Sen. Hillary Clinton is apparently bad with money, borrows words from her husband and John Edwards and has an unrefined palate.
She also needs to win the upcoming Democratic primaries to keep her campaign alive next month. When voters in Ohio, Rhode Island, Texas and Vermont cast their votes on March 4, she will have the opportunity to gain 444 delegates.
Recent Rasmussen Reports show her leading in both Ohio and Texas, which will offer a combined 389 delegates. However, her lead is only by a few points and have actually dropped since last week when she led by double-digits.
Her campaign is looking forward to that day, though, in hopes of reversing the momentum of Democratic rival Sen. Barack Obama, who has won ten consecutive contests since Super Tuesday.
Before Thursday’s Texas Democratic debate, former President Bill Clinton told a crowd that his wife’s presidential bid relied heavily on her success in the state and that if she didn’t do well there, it was unlikely she would win the party’s nomination.
When asked by Today Show co-host Meredith Vieira whether she’ll continue her run regardless of the results on March 4, Clinton replied:
“Well Meredith, I don’t make predictions. I never have, I never will. I just get up every day and do the best I can to let people know what I have done, what I am doing and what I will do.”
Obama never said that if he weas elected that all of America or black people’s problems would go away. Stop letting these Fox News analyst put give you your opinions, They are saying anything to get you to not vote for Obama. Vote for who you want to, but don’t be a weak-minded idiot. I had alot of respect for Hilary before this campaign but all of this negativity that she is coming up with is leaving a bad taste in my mouth. It looks like her white hood is showing.
118, I am convinced that you must be on Hilary’s payroll. And btw, if people are simply voting for Barack because he’s black, then where was Jesse’s and Al’s support? Once again, Hellary supporters sware by God that she has some stellar record of public service. I don’t see it, and I’ve done the research. All of this alleged experience of hers is by way of being a former first lady, having more years in congress, and simply being older. If that’s the case than John McCain is more qualified than anyone. Her campaign of experience and substance over style is starting to fall over deaf ears. Speaking of which, I don’t know why I bother with those on the verge of lunatic fringe. It made more sense when black people weren’t voting for him because they were afraid of him getting assassinated..
did neone see the debate last nite?? it was obamas best YET!! poised, confident, articulate…i actually got chills cus it was the first time i could actually (really and truly) picture him as the president of the united states of america! SOOOO whatever, biased or not…i’ll be voting for him MARCH 4th here in OHIO!!
yes.
Concrete Loop I have to say I am disappointed, I thought you guys were unbiased in your political coverage but I was wrong. You don’t mention about Obama’s blatant plagiarism talk about Hillary borrowing “words” when it was nothing like what Obama did, lifting whole passages from other peoples speeches, and what is sad is that his whole campaign is based around his speeches and his messages but they are stolen, why should we vote for a man who offers nothing but inspirational speeches, but they aren’t even his own.
We are on our way to making the same mistake that the people of Massachusetts made.
“It’s time to put our cynicism down. Put it down. Stand with me and take that leap of faith. Because I’m not asking you to take a chance on me. I’m asking you to take a chance on your own aspirations. Take a chance on hope.”
Barack Obama, right?
Wrong.
These are the words of Governor Deval Patrick of Massachusetts, the first African-American to move into the Governor’s Mansion in the commonwealth’s 218 year history after defeating his opponent, a woman, Kerry Healey, the former Lieutenant-Governor of the state under Republican Governor Mitt Romney.
Deval Patrick and his good friend Barack Obama have much more in common than their prosaic words, the depth of the color of their skin, their Harvard backgrounds, and their female political opponents. Neither man can/could claim a mountain of legislative experience prior to their runs, although Patrick’s credentials were far more impressive than those of Senator Obama’s.
Patrick had served as an assistant attorney general in the Clinton Administration, best-known for heading the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. Still, he had no experience in Massachusetts politics, and since all politics is local, and Patrick was seeking the Massachusetts governorship, his inexperience should have been an issue in the campaign. It wasn’t.
The electorate was too mesmerized by Patrick’s charm offensive, his promise of the politics of hope, and his “Yes we can,” campaign slogan to care about the particulars.
Where have we heard that before?
It is no coincidence that Patrick’s rhetoric is eerily similar to that of Democratic party presidential contender, Barack Obama. Both men’s campaigns were/are conducted under the genius of political operative David Axelrod.
Studying the genesis of Patrick’s win has to be disheartening for Hillary Clinton’s campaign. Patrick not only won the election through a grassroots campaign that touched the people’s hearts but he won big, seducing the party apparatchik into his camp as he manipulated the delegate count in ways it hadn’t been played before.
And, much like Senator Obama is doing, Patrick campaigned under little if any scrutiny, the electorate jumping on his soaring train of roaring rhetoric and inspiring message of hope for a better tomorrow, exactly the same style grassroots campaign that Senator Obama is mounting today.
Here’s a description of Patrick’s primary campaign from Frederick Clarkson of The Daily Kos posted September 2, 2006:
“While Reilly (Patrick’s opponent in the primary) continued to raise massive amounts of money, Patrick patiently played his own game; defied the odds and the tsk tsking of The Conventional Wisdom. He inspired people to get serious about electing someone different — someone who could and would make a difference.
“He was and is a candidate who actually talks with you when you meet him; not just serving up premasticated sound bites. Out of the initial enthusiasm, he forged an effective grassroots organization that won more than enough delegates to be the official nominee of the Democratic state convention. He gave an oration at the convention that brought people to their feet, cheering.”
But it is what happened to Governor Patrick following his election that is relevant to the story. It is a cautionary tale of an unvetted candidate getting his win and then finding himself woefully unprepared for the position he secured in a brilliantly run campaign. America take heed.
Patrick’s first year in office has been a train wreck. But that’s what happens when a politician runs as an “idea” as much as a “human politician,” these the words of journalist Charles Pierce in his must-read piece The Mis-Education of Duval Patrick in The Boston Globe.
Pierce goes on to say: “Because of the nature of the campaign he ran. Patrick has spent his entire first year walking a thin line between two cliches of the established political narrative.
“There is the reformer who spends all of his time at loggerheads with the culture of The Building, watching his cherished proposals vanish in the Legislature like a bowling ball dropped into a vat of oatmeal. And then there is the reformer who “sells out” to the established power against which he ran, thereby disillusioning the primary base of his support.”
I point this out for the obvious reason, and more. I am thinking of Senator Clinton’s big win in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on Super Tuesday, when everyone was certain that Barack Obama would win Massachusetts having the weight of his friend the Governor, the Kennedy machine and the Commonwealth’s junior Senator John Kerry behind his candidacy.
I’m wondering if Senator Clinton’s stunning Massachusetts victory wasn’t only a vote for her but equally a redux of the vote for Governor Patrick. And a warning, a cautionary tale, for America’s voters, not to fall prey as Massachusetts did to the empty rhetoric of inexperienced but charming and poetic politicians.
#124: We have mentioned Obama’s plagiarism claim not once, but twice.
Peace and blessings,
J. Dakar
#12 I’m with you all the way. The get Obama that nomination and when it comes time to vote in november, they gonna vote republican.
For all you folks that think racism will end with Obama as President, you are fooled. its only gonna get worse. You aint getting your 40 acres and a mule.
I was gonna write a long post but why bother. Obama is clearly the best democratic candidate and will be our next President!!!!
Obama ’08
@17 are you freakin kidding me do you really think that hillary the liar would show up to anything black if she wasnt losing at this point and losing badly as far as the black vote is concerned…what is so sad is people like you are so gullable by her tricks..
1) Obama’s Healthcare Plan is Mandatory in many respects. He requires ALL Parents to BUY Healthcare Insurance for their children. Stop lying and saying that Hillary’s plan is mandatory and Obama’s is not.
2) Obama has said time and time gain (out of naivety) in debates that he has no problems giving driver’s licenses to illegal workers without preconditions or questions. Hillary said she would give them driver’s licenses if they were in guest worker programs or if they were working towards or became a U.S. Citizen.
3) You think the teflon does not have scandals. Let’s see: Rezko, Nuclear Bill (Exelon), Farrahakhan trip, Ultra Liberal, Gay Sex Scandal, Crack Use, Islamic Schooling, and Whatever else the Republicans have dug up on him I’m sure will come to light soon. Don’t think for one second that for as much crap as they sling at Hillary they won’t sling at Obama twice as hard.
loll@ gay sex scandal..lmaooooo
@126 great job … on the election coverage i always look forward to reading your articles..
@114 you took the word right out of my mouth
@119 i really hope hilliar is paying you for all the nonsense you are speaking
oh yeah obama 08
you know, if you want your political posts to be taken seriously, and the black opinion overall to mean something to white america, you can start by changing the undeniable BiASED introduction to your posts. this whole country gives biased opinions, but damn that was horrid!!
well yea, its obvious who you’re rooting for eh?? it sure as hell aint hilary..arent you supposed to just give facts,not making it obvious who you like and dislike?? at least, thats what i learned in journalism..
The grammar in this post is absolutely ridiculous! …….I can’t understand half the crap that’s posted. Some of you need to enroll in English 101 before discussing politics……it’s a shame!
Hillary Clinton in ’08!! Their is no CHANGE without a PLAN! We can all talk change, but we need plans to see these changes through!
#115 ThinkAboutIt
Normally I wouldn’t even get involved in this debate. But if you really knew what you were talking about you would not repost an email that is completely bias and wrong. Please go check out the United States Senate Website and get your facts straight.
It is utterly sad that most people in America do not understand what goes on at the United States Capitol. First, Obama and Clinton are freshman and Junior members of Congress. Neither of them is going to have as many bills that actually passed in the Senate like McCain. Clinton has Sponsored and Cosponsored hundreds of bills and resolutions. Also, during Clinton’s first term the Senate was controlled by Republicans, pretty much her entire 1st term, which makes it extremely hard for a freshman democrat to pass any bill.
I also want to point out that no matter who gets elected a President can only do so much. Congress plays a major roll in what happens in the USA. Furthermore, Members of Congress are not responsible for how your local town, city, state are fairing. They deal only in National Policy if your city is run down do not blame a Member of Congress look to your local elected officials like your Governor, mayor, or city council member.
jayla please shut up now you sound so stupid
ill SAY it again
IT’S A FUCKING CAMPAIGN ITS ALL FUCKING PROMISES, A PROMISE OF PLANS TO BE IMPLEMENTED….
IS HILLARY GETTING INTO ACTION AT HER RALLIES WHEN SHES PROMISING HER HEALTHCARE PLAN? NO, SHE’S PROMISING TOO…IT STILL HAS TO GET PASSED.
EVERYONE’S PROMISING….PLEASE GO SOME WHERE WITH THAT FUCKING BULLSHIT!!!
MAYBE YOU FOOLS ARE SO CONFUSED BY HIS BIG WORDS AND ELABORATE SPEECHES THAT YOU DON’T SEE HIM LAYING OUT HIS PLAN CONSTANTLY AND CLEARLY AND ALSO HIS UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS NOT AN EASY ROAD, THAT IT TAKES HARD WORK!
*** PLUS HIS PLAN IS ALMOST IDENTICAL TO HILLARY’S SO HOW THE FUCK IS THAT CHANGE WITHOUT A PLAN, YET U SUPPORT HILLARY’S PLAN? IT’S OKAY TO HAVE A PREFERENCE, I DON’T CARE IF U VOTE FOE HILLARY BUT DON’T SAY THIS MAN DOESN’T HAVE A PLAN. THAT’S NONSENSE!***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Qy97pFDLig
Uncle’s Tom and Sambo are in full effect on this topic. How in the hell can someone try to tear this man down this way? If he is truly inept, he could never have gotten this far. What are you saying? Bush is the most inept president of our time, but he can be that way-he is white after all….
Obama is an intelligent man of principle. Hillary is intelligent but is reviled by many in high places. Barack is the man whether you like it or not!
BARACK OBAMA: THE WOLF IN SHEEP’S CLOTHING
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9P15YZrnv0
Hillary and Bill showed their true colors durng this campaign and if she gets the nod I will note vote for her. I will due a write-in.
If Hillary is so qualified, what did she vote for the stupid war
Hillary fans are so delusional, look how they try everything to make her win
Now their argument is we should first of all vote for their favorite candidate Clinton then Obama would have the experience needed to make a successful run for President in ‘16 …
Yeah right, fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me…
Yeahn right, and what happened if Clinton was a bad president, Obama’s chances will be screwed up just like Al Gore in 2000…
I don’t vote based on fake promises
Look how they automatically presume the idea that Obama will be beaten by Republicans while all polls show that Hillary is the weakest candidate and the most polarizing, look how they presume the idea that Obama won’t be a good president …
Right now Obama is proven all of them wrong, I remember few moths ago when Clinton supporters thought she was the invincible nominee and how Obama had no chance to win…
@ #37….You have yet to explain Obama’s plans for change! You must first have a plan before Congress even considers bringing this nonsense to the House (talk is cheap)! I respect your comments, although you try to demean mine; it’s fine and expected from someone of your intellect.
It’s really unfortunate that we have to revert to adolescent name-calling to try and get our points across……it shows a great lack of maturity, and a great deal of uneducated ignorance! I won’t rewind the hands and explain my comments to you again, because your ignorance of politics really shine through, and it’s really sad! I’m done here………(back to studying for my Doctoral Degree)
We honestly need to question black politicians people. I just met with Maxine Waters at El Camino Community College for the Congressional Black Caucuses in Community Colleges, I am a community educator, so I kindly asked the Honorable Congresswoman if Barbra Lee, and several other black politicians can work with me on getting some H.A.V.A (Help America Vote Act frm 2002) funding to help educate minority/black students on voter education and Ballot initiatives, which are very big out here in Cali. She looked at me like I was crazy, and until this day, I still have not heard from her office.
My point is this, we honestly have to start making our black incumbent politicians accountable…Ms. Waters, Cynthia McKinney as well as Charlie Wrangle from NY, are these “SUPER DELEGATES” that we keep hearing about. If Wrangle was involved with this, and these SUPER DELEGATES know that black people want to warm up and vote for Obama, knowing that they are backing the Clintons…is a really messed up my people. Luckily for me although Barbra Lee wants to back the Clintons, the people out here in the BAY AREA are backing Obama, so she has no choice.
The fact of the matter is that Hillary has to take a sweep in TX, OH, VT and RI, that she will have to split delegates with him, which would still put him in the lead…what they did in NYC was sick and foul, and I would not be surprised if they tried to shut out the black vote in Harlem…and now Hillary wants to sit at the State of the Black Union, and sit here and tell us that she is sorry about Bill’s recent remarks and so forth over the elections…look we have been taken for granted for years by the Clintons, and this happening in Harlem, right where Bill’s office is located is also sick, wrong and damned well suspect.
Hillary came down to Harlem back in 2006, talking to Black people at the Abbsissyian Baptist church on MLK day, talking like she was black, telling black folk that Bush has been running both houses of “government like a slave plantation”…. saying crap like “yall know what I mean”? “NO WE DON’T KNOW WHAT YOUR WHITE BEHIND MEAN HILLARY”! (This church is backed by Rev. Dr, Calvin Butts, who also supported George Pataki, the Republican Governor years ago) How disingenuous and demeaning… this was also reported in several media outlets at the time as trickery and crookery of her and Bill Clinton fax paus/social rules they use to sway black people. Obama did not attend the Black State of the Union, because he is simply trying not to ride “I am a Blackman race card”, he has to stay neutral if he does not want to be seen in any other light than a neutral unifier of this country! To hell with the damned Clinton’s they are tired, and at the end of the day, Obama will get the nomination and stop believing the “Manchurian Candidate” hype…. Obama is beating McCain at the moment by 6 or more points, and even more than Hillary, also McCain is going to bomb because of his recent plethora of problems surrounding Lobbyist working from him that are scamsters, as well as the alleged affair…it’s not looking good regardless…Obama will win if this is all the G.O.P has.
The Clintons made their legacy already…. Hillary take Vice-President seat, because if they really cared about the fate of Black America and people, she would bow out gracefully and support him. Not because we want a Black President, but because clearly Obama has proven himself a true contender, in the fact that he has out matched, articulated one of the best campaigns seen in history, out-funded her and managed his money and his campaign clearly as a true articulated person who readily deserves to lead this nation. For some one who had the “First Black President, Bill Clinton” behind her, there is no way this campaign should had failed, especially strategically and economically and their true colors towards the Black voters has really shown itself, we are no longer hood-winked by the Clinton’s.
I have listed Barack Obama’s Senate experience v/s Hillary Clinton’s
He introduced:
233 regarding healthcare reform;
125 on poverty and public assistance;
112 crime fighting bills;
97 economic bills;
60 human rights and anti-discrimination bills;
21 ethics reform bills;
15 gun control; and
6 veterans affairs and many others.
His first year in the U.S. Senate, he authored 152 bills and
co-sponsored another 427. These included:
Coburn-Obama Government Transparency Act of 2006–became law,
Lugar-Obama Nuclear Non-proliferation and Conventional
Weapons Threat
Reduction Act–became law,
Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act–passed the Senate,
The 2007 Government Ethics Bill–became law,
The Protection Against Excessive Executive Compensation Bill
is In committee, and many more.
In all, since entering the U.S. Senate, Senator Obama has written 890
bills and co-sponsored another 1,096. There you have it, the facts
straight from the Senate Record.
Hillary Clinton
1. Establish the Kate Mullany National Historic Site.
2. Support the goals and ideals of Better Hearing and Speech
Month.
3. Recognize the Ellis Island Medal of Honor.
4. Name courthouse after Thurgood Marshall.
5. Name courthouse after James L. Watson.
6. Name post office after Jonn A. O’Shea.
7. Designate August 7, 2003, as National Purple Heart
Recognition Day.
8. Support the goals and ideals of National Purple Heart
Recognition Day.
9. Honor the life and legacy of Alexander Hamilton on the
bicentennial of his death.
10. Congratulate the Syracuse University Men’s Lacrosse Team
on winning the
championship.
11. Congratulate the Le Moyne College Men’s Lacrosse Team on
winning the championship.
12. Establish the 225th Anniversary of the American
Revolution Commemorative Program.
13. Name post office after Sergeant Riayan A. Tejeda.
14. Honor Shirley Chisholm for her service to the nation and
express condolences on her death.
15. Honor John J. Downing, Brian Fahey, and Harry
Ford–firefighters who lost their
lives on duty. Only five of Clinton’s bills are more
substantive.
16. Extend period of unemployment assistance to victims of
9/11.
17. Pay for city projects in response to 9/11.
18. Assist landmine victims in other countries.
19. Assist family caregivers in accessing affordable respite
care.
20. Designate part of the National Forest System in Puerto
Rico as protected in the wilderness preservation system.
Please Tell me who is more qualified and thinks about the American People
I DONT CARE FOR HER BECAUSE SHE ACTS AS IF SHE MAKES NO MISTAKES IM SORRY BUT IM FOR BARACK OBAMA!!!
O AND FOR HER SHAME ON YOU COMMENT!!!!
BIliary PLEASEEEEEEE!!! give it when Obama was doen in the polls you had nothing to say about him attacking you on your positions.. but know since you know your BEHIND thank god your angry i quess the feelings you had thurday night @ the debate didnt last ling…. MY GOD … Biliary what kinda Democrate lies that much huh? o and i believe that the way Obama responded was right he said the flyers has been out for weeks now and all of a sudden her persona switched up…. Clearly Biliary is using this as a tactic because she knows shes cooked up and done. she didnt even really have plans after suoer tuesday… she is c;early at at a loss and has know idea what to do..
her message was basicly saying
” SHAME ON YOU BARACK OBAMA FOR BEING BETTER THAN I AM… SHAME ON YOU FOR HAVING HUGE RALLIES AND NOT ME.. SHAME ON YOU FOR PROMTING CHANGE WHEN I CANT …. SHAME ON YOU FOR BLASTING ME OUT ON NAFTA BECAUSE I ***** SUPPORTED IT*** SHAME ON YOU FOR BEING ABLE TO PULL AHEAD OF ME O I MEAN ME AND ** MY HUSBAND***. SO IM GOING TO STAND HERE AND TROW A HISSY FIT
LMAO @ #8!!!!!!
Obama 4 Prez!
No more Clinton crappola!
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AND here is some VERY IMPORTANT NEWS you may want to share with the people:
HILLARY CLINTON IS A BOLD FACE LIAR!!
WATCH THE YOUTUBE VIDEO TITLED: “THE SHOCKING VIDEO HILLARY DOES NOT WANT YOUR TO SEE”.
THE VIDEO CONCERNS HILLARY CAMPAIGN FINANCING FRAUD, WITH A MAN NAMED PETER PAUL. THIS CASE IS CURRENTLY IN COURT IN CALIFORNIA. SOMEHOW THE MAIN STREAM MEDIA HAS DECIDED NOT TO TELL THE WHOLE TRUTH ABOUT HILLARY CLINTON!! Hillary Clinton is facing a Campaign Finance Fraud case in court in California. Apparently she had a man named Peter Paul do a fund raising event for her U.S. Senator election campaign, raising $1.2 million dollars for her. After it was revealed that Peter Paul had a criminal background, Hillary lied about knowing him, or receiving $1.2 millions in campaign financing from him. She also filed documents with the FEC, and did not report the $1.2 million dollars she had received from the campaign fundraiser, WHICH IS A FELONY.
VIDEO evidence, and PHONE CALL evidence, and LETTERS evidence (as seen in the youtube video) is going to be presented in court in California in his lawsuit against Hillary Clinton, and she will most likely be charged with a felony.
The mainstream press has for some reason been ignoring this story fact, but it is for us to search out the truth.
It is imparitive that people know this information before they vote, because Hillary, with yet another fraud case pending, where there is physical proof of her participatig in the fraud, on video tape, will NOT become president, and will be prosecuted!
Democrats need to know the facts so they don’t waste their votes on this dishonest woman who will not make it to the White House. This information is in the public domain, and the courts, and the Republicans will surely use it during the general election.
WE DO NOT WANT TO PUT ANOTHER PATHELOGICAL LIAR LIKE HILLARY, AND HER ACCOMPLICE, HER LYING HUSBAND, THE WORST LYING PRESIDENT TO DATE, BILL CLINTON, BACK IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
THE YOUTUBE VIDEO IS A MUST SEE: IT’S CALLED –”THE SHOCKING VIDEO HILLARY CLINTON DOES NOT WANT YOU TO SEE”,
DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME OR VOTE ON THIS DISGRACEFUL WOMAN, VOTE FOR SOMEONE WITH INTEGRITY.
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