Hillary and Bill Clinton are still seething and are planning to “take a dump” at the Democratic convention later on this month, if their ROLE is not properly negotiated.
She told a gathering of supporters last week that she’s looking for a “strategy” for her delegates to have their voices heard and “respected” at the Democratic National Convention — and did not rule out the possibility of having her name placed into nomination at the convention alongside Sen. Barack Obama’s.
Time Magazine reports that while in public Clinton is doing everything she’s been asked to help Obama, behind the scenes she secretely wishes Obama should lose.
No matter how much they Tip-Toe around the issue, I strongly believe that their strategy (Clinton & Clinton) is to weaken Obama even further, in anticipation of running for office in 2012….[ MORE >> ]
Hillary is torn between two forces - one, is the “private wish” that McCain beats Obama this fall, and the other is “what-if Obama wins“….”how will we look if we don’t throw our ‘fake‘ support behind him?”
Bill Clinton on the other hand seems to be very bitter that he was labeled a racist during the Democratic primary. Interviewed by ABC News in Monrovia, Liberia while on his world AIDS tour with his foundation, Mr. Clinton talked a bit about the role he played in the failed presidential bid of his wife. And he still seemed to be smoldering about his portrayal by the media and others….as a BIGOT.
“But I am not a racist,” he said. “I’ve never made a racist comment and I never attacked him (Obama) personally.” Asked if he thought Obama was ready to be president, Bill gave some lame excuse that “nobody is ever ready” and that the Constitution sets out qualifications for president.
I don’t place you in the same category as the despicable right-wing THUGS in the Republican party, but you did exhibit behavior that millions of black people construed as racism — and that’s the one big reason which precipitated your wife’s defeat. Had you behaved yourself in South Carolina, I believe we might be looking at a power-packed Clinton-Obama ticket.
Apologize and move on….you will be forgiven!
We have a much more venomous snake to beat down — The ReTHUGlican Hate-Machine, starring: John “Drill My Wife” McCain.
THE REPUBLICAN CRIMINAL HATE-MACHINE — NOW HEADED BY JOHN MCCAIN
[Clockwise: Sean Hannity, James Dobson, Rush Limbaugh, Anne Coulter, Glenn Beck, Greta Van Susteren]
A Fellow Snake, ‘White-Nationalist’ THUG Pat Buchanan Skewers McCain
The McCain campaign – in a rerun of Hillary Clinton’s frustrations – are still searching for an effective formula for countering Obama’s appealing personality and fearsome political machine.
Too often, GOP insiders grumble, McCain’s strategy seems simply reactive. On Sunday, Obama announced he’d be meeting with his economic advisers on Monday. On Monday morning, the McCain campaign announced a conference call with his economic advisers.
McCain’s bitterness, frustration and near-obsession with Obama are on plain display: He even gave some free advertising to his opponent’s book the other day, complaining about the Illinois Democrat’s headline-grabbing trip.
“We rejected the audacity of hopelessness, and we were right,” the Arizona Republican said Friday, playing off the title of Obama’s book “The Audacity of Hope.” …[ MORE >> ]
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The BUMBLING senator from Arizona is feeling the heat, and has resorted to what amounts to hurling insults via un-coordinated TV ads and stupid “I am more patriotic” statements in Town Hall meetings. For example, the one below in which he accuses obama of not visiting the troops in Germany — using footage of Obama with the troops in Kuwait!!:
Obama — We are one America
Perhaps the most stupid of McCain’s current Ads — is the one in which, a narrator ominously intones that gas prices have gone to “$4, $5 [with] no end in sight, because some in Washington are still saying no to drilling in America. No to independence from foreign oil.” Then the announcer asks, “Who can you blame for rising prices at the pump?” A crowd chants, “Obama, Obama,” and Obama’s face appears.
McCain TV Ad — “Pump”
Typical Republican poison — that will escalate as these THUGS become more desperate, as the campaign finale approaches.
The notion that Obama is singlehandedly responsible for rising gasoline prices is ludicrous.
The war in Iraq and Afghanistan, increasing demand from emerging powers like China and India, “big-Oil-business” manipulations by the current and previous Republican administrations, and the extravagance and greed of Americans — are responsible for the current crisis.
Not Obama, Mr. McSAME!!!
It is my opinion that the only reasons why McCain has survived this far are:
1. The damage Hillary Clinton inflicted on Obama during their brutal primary contest
2. A good chunk of America is still fearful of a black man ruling them, even if he is 50% white and 50% black. As high-octane as Obama is — if he were 100% pure white, McCain would have been dead-meat as early as the first day he became the presumptive nominee of the ReTHUGlican party.
Meanwhile, the criminal cabal of George Bush and Dick Cheney have their guns “fully loaded” in support of John McCain — A fusillade of “500 LB” bombs aimed squarely at Obama.
We will see.
Paul Jenkins Writes:
That Obama is actually able to listen to facts, absorb them and analyze them should be a good thing. We assume that those skills came in handy throughout his life, not least at Harvard, where he graduated near top of his law school class.
This, of course, now makes him an elitist, as he would not be expected by the old DC guard to possess any such competence (charisma perhaps, analytical ability no.)
Both McCain (894th out of 899 at Annapolis) and George W. Bush revel in their under-achieving school days, as if this made these scions of hyper-privilege any closer to real people.
This tactic clearly succeeded well enough for Bush to be elected president twice, and McCain to be nominated once. But there is a sense that American voters may not be taken in again and that they may actually enjoy as president someone who isn’t an inbred moron or a senile fratboy. ….[ MORE >> ]
As Obama gained the nomination of the Democratic party last night, Hillary Clinton scoffed and narcissistically refused to concede.
Obama Acknowledges Crowd in Minnesota
Clinton congratulated Obama — not for winning the nomination, but for running an “extraordinary race.” She recognized Obama and his supporters “for all they accomplished.”
Also, and very ungraciously, Clinton the “wicked witch” told the crowd in New York City: “Because of you, we won together the swing states necessary to get to 270 electoral votes.” “I want the nearly 18 million Americans who voted for me to be respected, to be heard and no longer to be invisible.” — translate that to: “Obama, I will crawl underneath your skin until you offer me the Vice-Presidency, so that I may accept it or refuse it and then — shove it in your face, in readiness for 2012 elections — since I have done much damage to your candidacy, and I am sure you will lose to John McCain.”
… or simply: “You must woo me if you want to prevail in November,” after all…”I have the ‘White Female Vote‘ and the ‘Bigot vote‘ in my corner!”
What does she really want?
Answer: To be [Vice-President and Co-President] come hell or high water….in her own terms.
Here are some comments from a cross-section of TV pundits:
“Clearly, she’s trying to position herself, keep her options open.” — NBC’s Tim Russert, on HRC’s speech (MSNBC).
“Well whatever that was, it wasn’t a concession speech.” — Fox News Channel’s Brit Hume
“If I were Barack Obama, if I heard that speech, I would not be very happy. … They are living in parallel universes right now.” — CNN’s Gloria Borger.
“This was a defiant speech, against all the kind of advice that [heavyweights] within the Democratic Party gave her” — Ex-White House adviser David Gergen, on whether he was surprised by Clinton’s speech (CNN).
“She did everything but offer Obama the vice presidency” — GOP strategist Alex Castellanos (CNN).
Clinton’s unwillingness to salute Obama as the presumptive Democratic nominee should be the ‘last straw‘ in my opinion, and should be the prompt he needs to deny her the vice presidential slot.
Winning an election with Hillary and Bill in tow would just be as excruciating as losing with them — to John McCain.
Obama should put his foot down — win or lose. Allowing Hillary to run with him under her own “co-presidency terms,” would thoroughly undermine Obama’s CHANGE campaign.
……and if she is thinking of running in 2012 (if McCain wins this year), then if I were Obama, I would challenge her on an independent ticket….as payback for the “malicious damage” she has done to him during this primary.
Hillary Clinton is a “wild political animal,” worse than a desperate and hungry spotted hyena roaming the wilds of East Africa — she is capable of, and is very ready to break Obama’s “political bones,” in order to get what she wants — POWER!
Earlier in Kenner, Louisiana, John McBOMB also gave a speech in which he tried draw a sharp contrast with Bush — a pathetic attempt to insulate himself from the radioactive George McDUMB Bush. McCain praised Clinton but sarcastically referred to Obama as a candidate delivered to the American people by the media and superdelagates…..[MORE]
1. A yearning for change: Clinton underestimated Democrats’ yearning for something beyond politics as usual and their disdain for the Iraq war and George W. Bush. Clinton’s 2002 vote to authorize the war became a symbol of status quo, allowing Obama, who had opposed the war, to become the agent of change on an issue that had inflamed the left.
When the nomination fight boiled down to Clinton versus Obama, the 35 years of experience Clinton constantly talked about became a liability as Obama became an exciting and plausible alternative.
“She made an initial strategic blunder by focusing on experience in a Democratic primary,” said Dick Morris, who once advised former President Bill Clinton and has become a harsh critic of Sen. Clinton. “They don’t want experience. They want change and newness. That’s why they’re Democrats.”
2. Hot and cold persona: Clinton could never seem to settle on a political style or persona. In her defense, she may have been hurt by gender bias. While Obama drew praise for his ability to invoke passion in his audiences, emotion was radioactive for Clinton. She was criticized as either too hot or too cold, rarely a transcendent figure, and not authentic. When she became teary-eyed before the New Hampshire primary, defenders saw it as a rare glimpse into her soul while detractors saw it as calculated.
She also hurt herself with false claims of ducking sniper fire during a trip to Bosnia when she was first lady. A Gallup Poll in March found half of Americans doubted her honesty and trustworthiness, twice the percentage that had the same doubts about Obama or presumptive Republican nominee John McCain.
3. Race trumped gender: When Democratic voters assessed the breakthrough aspects of having a black man or white woman head their ticket, race ultimately won out over gender. The excitement over Obama’s candidacy and the prospect of the first black nominee of a major political party brought young voters into a process they had ignored in the past. Black women, especially, were torn, but overwhelmingly settled on Obama after he won predominantly white Iowa.
Although Clinton still regularly won among women, the movement of black women and younger women to Obama cut into her strongest base, said Debbie Walsh, director of the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University.
4. Tactical errors: While Clinton focused on winning the big states, Obama racked up a delegate lead by winning most of the smaller states’ primaries and caucuses. Clinton put a lot of her eggs in the Super Tuesday basket and her campaign seemed unprepared fiscally and strategically for the fight to go on past Feb. 5, when more than 20 states voted. But no clear victor emerged that day and there were more states than that left to vote. Clinton had to lend her campaign money, and her campaign manager stepped down amid reports of infighting among her strategists.
Clinton was ill served by other advisers, whose ego clashes or professional blunders often made news. She demoted longtime “chief strategist” Mark Penn after it was revealed he was working to help the government of Colombia get a free trade agreement with the U.S. while Clinton was campaigning against the deal.
5. So close on issues: Obama outflanked Clinton on the left or successfully argued there was little difference between them on everything from ending Bush’s tax cuts for the rich to improving health care to revisiting trade deals like NAFTA. In debates, the two Democratic rivals themselves noted they had similar positions on some issues.
And while both agreed on the need to get out of Iraq, Clinton had to defend her 2002 vote authorizing the use of force in Iraq while Obama repeatedly pointed out his early opposition to the war.
“While I think that her vote on Iraq was a responsible vote, she may have underestimated the degree to which the far left in the Democratic Party is on the ascendancy,” said Gary Bauer, a longtime conservative activist and 2000 Republican presidential candidate.
As voters’ concerns dramatically shifted from the war to the economy, both candidates changed messages. Clinton was able to win some big, late primaries with an economic populist message targeting blue-collar voters, but by then she was behind in delegates. Obama painted her proposal for a 90-day gas-tax holiday as politics-as-usual pandering that wouldn’t solve the energy crisis.
6. One word: Bill: While some voters fond of Bill Clinton’s presidency saw voting for Hillary Clinton as getting two for one, others loathed the thought of the scandal-tainted ex-president back in the White House. A string of Bush-Clinton-Bush-Clinton presidencies also was an unpleasant thought for some. Then Bill Clinton infused race into the campaign during the crucial South Carolina primary by comparing Obama’s victory to Jesse Jackson’s in 1988. He spent later stages of the campaign hitting small colleges and small towns where he faced less media scrutiny.
7. Obama the phenom: In Obama, the candidate became the message. Obama’s national appeal, backed up by a broader and deeper national campaign strategy than Clinton had, was arguably the most important reason for her loss. As a long campaign progressed, Obama got more comfortable on the stump and in debates, drew massive crowds and evoked “Change” sign-waving, cell phone photo-snapping and swooning from supporters. Her supporters complained that the media, wowed by the phenomenon, didn’t ask Obama tough questions.
Capitalizing on the ease of Internet fundraising, Obama turned the phenom factor into a political gold mine, out-raising Clinton, sometimes at an unprecedented clip of more than $1 million a day.
Clinton’s unwillingness to salute Obama as the presumptive Democratic nominee should be the ‘last straw‘ in my opinion, and should be the prompt he needs to deny her the vice presidential slot.
