Imagine, if you will, the uproar had Hillary Clinton been "hanging around" West Hollywood....
"Hillary Victim of Hate Crime!!"
What would Keith Olbermann say? OMG!!!!
Here is what Hillary would say:
More funding and stricter sentencing for hate crimes.
Clinton co-sponsored the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act:
Title: To provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes.
Summary:
Provide technical, forensic, prosecutorial, or other assistance in the criminal investigation or prosecution of any violent crime that is motivated by prejudice based on the race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, or disability of the victim or is a violation of hate crime laws.
Award grants to assist State and local law enforcement officials with extraordinary expenses for interstate hate crimes.
Award grants to State and local programs designed to combat hate crimes committed by juveniles.
Prohibit specified offenses involving actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, or disability.
Increase criminal sentencing for adult recruitment of juveniles to commit hate crimes.
Collect and publish data about crimes that manifest evidence of prejudice based on gender.
Source: House Resolution Sponsorship 01-HR1343 on Apr 3, 2001
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Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Wednesday, June 04, 2008
FUTURE BREAKING NEWS: THE YEAR 2019
Groundbreaking took place earlier today outside Chicago for the Barack Obama Presidential Library, just three years after the one-time Illinois Senator completed two terms in office as America's first African-American President.
In a related story, former New York Senator Hillary Clinton announced she has not conceded the 2008 Democratic Primary race just yet, and will be meeting with her advisers and other party leaders later this week to see how the groundbreaking will affect her future role in the party, and her future personally in politics.
In a related story, former New York Senator Hillary Clinton announced she has not conceded the 2008 Democratic Primary race just yet, and will be meeting with her advisers and other party leaders later this week to see how the groundbreaking will affect her future role in the party, and her future personally in politics.
Saturday, March 01, 2008
Live From New York, it's Hillary...and Hillary!
DEFT political move on the part of the Clinton campaign. Could be the best decision they've made since New Hampshire.
Click here for the "preview" article; I can confirm, she was on. Though she wasn't the greatest (after all, she's not an improv comedienne), her "Live From New York" intro was good and will be all over the news through Tuesday.
Click here for the "preview" article; I can confirm, she was on. Though she wasn't the greatest (after all, she's not an improv comedienne), her "Live From New York" intro was good and will be all over the news through Tuesday.
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Media Coverage of Clinton v. Obama.....
There are some dynamics going on here that, frankly, I'm not sure I've heard many people bring up or discuss with regard to who the media likes (Obama), who they are unfair to (Clinton), et al.
First, Barack Obama.
1) When was the last time there was a Presidential campaign featuring a fresh new face from the "outside"? Answer: 1992, when Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton burst onto the scene, and captured the Presidency in the three-way dance with Bush 41 and Ross Perot.
2) Was that campaign (Clinton '92) fairly covered? I was in the media for that election year, and it was painfully obvious that, first, Clinton was able to run against, frankly, a tired-looking President. The Ross Perot phenomenon in the Spring and early Summer caused Clinton to lose face time, much to his campaign's chagrin. But once his 15 minutes of fame passed by, Clinton returned to the spotlight.
3) So when was Clinton the media darling in 1992? Well, early on, thanks to the "60 Minutes---Stand By Your Man" opportunity, he became the "Comeback Kid" by finishing second (?) in New Hampshire. Then, the "man from Hope" got the royal treatment right here in Richmond at the Presidential debate best known for President Bush looking at his watch and the question from the pony-tailed guy....
From the debate transcript....
SIMPSON: May I--I talked to this audience before you gentlemen came and I asked them about how they felt about the tenor of the campaign. Would you like to let them know what you thought about that, when I said are you pleased with how the campaign's been going? (Audience: "No.")
SIMPSON: Who wants to say why you don't like the way the campaign is going? We have a gentleman back here.
AUDIENCE PARTICIPANT: And forgive the notes here but I'm shy on camera. The focus of my work as a domestic mediator is meeting the needs of the children that I work with, by way of their parents, and not the wants of their parents. And I ask the three of you, how can we, as symbolically the children of the future president, expect the two of you, the three of you to meet our needs, the needs in housing and in crime and you name it, as opposed to the wants of your political spin doctors and your political parties?
SIMPSON: So your question is?
AUDIENCE PARTICIPANT: Can we focus on the issues and not the personalities and the mud? I think there's a need, if we could take a poll here with the folks from Gallup perhaps, I think there's a real need here to focus at this point on the needs.
SIMPSON: How do you respond? How do you gentlemen respond to--
GOVERNOR CLINTON: I agree with him.
PRESIDENT BUSH: Let's do it.
SIMPSON: President Bush?
PRESIDENT BUSH: Let's do it. Let's talk about programs for children.
AUDIENCE PARTICIPANT: Could we cross our hearts? It sounds silly here but could we make a commitment? You know, we're not under oath at this point but could you make a commitment to the citizens of the United States to meet our needs, and we have many, and not yours again? I repeat that. It's a real need, I think, that we all have.
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"Meet our needs". Meet our needs??? Government is supposed to do that? That's called SOCIALISM.
Anyway, Clinton thrived in those situations, not to mention moderator Carole Simpson, (then of ABC News), was so into Clinton it wasn't funny.
So, lesson? Sometimes the media give you a lighter treatment.
Is the media's coverage of Barack Obama been as tough as it has been for Hillary Clinton? No way! But it's NOT really because, suddenly, everybody with a microphone, a videophone, all pundits and bloggers, voted to turn on her en masse.
In 2008, Barack Obama is the fresh face. He represents "new" at another point in history where "change" is being sought by the electorate. Go back and look at Clinton's 1992 campaign and see how the terms "hope" and "change" were utilized to his advantage. Deft political move in that kind of political climate.
Obama's doing the same thing. He's bringing people into the political process, and not just very young voters, that either had never participated or had walked away for a period of time.
Fresh face, candidate of hope and change, and, as his campaign revved up, it's become a phenomenon that the media has no choice but to cover it. And it's a positive story! It's reality, so the media MUST cover that.
So, dynamic of Obama's media coverage? New face, rallying new electorate groups, effective communicator, aligns with the individual, and has effectively made himself the poster boy for "change and hope".
Now...the dynamic of Hillary's media coverage. Establishment candidate. Her track record in the White House left at least 40 percent of the active electorate of, say, a year ago, against her. That makes it more difficult to be able to capture a general election. In spite of that, a year, six months, heck, four months ago, Hillary was THE presumed Democratic nominee!
Then she got pissed at Tim Russert over his questioning to her at an early debate (which was a poor move on her part....first, don't blame others; second, if you are the presumed front-runner, you should be able to answer questions that reporters won't spend time asking Dennis Kucinich, because we all know he's not going to win!
Then, as the Obama Phenomenon caught on, especially after his win (albeit by a small margin) over Edwards and Clinton in Iowa, the media went to the inevitable "Clinton Question".
What's wrong?
Tell ANYONE last August that she would finish third in Iowa and people would check your temperature.
Then, she triumphantly returns in New Hampshire and the game is on, again!
But then there's South Carolina....and Bill. Bill Clinton quickly becomes a liability with sound bites played everywhere. After all, he IS a former President! So, Hillary takes him out of sight for a season.
So as Obama is a rising star, his star is headed straight for, well, the Planet Clinton. Suddenly, she's not the only candidate in the stratosphere. Suddenly, she can't hold on to the money she wants to save until fall. She has to use it now!
One, two, three.....six, seven.....eleven races in a row for Obama and everything, EVERYTHING has changed.
Obama performs well in debates, is able to deflect most of her attacks and remain pretty much positive and "above the fray", which his constituents love (and rightly so).
Nothing is working for the Clinton campaign, and, suddenly, the inevitable Democratic nomination is starting to slip away from Hillary Clinton. And ever since, their chief architects seem to be either tearing each other down or living in "delusion-land".
ROB'S BOTTOM LINE:
Obama is getting more "positive" media treatment, at this time of the political campaign. Why? He's the Bill Clinton of 2008. New, fresh, with a message of hope and change. And, whereas the media gave Bill a "get away from Gennifer Free" card 16 years ago, they haven't had to do that with Obama. His entire campaign story is filled with positives. That does NOT, though, give the media "artistic license" to not ask him tougher questions and to not begin to dig into all of his past. There are dynamics to Obama 2008 that make the story of Clinton 1992 look very small in comparison.
And I never said anything about him being African-American.
Clinton? Yes, tougher questions. But going from an "inevitable" nominee to an even playing field, followed by an 11-state losing streak will certainly cause the tone of the media queries to be more "what is going on?" or "what is wrong?", or "what can your campaign do to stem the Obama tide?" It's like being a football coach.
Take New York Giants football coach Tom Loughlin. I'm a Giants fan. I was screaming for his head at the end of the 2006 season. They collapsed in the second half of that season both on and off the field and played one horrendous playoff game.
Now, Tom's getting peppered with tough questions as to why the collapse occurred, if there really is infighting in the locker room, are you still able to "reach" the team.
One year later....Coughlin's team wins an improbable Super Bowl title, is the toast of New York City, and, watching his press conference the next day, I didn't hear many "tough" questions. Why? Success!
We didn't hear "why are you so tough on me?" questions from Hillary and unfair accusations against the media by Bill, complete with his signature wagging-finger, last summer or fall.....when she was "head and shoulders" above the other 11 or 57 or 108 other candidates.
But we do now from a campaign that, I honestly believe, never, ever spent one minute discussing "what if?" strategy, just in case by some weird twist of fate, one of those "other guys" happens to get some traction and begins to become a clear cut second choice in polls and gathering steam.
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What was Bill Clinton's blessing in 1992 has become Hillary Clinton's albatross in 2008. Also NOT helping her is her past. Remember "vote one get one free!" from Bill Clinton? How about Hillary heads the Health Care effort, though she doesn't hold elective office? And, to this day, we really don't know how many "Hillary Clintons" there really are. She hasn't thrown a lamp at David Gregory or Kate Snow yet.
She's probably saving it for her next one-on-one with Tim Russert.
Who she has been (in all her incarnations) now returns to haunt her.
And notice I never said a word about "first woman President".
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TO CLOSE (promise!)
They asked Bill Belicheck, "what went wrong?" and Tom Coughlin "how does it feel?"
Bill B equals Hillary, Tom equals Obama.
First, Barack Obama.
1) When was the last time there was a Presidential campaign featuring a fresh new face from the "outside"? Answer: 1992, when Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton burst onto the scene, and captured the Presidency in the three-way dance with Bush 41 and Ross Perot.
2) Was that campaign (Clinton '92) fairly covered? I was in the media for that election year, and it was painfully obvious that, first, Clinton was able to run against, frankly, a tired-looking President. The Ross Perot phenomenon in the Spring and early Summer caused Clinton to lose face time, much to his campaign's chagrin. But once his 15 minutes of fame passed by, Clinton returned to the spotlight.
3) So when was Clinton the media darling in 1992? Well, early on, thanks to the "60 Minutes---Stand By Your Man" opportunity, he became the "Comeback Kid" by finishing second (?) in New Hampshire. Then, the "man from Hope" got the royal treatment right here in Richmond at the Presidential debate best known for President Bush looking at his watch and the question from the pony-tailed guy....
From the debate transcript....
SIMPSON: May I--I talked to this audience before you gentlemen came and I asked them about how they felt about the tenor of the campaign. Would you like to let them know what you thought about that, when I said are you pleased with how the campaign's been going? (Audience: "No.")
SIMPSON: Who wants to say why you don't like the way the campaign is going? We have a gentleman back here.
AUDIENCE PARTICIPANT: And forgive the notes here but I'm shy on camera. The focus of my work as a domestic mediator is meeting the needs of the children that I work with, by way of their parents, and not the wants of their parents. And I ask the three of you, how can we, as symbolically the children of the future president, expect the two of you, the three of you to meet our needs, the needs in housing and in crime and you name it, as opposed to the wants of your political spin doctors and your political parties?
SIMPSON: So your question is?
AUDIENCE PARTICIPANT: Can we focus on the issues and not the personalities and the mud? I think there's a need, if we could take a poll here with the folks from Gallup perhaps, I think there's a real need here to focus at this point on the needs.
SIMPSON: How do you respond? How do you gentlemen respond to--
GOVERNOR CLINTON: I agree with him.
PRESIDENT BUSH: Let's do it.
SIMPSON: President Bush?
PRESIDENT BUSH: Let's do it. Let's talk about programs for children.
AUDIENCE PARTICIPANT: Could we cross our hearts? It sounds silly here but could we make a commitment? You know, we're not under oath at this point but could you make a commitment to the citizens of the United States to meet our needs, and we have many, and not yours again? I repeat that. It's a real need, I think, that we all have.
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"Meet our needs". Meet our needs??? Government is supposed to do that? That's called SOCIALISM.
Anyway, Clinton thrived in those situations, not to mention moderator Carole Simpson, (then of ABC News), was so into Clinton it wasn't funny.
So, lesson? Sometimes the media give you a lighter treatment.
Is the media's coverage of Barack Obama been as tough as it has been for Hillary Clinton? No way! But it's NOT really because, suddenly, everybody with a microphone, a videophone, all pundits and bloggers, voted to turn on her en masse.
In 2008, Barack Obama is the fresh face. He represents "new" at another point in history where "change" is being sought by the electorate. Go back and look at Clinton's 1992 campaign and see how the terms "hope" and "change" were utilized to his advantage. Deft political move in that kind of political climate.
Obama's doing the same thing. He's bringing people into the political process, and not just very young voters, that either had never participated or had walked away for a period of time.
Fresh face, candidate of hope and change, and, as his campaign revved up, it's become a phenomenon that the media has no choice but to cover it. And it's a positive story! It's reality, so the media MUST cover that.
So, dynamic of Obama's media coverage? New face, rallying new electorate groups, effective communicator, aligns with the individual, and has effectively made himself the poster boy for "change and hope".
Now...the dynamic of Hillary's media coverage. Establishment candidate. Her track record in the White House left at least 40 percent of the active electorate of, say, a year ago, against her. That makes it more difficult to be able to capture a general election. In spite of that, a year, six months, heck, four months ago, Hillary was THE presumed Democratic nominee!
Then she got pissed at Tim Russert over his questioning to her at an early debate (which was a poor move on her part....first, don't blame others; second, if you are the presumed front-runner, you should be able to answer questions that reporters won't spend time asking Dennis Kucinich, because we all know he's not going to win!
Then, as the Obama Phenomenon caught on, especially after his win (albeit by a small margin) over Edwards and Clinton in Iowa, the media went to the inevitable "Clinton Question".
What's wrong?
Tell ANYONE last August that she would finish third in Iowa and people would check your temperature.
Then, she triumphantly returns in New Hampshire and the game is on, again!
But then there's South Carolina....and Bill. Bill Clinton quickly becomes a liability with sound bites played everywhere. After all, he IS a former President! So, Hillary takes him out of sight for a season.
So as Obama is a rising star, his star is headed straight for, well, the Planet Clinton. Suddenly, she's not the only candidate in the stratosphere. Suddenly, she can't hold on to the money she wants to save until fall. She has to use it now!
One, two, three.....six, seven.....eleven races in a row for Obama and everything, EVERYTHING has changed.
Obama performs well in debates, is able to deflect most of her attacks and remain pretty much positive and "above the fray", which his constituents love (and rightly so).
Nothing is working for the Clinton campaign, and, suddenly, the inevitable Democratic nomination is starting to slip away from Hillary Clinton. And ever since, their chief architects seem to be either tearing each other down or living in "delusion-land".
ROB'S BOTTOM LINE:
Obama is getting more "positive" media treatment, at this time of the political campaign. Why? He's the Bill Clinton of 2008. New, fresh, with a message of hope and change. And, whereas the media gave Bill a "get away from Gennifer Free" card 16 years ago, they haven't had to do that with Obama. His entire campaign story is filled with positives. That does NOT, though, give the media "artistic license" to not ask him tougher questions and to not begin to dig into all of his past. There are dynamics to Obama 2008 that make the story of Clinton 1992 look very small in comparison.
And I never said anything about him being African-American.
Clinton? Yes, tougher questions. But going from an "inevitable" nominee to an even playing field, followed by an 11-state losing streak will certainly cause the tone of the media queries to be more "what is going on?" or "what is wrong?", or "what can your campaign do to stem the Obama tide?" It's like being a football coach.
Take New York Giants football coach Tom Loughlin. I'm a Giants fan. I was screaming for his head at the end of the 2006 season. They collapsed in the second half of that season both on and off the field and played one horrendous playoff game.
Now, Tom's getting peppered with tough questions as to why the collapse occurred, if there really is infighting in the locker room, are you still able to "reach" the team.
One year later....Coughlin's team wins an improbable Super Bowl title, is the toast of New York City, and, watching his press conference the next day, I didn't hear many "tough" questions. Why? Success!
We didn't hear "why are you so tough on me?" questions from Hillary and unfair accusations against the media by Bill, complete with his signature wagging-finger, last summer or fall.....when she was "head and shoulders" above the other 11 or 57 or 108 other candidates.
But we do now from a campaign that, I honestly believe, never, ever spent one minute discussing "what if?" strategy, just in case by some weird twist of fate, one of those "other guys" happens to get some traction and begins to become a clear cut second choice in polls and gathering steam.
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What was Bill Clinton's blessing in 1992 has become Hillary Clinton's albatross in 2008. Also NOT helping her is her past. Remember "vote one get one free!" from Bill Clinton? How about Hillary heads the Health Care effort, though she doesn't hold elective office? And, to this day, we really don't know how many "Hillary Clintons" there really are. She hasn't thrown a lamp at David Gregory or Kate Snow yet.
She's probably saving it for her next one-on-one with Tim Russert.
Who she has been (in all her incarnations) now returns to haunt her.
And notice I never said a word about "first woman President".
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TO CLOSE (promise!)
They asked Bill Belicheck, "what went wrong?" and Tom Coughlin "how does it feel?"
Bill B equals Hillary, Tom equals Obama.
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Live Blog: The Final Debate???
Too good of an opportunity to pass up......
....but we also will update you on Big Brother...... :)
One quick thought.....will Obama Girl get to ask a question? :)
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I don't care much for Brian Williams. He reminds me (and it certainly may not be true) of the guy who is pretty sure he knows a little more than you do.
Tim Russert is fine by me.
904pm-----Clinton camp yells, "The press did it again!!" They showed two of the faces of Hillary.
905pm-----First use of "15 million people left out of health insurance"....
906pm-----"....so far as I know....." She doesn't know yet if the Obama picture came from her camp?
907pm-----Obama's first comments: negative mailings about "15 million people". Is this our drinking game mantra tonight?
908pm-----"force them to have it...." Those without health care? Force them? Want to hear Hillary's response.....
909pm-----"Senator Clinton....her campaign that is.....", separating her just a bit from the mailings. Obama trying to go both ways here?
910pm-----"Do what is right", Clinton says regarding having health care for everyone. Clinton uses "insurance" first; good move by her. Everyone hates their health insurance people! Unless they work there. :)
"Achieve Universal Health Care"? Party represented this since Harry Truman? Who are the "independents" who have studied her plan?
912pm-----Obama I do, she says I don't. Obama pulls out a Clinton Secretary of Labor who approves his plan as better financially.
How does she "enforce a mandate", he asks? Massachusetts imposes fines?
913pm-----Clinton: "This is too important!" No difference in any mandate, she says! Good point, number two. But now she throws in Social Security and Medicare. Shaky move as it proves her plan is nothing more than a government takeover of 15 percent of the nation's GDP.....
"...nearly everybody"?? She really used that term??
915pm-----It's Obama's experts vs. Clinton's experts!! Put 'em in a steel cage!!! Hit the experts with a chair!!!!
Obama strikes a blow. "Clinton's experts say there's not much difference in the plans"....
917pm-----Clinton very aggressive, using the emergency room scenario and young people will die!! Obama's got you covered up to age 25.
918pm-----Brian Williams says 16 minutes is enough on health care.
I HEAR BOOS!!! STUPID MOVE, HILLARY!!!! Whine, whine, whine!! "Why do I always get the first question? Should we ask Senator Obama if he's comfortable?"
Obviously, she is already frustrated that she apparently didn't score the blow she personally hoped for on the health care issue. So now it's, "THE PRESS DOESN'T LIKE ME!!!" Good Lord, what was the question???
Oh, NAFTA!
Hillary says I'm anti-NAFTA (but the 90s??) and we should have a "real debate". Obama returns serve with Hillary's 2004 quote on NAFTA and New York State. He applauds Hillary for her stand now, subtly. Man, he's deft. He brings in the China toys and foreign medicines.
No sweat on his brow yet.....
923pm: Russert to Clinton....oh, lots of quotes from hubby and her. NAFTA gone in six months under Hillary? Be clear! No "gone", we must renegotiate.
She bounces back on splitting the issue by splitting her state geographically.
Russert vs. Clinton II: Apparently Hillary says Russert doesn't read the Cleveland Plain Dealer. This is great! NOW, if Russert would just press Obama the SAME way!!
David Gergen says in the White House, she wasn't happy about NAFTA. But people also say she never threw lamps.
Russert to Obama....renegotiate. "Senator Clinton is right". If that's his heart, then cool. Otherwise, maybe he's not as schooled on this issue. Rest of this answer sounds solid.
Obama Strategy: "If there's no difference between us on an issue, agree, compliment, then discuss your knowledge and solutions".
Russert: Excellent turnaround on Obama with regard to Ohio!! Obama skirts answer, says "I've got a plan". Don't sound like Kerry!!! Weak point for him tonight.
930pm....ALREADY!!
BIG BROTHER UPDATE AT 930pm: Allison is going after Sheila.
Russert to Clinton, again.....is 5 million too exuberant? 5 million new jobs???
You didn't get 200,000 jobs for New York State, you lost 30,000!!
She thought Al Gore would be President. Wonder if there was an asterisk on that comment back then?
Ohio becomes her Green State! No more Red and Blue states??
933pm: She'd never compare us to Germany in a debate in the general campaign!
934pm: Foreign policy question from Williams to Obama regarding Clinton comparing you to Bush 43. How were those comments unfair?
Obama: Experience doesn't equal longevity in Washington. He goes to the Iraq War vote, which is always a killer for Hillary. 12 billion dollars a month sent out when it should be here.
He now goes over Pakistan, telling truth about Musharrf (certainly not our greatest ally!!).....
Hillary? Are we taking a chance with Barack?
"You know, I've been here and there, done this and that.....". NEW strategy on Iraq question. He didn't have to vote in 2002!!! He was just talking!!!
Is this a good move on her "talking only, no results" theme? Good shot, if you ask me. Good move, Hillary!
938pm: Obama said he wanted to bomb Pakistan. His hands come down, but he didn't try to interrupt. Oh dear, back to 80 countries (somebody check her visa!!)....."I can hold my own." Does this mean Obama will wither??
Obama says it's more than words. "It's not I told you so, it's to give you insight as to how I make decisions." "Bus in the ditch....who made the decision to do that? She gave in to George Bush "on Day One". WOW!!!!!
SERIOUS counterpunch by Barack. This is a GREAT exchange, though I have a faint hope that somehow, still, we may still get one exchange without the words "experience and change".
Final sentence by Obama putting Clinton's war vote in McCain's camp until her run for President....serious shot to the gut!
Russert to Obama: Iraq says "GET OUT!" Do you get out, Obama? He says yes, but also meet our security interests.
"Careful getting out as careless as we were getting in." Good line. Bet he didn't come up with it. :)
Russert to Clinton: "GET OUT?" You'd listen? Hillary, "absolutely!"
We interrupt for Russert's do we go back in? As he put it, "...and Iraq goes to hell"...
Hillary "you're hypothetical, Tim!"
Russert: "No, it's reality."
Clinton: "No, this isn't reality."
That'll be a BAD SOUND BITE for Hillary.
945pm: A new left hook from Hillary; if Barack's gonna talk about being on the Armed Services Committee, what about NATO? Why haven't you had any hearings?
946pm: Obama honestly answers about the committee! Good move!
Obama: "I will always reserve the right as President.....we will have to act in the best interests of the American homeland and our interests abroad....make sure we hunt them down."
THAT sounds more Presidential than picking on Tim Russert......
BIG BROTHER UPDATE: Amanda is back from the hospital and she's okay. She learns about Allison, who now returns. :) And they have a heart to heart....
BACK TO CLEVELAND: Ya think Hillary came out late on purpose to get some love??
Hmmm....the "celestial choir" soundbite! Obama: "Sounds good!"
It's a tape aired in error! Really? Obama: "I'll give her points for delivery."
Tell the wounded warriors at Walter Reed Hospital that it's all talk, he says. Obama had this answer ready probably late Sunday afternoon after he saw the soundbite for the first time.
BIG BROTHER UPDATE: The Power of Veto is NOT used! Alex and Amanda or Matt and Natalie say goodbye tomorrow night at eight, seven Central......roll credits.
Back to Hillary! 55 billion dollars back from the special interests! I want to get it back! It's Bush and members of Congress who did this!
Why didn't she work harder the past seven years to save a couple of those billion already?
Clinton is a fighter, will fight for the people of Ohio!!!
OBAMA IS INTERRUPTED!! Good!
Barack FINALLY opens the can on the First Lady experience issue. He doesn't begrudge it. Good move. His theory on taking responsibility and credit during the Bill years is alright, and I agree. But it's minor in the scheme of this election. Normal people who aren't political wonks don't care about it......
RUSSERT talks financing for the campaign. Are you waffling? You checked yes. What's the deal??!!?? Good press by Tim, but not full court like he did to HC.
Obama will sit down with McCain "IF I'm the nominee..."
Russert: You MAY go back on your word?
Russert to HC: ...you refuse to release your tax returns. Your supporter, the Governor of Ohio, said release them to his opponent. Why won't you?
HC: "It's the American people who are funding my campaign, that's obvious!----I will release my returns....", she says maybe before she becomes the nominee, but SHE DOESN'T HAVE TIME right now.....
DOESN'T SHE HAVE A CPA???
What about all your files from the Clinton White House?
HC: "As soon as we can, Tim...."
RUSSERT TO OBAMA: Do you support the endorsement of Louis Farrakhan?
BO: I can't censor him; we are not doing anything with him."
Russert now brings in Obama's pastor, who said Farrakhan "epitomizes greatness". And he pulls a Jewish quote from the pastor, too. Tough question! But it's religion, but that's no longer off limits in Presidential elections.
Obama has support from Jews, says he wants to restore a historic tradition between the African-American community and the Jewish community. He goes into that history, which I only recently learned on a PBS Special that had nothing to do with either candidate.
That is a GREAT answer.
Hillary wants to add something. I rejected the Independence Party in 2000 for being anti-Jew. That's excellent. But she thought it was a risk? That's stretching it a little. She had hardly any opposition in 2000 or 2006.
Obama: "I'll concede the point and reject and renounce." He follows up HC's real reason for her comments, that she rejects the wackos, but Barack wouldn't. He answered with the above. Wow! Someone concedes a point!
She's still going to be mad that his doing that will work to his advantage. Her saying, "That's good" or whatever she said quickly is inconsequential, but maybe does show she was all about "winning the point". I'm sure Farrakhan was near the top of her talking points memo to make sure Obama had to answer to it.
Going on 10:20pm ET.......final questions? Let's see where they go.
WILLIAMS: "How can you run with a more liberal record than Ted Kennedy?"
Barack goes first to comparing the grades given by National Review to him and Hillary, ignoring the Kennedy comparison. His "ethics package" is not "liberal", he says. "The categories don't make sense!" Obama shrugs off the "labels" and says voters are looking at issues, not "you're liberal", or "you're conservative". Decent answer.
RUSSERT: Russia. Tell me about his successor.
HC first. "He's a hand-picked successor." General answer here....I bet Obama's may have been even more "general" had he gotten it first.
Can't pronounce the name. Most of us can't. Obama coattails on Hillary's answer (see, I told you so!), then brings out some Bush/Putin discussion.
RUSSERT: Russia sends troops to retake Kosovo. What does President Obama do?
"We work with international community that also recognizes Kosovo." He also praises the work of the Bill Clinton administration for creating troops/plans to work in these situations.
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Tim Russert: "In your public service, what would you take back?"
HC: Her Iraq vote....then sends the conversation immediately into the public and rattles off a ton of other issues "we could have done another program, Tim." Fragmented sentence, I know.
BO: Teri Schiavo situation circa 2005 when Congress voted to intervene. I didn't stand up on the floor of the Senate and stop it. I'm a lawyer, I knew better." I quote as best I can.
Now, Obama to wax poetic....20 debates, "proud to campaign with her", as he now takes her last comment from last week.
Obama: "They want a hand-up." Whew! And all this time I thought he wanted to hand out, well, "hand-outs"!
WILLIAMS' FINAL QUESTION: What question must HC answer to prove her worthiness?
BO: Lauds her worthiness, launches into McCain and Bush, but WHAT QUESTION WOULD YOU ASK?? Anyway, "why I think I'm better....I can bring people together." He brings a "special bias in opening up government." Interesting quote there.....
WILLIAMS: And what about BO, HC?
HC: She gets one shot at the First Women President, which gets some applause. "Who can actually change the country? My experience, over 35 years....."....you know the rest.
She simply "wants to help". We need a "fighter in the White House".
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Don't forget the Spanish version on David Letterman's favorite channel, TELEMUNDO!!!!
Now the audience responds! Clinton shakes BO's hand, Clinton turns away from Russert, Obama goes to Russert, Russert goes to Clinton. Tim and Hillary should NEVER be a couple in the Big Brother house!!!
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Olbermann: "Field goals, no touchdowns, and field goals won't do it for Hillary Clinton."
Matthews asks what I did, WHY did she go to the "give a pillow to Obama, SNL" crap.
Not sure I wanna comment about those two much more. :) Good 'ol PMSNBC.
ANDREA MITCHELL IS HERE! She loves Hillary! Well, Mrs. Greenspan??
Hmmm....not much from her.
OVER TO CNN........"she seemed to be a little testy", says an Obama supporter. John King? "These two are tired of each other."
He is SO right! Now, excuse John, he needs to work on wedding preparations.
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Tim Russert is being interviewed. He's just speaking truth right now. And I didn't realize that his Russia question was directed at no one.
He grilled Clinton on tax returns and Obama on public financing.
Well, well. Interesting evening. On points, I say Obama wins 15-12 and remains current Democratic Heavyweight Champion.
Who would have thought Hillary's victory in New Hampshire would possibly be her last?
....but we also will update you on Big Brother...... :)
One quick thought.....will Obama Girl get to ask a question? :)
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I don't care much for Brian Williams. He reminds me (and it certainly may not be true) of the guy who is pretty sure he knows a little more than you do.
Tim Russert is fine by me.
904pm-----Clinton camp yells, "The press did it again!!" They showed two of the faces of Hillary.
905pm-----First use of "15 million people left out of health insurance"....
906pm-----"....so far as I know....." She doesn't know yet if the Obama picture came from her camp?
907pm-----Obama's first comments: negative mailings about "15 million people". Is this our drinking game mantra tonight?
908pm-----"force them to have it...." Those without health care? Force them? Want to hear Hillary's response.....
909pm-----"Senator Clinton....her campaign that is.....", separating her just a bit from the mailings. Obama trying to go both ways here?
910pm-----"Do what is right", Clinton says regarding having health care for everyone. Clinton uses "insurance" first; good move by her. Everyone hates their health insurance people! Unless they work there. :)
"Achieve Universal Health Care"? Party represented this since Harry Truman? Who are the "independents" who have studied her plan?
912pm-----Obama I do, she says I don't. Obama pulls out a Clinton Secretary of Labor who approves his plan as better financially.
How does she "enforce a mandate", he asks? Massachusetts imposes fines?
913pm-----Clinton: "This is too important!" No difference in any mandate, she says! Good point, number two. But now she throws in Social Security and Medicare. Shaky move as it proves her plan is nothing more than a government takeover of 15 percent of the nation's GDP.....
"...nearly everybody"?? She really used that term??
915pm-----It's Obama's experts vs. Clinton's experts!! Put 'em in a steel cage!!! Hit the experts with a chair!!!!
Obama strikes a blow. "Clinton's experts say there's not much difference in the plans"....
917pm-----Clinton very aggressive, using the emergency room scenario and young people will die!! Obama's got you covered up to age 25.
918pm-----Brian Williams says 16 minutes is enough on health care.
I HEAR BOOS!!! STUPID MOVE, HILLARY!!!! Whine, whine, whine!! "Why do I always get the first question? Should we ask Senator Obama if he's comfortable?"
Obviously, she is already frustrated that she apparently didn't score the blow she personally hoped for on the health care issue. So now it's, "THE PRESS DOESN'T LIKE ME!!!" Good Lord, what was the question???
Oh, NAFTA!
Hillary says I'm anti-NAFTA (but the 90s??) and we should have a "real debate". Obama returns serve with Hillary's 2004 quote on NAFTA and New York State. He applauds Hillary for her stand now, subtly. Man, he's deft. He brings in the China toys and foreign medicines.
No sweat on his brow yet.....
923pm: Russert to Clinton....oh, lots of quotes from hubby and her. NAFTA gone in six months under Hillary? Be clear! No "gone", we must renegotiate.
She bounces back on splitting the issue by splitting her state geographically.
Russert vs. Clinton II: Apparently Hillary says Russert doesn't read the Cleveland Plain Dealer. This is great! NOW, if Russert would just press Obama the SAME way!!
David Gergen says in the White House, she wasn't happy about NAFTA. But people also say she never threw lamps.
Russert to Obama....renegotiate. "Senator Clinton is right". If that's his heart, then cool. Otherwise, maybe he's not as schooled on this issue. Rest of this answer sounds solid.
Obama Strategy: "If there's no difference between us on an issue, agree, compliment, then discuss your knowledge and solutions".
Russert: Excellent turnaround on Obama with regard to Ohio!! Obama skirts answer, says "I've got a plan". Don't sound like Kerry!!! Weak point for him tonight.
930pm....ALREADY!!
BIG BROTHER UPDATE AT 930pm: Allison is going after Sheila.
Russert to Clinton, again.....is 5 million too exuberant? 5 million new jobs???
You didn't get 200,000 jobs for New York State, you lost 30,000!!
She thought Al Gore would be President. Wonder if there was an asterisk on that comment back then?
Ohio becomes her Green State! No more Red and Blue states??
933pm: She'd never compare us to Germany in a debate in the general campaign!
934pm: Foreign policy question from Williams to Obama regarding Clinton comparing you to Bush 43. How were those comments unfair?
Obama: Experience doesn't equal longevity in Washington. He goes to the Iraq War vote, which is always a killer for Hillary. 12 billion dollars a month sent out when it should be here.
He now goes over Pakistan, telling truth about Musharrf (certainly not our greatest ally!!).....
Hillary? Are we taking a chance with Barack?
"You know, I've been here and there, done this and that.....". NEW strategy on Iraq question. He didn't have to vote in 2002!!! He was just talking!!!
Is this a good move on her "talking only, no results" theme? Good shot, if you ask me. Good move, Hillary!
938pm: Obama said he wanted to bomb Pakistan. His hands come down, but he didn't try to interrupt. Oh dear, back to 80 countries (somebody check her visa!!)....."I can hold my own." Does this mean Obama will wither??
Obama says it's more than words. "It's not I told you so, it's to give you insight as to how I make decisions." "Bus in the ditch....who made the decision to do that? She gave in to George Bush "on Day One". WOW!!!!!
SERIOUS counterpunch by Barack. This is a GREAT exchange, though I have a faint hope that somehow, still, we may still get one exchange without the words "experience and change".
Final sentence by Obama putting Clinton's war vote in McCain's camp until her run for President....serious shot to the gut!
Russert to Obama: Iraq says "GET OUT!" Do you get out, Obama? He says yes, but also meet our security interests.
"Careful getting out as careless as we were getting in." Good line. Bet he didn't come up with it. :)
Russert to Clinton: "GET OUT?" You'd listen? Hillary, "absolutely!"
We interrupt for Russert's do we go back in? As he put it, "...and Iraq goes to hell"...
Hillary "you're hypothetical, Tim!"
Russert: "No, it's reality."
Clinton: "No, this isn't reality."
That'll be a BAD SOUND BITE for Hillary.
945pm: A new left hook from Hillary; if Barack's gonna talk about being on the Armed Services Committee, what about NATO? Why haven't you had any hearings?
946pm: Obama honestly answers about the committee! Good move!
Obama: "I will always reserve the right as President.....we will have to act in the best interests of the American homeland and our interests abroad....make sure we hunt them down."
THAT sounds more Presidential than picking on Tim Russert......
BIG BROTHER UPDATE: Amanda is back from the hospital and she's okay. She learns about Allison, who now returns. :) And they have a heart to heart....
BACK TO CLEVELAND: Ya think Hillary came out late on purpose to get some love??
Hmmm....the "celestial choir" soundbite! Obama: "Sounds good!"
It's a tape aired in error! Really? Obama: "I'll give her points for delivery."
Tell the wounded warriors at Walter Reed Hospital that it's all talk, he says. Obama had this answer ready probably late Sunday afternoon after he saw the soundbite for the first time.
BIG BROTHER UPDATE: The Power of Veto is NOT used! Alex and Amanda or Matt and Natalie say goodbye tomorrow night at eight, seven Central......roll credits.
Back to Hillary! 55 billion dollars back from the special interests! I want to get it back! It's Bush and members of Congress who did this!
Why didn't she work harder the past seven years to save a couple of those billion already?
Clinton is a fighter, will fight for the people of Ohio!!!
OBAMA IS INTERRUPTED!! Good!
Barack FINALLY opens the can on the First Lady experience issue. He doesn't begrudge it. Good move. His theory on taking responsibility and credit during the Bill years is alright, and I agree. But it's minor in the scheme of this election. Normal people who aren't political wonks don't care about it......
RUSSERT talks financing for the campaign. Are you waffling? You checked yes. What's the deal??!!?? Good press by Tim, but not full court like he did to HC.
Obama will sit down with McCain "IF I'm the nominee..."
Russert: You MAY go back on your word?
Russert to HC: ...you refuse to release your tax returns. Your supporter, the Governor of Ohio, said release them to his opponent. Why won't you?
HC: "It's the American people who are funding my campaign, that's obvious!----I will release my returns....", she says maybe before she becomes the nominee, but SHE DOESN'T HAVE TIME right now.....
DOESN'T SHE HAVE A CPA???
What about all your files from the Clinton White House?
HC: "As soon as we can, Tim...."
RUSSERT TO OBAMA: Do you support the endorsement of Louis Farrakhan?
BO: I can't censor him; we are not doing anything with him."
Russert now brings in Obama's pastor, who said Farrakhan "epitomizes greatness". And he pulls a Jewish quote from the pastor, too. Tough question! But it's religion, but that's no longer off limits in Presidential elections.
Obama has support from Jews, says he wants to restore a historic tradition between the African-American community and the Jewish community. He goes into that history, which I only recently learned on a PBS Special that had nothing to do with either candidate.
That is a GREAT answer.
Hillary wants to add something. I rejected the Independence Party in 2000 for being anti-Jew. That's excellent. But she thought it was a risk? That's stretching it a little. She had hardly any opposition in 2000 or 2006.
Obama: "I'll concede the point and reject and renounce." He follows up HC's real reason for her comments, that she rejects the wackos, but Barack wouldn't. He answered with the above. Wow! Someone concedes a point!
She's still going to be mad that his doing that will work to his advantage. Her saying, "That's good" or whatever she said quickly is inconsequential, but maybe does show she was all about "winning the point". I'm sure Farrakhan was near the top of her talking points memo to make sure Obama had to answer to it.
Going on 10:20pm ET.......final questions? Let's see where they go.
WILLIAMS: "How can you run with a more liberal record than Ted Kennedy?"
Barack goes first to comparing the grades given by National Review to him and Hillary, ignoring the Kennedy comparison. His "ethics package" is not "liberal", he says. "The categories don't make sense!" Obama shrugs off the "labels" and says voters are looking at issues, not "you're liberal", or "you're conservative". Decent answer.
RUSSERT: Russia. Tell me about his successor.
HC first. "He's a hand-picked successor." General answer here....I bet Obama's may have been even more "general" had he gotten it first.
Can't pronounce the name. Most of us can't. Obama coattails on Hillary's answer (see, I told you so!), then brings out some Bush/Putin discussion.
RUSSERT: Russia sends troops to retake Kosovo. What does President Obama do?
"We work with international community that also recognizes Kosovo." He also praises the work of the Bill Clinton administration for creating troops/plans to work in these situations.
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Tim Russert: "In your public service, what would you take back?"
HC: Her Iraq vote....then sends the conversation immediately into the public and rattles off a ton of other issues "we could have done another program, Tim." Fragmented sentence, I know.
BO: Teri Schiavo situation circa 2005 when Congress voted to intervene. I didn't stand up on the floor of the Senate and stop it. I'm a lawyer, I knew better." I quote as best I can.
Now, Obama to wax poetic....20 debates, "proud to campaign with her", as he now takes her last comment from last week.
Obama: "They want a hand-up." Whew! And all this time I thought he wanted to hand out, well, "hand-outs"!
WILLIAMS' FINAL QUESTION: What question must HC answer to prove her worthiness?
BO: Lauds her worthiness, launches into McCain and Bush, but WHAT QUESTION WOULD YOU ASK?? Anyway, "why I think I'm better....I can bring people together." He brings a "special bias in opening up government." Interesting quote there.....
WILLIAMS: And what about BO, HC?
HC: She gets one shot at the First Women President, which gets some applause. "Who can actually change the country? My experience, over 35 years....."....you know the rest.
She simply "wants to help". We need a "fighter in the White House".
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Don't forget the Spanish version on David Letterman's favorite channel, TELEMUNDO!!!!
Now the audience responds! Clinton shakes BO's hand, Clinton turns away from Russert, Obama goes to Russert, Russert goes to Clinton. Tim and Hillary should NEVER be a couple in the Big Brother house!!!
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Olbermann: "Field goals, no touchdowns, and field goals won't do it for Hillary Clinton."
Matthews asks what I did, WHY did she go to the "give a pillow to Obama, SNL" crap.
Not sure I wanna comment about those two much more. :) Good 'ol PMSNBC.
ANDREA MITCHELL IS HERE! She loves Hillary! Well, Mrs. Greenspan??
Hmmm....not much from her.
OVER TO CNN........"she seemed to be a little testy", says an Obama supporter. John King? "These two are tired of each other."
He is SO right! Now, excuse John, he needs to work on wedding preparations.
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Tim Russert is being interviewed. He's just speaking truth right now. And I didn't realize that his Russia question was directed at no one.
He grilled Clinton on tax returns and Obama on public financing.
Well, well. Interesting evening. On points, I say Obama wins 15-12 and remains current Democratic Heavyweight Champion.
Who would have thought Hillary's victory in New Hampshire would possibly be her last?
Monday, February 25, 2008
The daily faces of Hillary Clinton???
Here is Hillary Clinton on Sunday, delivering a "more-than-subtle" (and that's being nice) dig of sarcasm against the "naive hopes" of her opponent, Senator Barack Obama.
Here is Hillary on Saturday, scolding Senator Obama for his mean, shameful mailers straight from the Karl Rove School of Dirty Politics.......
And here is Hillary at the end of last Thursday night's debate......
Wonder what face we get when tomorrow night's debate begins?? It would be sad if it weren't so contrived. The "faces" of Hillary that she could hide in the White House all those years that we knew existed, are finally in plain view.
Monday, January 21, 2008
HD, The 44th President and other thoughts.....
One year from today will be the first full day of the four-year term of the 44th President of the United States. We just don't know his/her identity yet.
If you were forced to choose today, who would you say?
As much as I don't want to.....right now I see yet another "Clinton Administration".
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I'm still trying to grasp the fact that my Giants are in Super Bowl XLII. You may think I'm nuts, but after they played the Pats so well in the regular season finale, then you add in the awakening of Eli Manning, the two battering rams of backs (Bradshaw and Jacobs), and, most importantly, the Giants couldn't be any happier to be playing on the road.....and I think the G-Men can do it.
Can you believe winning 10 in a row on the road?? That's an NFL record! So, don't just assume 18-0 being the only "streak" on the line. As I posted last night, I don't care what they say, the Patriots will face some incredible pressure trying to win and finish perfect.
The Giants have NOTHING to lose and know they can play with the Patriots. I think it's gonna be a great game.
The difference maker in my mind right now for New England? If Lawrence Malroney has a good game, my boys will be in trouble.
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I'm trying to figure out how to install equipment so I can start dreaming in HD. If you have any thoughts, let me know. :)
If you were forced to choose today, who would you say?
As much as I don't want to.....right now I see yet another "Clinton Administration".
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I'm still trying to grasp the fact that my Giants are in Super Bowl XLII. You may think I'm nuts, but after they played the Pats so well in the regular season finale, then you add in the awakening of Eli Manning, the two battering rams of backs (Bradshaw and Jacobs), and, most importantly, the Giants couldn't be any happier to be playing on the road.....and I think the G-Men can do it.
Can you believe winning 10 in a row on the road?? That's an NFL record! So, don't just assume 18-0 being the only "streak" on the line. As I posted last night, I don't care what they say, the Patriots will face some incredible pressure trying to win and finish perfect.
The Giants have NOTHING to lose and know they can play with the Patriots. I think it's gonna be a great game.
The difference maker in my mind right now for New England? If Lawrence Malroney has a good game, my boys will be in trouble.
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I'm trying to figure out how to install equipment so I can start dreaming in HD. If you have any thoughts, let me know. :)
Tuesday, January 08, 2008
"Ut--"O"?"
As in "zero"??? Really??
I couldn't believe the results from Dixville Notch, the first of the first to vote in this year's primaries. 17 residents; 100 percent turnout. From the Concord Monitor, the results:
Obama, McCain carry Dixville Notch
Submitted by Primary Monitor on Tue, 2008-01-08 00:10.
Dixville Notch got the voting under way. The results:
John McCain 4 votes
Mitt Romney 2 votes
Rudy Giuliani 1 vote
Barack Obama 7 votes
John Edwards 2 votes
Bill Richardson 1 vote
When they didn't call Hillary Clinton's name, I immediately shouted, "WHOA!". Good thing wifey didn't wake up!
GOOD NEWS FOR HILLARY THOUGH-----Dixville Notch has a not-so-stellar record of their victors going onward to big victory.
I had to get up and post quickly before going to sleep; I couldn't believe my ears or my eyes.
I couldn't believe the results from Dixville Notch, the first of the first to vote in this year's primaries. 17 residents; 100 percent turnout. From the Concord Monitor, the results:
Obama, McCain carry Dixville Notch
Submitted by Primary Monitor on Tue, 2008-01-08 00:10.
Dixville Notch got the voting under way. The results:
John McCain 4 votes
Mitt Romney 2 votes
Rudy Giuliani 1 vote
Barack Obama 7 votes
John Edwards 2 votes
Bill Richardson 1 vote
When they didn't call Hillary Clinton's name, I immediately shouted, "WHOA!". Good thing wifey didn't wake up!
GOOD NEWS FOR HILLARY THOUGH-----Dixville Notch has a not-so-stellar record of their victors going onward to big victory.
I had to get up and post quickly before going to sleep; I couldn't believe my ears or my eyes.
Saturday, January 05, 2008
Hey Iowa! Love ya! Mean it!-----NOT!!!
What is this?????
Hillary Clinton finishes a (very close) third in Iowa, and now proceeds to tear apart her dancing partner for the past several months (specifically, the Iowa voters) in the hopes of enjoying a "new day" in a "new state".
Read the article HERE. Then someone, anyone, PLEASE explain to me exactly what are the core convictions of this woman?
Hillary Clinton finishes a (very close) third in Iowa, and now proceeds to tear apart her dancing partner for the past several months (specifically, the Iowa voters) in the hopes of enjoying a "new day" in a "new state".
Read the article HERE. Then someone, anyone, PLEASE explain to me exactly what are the core convictions of this woman?
Friday, January 04, 2008
Will these men speak at podiums Election Night in November?
What do you think? Wins that will fall into the "They won Iowa, but they didn't get their party's nomination"?
Or will we see them on the ballot when November comes?
I will say this---if change is really the impetus of 2008, Hillary's dream will not be realized. No one can present themselves as "change" with a former polarizing President standing on the podium with her.
Though, I must say, I never dreamed Clinton's replacement could be even more polarizing, but President Bush sure has done it.
If Clinton wins in November, you do realize that the United States would be led in the White House by either a Bush or a Clinton for 24 years.
That's change?
Unfortunately for her, it looks like this election may not allow a candidate to trumpet both experience and the ability to change. You're either in Washington, or you're not.
BUT WAIT! Obama, Clinton and Edwards are all close to the same experience-wise in the Senate! True, but I forget who said this on TV tonight, but the person recognized that tonight, two Senators with over 50 years experience on Capitol Hill combined, and a former Governor who also was Ambassador to the U.N. (loads of experience to tout) were all basically swept aside.
The "big three" don't have that much "gravitas". Remember how important that was when Bush 43 became the nominee in 2000?
Remember when being "just" Governor of Arkansas was not a stumbling block to becoming President, but people now are bringing up the point that a Governor of Arkansas "lacks the foreign policy experience" to be President? Huh?
The more things change, the more they stay the same.....
Which is why I see a true "torch change" (generation change) coming. Who is the least "Washington" of the three Democrats still viable?
Who can not only bring policy change, perspective change, and direction change, but HISTORIC change?
Look up top. Mike Huckabee looks like a great guy who I'd love to have as a neighbor, my pastor, my Sunday School teacher.
Barack Obama (AND his wife, Michelle, who I see as a huge asset).....that picture looks like it says "Future First Couple".
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On a personal note, I am conservative (though less conservative than, say, eight to ten years ago), and there is nobody in the race for President that I am jazzed about in any way, shape or form.
The only "bias prism" I have looking at the 2008 campaign is that I pray Hillary Clinton doesn't come even close. I personally think it would be poetic justice that someone who has been proven to be not believable, who answers to the winds around her and not principles, and actually had the gall to run for Senate in New York after living in D.C. for eight years and Arkansas for God knows how long before that.....who has been planning her power rise for decades, ends up the historic symbol of "the end" of a political generation.
And there are so many people like me with Clinton fatigue STILL (and now there's certainly Bush fatigue....more like Bush disgust; why do you think Jeb never gave running a thought) that you would think long-time Democrats from officials and spinmeisters to the working class Joes and Janes in Sioux City, Iowa, will finally realize that this is THE most important Presidental election for the Democratic Party in decades, and that the cry for "change" is so loud from the electorate that another Clinton just won't do.
Barack Hussein Obama. Can't wait to hear Al Jazeera's take on this, and, moreso, if he wins in November, what Osama says on video. I know, I know....doesn't matter what Obama's name is, he's still American so he's still an infidel.
And, just wondering....if I'm an "infidel", what is a "fidel"?
Good night from Virginia (wondering why Iowa deserves all this power every four years....)
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Several quick thoughts.....
1) "24" was excellent last night! They were back on their game, especially with the great acting of President Logan, Martha, and Aaron Pierce. See? Jack doesn't have to be on half the show or more! But, we learned that last year. Next week looks really interesting, and I wouldn't trust Suberov for love nor money. :)
2) Hillary is already beckoning the term "vast right-wing conspiracy", and it's only March 2007. There must be some numbers in their inside polling that are already worrying them. Good Lord, she's got to create the "vast left-wing conspiracy" so she can get the nomination!
3) I HATE Maxoderm commercials. The ladies set the female gender back a minimum of 50 years.
4) Fred Thompson? Yeah, I can dig that. My lady in Philly has been telling us this for weeks and weeks, and I think there's a gap in there that he could fill and get right into the thick of the race.
5) After staying out of work yesterday and returning today, feeling better but with no voice, I really haven't studied the Tournament Brackets that much. I need to get this done by tomorrow night.
More to come....but right now, I've gotta eat!
2) Hillary is already beckoning the term "vast right-wing conspiracy", and it's only March 2007. There must be some numbers in their inside polling that are already worrying them. Good Lord, she's got to create the "vast left-wing conspiracy" so she can get the nomination!
3) I HATE Maxoderm commercials. The ladies set the female gender back a minimum of 50 years.
4) Fred Thompson? Yeah, I can dig that. My lady in Philly has been telling us this for weeks and weeks, and I think there's a gap in there that he could fill and get right into the thick of the race.
5) After staying out of work yesterday and returning today, feeling better but with no voice, I really haven't studied the Tournament Brackets that much. I need to get this done by tomorrow night.
More to come....but right now, I've gotta eat!
Tuesday, March 06, 2007
Post No. #550-----
Feels like I'm moving up the all-time home run list.....without steroids.
As a kid, buying the Street and Smith's Baseball Yearbook before they cried, "Play Ball!" was one of the rites of spring. And I especially studied the pages that gave the updated all-time leaders in all categories (some of you may not remember when Babe Ruth was the king at 714!)
Quick aside---April 8, 1974, Hank Aaron can break Ruth's record at home against the Dodgers. The game is on NBC's Monday Night Baseball. Storm moves through Beaverdam, and, yep, we lose power. Later, Dad comes in the room to inform bro and I that Aaron hit number 715 (he heard it on battery-operated radio). Hmmm....never did ask him why he didn't just yell for us to come into his room to join him and listen...
Anyway, I'm up to 550 posts on this ol' blog. Most things in life that I've attempted....
---Staying up 24 hours straight
---Staying up to watch all 21 1/2 hours of the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon
---Staying up 24 hours straight playing records the whole time
....what's my fixation on 24? Hee hee......
I'm just glad that, for once in my life, I stuck to a personal project, and that's cool. I know it doesn't warm any other hearts, and probably won't inspire anyone to do anything, but, I'm happy.
Now, to go write that novel....or series of children's books I've always wanted to write......
....like my blogger friend in Philly. :)
P.S.----Ms. Clinton preaches the politics of division here. I thought she decried that....hmmm......
P.P.S.----Follow up to last post....here's Hillary does Gomer Pyle (and I mean an impression!)
As a kid, buying the Street and Smith's Baseball Yearbook before they cried, "Play Ball!" was one of the rites of spring. And I especially studied the pages that gave the updated all-time leaders in all categories (some of you may not remember when Babe Ruth was the king at 714!)
Quick aside---April 8, 1974, Hank Aaron can break Ruth's record at home against the Dodgers. The game is on NBC's Monday Night Baseball. Storm moves through Beaverdam, and, yep, we lose power. Later, Dad comes in the room to inform bro and I that Aaron hit number 715 (he heard it on battery-operated radio). Hmmm....never did ask him why he didn't just yell for us to come into his room to join him and listen...
Anyway, I'm up to 550 posts on this ol' blog. Most things in life that I've attempted....
---Staying up 24 hours straight
---Staying up to watch all 21 1/2 hours of the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon
---Staying up 24 hours straight playing records the whole time
....what's my fixation on 24? Hee hee......
I'm just glad that, for once in my life, I stuck to a personal project, and that's cool. I know it doesn't warm any other hearts, and probably won't inspire anyone to do anything, but, I'm happy.
Now, to go write that novel....or series of children's books I've always wanted to write......
....like my blogger friend in Philly. :)
P.S.----Ms. Clinton preaches the politics of division here. I thought she decried that....hmmm......
P.P.S.----Follow up to last post....here's Hillary does Gomer Pyle (and I mean an impression!)
Sunday, January 07, 2007
Political strategy in the Men's room......
So, I stop by the restroom before I leave the office tonight, and someone had left a newspaper on the floor.
Who do I see? Nancy Pelosi (plus Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid). You may insert your own joke here, I will resist the urge.
Nancy says Congress will not allow the President to send in more troops to Iraq.
Which got me to thinking......like a politican..........
The LAST thing that ANY of us should politicize is the situation in Iraq. It puts our troops in more danger, first of all, and secondly, we are talking about the most sensitive region in the world (always has been, always will be).
Will "politics" inevitably come up in a frank, honest dialogue on the subject? Sure. What I'm speaking of is "using politics to further your political career/agenda/ambitions".
So, I started thinking like a politican who only wants to look good and get re-elected.
Let's say I'm George W. Bush. I hear the cries of the new majority on Capitol Hill and say, "Okay, let's do it your way."
Bush goes to the Iraqi Prime Minister and announces that all United States military personnel will be out of Iraq no later than December 31, 2007. So, they've got a year to get their own house in order.
Now, we know the following would most likely occur:
1) Terrorists and terror sympathizers would continue their sectarian attacks and count down the days until 01/01/08. More and more Iraqis will die.
2) After January 1, 2008, when we are "gone", it's most likely that the government there now could last, say, 30 days. So therefore, all-out chaos ensues and contributes to the destabilization of an already destablized region. Plus, with no blanket protection by the U.S. and coalition forces in their way, the attacks become bombardments.
3) So, by the 2008 political conventions, it could be argued that there would be more Iraqi deaths in the chaotic first half of 2008 (as well as maybe a threatened invasion by Iran, Syria, or both) than there were in 2007, or in 2006, or in 2005, etc......when the U.S. still had a presence.
Hmmmm.....now, to score possibly debilitating points to Hillary, Barack, whoever......the GOP can, at their convention, point to the Middle East and say, "Look how all hell has broken loose since our forces left. Yes, there were big problems while we were there, but there was some level of stability. There is none now. We have the Democratic Congress to thank for our role in the year of hell that is 2008 in the Middle East."
The Dems nominee would (correctly) remind the electorate that it was the GOP that led us into Iraq in the first place (which McCain, Guliani, etc. could retort that Democrats such as Hillary Clinton and John Edwards voted for the war, too).
I don't like thinking like a political think-tank. My above logic is only trying to protect my political future, and not the deaths of innocent people.
And, oh, by the way, while we continue to disintegrate as a society pointing fingers......who's minding the store called "Friends of Israel"?
God forbid........
Saturday, December 16, 2006
Just a brief political thought......
......maybe Hillary Clinton is giving Sen. Barack Obama some moments in the spotlight........
......so when she accepts the 2008 Democratic Presidential nomination, she has a natural running mate poised and ready to go.
Thinking like this "THIS" early, you say?!?
Wouldn't surprise me.
......so when she accepts the 2008 Democratic Presidential nomination, she has a natural running mate poised and ready to go.
Thinking like this "THIS" early, you say?!?
Wouldn't surprise me.
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