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“The Challenger” Versus “The Champ”

At his press conference today, Barack Obama was asked one of those hypothetical questions most candidates hate to answer.

If you were in Clinton’s shoes and you had lost 10 in a row, do you think the Party elders would pressure you to drop out of the race?

“Yes,” Obama responded. And then he added this:

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It would be Obama’s last question - even as reporters threw questions out to him as he exited.

Do you agree with President Clinton that if Senator Clinton loses Texas and Ohio she can’t win the nomination? (Obama turned and smiled, but kept walking)

Are you now the frontrunner (another smile)

As he said in New Hampshire prior to his unexpected loss there last month, “My name is Barack Obama. I am always the underdog.”

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43 Responses to ““The Challenger” Versus “The Champ””

Comment by Billary is Done!

What a poor excuse for someone who would represent as my President. No matter which candidate you support—you have to admit that Hillary simply does not have the aptitude and demeanor to be President. I believe that this side of Hillary will push even men like myself towards Obama. No man, especially those like myself in Ohio want a President that acts like she did today. She is so pathetic.

 
Comment by Azdude

So when confronted with a possible unfavorable result his first instinct would be to quit.
This is the guy who wants to be President?
What’s he going to do the first time Vladimir Putin is mean to him, gather his papers and leave?

 
Comment by Hillary hust me

Quit. What are you talking about? Are you paying attention at all?

 
Comment by Sue

This is the person you Obama supporters think is going to fight for you if he gets elected President? This arrogant man only cares about one thing and that is himself.

 
Comment by Jane

It’s crazy how you people follow Obama simply because the “Media” has favorite him. It’s practically an a cult following that will lead to the down fall of the US! He is all “promises” without any real answers! If you stop and actually to him for once, you will see he’s empty. Exactly what good would that be for the US? Get really the President cannot make ANY real changes without Congress!! He’s running a smear campaign “off’ camera…. how is that change??? Same old politics.

 
Comment by Gary

This man has class. He gently tried to redirect attention away from Hill’s tactical anger. Wake up people, the health care plan that passes through congress is going to be some kind of compromise. It’s not going to be Clinton’s or Obama’s. With a little luck, it may turn out to be a plan that is an American plan that is fair to most of us. Obama just keeps on keeping his cool and trying to redirect despair at the current situation into hope for the future.

 
Comment by sam

TEXAS REPUBLICANS, VOTE FOR HILLARY TO KEEP THE DEMOCRATS DIVIDED!

 
Comment by Faye

I can’t stand to look at him anymore. I went to the grocery store today and their his picture
is on the front page of the GLOBE. OBAMA SEX SCANDAL. I came home and found it on
the internet!!!

http://www.whitehouse.com

 
Comment by Kerry Marvin

It sure would be nice to have a real choice, for the President.
Someone we could All be Proud of, Not Just the Black Ex-Prez Clinton!

Maybe then Michelle Would Have One Too, Like one that supports the troops,
and honor’s the flag and the country too.

All we have running now, on the democratic side, are backslapping,
back stabbing, back sliders, who only want one thing.

The Same Thing the “JIHADISTS” Want!
They want us out of the Middle East and back safe?

Where? Behind, our broken borders?

“That they, the Congress and the Senate will not fix, nor defend?”

For the Country to actually Vote,
for either of these candidates, is to me incredulous!

Who in their right mind, Oh, Never mind, I mean their; Left, Behind mind?
No Pun Intended!

Their Mindset is as Ruinous for the Economy and the Defense of this Nation!
As “IS”, their rhetoric; is to the Political Tensions, All, Around the World!

Our Enemies Are Listening to; All of their Statements, and are eating this, Crap Up!

If they OSAMA, Hezbollah, Chavez and Iran; could Vote.

I Believe it would be for either one of the Democrats.
But their preference would be, “OBAMA!”

So Try a Reality, Check and Get some thing (?) Anything, Done?
In Congress and/or in the Senate to CHANGE this NOW!

Not to mention the Patriot Act; they Wouldn’t “ACT” ON. (?)
And haven’t got, a Clue What to do about either, other than Blame: BUSH?

O.K. So What? So, Get Real, it’s not always, about the most popular, nor electable?

IT’S About The “Real and Present Danger” to:
The Safety of this Nation! Who Will Defend the U.S. And, the Constitution?
And, the Bill of rights, if not the “Oath of Office” for the President?

Some Other Candidate? YES, But; Not Theirs!

That’s Who. Go HUCKABEE< MCCAIN ANYBODY BUT;
THE Daemon-crats…………………….Disgusting Choices there!

 
Comment by smith

To all the Clinton supporters:

She LOST 11 CONSECUTIVE CONTESTS with many of them at margins of over 30 percentage points.
Isn’t that something? Imagine the reverse…. what would have happened if Obama had lost 11 consecutive contests. Does she really care about the party unity and democratic party winning in November?

If so, Hillary should quite and join Obama as VP candidate and forge a united front. The sooner this happens the better it is.

 
Comment by Master Conservative

“The Challenger versus the Champ”? Hell of title for the article. You should rename it to something more like “The Pimp against the Dike”. At least my title represents the truth of the matter more.

 
Comment by Ken

The Republicans are about to wake up to the stark reality that regardless of the deeds of your past, it entitles you to nothing. McCain is a true Hero, but it doesn’t give him the Presidency. He learned this lesson with George Bush, and he’s going to learn it again. OBAMA ‘08!

 
Comment by The Silent Majority

As I sit here and read your comments, I can’t help but smile.
I love listening, and of course watching the results of all of your combined efforts, in all your fields of expertise, pulling together once again with all your “democratic” colleges.

Is it not true, that we’re not looking for business as usual but seeking results?

When Winston Churchill became Prime Minister of Britain he said; I have nothing to offer but, blood, toil, tears and sweat.
Remember: there are a number of things beyond our control, but we are in control our actions. And it is our actions that we are remembered by.

Keep squabbling over the table scraps.

Go McCain!!!!!

 
Comment by Rick

smith, you are on the mark: Obama-Clinton 08 would be a winning ticket

They’d run right over McLobbyist. Keep reminding him of “banghergate” :))

 
Comment by coolrepublica

Comment by Billary is Done!
February 23rd, 2008 at 6:34 pm

What a poor excuse for someone who would represent as my President. No matter which candidate you support—you have to admit that Hillary simply does not have the aptitude and demeanor to be President. I believe that this side of Hillary will push even men like myself towards Obama. No man, especially those like myself in Ohio want a President that acts like she did today. She is so pathetic.

Comment by Azdude

So Hillary is pathetic because she want to win or because she is a woman who likes to win. The demeanor to be president? What does that mean. Today Mccain said that he wished death on Castro. That’s comming from a guy who is 71 years old. Does he have the demeanor to be president?

Men like yourself in Ohio wants a president that does not anyone with a vagina in between their legs to be president. Don’t hide. I would respect you more if you just came out and said it.

 
Comment by Real Mad

I am tierd of all you stupdi liberals teling me what America stands for! If you had your way wed all be marying french guys even if were guys! I hate all the peeple who woud vote for a guy who doasnt even like his country! The one taht God blessed with his holy son Jesus. He just wants to tax us so he can get rich and make us comunist! Dont be foolled by this media darling! hes not even christian! The liberals are SO out of tuoch! They think the world is peaseful, but its not! We need to kill all the other peeple who are so stupid as to think they can step on this flag! GOD BLESS THE USA! They dont even no how the real world realy works!

GOD HATES OBAMA or shoud I say OSAMA!

 
Comment by Sherry

GARY…. HAVE YOU BEEN SMOKIN THAT CRACK PIPE WITH OBAMA? OR, ARE YOU ANOTHER LARRY SINCLAIR? HMMM…

 
Comment by Jackie

Please vote for McCain. He is a hero and deserves to be president.

 
Comment by Danielle Williams

Obama is an empty suit. A likeable one, but empty nonetheless.

McCain is the only candidate fit to be Commander in Chief.

 
Comment by BillForObama

Sherry, Real Mad, Kerry Marvin, Sue, sam, Jane, Azdude

I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU — WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIMITED GENIUS AND GENUINE STUPIDITY?

UNLIKE YOU, GENIUS IS LIMITED!!!

 
Comment by Kirby

Hillary the Hysteric…. That’s all we saw/heard today. A SHRILL, losing candidate; a grown woman, with “35 years of experience” who has to screech and point her finger at a grown man.

Obama, please look Billary in the eye and say “Senator Clinton, I am not going to fight with you, I am going to fight for the cause”.

 
Comment by Tobi

Kirby - RIGHT on. She wagged her finger and lectured a “fellow democrat”, the whole time saying “how dare a democrat challenge a fellow democrat”. Hypocrisy at its best — but hypocrisy is just what the Hill/Bill lives to practice….

 
Comment by Sherry

toby and kirby… pack it up and move to the middle east if your going to support a muslim for president. Talk about loyalty…your disgusting!!

 
Comment by Tobi

Sherry - he’s not a Muslim, and you spelled “you’re” wrong.

 
Comment by tom

I FIND IT VERY FUNNY..THAT OBAMA.. HAD NOT A CHANCE IN THE WORLD..THAT DOESN’T HAVE THE EXPERIENCE….IS KICKING THE CRAP…OUT OF THE CLINTON MACHINE..WITH CLINTONS OWN WORDS..CLINTON WHOLE HEARTEDLY SUPPORTED ..NAFTA..AND IS TRYING LIKE CRAZY TO DISTANT HERSELF FROM ..HER OWN WORDS..CLINTON DOESN’T WANT ANYONE TO SEE THE TRANSCRIPTS OF HER FAILED BID TO MANDATE HEALTHCARE (HILLARY CARE ) WHEN CLINTON HAD HER HUSBAND AS PRESIDENT AND A DEM. CONGRESS..CLINTON ALSO DOES NOT WANT TO DISCLOUSE HER TAX RETURNS..ONLY IF SHE WINS THE DEM..NOD..AND I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT EITHER..ENOUGH OF THE CLINTONS AND THE BUSHES IN THE WHITE HOUSE..I WILL BE VOTING FOR OBAMA..HE WLL BE ABLE TO GET THINGS DONE IN WASHINGTONAS CLINTON WOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO..CLINTONS HISTORY TELLS US THAT..

 
Comment by tom

ITS NOT THAT I WOULD NOT VOTE FOR CLINTON BECAUSE SHE IS A WOMEN..BUT..BECAUSE SHE IS THE WRONG WOMEN……I WOULD LIKE SEE OBAMA CHOOSE A WOMEN V.P..AS LONG AS IT IS NOT CLINTON…

 
Comment by Sherry

tobi….yes he is a muslim, try doing your homework! And the you’re? You understood it so KMA!!

 
Comment by Sherry

tom… you sound alittle intimidated by smart women. Like you really think Michelle Obama would make a good first lady? And, you don’t think Obama won’t be smokin crack in the Oval office? I think Larry Sinclair already claimed a spot under his desk!!

 
Comment by jitterbug

The Washington Post Editorial pg1a2;
Thursday, Feb.21 2008

Sinclair Federal Law Suit To Be Dimissed

In late fall of 2007 Lawrence Sinclair approached campaign officials of the Sen.Barack Obama campaign, and told them a very disturbing story. Rob Allen of the Sen. Obama campaign stated. After the meeting had concluded the campaign officials ruled it off, as “just someone trying to make a buck.”
The following week they recieved a phone call, from a man claiming to represent Mr. Sinclair, and demanding $100,000.00 as restitution for his client.

Lawrence Sinclair has filed a federal suit against Barack Obama and others for harassment since the gay man released his video on YouTube.com, a internet web-site for viewing homemade videos, alleging that, the Senator from Illinois and Mr.Sinclair shared oral sex and cocaine in the back of a Mr. Sinclairs limo in Gurnee, IL in 1999.

The Post has learned that presiding Judge Donald Wilson is dismissing the case, due to credibility on Mr.Sinclair. Stating that the complaintant has an extensive record of mischievious conduct. Further more such allegations warrant sound credible standards, which are not found in matters included in this suit.

Lawrence Sinclair was convicted of “fraud” two times and investigated eight times over 25 years, for trying to secure money for “black male” charges. Two of the defendants were political figures in Illinois and Indiana. Mr.Sinclair also has an extensive record of drug convictions. The Washington Post has learned

 
Comment by NWO

So this is who some Americans feel is best prepared to lead our country?

Organized a campaign based solely on a date certain win. (February 5, 2008)

Squandered over $100 million dollars worth of donations and has what to show for it? (11 straight losses that she claims were not important because she had won the big states)

She stands on the Senate floor to denounce the leader of Kazakhstan (Nursultan Nazarbayev) for his communist human rights violations while her husband brokers a deal for Frank Giustra and receives $31.3 million for his efforts along with pledge for $100 million dollars more.

Loans her campaign $5 million dollars to continue on and when asked about releasing her tax records- states that she will disclose this information if she gets elected.

She touts her claim to 35 years of experience which includes her eight years as First Lady yet refuses to release those records for the American people to see.

She brokers over $341 million dollars of the tax payers money for her earmarks and refuses to divulge any records to show where this money is going.

She agrees to the rules of the DNC to not campaign in Michigan And Florida and that those states will not be awarded any delegates, but once she realizes that plans of sealing up the nomination on 02-05-2008 does she stand up for those voters and demands that she receive those delegates even though her opponents were not even on the ballot in one of those states. (Seems as though if these two states were so important to have their votes count she would have fought for them from the beginning).

She demands to have more debates so the American people can get a better understanding of the candidates and yet she preaches the same old things she had said in the previous eighteen debates.

She preaches to America that if she is elected that she would meet with military leaders to determine the best path to take in bringing home our troops to end the war. How ironic is it that those are the same military leaders who are leading us now including General David Petraeus for which she told him this on September 12,2007 (“Mrs. Clinton told General Petraeus that his progress report on Iraq required “a willing suspension of disbelief.”)

She claims that when she is President she would instill her plan help those having mortgage problems, but just how many of those people will still have their homes when that time comes? If she cared so much she would be introducing legislation now to help all of those in need.

 
Comment by Anonymous

“You smell that? Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world smells like that. I love the smell of napalm in the morning. You know, one time we had a hill bombed, for twelve hours. When it was all over I walked up. We didn’t find one of ‘em, not one stinkin’ dink body. The smell, you know that gasoline smell, the whole hill. Smelled like… victory.”

Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore
Apocolypse Now (1979)

 
Comment by Village King

NWO,

For your information, Hillary has spent and continues to spend many hours on the phone talking to mortgage companies trying to convince them to put a 30 day freeze on foreclosures and to try and find a way to keep these homeowners from losing their homes. Has Obama done that? NO, he has not because action speak louder than words which = he does not care.

The voters in Florida and Michigan have a right to have their votes counted, just as yours counted. If you lived in one of those states you would feel the same way. Actually, I believe their constitutional rights were violated! The voters did not have a choice in having their primaries moved up by one week, which in itself is suspicous.

And, Hillary should demand more debates. We can’t with good peace of mind vote for someone who can only give good speeches. He has no layed out plans and the ones he has mentioned he stole from Hillary, if you ever took the time to research that fact you would know that.

Instead of people following and drooling over Obama and his rock star status they should go to a concert instead. We are voting for a president, this is not a popularity contest. You should all be thinking of your children and families and not stop thinking about what it would be like to have a fairytale romance with Obama.

 
Comment by PulSamsara

Barack Obama for President of the UNITED States of America.

 
Comment by Blondshag

VOTE - HILLARY CLINTON - PRESIDENT!!!
The True Proof Is In The Pudding - - - HILLARY CLINTON’S PRESIDENTIAL PUDDING!!
The True Proof Is In The Pudding - - - NOT BARACK “HUSSEIN” OBAMA’S RHETORIC!!

The REZKO trial will begin on March 3, 2008. I believe that REZKO and OBAMA have a very close relationship. Hopefully the REZKO trial will determine that beginning March 3, 2008. America deserves to know……all the details.

There 65 articles about REZKO that is located at the Chicago Sun-Times. Go to the webpage http://www.suntimes.com THEN, do a search “REZKO” and all 65 news articles will appear.
GET THE POPCORN READY FOR THE “REZKO” TRIAL STARTING ON MARCH 3, 2008.

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VOTE - HILLARY CLINTON - PRESIDENT!!!
The True Proof Is In The Pudding - - - - HILLARY CLINTON’S PRESIDENTIAL PUDDING!!!
The True Proof Is In The Pudding - - - - NOT BARACK “HUSSEIN” OBAMA’S RHETORIC!!!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

VOTE - “MY AMERICAN MAMA” - HILLARY CLINTON - PRESIDENT!!!
VOTE - “MY AMERICAN MAMA” - HILLARY CLINTON - PRESIDENT!!!
VOTE - “MY AMERICAN MAMA” - HILLARY CLINTON - PRESIDENT!!!
VOTE - “MY AMERICAN MAMA” - HILLARY CLINTON - PRESIDENT!!!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

YOU GO GIRL!!!!
YOU GO GIRL!!!!
YOU GO GIRL!!!!
YOU GO GIRL!!!!
YOU GO GIRL!!!!

 
Comment by knowHim

Blondshag…”My American Mama”??????

You must be joking???? Do you know that there are mothers still in this United States married to men who actually love them, who provide for their families, the mothers stay home and care for the children…yes even sometimes bake cookies (something Hillary put down when she first became First Lady, including the fact that she wanted NOTHING to do with the very special traditon of decorating the White House for the new family,her famliy, she was just too…well I guess much of a man!!) Anyway back to my point…mothers…real mothers…you call Hillary your American mother?

I feel sorry for you, mabey you did not have a mother growing up or a father who loved your mother and who was devoted to her, I am sorry for you. However let’s have great examples of families not low-life, self centered ones.

Your American Mama? Come on! I wish you could see the loving homes that really still are out there. We want to make the choices for our lives and our children’s lives NOT the government. Hillary wants newborns to go right into government paid childcare from birth…what kind of mother is that??? Don’t give me this..”oh, some mothers are not as fortunate as you” Show America how to do it right and to make right choices in life, not just have kids outside of a good marriage and then expect the govenment to care for them.

By the way, just to be clear, I would not mind a woman president if she had her values in order.

Happy Mother of Four ,(they have a father who comes home every night too :)

 
Comment by knowHim

Don’t play the race card either…I was not brought up with a single thread of racism, I don’t have it in me, I would vote for a president no matter his/her skin color…if his/her values were in order. I do see my husband a white male in the corporate world unable to ask a worker to leave if they are other than white male. Go ahead let go any worker who is white male if they are not doing a good job, my husband will lose his job if they are anything else…does not matter how bad a job they are doing. Is this good for America? I just don’t see it.

Hillary said on Good Morning America, that she wanted everyone to have the same opportunities that she has been given. What does this mean? We all live in the same United States, my husband and I have not been handed anything, we all have the same opportunities. Some just do not take advantage of them. That is the American Dream…do what you wish with the freedom we have. AND YES…America including my family gives money to the poor without the government making us, so don’t go there either. We give time too.

Enough asking America what it can do for you…What are you doing for our America??????? That is a partial quote, look it up.

 
Comment by katefranklin

If Obama had just lost 10 straight primaries, they wouldn’t be writing a story about him. It is ironic that the Clintons whine about media bias as emphatically as they do. At this stage, the press is the one thing resuscitating their campaign.

 
Comment by Lynne

This blog site somewhat represents the social and ethical thinking and behavior of the parties and candidates. Interesting.

 
Comment by Lojoes

Sherry,

Why is everything you write in this blog and all the other blogs on this website repeated? My guess is you have a set response that you have typed in word and saved, and all you do is cut and paste…..Yup you are definatly an Hillary supporter…….

One thing for you to chew on:

In 2007 Hillary clinton earmarked ( thats pork barrel for you) 250,000 to be given to the Seneca Knitting Mill in NEW York……hmm lets not support the educational system there. But instead teach the poor to knit………………………

 
Comment by Mike

I am a Canadian intensly interested in US Politics, after all whats good for America is good for Canada. Here is how I see it.

Hillary represents more of the same, while vastly different from the current administration, her and Bill are big time Washington insiders, and will owe many favors if elected, making reall change highly unlikely, if not impossible.

I see Barrack as the closest you can get to a New Beginning, and good reason for Hope.

 
Comment by knowHim

Mike we choose not to live in Canada.

You do not live here, you can’t understand the depth of faith that once grew this nation into the most wonderful place in the world to live. We do not need new hope, we need the old hope our founding fathers had. Therefore McCain is the only choice. The United States has always been a place of hope a place for people to either take advatage of the freedom we have and do well or not. Those who work hard to enjoy the hope that is already here do not want to pay for lazies who will not work to enjoy the freedom we have.

 
Comment by Sherrie F.

A fool and her dog will soon part…

 

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