Clinton Casts Wide Net of Exaggeration, Claims to Lead in “Every Poll”

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From CBS News’ Fernando Suarez:
BILLINGS, MONT. -- During an evening rally in Montana’s largest city Tuesday night, Hillary Clinton explained to the crowd why she should be the Democratic Party’s nominee, but what ensued was a list of overstatements and exaggerations as she made her case. “You have to ask yourself, who is the stronger candidate? And based on every analysis, of every bit of research and every poll that has been taken and every state that a Democrat has to win, I am the stronger candidate against John McCain in the fall,” she said.
The problem is, there are a number of polls that show Clinton in a close race with John McCain, many within the margin of error, not including a few that show Barack Obama beating McCain by a larger margin than Clinton. The comment was intended to prove to voters that despite Obama’s popularity, she has what it takes to beat John McCain. Clinton said that voters have to ask themselves, “Who is the stronger candidate against John McCain? We have not gone through this exciting, unprecedented, historic election, only to lose,” she said.
For days, Clinton has been grasping at almost anything to make her case to voters as the clock in the campaign winds down. Most recently Clinton compared the plight of Florida and Michigan voters to the struggles of the early suffragists and likened the primaries of those states to the fraudulent election that took place in Zimbabwe.
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See all 439 CommentsHillary Huckabee looks. Pull the plug on it yesterday, you have lost! get over it before you look more ridiculous.
It is sad but true that at this point, I would NOT vote for her on any ticket and I will fight to keep her out of the white house. Hopefully she has proven herself too much of a liability to be offered the VP position because I would not be able to vote for Senator Obama if he puts her on his ticket. I would feel as though I was voting for George Bush.. I won''t be responsible for what she might do. I know people think that means we are guaranteed McCain but I will hope that someone else gets into the race... I would even work for Chuck Hagel to keep the Clintons out of the white house... at least he has integrity.
From: Your Once Avid Supporter(s)
Why can''t you close the deal ? You are the person with the team and experienced staff that have been down this trail before. Your staff knows (or should) how to make the system work. They have left you holding the bag. Can''t you see that ?
If you can''t beat Barack by the rules ( or even without them) how can we expect you to beat McCain ?
Have nice day...
In New Mexico, Obama with the ability to see dead people: "On this Memorial Day, as our nation honors its unbroken line of fallen heroes -- and I see many of them in the audience here today." Fallen heroes in the audience? But there have also been gaffes on more serious matters. Obama argued that our military''s Arabic translators in Iraq are needed in Afghanistan: "We only have a certain number of them and if they are all in Iraq, then it''s harder for us to use them in Afghanistan," he claimed. But Afghans don''t speak Arabic; media attention was virtually nonexistent. Sometimes, Obama invents Bosnia-sniper-style whoppers about his personal history. In Selma, Ala., Obama claimed that the spirit of hope derived from the civil rights protests in Selma in 1965 inspired his birth -- when he was born in 1961. He also has inaccurately claimed that the Kennedys funded his Kenyan father''s trip to America in 1959. While in New Mexico on Memorial Day, Obama talked about an uncle "who was part of the American brigade that helped to liberate Auschwitz," and then came home and spent six months in an attic. prisoners at Auschwitz were liberated by the Red Army. The same national media that turned Dan Quayle''s name into an instant joke are now working over time to present Obama as Captain Competent
Every time you think, she''s smarter than this, she''s gonna play it so she has a future in politics she pulls a ridiculous stunt.
1. The RFK shame
2. The popular vote lie
3. The sniper fire
4. the ''white hard working americans'' remark - because all those black and latino blue collar workers don''t work hard?
5. Her treacherous tantrum throwing traitor fans: should we give in to their blackmail?
It''s a mystery to me, how she can destroy a politcal career like this, taint her husbands presidency.
She has gone from cheated wife to horrible witch in just a few months. That''s sad and certainly not good for any Democrat, also (and maybe especially) African-Americans.
How do you expect to interrogate Al Qaeda prisoners from Saudi Arabia if you have no Arabic interpreters?
How do you expect to interrogate Al Qaeda prisoners from Saudi Arabia if you have no Arabic interpreters?
My mom is a ditto head, head, but she supports Obama! It''s a crazy time in this country.
The more numerous we are the better we can be heard!!!
If not, then what do any of those supposed Obama mis-statements have to do with the substance of this article, which doesn''t concern any gaffe of Mrs. Clinton''s, but rather her recent efforts to influence public opinion via her intentional and pre-meditated misrepresentation (or under-representation) of polling data, and her dubious yet intentional attempt at drawing analogies between the FL/MI situation, early US suffragists, and the recent voting in Zimbabwe?
Barry-O, they love you so... The Clintons finally cry foul at their darling, the main stream media, who have ignored their multitude of crimes for years. The Clintons should have been in jail years ago but have been insulated by the press and liberal judges to go on and bilk America for over $110 million dollars. And now they pitch a fit that they are being treated unfair. I''m no BO-bamma fan but it sure is nice to see the Clintons on the receiving end for a change.
*Bert
Let''s make everyone responsible for their own lives, not just the disenfranchised. Sound like a good idea?
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Posted by cyndeewi at 10:00 AM : May 28, 2008
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Nope. That''s Obama''s Job.
Obama''s disgusting for running a race based campaign.
His wife wrote her thesis on "racial divide," is disappointed that her ivy league black peers "lost their racial identity," they both attend a church whose 12 line mission statement only devotes one line to God, and the 11 others to "black issues", which they''ve attended for 20 years; Obama puts R&B in his ads in South Carolina, and floats a "leaked memo" detailing 4 "racially sensitive" comments from the Clintons (WHAT IS SENSITIVE ABOUT LBJ AND MLK?) instead of standing up and leading by example and declaring Race off-the table for discussion.
OBAMA IS DISGUSTING
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Um, are you attributing that 110 million to part of the 200 million that American taxpayers paid for Ken Starr''s witchhunt, that investigated every aspect of Bill and Hillary''s personal lives?
Shutup.
Barry-O, they love you so... The Clintons finally cry foul at their darling, the main stream media, who have ignored their multitude of crimes for years. The Clintons should have been in jail years ago but have been insulated by the press and liberal judges to go on and bilk America for over $110 million dollars. And now they pitch a fit that they are being treated unfair. I''m no BO-bamma fan but it sure is nice to see the Clintons on the receiving end for a change.
*Bert
He opposed the war when he couldn''t vote.
Then as soon as he could vote began supporting every war funding bill.
Then switched back to "opposing" the war AFTER he began running for president.
On the campaign trail in 2004, he railed against Congress funding the war.
But a few months later he was on the Senate floor - voting to fund the war!!
NObama!
And this is before the Republican 527 vetting of Obama.
http://hominidviews.com/?p=1560
Clinton: 100% probability of winning (May 26)
- Mean of 322 electoral votes
http://hominidviews.com/?p=1561
Obama: 37.3% probability of winning (May 26
- Mean of 264 electoral votes
Alternate electoral-college polling below:
http://www.electoral-vote.com/evp2008/Clinton/Maps/May28.html
Electoral Votes: Clinton 327 McCain 194 Ties 17 (May 28)
http://www.electoral-vote.com/evp2008/Obama/Maps/May28.html
Electoral Votes: Obama 266 McCain 248 Ties 24 (May 28)
Add that she will almost surely have the popular vote lead, including the caucuses and, of course, Michigan and Florida (for without them, the Democrats will lose).
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/democratic_vote_count.html
Dean told one group that the DNC CANNOT nullify a state-certified vote but they can refuse to seat or count a delegation (or portions of it).
Latest polls - at RealClearPolitics.Com
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/latestpolls/index.html
There is nothing else matters for her: neither party, nor Democracy, not a State.
Her dirty tale is so huge, that republicans are excited to get her as nominee and beat her hard - she is not electable at all.
What is the most important - This personality as so nasty, dirty, selfish , that it is Disgrace even to have her name on the ballot.
American has no good chances with clintons, we should through this t-rash out of our mind and protect America from clintons. Forever.
The Black working class supports Obama.
But he''s thrown Hispanics, boomers, women, white working class, Jews, gun owners....under the bus.
He''ll expect the Clintons to deliver those voters for him in Nov - but Obama is a con and a race-baiter and we won''t vote for him.
NObama!
Time for the DNC to start proving up the votes!
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/cb39916c-1329-11dd-8d91-0000779fd2ac.html
said the following about superdelegate decisions remaining:
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"I think the race is going to come down to the perception in *the last six or eight races* of who *the best opponent for McCain* will be. I do not think in the long run it will come down to the popular vote *or anything else*."
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The rules have nothing saying that Superdelegates follow the lead of pledged delegates -- for if they did, Superdelegates would not be needed !
Re Electability as focus for SDs:
In virtually every electoral-college poll-match currently, Clinton is easily beating McCain, while Obama is, overall, losing to McCain. And this is before the Republican 527 vetting of Obama.
http://hominidviews.com/?p=1560
Clinton: 100% probability of winning (May 26)
http://hominidviews.com/?p=1561
Obama: 37.3% probability of winning (May 26
http://www.electoral-vote.com/evp2008/Clinton/Maps/May28.html
Electoral Votes: Clinton 327
Dean told one group that the DNC CANNOT nullify a state-certified vote but they can refuse to seat or count a delegation (or portions of it).
Popular vote totals:
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/democratic_vote_count.html
Latest polls:
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/latestpolls/index.html
The thing about BO that can''t be allowed is that the man never met an abortion that he didn''t love. He has no love for the the unborn and even called babies an "unwanted disease" should one of his daughters get infected with one.
Protect the unborn, vote No More BO... On abortion he stinks to high heaven.
*Bert
Get your facts right. The Ken Star investigation of Bubba cost 40 million, not 200 million. See http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/02/01/starr.costs/
Since Bubba "skated" on the issues with Star, the money spent was certainly wasted.
It would be nice to end America''s relationship with this slime couple, but I think we''re stuck with them until they finally "go over the top" on some stinky deal.
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Like when liberals drag out President Bush''s name and don''t say the word President....immature isn''t it, tell MSNBC''s Keith Ol''bamaman to show some respect toward the President of the United States, and then maybe we will show some respect toward lying racist, bigot, like Obama and his wife Michelle, who has never been proud of America tell now....Hillary is at least proud of America and doesn''t attend a racist church for 20 years.
I AM SO SICK AND TIRED OF LISTENING TO THE CLINTONS
HOW IS IT POSSIBLE THEY ARE ALLOWED TO GET AWAY WITH A COMMENT ON ASSESSINATION ????
THEN ACCUSED HER OPPONENT OF HAVING PROVOKED A REACTION ????
CLAIMING TO BE AHEAD ON THE POLLS FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION
AHEAD ON POPULAR VOTES BY HER OWN METRICS.....
WHY , OH WHY DO WE HAVE TO BE ABUSED IN THIS MANNER BY THE CLINTONS, WHEN ARE THEY GOING TO UNDERSTAND WE DO NOT WANT THEM ANY MORE ?????
GO AWAY YOU HORRIBLE PEOPLE
YOU HAVE BEEN TREATED THE WAY YOU HAVE TREATED OTHERS
Do you REALLY expect Obama to NOT support the troops over in harm''s way?
If he had voted against all those funding bills, you would be leading the charge that he does not support the troop in their peril.
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