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Obama Implies Clinton Thinks It's Her 'Turn' to Be President

March 27, 2008 4:00 PM

At a $1,000-a-head fundraiser at the Credit Suisse building in New York City today, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, took a brand new whack at Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, adding to his usual construct that he “decided to run not because of some long-held ambitions or because I thought it was somehow owed to me" the notion that "certainly I wasn’t presumptuous enough to think it was my turn."

Obama also pooh-poohed the notion that Democratic divisiveness would hurt the part come November, saying the primary and caucus process “has gotten people engaged in politics who were never engaged before or who had forgotten what it’s like to be passionate about politics...“I am absolutely confident that by the time this thing is over, the Democratic party will be completely unified."

He added, "for those of you who are just weary of the primary, and feeling kind of ground down or that it’s like a Bataan death mark, I just want everybody to know that the future is bright.”

- jpt

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Its great to see the liers are having a field day and claiming the presdiency of USA as matter of entitlement.Both Bill and Hill are first class liers. Bill was caught after doing the job and Hill is caught before starting the job.
Why are you forgetting now chelsea has got sufficient experiece for campaigning and living in the white house. NOW she can JUDGE who will be a better President between the two .
Americans are being taken for a ride with such candidates who have no morality left, imagine showing the world that a perpetual lier can be the President ofAmerica. When thousands of soldiers have dies she is talking about passing thru sniperfire.Its shameful. you have no moral right to stand for the no 1 office of the great country and be C in C on theday one who is insulting the soldiers in Bosnia as if they were not doing their job.
JUst SHUT her out.

Posted by: Grego | Mar 31, 2008 2:46:40 AM

Mr. Obama must think it's HIS TURN to be president. Why else would he walk into the Senate one day and start campaigning the next????

It's arrogant that anyone with such a slim resume would even have the nerve to run! As others have said, put lipstick and a wig on him, and he'd be NOWHERE where he is in this race!!!

Posted by: AlwaysforHillary | Mar 29, 2008 8:59:44 PM

Did you ever read these and wonder how so many people could be so ignorant of the facts. For some reason, at least 75% of the high school dropouts post on this blog!

Posted by: observer | Mar 29, 2008 7:23:06 PM

What's with Obama and his love of republicans. Hi likens his foreign policy to the elder Bush and Reagan and then JFK. He wants to put republicans in his cabinet and is thinking of a non democrat for the VP. I am a democrat, I want the WH staffed with democrats and the VP to be a democrat. If we are going to have a WH full of republicans I will vote for McCain. At least at his age he will be a one-termer then Hillary can run again in 4 years like Gore should have in 2004.

Posted by: Mary in Tampa | Mar 29, 2008 6:51:09 PM

I would love to see a Hillary, Monica ticket. I mean, why not? Monica has almost the same experience in white house as Hillary..may be more! We would have the most experienced people as the commander in cheif and the deputy!

Posted by: Ven, California | Mar 29, 2008 6:44:20 PM

Please people have some respect for
President Obama and secretary of story
telling Clinton.

Posted by: Frank | Mar 29, 2008 6:40:24 PM

If Hillary is qualified by living in the White House for 8-years while Bill was President then the Democrats should be running Monica. She has more experience in the Oval Office then Hillary.

Posted by: Observer | Mar 29, 2008 6:35:32 PM

Who chose Obama anyway? He doesn't have the popular vote anyway as they claim because he won a few caucus votes when in fact the voters of the caucus states did not get the opportunity to vote; therefore, how on earth do you all think Obama is the winner with the most popular votes. I learned to count in 2nd grade, add in 3rd grade, and this just does not add up. Ann

Posted by: Iris Eddy | Mar 29, 2008 6:27:08 PM

Please, people, don't vote for McCain even if your candidate doesn't make it. This is not like the election of 1960, 1984 or even 1992. Do you really hate the other candidate so much that you're willing to throw this country away to a third term for Bush? McCain will be that third term. More war, more deficits, more recession. Please do as Hillary said, think about this decision. McCain is the wrong decision for this country. I plan to vote Democratic, even if my candidate doesn't win. Either one would make an excellent president. I just wish they could be on the same ticket, but that doesn't look too likely now. If you doubt that McCain would be bad for this country, look at what his response was last April when asked what we were going to do about Iran. He said, "It's like that old Beach Boys song, Bomb Iran. Bomb-bomb-bomb..." Even if he meant it as a joke, that's not a joke a presidential candidate should make.

Posted by: euphgeek | Mar 29, 2008 4:59:04 PM

The presidency is not like the throne of England. No one is in line for the Presidency based on their relationship
their to a powerful ex-president. After
Bush, hopefully we would elect the best person for the job and not the most connected. So yes it is nobody's turn
but that of the most energetic, most intelligent, most truthful (that leaves out the sniper story teller), most likely to take the USA to new heights and end the war in Iraq (that leaves out wobbly resurrected dead man walking,McCain) which is benefiting Iran, most unlikely to raise any taxes and has a sound economic plan.

Posted by: gjkotw01 | Mar 29, 2008 3:30:36 PM

He is right she thinks this is her turn,she has been lookig forward to this for 8 years now and how dare anyone try to stop her.It is funny but Obama has been cool calm and ok with all of the ---- she has handed out so yes, I would love to have him the one who answers the red phone at 3:00AM....

Posted by: h | Mar 29, 2008 2:05:30 PM

He is right she thinks this is her turn,she has been lookig forward to this for 8 years now and how dare anyone try to stop her.It is funny but Obama has been cool calm and ok with all of the sh-- she has handed out so yes, I would love to have him the one who answers the red phone at 3:00AM....

Posted by: h | Mar 29, 2008 2:04:50 PM

The question is this:

Which candidate would you trust with the "nuke button" when becoming
President?
Think about the access to such power?

Think about changes that could affect the US?
Visiting permits, green cards, residential permits could be issued
for a different set of foreigners that could greatly impact our
lives?

Think about being "gagged" and becoming a police state not being
allowed to speak out about anything, good bye freedom of speech!

Think about your economy and jobs and "unexpected" changes that could
have a huge impact on them.

Think about "free-fall" that unpredictable wind of "change" can bring
you......

And then go and vote sensibly. PLEASE.
For the good of all. Please don't vote in someon who could
potentially turn our lives into a nightmare.

Posted by: Tyazen | Mar 29, 2008 1:37:23 PM

The question is this:

Which candidate would you trust with the "nuke button" when becoming
President?
Think about the access to such power?

Think about changes that could affect the US?
Visiting permits, green cards, residential permits could be issued
for a different set of foreigners that could greatly impact our
lives?

Think about being "gagged" and becoming a police state not being
allowed to speak out about anything, good bye freedom of speech!

Think about your economy and jobs and "unexpected" changes that could
have a huge impact on them.

Think about "free-fall" that unpredictable wind of "change" can bring
you......

And then go and vote sensibly. PLEASE.
For the good of all. Please don't vote in someon who could
potentially turn our lives into a nightmare.

Posted by: Retro Vision | Mar 29, 2008 1:35:37 PM

SOME THESE PEOPLE SEEM TO BE BLIND OR DEAF TO THE OBVIOUS FACT THAT HILARY CLINTON IS THE ONLY GUILTY PARTY HERE, AND STOP CONDEMNING OBAMA, WHO HAPPENS TO BE FOUND GUILTY THROUGH ASSOCCIATION (I AM TALKING ABOUT HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH A PASTOR WHO, DUE TO THE NATURE OF HIS PROFESSION, KNOWS LOTS OF OTHER PEOPLE, INCLUDING BILL CLINTON. NOW, ARE THEY ALL GUILTY? ARE THEY ALL UNPATRIOTIC? ARE THESE ARGUMENTS AGAINST OBAMA REALLY ABOUT TRUTH AND TRUTHFULNESS, OR IS THERE SOMETHING MORE DEEP-SEATED CLOUDING SOME PEOPLE’S JUDGEMENTS? IN ALL HONESTY, WHICH ONE IS MORE DANGEROUS? HILARY OR OBAMA? HOW MANY MORE LIES, OR "MIS-SPOKE" INCCIDENTS, SHOULD COME TO LIGHT BEFORE PEOPLE BEGIN TO WAKE UP FROM THEIR STUPORE AND REALIZE THAT HILARY CLINTON WOULD DO ANYTHING, INCLUDING TEARING APART THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND POLARIZING OUR PEOPLE, TO GET HERSELF ELECTED (BY THE WAY, THIS IS NOT ABOUT HER MIXING UP THE EVENTS. SHE NEVER FACED SNIPER FIRE, PERIOD. HOWEVER, SHE BROUGHT IT UP SEVERAL TIMES. IF THAT IS NOT A LIE, THEN, I DON’T KNOW WHAT IS). SHE RATIFIED NAFTA AND NEVER MENTIONED IT WHILE CAMPAIGNING IN OHIO. SHE HAS REFUSED TO RELEASE SOME DOCUMENTS WHICH COULD QUESTION HER CLAIMS REGARDING HER”EXPERIENCE”. SHE SUPPORTED THE INVASION OF IRAQ. SHE HARDLY MENTIONS ANYTHING ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE, WHICH, BY THE WAY, AFFECTS MORE AND MORE PEOPLE THAN ANYTHING ELSE. SHE LIES ABOUT HER ”EXPERIENCE”. SHE SIMPLY PLAYS THE FEAR AND THE ECONOMY GAME, BECAUSE SHE KINOWS THAT ONCE THE FOOD ON THE TABLE BEGINS TO SHRINK, SOME PEOPLE FAIL TO SEE THE BIGGER PICTURE. IT IS NOT THE MEDIA THAT DISTORT THE FACTS, RATHER, IT IS THE DIRE SHORTAGE OF TRUTH IN HILARY CLINTON’ STATMENTS WHICH SHOULD BE EXAMINED. The White House needs no more of the politics of the same ol’ same ol’, the governance of those anachronistic politicians, with their divisive policy of fear and deception. As a white university professor, I, along with my children and grandchildren, am honored and privileged to be part of this great history in the making. Now, will America rise to the occasion and embrace this great change and truly unite, showing the world that ONLY in America this can happen, and that it really is the land of the free? Or, will those whose better judgement is clouded by petty prejudices and misconceptions continue the divisive tradition of ‘Us’ and ‘Them’, propagated by those politicians who firmly believe in their politics of divide and rule?

Posted by: realist | Mar 29, 2008 12:35:16 PM

Obama says: "For those of you who are just weary of the primary, and feeling kind of ground down or that it's like a Bataan death march, I just want everybody to know that the future is bright."

Oh poor Barack. You must be exhausted. All those fund-raising dinners, that private plane, that pesky crowd of minions at hand ready to grant your every wish and see to your every comfort?

Self-absorbed, whiny little snot - you just lost the votes of The Greatest Generation -- and their children.


Didn't they teach history in any of your schools?

Posted by: Hobbitt | Mar 29, 2008 12:05:28 PM

If Hillary is running based on experience; what makes her think that she can win that agruement against McCain?

Posted by: Nelson | Mar 28, 2008 6:18:13 PM

If Hillary is running based on experience; what makes her think that she can win that agruement against McCain?

Posted by: Nelson | Mar 28, 2008 6:17:44 PM

and he is insulting my black people also, he and crew have convienced the black community-a vote for him will make their lot better. it will not. He will owe so many people positions and favors because-when you do not know much or anything you have to rely on the kindness of others. and that is what he has had to do.
-----jgaw

I strongly disagree. I do think that anyone should give their vote away blindly. Everyone should choose who will be the very best candidate for them. I am black and am a very strong Barack supporter. First of all there is no one who has or will ever run for President that does not owe people a favor. (The Clintons are still paying off favors from '92 and racking up more as we speak) I support Barack because it fills my heart with joy to know that a man names Barack Obama could be our next commander-in-chief. I am voting for Barack because He inspires me to be a better American, a better man, and a better father. I will vote for Barack because when he talks, I beleive him. (I dare you to say that about Hillary with a straight face). I will vote for Barack becasue I feel we deserve a leader that wants to make our union more perferct, rather than to make their friends richer or get them out of jail. I will vote for Barack because i want the world to respect us again. I will vote for Barack becasue he is the right man for the job.

I find it insulting that you don't think your "black people" are smart enough to vote for him on his own merits.


BTW---Black people have been voting for white people since we earned the right to vote. A black man comes along that has a legit shot at the highest office in the land and we should be achamed to vote for him? You sipped too much of that Clinton Kool-Aid.

Posted by: Waleeg | Mar 28, 2008 4:53:41 PM

hey everyone...what make Hillary qualified?

Posted by: cindy | Mar 28, 2008 4:02:39 PM

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