Comments on: Don’t Give Up On Clinton

Weekly Standard: Despite Obama’s Successes, The N.Y. Senator Can Still Win The Nomination

[tiredofthebs]

..... apologies for the typos !

[serrano338]

Thank God someone wrote something that makes sense. Hillary CAN still win and that would be real global news. HILLARY defeats Obama. If I know anything about politics and the Clintons, they''ll find a way, it may not be popular, it may end up as another 2000, with some manuever giving her the nomination but I think Obama could burn out like a quasar, zooming so fast to the top and offering so many promises, he may just implode, leaving his followers behind, that''s what cult leaders do, disappoint and abandon, plus Obama has already written that he will disappoint some if not all....his own words. He knows he is a false prophet but it sure is cool and a lot of fun strutting around like he''s the president already. I''m praying that Texans and Ohioans will go to the polls and vote from the head and the heart for HILLARY CLINTON.

[athy4]

More reasons not to give up on Hillary
Articles are well researched & documented.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joe-wilson/batt ... Huffington Post 2/13/08 %u201CBattle Tested%u201D By Joseph C. Wilson (Joe Wilson wrote the NYTimes Op ed piece %u201CWhat I Didn%u2019t find in Africa%u201D. ) http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/02/26/pol ... CBS News 2/26/08 Does Obama''s Record Back His Rhetoric? CBSNews.com Reports: Democratic Frontrunner Promises To Bring Unity, But Work In Senate Limited Mostly To "Midrange Issues" %u2013http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/u ... Times On Line-UK 12/21/07 ''Stay-at-home'' Barack Obama comes under fire for lack of foreign experience%u201D
1 of my unanswered questions about Barrack%u2019s international experience deals with the following:

Why has Sen. Obama chosen Zbigniew Brzezinski (ZB ) as 1 of his foreign policy advisors?http://www.nysun.com/article/71123
According to many historians, ZB was one of main people responsible for convincing the US govt to arm the mujaheddin.
Zbigniew Brzezinski (ZB) endorsed Obama for president
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/ ...
(ZB) was interviewed in http://www.counterpunch.org/brzezinski.html
Some blame ZB''s actions as having helped nurture evolution & expansion of Osama Bin Ladin%u2019s (and others) terrorist groups. In 1998, Brzezinski interview-by French newspaper Nouvel Observateur http://www.counterpunch.org/brzezinski.html

[paris1969]

Obama supporters continue to be the most negative, hate-mongering people on these blogs ... I don''t think any of you are democrats .. probably GOP snakes slithering across the web disguised as Obama supporters to create divisiveness among true democrats.

[cmjhype]

Obama has been given a free pass by the media. What experience does this man have? What has he accomplished? This bandwagon politics needs to end, the Democrats need to wake up and put their best fighter up against John McCain. I cannot believe what has happened to the Democratic party.

Sen. Clinton has the judgement and experience necessary to lead. Obama has catch phrases and a smile... isn''t that what Bush had?

DON''T VOTE FOR THE PERSO YOU WANT TO HAVE A BEER WITH FOR ONCE!

Obama is a symbol of change. Sen. Clinton is the true agent of change, with PROVEN results.

Clinton 08''

I will not vote for Obama under ANY circumstances

[bill1fj]

Hilary is toast.
She finally found someone that could out lie Billy, and his name is Barack Hussein Obama.
After Ohio and Texas she can go back to NY, finally divorce Billy, and then finish out her term as a Senator.
Hilary is Toast.

[sjc_1]

Everyone sees things through the filter of their own experiences. That being the case, you have to compare the two front running Democratic candidates with that in mind. Hillary has been in the Governors mansion and the White House, both have been Senators. I would rather have someone that has executive office exposure to someone that has not.

[Razzl]

It must be humiliating to have your teenage undergrads be more politically savvy than you right out of the box. 25 years in the classroom and the only place you can get published is the Weakly Stranded? But fear not, a Democrat is more likely to fund your retraining for a more suitable career than your friend Fred Barnes...

[westafer2]

Senator Obama''s opponent claims to have had "35 years of experience%u201D which is the entire length of time since her graduation from law school in 1973. But for 28 of those 35 years she worked as a lawyer (9 years), was the wife of the Governor of Arkansas (11 years), and served as the First Lady of the United States (8 years). Only for the past 7 years since her election to the US Senate in November 2000 in her adopted state of New York has Hillary Clinton actually been an elected official accountable to voters.
Barack Obama graduated from law school in 1991 returning to his home in Chicago to direct a voter registration drive and work as an attorney representing community organizers and work on voting rights cases and on civil rights cases. In 1993 he became a lecturer of constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School and in 1996 was elected to the Illinois State Senate where he served for 8 years prior to his election to the US Senate in November 2004. Combining his service as an Illinois State Senator and US Senator Barack Obama has been an elected official accountable to voters for 11 years.
Could it be that the amount of one%u2019s prior %u201CWashington Experience%u201D is far less important to being a great President than having sound judgment and strong character?

Shocking! The Weekly Standard finally had an article that made a lot of sense and probably shows just how hard it is going to be for Obama to defeat McCain.

[miaw77]

Hillary Clinton (NOW THAT SHE''S BEEN CALLED OUT) has finally taken the time to explain (MUCH TOO LATE) that she and others often wear local garb when they travel. We already know that, Hillary! We''re not stupid, and that''s not the point, Oh Great Master Of Distraction!!!


The point is, why was the photo circulated in the first place??? The CLINTON SMEAR MACHINE knew exactly what they were doing! That photo of Obama "dressed" and looking very Muslim-esque was sent to plants seeds of doubt about Barack Obama''s faith ONE WEEK PRIOR to the biggest contest between these two candidates to date!


EVERY DEMOCRAT SHOULD DEMAND THAT HILLARY CLINTON APOLOGIZE AND THEN DROP OUT OF THE PRIMARY RACE!!!


No democrat wants a bigot for a nominee! This is an all-time low, even for Hillary Clinton. She is using race, religion, and smear emails to SWIFTBOAT A FELLOW DEMOCRAT!


Apparently, the only demographic she has left is white women over 80 and the KKK. Wow, Hillary, you must be so proud!


Are you kidding me? Now I don''t just want her back in NY... I want her out of the US Senate. This woman is devious, hateful, and amoral. There is no question how she became the most "polarizing" and "divisive" figure in politics.

[miaw77]

Hillary Clinton is losing it!


She''s all over the place!


Is this erratic behavior really supposed to convince us that she is fit to be President?


She''s convinced me she''s fit for a Straight Jacket!

[miaw77]

I can''t wait until tonight!!! The Texas debate was the best ever!!!


Watching Obama wipe the floor with Hillary as she fires petty cheap shots $0


Watching Hillary squirm as the reality sinks in - Obama has more common sense in his pinky finger that she has in her whole body - and he''s finally not afraid to show it $0


Learning that the only decent point she made in the entire debate - the last 2 minutes - was NOT genuine or heartfelt, but actually a PLAGIARIZED PHRASE SHE STOLE FROM JOHN EDWARDS... PRICELESS!

[miaw77]

Billary, quit crying about money and how it''s "not fair" that Obama has so much more to spend!!!


Clinton sold her campaign to the highest bidders (lobbyists) - not to the American people - and she will have to pay the price for that. Now, when she really needs help from "the people," they are fed up and don''''t want to fund the Clinton Smear Machine.


The MSNBC Hillary Clinton "documentary" features one of Hillary''''s closest friends saying (with pride), almost word for word: "Hillary learned (in Arkansas) how to win elections. Go negative and attack your opponent in a personal way!"


I guess in "Billaryland," you stick with what you know. Except that American politics is changing, and the Clintons are left looking like they didn''''t get the memo.


"Solutions not speeches"..." Good works, not good words"... "Time to get real"... We''''re not buying it!

[justyn1976]

As a 31 year old, I am consistently amazed at people who continue to support the idea of having only 2 families dominate American policies. For my entire lifetime, the Bush and Clinton family have presided over all aspects of our collective experience on this planet. I absolutely agree with Obama''s call for changing the "old politics" in this country.

[miaw77]

Senator Dodd is right to endorse Barack Obama!


We all know what is happening...


It''s the same in every state...


Hillary up by 25 points, then 10, then 5, then a tie, then Obama wins. It''s happening right now in Texas. The Clintons don''t get it. They are the past and Obama is the future.


11-0 Winning Streak... No change in polls after Texas debate... Hillary acting crazy and desperate...And now, Superdelegates are flocking to Obama...


The shift in Superdelegate support is real. They do not want to overrule the voice of the people. Texas Rep. Aaron Pena, who recently endorsed Hillary Clinton, issued the following statement:


"I think last night''s debate in Austin was a turning point in this campaign. I made a commitment to Hillary Clinton and I must maintain it. I gave my word. However, as an observer, it appears to be increasingly evident who is going to win." The next day he spoke at a Barack Obama rally.


Obama just started to campaign in Ohio. What happens next is inevitable. PEOPLE WANT CHANGE! They do not trust Billary. This isn''t just a trend, fluke, or product of open primaries. It''s a very real and powerful movement.


Obama is going to get the nomination... He has won it fair and square... Please, Billary, step aside and try to unite the party before you cost us the general election!

[cs123456789]

Hillary is ignorant. She does not belong on the intelligence committee, she certainlydoes have foreign policy experience in failure. WTC 93, USS Cole, Somalia, the embassy bombings, and most of all Rwanda, which I would bet that she cannot even point out on a map. 800,000 killed in 30 days and the US did nothing. I may be a moderate, voting for the best candidate, but I am not stupid, I worked in Washington for the feds under some of her ideas put forth by the White House and they were all failures no matter how much the media hyped them. I stepped out of the government to teach for a short time in the District of Columbia''s public schools. Her ideas were a sham and Bill failed us domestically as well. He had no backbone without her, and she influenced foreign and domestic policies to the negative She will fail us even more if elected

[squidly8]

I won''t give up on HRC. I never considered voting for her before so there isn''t anything to give up.

Breitbart has a video clip out there showing WJC giving a speech. He says in the speech "when you elect me" WJC is looking for another 8 years by way of HRC - a great reason not to vote for her.

I am just enjoying the whole spectacle that the Dem nomination process is going through. It is highly entertaining.

[miaw77]

Hillary, get real! It''s not just the "little people" (about whom you do not care) who support Obama. There are powerful governors, senators, representatives, and newspapers behind him. Every time you mock Obama, you mock all of us. You are, in fact, mocking 53% of the DEMOCRATIC PARTY!

Clearly, you will stop at nothing in your insatiable quest to win - even if it means tearing apart the party - or even costing us the general election in November!

Please, stop, you are out of control!

[miaw77]

The truth is, lots of "Washington experience" doesn''t always make a great President...


Some of our best Presidents (Abraham Lincoln, for example) had very little experience and did a fine job. Others, such as George H. W. Bush were as highly credentialed as they come, but did quite poorly.


Right now, Tony Blair%u2019s protege is having a hard time running England (and he spent many years as Blair%u2019s understudy, literally being groomed for the very job he now holds).


Further, some might be surprise to learn the following...


In 1992, when Bill Clinton was running against Bush Sr. (who had the Washington-insider experience at the time), BILL CLINTON HIMSELF DECLARED, %u201CThe same old experience is not relevant.%u201D Bill Clinton added that the most useful training comes NOT from hanging around the White House and Congress but rather from experience %u201Crooted in the real lives of real people%u201D so that %u201Cit will bring real results if we have the COURAGE TO CHANGE.%u201D


So change was good then, but not now? Interesting.