Candidates Remember King, Clinton Chokes Up

I’m glad Obama chose to be in Indiana and not clinging to the hip of Hillary, as the media would have posted them, as usual, can’t mention Barack without throwing Hillary in there, after all she might get slighted. I think Barack Obama will make history as one of the greatest presidents we’ve ever had.

Obama begging to elect him so MLK’s dream can come true… What a liar.
See Jesse JAckson, Sharpton .. some of MLK’s close people. They are nothing but a disgrace to the Black community. They minted enough money to feed 10 generations.

I can’t wait until Obama is made to look like the fool and the inexperienced candidate that he is once the general election starts.

It was a very thoughtful speech with great sentiment. He is always a good orator.
Along with his speech in Phillie.
Maya Angelo called his speech in Pa.
one that will be in the history books.
I also believe it will be, he done a fantastic job.

Obama!
1- I never heard my Pastor make such inflammatory comments while I was in the pews/ — in his race speech When I would hear inflammatory comments during his sermons etc. etc. You can’t have it both ways.
2. Rezko – he gave me 100,000.00 ooops day before the trial – it was 250,000.
3. I don’t believe in NAFTA! It hurst the country. When I become pres I will reform it. – Shhhh – hey Canada – this is only election rhetoric – dont worry about NAFTA- wink wink.
Obama is toast.

Dr King’s Legacy is that he was human too. He had extramarital sex just like JFK & Bill Clinton. It is time we dropped the criticism of Bill Clinton about Lewinsky.

Report: Senator Hillary Clinton’s voice quivered as she recounted her recollection of the day Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated.
I wonder how long she had to practice that one?

Because Mayou Angelo says it’s a great speech and it is one for the history books. how the heck is she to tell us what is good. She writes poetry.
the only reason that Race speech was ever written and spoken – it was not because it was heartfelt – he was trying to save his campaign and the guilty white people bought it. I didn’t cause all this racism and the history of slavery. I am not going to vote for someone because this country wants to show the world – we are not racist. We are racist if that is the reason most people vote for him. Is is ashame that 90% of the black popluation is voting for Obama. What does that tell you.

Truth Truth
I am with you. Obama is where is he because he is black. John Edwards is a much better person than Obama and it is a shame that he dropped out. We may end up with that jerk Obama. Oh well.

Hey CC4Obama -
funny you can remember 40 years ago. Let’s ask obama how much money Rezko dontated that he in return donated to charity – first is was 100,000 and later on it was 250,000.
Nafta double talk and the lies about his pastor. Glass houses CC. He is a typical politician.

cc4obama
I myself was wondering that 1 too. Looks good thou doesnt it

Also, wright coming to cleanse Bill’s sins. Bill Clinton did not go to his church for 20 years and donate over 250K to the church and hang out Farrakhan – it is very very different.

OBAMA is a crook! He insults Martin King by likening himself to him. I would support Hillary 100%.
Personally, I think there’s a government conspiracy to get Obama elected, i think the media are apart of this too. The reasoning behind this is that the half wit government thinks that, with Obama’s Islamic connections, he will be able to make them see reason…bs!!!!! LOL but remember this, there is an element of truth in every joke. The only real joke would be on America if they vote for him and the only chance America has to get back on it’s feet is by electing HILLARY as PRESIDENT!!!

brian did Mrs.King say im not loretta lynn standing by my man? i personaly could care less if she stayed with him or left him but its comments like that, and the stay home and bake cookies comment that offend people.

CLINTON GETTING EMOTIONAL AGAIN…. HMMMM… SEEMS LIKE SHE DOES THAT ANYTIME SHE IS GETTING BEHIND IN THE POLLS! ONCE AGAIN, A PLOTTER SHE IS. IS THIS NEW HAMPSHIRE AGAIN! GET OUT NOW HILLARY. YOU’VE ALREADY LOST.
Posted by: Rick Retting | Apr 4, 2008 2:49:23 PM
good observations Rick

you know what? i it was hilary that did that, she went on for a few sentances about not giving up going all the way i dont think its coincidence that was something she has been saying about her campain!

Obama called King an extraordinary American whose assassination, “left a wound on the soul of our nation that has yet to fully heal.”
And how right he is . The biggotry is still living loud and clear . Just read the blogs .

deanna
good for you i forgot thjat 1. so on april 19 we should she the water works.
Maybe on that day we should all duck and run for cover.

Obama said the dream that King began has not been completed, and it is all Americans task to now help finish
Hopefully we as a united country will be able to do it.

I will take the Clintons any day over Bush, if I recall the 1990′s where pretty good for everyone
Posted by: Don FL | Apr 4, 2008 3:10:52 PM
the problem is Don he can not be president again havent you been listening to Hill she said it is and always will be HER presidency.

The statement that Hillary “choked up” when she learned of the death of Dr. King makes me want to THROW UP. The truth is: she was so moved she went right out and became a “Goldwater Girl,” campaigning for the the Arizona senator who fought against the Civil Rights bill. Hillary is a phony as a three dollar bill.

Wait a sec… She said she was a junior in college. Didn’t she go to work for Goldwater after she graduated. There’s a disconnect in her statement and fact.

Bloggers everywhere have been wondering how long it would be before Hillary felt her numbers were low enough that she needed to try the “New Hampshire Cry” play — now we know.

bpatz3
Has it Happened yet? Why do you think that Rush keeps on saying vote for Hillary? It is because they know they can and will beat her . They will have a good fight with Barack.

JUST BECAUSE WE LEAVE WONT MEAN IT WOULDNT STILL BE THE TRUTH!

Eric |I LIKED THE WHOLE RECYCLING THING..NICE ONE

KS KATTY, UM WHAT PARTY ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? DEMS ARE GOING TO WIN, YOU SHOULD BE HAPPY.

Hillary plays politics with the memory of MLK. Do you guys know that this woman is paying for an acting coach? It’s disclosed on her finanical records that she has to report. She’s such a fake and is using her tears to gain votes. I hope the American people will look beyond her phoniness…it’s just rediculous how she always has to pour on the tears when she’s down.

Eric – do your homework before saying Obama only has Reszko and Wright in his closet. Check out William Ayers, Khalidi, Farakhan, Larry Sinclair, Frank Davis and Emil Jones. Obama’s words and actions is totally different from the carefully crafted image that him and his camp is portraying. It is the MSM that is covering up for him. The American people deserves the right to know who the Real Barack Obama is before it is too late.

Rush is saying vote for Hillary because even if he is a conservative he would not want anyone like Obama to have a chance to be in the WhiteHouse. Obama was a nobody until a year ago. The only thing keeping him in this race is his charisma and oratorical skills other than that he is just a used car salesman in an empty suit. People like you drawn to him like groupies will put a Republican in the whitehouse. Clinton might not be perfect but she is the best candidate we have that can turn this country around.
Posted by: bpatz3 | Apr 4, 2008 3:43:59 PM
now do you understand why Hillarys numbers are what they are ? Texas and all the others states. Her numbers would be lower than what they are if there was not the cross over. simple math if there was 20 for example that voted for her and 10 were true rep. that crossed over then she really only won 10.
In nov. that 20 really wouldnt be there only 10 would be.

You don’t get it. Some of the republicans would rather sacrifice 4 years with a dem than put McCain in the white house. He can’t win without the conservatives. And they don’t like him. But they can’t stand Hillary either.

What a crock. Why is she READING her “memories” of what she did when she heard MLK was killed. I’m sure her speechwriters thought that would sound good if she said she threw her bag across the room, and there’s no CBS videotape to show she’s making it up.
The only thing missing form this acting job is the claim that she and Chelsea were running from sniper fire in 1968 when she heard about MLK…

Obama has already won……HRC does not have a chance please get use to it!!!!!!can you people count?????? HRC is not entitled to the presidency… she cannot win at this point even with Mich and FLA the one most electable is the one with the most votes,delegates etc HRC have convinced you all that you are truly idiots!!! Get over race its not an issue, you have issues with your own identity go figure it out your choice is your choice…. my my my the anger this is exactly what our Bi-Racial President is talking about ignorance.

I remember Bill in the white house but you can’t go back to the 90′s. We need to move forward.

I find it highly inappropriate for someone on a campaign trail showing up in Memphis on the 40th anniversary of MLK’s death. This is a day of remembrance for HIM and to celebrate HIS life and there should be no distractions from someone on a campaign trail, whether it is Clinton, Obama, or McCain.
Was she even invited by the community to speak?

Too darn bad – I am not just saying these things. You can check it out and be the judge. It is your prerogative to vote for who you wish will be the best candidate. Clinton might not be perfect but she is the best one we have out there.

tiredofthelack – just check out the websites about Obama’s support eroding. If I am delusional those other people are delusional. Before you accuse someone of delusional check out those people that I said and you be the judge. Vote with your conscience and not because you have the Clintons because of Lewinsky. SHELGIRL – thank you for the nice posting.

Obama begging to elect him so MLK’s dream can come true… What a liar.

Isn’t it interesting that Hill finds an opportunity to get “choked up” before each big vote? Her grabs at opportunism make it very difficult to feel the sincerity of her tears.

Tell me this…..
How could you be up by 20+ points in a place that’s considered to be “Clinton Country” and check today and see it’s only 5 points and dropping.
Sounds bad to the average, critically thinking human being.
Wouldn’t it be a shocker to see Obama shut Hillary down in Pennsylvania? A place where she’s favored to win?
Hmmmm, that would be classic. Starting to look better as we get closer to 4/22

Clinton’s quivering voice is more sham sentiment from a professional prevaricator. Her credibility about anything that she feels cannot be substantiated is zero. Just what were her social leanings 40 years ago? There is NO WAY to verify just how she felt 40 years ago and she knows it, but I seriously doubt that the murder of Dr. King tore her up so much that she threw her bookbag across the room and felt that everything had been shattered. I wasn’t a junior in college, but I also remember the day and my main emotion was bewilderment about why someone wanted to kill a person like this who had never hurt anyone. Sadly, however, there are many who are willing to accept anything a known liar says if the liar embellishes them well enough to the listener’s liking.

Forces unknown to you have been searching, digging and attempting to create negatives since they started realizing that America is drawn to him.
You’re old news, but keep digging. Maybe you could look into his daughters’ grade school papers to find something a little more scandalous. Allow me to share:
Rezko – No news
Rev Wright – Old news
Lapel Issue – You’re funny
Mrs. Obama’s Thesis Paper – A stretch
Commander in Chief – He’ll Be that
A Muslim – Food for the mental midgets
Keep hope alive J

Obama supporters, now that Clinton has released her tax returns, why hasn’t Obama released his for 2007???
Another issue I don’t see mentioned, is what has Obama done in his career for someone other than himself? The Clinton’s are always out there helping victims of aids, Katrina, poverty and you never hear anything that Obama does. The Clinton’s gave over 10 million to charity, the most Obama gave to charity was $220,000 to his racist church.
People are quick to criticize the Clintons, but they are the ones out there taking up the cause and helping the unfortunate or victims of disaster-no matter what race, income, age, etc. It is a shame that so many people are lost in the empty rhetoric of Obama to see he is only in this race for himself and will DO NOTHING to help anyone else other than his cronies. Obama=Bush

Some of you just can’t fathom the idea that Hillary Clinton, a politician for most of her life, may actually be a politician for the purpose of changing things for the better for everyone. Her tax returns were released today. I don’t think if I had that much money that I would be willing to go through the rigors of a campaign where people call me every name under the sun and the media blasts me at every turn. Apparently she is fighting to be our President for something more than money. There is one other candidate that doesn’t need the money. Why would anyone with millions want to do the hardest job in the world?

Isn’t it sad when adult minds cannot decipher when a politician who’s been prone to lying and deceiving the public has the power to bring others to the brink of tears? What suckas!
It truly shows how gullible some Americans truly are.

Bill clinton was good as president in his time, but that doesn’t mean his wife is going to be good as him. you talk about inexperience, George Bush jr didn’t even know where Israel is located during campaign 2000.

Eric.
You can not believd her.
I believed her when she said said she was under sniper fire when the got to Bosia, if it was not media that exposed her lies I wll believe her.
She is a big lier.
She can fake it what did she know about MKL at age of 14.
This is another typical lie from HRC.

Wow, Obama was right when he said Dr. King’s assassination opened a wound on America’s soul that still has not healed. Everyone here is so hate-filled. It’s disheartening really.

Debbie
Well for 1, he sponsored a bill that brought health insurance to 150,000 including 70,000 uninsured children when he was in the Illinois state house. Would you like more. I’ll be glad to supply it. Why not research the positives he’s done

Lisa
It’s only a handful of things that he has done if any. Obama is for Obama. He will not help the average American or even his own race.

Why doesn’t Obama show up at events honoring Black Americans. He didn’t show up at the Black Caucus event in New Orleans. He doesn’t show up in Memphis to honor MLK. The Clintons have always been there even before this election. Obama has been getting 80% of the black vote but he does not support his supporters.

Aww Lisa,
Pep up. There are better things to whine about what you think someone else might do or would do?
Clinton has lied continously to your face. Whine about that.
She has flip flopped on the issues depending on whatever part of the country she’s in. Whine about that.
She says she doesn’t say things but comes back on the same day and says, “I misunderstood the question”. Whine about that.
Are you that gullible? If so, I have a fish market at Seaworld with fresh fish sales daily.

Common Sense
1st The Democratic Party is made up of males who will not vote for a female in a leadership position. Bottom line..Kerry, Kennedy, Dodd, Richardson, etc. would never vote for or want to take orders from a female! It’s a double standard world.
2nd The media has given Obama a free ride and have worked hard to paint the Clinton’s in a negative light. All of Obama’s stories are of fainting fans, while the media tries to turn all the Clinton stories into negative ones.
I do not vote based on race, sex or age. I vote on the best candidate to move our country forward—That candidate is Hillary!!! Obama is dividing the Democratic Party!!

Great now I guess she’s destroying the Democratic party, and sabotaging the first legitimate black canidate for President in the history of our nation… to honor Dr. King!!! This is freakin’ embarrassing!!! How can anybody have any respect for this twerp after all the crap she’s pulled. She and Bill are race baiting phonies, who’s lust for power has exposed the depths of their shallowness, arrogance and greed. Rot in peices, phonies, the party doesn’t need you. Now make nice with each other, and try to sleep in the same bed for once.

You know, there is a perception out there that well-to-do liberal white men want to vote for Obama to assuage their guilt about racism in America. I think that rather than force a inexperienced president of dubious character upon the whole country, that these men try to assuage their guilt by trying to hire more black men at their own businesses. That is what would heal America. I have challenged my own husband to do just that!

What’s wrong with crying to be get more votes?
Obama went bowling to get more votes. Obama talks about being raised by a single mother to get more votes. Obama said he was a law professor to ger more votes.
What’s wrong with crying to get more votes?

Ms. Bosnia’s campaign reminds me of the late 70s variety spoof tv, The Gong show. Next up, Geraldine Ferraro’s buffoon act. Seriously, someone needs to change her spongy depends, because their emitting sniper fire.

You know there are two kinds of people in this world, talkers and doers. I guess we know who’s who in this run for the nomination. Hill and Bill have been out there “doing” for the poor, the needy and minorities their entire lives. All Obama does is take credit for what others have done. I would put no credence on anything he supposedly did, especially in the IL senate where it has been repeatedly reported that he was assigned to many bills mostly completed by others, just so a U.S. senator could be “created” to get “pork” for his district. This man’s entire campaign is based on a carefully constructed fabrication of experience. Don’t anyone talk about Hillary “lying” when you have this guy’s record of compulsive lying out there.

I also heard Hilary’s remark about President Johnson and MLK and I did not hear anything that trivialized MLK’s accomplishments. First, his accomplishments were so huge that they simply can’t be trivialized. In my list of heroes, he’s way up there. Prez Johnson–though useful, pretty much forgotten. I know AA’s are very sensitive on subjects relating to race but sometimes you have to really think about a speaker’s true intent and H. Clinton would NEVER put down MLK. Shelgirl, I think you are really wise to question whether this black candidate is the right one to pin all your hopes and dreams on. If he isn’t then things will only get worse for people of color, not better. The country is definitely ready for an AA president but that first one needs to be somebody of the caliber more like MLK. If only…..

Yes, Lisa, thank you so much for pointing that out, however, I was talking to Shelgirl.

No Lisa, I didn’t mean to imply that it was a problem, I just was speaking about AA’s in a direct comment to someone else. I’m not meaning to offend anyone or leave anyone out. White Obama supporters were not relevant to my conversation with Shelgirl so that is why I didn’t refer to all Obama supporters, irregardless of color. I hope this makes things clear.

So you know for a fact, Mariann, that Obama lied to the King family. I wish I was privy to such personal info.

The Clintons never denigrated Martin Luther King, they praised him and gave him all the credit for his struggle along with thousands more in the struggle. All Hillary tried to do, in the context of electing a President in this campaign was to say how important a Presidential leader is. President Johnson got the legislation passed; so, it did take a President to help their struggle come to fruition.
Then what happened? As has been the case when she said it, someone looked for a wedge to ignite the African-American base, saying she said that King did not deserve the credit for the civil rights struggle. What a joke! Do any of you look at yourselves for the responsibility of this fallacy. I’ll admit that the biased media drummed it up, but, it is a falsehood.

You are dreaming if you think Hillary isn’t seething from the AA’s that she has lost. Look how Bill treated them in SC. She has gotten so good at lying throughout the years, it is very scary.

Exactly “how” did Bill treat the AA’s in SC? I can’t imagine him treating them with anything but respect as he always has. Anything else that supposedly happened is probably just more political spin.

Correcting post above, MLK was assassinated in 1968 (not 1967 (4 years after Goldwater ran, for you Obama people).

You made a typo which is easy to do. MLK was assassinated in 1968

“Like many of you here who are of a certain age, I will never forget where I was when Dr. King was killed. I was a junior in college, and I remember flying in steep and fast, then ducking and serpentine running to my dorm to avoid sniper fire (sniffle, sniffle)…” Clinton recalled.

On this day when presidential candidates McCain and Clinton came together in unity to honor MLK,they put aside campaigns and political differences for the sake of the goof cause and the message that this day is a symbol to overcome differences.
Then the question arises “Where was Obama” ,it should have been a day for all 3 candidates to stand side by side.
Why is Obama the man who likes to be known as the ” Uniter” not present with the other candidates on such a day ?
Obama continues to not back up in actions the man he likes to portraits himself to be .

the clintons have been for everyone… and they truly believe in equality…

I believe Obama send a message out loud and clear that he is not a “uniter” and that americans are catching on to his self-serving ways.

Yes, Randle, Hillary went to an all white church and brought the first African Americans ever to visit her church when she was young. Her youth minister challenged the young people to stand up for change and Hillary took it to heart, brought the AA visitors and the rest is history. She has been fighting for change ever since. I made it my business to research both candidates for the democratic party and Hillary is the real deal.

I bet this is the first time she got emotional about Kings assasination anniversary…specially in public.
well…its the right time…prepending pensylvania primay…
…TRY..CRY..LIE..
for votes….poll shows her Obame is cutting into her lead.

All candidates were invited to today’s ceremonies. Only Clinton and Mccain were respectful enough to travel to Memphis to take part in the remembrance. Barack Obama chose to stay on the campaign trail and then give a speech comparing himself to MLK. The arrogance of this man stuns me. Martin Luther King would never have taken money from a slumlord like Tony Rezko, whose lower income tenants were living without heat in the winter and living in dilapidated buildings, many of which are now boarded up. MLK had more courage and more integrity in his little finger than Barack Obama has in his entire body.

Let’s remind ourselves that Clinton and her surrogates are going all over the country telling people that Bi-racial candidate Obama can’t be elected because of the of his former Black minister’s, remarks in his Black church, i.e. A Black candidate can’t win — before we get to sucked in by Clinton’s overly rehearsed MLK tear-jerker.

I own book stores and I have effectively moved Hillary’s autobiography “Living History” to the FICTION aisle.
And if I hear any more BS I will move it to Science Fiction.
What I wonder is this – how can Hillary’s supporters be lied to in their faces and KNOW that she’s caught red handed and STILL back her???? I don’t get that.
I really want to know the answer to to that. And don’t give me “Barack is this and Barack is that….” This question is NOT about Barack…. it is about Clinton and her lies.
So answers??????

Damn Tom, way to hammer home my point!

Are you kidding me? How can someone get choked up as they are READING a speech. She can’t even speak from memory about where she was and how she felt, she is reading what someone has written for her. Perhaps they were afraid if they didn’t write it down she was start “remembering” something that didn’t happen?
That is the phoniest emotion to date; if you fall for that you are a fool.

SHE IS A GOOD ACTOR, I MUST GIVE IT TO HER. AFTER ALL, SHE HAS COMPARED HERSELF TO A FELLOW ACTOR, SILVESTER STALONE A.K.A ROCKY!

Starlight:
What is your problem? You seem to have gone to great lengths to ascertain the true ethnicity of Barack Obama, and by some mathematical formula you have concluded he is not African-America. So what? Does that make him less or more attractive as a candidate. I have NEVER read posts by anyone who is so wrapped up on a person’s race. Just what kind of racist are you. From your diatribe which meanders all over the place, it’s difficult to tell.

Hillary plays to the public with her tears! I hope she is being real.
It often saddens me to read the blogs these days. They are often very hateful and racist. Erroneous information is given and the writers seem heartless and ignorant. I pray for America because we need it!
sj

I felt that it was tacky for Clinton and McCain to show up at a memorial for MLK to garner votes for themselves. How selfish and opportunistic of them both.
I think for this reason Barack did the right thing in not wanting to distract from the moment but to honor it.
futhermore, has any of you Barack haters considered that it may have been dangerous for him to attend the memorial

Deb,
That is the dumbest comment I have heard. Clinton earned $109m in 7 years. My guess is that it is closer to $140m if you add 2007. My point is that if the Clintons are so good tell me what they have done?
Obama is not an empty suite. I am not even in the country but I can tell you this majority of Obama promisings are things he promised as state senator and he has delivered in Illinios, health care, early childhood education, tax breaks for the working class, worked on racial profiling.
Ignorance is a disease. The cure is a little research. Tell me what McCain has done I will give you more of what Obama has done.

Do you want more?

Glory
Tell me again what Obama has done to help Americans? I have never saw him out doing any charitable work for any causes. Before the Clintons’ were even running and throughout the Clinton years, she have been out championing efforts with time and money. Efforts mean more than words! Obama’s only efforts have been to help Obama..not others! This is a major character shortcoming that the American voters need to look at.

Hilary makes me want a puke
what a FAKE

McCain went to apologise after 20 years, and Hillary was crying.
Obama compared himself to MLK. How?
There are so many idiots in America. I am not there and I can tell 50% drop out. Go to school. Obama said MLK will not endose him or anyone else in a debate. By the way I watched Obama speech and never compared himself to MLK.

Hillary turned the MLK remembrance into a stump speech all about herself.
OBAMA IS THE ONLY CANDIDATE WHO TRULY UNDERSTANDS WHAT MLK WAS ALL ABOUT AND WHO HAS BEEN INFLUENCED TO THIS DAY BY HIS THINKING…
Barack Obama for President!
Make America Proud!

I’ve heard Hillary Clinton tell the story many times in speeches, and it rarely fails to bring a horrified gasp from the crowd: An uninsured and pregnant Ohio woman, working for minimum wage at a pizza parlor, is turned away from a hospital because she can’t come up with $100. The baby dies, and so does the woman. Clinton talks about how this woman haunts her, and how stories like this show the moral imperative–and the urgency–of fixing a badly broken health care system.
THE PROBLEM IS: IT DID NOT HAPPEN – AT LEAST THE WAY HILLARY TELLS IT. GO TO NEWSWEEK – POLITICS -

HRCs “non-Academy Award winning acting” was absolutely the pitts. She had to READ her “rememberance”. If she truly remembered the incident, she would not have had to read the entire account. I also noted that apparently the last line of her script must have said, “now don’t forget, try to squeeze out a tear so it appears to people that you are truly touched”. OMG, please give me a break. There was no way this could have been a “rememberance” unless you could associate it with her “rememberance” of her Bosnia trip since that was NOT real either. I do believe that Paris Hilton could have given a better performance and Paris can’t act either! Even if the Washington Post does not give them to her, I have to give her 4 pinochios here as well!

you people keep talking about Obama giving his church $270k, have you people ever heard of tithes? It is what God requires of each of us. I pay my tithes every week and I get blessed more than I could imagine. I ma a single mother of 5 and we are doing okay despite the Bush clam’s mess. I give all this credit to God because I am a tither. So if you tithe then you konw the blessing that come pouring your way. It’s required by God! If you are obident to God then you know this.

It looks like many Obama’s supporters do not use their brain cortex to justify their choice, but rather sub-cortical structures of the brain responsible for emotions, not logical reasoning. They display blind rage, aggression and pure hate towards anyone who has reservations about their favorite. (In science, we call such reactions as coming from the “reptile brain”.) Responsible people are using facts as a base to formulate their opinions and not hearsay, gossip or questionable sources.
Since there are people here who are obviously using unreliable resources to obtain their information, it seems that one has to set the record straight again.
So, here is another set of cold facts about achievements of both candidates.
FACT CHECK
Updated: 12:42 PM ET Apr 1, 2008
Summary
A misleading e-mail has been making the rounds, alleging that Clinton has fewer legislative accomplishments than Obama, and that they are less substantive. We’ve had questions about it from a number of readers, and blogs have jumped into the fray. So what’s the real story on the Senate careers of the Democratic presidential candidates?
We find that the e-mail is false in almost every particular:
It sets up a face-off between apples and, well, broccoli, comparing only the Clinton-sponsored bills that became law with all bills sponsored or cosponsored by Obama, whether they were signed into law or not.
It includes legislation Obama sponsored in the Illinois state Senate, a very different legislative body.
It tells us that Obama has sponsored more legislation than Clinton, when in fact he has sponsored less.
It implies that Obama has passed more bills into law than Clinton, when the opposite is true.
Contrary to the e-mail’s assertions, Clinton’s and Obama’s contributions are not qualitatively different, and quantitatively, Clinton has the edge.
What impresses us is how misleading the e-mail is. Its anonymous author doesn’t apply the same standards to Clinton’s record and Obama’s, thus leading to false conclusions about their legislative records. For Clinton, the e-mail claims to examine bills that the senator has sponsored and that were passed into law during her Senate career. For Obama, however, it counts both sponsored and cosponsored bills, whether they were passed or not. And – something the e-mail doesn’t state clearly – it counts bills Obama sponsored in the Illinois state Senate, before he was a United States senator.
An accurate comparison with the Clinton bills listed in the e-mail would have included only the bills Obama has sponsored that have been signed into law. This comparison favors Clinton heavily, since 19 of her bills in seven years have become law, while Obama has had just 2 (two) in his three years:
We counted only bills for which Obama or Clinton was the sole, original sponsor. The e-mail inflates Obama’s numbers by counting his cosponsored bills, but Sarah Binder, a fellow at the Brookings Institution and an expert on legislative politics, tells FactCheck.org that often “cosponsorship does not require a commitment of time, energy or resources – let alone the political or policy ingenuity that might generate a bill idea in the first place.” Tallying sponsored bills, says Binder, is “a better metric of a senator’s agenda, efforts and interests.”
Clinton has been in the Senate a little more than seven years; Obama, a little more than three. Using the numbers above, we calculate that Clinton has been the sole sponsor of a few more bills and resolutions per year – 51, to Obama’s 43. And she has steered twice as many through the Senate and almost four times as many into law per year, on average, as Obama has.
Barack Obama all legislative achievements.
S. 2125, A bill to promote relief, security, and democracy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
S. 3757, A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 950 Missouri Avenue in East St. Louis, Illinois, as the “Katherine Dunham Post Office Building.”
Here’s our list of bills solely sponsored by Clinton that became law (descriptions of each are verbatim from THOMAS.gov, the Library of Congress’ database of legislative information):
110th Congress:
S. 694, A bill to direct the Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations to reduce the incidence of child injury and death occurring inside or outside of light motor vehicles, and for other purposes.
109th Congress:
S. 272, A bill to designate certain National Forest System land in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System.
S. 1283, A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a program to assist family caregivers in accessing affordable and high-quality respite care, and for other purposes.
S. 2376, A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 80 Killian Road in Massapequa, New York, as the “Gerard A. Fiorenza Post Office Building.”
S. 2722, A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 170 East Main Street in Patchogue, New York, as the “Lieutenant Michael P. Murphy Post Office Building.”
S. 3613, A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2951 New York Highway 43 in Averill Park, New York, as the “Major George Quamo Post Office Building.”
S. 3716, A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 100 Pitcher Street in Utica, New York, as the “Captain George A. Wood Post Office Building.”
S. 3910, A bill to direct the Joint Committee on the Library to accept the donation of a bust depicting Sojourner Truth and to display the bust in a suitable location in the Capitol.
108th Congress:
S. 1241, A bill to establish the Kate Mullany National Historic Site in the State of New York, and for other purposes.
S. 1266, A bill to award a congressional gold medal to Dr. Dorothy Height, in recognition of her many contributions to the Nation.
S. 1425, A bill to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to reauthorize the New York City Watershed Protection Program.
S. 2838, A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 10 West Prospect Street in Nanuet, New York, as the “Anthony I. Lombardi Memorial Post Office Building.”
S. 2839, A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 555 West 180th Street in New York, New York, as the “Sergeant Riayan A. Tejeda Post Office.”
107th Congress:
S. 584, A bill to designate the United States courthouse located at 40 Centre Street in New York, New York, as the “Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse.”
S. 1422, A bill to provide for the expedited payment of certain benefits for a public safety officer who was killed or suffered a catastrophic injury as a direct and proximate result of a personal injury sustained in the line of duty in connection with the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
S. 1622, A bill to extend the period of availability of unemployment assistance under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act in the case of victims of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
S. 1892, A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 375 Carlls Path in Deer Park, New York, as the “Raymond M. Downey Post Office Building.”
S. 2496, A bill to provide for the establishment of investigative teams to assess building performance and emergency response and evacuation procedures in the wake of any building failure that has resulted in substantial loss of life or that posed significant potential of substantial loss of life, and for other purposes.
S. 2918, A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 380 Main Street in Farmingdale, New York, as the “Peter J. Ganci, Jr. Post Office Building.”
Obama Clinton
Years in Senate 3 7
Bills sponsored* 129 358
Bills passed by Senate 7 32
Bills signed into law 2 19
Sponsored, per year 43 51.1
Passed by Senate, per year 2.3 4.6
Signed into law, per year 0.7 2.7
*Sole original sponsor

Obama’s lead in the polls seems to bring out the spitefulness, the gnashing of teeth and telling of lies for those in the race behind him.

Hillary cries again?? Oh boy, whats to come if she’s pres?

I am so tired of Hilary’s crying fits. She should be a actress in Hollywood for all the lying and acting she does. She told a story about how she reacted when she heard Martin Luther King had been shot. And in that story she’s trying to make everybody think that she really cared so much about Dr. Martin Luther King. How do you all of a sudden care about something that you were once against. But in her earlier years she once campaigned hard for a man that was totally against the whole Civil Rights Movement. She lies so much that she can’t even remember the lies that she tell. Ms. Clinton is so fake, nothing about her is real. I felt that when she teared up in that speech she gave I felt that was not from the heart it was just another acting job for Ms. Clinton. Another attempt to get people to like her. Another way to get people to vote for her. She makes me sick.

That does it. I’m changing my name to “None of the above” and getting on the ballot for President. I will win by a landslide.

Very touching…Very smart…VERY PATHETIC! “And the winner is-HRC”

I do agree with the Canadian. The pettiness can become quite tiresome. I’m a Native American and to be honest, I think Obama or Hilary is exactly what this country needs. I’m tired and exhausted of where the power and concerns of this country has led us to. I think, just the redistribution of powers within the U.S. is a plus for all the minorities and women. Enough of all the Bush’s and McCain’s.