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June 27, 2008 8:48 PM
Unity, unity unity.
Latifah sang about it. U. N. I. T. Y. ("Who you callin' a ....")
And then Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton visited Unity, NH, as well today.
Read about that HERE. Watch our World News report HERE.
George and I chatted about the visit on the World News Webcast -- watch HERE.
Thursday night we looked at the tensions remaining between the two camps. Watch HERE.
I'm taking a week off -- my first since last Summer -- so I hope you'll welcome back to the blog ABC News' Senior Political Reporter Rick Klein of The Note, who'll be filling in for me next week.
Happy 4th of July.
- jpt
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Zenni said: Hillary supporters,
if you want hillary in white house in any future,
better help to elect Obama this time,
then wait for 4 years...
if he is really nuts, all DEMs including Obama supporters will vote for hillary in 2012.
if he is great POTUS
then you guys will be happy too.
and hillary can come in 2016 (she will be only 68 years old)
But if obama loses this time thanks to Dem for Maccin, 18 million obama supporters will never vote for hillary.
maybe hillary will agree with me
I couldn’t have said it better myself. The news media likes to play this one way saying Hillary’s supporters won’t vote for Obama. NEWS FLASH this thing goes two ways not one way. I have had about as much as I can stomach of these threats by Hillary’s supporters. I strongly suggest you all help unify the Democratic Party and put Obama in office. Hillary lost fair and square. Obama beat her PERIOD. GET OVER IT!! Let Obama lose this election because of Hillary supporters voting for McCain and I GUARANTEE ALL OF YOU she will never set foot in the White House. We 18 million + strong Obama supporters will make sure of that. He doesn't have to ask her to be his VP either. He is the Democratic nominee and he can choose who he feels will work best with him.
Posted by: Dennis Orlando, FL | Jul 1, 2008 9:53:18 PM
I will not vote for Obama with or without Senator Clinton on the ticket. He's a poser and has split the Democratic Party. I loathe him and fear an Obama administration far more than a McCain administration.
I won't vote for McCain happily but I won't vote for the Obamacrat at all.
Posted by: kenoshaMarge | Jun 30, 2008 10:18:28 AM
Don't write in Hillary! If the diebold machines count all write in votes for Hillary as a vote for Obama..It’s a one line code and you’ll be sorry.
It’s important to cast a protest vote..we’ll have to live with it for 4 years..Obama wouldn’t be better than jmac anyway.
Posted by: calli | Jun 29, 2008 3:44:04 PM
Jan Wenner's (Rolling Stone) interview on CNN where he says he supports Obama because Obama 'gets' Bob Dylan brings it all into perspective. The Boomers want to be validated for blowing in the wind and the millenials want to be validated for blowing up Iraq.
Whatever happen to clambakes, fast cars and a memphis shuffle? sniffle sniffle...
Posted by: len | Jun 29, 2008 3:12:20 PM
I am a clinton supporter....but not with Obama!!
Posted by: michafaith | Jun 29, 2008 2:08:34 PM
lets not say they are clinton supporters,
seems like some type of set-up trouble makers.
probally obama supporters trying to stir things up.
Posted by: w | Jun 29, 2008 1:47:24 PM
I see on CNN that Clinton supporters defaced cars in Florida last night. Not anyone I want in the Democratic party.
Posted by: disambiguattes | Jun 29, 2008 1:40:55 PM
David H - look at Keith Olbermann's special comments on all we have had to forgive the Clintons for in just this primary. He lists 16 events. Hanging on to the Clintons is some kind of Stockholm syndrome for her loyalists.
Posted by: disambiguattes | Jun 29, 2008 1:35:44 PM
who would want to unify with clinton?
barack obama
Posted by: w | Jun 29, 2008 1:33:03 PM
Who would want to unify with the Clinton fanatics.
Posted by: disambiguattes | Jun 29, 2008 1:18:55 PM
I do not think that the Democratic party can unite until Obama makes amends for the damage he did to the Clinton legacy, and to Bill Clinton. Many of us are appalled at the way Obama's campaign smeared Bill Clinton as a racist. It crossed the line of decency. You do not take one of the greatest presidents of this century, twist his words and call him a racist, without consequences. You do not take the Clinton presidency and throw mud on it without consequences. Clinton's was probably the best presidency any of us will see in our lifetimes, and the Obama campaign held it up to ridicule.
The Obama campaign's low tactics paid off for them. Most of his supporters think Bill Clinton is a racist. They think his presidency was a joke. Obama's campaign did not need to do this, but it did.
It is one thing to play politics with another candidate -- that's the way politics works--- but to trash Clinton and his presidency the way they did; that was simply mean.
Obama has to make this right. Everyone knows he did wrong. His campaign wants to say the primary is over, and that it's time to move on. But you do not smear a great president and a great presidency without paying a price.
Obama's supporters say, Hillary lost, get over it, stop whining. But this goes beyond the primary. Obama's entire campaign focused on destroying Bill Clinton, to remove him as an effective political force. They engaged in more than simple politics.
Obama has to make this right. He has to admit what he and his campaign did; and he has to publicly apologize. If he is big enough to do this, then maybe he is worth our support.
Posted by: David H | Jun 28, 2008 4:55:35 PM
Pumas
you are now Murphy supporters.
and you know what?
Murphy is in fact Maccain supporter from 2000. even though she is pretending to be a ardent hillary supporter.
Don't be deceived by her.
Posted by: cloud123 | Jun 28, 2008 12:14:46 PM
-------------------------------Lol
Lol Nice try! We are well received makes no difference who she deceived, looks like it's YOU!
Posted by: HP Boston | Jun 28, 2008 1:16:46 PM
zenni,
omentum said obama does not need or want hillary supporters.
does obama need hillary supporters?
Posted by: w | Jun 28, 2008 12:44:02 PM
Hillary supporters,
if you want hillary in white house in any future,
better help to elect Obama this time,
then wait for 4 years...
if he is really nuts, all DEMs including Obama supporters will vote for hillary in 2012.
if he is great POTUS
then you guys will be happy too.
and hillary can come in 2016 (she will be only 68 years old)
But if obama loses this time thanks to Dem for Maccin, 18 million obama supporters will never vote for hillary.
maybe hillary will agree with me
Posted by: zenni | Jun 28, 2008 12:27:34 PM
she still thinks that because she would have been the best president.
Posted by: w | Jun 28, 2008 12:22:54 PM
I know the unity is not genuine.
Hillary is still thinking she could be a better president.
But still she is smart and mature enough to see the reality and do her best in that context.
Posted by: zenni | Jun 28, 2008 12:18:21 PM
Pumas
you are now Murphy supporters.
and you know what?
Murphy is in fact Maccain supporter from 2000. even though she is pretending to be a ardent hillary supporter.
Don't be deceived by her.
Posted by: cloud123 | Jun 28, 2008 12:14:46 PM
I have watched the news clips from the Unity event, and despite the words that came out of their mouths, you can tell by their body language that everything appeared to be staged, and that both were somewhat unconfortable.
There did not appear to be anything genuine or unified at all about the event.
You can lead a horse to water, but you cannot make him (or her) drink.
Posted by: Lee | Jun 28, 2008 11:30:29 AM
Have a nice vacation, Jake Tapper!
It makes no difference if Hillary endorses him or joins him on the ticket, no way will I vote for a second-rate, corrupt politician.
NOBAMA.
Posted by: Juju | Jun 28, 2008 11:24:15 AM
I love Hillary and supported her from day one--but I will not support her this time and vote for Obama.
Obama continues to prove he is just not qualified to lead this country.
He won't take a stand on difficult issues.
And I think he will flip-flop on Iraq too. His pretty smile and pretty prepared speeches just aren't enough for me to vote for him.
I trust McCain-his patriotism and his strength to take a stand on tough issues.
Posted by: riley | Jun 28, 2008 11:03:19 AM
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