Clinton Rips Media’s ‘Double Standard’

Clinton keeps touting double standards because it allows her to rewrite the rules constantly change her strategy. She will win at all cost regardless what it will do to the Democratic party.
On one hand she states the people should decide by voting, but then switches to acknowlege that the super delegats will decide, and that the delegates should decide whom they think will be the best candidate regardless os what the popular vote will be.
If they way she runs her campaign is a sign of how she would run the country that is something the US does not need.

I think the title of this is misleading. Senator Clinton did not “rip” anyone, but boy could she if she wanted to.
She happens to be right about this. Neither one of them has enough votes to win and can’t without supers. Sen. Obama’s lead is very small, why doesn’t the media ask him how he can win?
Sen. Obama is playing VERY UGLY politics and has been for sometime. Witness another surrogates comments about Senator McCain today. This stuff happens week after week but the media gives him a free pass.
Maybe the voters are getting ahead of the media – look at the new SurveyUSA poll out today in PA – Clinton up by 18. Survey USA poll in NC – Clinton down by 10 when she has been down by 22 or 23. I am NOT cherry picking polls. If anyone who reads this knows anything about polls SUSA has been the most accurate this election save Missouri.

Hillary is not getting it, again. People are telling her to get out of the race because she is behind in popular votes, delegates, and number of states won and there is no way in hell she’ll be able to make up for it in the remaining races. Come on, Hillary, this is not a double standard; it’s the reality. I know, the Clintons have issues with reality but some people are really good at seeing things for what they are and they just won’t stop.

Well when 30million of us vote for MCcain you will get it what the double standard is.

I detest Bill and Hillary Clinton. But, I do have to admit, she is getting the short straw in media coverage. So much is out there about Obama that isn’t being reported. So very much.
But at least Hillary is staying in and, in so doing, is shredding the party. Good news for people who care about issues rather than assertions.

Whether Jimmy Carter in 1976 and Hillary or Obama in 2008, I don’t see the difference in any of these three presidential candidates. If we elect a Dem in 2008 we’ll be in the same mess in 2012 as we were in 1980. I still remember 20% interest rates, the 400 some American hostages in Iran, and America the laughing stalk of two-bit dictators all around the world.

The double standard is if Obama had lost 11 straight contests EVERYONE would be yelling for him to get out. Instead everyone gave Hillary the benefit of the doubt and said it was ok for her to continue.

I just saw Obama questioning General Petraeus. His stance on Iraq sure has changed. He’s sounding more and more like McCain. I wonder why his followers aren’t noticing that he’s abandoning them.
Meanwhile, Hillary looks like she’d been rode hard and put away wet.

This race is to close for any one to be trying to force some one out.

Obama or his surrogates tried to short-circuit the race….
Everyone knew neither candidates will gain enough delegates before convention….
It is undeniable fact…
So let the whole process go thru itself, and let all arguements be put on the table…
Based on all the results and arguments, people will judge who will be the best candidate for Dems…..
Please do not break the RULE and do not steal…
If you earn the title in the end, it will be yours…..That’s it!!

If you continue to live in the past how can you go into the future.

They do this EVERY TIME they are down and Obama is pulling ahead…they get the PRESS to attack Obama FOR THEM, by crying BIAS!
I hope the Press doesn’t fall for THIS AGAIN!

I love Hill to death, but one must wonder why is it that when she is asked a direct question about her thoughts and choices on certain topics, that she throws in Sen. Obama?

I agree democrats have only 1 shot at the white house Hillary

This much is evident: the supposed disagreement between Sen. Clinton and Former President Clinton on both the Colombian Trade Agreement and urging President Bush to boycott the opening ceremonies in Beijing are politcally convenient maneuvers to illustrate the plausibility that Sen. Clinton actually opposed NAFTA while she was activelly petitioning for its safe passage. The problem Sen. Clinton faces in her fading presidential bid is that after 7 years of Bush, Americans are no longer as ignorant about the candidates as she needs them to be.

LOL
Obama has been the ugliest, low life candidate I have even seen in a presidential election. Is it OK for him to do dirty tricks but no one else?
What a double standard.
Clinton would be winning, if it was not for the DNC and Democratic powers playing God and political fixers. Denying Florida and Michigan their right to vote. Swaying delegates by using their powers and whatever other pressures they applied.
Obama has used every dirty trick in the book so far. He probably made some up on his own.
Is it ok for him because he is a man or because he is Black?
He has cast blame, mislead, spewed mis truths and leaked lies.
He has demanded records to be released and when nothing came of them, he is demanding more records (since that is what got him his US Senate seat with no competition).
He has played games with foreign governments to play political games for a vote.
He has Lied to the American people over and over again.
He has lied on or about his best friends, his own family.
He has taken a God Damn American comment and called America Racist. When he should of been calling for and giving a Patriotism then.
He Stands up for and forgives The man who condemns The United States. But he continues to blame you for being racist and blames you for slavery.
Today he did not care about the people of Iraq, the government of Iraq, he only cared about a day to pull out, and the cost.
No one can catch up to low life ugly political tricks when it comes to Obama he owns the market on that one.

Bishop
Get your facts straight. IA, SC, NH and NV did not overstep the limits. Or do you even know what those voting limits were? (I thought not)

Yesterday, Obama again said he would talk to Iran. Of course, in typical Obama style, he mentioned nothing about what he would say. But, what more would one expect from a left-wing puppet?

Just for the sake of argument SEAH, I see you say that he has used dirty tricks during his campaign, however you have failed to list any examples. Do you have any substance to back up your argument?

Mabs: Obama can’t win without superdelegates, the same as Hillary!

.6 of a percent is hardly a “lead”.
As of today:
47.0 Percent voted for Hillary
47.6 Percent voted for Obama
Obviously there IS a double standard.
Hillary gets the negative press
Obama gets the positive press, even when it is about something negative.
Either way, ONE of them better win in November.

No one will seal the nomination without the help of SD…That is the fact..
Obama can convince SD to pick him based on his lead on delegates and states, maybe popular votes (still questionable)…
Hillary can convince SD to choose her based on her wins on the most big blue states and electability…
It is a fair game and everyone is entitled to present their best case to seal the seal…
So please be fair and be patient…

Everything in this campaign has been double standard when it comes to Sen. Obama….media coverage, calls to drop out of the race, misinterpreted words, supposed racist remarks, misspeaks, surrogate gaffes, etc. If Clinton does something that can be twisted around, it is highlighted every way possible in the media. If Obama scratches his nose, it is headlined as inspiring and historical. Everything is a positive for him. Information that should be put out in the media are either ignored or passed over quickly, usually substituted for more anti Clinton garbage. I see today the health care story she was being ripped apart for is actually being reported as true now. Do we see any apologies or retractions from the media pundits who were so eager to jump on the story as another negative? I doubt we will. She should stay in this race until there is a vote that definitely chooses a nominee. Hope springs eternal, and there are a lot of people who HOPE the last 10 primaries can turn things around. Hillary was and still is the best qualified candidate for President. Obama needs to go home to Illinois, do what he promised to do (serve out at least 1 term as U.S. Senator) and do his homework on how to actually present his plans for solving problems instead of parroting Hillary’s plans and writing more glorious speeches.

Well why not just wait and see what happens why the rush for her to get out and the double standard is get out get out we have every right to have are candidate in every primary its not like she is behind 600 like kennedy was in 1980 when he took it to the floor

She right the press says about 70% about Obama, 25% about Clinton, and
5% on McCain. There is a double standard going on here and everyone knows it. But they only have on rose colored glasses. The media is so pro-Obama it has become sicking to watch,

Oh My she had 16 years as the First Lady; 7 years as a Senator. There is no secret that erverything she has done is a run for President. She was widely belived to be the front runner for the last two years. Almost everything she said was reported on.
Now that she isn’t winning, she is whinning.
If she hasn’t made her case by now she never will.

manda
I think your study is pretty flawed…Obama clearly lost Texas…but his followers shouted down the other voters…signed up people who weren’t there and won the causcus.
I’m from Texas and I know what happened here.

Here we go again. 2 weeks before a vote and she is crying double standard and dragging up MI that SHE agreed to disenfranchise. What she leaves out in that “slim” lead is she can’t catch him in elected delegates or the popular vote even with FL and MI.
Same thing as before TX and Ohio when she cried but this time? I don’t think it is going to work because she has done anything to win including lying time and time again.
Next up? She will try the crying jag…misty eyed..while she talks about pain…but this time? 109 million dollars stands there and he pain dosent compare to the average persons.
What a fake, no wonder her trutst is at an all time low.

Sam – Remember when much of the media was railing (with the Obama campaign) against the release of a photo (for which Barack obviously posed) of Barack in African garb taken during his trip to his late father’s homeland (Kenya) a couple of years ago.
What’s the problem?
Barack was fully dressed, and he posed for the photo. Publicizing such photos of presidential hopefuls is to be expected. Ask Mike (Tank Man)Dukakis and John (The Duck Hunter)Kerry.
Apparently the Obama campaign and its media allies are playing the race card, by arguing that the release of the photo to The Drudge Report is somehow racist.
Media does not publish a thing about Barack Sr. HAVING BEEN MARRIED when he “married” Barack’s mother.
And, of course, not a peep about Barack’s ties to Kenyan radical presidential hopeful Raila Odinga, who identified himself as Barack’s cousin on his father’s side and for whom Barack campaigned in Kenya after he visited Barack in the United States.
Pamela Geller, Israel National News.com, January 9, 2008: “The recent revelations of [Barack] Obama’s ties to Raila Odinga in Kenya are disconcerting… because Odinga is behind the terrible violence in his country. It was he who instigated bloody riots and killing after he lost the election. Obama’s bias for his fellow Luo was so blatant that a Kenyan government spokesman denounced Obama during his visit as Raila’s ‘stooge.’ And while there are few angels in Kenya, Odinga is the source of great unrest and turmoil; and the [Memorandum of Understanding] he signed with the Muslim Council to institute sharia [Islamic law] is a foreshadowing of a dark fate for Kenya.”
Great republican info here and coming to a screen near every American soon and often in the near future.

Martin – do you understand the part about the delegate count? The part about the magic number being 2025? So if Clinton, or Obama, had 2025 the contest would be over? Disenfrancesment obviously is not at play there. That’s like continuing to play Blackjack after you reach 21. When you win, you win. You are making a non-point.

If Hillary had 16 years as first lady, then she would have 1 more year to go and the country would not be in the shape it is.
If Obama is really the new type of politics, he would ask each of his supporters to quit trashing the people he will need to win if he is the nominee. He won’t do that, because he has this attack stratgey so that he can stay clean. It’s not working, many people are begining to notice that the change party is all about negative comments. They never defend their candidates stands on issues, because the hear the word, but don’t understand the actual issues.
He confuses Iraq with Iran and the criticized McCain for a similar mistake with Iraqi sects.

Aston…no I saw it…the point is it’s OK for Obama to attack McCain or hillary…and the media will back him up…But isn’t it strange that everyone is so afraid that Hillary might attack Obama for anything…
He’s allowed to calim she’s a liar and have his miniter attack her from the pulpit…but she’s not allowed to question his experience…
Obama has a glass jaw and everyone’s afraid that Hillary might knock him out. What are they so afraid of?

getreal – Really? Obama can’t even win the democratic primary. Us Hillary supporters are holding him in check. And that’s not even counting republicans. Now, if were to lose who do you expect us to vote for?

Rob—you have your facts mixed up –Obama has won eleven straight states–not lost.

omentum – Bet you can see the tire tracks from being run over so often.

Part of the reason Clinton gets asked is not a “double standard”, but because the press and the people recognize that she had all the advantages necessary to win. She racked up a huge lead in superdelegates before voting even began (a real champion of the “voice of the people”), had an enormous advantage in fundraising, party “machines” in key states, DLC backing, and a popular former President supporting her. She should have had a cake walk, even with the potential disadvantage of being a woman.
Instead, her campaign ran off the rails, ignored the caucuses and red states, treated the primary system as a coronation, and has used increasingly suspect dog-whistle politics. And people rejected her candidacy strongly enough that a freshman African American Senator without party ties has whupped her in state after state, and maintains a lead in every metric.
At this point, it is true that the only way she can win is to make Obama unelectable, but he’s too popular for little missteps to mess him up. She would have to ruin him, and everyone recognizes it. If she had run a fair and friendly yet competitive campaign, she’d already have lost. And if she tries to ruin him, there’s no way they can give her the nomination because more than half the party will reject her.

Marla – Obama can’t even win the democratic primary. Us Hillary supporters are holding him in check. And that’s not even counting republicans. Now, if were to lose who do you expect us to vote for?

The nomination of Senator Obama would be a huge mistake. There are things lurking in his background that will eventually come to light just as the Pastor Wright.
I believe the media has been complicit in the holding back of information to control the outcome of the primaries. That is why they were so taken aback when the New Hampshire primary supported Hillary Clinton. I was watching Chris Matthews interviewing some of his talking heads when the results came out.
Mr Robinson of the Washington Post started the race issue when he mentioned the ‘Bradley effect’. Chris Matthews went with the comment and the race issue blew up. Of course, they then blamed the infusion of the ‘race issue’ on Bill Clinton and then Hillary Clinton.
There is definitely bias in the media and a double standard. They constantly use positive words when talking about Obama’s errors and inflammatory words when referring to Hillary Clinton.
You only need to read the comments on the many blogs to know that the divide is very wide in the Democratic Party caused, in part, by this double standard.

omentum – Hillary needs me more.

Hillary never takes responsibility. If she Did it a couple of times she might see a big difference.

When you are trying to take over a country you don’t give an inch to many radical’s in his life.so the left wingnuts are trying to take the party over I think it could be time for a third party in this country.

Here it comes … she is going to start playing the “poor, poor, pitiful me. Getting picked on by the media and everyone else” routine that was successful in New Hampshire and Texas, but boy I hope Pennsylvania and the other 9 states see through this. She is a piece of work.

It’s laughable that Clinton would ever say this. I think the media treats her like a Queen. They bash Barack Obama every chance they get. Yes, I guess there is a double standard – but it’s in HER favor. When you tell one lie and another and finally get caught, I guess it will make it to the media.

Thank God she said it or the media would have never caught on. They are so blinded by their efforts to build Obama into their generation’s JFK never mind that he is nothing like him and actually isn’t even good enough to hold JFK’s coat tails. The media likes narratives and thats what narrative they decided to go with no matter if its fair or not. I hate everything about todays media. They choice sides and it didn’t use to be like that. I think the government should do something about this “propaganda being feed to us. Where is the stories about Obama lying to use about his involvement with Rezko? Where is the story about Frank, his mentor that was a card carrying communist? Where are the stories about his friendship with William Ayers? YOu know there is a bias when there is big news stories to cover and they choose not to.

She just absolutely cannot make a statement or a speech in this campaign without taking some sort of shot at Obama. This time he wants to disenfranchise voters in upcoming contests. Please. Spin it grrrl. She was ready to write off every state post super Tues. and still writes of the importance of most of the western states now.
The point is he is ahead and will almost surely stay that way in pledged delegates. He has gained about 60 supers since super Tues and she has a net loss of. Naturally since she won Ohio nothing else matters though.
He will make 2024 by early June. Her and Bill will have to realize that Slick Willy doesn’t get a third term.

Are people forgetting that for a year Hillary Clinton was declared the inevitable winner of the Democratic nomination before anyone even voted. For an entire year the media presented her as the crowned one. And now that she’s behind in pledged delegates and the popular vote she wants to cry about some perceived double standard. She mismanaged her campaign. That’s why she’s behind. She has tons of baggage. That’s why she’s behind. I think the media has been kind to her. They helped her by pushing this idea that she has vast amounts of experience. Only recently have they looked into her claims. The media has largely avoided going into all the Clinton’s scandals of the pass. She has only herself and her poorly managed campaign to blame for her current situation.

There is a double standard, and women know it because we live it every day of our lives. “Hillary has to win ugly” is a sexist statement. Obama is the candidate who sent out a 4 page memo before the SC primary with how to peg the Clintons as racist talking points. Obama is the candidate who has his surrogates call for Hillary to quit, and then Obama says Hillary has his permission to stay in the race. Obama is the candidate who has not had any of his Arab ties examined by the media. Everything Hillary or Bill does is parsed by the media, examined in tiny detail, to the point of nausea. We don’t get daily updates of Michelle Obama’s activities and connecitons. It is blatant sexism and women aren’t watching MSNBC or CNN anymore because it’s just Hillary bashing. Look at all the posters who call Hillary ugly, shrill, a liar, and other hateful words. Sexism is okay, racism is not okay. Total double standard. Hillary is correct. Neither of them have the delegates to win the primary. Look at the RULES OF THE CONVENTION. Obamanations like rules, follow the rules of the convention and stop whining. Obama is the only candidate who can be losing an upcoming primary in PA and the media are spinning it as a win. “Obama wins if he loses by 8-10 points”. That is a double standard.

Actually, Jenny- I am a strong, independent woman, and I am not sure how statements like yours help your candidate’s position…

Why is it that every time Sen. Clinton is interviewed she gets attacked?? Yes, there is a double standard here. Obama did not request a re-vote for the Michigan voters AND his entire resume backs “voters rights” YET he is prejudiced against the voters of Florida and Michigan as if they were from “another country” another planet OR another religion. Why did OBama NOT support re-votes for Americans in Florida and Michigan!! Obama does NOT desrve to be the DEm Candidate since HE does NOT support voters in Florida and Michigan. BOO OBAMA and his suppoters have no integrity since they did not enforce VOTERS RIGHTS for FLORIDA and MICHIGAN. I say that thes two states should boycott OBAMA in NOvember.. What goes around…comes around…..

Glad you’re a strong Independent woman – We need more of those and we need more role models for women, starting with a woman President.

I just tuned in and I see:
Kim is making some good points. Keep it up.

HRC calls the stratagey ” I win”
Rules?..”ah yes, rules”..
HRC responds, “yes, of course;”the rules continue to change until I win”.

I love the “If not Hillary, McCain” and the “if not Obama, McCain”
Since Clinton and Obama agree on the war, the economy and the supreme court, what is the issue that would make anyone in their right mind choose McCain. At least have the nerve to vote 3rd party or write in your candidate before voting for a guy who opposes everything you stand for. It is these remarks which make me believe that most of the anti Clinton and anti-Obama people are really just McCain people trying to sow dissent in the Democratic party. Don’t fall for it people. Defeat McCain at all costs.

Hillary Clinton blah blah cheats deceives lies changes the rules blah blah bad blah dishonest blah blah entitlement mentality blah blah don’t vote for her blah blah changes the rules blah blah doesn’t get it blah blah blah has already lost blah blah husband blah blah Penn blah blue dress blah blah

If only Clinton had the dirty Rezcko, Ayers, Oprah, Soros, and Palestinian money, she would be well on her way, wouldn’t she? Well, actually Obama outspent her 4 to 1 in OH and TX and look where that got him? double digit loss! Same goes for PA — people here are very sick of seeing his face on tv…

I will never understand why women can’t accept that we DO need someone who is strong on women’s issues; who gets educational needs, who understands the crisis we are in with child care, how single parent homes are in dire straits, how we need to encourage our children to do the next right thing; someone who has the strength of conviction to expect and maintain a standard of attendance to their marital vows, someone who cares deeply about EVERY person EQUALLY, someone who would never trade their integrity for votes.

Kim – Good to know. I’m an “Independent” who in the past has despised this type of politics enough to vote for Ralph Nader for the last 3 Presidential elections. As far as I’m concerned, this primary has been rigged by the caucus cheating, the DNC not applying the same rules they used on FL & MI to SC & NV (who also voted early), the harrassing of African American Superdelegates (calling them Uncle Tom if they don’t go for Obama), the media bias not giving fair coverage of press conferences/policy statement to all candidates, etc. If the nomination is stolen in this fashion, there will be a massive grass-roots write-in campaign (already in the works) for Hillary Clinton. Imagine: FL & MI are already upset at Obama – those states will go for Hillary big time as a backlash. Clinton will win all the large states she already won (OH, CA, NY, soon to be PA, etc., etc.) – the public will absolutely vote for Hillary as a write-in to show the Media and the DNC that they cannot select the nominee for them. Watch and see.

Sorry – Obama didn’t win TX – Do we vote in caucuses in November? No, we vote by secret ballot. Hillary won by secret ballot in the TX primary. In addition, there was widespread cheating by the Obama campaign in the caucses which was caught on video and is currently being reviewed by the court systems…

The double standard is in the ways in which OBama and Hillary have been treated by the media.
Obama has been catered to like a new toy which , if he makes a mistake or miscues on a speech or travels with the enemy…..is given permission to slip slide his way out of the mess with sweet talk and and a teflon vest.
Nothing he does ever requires being reprimanded by the press.
Hillary has been around longer; her past is not as empty as Obama’s…. so
although she has a much stronger record of accomplishment than he does, she can be slipped up by stuff that happened twenty years ago…. about the time Barry was being toilet trained.
If Barack doesn’t want his picture taken, it’s news. If Michelle wears a white shirt rather than a dark one,that’s great for an editorial. If he smiles at the horizon…. that’s good for a photo op.
But the stories about Rezko and the extended donations he made to Obama’s election funds, and the monies he gave to Barack while his tenants were living their winters in unheated apartments in his broken down tenements in B O’s district because he didn’t have any more money….. could get buried really and truly fast.
And his competition could never mention Mr Wright because that was politically incorrect and unmentionable by the media really and truly fast.
Meantime, the only time Hillary was mentioned was when one of her campaigners did something wrong or when Bill tried to stick up for her.
So little was mentioned about what a strong. substantive speaker she is, and how she truly DID accomplish a lot, and how she is committed to helping our country during thes next very messy years, thanks to Bush and Cheney (who ought to be impeached!!!)
The media has been more than unfair to Hillary; they have been short sighted and small minded. What ever happened to the ethics of the original fourth estate?
And in the blogs, she has demeaned and reviled and slandered. Some of the posts, of course are good… on both sides… but there are a hell of a lot of mean spirited stupid people out there who, I think, follow the media in so far as they can read and understand it.
And you guys….. HELLO UP THERE, I mean YOU… the keepers of these blogs… are not setting a very good example.

Keep believing that about the advertising. Obama really screwed up in OH with his NAFTA lie and his misleading mailers/radio ads. Ohioans don’t like being lied to. Remember how Obama started doing his little roundtable sessions in Ohio for the first time? It’s because he couldn’t draw the crowds there. He had to bus people in from MICHIGAN for a televised Toledo rally because he couldn’t get enough people in NE Ohio! ha ha He won only 5 counties out of 88 in OHIO. Guess the demographic of those counties?

Oh really, caucus impropriety, just like the bogus calls Bubba Clinton made in Nevada (“The culinary union is strong arming its members!”). This is a delegate race and Obama did what he had to do in Texas: take more delegates, period. Hillary can’t whine herself to the nomination. She can try all the legal shenanigans she wants, but it won’t work.
Elle, that’s a great poll- too bad it contradicts every other major poll out there. Do you honestly think HRC is opening up her lead after all of the lies which have been revealed over the past couple weeks (Bosnia sniper fire, anti-Columbia trade agreement, Dead OH mom healthcare story…). You are hoping against hope my friend.

Short circuiting the nomination by any means, if the contest is tight and there’s no clear winner in sight, is in itself, not just an intent to do away with the rules of the nominating contest, but an attack to the democratic principles our election is based on.
Both candidates should be encouraged to stay in the race if we’re to respect the right of all voters to be heard.
It’s disillusioning to hear the Obama camp pressure Hillary to withdraw. If voters wanted Obama, it would have given him the requisite number of delegates. Since the voters did not, Obama has to fight in the remaining states to win it. He’s expecting a coronation for winning early caucuses and primaries.
We want to see this contest decided by the voters, delegates and superdelegates if need be.

Elle- as an Obama supporter- I have to agree that the TX system was overwhelmed, and as a result, a catastrophe. I have heard stories from Hillary supporters saying that Obama supporters were cheating, and I have heard stories form Obama supporters, alleging the same about Hillary supporters. The caucus was totally overwhelmed by the amount of Democratic turnout, and as silly as this may seem to an avid supporter of either candidate, that is a GOOD thing! When dems turn out in record numbers that totally overwhelm the party organization in a red state, it is a good sign for Democrats. Whether because of Senator Obama, or Senator Clinton, we are energized and ready to take on the republicans in the fall. We need to unite behind whichever of our two talented candidates gets the nomination and knock the socks off of the red states like TX.

Poll ratings may be a media tool and an irrevalent messure to keep focus on the pace of the race,however the fact that there are polls contradicting eachother should only put into light that the outcome in PA will be with the voter and they will shine upon Hillary as she is the best qualified candidate .

She is loosing in Pa so now she has to turn the lime light onto something else.She is not happy unless she is b—-ing about something and taking the spot light off herself.Look at what is going on in this country who care about the mediaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.Least of our worries,the cult, the beatings rapes the gals beating up a 16 year old and taping it.Does that telyou what a freaken mess thsi world is in…

It is really hard to comprehend that you have no idea, visionquest, that the person you support has some serious issues. I can’t understand that some of the things coming out about obama does not bother you? Did you see his performance today at the hearings? Are you not the least bit concerned that he may not be able to handle the highest job in our country? Maybe you feel it in your gut but not willing to admit it yet. You don’t need to be reminded about all of his shady dealings and relationships with questionable people. You know all of that. Maybe it’s just your pride now? Stubborness? You know your candidate is not what’s best for this country.

She is right there is a double standard and a big one. No one can say that Obama has not made many errors, gaffs or whatever but the media only covers it once and then leave it alone.
In Hillary’s case the media makes you sick of it, its played constantly, they open their shows with it, they blog it over and over the media just gives it legs and keeps it going.
I have no problem with that but the interest has to be shared equally so that viewers can get the same heads up on things that surrounds the other candidates.
Obama has a list of unchecked questions and am sure McCain does also but its always lets get Hillary dirt that seems to drive the media. Why is that is it because she is a woman, or is it because they want her out, there must be a reason for this constant attack at her and I am sure its not because they want to make sure the people just have ALL the information about her before they vote.

Do caucuses also take into account that not all americans may attend at late hours.? Do they not represent voting practices that are more easily falsified ?
I believe you know the answer .

I know a lot of people don’t want Obama to be president, but it appears that there are more people who do. I guess he would be unelectable, if it weren’t for all those darn people who keep voting for him!

Jenny- I hear you! the 90′s were good years economically. I graduated from college in 1990, worked for various local hospitals and went to work for the federal government in 1997. Those were great time for us! However, Bush and his cronies came along and destroyed it. That is why we need a Dem back in office. More power to you and we’ll be on the same side come August!
Kim

Does anyone believe that Hillary could of gotten away with saying she lived in a foreign land when she was 6-10, or that she went to Pakistan when she was in college so that makes her the best candidate for president on foreign policy.
No way would the media accept that nonsense, neither would they have accepted if Bill’s pastor was a nut like Wright, or if Bill went around the place saying America has faults and its a evil place.
Even today would the media accept if Hillary was saying she don’t mind talking to Iran, or acted as if she wanted to take the Generals head off in that session today. This would of been on all the news asking her to explain what she said or they would of been demanding a explanation as to why she acted as if she wanted to pick a fight with the General under the trying circumstances of Iraq.
These are just simply thing that the media lets pass with Obama, but they will never allow that with Hillary

Many of those “darn people” who voted for Obama did so before they knew about the myriad issues like Rezko, NAFTAgate, Rev. Wright, Ayers, Exelon, paid lobbyists, et al.

Wow, Jenny. You are more insightful than my shrink. I will admit, I am filled with pride, but my support of Obama is based on my belief that he has that rare ability to lead the country into a period of prolonged progress without the endless partisan deadlock and BS. I’m not saying that republicans will love him and join the parade, but he can secure a working majority to get things done. I trust his judgement- even his judgement with regards to pastors and friends. I believe he will put the American people first. HRC is indebted to so many interests. She can’t do that. I respect her a lot, but I don’t think she’s the one.

Jenny – Yes, this is all a vast conspiracy against you and your candidate.
I have never gotten any “talking points” from anyone, and I have never criticized Clinton. I like her and I think she would be a good president. I just like Obama better.

You want an ex-con for a CO-PRESIDENT? Bill Clinton has been reduced to a pathetic figure unable to complete a sentence without a reference to himself. Too bad to see that Hillary has adopted this same posture. And as for Hillary’s face, I am reminded of a book I read as a child: “The Portrait of Dorian Gray.” All of the ugliness of his sins caught up with him. Even though he is an ex-convict (lying to federal grand jury, obstruction of justice, and even though he had his license to practice law stripped from him, and even though he no longer has public employees (Arkansas Highway Patrol) running him to see his many “mistresses, even after Monica Lewinsky, Jennifer Flowers and a host of others, many Americans still supported him, but not any more. He us now the BFF of Bush senior and his intent is just to make money.

o- Hillary has plenty of support from her constituents and fellow pols from the great State of New York. Of the 42 superdelegates from NY, all but one are committed to supporting her, no matter what.

Who’s Greasing Pockets?
All in two to three days, Clinton says, Obama is wrong for attracting more campaign dollars, being ahead in the polls, and the Clinton substandard campaign management.
Victim card. I don’t feel it’s about her gender. I DO feel it’s a bad example of leadership.
She lacks in elect-ability, easily seen in polling, votes, primaries, caucuses, debates, and facts.
This marks the second time this year she has accused the media of playing favorites.
Reaching for the victim card is not a good example of someone who would be Commander in Chief.
Maybe, she should just listen.
Maybe, she’s not as popular as she felt Hillary was entitled to be.
Maybe, she’ll bully her way through.
Maybe, she’ll…

I agree with most of the comments on here. She’s not making any sense at all anymore. I think the lines of reality and fiction are so blurred for her that she doesn’t know anymore when she’s speaking truth and when she’s lying.
I still can’t figure out who is supporting her based on what we’ve seen of her character?
My thoughts on this is that she’s about to play the sympathy card (how’s that for feminism) to get momentum back her way a little bit.
Every time she crosses the line on something she does this to bring things back in.
I used to feel sorry for the Clintons. Now I’m just angry and ready for them to leave public life. They have done such a disservice to our country and have tarnished any remaining legacy they once had.

Mrs. Clinton: Oh I saw what you said about having the elector lead – therefore – forget that Obama leads you in so many other ways, that in fact you should be selected to run against McClain…unfortunately HRC, Electoral Votes do not count in this portion of the completion…you MUST prove your qualifications at this level before moving on – you CAN NOT skip these requirements – no matter the reason.
LET’S STICK TO THE FACTS:
Clinton & Obama agreed that the votes in MI & FL would not count, that they would respect the rules as established by the DNC….Feb 5th came, Clinton then says those votes should count. FUNNY WE DID NOT HEAR THIS until AFTER her numbers were on the low end.
Barack has all along done what said ‘he will follow what the DNC recommends’. This fact has not changed.
Need I ask if it were reverse, would she be fighting for Obama to get those same votes?
Now Clinton is BLAMING him for FL & MI?
Blaming Obama for her FLIP-FLOPPING, for her NOT being loyal to the agreement she signed OF HER OWN FREE WILL. It is Clinton who is [TRYING TO] change the rules, not Obama.
In case she missed it, he’s running for POUS, just like her. Dean is the head of the DNC not Obama. By the way Obama does not have the power to change the situation with FL and/or MI, [nor does Clinton].
Early on with regard to Obama, she went on and on about how he always spoke as if ‘the sky would open up and the sun would shine – making the world so pretty’ [my phrasing used here]. I say if she believes what she says about him having the power to make that decision regarding FL & MI; that he can just give his OK and there will be a re-vote, then she too believes that ‘the sky will open up, etc…].
However she does not believe this, this is JUST another game for her. JUST another way to divide. Yet I have a feeling that ‘some’ people will believe her – just as some ‘still’ believe that he is Muslim.
I’VE YET TO HEAR ANYONE ASK:
1 Why did you change your mind with regard to FL & MI?
2 What caused you to change your mind?
3 Why do you blame Obama for your own doing?
4 Why aren’t you telling the truth, that FL & MI voters will get to vote, and more than likely, the SD’s will be seated, that Obama is not against the voters. Were that true, then once again –you be as guilty!
5 Why won’t you agree to a 50/50 split – after all, the [illegal] votes, according to the rules of the DNC – don’t count?
6 Why do you say that you won FL & MI – when the votes, according to the rules of the DNC – do not count?
7 What part of this equals you following the rules of the DNC?
What really gets me is that ‘some’ of the media outlets that also include Clinton’s count in their ‘official’ calculations. They do not respect the rules of the DNC either. Instead of telling it like it ‘really’ is; they are allowing Clinton to call the shots in this regard.

The Obama campaign has the press intimidated. They are walking on eggshells fearful that if they ask Obama any tough questions his campaign will change the subject and accuse them of racism. Also they don’t know a lot about him so they aren’t sure what to ask. And investigative journalism is a thing of the past. Today all they do is find two or more talking heads with divergent views and ask them questions which often tells the public nothing.

“You know, I honestly think we will see Hillary as the first woman President!”
two questions: (1) what makes you think she is a woman? (2) President of what?

If there was a score card for prevarication, Obama would win hands-down. In the short time he’s been in the national spotlight, he’s lied more than virtually any other candidate (my previous post mentioned only a few). Hillary has certainly had her share of embellishments, but she’s been a national figure for more than twenty-six years. She’s stood the test of time and endured all the media bias, specious accusations, and insults possible. No matter what more vitriol Obama bloggers level at her, here or anywhere, she’s a courageous, brilliant, and dedicated public servant.

If one candidate is lying about ducking bullets in Bosnia, about opposing the invasion of Iraq, etc. and the other is not, then is it bias that only one gets asked about such things?
Or is it not bias that keeps such from being reported more?

SmartPrimate – I don’t see any double-standard when it comes to the superdelegates. Superdelegates have never before gone against the will of the voters, and it would be a big deal if they did so now. Clinton would need them to do so for her to win the nomination. Obama would not. That’s a very real distinction that the press has a right to point out.

I listened to Mechelle Norris’ interview with Senator Clinton. I am thoroughly disgusted with the hostility of some of Ms Norris’ questions: particularly the question about “winning dirty”. I’ve watched Ms. Norris on the Sunday morning talk shows and her preference for Senator Obama was always evident: which is perfectly OK because she was there to express her opinion. I expect more when she is doing an interview as a “journalist”.
Senator Clinton’s answer was “right on”. Neither her nor Senator Obama can win without the support of superdelegates. That fact has morphed into the story that somehow Senator Clinton is “playing dirty” if she pursues the super delegates but it’s perfectly understandable and even laudable if Senator Obama pursues them. This the same biased storyline the mainstream media is pushing.
I expect more from Public Radio. If Ms Norris can’t do a news piece without her personal biases
in evidence then she should be assigned elsewhere.
I’m convinced that we are watching the media destroy the first woman to run for President of the United States. This entire episode is going to become infamous in the movement for women’s rights in America. Infamous.

HILLARY CAN’T WIN THE GENERAL ELECTION FOR ONE GOOD REASON – SHE WON’T BE IN IT.

Anita – Yes, Hillary has every right to pursue superdelegates, but the “winning dirty” idea comes in because she probably can’t get enough of them to turn against Obama unless she finds some way to destroy him. I hope it doesn’t come to that.

She is right. He gets a free pass from the media. I’m an Independent, and I can see it. I have never actually seen anything like it before. There is a double standard. She has every right to stay in, just like any other candidate that had to go to convention. This is the process people. This is the party you choose to be in, these are your rules. This is how it works. At this point the people haven’t overwhelming decided who the winner is, so the superdelegates will. If all the superdelegates voted for who won their state, Hillary Clinton would be the nominee. All I ever hear is the Obama people complain about the media, and personal attacks on Clinton. Most are not true and have no real references to back up any of what they are saying. She is right on the money when she says there is a double standard. If they were doing to Obama what they have done to Clinton, they would be racist. Another double standard. She isn’t whining. She is telling the truth. Even Karl Rove who hates the Clintons said Obama gets a free pass.

When this is all over I want the Democrats to force a dream ticket.
If Hillary does not win she should be offered the V.P role and she should accept it. The role of the V.P is just as important and powerful and it is not a demeaning role. I hope democrats suporter of both press them towards it when the fight to the finish is over.

the media is slowly creating a Truman show out of Obama. Look, poeple are interested to know more about his past, his father’s writings, his real gender, his quest for political office in chicago style. Why not the Time”HBO” would signed him up for a docu-series like TV soap titled ” The Audicity of Dreams and Hope” starring Obama. This way, we will see and watch with wonder or disgust how the media will unfold Obama to the public. I think, if he can not win a nomination or can not be elected, he can have a show like that because it is like cinderalla movie.. from a confusing product of biraical to become a hopeful presidnet of no less than the USA.

IT IS NOT EVEN REMOTELY POSSIBLE FOR HILLARY TO WIN THE GENERAL ELECTION FOR ONE SIMPLE REASON – HER NAME WILL NOT APPEAR ON THE BALLOT.

Excellent observations, charleschaplin. Don’t let the paid Obama bloggers get to you. It’s their job to spew endless vitriol.

For those of you who are die hard Obama fans I can see where this is a delight to hear. But for those who watch TV and listen to those commentators it is obvious to the most casual observor that Obama gets a more favorable press than Hillary. For example: Why is it that Hillary can say something, or make a point and nothing is said and Obama can (after learning from Hillary and hearing it) say the very same thing and it is reported as a brand new idea. Or they can say the very same thing and it is reported negatively when Hillary says it but positively when Obama says it.
Take today for instance. Hillary makes the point that she would consult with the top Military and her own security advisors but she would figure out a way to bring the troops home safely. Now Obama (who got on after her), said somewhat the same thing and His comments have been reported over and over while Hillary’s has been mostly ignored or quickly passed over. In the beginning Obama said he would bring the troops home on day ONE. Now, today he is putting forth a different story. Now he is more closely aligned with Hillary’s original assessment. Now you tell me if that is a double standar or not.

It’s sad to me how many of you get on here to comment, but have NO IDEA what your candidate has been involved in. I’m not talking about conspiracy theories involving Hillary or Barack being a Islamic revolutionist. I’m talking about facts. Obama has made you all hypocrits without any of you knowing it, and eventually you’ll figure it out.

THE MEN IN THIS COUNTRY DO NOT WANT A WOMEN IN OFFICE BECAUSE SHE WILL DO A BETTER JOB. THEY ARE AFRAID
MOST PEOPLE ARE AGAINST HER BECAUSE HER HUSBAND CHEATED WELL SHES NOT HER HUSBAND AND IT HAD TO BE HARD FOR HER WITH ALL THE MEDIA AFTER HER WHEN HE GOT CAUGHT I GIVE HER A LOT OF CREDIT FOR PUTTING UP WITH HIM BUT SHE MUST LOVE HIM. SO GUYS INSTEAD OF KNOCKING HER THINK OF AS YOUR MOTHER
GO HILARY

BARB:
You’re right BARB, we don’t want that broad in the White House.

vwcat,
You said you are a woman but I doubt it because no woman will hate another woman the way you do.
It points to self hate, psychologically speaking.

There is a double standard. I’m an Independent and I can see it. I’ve never seen anything like it. She has every right to stay in the race. The Democrats have rules. The rules are that you have to have some 2000+ delegates to be the nominee. No one has done that. The people have failed to elect a clear nominee. Now it moves to the superdelegates. What is everyone b1tching about? These are the rules of your party. Rules that have always been. Who didn’t know about the rules? People are very willing to throw out all the rules of politics and start this uncharted, and confusing version of “new” politics that will help them sleep at night. It doesn’t matter that it will effect our nation, and the economy.

Yes, she should have had Axelrod and Oprah. Money is no object and Axelrod will take care of all the rest.

BARB– it is precisely that kind of incisive, fact-based, and sophisticated political analysis that keeps me reading these blogs. Thanks for your thoughtful contribution.

i’m a republican and i hate to admit it, but c’mon! the media is kinda biased. that’s fine with me, i’d love us to win a general election. bring on obama!

You’re 100% right. We men do not want an old, ugly broad in the White House. It would send back diplomatic relations a thousand years.

People can criticize Barack Obama till the cows come home, but he is positively the best chance we have for a President out of these 3 people who are now running.
I want the War to end and our troops to get out of Iraq—-Iraq can take care of itself—-and in the MEANTIME, pay us back for their protection IN OIL they’re sitting on (that’s what this war is about, anyway).
I want Healthcare Coverage NOW. No “oh, some people will get it FIRST, and others won’t be able to get it…”; I want the Healthcare that these 3 Senators are currently getting, and OBAMA will get busy making that happen. I currently have NO health insurance and work 50 hours a week (2 part-time jobs).
I want the Ecomomy fixed–ASAP. The American Dollar is going down the tubes compared to other world currency. OBAMA HAS THE PLAN to tackle the economy. I trust him to carry it out. HE UNDERSTANDS WHAT IS WRONG—UNDERSTANDING WHAT IS WRONG is central to fixing the problem.
Obama is simply the ONE—-the BEST of the 3.

thinkaboutit: you think you are gonna get all of that immediately when he becomes president? even if he started today most of that wouldn’t happen until after the presidency is over. in fact those will all be on the back burner until the economy is fixed. don’t bother getting insurance. if obama is pres. you can just not pay and show up at the hospital and get coverage if you need it. let the tax payers pay for your health.

Hey all you rich educated full of guilt just got in the Democratic party people, I have brown skin and once gave a speech that someone else wrote for me can I be President.

In an odd way Hillary is right!
The question should have been:
Hillary since Barack Obama has more
delegates, more votes, and has won way
more states than you, how can you possibly win the nomination fairly?
By that I mean without having the Super
Delegates Steal the Nomination for You!

Did she unload or just answer the question? There has been a definite double standard in this campaign. Obama gets away with so many flip/flops, lack of experience, saying one thing-doing another. He gets 95 % positive press. No one comments on his lies about the money he takes from oil companies.
I really admire Senator Clinton-she accepts that this is the way it is-as unfair as it may be- and stays focused.
The media really cannot handle a powerful woman in this country.

Obama’s Popular votes: 13,964,924 (47.43%

Hillary’s Popular votes: 13,858,725 (47.07%)

Obama’s total delegates: 1,703.0 38.57%

Hillary’s total delegates: 1,692.0 38.32%
As a longtime NPR listener, I am so deeply disappointed in NPR’s swallowing the mainstream media’s distortions in this campaign. The real story is the numbers, above. How on earth can we be living in a country where someone who is behind less than 1/2 a percentage of a point is being called upon to quit? Appalling.
Just listen to Obama’s vs. Clinton’s comments today on Iraq. He is completely naive and bumbling when there is no teleprompter. She is calm, measured, with a depth of knowledge about the issues. He wants to grant international status to the Iranian dictator terrorist. She wants a withdrawal, now.

There has been a definite double standard in this campaign. Hillary gets away with so many flip/flops, lack of experience, saying one thing-doing another. She gets 95 % positive press. No one comments on her lies about the money she takes from oil companies.
I really admire Senator Obama-he accepts that this is the way it is-as unfair as it may be- and stays focused.
The media really cannot handle a powerful African American male in this country.

Veronica that was entirely true! It’s another example of the bias. I’m sorry that no one will take your opinion seriously on this board because you are a woman, and a woman standing up for Hillary doesn’t count here I guess. Too bad women make up 57% of the vote, but what to they know? I don’t know how you women put up with this crap. Seriously. I think a lot of guys here must have mommy issues. I loved my mom!

Excellent post, Sam! I hope the Obama bloggers actually read it.

I was interviewed by Ina Jaffee of NPR and my quote for why I supported Hillary was used as part of her segment called something like “thinking the unthinkable, Democrats voting for McCain.” I would NEVER vote for McCain. I said emphatically that I would “Vote for the Democrat.” Instead, to balance the snarky Obama supporter comments, my rationale for picking Hillary (based on policy) was twisted to pretend that I’d vote for McCain. I have been quoted by media several times, and each time what has been attributed to me is NOT what I have said. Imagine if there is a media bias against you because you are a competent, powerful woman! You get more than Al-Gored in favor of Chris Matthews latest crush (after he removes his Bu$h button).

hey all,
Reading some of the vitriol posted here really makes me cringe at the prospect of a third bush term. All of these negative allegations of dirty campaign tactics. PEOPLE THIS IS POLITICS. Hilliary supporters that call into question whether or not we can trust obama, because of his associations with his pastor and Rezco in Chicago. POssibly a few more things I missed. Now Hillary supporters who think Obama is dirty, go to you tube and type “Bill &Hillary: their secret lives. There is a paper trail about those two. In a nutshell people lets vote on issues rather race, age, gender etc. who is the best for America?

No doubts – it was always Clinton, who messed this election , always putting false, dirt, tricks, etc.
She is responsible for all that dirt , that happened.
And sure the country does NOT need to stay in mess with messy-brains person, who can not do Anything without false and dirt.
Clintons – American Disgrace

Well, I am glad to see there are more posters these days that notice the obvious media bias. The scary part is, who is pushing BO on to us? Why? It’s like they go crazy on double time attacks against her if the polls show that she’s holding on to us in a strong way. The fact remains; the majority of long time, loyal Democrats are for Hillary Clinton. Hillary is OUR chosen nominee, no matter what they try to shove down our throats, we’ve made our choice: HILLARY.

Hillary will win after she smokes Obama in Pennsylvania no matter what the media throws in her way…Go Hillary!

If you don’t like Bill Clinton, then tell Bill Clinton. Don’t attack Hillary Clinton for something she had nothing to do with. Hillary will work hard to try and put this country back together. Barrak Obama will divide this country after 20 years aligning himself with people like Wright, Meeks, and Resko.

Hillary whines about everyone and everything in sight. When is she going to acknowledge the fact that she has run a crappy campaign and a better candidate has run circles around her?
Can you imagine her as Commander-in-Chief: “Oh those Russians, they have such a double-standard, they are just so unfair, they don’t treat me nicely at all. Why doesn’t the media do something about them?” “And those inconsiderate Bosnians: Why weren’t they shooting at me at the airport so I could have demonstrated my courage? Why did they embarrass me so? And the media just stood by and reported it!”

Obama’s supporters wanted Clinton out early because they know Clinton has loyalist out there (with the exception of Richardson). Clinton has more Superdelegate supporters than Obama that is why he is scared that if the Primary goes all the way to Convention, Clinton will get more support from Superdelegates which is obvious she does.

I find it odd that people dont realize the only reason Obama surrogates and campaign employees want Clinton to step down is so the superdelegates do not have to do their job and make the tough decision that might lead to themselves not being re-elected by their own constituencies, ie. Kerry, Kennedy, Richardson, et al are going against their constituencies. If FL and MI are not counted as the people voted with delegates apportioned and the nominee is given to Obama he will have stolen it without a mandate from the people. Just another Bush… a lackey for the other wing that despises Clinton.

ArdentHillarySupporter… I am also one of the 28% who will be voting for McCain if Hillary doesn’t get the nomination and you can be sure I won’t stay home!

The truth is neither dem candidate has “the math” in their favor. Obama may have a slight lead, nothing spectacular. Only 700,000 vote lead over Clinton. If MI and FL were in the mix, she might be in the lead , otr at least cut his lead to almost nothing. Obama knows this and it is the reason why he would be willing ti disenfranchise 2.6 million voters. Clinton should stay in and fight. I admire her tenacity. The MSM has been doing a hatchet job on Clinton. The coverage has been extremely biased, sexist, and overall third rate reporting. Obama says he does not whine, but “yes, he does”. In 2007, when the media was not yet “swooned” by Obama, he publicly blasted them for not covering him fairly. Do your research folks. There is too much the media is ignoring about him. Obama really is a “roll of the dice” for the country. Obama does not speak for me.
Furthermore, if MI and FL are not allowed a new vote, or the existing votes counted as they were cast, then the nomination will not be seen as legitimate.
The media has angered many like because of their sexist and biased coverage. All I’m asking is that the process be allowed to take its course without people trying to end it early, or sabotaging a candidates chances.
It is sad to see that the leftist element of the democratic party has somehow decided that it is okay to hate your country. Its also convenient that their right to do so is protected by Constitution.

they will be counted in a way that’s fair to everyone….
can’t count votes from an election that did not count in the 1st place..By the way she is only making matters worst…she signed an agreement – just likt OBAMA…knowing that the votes would not count difference is he’s not blaming her for hid decision…
she lacks the know how necessary to be fair. she can’t take personal responsiblity and admit that those voters she’s fighting for now – are the same ones she was against a few months ago.

Double standard big time.
Obama is gaining on Hillary.
Obama is closing to gap on Hillary.
Why not?
Hillary is ahead even if Obama spent 3 times more in advertising.
Obama is still trailing Hillary.
Hillary will win if the vote held today.
The media is working for Obama.
Hillary has the best plan
Hillary will win!!

the DNC,could have fixed the mess the Dems are in by first fixing the problem with FLA and MI. Instead all they want is Hillary to concede, so they can then make Obama the nominee and bring in the two states afterwards to then make them feel included so they Dems can stand a chance in Nov, never actually including the two states voters.

I’ve seen polls that suggest 54% of Clinton supporters polled would vote for McCain or not at all, if Obama we nominated. The FL and MI issue are probably part of this as well. Also think of the voters from FL and MI in general, that probably won’t vote Democratic in Nov, just because of the way the DNC handled their state. Whether you agree with what happened when the DNC stripped their delegates or not, probably isn’t going to sway voters from those states that feel cheated. Might be a good time for the DNC to really start dealing with the issue of FL and MI instead of hoping, ( like the riff between the supporters of Hillary and Obama ) that it will just go away.

Since mid-December, when the presidential candidates turned their full attention to the Iowa caucuses, Sen. Barack Obama has led the race for good press and Sen. Hillary Clinton has lagged the farthest behind. From Dec 16 through Jan 27 five out of six on-air evaluations of Obama (84%) have been favorable, compared to a bare majority (51%) of evaluations of Mrs. Clinton. This media trend continued up to the Ohio and Texas primaries. What other candidate has ever had to not only run a campaign against their opponent, but at the same time had most of the media working against them as well. Not only has she survived this, but had a come back.

Thanks for the links

ah, American entertainment, best money can buy!

an you imagine Michelle obama as first lady promoting pride for Ameica? I don’t
felixdiaz 5:33 AM

- there is double standard – and the polls are all off – i am tired of it all – especially of obama being stuffed down my throat…. please

adi: Apparently you have a big problem understanding what your reading. Of course Obama didn’t want a revote. She is the only one on the ballot and she would catch up with him. He is the most underhanded schemer of any candidate that ran for the presidency. He is as fake as they come and one heck of a liar. And I am aware of the fact that this generation don’t know any better when they vote for him, they are in his same category, know nothing and do nothing. They believe anything he tells them because their mind is the same as his. A complete blank.

Michele: Obama couldn’t run a cleaning plant let alone this country. He doesn’t have the brains to sit on or the window to throw tham out of. He is like most of this youth generation of today because he was a boozer and drugger and that’s what a lot of college kids are today. He fits right into their category. I believe many get pushed thru college to get rid of them and that’s what happened to him. He has this generation of fools right where he wants them and they sap it up. He is a loser when it comes to the battground states and will not win them in a general election McCain will leave him in the dust.

YOU CERTAINLY DON’T HEAR ANY MAN TALKING ABOUT ‘DOUBLE STANDARDS’ WHY? BECAUSE A ‘WEAK’ WOMAN HAS TO USE LEVERAGE AND SOUND LIKE A VICTIM IN ORDER OT BE HEARD. A SMART WOMAN DOES NOT NEED TO DO THAT. CLINTON IS TOAST. OBAMA IS AS WELL.

i think she should stay in i will vote for her because she is a woman also the media is ver bias to women and treat obama like a king and he is phony as a two dollar bill

The HRC supporters will vote for McCain because they believe that:
We need a leader who will not destroy America.
We need a leader who will put America first and not Iran or Kenya.
We need a leader who can speak from the heart and not from the teleprompter.
We need a leader who will take a stance and not wait for the leaves to move.
This election is not about black or white but it is all about who is the best candidate for America.
Obama has no experience, he has a track record for not taking any stances. Just look at yesterday’s hearing. He wants the status quo in Iraq. What kind of stance is that?? Where are his goals? What are his ideas for our country? Zip, Nada. It will either be Hillary or McCain for me. I cannot support another weak candidate. He may have many supporters but weak he is!

Julia you wrote:::: “African Americans show their bias by voting almost exclusively for Obama….No other race in America has done that…If Obama were not running this time, many African Americans would have voted for Hillary”
REALLY…Are you serious…that’s a lie, even within my family there is a split…we aren’t ALL for OBAMA. to say that Black voters aren’t as savy as other voters, is your buying into some of the weirdness put out by the media. just because you ‘might’ not agree with their voting does not mean you can recuce it to race…
i’m issue focused, and i’ve changed my mind several times – and might do so again…but i will not be driven by race or gender. some things in the day to day of this race don’t matter – even when it akes the news…it’t not important for me in a president. other things are VERY important!
You speak as if there couldn’t possibly be women, [all races] who will vote for HRC JUST because she is WOMAN, jyust becaue she is white…GET BALANCED Otherwise you’re pointing fingers WITHOUT applying the same weight to the other candiate…
i really wish people could overlook gender & race…just write down the items that are important to see in a PRESIDENT. then check off HRC & BHO on each issue.
WE’re talking about POUS! not someone to work at the corner store. would it matter that a POTENTIAL employee lied about their qualifications? Would it matter what church they attended – who their pastor was/is, [really employers shouldn't discrimate along these lines], would it matter if their references didn’t check out?
DON’T YOU GET IT::::: you’re the boss! you get to hire the person you want…and i bet some will pick for small reason, [she's woman/white, he's man/black], others will pick for greater reasons, [policy, ability to bring new voter to the party, voting record, how close they are to one's own values].
I INVITE YOU NOT TO make blanket statements JULIA…you do yourself a diservice with that kind of thing. And it shows that you are unfair in your initial approach.

To MSNBC, CNN, FOX, ABC, CBS, DNC and all the other big boys: Women democratic voters are mad as hell and we aren’t going to take it anymore!

There’s no double standard, I don’t think. Clinton came into the campaign with a reputation of someone who was willing to run a low campaign, and she’s lived down to those standards. Now, she’s looking at a situation in which the only way to win is to destroy the frontrunner.
Given that context, the question seems in bounds and completely understandable.

by the way BLACKS and WOMEN historicaly have been discrimated [sp] against. When we vote based on race and/or gender, we do in fact become a part of that process.
please stay focused on the issues!
i will say that i want her to stand up and take it shut the heck up with the VICTIM crap…you’re running for POUS! TAKE IT…DARN! do you see OBAMA complaining about the media? We know FOX NEWS keeps his every move on the hot seat…
ACT LIKE THE PRESIDENT YOU WANT TO BE! Not like some wounded animal…I need to see your inner strength. your behavor and complaining gives me a view of the type of president you might be….
right now for me OBAMA is appearing MORE presidential, issues, not being negative or blaming, accepting responsiblity]…my opinion, subject to change of course, HRC has had her moments with me too…

OH… how my heart bleeds for her… NOT! GMAFB, she needs to stop whining andstart explaining… honestly please… just why it is she should get a vote from someone… and than maybe, maybe she’ll do better in the numbers… but as long as she continues to whine and moan she’s not going to get votes… she needs to say something… anything please… of substance/… oh, btw, without coming across as a moron….

The bias is so obvious. I don’t think the media and the Obama supporters realize that it makes those of us who honestly believe Hillary would make the best president based on her merits so very angry. Angry enough to NOT vote for Obama if he is the nominee because we will feel he has not won fairly. No matter what the media and Obama people feel about the Clinton supporters, they just may need us in November. Their scorched earth policy towards Hillary and her supporters will make it almost impossible for us to be with them in the fall.

Susannnah so don’t vote for him…i’ll vote for HRC if that be the case put before me.
all Obama supports aren’t the same…more blanket statements….most democrats will vote along party lines anyways…

If BO somehow does win the Primary and many white democrats vote for McCain, the blood of the soldiers who die in the 100 year war will be on your hands and countries that hate Americans will know that AA are still considered second class citizens to many. May God Bless You All.

Naive to say the least “Superdelegates have never before gone against the will of the voters, and it would be a big deal if they did so now” They have and they very well may this time. Stupid of them? yes.

Ms. Norris asked Sen. Clinton twice and to clarify her meaning of a “double standard”… and twice she didn’t answer the question… Sen. Clinton completely loss my respect and support for how she run her campaign… She’s been the most negative, she’s lied throughout this campgian, she’s cried victim on one hand, then talks about how much of a fighter she is, one minute she holding Sen. Obama hand saying she so honored, and the next day she was screaming that the top of her lungs attacking him… Sen. Clinton has run an ugly campiagn, that’s the only way she will win… She can’t run a positive campaign because she lacks character… She is losing because she used negativity to try and win… Sen. Obama for the most part has tried to take the high-road, and usually goes of the offensive once he’s been attacked by Sen Clinton or her surrogates…
People in the Democratic Party are tired are ugly and negative campaining… they want change… they want positive and inspirational leadership… That’s why Sen. Obama has attracted so many voters, especially new and young voters…

Hillary, you are soooo right! You are not doing anything Obama’s camp isn’t doing and getting away with it in the media. What about the threats and harrassment Obama’s camp has directed toward anyone supporting Hillary? Come on folks- politics is dirty and Obama has a Old style Chicago godfather guiding his political tactics. GO HILLARY! DON’T QUIT! The race is CLOSE – not a landslide for Obama and Obama cannot break away with his 4 – to-1 spending advantage. He is unable to buy his lead – so stay in the race Hillary. My Republican husband admitted he was going to vote Democratic because you were right about McCain on the issues “He’s dead wrong”. Obama has said nothing to sway my husband to vote democratic.

To all you posters who are denying the fact that there is a doulbe standard, you are just exemplifying the reason sexism is still so prevalent in America.

Yeah yeah yeah::::sexism [& RACISM]is still so prevalent in America!
THAT DOES NOT MEASN IT SHOULD BE USED when it is not the case….
look at the facts of a situation…weight the bare facts alone…no emotions need apply
ASK::: if it were the other person, [HRD or BHO], how would you judge it?
Now look at the way you yourself judged it differently based upon who you back for president…

“You are no better than countries who stone women”
they stone men too!
so it’s Ok when HRC throws the kitchen sink at OBAMS, he absorbs the blows…now it’s her turn and GUESS WHAT, nobody threw a sink at her…it’s her own sink OVER FLOWING back onto her…and she can’t handle her own truth…
again WTFreak???

Besides, Obama will lose because most of teh remaining contests are primaries which Clinton is strong in. Obama is strong in caucuses. Hes like a rock band that everone says they like in public, but in the privacy of their own home theyd rather listen to something else.
Hahaha, Pushy caucuses and Phoney media crap making up peoples minds!

Psdunc ::: well said!
i’m going to work…but i’ll read from work…can’t post…
lets keep it fair…PLEAASE

Telawomin,
I guess you havent been watching the media. Hillary (as usual) has been retrained in her attacks on Obama, she cant say anything about this guy, nor can Bill. He mentions taht Jesse Jackson won SC, and its like he called Obama the N-word. They cant say anything without being called out as racially attacking. But I guess teh standards ARE higher for them, they have more expectations and history. No expectations on Obaama except “hope” and “change”! Lol. She said the word “kitchen sink” nad evrone calls her a dirty player? What has she done thats so dirty, or are you just another blind supporter of Obama. As far a the stoning woman comment, actually woman tend to be stoned by their communities (which are run by men) for crimes there is no evidence for (usually accused adultery – more like, now youve done all teh work and your husbands sick of you, you have to die)

Whiners don’t make good presidents. Nor do people who can’t get their facts straight. Go Barack Obama.

ANY STORY THAT IS SLIGHTLY FAVORLE TO CLINTON OR SLIGHTLY CRITICAL OF OBAMA IS GETTING BURIED>>>>>Where is “Obama’s trip to Pakistan” Where is “This is the Double Standard Clinton Was Talking About”?

To seah, you are rambling….Obama has not trased HRC as she has everyone else until they are the last two in the race. HRC is ALWAYS pointing her finger at Obama when things are not going her way, where was she when FL/MI leaders changed the primary date and when the voters were informed their primary would not count.
Obama only started disenfranchising these states when she needed a scapegoat. Besides she will not win in MI if they did revote especially since she only received 55% of the votes cast while essentially running by herself. If you are the only person on a ballot receiving such a low percentage is embarrasing.
Your comments have ABSOLUTELY no validity.

Here we go again!

There have been double standards in this election. What holds true for Hillary doesn’t seem to apply to Obama. He wants more white votes yet one of his white delegates was dismissed for telling some kids to quit climbing in trees like monkeys. These kids happen to be black and the mother called her racist.She was dismissed and fined. What parent hasn’t called their kids monkeys for climbing all over everything. I said it before and I’ll say it again, since the Wright issue and Obamas’ speech on race we have been set back 40 years on race relations. You can’t say anything without being called a racist. I guess us “typical white people” will have to buy a book on how to talk to blacks so we won’t be called racist. They (being blacks) can say and do anything they want without any repercussion at all. Look at some of the things that have spewed from Wrights mouth and nothing has been done. I call that a traitor and Obama supports him. Now that’s double standards.

What HRC doesn’t get is RULES ARE RULES.
The rules were to not include MI and FL for disobeying the DNC. Obama and Clinton both agreed when it was done.
The rules at the beginning was that the delegate count determined the winner.
While it is true that neither candidate will get to 2025, there is a difference in how many they still need to obtain.
From this point on, Obamam needs 383 more delegates and Clinton needs 512 delegates.
If the polls are accurate, then after Indiana, Obama will need 194 and Clinton will need 350.
See a trend?
Yes, the Superdelgates will have to sep in, but as the delegate count continues to go in Obama’s direction, less and less Superdelegates will be required to vote to make a difference.
Eventually we will get to a point of no return, and that will be before the convention.
If Clinton wants to take the nomination, then she needs to start winning where it counts…with delegates!

Wah, Wah, Wah Poor Hillary!

It is the height of disingenuousness (“disingenuity?”) to equate Clinton and Obama’s positions in this campaign by saying “neither can win without the superdelegates.”
Anyone who’s even casually followed the campaign can see that, by and large, Obama has had most of the momentum and the energy in this race, almost steadily since Iowa. Yes, Clinton eked out a 2.5% win in NH. She squeaked by in Nevada and got fewer delegates. Super Tuesday was a draw. Forget February entirely if you’re Hillary: the closest she came was, what, 17 points?
Granted, she won Ohio handily (9 or 10 points), but probably in retrospect because Obama’s campaign shot themselves in the foot with the Goolsbee foolishness, and she flim-flammed the Ohio voters with the fiction that she secretly opposed NAFTA (her schedules hadn’t been released yet).
She won the TX primary by 2 or 3 points, but lost the caucus, and ended up with 5 or so fewer delegates. Obama blew her away in Mississippi.
Now she’s watching her formidable PA lead melt away like morning dew.
In the meantime, of course, we’ve had the Wright controversy, which Obama appears to have handled rather deftly (although Jeremiah will be back, I’m sure), and the constant turmoil in HRC’s campaign, with the Tusla sniper-fire story thrown in for good measure.
The bottom line is this. Yes, there has been a double standard: Obama has set one of excellence in the way he has organized and managed his campaign and his message; and Hillary has set another for how to squander substantial advantages by mismanaging your campaign and having a tin ear in discerning the public mood.
All that remains is for someone to pick up the dead mouse by the tail and drop it in the toilet.

She’s right, there is clearly a double standard; any candidate other than her who ran a campaign so poorly would have been forced out of the race long ago.

Accountability. Odd word, and these days also a warped meaning. People yelling about the DNC’s decision to ban delegates. People yelling about failure to meet terms to include voters. It’s this guy’s fault and that guy’s fault.
People, it’s a simple matter of action and reaction. The initiating ACTION was the states decision to move their primary dates in violation of rules. Everything else since then has been reaction.
Hillary supporters now want to blame everyone else. WHY? Need someone to blame, aim your cannons at your own elected officials who caused the initial Action. It’s not Obama’s fault, it’s not Dean’s Fault, it’s not the DNC’s fault.
IF you folks had cared enough to be active in politics back when your officials were elected as you seem to be now, perhaps the losers who DID cause this wouldn’t be there to begin with.
I suspect that once the FAD of this election cycle wears off, we’re gonna fall back off to the average of 30 percent turnout that care at all.
Sure wish all you people who suddenly care were around to help us out 2, 4, 6, and 8 years ago when all these losers in office now were elected. Maybe we would have been in much better shape today.
I love seeing you all now involved, and I hope I am wrong about it being a FAD. But I would love to see this continued involvement this time and the time after, and the time after that. Perhaps in that way, we won’t empower elite power mongers to make bonehead plays that gets us into these kind of election and nomination hassles.

i am so sick of the media and obama supporters! hillary clinton is a viable democratic presidential nominee. in some views, she is a MORE viable candidate for november. obama’s wins have largely come from “red” states and caucuses–neither of which will matter in november. aside from the black vote, clinton has a strong hold on every other sect of the democratic base. she has won every big state (aside from Illinois), and her wins in florida (which DID have obama’s name on the ballot, and in which he DID run a national campaign ad) and ohio show she can potentially claim important swing states.
all the trash talk spin associated with hillary can just as easily be spun back at the obama camp. he is just as politically motivated as she is. frankly, that’s ok with me. it’s politics. but what really irks me is his holier than thou, he’s not a part of “washington politics as usual,” he’s not in the pockets of lobbyists etc. etc. where is the media coverage of his campaign contributors? yes, he has not DIRECTLY received contributions from lobbyists, but he has earned financing from their wives and has benefited from other loophole ways of taking money from them while claiming he hasn’t. obama is not a pristine candidate either. every single choice he makes is tied to his political ambitions (even joining wright’s church, though that somewhat proved consequential). the difference between obama and hillary is that obama often gets a free pass with the press. however, if he becomes the democratic nominee i guarantee those days are over. the press will have no choice to air the dirt the republicans will dig up on him. for all the obama supporters calling hillary a monster, i hope you toughen your skin for the republican monsters. they are a million times worse than hillary.
bottom line, it’s okay to support someone whole heartedly. in fact, it’s awesome to be able to do that. i feel that away about hillary myself. yet, obama supporters too often show their support by hating hillary rather than by displaying the many reasons they must have for loving him. why don’t you all really jump on the obama bandwagon and adopt his positive tone…because without it, you appear to simply be adopting the newest fad tv told you too, barack obama.

Hillary – We are all tired, we have primary fatique. The sooner you get booted out the better for the Democratic Party and the country.

seah: details please?

I am continually amused at the media biting on Hillary’s “double standard” talk.
Folks, the media gives Hillary’s campaign way more benefit of the doubt than it deserves. By the numbers, Hillary *cannot win*. Yet the media continues the “neck and neck” horserace storyline that only benefits Hillary. If the situation were reversed and had Obama lost nine primaries in a row, the media would be portraying him as they did Huckabee after Florida.
Yep, there’s a double standard all right.

Clinton: If it were up to her, why would the Democrats even hold elections in 35 of the states. We should only hold primaries in the states that Dems need to win in order to combat the Southern Strategy Nixon used to gain the Presidency.
Obama: He seems to be trying to run a national campaign…in all states. He has embraced the strategy that Howard Dean used to gain back control of the House and Senate….by competing in all states and in all Districts.
Conclusion: Hillary’s strategy was to put this thing to bed on Super Tuesday. She was in full agreement with the sanctions on Florida and Michigan…because she thought it wouldn’t matter. If she cannot win in North Dakota…that is her fault, not Obama’s. If she cannot win under the rules she agreed to…that is her fault…not Obama’s.
Oh yeah…I am a republican voting for anyone other than McCain or the democrat. I just think Hillary is being unreasonable when looking at revisionist history.

if hillary wins by superdelegates how is this an overturn of the people’s will?
a) the dnc established the role of superdelegates. no one in the democratic party should complain when superdelegates get their chance to vote. as party insiders their job is to do vote in a way that is best for the party. it’s the dnc’s own rules. why are people so worried? are you scared that they may realize she carries the majority of the base and that she can win the important states and vote what is best for the party? well, that is their job. why don’t we let them do their job and then argue over why we think they did it wrong.
b) hillary’s point is that the state’s who bring democrats national wins are in the states SHE HAS WON. what about those people? shouldn’t their vote count? why should anyone’s vote count more than another? if you want to argue that obama has the popular vote, you must first count florida and michigan and every superdelegate. until then, there is no true winner.

I will also vote for McCain over Obama. Something is not right about Obama and I think he’s shown plenty of things that people just keep ignoring. Keep ingoring people. Ignorance is bliss until McCain is your President.

The media has gone very harsh on Hillary Clinton and at every step it has used different yardsticks to guage Hillary and Obama. This cannot continue.
Obama gets afree pass in the press for the very obvious reason. ‘HE IS BLACK’ and he is using his color to his full advantage. Nobody wants to criticize him due to the fear of being branded racist. I know of many people that are supporing him because they want to give an impression that they are not being progressive (not racist). What Geralding Ferraro said is very very true.
The results are going to prove that whatever the media does to get Obama nominated, its the will of the people that prevails. And people (Florida and Michigan) are going to keep him out.
Hillary Clinton….You are the best.

Well I got news for you NYCStylez, your Hillary AINT never going to be President..not because of the liberal media but because of who she is!!

FYI
I keep hearing about Obama winning 11 straight contests. A caucus is not Democratic. It is a fraction of the state standing in line for up to 12 hours, as was reported at one caucus. That is not Democracy. What about the voice of the elderly or ill, the single Mom? Do they not matter in this process because they vote Hillary?
When you hear OUR VOICE as to the bias and sexism it will resound loudly. You can hear the hate right in this room. Crying, whinning, willing to do anything to win, liar, etc. These are things the media are saying..BUT they are things Obama is doing and it is not being reported on, among other revelations of this candidate. This same media bias and hate will be used against your candidate, IF he gets the nomination and trust me, WE WILL NOT CARE AS WE HEAD TO THE VOTING BOOTH TO VOTE McCAIN!! GET IT PEOPLE. This WILL
happen to your candidate but your voice will be muffled like Fl. & Mi. as you were not there to stand up for theirs and others voices!! GET READY…your turn cometh!!

Sorry Obamanuts but at this point, superdelegates will have to make their own choice. The will of the people – well if that’s what you want, please tell Kennedy and Kerry to switch the voted for Hillary as the will of the people of MA was for her! She won that state BIG TIME!
So what is the will of the people? Supers will gauge the momentum from PA, Indiana, West Virginia, Kentucky, Puerto Rico which will all go for Hillary Clinton.
So to the person who called her the “dead mouse” she sure is ALIVE and STRONG…just wait….April 22nd will be a MAJOR SURPRISE!
Madame President! Florida has your back. If your not our nominee, then I will vote for McCain or write your name in your honor!

“Well when 30million of us vote for MCcain you will get it what the double standard is.”
This is called cutting off your nose to spite your face. What we will “get” if McCain wins is four more years of Bush policies on war, tax breaks for the rich, and destruction of the environment we all depend on to live. Is that what you want? Not me. I’m disgusted by Clinton’s campaign tactics, and I deeply hope Obama wins, but even if Clinton steals it (and yes, that’s what it would be in my view) I would still vote for her because both Democrats’ ideas and proposals are so much better than McCain’s. I will not vote sour grapes. I will vote for the candidate who gives the best chance of leading us to a better world. For me that’s Obama, and if he isn’t the nominee, then it’s Clinton. It will never be McCain.

Hillary is upset because all the press is not favoring her. Was it her fault regarding Bosnia, her campaign with its problems, her demeanor, her changing slogans and personalities. Yes. She actually is getting better press than she thinks. And why does she have to keep changing the goal post to win. And remember that win in New Hampshire. Big win! He got 9 delegates and she got 9. And in Texas he got 99 and she got 94. And so far the press has given her a pass on the fact that it was her campaign that was involved in the Canada Nafta problem not Obama’s. And she is trying to change the rules regarding Michigan and Florida. She has tried every thing she can think of. Why not follow the original rules. The delegates can be seated and count what they were supposed to to begin with. When you are losing you don’t get to change the rules to win. Remember when Al Gore tried that. It didn’t work. Rules are rules. Hillary needs to keep that in mind.

One story: The night before Super Tuesday, NBC broadcast the Law & Order:SVU, which implicitly indicated that a female US senator from New York who is running for president had sex with a criminal just to get more money from him. Not sure how far media can go to support or destroy one candidate, but certainly media has set up a new standard for themselves in this election.

Hillary is telling the truth. The media has been against her just as they were against AlGore. They bombarded Gore with so much negative attention and higlighted some of his misquotes as lies. GWB got annointed because he managed to make to election so close that it was possible. Had the media played the role of an honest broker, we would not be in this situation with Iraq. They are doing the same sort of thing with Hillary. The media does not like strong presidents because they are dumbed down themselves. There are so many journalists who report from the armchair of their homes without being on the field. The one’s on the field are not smart enough to ask the tough questions. They just fill in the blanks with trashy news and leave out all the important policy questions. The Media is to blame. They would rather have the dumb Obama than the smart and strong Hillary. If Obama wins the primary, I hope there will be plenty of Americans who will support a McCain Administration. Obama is so liberal that the only way he will fill up the coffers is by taxing us. People are already losing their homes, the sub-prime slum lord owes so much to the subprime lenders that he will just look the other way. Imagine, higher payroll taxes and higher interest rates for your homes. We will all be homeless soon!

“Play the victim,” Take 35. What a sad precedent for a “First Woman President” … and a disservice to all of us women.

Hillary wrote the book on double-standard! Who does she think she’s fooling??!? She’s peddling baloney, and I guess that’s all she knows how to do.

She’s always playing the victim. Nothing is ever her fault. She never takes responsibility for anything. Sheeesh. This is leadership? I’m getting really tired of her… and I kind of liked her at first too.
She’s created her bed. I think the media has been pretty rough on Obama too, seeing what they can do with what they have to knock him down. But he seems to just deal with it.
This is, in my opinion, a big difference.

I have been loyal listener of NPR from long time and also loyal democrat. But I was surprised even NPR has double standard.
Fortunately listeners are much wiser nowadays. But I request media not to underestimate listener’s IQ.
Media have been too much pro-Obama which is going to haunt them.

In response to Sherrie about Obama not complaining, that is too funny. Carville had to step aside on CNN because of complaints from his campaign. One day he complained to reporters that he had already answered 8 questions! He shouldn’t have anything to complain about, he had MSNBC, CNN and NBC working for him.

Rediculous, first off the disenfranchisment statement was made yet again and she wasnt called on her bold faced flip flop on that issue. Fact is Mrs Clinton was just fine with not seating Florida and Michigan delegates because she assumed she’d have this race so wrapped it they didnt matter….now she is behind (and sorry to the Hillary moron supporters, if 137 delegates is a ‘narrow’ lead how come she has no chance to catch him with so many states left-because its a HUGE lead you dolts) and suddenly crying about those poor voters.
What I dont understand is with the right ripping Obama all day on the air over his pastor, both Hillary and McCain ripping Obama 24/7, Hillary actually giving compliments to the Republican nominee she wouldnt give to Obama…how exactly can this be positioned as a double standard.
No the double standard is if Obama were this far behind, had won Texas only due to LImbaugh fans gaming the vote, had no mathematical chance to win the delegate vote do you think the press would be so shy about calling for him to quit? Do you think if he was running a ‘kitchen sink’ negative campaign the way she has for months that they would be sympathic in covergae the way they are with her.
Rediculous…you Clinton supporters sound like little kids who decide to pout and whine when your loosing.

Stop dreaming. Obama is not made of gold. He lies and runs and negative campaign also. Open your eyes. All this negativity about a female candidate is really crazy. And no Clinton supporters do not “sound like little kids”, look in the mirror, take shields off your eyes buddy.

Now let’s put the shoe on the other foot: For argument sake lets pretend that Florida and Michigan was Obama’s … do you think Obama would be saying: “let’s not count those voters!” Of course not, because everyone can see that Hillary is in the lead if we rightfully count all the voters.
It is beyond belief that a party that calls itself “Democratic”, does not want to count the votes of millions of registered legal citizens of Flordia. Things life before, or after don’t matter…., What matters is the people and their votes. They come first because they are the reason why we go to vote in the first place.
AGAIN: the people in Florida were legal registered voters, and candidates names were on Florida ballots. People went to vote because they did not want to miss out, and their choice was HILLARY CLINTON by a huge majority.
Why on earth would they be denied???

Those of you that are Clinton supporters ( like me ) don’t vote for McSame, join the movement to write in Hillary’s name in your state. Make a statement that the DNC can really hear. do a google on “write Hillary in” for more info, also you can get more info on the boycott on main stream media going on April 11 in NY

We don’t need to put the shoe on the other foot. Hillary herself was against counting the uncontested states’ results until she managed to eek out a victory in Michigan, even though her opponents knew their votes would not be counted.
If Clinton really wanted a vote, she could allow those that had voted in the Republican primaries to vote, too, since many went there knowing Democratic votes would not count anyway. They knew that because Hillary Rodham Clinton herself had said so, repeatedly.
Elections where everyone knows the stakes aren’t counted, from the candidates to the voters, aren’t elections. They’re really big straw polls.

Why is HRC crying about Michigan and FLA?? She knew the rules and accepted them as Obama did…now that shes behind, she wants to recount…Let me tell you something…if Obama and HRC were to campaign in Michigan, Obama would have the upper hand for sure!! I see its all around Michigan!
Obama ’08!!

Does anyone see the irony in Hillary Clinton complaining about a double standard in treatment by the press covering her and Obama? Now she understands what EVERY conservative faces from the totally corrupt US mainstream press. It is even funnier that Hillary has to go on Fox News to receive even handed treatment and Obama is too much of a coward to do the same. I just hope that Chris Matthews can get those stains out of his shorts the next time he quivers for Obama! LOL.

Totally true – there is a double standard toward HRC. The media is TOTALLY in the tank for Obama. It’s like reporters are at a cocktail party engaged in small talk with a “minority” and are afraid to ask anything that could make the situation awkward. They then make up for their timidity toward Obama by being tougher on Clinton. Open your eyes people!

It’s true about Hillary negotiating the Irish thing. What happened was it occurred during bring-your-daughter-to-work day but Chelsea was back in the US. She called Bill and asked if her mom could do the negitiation. Sort of a bring-your-wife-to-work day. Bill agrred and Hillary was able to bring the IRA and The Brits together!! You can ask Donna Brazile.

Who in their right mind want an old woman for president. Suppose there is really a 3am call and Hillary is having a PMS fit or some other femine stuff, then what. It won”t work! She married and her husband he old too. Supposing he be needing something and she aint around. Maybe he want her to run an errand or fetch something for him. Then what, he have to get the stuff fore himself.

I have to agree with the posters who are outraged over Hillary supporters voting for McCain. For a Democrat to do this is madness. How can we move from a capitalist democracy to full fledged socialism if you vote for McCain? Are you insane? Don’t you want socialized medicine like they have in Europe and Canada? Don’t you want the richest 10% in this country to pay more than the current 80+% of all federal taxes that they now pay? Don’t you want to redistribute wealth regardless of effort and value? Don’t you want to open up our borders and turn our national sovereignty over to the United Nations? Don’t you want to keep aborting more American babies every single day of the year than the total servicemen and women who have died in Iraq? And what about paying reparations to ALL black people, even those who just got to the US last week? How can we assuage our national guilt, if we don’t do THAT, for crying out loud? If so, please remember to vote for Obama, not John McCain. Remember George Bush, John McCain and ALL Republicans are PURE EVIL.

You Hillary supporters just don’t get it, do you? Only a black man, who had the moral courage to attend a black supremacist, anti-white, and anti-US church for 20+ years and was able to hold his tongue and NEVER criticize a word the vile, bigoted pastor said as he spewed racist hatred to that man and his family, can possible UNITE America? Senator Obama has clearly shown that he has the Wright Stuff to bring our country together. Obama is a profile in courage and doing what is Wright…er right, no matter the personal costs. Truly inspiring! The audacity of hope, indeed.

Anybody who saw Obama waffle himself through questioning Petreaus yesterday , must now know that he does not qualify to be the next President.
This man has run his campaign on the war and Hillary’s vote for it . How often have we heard him say that he was against it from the beginning.
Well , yesterday was his chance to show us if his words have substance and he failed miserably.
He was nervous and actually looked uncomfortable , certainly didn’t add anything to the discussion.
One can only conclude that his speeches read of teleprompters are just words , words for political gains.
Take a good look at Obama before you decide to vote for him.

Poor, poor Hillary Clinton!?! How can those of you who support her buy the “sniper fire” story? I think I would remember the difference in running through bullets or being handed a bouquet of flowers! If Barack Obama had told such a SUPER LIE, he would be berated by every newsperson in this country.
Another concern: Have you noticed how many times Bill refers to “we” rather than Hillary when he discusses HER campaign. Then, there’s the question of what Bill’s title would be if, by some miracle, Hillary becomes President. He certainly shouldn’t be called “First Gentleman” because, let’s face it, Bill Clinton is no gentleman! If Hillary runs the country and allows Bill to walk all over her as he did as a womanizer as Arkansas’ governor and as President, Bill will be making Presidential decisions again and Hillary will be too embarrassed to admit that she’s allowing it to continue. NO, WE CAN’T AFFORD BILL CLINTON IN THE WHITE HOUSE AGAIN! IF SO, LOCK UP YOUR DAUGHTERS!

The two posts signing off with “America the beautiful” are NOT by THIS Doctor Doom. Although, I do understand the point that that Doctor Doom is trying to make, i.e. that America is tainted by the blight of slavery and horrid treatment of its native population. However, name any country and I can give you examples of how the sinful, flawed people of that country perpetrated injustices and outrages. Many of them still do so today. America is not perfect but here we at least have the freedom to criticize our faults provided that we are willing to accept responsibility for our words from our peers. Our speech is only free from government censorship (with limited exceptions), not from consequences imposed by societal norms.

Can somebody send Senator Clinton to the looney bin…please? I’m tired of hearing her talk and seeing her face. Can the people of Pennsylvania please do the rest of the country a favor and support Obama so we can get on with this election. Polls show her 20% behind in North Carolina, so a 5% victory in PA will only expose the American people to her ridiculous attempt at leading our country for two more weeks. After she loses NC, she might shed a tear or maybe talk about how she avoided sniper fire at a Pennsylvania town fair. If she cannot manage an election, how can she manage a country?(i mean she cannot even manage her own husband) Ready on Day 1….haha, its day 400 and something of this campaign and she is losing ground.

What double standard? Hillary, r u running to be victim-in-chief or commander-in-chief? Either suck-it up or get out damn race. We are tired of ur bitc^ing and moaning.

so, she “accepts” it, but she whines about it? if she isn’t tough enough to deal with idiots in the media, how is she going to be tough enough to deal with the likes of putin, ahmadenijad (sp?), kim jong il, et al?
what a loser!

It would only be a double standard if the race were virtually even; it’s not. Obama is ahead by a statistically-significant margin, any way you want to measure it: overall delegates, pledged delegates, or popular vote. That’s why people are pushing her to get out: winning “ugly” isn’t just winning with superdelegates–it’s having the superdelegates overturn the pledged delegate count. She thinks most people aren’t smart enough to realize this, but many of us are.
Her comments about Michigan and Florida are totally non sequitor–but if she wants to revote without disenfranchising everyone who voted Republican in Michigan’s election because they thought the Democratic election wouldn’t count for anything, well let’s do it. I’m sure Obama would welcome a big win in Michigan.

Obama continues to dogged by Rev. Wright’s comments but no one is willing to admit the thread of truth Wright expressed. For instance he(Wright) accused our government of introducing AIDS and crack into the African American community. Well…. anyone remember the Tuskegee Experiment in which syphilis was GIVEN to African American men, unknown to them, and allowed to interact with women in their community for YEARS, in the name of research( a quick Google will confirm). So any african american of Wrights age group that happens to have an education would know this to be true. The leap to AIDS is a stretch but not that big… On the crack thing once again those of us with an EDU and knowledge of drug culture wonder how this chemical process(crack production) was mastered by our most uneducated class. Who taught them the complicated and dangerous methodology needed to produce this derivative?

I don’t know how everyone can claim so blithely that HRC is so much more electable than Obama. Last time I checked over 60% of Americans loathe her and only 35% think she is honest and trustworthy. I know that much the dislike many Americans have for HRC is unfair and a product of her political enemies, but I don’t care. The point is to win the WH, not redress HRC’s unfair treatment. Obama and Hillary both have their warts, but before the DNC overrides sanctioned primaries and alienate one of the Democratic parties most loyal constituencies, I would like to see some actual evidence of HRC’s electiblity that doesn’t come from her partisans.
As for MI and FLA, HRC agreed to abide by the decision made by the DNC, so her sudden decision to champion their cause seems a bit convenient. It seems unfair to set ground rules for all candidates then change them mid-race. Plus, last time I checked Obama pulled is name off the MI ballot as part of an agreement with HRC & Edwards (though she seemingly forgot to do so). I’m sure if FLA and MI had been part of the race Obama would have actually campaigned there. He probably wouldn’t have won, but could have narrowed the gap considerably, ala Texas & OH.

I don’t know how everyone can claim so blithely that HRC is so much more electable than Obama. Last time I checked over 60% of Americans loathe her and only 35% think she is honest and trustworthy. I know that much the dislike many Americans have for HRC is unfair and a product of her political enemies, but I don’t care. The point is to win the WH, not redress HRC’s unfair treatment. Obama and Hillary both have their warts, but before the DNC overrides sanctioned primaries and alienate one of the Democratic parties most loyal constituencies, I would like to see some actual evidence of HRC’s electiblity that doesn’t come from her partisans.
As for MI and FLA, HRC agreed to abide by the decision made by the DNC, so her sudden decision to champion their cause seems a bit convenient. It seems unfair to set ground rules for all candidates then change them mid-race. Plus, last time I checked Obama pulled is name off the MI ballot as part of an agreement with HRC & Edwards (though she seemingly forgot to do so). I’m sure if FLA and MI had been part of the race Obama would have actually campaigned there. He probably wouldn’t have won, but could have narrowed the gap considerably, ala Texas & OH.

“Who in their right mind want an old woman for president. Suppose there is really a 3am call and Hillary is having a PMS fit or some other femine stuff, then what. It won”t work!”
You are so sexist!!!

Dear Mrs. Clinton,
There comes a time when a person must step up and show bravery and courage to become commander and chief. Playing the victim as the means to the ends proves exactly the opposite. I’ve never heard Obama claim a double standard in regards to his African American heritage.

OBAMA LIES EVERY TIME HE OPENS HIS MOUTH!!
FIRST; he denied having any relationship with Tony Rezko and contended he had only spend 5 hours with him, discussing lawyer/client matters. He finally admitted knowing Rezko for a long time. Rezko has contributed almost a quarter of million dollars to his campaign; and paid for almost a third of his house. SECOND; he lied about being aware or hearing that his friend-mentor-pastor had made any anti-white; anti-American; and anti-Semitic statements. Five days later he admitted that he had heard Jeremiah Wright make some of the controversial statements. THIRD; he said he never had accepted campaign contributions from oil corporations. We later learned he has accepted thousands of contributions from Exxon/Mobile etc. He even ran a Campaign Ad saying he did not take money from oil corporations. FOURTH; he said he had never accepted campaign contributions from subprime loan corporations. Then, we learned he has accepted over 1.5 millions from the top ten that are presently under investigation. FIFTH; he criticized NAFTA for its weaknesses and promised he would make changes to it. He then told Canada it was just all political talk and that he was not and is not going to change anything. SIXTH; in 2002 he made a one sentence statement regarding his position on the Iraq War. He thought it was not a good idea; would be expensive and there would be consequences. IN 2003, after the brief victory in Iraq, he said he was wrong about the War and that he just did not have the information Congress had at the time.
IN 2004, he said he supported and stood by Bush’s position on the war. LATER, IN 2004, 2005, 2006, he voted for continuing the war. Now, in his speeches, he lies to the American voters and contends he has always been against the Iraq war; as if he has never supported and/or voted for it

Big surprise. More BS from Angelina. Running her mouth about ‘humanity’. Dancing her way around the truth as usual. There will be no widespread peace in Iraq anytime soon. That region of the world has remained uncivilized throughout history. For reasons that Angelina will never admit. Starting with a harsh brutal climate and a lack of world prosperity. Aggrivated further by a diminishing supply of natural resources and a rising cost of living worldwide. This is why conflict and religious extremism are so prominent in the desert. This is also why America is the most hated nation in the world. We eat, burn, pollute, occupy, and consume more than any other per capita. In order to secure our way of life, we operate over 100 military bases around the world. Which is why we are refered to as ‘The Great Satan’. Also why the towers and Pentagon were hit. I’m not saying that we deserve anything horrible in return for our super-power status. We don’t. Americans are basically good people. Our goal was never to cause hardship for others. But as a nation, we have been greedy, gluttonous, and ignorant. Led around like puppies by the 1% club. Our way of life is now physically impossible to achieve worldwide. I’m not calling for an equal distribution of wealth and resources. Not even close. I’m not calling for the developed nations to reverse their progress. Whats done is done. But we should be willing to make some compromise for the good of humanity. Unfortunately, the burden has been placed almost entirely on a single generation of men and women who die as we speak. Some fight for their country. Others for a much greater cause. The vast majority serve with honor. But those men and women die in vain. In order to make any real progress in the Middle East, the troop level and funding would have to be increased even further. Maybe, even doubled or tripled. Followed by the most expensive, long term, global humanitarian effort of all time. Enough to achieve some degree of world prosperity. Only then, would the region produce a generation more likey to work together for a common goal. Progress would be made with each following generation. Unfortunately, there will never be world prosperity. NOT WITHOUT A REASONABLE DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH AND RESOURCES. So when a greedy, disgusting, wealth concentrating, resource squandering, global warming, hypocrite, pig like Angelina runs her mouth about ‘humanity’, its like nails on a chalk board. Her optimistic BS could not possibly be anymore rank even if it came out of her rank ass. It may as well have. Focus their minds? What a joke. You can’t just run your mouth at an uncivilized society and expect them to change their ways. You have to raise their standard of living first. Otherwise, their focus will always be on their own hardship and their hatred on those who appear to be responsible. A similar rule will soon apply worldwide. Which is why I know beyond any shadow of a doubt that modern society will go down in a ball of flames. All because of a G** D*** RAT RACE. Oprah, Angelina, Brad, Bono, and Bill are not part of the solution. They are part of the problem. Say that reminds me.
Don’t believe one optimistic word from any public figure about the economy or humanity in general. They are all part of the problem. Its like a game of Monopoly. In America, the richest 1% now hold 1/2 OF ALL UNITED STATES WEALTH. Unlike ‘lesser’ estimates, this includes all stocks, bonds, cash, and material assets held by America’s richest 1%. Even that filthy pig Oprah acknowledged that it was at about 50% in 2006. Naturally, she put her own ‘humanitarian’ spin on it. Calling attention to her own ‘good will’. WHAT A DISGUSTING HYPOCRITE SLOB. THE RICHEST 1% HAVE LITERALLY MADE WORLD PROSPERITY ABSOLUTELY IMPOSSIBLE. Don’t fall for any of their ‘humanitarian’ CRAP. ITS A SHAM. THESE PEOPLE ARE CAUSING THE SAME PROBLEMS THEY PRETEND TO CARE ABOUT. Ask any professor of economics. Money does not grow on trees. The government can’t just print up more on a whim. At any given time, there is a relative limit to the wealth within ANY economy of ANY size. So when too much wealth accumulates at the top, the middle class slip further into debt and the lower class further into poverty. A similar rule applies worldwide. The world’s richest 1% now own over 40% of ALL WORLD WEALTH. This is EVEN AFTER you account for all of this ‘good will’ ‘humanitarian’ BS from celebrities and executives. ITS A SHAM. As they get richer and richer, less wealth is left circulating beneath them. This is the single greatest underlying cause for the current US recession. The middle class can no longer afford to sustain their share of the economy. Their wealth has been gradually transfered to the richest 1%. One way or another, we suffer because of their incredible greed. We are talking about TRILLIONS of dollars which have been transfered FROM US TO THEM. All over a period of about 27 years. Thats Reaganomics for you. The wealth does not ‘trickle down’ as we were told it would. It just accumulates at the top. Shrinking the middle class and expanding the lower class. Causing a domino effect of socio-economic problems. But the rich will never stop. They just keep getting richer. Leaving even less of the pie for the other 99% of us to share. At the same time, they throw back a few tax deductible crumbs and call themselves ‘humanitarians’. Cashing in on the PR and getting even richer the following year. IT CAN’T WORK THIS WAY. Their bogus efforts to make the world a better place can not possibly succeed. Any ‘humanitarian’ progress made in one area will be lost in another. EVERY SINGLE TIME. IT ABSOLUTELY CAN NOT WORK THIS WAY. This is going to end just like a game of Monopoly. The current US recession will drag on for years and lead into the worst US depression of all time. The richest 1% will live like royalty while the rest of us fight over jobs, food, and gasoline. So don’t fall for any of this PR CRAP from Hollywood, Pro Sports, and Wall Street PIGS. ITS A SHAM. Remember: They are filthy rich EVEN AFTER their tax deductible contributions. Greedy pigs. Now, we are headed for the worst economic and cultural crisis of all time. Crime, poverty, and suicide will skyrocket. SEND A “THANK YOU” NOTE TO YOUR FAVORITE MILLIONAIRE. ITS THEIR FAULT. I’m not discounting other factors like China, sub-prime, or gas prices. But all of those factors combined still pale in comparison to that HUGE transfer of wealth to the rich. Anyway, those other factors are all related and further aggrivated because of GREED. If it weren’t for the OBSCENE distribution of wealth within our country, there never would have been such a market for sub-prime to begin with. Which by the way, was another trick whipped up by greedy bankers and executives. IT MAKES THEM RICHER. The credit industry has been ENDORSED by people like Oprah Winfrey, Ellen DeGenerous, Dr Phil, and many other celebrities. IT MAKES THEM RICHER. Now, there are commercial ties between nearly every industry and every public figure. IT MAKES THEM RICHER. So don’t fall for their ‘good will’ BS. ITS A LIE. If you fall for it, then you’re a fool. If you see any real difference between the moral character of a celebrity, politician, attorney, or executive, then you’re a fool. No offense fellow citizens. But we have been mislead by nearly every public figure. WAKE UP PEOPLE. THEIR GOAL IS TO WIN THE GAME. The 1% club will always say or do whatever it takes to get as rich as possible. Without the slightest regard for anything or anyone but themselves. Reaganomics. Their idea. Loans from China. Their idea. NAFTA. Their idea. Outsourcing. Their idea. Sub-prime. Their idea. High energy prices. Their idea. Obscene health care charges. Their idea. The commercial lobbyist. Their idea. The multi-million dollar lawsuit. Their idea. The multi-million dollar endorsement deal. Their idea. $200 cell phone bills. Their idea. $200 basketball shoes. Their idea. $30 late fees. Their idea. $30 NSF fees. Their idea. $20 DVDs. Their idea. Subliminal advertising. Their idea. Brainwash plots on TV. Their idea. Vioxx, and Celebrex. Their idea. The MASSIVE campaign to turn every American into a brainwashed, credit card, pharmaceutical, love-sick, celebrity junkie. Their idea. All of the above shrink the middle class, concentrate the world’s wealth and resources, create a dominoe effect of socio-economic problems, and wreak havok on society. All of which have been CREATED AND ENDORSED by celebrities, athletes, executives, entrepreneurs, attorneys, and politicians. IT MAKES THEM RICHER. So don’t fall for any of their ‘good will’ ‘humanitarian’ BS. ITS A SHAM. NOTHING BUT TAX DEDUCTIBLE PR CRAP. In many cases, the ‘charitable’ contribution is almost entirely offset. Not to mention the opportunity to plug their name, image, product, and ‘good will’ all at once. IT MAKES THEM RICHER. These filthy pigs even have the nerve to throw a fit and spin up a misleading defense with regard to ‘federal tax revenue’. ITS A SHAM. THEY SCREWED UP THE EQUATION TO BEGIN WITH. If the middle and lower classes had a greater share of the pie, they could easily cover a greater share of the federal tax revenue. They are held down in many ways because of greed. Wages remain stagnant for millions because the executives, celebrities, athletes, attorneys, and entrepreneurs, are paid millions. They over-sell, over-charge, under-pay, outsource, cut jobs, and benefits to increase their bottom line. As their profits rise, so do the stock values. Which are owned primarily by the richest 5%. As more United States wealth rises to the top, the middle and lower classes inevitably suffer. This reduces the potential tax reveue drawn from those brackets. At the same time, it wreaks havok on middle and lower class communities and increases the need for financial aid. Not to mention the spike in crime because of it. There is a dominoe effect to consider. IT CAN’T WORK THIS WAY. But our leaders refuse to acknowledge this. Instead they come up with one trick after another to milk the system and screw the majority. These decisions are heavily influensed by the 1% club. Every year, billions of federal tax dollars are diverted behind the scenes back to the rich and their respective industries. Loans from China have been necessary to compensate in part, for the red ink and multi-trillion dollar transfer of wealth to the rich. At the same time, the feds have been pushing more financial burden onto the states who push them lower onto the cities. Again, the hardship is felt more by the majority and less by the 1% club. The rich prefer to live in exclusive areas or upper class communities. They get the best of everything. Reliable city services, new schools, freshly paved roads, upscale parks, ect. The middle and lower class communities get little or nothing without a local tax increase. Which, they usually can’t afford. So the red ink flows followed by service cuts and lay-offs. All because of the OBSCENE distribution of bottom line wealth in this country. So when people forgive the rich for their incredible greed and then praise them for paying a greater share of the FEDERAL income taxes, its like nails on a chalk board. I can not accept any the
ory that our economy would suffer in any way with a more reasonable distribution of wealth. Afterall, it was more reasonable 30 years ago. Before Reaganomics came along. Before GREED became such an epidemic. Before we had an army of over-paid executives, bankers, celebrities, athletes, attorneys, doctors, investors, entrepreneurs, developers, and sold-out politicians to kiss their asses. As a nation, we were in much better shape. Strong middle class, free and clear assets, lower crime rate, more widespread prosperity, stable job market, lower deficit, ect. Our economy as a whole was much more stable and prosperous for the majority. WITHOUT LOANS FROM CHINA. Now, we have a more obscene distribution of bottom line wealth than ever before. We have a sold-out government, crumbling infrastructure, energy crisis, home forclosure epidemic, 13 figure national deficit, and 12 figure annual shortfall. The cost of living is higher than ever before. Most people can’t even afford basic health care. ALL BECAUSE OF GREED. I really don’t blame the 2nd -5th percentiles in general. No economy could ever function without some reasonable scale of personal wealth and income. But it can’t be allowed to run wild like a mad dog. ALBERT EINSTEIN TRIED TO MAKE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND. UNBRIDLED CAPITALISM ABSOLUTELY CAN NOT WORK. TOP HEAVY ECONOMIES ALWAYS COLLAPSE. Bottom line: The richest 1% will soon tank the largest economy in the world. It will be like nothing we’ve ever seen before. The American dream will be shattered. and thats just the beginning. Greed will eventually tank every major economy in the world. Causing millions to suffer and die. Oprah, Angelina, Brad, Bono, and Bill are not part of the solution. They are part of the problem. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A MULTI-MILLIONAIRE HUMANITARIAN. EXTREME WEALTH MAKES WORLD PROSPERITY ABSOLUTELY IMPOSSIBLE. WITHOUT WORLD PROSPERITY, THERE WILL NEVER BE WORLD PEACE OR ANYTHING EVEN CLOSE. GREED KILLS. IT WILL BE OUR DOWNFALL. Of course, the rich will throw a fit and call me a madman.. Of course, they will jump to small minded conclusions about ‘jealousy’, ‘envy’, or ‘socialism’. Of course, their ignorant fans will do the same. You have to expect that. But I speak the truth. If you don’t believe me, then copy this entry and run it by any professor of economics or socio-economics. Then tell a friend. Call the local radio station. Re-post this entry or put it in your own words. Be one of the first to predict the worst economic and cultural crisis of all time and explain its cause. WE ARE IN BIG TROUBLE.
By the way, that was an attempt to boil down a complex issue. I’m sorry if it seemed like a bash on America. Of course, I hate the rich. I always will. But I love the people of this country in general. I don’t want anything bad for America. But our super-power status is part of the problem. Its like a smack in the face felt worldwide. Anyway, I’m no expert on current events. I don’t even understand all of them. But I do know about human nature. Enough to see that we are on a path to destruction. I’m not going to pretend as if any of us are completely innocent. We are not. This giant rat race will be our downfall. GREED KILLS.

Senator Clinton says that Obama “has a slight lead,” which is echoed by the Clinton supporter Kris — “Sen. Obama’s lead is very small.”
But this simply isn’t true: of the pledged delegates elected so far, Obama leads 53% to 47%. After the remaining primaries and caucuses, that lead might be reduced to 52%-48%. Under what construction is four or six percent a “slight” or “very small” margin?

I was actually hoping for Edwards when all this thing started. When he dropped out, I thought either of them will do just not McCain. Even though I will be voting for one of them for the primary (PA), for the general election I will vote for whoever is the Democratic nominee.
When I read or hear some saying ‘if my candidate did not get the nomination I will vote for McCain or stay home,’ I feel sad. Voting is a privilage and a responsibility. The consequence is for the whole country. We shouldn’t and even have no right to complain and whine when we got a repeat of the last 8 years.
Voting age is 18, mature enough not to play with such responsibility.

HRC is 100% right on this one. The media has been blinded or may be afraid of going against Obama due to fear that they might be called ‘racist’. Obama camp has been using the race card whenever anybody says anything against Obama. This is rediculous. I am shocked to see Media so biased about somebody. It is like CNN, MSNBC, NBC are pro-Obama channel – may be to win his advertisement money.

gmariam,
Yes, voting is a privilege and we should all vote (hopefully with proper election procedures, i.e., secret ballot and a paper trail.
Unlike most of you, I will be voting for who I think can best lead the country out of the mess we are in without making it worse. In that regard I will vote for Sen. Clinton and if she is not the nominee I will go to my second choice as to who I think is the best for leading our country at this time, Sen. McCain. Not overly enthused with Sen. McCain but the alternative of Sen. Obama to me is quite frightening; his claim to fame being his opposition to the Iraq war from the beginning but you certainly would not have gathered that from the hearing yesterday (did not seem to be a great deal of difference between him and Sen. McCain at those hearings). It sure would be nice with his “Change” agenda if he would tell us what he is going to change (specifically, not just the way things are done in Washington), how he is going to go about changing it (reaching across the aisle and working with republicans probably is not going to bring about much change even they would even work with him which I greatly doubt), and who is going to foot the bill for all these changes?

I heard the interview, and Clinton never answered the “double standard” question. She never defined it. How about a man would never be asked if he actually lied when he claimed to have landed under fire in Tuzla. Think: Dukakis in a tank.

This is the first blog I’ve read and it is relly funny. You can read between the lines and tell what sex the writer is. The fact is the voters of Fl & Mi should elect a new executive comittee. They are the ones that challenged the NDC and lost. Get off Obama and Hillary and go after the real people that creates this problem.

A much larger percentage of Hillary supporters claim they will opt for McCain than vote for Obama, who is virtually identical to Hillary in his political positions. The more sensible Obama supporters are more willing to look at the big picture and say “no” to McCain, “no” to a third Bush term. There is a message reflected by this disparity. Hillary is campaigning with a greater negativity, trying to convince Dems that Obama is the enemy. Unfortunately, many Hillary supporters have fallen under this hypnotic spell. Obama supporters stand back and realistically look at the big picture. Obama’s message is different– it is based not on attacking Hillary but on putting this country on a course that is best for all Americans.
Hillary ain’t it.

Reading this article and all the comments, I have to laugh at the dems and their sheeple. First of all, there is a double standard in this campaign between the two dems, however that double standard is nowhere near the double standard the media has with republicans. Study after study shows this, so while Hillary has a point, try watching the garbage the news puts out everyday against republicans. Read the Pew and UCLA studies, then look at all the data that shows how the candidates are being portrayed in the media, Obama gets favorable coverage slightly more than Hills, but nearly twice as much as Mccain, and he’s suppose to be the media darling? So I welcome the discussion on the double standard and bias, but I will also assume the dems will forget evertyhing about it once the general election starts and doubt you’ll see a SNL skit showing how the liberal MSM is in the tank for the dems, because then it will be o.k. with them.

It’s not that hard.
Everyone should get to vote. If no candidate wins 2025 delegates, then the superdelegates decide. The superdelegates’ main guideline is electability. It’s reasonable that some might want to see how certain states vote before casting their own vote.
What’s not reasonable is claiming that two major states should have NO vote at all. NONE. That’s undemocratic and un-American as hell.

Evie – if Clinton drops out, like she should for the good of the party, the remaining primaries would still take place. The argument that everyone should get to vote doesn’t hold water.

Come on people! you all know that when the crunch comes in Novermber, white folks are going to vote for one of their one. enough of this “experiment” to see how “tolerant” you americans can be.

Denying Florida and Michigan’s vote? Let me lay it out so all you not too bright people (hillary included) can understand.
1. Florida and Michigan broke rules they agreed to and moved their primaries up for no reason.
2. They knew the consequences
3. all the democratic nominees agreed the contests wouldn’t count before hand.
4. Obamas name wasn’t on ballet in Michigan didnn’t campign in Florida
5. People didn’t vote cause they were told it wouldn’t count so the actual vote tallies aren’t democratic or accurate if you disenfranchise voters before those elections.
HILLARY AGREED that the contests wouldn’t count. now that she needs them she is the spokesperson for democratic principles and having everyones vote count. What a disgusting human being. Double standard. lies lies lies she knows shell have to win ugly obama and her are not tied. he is winning in delegates and popular vote and will end up beating her with both. she really turns my stomach shes such a political hack.

“She’s always playing the victim. Nothing is ever her fault. She never takes responsibility for anything. Sheeesh. This is leadership? I’m getting really tired of her… and I kind of liked her at first too.”
100% agree

well I will be voting for McCain, It has gotten to point where neither of the dems in this elections has enough brains to pour water out of a boot with the instruction on the hill, Go McCain

exciting=exiting

She is not out because this is about Hillary vs Obama and the electoral map. Because in the end, that is what the democrats SHOULD be looking at to determine their candidate. That is if they hope to regain the White House. Although Obama can HOPE that those samller, republican states will CHANGE from red to blue the likelihood of that is well … not likely. Hillary clearly has a large and loyal following and carries the larger, traditionally more democratic strong hold states. The two candidates are virtually neck and neck in every other regard. However,one factor that gets forgotten are the voters like me, and let me assure you our numbers are great, that if Hillary is not the nominee we will be donating, campaigning and voting for John McCain. These times require experience, not experiments. Frankly, Obama cannot unite his own party let alone the country. His judgment which he touts now does not look all that favorable and he does not appear to be any more honest than any other politician. When you hold yourself out to be better than everyone else in that regard, well you better be able to hold up under some scrutiny, Mr. Law Professor, of a goat-herding dad that was airlifted by the Kennedy’s from Kenya to the states and was conceived as a result of the Selma march which occurred 4 years after you were born, while then as an adult attended a church for 20 years where you didn’t but then maybe you did hear some “controversial” things said. See how that just does not help your honesty and credibility claim when you get caught in that many…lies.
The media has not brought him to task on any of these lies, except for FOX news. Double standard – yep there sure is.

Hillary lies repeatedly about Bosnia to make herself look good in the eyes of the voters. Her husband expounds and expands the lies.
Obama characterizes a portion of the electorate using a poor choice of words.
Here’s the double standard:
The Clintons will do anything to win a contest. They will sell out any principle if it means “winning.” They will lie. They will triangulate the electorate. They will wind up with insipid, unprincipled legislation.
Obama doesn’t.
I see two very different standards.

I think it’s wrong for Obama not to care about the voters in Florida and Michigan. Seems to me that is what George Bush wanted in Florida about 8 years ago.

My dear fellow Americans….When are we going to open our eyes and see the truth, the reality and the direction Hillary is taking us?….No where at all…we are suffering here in America with poor housing policies, high tax cuts,poor health care policies,We need someone who can hear our cries,understand our needs and daily problems that we face today…and not lies and double standard leaders…We need some one who can fight for the ordinary Americans and not for the lobbist who financed their election campaine.God have shown us the directions and light..and that is Obama.Not any more Clintons or Bush policies… we need new diet for the better of Americans in General…So my fellow Americans lets face the reality of what is happening now in America…or we will always be given promises that will not be fulfil after they go to white house….so Americans lets not cheers for fan but for reality that we face now…we need change now and that person to lead us is Obama….we need to turn the chapter 2009 to be the chapter of reality and not promises for Americans …Lets Wake up Foxs…It’s Obama 08

OBAMA DID NOT CHANGE CHICAGO,
OBAMA DID NOT CHANGE REZKO.
OBAMA DID NOT CHANGE REV. WRIGHT AND HIS CHURCH
(OBAMA has close ties with REZKO who is on trial for corruption and MANY politicians there are involved.)
Why should we believe that OBAMA can change Washington?
What sort of changes will HE bring?
HOW COME NOBODY ASK THESE QUESTIONS BEFORE CHANTING FOR OBAMA?

Hillary and Bill are tied to the very same people, they are against, and firing of Penn, when Bill is excepting millions for speech.

It’s about time she says something about it. The title of this piece is a little dramatic though. She didn’t “rip” anyone or anything although she definitely could!! I wish she would have been more aggressive in this opportunity but then I know, everyone would say bad things about her if she was too harsh. So I guess she did the right thing and played it safe.
If you really don’t think there is a double standard, you’ve drank way to much of the kool-aid. You’re probably drowning in it.

These comments baffle me because while Obama’s campaign has been getting increasingly negative, taking a POV of the American people and his peers from a negative, pessimistic place and even stooping to “name-calling,” Hillary has become increasingly positive and optimistic. She constantly uplifts Americans and the love of her country in her speeches and while she makes legitimate claims on Obama’s tendency to say agreeable things in a way that is so easily misunderstood and increasingly gives the GOP more and more ammunition for the big race, she doesn’t get personal when she’s under pressure. And while her remarks in this interview may seem pessimistic and whiny, they are completely founded. She has had to work twice as hard as Obama and has earned pretty much all of her votes through hard work. I feel like Obama earns his votes through popularity, because when I talk to Obama supporters (every single person I know) they have NO IDEA what his policies are, what his history is, or what he plans to do in office. And they don’t care! They are like robots, and all they do is bash Hillary and say “Obama 08!” I don’t understand it. If they had this interview with Obama, he would have responded with something like “Double. Standards. Are what I. Do not. Stand by. Respectfully. What I do. Stand by. Is. Change. Change for a people. Who need it.” I’m sorry, Hillary, whiny as you think she is, just sounds more like a human being to me. And a smart one. At. That.

I am so tired of hearing Clinton go on and on about Michigan and Florida. It was fine with her way back when she signed on to ignore those states. Only when her chances diminish, she now wants to redo those states. How ugly is that and do you want someone like that as president when everything she does is for her and her alone? She is so pathetic! When will the other half of the Democrat party take the blinders off and see what a loser they support.

Oh bring out the violins. First of all Hillary signed a paper stating that she would not campaign in FL and MI as did the other candidates and that their votes would not be counted because they went against the wishes of the DNC. Hillary after that said that MI votes wouldn’t count and then after getting behind decided she wanted them. And if she can’t get FL and MI votes then she says she has the most electorial votes(which is used for the general election not the primary). In claiming the electorial votes she is also saying that small state votes don’t count. You have to have all 3 Hillary. Most delegates, most states, and popular votes. Then you can have the superdelegate vote. That’s how the system works people and if she were ahead you would be ok with it too,

My friends, this is the most important presidential election since FDR in 1933. So much is at stake in terms of the economy, diplomatic foreign policy, the environment, etc. While there is no simple solution to such a complex set of problems, the first step toward repairing all the damage that the present administration has done is to elect the right person for president at this very crucial time in our history. It is clear that a new direction is needed for our country, a total departure of the current system. SO the question becomes, who is best served to carry out this new direction? Out of the three candidates left standing, the only person who has not been tainted by politics, who is not a beaurocrat, who does not have unbreakable ties to DC…is Barack Obama.