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I'm John McCain, and I Approve of Hillary Clinton's Message

March 11, 2008 8:53 AM

"People want to have a nominee that’s going to win. So a lot of the things they accepted initially may not hold up. Independent and Republican support is diminishing as they find out he’s the most liberal Democratic senator. As they get more of a sense that he’s not ready to be Commander-in-Chief, a lot of Independents who were supporting him are disappearing."

- Clinton senior adviser Mark Penn, in the New Yorker

- jpt

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'not for the country' --- is 'not good for the country'

Posted by: golfgirlusa | Mar 11, 2008 11:53:55 AM

We need to calm down. I think Obama sacrifice the country's integrity, in order to get his title ----- 'president of US'. You know, putting a 'change' slogan there can attract lots of people. But too liberal is not for the country's stability. He is selfish.

Posted by: golfgirlusa | Mar 11, 2008 11:52:09 AM

lol chasseur....you continue to prove my point!

Posted by: LA in Indiana | Mar 11, 2008 11:46:04 AM

Here are some Real Tough Questions you should get ready for Senator Clinton

• What type of Foreign Policy Experience has Senator Clinton had
• While President Clinton was in the White House was Hillary Clinton giving security clearance to read any national intelligent information in case a crisis came up
• What Foreign Leaders has she met with and what were the bases of the meetings.
• Why didn’t Senator Clinton read NIE Report before she voted to go to war?
• Do you think if Chelsea were in the military, she would have exercised more precaution before agreeing with President Bush War Strategy
• Why did it take Senator Clinton until now to regret her vote?
• What makes her a more qualified woman to be President over someone like Barbara Boxer who actually had the courage to vote against the War
• Why is your campaign taking money from a Firm being accused of Serial Sexual Harassment?
• Has one of Senator Clintons campaign chairman also taken money from Tony Rezko and if so
• Has Senator Clintons campaign chairman given the money back or donated to charity
• Don’t you think Courage is more important than being Politically Safe?
Now is the time to ask the Sen. Clinton what her 35 yrs of experience really is. Now is the time to ask questions about what the American public need to know and are going to ask very soon. If we don’t ask these questions, the republican’s will. Every American knows all of the stuff that’s part of Clinton’s experience like: Whitewater, Travel gate, Monica Lewinsky and impeachment, renting out the Lincoln bedroom, the loss of the Rose Law Firm billing records for nearly 2 years until they were miraculously found in the White House living quarters, removing files from Vince Foster’s office following his suicide and before investigators could get there. Has anyone asked why she hasn’t released her library records or tax returns? What if she's hiding something negative that might cost our party the White House? While you guys are deciding the republicans will consolidate and take the white house again.

Posted by: Chan | Mar 11, 2008 11:41:21 AM

"as usual, chasseur offered a diversion from the tax return topic"

Why hasn't Obama released HIS TAX RETURNS for 2005 and 2004? or his earmarks. Mr. transparency huh?

Posted by: chasseur | Mar 11, 2008 11:40:41 AM

sure, John McSame will keep us safe by keeping us in Iraq...for how many years again???

We lost 8 military members just yesterday to roadside bombs.

WE ALREADY WON THE DAMN WAR, bring our troops home now!

Posted by: LA in Indiana | Mar 11, 2008 11:39:43 AM

I have been saying this for months, that John McCain is the one who is ready to lead America in a way that will keep us safer from terrorists and more likely to minimize the risk of further wars than any of the other candidates, especially Barack Obama.

Patrick

Posted by: Patrick McGervey | Mar 11, 2008 11:32:21 AM

as usual, chasseur offered a diversion from the tax return topic....lololol that is all they ever do.
Don't respond to the charge, don't answer the question....just divert to another topic.

hillary clinton is nothing but words! Just like she brought peace to Northern Ireland....just words! As she didn't do squat!

hillary clinton negotiated open borders in kosovo....just words! As they opened the borders/gate the day before she got there. Again, she didn't do squat!

hillary clinton said she dodged bullets in a war zone in bosnia....just words! Did you ever hear Sheryl Crow and Sinbad say they dodged bullets while on stage? hillary is full of exaggerations!

hillary clinton claims she urged then President Clinton to stop Rwanda genocide....more of hillary clintons words, as no one can recall her ever having a stance on Rwanda....more, just words! She didn't do squat!

She gave a speech in China, that she touts as her foreign experience, while at the same time belittling Obama for his speeches. But she's all action??? This is all a part of her 35 yrs of experience.

Y'all hillary sheeple can fall for this bs if you want. All the other intelligent folks in the US, they have her slimy number, and won't be voting for her deceit.

Release the tax returns hillary!


Posted by: LA in Indiana | Mar 11, 2008 11:31:32 AM

Let both of these socialists beat each others brains (?) out. I LOVE IT!!

Posted by: boojumsnark | Mar 11, 2008 11:25:02 AM

Karen Hunter says: "BHO's campaign is pure"
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Have yo ubeen to his official website lately and read the blogs that he sanctions? They are full of hate speech, racism and Republican one-sided propaganda against Hillary - I would say that is not too pure. Now he is spinning and flip flopping on believing Hillary didn't send out that picture of him that actually was already in the public domain. Call Hillary whatever you want, but she is not a stupid woman, she would know that sending out that pic would only hurt her and she wouldn't have signed it the Clinton campaign - Obama is a master at dirty politics and talks out both sides of his mouth - he is not pure, maybe as purely dirty as the snow at the end of winter on the side of the streets in Chicago.

Posted by: Danielle | Mar 11, 2008 11:22:22 AM

I love this notion that if Obama could just get past Hillary the Republicans will be so nice to him. They'll run a decent, civil campaign and welcome the opportunity to reach across the aisle to broker deals with him. The GOP is ruthless, will do anything to win, and stands like a monolithic block to thwart progessive change. The only way to overcome them is to crush them like they are trying to do to Dems. Wish it weren't this way - but this is the way the GOP plays.

Posted by: hopesprings52 | Mar 11, 2008 11:20:37 AM

Rub their noses in it and take it to the convention, Hillary!

Posted by: Paul Sloan | Mar 11, 2008 11:19:48 AM

sure chasseur....all the white guys, and clinton, they're all moderate

lolololol what an allusion!

Posted by: LA in Indiana | Mar 11, 2008 11:17:36 AM

"Geez, we have our own wacky left wing of the democratic party."

Yes, it is populated by Obama, Kennedy, Kunicich, Fallah, Jackson Jr,........

The moderate side of the party, Clinton, Bayh, Nelson, .....

Posted by: chasseur | Mar 11, 2008 11:04:31 AM

hillary and wolfson....were obsessed with Lazio's tax returns back in 2000. So obsessed, they were disrupting his events....

but now hillary can't even bring herself to release her 2006 return. Why wait until april 15th???

but SHE is what you wacky wingnuts want to run the country. And you have people like King and Ferraro offering a diversion by talking about his race and background.

yeah, go hillary....puuuleeeeze, go back to NY so we can 'pick a president'.

Posted by: LA in Indiana | Mar 11, 2008 11:03:19 AM

Is Hillary gonna endorse McCain if she can't CLAIM the nomination at the convention?

She says a President gotta be ready on Day One and McCain is ready. According to Hillary she also, for some unclear reasons, is ready on Day One. She's implied that Obama is not ready on Day One. So leads one to think she'll be going with McCain come election day.

Posted by: The Commander Guy | Mar 11, 2008 10:58:11 AM

hillary was already in the white house, with bill. Most of the people in this country DO NOT want her, or him, back in the white house.

hillary is the one who is UNELECTABLE. Stop trying to push her down our throats! Now you hillary sheeple are starting resemble the wacky right wing of the republican party with hillary this and hillary that....we don't want hillary!

Geez, we have our own wacky left wing of the democratic party. No wonder people are leaving in droves to establish themselves as Independents. You guys truly are nuts!

Posted by: LA in Indiana | Mar 11, 2008 10:56:07 AM

Look its better that democrats think about this now because the republicans aren't going to give him the free pass he's had in this primary.

He really does have some very shaky ground to stand on. Much of his support is ecstatic in nature and likely to come down hard in the event of any real political light being shined on his candidacy.

It's much better that Hillary do this now than have the democrats wake up on June 4th with one big hangover and an unelectable candidate, one the big boys go after him.

And I truely believe that Baraack Obama is unelectable and that the press have not done their job and that caucuses are not a way to nominate a candidate and have little use in a winner take all real election.

Posted by: s.b. | Mar 11, 2008 10:40:10 AM

hillary is the 'dirty business' that we need to get OUT of the democratic party. She is the most manipulative, lying, deceitful and dishonest person...and some of you morons want to vote her as President. So she and bill can do that same daggone things they did in the white house back in the 90's, scandal after scandal after scandal. And if the maroons in Ohio think she's bringing back their jobs, they are totally disillusioned.

Its sad really. We lost 8 US military members yesterday....but we want to continue this war to 'save face'.

We already won the war, its time to bring our troops home!!!

Posted by: LA in Indiana | Mar 11, 2008 10:31:59 AM

Another useless data point from the HRC team. Mark Penn is the guy that went on record torching his own team when things got tough, right? Anything that comes out of his mouth is worthless tribble. I am an independent and an Obama supporter. The only way I vote otherwise is if HRC gets the nomination.

Posted by: Lou | Mar 11, 2008 10:02:34 AM

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