Clyburn Says Blacks Think Clintons “Hell-Bound” to Irreparably Damage Obama

Mr Clyburn -
Why coddle Obama? Do you think the Republicans are going to be any better? I submit to you sir, that the Republicans do NOT need Hillary Clinton to bloody Obama’s note in November. They’ve learned how to do that very well on their own. So please stop making excuses for the man’s loss even before the national campaign has even begun.

Obama had done a great job of screwing things up for himself. Take away the race factor, he still associates with radicals that hate America.
And he still is far out of touch with small town Americans.
If you want to blame people for screwing up his chances give Rev.Wright a call.
I don’t care what color Obama is…I don’t trust him with the security of this country.

Bull. Obama has damaged himself with his numberless lies, and political and “religious” associations.

What bs how are you suppose to run against Obama everything you say they start yelling about why doesn’t he just drop out if he is that big of a baby that all the MSM and every black leader has to battle for him what happens when he is President if he makes it will he need people around him from morning until night to protect him.from hurt feelings what a wuss

Not going to be a good couple of weeks for Hillary.
She is not Electable
Obama08

Typical – Using the RACE CARD when ever things do not go there way. Bill Cinton made his remarks months ago and now after a loss in Pennsylvania, he now wants to accuse the Clintons. Well the vast majority of Americans are SICK OF THIS. This is Obama’s way of going NEGATIVE but using someone else to do his dirty work for him. SICK!

Axlerod the strategist for Obama is well known for working with politicians who can win based on racial divide. This is what he has done in Chicago and is trying to do Nationally.
If all of you have sense you will vote based on experience and past records.

MM
You mean Mccain who just asked for the Rev. Wright ad to be pulled.
It’s fine for them to throw stuff… God knows Hillary has thrown everything they can…(name me one thing she hasn’t…you can’t) …so if you think the republicans are going to throw more that is just …well
Look at this Hillary could not win in her own party where was her strength…dems were what carried her close in the general.
She lost in that demographic…her numbers get worse in the general.
The republicans know that …and with Obama having all this thrown at him now by Hannity and the rest…and Hillary not having a single question about a single scandal (talk about coddling) during this entire primary (and almost all of those scandals she has never answered to on camera …ever never mind now)…as much as you want to play like she can take a punch…
She lost in the primary…without independents and republicans (which make her numbers go down and she know sthis she’s not stupid)
Wake up… it’sal;l there …it is not coddling… it is just saddness that people like you can’t see that The Clintons are about the Clintons…I ask all the time and have yet to have a single answer…Name me one time where the Clintons put the welfare of the country ahead of their own. the welfare of anyone ahead of their own if it did not help them politically.
You can’t.
The republicans have blown a lot of ammo trying to get Obama out…they do not wan thim over hillary in the general.
Name me one otehr thing…one snippet of one scandal fromall the clinton lists that Fox or Hannity or the RNC has eluded to in this primary…just one outside of her current lying bosnia thing. I bet you can’t name that either.
The Clinton campaign is not dumb they know all this.
I have to say I am pretty darn sure…This is all about 2012 at this point.

Brilliant. The Obama campaign is now officially blaming the race card on every primary voter who supports Hillary and not their candidate.

Rick: Obama is part Black and part White. Tell me why the Whites are voting for him? Don’t answer that.
All of the Obama supporters are voting for Obama because he’s the Best candidate.
Obama alll the way!

Act like a Bush Republican and you win.
Is this the Clinton strategy?

Just funny, how “Saint” Obama could be damaged by any body if he were a true “Saint”????
He has been gone down by his own flaws and his own weakness…..

OMG
Obama is making the Presidental Campaign all about race.
How pathetic.
I hope the idiots Know it is the people who want Hillary.
The people pushing her to go on.
We the people want Hillary.
She is the better Candidate
She is more Competent and Able
So the hight powered Democrats want to fix the election and Play God. Is there nothing they would stoop to doing. because this is disgusting to insult the people in such a way.

Stacey.. you think only Obama’s african american supporters are entrenched? What about white women? It might interest you to know that women have been relied upon election after election to run the ground game on the local level of democratic elections. We man the phones, we serve as local party officials, we go door to door. We’ve supported these turkeys year in and year out and we are taken for granted every step of the way. African american women, white women, latino women, we are the largest group of democratic voters. We comprise of almost 60% of reliable democratic voters. And the stats don’t lie. Democrats can’t win by dissing working class white and latino women (Groups Hillary is winning by a landslide). Even if every single black person in america votes, it won’t be enough.
AA’s are valuable democratic voters that we do not want to offend, no question. But so are working class white women. If the perception is that Hillary is treated unfairly by male democratic elders, those women will not only deflect, they won’t man the phones, we won’t go door to door, and the ground game crumbles. The implications are huge.
African American voters are not the only democratic voters who are in danger of deflection. Get off your high horse.. you need us too!

Well if Jim Clyburn was a white middle class american he wouldn’t have written this article. I am so tired of the media portraying Hillary as the devil spawn and Obama being exactly what this country needs. It’s because of the Media’s opinion’s is why Bush got elected and now look at us. Try not to believe what you read or hear in the media since they are not looking out for our countries best interest only their own. Believe me, they will regret it if Obama gets the nominee because alot of true democrats will vote McCain.

Why does Clyburn just endorse Obama who cares he does not have to trash the Clintons and guess what thier are other races in the democratic party besides just the blacks Obama needs us to get elected. also

a reader in georgia…
I think Obama stood Hillary (the favorite daughter and queen of the party with 15 years of support behind her who threw the kitchen sink) in the Primary just fine.
Hillary lost…in her strongest place. She knows this.
Look at their history… again, when have the Clintons ever put anyone, including their one daughter, ahead of themselves.
Just one. That’s all I need someone to show me one time.
Mccain was a war hero…Obama gave up huge opportuinities to fight for non-profits and out of work Americans.
The Clintons have consistently chosen their own egos over the American people when they have had the choice.

Obama is trying distance himself from Black people but at the same time using the Black people.
The democratic party choose the wrong black man to be the next president. IF he had not had relationship with Rev. Wright, Black Panther Party and all those rebels… OBama could have been an effective candidate for all the people in USA.
Since he has relationship with people who hate whites, his dream of becomming a president is shutdown.
This is a fact and no one can refuse.

Obama is down below Hillary’s level already. Hillary is not “bringing Obama down” Obama HAS BROUGHT HIMSELF DOWN! This self-righteous drum beating for Hillary to get out, stop campaigning, stop picking on the golden boy is ridiculous! Obama is in hiding and allowing all his surrogates to come out and do his dirty work for him. What a Wimp! Where has it been written that Obama is the ANNOINTED CANDIDATE? Oh, because the Harvard Boys Club is back at it again, telling the woman to get out, and stop making their guy look bad! Clyburn should stop talking and start letting Obama speak for himself. It seems the only speaking Obama is capable of doing is the non-verbal kind, do a Jay Z dance and flip Hillary the finger. Obama’s flipping MI and FL the finger too. DNC – we women will LEAVE THE PARTY if you continue to do this to Hillary!
GO HILLARY 08!

Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson has alleged “a clear pattern of voter suppression” of blacks in Florida. He has promised demonstrations in the days leading up to the inauguration and is to appear in a Jan. 20 rally in Tallahassee, Fla. Protests are also scheduled in Chicago and other cities”
WHO IS DENYING THEIR VOTES IN 2008 JACKSON? CYBURN?

Obama went down because of his own flaws, his own weakness, his own old dirty tricks, and his least experience and least capability…
He has consistently be defeated in white votes, women votes, and other minority votes excluding AA…
Obama and his supporters are play blaming game now in Dems’ party….
Simply if Obama cannot take the heat, please get out right now…
Be aware: you are runnng for US president, the toughest position in the world, NOT American Idol for 2008…
Please show your toughness, show your strength, show you can win no matter under what circumstances…
I believe that is what Americans are look for if you are the one to earn this job…
So be a MAN not a boy and fight till your last breath…..

If Hillary can’t win in 2008, how the heck is she going to win in 2012? McCain would have to be even worse than Bush for that to happen.

This is a big lesson for the Kennedy and Kerry and all those stupid Democratic party idiots. They all support Obama without actually knowing his background or his relationship with radical black leaders.
Democratic party is set for a split in August. Republican party is all rejoicing.

You all are doing exactly what she wants…
Ignoring who gets us out of this mess at this point and what is best for America.
Even though she absolutly can’t win…it doesn’t matter to you all. It matters to attack the candidate who beat your Hillary.
She doesn’t care if we are in Iraq and going to blow our budgets and people are starving and our image in the world is going down or that McCain doesn’t have a godd economic plan…
She wants to win her presidency at all costs.
Just like when she didn’t care about the Florida or Michigan voters until it actually effected HER…she is doing the same to you…
It is not about the people losing there homes, or starving or the vets who are killing themselves…
It is about Hillary and her Presidency.
This would be par for the Clinton course if it is now about 2012.
but you all keep fighting to teardown the candidate who beat your Hillary. She’s glad you do…because she’s no dummy she knows she can’t win. look at the fact that she lost in her only strength…the Democrats…she sees her numbers and she knows not a single scandal was brought up… she knows she had a low ceiling to begin with.
This is most likely about 2012.
and that is bad… good for the Clintons…bad for America.

Clintona are bad for America.
Obama08

I’m a white guy who grew up in the suburbs.
And I’m finding it increasingly difficult to attribute the actions of the Clintons to any other motivation than the undoing of candidate Obama, myself. Clearly, even if Clinton managed to somehow connive the nomination, she would be unelectable in a general election at this point.
I would have a hard time voting for ANY presidential ticket with Clinton on it in any position — and it seems clear from the polling that this sentiment is quite widespread not just among independents and former Republicans like myself — but also many dyed-in-the-wool Democrats like the former Clintonistas who have moved to Obama’s campaign.
What other explanation is reasonable, at this point?

Ya gotta love the Obama “spin”. Hillary wins PA – Obama says she loses. Hillary wins PA – Obama surrogates come out and say “Hillary should stop making Obama look bad”. Yeah, Hillary, don’t you know that women aren’t supposed to win? Especially the bitter white ones!
GO HILLARY 08!
Fight for Democracy!
Obama is the POLITICS OF THE NEOCONS!

Why is Jim Clyburn talking for the entire country? SC has already voted and choosen Obama. Let all the other states choose, Neither Obama nor Hillary have reached the needed delegates.
MI and FL delegates are also not alloted.
Jim Clyburn please keep you mouth shut.

Why would I want to vote for a candidate like Mr. Obama whoms supporters such as Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton are threatening to riot in thev streets if their black candidate doesn’t win.
So threatening people is a way to get votes.
I think that these idiots as Sharpton and JAckson should find another way of expressing their loyalty to the black community, instead of showing themselves as thugs!!!!!

Twisted sista gotta go away. We used to lock people up in the funny farm for far less than this twisted sista is doing. She’s nasty, nasty, I say nasty. But, hey, look at all the twisted peps she collecting. It’s almost like oil and water. It’s amazing what’s is floating bloat and what is liquid gold. Bloat that floats is Hillarys game and look at all the mindless indiots going yes’m and most of em are white bloated folks. But not this one. I thank God my mother taught her children to think and be honest first with ourselves and then with the world. What kinda motha did she have that would be so permissive to let her child grow to be an insult to nature and all it holds dear.

Ninety percent of black people in PA voted for Obama and people are saying white people are racist.
Mr.Clyburn is a superdelegate. Why hasn’t he endorsed Obama? Where is his confidence in Obama?

Whatever happened to intelligent debate in this country? Fake patriotism? Loose associations to arguably controversial characters? C’mon, these aren’t issues. Wake up, please.

Did Mr. Clyburn heard in SC or in the floor that “chickens are comming to roost”?
About MI – You ask any politicians they all will say the most difficult is to run against the “Uncommited”

I will never vote for a Lawyer, no matter what color or party. Clinton and Obama have the money and only care about the power. They will tell us anything to get what they want and will never be accountable to anyone. They only care about theyselves. Democrats have no real choice, they are both the same and neither have what it takes to be a true leader.

true truth
Obama has the best way forward.
I am sure he was no dummy and took into consideration some of what Hillary said…it would be dumb not to…
In fact I bet most of his policies (and hers for that matter) were taken from other poeple…
at the least I would hope so…
but he takes into consideration…the congress and the “fighting” mentality from”day one”
hasn’t been helping us. and will continue not to help us…
what I said was that ultimately for Hillary and Bill once again they will be for the issues …unless it gets in there way on any level.
Ultimately they have proven it is not about the issues… it is about the Clintons. that is why they and the Bush’s have set the tone for too long.
This is more about her than it is the issues. Otherwise she would have tried to fight for the candidate that has won.
This is not about her carign because the Party will lose and theissues won’t get fixed” becasue Obama won’t win against McCain… this is about her “right” to the nomination coming before the importance of “solutions” and the war and the economy.
Look back this is how they operate. Put their own welfare and movement and power ahead of the country.
It is like taking the worst attributes of the “me generation” fanning them with power and putting them in charge of the country again.

folks, we are reaching a tipping point after which the democratic party is destroyed. Do any of you (leaving out republicans) really want that?

Rick: Your right! Obama was the only one whom ran a tv ad in Florida, which he was not suppose to do. No one else campagined. So in reality, Mr. Obama did campaign against DNC rules.
Since Mr. Obama broke the rules and he did campaign those votes in Florida should go to Mrs. Clinton.

THOSE WHO SAY THAT OBAMA WOULD HAVE ZERO CHANCE OF WINNING THE GENERAL ARE EITHER BLINDED BY THEIR PREJUDICES OR ARE PLAIN IGNORANT. NOW HOW COULD HILARY WIN BY TRASHING A BLACK CANDIDATE, BY DISENFRANCHISING AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND THE YOUTH WHO, YOU CAN BE DEAD SURE, WOULD NOT BE HAPPY. YOU CAN NOT BE HELL-BENT ON DAMAGING A CANDIDATE AND THEN EXPECT HIS CONSTITUENTS TO VOTE FOR YOU. WAKE UP FROM YOUR STUPORE!

I have just read everyone’s comments on this issue. This is why our country is the way it is. People always turn things into a race issue. I believe that if we could see our country as ONE PEOPLE (like Obama does)then we would be better off for it. You can’t tell me that when Hillary looses that the true Dem. won’t vote for Obama or vice versa. We are not stupid people in this world and we do know as true Dem. that we don’t want another Rep. in the Whitehouse. I think if you are not going to vote for Obama just because you are voting for Hillary now then you are not a true Dem. As far as people voting for Obama just because he is black is bull. Grow up and look at the world he is trying to create. A United Country. We all declared that we was united during 9/11 but now have we forgot what that means. I think so. I have a 16 yr old daughter that doesn’t see color and neither do her friends and I think (I prey) her generation will change this country, maybe ours is just still to stuck on stupid.

Excellent story. I’m glad there are some people who can see through the Clintonian mask. I used to like Bill, but I think he is going senile. I really don’t know how the Democrats can win in November if Obama doesn’t get the nomination. America has become tired of the Clintons, and there are many Democrats out there who would rather vote Green than voting for Hillary. People do not like her. They are as corrupt as the Bushes and bad for America. Yes, she will drag Obama through the mud so he can’t win. But, what she doesn’t know is that she will never win either. America needs a visionary leader to get us out of this big mess we are in.

dl,
First, you still tried to make an immature assumption Obama has won the nomination….The fact Obama has not won yet… The race is still on-going..So please don’t make false statement any more…
Second, majority of people agreed Hillary will handle issues better and Obama is the least experienced to fit the job..
However, it is democracy so you have every right to have your own judgement. Unfortunately, majority of people won’t agree on your personal view..

Rep. Clyburn is stating the obvious. Sometimes the obvious needs to be stated by sincere people when the obvious is just too unbelievable.
What else can we conclude from the Clinton campaign drumbeat about Fla and Mich other than that we comply with her wishes or face a bloody litigious convention?
That said, what other motive can it have than either to serve a selfish agenda? What could that be? Coerce the nomination or sabotage the outcome.
Certainly we have already seen many instances of double speak out of the Clintons, so many that it is astonishing that we are still fooled. Why are we still fooled? Obama says we are a good and generous people.
Maybe that’s why.

Ok enough of the youth bashing, if they do not know what they are doing, then what the hell have the older people be doing, with the hell we are in right now.

Just because Obama can’t win in Nov they are trying to blame it on Hillary why because she is white and white women are voting for her if you want to be mad I guess you can hate white women we are the ones voting for her in big numbers to bad they didn’t count on us doing that before they starting yelling for her to get out because every time we see the injust way she has been treated we rally behind her and I think that is why Obama camp is so mad at her for not getting out.She has every right to stay in as long as she wnats teddy did and he had only 1200 to Carters 1900 lets take it to the floor.Like Teddy did.

Not all white older women are voting for Hillary. I am 57, white and a recently retired construction worker, so I have a blue collar background. I supported Bill in the past, but the Clintons have had their turn. They let me down with NAFTA and Hillary’s first vote supporting the bombing of Iraq. It’s not about being white, black, old or young, I’m ready for change, I’m voting for Obama–someone’s gotta get us out of the hole we’re in, and it ain’t Hillary. I am not just one person, I am hundreds of thousands.

Clyburn is doing the same thing that Richardson did. Before he makes he’s endorsement for Obama (which I am sure hev will do); he has to find an excuse to give Obama the endorsement. And the way he is going to do this, is the same way that Richardson and other have down…Throw her under the bus first!!! This way they will have their (fabricated) excuse to give the other candidate (Obama) their support.
Just come right ouot Clyburn and tell the truth. We all know that you are being harrassed by the other black delegates to throw your support to Obama.
Be honest!!!!!

It seems the voters in PA just made a choice as to who they want the democratic nominee to be – Hillary. Obama had 7 weeks and 12 million dollars in advertising to win the voters over, he did not and cannot in the GE. There are nine more primaries and a convention – why does Hillary have to give up and get out? NEITHER candidate will get to 2025 PLEDGED delegates. THE RULES say that means it will be decided at the convention. Moveonorg. and the Harvard Boys Club are back to bullying the girl after another big loss. Obama’s campaign method. Lose, claim a win, and then bully Hillary to quit the race because she is making Obama look bad.
GO HILLARY 08!

Jerry Springer Fan — Clinton Supporter.
Same thing.
This is NOT funny….this is BAD.
Mccain is going to win and we will all lose.

DL – not true. SuperDs were created to provide “adult supervision” to the nomination process, largely driven by the McGovern nomination in ’72, and then when Kennedys got po’d by Carter win in ’76. It was purely to keep members in check, not uphold their decisions. Of course, many SuperDs are politicians in their own right, so they’ll talk about upholding the will of the people — for many, it’s about survival rsther than who’s the best candidate.

Witness Ali Ata has pled guilty and will be giving testimony in the Tony Rezko trial. Word is that Gov. Blagdonevich is implicated. What about Obama? Voters deserve to let this process go the distance. There is much more to be learned about Obama and his connections with his Syrian friend of 18 years Tony Rezko. Also, can Obama “go the distance” or is he another Dukakis?

Obama could not win Pa with all the money he spent and all the time he can’t close and leaving Fl. and MI. out is the only way he can win and he has done the down ticket dems in with his friends Rev Wright and Ayers. the Clintons had nothing to do with it and his little remark out in front of his rich friend well Hillary had nothing to do with that and John McCain has no problem using it. Obama has no fault insurance the MSM

If Hillary does not get the Democaratic nod; I will vote for McCain.
And I have voted Democrat for 20 years.
the BEST person for the job! this time happens to be female.

sorros my info about the supers comes from the notes in the Library of Congress andother sources about what was given as the directive for the Sloan Committee…who created the supers… go look it up…
You are just repeating the line the Clinton campaign has been pushing…
but if you look at the notes from the committtees purpose and why supers were created on paper …officially…
it was to “hold them more accountable” to the party members and to make the party delegate process “MORE democratic”
not less…
Ferraro spun this and everyone bit.

the Clintons are so short-sighted that they haven’t figured out how much they have damaged their own reputations and Hillary’s political fortune – be it in New York or in a future presidential run. We will remember these tactics and they will see that ‘what comes round, goes round’.

Washington has had enough of the Clintons and the Bushes. The tragedy of this whole mess w/Hiliary is that Bill doesn’t even care about her, it’s his legacy that he’s so desparate to perserve. She only wants the power which is not in the best interest of America. Sadly, it’s never been about was it best for our nation as far as the Clintons but what is best for them.
As far as Obama is concerned, he’s much too junior to take on such a job. There are so many layers of crap in the system it will take a miracle to get things on track to provide a somewhat decent future for our children and grand-children. There will be no future if Hiliary steps in. God forbid. Bad choice. People listen, she’s a snake and can’t be trusted and I’m a middle aged woman and I certainly pay attention.
The choices are slim but Obama is the lesser of two evils. Believe me.

Mandelay3: Sorry, I meant to say that Obama is the most ANTI-LIFE SENATOR.

Bishop,
Have you noticed how quiet Ted Kennedy has been. I don’t recall a peep since Rev. Wright. I am in Mass. Many people are really fed up with him now. they feel he should have checked out Obama more closely in terms of his political and social affiliations with radicals and questionable people overall. Kerry is in the same boat but people feel that Kennedy, who is very politicaly savvy and been around so long, should have known better.
Where is Teddy??

This is a charade. Clyburn obviously believes that there is a historic right to elect Obama and therefore everyone else should just drop out. He could do all of us and himself a favor by coming clean what he supports.

DL – superDs were created under a plan by Gov Hunt of NC, so the Hunt Commission. 1982, fully implemented by 1984.

Sen. Clinton seems strangely unconcerned about her legacy. It seems she believes she’s going to bull her way to the nomination and that nothing can stop her. The REALITY is that she’s going to lose, and then she’ll have to return to the Senate and make some kind of political future for herself.
She is thoughtlessly burning bridges left and right among her most loyal constituencies (which once include myself, but no more). I guess unrestrained hubris will do that to a person. But if she thinks we’ll support her for a run in ’12, she’ll get a rude awakening. I actually won’t be surprised if she gets rejected in NY after what she’s been pulling, especially if she keeps it up and increases the damage to our nominee. Incredibly short-sighted for such a smart woman.

Afraid of change…The thought of someone in the White House listening to the people must instill a sense of fear-never before conceived … Imagine giving control of a government created for the people to someone that will actually listen to the people.

sorros
it is just a different way to look at it…
JFK was the upstart
Bill Clinton was the outside Washington nominee…
Carter was the outside washington nominee
Gore Kerry Hillary
if you are going to argue that Hillary is the more “conservative” nominee…
I will say yeah…she is a hawk with no understanding of the real meaning of the pros and cons of that…
threatening a non-nuclear country with nuclear “obliteration” as a deterrent…did she not listen to Kim Jong Il… does she not realize that this is not reagan and Russia… where they already had warheads that they could not keep up with …and even that lasted 50 years… now she has given a rogue nation the audio clip to use when arguing with our allies and our enemies…saying they need protection from our nuclear threats.
or that she is different from Bush cowboy diplomacy…setting up an umbrella of protection on the US’s dime that subjegates congressional approval… this is the same woman who says we can’t afford to keep fighting this war in Iraq and she is going to bring them home…but says we need to set up an umbrella of protection that will react with “Massive retaliation”
again if you are going to argue that this makes her a better nominee or less like Gore and Kerry…
You think this attribute is going to make her better than Obama or mcCain? a hawk that really was military instead of just playing like they were.
She is a hawk in her life and dealings and in her foreign policy …yes in that way she is more conservative.
but that does not make her a better nominee.

Where is Teddy Kennedy? Why is he not speaking and defending obama? Because he knows what a terrible mistake he made in endorsing obama and knows he cannot do anything about it now. He has alienated the Clintons, the people of Massachusetts and many Democrats and they are not forgiving of this. Teddy had better start repairing some of the damage he has caused in endorsing obama, because he just might not be reelected to the Senate by the people of Massachusetts. What goes round comes round and I don’t think that Teddy dares do much more at this particular time. He should just retract his obama endorsement right now and stay neutral.

The clintons are trying to damage Obama for their own selfish gain,believe you me,the irony of it is,Is’s a blessing in disguise,Obama is getting stronger,they are saving him the attacks he would have got from the GOP,by the time he becomes the nominee,noting comes offguard anymore ,all i know is Clinton can never be our president,even in their dreams period

Just suprising why some people didn’t still get: Obama has been gone down only because his own flaws….Nothing esle….
Please do not play victim…..

Hillary’s dirty little secret weapon in run for the nomination ……. exploit racism!

Steve Moore:
Bill Clinton Brought this back up the
other day claiming that “Obama played the race card on him after the
South Carolina primary!
Get your facts straight!
The fact is the Clintons have been
injecting race into this campaign since the SC primary through their surrogates,
Geraldine Ferraro, Bill Clinton, etc.
Clyburn is right! The campaign should be fought on the issues like the economy, Iraq, terrorism, not nitpicking
every word that is said!
The “bitter” nonsense is so lame!

Who do you think Obama will pick as his running mate? I think joe biden or richardson will be a fine pick.

How soon people (especially black Americans) forget how much the Clinton administration did for all Americans. More than seven million people were lifted above the poverty level under their policies – including a sizable number of black families. The Clintons have always been demonstrably supportive of the black community and their needs. Where is their loyalty now ? Talk about playing the race card. Obama, who doesn’t understand the soul of the American black person because he is not from that community, is embraced without question, while Bill and Hillary Clinton, who did so much to support them and raise them up economically, are shunned. Please !!!! No wonder Bill is mad. And don’t say that maybe Bill did those things, but not Hillary. Read her writing, folks, she was to Bill as Eleanor Roosevelt was to Franklin.
Posted by: Amazed
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Amazed, I sincerely doubt Presidient Franklin Roosevelt and his lovely First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt, would want to be associated with the Clintons! They were people of INTEGRITY AND HONESTY…characterists which the Clintons do not possess. Please do not insult the Roosevelts by comparing the Clintons to them. Shame on you!!

Adams…………..How about john edward? he will be a nice running mate.

Obama should compesate clinton and make her his vice.. adams

Cali.
I did not know that the DNC had ordered Clyburn to stay neutral in exchange for the early date for SC primary. WOW!! And here he is today trashing the Clintons? I agree, DNC needs to do something. Afterall, the rules are the rules and agreements are sacrosanct. Strip that state.
Perhaps we should file a complaint with the DNC. I will look into the procedure so that I follow all the rules. After all, the DNC is all about the rules.

Vote is a sacred duty that should be decided above and beyond party politics more so in the current election. This is a reason myself being a republican voting for Obama.
Pleae do not fall a prey to Hillary’s lies and deception. She will not be able to deliver on any of the promises she is making. This is the reason educated people are not voting for her, because they can read th ewritting on the wall. Pleae be loyal to the country not to the party.
Question is not why Obama could not close teh deal, question is why she cannot! A household name in America for decades, a senior democrat and first lady cannot beat a rocky senator completely unknown to public has come this far. This is a huge victory for Obama and if she cannot beat him how will she ever be able to beat McCain a candidate that has integrity, honesty and a war hero or she thinks she can also destroy McCain, think again.

Vote is a sacred duty that should be decided above and beyond party politics more so in the current election. This is a reason myself being a republican voting for Obama.
Pleae do not fall a prey to Hillary’s lies and deception. She will not be able to deliver on any of the promises she is making. This is the reason educated people are not voting for her, because they can read th ewritting on the wall. Pleae be loyal to the country not to the party.
Question is not why Obama could not close teh deal, question is why she cannot! A household name in America for decades, a senior democrat and first lady cannot beat a rocky senator completely unknown to public has come this far. This is a huge victory for Obama and if she cannot beat him how will she ever be able to beat McCain a candidate that has integrity, honesty and a war hero or she thinks she can also destroy McCain, think again.

No need to support Obama, but she is not fit to be a president. She is greedy for power not for doing something good for the citizens. Her greed is obvious in her words, her eyes, her campaigning style, her sticking with her husband shamelessly, all with one motive, greed for power.

“Who do you think Obama will pick as his running mate?”
If he still had a chance to get the nomination I think he should go with his good buddy the Rev. Wright. Two of a kind, both anti-American. I will even help with the slogan!
“Wright and Wrong for America!

Adams, if hillary is not chosen,thats the end of democratic party,they will bring the party to her knees, got it?

I think albright will be fine.How about janet reno?

After all this sound & fury, there will be 3 words for everyone:
President John McCain

DL – She hasn’t threatened a non-nuclear country with nuclear obliteration!! Asked what her response would be (as President) if Iran attacked Israeal with nuclear weapons, she answered “I want the Iranians to know that if I’m the president, we will attack Iran (if it attacks Israel). [if]they might foolishly consider launching an attack on Israel, we would be able to totally obliterate them. That’s a terrible thing to say but those people who run Iran need to understand that because that perhaps will deter them from doing something that would be reckless, foolish and tragic.”
What would Obama’s reaction be to a nuclear attack on an allied nation – talk to the aggressors and try to work it out?
As far as the “umbrella of protection” goes — what do you think is informally in place now? Why did we go to Kuwait? What’s our arrangement with Saudi Arabia? How’s our relationship w/Jordan. Right now, though, it’s all done as one-ofs w/each individual country. Would it be so wrong to discuss bringing them all together around one table, so to speak, with a carrot/stick philosophy — we help protect shared interests, they help keep the MidEast from blowing up.

southamco
In terms of issues, how does Obozo differ from Clinton? (I mean real issues)

What a strange world we live in. I’m not sure if the Hillary supporters are just delusional, have conveniently short memories or it’s just people paid to write stuff on the internet by the big companies an lobbyists who are afraid of obama getting into power lest he run them out of washington.
These Hillarites who write Obama just revealed his true colours eventually by adopting the same old dirty smear campaign against Hillary. I’m yet to see Obama attack Hillary in a debate, in a press conference, in any ads. Most of the time he is on the defensive from her nasty and unneeded attacks. He always responds to HER. She or Bill always inniate the smear tactics. The Hillary campaign put out the Obama turban pic…did u 4get that? Bill tryin to demean Obama’s win as nothing by tryin to estabish the mindset in the media he is the black candidate with a comparison to Jesse Jackson. The Hillary supporter who claimed Obama is getting an advantage because he is black. All started from her side.
How can the Hillary supprters 4get that when this campaign started, Hillary got the black vote. The blacks were not supporting Obama because, at the time he was an unknown entity and we had a history with Clinton. It was only after he won Iowa…from whites voting for him…we began to say “who is this Obama? what’s he saying that’s so great?” And when we finally listened, we liked what we heard. When the blacks started slowly trickling to Obama, that’s when the Clintons started using the race issue. It was after this, that the blacks ran to Obama in droves. This is all well documented for all the world to see.
Most blacks,as all other races i imagine, love an appreciate their individuality. They resent the notion that it is impossible for 90% of the blacks to vote for Obama for any other reason than some kind of tribal kinship. It’s really sad when racist white people will scrape the bottom of the barrel for any excuse to explain away his winning.
The main reason blacks are voting for him are because he speaks sense, unlike bush and the republicans. He isnt more of the same old politricks we’ve grown accustomed to. Only some white people are guilty of seeing him as a black man. Most black people, just see him as a man. For us, his race is not an issue. As is most of the young people of any colour, they are raised in a new genaration of education and able to figure out for themselves that all the stereotypes an prejudices they are taught at home…are all wrong.
The other reason the older whites are desperately trying to find any crap to smear Obama, is not because they are wiser or more experienced. It is because they are fearful of losing the status quo position they currently occupy in society. They subconciously fear that once a black man gets in power, they wont have anyone looking after their best interests.Ironically, It’s the same reason the blacks vote for him. They have NOTHING to lose. We are already at the bottom of the social ladder. It couldnt get any worse, so we take a chance on a guy who doesnt have as much experience of this magnitude, but his track record show good judgement in political choices. It is not a LEAP OF FAITH. It is an educated an calculated choice to give my vote to someone who is a real person and wants a fair world for everyone…white or black. Is that so wrong?
I hope the readers who see this will have the sense to realise the internet is swarming with these nay-sayers. They will try any fear mongering tactic to hurt Obama. Have the courage to listen to what he is saying, and dont be easily manipulated and mislead with low class tactics like the whole overblown Wright issue; or the lies about Obama being muslim. It’s time we act like mature adults…with some class and dignity. Something Hillary apparently has forgotten in her desperation to get to the whitehouse.
It’s so ridiculous for Hillary to suggest Obama is elitist. Hillary never lived on food stamps. Hillary never lived in a ghetto in detroit. He went to Harvard on a scholarship for christ sakes. What planet is this woman and her supporters from??

Drop the drama.
It’s OBAMA ’08
Hillary’s new math and kitchen sink strategy is insufferable.

Hillary just named her running mate, John McCain….

How soon people (especially black Americans) forget how much the Clinton administration did for all Americans. More than seven million people were lifted above the poverty level under their policies – including a sizable number of black families. The Clintons have always been demonstrably supportive of the black community and their needs. Where is their loyalty now ? Talk about playing the race card. Obama, who doesn’t understand the soul of the American black person because he is not from that community, is embraced without question, while Bill and Hillary Clinton, who did so much to support them and raise them up economically, are shunned. Please !!!! No wonder Bill is mad. And don’t say that maybe Bill did those things, but not Hillary. Read her writing, folks, she was to Bill as Eleanor Roosevelt was to Franklin.
Posted by: Amazed
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Amazed, I sincerely doubt Presidient Franklin Roosevelt and his lovely First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt, would want to be associated with the Clintons! They were people of INTEGRITY AND HONESTY…characterists which the Clintons do not possess. Please do not insult the Roosevelts by comparing the Clintons to them. Shame on you!!

Dare not mention McCain’s name as the president,these two dont go together,he doesn’t look presidential at all,i cant imagine american president with short arm,clinton doesn’t look like one neither,Obama sounds ,looks,and acts presidential, i love McCain, but just because i love him doesn’t entitle him to the presidentship,McCain is a war veteran,The country is also equall to the task of taking good care of him,he is not denied of his pension just like other millions of veterans,he got what we owed him,his pension and decoration, we desperately need change and BARRACK OBAMA is the change we can believe in.

Explain to me the negatives that are piling up on Obama? It seems like fabricating issues is the only way for the Clinton supporters to justify the dirty politics. If I hear one more lame duck argument for seating MI and FL, or re-voting in a state that was agreed to be negated prior to any campaigning, I’m going to scream. Clintons can’t win their way to the office, so they opt to tear down Obama so they can cheat their way in. Great choice to lead this country folks. When are people going to learn that Washington politics DOESN”T WORK. It never has and never will.

bp
If McCain’s pension is a major issue in your mind, you should quickly seek help.

I wouldnt give my vote to someone who’s done drugs and then tries to brush it off as he does the middle class, with his arrogant, condescending demeanor. He’s a reminds me of a shark like any other high price lawyer that’s looking out for his own best interest and not that of the country. He has no international policy experience and though i dont believe Clinton would use the bomb she is certainly better equipped to handle our international issues. What i dont understand is why is it so many folks dont see him for what he is, a phony covered in nice clothes. He’s a big BABY complaining about tough questions give me a break if you cant roll with the punches get out. I’m not voting for Hillary because she’s a woman i’m voting for Hillary because she has the experience! She’s can handle things better than Mr. Complainer Obama, and can answer the tough questions because she knows the answer. She’s a natural he’s ahhhh phony.

“”I wouldnt give my vote to someone who’s done drugs and then tries to brush it off as he does the middle class…”
I take it then you didn’t vote for George W. Bush then, right?”
Or Bill Clinton?

“I am really tired of everyone, including Obama, trying to make race such a large issue- it isn’t. The majority of Americans have said that they are ready for a black president…”
What color’s the sky on your world, pal. America is chock full-o bigots, even today!

I live in Florida and the votes should NOT count, I know people that would have voted for Obama but were told it wouldn’t count and joined the Republican Party to vote for antiwar candidate Ron Paul. Hillary Clinton and Rudy Giuliani are both celebrity candidates, both led their respective parties in the polls; the difference is when Rudy had other candidates campaign in Florida he lost, Hillary had no candidates campaigning in Florida and she won. It was an unfair primary as the candidates couldn’t campaign in Florida and that favors Hillary. To now claim they should count shows that you cannot trust Hillary to keep her word.

“Hillary never lived on food stamps.”
Hillary lived on government housing. Arkansas governor’s mansion and White House. If she wasn’t married to Bill she wouldn’t even have a career.

I guess you have no qualms about Reverend Wright, the Ayers, Tony Rezko and, of course, Farrakhan chilling with the Obamas on the Whitehouse Lawn, eating hotdogs and drinking Bama-Koolaid?
How can someone who loves their country so much, be close friends with her enemies? Answer me that!
Vote Hillary 2008!

He speaks the truth. The clinton’s aren’t dumb. They want Obama to lose so she can run at 64 instead of 68. Those of us who are educated and informed realize this. Hillary wins with the uninformed. People who can’t spell Nafta and think the GDP is a rock group. It may be elitist to say so, but these people are clearly not able to properly access the issues.

Bo, you sound like me. I, too, live in Florida and don’t think the votes should count. A lot of people didn’t vote at all because they believed their vote wouldn’t count. Others did switch to republican to have theirs hear. It was a non-election.
I, also, would rather have McCain over Hillary. After her comment about obliterating Iran and fantasizing about sniper fire, the thought of her in the White House makes me very nervous. Maybe she wants to go down in history as the president who started WWIII.
I hate seeing Hillary tear down Obama while building up McCain. Obama is a diplomat and someone who can reach across party lines and racial lines. I think he would be good for our country. Other countries might even start respecting the U.S. again.

If anybody thinks the Clinton’s are racists’, you are even more gullible than I thought for being Obama Koolaid drinkers. Blacks saw Clinton’s remarks as racist because they were told to think this way. Bill Clinton has been standing up for civil rights and higher education for all for longer than most of you have been alive. Get your history straight before you lemmingly jump on the bandwagon! Jesse J. Jr. made the first racist comment of the campaign, but the media was so in Obama’s pocket, it got a blip of airtime.
I can’t believe you all think Hillary will be the cause of Obama losing to McCain. Obama has all these skeletons, and now that the truth is finally coming out, he doesn’t look as shiny. If the media had been doing their job, Obama would never have been given the frontrunner status.
As to the one making the comment about Clinton losing control of the Congress just two yrs. after he took office….the reason being, he put forth an economic plan that took real guts, and many of the Dems who voted for it took some real heat for their votes and were later voted out. The economic plan got the economy back on track, but because it asked people to sacrifice for the country, voters rebelled.
Hillary has stood up for human rights long before she met BC.
Perception is a funny thing: The Republicans have microscopically scrutinized the Clintons more than any other political couple, and so yes, obviously, Hillary’s negatives are high. Obama’s aren’t low, and he’s just now going through a little scrutiny. There’s a reason why a Senator almost never wins the Presidency. Of course, this year, one obviously will. A Senator will have a record that can be dissected. One reason Daschle and others wanted Obama to run this year is because he didn’t have a record. He doesn’t have anything distinguishing…simply nonexistent!
Obama’s truths are just now coming out. If he didn’t get such a high proportional count of delegates in African American rich districts, he wouldn’t be where he is. If it were winner take all, he wouldn’t be where he is.
Hillary outworks Obama by a long shot. It was she walking through the snows of NH for votes. It was she working in the rains of PA for votes. He has managed to accumulate most of his votes simply by giving an outstanding stump speech. He doesn’t like it one bit that he has to go down and associate so closely with the folks.
Hillary is by far the more honest between the two. She exaggerated her Bosnia trip because she was guilty of being a politician. The trip was admirable on its’ own merits…with no need for the exaggeration. Obama exaggerated his parents meeting, his policy involvement, said he was a professor rather than a lecturer, he said he doesn’t have lobbyists’ ties, which is a big big lie.
While in the Il Senate, he earned the reputation of “gutless” and “absent” because he was “gone” when the tough votes needed to be made. He almost came to blows with a colleague over a vote he cast by mistake. One thing his colleagues agreed on was Obama’s ambition. Sen. Ted Stevens said Obama folded like a cheap suit in the US Senate.
After being investigated $60,000,000 worth….the Clintons came out looking like some of the cleanest politicians ever. Can you imagine being under the microscope the Clintons have been under.
If Obama loses the general election, it’ll be because he failed at keeping all his skeletons hidden….because there are many. Don’t blame his loss on Hillary.
Obama calls himself the unifier..!! ha
While in the US Senate, he was mainly an observer. Even Republicans admit it was Hillary willing to work across party lines. Again…you’re supporting the wrong candidate. Hillary has actually done the work. Obama is one thing…an overly ambitious enigma.

sorros
once again you are far from right.
so you think it was smart to say we will “obliterate” you with nuclear power in this context?
that is called using nuclear bombing as a deterence… it does not work with rogue nations who do not have nuclear weapons
it’s like picking up a rock and threatening the crazy guy who wants a rock to use to threaten someone and saying if you get a rock and throw it we will throw our bigger rock at you…
what do you think that is goign to make that guy do…he is going to turn to anyone who can hear him and say I need a rock because that big person over there with the rock threatened me with theirs…and suddenly he may have a point…and audio/video to back it up…
it’s called walking softly and carrying a big stick… if she wasn’t just playing tough guy and actually was tough she would know that. Tough guys don’t have to verbally throw around threats… You think that iran doesn’t know we could obliterate them? Not to mention that Israel could obliterate them?
Kim Jon Il used the idea of the US being aggressive with nuclear force to embolden his argument why they needed to have nuclear power…
It complicated any discussions to defuse the situation …
so hillary throws out a clip of her (much like goerge bush) saying “we will obliterate them”
that is, for whatever reason stupid threatening of a non-nuclear nation with nuclear obliteration… it does not deter… it drives.
she gambles on the George Bush side woithout the brains to understand that this is not a country that already has nuclear weapons and is threatening someone…this is a country that definitvely doesn’t have them yet… so she intimidates using this powere we have … not understanding the socio-political ramifications of such a threat…
adn she does in of all places during a presidential campaign.
and yes we have already a relationship of somewhat “allies” in the middle east but by her saying it and offering protection to forgo nuclear power on a national(actually international) broadcast an official umbrella of protection to ANY country that forgoes nuclear power… subjegates congressional oversight…this is the same woman who voted and was hard pressed to get any sort of admonition that she was wrong for giving over that power to the President …and even now she carefully words that she thinks it was only a manipulated bad choice to give to GW.
We should be very concerned. Not to mention Mccain is even goign to take her to task on this and her negative politics.
She in an election with Mccain would not be the “change” candidate. McCain would be.

It’s 3:00 am … HIllary is fatiqued and “misspeaks”.

Clinton is damaging herself by trying so hard to win this election; not to mention dividing the party. Obama is winning this thing and will likely win it. By the way for those that don’t know this primary is a delegate race only. Fl. and Mich. will not be counted; those states will get their chance in the general. Obama has good intentions and is very very smart. We need someone who is using their head and knows how to bring people together. Many people are a bit bitter just read this blog. Clinton said it herself that Obama can win this election, so lets wake up, unite and rally around our front runner before this thing gets too bloody. jw

It’s not that the Clintons are racist…it’s that nothing gets between them and what they want and if racism coming up helps them then they will bring it up.
there is a difference between women voting for Hillary because she is a woman and men not voting for her because she is a woman.
there is a difference between black people voting for Barack because he is black and white people not voting for him because he is black.
do you all see that at least.
Barack and his wife have not and do not inject gender into their arguments. Because they do not want to have this be about those issues. They do not compare her to Ferraro or Eleanor Roosevelt…or Speaker Pelosi.
Bill keeps picking out specific characteristics or candidates that have to do with race. and if you don’t think Bill Clinton is doing that specifically because he knows what he is doing…then you don’t know Bill Clinton and obviously have never seen the war room. Bill knows the game of politics and how to use words better than anybody.
He wants this to stay about race…and that is why he even throws this out now.
I no longer think it is so much about his legacy…I think (and I have no proof of this) but I think it has to do with favors promised. That was a crazy outrageous amount of money for a presidential library…by any standard. a larger financial tribute than any President… and as high as his approval ratings used to be… it’s still too much.
I think promises were made about Hillary running and they are stuck. I think it is the same old same old situation that they have always gotten themselves in only this time they lost…and heads may roll.

Mr. Jim Clyburn statement on the level of anti-Clintons sentiments among African-Americans is not quite so high as per most opinion polls including exit polls.
For instance, the Exit Polls from the Mississippi primary where Barack Obama got 61% to 37% show:
Exit Polls Question: Satisfied if Hillary Clinton wins the nomination?
58% of the MS voters said that they will be satisfied if Hillary Clinton wins. Surprisingly 43% of those voters were Obama supporters.
On the same question: 69% of MS voters will be satisfied if Barack Obama wins the nomination.
The opinion polls have also shown that many African Americans will vote for Hillary Clinton against John McCain.
Mr. Jim Clyburn and other black leaders may be upset because many African American voters are not “bitter” and have a more favorable view of Hillary Clinton than their leaders would like see.

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?

why do black people think that Obama DESERVE the nomination? Shame on you congressman Clyburn. Shame on the elite media for thinking that whoever the forced on us we will accept. So far Obama has not carry any of the meaningful contest. Yes he has the support of the African American community a key group for the democrats to win in november. but how about the other core groups Hillary is winning. Mr. Clyburn i will suggest you read American history. Read about the election of 1860. is really sad that when anyone question anything about Obama you are consider to be negative.

“WHY? Because one white women who feels entitled is not going to get her way???”
Maybe it’s not about “one white woman”. Maybe it’s that people of whatEVER color aren’t going to sit still for the installation of a secretive, mob-and-corporations-affiliated candidate just because he has a nice smile and a “black”-looking birthday suit.

Jim Jones,
Thank you for reminding others and me about the Clinton scandals. However, I wonder why I’ve read or heard not-a-thing about any of them in the media since Hillary has bid for the White House yet I constantly hear about the media’s crush on Barack?? Could it be they’re protecting her?

Hillary and Bill are hell-bent to win this election by any means. In their minds all is fair in politics. I don’t think that they are hellbent to damage Obama but that will be the result. In their minds it is just politics and they feel they will all laugh about it and shake hands when it is over, win or lose….The Clintons believe politics is a game to win, nothing more…They are playing the American public. McCain and Obama are to a lesser extent too but I don’t get the feeling they enjoy it as much as Hillary and Bill do. And to me it is more than a bit unseemly…

Amen Dissent is Patriotic… great point. I love the boot in your ass, God Bless America crowd that doesn’t understand a thing about the history of this country being built on radical dissent. This election is the greatest example of how out of touch people are with what is bet for America. Flag pin my ass… who cares. Let’s fix the issues first then worry about who has more patriotic bumper stickers.

This guilting people for their voting choices is going to backfire. Obama can only play this race card so many times before people are disgusted by it.

Jim Clyburn – it’s comments like these that show why term limits are needed.
I’m black and I’m still waiting for someone to ask me my opinion on the issues with Obama and Clinton. I guess I missed Clyburn’s meeting.
People need to stop making this all about race. Does race have something to do with the way people feel about Obama? Of course it does. Is it the only problem people have with Obama? No, it is not.
I could care less if a lot of blacks supported Clinton during his impeachment. A lot of blacks also supported O.J. Simpson when he got off for murdering two innocent people.
So now, according to Clyburn, the Clinton’s should be nice to Obama since the blacks were nice to Clinton. Well with that logic, the Clinton’s should also be nice to the white and Hispanic people who supported Clinton during his impeachment fiasco.
It’s one thing if Clyburn says that Obama and Clinton need to tone down the rhetoric. However, I think it is wrong for Clyburn to solely blame the Clinton’s.

I say, keep Senator Barack Obama out of the mud. Let Hillary totally bury the Democratic party and make cause for McCain to win in November.
Let McCain force the world into total chaos and ruin. The solution is a longer term proposition. This Primary fiasco and the last eight years under Bush have proved that.

Folk’s, just enter keyword “Hillary Clinton fired from the Watergate committee”, just read it an ask why isn’t this in the mainstream press or brought by the Obama campaign. It may be negative but it is the truth, instead of innuendo or guilt by association as the Clinton folks often do. Frankly I was flabbergasted when I read this amazing story OF Hillary’s long time habit of lying.

“the “boys-are-piling-on-me” card, the I’m a woman card”
Are at LEAST as valid as the “black” card, especially when the “black” card is played by an always-privileged person who was raised by, and runs with, and is run by, white people.

steve and rick
The Obama ads that were run in Fl were national ads not just for Fl. National cable networks said there was no way they could excude Fl. So you can’t really blame it all on him.

“We are moving in a new direction and have two great candidates to prove it.”
They are nearly identical candidates, except for being “black” (sort of) and “female” (married to a former president).
If we want to move in a new direction, we’d better nominate John Edwards.

Clinton supports the anti terror bill that eliminated your rights as citizens. Vote no on HRC and the Bush bill of no rights.
You have no right to even know if you have been accused of a crime or if you just offended some right wing nut in a bar.
Only Obama will restore the Constitution.

To Cali
“After months of saying she would not move the primary date, South Carolina Democratic Party chairwoman Carol Fowler said last week that she would soon decide whether to ask the DNC and the state party’s executive committee to move the primary up to Jan. 19 from its current date of Jan. 29.”
What does this have to do with Clyburn staying neutral to have the primary moved. It wasn’t even his decision.

a gerbil would beat McCain in the fall.
Stop the worrying. Whichever DEM wins will smash McSame.
1. Senile. Can not remember details. Ask anyone in the Senate. “He is not a detail man”.
That translates as he has no short term memory.
2. former prisoner approves waterboarding prisoners to appeal to right wing voters.
Tell this to the Marines in harm’s way.
He has approved the end of the Constitution.
What are we fighting for if we dont get any rights?
He has no chance. He will get the Huckleberry vote, the 27% fundementalists who want to deny civil rights to persons unlike themselves, and to put a religion into the white house.
There is still separation of church and state.

I have seen many interesting comments in this blog for both sides, but I have not seen anyone grasp the true “endgame” for both sides (especially the Clintons).
Who have been the real power broker and leader of the Democrat party since 1992- Bill Clinton.
Who has pretty much (over these 15 years) formed the Democrat Party Machine (or the DNC) and everyone in that machine is in his debt for their position- Bill Clinton.
Now, in 2000 Gore pretty much had to get the nomination because he was the vice and tradition dictated he be given a chance. But really how hard did the machine work for him, hard, but who rarely actively campaigned for Gore- Bill Clinton (of course he was a bit of an embarrassment at that time).
If Gore won then after 2 possible terms (with HRC in the Senate – getting that experience chip and news coverage) it would now (2008) be HRC turn to take her appointed nomination. But I think the machine really did not want Gore to win too badly you see since Bill would no longer be the power broker running the machine – it would have been Gore (if elected) I wonder how hard they (the machine) really tried, Gore seems quite distant to Clinton ever since- I think he knew the “fix was in”. Who remained the puppet master – Bill Clinton
Now in 2004 it was dicey, too early for HRC, and Bush was too strong, but if a Democrat won that year then HRC would be out of the picture for good to run for president. What to do? Well, make CERTAIN that a liberal east coast democrat gets the nomination, folks let’s face it, anything is possible except a liberal east coast democrat winning the presidency (that is a fact show many times over). The machine simply maneuvered Kerry in as a “sacrificial lamb” who’s only purpose was to do the assured – LOSE! Who is running the DNC machine – Bill Clinton
Now, if anyone really doubts that Bill and the machine he built and runs had ever had any other plan than to keep Bill in charge (the machine was built by him- for him, and everyone in it is beholding to him for their position). If Bill is replaced then so are they in time, and they like their power and jobs too. The only way was HRC as president, not anyone else, in fact, it would solidify them in position like no one in history.
2008- HRC was all but anointed as the “certain” candidate for the democrat party, but the machine had not counted on BHO, that was a situation that was not in the plans – EVER! It was certain to be over by super Tuesday – not even any plans or money contingencies after that. BHO turned all the machine plans upside down- they never “saw the bolt that hit them”. The definitely want HRC to be the candidate and even better the president, but the last thing they want is BHO to be president, Gone will be Bill as the real power of his machine, gone will be the people in the machine — - that WILL NOT DO — - PERIOD.
So follow me here, they have little to lose really if HRC or BHO lose in NOV., but the worst case is if BHO wins in Nov. So they will not hesitate to run this primary till the bitter end and get nasty to decrease BHO chances of winning in Nov., so what if the party is split, they are still in charge. They have to stop BHO anyway they can, they can’t be sure that McCain can stop him, but between McCain and the Clinton machine, BHO hardly stands a chance. GIVE THIS SOME THOUGHT!
I voted for BHO in the primary, by the way

James Clyburn, you ole’ spiritual, wade in the water, backwards ole’time Democrat from the ole’ time good ole’ boys backroom and backwoods wheeling and dealing politician (ans I use the word politician loosely).
You rode the coat tails of Bill and Hillary Clinton FOREVER, and now your racist, race-baiting, duplicitious, backbiting self sees the chance to have a so-called Black Man in the white house and your black nationalist, racist sheet came out of the back of your closet.
With your race baiting statements against Bill Clinton, you sir, to me an African American, lifelong Democrat are no better than David Duke.
Please “chill out” and stop making our leaders look ignorant and racist.
After all, my children are watching.

People have compared Obama with JFK & Lincoln. Both Junior members of Congress / Senate before entering office. Both young and represented Change….
Both DIED IN OFFICE.
Look closely at who is chosen for VP. This year, it might really be important.
With all the turmoil in the world, Global Warming, etc., doomsday analysts pointing to the end times, including all the ancient calendars pointing to 2012 as the end of time …. who knows….
Maybe it can be stopped.
What the world needs now is not more war and in-fighting, but love – unity – peace – understanding – brotherhood.
Obama may provide the right leadership at the right time in history. It’s time for a leader to stand and provide change. It’s time for a revolution – not with guns, but with words and action – not of force, but of strength & wisdom.
This Republican isn’t sold on McCain – definitely not ready for another Clinton in the house. Obama needs to stand on his own – not the actions of other that may have shaped some of who he’s become.
It isn’t unheard of listening to other points of view – to know what you don’t want, or hearing the other side and making up your own mind. Perhaps, he’s heard enough of what’s wrong and has determined potential solutions – and is willing to work with the common elements to unite instead of using differences to divide.
His plans have not been completely unveiled for the public to see – because we would get bogged down in the details, that make us uncomfortable. They may hurt some, while helping the greater good. Time will tell – if he gets a chance to get very far. He deserves a chance – so far, he’s earned it.

Dear Honorable Clyburn:
I wish to thank you for your political neutrality. I also respect your honesty, in proclaiming that many African-Americans believe that Senator Clinton wishes to destroy Senator Obama beyond political repair. However, please remember that President Clinton has declared that a Clinton-Obama Dream Team would be unstoppable, sweeping America in political triumph. And Senator Clinton has also embraced the idea of a Dream Team. Historically, fierce competition within each political party primary has always been fair game. And if Senator Obama is unable to withstand the heat from Senator Clinton, he will most certainly succumb to attacks from the Republican Attack Machine. If Senator Obama fails in the primary, it will be from his own undoing. I have yet to hear him embrace the idea of the Dream Team, even the Obama-Clinton version. I encourage you to press fully for the Dream Team, which would mostly certainly resolve the dilemna the Democratic Party finds itself in. And the Team would most assuredly triumph across America in the national election – a win-win situation for all. Thank you for your time and your thoughts.

I think (and hope) that everyone is waking up to the fact, that the Clintons only care about themselves. Anyone not voting for them are labeled “unimportant”, whether it be a race, gender, state, or other demographic group.
That’s just how they are.

Clyburn, Exit polls and charges of racism, NYT op-ed pieces, one or two 3rd tier endorsements – this is what Obama offers to mask his overwhelming defeat in PA. where he spent more than any other candidate EVER – and still lost!
Rep. Clyburn – you’re being played!!!!!

An also I think this call of racism every day is backfiring on his campaign. Because I am tire of this stuff for every little thing it racism. PLEASE!!!
the obama camp started this stuff in SC after NH and now they continue to this day. If working people who dont want a Unity Pony doesnt vote for him we are all racist. STOP and Quit the race obama.

Clyburn is repeating conspiracy theories found on Obama blogs – about Hillary and 2012.
Reminds me of Judy Miller’s NYT articles based on bogus info provided by BushCo.
Then Cheney goes on Meet the Press and holds up the NYT and says – “see, there are WMDs in Iraq.”
Clyburn really stooped low for this one.

Okay, here we go again. It was predicted by a number of individuals that the Obama supporters would try to play the race card shortly before NC and, sure enough, Clyburn is out there trying to get the AA’s riled up again over some imaginary trumped up claim. Obama is damaging himself by “clinging” statements and promoting McCain for president. Clyburn is so transparent it is ridiculous. This is the kind of stuff that is setting race relations back by 25 years. Obama chose to set in front of a crackpot minister for 20 years listening to him spew racist remarks. No way would I sit in front of a minister for 20 years and listen to him say derogatory remarks about AA’s. I’d get up and walk out and even if I was related to the minister, I would take him to task over the remarks and if he didn’t stop it, I’d go find another church. Chicago is a big town, there have to be an assortment of AA churches. Oprah got up and walked out.

You Democrats amaze me. Why does your party always run candidates who are losers? Can’t the Democratic Party find any candidates out there who are level headed and morally acceptable to Main Street America? The Clintons are losers and now Obama. Why didn’t the Democrats support a good and decent candidate like Senator Joe Biden? He has the foreign policy experience and the legislative background to be a good commander-in-chief. But, oh no, the Dems want to make history! Well, you folks will soon see that liberalism in America is about to become history.

Right on cue after taking a BIG bashing in a BIG state, out come the Obama surrogates bashing Hillary for making Obama look bad and crying racism! This is getting ridiculous! Obama has drafted his new strategy for avoiding debates, revotes in MI and FL and interviews, anytime there is any criticism of him, his friends, his associates, his pastor, his secret comments made at fancy parties, cry RACISM! After all, Obama is uniting our country in his quest for the presidency.
SAY NO TO THE MEDIA CHOOSING THE NOMINEE!

jgaw,
Tavis Smiley was forced to quit his Tom Joyner radio gig because he critcized Obama for not attending his black issues forum -which Clinton did. So even black folks who has worked their entire adult lives to better black people are being thrown under the bus by racist black Obama supporters.

I too believe Hilary and Bill Clinton are attempting to take Barack Obama down. Mr. Clyburn has spoken facts. He has been around long enough to know how politics in Washington work.
When Hilary and Bill Clinton met with Richard Mellon Scaife in Pennsylvania and got his endorsement, I knew plans were being made. Scaife a Republican is same person who financed the investigation to take down then President Bill Clinton. Mr. Scaife belongs to a pretty nasty group of Republicans that handle the dirty projects to get their candidate elected. And Republicans are already attacking Barack Obama. Some mutual agreement between the Clintons and Scaife will eventually come out.
These elected officials who are paid by the government should have to follows same legal work place laws. The Senate and Congress each have rules they must abide by. Each candidate is legally responsible for their campaign and individuals associated with their campaign. Workers in the workplace are fired for any discrimination conduct.
Is anyone taking these individuals on????
This is 2008 and such conduct should not be tolerated. FYI – I am a Republican caucasian and am very disappointed. Democratic Race has been exciting and if my choice wins Democratic nomination I will vote for the Democrat.

ROFL Who is the racist < I think Mr obama should be called to the floor for his elitist comments to sf billionaires.
Bottom line Obamas message to america , if your uneducated, white and a racist
you will not vote for me . I won't vote for Obama because of his record. I won't vote for obabma because of his associations with wright, farakahn,rezko and iranian billionaires. I will not vote for obama because he's lied about his funding. I will not vote for obama because his liberal stances, i will not vote for obama because his statements of new politics is backed by old politics, kerry and kennedy pelosi, reid who have lower numbers then bush.

Amazed:
Let’s not forget how Bill Clinton
had a chance to get Osama Bin Laden from
the Sudan and turned them down!
Let’s not forget the first World Trade
Center Bombing,let’s not forget the
Oklahoma City Bombing, let’s not forget
the bombing of the U.S.S. Cole!
Let’s not forget that Clinton’s Attorney
General Janet Reno and her Assistant,
Jamie Gorelick set up the intelligence
wall between the FBI and the CIA which prevented them from sharing information
and resulted in the 9/11 plot not being discovered in time!
It seems to me that a lot of the supporters of Hillary Clinton have forgotten these facts or just don’t care!

There is NO WAY in hell that I would EVER vote for HILLARY Clinton.
As far as Obama giving Hillary the middle finger, review the tape and release yourself from being stuck on stupid!

Please what was Bill suppose to just lay down for Obama, Sorry thats his wife and she is the better candidate.
He is so unelectable its not even funny,
has to go away.

Clyburn is full of himself. Obama’s campaign has played the race card over and over. Anything about Obama that is less than praise is deemed racist by his supporters and his campaign. All those Hillary voters in Pennsylvania were racists..Ferraro was labeled a a racist. For the Clintons to be labeled racists is absurd. Obama people need to look in the mirror. They also need to stop blaming Clinton for his problems with voters. Clinton did not make him sit in Wright’s church. She did not make him put his foot in his mouth in San Francisco. She did not write Michelle Obama’s famous speech. She did not make JODIE EVANS support Obama…wait for that one to hit mainstream.

It’s funny that Clinton flat-out lies about things, and in the case of the Bosnia sniper story, she admitted during the ABC debate that she made it up when she said it! It came out of her mouth. Yet Clinton can only attach Obama and his campaign to another public scandal.
Obama is responsible for a preacher’s words – and in comparison, he’s no worse than Limbaugh, who supports Clinton. According to Clinton and her supporters, Obama is responsible for the media’s comments against her. Clinton criticized Obama for casting a vote in the senate that Clinton herself voted for.
Yet after all of that, during the debate, Obama (essentially) forgave Clinton for her lies. And she decided to attack tenfold.
I don’t want women out there to think that’s the right way to get what we want. I am disappointed in how Clinton acts, and I’m afraid only her own personal agenda will ever gain her focus.
Clinton is a spoiled rich bully that will do anything to get her way. She has the money and power to intimidate a vote, and she uses her gender to sway votes – kind of disgusting to me.
Vote for Obama during your primary & in November 2008!

I find it pretty comical that the pundits and Obama camp think McCain (and Rove – who’s working for him) won’t be able to figure out how to attack Obama without Clinton’s help. Give me a break. For example, McCain is now saying he knows of other offensive statements made by Rev. Wright.
This is an absurd, completely lame argument