Political Punch

Mrs. Clinton gave a brilliant speech... about Mrs. Clinton. Notice she did not utter one single word in support of the character of Barack Obama. Sure, she declared that democrats must support him and did so by name, I counted ten times. But, she could have been declaring so for anybody. Nothing in her endorsement distinguished him as particularly worthy, in her estimation, of that endorsement. And yet, she called John McCain, "my friend."

The Clintons have one interest and one interest only in this race, and that is The Clintons. Hillary gave the speech of her life, but that was not for the purpose of getting Barack Obama elected president, but rather to burnish her own image and reputation.

Barack Obama's very faulty decision to give the Clintons the spotlight at "his" convention will very soon prove to be the biggest mistake of his life.

Count the minutes, tomorrow night, that former president Clinton invests in speaking of his wife. I guarantee you that more of his speech tomorrow will be about her than Senator Obama. And, also, in a way that was clearly calculated tonight by Senator Clinton, tomorrow night President Clinton will barely say a word about the unique character of the presumptive democratic nominee for president, Senator Barack Obama, but all of his descriptions of his wife will be designed to paint a picture of her unique worthiness for the presidency... in some time in the future.

The unyielding malignant narcissism of the Clintons is an exhausting spectacle to behold.

I just do not understand why Obama is trying to suppress the ad connecting him to Ayers. If it is untrue, that just point out the facts and get over it instead of using brown shirt tactics by trying to take criminal action against American Issues Project who produced the ad. Obama attorneys to the Dept Of Justice: "We reiterate our request that the Department of Justice fulfill its commitment to take prompt action to investigate and to prosecute the American issues Project, and we further request that the Department of Justice investigate and prosecute Howard (sic) Simmons for a knowing and willful violation of the individual aggregate contribution limits,"

All the Obama supporters seem to think Bush is some type of Hitler but if that were so, maybe Dan Rather should have gone to jail for his hit piece on Bush too, eh Obama ? I don't think Bush even suggested it, in order to maintain the civility he tried to bring to DC, that the democrats have consistently ignored No, the dems are not civil, do not play fair and suppress free speech. 3 strikes, you're out boys.

By the way why is ABC and the rest of the main stream media not reporting on this? It is all over the Drudge Report.

One Drop, If Abortion is your big issue than it should not prevent you from voting for McCain. It is highly unlikely Roe Wade will be overturned even if conservatives are appointed to the Supreme Court. Even in the unlikely event Roe Wade is overturned it will just go back to the States for the people to decide, which is what Democrats are supposed to be all about by the way, and the only State that may place any serious restrictions on abortion is Utah. So if you do not live in Utah, no worry.

I am trying to understand why so many people are falling for Obama. First of all the guy thinks he is qualified to run the country, when hasn't even finished his first term as a senator. In the few years he has been in office, he has voted "Present" rather than yes or no over a hundred times. He claims to have the best interest in the country in mind, and yet he is friends with a known terrorist who bombed the capitol building (and freely admits it). He also spent twenty years in a church, listing to a racist preacher perverting religion for his own goals (good thing I am a Buddhist... don't want to open that can of worms) yet even though he says the man was a big influence on his life, Obama claims to not have noticed the last twenty years of hate speech (and lets face it, it is HATE SPEECH... If it had been a white man saying the same about people of color, there would have been riots... so why is it that a black man can get away with it? I was taught that two wrongs don't make a right). Either he is a liar, or he is truly oblivious to what goes on around him. Either way, he has no business being President of the his local Elks lodge, let alone the United States of America. So I ask you Obama followers, logically.. if you took the same information and applied it to another person, would you honestly say that that person was qualified to run this country? I think that you would find the sane answer would be no.

To all of the Hillaryites who are continuing in their all-too-transparent efforts to destroy Obama and the rest of the Democratic Party because their candidate lost the nomination:

When the Supreme Court goes 6-3 or 7-2 conservative, and Roe gets overturned (along with the possible reversal of cases like Miranda), are you guys going to hold rallies for McCain and his bestest friend Hillary, thanking them for their achievements? When we wind up at war in Iran, are you going to be marching for joy in the streets, patting yourselves on the back for having pulled off the McCain victory? Are you going to be eagerly signing up your kids to go to war against Russia in Georgia?

None of you are in this for principles, other than the principle that your pick should have won. The platform on which McCain is running is antithetical to everything that Hillary says she believes. If her beliefs are important to you, you're doing a great job of working to undermine those beliefs. McCain is against choice, against equal pay, in favor of perpetual occupation of Iraq. That's what you're supporting now.

Also, for all of your protestations against being accused of racism, the racist subtext of your anti-Obama comments isn't even subtext anymore...it's just TEXT, with no concealment.

So, thanks in advance, folks, for doing your damndest to extend the era of Republican misrule.

Way to go, Team PUMA!

Throwing Hillary under the bus and voting for McCain is a strange way to be a "supporter" of Hillary.

Debra,
you are letting yourself be used and abused by the GOP. WAKE UP! Try to see this thing logically. If you want Hillary to have a political future, you need to vote Obama.

This good woman has campaigned for him while he was bodysurfing! Would he be doing jack for her if the tables were turned. HILLARY HAS CAMPAIGNED MORE FOR BO THAN ANY OTHER DEM OPPONENT IN HISTORY. WHEN HE LOSES IT WILL BE HIS FAULT!
HILLARY SUPPORTER FOR McCAIN

True, Peach. But the citation for "poor judgment" is no small thing, given that the Senate tends to take care of its own. And the fact that he took $112,000 from the criminal Keating, even if legal, is highly questionable.

Three democrats were guilty of misconduct in the Keating 5 matter.

The Ethics Committee ruled that the involvement of McCain in the scheme was also minimal, and he too was cleared of all charges against him.[17][16] McCain was criticized by the Committee for exercising "poor judgment" when he met with the federal regulators on Keating's behalf.[6] The report also said that McCain's "actions were not improper nor attended with gross negligence and did not reach the level of requiring institutional action against him....Senator McCain has violated no law of the United States or specific Rule of the United States Senate."[20]

Ah, such short memories. McCain was one of the orginal "Keating Five." He was admonished by the Senate for "poor judgment." He received $112,000 from Keating and his fellow criminals who brought about the savings and loan collapse. He also cheated on his first wife while she was recovering from an accident. His current wife was involved in drugs. But of course he was a POW which apparently explains and forgives all. This guy is a slime ball of the worst kind.

It is obvious that the way O has Lead his campaign is indicative of the way he will Lead his cabinet as President. A great president is a great Leader.

I wish Hill had demonstrated great leadership in her own campaign because if she did, she would really be sitting at the Helm right now. But if her sincerity affords her another opportunity, she will succeed. After all, when Thomas Edison and Louis Lattimer invented the light bulb, it took 10,000 tries to get it right.

“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” - John Quincy Adams

“The greatness of a leader is measured by the achievements of the led. This is the ultimate test of his
effectiveness.” - Gen. Omar Bradley

“A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.” - Lao Tzu

“Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.” -Thomas Jefferson

Some in the media are creating psychodrama out of a former opponent in what was an extremely tight race backing another in a presidential election.

Ghost you are completely wrong about me. I was originally leaning towards Obama, so to say "I am looking for excuses" couldn't be further from the truth.

I was actually looking for reasons to support him. And to say that he couldn't do townhall debates because he can't fit them into his schedule? I'm sorry but that is the lamest argument I could possibly imagine.

Townhall debates would enable a true discussion of the issues and any candidate worth his or her salt would MAKE time for this.

The Republican's mission is simply trying to kill 2 birds with 1 stone:

1 Destroy Obama's chance of winning this campaign by using Hillary's negative words to appeal to low information voters;

2. Destroy Hillary Clinton's political future by using her words against Obama, thus making her appear to be a traitor, an enemy of her own party, which inadvertently uses her own words against her own self interest. Republicans know that more people will be against Hillary for this reason, than for her, making her future bid winning a presidential campaign impossible.

Thus, the Republicans rids themselves of Obama in 2008, and Hillary 2012.

Anna, you said it even better. Strong women don't whine and they never take their eye all the ball.

Well said, Ms.Swin!
what a sad story of not only cutting your nose off to spite your face, but bashing up the face before cutting the nose off! it is a self-destructive, bitter, suicidal way of going about
(un)making your political dreams - if Obama loses, these Hillary fanatics will be to blame - they will sink and take their children and grandchildren's legacy with them. So much for their love for their families and their rights as individuals. I could say somethin trite like - Stupid is what stupid does - but hte shape of this country's future is too serious a matter for me to take risks with fumbling, befuddled, flip-floppy bozos like McCain, who is making merry with his wife's millions!

These women think a man like McCain, who cannot even respect his own wife is going to respect millions of strangers who voted for him out of spite? You are just being flung around as a limp dishrag, with Repubs having a good laugh at your expense.

Anger and bitterness has no place in a real feminist's thought and action - if you cannot be strong, take failure in a stride and find what is most advantageous to your efforts and life as a woman, mother and/or partner, you are no feminists at all.

She slept through 3:00 a.m. when
the red phone rang. Now the loser
is back to disrupt the convention.

I've lived through the old days of sexual discrimination making it hard to get a decent job. I've lived through a lot of years struggling for what is fair and watching other women struggle as well, but I never thought I would live to see the day that Democratic women would throw away all we've worked for out of pettiness, bitterness or be willing to be used and abused by the Republican Party. I never thought Democratic women would throw away our pro-choice rights by voting for McCain or endorse another 8 yrs of failed policies which have harmed our families. I never thought I'd live to see the day when Democratic women would vote for a man whose mindset would lead us into even more senseless war. I never thought in my wildest nightmares that strong Democratic women would vote for a man whose measures to trim down the VA expenses would exclude benefits for female combat troops suffering from PTSD due to rape.

Who are these women willing to throw all our advances, advances that took years to build, simply because their candidate did not win? Who are they that they cannot hear the snickering and jokes coming from the Republican Party about how they will be used by McCain to win this election? Are these women so wrapped up in their emotions and games they cannot see they are being used or are they simply enjoying all the attention? Is a pity party with cocktails more important than the future of our daughters and grand daughters? Since when do strong women put a politician before country or the universal needs of women and our children? Why are these women so willing to throw away everything we have worked for all these years? I never thought I'd live to see the day where I felt shame for simply being a member of the female gender. God help our children if this is the caliber of women today.

Clinton realized that if she was the VP candidate, it would have mobilized all of the Republican base to come out and vote against her and Barack. She can do more good as Senator, and she fully supports Obama.