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FROM HILLARY: Why West Virginia Matters


BLOG ANNOUNCEMENT: WE WILL HAVE A BIG PARTY BASH TONIGHT TO CELEBRATE HILLARY’S VICTORY! BE HERE WITH US! Some of you will, unfortunately, have to watch MSNBO and CNN to report to us what drivel they are spouting … I am psychologically unfit to do so because they make me raving mad (!) — i.e., ape-shit CRAZY because they are so delusional! — so I plan to watch Fox News, and will report. Be our ears and share in the sweetness of a meaningful victory.

THIS IS AN OBAMA-Messianic-free ZONE, and will remain so! YOU ARE FREE HERE to express exactly what you think!

(And don’t tell anyone, but you can assume any identity you wish when you type in your username. We do not plan on making people go through registration processes. It is partly to ensure that people who come here are FREE to speak their MINDS, and say what they REALLY THINK.)

NOW, WHY WEST VIRGINIA and why those “typical white people” matter … Even if Timmuh doesn’t think so.

To: Interested Parties
From: Clinton Campaign
Date: Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Re: Why West Virginia Matters

With a record turnout expected in today’s primary, West Virginia Democrats will make clear who they believe is the strongest candidate to take on Sen. McCain in the Fall.

The Mountain State is used to picking winners. Every nominee has carried the state’s primary since 1976, and no Democrat has won the White House without winning West Virginia since 1916.

Democrats carried West Virginia in 1992 and 1996, but lost the state—and the White House–in 2000 and 2004. Hillary has predicted victory against Sen. McCain in West Virginia based on the strength of her economic message.

Given the attempts by our opponent and some in the media to declare this race over, any significant increase in voter turnout, coupled with a decisive Clinton victory, would send a strong message that Democrats remain excited and energized by Hillary’s candidacy.

In the face of grim poll numbers, the Obama campaign has attempted to dismiss today’s outcome despite the fact that Sen. Obama has outspent us on advertising, has more staff in the state, and more than double the number of offices.

He has also benefited from the support of the most high-profile endorsers in West Virginia—Sen. Jay Rockefeller and Congressman Nick Rahall. By every measure, the Obama campaign has waged an aggressive campaign in the Mountain State.

Despite being the so-called “presumptive nominee” and benefiting from these advantages, Sen. Obama has been unable to close a significant gap in the polls.

Sen. Clinton has already won Ohio, Pennsylvania, Florida and Michigan. With a win in West Virginia, Sen. Clinton will have once again proven her greater ability to win in the key swing states.
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OBAMABOTS ARE NOT WELCOME at our soiree tonight.

IF any show up, give ‘em hell.

They haven’t the independence of thought to SEE that this man is entirely unqualified to be president, and that the ONLY REASON he is running is to WIN.

The OFFICE means nothing to him. The tremendous, heavy pressure of the decisions to be made mean nothing to him. It is only about winning and adulation.

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Comment by Arabella Trefoil | 2008-05-13 12:11:43

Thanks for the invite. I will be there with you.

What music are we playing? I like “I’m Still Standing.”

It ain’t over yet, not by a long shot.

Comment by Dawnelle | 2008-05-13 13:16:31

Comment by Patrick Henry | 2008-05-13 13:33:22

Helen Reddys..”I am Woman…”

 
 

Comment by hillarysmygirl | 2008-05-13 18:01:51

Here’s what Hillary said today:

“Democrats don’t get elected president unless West Virginia votes for you. It was West Virginia that made it possible for John Kennedy to become president. John Kennedy didn’t have the number of delegates he needed when he went to the convention in 1960; he had something equally as important - he had West Virginia behind him.”

How about Melissa Etheridge, “I’m the Only One”

 
 

Comment by Uppity | 2008-05-13 12:12:18

Barack Obama will never be president. They can ignore it all they want. It will never happen. In four years, perhaps the lesson will have been learned.

Comment by Arabella Trefoil | 2008-05-13 12:24:23

True. The DNC is trying a grand experiment - ignore the low information working class. The media loves it. They can capture the important market segments like young men and rich people. It’s a win/win!

This is a foolish experiment. If you cut the heart of of an entity it dies. I don’t need to see it to believe it.

I’m waiting with my bucket and mop to clean up the mess and get along with business.

Comment by AnninCA | 2008-05-13 13:01:56

It appeals to the ego in no way I’ve ever seen a campaign message appeal.

When the race was younger, I cannot tell you the number of replies to my posts on a “Site that Shall Remain Unnamed” involved bragging about the college-educated stats.

It pained me. I saw the arrogance of people. I saw the lack of empathy. I saw the real reason for the rust belt.

What’s insane to me, anyway, is that years ago, as a former resident of Iowa and Indiana, I knew….knew……KNEW….

That what was hitting the working middle class, ie, factory/blue collar, would hit the white-collar workers in a few years.

I cannot believe how right I was.

And I still cannot believe the denial going on in the white-collar sector in this election.

What good does a college degree do you if there’s nothing left to actually do with it?

Lordy.

The denial is insane.

Ego, ego, ego.

And what is truly crazy is watching that ego take pleasure in putting down a “lower” group…entire states, in this case.

I grew up in the South. The urge to scapegoat someone “lower” is really what racism is about. It doesn’t have to do with color of the skin, for gosh sakes. Nobody cares about that. It has to do with feeling lousy about one’s own life and finding someone lower one can step on to make one feel “higher,” and …..temporarily…..better than.

And here we go again.

*blech*

I hated it then. I hate it now.

Comment by IODINE | 2008-05-13 13:38:19

YOU KNOW I CAN RELATE TOEVERY WORD YOU SAID.
I GREW UP IN WVA AND SMALL TOWN AMERICA IS A LOT LIKE THE SOUTH.
IT IS DISGUSTING BUT IT IS A PART OF OUR CULTURE.
I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN AWARE OF IT, BUT JUST HAVE NOT THOUGHT OF IT FOR YEARS UNTIL I READ YOUR POST AND IT ALL CAME FLOODING OVER ME.
THANKS I ENJOYED YOUR POST.

 

Comment by speaktruth | 2008-05-13 13:48:35

Insightful point about racism, Anne.
So this whole race is about narcissism and ego. And marketing the product Obama to appeal to people’s little egos. “The creative class.” Lack of compassion.
Yuck.

 

Comment by bamaoil | 2008-05-13 14:40:41

Not only the lack of work, but the lack of ability to create work, or, at the very least, manage the system.

Michael Brown was college educated, too and he was one pf the most incompetent people ever seen.

I mean, the same is true about most of Washington, and they’re ivy league..

So big deal, you went to trade school for four years, but you’re still not competent to do your job, Harvard.

You know?

 
 
 

Comment by raymo | 2008-05-13 12:44:49

That is exactly right. It will never happen. And I am proud to be part of the reason why it will never happen.

 
 

Comment by Uppity | 2008-05-13 12:14:28

Looks like WV is going to tell Jay Rockefeller what “Massitoosits” told Ted Kennedy and John Kerry. People are not going to be told what to do any longer.

Comment by Nellie | 2008-05-13 12:33:48

Hey Uppity,

It is TAXachusettes - NH’s neighbor to the south.

And there are many, many there who are now sporting Ed O’Reilly bumper stickers. He is John Kerry’s opponent in the Democratic Primaries.

I’ll peek into the party tonight - long as it not too late.

Susan, I really really like this idea.

Comment by pm317 | 2008-05-13 12:44:54

Is John Kerry up this November? If he is, what are we waiting for? You guys have to show him the door.

Comment by ginaswo | 2008-05-13 13:54:09

Yes show him the door!!!
can we show Rockefeller the door in WVA too?!

Comment by Nicole | 2008-05-13 14:34:09

And, next up, Teddy! (When is he up for re-election? It’s about time MA slammed the door in his face.)

 
 
 

Comment by Uppity | 2008-05-13 12:50:23

It would be DELIGHTFUL to see horseface go down. The election thrower that he is.

Comment by blobert | 2008-05-13 13:22:19

John Kerry is going DOWN!

Comment by Uppity | 2008-05-13 13:55:52

Oh man, that would be so much fun to watch!

 
 

Comment by KJMontana | 2008-05-13 14:08:47

Please, not “horseface”. My horses are insulted!

How about “numbnuts” or “pinhead” instead??

Comment by TeakWoodKite | 2008-05-13 14:26:45

I like the “I am for it and against it.”
Let us give him time to Windsurf as much as he wants.

 

Comment by Uppity | 2008-05-13 14:38:02

Ok ok i apolgize to the horses! But he does have the face for the feedbag!

 
 
 

Comment by blobert | 2008-05-13 13:18:49

I’m a semi Fox lover too.
Even though Fox love is never True!

Their sweet nothings are hard to resist.
When our own kind has given us the finger.

Comment by Dawnelle | 2008-05-13 13:20:29

 

Comment by Uppity | 2008-05-13 14:38:44

Just goes to show you how odious THEY are us. Even Fox looks better to us than they do.

 
 

Comment by speaktruth | 2008-05-13 13:51:26

How do we send Ed O’Reilly money?

Comment by Melissa | 2008-05-13 14:32:15

I knew Kerry was up- family in MA- nobody in my family is voting for his traitorous ass- And they are not voting for him BECAUSE he supports Obama-
Watch the down ticket races- and I will pop the champagne when Kerry gets retired!

Comment by Uppity | 2008-05-13 14:34:47

I know they won’t be going blue for Obama. I think that’s historical for the Bluest State.

 
 
 
 
 

Comment by IODINE | 2008-05-13 13:41:36

YOU KNOW ROCKEFELLAR IS NOT A NATIVE OF WVA HE JUST NEEDED A STATE TO USE TO GET TO WASHINGTON AND WVA GAVE HIM HIS SECOND HOME, BUT I THINK THEY ARE RATHER UPSET WITH HIM RIGHT NOW. MY SISTER TELLS ME HE IS GETTING SOME REAL BAD PRESS INSIDE THE STATE. SERVES HIM RIGHT.

Comment by Uppity | 2008-05-13 14:35:27

He’s the Central Bank anyhow. He hides in a democratic sheepskin.

 

Comment by Nicole | 2008-05-13 14:39:03

They should kick his a** out the door, too. (Is he up for re-election this November?)

 

Comment by TeakWoodKite | 2008-05-13 14:44:06

I get it Iodine just wondering about your use of caps lock…. :)

 

Comment by PamFlorida | 2008-05-13 16:10:44

BTW-Jay Rockefeller is the dem pushing for the new FISA, you know, the bill providing for retroactive TELCO IMMUNITY that BushCo wants passed.

 
 
 

Comment by mjc | 2008-05-13 12:15:44

the more i think about it, the more i simply can not believe that the media and the DNC are trying to give the nomination to a candidate who has not won ANY key states during the primary. this is just absolute madness. they trust their blue states will stay blue? we need to turn the purple states solid blue this year. i dont want to watch another john kerry happen. thats how i feel about obama. what is wrong with the DNC? pathetic.

 

Comment by formermyddreader | 2008-05-13 12:17:57

Obamabot Jonathan Singer cannot attend our party tonight?

Comment by SusanUnPC | 2008-05-13 12:22:31

us country folk will be fully armed and we’ll have big muscly bouncers at the door — he won’t dare!

Comment by formermyddreader | 2008-05-13 12:29:44

Obamabot Jonathan Singer is a fat slob. I guess our muscular bouncers can play basketball with the sloth.

 

Comment by Uppity | 2008-05-13 14:36:06

Why YOU hick!

Comment by formermyddreader | 2008-05-13 14:44:28

Jonathan Singer could not even fit through the door. A member of the creative class would have the deflate fat slob.

 
 
 
 

Comment by wanda | 2008-05-13 12:18:59

Kick ass Hillary!

 

Comment by Dora Ratquila | 2008-05-13 12:21:41

God-willing (and please don’t call me BITTER because i cling to my religion - i am a practising roman catholic, by the way), the Democratic Party will not relive the horrors of 2000 and 2004 by nominating a candidate who can win the states that matter in the GE. Otherwise, it will be B.O.W.L. BIG TIME in November. And if that ever happens, let’s all put out a full page ad in the major national dailies and include the names of: Dean, Pelosi, Brazile, Kerry, Richardson, Andrew, McCaskill, Kennedy, et. al.

Comment by Arabella Trefoil | 2008-05-13 12:36:36

Heh. I’ve got my rosary at the ready. The Ursuline nuns taught me how to be a strong woman. My mother did too. She raised nine children. When the going got tough, she couldn’t leave the room.

Go, Hillary!

Comment by kiki | 2008-05-13 12:47:20

I’ve got my Miraculous Medal on. I think Our Lady must surely be a Hillary supporter.

Comment by Melissa | 2008-05-13 14:34:16

Another rosary at the ready here! Lit my customary candle for Hillary at the Blessed Mother’s shrine before Mass on Sunday. (St. Anne will look out for Hillary too.)

 
 

Comment by Lucinda | 2008-05-13 12:55:00

My husband came up with this little song this morning. It’s borrowed from the Camelot song, What Do The Simple Folk Do?

What do the bitter folk do
when gas goes up a dollar or two?
They cling to guns and church
and leave Obama in the lurch
Oh, that’s what bitter folk do.

My apologies to Lerner and Loewe.

Comment by Nicole | 2008-05-13 14:42:36

Your husband’s a keeper!

 
 
 

Comment by kenoshaMarge | 2008-05-13 14:15:19

I left the church a long time ago and only attend for weddings, baptisms and funerals. But I never sneer at what gives other people comfort and joy. (While you at it say a little prayer for her from me too. It can’t hurt and it just might help.)

 
 

Comment by bamaoil | 2008-05-13 12:23:44

best thing you ever did for the strength of your site was not requiring “registration,” I’ve been changing names to beat the wordpress spam filters, (mostly so I don’t have to bother you, I can see how busy you are, lately)

on occasion, and after awhile, it’s fun to change names…

 

Comment by politicsIsdirty | 2008-05-13 12:24:41

Thanks for the invite. No JUDAS ESCARIOT allowed !!!

 

Comment by politicsIsdirty | 2008-05-13 12:25:00

Thanks for the invite. No JUDAS ESCARIOTs allowed !!!

 

Comment by politicsIsdirty | 2008-05-13 12:26:36

Watch Fox news instead. Feel free also to learn how they will spin Obama’s loss in CNN and MSNBO.

May “karma” befall those who promote injustice and unfairness.

Comment by kiki | 2008-05-13 12:41:55

I’m planning to take my Dramamine tonight before tuning in to watch MSNBO spin.

 

Comment by kenoshaMarge | 2008-05-13 14:17:45

I absolutely cannot, for the sake of my blood pressure, the well-being of my television set watch MSNBC and the two biggest fools on cable aka Tweety and Olbamaman. I cannot believe that I have come to the point of watching FOX in order to get some fair coverage.

Comment by TeakWoodKite | 2008-05-13 15:07:00

It does not matter which channel one views. As Fox was MSNBC is , or any of the MSM sy-ops channels. All a grain of salt.

kenoshaMarge I really do get the blood pressure thing…When you here flat out LIES, (Löffel füttern die Massen,) it is extremely mind numbing.
The idea of disseminating information in am anner that allows your alpha waves to work well is “nicht erlaubt”.

A mix between Lord of Flies, Big Brother and a pinch of ?. UGH!

 
 
 

Comment by Talktruth | 2008-05-13 12:27:04

I hope they’re watching the polls carefully in WV today. If they can’t win fighting fair, Obamabots will try anything else. If they do, I hope they get caught red-handed.

And in that “support Hillary” spirit, here is my letter to today’s superdelegate, Wayne Dowdy, chairman of the Mississippi Democratic Party:

Dear Mr. Dowdy,

I’m writing you today to ask you to support Senator Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nominee. As far as I’m concerned, there is no contest between she and Senator Obama for the presidency. She has more support among Democratic voters, and there are many good reasons for that. She loves America and its people, and it shows in her work, her voting record, and in her demeanor on the campaign trail. She works hard for children, the poor, the environment, our soldiers, working people, you name it, she cares and is tireless. Senator Clinton is also a known entity, having been in Washington for many years.

Senator Obama, on the other hand, does not have the support, I believe, to win the White House. And it seems the more people find out about him, the less support he has. I would be one of the first to support an African American for the presidency, if he or she were qualified. But not only does Obama not have the experience, he also has many questionable characters in his background. This shows, in my opinion, severe lack of judgment, the kind that is particularly dangerous when it comes to national security and the stability of our government. Foremost in my mind is the fact that he attended an anti-American church for 20 years and called its pastor his “moral compass.” There is also, of course, his connection with Bill Ayers, the unrepentant terrorist, from whose house Obama launched his state senate campaign.

I believe the Senator Hillary Clinton would make an excellent president, and my research is showing that she could beat McCain, by garnering support from every corner of America. We’ve seen how well she’s done in the primaries, winning big states like Ohio, Pennsylvania and Texas. Let’s take that kind of support all the way to the White House!

Thank you for your kind attention.

If you would like to write Mr. Dowdy, his email address is waynedowdy@waynedowdy.com. Wanna pick someone else? Here’s the link to uncommitted superdelegates:

http://tinyurl.com/2xbvgn

Remember: Only 2209 delegates is legit!

 

Comment by Mawm | 2008-05-13 12:29:59

Give ‘em Hell Hillary!

 

Comment by drkate | 2008-05-13 12:30:01

no assauting allowed!

 

Comment by Dem_base | 2008-05-13 12:32:01

Looking forward to tonight!

 

Comment by AnninCA | 2008-05-13 12:32:41

Thanks! I will join you, for sure.

I’ve been so discouraged. Even a site that was Hillary-friendly considered discussing the obvious race division to be “race-baiting.”

Sorry, but I’m not willing to be called a “race-baiter” after a lifetime of dedication to supporting and role-modeling the opposite.

It’s nice to relax.

I believe the racial issue plays a part in a very small percentage of voters, and I’m usually surprised this segment of the population bothers to vote.

The rest?

It’s about other issues. It’s related only to race on a very academic level.

Is wearing a lapel pin, for example, an issue about nationalism?

I’m not so sure that’s accurate. It can also be about life experience and knowing that when someone makes a big ole’ deal out of a small action that pleases so many people, that person is often too stubborn and idiosyncratic to really get along with others.

That’s the “knowing” that comes from experience.

Not “stupid” or “clinging,” as progressive bloggers would suggest. Definitely not “low-information.”

However, I think many of the progressive bloggers have shown that they devalue life experience over very superficial book experience.

I recall when I reached the end of my own advanced studies was when I realized: I know nothing.

I think a lot of those folks may not have reached that obvious point in life.

Too bad. They are left with the arrogance of higher education but not the gift of one, which is to truly humble oneself in the face of obvious vast areas in which one is downright stupid. :)

Comment by TeakWoodKite | 2008-05-13 15:11:40

I know nothing.

Sgt. Hans Schultz, from Hogans hero’s was a Zen master… :)

You are so right.

 
 

Comment by kiki | 2008-05-13 12:34:29

Thank you so much Susan and Larry for all the hard work you do and for making this forum available to us!

 

Comment by mostest | 2008-05-13 12:34:44

If the MSM, DNC,and low information voters (LIVs) get their way, the lunch bucket demos, women and moderate AAs will be facing the following choice in November:

Vote for 4 more years of Bush or

Vote for a man who has close personal relationships with many people who believe american is to blame for all the suffering in the world.

Since I believe america and her princples can withstand four more years of bush, i will be voting the former and hoping for a big democrat majority in both the senate and the house.

I predict there wiil be a lot of mix ballots (repub for president and straight democrat down ballot) this november.

Comment by No2ObamainMT | 2008-05-13 12:50:05

 

Comment by PamFlorida | 2008-05-13 16:15:58

Me, too. Control the senate and the house-McCain will have to play ball. Good enough for me.

 
 

Comment by K. Wynne | 2008-05-13 12:43:31

Guys, remember that the infamous electronic voting machines (purchase the DVD of the HBO documentary “Hacking Democracy” which shows how they can easily be reprogrammed without being detected) and you will get an idea of how elections are being run these days. High tech cheating. In fact, any democratic controlled county has total access to these machines and they can be manipulated and there’s nothing the average citizen can do to prevent it, much less oversee it. If the DNC have cheated this arrogantly out in the open thus far by playing fast and loose with the DNC rules, in order to promote the illusion that Obama is actually “winning” with a complicit media propping him up every step of the way, then don’t underestimate their ability to manipulate the voting machines (particularly the touchscreens, which have no paper trail). Even those with a paper trail are next to impossible to properly audit independently because so few understand how to audit the paper receipts properly, not to mention the cost of an audit is outrageously expensive and time consuming. If, by some miracle, someone is able to audit a county, the winner has already been declared and the election process is over (you only have a limited period of time to contest the outcome). How convenient.

I have witnessed how easily these machines can be reprogrammed months even years in advance to have a certain outcome. They can manipulate them incrementally to jive with the percentage of democratic voters are in any given precinct.

The reason I’ve given this explanation about the machines is to make it clear why it is vitally important that those of us who do not want to see Obama placed into the WH by the DNC power elite, we must speak out loudly and publicly of our absolute rejection of Obama, if he is given the nomination.

We must make take every step we can to make certain they don’t “spin” a lie that the Clinton supporters opted for party unity and came back to the fold and voted for their boy.

Perhaps we can have a parallel election and cast a protest vote against Obama in order to show the numbers against him could not match any machine count showing that he had won the votes of blue collar workers, older women, latinos and asians.

Obama represents an agenda and he is nothing more than the front man for that agenda, just like GWB was for the neocons.

Don’t forget and certainly don’t underestimate that Zbigniew Brezinski was an early endorser of Obama, but stayed in the background. Why? I’m sure most of you are aware that Brezinski and David Rockefeller co-founded The Trilateral Commission back in 1973. This may explain Jay Rockefeller’s endorsement of Obama more than anything else.

Brezinski is a big believer in a “one world government” or as GHWB, Sr. once said in his state of the union speech “a new world order” is coming.

Obama is a trojan horse, which will release untold forces, which will break the back of democracy as we know it. Of course, I figure by saying all this I will be viewed by some as some kind of conspiracy nut. However, f you take the time and read up on those who support Obama and remain in the background, my theory really isn’t that far-fetched.

Hang in there, Hillary. She is truly this country’s best hope for survival as a soveriegn country of the people.

Comment by Talktruth | 2008-05-13 13:00:32

Something’s super-fishy (sounds like “superficial” - very apropos) about him. As you can see from my letter above, I don’t think we should be shy about sharing our fears with those powerful superdelegates. I encourage people to write and tell them what *you* think!

 

Comment by AnninCA | 2008-05-13 13:30:19

I’m a bit more optimistic.

I simply do believe in people. I think that Obama and the Washington elite preyed off of the situation within the Republicans. They thought that this was the year they couldn’t be beat.

I’ve decided putting for the elitist, yet again, is a bit of a recoup of ego.

Kerry…..shot down.
Gore……shot down

and a host of others.

This is the year they “prove” that the insiders win.

And that explains the insane denial that Ohio, PA, CA, WVA, KY…..don’t matter.

It’s mass delusion, based on rebuttal of past losses.

Even if he wins, even if he ends up being president, he’s going to run into the reality that Hillary already experienced: He has not won, by any measurement, the will of the people.

He will not make any real progress.

He will end up being the empty suit president.

And that’s that.

It’s the will of the people which matters, whether putting forth a war or a health plan.

Comment by MOmule | 2008-05-13 21:12:39

AnninCa - I have always enjoyed your thoughtful posts when I found them.
K.Wynne - Zbig,I understand, is also a Russian hater and we will be back to the Cold War if either of his guys is elected. Plus, having seen his arrogant and unbelievably misogynistic comments about Hillary on his daughter’s morning show,(she stood there and giggled and didn’t have the guts to say a word in protest!)he should be retired to pundit purgatory!
After counting the days for eight years and looking forward to a blessed change, I am now back in a state of depression. I have the same sinking feeling I had when watching Colin Powell’s speech at the UN. All that fake evidence and it seemed noone was challenging it. Now it seems we are facing another fake and people are buying into the same kind of hysteria.
I was leaning towards John Edwards and will never forget Pat Buchanan’s prescient warning that “the MSM will never let him become the nominee”. I watched as he was ignored, marginalized and trivialized. Then I watched as they started on HRC. I have never seen such disgusting treatment of any candidate before. I got so mad I thought maybe I was going off my rocker! Luckily, I just read an article by Eric Boehlert in Media Matters, in which he sets out how unique the treatment she has received actually is. I have to hope that, in the years to come, people will realize how appallingly they have behaved and feel a real sense of shame.

Comment by AnninCA | 2008-05-14 00:18:44

I’ll read the Media Matters article. Thanks for the tip.

And, I agree, the treatment has been appalling enough to create group guilt. Really, I mean that.

There will be a price to pay.

Hillary has done absolutely nothing to deserve this, and everyone knows it.

It’s sheer scapegoating and coattail-hanging and slimy insider politics.

But what will harm us all?

It’s that we know it.

And the system is set up to make us all culpable.

 
 
 

Comment by Uppity | 2008-05-13 14:40:37

Your theory is far from far fetched. I know a fair number of his affiliates’ names and he must never be president.

 
 

Comment by Uppity | 2008-05-13 12:45:39

All NQ lurkers who have hesitated to post, now is your time! Come on and join us! Tell Hillary you Know the Truth!

 

Comment by Arabella Trefoil | 2008-05-13 12:47:30

I predict that the Republican nomination/election process will be a lot messier than you might think. Nobody’s paying attention to their troubles now, but believe me, the Republicans have them.

I know quite a few Republicans who would love to vote for Clinton. McCain is not a beloved figure.

Comment by kenoshaMarge | 2008-05-13 14:23:20

Exactly! I suspect a lot of Republican women would love to have the chance to vote for the first woman president. Actually the Republicans were in favor of of giving women the vote when our very own Democratic Party was still fighting it tooth and nail. And while Democrats love to tout themselves as the “Big Tent” Party, it seems women are only allowed in the tent if the bring a dish to pass and then stick around to clean up after.

Many hard-working Republican women are no happier with the lack of health care for them and their kids, their economic uncertainty and the smug certainty so many men have of their superiority.
None of the men here are like that of course. (Unless a troll is lurking) The men who post here are superior, just equally superior as are the women.
Go Hillary!

 

Comment by Uppity | 2008-05-13 14:41:57

One thing republicans do, even if they have to hold their noses: they line up. And they will especially line up after they learn more about Barky Obama. I will be lining up with them.

 
 

Comment by quarterhorse | 2008-05-13 12:47:54

i believe that aol is the largest internet provider service in the world. they have some of the most biased bloggers towards obama. however, they run a straw poll starting on mon every week. for months now, hillary has been winning. i just checked it and it shows her 60% 40% ohummer. how could this be ? just another small example of the media and the press rigging this election and the people know it.

Comment by IdahoMoe | 2008-05-13 13:01:49

Just took the poll at AOL…She is winning in Idaho Too…Give IDAHO a REAL PRIMARY!

 

Comment by Uppity | 2008-05-13 14:43:57

AOL is a Republican tool. They might let the crackpots play around on boards and with votes–but they control the news that they give them–right up to rearranging AP and Reuters Headlines and Titles. Never trust AOL with the news. Do a google for the original piece at another news or the original news source.

 
 

Comment by Erin | 2008-05-13 12:52:36

Contrary to what he thinks, B.O. will not win in Oregon…where Portland has always been the most racist city north of The Mason-Dixon Line, and one of the most popular restaurants has long been The Coon Chicken Inn.

Comment by hillarysmygirl | 2008-05-13 13:21:25

I thought you were kidding about the Coon Chicken Inn until I just Googled it! Amazing, I had no idea.

I’m going to make a bunch of calls to Oregon today. And of course, checking in on the Pah-tay!! Woohoo!

 

Comment by jwrjr | 2008-05-13 13:24:02

Sounds like, unlike Obama, the residents of Oregon know the actual locations of the Great Lakes.

Comment by Uppity | 2008-05-13 14:45:05

Are there 57 of them?

 
 

Comment by kenoshaMarge | 2008-05-13 14:25:21

Really? Cause there is an Oregonian (is that right?) who shows up at TalkLeft all the time and keep insisting that Obama is up by 10-20 points. Didn’t know if it was true of just an Obamacrats inability to count.

Comment by Dawnelle | 2008-05-13 15:14:22

Here is a poll (survey usa) that has Barry up 10 pts in Oregon.

they had him up 5 pts in NC where he ended up winning by 14 pts so I don’t know how accurate they really are

 
 

Comment by TeakWoodKite | 2008-05-13 14:32:45

B.O. will not win in Oregon…

Won’t that be a peach!

Comment by Uppity | 2008-05-13 14:46:13

Doesn’t matter. he doesn’t need those people. he’s president now. We are going to skip all those silly election steps and Affirmative Action him right into the white house.

Comment by TeakWoodKite | 2008-05-13 15:39:05

I dought they will leave the lights on at Motel 1600 either.

 
 
 
 

Comment by fred | 2008-05-13 12:52:51

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Comment by Pagan Power | 2008-05-13 12:53:30

You, Larry and the fine cadre of No Quarter authors and regular visitors are a breath of much needed fresh and free air.

Thank You

 

Comment by JoeCHI | 2008-05-13 12:57:20

Race Cards and Speech Codes

by Patrick J. Buchanan

“Give me a break. This whole thing is the biggest fairy tale I’ve ever seen.”

So said Bill Clinton in New Hampshire of Obama’s claim to have been a constant opponent of the war. Clinton cited Obama’s voting record, which was the same as Hillary’s in his early Senate years.

Yet, for this, the ex-president, designated by Toni Morrison as “our first black president,” was charged with playing the race card.

Clinton spent days explaining the “fairy tale” remark.

Came then the morning of the South Carolina primary, where Barack was rolling up a smashing victory. Bill volunteered: “Jesse Jackson won in South Carolina, twice, in ‘84 and ‘88. And he ran a good campaign, and Sen. Obama’s running a good campaign.”

That broke it. Bill Clinton was openly “playing the race card.”

Now, undoubtedly, Clinton was trying to belittle, to diminish the importance of the South Carolina vote for Obama. But why is it racist to say what Clinton was implying: That, in a Southern state where a huge share of the Democratic vote is African-American, a strong black presidential candidate can be expected to do well?

Political history proves this. What is racist about saying it?

Aware of the truism, every political analyst was looking closely at the racial breakdown of the South Carolina vote.

Last week came Hillary’s turn. After her victory in Indiana and loss in North Carolina, which pundits said rang down the curtain on her presidential bid, she advanced an argument candidates have used since primary elections began. “I can win — and my opponent can’t.”

The argument was made against Goldwater, Nixon, Reagan.

In an interview with USA TODAY, Hillary argued that the coalition she has put together would be stronger against John McCain than the coalition Barack has cobbled together.

She began by relating an AP article “that found how Sen. Obama’s support among working, hard-working Americans, white Americans, is weakening again, and how whites in both states who had not completed college were supporting me.”

“There’s a pattern emerging here,” said Hillary. “I have a much broader base to build a winning coalition on.”

This shot Eugene Robinson of The Washington Post into low orbit.

“As a rationale for why Democratic Party super-delegates should pick h