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It's the "Rocky" Road for Hillary Clinton

April 01, 2008 10:13 AM

Ap_hillary_rocky2_080401_mn In a speech in Philadelphia today, Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, compared herself to Philly icon Rocky Balboa.

Watch the VIDEO HERE.

"Well, could you imagine if Rocky Balboa had gotten half way up those Art Museum steps and said, 'Well, I guess that’s about far enough?'" Clinton asked.

"Let me tell you something, when it comes to finishing the fight, Rocky and I have a lot in common," she will tell the Pennsylvania A.F.L.-C.I.O. audience. "I never quit.  I never give up.  And neither do the American people."

Um….Senator? 

Rocky lost.

It was a split decision, but the judges (superdelegates?) awarded the fight to Rocky's black opponent, Apollo Creed.

ANNOUNCER: Judge Walker scores it eight-seven Creed... Judge Roseman scores it eight-seven Balboa. Judge Conners scores it nine-six Creed... Winner and still Heavyweight Champion of the World, Apollo Creed!

(As a Philadelphian, I am not going to get into Rockys II through 6.)

- jpt

The Republican National Committee reminds me that Sylvester Stallone has endorsed Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. Watch HERE.

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Hillary Clinton Claims She Was The Original Rocky

In one of the most shocking revelations of her career, Democratic Presidential candidate Senator Hillary Clinton told a meeting Tuesday of the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO Union that she was initially chosen to play the part of the famous character, Rocky Balboa from the movie "Rocky".

Speaking with the popular theme song from “Rocky” playing in the background, Hillary Clinton spoke of her audition and her being part of initial filming.

"You know back in 1976, if I had not opted out of the movie then my statue would have been where Sylvester Stallone's is today," Senator Clinton mentioned referring to the statue of Stallone beside the steps outside the Philadelphia Spectrum Arena.

Hillary Clinton's announcement raised a spectrum of questions from reporters with "why she left the movie" common with everyone.

In a somber tone Senator Clinton said, "You know there were several reasons I had to opt out of the movie, and I will tell all of you here those reasons today. Firstly, when the original script was read out to me, the film ended with Rocky Balboa throwing the fight after realizing she did not want to be part of the professional boxing world after all and let me tell you I am no quitter.”

“But the most significant incident that sealed my decision was while running up the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. I could not do that as I was under a cloud of sniper fire. I had to constantly duck and rush up the steps and the directors were not comfortable with that. So there I was opting out of "Rocky" but I am glad that Sylvester Stallone did justice to my role," Senator Clinton added with sigh of satisfaction.

Amidst loud applause to her announcement, Hillary Clinton continued by telling her amused audience that even to this date, she is not a quitter just like her incomplete role in "Rocky". "You know, there is so much similarity, “Rocky Balboa” character knew that she could not beat Apollo Creed, yet Sylvester Stallone in reprising the role took Creed to the limit leaving him badly bashed and bloodied." The New York senator added that she, like Rocky, wasn't a quitter.

Shortly after the announcement, political analysts got busy figuring out Hillary Clinton’s reason for revealing an un-authored part of her life. According to Phil Gogh, a political scientist and Democrat strategist, Hillary may have played her masterstroke.

"The way I see it, she wants to bring a more human touch to her candidacy. Hillary's intention may have been to show that she is a human being just as everyone else, capable of inflating a mere imagination of mind into a hyperbole with the aim of impressing her peers," Mr. Gogh suggested.

Meanwhile, the announcement by Senator Hillary Clinton caught Sylvester Stallone, the actor who eventually played the part of "Rocky Balboa" by surprise. According to sources in the entertainment industry close to the actor, he tried calling the New York Senator to find out if her revelation was true but the phone was answered by Chelsea Clinton who told him "that it was none of his business."

Posted by: James Skitter | Apr 2, 2008 6:48:33 PM

hillary used rocky alas rambo in her speach i can understand that because sylvester stallone and bill where both draft dodgers

Posted by: ken | Apr 2, 2008 4:26:22 PM

Obama philosophy: Deny and destroy. Don't pay for your mistakes. Deny ever hearing or seeing anything. If you don't want to pay for your mistakes just get rid of them or blame someone else.


Posted by: sparklewdc | Apr 2, 2008 2:37:46 PM

I think Senator Clinton said it all.."I never quit and I never GET up." Talk about Freudian.

Posted by: Radmanaustin | Apr 2, 2008 2:13:32 PM

Reganfan---So if it's a cheap lie then they shouldn't lie about it? Your man Obama has lied about some pretty significant issues. The problem that you have is that those lies don't count. Hillary's lies do. That is your small world and it only revolves around Obama. It's the pants up or pants down thing again. We know where your talking from.

Posted by: BikernAz | Apr 2, 2008 1:24:10 PM

Crying Hillary---Muds? I might be immature but Iv'e been around long enough to know that you don't have multiple mud.

Posted by: b | Apr 2, 2008 1:14:45 PM

Regan---First off you should know that I could care less about how you spell your name. Second off you are stereo typing democrats. You should also know that I could care less about that as I am an Independant. And the bottom line is that Obama lies just like Hillary lies. Deal with it.

Posted by: BikernAz | Apr 2, 2008 1:08:54 PM

BikernAz:
First off you should learn how to spell
reagan! Second, it's you Dems who are
always fooling around with each others
pants, like Barney Frank and
Jim McGreevey!
Bottom line is Hillary is Pinnochio in
a pantsuit!

Posted by: reaganfan | Apr 2, 2008 12:57:07 PM

Wrong Comparison!
The proper comparison is to Pinnochio!
In fact Hillary has told so many lies
during this primary season that she
can play Cyrano De Bergerac on
Broadway!

Posted by: reaganfan | Apr 2, 2008 12:51:10 PM

reganfan--- And Barack has not? Do you think we don't know? Pants up or pants down doesn't fool us, we know what you'r talking out of.

Posted by: BikernAz | Apr 2, 2008 12:50:38 PM

Wrong Comparison!
Pinnochio is Hillary's role model!
In fact Hillary has told so many lies
during this campaign that she could
play Cyrano De Begerac on Broadway!

Posted by: reaganfan | Apr 2, 2008 12:42:24 PM

irma:
Hillary Clinton is Not the Most
qualified candidate for president!
The First Lady Papers she finally released show that her so called
experience is highly exaggerated!
The NAFTA LIE and the Bosnia LIE prove that she is untrustworthy!
She will end this primary contest bloodied and battered and losing to
Obama! Deal with it!

Posted by: reaganfan | Apr 2, 2008 12:38:59 PM

Wright... Yes, we can.
Rezko... Yes, we can.
Farrakhan... Yes, we can.

"Tell me your friends are and I tell you who you are."

OBAMA is a snake in a suit.
Snakes are lethal so be careful folks.

Posted by: Kikz | Apr 2, 2008 12:23:09 PM

Bill Clinton's company, WJC Investments, LLC, is part owner of an offshore bill payment company called EZ Bill. It is an operation in India. Mrs. Clinton is a big supporter of foreign labor, referring to herself as Hillary Clinton (D) Punjab. She has pushed to get H1B visas increased to 195,000 per year and she is co-chair of the Senate India Caucus, A Project Of The U.S.- India Political Action Committee. It's hard to believe Hillary's rhetoric about saving U.S. jobs when one anti-offshoring group awarded her a "Weasel Award" for jobs offshoring.

Posted by: Doug | Apr 2, 2008 11:20:43 AM

Think about this. If Hillary becomes US president, it would be roughly 24 years of just 2 american families running
the white house. Has america run out of other people with the ability to be president? What about the rest of us?
It's been bush - clinton - bush and now, clinton. Maybe Laura Bush will take over from Hillary and then Chelsea
Clinton from Laura. It's a shame. It makes us look stupid to the world. Why complain about other power freaks around the world?

Posted by: Bosnian Warlord | Apr 2, 2008 11:00:18 AM

Did anyone else notice Hillary's slip up?

Hillary was trying to say she was just like Rocky, but didn't even know what she was talking about.

"I never get up."

Give me a break. If you're going to tell us your like our hero, know what you're talking about.

Posted by: Dan | Apr 2, 2008 10:29:50 AM

All the media slighting, insults, name-calling, condemnations, ridicule and even every one of the news anchors and each and every talking head on the TV attacking her; and every major news paper columnist insulting, trashing and ridiculing her, in spite of her own long time colleagues Sen. Kerry and Sen. Kennedy, Bill Bradley, Bill Richardson and may others betraying her and turning their backs on her and endorsing and campaigning for opponent─ the new kid on the block Sen. Obama─ in spite of shocking defeats and setbacks she had suffered, she had persevered, she had come back to show her power, and persistence, with more determination; more humbleness and grace. She’s my hero; my shinning night in armor who fights relentlessly for us humble folk like us, the downtrodden and the disenfranchised, the shift workers, the poor, the ridiculed, the neglected; we the toilers for our hourly wagers, the elderly and the disabled, she’s our champion! For us she cuts a heroic figure, because she keeps on fighting for us! With her determination and tenacity she had shown she’s more than ready to lead our great land; and with the help of humble folks like us─ not like snobs in the media, I know some of you in the media want to burn her on a stake, but at the end mark my words I know she will triumph over all adversity; I know she’s make history! Hillary Clinton is my Joan of Arc!

Posted by: charleychaplin | Apr 2, 2008 10:04:34 AM

I think Elliot Spitzer should have got Bill Clinton for his attorney, Then Elliot may hay also got a PAT ON THE BACK!

Posted by: Ron | Apr 2, 2008 10:03:23 AM

Hillary Clinton’s “Red Phone” SNL scenarios with panicking and chain smoking Barak Obama-- we think as comedy. But those SNL skits are like the closest we come to discovering the truth about Barak Obama’s real experience. The point is not the fact that Barak was a long time smoker; and we don’t know the consequences he has to face as a result, even if he lives in the White House, but the fact those skits were effective; stated as comedy, when there’s a real prohibition in the media about saying anything positive about Hillary Clinton and anything negative about Barak Obama. Anyway, those skits were convincing and it felt like closest to the truth, while all what we see in the newscasts about Sen. Obama seemed hyped up and made up by the adoring media.

Posted by: charleychaplin | Apr 2, 2008 9:58:39 AM

If Sen. Obama is the Democratic nominee, it would be a big mistake! I am sure the Republicans are going to make Rev. Wright his running-mate in the fall. They will tie Rev. Wright around Sen. Obama’s neck like an albatross! Having not won even a one major state during the primaries and having manipulated the caucuses with small groups of zealots, but now not in play for the presidential election, Mr. Obama is going to find himself stuck! Remember, old Ralph is in the game too. That will be end of story for Democrats. The best chance of winning the White House for the Democrats is still with Sen. Hillary Clinton.

Posted by: charleychaplin | Apr 2, 2008 9:56:33 AM

If Clinton compares herself to "Rocky"?
Then I compare Obama to the group Queen!

WE...WILL...WE...WILL...BARACK YOU!!!
WE...WILL...WE...WILL...BARACK YOU!!!

Go Obama 2008!!!!

Posted by: Jeff | Apr 2, 2008 8:56:54 AM

I guess yet again, she was going on "the best available information"...

Doesn't seem to working out to well for her either.

Posted by: Tom Joad | Apr 2, 2008 7:49:14 AM

This is more the Rocky Horror Show than Rocky Balboa, when it should be the Great Ali. One is reminded of the old rope a dope. The champ has his back to the ropes, while the monster contender throws everything she can at him including the kitchen sink. The crowd gasps in horror as the champ takes punch after punch. Then with a grin on his face, the champ comes off the ropes and in a few deft moves, dispatches the exhausted contender. Wham, Bam, and Obama is off to the White House.

Posted by: John | Apr 2, 2008 6:02:33 AM

You people who have nothing better to do than trash Hillary, what have you ever accomplished? Hillary has worked hard all her life to help this country. Have any of you read any of her biographies? She is a remarkable woman. It is sad to see a biased press attack her on minor details. They nit-pick every word she says, while no one has brought to light the many outrageous lies Obama has told. In one of the debates he was asked about his relationship with indicted fellon Tony Rezko, and he answered,"My only relationship to that individual is that I did 5 hours of legal work for him as part of my law firm." I guess Mr. Obama forgot about having known Rezko for 20 years, and I guess he forgot that Rezko helped him buy his 1 1/2 million dollar house and I guess he forgot that Rezko has raised $200,000 for him throughout the years! I'll take Mrs. Clinton's little exagerations over Obama's HUGE LIES any day!
Sue in L.A.

Posted by: Suzanne Gunther | Apr 2, 2008 3:27:21 AM

Hillary still needs to release her tax records. Obama people need to keep the fire lit under Hillary on that account. Especially now since she's been caught lying about her achievements.

Posted by: rocko273 | Apr 2, 2008 2:58:15 AM

The biggest scam is this idiot logic that Obama finishes with 53% of the delegates, the super delegates MUST vote him into the nomination.

That itself is a scam that has propogated itself in the media.

Posted by: tomdavie | Apr 2, 2008 2:39:11 AM

Nancy Pelosi is a moron. How did she get the position at the House of Representatives? She was ineffective then, and ineffective now. Dem's have the majority but under her leadership--Democrats might as well be the minority.
Why doesn't she open her mouth when it comes to doing some REAL work. Of course she wants to throw in her 2 cents whenever she gets the chance to do so. Dalai Lama took her 2 cents...There is no cure for stupidity.

Posted by: Doug | Apr 2, 2008 1:22:52 AM

Senator, Your no Rocky Balboa.

The Balboa character was humble and had integrity. He didnt fight with an "anything to win" style. He faught fair.

Another grandiose delusion to add to the Bosnia sniper fire tale.

Posted by: Mike Denhof | Apr 2, 2008 12:30:22 AM

I guess you missed all the facts below?
Take care.

Posted by: Jerry | Apr 2, 2008 12:00:59 AM

Could not resist this . . a true African American his dad is African and his mom American. African American so simple yet so hard .. lol and blob for real.

Posted by: Gawania | Apr 1, 2008 11:59:08 PM

Facts are stubborn things!!

Posted by: Jerry | Apr 1, 2008 11:57:29 PM

The point is because he is dark skinned, he has let people believe he is African American and will be the first African American president,..he will not be,...as outlined below.

Posted by: Jerry | Apr 1, 2008 11:53:06 PM

Be for real you sound like you are hysterical just like Clinton. I would not have to say I am black to be called black if I was dark enough, that would be defined for me. Obama saying I am not black would be like Tiger when he said it and all I could see was that he was.

Posted by: Gawania | Apr 1, 2008 11:49:27 PM

Federal law requires that to claim a minority status, you must be at least 1/8 of the descriptor, but for the sake of this article, I've converted it to a decimal fraction for easier comprehension. You must be at least 12.5% of the racial component you claim for minority status. Mr. Obama, claiming to be African-American, is half the legal threshold.

Again, to let it sink in: Mr. Obama is not legally African-American. It is impossible for him to be, in truth, America's first African-American president.

Yet claiming to be African-American is the soul and substance of his claim to fame. It is what he has used throughout his adult life to distinguish himself from other competitors. It is the ethnic identity he proclaims, and it is the ethnic identity he craves. Without it, he is just another mixed race Caucasian Arab with an African influence playing on his skin’s pigmentation.

But no matter what he craves, no matter what he has used to propel himself through life, no matter the racist presumption of seeing his skin and without question calling him black, the hard, cold, genetically inarguable reality remains: he is not an African-American.

Mr. Obama is 50% Caucasian, that from his mother. What those who want Mr. Obama to write history by becoming "America's first African-American president" ignore is that his father was ethnically Arabic, with only 1 relative ethnically African Negro - a maternal great-grandparent (Sen. Obama's great-great grandparent, thus the 6.25% ethnic contribution to the senator's ethnic composition.).

That means that Mr. Obama is 50% Caucasian from his mother's side. He is 43.75% Arabic, and 6.25% African Negro from his father's side.

Put another way, his father could honestly claim African-American ethnic classification. He was the last generation able to do so.

Sen. Obama could honestly say, "My father was African-American." Racist presumptions led an Ivy League admissions committee, and lazy "newspapers of record" factcheckers, to presume that if his father is African-American, then Sen. Obama must be African-American also.

But it doesn't work that way. Racist presumptions coupled with sloppy vetting don't turn a lie into the truth.

Sen. Obama is one generation too far removed from the ethnic African Negro input to make the same claim as his father, Harvard's Admission's stamp of approval notwithstanding.

As you can see for yourself, Sen. Obama's African-American ethnic claim, when properly researched and documented, is a lie.

Posted by: Jerry | Apr 1, 2008 11:47:53 PM

Obama-bots never want any truth. It is just like Jim Jones and his followers,...blindly drinking the Kool-Aid, he can never tell a lie, never do wrong,...No matter what the consequence.

Posted by: Jerry | Apr 1, 2008 11:45:11 PM

Well kenneththelambinwolfsclothing who gives a damn.

Posted by: Gawania | Apr 1, 2008 11:41:12 PM

Well I guess none of us had to go vote we could have all mailed them in. I am sure that would have been a controversy. Why do some people feel they can disobey the rules and are above themand still feel that they are entitled to the same as everyone else. I just know I do not want someone for president who continually makes a fool out of themself because they have not learned how to respect others.

Posted by: Gawania | Apr 1, 2008 11:38:06 PM

It is not about race,...well he has made it about race,..but it is a big lie. Obama has not made it clear that he is not African American,...because running as the first Arab American presidential candidate would probably not have the same impact would it?
The true racism is that nobody at Harvard or at anytime in his career has done any research because his skin is dark and people "Assumed" he is who he said he was on his application,...all a big lie.

Posted by: Jerry | Apr 1, 2008 11:34:48 PM

Are you stuck out there in the 50's or something, right now it's not about black or white or woman. Even though Barack is defined black and Hillary woman, I am looking for the person of candor, strength of character, who won't hit and hide his hand. Who can get along with others, we need stability not a figure head. Someone who is intelligent enough to speak without just getting smart with you, lying to you or trying to tell someone off. Someone who will not look like a fool to the rest of the world again.

Posted by: Gawania | Apr 1, 2008 11:29:51 PM

Obama has said over and over let them vote.
________________________________
He may have been saying that but his attorney's have threatened legal action if a mail in vote was approved,..this from a man who's best legislative success was a bill called "The mail in voter's bill of rights" that say's that mail in voting must be allowed in all states,...Hypocritical, don't you think.

Posted by: Jerry | Apr 1, 2008 11:27:51 PM

Irma:
Hillary Clinton is not qualified to be
president! Her First Lady Papers and the NAFTA and Bosnia Lies prove that
she doesn't have the experience that she claimed and she is not trustworthy!
She has done little or nothing in her
first term as a U.S. Senator!

Posted by: reaganfan | Apr 1, 2008 11:26:05 PM

Obama has said over and over let them vote. Clinton gets in a rally and says Sen Obama is keeping Fl and Mich out of the race, inciting her own supporters to hate and disdain for Obama. It is a lie the states themselves hold this power along with the Dem party which includes Clinton. Hillary constantly starts mess and keeps it going, this is what people are tired of constantly gossiping and lying and snipping. Man all women are not like this and all women do not act like this.

Posted by: Gawania | Apr 1, 2008 11:23:25 PM

She's got to keep her campaign alive with something. First it was the ducking bullets story till it got shot down. Now at least she goes right to the movie and claims that's who she is.

I saw this tactic in a jury trial, the dealer's high powered lawyer brought up the Serpico movie and asked if we had seen it because he was trying to cast doubt on the police officers who raided a crack house.

Posted by: vmcgreen | Apr 1, 2008 11:22:35 PM

Obama will never be the "first African American" president even if he gets elected because by law he is not African American,..you must be 12.5% of any given heritage to call yourself a particular race and Obama is only 6.25% African.
Read about it here:

http://kennethelamb.blogspot.com/2008/02/barak-obama-questions-about-ethnic.html

Incredible!! It is amazing that people assume he is African American. He can legally call himself Caucasion or Arab-American but not African-American.

Posted by: Jerry | Apr 1, 2008 11:21:26 PM

Rocky Balboa,eh!
Right and just like Rocky Balboa
Hillary will lose to Obama in a close
race even though she has been beaten to a pulp! Rocky won his second title
fight, although after the "kitchen sink" campaign Clinton has run I doubt
if the Democrat Party will give her a
second chance!

Posted by: reaganfan | Apr 1, 2008 11:21:14 PM

uhh..... Rocky lost to a black guy in the end ;)

Posted by: bad4me | Apr 1, 2008 11:20:24 PM

Clinton is not getting bullied, no one says all these ridulous things but her revealing points about her. She is the constantly putting her foot in her own behind. Then when someone dares to confront this stuff with the truth for some reason everyone has done Hillary wrong song plays again, and again, and again. Why is it evil to call good good and bad bad, and Hill is a very bad girl. I know a lot of wives with cheating spouses think we should martyr her because of it. I do not. Bill is trying his best to get her the presidency for her. We are the ones who are makin up for his wrongdoing though. Let him do something else like get before the public on his knees and apologize.

Posted by: Gawania | Apr 1, 2008 11:15:48 PM

Hillary doesn't worry about what she says because she believes the voters have short memories.... sky's the limit.

Posted by: vmcgreen | Apr 1, 2008 11:14:11 PM

Maybe Obama the great Civil Rights atty should let the states of Florida & Michigan vote. This is the biggest sham of all. He is not leading at all.

Posted by: John | Apr 1, 2008 11:07:25 PM

Hillary Clinton needs to pay her bills, release her tax records, stop jiffing the people who believe in her, and stop blaming Obama for all her problems. He keeps saying it's ok for her to run and he said time after time Mich & Fl should be able to fairly vote. She keeps her crowds booing and complaining with her whimpering that everyone wants to do this or that to her. Hillary just knows how to keep her supporters, the press, and who ever else will listen distracted.This is just another lie a fighter is someone who stands even in the face of defeat with honesty and integrity. She is more like the guy who is losing, who throws sand in the other guys eyes, picks up a chair, a rock a bottle, and stuggles like hell to win and still loses. I am sorry she is running as the first woman candidate for president only because she has lost all dignity in this race. Americans do not owe Hillary Clinton anything, Bill Clinton does, and we certainly dont owe her the American presidency.

Posted by: Gawania | Apr 1, 2008 10:59:55 PM

Rocky? I though she was supposed to be more like Chuck Norris with bullets whizzing by....

Posted by: pablo | Apr 1, 2008 10:52:25 PM

Well, I see the Party of "Unity, Hope and Change" are on here blogging their evil little hearts out in defense of the their leader, the Great Obama.

Geez, I have always heard about it, but never, ever thought I would bear witness to it - the Blind IS actually leading the Blind...

Rise, Hillary, Rise! '08

Posted by: LeeLee07 | Apr 1, 2008 10:00:26 PM

Goalone1...Just like Hillary you are begging. It does not change our minds so stop you and Hillary both. You don't have to beg it over. Obama08*****

Posted by: Emilianna | Apr 1, 2008 9:54:44 PM

Mary...It looks like Hillary can't take Obama out either. With all her experience it should have been a wrap. Obama is ordained to be the next President of The USA.

Posted by: Emilianna | Apr 1, 2008 9:49:28 PM

There she goes again! Ready on any day at any time to lie, lie & more lies.

If you will return with me when the Rendell Gang of Desperadoes ambushed Obama as he rode alone into Penna. and left him for dead. Trailing Clinton by 24 points and no hope of survival.

Along came a friendly Senator named Casey who found him, and soon discovered that they had much in common & much to do. There was this need to fight against the Old Guard racist mentality that is present in the Clinton Rendell Gang.

Time to round up the Clinton Cavendish gang & send them off into the sunset. Prison would be more like it. Get back to doing the work of the American People. You can do it!

Hi yo Silver! The Lone Ranger Rides Again!

Posted by: Tonto | Apr 1, 2008 9:44:13 PM

It is good that HILLARY compared herself to Rocky Balboa because in as much as Rocky Balboa fought to the end, he LOST the fight. So, it is evidence that Ms. Bosnia-Taking-Sniper-Fire-who-never-supported-NAFTA-and-passed-S-CHIP Hillary Clinton will lose at the end, and she knows it.

She is just wasting our time and spending donor's money with impunity since the money is not hers. She already knows she will lose, but she is purposely destroying Sen. Obama so that he might not win the general election against McCain.

HER AIM WILL NOT BE ACHIEVED, PERIOD.

Posted by: Kizeem | Apr 1, 2008 9:36:39 PM

Rocky (Sylvester Stalone) backs McCain.

Posted by: glabalwarmer | Apr 1, 2008 9:27:03 PM

Jake nailed it. Hillary again shows a highly developed case of tin ear.

Posted by: cactuscoot | Apr 1, 2008 9:24:38 PM

"Rocky Squirrel" perhaps.

Posted by: ken | Apr 1, 2008 8:50:45 PM

I was in the audience the day Hillary related her story about her “harrowing” trip to Boznia. She was no more than thirty feet from me. She appeared to be looking me straight in the eyes. As she told her story I was thinking: What a woman. She laughed (cackled) as she told her story which I thought was somewhat inappropriate. But I was so proud of her and I was prepared to go out and campaign on her behalf. Imagine how insulted I felt when I learned it was all a big lie. Now, several of my friend who were also there have formed a group and are fervently campaigning AGAINST her.

Posted by: rhbate | Apr 1, 2008 8:48:44 PM

backoffnewscensors--------- tell all your folks that others are taking your place each day. Victory is sure

Posted by: Bosnia Warlord | Apr 1, 2008 8:31:45 PM

The "Rocky" schick is the silliest stunt so far....complete with boxing gloves, no less!! Why did Hillary pick a man to emulate? Why not a successful woman athlete,scientist, author etc? There are plenty of those, and the image would be far more inspiring to young women? I hope the older women (such as myself) are as disgusted I am. Hillary's pugilistic comparison is pandering to the lowest denominator of the true strength of women : dignity and "above the fray".

Posted by: Virginia | Apr 1, 2008 8:28:34 PM

Yes, it is possible for Queen Hillary of greater Bosnia to run up the stairs at the museum, because she will be under unbelievable duress from sniper fire. Further, world renown doctor have completed a comprehensive study on prolong combat stress it called CLINTON Fatigue.

Posted by: water57 | Apr 1, 2008 8:16:39 PM

Everybody lies sometimes. But some lies make sense. Bosnia was childish!

Posted by: Bosnia Warlord | Apr 1, 2008 8:11:14 PM

Obama has problem with some of his friends - wright & others. Hillary has problem with herself and truth. which is lighter?

Posted by: Bosnia Warlord | Apr 1, 2008 8:03:17 PM

Krissy...Sounds to me like you are a little premature. If you are a dem. why would you vote for McCain if Obama win the nom.? I don;t get you people, I am a Obama supporter but if Hillary get the nom. I will vote for her. I think it is more to it than you say, it makes no sense. I am a proud Black sister but I still Love my proud white sisters. We are all God's children and Love as he told me to Love, no matter if I am Loved back. Save God'sPeople!

Posted by: Emilianna | Apr 1, 2008 8:01:08 PM

After Iowa she did the weepy thing and got all the old gals to vote for her in New Hampshire.. She's supposed to stand on her own two feet, yet she has Bill out there day in and out laying the ground work for her. No one is paving the way for Senator Obama!!! So who really is tougher? Someone who goes out on their own to fight the fight and is still beating Clinton or someone who has an ex popular President clearing the brush for her because the fact is, she really couldn't do this unless she was the wife of an ex president.

Last week we found out she wanted to be Rambo, landing in Bosnia and dodging sniper fire.....this week she wants to be Rocky Balboa.

When do the super delegates put an end to this farce?


Posted by: Michigan500 | Apr 1, 2008 8:00:31 PM

After Iowa she did the weepy thing and got all the old gals to vote for her in New Hampshire.. She's supposed to stand on her own two feet, yet she has Bill out there day in and out laying the ground work for her. No one is paving the way for Senator Obama!!! So who really is tougher? Someone who goes out on their own to fight the fight and is still beating Clinton or someone who has an ex popular President clearing the brush for her because the fact is, she really couldn't do this unless she was the wife of an ex president.

Last week we found out she wanted to be Rambo, landing in Bosnia and dodging sniper fire.....this week she wants to be Rocky Balboa.

When do the super delegates put an end to this farce?


Posted by: Michigan500 | Apr 1, 2008 8:00:28 PM

HIllary a fighter, holy crap!
I keep hearing Hillary calling herself a fighter, can someone please tell, without fabrication, what fight has she been in (not the personal stuff) and what was her role?. Being at at a sports arena watching your team play doesn't qualify you as a player, that is just wishful thinking. I wish my fellow amricans woulj exercise a little bit of independent thinking and not just for such nonsense as "oh, I'm a fighter".

Posted by: tupac | Apr 1, 2008 7:55:02 PM

backoffnews....It seems to me that you have a problem with Obama being the front runner in the Dem. race. You say you support McCain,"that might be true but you hate Obama" and just dislike Hillary. What's wrong with that picture?.

Posted by: Emilianna | Apr 1, 2008 7:46:52 PM

A person with so many faces and mood swings (the latest a reincarnation of Rocky Balboa); so strongly disliked by so many of her colleagues and former associates; so apt to "misspeak" about herexperiences; so secretive about her finances and official correspondence; so attached to an unprincipled husband; so contemptuous of the military that she used uniformed Marines as waiters --such a person cannot be trusted to take a red-phone call in the White House at 3:00 a.m. or any other hour, and make the right decision.

Posted by: Carlos Navarro | Apr 1, 2008 7:40:33 PM

hombre---
Stay away from the Obama campain as they rush to PA, there is going to be a horrible crash at the voting booths.

Posted by: TheShadowKnows | Apr 1, 2008 7:35:23 PM

Has this woman completely lost it?? What utter nonsense. Somebody please have mercy on us and convince her to give it up.

Posted by: Bob, DC | Apr 1, 2008 7:23:32 PM

If not Obama, definitely it makes more sense to have Mccain break the cycle BUSH-CLINTON-BUSH-CLINTON. It makes America look stupid to the world.

Posted by: Underdog | Apr 1, 2008 7:19:38 PM

If not Obama, definitely it makes more sense to have Mccain break the cycle BUSH-CLINTON-BUSH-CLINTON. It makes America look stupid to the world.

Posted by: Underdog | Apr 1, 2008 7:19:29 PM

if hillary say's i was in the movie with sylvester stallone i'm leaving the country!!

Posted by: THE NEW DEMOCRATIC POWER | Apr 1, 2008 7:17:47 PM

Hilliary should stay in there...Obama has alot of skeletons to come light.

Posted by: creature4444 | Apr 1, 2008 7:17:43 PM

Obamasgranny...If iI am not mistaken I think his grandparents funded his education. And he did not have to say he was African American, U.S.censors said it for him, thank you very much.

Posted by: Emilianna | Apr 1, 2008 7:17:41 PM

Yeah Gerry! It's been BUSH-CLINTON-BUSH-CLINTON. What about the rest of us?

Posted by: Underdog | Apr 1, 2008 7:10:17 PM

I deeply admire Hillary for both her tenacity and willingness to keep fighting and never give up. She is an excellent role model for us all. The point that Hillary is making by comparing herself to Rocky is that she won't give up, no matter what the pressure or odds are against her until it's over. These traits would make her a great President. She's a very strong woman which some people just can't handle or understand.

Posted by: Maggie | Apr 1, 2008 7:08:09 PM

If Hillary becomes US president, it would be roughly 24 years of just 2 american families running the white house. Has america run out of other people with the ability to be president? It's been bush - clinton - bush and now, clinton. Maybe Chelsea will take over from her mom. It's a shame. Why complain about other power freaks around the world?

Posted by: Gerry | Apr 1, 2008 7:04:05 PM

One thing this primary has done is show very clearly that the there is a true evil in Obama's supporters. Read these and other blogs and see for yourself. Obmamites are very hateful sheeple and love to insult with name-calling and personal insult.
Keep up the work and continue to show the world the hatred present with Obama.

Posted by: Jewls | Apr 1, 2008 6:59:20 PM

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