Clinton’s Newest Buzzword: Debate

Obama is afraid to misspeak now.
He only gave written scriptspeech at a truck stop and only invited journalist allowed to ask questions.
Don’t even expect him to have a live debate .

Obama can’t debate or win the GE so the supers are are going to make the right choice for all and I guess the people on the down ticket in NC will pay a price for endorseing Obama.

I think his advisor told him to keep quiet now after he misspoke about his bitter speech.

crisis08, the only one who is afraid to mispeak is Hill the Bosnian General. She mispoke about Bosnia, Obama has not been close to that verb. Anybody who is putting money in Hill at this stage is wasting his/her money. Hill needs it to pay her bills but not for a campaign which came to an end. There is no need for another debate. No more bitter personal attacks and character assassination. Let us leave voters talk and vote. God bless America and God bless Obama.OBAMA08.

There has been 21 debates. You guys act like they’ve only debated once.

BKMC,
I think Obama misspoke about his father came to US , do you remember that?
BTW, I just donated money to her campaign yesterday.

Obama knows he can’t win in a debate and everytime he goes one on one with her he shows himself to be, hmmm, how to say this nicely, the lesser intellect.
It is a no win situation for him that all of his advisors have put the kabash on. “Do not open your mouth without our pre-approved script!!!!”

Of course, he won’t debate her again, now that the media has stopped treating him like a fragile flower. Senator Clinton will trounce him thoroughly and show him up for the weak fraud he is. He’ll probably be asked about Rev. Wright again, too, since another headline is “Will Rev. Wright Be Obama’s Demise?” And to that question, I say, “Please, God, yes.”

He can’t refuse to have a debate now but can he escape from McCain later on?

The loser always wants to debate. Do not worry – Senator Obama can handle another debate just fine now that he knows questions will relate to idotic induendos rather then the economy, Iraq, gas prices,….

It seems that we are focusing on the wrong issues here to start with. Any one who is perfect is six feet under anyway. The whole campaign has become so off track, who knows what is going on anymore. If we go back to day one and look at how it has all took place, it seems to me that this is not a race among the candidates, but the press. If they are behind the candidate, and they have been behind each one at different times throuhout this race, then that is the candidate who is ahead at the time. The press already has too much control over our decisions today and if that is to be the case, lets at least be fair to both sides and not tip the scales in the favor of one or the other. Lets look at the facts, not he said/she said gossip and then make our own decisions. Was the press behind Bush as well?

Senator Obama will handle McCain in a debate. McCain is for Bush politics and has too many ‘senior moments’ to hold his own. Besides, Lieberman will not be able to be at McCain’s elbow to act as McCain’s teleprompter.

Ok,let’s have a debate on the economy, Iraq and gas prices.
We’ll see what happen.
As I know , he will not reduce the gas prices on the last debate.
what we gonna do about this? People are suffering now. Lots of children have to skip their breakfast.

Why do we need another debate?
Supposedly according to ABC, there are no more questions to ask so instead they focused on flag pins, Ayers, Wright, Bittergate instead of issues for the American people.
Why even bother.
Is that all Hillary has?

Calli,
Well said

If Obama tries to avoid the debate, how can he handles the debate with Mcain if he is the nominee. He is afraid to make a mistake and he cannot handle the tough questions. He has no substance and doesn’t underdand the economy. He always copy Hillary economy speech.

Honest,
I don’t regret for donating my money to Hillary campaign.
The billionaires donated money to Obama should worry now if he lost.
I know Hillary got little money from her donors not from billionaires, that’s why I donate to her.
She appreciates ours.

Hillary is the RNC smear machine re-incarnate. She cannot carry the red states like Obama has and democrats in states she won always go blue… her ‘Go Hillary’ party ends early June, maybe she can write a book to pay the debt she’s amassed.

Isn’t it ironic how McCain is expected to stop the Republicans in NC from airing an ad about Obama and his ties to Wright. This of course is a legitimate relationship.
Yet, today Obama’s campaign manger states that the racist vote goes for McCain!
Where is Obama’s ethics? I don’t think he ever had any!

Wizard – I could not agree more! Good post!

If the nomination is taken from Obama, those 90% of blacks that voted Obama most will likely be to depressed to vote. This equals bad news for the Democratic party. If Obama is elected nominee he has alot of mountains to climb. Either way, I see McCain taking the White easily. Being white and democrat, I’m suprised with myself that I don’t feel like thats a bad thing at this point.

When you are behind you scream like a wet chicken for attention, Hillary. there were 21 debates I saw at least 16. There were 4 with the two of them. there will be maybe 4 with McCain & one VP debate. Get a grip on yourselves, work for your candidate & Vote.
Stop whinnnneing about debates

Guess what Hill? No more debates. You blew it last time. We don’t need you and you can’t have our guy. Go do your own campaigning. No debates. Everybody but you thinks that 21 was more than enough. You’re on your own.

Hillary only stirs controversy between her and Obama because that is the only way for her to keep her name in the headlines and in the forefront of voters minds. She has no substance, only schemes.

With Rev. Wright’s new interview slated for tomorrow on PBS, Obama has more to fear now from debate moderator questioning than ever before. New questions will arise about the relationship, and why Wright said Obama’s speech on race was just politics. Obama’ performances pale in comparison to Hillary during debates anyway, but now he’s very afraid. He knows his appeal is dwindling, and that the tide truly has turned. Participating in another debate will only further highlight his incompetency.
What’s an empty suit to do? Stick to the script, and hope.
Hillary, Yes we WILL!

Obama will debate…debate his next opponent, that is. Hillary has become irrevelant and he knows it. The fat lady has sung on the Democratic primary. Need proof?
http://www.411mania.com/politics/columns/73871/Obama-vs.-Clinton:-State-By-State-Breakdown-of-Remaining-Democratic-Nomination-Contests.htm

“Hillary, Yes we WILL!”
Does it bother you that your candidate is so unoriginal that she has to rip off campaign slogans from her opponent? Does it bother you that the math just won’t let Hillary win? I guess you believe in miracles, but we’ve had so many this primary season I think the well has run dry. Better luck next time!

poor, poor Nancy what will you ever do when the leader of the free world is a Black man? For as many years as your people have stopped preventing Black people from voting, we have voted for white candidates. But now if we vote for a Black candidate it is called reverse racisim.
Deal with it, your fears of a Black planet are coming true.

A year ago I would have never believed that there would be so much thinly-veiled racism at work in the primary. Many of you just fear powerful people of any ethnicity that isn’t lily-white (redheads too probably). Simply amazing. Boy are y’all gonna be pissed come November.

It is over! Plain and simple. If Hillary’s supporters still want to deny simple math – go right ahead. Yes, superdelegates can change their minds -but as Senator Obama has more superdelegates declare for him, as he continues to build his broader support base, as he raises the kind of money that Hillary cannot, as his camapign contiues to build a 50-state registration drive, Hillary cannot compete. The superdelgates are smart enough to know who the winner is.

Nobody plagiarizes like Obama. Yes, we will trumps yes, we can. What you CAN do is infinitely less important than what you HAVE DONE and what you WILL do.
HILLARY, YES WE WILL!

He won’t debate you because he
doesn’t have to! Stop Whining, Hillary!
You’ve lost the war, go home!
Here are some “buzz facts” for you:
Obama has about 140 more delegates than
you, he has 500,000 more popular votes
than you, He has won many more states
than you! Go Home!

It “trumps” it? How does that justify stealing it? So what if you “can’t” as the numbers clearly indicate but you believe you “will”? That’s the thing about willpower. It doesn’t exist in a vacuum, unlike your thought process. Reality has great power to quash willpower.

If Hillary had campaigned in the whole U.S. of A. then she wouldn’t be behind and she wouldn’t be grovelling to her opponent to give her free air time. 21 debates is enough, as shown by the meager substance left to cover in the last debate.
Obama did not do poorly in the last debate. He was right to show surprise and indignation with the nature of the debate, the nation agreed with him.
Here’s a suggestion. Hillary debate herself. At one podium, the candidate who: pushed NAFTA as first lady, ducked snipers, agreed MI/FL wouldn’t count, said yes yes yes Obama could win. At the other podium, the candidate who: now “opposes” NAFTA, admits no snipers, says MI/FL should count, and says Obama can’t win.

Wow! I was being charitable. 89 percent? You guys have, perhaps, a 5 percent chance of winning this. Why is it more important to persist in foisting this festering, dead carcass of a campaign on us than looking forward to November. I guess it is “all about Hillary” and what she feels she “deserves”. *Retch*

Ben – you live in the same fantasy world as Hillary. Senator Obama does not have to win IN – he only has to come close. He still will garner more delegates then Hillary as he will win NC. 89% is the magic number for Hillary after that -something she has not been able to do except for her high % in Arkansa.

Anyone Realize that by Crushing Clinton in Idaho 80%-19%, Obama netted more delegates than Clinton will net outta winning Pennsylvania?
It’s True. You’d think that Hillary woulda been a bit more prepared for the race.
Guess she wasn’t ready.

Ben…Try this on for reality…
The reality is that he is winning the process.
The reality is that he is winning his party.
Oh, yes…one more reality…reality is much more perceivable when your head is out of the sand.

I don’t understand all the accusations that Barack Obama only offers hope, not solutions.
Either you’ve never heard his speeches, or never looked on his website. There’s also a possibility that you have been only listening to the spin coming out of the Clinton campaign.
Regardless of who wins the democratic primary, we should rally around that candidate–not label them as an elitist with speeches not solutions, nor a shrill old hag foaming at the mouth to get a chance to be President.
Either Democratic candidate would offer a fresh burst of air compared to the current administration/John McCain.
I think that throughout this vicious primary season we have forgotten the real reason we want and need a true change.

I asked this on another forum but did not get a response. Does someone here know the answer please?
Can someone please tell me what will happen if Obama wins the presidency?
Will he have to denounce his Kenyan citizenship or can the POTUS hold allegience to 2 countries?

Geevil, you sound TOO CONSERVATIVE.

Mar-You didn’t get an answer because it is a silly talking point only parroted by very biased media outlets. Why does this seven matter to you? As an informed voter you of course realize that only citizens of the United States can be POTUS, right? Do you think they forgot to check or something and next January all ceremonies will be called of because of this AMAZING “discovery”?

It’s funny how the Hillary supporters don’t recognize the fact that she can’t run an effective Presidential campaign (finances in shambles, past support leaving, LYING).

If one assumes candidates are rational agents acting in their own best interest then two conclusions are to be had.
1) Obama will not let Hillary’s cronys in the manipulated propaganda media circus use him as a punching bag again. Lets face it Hanity’s Buddy and partisan Clinotista Georgy boy Stephacacalous screwed the pooch.
2) Clinton if elected she will foment racism and work hard to dumb down and make poor as many Americans as she possibly can since they are her “base” her constituents.

Please – NO MORE DEBATES! 21 is enough.

Dr. Jesse Kally-Williams: you obviously didn’t receive your doctorate in “free speech”.

Larry D-Nothing in that post sought to deny anyone the right to speak freely. The 1st Amendment does not protect one from reactions to misinformed or foolish speech. Are you saying she should not be able to post what she posted?

She’s one of us!

I am amazed at how the Hillary supporters hold onto a hopeless cause, she is the Mike Huckabee of the Democratic party.
We can look to the remaining contests and see that it is the bottom of the ninth, Obama ia ahead by 5 runs, Hillary’s team is at bat with no one on base and there are only 3 pitches left until the game is over, so who wins, Hillary or Obama?

What Hillary does not realize is that another debate will just show more reasons why voters should not elect her.
She behaves like someone who has never been a schoolyard bully before in her life and is suddenly trying to act the part.
“I want the Iranians to know that if I’m the president, we will attack Iran,” Clinton said in the last debate. “In the next 10 years, during which they might foolishly consider launching an attack on Israel, we would be able to totally obliterate them.”
I ask you, why should the US do any obliterating when Israel is perfectly able to do that by itself with their nuclear arsenal of 200-500 warheads?
The question itself is ridiculous, since Iran doesn’t have nuclear weapons and claims to be pursuing only a peaceful nuclear energy program, confirmed by the international governing body, the IAEA. On the other hand, Israel continually threatens Iran with attacks if it doesn’t cease its nuclear program. Iran has never attacked anyone before while the USA and Israel are constantly attacking nations in the region. There is a real disconnect between reality and what Clinton and Obama for that matter, are talking about.
It is very ugly to speak of the obliteration of a nation. It reminds me of the jubilation over the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The wholesale slaughter of men, women, children, elderly, cripples etc.
Even without another debate, Hillary gives us reasons every day as to why she must not be elected.

James,
It sounds like you still believe Obama offers solutions? Hey, wake up! What kind of solutions are those?
Yes, let’s assume he offers the best solution to meet president of Iran. Since he’s so scared of meeting this fellow DEM female with some UN-SCRIPTED ideas, how is he going to be able to handle the Iran president? Keep stealing ideas again by repeatedly saying “I completely agree”?
Give me the scripts. I’ll offer you exactly the same “solutions” as Obama. The question is: can I deliver? Can Obama?
“Yes, we can!” We can do what? At least it’s obvious that Obama canNOT handle Hillary and those 2 gentlemen from ABC.

I wonder how common, historically, it has been for the candidate who has clearly run out of gas (among other things)to be demanding debates. And shrilly as well.
I thought the Clintons were better than this. Shame on me.

As many of us have suspected all along, unfortunately, the emperor has no clothes!
I sincerely don’t believe that BO has has the skills (beyond speechifying of course) necessary to lead this country. Can there really be any doubt left that if he’d faced the same media scrutiny that HRC has dealt with for the last months, that he’d have gotten this far?
The BO supporters shouldn’t get too upset that its getting hotter in the kitchen and that he is facing some tough scrutiny….IF he ends up with the nom…ya’ll ain’t seen NOTHIN’ yet. Get ready.
I just hope that the media continues to expose his weaknesses before it is too late.
…and please….quit looking for an easy way out by asking HRC to remove herself from the running….’cause it should be obvious by now that IT AIN’T GONNA HAPPEN.
HRC ’08

Yes, 90% of blacks supporting Obama sounds like some blacks are supporting on based on race. Some probably actually like his politics. A few white women here seemed shocked about that and are going to vote for the white woman. Why do you think Hillary is winning the white women category by so much? The New York chapter NOW attacked Kennedy because he didn’t back a woman. Their reasoning: Because she’s a woman!!!! She is getting plenty of support from women only because she’s a woman.
Why do you think she is winning the six pack white man vote? 8% of democrat voters admit to not wanting to vote for a black. The real number is probably higher because too many weren’t willing to admit their racism. She’s getting plenty of support because she’s not black.
I don’t know how one would do this but I would love for a news group to pull out all of the support Obama gets because he is 1.) black and 2.) he’s not the woman and pull out all of the support Clinton gets because she’s 1.) a woman and 2.) she’s not black. I wonder if there would be any support left.

Obama has shown up for what..20, 21 debates ?? 4 debates with Hillary alone ??
Which is more than most primary contests. More, not less. So, where Hillary gets off pretending that the big O is avoiding debates is silly. Oh wait, she’s probably using that new math of hers — the math that says more people voted for her than anyone in history.

Those TV spectaculars aren’t debates — they’re showcases for moderators to display just how evil they are and how, after 50 minutes of negative mean spirited questions, they can steer the election. Hillary complained about this early on, her campaign lost traction and points then, finally, she was rescued by Saturday Night Live. The last harangue was Obama’s turn to take a beating and he lost points and traction in PA. Who knows where the moderators would be coming from–what their agenda would be. If I were in the lead, I’d figure the media was going to beat on me again in hopes of wringing another few weeks of campaign coverage and blood letting. There will come a time when a candidate will say–”Stop right there–I’ve answered these questions 100 times and I won’t do it again” I remember Regan giving lip to a moderator who attempted to cut him off—and the people loved him for it.

To Robert – Actually you are correct in that Republicans at heart are sneaking into Democratic primaries to vote – but they vote for the candidate least likely to beat the Republican nominee (Obama). This is a game they have played for years in exploiting the weaknesses of the Democratic Primary Process in order to make certain of a Republican victory. This is also the reason that in the pole Hillary lead by 22% in PA, but then dropeed to 9-10% after the actual “vote.” Wake up if you want a Democratic candidate that can actually win. Time is running out.
To Judy – Obama asked Hillary to reschedule the NC debate on a date he knew she would not accept out of respect for others – the beginning of Passover (a major Jewish holiday.)

I have to agree that Obama did not look good in the debate. However, I also cannot bring myself to trust Hillary either. Every time she answers a question, it is not a straightforward answer, but a utopian dance. I do think she is gaining strength, but tend to believe that it is more for her, than for others. Obama does need to work on his campaigning, but I suspect that many of the inspired voters, like me, will no longer be inspired in November as Hillary just doesn’t make me believe. She is a clone politician. And, yes, maybe Obama will not be able to push real change through (still would have to deal with congress), but he has vision and inspiration, the same thing that led us to the moon.

I’m sure that Hillary has some
suggestions regarding the moderators of this debate!
How about James Carville and
Paul Begala or maybe Sandy Berger!
Obama’s already been sandbagged by
Clinton Pal George Stephanopoulus and Charlie Gibson!
That was a disgrace and more than
enough!

Obama will NEVER agree to another debate because he cannot deal with the tough questions that might come his way. And past debates show him coming off poorly next to Clinton.In Pa, the only thing the camera didn’t show us was the stream of pee dripping from his right trouser leg.Instead he will use his $$$ warchest to launch more negative ads against Clinton — too wimpy to face her.

Obama is apparently too busy to debate. Since the latest headlines are about Barack playing basketball, I guess the message we are supposed to get from this is that basketball is more important than letting voters hear what his “solutions” to our economic and social problems are.
The fact of the matter is that Obama is a horrible speaker when he’s not reading a speech someone else wrote from off of a teleprompter. Every time he debates Hillary, he loses. Every time he speaks without a script, he ends up apologizing for his “gaffes”, which aren’t so much gaffes as they are his true opinions, which he has been tryign to hide from us.

It’s simply her way to get free media attention. Why should he agree to debate someone who has already lost the election and can’t manage either a campaign or her own finances. I used to have respect for her, but no longer.

@Chamomile
You have got to be kidding me. The Clintons are an embarrassment to this country. She have more than dirt under her nails, its blood and skin. I suggest you do some research, into thier past.
I keep asking Hillary supporters to clarify her 35 years. To date no one has. When it favors her, she claims Bill Clintons experience, but when it dosent, (weatherman pardons), she says she was unaware. Please!
Hillary Clinton has taken Millions from pacs and lobbyist. Obama had smaller donation from EMPLOYEES at some oil companies. I guess if you work for an oil company, you can’t participate in the election process? Please
Obama has almost 2 million donors! His donation are comming from small donors online, with donation of less than 100 dollars. You need to get the facts, and not wait to be told what to think.
When the PA debate was announced, there was also a tenative NC debate, HILLARY CLINTON backed out of that debate. For the life of me I can’t figure out why the MSM won’t call her on this lie! She is acting like Obama backed out! He just refuse to play by her rules! She should have agreed to the original debate. Period!
If you don’t like Obama, that is fine, but stop with the smearing of lies, because it is only hurting the party!

While there is a question as to why Clinton rejected the initial offer for Debate in North Carolina. Yes, Clinton followers, SHE did indeed REJECT the first offer for one.
The reality of the “Need for a debate” is this. The Clinton campaign is very low on funding. A debate, would draw probably 10M+ viewers and provide her with free forum to advertise her causes. Much like any business, and politics is just that, why would anyone expect a competing business entity (Mr. Obama) would agree to give this valuable asset to an opponent free of charge. Would you expect CNN to give free advertising to Fox News. It is not practical and very poor business for his shareholders and the welfare of his company.
The Clinton campaign isists this should be treated as a job inteview. If that is to be done than it should be recognized, she has had less consumers interested in her product, less people willing to advertise for her prduct and to date, a company that is running in the RED.
So, honestly, The Clinton campaign needs to stop with the requests, run you business and show the American public you have the skill to run ours.

Hillary should announce she will conduct an empty chair debate, with Senator Obama as the empty chair. Then she can ask him all the tough questions she wants to ask, and then say:
Well what is the answer to that question, Barry?

Hillary is a desperate political hack.
After 20+ debates what more can you learn about the candiates! Nothing.
I can’t wait to see her concede the race this summer. Of course, she will try make sure Obama loses in the GE so she can run again in 2012. It’s all about the Clintons.