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Clinton Delivers Scripted Attacks Against McCain

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May 17, 2008 6:46 PM

ABC News' Eloise Harper reports: Reading from a lectern in Frankfurt, Ky., Sen. Hillary Clinton made attacks against the presumptive Republican nominee, point by point. Clinton glanced back and forth between her notes as she slammed Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., for his plan concerning the home foreclosure crisis and his economic plan as a whole.

"In the end, Sen. McCain’s economic policy boils down to this: Don’t just continue driving our nation in the wrong direction. Put your foot on the accelerator and gun it."

Clinton went through several points about why McCain’s ideas were wrong. She said, "You really have to work hard to have a tax plan that is more tilted toward the wealthy than President Bush’s tax plan, but somehow John McCain has figured out a way to do it."

Clinton continued to say that she was right about the housing crisis from the beginning, while McCain just attacked Clinton and her colleagues.

"Like President Bush, Sen. McCain refused to acknowledge the home mortgage crisis until it spiraled out of control. He has spent his time blaming homeowners and criticizing Democrats like me for trying to find solutions. Well, I’ve been saying for more than a year we had to try to find a solution to the home mortgage crisis."

Clinton accused McCain of not understanding the problems of the American people, saying he was out of touch, a similar attack she made about Sen. Barack Obama weeks ago.

"So Sen. McCain sees millions of Americans who are working two jobs to get by, holding their breath at the gas pump and at the supermarket checkout line, worried about the mortgage, the tuition bills, the doctors’ bills, working to save for retirement. [They’re] making a living out of a fixed income that is getting more and more eaten away by all of these increased expenses. And Sen. McCain decided that America’s most pressing economic priority is to cut taxes for our largest corporations. I don’t know that you can be more out of touch than that."

Clinton generally has been abstaining from attacking her Democratic rival, instead focusing on President Bush, and today John McCain. Clinton has been crossing Kentucky -- with less of a focus on rallies -- but more unusual stops including visiting a whiskey distillery and a street fair.

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Hillary is all about fighting McCain and yet some of her "strong" supporters say they'll vote for him if Hillary can't win the nomination!

What a shameless betrayal of Hillary's fight that would be!

Incredible...

Posted by: marian | May 17, 2008 7:02:21 PM

Hillary is fighting the good fight.

but Women are waking up to the realization that if we don't confront the rampant woman-bashing of the MSM, Obama campaign and supporters...

we all lose in the end

4 years of McCain + a democratic congress with a Senate led by Hillary will be just fine with us

Posted by: Linda, OKC | May 17, 2008 7:07:59 PM

Go Hillary. We support you. Yes, if Hillary isn't on the ballot it will be McCain for me. That is because I see Obama for what he is, a Fraud and far more danergous to the country then any republican (including Bush).

Posted by: Bill | May 17, 2008 7:10:00 PM

Everything these politicians do is scripted. Don't forget McCain several months back being at a loss for words when his teleprompter malfunctioned. Just shows how phony these power mongers are.

Posted by: huh | May 17, 2008 7:15:50 PM

Finally Sen, Clinton offers her vision on how she is different from McCain and how she plans to beat him in November. It might be too late but she still needs to put her voice forward!

Posted by: Jim | May 17, 2008 7:21:36 PM

why cant hillary supporters understand obama beat her fair and square even with Michigan and florida delgates counted he still wins. So why not support obama, why not support the party.

Posted by: Scott | May 17, 2008 7:49:18 PM

SO WHAT, with the schedule all these politcians have, they need to read scripted speaches sometimes.
I'm for Obama-he does it
I like Hillary-she does it
McCain-should do it more often
*the way you attack every word, I would be slowly speaking and thinking at the same time too*
I'd like to see some of you keyboard warriors try it haha

Posted by: please | May 17, 2008 7:57:21 PM

trettin, I would much rather have Jimmy Carter over Mc any day.

Posted by: irma | May 17, 2008 8:50:15 PM

Don't worry Dem in Chicago, we're voting Hillary all the way.....

Posted by: irma | May 17, 2008 8:51:57 PM

If not Clinton then McCain. So it looks like President McCain.

Why not support the party? Because the "party" is run by leftwing anti-war lunatics who hate Israel. Plus obama is an incompetent arrogant boob with an angry ungrateful racist wife. any other questions?

Posted by: geevill | May 17, 2008 8:59:26 PM

I'm happy that so many Hillary supporters never give up on her just as she never gives up her fight for her political dreams. Yes, we'll be voting for Hillary all the way. Democratic party, you'll lose in the GE because you want to choose the loser Obama. He really makes me sick in many ways. A top hypocrit from day one!

Posted by: Cindy | May 17, 2008 9:12:39 PM

No one should vote for McCain if their choice for the nomination doesn't make it. I would never vote for the republican no matter who it was. Republicans have shown that they are like robots who have to be told what their vote should be. They have shown no honor or integrity to stand up for the country's people. That is why people are fed up with them. War mongering McCain is a mean bully who has a fit if he doesn't get his way. I don't think we need another Bush in the whitehouse.

Posted by: Vicki | May 17, 2008 9:14:47 PM

Hillary "supporters" that vote for the Republican party that has tried to destroy her and Bill as long as the Clintons have serviced their country are the dumbest sheep that ever set foot on American soil.

Just ask Hillary what she thinks of you...


Posted by: harriet | May 17, 2008 9:28:40 PM

harriet, Obama supporters are like Obama himself, they just stay in the surface and don't go to the point. Why should we nominate him if his appeal is so limited?
Can you read my post right before yours?

Posted by: robin | May 17, 2008 9:33:44 PM

Hillary told her supporters that it would be a "grave mistake" to choose McCain over Obama if she wouldn't get the nomination. As my loyalty to Hillary means a lot to me, I'll vote for Obama if he's on ticket. I find it difficult to believe anyone who is truly committed to Hillary's heroic fight for a better America would vote for the party and ideas she has been fighting AGAINST all of her life. In my book that is called treason, and nothing else. Hillary would be both very sad and furious about it. I still haven't lost hope though that Hillary WILL be on the ballot after counting Florida and Michigan. We need a Madame President after the GOP disaster!

Posted by: Harald | May 17, 2008 9:38:04 PM

Harald,

Are you talking about treason? Isn't that what the DNC has done to Hillary? The DNC is disowning her and the core democratic constituents when it tries to hand the nomination to a man that made a slim lead by winning red caucus states and cannot seal the deal with the battleground
states. How can you ignore the many millions of people that consider her a stronger candidate? I feel betrayed by the Democratic Party.

Posted by: robin | May 17, 2008 9:51:45 PM

A bunch of bad one-liners is not a platform.

Posted by: Neo Politicus | May 17, 2008 9:58:28 PM

By show of hands, how many people are tired of Eloise Harper's coverage of Clinton? HAND UP.

Posted by: Tony | May 17, 2008 10:02:52 PM

robin hillary isnt in the lead in one single category

when and if they count fl and mi then maybe she will end up ahead in popular vote...by 30k

so 3 out of 4 categories would be considered a loss to you?

and if he wins 4 out of 4 like he is now, you would consider him a winner?

lol

ps al gore lost with the popular vote. the popular vote means nothing. Hillary knows she has basically a 1 in a million shot that she wins the rest of the primaries by 90% and gets 90% of the rest of the super delegates

that is the only way she wins....its been over since before pennsylvania

although for awhile it looked like she might have a shot until she failed to perform in indiana and north carolina.

Posted by: bhrandon | May 17, 2008 10:13:47 PM

I agree with Harald. And at Hillary's blog I noticed as well how McCain supporters infiltrated her site as fake supporters who time and again will tell you that they'll be glad to vote for McCain in November.

For those who have supported Hillary all the way, and her Universal Health Care plan, her withdrawal plans for Iraq, her tax reforms etc., her stand on Roe vs Wade etc etc that is simply and totally RIDICULOUS.

It would be the destruction of everything Hillary fought such a tough a long campaign for. It would be cruel and mean: Hillary hatred instead of support!

If SHE would decide to support Obama, I will do so as well. I refuse to give up my support to her stands on the issues and the election itself as soon as she would have to decide to end her campaign. Hillary's fight goes on!!! And we may not like Obama very much, but in comparison to McCain HE is in Hillary's camp, on the Democrats side! They share many ideas on America's future, as lmuch as they differ in style and personality.

This is the way Hillary sees it, the way I see it, and I refuse to buy any argument against Obama that would be STRONGER than all the arguments (= her whole set of ideas and policies) Hillary has against McCain and the GOP, and always has had.

If you're a REAL Hillary supporter, pay attention to what Hillary asks you to do if she, God forbid, would not get the nomination. Hillary is wise, folks, MUCH wiser than you. Wouldn't you agree on that, as her supporters? I'm SURE of it.

YOU may be ready to accept 4 years of McCain, but the people Hillary fought for so hard CAN NOT AFFORD 4 more years of desastrous GOP policies! They're going under! So DON'T be so selfish and think of the ISSUES, think of the poor and forgotten Americans, think of struggling middle classes, the millions without health care, think of everything Hillary FIGHTS for! As she said so often, she does NOT fight for herself, she fights for the PEOPLE out there who SUFFER under a immoral Republican administration! ENDING the GOP rule in America is Hillary's MAIN drive!

I'm getting SICK of her supporters, if they ARE real supporters, who are prepared to vote for the dumb old sexist lobbyist friend and warmonger McCain! How naive, how selfish can people get?!?! Shame on you!

Hillary, please help us out of this mess!!

Posted by: harriet | May 17, 2008 10:19:40 PM

bhrandon, Hillary is ahead in the popular vote and the electoral vote. True that the popular vote doesn't count in November but you cannot win if you don't get the 270 electoral votes. Obama's strenght has been in very red caucus states and states with big African-American populations.

Here is an interesting analysis:

theelectoralmap dot com

Posted by: robin | May 17, 2008 10:30:14 PM

If Obama is a nominee, then vote for McCain so Hillary can come back in 2012 to fight for us. We can deserve for more 4 years of republican than the inexperience president. Obama is like Bush who doesn't have any experience to handle the economy and iraq war. McCain is hero man and more experience and honest than Obama.

Posted by: stephanie | May 17, 2008 10:40:11 PM

Obama's supporters are very rude to Hillary's supporters. Either they're young or elitis supporters. They don't understand how people are suffer of loosing their home, health care and job.
They are very selfish and want change without knowing what kind of change that Obama will bring to Washington. Jim Carter wanted to change Washington but he couldn't so that he lost 2nd term.

Posted by: Laura | May 17, 2008 10:46:08 PM

Harriet,

This is a really tumultuous political time and the chaos has been created by the media, BO and the DNC with its Byzantine rules. BO should have been smarter to realize that he needed to be better known before he could win a comfortable majority
to be the nominee without hassle. On the face of it, he ran a campaign of empty rhetoric, star power and movement of change with little room for accountability. He electrified a few people, but at this point, as many as he would. Hillary took the time to work and get ready for the battle and that's why she is a stronger candidate. If anyone needs to clean it up, that would be Barack Obama.

Posted by: robin | May 17, 2008 10:48:15 PM

I will not vote for Obama even if Hillary is his VP. I hope she will turn it down if offered. Let him go down on his own.

Posted by: Tina from Florida | May 17, 2008 10:51:55 PM

david from texas,

for me it's pretty simple, for as said my loyalty to Hillary means a lot to me. She had deserved that loyalty by the way she fights for the issues she and I care about. If the day would come that Hillary would ask me to vote for Obama in the GE, I will do so. I reckon she'll only ask it if she truly thinks that voting for Obama is serving HER fight better than NOT voting, or writing in Hillary, or (out of the question!..) voting for McCain.

Would Hillary, if she isn't our nominee, NOT ask me to vote for Obama and let her supporters decide for themselves, I would never vote for McCain, but I might write in her name then. But again, as I am and want to stay loyal to Hillary, I will listen to her - as a President, or as the superior candidate who in the end did not get the nomination.

I'm angry as well about many things that did and did not (thanks to a failing DNC) happen during the primaries, but I accept that the Democratic vote is evenly divided between Hillary and Obama. I blame Penn etc. for not seriously competing in the caucuses: THAT would have made the difference, I think. It's not all the MSM's and the DNC's fault, if you like it or not.

I'm very sad as well about the serious possibility of Hillary dropping out. So is our whole family btw.

But I'm SHOCKED about the people who supported Hillary but would refuse to listen to her call to vote for the Democratic nominee in ANY case. That would be, IMO, the WORST possible outcome of Hillary's campaign, a tragic one in the true sense of a classic tragedy. Or again, as Hillary herself called it: a grave mistake.

Very grave IMO, nihilistic and destructive - for many Americans who are ALREADY in great need and despair.

I think McCain will be WORSE than Bush, because we'll all go down even further, and millions of Americans will end up in a poverty that we associate with developing countries. Plus, we'll be at war with Iran, compared to which Iraq is child's play... No doubt about it: McCain is a THREAT to our country's peace and prosperity. And Hillary knows it.

Posted by: Harald | May 17, 2008 11:10:53 PM

PS. By the way, I am not a McCain supporter posing as a Hillary supporter by any stretch. It is just so hard for me to swallow the Obama pill after having followed Hillary for so many years and knowing that she is the one. I feel that something is really broken in the Democratic Party. It seems like the Party leaders, many of whom have failed to win the White House, are jealous of the Clintons' ability to connect with people and have helped fuel the Obama movement to no avail. They are part of the problem.

Posted by: robin | May 17, 2008 11:13:17 PM

Laura, I truly don't understand your comments. Hillary took the time to work and get ready for battle? She has blown a "sure thing" by running her campaign into the ground! She was so full of herself she had NO B PLAN after Super Tuesday! She discounted all of the caucus states, calling them all "activists". She left a huge trail of debt from state to state, and is now over $20 million in debt! Her own campaign manager, Mark Penn, once said California was a "winner take all" state! THIS IS NOT READY ON DAY ONE!

Obama took EVERY state seriously, running an effective grass roots campaign that not only knew the rules and played by them, but paid his bills and registered RECORDS of new voters! If you play by the same old rules and keep discounting states, we will NEVER make up any new ground. Why not work to win even MORE states, rather than the same old strategy that DIDN'T WORK for Gore or Kerry???

I'm really shocked by some of the comments from Hillary supporters in here. I'm almost positive, they are really Republicans still operating their chaos crap to try and stop Obama. It's a SHAME that you would vote against a man that has the almost identical views and plans as Hillary, just out of spite! It's a sad, sad day for Democrats that would join with the RIGHT to vote against their own party! The same party that worked SO HARD to bring the Clintons down! Even Hillary says it would be a "grave mistake"!

Think, really think, about what you're doing. Do you want to be the ones explaining to the mothers and fathers of dead soldiers why you voted for the man that kept them in the war so long that they were killed? Do you want to be the ones helping the man to end legal abortions? Do you want to vote for the man who has even said he is weak on the economy?

Please, take the next several months and get to know Barack Obama. He is not a perfect person, but he is a good man, and he truly cares about this Country. The only country where it is possible for him to have the kind of life he has had. He is proud to be an American and he will be a great President.

We can finally make some headway in this country, please don't take that lightly!

Thank you.

Posted by: Matt | May 17, 2008 11:14:24 PM

I agree.

Here's a blog of Clinton attacking McCain. Instead of Hillary supporters agreeing w/ her, their claiming to vote for him come November if Obama is the nominee.

And they wonder why their labeled as "uneducated".

Let them vote McCain. One year within his presidency, they shall feel the outcome in their pockets.

Gas: $150/barrel
Iraq: An extra 2000+ dead soldiers
Economy: Deep recession
Jobs: -20,000/month

etc


Posted by: Vanessa | May 17, 2008 11:18:24 PM

I'm doing the same as Stephnie: voting for McCain (whom I like better, much better than BO. Hillary is head and shoulders above either). Hillary will get the nomination in 2012.Obama's speeches all sound the same. No content. Only a few specifics borrowed from Hillary. BO is hugely overrated.
My friends feel the same. BO is a Democratic Party wrecker and will be remebered as such.

Posted by: Marty | May 17, 2008 11:19:07 PM

The speeches to cheering crowds of thousands have now become visits to living rooms where the press outnumber the voters. In New Hampshire she shed a tear, and "found" her voice now theres few listening.

Its not if, but now when Hill gives the speech.

Posted by: Richard | May 17, 2008 11:25:01 PM

Matt,

I agree that Obama had a good plan: to win delegates by working on the caucus states and then everybody would massively flock behind him. Didn't work!, he wasn't able to seal the deal with important battleground states and that's why we are still here. The race isn't over.

Are you counting on expanding the ground to Idaho in November? or maybe Kansas?, perhaps Georgia?

Posted by: robin | May 17, 2008 11:30:07 PM

Hillary who? Didn't she used to be married to the ex-governor of Arkansas?

Posted by: tom | May 17, 2008 11:33:36 PM

Robin: in November, Hillary won't be remembered. Remember that?

Posted by: tom | May 17, 2008 11:35:48 PM

Hillary running as an Independent? Then who's going to pay off her $20 million debt for her running as a Democrat? And the $11.4 million in personal "loans" to her campaign? Get Real! She's dead in the water; there is NO possibility of her running as an Independent unless all you Peter Pan fans say "I do believe in Fairies!" And kick in about $50 million.

Posted by: thrh | May 17, 2008 11:40:39 PM

Obama is doing an excellent job. He has been waiting to bring the fight to McCain. In other words showing difference. I will be sending my $2500 to him this november. Why he is the nominee? 1. To start more competant than all others. 2)Puts people in this country ahead of lobbyist. 3)Is not a life time politician which usually involves corruption. 4) Won this election based on policy, votes and what he represents. We support him. OBAMA 08

Posted by: John Jamison | May 17, 2008 11:42:22 PM

Hillary's political rival is Obama, Hillary's political enemy is McCain.

Joining the enemy is treason.

Hillary supporters voting for McCain would destroy Hillary's political career and all the pride she should feel about running a strong campaign and fighting for Americans who desperately need a Democrat in the White House.

Voting for McCain is a grave insult to Hillary. And what about Chelsea? She worked so hard for her mom and for America during the primaries... Remember?

Remember what the 18-years old Chelsea had to endure from the horrible McCain some of you plan to vote for? In public and on record he said:

"Why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly? Because Janet Reno is her father."

And that sexist dirty old man should become America's President thanks to Hillary's and Chelsea's supporters?? The idea is so perverse that it makes me sick.

PLEASE think again. PLEASE!!!

Posted by: Linda NY | May 17, 2008 11:43:03 PM

Hillary's few remaining supporters only reinforce the stereotype that girls can't do math.

Posted by: thrh | May 17, 2008 11:46:25 PM

I'm going to go ahead and guess that Hill's out of the race. Going out on a limb, I know, but that's just me. Poor Hillary. She's a great leader, but lost the nomination. Her argument about being best able to win in November is mute: To put it in a Terry Mcauliff frameset - The Giants don't even get on the field at the Superbowl if they don't win the NFC Conference championship first. Poor Hillary. America does want a woman president - just not Hillary Clinton. Most of the "I'm voting for McCain" posters are Repugnican plants, posting in hopes that we'll vote for a 72 year old walking contradiction who can't even get his own party to supoprt him. Bob Barr could take him (Libertarian). It's over. For better or for worse, Barack Hussein Obama is our next President of the United States. And the hits keep coming ...

Posted by: inevitable | May 17, 2008 11:47:14 PM

Now that the winner of the DEM nomination is obvious, both Obama and Clinton are focusing on destroying the bad ideas of McSame and Bush. Good.

It is about time.

Posted by: bruce becker | May 17, 2008 11:47:26 PM

obama is an enemy of the united states!! just listen to him, his wife ,his minister,his associates such as the weathermen, and louis farakhan. what has he ever done for this country?-concerned new yorker

Posted by: david e. miller | May 17, 2008 11:47:51 PM

I am against McCain (prison-hero) because he cannot remember who we are fighting in Iraq. He has short term memory loss at the least.

Also, the prison-hero has come out for waterboarding prisoners. That will just give the Al-quaida the pretext for waterboarding our American soldiers.
Thanks a lot, prisoner-hero.

Posted by: bruce becker | May 17, 2008 11:51:43 PM

Alright, Obama may become a president, somehow.

In actuality, however, Hillary Clinton is clearly the absolute top choice in the United States of America, in all blue and red states, thus in ALL states.

Reverse-racism is still racism.
Don't change in what you believe in.

Posted by: OkyHO | May 17, 2008 11:53:29 PM

"Obama's supporters are very rude to Hillary's supporters. Either they're young or elitis supporters. They don't understand how people are suffer of loosing their home, health care and job.
They are very selfish and want change without knowing what kind of change that Obama will bring to Washington. Jim Carter wanted to change Washington but he couldn't so that he lost 2nd term."

Well, we should learn to be more kind to losers like Hillary. I am 65 years old, white, male, and insulted by the kind of vituperative vacuuous nonsense this poster puts up. Senility is not a matter of age; it's a matter of attitude. And that post is a perfect example of losing your marbles, totally. Seek professional help!

Did I mention illiterate?

Posted by: thrh | May 17, 2008 11:54:02 PM

Hey, all you "hillarious" posters: it's been fun, but you lost! I'm not being rude; I'm being kind in suggesting that you notice reality, for a change.

Posted by: thrh | May 17, 2008 11:56:28 PM

People seem to forget when Carter was in office. Absolutely the worst President in the history of this country. Im glad he does some good now but then he was a total disaster. Remember rates were thru the roof, our military was crap, he gave away the panamal canal that we rightfully bought from france, many americans died building it and now china controls both ends of it.

Dont ever say Reagan was bad for this country; you have no idea what you are talking about. Even hardcore democrats will tell you off the record that he was one of the greatest presidents this country had. he built it up and inspired it to greatness once again. look back at the economy and see what happened- it started growing and grew until the first quarter of 1991; then we hit recession and everyone blamed Bush Sr. Clinton got elected during a historical and economical fact that the economy was back in swing and BUSH, not Clinton was responsible for 60% of the policies that were still in force under Clinton. Economists back that up. FMLA and student loans were about he only good things for the average Americans. When he left office in 2001, he projected a surplus. Notice and go lookup what "projected" means; it means it isnt there yet. It never was tangible. Also the economy was in a downturn and Bush JR get elected and gets blamed for it. Im no where near any top weathy % of american but I had to pay the IRS EVERY year under Clinton. Under Bush, i have gotten refunds. Im not wealthy, im an average Joe. Obama or Hillary will wreck the economy, sit down with terrorist to try and negotiate with them and furher gut the military b/c they think everyone is our friend and can be reasoned with.

I'll tell you what, go look up the new terrorist training video that is circulating thru emails where the terrorists gathered a bunch of people outside a school somewhere in the middle east and shot them all to death. They were moaning in pain and wiggling around and the terrorists just kept shooting them and watching them suffer. It was a cold hearted game to them. These are the very same people that Obama wants to negotiate with. WHY? You want to negotiate with that? What a total disrespect for those that have suffered ad DIED for this country defending it against that. Its not a scare tactic, its a fact. Peace thru strength is the only way nations respect each other. Im all for negotiating when its correct but we do not and will not negotiate with them. Every one that comes along with have a demand and Obama will give them whatever they want and each time they will take more and more until none of us have a country left.

You all need to really think about that. He voted 'present' on most things in his short 1 term time in the senate. Which mean 2 thigns right off the bat here: 1.Doesn't really stand for anything
2. Also has missed most of his pledged time there to serve while he collects a salary of about $165K/yr + expenses? And gets secret service protection? while he is out campaigning for his own advancement to the oval office. And wrote a few books and got paid allot from that? He is not poor, he is not for the working class, he is rich as is Hillary. Can you see that? Why cant anyone see that the democratic agenda just plays on the emotions of people to things that really sound good, but in reality they havent lived what you are living nor will they ever?

AND as far as oil goes, hey im all for alternative energy but we need something in the meantime. if they would let us drill more in Alaska alone, we (the entire USA)would have all the oil we would ever need for the next 200yrs. Go google it. many reports have been published that have documented this. There is no worldwide shortage of oil (they just found another huge reserve off the coast of s. america that will be the new 3rd largest in the world)and if the US starts using its own resources, and if the EPA will let us build new refineries, we will back to $1-2/gal gas.

Posted by: jack | May 18, 2008 12:24:38 AM

I am a Hillary supporter but I am OK with 4 years of McCain as a president. The Congress is controlled by the Democrats anyway. I want some balance of power. I just cannot trust Obama's ultra-liberal agenda.

Posted by: George | May 18, 2008 12:27:33 AM

I saw it on th eInternet about 15 mins ago - Obama is an alien. He comes from planet Zorelda in the 4th quadrant of ibnebulos. The pictures were very graphic. This has been documented and published. People. listen to me, before it is too late. It is clear that we need real humans to be Presidents, not space aliens. We can't trust this green blooded ET lover Obama to guide us into negotiating with the Vulcans for control of the Death Star. My cousin has th eVHS videos to prove it. C'mon. Think about it. how else could this be happening?

Posted by: jack | May 18, 2008 12:41:19 AM

When was the last time you heard a Democrat call somebody an "ultra-liberal" or even a "liberal" ? If you're a Democrat you hear that word hurled at you from every toothless Rush Limbaugh wannabe 24/7. Seems like a Repugnican is posting here to try to get the hillary supporters to consider voting for John McCain. Did you read the article? Try to understand the words that are coming out of Hillary Clinton's mouth ... McCain = More Bush. - Oh yeah, and how about John McCain's new position on Global Warming? seems a little ultra-liberal ...

Posted by: inevitable | May 18, 2008 12:49:04 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, Sen. Bill Bradley, Gov. Bill Richardson, and even John Edwards declaring his support for for Barack Obama the day after, to tarnish the glow of her magnificant victory in West Virgina 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 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 knight in armor who fights relentlessly for us humble folk like us, the downtrodden and the disenfranchised, the shift workers, the poor, the immigrants, 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’ll make history!

Posted by: charleychaplin | May 18, 2008 12:59:05 AM

Well, inevitable, I admit I am not a democrat, but there are more than just democrats and republicans (This is not a black or white thing). In fact, most of the voters are independents, which is one of the fastest growing voting block right now. I am one of them and I consider people like Obama, Pelosi, Reid, & Dean ultra-liberal and people like Limbaugh ultra-conservative. I do not want any of the extremes. If you cannot understand this, that means you belong to one of the extremes (ultra-liberal in this case).

Posted by: George | May 18, 2008 1:02:05 AM

Hillary Clinton has no viable
solution to the mortgage crisis except
to create a New Welfare program for the
irresponible people who took on
mortgages they couldn't afford!
Add that to her Universal Healthcare
Plan and the plan to give each baby
in America $5000 and she will surely
bankrupt the U.S. Treasury as well as
individual taxpayers as well!
Her plan for Iraq is universal withdrawal from that country no matter
what the conditions on the ground are!
Her stated desire to support our efforts in Afganistan is not convincing!
What happens if things go badly for a time there? Will she be calling for a
withdrawal there too?
Hillary Clinton would be just as big a
disaster as U.S. President as Obama would!

Posted by: reaganfan | May 18, 2008 1:21:53 AM

Hillary has the wisdom to see the struggles of the average man and she focuses on their problems while McCain puts all his effort into pandering to the corporations and the wealthy with tax breaks. He is simply offering more of the same myopic, trickle-down economics the Republicans are famous far.

Posted by: Two-cats | May 18, 2008 1:29:00 AM

Just amazed by the Clinton supporters. They REALLY believe she's the one true, best candidate to be president. Did you all forget the Bosnia sniper lie; how about the lie on her support of NAFTA when it was convenient to do so. She is power hungry from day 1. Remember her 1st days as first lady? She fired all the travel workers in travel-gate. Since when does a first lady have the authority/power to do that? She is too conniving and do not trust her as far as I could throw her - well, maybe I could (but won't - stay cool SS). IMO, she is so calculating and such a good actress, she can say anything and the...let's see if I get her base correct...uneducated, lower socioeconomic will believe her. Just follow the saying...ABC (anybody but clinton).

Posted by: Ken | May 18, 2008 1:36:00 AM

reaganfan, Hillary is not going to be calling for a withdrawal from Afghanistan. On the contrary, the Democrats have committed more to be spent there. It was the idiot, Bush, who pulled most of our efforts out of Afghanistan to go off on a wild goose chase in Iraq. And now McCain wants to win there as if that is possible. He is an absolute dinosaur! I want Hillary but I will not vote for more of the same! No, I will not vote for McCain...under any circumstance!!!

Posted by: Two-cats | May 18, 2008 1:38:28 AM

Ken, I don't care what Hillary has done...they've all done things. She's by far the best candidate in this race. She is the only one who knows what it is really all about to be in the White House. She has been an adviser to a sitting president. You can't have any better experience than that. So all your attacks fall on deaf ears. I like what she has to say and I certainly think that American was in better hands with Democratic leaders in the 90's than anything I've seen since they left office. McCain is just more of the same incompetence, pandering to the wealthy, committing our treasure to wild goose chases. My vote is easy...Clinton is our best shot at responsible leadership...Obama comes in a distant second, and McCain is way down on the totem poll.

Posted by: Two-cats | May 18, 2008 1:46:42 AM

NObama 08

Posted by: Kitty | May 18, 2008 2:01:48 AM

Hillary has a right to fight until the very end. There have been so many sick comic shows blasting Hilllary as a Nazi democrat the past two weeks trying to cost her the election beating her down into the earth over one little foolish remark she made in the USAtoday over a week ago, even though she never said black people are less working that my supporters and the comment was taken by media and comedians out of context to exploit an issue to inrich their own malicious comic skits. john Stewart, especially of the Daily show, I was nausiated by and I called on the democrats.org and Comedy Central to boycott his show until he at leastapologized to West BVirginia and the people who BY FREE CHOICE AS AMERICANS decided to vote for Hillary. All John Stewart has done is played a race card game against him own people and helped divide the democratic party further and he is actually helping the republican ticket and we shoudl not support him for that cause. He blames Hillary just because she will not drop out of the race implying by all his episodes last week that she is a racist and getting nothign but all white lower class racist votes. John Stewart made sick comedy by showing clips of a few no good white racists and then showed Hillary's victory speech in WV, implying that her voters are all like this,e ven though not one of those peopel actually said they liked Hillary and we don't know those clips were not all pro John Mccain supproters. JOhn Stewart has a right to support what candidate he wants but he crossed the line when he portrayed that ALL Hillary voters are lower class white racists this past week. I call on people to boycott the Daily Show since John Stewart continues to make these ugly derogatory biased remarks not just against Hillary but ALL of her supporters. For him to stereotype a whole state of West Virginia only showing no good racists there shows he is a facist hypocrite himself and is offensive to ALL the people that chose to support Hillary, especially the non white peopel that chose to vote for here. I don't dislike Obama and will vote for him if he wins but I am sick of the radical hollywood celebrity trashy people attacking Hillary thinking they can suck up to non white viewers and get more popularity Karma always comes back to these people.

Posted by: Peter | May 18, 2008 2:09:50 AM

To me, as a non-American, it's very interesting and curious that so many people in American are still supporting Hillary.

Did they read her official record, not the one argued by her but officially disclosed one, as the first lady?

Do they really think she is thinking of the poor even after checking her tax documents? Do they realise that she 'loaned' her money for her own campaign and will be repaid with interests with the donations they made???

To me, Hillary supporters are self-willed and cannot admit the reality because they want to believe they are correct. Very American, very Hillary-ish.

Posted by: tony | May 18, 2008 2:21:36 AM

Now Obama's supporters say they would support Sen Clinton if she was the nominee. But for months most of barack's supporters have insulted her and her family and her supporters, and have denigrated and underestimated all Democrat achievements, including the Presidency of Bill Clinton, the best president in the last 40 or more years. 80% of Obama's supports are from AA that are supporting him just for race and not the issues. That is not enough to win the GE. He is unelectable.

Posted by: libre | May 18, 2008 2:29:02 AM

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Posted by: libre | May 18, 2008 2:35:11 AM

I heard this mentioned on CSPAN this morning--in Barack Obama's book he refers to a mentor as "Frank" and suggests he attended socialist events with him. Supposedly research has shown that "Frank" is communist Frank Marshall Davis. This is the first link I could find ... does anyone have any more information on this? Some reliable links proving or disapproving this?

http://www.aim.org/aim-column/obamas-communist-mentor/

Posted by: jlynne | May 18, 2008 2:50:40 AM

Obama is still losing the electoral college vote. Today's numbers are McCain 290 v Obama 237 + to close to call 11 = Republican President and Hillary 270 v McCain 242 + 17 to close to call = Democratic President.

Posted by: jlynne | May 18, 2008 3:04:17 AM

What Obama supporters don't understand is that many Senator Clinton supporters feel she was cheated from the early parts of this campaign.

It was Michelle Obama who first brought up race. It was Iowa when they didn't think they would win the caucus. She said, 'There aren't black people here." People are naive to think Clinton supporters will just fall in line and vote Obama. And while there may be GOP voters posting in disguise to say they will vote McCain over Obama, don't bet the bank that they all are.

Many voters (approx. 16 million) identify with Hillary. Women and brave, smart men—of all ethnicities and any age—who get that it’s in their self-interest to elect her. She’s better qualified. Yes, 35 years. Would you tell Eleanor Roosevelt that her experience as First Lady meant nothing?

Senator Clinton is a high-profile candidate with an enormous grasp of foreign- and domestic-policy nuance, dedication to detail, ability to absorb staggering insult and personal pain while retaining dignity, resolve, even humor, and keep on keeping on. Also, yes, let’s hear it for her connections and funding and party-building background, too. Obama was awfully glad about those when she raised dough and campaigned for him to get to the Senate in the first place.

Posted by: Christine | May 18, 2008 3:49:32 AM

right on christine. i am from iowa and have lots of relatives there all over the state. including the states of minnesota and wisconsin. all wish they could take back their vote and give it to hillary. what a shame the truth about obama didn't come out when it should have.

Posted by: carlasue | May 18, 2008 4:35:21 AM

Another strange media angle: Point not that she attacks McCain, but that it is scripted... As if she don't know what to say. USA media took a stand in a very close election, and their bias help for Obama helped him close 13 caucuses without any opposition because you were so busy picking on Hillary. Voters are keeping Hillary in now, but I do worry, because the mismanagement of news have her fighting impossible odds. I just hope she stick it out.

Posted by: S. Johnsen | May 18, 2008 5:34:05 AM

I am not an obama supporter nor am I a Hillary supporter..I'm a democrat and whomever the nominee is that is who I'm voting for..both Hillary and obama have stuff(negatives) that we can talk about for months..but the point is they are democrats..I am a proud democrat and I would have to be dumb,deaf and blind to even think for one second of voting for McCain to carry on the failing Republican policies that have crippled the country's economy. Vote Democrat 08

Posted by: Earl | May 18, 2008 7:46:36 AM

and Earl
you are actually correct...the polls with head to head match ups inherently already had to take in the people who would defect out of spite...and Obama still wins if everyone who said they would defect in the heat of the primary said they would switch...
and that isn't even going to be close to happening.

This has a great chance to be a blow out for obama.

I am just so glad all those millions were wasted extending this campaign for the past three months.

Posted by: dl | May 18, 2008 7:57:37 AM

My fellow democrats please do not be despondent about the Republicans who are posing on this blog as Hillary supporters posturing to vote for McCain is Obama is the Nominee..Do not be despondent about the uneducated Hillary supporters who plan to do the same. Let us keep our eyes on the prize...If you are a Hillary supporter then support her to the end..If you are an Obama supporter do the same but in the final analysis lets get together and vote for whomever the nominee is. Let us turn this sinking ship around and head for port to get it fixed..so that our ecomomy can realize a turn around and we can bring our young and impressionable soldiers home..those who still have eyes and limbs..My God it pains me just to think about it and when they come home lets treat them right..look how we treat our veterans..its a shame(and we talk about patriotism) and nobody talks about that..we'd rather talk about crazy rev wright(Also a veteran). Lets vote Democrat 08 Please I beg you for the good of our country..lets take care of home for a change..Iraq is not my home,Israel is not my home, Africa is not my home. I am American..America first! then we help the world. Vote Democrat! the Republicans have no domestic policy..their Manifesto is top heavy with foriegn policy based on war,war and more war. Please Dems lets get together after all this pulling and tugging about Hillary and Obama and vote for whomever is the nominee. Democrats 08!

Posted by: Earl | May 18, 2008 9:08:20 AM

I wonder who the senators are that ask Obama to run for Office they have some man club up there on the Hill they just keep jumping on the train makes me wonder how long this master plan has been in the making also makes me madder than h%%l They have no respect for Hillary's supporters and they are really out of touch with real people.I have never seen any thing like this election the media has not hid thier Bias I have never seen them treat a candidate so bad not even Nixon but it is ok she should not be running in there O I am sick and I have just changed to independent I use to think it was so important to have a party but no so much any more. Hillary will keep going and in the end I hope win, but if not I hope she sits this one out because John Mccain will more than likely be president.

Posted by: Bishop | May 18, 2008 9:41:49 AM

Bishop, the Republicans use to say that the media is bias to the clintons..when they were losing..now all of a sudden!..the same media is now biased against the same clintons and lean toward obama because your candidate is losing. Accept that Hillary ran a bad campaign and try to get over your discouragement but don't blame the media..I understand you have to find something or someone to blame..blame the Hillary's campaign people..Obama ran a much better coordinated campaign..its as simple as that..You say that you are going to vote McCain if Hillary is not the nominee..now I know you are not a true democrat..you are posing as one. Put down the koolaid and think for a few minutes and I assure you once logic and reasoning comes back you'll be voting democrat despite who the nominee is. Dems 08!

Posted by: Earl | May 18, 2008 9:52:28 AM