:43 pm
1andresbonifacio – truth be told, Clinton only had a surlus in his last year, and it wasn’t a true surplus.
It was a surplus, given the accounting rules followed by the Congressional Budget Office for all administrations, but it wasn’t a suprlus in that the national debt continued to grow that year.
Still, under Clinton we got closer than under any recent Republican administration.
There was a lot that went into that ‘surplus.’ First, don’t discount the effect of Perot’s campaign, which embarrassed the major parties into at least acknowledging the deficits and debt. Second, we also should remember that its Congress that authorizes and appropriates spending, as well as sets the laws regarding taxation.
The White House plays a role in this process, but for the most part, the executive branch gets far too much credit and blame for the government’s financial health.
One thing the executive branch can do is constantly try to figure out how to stop wasting money on innefficiency. Personally, I hope the next president puts a lot of emphasis into this effort.
Posted by: Paul | March 1, 2008, 12:44 pm 12:44 pm
Republican contender John McCain’s campaign team is preparing files with incriminating information about Democratic candidate Barack Obama. McCain’s advisers are eagerly looking forward to the great debate between these two candidates. They believe McCain’s agenda, while perhaps less rosy, is more convincing than Obama’s. Israel may find itself in the eye of the storm, for McCain’s people have no intention of backpedaling from their claim that Obama’s policy endangers Israel. This will not be easy for Jerusalem, whose diplomats will have to maneuver carefully in a political minefield. Obama will now have to decide whether to use the endorsement he got Thursday from former secretary of state James Baker against McCain, the way Robert Malley and Zbigniew Brzezinski were used against Obama regarding Israel.COME ON MCCAIN,
Posted by: pespiloverforever | March 1, 2008, 12:48 pm 12:48 pm
TEXAS and OHIO for OBAMA!!!
Posted by: Ben | March 1, 2008, 12:49 pm 12:49 pm
Lois – I’m not sure things like “she advocated…” or “she was instrumental in helping…” are compelling to a lot of us. The question is would these things have happened if she wasn’t there, and I’m really not sure they wouldn’t have.
Take the Al Gore internet joke. Would it have happened anyway? Probably, though if Gore hadn’t pushed for continuing to fund the original DARPA project, maybe it wouldn’t. In all, I’d say Gore has a better case to make than some of what you’ve said about Clinton.
But maybe Clinton could back a lot of that stuff up, too.
Posted by: Paul | March 1, 2008, 12:51 pm 12:51 pm
OBAMA is way too smart.
Even the Clinton kitchen sink tactic doesn’t work. So, forget about negativ ADs.
The movement is way too heavy and is continuing to grow.
Hope you all can join the movement.
Posted by: Ben | March 1, 2008, 12:53 pm 12:53 pm
lluluadorl – you missed my point, regarding experience. I’m firmly in the “it doesn’t matter” camp.
A president sets agendas and makes the final decisions regarding responses to changing situations.
That person has an entire executive branch to support him/her with information and procedural know how. The president’s job is to employ that support well. Its a job of judgment over bureaucratic experience.
Posted by: Paul | March 1, 2008, 12:54 pm 12:54 pm
DCVoter … if we want to read a book, we can go to the library. Ever heard of expressing your thoughts in a few well-thought-out, articulate lines? This is just a blog, not your personal journal.
Posted by: dgfiit | March 1, 2008, 12:55 pm 12:55 pm
pepsilover: Hillary’s supporters will buy her line of bull for every penny she wants to sell it for, but, they can’t see that she is not a leader in any sense of the word. She has authored 20 bills in her 6 years as a senator, 15 of which are totally worthless trash, and two more are of questionable value. Obama got more than that done in his first YEAR as a senator and precious few of those were fluff. As far as experience in political office, Hillary has LESS than Obama. Sleeping with the president, when he’s not…shall we say, otherwise occupied, doesn’t give you his experience by osmosis. Hillary herself has said that she WATCHED Bill handle the tough issues. She didn’t participate in hammering out the details — SHE WATCHED. If I watched a brain surgeon perform an operation, would you be willing to let me do your surgery? Evidently, so, because you obviously have no brain to begin with, so no harm could be possible if I did the surgery.
Posted by: PaleRider54 | March 1, 2008, 12:56 pm 12:56 pm
Most polls are showing a shift in Momentum Towards Clinton in Texas.
Hillary Clinton is strengthening her support among Latinos, Women and older voters.
Contrary to many of the media opinions, the new “3 a.m. phone call” add is having an impact among of those undecided because it reminds voters of Obama vulnerability on experience facing a candidate like McCain.
Also, Obama failing to hold a single hearing on Afghanistan since he became chairman of US senate oversight committee is resonating among voters on the question of “SPEECH versus SOLUTION regarding to National Security and terrorism.
A GALLUP poll shows that Hillary Clinton with 57% and Barack Obama with 29% among highly religious white Democratic voters.
Obama supporters are conceding that they will not win the majority of Latinos even after spending 5 to 1 in advertising in Spanish.
Obama facing McCain is only getting 48% among Latinos versus almost 70% voting for Hillary Clinton facing McCain.
The impact of highly religious white and Latino voters in a general election may give an advantage to McCain facing Obama in big states like CA, FL, NY and TX representing 147 ELECTORAL VOTES or 55% of the 270 needed to win the Presidency.
Posted by: Angel | March 1, 2008, 12:56 pm 12:56 pm
OUR CHOICES OBAMA, CLINTON & MCCAIN IT’S MORE LIKE THE 3 STOGGES LARRY, MOE & LARRY…WE ARE FINISHED!
Posted by: MARINE4EVER | March 1, 2008, 12:57 pm 12:57 pm
How the Dems can mess up the chance of winning the WH this Nov with even thinking of Obama is unbelievable!!! All we needed to do was play this Nomination process safe. Now we have let indies and “obamacrase” get in the way of a sure victory. Simply Unbelievable. Imagine, even McCain, at 71, this time got the GOP Nomination. Those guys know how to “line up” and get things done. We Dems have too many fantasy people in our midst.
Posted by: lluluadorl | March 1, 2008, 12:59 pm 12:59 pm
Angel, thanks for the Gallup link!!! Bye, bye Barack…. Go back to Chicago to do some more community organizing…. Turns out the biased media can’t help you this time around……… People are getting tired with all that anti Hillary propaganda, and they are unequivocally saying NO to the media! Texas & Ohio 4 Hillary!!!
Posted by: DMK | March 1, 2008, 1:02 pm 1:02 pm
Hey. Hilarious, it’s been fun watching you and your husband go even further down in flames, and in knowing that we won’t likely be seeing either of you on the national stage again, at least not in a bid for the White House. Good ridance!! I’d have voted for anybody, on either ticket, before voting for you or your husband, and shudder the thought of having you BOTH in the White House again!
Posted by: Namako OH3 | March 1, 2008, 1:02 pm 1:02 pm
What is so bad about the Bill Clinton Presidency:
1)8 years of prosperity and surplus coming out of our ears.
2)8 years of No Unemployment problem
3)8 years without War
4)our investments, and 401k’s quadrupled during these very good years this just to name a few…
and this is after George SR screw up the country.
I may not be George Stenap…. but these assessments are no brain er.
Another 8 years of Clinton’s in the White house will make this country GREAT and STRONG again…VOTE FOR HILARY
If morals and values is at question, Mr. Obama’s idols are John and Ted Kennedy…Even JFK JR would like to denounce his relative, and you would embrace it…
Posted by: 1andresbonifacio | March 1, 2008, 1:06 pm 1:06 pm
Paul,
How does Obama have better judgement than you?? Am sure you, like me, was against the war. So that also qualifies you to be President. Oh no, Add TALK to that “qualification”. Obama has demonstrated, the few times he has evr taken a stand, a lack of good judgment.
As a youth he did drugs. I never did! Did you? Rezko? Bomb Pakistan on basis of “Actionable intelligence”. The same thing that got us into Iraq. Senate Commitee Chair on Foreign Relations yet no single meeting held!! Tell me where he demonstrated good judgement. Enough to lead the US
Posted by: lluluadorl | March 1, 2008, 1:07 pm 1:07 pm
Paul and Pepsilover: IF your grandchildren are so unimportant to you, the by all means join the traitors who would have our sons and daughters, and THEIR sons and daughters for several generations, spill their blood on the sands of Iraq meaninglessly. While you’re at it, throw in Iran. In the meantime, remember that was have collapsing infrastructure, schools producing illiterate graduates, and sky-rocketing healthcare costs to the point where the all but the richest among us will no longer have to worry about quality of healthcare, because it will be out of financial reach.
Posted by: PaleRider54 | March 1, 2008, 1:08 pm 1:08 pm
lluluadorl – Clinton wouldn’t have been ‘playing it safe’ in the general election.
She came into the race with negatives at 49 – which alone make her practically unelectable. According to Rasmussen, that number a year later is up to 53.
Nominating her would be like political suicide for the Democrats.
Posted by: Paul | March 1, 2008, 1:09 pm 1:09 pm
1andresbonifacio -
That was almost politically poetic…
NOT! :-P
Posted by: Dingodude | March 1, 2008, 1:11 pm 1:11 pm
I FOR ONE AM SO FED UP WITH THE DISRESPECT THAT HAS WENT ON WHERE HILLIARY IS CONCERNED, THEY ALL CALL HER REALLY BAD NAMES AND THEN THEY SAY THEY HATE HER FOR WHAT HER HUSBAND DID, MY QUESTION IS DID HE CHEAT ON YOU, NO, HE CHEATED ON HER, THEY BLAME HER FOR BILLS HE SIGNED, COME ON GUYS HOW MANY OF YOU LET YOUR WOMAN TELL YOU WHAT TO DO, YOU BLAME HER FOR NOT TAKING ACTION AND THEN BLAME HER WHEN SHE DOES, GIVE IT A REST , GIVE OFF THE FENCE POST,PICK A SIDE IF YOU CAN’T HANDLE A STRONG WOMAN ADMIT IT IT WANT MAKE YOU ANY LESS A MAN THAN YOU ALREADY ARE
Posted by: pespiloverforever | March 1, 2008, 1:11 pm 1:11 pm
Who is Hillary? politician or actress ? Democrat or Republican ? Is she spending her election fund for nice dresses?
Posted by: Politra | March 1, 2008, 1:12 pm 1:12 pm
On Wednesday, Hillary will withdraw from the race siting unity, support Obama for practical political purposes and attempt to become relevant a la Kennedy in the Senate.
The desperate comments above will seem as pathetic as the last servicable molar in an elderly widow’s gum.
Posted by: Gorgon '08 | March 1, 2008, 1:12 pm 1:12 pm
Hilary Clinton is simply a political mediocre. She can only act as commander in chief, but never can truly perform that. Compared to her ability she has already gained more than enough. For her, politics is a way of building someone’s carrier. That is why she could compromise with her husband few years ago.
Posted by: Politra | March 1, 2008, 1:13 pm 1:13 pm
lluluadorl – I’m not sure I have the comparable quality of judgment as Obama, but if you are suggesting my nomination, thanks for the vote of confidence.
I support what Obama said about Pakistan. McCain has the same position (which really made his criticism of it baffling).
On this particular issue, the Bush Administration has the same position. Just last week we saw an armed drone employed against an al Qaeda target inside Pakistan. DoD is claiming confirmation it killed that organization’s number three person.
The odd one out of this position seems to be Clinton.
I’m also troubled by a number of gaffe’s she has made regarding foreign and security policy. A couple of the more notable ones have been about use of nuclear weapons and U.S. policy toward Taiwan.
I’ll take Obama.
Posted by: Paul | March 1, 2008, 1:15 pm 1:15 pm
1andresbonifacio …. don’t forget to count the two years (’98 and ’99) that our government came to a virtual standstill … the first 8 months while Bill Clinton lied to everyone including the American public about massaging the young intern in the Oval Office hallway. Then, hiding for the next 1 1/2 years while they considered impeaching him for lying to Congress. Don’t leave that out of the timeline!
Posted by: dgfiit | March 1, 2008, 1:15 pm 1:15 pm
pespiloverforever -
I think you need to reevaluate your posting for people to “come off of their high horses” with regard to dissing Hillary.
The crapola her campaign is tossing out about Obama is coming off the fan just as quick.
If you don’t want to endure the political mudslinging, go watch Nickelodeon. :-P
Posted by: Dingodude | March 1, 2008, 1:15 pm 1:15 pm
Paul,
if you were trashed for 17years by the GOP and their MSM friends, you would have negatives of 99%. A`year later, it would be 100%. It shows the woman’s character and staying power. If only we democrats can stop listening to the other side to tell us what to think. Sadly, i am beginning to feel stupid surrounded by so amny stupid people in the same party. They poll, tell us the results of the poll and we take it hook line and sinker. Are we as a party really that dumb!!!! Now they tell us Obama will save us and again we believe!! Preparing us for toast.This is sad. Too many of us the Dem are “mind controlled” by the GOP and their mouthpieces. How truly sad!
Posted by: lluluadorl | March 1, 2008, 1:18 pm 1:18 pm
IF BARACK OBAMA WINS THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR PRESIDENT, EXPECT A REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT FOR ANOTHER 8 YEARS
THIS DIE-HARD DEMOCRAT IS VOTING FOR JOHN MC
Posted by: 1andresbonifacio | March 1, 2008, 1:21 pm 1:21 pm
Obama is too depressing. Everything is BAD in his world. No hope, no pride. He has no sense of humor. I’ll take Clinton screaming at me anyday. And the humor coming out of the White House during the Clinton years, priceless!
Posted by: Mary | March 1, 2008, 1:22 pm 1:22 pm
Dear Paul and Politra,
Please save your energy for Tuesday. You will need it then to spew even more anti Hillary sentiments as she is announced the winner in both Texas and Ohio.
Posted by: DMK | March 1, 2008, 1:22 pm 1:22 pm
The scandals that were coming out of the White House during the Clinton years was even MORE priceless.
Nothing funnier in the world to laugh at than a President on the verge of being impeached… :-P
Posted by: Dingodude | March 1, 2008, 1:24 pm 1:24 pm
NHT – dgsiit
If morals and values is at question, Mr. Obama’s idols are John and Ted Kennedy…Even JFK JR would like to denounce his relative, and you would embrace it…
Posted by: 1andresbonifacio | March 1, 2008, 1:26 pm 1:26 pm
Barack what will Oprah say if u don’t deliver in the White House? Don’t blame me he sounds good… I thought he will be the next Dr Phil…
Posted by: 1andresbonifacio | March 1, 2008, 1:28 pm 1:28 pm
Dingodude,
Nothing you or any other Obamanite can say now will stop the Hillary momentum in Texas and Ohio… The White House scandals are old news…. Bye Obama!
Posted by: DMK | March 1, 2008, 1:29 pm 1:29 pm
1andresbonifacio …. JFK Jr dies in a plane crash about 10 years ago ….. didn’t you hear?
Posted by: dgfiit | March 1, 2008, 1:31 pm 1:31 pm
pespiloverforever –
Depending upon your MSM source, it’s debateable if Hillary’s initial support for her husband was genuine.
She seemed to gain that Senate seat as the Junior Senator from the State of New York pretty easily (considering that she’d been a legal resident of Arkansas for good chunk of time prior to Bill-O gaining the White House). Folks up North call that “carpetbagging”.
There’s no “great moral leap” about it…I just don’t see what your candidate has to offer for her alleged “35 years of experience”.
Posted by: Dingodude | March 1, 2008, 1:34 pm 1:34 pm
Let’s see, 8 more years of having the Clintons in the WH… at the end of the first 8-year run with Clinton foreign policy, we were handed 9/11 – the worst terrorist act ever perpetrated on U.S. soil. Nope, no more! Good ridance, Clintons, and thanks for nothing more than the ridicule and embarrassment. I can’t believe anyone would any more of THAT.
Posted by: Namako OH3 | March 1, 2008, 1:38 pm 1:38 pm
I am a staunch Democrat – and I will vote for McCain if Obama gets the Nomination. TX and OH – please don’t make this mistake. It is not Obama’s time. Please do the right thing – and vote for Hillary. This country needs her to fix the mess. And she will.
Posted by: Jason, KY | March 1, 2008, 1:40 pm 1:40 pm
Namako OH3 I BELIEVE THAT IS THE BIGGEST STRETCH I HAVE HEARD TO DATE, BLAMING THE CLINTONS FOR 911 COME ON,
Posted by: pespiloverforever | March 1, 2008, 1:43 pm 1:43 pm
Oh yeah, right! Ohio, Texas, why don’t you vote for Hillary!! The lack of inteligence of the average American voter is incredible. If Hilarious wins, it pretty much sums up the intellect of Texas and Ohio – that is, generally uneducated, as that’s Hilarious’ voter base.
Posted by: Namako OH3 | March 1, 2008, 1:43 pm 1:43 pm
Expect the kitchen sink to be thrown all the way to Tuesday including on the jon Stewart late night Monday show. What’s this about black superdelegates being threatened? Could be part of the Kitchen-sink stategy to produce effect to rouse them up not to desert.
Posted by: Uretha | March 1, 2008, 1:44 pm 1:44 pm
More like the toilet being thrown…
Posted by: Dingodude | March 1, 2008, 1:47 pm 1:47 pm
Namako – you’re foolish. And it’s going to be so much better with Obama in office? Get over it. I’d rather have someone with experience than an arrogant “rock star” who gives fluff speeches. Talk about uneducated when it comes to loving Obama. “Give me a break…this is the biggest fairy tale I’ve ever seen”…I *still* think BC’s quote sums it up best.
You’ll see what happens to this country if Obama wins. Good luck.
Go Hillary!
Posted by: Jason, KY | March 1, 2008, 1:49 pm 1:49 pm
pespiloverforever – Well, how ’bout Carter and Clinton? Our “current” crisis in the Middle East started LONG, LONG before 9/11, much less with GWB’s decision to oust Saddam Hussein from power. The idea that Osaba bin Laden could et away with the WTC attack had its genesis during Jimmy Carter’s presidency. Do you recall the siege of the US Embassy in Tehran in November 1979, the kidnapping and torture of 52 American hostages for 444 days, and then Jimmy Carter’s FAILED attempts to get them back (including his dismal attempt as Commander-in-Chief to rescue them, ending with one of the rescue helicopters crashing immediately upon lift-off, killing all aboard)? We finally got them back as a result of Ronald Regan’s diplomacy on 21 Jan 1981 (27 years ago), but the loss of respect that we incurred in the Arab world was firmly cast in stone. Now, combine that disrespect with the lack of any substantive response from Bubba Clinton in the wake of numerous subsequent attacks on US interests abroad – the 1st bombing of the WTC (1993), the bombing of the al-Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia (1996), the bombings of two US Embassies in Tanzania and Kenya (1998), and the bombing of USS Cole in Yemen (2000), and then Clinton’s feeble attempt to bomb Afghanistan and Sudan in response to the Cole (and to distract us from Monica Lewinski) – and it’s easy to see why terrorists were so emboldened as to attack us on 9/11/2001. Prior to 9/11, Osama bin Laden frequently complained that the US had not yet attacked in response to being attacked. Osama wanted us to attack, and he warned that if we did not, then he would launch something bigger – and we got 9/11. Yeah, thank Carter and Clinton, and why would we want to invite them back into the White House?!!
Posted by: Namako OH3 | March 1, 2008, 1:49 pm 1:49 pm
Namako OH3 THAT RIGHT US UNEDUCATED TEXAS OR FOR SURE GONNA PUT ON OUR SUNDAY GO TO MEETING DUDES AND SADDLE UP THE OLD BUGGY AND HEAD ON DOWN TO VOTING POLLS AND CAST OUR THIRD GRADE VOTE FOR HILLIARY,AND YOU SAY TEXAN AND PEOPLE AND OHIO ARE UNEDUCATED AND YOU BLAME THE CLINTONS FOR 911 AND YOU AREN’T VOTING FOR HILLIARY CAUSE YOU ARE EMBARRASSED BECAUSE OF WHAT BILL DID IN THE WHITE HOUSE, GIVE IT A REST, SEX HELP THE BRAIN CELLS, MAKES FOR A SMARTER LEADER
Posted by: pespiloverforever | March 1, 2008, 1:50 pm 1:50 pm
Namako OH3 | YOU DON’T READ THE PAPER DO YOU THEY SAY OBAMA IS ANOTHER CARTER, SAME RUN, SAME FLOOR PLAN,
Posted by: pespiloverforever | March 1, 2008, 1:52 pm 1:52 pm
Jason, KY – Spoken like a true-blue Rumbaugh Republican – They’re all hoping Hillary wins because McCain can beat her handily in November.
Posted by: Namako OH3 | March 1, 2008, 1:52 pm 1:52 pm
pespiloverforever – I tried to read your post… You made my point, thanks!
Posted by: Namako OH3 | March 1, 2008, 1:53 pm 1:53 pm
Dingodude,
You see, NObama was able to fool African American voters …. He can’t fool the Latino voters, however… Bye bye Obama… Hillary is about to make a big comeback!
Posted by: DMK | March 1, 2008, 1:53 pm 1:53 pm
DMK…
You keep on hugging that brick wall…it’ll need the extra support when your candidate smashes into it on Tuesday… :P
Posted by: Dingodude | March 1, 2008, 1:55 pm 1:55 pm
AND THAT WOULD BE THAT HILLIARY IS THE BEST AND SHE IS GOING TO WIN GO HILLIARY THAT WAS YOUR POINT RIGHT
Posted by: pespiloverforever | March 1, 2008, 1:56 pm 1:56 pm
pespiloverforever –
Spin it how you want it…you know what I meant, and I’ll not repeat myself.
We’ll see who’s still standing on Tuesday. Maybe Hill oughta bring tht expectation bar down a little bit lower..I’m sure there’s someone here that wants to limbo…
Posted by: Dingodude | March 1, 2008, 2:00 pm 2:00 pm
Illuluadorl – “Paul, if you were trashed for 17years by the GOP and their MSM friends, you would have negatives of 99%. A`year later, it would be 100%. It shows the woman’s character and staying power.”
Okay, I’ll concede your point. Perhaps Hillary has withstood her past better than I could have withstood her past.
The point is, despite whatever this says about her character, she does have these negatives. This makes her a bad choice for nomination.
Posted by: Paul | March 1, 2008, 2:02 pm 2:02 pm
OK, you guys are right – 9/11 was George W. Bush’s fault. I mean, he was the President for all of, what, 8 months? It must have been his fault. Never mind the plot was planned years earlier on Bubba’s watch, and the terrorists had entered the country on Bubba’swatch, and were already training in the U.S. to fly Junbo jets when GWB raised his right hand in January. Who’s fault do YOU think 9/11 was? Well, read the 9/11 Commission’s report, and then look at the timeline. Yeah, Hilarious Clinton’s gem of a husband was “answering the phone in the White House” – the same idiot who will give Hilarious his wise counsel in the White House, if she somehow wins it.
Posted by: Namako OH3 | March 1, 2008, 2:02 pm 2:02 pm
pespiloverforever, you may have your theories about sex and the brain. The problem you have with your Clintons is sex explotation of young interns like Monica Lewinsky as well as employees and lying about it when confronted by the judicial system. That is a lack of ethics, moral values and respect for the US great institutions. Bill was impeached and if she becomes president she too will be impeached because of her close linkages with interest groups.
Posted by: BMKC | March 1, 2008, 2:06 pm 2:06 pm
AND WHEN IT COMES TO MORALS , IF WE WERE VOTING ON THEM THEN WE WOULD HAVE NO ONE IN OFFICE, CAUSE THERE IS NOT A ONE IN OFFICE ANYWHERE IN THIS COUNTRY WITH ANY, AND OBAMA IS NO DIFFERENT , JUST LOOK AT SOME OF THE STUFF HE DID WHEN HE WAS RUNNING FOR SENATE AND LOOK AT SOME OF THE BILLS HE DIDNT VOTE ON CAUSE THEY WOULD HAVE COST HIM VOTES LATER ON, AND LOOK AT THE HOUSE HE LIVES IN, HE KNEW IT WAS WRONG , SO WHERE IS THE MORALS,
Posted by: pespiloverforever | March 1, 2008, 2:14 pm 2:14 pm
Colorado – in my humble opinion, we don’t need that kind of sentiment. Reasonable people can choose to support Clinton or Obama, and many of their respective supporters are reasonable people.
There’s no reason to think many of Clinton’s supporters are with her out of racism.
Its simply a question of who will make the better nominee when all factors are weighed. It seems that many have determined Obama will make the better nominee, to the point of almost being decisive.
Clinton has a tough road ahead of her, needing to dominate the results on Tuesday just to have a chance. But she has a lot of people working to make this happen because they honestly believe she would be the better nominee.
Posted by: Paul | March 1, 2008, 2:16 pm 2:16 pm
Image comes and go like so many of the celebrities we see in hollywood.
While experience and actions flaps on mostly inseen… like an eagle flying up high above the clouds.
Posted by: Palo Alto, California | March 1, 2008, 2:17 pm 2:17 pm
DMK – I don’t think ‘Colorado’ is representative of most Obama supporters here today.
Posted by: Paul | March 1, 2008, 2:18 pm 2:18 pm
Wow….
That was heavy, Man….
Posted by: Dingodude | March 1, 2008, 2:18 pm 2:18 pm
One of the current crop of candidates is going to stand up in front of all of the cameras next January, look you in the eye, and say “I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States.” Which of the current candidates do you think will say these words honestly, and which one do you think will look at every single word and try to figure out alternative definitions? Remember, Bubba stood there in front of all the cameras, looked us straight in the eye, and said “I did not have sex with that woman.” And he would be Hilarious’ primary advisor. While I don’t KNOW either Obama or McCain ould do the same, I KNOW, based on both their “experience,” that the Clinton’s don’t have the morals or ethics to take this oath truthfully.
Posted by: Namako OH3 | March 1, 2008, 2:21 pm 2:21 pm
Hillary refuses to return $170,000. of contributions from a trouble firm that has been slapped by over 100 sexual harrassment charges by their female employees. WHAT A HYPOCRITE to say she is a “champion” for women and yet she refuses to side with them. Hillary’s response to why she won’t give the money back…the firm hasn’t been found guilty. Wow, she’d be willing to give the benefit of the doubt to men before women…LADIES this is unacceptable!
Posted by: nsvp | March 1, 2008, 2:30 pm 2:30 pm
I am not sure why so many are under the illusion (or shall I say delusion) that he would be a uniter? He has absolutely NO previous experience working across political lines… Finally, he cannot unite his own people – the people within his OWN party, let alone unite Democrats and Republicans… Keep dreaming! I don’t think that any president would be able to do that…
Posted by: DMK | March 1, 2008, 2:30 pm 2:30 pm
Both McCain and Clintons are insiders deeply in debt to Special -Interest lobbies. Special interest want to squeeze blood from working-class Americans.
OBAMA is FRESH–>> AIR. Uncorrupted Harvard educated US born American.
Carol and other Bill & HRC’s should embrace Barak Obama for our country’s sake.
There Is No Country For Old Men.
Posted by: Tariq Ahmed | March 1, 2008, 2:34 pm 2:34 pm
Again, Colorado, I don’t agree.
First, Obama doesn’t need decisive wins. Its Clinton who does. Obama can take a relatively even delegate split on Tuesday, or even a small deficit, and remain in the driver’s seat for the nomination.
Second, Ohio and Texas don’t need to prove anything with their vote. Individually, voters from Ohio and Texas need to make their best choice.
Posted by: Paul | March 1, 2008, 2:34 pm 2:34 pm
DMK – And Hilarious has a LOT of experience showing us that she cannot reach across political lines. What happened to HillaryCare when it was the ONLY item she had on her agenda? Her husband was “answering the phone in the White House ,” and all she had to do was push one item forward. She got shot down on BOTH sides of the isle becuase she is NOT a uniter. 35 Years of Experience? Yeah, right! She has no POSITIVE experience, but she has loads of NEGATIVE experience… enough to send her packing in her quest for the Presidency.
Posted by: Namako OH3 | March 1, 2008, 2:35 pm 2:35 pm
This is all very interesting. Sure helps pass the time bye at work on a slow day. Anyway; I don’t trust any of them and don’t expect much to change regardless of who’s in office. At the end of the day, the only interests they serve is their own. They just need to keep saying what you want to hear and they’ll accomplish that.
Posted by: tac | March 1, 2008, 2:39 pm 2:39 pm
Yes we can is now my slogan for life. I am backing Obama and will continue to state my true honest opinion about this country. For the first time ever, america is getting an opportunity to re-write the wrong against black people and so it must stand up and do it decisively. The idea that half of the democrats are still scratching their heads over this cranky woman over a man who has obvious vitality and refreshing views is disspointing to me as an african american.
Posted by: Colorado | March 1, 2008, 2:42 pm 2:42 pm
pespiloverforever – I change my mind often. As a leader, I have to make decisions, but I also listen to other opinions… sometimes I’m wrong, and I’m not afraid to say it. Changing my mind doesn’t mean I don’t have ethics, and in fact, it’s testiment to my leadership abilities. Beyond changing his mind, I didn’t see anything of substance against Obama to disuade me from voting for him. You launched into a long discussion of the faults of OTHER politicians, like Hilarious, and I agree with you on that point. It’s time for a change. Hilarious is NOT change, it’s more of what we had 8-16 years ago. McCain is not change, it’s more of what we’ve had for the last 8 years. Obama is change – he has none of the ethical baggage that you rightly identified as a curse of old-school politics.
Posted by: Namako OH3 | March 1, 2008, 2:42 pm 2:42 pm
Barefootboy…
And you’re saying you were provided with a crash helmet for just such occasions, right ? :P
Posted by: Dingodude | March 1, 2008, 2:43 pm 2:43 pm
AND ON THE MORAL ISSUE LETS SEE WHAT THE GOOD BOOK AS TO SAY, THIS WILL BE THE MANNER OF THE LEADER THAT SHALL LEAD OVER YOU, HE WILL TAKE YOUR SONS,HE WILL TAKE YOUR DAUGHTERS, HE WILL TAKE YOUR FIELDS, AND YOUR VINEYARDS AND THE BEST OF EVERYTHING YOU HAVE, AND HE WILL TAX YOU AND YOU WILL CRY OUT TO THE LORD AND HE WILL NOT HEAR YOU, CAUSE YOU WANTED A LEADER FROM AMONGST YOU, NOT THE LORD AS YOUR LEADER
Posted by: pespiloverforever | March 1, 2008, 2:44 pm 2:44 pm
Pepsilover should know that Pepsi is run by an NAFTAed India National woman, who is much wiser than HRC.
Coke is the world’s best(.).
Family value lies in one’s spouse and childern- the immediate family.
Michelle Obama is also a Harvard educated women. Obamas have 2 kids===
You will see them on podium in November 2008 after “OBAMA.President.2008″, culmination.
Amen.
Posted by: Tariq Ahmed | March 1, 2008, 2:45 pm 2:45 pm
“I am not sure why so many are under the illusion (or shall I say delusion) that he would be a uniter? ”
Many believe Barack is a uniter because the fresh senator was able to pass very substantive legislation in the Senate, working accross the aisle.
Some of Barack’s accomplishments:
**the Coburn-Obama Government Transparency Act of 2006 (became law),
**The Lugar-Obama Nuclear Non-proliferation and Conventional Weapons Threat Reduction Act, (became law),
**The Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act, passed the Senate,
**The 2007 Government Ethics Bill, (became law)
Posted by: tchanta | March 1, 2008, 2:47 pm 2:47 pm
MR – Every President in the history of this country was a “rookie” on Day 1. Despite what Hilarious says in her campaign, she’ll be a rookie too. “Experience” is therefore not a differentiator in this election, and since it’s the ONLY thing Hilarious is standing on, she’s falling flat.
Posted by: Namako OH3 | March 1, 2008, 2:47 pm 2:47 pm
Colorado, if Obama wins Tuesday, he will not be our president. There will be too many people for Clinton that will vote for McCain. Most people in this country do not want to put a man in office with his background. He is too close to the middle east culture and I think they are helping bankroll him. I think Osoma bin laden is even helping him and no doubt in my mind if Osoma could vote he would vote for Oboma. Research what he has done and I think you will come up almost empty handed.
Posted by: barefootboy | March 1, 2008, 2:48 pm 2:48 pm
Namako OH3 GLAD I DON’T WORK UNDER YOU, CAN’T STAND SOMEONE WHO KEEPS CHANGING THE RULES TO SUIT THEIR NEEDS, NOT THE NEEDS OF THE WORKERS, AND OBAMA IS NOT A CHANGE HE IS THE SAME OLD WASHINGTON BACK ROOM CRAP WE HAVE ALWAYS HAD, HIS WAY DO DOING THING IS JUST LIKE ALL THE REST, MAYBE A LITTLE DIRTIER CAUSE HE CAN’T SEEM TO EVEN STAND BY THOSE THAT STOOD BY HIM,ONCE THEY ARE NO LONGER ANY USE TO HIM , HE THROWS THEM AWAY, KINDA LIKE HE DOES A POLICY WHEN IT NO LONGER SUITS HIS NEEDS,
Posted by: pespiloverforever | March 1, 2008, 2:49 pm 2:49 pm
tchanta: That’s a pretty thin resume. According to your list there, 90% of the senators today would be well more qualify then Obama. And when you consider the fact that he did not lead any of those bills but was a participant member, that pretty much takes it down to the thinnest resume for president ever in history! Not a good salespitch…..give it another try :)
Posted by: chris | March 1, 2008, 2:51 pm 2:51 pm
barefootboy – Other than to do what Rush Limbaugh is calling for (Republicans voting for Hilarious in the primaries, since they already have a candidate), there isn’t a Republican on the face of the planet that would have anything to do with putting a Clinton in the White House, much less both of them. Obama is FAR more likely to draw Republicans across the isle and vote for him over McCain. Nice try.
Posted by: Namako OH3 | March 1, 2008, 2:51 pm 2:51 pm
I am not sure where ya’ll are getting your information from, but you should get it right. In Texas Obama is the king. If you want to disgrace a Texan just call them a Clinton supporter. But we ready for the fight you will get when you do. Only a fake wannbe Texan would vote for a Clinton.
Posted by: TexasRules | March 1, 2008, 2:51 pm 2:51 pm
This is so simple people… When Hillary was the front runner, she got all the positive press. Now that Obama is the frontrunner, he is getting the positive press. The press follows the winning wind. They will continue to follow Obama through his inauguration in January 2009.
Posted by: Yankee Dan | March 1, 2008, 2:52 pm 2:52 pm
And Obama will fall flat in the general election when 1/3 of his supporters better known as Obamacans will jump ship to Mccain like a bunch of pathetic rats when Hillary is out Namako. I bet you are one of them. That’s not only a fact but a scientific fact you uninformed Obama supporters.
Posted by: MR | March 1, 2008, 2:52 pm 2:52 pm
Hilarious Namako OH3 WHAT IS THIS , DISRESPECT WHERE I COME FROM , REGARDLESS OF WHAT YOU THINK OF HER , SHE WAS THIS COUNTRY FIRST LADY FOR 8 YRS THAT IN AND OF IT SELF DESERVE RESPECT, YOU SAY YOU ARE PROUD OF THIS COUNTRY,AND SO HUNG ON MORALS, HOW ABOUT SHOWING SOME,YOU DON’T HAVE TO VOTE FOR HER YOU DON’T HAVE TO LIKE HER, BUT YOU DO NEED TO RESPECT,I DON’T CALL OBAMA , OSAMA OR HUSSAIN DO I,
Posted by: pespiloverforever | March 1, 2008, 2:54 pm 2:54 pm
Chris, what are you talking about?
Obama was just a participant in the bills but yet they have his name?
Explain me why Transparency Act is called Coburn-Obama.
Posted by: tchanta | March 1, 2008, 2:57 pm 2:57 pm
As a black person, I know that Obama is more qualify then anyone else in the race. As a black person I also know that most non-black people can not relate to us. I personally think the only reason he is where he is because he’s half white. Even so, I am supporting him because I know he can relate to me as a black person and will re-write the wrongs that’s been perpetrated on the black community in this country. Black americans will finally get their voice heard and their issues resolved. Black americans will finally get the justice we deserve with Obama as president. He is just a black american man like myself who struggle against racism too much to have time for the religious ideology debates.
Posted by: Colorado | March 1, 2008, 2:58 pm 2:58 pm
TexasRules |HEY SPEAK FOR YOURSELF I AM FROM TEXAS , AND I AM VOTING FOR HILLIARY, AND WILL NEVER VOTE FOR OBAMA SO SAY THAT ALL OF TEXAS IS FOR HIM JUST BECAUSE YOUR SMALL PART OF THE STATE IS, BE LIKE ME SAYING THE WHOLE STATE IS FOR HER,WHEN THAT IS JUST NOT SO,
Posted by: pespiloverforever | March 1, 2008, 2:58 pm 2:58 pm
Obama supporters are trying to have it both ways.
On the Super Delegates issue, Obama supporters demand unrealistically that their elected officials should always go and vote along with their supporters’ opinions.
Obama supporters also repeat that the decision of opposing the Iraq War shows their candidate is the right person to be President.
The opinion of most Americans in 2003 was supporting the Iraq War or did not think it was a mistake by a wide margin of 2-1.
While George W. Bush received high marks for his response after 9/11, many people are still wondering why waiting almost 10 minutes seating at the Florida school during the attack
If the White House phone is ringing at 3 a.m on a threat against the USA, waiting for the constituents opinion like Obama supporters are suggesting, is not a good quality for a strong leader to take immediate and decisive actions
Posted by: Angel | March 1, 2008, 2:58 pm 2:58 pm
MR – You said “a scientific fact.” Well… I’m a scientist – a marine biologist to be specific. So, I want you to show me your data. Show me how you have come to the conclusion that 33.33% of Obama supporters will vote for him only in the primaries, and then “jump ship” and vote for McCain in the general election. I suspect that you’re one of Hilarious’ UNEDUCATED supporters – and therefore part of her only real voter base in the U.S., but you can always prove me wrong by posting more data. If you read my posts, you know why I won’t vote for her – and I do make my decisions on an educated basis.
Posted by: Namako OH3 | March 1, 2008, 2:58 pm 2:58 pm
Exactly as I said another wannbe Texan has spoken.
Posted by: TexasRules | March 1, 2008, 3:00 pm 3:00 pm
The explanation is in your own word…Coburn-Obama. Coburn spear headed the bill genius!
Posted by: chris | March 1, 2008, 3:00 pm 3:00 pm
pespiloverforever – I’m glad you don’t work for me either. My collegues and my staff all need college degrees to do what is expected of them.
Posted by: Namako OH3 | March 1, 2008, 3:00 pm 3:00 pm
Clintons will do anything and say anything for cash or power. That’s the simple truth.
If the White House phone rings at 3 a.m. you want them near that phone.
Posted by: tchanta | March 1, 2008, 3:01 pm 3:01 pm
Rezko will sink the Obama Preacher. Monday the trial begins.
So much for the show man. Latinos are used to this kind of tactics, look what chavez did to venezuela. Obama will only be worst.
Posted by: Juan | March 1, 2008, 3:04 pm 3:04 pm
pespiloverforever – You said “SHE WAS THIS COUNTRY FIRST LADY FOR 8 YRS THAT IN AND OF IT SELF DESERVE RESPECT.” You are WRONG – VERY WRONG! Among the educated, respect is something that has to be earned, and it is very difficult to both obtain and retain. It is NOT something demanded, it is not something bestowed based upon your family name, your husband’s former position, or by any other manner. It is EARNED. She and her husband embarrassed this country – and me – for 8 years. They’ll never get my respect, and they’ll not get back into the White House with my vote.
Posted by: Namako OH3 | March 1, 2008, 3:05 pm 3:05 pm
Namako OH3 SO YOU WILL BE GOING BACK TO SCHOOL, COLLEGE THIS TIME, PROUD OF YOU, REMEMBER THIS WHILE YOU ARE THERE, KNOWLEDGE WITHOUT WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING IS USELESS,
Posted by: pespiloverforever | March 1, 2008, 3:06 pm 3:06 pm
Breaking News.
McCain will not be the Republican nominee 2008!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Tariq Ahmed | March 1, 2008, 3:06 pm 3:06 pm
I just wish this entire mess would end and that is a fact.
Posted by: Carol | March 1, 2008, 3:08 pm 3:08 pm
Riding the Hillary band wagon in Texas is like getting a 2.7 second ride on a bull. The wildest thing you will do with your clothes on, but it just won’t get you to the end.
Posted by: TexasRules | March 1, 2008, 3:10 pm 3:10 pm
Hillary is the most qualified person who has run for president during my life time, and i am old. America needs to wake up and realize that we can not run our country’s most important job interview like american idol.
Posted by: Juan | March 1, 2008, 3:10 pm 3:10 pm
Hillary is the most qualified person who has run for president during my life time, and i am old. America needs to wake up and realize that we can not run our country’s most important job interview like american idol.
Posted by: Juan | March 1, 2008, 3:10 pm 3:10 pm
IN 1992 – 2000 WERE YOU BETTER OFF THEN, THAN YOU ARE NOW? Democrats have the weapon to win this year. The republicans have no defense. Obama had no part of this prosperious time in our countries history, as he was busy with his pharmaceutical problem. This is why the republicans are fearful and have done everything possible to hide the facts and the news media has given Obama a free ride. You can bet Obama’s record will be “front and center”, if he is nominated, and any hope of a democratic victory is lost! A vote for Obama is a vote for the republicans.
Posted by: Mo | March 1, 2008, 3:11 pm 3:11 pm
OK, let’s foretell the verdict of the trial, and assume for the moment that RIzo is found guilty. That’s ONE of Obama’s associates who have been found guilty of a crime. How ’bout the Clintons? Here’s their list:
1) Roger Clinton
2) Dan Lasater
3) Dan Harmon
4) Bill McCuen
5) Webster Hubbell
6) Jim Guy Tucker
7) William J. Marks Sr
8) Jim McDougal
9) Susan McDougal
10) David Hale
11) Chris Wade
12) Stephen Smith
13) Larry Kuca
14) Robert Palmer
15) Neal Ainley
16) John Latham
17) John Haley
18) Eugene Fitzhugh
19) Charles Matthews
20) Tyson Foods
21) Sun-Diamond Growers
22) Richard Douglas
23) James H. Lake
24) Ron Blackley
25) Smith Barney
26) Crop Growers Corporation
27) Brook Keith Mitchell Sr.
28) Five M Farming Enterprises
29) John J. Hemmingson
30) Alvarez T. Ferrouillet, Jr.
31) Municipal Healthcare Cooperative
32) Ferrouillet & Ferrouillet
33) Michael Brown
34) Eugene Lum
35) Nora Lum
36) Johnny Chung
37) Roger Tamraz
38) Linda Jones
39) Patsy Jo Wooten
40) Allen Wooten
So, that’s Obama – 1; Clinton – 40 (and still counting)
Posted by: Namako OH3 | March 1, 2008, 3:11 pm 3:11 pm
pespiloverforever – I see you don’t even try to keep your facts straight. Obama’s father was Kenyan, not Arab; not that it should matter.
Posted by: jock59801 | March 1, 2008, 3:13 pm 3:13 pm
Obama the agent for change, very interesting. Is this before he was working with and accepting huge sums of money from Resko? What about the very house Obama lives in now, a gift from Resko? The support from Exelon, $227,000, to rewrite a bill that would allow non-compliance of chemical leaks? Owes his start in politics to Resko/slumlord money. Yes – Obama should change!!!
Posted by: Shenia | March 1, 2008, 3:14 pm 3:14 pm
Look at all of the human husks in the Clinton’s wake: Paula Jones, Kathleen Willy, Wanita Broderick, Monica Lewinski, Vince Foster, an Attorney General, a Secretary of State, a NATO commander, a couple of Defense Secretaries, the state of New York, an entire political party… and the American people…. All fodder and throw-away props to a “First Family” that cares very little for anything beyond its personal aggrandizement. All eight years of Bubba Clinton’s Administration were a precursor to the inevitability of events on 9/11. The Clinton Administration ignored all terror attacks after the first World Trade Center bombing in 1993. As the Lewinski scandal broke, Clinton launched Tomahawk cruise missile attacks against empty terror training camps… and an aspirin factory in the Sudan. We became the laughing stock of al-Qaeda whose 9/11 Saudi perpetrators were already training to fly Jumbos in the US. The Clintons had far more important things on their plate, namely avoiding impeachment. What can we expect with “Clinton II?” Apart from an impeached ex-president as our First Husband, and possibly our next Vice President, can we anticipate more futures trades, more “File-gates,” another “Travel-gate,” another shot at socialized medicine, drivers’ licenses for illegal aliens, more lapsed billing records, another multi-million book deal, more presidential pardons for convicted felons, pardons for convicted Puerto Rican terrorists, overnights for supporters in the Lincoln Bedroom, White House passes for the Thomasons, a bunk bed for her shoddy brother, and Charlie Tree back in the Commerce Department with a security clearance? Will there be more Chinese fund raisers at White House dinners with photos in The Washington Post social section, maybe a Buddhist monk delivering the inaugural invocation, midnight pizza parties in the White House basement, and finally, Bubba once again sitting in on high-level policy meetings?
Posted by: Namako OH3 | March 1, 2008, 3:15 pm 3:15 pm
This was for Chris:
Why the Transparency Act is not called Cobburn-Hillary but Cobburn-Obama?
Posted by: tchanta | March 1, 2008, 3:15 pm 3:15 pm
Obama has a gret concern for me, as he wouldn’t affirm a continued cooperation with Israel. When you turn your back on your allies, your lack of experience shows.
Posted by: Abe | March 1, 2008, 3:16 pm 3:16 pm
Hillary is welcome here in texas. I seen how she is able to grasp the situation: she was the first to realize the pending recession and the housing delima. Also, she was the first to suggest a 90 day halt on forclosures. It’s ashame Obama was too busy with his song and dance act to understand the economy. I hope no one has to go through a foreclosure, but at least Hillary will help. Obama should practice what he preaches…
Posted by: Mallory | March 1, 2008, 3:18 pm 3:18 pm
I haven’t seen even ONE post on here that supports voting for Clinton with any facts. There’re hundreds of reasons to keep the Clinton’s OUT of the White House next January. If you support Hilarious, tell us why? And if you cite her “35 years of experience,” yuo need to list both her positions and her accomplishments during those 35 years that are applicable to being a President. Tell us, WITH SPECIFICS, why she wouldn’t be the same embarassment (or worse) that her husband was.
Posted by: Namako OH3 | March 1, 2008, 3:19 pm 3:19 pm
Did you see the picture of the “lot” that the Rezko’s bought next to Obama? I thought it was going to be an empty lot that you would build a house on but it turns out it is only accessable through Obama’s front gate and is actually a big garden. One has to ask WHY and HOW would Mrs. Rezko buy a $600,000 empty lot on a $40,000 salary and $25,000 in assets? I will say that it was awfully nice of Obama to have his gardner maintain and mow it. This was more than a bonehead decision it was a bribe.
Posted by: jeff | March 1, 2008, 3:25 pm 3:25 pm
How ’bout a Clinton/Clinton ticket in ’08? Doesn’t THAT notion send chills down your spine??
Posted by: Namako OH3 | March 1, 2008, 3:26 pm 3:26 pm
pespiloverforever – Correct! You can call them anything you want. Respect has to be EARNED. I have NO respect for either Clinton.
Posted by: Namako OH3 | March 1, 2008, 3:28 pm 3:28 pm
Rezko is coming to texas!!!!!!!!!!!!! invited by his preacher Obama. Obama is done!! if not tuesday, soon after that.
America can not be outsmart by all talk. Look what happened to venezuela with hugo chavez.
Posted by: Juan | March 1, 2008, 3:29 pm 3:29 pm
Why is Hillary ALWAYS putting Obama down I mean constantly. He is always about HIS message AND SHE IS constantly beating his creditials down. AREN”T you people TIRED of this kind of politics. It is so depressing. Obama is at least inspiring. Hillary will drive you off with this negative campaign.
Posted by: Nathan | March 1, 2008, 3:30 pm 3:30 pm
Namako now that is funny, but when she runs as an independent that is exactly what you will see. The big Clinton plan was out from the start. Hillary at pres, Bill as VP. Hillary resigns and Bill gets a 3rd term. That is why in he new speeches he is say “VOTE FOR ME” and I will…..
Posted by: TexasRules | March 1, 2008, 3:31 pm 3:31 pm
Obama wants to meet with chavez. that will be right up his aley, chavez is importing most of the coke into the US
Posted by: Juan | March 1, 2008, 3:31 pm 3:31 pm
Jeff, Mrs. Rezko was financied by a British-Syrian billionaire. If that doesn’t make the hair on the back of your neck stand up nothing will!
Posted by: Jack | March 1, 2008, 3:32 pm 3:32 pm
Tariq Amed JUST BECAUSE A PERSON SAYS THEY ARE A CHRISTIAN DOESN’T MAKE IT SO, AND OBAMA HAS A TRACK RECORD OF SAYING AND DOING WHAT EVER IT TAKES AT THE MOMENT DO GET WHAT HE WANTS,
Posted by: pespiloverforever | March 1, 2008, 3:38 pm 3:38 pm
pespiloverforever – The “B” word? What “B” word? I’m just calling her Hilarious, because her candidacy and campaign is just that.
Posted by: Namako OH3 | March 1, 2008, 3:38 pm 3:38 pm
Why did Obama not remember that he walked through the house with Rezko? If he only used Rezko because he was experienced in buying real estate how did Rezko end up paying full price and Obama got the deal? Seems like simple questions that should easly be answered. Unless of course it was bribe money.
Posted by: Sid | March 1, 2008, 3:39 pm 3:39 pm
I know the “B” word!!!
Bodacious!! :-)
/me thinks someone needs to lay off the Pepsi Max when posting…the whole CAPS LOCK thing is killing my eyes…
Posted by: Dingodude | March 1, 2008, 3:42 pm 3:42 pm
Namako OH3 I WEARY FAST WITH THE LESS EDUCATED AND IT WAS FUN FOR AWHILE BUT YOU ONLY WANT TO CAUSE DISCORD, ANY ONE THAT IS NOT GROWN UP ENOUGH NOT TO DO THE NAME CALLING GAME IS A WASTE OF MY TIME , THIS IS ABOUT OUR FUTURE, THE LIVES OF OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN, AND NOT ABOUT YOURS OR OBAMA GRAND STANDING
Posted by: pespiloverforever | March 1, 2008, 3:42 pm 3:42 pm
TexasRules LIKE I SAID A WANNA BE, YOU ARE NOT FROM TEXAS, RESPECT IS KEY HERE ALWAYS HAS BEEN,
Posted by: pespiloverforever | March 1, 2008, 3:44 pm 3:44 pm
BUSH/CLINTON1
BUSH/CLINTON2 …..NO WAY
20 years ? get over the CLINTONS They are a THROWBACK, ITs 2009 not 1992.
Have some imagination AMERICA!
Posted by: scvlptr | March 1, 2008, 3:45 pm 3:45 pm
Why is Michelle Obama always so angry? I just saw a clip of many of her speeches combined and she is one mad women. I wonder if the press is just portraying her this way or if she is really always angry.
Posted by: jackie | March 1, 2008, 3:46 pm 3:46 pm
The YOUNG VOTE will propell
AMERICA into the fututre.
The so called adults have given us BUSH.
CLINTON IS ANOTHER BUSH
ever see BILL with BUSH 1 lately?
Posted by: scvlptr | March 1, 2008, 3:48 pm 3:48 pm
I agree with Wolfson, If there is some
inpropriety here then let’s get it on
the table.
Posted by: BikernAz | March 1, 2008, 3:51 pm 3:51 pm
Juan: Please speak for yourself and not for all Hispanics. Nobody really has that right for any group. In my Texas area many are not poorly educated or low income. In fact, some have switched to GOP to avoid that labeling. Other: I had not heard about IPA contributions. Finally found it on MSNBC website that has quite a long article on it today. The sexual lawsuits are still ongoing six years later. But, the CEO is a disbarred lawyer with a criminal background. One might think with February contributions, it could be wiser for Clinton to return the $170,000 contribution. Obama has returned his $2,000 contribution but still has yet to return another $2,000 from some wife. He can afford to return it too. Rezko has made a total of 46 campaign contributions to include Bush Sr. and Bush Jr. He likes to hedge his bets! Sen. Obama received a $1.9 cash advance for his second book before they bought their house. Sen. Clinton received $8.0 million advance for her book. The book advance facts are verifiable. Both candidates were in San Antonio yesterday. Those who know the area will know the downtown Hemisphere outside site which has a strong Hispanic presence and where Clinton pulled in 2,000 supporters, and the Verizon Amphitheater, North of San Antonio where Obama pulled in 8,000 supporters per the San Antonio Express News. But, I think a lot of us have already voted early. Dems also have a caucus vote that honestly many of us did not know about! It has been a long time since Texas counted for anything in the primary – choice usually made for us so caucuses were not much of an issue. Like Carol, I will just wait until Tuesday night, Wednesday morning for actual counts instead of projecting my own opinion!
Posted by: tcnz | March 1, 2008, 3:52 pm 3:52 pm
Some of you sound like you are probably voting for the very first time in your life this election (or at least the very first time with a Clinton on the ballot), so you’re too young to remember the first experience that America had with the Clintons – prior to 1993, only the poor folks down in Arkansas had any real experience with ‘em. Some of you hadn’t yet been weaned off your momma when ol’ Bubba and his wife moved from the rolling hills of Arkansas up to Washington DC in January 1993.
To bring you folks up to speed, us older Democrats (I’ve been voting since 1973) have learned how to tell when a Clinton is either lying or when one of ‘em is about to stick something in a place that you’d really rather not have anything stuck .
First… LYING… the next time you see a Clinton on TV, watch really close… when you see their lips start to move, even just a little… that’s it!! They’re lying. That was pretty simple, huh?
OK, second… how do you know they’re gonna stickin’ it to ya… well, here again, the next time you see one of them on TV, watch real close… when they start to smile, even a little… that’s it!!! That’s the cue to not bend over to pick up any bars of soap, ‘cuz they’ve got their sights on YOU.
OK, that’s pretty much it. Now you’re much better equipped to watch the primaries play out.
Posted by: Namako OH3 | March 1, 2008, 3:52 pm 3:52 pm
Yankee Dan.FYI.
HRC has gone negative–kitchen sink hurler. Press reports it.
Obams parries HRC with rebuttals that are PRESIDENTIAL & CIVILIZED.
Press roprts these fact.
Why do you blame the press.
It says the FACTS.
HRC is losing and throwing “Knock-Out” punches on winning OBAMA who evades her puches using his Harvard education and indigent upbringing.
OBAMA will WIN**** Texas,Ohio,Rhodes Island & Vernont this Tuesday.
Posted by: Tariq Ahmed | March 1, 2008, 3:52 pm 3:52 pm
I just love the Clinton crowd mantra of Obama’s “just talk, no action” – “no experience” – “false hope” – etc…. The difference between Obama and Clinton with McCain is that he is a Leader – and they are not: Clinton is a CEO (at best) and McCain is a drill sergeant. They both give orders – Obama inspires. But all this is pure emotional level…. On a practical level – this country needs to make serious changes to its social support system; namely the healthcare and social security. Without the change we probably will have neither in some 20 years from now. Those changes would be drastic and unpopular, and to pass them both houses and the President must work together. Clinton is extremely unpopular among republicans; if she’d brought a vote on the floor confirming tomorrow’s sunrise, the Republican part of the isle would’ve voted “Nay”. With her in the WH there will be the same partisan bickering we’ve seen for both the last 3 years of Bill Clinton’s presidency and the last 3 years. The American public is fed up of that. McCain has more clout among Democrats than Clinton – among Republicans!… Obama will likely have even more with both – that’s the reason I am voting for him.
Posted by: torero | March 1, 2008, 3:54 pm 3:54 pm
TexasRules – LOL!!! Thanks!! I loved the joke re: changing positions. ;)
Posted by: Namako OH3 | March 1, 2008, 3:54 pm 3:54 pm
in 93 BILLY knew the threat to the WTC,
in 2001 BUSH knew the threat ,
THEY LET IT HAPPEN,
They are the same thing, that SAME ol’ thing.
Posted by: scvlptr | March 1, 2008, 3:54 pm 3:54 pm
Maybe Michelle is sick of the DEVISIVE CLINTON
Monica Cherry Mash
Posted by: scvlptr | March 1, 2008, 3:58 pm 3:58 pm
Namako What Joke? lol
Posted by: TexasRules | March 1, 2008, 3:59 pm 3:59 pm
OK, can I throw something out there that has bothered me every time I read a post about what the next President will do, or will not do…? The Hilarious supporters all seem to think that her campaign “promises” will all come true because she promised them.
In fact, the President provides LEADERSHIP to those that accept his LEADERSHIP. It is The Congress who appropriates money to pay for the things that our Federal government provides, be it entitlements (that used to be called WELFARE when I was a kid, and something to be avoided at all costs, but then, that was before our current climate of political correctness) or even funding a war, not the President.
It is The Congress who writes our laws, not The President. It is The Congress who approves of nominations to high-level Government positions who are not elected by the people, not The President.
I think we all are way too quick to blame “The President,” when in fact, it’s The Congress who possesses the real power in American politics. The President is simply our figurehead, our Leader. Yes, he can veto legislation that he doesn’t personally agree with, but if it is GOOD legislation, then The Congress can easily override his veto. Let’s not give more power to the Presidency that it actually has.
With that in mind, who amongst the current crop of candidates would provide the best LEADERSHIP for our still-young country?
I still haven’t yet decided who to vote FOR in November (that’s right, I’m not yet decided on Obama), but I have certainly decided who WON’T be getting my vote… That’d be Hilarious… if she even gets that far.
Who do YOU want as YOUR next leader on the world stage? Who among the current candidates possesses the greatest ability to make our Congress functional again (their approval rating is even lower GWB’s!!)?
Posted by: Namako OH3 | March 1, 2008, 4:01 pm 4:01 pm
Obama paid guns are out in force today, they come in these room care nothing about truth or issues just want to act like the children they are, insulting and disrespecting. they bring up race, they bring up religion, and anything they can think of to be bring discord, and that is why i would never vote for the man, his way of doing things is dirty and cheap, no truth is the obama way, keep the people distracted
Posted by: pespiloverforever | March 1, 2008, 4:01 pm 4:01 pm
CLINTONS ARE FLIP FLOPPING,
Opportunistic, old world politics , even the young voters see through them.
Vote for the War , so you can be against the War.
Clinton cant see beyond her own political gain.
She is really NOT for the people.
Posted by: scvlptr | March 1, 2008, 4:02 pm 4:02 pm
Jackie – Michelle Obama is angry because even with all the blessing she has had in her life she deep down is a very insecure person. I bet she is a nice person but just is very insecure and immature.
Posted by: Susan | March 1, 2008, 4:03 pm 4:03 pm
I also think that the press has known about this possible Rezko issue and they may have chosen to not persue it.
I am an independant and have learned through this election process that they are using the American public to cast their ballots.
Posted by: ShadowKnows | March 1, 2008, 4:03 pm 4:03 pm
Pepsiloverforever—
Where is that happening?
Posted by: ShadowKnows | March 1, 2008, 4:06 pm 4:06 pm
IF Hillary gets the nomination,
ALL the CLINTON Ghosts will re appear.
The GOP will make REZKO look like Walt Disney.
Posted by: scvlptr | March 1, 2008, 4:07 pm 4:07 pm
TexasRules – LOL. My bad!! No joke. ;)
Posted by: Namako OH3 | March 1, 2008, 4:09 pm 4:09 pm
My apologies to Texas and Ohio. In Illinois we thought the media was referring to the start of the Rezko trial as Super Tuesday.
Posted by: Steve | March 1, 2008, 4:14 pm 4:14 pm
Firefighter – No, I’m with the Army in Germany, and we don’t get Rush or Hannity, at least not during my waking hours. It’s now after 10:00 PM here, and I’m starting to look at the bedroom with dimming eyes.
Posted by: Namako OH3 | March 1, 2008, 4:18 pm 4:18 pm
Hillary threatening to sue Texas Caucusing districts should tell you a lot about the type of person she is, but then she still has alot of Texans and Ohioans fooled. She is trying the rip the Texas heart and pride. Ohio she has lied to about NAFTA and then does a Texas 2 Step or a stumble and denies anything she has said or done.
As far as playing the respect game she does have it as being the first lady for eight years, but then again she wasn’t the only lady for those eight years and this still going on in front of her face. I think if she would have shown some kind of spine in the way she dealt with things in her life and left Billy boy she propably would have gotten the respect from many more people. If she could not stand up for the right thing then, how can she say she is ready on day one. She want’s to be in charge of our country but she cannot take charge of her own life.
Posted by: bambino | March 1, 2008, 4:19 pm 4:19 pm
I ask you to look carefully at the three major events in Hillary Clinton’s career:
1. her failed healthcare reform initiative in the early 1990s,
2. her wrong vote to go to war in Iraq, and
3. her poorly organized, and underperforming campaign for President.
I ask you to look carefully at her record and to compare it to that of Obama, who has been a consistent, positive, well-organized and unifying force for change. Of the two, only Barack showed good judgment on issues that matter, like in NEVER supporting Bush’s war in Iraq.
Barack has run the better organized, steady campaign. He has pushed for transparency in government, ethics reform, and taking care of our veterans.
Above all fellow Democrats, even if you disagree, please vote! We need to activate America. We need to stop sitting it out. We can do this. Yes we can!
Posted by: Pat Tyler | March 1, 2008, 4:22 pm 4:22 pm
bambino – Hey, she had no problem with Texas’ election processes when she was leading… but today? well… now she has a problem. Just like she wants the Florida and Michigan votes to count, now that she influenced the results. That’s a Clinton – no ethics.
Posted by: Namako OH3 | March 1, 2008, 4:24 pm 4:24 pm
looks like i hit some nerves , hate it when that happens, oh well, that is the way truth works hurts , Obama was raised by his white grandmother, you know the one you never hear anything about never see a picture of , you only see his granny in the grass hut with the chicken, If he was really for amercian and had nothing to hide, why does he hide so much, We know every thing there is to know about the clintons, but not Obama, so far ,
Posted by: pespiloverforever | March 1, 2008, 4:24 pm 4:24 pm
I think it is fitting that the Obama’s are doing an interview with US Magazine. That really sums up the level of his campaign. I don’t know many of his stances but it is nice to know that his daughters don’t like Paris and Britney. Glad to see that Michelle’s anger carries over into the home. (P.S. please don’t refer me to his website to find out his stance)
Posted by: sarah | March 1, 2008, 4:25 pm 4:25 pm
pespiloverforever – He has written two books about his life; that doesn’t sound much like hiding to me. Do you have any REAL reasons to hate this guy so much?
Posted by: jock59801 | March 1, 2008, 4:29 pm 4:29 pm
Tariq—
Israel is perfectly capable of waging war without participating in Afganistan.
I case you missed it, Israel throws the same stuff back in Gaza and Palestine that is thrown at them.
Posted by: ShadowKnows | March 1, 2008, 4:29 pm 4:29 pm
Joe no we are to busy looking at the bs obama is throwing,
Posted by: pespiloverforever | March 1, 2008, 4:33 pm 4:33 pm
Rezko, Rezko, Rezko
Posted by: Juan | March 1, 2008, 4:42 pm 4:42 pm
3/1/2008
Statement from Howard Wolfson in Response to Sen. Obama’s Attack on Hillary Clinton
In an effort to deflect attention from voters asking whether he is ready to lead on national security, Barack Obama launched a series of negative attacks against Hillary Clinton today.
In response, Howard Wolfson, Communications Director, issued the following statement:
Real change isn’t attacking NAFTA in Ohio while news outlets report that your chief policy aide told the Canadians your criticism is just rhetoric.
Real change isn’t attacking lobbyists while utilizing their services throughout your campaign.
Real change isn’t voting against a cap on credit card interest rates and opposing a freeze on home foreclosures on subprime borrowers.
And real change isn’t running away from a debate on national security because you don’t have the strength and the experience to go toe to toe with John McCain.
Posted by: Jeny | March 1, 2008, 4:47 pm 4:47 pm
Pepsilover—
That hut thing and maybe even the chicken will come out in the Rezko probe.
Posted by: ShadowKnows | March 1, 2008, 4:50 pm 4:50 pm
ShadowKnows well at least Obama’s hut should,
Posted by: pespiloverforever | March 1, 2008, 4:52 pm 4:52 pm
I’m getting tired of Sen. Obama playing the “I got the right answer on the Iraq War” card. I think he just got lucky back then when he cast his vote. Most likely, his decision was absed on his own inexperience (which is the key point behind the race between Sem Clinton and Obama, isn’t it?). Truth is, we all make decisons based on the facts as we know them at the time. There is no harm looking back afterwards and saying “I made the wrong choice”/ It takes a courageous leader to do that. And we have seen Sen. Clinton do just that. It’s incredible to me that the American people are willing to put allthis trust inleading our great country into the hands of such an inexperienced person like Sen Obama. He may be smart, he may speak well and he has momentum on his side now but people “WAKE UP”! He’ll have his turn some day…just don’t let it be now. Give him a chance to get some real solid experience under his belt. There is too much at stake here. Don’t be fooled by the rhetoric. Please.
Posted by: RM | March 1, 2008, 4:57 pm 4:57 pm
Obama is a blank screen, america is enchanted, wake up wfore it is too late.
Posted by: Juan | March 1, 2008, 4:58 pm 4:58 pm
: RM His lucky break on the vote was ,he wasn’t even in the senate when the vote took place, it is easy to say what you would have done, after the fact,and you have been able to see the out come, but when asked what he would have done had he been there ,he said he would have done the same thing bush did, most folks leave that out, even Obama
Posted by: pespiloverforever | March 1, 2008, 5:01 pm 5:01 pm
Pepsilover—
Agreed.
Posted by: ShadowKnows | March 1, 2008, 5:02 pm 5:02 pm
Shadow
Palistinian “throw” never kill Israeli babies.
But Isaeli “throw” kills thousands of Palestinian babies.
missed Targets??
Isarelis therefore needs real War-practise in Iraq and Afghanistan and send their men there.
That what the friends are for.
Posted by: Tariq Ahmed | March 1, 2008, 5:04 pm 5:04 pm
Give me a break! If you read the history of Hitlers message you will find that his and Obama is the same,
Posted by: pespiloverforever | March 1, 2008, 5:04 pm 5:04 pm
Tariq if everyone would stop throwing then no ones babies would die, and by the way Israel’s babies die also, bombs , rocks, and bullet doesn’t care about what they hits,
Posted by: pespiloverforever | March 1, 2008, 5:08 pm 5:08 pm
yeah right, I’m telling you something is fishy about the Larry Sinclair-Obama scandal.
Posted by: bob angel | March 1, 2008, 5:12 pm 5:12 pm
All you women who supports Hillary. Why don’t you read the report online MSMBC. See how much she cares!!!!!!!!!!
From MSMBC Online, front page:
Sen. Hillary Clinton has declined to return $170,000 in campaign contributions from individuals at a company accused of widespread sexual harassment, and whose CEO is a disbarred lawyer with a criminal record, federal campaign records show.
Where are her morals?????
Posted by: JerryZ | March 1, 2008, 5:13 pm 5:13 pm
I truly hate quoting actors and actresses (they have about as much knowledge of politics as my pet dog), but Alec Baldwin recently made a very profound observation on the two Democratic candidates in the 2/19 edition of the Huffington Post: “What Mrs. Clinton has that Mr. Obama does not have, Mr. Obama can get. What Mr. Obama has that Mrs. Clinton does not have, she can never get.” Wow! What insight, and from an actor, no less. I believe the Congress can and will work in support of an Obama Administration, and can achieve great things for our country. We have a rare opportunity to hire a competent and inspirational leader (read my previous post as to what the President is responsible for doing in U.S. politics) for the White House, one that can reach across the isles and bring our Government together. Clinton’s experience has shown that she fails miserably in this regard – she’s unable to even bring the Democratic Party together, much less the rest the Congress. Truly, whatever Clinton has (and it isn’t much), Obama can get, but Clinton cannot gain the respect that Obama enjoys in the absence of any demonstrated values or ethics.
Posted by: Namako OH3 | March 1, 2008, 5:13 pm 5:13 pm
Obama later watered down the bill after hearing from insurers and after a legal precedent surfaced during the debate indicating that it would be unconstitutional for one legislative assembly to pass a law requiring a future legislative assembly to craft a healthcare plan.
Posted by: pespiloverforever | March 1, 2008, 5:21 pm 5:21 pm
Hillary refuses to return $170,000. of contributions from a trouble firm that has been slapped by over 100 sexual harrassment charges by their female employees. WHAT A HYPOCRITE to say she is a “champion” for women and yet she refuses to side with them. Hillary’s response to why she won’t give the money back…the firm hasn’t been found guilty. Wow, she’d be willing to give the benefit of the doubt to men before women…LADIES this is unacceptable!
Posted by: nsvp | March 1, 2008, 5:24 pm 5:24 pm
JerryZ Show me one leader with Morals , we don’t any one,if we voted for them on the issues of Morals, we would be self ruled, cause they are all out for what they think will help them and those they like
Posted by: pespiloverforever | March 1, 2008, 5:26 pm 5:26 pm
Well Tariq,
maybe the peace loving Muslims
should tell the extremists to get
the hell out of their neighborhood
because they are tired of taking the heat from their actions.
Posted by: ShadowKnows | March 1, 2008, 5:27 pm 5:27 pm
“How long before the Obama camp twists Hillary’s words to make latinos think she is racist like he did with the blacks in SC?” WELL SAID! I don’t think they can do much now… You see, they milked the race card too much…. Bye bye Obama. See ya in 2012, maybe.
Posted by: DMK | March 1, 2008, 5:29 pm 5:29 pm
Has the Obama camp answered the NAFTA questions yet? Many in Ohio are waiting for his response!
Posted by: Jim | March 1, 2008, 5:31 pm 5:31 pm
Several of you remind me of when I was a young man, getting a haircut. The barber was much older than me and always shooting his mouth off who people should vote for. He ran for city council and got only 7 votes out of hundreds of votes. The day I was getting a haircut, there was a county wide race for several offices. The sheriff came in and when he did, the barber told him he was not backing him this time. The sheriff said, I already heard that and just wanted to thank you for not backing me because you hurt whoever you back had help the ones you are against. Believe it or not that barber became very low key in politics till the day he died. Really none of you are going to change anyone’s mind, but you are having fun so keep it up. I enjoy it. I’m 77 years old and enjoy ribbing a lot of you. Just a fun time.
Posted by: barefootboy | March 1, 2008, 5:33 pm 5:33 pm
Hey Jim-
Did you here that the Clinton Camp may have also put in a phone call to the Canadian Embassy asking Canada to disregard her comments about Nafta?
This is a true report…but of course, they’re denying it…do you believe them?
Posted by: nsvp | March 1, 2008, 5:34 pm 5:34 pm
To “Go Hillary”
I don’t Know how long you worked on the 100 reasons but you put a lot into it.
Good job.
Posted by: ShadowKnows | March 1, 2008, 5:36 pm 5:36 pm
nsvp, I’m not sure. What is your source so I can look it up and read about it?
Posted by: Jim | March 1, 2008, 5:38 pm 5:38 pm
nsvp: I challenge you to create a list of 100 reasons to vote for Obama… In fact, if you do that, I will event paypal you $50! Deal or no deal?
Posted by: Go Hillary! Texas and Ohio Are Yours! | March 1, 2008, 5:38 pm 5:38 pm
Hillary says Obama scares voters. Go girl!
You are softening up the voters so they will question his judgment between now and November.
He’s a half-black Dale Carnegie on steroids and won’t be easy to beat. His resume is nearly blank, and no one knows what the hell he would do in the oval office.
Posted by: Andy | March 1, 2008, 5:40 pm 5:40 pm
shadowknows-
None of you Clinton supporters want to comment on the news of Hillary refusing to return $170,000.00 of contributions from a firm that has been charged with 100s of counts of sexual harrassment. Is it just hard to defend, or just embarrassing to talk about?
And can you believe that the reason she won’t give the money back is because the firm hasn’t been found guilty yet?
So much for the “champion of women” Maybe if they donated thousands of dollars, she might respect them a little more.
Posted by: nsvp | March 1, 2008, 5:41 pm 5:41 pm
Barefootboy—
How were his haircuts?
Posted by: ShadowKnows | March 1, 2008, 5:43 pm 5:43 pm
Go Hillary, Texas and Ohio are yours–
Deal…but why are you refusing to address this sexual harrassment issue?
Posted by: nsvp | March 1, 2008, 5:44 pm 5:44 pm
So you were against the war in Iraq. So was I. What are you going to do now? Hope for change?
Posted by: What Now? | March 1, 2008, 5:44 pm 5:44 pm
In the larger context of North America our 12% black population dwindles to 8%. As Bush Sr. has said borders are nebulous entities. One hundred years from now all of North America will probably be unified with an even more vibrant economy. The Latino population will be almost 40% of it. The Obama phenomenon is rooted in wrongs that were righted 150 years ago and then 40 years ago. It is time to move on and deal with larger opportunities rather than imagined small problems. VOTE HILLARY OR MCCAIN IT DOES NOT MATTER. THEY BOTH GET IT. If Mr. and Mrs. Obama are not proud and want to solve problems of the kind they want to solve they can find plenty of them in Africa.
Posted by: Hal from Lincoln | March 1, 2008, 5:44 pm 5:44 pm
NSVP—
Before you start making assumptions you need to understand that I am an Independant. You are evidently an Obama supporter. Put your 100 reason list together and I’ll certainly read it.
Posted by: ShadowKnows | March 1, 2008, 5:49 pm 5:49 pm
: nsvpWhat does it say about a woman who would take $170,000.00 from a firm that is corrupted by sexual harrassment employers and refuse to give it back, sighting that the firm has not been found guilty yet…what does it say about a candidate who claims to be the “champion of women” but would give the benefit of the doubt to the ones sexually harrassing these women instead of the 100s of women who could well be the victims here?
I could say you were on crack, but that wouldn’t make it so, I wouldn’t give the money back either without some proof, that is just good common sense,
Posted by: pespiloverforever | March 1, 2008, 5:51 pm 5:51 pm
arure was thinking the same thing about you, nice name change
Posted by: pespiloverforever | March 1, 2008, 5:54 pm 5:54 pm
nsvp – I stepped away and may have missed your response to where it has been said the Clinton may have put in a call to the Canadian Embassy. Just one needed.
Posted by: Jim | March 1, 2008, 5:54 pm 5:54 pm
ShadowKnows: my hair looked like he put a bowl on my head and just went around and cut the sides. But it only cost me twenty five cents. Also a hamburger then was five cents. I know that is hard to believe.
Posted by: barefootboy | March 1, 2008, 5:57 pm 5:57 pm
And the meek shall inherit the earth! Especially if they’re friends with Rezko and are able to score sweet real estate deals!
Posted by: I Believe! | March 1, 2008, 5:59 pm 5:59 pm
Barak Obama would make a good Secretary of the Interior in the Hillary Clinton administration.
Posted by: Hal from Lincoln | March 1, 2008, 6:01 pm 6:01 pm
arure—
You are asking an American citizen to stop expressing his opinion. To be honest with you I think two people are posting using pepsi. Probably from the same site. But it’s still America
Posted by: ShadowKnows | March 1, 2008, 6:01 pm 6:01 pm
Go Hillary! Texas and Ohio Are Yours! If you want all of Obama’s votes, go to the official site of the Illinois State Legislature where he voted 4,000 times in addition to those Present votes that are an Illinois option. He was elected three times. Now please direct me to a site where I can read about the votes cast by Hillary when she was an elected official before becoming a U.S. Senator straight from the White House. Thank you.
Posted by: tcnz | March 1, 2008, 6:03 pm 6:03 pm
LATINOS FOR HILLARY: YOU ARE A PLANT AND A MOLE. Your intention is to scare people so they vote away from Hillary. You are not Latino at all. Generic names like yours are all plants. People PLEASE DO NOT LISTEN TO THIS VOICE.
Posted by: Hal from Lincoln | March 1, 2008, 6:04 pm 6:04 pm
I might have given Obama a chance if it wasn’t for the times we are living in right now….. with the war in Iraq and everything else. I think that the 3 am ad is spot on! Now it’s NOT the time for new introductions…. “Hi, my name is Barack.. and I am the new president of US. And you are the president of which country? Romania? Never heard of it” So Go Hillary! Barack may try again in 2012.
Posted by: DMK | March 1, 2008, 6:07 pm 6:07 pm
Jim-
Try CTV canadian Television…also the Opener Political Blog website…Mark Penn was on a telephone conference that was carried by Potus 08 xm radio denying the story, ABCNews.com mentioned it when they covered the Obama story, MSNBC also reported on the denial by the Clinton campaign…surprised you didn’t hear.
Posted by: nsvp | March 1, 2008, 6:11 pm 6:11 pm
Well Well If you hate Hillary Clinton then you will Hate Obama more If he become Presiednt.
This Election has been bought By Corperations that are afriad Of Hillary Clinton. News Media Tv Corperations that don’t want there tax breaks taken away as well as Oil companies that have been funneling monies threw there family member to defeat Hillary.
Obama has made some deals behind closed doors with some of the corperations .
I beleive in Hillary when I was searching the net and ran across stories Of Obama In Endlands News Papers that telling the truth on Rezko. He has done Nothing in his life to change the world so Vote for Obama He will promise you everything,and give you nothing in return.
Yes If it came down to who would you trust your Children with Obama Or Hillary there is no contest It would be Hillary. The woman that helped our family with our healthcare for our child.
Posted by: jake | March 1, 2008, 6:11 pm 6:11 pm
barefootboy-
Never had a haircut like that
When I was growing up fries were a dime and a burger was 15 cents. A movie was 50 cents and gas was a whopping 19.9
cents a gallon. Have you ever seen such
fanaticism about 2 candidates in a primary?
Posted by: ShadowKnows | March 1, 2008, 6:12 pm 6:12 pm
To all Hillary suppoters, why have you forgotten all the shady, backroom deals the Clintons have done in the past?
Bill Clinton in the White House for 12 years? After going through 12 years of the Bush family?
Hillary wants to mandate healthcare insurance and the microchip and the real ID act. Do you really want to lose everything(liberty, soul) for a little luxury?
Posted by: Hal | March 1, 2008, 6:14 pm 6:14 pm
I lived in Texas for 7 years during the 90s. I know to a certain degree about the texan spirit.
Texans will not be swayed by speeches only, period! When texan smell it is all bull, it is going to be a nasty defeat.
Don’t mess with Texas!
Posted by: formerTexan | March 1, 2008, 6:14 pm 6:14 pm
pespiloverforever,
That is becoming of you, I’m sure…but for a presidential candidate more should be expected.
Posted by: nsvp | March 1, 2008, 6:15 pm 6:15 pm
Texans don’t buy bull?
Some of you talk as if George W Bush had never existed!
Posted by: GP | March 1, 2008, 6:17 pm 6:17 pm
George H Bush- Speech of NWO
Bill Clinton- NAFTA, FEMA Camps in USA
George W Bush- HR 1955, Patriot Act
Hillary Clinton- NAU. Verichip, Real ID
Wake up!
Vote for Obama and the People Movement or the elites, bankers and big business
will own your lives.
Posted by: Constitution | March 1, 2008, 6:23 pm 6:23 pm
McCain: 2001 founded the non profit Reform Institute. 2002 Co-wrote the ‘McCain-Feingold Act’. Reform Institute took in huge donations from Companies that were lobbying the Senate Commerce Committee of which McCain was a memember of. McCain had to sever his ties with the Reform Institute in 2005 when the news got out that he was in VIOLATION of HIS OWN “McCain-Feingold Act”.
Posted by: Angie | March 1, 2008, 6:28 pm 6:28 pm
The bias the press uses for the Obama campaign is to constantly suggest that we are in some kind of infatuation or mania because we support Senator Obama.
We have a real opportunity to elect a brilliant, honest, wise, inspiring mand to be our president. He has the potential of becoming one of the greatest leaders of our time. That is real. I am not deluded or under some spell. I wrote to him and asked him to run in this race and I am a nobody, educated, white woman, single mom, small business owner who happened to see him Cspan one day and I just naturally thought… I wish he was our president. I have watched Senator Clinton in the senate for years and I never felt that way and I still don’t. She has proven to me that she has poor judegment and would make a poor leader. I want Senator Obama to be the one answering the phone at 3AM if there is a national security issue in our country…not the woman who made the ‘decision’ to give the president authority to use for in Iraq when she had plenty of time to review the ‘evidence’ and consult military leaders. As far as I am concerned she FAILED that national security ‘test’ and she has the proven her experience poor judgement and bad leadership throughout her history…not passing her healthcare plan…and running a bad campaign when she started with every advantage.
I support Barack Obama for president. I will be making calls for him this weekend. I believe in him and I believe is the american people.
Yes WE can!
Posted by: lb | March 1, 2008, 6:29 pm 6:29 pm
2005 Hillary went to India and was praising the Republican Outsourcing American jobs that went to Indian workers in India. But Hillary and the Republicans forgot one thing. It is NOT the Indian workers in India who Vote for the presidency in the USA elections. NO! It is people, like My Husband, whose jobs the Republicans Outsource and Hillary praised the outsourcing program. No way will we even think of voting for either Hillary or a Republican. Obama08
Posted by: Angie | March 1, 2008, 6:32 pm 6:32 pm
Jim please she wont give us money & we wont get our country back.
So vote for OBAMA and then We will have a better United States!!! ^_^
Posted by: Alexis | March 1, 2008, 6:33 pm 6:33 pm
Go Obama: REread my response to your post. I think I was clear. Have a good day! Oh, and your candidate is kaput!
Posted by: DMK | March 1, 2008, 6:33 pm 6:33 pm
Hilliary if she wins, McCain if she doesn’t, No way we would ever vote Obama
Posted by: pespiloverforever | March 1, 2008, 6:34 pm 6:34 pm
though Im not a Hilary supporter, I just have to commend “GO HILARY TEXAS & OHIO R YOURS” for the first time Im seeing a Hilary supporter making a case with point/facts. Though a trifle to long for me and cant immediately vet the truthfulness of the claims.
Pepsi lover et al I hope you are reading and learning this is how to promote your candidate not spreading ignorant rumours about opponents
Posted by: arure | March 1, 2008, 6:34 pm 6:34 pm
I was watching TV after the 2000 General Elections and saw an Interview with Ralph Nader. I will never forget the shock I felt after Ralph Nader was asked what he was going to do for the Independent party since the elections were over?
Ralph Nader replied loud and clear that he is, and that he always was, and that he will always be a Republican. Ralph Nader even stated that he cannot help it if the Independents and the Democrats were DUMB enough to vote for him.
Posted by: Angie | March 1, 2008, 6:35 pm 6:35 pm
Namako OH3, take a break…. I know it feels terrible to see your candidate losing, but you have to accept the fact that he’s not gonna win Texas, let alone Ohio. And they said Hillary was being overconfident… Yeah, right! Bye Bye Barack….
Posted by: DMK | March 1, 2008, 6:37 pm 6:37 pm
Gobama—
Interesting list. 260 items. You have to admit that some are space fillers. Some are legitimate. I’m thinking that what you omitted from the list is what is a little bothersome.
Posted by: ShadowKnows | March 1, 2008, 6:39 pm 6:39 pm
Angie-
Finally someone other than me voicing anger over this…you are right! But it doesn’t stop there…the reason why Hillary supports outsourcing is because she and Bill have stocks in the companies like Tata Consultations that actually take the jobs away…The Clintons have made hundreds and thousands of dollars from us Americans losing our jobs. In 2006- at an Indian caucus event, Hillary proudly announced “outsourcing will continue because you cannot legislate against reality.” Now she’s saying she’s worried about the levels of unemployment and jobs lost in Ohio. One has to wonder is she’s so worried, why she keep pocketing the money she makes off of us losing our jobs.
Posted by: nsvp | March 1, 2008, 6:39 pm 6:39 pm
McCain: Has the lobbyist, Buse, who lobbies for telecommunication corporations, run his SENATE OFFICE. McCain also has lobbyist, CHARLES BLACK, who lobbies for BROADCASTERS, run his campaign. McCain has lobbyist who are highly paid running his Senate office and running his campaign. That is very different that what he said they were. Volunteers do NOT run the Senate Office. Volunteers do NOT run the campaign. McCain is a Liar!
Posted by: Angie | March 1, 2008, 6:41 pm 6:41 pm
DMK – Yeah, I know… winning the last 11 races is terrible, but not as terrible as LOSING them!! As well as the next 4 on Tuesday. But then, it was never about the Democratic Party, it was never about what was good for America. It was ALWAYS about what is BEST for Hilarious Clinton and her two-timin’ husband. Go ‘head, vote for Clinton, cuz I’ll cancel you out when I, as a Dem, vote for McCain. Even as a devoted lifetime Democrat, I’d NEVER vote for another CLINTON!!
Posted by: Namako OH3 | March 1, 2008, 6:43 pm 6:43 pm
Obama if he wins, McCain if he doesn’t, No way we would ever vote Hillary. The only way in which Hillary is a uniter is that she unites people against her.
Posted by: Cokeloverforever | March 1, 2008, 6:44 pm 6:44 pm
McCain is SOOOO in Love with NAFTA that he attacked Obama for DISLIKING NAFTA. McCain with his statement defending NAFTA proved that he likes the idea of taking American Construction jobs, American Plumbing jobs, American Pipe Fitting jobs, etc. jobs, away from the American workers and giving them to Cheap labor Illegals.
Posted by: Angie | March 1, 2008, 6:45 pm 6:45 pm
I’m a lifelong Democrat but I will never vote for Obama. The good of the country comes first, party comes second.
Posted by: Martin | March 1, 2008, 6:46 pm 6:46 pm
Namako OH3: I understand your anger and frustration, but I can’t and don’t want to help you. Also, let me remind you that the SUPERDELEGATES will have the FINAL say in this election…and NO, the majority will NOT vote for Obama, because Obama can definitely “dupe” many with his race tactics as well as other underhanded tactics but he can’t dupe the superdelegates… Bye Bye Barack!
Posted by: DMK | March 1, 2008, 6:46 pm 6:46 pm
DMK. Plagiarism? Hmm:
Clinton, closing the recent debate: “You know, whatever happens, we’re going to be fine. You know, we have strong support from our families and our friends. I just hope that we’ll be able to say the same thing about the American people. And that’s what this election should be about.” – Democratic Debate, 2/21/07
John Edwards: “What’s not at stake are any of us. All of us are going to be just fine no matter what happens in this election. But what’s at stake is whether America is going to be fine.” – Democratic Debate, 12/13/07
John Edwards: “I want to say this to everyone: with Elizabeth, with my family, with my friends, with all of you and all of your support, this son of a millworker’s gonna be just fine. Our job now is to make certain that America will be fine.” -
Posted by: Cokeloverforever | March 1, 2008, 6:49 pm 6:49 pm
The Clintons have ties to Verichip.
Posted by: Sal | March 1, 2008, 6:50 pm 6:50 pm
DMK – Hey, I don’t need any one’s help. I’ll just vote my heart. I can say, with 100% sertaintly, iIt absolutely won’t be Hilarious Clinton. Who exactly it will be, I don’t yet know. I’m still trying to decide, and the field isn’t yet established – there’ll be a few Independents coming on board after the Dem/Rep primaries, and I’ve been known to vote for them – Perot most recently.
Posted by: Namako OH3 | March 1, 2008, 6:51 pm 6:51 pm
The Obamas have ties to Farrakhan
Posted by: Martin | March 1, 2008, 6:52 pm 6:52 pm
Jim my bad i take it back it’s not for you it’s for the guy LATINOS FOR HILLARY
Posted by: Alexis | March 1, 2008, 6:52 pm 6:52 pm
Huckabee: Wants to amend the U S Constitution to reflect his beliefs. That is a VIOLATION of the 1st Amendment of the first 10 Amendments that were ratified on Dec 15 1791, known as the American ‘Bill of Rights’: “Congress shall make NO law respecting and establishment of Religion,…” The Founding Fathers knew that someone like Huckabee would come along one day and try to impose their own beliefs on the People of the United States of American, so they passed an Amendment to the Constitution to prevent that from happening.
Posted by: Angie | March 1, 2008, 6:54 pm 6:54 pm
Hillary Clinton is being investigated for fraud for violating federal election laws in her 2000 bid for her New York Senate seat. —NOW WHAT HILLARY SUPPORTERS…oh by the way, you can’t deny the story…to many sources in her camp have confirmed the story.
Posted by: nsvp | March 1, 2008, 6:54 pm 6:54 pm
IF BARACK OBAMA WINS THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR PRESIDENT, EXPECT A REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT FOR ANOTHER 8 YEARS
THIS DIE-HARD DEMOCRAT IS VOTING FOR JOHN MC
Posted by: 1andresbonifacio
MY SENTIMENT EXACTLY.
Count me In
Posted by: pespiloverforever | March 1, 2008, 6:57 pm 6:57 pm
Hillary: Was a Senator when the Republicans pass a bill to give Government Financial Incentives to Corporations to Out Source American Jobs to other countries taking those jobs away from Americans and HILLARY DID NOTHING TO STOP IT.
Posted by: Angie | March 1, 2008, 6:57 pm 6:57 pm
nsvp – …and your point is? A Clinton being investigated for wrongdoing? Jeez!! That’s like reporting on the weather. Business as usual. ;)
Posted by: Namako OH3 | March 1, 2008, 6:58 pm 6:58 pm
Hey pespiloveforever-
didn’t you read my post…your girl is being investigated by the FBI for fraud…why do you choose not to address that? But just one thing…too many in her camp have confirmed the investigation is ongoing….NOW WHAT?
Posted by: nsvp | March 1, 2008, 6:59 pm 6:59 pm
Hillary: Was Senator when Bush and the Republicans had that special meeting with Canada and Mexico regarding the NORTH AMERICAN FEDERAL TRADE AGREEMENT, and knew that it was taking more and more jobs away from the American workers and HILLARY DID NOTHING TO STOP IT.
Posted by: Angie | March 1, 2008, 7:00 pm 7:00 pm
Angie-
Of course she did nothing to stop it. She was in line to gain financially and politically from it…why do you think she founded the Indian Caucus?
This girl is calculating, manipulative, hypocritical and good at all of it.
Posted by: nsvp | March 1, 2008, 7:02 pm 7:02 pm
“IF BARACK OBAMA WINS THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR PRESIDENT, EXPECT A REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT FOR ANOTHER 8 YEARS”
And many Obama supporters feel the same way about Hillary.
Guess who has more supporters?
But I find it very puzzling that Hillary’s feminist friends in particular would risk voting in a Republican who will turn back the tide on (a) gay rights and marriage and (b) women’s right to choose, in a fit of pique.
Posted by: Cokeloverforever | March 1, 2008, 7:02 pm 7:02 pm
One of the most influential people in Barrack’s life has been his pastor. His pastor supports Farrakhan. Farrakhan hates white and jewish people. Nuff said.
Posted by: What Now? | March 1, 2008, 7:03 pm 7:03 pm
Hillary and McCain were both Senators when Bush and Rumsfeld told the Pentagon War Experts to forget about getting AL QAIDA. Hillary and McCain were both Senators when Bush and Rumsfeld told the Pentagon War Experts to forget about getting BIN LADEN. Hillary and McCain are both just as guilty as GW Bush for the POPPY FIELDS in Afghanistan that are now funding the Terrorists groups of Al QAIDA and the TALIBAN.
Posted by: Angie | March 1, 2008, 7:03 pm 7:03 pm
The Clintons has ties to Verichip.
Please don’t hate Obama because of his race, or past. Look at Hillary’s past, it’s far worst.
Please do research on the Clinton and verichip and you will see the truth.
The Bushs and Clintons are responsible for our downfall.
China will have the #1 Economy in 15 years, thanks to the Bushs and Clintons.
Posted by: Hillary will destroy | March 1, 2008, 7:04 pm 7:04 pm
Hillary Will Destroy—
You sleep ok at night?
Posted by: ShadowKnows | March 1, 2008, 7:05 pm 7:05 pm
What now
Hmm … many of Hillary’s most vocal supporters have proved themselves pretty misandrist (man-hating). So men should vote for that because …….?
Nuff said
Posted by: Steve James | March 1, 2008, 7:09 pm 7:09 pm
Hopespring52, I am Black and I have never heard of the magazine you are talking about. I would like to aske you…. Be honest, who did you think Farrakah was going to support? We the African Americans don’t believe in the Muslums beliefs. But with Farrakah’s beliefs, he would rather not vote than to vote for a white candiate. Even though we African Americans believe that you should vote for the one that will do the best job he is not your average African American. I was just curious as to who you thought he would support?
Posted by: oquail | March 1, 2008, 7:10 pm 7:10 pm
Hillary will win Texas because we the latino people support her.
Who’s the idiot now?
Go hillary 08 Viva!
Posted by: Latinos For hillary | March 1, 2008, 7:10 pm 7:10 pm
Go Obama,
The SUPERDELEGATES can hand the nomination to WHOEVER they choose! Forget about the “against the public” notion you raised, the fear mongering tactic spread by Obama camp.. There was a user Colorado on here today. I think he made it clear: the MAJORITY of blacks voted for Obama because he’s black too! I’m sorry but that “public” sentiment is not gonna fly with the superdelegates. Also, there are MANY complex factors that need to be considered. For instance, if Hillary is able (and she will do it) to win more Latino votes than Obama, then that’s something that will NOT go unnoticed.
Posted by: DMK | March 1, 2008, 7:11 pm 7:11 pm
Man haters? Can you please name them. Is Elenn one of them?
Posted by: What Now? | March 1, 2008, 7:13 pm 7:13 pm
Shadowknows-
Still waiting for you to comment on whether you think it’s okay that Hillary won’t return $170,000.00 of contribution money from a trouble firm that is charged with over 100 counts of sexual harrassment charges against their female employees.
What do you think about the fact that at this moment, there is an ongoing investigation on Hillary Clinton by the FBI for fraud during her 2000 NY senate campaign.
And finally, she has made hundreds of thousands of dollars from her stocks with tata consultations, and other companies that outsource our american jobs. She makes money everytime an American citizen loses his job.
What do you think about that…and really address these topics, don’t just hit back with an attack. And don’t claim it’s not true…there are extensive records and reports on all this.
Posted by: nsvp | March 1, 2008, 7:13 pm 7:13 pm
You need to vote for the best candidate, instead of the lesser of the evils, because, come November, more dirt will be uncovered that will make it harder for them to win. Obama, with his self-serving rhetoric about the Iraq war, is feeding the ego of all Al Qaeda terrorists and endangering the life of every soldier in Iraq. The terrorists are jumping with joy over him. With him in office, they will have free reign to reap destruction world-wide. Hillary has a record of helping people in need—the “American” people! Vote Hillary!
Posted by: PROUDAMERICAN2008 | March 1, 2008, 7:15 pm 7:15 pm
Hillary is no President. She looks and acts like a mean spirited person! Obama is the hope of America and no more Bushs or Clintons-they only drag the country down.
Posted by: rockychance | March 1, 2008, 7:17 pm 7:17 pm
Proudamerican2008-
Hillary has a record of helping people in need…her record sent our military to a senseless war…tell me and the families of all those dead soldiers how she helped them?
Posted by: nsvp | March 1, 2008, 7:19 pm 7:19 pm
Here my reasons why I think Obama can not beat McCain
1. Whether we like it or not, Race will play a role.
2. Divisiveness and passions are very high during this nominating process that I suspect a significant number of Democrants, me included, will not vote for Obama.
If because of Race or dislike of Obama only 5% of Democrats defect, Obama can not win any of the battleground states. Califirnia will be very difficult for Obama to win because of Latino & Asian voters.
Posted by: Satish | March 1, 2008, 7:21 pm 7:21 pm
PROUDAMERICAN2008 – You said “You need to vote for the best candidate, instead of the lesser of the evils, because, come November, more dirt will be uncovered that will make it harder for them to win.”
Well, I’m pretty confident that if the Clinton “dirt machine” can’t uncover any more “dirt” on Obama than what we’ve already seen, then the GOP won’t be able to come up with anything more. He’s already been “vetted” by the best of them – the Clintons. No one wants this Presidency more than Hilarious. It’s all about POWER, and it’s all about her “entitlement.” In her mind, she is the “Queen of America” elect, and therefore hier apparent to the throne.
Posted by: Namako OH3 | March 1, 2008, 7:21 pm 7:21 pm
Hillary just does not get it—-most of the country cannot stand her lying, phony ways! She stayed with a man who repeatedly rubbed her face in it and she did it for only one reason—her insane Machiavellian thirst for power!
Posted by: rockychance | March 1, 2008, 7:21 pm 7:21 pm
Old buck-tooth saddlebags is not getting my vote. She is just to nuts.
She and slick William need to ride off in the sunset with the millions they
stole and live happily ever after. They
deserve each other. He can’t stand her and she can’t stand men!
Posted by: Ed | March 1, 2008, 7:21 pm 7:21 pm
“You need to vote for the best candidate, instead of the lesser of the evils…”
So we should vote for the greater of the evils because she’s “the best candidate”?
Stop the planet, I want to get off
Posted by: Suki | March 1, 2008, 7:22 pm 7:22 pm
Go Obama,
Please come visit me. I would like to EXPLAIN to you how the superdelegate voting process works, because, obviously, you have NO clue! As I said, there ARE many (I repeat – MANY) complex factors that need to be considered, and I listed only one – the Latino vote – of them. And I hate to say this, but NO not every state matters much. Some states matter more than others. Sorry!
Posted by: DMK | March 1, 2008, 7:24 pm 7:24 pm
I think Hillary should win, even if she only won Califrnia and New York because those two states are more important than all 48 States combined.
At Texas, the latinos strongly support Hillary and you should too.
Only fools vote for Obama because he will not help the hispanics. Don’t VOTE for Obama!!!
Viva Vote Hillary08 Viva Mexico!
Posted by: Latinos For Hillary | March 1, 2008, 7:25 pm 7:25 pm
Here my reasons why I think Hillary can not beat McCain
1. Whether we like it or not, gender will play a role.
2. Divisiveness and passions are very high during this nominating process that I suspect a significant number of Democrats, me included, will not vote for Hillary.
If because of gender or dislike of Clinton, only 5% of Democrats defect, AND if she is such a galavanising force MORE Republicans come to the polls, Clinton can not win any of the battleground states.
As for California, any Latino or Asian voter who’ll vote for McCain over Obama might just as well stick his or her head in the fire.
Posted by: Cokeloverforever | March 1, 2008, 7:27 pm 7:27 pm
Do you really believe that the same people that put Bush over the top will vote for someone named Barrack Hussein Obama? If you do then you are definitely not facing reality.
Posted by: What Now? | March 1, 2008, 7:27 pm 7:27 pm
Here is my main reason why Obama will NOT beat McCain:
1) The majority (not all) of those Republicans who crossed lines to vote for Obama in the primaries will NOT support him in November. It’s been well documented that GOP wants Hillary out of the race.
Posted by: DMK | March 1, 2008, 7:28 pm 7:28 pm
As a Texan, I am digusted with Hillary.
She stole money from the very people that voted for her.
Posted by: Harry From Texas | March 1, 2008, 7:30 pm 7:30 pm
DMK – Actually, you need to listen to the GOP “pulse.” Rush is suggesting that Republicans vote for Hilarious in the Texas and Ohio elections, to ensure she WINS, because they know that they can beat her in the general election. They can’t beat Obama. The GOP wnats Hilarious IN the race, not out of the race.
Posted by: Namako OH3 | March 1, 2008, 7:33 pm 7:33 pm
Ah yes, DMK, explain to us all why democratic process doesn’t matter to a “Democratic” party in a nation that prides itself on being the world’s most democratic nation.
The problem with Hillary supporters is that so far, almost NONE of the states matter. More than HALF the country doesn’t matter ALREADY.
Yes, it’s a very complex issue. It is such a pity that the democratic will of the people gets in the way of all those “complex” issues that would put Hillary in the White House without going to all the trouble of letting people vote.
Posted by: Suki | March 1, 2008, 7:33 pm 7:33 pm
NSVP—
I evidently didn’t impress my position upon you earlier. I am an Independant.
I am from Arizona and therefore was not permitted to vote in the primary. The 260 reasons to vote for Obama were interesting. The 100 reasons to vote for Hillary were interesting. I am essentially dead in the warer until the general election comes around. I believe that I’ll wait until this primary comes to an end and then review the plusses and minusses. I’m not sure how the Rezko thing is going to play out and neither are you. what happens if Obama wins the nomination and then is indicted on charges over Rezko. Then Sir/Mam who is the democratic candidate? Stranger things have happened.
Can you understand where I’m comming from?
Posted by: ShadowKnows | March 1, 2008, 7:34 pm 7:34 pm
Blame Obama, Blame Obama. What about Hillary?
Her rap sheet is much larger.
This redneck is gonna donate to Obama. I got to see him at Ft Worth and the man is not a racist.
Posted by: Mike C Texas | March 1, 2008, 7:34 pm 7:34 pm
The only question I have is “in the picture of Obama with the other terrorist, is he showing him how to operate the detonator?”
Posted by: Joe | March 1, 2008, 7:35 pm 7:35 pm
Harry From Texas – Hey, don’t feel bad, she steals money from everyone; voting for her never gave you an amnesty necklace!! So, it’s not just you. She doesn’t kiss anyone before she screws them.
Posted by: Namako OH3 | March 1, 2008, 7:36 pm 7:36 pm
ShadowKnows-
I understand that you are an independant, I’ll take your word for it, that is why I’m posing the question to you, because you can respond in an unbias manner and tells us what you really think about all this. Now, tell me what is your opinion on these three issues?
Posted by: nsvp | March 1, 2008, 7:37 pm 7:37 pm
Obama worked with terrorist
Senator helped fund organization that rejects ‘racist’ Israel’s existence
Posted by: pespiloverforever | March 1, 2008, 7:40 pm 7:40 pm
Rockychance—
You might just want to listen to Michelle Obama speak if you want to see mean spirited. She is something else.
Posted by: ShadowKnows | March 1, 2008, 7:42 pm 7:42 pm
The economy isn’t as bad as people were led to believe. Just look at how much
money was devoted to the two Democratic
campaigns in February alone. Unless these fools were sending their welfare
checks, they must not be as bad off as Hillary and Obama want them to believe. Bush has done a good job of keeping you cry babaies safe and somehow you don’t appreciate that. That means you arent very grateful for those of you who don’t habla english….furthermore, you liberals dont want us drilling for oil in ANWR or the Gulf of Mexico and now guess what…the South Americans are drilling for oil in the Gulf. You idiots better wise up or get use to walking. I like high gas prices because it will keep a lot of you rif-raf off the roads and out of the way of my SUV!
Posted by: Billy the Kid | March 1, 2008, 7:44 pm 7:44 pm
I was at Hillary’s rally in Fort Worth this morning. Believe me, there was no shortage of support or enthusiasm. Everyone standing in line was talking about all they are doing over the next three days. The lines were so long, they last of the lines had not made it thru security by the time Hillary was finished speaking. It was a three hour wait to get to the security screeners. I wonder if the media will report on her enthusiastic and large crowds.
Go Hillary!!! You can do it.
Posted by: Txn4hillary | March 1, 2008, 7:45 pm 7:45 pm
“But I want you to understand what real change is,” Obama told the crowd (in Providence, R.I today). “Don’t be fooled. Real change means saying what you mean and meaning what you say.
BUT WAIT:
1) Yesterday morning Mr. Obama, responding to the Clinton ad during a stop in Houston, said: “We’ve seen these ads before. They’re the kind that play on people’s fears to try to scare up votes.” But wait LETS USE IT! The same thing he does in the debates – she gives a policy answer, and he follows with “I agree with Hillary”. Does this guy have an original idea in his head?
2) Obama is critical of Clinton concerning her vote for appropriations for the Iraq War. But he has no problem being endorsed by Kerry, Dodd and Daschlel who casted yes vote to the same war resolution as well.
3) His drums of anti-Iraq war is SO hollow that instead of supporting the anti-Iraq War candidate of Connecticut who WAS the democratic primary candidate, he instead supported Joe Lieberman who is very pro-Iraq War.
4) Let’s not forget his “Wink, Wink” to Canada in attacking NAFTA. He is attacking NAFTA in Ohio while his chief policy aide told the Canadians that Obama’s criticism is just rhetoric. http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Vote2008/story?id=4365922&page=1
5) Obama’s talk of real change is saying what you DON’T mean and meaning what you DON’T say.
Let’s wait until Monday when Tony Rezko’s trial start to find out what more Obama meant and DIDN’T say. I just can’t trust him, can you?
Posted by: linda | March 1, 2008, 7:45 pm 7:45 pm
Obama separates himself from Washington? Isn’t he a United States Senator? How can he separate himself from the status quo when he is a US Senator who has been preened and prodded by Senators Kennedy and Kerry to run for President in the first place?
He says: “We need leaders in Washington who say what they mean and mean what they say. He says: I don’t want to just tell everyone what they want to hear, I’ll tell them what they need to know.”
Well, we want to know: How is the committee YOU chair on NATO and Afghanistan going? Anything new, lately? What is your true relationship with Rezko? What is your voting record on the Iraq war? Your voting record on the nuclear industry? YOur communications with Canadian officials regarding your public stand on NAFTA? We want to know.
Posted by: georgia | March 1, 2008, 7:48 pm 7:48 pm
TxnforHillary, one of the problems for both candidates is that it’s very easy to be taken in by the enthusiasm of people at your own rallies. It’s a bit like the Chinese Emperors’ courts, where no one would tell you anything you didn’t want to hear. Probably the least relevant indicator of anything is a bunch of your supporters.
Posted by: Suki | March 1, 2008, 7:48 pm 7:48 pm
To Linda,
That news about Canada and NAFTA was found to be untrue by the highest levels. THey said the same thing about Hillary and guess what? It’s also not true.
Posted by: Sam | March 1, 2008, 7:49 pm 7:49 pm
Does anyone else think it is wrong for candidates to brag about how much money they raised when millions of people are defaulting on there homes and loosing their jobs? Seems like they would say let’s fully contest each other but put some limits on how much they spend.
Posted by: David | March 1, 2008, 7:50 pm 7:50 pm
Undecided voters need to read up on the Rezko relationship. Rezko goes on trial on Monday. Too bad it didn’t start last week when originally scheduled so people could find out a little more about who Obama rubs shoulders with and who has been a major supporter of his. Additionally, the Republicans will go after the extremist remars of his minister and his miniter’s support of Farrakhan. Too bad the biased media hasn’t spoken more of it during primary season. IF Obama wins, which I don’t believe he will, it will certainly be discussed in general election..and he will lose over it.
Do your homework before Tuesday. You owe it to your fellow citizens. Don’t get caught up in the hype.
Posted by: Txn4hillary | March 1, 2008, 7:51 pm 7:51 pm
Clinton won’t get out regardless of the outcome. She will press it to the end. I don’t really think it makes much difference which democrat wins they are both very similar. McCain will prosecute the war and not retreat but outside of the war issue I don’t think there is that much difference between he and the demos. I’m not very optimistic about our chances as a nation. These candidates just reflect us and that is what concerns me. We have lost our sense of who we are and where we have come from. I’m sorry for my children.
Posted by: strangelove | March 1, 2008, 7:54 pm 7:54 pm
Can anybody tell me how senator Obama is going to pay what he has promised?
The cost is way too much more than the revenue IRS can collect from us under current tax code. Borrow more money? We have already been in record huge deficit (Thanks to Republic government). I don’t think any Democrat president will enlarge that deficit unless he wants to a Republican. So raising tax will be the sole solution. As senator Obama has promised, he only raises tax from the riches (annul income > $200,000) and big corporations. That is great! However, the math does not add-up. Only 2% of American families are that rich. Even IRS collects all they have still are not enough to pay the cost. Then IRS will start to tax the upper middle class (annul income above $88,000). Again, only 20% American families fall in that category. Raising their tax by as much as 20% will still not be enough to cover the cost. So all middle class must foot this “big bill”. No free lunch! Yes, you may say that hiking tax dollars from big corporations. The fact is that American businesses already pay the second highest tax in the world (second only to Japan). Hiking their tax will drive more businesses move overseas. Thus, we’ll loose more jobs and reduce overall tax revenue. Either way, middle class will be hit most, not benefit from those promises.
Posted by: ppdirix | March 1, 2008, 7:54 pm 7:54 pm
HILLARY DOESN’T KNOW WHAT SHE’S TALKING ABOUT. SHE SAYS ONE THING ONE DAY AND ANOTHER THING THE NEXT.
Posted by: Alexis | March 1, 2008, 7:54 pm 7:54 pm
Suko: the point is… Hillary’s supporters are not giving up. It is unbelievable that some in the media are suggesting she should just quit. She has supporters that want to see her continue. She has supporters, but unfortunately, Obama’s rallies are the only ones drawing big numbers and enthusiasm…according to the media.
It is wrong to misrepresent. For those that are undecided…they need to know the truth..
Posted by: Txn4hillary | March 1, 2008, 7:55 pm 7:55 pm
Realty check time are we going to support some exremist or the right person running I vote for Hillary she is not hiding nothing like Obama church is they seem to be some radical extrmist group he worships at. sorry I feel this way and I love my God so much I will not vote for Obama
Posted by: Gloria | March 1, 2008, 7:58 pm 7:58 pm
nsvp: Was it too weak to prompt an answer, maybe?
I believe that some of the soundbites we have had to listen to are:
change, status quo, the past, the future, hope,
His speech may send a “tingle” up Chris Matthews’ leg, but I am not hearing the substance.
He is, after all, the “status quo” he rejects on the one hand, and then on the other hand embraces to get him to where he is.
Perhaps, you could answer all those questions for him.
Posted by: georgia | March 1, 2008, 7:59 pm 7:59 pm
NSVP—
Well, lets try this approach then.
Hillarys’ and Baracks’ “issues” were non issues to me because Independants cannot vote in Arizona primaries. As far as I know the democrats really don’t want me voting in Texas or Ohio or Vermont, etc. Now, as of this moment I really don’t know who the democratic nominee will be until the deal is done one way or another. So “issues on either side don’t apply at this time.
You didn”t answer my at all. What happens if Barack is nominated and then gets indicted on the Rezko deal. Who will be the democratic candidate?
Posted by: ShadowKnows | March 1, 2008, 7:59 pm 7:59 pm
Thank you both Hillary and Obama for helping me decide who to vote for in November. Sen McCain…. you now have my vote!!
Posted by: John in Winston-Salem | March 1, 2008, 8:00 pm 8:00 pm
Hillary is a agent of change.
She will make history.
I hope when she becomes president she will get back at all those states that voted for Obama.
Posted by: Woman 4 Hillary | March 1, 2008, 8:00 pm 8:00 pm
touchetgal Obama tactic’s you busted one of them, and they all jump you poor Obama, I want play the name game, and i write what is the papers, the truth,and ya just hate it, nothing you say can change the Facts, Only change Obama offers is his name
Posted by: pespiloverforever | March 1, 2008, 8:03 pm 8:03 pm
Woman 4 Hillary – …and that increasingly sounds like it’ll be 45 or so out of 50 states who will be on her “hit list.”
Posted by: Namako OH3 | March 1, 2008, 8:03 pm 8:03 pm
Interesting contrast of two candidates. Guess who’s who?
CANDIDATE1:
Exploits FEARs of common people. Sees people as mere voting blocks and uses divide and conquer as the primary means to scrape through minimum needed votes to get into POWER.
Stoops to any level and uses any means to capture the ROYAL THRONE at ANY cost.
CANDIDATE2:
Positive, unifying, level-headed, discerning, shown keen judgement and farsighted-ness.
Believes that democracy is for the people and by the people and plans to curtail the influence of special interests on government. Shows an example of it through an unprecedented grass-root campaign and fund-raising.
Appeals to the higher HOPES and ASPIRATIONS of people to elect him the LEADER OF THIS GREAT NATION.
Posted by: Judy | March 1, 2008, 8:05 pm 8:05 pm
ppdirix your tax dollars, is how he is going to pay for all the things he promises, the taxes he will raise once in office
Posted by: pespiloverforever | March 1, 2008, 8:05 pm 8:05 pm
Democrats! Who is McCain attacking? Doesn’t it make sense to you that he’s attacking the one candidate that he DOESN’T want to face in the General Election? He can easily beat Hilarious, but he’s not sure of he can beat Obama.
Posted by: Namako OH3 | March 1, 2008, 8:11 pm 8:11 pm
Judy
You are brainwashed by Obama. He far to the left. The people can ruin this country.
It’s not too late, you can still vote for Hillary.
Posted by: Nell | March 1, 2008, 8:11 pm 8:11 pm
Obama is living in fairy tale land.
He said ordinary people can do extra ordinary things. LOL.
Obama…ordinary people are just ordinary.
I hope your people movement fails.
Posted by: Sal 1984 | March 1, 2008, 8:17 pm 8:17 pm
Cause I like her, and I want to ,
Posted by: pespiloverforever | March 1, 2008, 8:21 pm 8:21 pm
“I too would vote the greater of two evils”
LOL, is that what it takes to support Hillary?
Posted by: Suki | March 1, 2008, 8:24 pm 8:24 pm
I love the saying “yes WE can”. WE had the opportunity to decide if WE could afford a home and look at the mess WE are in. WE had the opportunity to stay in the dome after the hurricane and WE tore it apart. WE have the opportunity to purchase small vehicles to conserve gas and WE purchase SUVs. WE have the opportunity to purchase guns and WE shoot each other. Oh, but yes WE can.
Posted by: NewOrleans | March 1, 2008, 8:26 pm 8:26 pm
When Clinton was asked if she could name one instance where she had to make a critical decision like the one she references in the “It’s 3 a.m.” ad that began airing this week she said the question was framed incorrectly.
“No one who hasn’t been president has done that. That’s not the right question,”
The Whining Queen whines again…She claims to have experience but she doesn’t want to show it.
Posted by: tchanta | March 1, 2008, 8:27 pm 8:27 pm
Obama is a nice guy, being nice won’t help us. We need someone with fire and Hillary has fire and ambition.
Posted by: Kate Shaw | March 1, 2008, 8:28 pm 8:28 pm
What will ya come up with next? No body has ask her this, if they did she has enough smarts to know how to answer it
——————————–,
When Clinton was asked if she could name one instance where she had to make a critical decision like the one she references in the “It’s 3 a.m.” ad that began airing this week she said the question was framed incorrectly.
“No one who hasn’t been president has done that. That’s not the right question,”
The Whining Queen whines again…She claims to have experience but she doesn’t want to show it.
Posted by: pespiloverforever | March 1, 2008, 8:31 pm 8:31 pm
I hope Hillary can change the Constitution and get rid of firearms for good. The 2nd Amendment is useless and must go now. Only Hillary and Bill can make this possible. Vote for Hillary, please.
Obama supporters plea: Enough with the fancy speeches and phony crowds. Please come back to reality and support Hillary, who was really supposed to be the front runner. Leave that fantasy and Obama behind and join the real world again.
You can still vote for Hillary.
Posted by: Mary | March 1, 2008, 8:37 pm 8:37 pm
Texans for Obama!!!! Everyone in my family and my “soccer mom” community is voting Obama and caucasing…Hillary doesn’t stand a chance in the Lone Star State!
Posted by: TXWomen 4 Obama | March 1, 2008, 8:42 pm 8:42 pm
Mary – Why didn’t the Clintons get rid of the 2nd Amendment in the 8 years that they’ve already had? Either 1) they don’t care about your issue, or 2) they are completely incapable of accomplishing your issue. And now you want to give them another chance? If I were a manager of a Burger King, and I had a burger-flipper working under me, and he couldn’t flip a burger to save his life, why would I first fire him for incompetence, and then hire back him again for the same job, absent any additional experience in flipping burgers? Why would we want to put an incompetent Clinton back in the White House? Just for the laughs??
Posted by: Namako OH3 | March 1, 2008, 8:45 pm 8:45 pm
I am voting for Clinton.
It doesn’t look good for her right now in Texas. She needs to win big and you people are letting her down.
What’s wrong with you people?
35 Years of experience is not enough?
The superdelegates will vote for Hillary since you people don’t have brains.
Hillary wins.
Too bad Obama, you are not ready.
When she wins with the superdelegates do me a favor and hush up. You will do more bad than good for our party.
Posted by: Mary | March 1, 2008, 8:47 pm 8:47 pm
TXWomen 4 Obama WOW Guess that makes up all the texas women ,the rest of us Texas women are voting for Hilliary,
Posted by: pespiloverforever | March 1, 2008, 8:47 pm 8:47 pm
Jenny – Read the article, and based on the content, it seems that McCain should be our next President, not Hilarious.
Posted by: Namako OH3 | March 1, 2008, 8:54 pm 8:54 pm
Fact: Hillary has 35 Years Experience!
Fact: Our Economy was good with the Clintons.
Fact: Hillary provide HealthCare for everyone.
Fact: Obama supporters think they can change the world. omg, you guys are living a fantasy!
Posted by: Mary | March 1, 2008, 8:55 pm 8:55 pm
Internet Evangelist Bill Keller says Oprah Winfrey is a hypocrite who’s all about dollars, not charity
Posted by: pespiloverforever | March 1, 2008, 8:58 pm 8:58 pm
Wow Mary you are right.
I agree with you. I 100% agree with you.
Hillary is the real agent of change, not Obama.
I now will vote for Hillary.
I urge everyone to vote for Hillary too. Mary made me see the light.
Posted by: Jill | March 1, 2008, 8:59 pm 8:59 pm
This is to help clear up the war vote for the young people in America.
Obama condemns Clinton for her war vote, which just shows his inexperience.
I am in a union and we have a strike vote every 3 years. Our union president needs to have the power to negotiate with the company. Our plant has only struck once in the history of our plant, which is about 50 years.
It would be silly for our union president to negotiate face to face with the company without the backing of people and the threat of a strike backing him up. Without the backing the people the president has lost before he even opens the door.
So our strike vote is the same vote as the senate vote. It shows that the president has the backing of the people to enter into negotiations with the threat of strike or war.
No one in our union as in the senate wanted the president to strike or as Bush to go war. But it was the president’s judgment to go to war, not the senate.
Now don’t get me wrong, I was against the war also, but, I can’t undo the past as well as the senate. We can only hope our sacrifice doesn’t go in vain.
It is easy for Obama to condemn when he was sitting on the side lines. Obama said he was right on the war vote, and looking back now he was, and President Bush shouldn t have taken the US of America to war. Obama still is too green behind the ears to run the country, and he is too liberal to negotiate for the foreign dangers around the world.
Hell, Obama said he would bomb Pakistan without even telling Pakistan it was coming and they have the bomb in an insane part of the Middle East.
How is Obama any different than President Bush when it comes to answering the PHONE at 3 am to bomb Pakistan?
Posted by: Buddy | March 1, 2008, 9:55 pm 9:55 pm
Someone with good judgement doesn’t belong to a church that is “unashamedly black” and that supports Farrakhan.
Posted by: Judgement? | March 1, 2008, 10:02 pm 10:02 pm
Rest easy, Hillary!
A couple of days and it will be all over for you!
Bye Bye Hillary, and take Bill with You!
Posted by: reaganfan | March 2, 2008, 7:12 pm 7:12 pm