Starting Gate: No Day At The Beach
Barack Obama heads to Hawaii this morning for a week-long break, the first opportunity he’s had for a little rest and relaxation since in what’s been a Bataan-like march through 2008. But even as he heads off to the surf, he’s finding that dealing with the Clintons is still no day at the beach.
Winding down the day, Obama found himself fending off questions about what Hillary wants – or more precisely, what both Clintons want. The news has been filled in recent days with reports and speculation about the role the former first family will play at the DNC convention at the end of this month.
Tension is clearly in the air, first displayed by Bill Clinton in an interview in which he appeared to find it difficult to find any words of praise for Obama. That was ratcheted up by Hillary Clinton’s comments to supports acknowledging the difficulty of finding reconciliation after a very tough primary battle. Added to that combustible mixture are questions about whether Clinton’s name might be placed in nomination.
Obama insisted yesterday that these tensions are being blown up by the press. “There hasn't been controversy other than what you guys are projecting right now,” he told reporters traveling with him last night. Likewise, Clinton herself sounded a note of unity in an online chat with supporters yesterday, saying, “I am completely committed to helping Senator Obama become the next President of the United States and urging all of you to do the same.”
Last night came word that Bill Clinton had been offered a speaking slot at the convention and, as it stands now, it looks like she will speak on Tuesday night and the former president on Wednesday. That might help momentarily but for Obama, the problems go far beyond the convention.
Even if the Clinton do and say all the right things from now until the election, many of the New York Senator’s staunchest supporters could be harder to bring on board. There is murmuring among some that Obama has not done enough to help Clinton retire her campaign debt. Many still feel that the nomination was somehow stolen from Clinton and others don’t think Obama can win. It may be a tiny slice of the party but it is a vocal one. And how he deals with the Clintons from here on out will always be a tricky and touchy issue for Obama.
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John McCain’s campaign is returning $50,000 raised by a Florida bundler because some of the funds came from foreign nationals.
Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty gets the New York Times treatment today.
Columnist Peggy Noonan praises Obama’s strategy but warns against arrogance: “Because they're young and they've never been in power and it takes time to know what you don't know. The presidential-type seal with OBAMA on it, the sometimes over-the-top rhetoric about healing the earth and parting the seas. They pick the biggest, showiest venue for the Berlin speech, the Brandenburg Gate, just like a president, not realizing people would think: Ya gotta earn that one, kid.
After the campaign shake-up last month, McCain’s campaign appears to be making headway on the ground game, the Politico reports.
Winding down the day, Obama found himself fending off questions about what Hillary wants – or more precisely, what both Clintons want. The news has been filled in recent days with reports and speculation about the role the former first family will play at the DNC convention at the end of this month.
Tension is clearly in the air, first displayed by Bill Clinton in an interview in which he appeared to find it difficult to find any words of praise for Obama. That was ratcheted up by Hillary Clinton’s comments to supports acknowledging the difficulty of finding reconciliation after a very tough primary battle. Added to that combustible mixture are questions about whether Clinton’s name might be placed in nomination.
Obama insisted yesterday that these tensions are being blown up by the press. “There hasn't been controversy other than what you guys are projecting right now,” he told reporters traveling with him last night. Likewise, Clinton herself sounded a note of unity in an online chat with supporters yesterday, saying, “I am completely committed to helping Senator Obama become the next President of the United States and urging all of you to do the same.”
Last night came word that Bill Clinton had been offered a speaking slot at the convention and, as it stands now, it looks like she will speak on Tuesday night and the former president on Wednesday. That might help momentarily but for Obama, the problems go far beyond the convention.
Even if the Clinton do and say all the right things from now until the election, many of the New York Senator’s staunchest supporters could be harder to bring on board. There is murmuring among some that Obama has not done enough to help Clinton retire her campaign debt. Many still feel that the nomination was somehow stolen from Clinton and others don’t think Obama can win. It may be a tiny slice of the party but it is a vocal one. And how he deals with the Clintons from here on out will always be a tricky and touchy issue for Obama.
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See all 59 Comments"I know Senator McCain has a lifetime of experience he will bring to the White House."
"I believe the right approach begins with the proposal put forward by%u2026Senator McCain."
Would you believe Howard Dean, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, said this respectively?
Seven prominent Democrats, each one offering compliments for the presumptive Republican nominee.
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We Clinton supporters will do everything possible to ensure defeat for the Kerry-like shallow, arrogant, platitude-spouting, elitist, inexperienced, narcissistic, flip-flopping gas-bag - who is so mentally deficient from extensive drug use he even has to plagiarize his hollow platitudes, and who hijacked the nomination with fewer votes than Hillary received.
Hillary supporters won''t get mad; we will get even.
Best of luck, "sweetie".
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Best of luck, "sweetie".
Posted by VastR-WCon at 12:11 PM : Aug 08, 2008
Yeah ''Sweetie'', by voting for Mcbush. Really smart! Our horse didn''t win the race, so we''re going support four more years of pure krap. I suppose it makes sense...if you are an IDIOT! WHAT POOR LOSERS YOU ARE!
Some vacation!!
Nobama,...ever!!
Some vacation!!
Nobama,...ever!!
Posted by LARYSINCLAIR at 12:34 PM : Aug 08, 2008
I know Obama''s birth certificate is a fake but is his granny really chained up in the basement???
I am going to abstain from voting this year and wait till 2012.
The bad judgment this dipwad uses does not bode well for dealings with heads of state that will see through his scams and then turn on him for it.
I see totaly unrest ahead in the country and the world created by an idiot who thinks scamming is justified in his power plays.
A close boyhood friend of Obama, Zulfin Adi, said Barack "was a Muslim. He went to the mosque."
Obama''s first-grade teacher at a Catholic school, Israella Dharmawan, said: "Barry (Barack''s nickname) was Muslim. He was registered as a Muslim because his father was Muslim."
In the third grade, Obama transferred to a public school, where he was also registered as a Muslim. At the school, Muslim students attended weekly religion lessons about Islam.
Some of these details have been confirmed by Obama himself. In his autobiography, "Dreams From My Father," Obama mentions studying the Koran and describes the public school as "a Muslim school."
Earlier this year, Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs claimed: "Senator Obama has never been a Muslim, was not raised a Muslim, and is a committed Christian."
But the facts suggest that statement is not exactly true.
Middle East Forum director Daniel Pipes wrote on FrontPageMag.com that his research led him to conclude that "Obama was born a Muslim to a non-practicing Muslim father and for some years had a reasonably Muslim upbringing under the auspices of his Indonesian stepfather."
After the Los Angeles Times conducted its own investigation, Gibbs amended his previous statement on behalf of Obama, telling the Los Angeles Times: "Obama has never been a practicing Muslim," the key word being "practicing."
AGAIN it%u2019s the ECONOMY Stupid not your 60%u2019s Grievance.......my advice diversify the DNC now to reflect the Base or become irrelevant again
The reality, putting the immorality of exploiting racial animus aside and the consequence of hatemongering on our communities, the math is a loser the AA community even in the new non white majority of this Country, is still the minority and the other 85 percent of the country isn%u2019t looking to participate in another grudge match the Values Crowd did un in with their animus spewed at the opposition
I never forgot that from my teacher.
And if you listen to how she speaks, she allways starts off with "I want this" and "I want that".
This was why people didn''t like her because she is "less then authentic" a fake and phony who doesn''t give a tinker''s da** about the American people.
Instead she only cares about her own political ambitions. She''s selfish, slimey, corrupt, a liar and pure evil.
I vomited and puked so much through her campaign speeches that my throat is still raw and soar.
While recently investigating online campaign contribution logs, Pamela Geller of the blog Atlas Shrugs discovered a curious set of entries from mid-2007 showing a series of contributions from two Arab men who listed their place of residence as "Rafah, GA."
Skeptical about the existence of a town in Georgia called Rafah, Geller did some digging and discovered that the contributions had in fact come from the Gaza Strip border town of Rafah.
It is illegal for a US presidential candidate to receive contributions from non-US citizens, or to receive in excess of $2,300 from a single individual.
Curious for more information, WorldNetDaily correspondent Aaron Klein tracked down the two Gaza Arabs, brothers Monir and Hosam Edwan.
The Edwan brothers said that they and many other Palestinians love Obama, and are confident he will be the US president to force Israel to surrender land for the birth of a Palestinian Arab state.
When pressed about their illegal contribution, the brothers altered their story and insisted that they had not made an online donation, but had rather purchased $30,000 worth of t-shirts from the Obama campaign website.
WorldNetDaily also learned that while Monir and Hosam are themselves believed to be non-religious, their clan is known for supporting Hamas.
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We Clinton supporters will do everything possible to ensure defeat for the Kerry-like shallow, arrogant, platitude-spouting, elitist, inexperienced, narcissistic, flip-flopping gas-bag - who is so mentally deficient from extensive drug use he even has to plagiarize his hollow platitudes, and who hijacked the nomination with fewer votes than Hillary received.
Hillary supporters won''t get mad; we will get even.
Best of luck, "sweetie".
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Hilliary and Bill should give Obama 1000% support and whip their followers into line. It is not impossible for McCain to win and if he does, Hilliary can fun again in 2012. If the Clintons are obstinate and rebellous in 2008, they would find it much harder in 2012.
You must be smoking something. Obama is going to win by a landslide, the biggest in US history.
In ABC News Interview, Edwards Says He Cheated,
By RHONDA SCHWARTZ and BRIAN ROSS
August 8, 2008
John Edwards repeatedly lied during his Presidential campaign about an extramarital affair with a novice filmmaker, the former Senator admitted to ABC News today.
Democratic presidential candidate former U.S. Senator John Edwards (D-NC) speaks to supporters during a campaign event at the Keene State University in Keene, New Hampshire January 6, 2008
Edwards told ABC News correspondent Bob Woodruff he did have an affair with 44-year old Rielle Hunter, but said that he did not love her.
What a freakin slime ball lawyer this bum is.
Are you ready for that?
She seems to be getting more like John McCain''s buddy, Joe Lieberman, every day.
Maybe she and Lieberman should run together as Independents, and good luck to them in that hopeless endeavor.
Frankly, I don''t think I can ever vote for a woman again, after seeing how Hillary has divided the party. Women presidential candidates obviously cause far more trouble than they''re actually worth.
Sad to say, but it''s true. We all learn from our mistakes.
Are you ready for that?
Posted by usais11
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As a white person all I can say is that the way the "whites" have totally screwed things up, they deserve to be booted out.
That aside, I think your post is pure 100% neo-nazi racist fear-mongering.
That is the price she will pay.
She''ll be stuck running as an Independent in any future races, along with losers like Joe Lieberman.
That explains your position. Keep dreaming there, okay.
Are you ready for that?
Posted by usais11
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As a white person all I can say is that the way the "whites" have totally screwed things up, they deserve to be booted out.
That aside, I think your post is pure 100% neo-nazi racist fear-mongering.
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Posted by DaShortRound
I second that. Sadly, a lot of Americans are ignorant and bigoted wastes. Then, they turn right around and call themselves "Christians."
Yeah, even if Obama has to be Vince-Fostered.
The Clintons are felons. No more Clinton scum in the White House. Never again.
That is the price she will pay.
She''''ll be stuck running as an Independent in any future races, along with losers like Joe Lieberman.
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Posted by DaShortRound at 05:46 PM : Aug 08, 2008
Who the hell cares! She smoked him on support anyway! And he''ll be sent back to Chicago riding his camel!
Good riddance!
Hillary should speak on Tues. it is the 88 anniversary of women%u2019s right to vote. No women has come closer to winning the nomination. Regardless of what some of you Obama supporters think, there are still many people who like the Clintons. In your words,%u201CGet Over it.%u201D If Obama loses in Nov it%u2019s his own fault. His poll numbers are slipping because the Repubs have found his Achilles heel. He can come across as arrogant and they are using his cult like following and inability to take criticism against him. They have won in the past by zeroing in on the other candidates weakness. He may be able to stop this downward spiral but not with self-righteous indignation. If I vote for Obama it will be in spite of his supporters, not because of them.
As to the debt - about $12M of the approx $24M is a loan from Hilliary. The rest can be paid off from Bill''s funds or over a period of time from book sales, speaking engagements and/or rich friends.
Obama has no obligation to pay her debts.
As to the debt - about $12M of the approx $24M is a loan from Hilliary. The rest can be paid off from Bill''''s funds or over a period of time from book sales, speaking engagements and/or rich friends.
Obama has no obligation to pay her debts.
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Posted by ramos937 at 05:55 AM : Aug 09, 2008
No thanks! I''ll just vote for McCain whom I trust not to allow our Constitution to be buried in global authority, and who will defend this country against the Islamofast bastwards and no play kissy kissy smoochie face with them.
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