CHARLESTON, W.Va., May 8, 2008
Clinton Presses On, Stumps Coast To Coast
N.Y. Senator Tells Supporters To Ignore Pundits, Says She Is Strongest Democratic Candidate
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Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., turns after greeting supporters after entering a campaign event at the state capitol rotunda in Charleston, W. Va. Thursday, May 8, 2008. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
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The former first lady raced into a long West Virginia-to-the-West Coast campaign day, declaring she would move forward with her presidential effort and insisting anew that she, not rival Barack Obama, would be the stronger Democratic candidate to face Republican John McCain in November.
At a rally under the dome of the West Virginia Capitol, Clinton dismissed calls for her to drop out as "deja vu all over again." She said she had faced similar pressure before going on to win in New Hampshire, Ohio, Texas and Pennsylvania.
She made her case for pressing on, even as she thanked her supporters for doing the same.
"A lot of you have stuck with me; you've been through all the ups and downs in this campaign, the biggest victories and toughest moments," Clinton said. "I think it is because you understand that you've got to have a president who gets up every day and fights for you, who never gives up on you."
Her fading chances didn't diminish the loyalty of Evelyn Smith, 78, one of hundreds of supporters who jammed into the Capitol and waited nearly two hours to hear Clinton speak.
"It's going to take a miracle for her to get the nomination, which I could sit down and cry about because I think she really deserves to be president and the first lady president," Smith said.
Whatever the odds, Smith said Clinton should stay in the race until the final contests June 3. She said, "I'm a lot like she is, and I would go to the finish line even if I came in last and took a fall. I'd make it to the finish line, and I think she should, too."
Jim Duffield, 64, agreed.
"We don't have a winner yet. Of course she should keep going until we get a winner," Duffield said.
Said Clinton as her audience cheered: "I'm running to be president of all 50 states. I think we ought to keep this going so the people of West Virginia's voices are heard."
In contrast to her confrontational comments in speeches leading up to recent primaries, Clinton's only mention of Obama was to say next Tuesday's election would be a test for both her and the Illinois senator. She did highlight her strengths with various voting blocs through the primaries, an implicit comparison with her Democratic foe. She said the states she has won and the voters she has attracted are essential if the party is to beat McCain and claim the White House.
"We need to bring back hardworking people to the Democratic Party," the New York senator said. "I'm winning Catholic voters and Hispanic voters, blue-collar workers and seniors. People Sen. McCain will need in the general election."
She added, "Some call you swing voters. I call you Americans."
(Click here to read Fernando Suarez's report on Clinton's new strategy of focusing on the general election).
Exit polls in Indiana and North Carolina on Tuesday showed Clinton continuing to dominate Obama in attracting support from whites, particularly white men, and voters who lack college degrees. An average of 57 percent of whites have backed the New York senator in Democratic primaries since Super Tuesday on Feb. 5.
West Virginia's demographic makeup of white, older voters favors Clinton. During her appearance Thursday, she offered the same populist pitch she began making in the closing days before Indiana and North Carolina.
She renewed her call for a summertime holiday for the federal gasoline tax, with oil companies making up the difference, a proposal that many economists - and Obama - have dismissed as a meaningless pander.
The West Virginia rally was the first event in Clinton's exceptionally busy campaign schedule Thursday. She also planned appearances in South Dakota and Oregon, which have primaries in coming weeks.
She is favored to win West Virginia's primary but has fallen further behind Obama in delegates won in primaries and caucuses. Her hopes for the Democratic nomination rest on strong showings in the remaining contests to convince more than 200 party elders and other "superdelegates" to support her.
Obama was in Washington talking with superdelegate members of Congress, telling them it was now time to declare for him.
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AT LEAST UNTIL SHE SUCKS HER SUPPORTERS IN TO GET HER MONEY BACK.
How can the super delegates ignore a comment like this?
Clinton claims, "There''s a pattern emerging here."
There sure is. A really ugly one.
----------------ROE v. WADE-----------------
Two of the current justices of the United States Supreme Court will probable retire within the next four years. One is 75 and the other is 84. This will give the new president the ability to nominate two new justices. If McCain is elected you can be sure the new justices will be just like Roberts, Scalia and Thomas: willing to overturn ROE v. WADE. So think when you vote!!!
Clinton has really gone negative. Maybe she should choose David Duke as her running mate!
NOBAMA, NOBILLARY 08!
it probably won''t e as much fun for you when it''s a McCain losing.
Do you people have trouble handling the truth?
Obama can''t reach out and get the majority! It''s that simple.
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Posted by rufisgufis at 03:48 PM : May 08, 2008
Whatta joke! Think hard before you vote for the Nation of Islam, and a crack pot who knows nothing about fiscal responsibility or democracy! Or whom has an agenda totally his own that will suck the soul out of American in taxes.
Republicans have been using Roe V. Wade as a talking point for years, and every one of them knows it would be political suicide to touch it. The women would revolt!
So get over your trying to scare people with Roe v. Wade!
-----------ROE v. WADE-----------
Two of the current justices of the United States Supreme Court will probable retire within the next four years. One is 75 and the other is 84. This will give the new president the ability to nominate two new justices. If McCain is elected you can be sure the new justices will be just like Roberts, Scalia and Thomas: willing to overturn ROE v. WADE. So think when you vote!!!
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So get over your trying to scare people with Roe v. Wade!
Posted by StupidRowdyTexan2 at 04:32 PM : May 08, 2008
DEPENDS ON WHAT THE MEANING OF %u201CWAS%u2019 WAS.
DEPENDS ON WHAT THE MEANING OF %u201CWAS%u2019 WAS.
Posted by cbscrash07 at 04:38 PM : May 08, 2008
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No, only an idiot would.
You''re till spewing your same enane filth (Nation of Islam) I see.
Your old argument was he did not have th popular vote but now he does - even if you give Hillary all of Mich and don''t even give Obama the undiceded. The hole thing is embarrassig with Hillary pandering and obfuscating like that.
It is time to get behind the nominee. And if your friends won''t vote for him then it is time to get new friends.
A recent ABC News/Washington Post poll found nearly 60 percent of voters think Clinton is dishonest and will lie whenever she thinks she needs to.
He had a glittering array of experience: Minister to Russia; minister to Great Britain, ten years in the House, five years as Secretary of State, ten years in the Senate, during the time he was in office the nation grew by 33%, but when he was elected president in 1856 James Buchanan soon acquired the reputation as the worst president in American history. So when Abraham Lincoln ran for president he had an easy time, even though his only experience was in the Illinois State Legislature.
Baa, baa, milk sheep
Have you any dough?
Yes ma%u2019am, yes ma%u2019am
We%u2019ll send some
And PLEASE, no post-dated checks. Hillary is in a HURRY to get her money back. The interest she%u2019s losing on that money is more than TEN TIMES the median income of her supporters.
Will she get any milk from YOU?
AT LEAST UNTIL SHE CAN GET ENOUGH SUCKERS SO SHE CAN TAKE HER OWN MONEY BACK OFF THE TABLE.
HILLARY IS HISTORY!
DEPENDS ON WHAT THE MEANING OF %u201CWAS%u2019 WAS.
Wow !!!
Incompetent: Hillary agreed and Signed her name in agreement, that the Florida & Michigan Votes would not Count !! Now that her A!! is losing, she wants to retract and act as if, she Never Signed this Agreement...
Puh-Lease !!!
Obama: 250 Million generated by Obama, with More Money to come and hes Paying his Bills. Hes generating More Delegates and Super Delegates, as I Type !!
You are Right, Hillary is Incompetent !!
Hillary Clinton: 150 Million generated and shes Loaning Herself (Campaign) Money and She has not Paid her Bills in Ohio and other States shes Won in !!! She supposedly accumulated 10 Million on line, after her 9.5 Pt (PA) Win, which she was Suppose to win by 20 Pts. or more and yet shes Lending herself (Campaign) 6.4 Million !!!
Talk about No Experience in Campaign Money, Putting together a Sold Political Team...she cant Run her Team, Manaage Her Campaign Budget, and Pay Her Bills on Time, Her Campaign memebers jumping Boat and now Supporting Obama and she wants to Run The Government...
Puh-Lease
Call me when Clinton EVENS or SURPASSES Obamas NUMBERS...Please
Until that Mystical, Majical, Majestical moment Happens....
You Clintonites are just Blowing sand out of Your A$$''''s !!!
Total Delegate Count
Democrats | 2,025 Needed to Clinch
OBAMA 1,849
CLINTON 1,690
EDWARDS 18
Republicans | 1,191 Needed to Clinch
MCCAIN 1,328
HUCKABEE 231
ROMNEY 149
CBS News estimates. Includes super delegates.
Posted by cbscrash07 at 04:38 PM : May 08, 2008
That is without a doubt one of the most incredibly ignorant things that has ever been posted on this blog.
That is without a doubt one of the most incredibly ignorant things that has ever been posted on this blog.
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Yes, Roe vs. Wade clearly protected the right of a WOMAN to control her body.
It did NOTHING to protect the right of a MAN.
At a conservative annual return of 5%, that is costing her $550,000 A YEAR of interest she could have earned with that money. More than HALF A MILLION DOLLARS a year in lost income.
THAT''S MORE THAN TEN TIMES THE MEDIAN INCOME OF HER SUPPORTERS.
Do you think she WANTS HER MONEY BACK????
OH, YAH, SHE''LL BE MILKING HER SHEEP until November to get it back. If that''s not long enough, she''ll pursue her legal action over the MI and FL votes to DELAY THE ELECTION AND INAUGURATION until she collects enough SHEEP MILK.
WILL SHE GET ANY SHEEP MILK FROM YOU???
We haven''t heard anymore about it since you campaigned in Indiana. There you go again. You didn''t forget about us blue collar & low income workers again have you?
Don''t be afraid you can do it. You don''t need those big oil contributions do you? Say it isn''t so! We''ve been here for you now where are you when we need you?
I was indeed shocked
that people came back into Tent Obama on Tuesday.
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Baa, baa, RField9.
Will Hillary get any milk from you?
She has LOANED her campaign nearly $12 million dollars; at the moment there is not enough money in her campaign to repay her, if she quits then the donations stop, which means she has a problem recovering her millions.
However if she is clever she can continue and keep making requests for donations from foolish Clinton supporters.
Once enough gullible people have made donations and there is enough money to pay her back THEN suddenly she will announce that she is quitting for the good of the Party !
Does that make sense to you Clinton supporters?
Now go to her website immediately and pay back her loans!
She has LOANED her campaign nearly $12 million dollars
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Here, I wrote a NEW song about it:
Sung to the tune of %u201CThe Wheels on the Bus%u201D
Hilly needs to milk her sheep,
Milk her sheep, milk her sheep.
Hilly needs to milk her sheep
To get her money back.
Hilly spent e-leven mil,
%u2018Leven mil, %u2018leven mil.
Hilly spent e-leven mil,
She NEEDS that money back.
She needs to get her money back,
Money back, money back.
She needs to get her money back,
Her campaign will go on.
She%u2019ll go away when she gets it back,
Gets it back, gets it back.
She%u2019ll go away when she gets it back,
Forget about Obama.
Ask not what she%u2019ll do for you,
Do for you, do for you.
Ask not what she%u2019ll do for you,
But what you%u2019ll do for her.
Bill: Well Hillary, I campaigned throughout Rural White, Confederate Flag Waving, Southern Fed & Southern Bred, NASCAR WEEKEND, Robert E. Lee, Counties, throughout North Carolina...
Chelsea Campaigned throughout the Various North Carolina Colleges...
You Traveled Throughout the (NC Region) for the past 2 weeks and Lied like a Natural Clinton does and...
We had our Natural Lying, Scheming & Decieving A$$''s Handed to Us !!!
I Guess those Johnny Rebs, Country Bumpkins have Access to the World Wide Web and pulled one Over on us...
Huh ..Hun
Hillary: Bill, I thought John Gatti was Teflon...
But Barack Obama is ....Platinum Plus !!!
Bill: Hillary lets invite the Obamas Over, for a Night Cap...What about it ..Hun
Hillary: Bill, You''re reading My Mind...Baby
Bill: I got Michelle on Speed Dial !!!
Hillary: I got that ''Hot Barack'' in My Fave 5 !!!
Bill & Hillary: Were gonna make this Night a D@mn Night to Remember !!
Bill: Just Like Ole Times ...Hun...
Just Like Ole Times !!!
Hillary is behaving like a spoilt child, she AGREES to the rules and then when she is losing and she cant see any way out, she starts crying and getting hysterical, insisting that the rules be changed so she can win !!! She needs to be in kindergarten not on the political arena.
She reminds me of Bush. She simply lowers the bar for victory when she lost by the earlier definition.
Posted by jockh at 06:28 AM : May 09, 2008
Her campaign sites Obama''s failure to go along with the previous plan to have new primaries as justification for her actions. From a lawyer point of view, it''s a compelling argument. But she''s done. There''s no way they''re gonna dis the black guy in favor of HRC.
Again, A vote for any MAN is a vote AGAINST FEMINSISM and a vote for HISTORY of Sui-SUPRESSION of Genetalis femalis. I am offended. The American Council of AA Academics have called for a double of votes for women to reflect the inability of most women to make it to the voting polls due to family care obligations (read housework). We DEMAND all VOTES OF WOMEN bE COUNTED TWICE to a make up for this dimensional limitation of MEN dominated SOCIETAL rules !
Thus, Hillary should be our PRESIDENT. THE COUNTY OWES US ONE.
AMERICA, YOU OWE US ONE !
A VOTE FOR ANY MAN = ANTI FEMINIST !
Something to prove ?
Gore- grew up in hotels as dominating father played senator and groomed him , although labeled as stupid in school and slow, for WH !
Bush - dominating mother, and father, taken away from TEXAS to back east boarding school at age 12, to be groomed as Pres. Could not wait to get back to TEXAS.
Clinton - Father and mother gone, left in care of low income grandmother. Something to prove ?
Obama- same thing, something to prove ? Raised by (wonderful) grandparents, while mother was "leading her life" ( read modern woman)
Mc CAin- Dominating military father and grandfather. Something to prove ? Marries rich woman to support his life ambitions.
Kerry - Something to prove ? Marries two homely rich woman to support his ambitions. Hob nobs with rich kids in college even though poor.
WOW - what a collection of misfits, ego tists - and focused strangeloves.
Except for HIllary ! She is the only normal one around !! As a Feminist College Professor I can bring Wisdom to this discussion. H is smart and not dominated by major father figure !! Not too late. And by age 60 she is no longer on her period. !
Obama won 90% of the black vote, small red states and caucuses. Everyone needs to examine the details of who voted for whom and you will see that Hillary Clinton can win in November.
How can you claim he cannot get the ''mojority" when he won ''white" NC and black NC? Whites and blacks are choosing PResident Obama in droves! Even if every black man in america voted for Obama, he would not have gotten this far, facd it he has all the "white" support he could ever dream of, as well of the support of black people who believe in him. Face it, you are going to have to stand when President Obama enters the room pretty soon. I know it will probably kill you to respect a black man, but the day has come.
Are you being sarcastic? If you take out those things then the process is called ''coronation". This is America and we "elect" our officials. Sheesh!!
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I was wondering where the Rodham in Hillary Rodham Clinton came from? As for normalcy, "If you''re a misfit within a group of misfits, does that mean you''re actually popular and normal?" (Laura Preble)
Sung to the tune of %u201CThe Wheels on the Bus%u201D
Hilly needs to milk her sheep,
Milk her sheep, milk her sheep.
Hilly needs to milk her sheep
To get her money back.
Hilly spent e-leven mil,
%u2018Leven mil, %u2018leven mil.
Hilly spent e-leven mil,
She NEEDS that money back.
She needs to get her money back,
Money back, money back.
She needs to get her money back,
Her campaign will go on.
She%u2019ll go away when she gets it back,
Gets it back, gets it back.
She%u2019ll go away when she gets it back,
Forget about Obama.
Ask not what she%u2019ll do for you,
Do for you, do for you.
Ask not what she%u2019ll do for you,
But what you%u2019ll do for her.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
If you can do another one to the tune of the ABCs song then I think you''ve found your audience.
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by sjc_1
May 10, 2008 2:58 PM EDT
- "...elite wealth and power to buy a position of power."
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See all 50 CommentsIsn''t that what Bush''s daddy did for him in the 2000 primary and general election. If it were not for the oil boys, Junior would have never raised $50 million for the primary without even trying.