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The buck stops with Hillary

Pittsburgh, PA — Sen. Hillary Clinton slammed President Bush’s Iraq policy speech today and pledged to begin withdrawing troops at the start of her term regardless of the military situation on the ground in January 2009.

While the President and Sen. McCain both said they will follow the advice of General David Petraeus who called for a moratorium on troop withdrawals from Iraq during Congressional testimony this week, Clinton insisted that her Iraq policy will be directed from the Oval Office.

“Let me describe for you the way our system works. Policy is set by the civilian leadership, the President of the United States sets the policy. Our military, and thankfully so, carries out the policy that is set. You ask the military for their best advice about how to implement the policy that you have set,” she said during a media availability at Pittsburgh International Airport, where she reiterated that she will begin withdrawing troops within her first 60 days in office.

“We have a long history of President’s changing policy. I have been clear throughout this campaign that my assessment is there is not military solution and the testimony delivered this week in the Congress by General Petraeus and Ambassador (Ryan) Crocker reinforced the assessment that I had made,” she said. “The surge was given a stated rationale that has not been fulfilled. We have given the Iraqis years of our blood and treasure for them to take responsibility for their own country.”

She added that, “an orderly responsible withdrawal that is clearly communicated to the Iraqis…will concentrate their attention far better than a blank check with indefinite timetables from this administration.”

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Comment by patty

You Go Girl…WE LOVE YOU HILLARY!!!!! Everyone shoud check this out!!!!! http://SAVAGEPOLITICS.COM/

 
Comment by John Bangert

Hillary should really pay more attention to areas she is more knowledgeable … like gay rights.

 
Comment by American Woman

Hillary Clinton gets a superdelegate today…Just in case the media dosn’t report it…

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08101/872022-457.stm

Go Hillary

I voted for Hillary not because she is a woman but because I am a woman.

God Bless America and God Bless Hillary Clinton

 
Comment by Rj

TO ALL DEMOCRATS READ THESE FACTS ABOUT GOP PLAN TO DESTROY HILLARY CLINTON>>>

Have you ever wonder ????? READ THESE FACTS>>>
WHY GOP surrogates such as FOX news, and other conservative Media personalities are doing all they can to destroy SENATOR CLINTON CAMP???

- RUSH LIMBAUGH - THE AUTHOR OF “OPERATION CHAOS” -”WHICH VERY PURPOSE IS to make an impression reverse to what was intended” - to trick and produce a perception upon the minds of Democrats supporters that SENATOR HILLARY CLINTON is only winning because of this operation, but in reality is trying to help BARRACK OBAMA to clinch the nomination.

TO ALL DEMOCRATS PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING FACTS>>>

Why the GOP Loves Obama

Wednesday, February 20, 2008 10:27 PM

By: Christopher Ruddy Article Font Size

Republicans this week are breathing a deep sigh of relief.

What was seen as a washout for them this coming November — with big losses expected in the House and Senate and a catastrophic loss of the White House — is now shaping up to be less ominous.

With the Democrats moving to pick Sen. Barack Obama as their nominee, the Republicans see a real opportunity to keep the Oval Office in GOP hands.

There is no question that the Republicans had viewed Hillary Clinton as the most formidable of the Democratic candidates.

During one of the primary debates, Obama suggested that the Republicans were “comfortable” attacking Hillary, suggesting they actually wanted her to be the nominee. Au contraire.

Republicans were attacking Mrs. Clinton because they believed she would be the nominee. They could hardly foresee Obama’s rise.

Indeed, she was the Democratic front-runner and hence the focus of their attacks. Now, Obama is discovering that he’s the focus of Republican scrutiny, with John McCain highlighting Obama’s accommodationist views with tyrants.

The glee seen in GOP eyes this week can be chalked up to the clearly visible fault lines shaping up for the November election, a seismic battle between McCain and Obama.

There are many reasons the GOP would rather face Obama. Here are some of the best reasons:

Obama is the risky liberal. Every time the Democrats run a liberal like Obama, who the National Journal reports has a 100 percent liberal voting record, they lose.

Remember President McGovern, President Dukakis, President Kerry? Mrs. Clinton, however, has been quite clever in her record and rhetoric to come across as more moderate. In New York state she consistently won hardcore Republican districts in her two Senate races.

A McCain insider told me this week that Obama’s support — for example, for driver’s licenses for illegals — is worth at least “five percentage points in the election.” Mrs. Clinton was smart enough to back away from that hot-button issue.

Obama energizes Democratic voters. It’s been talked about quite a bit that Obama is a charismatic man who energizes young voters. But young voters notoriously don’t vote.

Remember all the hoopla in the last election with MTV and its “Vote or Die” campaign to bring out antiwar young voters for President Kerry?

Indeed, Obama, as the first African-American candidate of a major party, will energize black voters. But don’t the Democrats know that black voters vote as a bloc for them already?

What does Obama actually bring to the table for Democrats? It’s not clear. Mrs. Clinton, as her longtime critic Dick Morris likes to point out, would have most assuredly energized women voters, especially millions of single moms that have never voted before.

Obama’s Latino problem. Clearly Latino or Hispanic voters are shaping up to be the key swing vote in this election, as they have been in recent elections. Some political pundits say George Bush’s come-from-behind win in 2004 was due to the solid 40 percent of Hispanics who voted for him, tipping the election in his favor.

This year was shaping up to be a terrible year for the GOP vis-à-vis Hispanic voters. But in primary after primary, Obama has had great difficulty winning over Latino voters.

Even in Illinois, where he beat Hillary to 2 to 1 in the primary, he only captured 52 percent of his home state’s Hispanic vote.

There are a variety of explanations for Obama’s Latino problem, including the belief there is an ethnic rivalry between Hispanics and blacks. Hispanics would like to see a Latino president in the White House, so the theory goes.

Mrs. Clinton, on the other hand, has done extremely well among Latino voters, perhaps owing to her husband’s likeability among these voters.

The recent primaries show Obama improving with Hispanic voters. Republicans, however, believe the problem with this key group will persist.

And then there is John McCain, who is the one Republican who is very well liked by Latino voters. He’s also a strong leader, which Hispanics respect. He’s pro-immigrant. As we all know, McCain joined Ted Kennedy in backing the recent immigration bill.

There’s little doubt Hillary could keep the Democratic stranglehold on Latino voters. Obama won’t.

Obama’s naiveté. Don’t forget, America is still in a war on terror. It is doubtful America will be tempted to go for an untested leader, no matter how charismatic he may be.

Some have drawn the comparison between Obama and JFK’s election win in 1960 during the height of the Cold War. But the Kennedy-Obama comparison is a weak one. For starters, John Kennedy was a war hero when he was elected president. Obama can make no such claim. Kennedy also had far more Washington experience in Congress and the Senate than Obama.

JFK also had his well-known father Joe at his side. And Democrats like to forget this, but Kennedy outflanked Nixon on defense issues, arguing that Nixon was too soft on communism. Obama’s dovish complaints about the Bush administration being too hawkish on terror won’t resonate with middle-of-the-road voters.

With good reason, the GOP is feeling better, finding its second wind as it coalesces around John McCain.

Despite some differences with the maverick senator, the Republican base will turn out for him. His $12 million fundraising haul for January is just one sign of that.

But there are many other reasons the GOP is more comfortable with Hillary out of the picture and Obama as the nominee.

First, Obama will not be able to lay claim to the good economic times of the 1990s that Bill Clinton presided over, as Hillary can. And Obama will be a nightmare for Democrats with swing voters in key states. Take for example the highly influential Cuban-American vote that Bill Clinton won in 1992 and 1996 — and was the key reason George Bush beat Al Gore.

The Cuban vote has been moving into the Democratic column but they will not go for Obama because he has clearly stated he will open up relations with Castro.

Sen. Clinton’s announced Cuba policies take a hard line, which resonates with these voters. And then there are the key Jewish communities in swing states like Florida and Ohio that are already deeply worried about electing Obama to the presidency.

Obama has talked openly about sitting down — without any preconditions — with Iran’s diabolical leader Ahmadinejad, who just this week referred to Israel as “bacteria” and has said in the past that the Jewish state is a “disgraceful blot” that should be “wiped off the map.”

With the McCain campaign blanketing key markets with TV ads featuring “independent Democrat” Sen. Joseph Lieberman, Obama will be in deep trouble.

The Democrats haven’t completely abandoned Hillary. But it sure looks that way.

There’s an oft-quoted saying that the Democrats “fall in love and Republicans fall in line.”

After this November, we may have to change that to “Democrats often like to run off the side of a cliff and the Republicans love to watch them.”

OUR APPEAL TO DNC LEADERSHIP AND ALL SUPERDELEGATES IS TO SUPPORT….

- SENATOR HILLARY CLINTON IF YOU WANT TO WIN BACK THE WHITE HOUSE.

- SUPERDELEGATE SHOULD VOTE BASE ON THE VERY PURPOSE WHY WE CREATED YOU…

- WHICH IS TO ELECT THE MOST ELECTABLE CANDIDATE WHO CAN BEAT GOP CANDIDATE…

- YOUR LOYALTY SHOULD BE FOR THE “PARTY AS A WHOLE” AND NOT FOR ONE PERSON…

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Comment by American Woman

patty,

Wow that’s one jeannie that will be hard to put back in the bottle…

 
Comment by Jeff X

Clinton is going to pull troops out no matter what happens. What kind of IDIOT tells an enemy a move 9 months BEFORE she can actually do it. Geez…I started think a female CinC would be ok but that idiot sure changes my mind.

 
Comment by OBAMA,S LA LA LAND with WRIGHT,OPRAH,KERRY,KENNEDY,and MICHELLE OBAMA in it

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Elton John was so RIGHT! My husband, commented when see Elton on the news last night, “wow, takes a gay guy from England to have the balls to say it outright, it’s about time” The man drives me crazy at times, but I’m lucky, I don’t think many “men on the street” will admit woman hate exists.

 
Comment by tom in pa

i’m for hillary too!

 
Comment by Sylvia Manor

I must say that I am sick of Hillary and I just love what this site has done to make fun of her: http://www.photohumor.com

 
Comment by Sylvia Manor

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaMJ46w2-iU&hl=en]

 
Comment by tom in pa

im sick of people like you silvia

 
Comment by tom in pa

i hope if obama does win that there will be many like me to vote for mccain just to spite people like you

 
Comment by Utah Independent

Get real she is going to start pulling out troops no matter what is going on in January 2009, nice way to tell all military personel how little she cares about them.

 
Comment by American Woman

Comment by tom in pa
April 10th, 2008 at 8:22 pm
i hope if obama does win that there will be many like me to vote for mccain just to spite people like you
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Ditto, and:

We will have the last laugh…when the 527’s are finished with him and a True American Hero is President.

 
Comment by Jim

Colombia is funding Hillary’s campaign. How can she say she’s against the trade deal and then use their money for her campaign.

 
Comment by edfeeney

transcript of a meeting between Roger Ailles and american conservative

(knock, knock)

RA—WHAT DOYOU WANT YOU DOUCHBAG–I THOUGHT I TOLD YOU TO NEVER AROUND HERE AGAIN.

AC—OH ROGER,, PLEASE, PLEASE LET ME SUBMIT ANOTHER LIST OF PEOPLE I WANT THROWN OFF THE BLOG–OH PLEASE, PLEASE.

RA—HAND IT OVER YOU LITTLE MAGGOT–IT’S PROBABLY THE ONLY WAY I CAN GET RID OF YOU AND THAT GOD AWFUL STENCH THAT FOLLOWS YOU AROUND.

AC—OH THANK YOU, THANK YOU, ROGER.

RA—WHAT’S THIS, FEENEY’S NOT ON THE LIST? ARE YOU 2 FINALLY GETTING ALONG?

AC—NO I HATE THAT SCALIWAG BUT I DON’T CARE ABOUT GETTING HIM THROWN OFF ANYMORE BECAUSE I WANT HIM DRAWN AND QUARTERED INSTEAD.

RA—DO YOU MEAN THAT THING WITH HORSES?

AC—YOU’RE DARN RIGHTS–I WANT HIS LITTLE LEGS AND LITTLE ARMS TORN OFF HIM WITH GALLOPING STALLIONS–AND THEN I’LL GATHER THEM UP IN BUNDLES AND I’LL SHOVE THOSE UP HIS @$%. PLEASE, PLEASE.

RA—GET OUT OF MY OFFICE YOU DANGEROUS, SICK, LUNATIC, PHYCHOPATH–AND CHANGE THOSE D@$% DIAPERS YOU FILTH BAG–THE SMELL IS BEYOND DESCRIPTION–HOW DO YOU LIVE WITH YOURSELF.

AC—OH ROGER, I BET YOU SAY THAT TO ALL THE BOYS

 
Comment by OBAMA,S LA LA LAND with WRIGHT,OPRAH,KERRY,KENNEDY,and MICHELLE OBAMA in it

know I know no one likes these polls, but i like Lou Dobbs and appreceate his reporting.

Which of these candidates do you believe is sincere in their positioning as a “Populist President?”

http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/lou.dobbs.tonight/

VOTE FOR HILLARY

VOE FOR MCCAIN

 
Comment by OBAMA,S LA LA LAND with WRIGHT,OPRAH,KERRY,KENNEDY,and MICHELLE OBAMA in it

Obama & Security Clearance Issues

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It was reported today by an FBI agent that Obama would fail a Security Clearance Check due to his affiliation to Wright, Farrakhan and other known fringe (Ayres) groups as well as his admitted drug use and possibly his attendance to the Madrasa School in Indonesia. The agent pointed out that the drug use was an issue because it would most likely NOT be deemed “experimental” use. (Obama inhaled…..)

Finally, someone is coming to their senses!

 
Comment by patty

I think that if Obama wins…we should all vote for McCain and if Hillary wins…we should all vote for Hillary!!!! How does that sound Obama-BOTS????

 
Comment by OBAMA,S LA LA LAND with WRIGHT,OPRAH,KERRY,KENNEDY,and MICHELLE OBAMA in it

If Obama Was The Nominee - Would Clinton Supporters Vote For Him In The General Election?

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I won’t. I have been a liberal democrat all my life but, I am two inches from leaving this party if this man is the nominee and if Dean does not speak out against the blantant sexism that Hillary Clinton has been slammed with. Why? Because he would do it if it were racism against Obama.

And, Obama who is so on all the time about “unity” has used this sexism to his benefit without saying a word about it. He doesn’t have to praise Hillary Clinton to say that it’s wrong. He hasn’t. That tells me he doesn’t think my vote will matter to him in the G.E. It tells me he thinks it is perfectly fine to ride in on this wave of sexism.

That’s not okay with me. I’ll fill her name in on the ballot. Yes, I’ve thought about this long and hard. It’s not an easy decision but, I won’t be made to feel guilt over doing what I think is the right thing. I cannot condone this man’s stance and vote for him.

 
Comment by OBAMA,S LA LA LAND with WRIGHT,OPRAH,KERRY,KENNEDY,and MICHELLE OBAMA in it

Comment by patty
April 10th, 2008 at 8:55 pm
I think that if Obama wins…we should all vote for McCain and if Hillary wins…we should all vote for Hillary!!!! How does that sound Obama-BOTS????

SOUNS GREAT

ITS NOT ABOUT DEMS OR REPUBS

LIKE OBAMA SAYS ,ITS ABOUT AMERICA

AND HE HIMSELF IS ANTIAMERICAN

SO I WILL VOTE FOR THE ONE WHO I LIKE BUT MUST BE A PROUD AMERICAN WITH NO BAD ANTIAMERICAN FRIENDS

 
Comment by OBAMA,S LA LA LAND with WRIGHT,OPRAH,KERRY,KENNEDY,and MICHELLE OBAMA in it

http://www.hillaryclintonforum.net/discussion/forumdisplay.php?f=73

ALL THE MCCAIN SUPPORTERS WHO WANT TO SEE OBAMA LOOSE

PLEASE JOIN THIS SITE

AND PLS PASS THIS LINK ON TO OTHER BLOGS AND WEBSITES

 
Comment by OBAMA,S LA LA LAND with WRIGHT,OPRAH,KERRY,KENNEDY,and MICHELLE OBAMA in it

http://www.hillaryclintonforum.net/discussion/forumdisplay.php?f=73

ALL HILL SUPPORTERS

YOU WANT POSITIVE COMPANY

AND POSITIVE BLOGS TO TALK AT

PLS JOIN THIS LINK

 
Comment by OBAMA,S LA LA LAND with WRIGHT,OPRAH,KERRY,KENNEDY,and MICHELLE OBAMA in it

Obama’s political beginnings in Chicago

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Interesting!

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/l…,1,57567.story

by two Tribune staffers, a story of a rather nasty and ambitious Barak Obama.

 
Comment by OBAMA,S LA LA LAND with WRIGHT,OPRAH,KERRY,KENNEDY,and MICHELLE OBAMA in it

There’s been a lot of talk about Obama’s “Typical White Person” comment. Some day it’s “meaningless.” Of course, the Obama campaign said that after the Florida Primary, too.

Among other things, I teach diversity training for a living. Let me tell you why I believe the comment to be very significant.

I do not claim to know what it’s like to be an African American in this country. I have never been racially profiled. Yet as a 45-year-old woman, I have experience sexism first hand.

My experiences aside, when Obama uses the term “Typical White Person” he makes a very big assumption - That no Caucasian in this country has ever experienced bigotry of any kind.

Anyone who knows anything about the history of this great nation knows that America has not always been fair. In addition to issues that affected African Americans, think of the camps in California, where Asian Americans were unjustly held during WWII.

Many whites in this country are immigrants themselves, or their parents or grandparents are immigrants. It wasn’t all that long ago in America when certain ethnic groups where stereotyped, and still are to some extent. Ever hear anyone mutter, “Speak English” when someone who is new to this country speaks to his or her own family in their native language, or the impatience that we sometimes have when someone struggles with English? I want to briefly share my own grandfather’s experience, so that I can outline my case for why Obama’s comments are significant.

My family came from Eastern Europe. That region was and still is very volatile. Before they ever came to this country, my grandfather and his family experienced severe hardships and persecution. Every time his village was invaded by another army, they were made to speak a different language. His mother was spat upon because she was Hungarian, and they were hated in that area. My great grandfather was captured and thrown into a work camp. He and other men had to escape by hiding in coal tower, and fell into a train with the coal in order gain their freedom.

So, they came to America to find a better life. My grandfather was twelve at the time. He could not speak or write his own language (he had to learn so many) let alone English. So, what did they do? They put a twelve-year-old boy in the first grade. The teacher didn’t like having to cater to him, so to humiliate him, she made him sit in a first grader’s desk. My grandfather endured this humiliation until he was eighteen. He used to joke when the “Beverly Hillbillies” was on that he and Jethro had a “six grade education.”

One day, I recall asking my grandfather how this made him feel about America. He turned to me with a stern look on his face and said, “This is the greatest country in the world.” He did not let his first experience in our country make him become bitter. He went on to fight for the US in WWII, and became a business owner and a union head. He fought for voters’ rights of people of all colors while in that union. Did he celebrate his heritage? Of course he did, but he was always an American first.

Barack and Michelle Obama lead a very privileged life. They both went to Ivy League Schools. They live in a million dollar home. In spite of the past injustices done to their race, they have enjoyed the freedoms and the good things this country has to offer. Yet, she is not proud… until now… and he is very bitter. Enough so that they both sit in a church on Sundays and allow their children to be subjected to hateful ranting.

Obama’s comment that his grandmother was a “typical white person,” shows that he does not understand that there are no typical Americans in this country. You can’t assume that no white Americans have ever experienced cultural, ethnic, or religious stereotyping or persecution, or sexism. You cannot assume that every African American has been unfairly treated. Obama is making assumptions. People who make sweeping assumptions have a harder time “uniting” because they tend to only look at things from their own perspective. Until Obama can come to terms with why what he said was wrong, why staying in that church is wrong, he will have an incredibly hard time uniting this country.

 
Comment by OBAMA,S LA LA LAND with WRIGHT,OPRAH,KERRY,KENNEDY,and MICHELLE OBAMA in it

Wow — very powerful stuff. And very upsetting, frustrating, sad, BUT, most importantly — motivational and inspiring!
GO HILLARY!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=kcdnlNZg2iM

 
Comment by Jeff X

Comment by OBAMA,S LA LA LAND with WRIGHT,OPRAH,KERRY,KENNEDY,and MICHELLE OBAMA in it
April 10th, 2008 at 8:56 pm

If Obama Was The Nominee - Would Clinton Supporters Vote For Him In The General Election?

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I won’t. I have been a liberal democrat all my life but, I am two inches from leaving this party if this man is the nominee and if Dean does not speak out against the blantant sexism that Hillary Clinton has been slammed with. Why? Because he would do it if it were racism against Obama.

And, Obama who is so on all the time about “unity” has used this sexism to his benefit without saying a word about it. He doesn’t have to praise Hillary Clinton to say that it’s wrong. He hasn’t. That tells me he doesn’t think my vote will matter to him in the G.E. It tells me he thinks it is perfectly fine to ride in on this wave of sexism.

That’s not okay with me. I’ll fill her name in on the ballot. Yes, I’ve thought about this long and hard. It’s not an easy decision but, I won’t be made to feel guilt over doing what I think is the right thing. I cannot condone this man’s stance and vote for him.
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Just ONE question…where’s the N.O.W. gang? I’ve had to listen to their lunacy for 30 years, (remember sex within marriage is RAPE), then the Bill & Monica affair finally shut them up.
While charges from other women about abuse and rape came up…they were strangely silent.
They finally, months later, under pressure, had to give one weak statement against Bill.
That was the end of their power, they were SHOWN as hypocrites. But they’re STILL out there as an organization. If there’s SEXISM against women, why aren’t they saying something?

 
Comment by Jeff X

…Sexism in THIS election against Hillary..

 
Comment by Tim

The Buck stops with Hillary? LOL! Are you freaking kidding me!

We need to dig up some of these old blogs. I’ve written so many times that Hillary Clinton never take responsibility for her actions, she’s always blaming others for her mistakes. She’s always passing the BUCK, which makes the title of this blog so ironic. LOL!

Not only will she pass the Buck, but when the question is on a matter that involves her and what she has done or said, she tries to throw Obama’s under the bus with her. She always does this which is incredible.

Reporter: Senator Clinton, you’ve stated that you were under sniper fire in Bosnia, but the video tapes shows that you were not under sniper fire. How do you explain that?

Hillary: Well, you know, it’s been a long campaign and Senator Obama and I have both said things that we may regret… yada yada yada.

She will always throw Obama’s name in with her own when it’s something negative that SHE has done or said. LOL! it goes on and on and on!

Please rename this blog to Hillary Clinton passes the Buck again!

 
 
Comment by Smokey

If anybody starts screaming HALIBURTON again I’ll have to wack them with my nerf baton.

Looks like all those light weights go to bed early praise the lord.

 
Comment by Andylit

Sounds like she took a round in the head during the sniper attack.

Either that, or Rose Marie Kennedy’s neurologist had a whack at her.

 
 
Comment by Smokey

Comment by Andylit
April 10th, 2008 at 9:25 pm
Sounds like she took a round in the head during the sniper attack.

Either that, or Rose Marie Kennedy’s neurologist had a whack at her.
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Yea, apparently that was some gauntlet she had to run through there in bosnia or serbia somewhere with the bullets flying and running to the car and duck and cover and she was taking flack and all.

 
 
Comment by edfeeney

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE

Oh you poor baby. I’ll bet you’re home right now BOO-HOOING about the Columbia Trade Agreement getting shot down by the dems. Oh boo-hoo you big baby, get over it. Im sure you figure we must have Columbia since NAFTA worked so well. You little worm, this globlelization thing hasn’t been to kind to me. When it first started I was probably the first one to have my job shipped overseas. So i got another job and that was shipped oversas. So then I got another job and that was shipped overseas. And what happened next is—–Im lying, that didn’t really happen to me but I was trying to make a point The point is–whats in it for me. Is my cocaine bill going to go down? I doubt it. What do those people have that we could possibly want (except cocaine). Sorry Ive got about all the Mexican pottery I can use. I don’t need more from Columbia unless its got cocaine packed inside it.

Oh thats right, were going to sell all our goods to a population that lives in abject poverty. I think that country gets all its money from us for that wildly successful War on Drugs.

So I guess you’re idea of success is sell all our products to people who are going to buy it with our money. Yeah well that makes alot of sense you big baboon. Well one good thing is were making sure they’ve got all the bullets they need to

kill afew more Union organizers. Im sure the people will thank you for supporting people who are killing people who might help the people better their lives. But then again why would we want these people to make a decent wage afterall we would have to pay more for their pottery.

 
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Comment by Mike
April 10th, 2008 at 9:32 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYMmwkW2-zQ

GO GIRL!!!! HILLARY 08
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So, are you asking us to elect a screeching anorexic Canadian?

 
Comment by Smokey

Hey Ed Feeney, you could maybe get a job being that fat guy inside the door at Walmart who is supposed to say “Hello” but instead just kinda glares at people.

What about that?

 
 
Comment by Sue
 
Comment by TRS

What do you get when you pair Obama and Hillary together? JIMMY CARTER

 
Comment by Ed Anger

The right wing of politics is completely paranoid over this election. They say they can win a war that does not have a winning objective but secretly know they are dumping the war on the next administration. They have run the country into astronomical dept. There are not enough troops to fight this unpopular war and they dare not talk draft. Of the majority of the troops we do have, 75% support Obama. The country is in recession because the fed turned a blind eye to the lending industry and no one has any idea how bad it will be. The only hope they have is a short-tempered old man who has crossed them so many times that nobody likes him.

I have never seen the Republican Party in such disarray.
What Republicans need is a leader!

 
Comment by profitleads

“Regardless of what the military situation is”. Now that speaks volumes. My my, isn’t she the strategic thinker?

 
Comment by Tim

Regardless of what’s happening in Iraq, Hillary Clinton will pull the troops out!? Really, do she think America believes her? of coarse she does because she believes America is stupid and they’ll believe anything that fit in with what they WANT and right now most people want the troops to come home NOW!

If something that truely jeopardize the security of the US goes down in Iraq, she will pull out regardless…OMG! This woman will say and do anything to be elected. Now, she’s just trying to seriously play on the anti-war vote!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 
Comment by MORE CLINTON LIES FOLKS

THE CLINTON POLITICAL TATCTIC: TELL THEM WHAT THEY WANT TO HEAR–THAN DISAPPOINT!

REMEMBER THE ALAMO! WITH THESE CLINTONS. THEY SHOULDNT BE ALLOWED TO RUN THE GIRL SCOUTS AGIAN, NEVER MIND THE UNITED STATES.

THE CLINTONS WILL “FAKE IT -UNTIL THEY MAKE IT”

THEY ARE SO IN DEBT TO SPECIAL INTERESTS AND LOBBYING GROUPS, THAT CHANGE SHE IS PROCLAIMING IS IMPOSSIBLE.

MORE LIES.

MORE DECEIT.

OBAMA ‘08: REAL CHANGE FOR REAL AMERICA.

 
Comment by MORE CLINTON LIES FOLKS

WHY ISN’T THE AMERICAN PRESS BRINGING TO THE AMERICAN’S ATTENTION THAT HILLARY CLINTON IS

CURRENTLY UNDER A FEDERAL INDICTMENT RELATING TO A CAMPAIGN FRAUD CASE OF PETER PAUL AND STAN LEE MEDIA IN 1996?

HER TRIAL IS SET FOR THIS AUGUST BUT NO MENTION OF IT IN THE MEDIA?? WHY IS THIS?

SURELY, A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE WHO HAS AN UPCOMING FRAUD TRIAL IS MUCH MORE IMPORTANT THAN A PASTOR WHO WENT ON A RANT AT HIS CHURCH !

WHERE’S THE REPORTING ON HILLARY?

FAIR AND BALANCED REPORTING? SURE MAKES ONE THINK ABOUT THAT STATEMENT .

WHY ARE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE NOT BEING TOLD THE TRUTH ABOUT HILLARY’S AUGUST TRIAL DATE?

THEY SURE JUMPED ON JEREMIAH WRIGHT…WHY AREN’T THEY JUMPING ON HILLARY’S

UPCOMING FEDERAL CAMPAIGN FRAUD TRIAL WHEN SHE LIED TO THE DNC ABOUT FUNDRAISING RAISED THAT

SHE DIDN’Y REPORT ??

HERE’S A PARTIAL GOOGLE LIST TO SEE THE EXTENSIVE CLINTON CORRUPTION TRAIL THEY HAVE LEFT IN THEIR PUBLIC OFFICE YEARS:

1. MARC RICH - KNOWN FELON, PARDONED ON BILL CLINTONS VERY LAST DAY IN OFFICE.

2. PETER PAUL - THIS IS THE GUY WHO HELD A FUNDRAISER FOR THE CLINTONS, RAISED $50,000 FOR THEM BUT THE CLINTONS DIDN’T REPPORT THIS MONEY TO DNC OFFICIALS.

3. REZKO - HILLARY AND BILL SAID THEY HAD NO IDEA WHO REZKO WAS , BUT THERE IS A PHOTO ON THE INTERNET WITH REZKO, BILL, AND HILLARY…SMILING AS USUAL.

4. HSU - CHINESE BUSINESSMAN CHARGED WITHA FELONY. HE BECAME A FUGITIVE OF JUSTICE BEFORE BEING CAUGHT AND ARRESTED. BIG TIES TO THE CHINESE AND CLINTON DEALINGS.

5. WHITEWATER - THIS IS THE LAND SCANDAL WITH THE CLINTONS. THEY MADE FALSE LOAN CLAIMS, FABRICATING INFORMATION TO MAKE LAND DEALS THAT ULTIMATELY COST TAXPAYERS MILLIONS, IF NOT BILLIONS TO BAIL THEM OUT.

6. NAFTA - ENOUGH SAID.

7. CLINTON SOLD MISSILE TECHNOLGY TO CHINESE- eNDANGERED 300 MILLION AMERICANS BY DOING SO. THANKS BILL (NOT REALLY)

8. VISIT http://WWW.DICKMORRIS.COM AND SEE THE TRAILER MOVIE THERE CALLED “HILLARY”. THIS WILL SHOW HOW CORRUPTION FOLLOWS THE CLINTONS WHEREVER THEY GO.

9. MONICA LEWINSKY SCANDAL - DO WE ALL REMEMBER WHEN BILL STUCK THAT CROOKED FINGER AT OUR TELEVISION SETS AND SAID” I DID NOT HAVE SEXUAL RELATIONS WITH THAT WOMAN” LIED TO ALL OF AMERICA–STRAIGHTFACED!

10. DOES THIS SOUND LIKE A LEADER YOU WANT TO RUN AMERICA? A BUSH OR A CLINTON HAS RAN THIS COUNTRY FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS WITH NO PROGRESS FOR THE PEOPLE OF AMERICA. ONLY WARS AND AN EVER-WIDENING GAP BETWEEN THE ELITISTS AND THE POOR,WORKING, AND MIDDLE CLASS.

I DONT KNOW ABOUT YOU GUYS, BUT THESE ARE NOT THE ATTRIBUTES I FIND ATTRACTIVE IN A LEADER!! TO DATE HILLARY HAS NOT RELEASED HER TAX RETURNS SHOWING HOW OR WHERES SHE GETS INCOME FROM BESIDES HER SENATE POSITION. WHAT IS SHE HIDING? WHY THE SECRECY? BARACK OIBAMA HAS BEEN TRANSPARENT IN RELEASING HIS TAX RECORDS, WHY ISN’Y HILLARY FOLLOWING SUIT?

QUESTIONS SUCH AS THESE ONLY PROVE THAT HILLARY CLINTON ONLY BRINGS STATUS QUO TO THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM.

AMERICA NEEDS REAL CHANGE. AMERICA NEEDS BARACK OBAMA.

 
Comment by edfeeney

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE HATES THE MIDDLE CLASS OF AMERICA. HE WANTS US TO BECOME MORE LIKE COLUMBIA. 3% WEALTHY AND PRIVILEDGED AND 97% EXTREME POVERTY. AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE IS NO BETTER THAN THE WART ON MY A$$. HE WANTS THE USA TO BECOME LIKE THAT. WHY NOT, HES IN THE TOP 3%

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE WANTS US TO BECOME A BANANA REPUBLIC. WHY ELSE HAS HE DECLARED WAR ON THE MIDDLE CLASS. THIS GUY IS SUCH A MAGGOT, HE GETS UPSET THAT US LO-LIFES ARE BREATHING HIS AIR.

 
Comment by Smokey

Comment by Ed Anger
April 10th, 2008 at 9:44 pm
There are not enough troops to fight this unpopular war.
What Republicans need is a leader!
******************************************************************************
Yea, damm*it we need one of those POPULAR wars everybody likes to trade for this unpopular war.

And why do we need a leader when we can just borrow Obama?

 
Comment by Pamela

In case you missed this..and still think we can ignore radical muslims beliefs.

The following transcript of a videotape of Osama bin Laden talking with others, translated from Arabic into English, was issued by the U.S. Department of Defense. CNN spells the al Qaeda leader’s name Osama bin Laden, but the Defense Department spelling — Usama bin Laden — is retained. He is identified as UBL in the transcript.

(Transcript and annotations independently prepared by George Michael, translator, Diplomatic Language Services; and Dr. Kassem M. Wahba, Arabic language program coordinator, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University. They collaborated on their translation and compared it with translations done by the U.S. government for consistency. There were no inconsistencies in the translations.)

In mid-November, Usama Bin Laden spoke to a room of supporters, possibly in Qandahar, Afghanistan. These comments were videotaped with the knowledge of bin Laden and all present.

Note: The tape is approximately one hour long and contains three different segments: an original taping of a visit by some people to the site of the downed U.S. helicopter in Ghazni province (approximately 12 minutes long); and two segments documenting a courtesy visit by bin Laden and his lieutenants to an unidentified Shaykh, who appears crippled from the waist down. The visit apparently takes place at a guesthouse in Qandahar. The sequence of the events is reversed on the tape — the end of his visit is in the beginning of the tape with the helicopter site visit in the middle and the start of the Usama bin Laden visit beginning approximately 39 minutes into the tape. The tape is transcribed below according to the proper sequence of events.

Due to the quality of the original tape, it is NOT a verbatim transcript of every word spoken during the meeting, but does convey the messages and information flow.

EDITOR’S NOTE: 39 minutes into tape, first segment of the bin Laden meeting, begins after footage of helicopter site visit

Shaykh: (…inaudible…) You have given us weapons, you have given us hope and we thank Allah for you. We don’t want to take much of your time, but this is the arrangement of the brothers. People now are supporting us more, even those ones who did not support us in the past, support us more now. I did not want to take that much of your time. We praise Allah, we praise Allah. We came from Kabul. We were very pleased to visit. May Allah bless you both at home and the camp. We asked the driver to take us, it was a night with a full moon, thanks be to Allah. Believe me it is not in the country side. The elderly…everybody praises what you did, the great action you did, which was first and foremost by the grace of Allah. This is the guidance of Allah and the blessed fruit of jihad.

UBL: Thanks to Allah. What is the stand of the Mosques there (in Saudi Arabia)?

Shaykh: Honestly, they are very positive. Shaykh Al-Bahrani (phonetic) gave a good sermon in his class after the sunset prayers. It was videotaped and I was supposed to carry it with me, but unfortunately, I had to leave immediately.

UBL: The day of the events?

Shaykh: At the exact time of the attack on America, precisely at the time. He (Bahrani) gave a very impressive sermon. Thanks be to Allah for his blessings. He (Bahrani) was the first one to write at war time. I visited him twice in Al-Qasim.

UBL: Thanks be to Allah.

Shaykh: This is what I asked from Allah. He (Bahrani) told the youth: “You are asking for martyrdom and wonder where you should go (for martyrdom)?” Allah was inciting them to go. I asked Allah to grant me to witness the truth in front of the unjust ruler. We ask Allah to protect him and give him the martyrdom, after he issued the first fatwa. He was detained for interrogation, as you know. When he was called in and asked to sign, he told them, “don’t waste my time, I have another fatwa. If you want me, I can sign both at the same time.”

UBL: Thanks be to Allah.

Shaykh: His position is really very encouraging. When I paid him the first visit about a year and half ago, he asked me, “How is Shaykh Bin-Ladin?” He sends you his special regards. As far as Shaykh Sulayman ‘Ulwan is concerned, he gave a beautiful fatwa, may Allah bless him. Miraculously, I heard it on the Quran radio station. It was strange because he (’Ulwan) sacrificed his position, which is equivalent to a director. It was transcribed word-by-word. The brothers listened to it in detail. I briefly heard it before the noon prayers. He (’Ulwan) said this was jihad and those people were not innocent people (World Trade Center and Pentagon victims). He swore to Allah. This was transmitted to Shaykh Sulayman Al ((’Umar)) Allah bless him.

UBL: What about Shaykh Al-((Rayan))?

Shaykh: Honestly, I did not meet with him. My movements were truly limited.

UBL: Allah bless you. You are welcome.

Shaykh: (Describing the trip to the meeting) They smuggled us and then I thought that we would be in different caves inside the mountains so I was surprised at the guest house and that it is very clean and comfortable. Thanks be to Allah, we also learned that this location is safe, by Allah’s blessings. The place is clean and we are very comfortable.

UBL: (…Inaudible…) when people see a strong horse and a weak horse, by nature, they will like the strong horse. This is only one goal; those who want people to worship the lord of the people, without following that doctrine, will be following the doctrine of Muhammad, peace be upon him. (UBL quotes several short and incomplete Hadith verses, as follows): “I was ordered to fight the people until they say there is no god but Allah, and his prophet Muhammad.” “Some people may ask: why do you want to fight us?” “There is an association between those who say: I believe in one god and Muhammad is his prophet, and those who don’t (…inaudible…) “Those who do not follow the true fiqh. The fiqh of Muhammad, the real fiqh. They are just accepting what is being said at face value.”

UBL: Those youth who conducted the operations did not accept any fiqh in the popular terms, but they accepted the fiqh that the prophet Muhammad brought. Those young men (…inaudible…) said in deeds, in New York and Washington, speeches that overshadowed all other speeches made everywhere else in the world. The speeches are understood by both Arabs and non-Arabs-even by Chinese. It is above all the media said. Some of them said that in Holland, at one of the centers, the number of people who accepted Islam during the days that followed the operations were more than the people who accepted Islam in the last eleven years. I heard someone on Islamic radio who owns a school in America say: “We don’t have time to keep up with the demands of those who are asking about Islamic books to learn about Islam.” This event made people think (about true Islam) which benefited Islam greatly.

Shaykh: Hundreds of people used to doubt you and few only would follow you until this huge event happened. Now hundreds of people are coming out to join you. I remember a vision by Shaykh Salih Al-((Shuaybi)). He said: “There will be a great hit and people will go out by hundreds to Afghanistan.” I asked him (Salih): “To Afghanistan?” He replied, “Yes.” According to him, the only ones who stay behind will be the mentally impotent and the liars (hypocrites). I remembered his saying that hundreds of people will go out to Afghanistan. He had this vision a year ago. This event discriminated between the different types of followers.

UBL: (…Inaudible…) we calculated in advance the number of casualties from the enemy, who would be killed based on the position of the tower. We calculated that the floors that would be hit would be three or four floors. I was the most optimistic of them all. (…Inaudible…) due to my experience in this field, I was thinking that the fire from the gas in the plane would melt the iron structure of the building and collapse the area where the plane hit and all the floors above it only. This is all that we had hoped for.

Shaykh: Allah be praised.

UBL: We were at (…inaudible…) when the event took place. We had notification since the previous Thursday that the event would take place that day. We had finished our work that day and had the radio on. It was 5:30 p.m. our time. I was sitting with Dr. Ahmad Abu-al-((Khair)). Immediately, we heard the news that a plane had hit the World Trade Center. We turned the radio station to the news from Washington. The news continued and no mention of the attack until the end. At the end of the newscast, they reported that a plane just hit the World Trade Center.

Shaykh: Allah be praised.

UBL: After a little while, they announced that another plane had hit the World Trade Center. The brothers who heard the news were overjoyed by it.

Shaykh: I listened to the news and I was sitting. We didn’t…we were not thinking about anything, and all of a sudden, Allah willing, we were talking about how come we didn’t have anything, and all of a sudden the news came and everyone was overjoyed and everyone until the next day, in the morning, was talking about what was happening and we stayed until four o’clock, listening to the news every time a little bit different, everyone was very joyous and saying “Allah is great,” “Allah is great,” “We are thankful to Allah,” “Praise Allah.” And I was happy for the happiness of my brothers. That day the congratulations were coming on the phone non-stop. The mother was receiving phone calls continuously. Thank Allah. Allah is great, praise be to Allah. (Quoting the verse from the Quran)

Shaykh: “Fight them, Allah will torture them, with your hands, he will torture them. He will deceive them and he will give you victory. Allah will forgive the believers, he is knowledgeable about everything.”

Shaykh: No doubt it is a clear victory. Allah has bestowed on us…honor on us…and he will give us blessing and more victory during this holy month of Ramadan. And this is what everyone is hoping for. Thank Allah America came out of its caves. We hit her the first hit and the next one will hit her with the hands of the believers, the good believers, the strong believers. By Allah it is a great work. Allah prepares for you a great reward for this work. I’m sorry to speak in your presence, but it is just thoughts, just thoughts. By Allah, who there is no god but him. I live in happiness, happiness…I have not experienced, or felt, in a long time. I remember, the words of Al-Rabbani, he said they made a coalition against us in the winter with the infidels like the Turks, and others, and some other Arabs. And they surrounded us like the days…in the days of the prophet Muhammad. Exactly like what’s happening right now. But he comforted his followers and said, “This is going to turn and hit them back.” And it is a mercy for us. And a blessing to us. And it will bring people back. Look how wise he was. And Allah will give him blessing. And the day will come when the symbols of Islam will rise up and it will be similar to the early days of Al-Mujahedeen and Al-Ansar (similar to the early years of Islam). And victory to those who follow Allah. Finally said, if it is the same, like the old days, such as Abu Bakr and Othman and Ali and others. In these days, in our times, that it will be the greatest jihad in the history of Islam and the resistance of the wicked people.

Shaykh: By Allah my Shaykh. We congratulate you for the great work. Thank Allah.

Tape ends here

Second segment of Bin Laden’s visit, shows up at the front of the tape

UBL: Abdallah Azzam, Allah bless his soul, told me not to record anything (…inaudible…) so I thought that was a good omen, and Allah will bless us (…inaudible…). Abu-Al-Hasan Al-((Masri)), who appeared on Al-Jazeera TV a couple of days ago and addressed the Americans saying: “If you are true men, come down here and face us.” (…inaudible…) He told me a year ago: “I saw in a dream, we were playing a soccer game against the Americans. When our team showed up in the field, they were all pilots!” He said: “So I wondered if that was a soccer game or a pilot game? Our players were pilots.” He (Abu-Al-Hasan) didn’t know anything about the operation until he heard it on the radio. He said the game went on and we defeated them. That was a good omen for us.

Shaykh: May Allah be blessed.

Unidentified Man Off Camera: Abd Al Rahman Al-(Ghamri) said he saw a vision, before the operation, a plane crashed into a tall building. He knew nothing about it.

Shaykh: May Allah be blessed!

Sulayman ((Abu Guaith)): I was sitting with the Shaykh in a room, then I left to go to another room where there was a TV set. The TV broadcasted the big event. The scene was showing an Egyptian family sitting in their living room, they exploded with joy. Do you know when there is a soccer game and your team wins, it was the same expression of joy. There was a subtitle that read: “In revenge for the children of Al Aqsa’, Usama Bin Ladin executes an operation against America.” So I went back to the Shaykh (meaning UBL) who was sitting in a room with 50 to 60 people. I tried to tell him about what I saw, but he made gesture with his hands, meaning: “I know, I know…”

UBL: He did not know about the operation. Not everybody knew (…inaudible…). Muhammad ((Atta)) from the Egyptian family (meaning the Al Qa’ida Egyptian group), was in charge of the group.

Shaykh: A plane crashing into a tall building was out of anyone’s imagination. This was a great job. He was one of the pious men in the organization. He became a martyr. Allah bless his soul.

Shaykh (Referring to dreams and visions): The plane that he saw crashing into the building was seen before by more than one person. One of the good religious people has left everything and come here. He told me, “I saw a vision, I was in a huge plane, long and wide. I was carrying it on my shoulders and I walked from the road to the desert for half a kilometer. I was dragging the plane.” I listened to him and I prayed to Allah to help him. Another person told me that last year he saw, but I didn’t understand and I told him I don’t understand. He said, “I saw people who left for jihad…and they found themselves in New York…in Washington and New York.” I said, “What is this?” He told me the plane hit the building. That was last year. We haven’t thought much about it. But, when the incidents happened he came to me and said, “Did you see…this is strange.” I have another man…my god…he said and swore by Allah that his wife had seen the incident a week earlier. She saw the plane crashing into a building…that was unbelievable, my god.

UBL: The brothers, who conducted the operation, all they knew was that they have a martyrdom operation and we asked each of them to go to America but they didn’t know anything about the operation, not even one letter. But they were trained and we did not reveal the operation to them until they are there and just before they boarded the planes.

UBL: (…inaudible…) then he said: Those who were trained to fly didn’t know the others. One group of people did not know the other group. (…inaudible…) (Someone in the crowd asks UBL to tell the Shaykh about the dream of ((Abu-Da’ud)).

UBL: We were at a camp of one of the brother’s guards in Qandahar. This brother belonged to the majority of the group. He came close and told me that he saw, in a dream, a tall building in America, and in the same dream he saw Mukhtar teaching them how to play karate. At that point, I was worried that maybe the secret would be revealed if everyone starts seeing it in their dream. So I closed the subject. I told him if he sees another dream, not to tell anybody, because people will be upset with him. (Another person’s voice can be heard recounting his dream about two planes hitting a big building).

UBL: They were overjoyed when the first plane hit the building, so I said to them: be patient.

UBL: The difference between the first and the second plane hitting the towers was twenty minutes. And the difference between the first plane and the plane that hit the Pentagon was one hour.

Shaykh: They (the Americans) were terrified thinking there was a coup. [Note: Ayman Al-Zawahri says first he commended UBL's awareness of what the media is saying. Then he says it was the first time for them (Americans) to feel danger coming at them.] UBL (reciting a poem): I witness that against the sharp blade They always faced difficulties and stood together… When the darkness comes upon us and we are bit by a Sharp tooth, I say… “Our homes are flooded with blood and the tyrant Is freely wandering in our homes”… And from the battlefield vanished The brightness of swords and the horses… And over weeping sounds now We hear the beats of drums and rhythm… They are storming his forts And shouting: “We will not stop our raids Until you free our lands”…

Bin Laden visit footage complete. Footage of the visit to the helicopter site follows the poem.

 
Comment by MORE CLINTON LIES FOLKS

THE CLINTON POLITICAL TACTIC: TELL THEM WHAT THEY WANT TO HEAR–THEN DISAPPOINT!

REMEMBER THE ALAMO! WITH THESE CLINTONS. THEY SHOULDNT BE ALLOWED TO RUN THE GIRL SCOUTS AGAIN, NEVER MIND THE UNITED STATES.

THE CLINTONS WILL “FAKE IT -UNTIL THEY MAKE IT”

THEY ARE SO IN DEBT TO SPECIAL INTERESTS AND LOBBYING GROUPS, THAT THE CHANGE SHE “BILLARY” IS PROCLAIMING IS IMPOSSIBLE.

MORE LIES.

MORE DECEIT.

OBAMA ‘08: REAL CHANGE FOR REAL AMERICA.

 
Comment by tom in pa

oh so now we attack her for saying she will remove the troops…but it was ok when obama was spewing it..and now he’s not even sure he can end the war…i think hillary got confused with the sniping it was right here by you obama aholes who are so eager to unite us all..but are filled with nothing but hate …..don’t be blaming hillary if your boy gets the dem.nod and then gets beat because its not hillary dividing this party ..you people need to take a good hard look in the mirror…no substance all excuses

 
Comment by Vonay

YES! Sen. Clinton you are a true leader. There is NO military solution in Iraq. Bring our

troops home from there. The focus needs to be in Afganistan, not Iraq.

Hillary Clinton is the strongest person I have ever seen. She knows what’s right and won’t

quit untill it’s done.

http://www.hillaryclinton.com

 
Comment by MORE CLINTON LIES FOLKS

HOW IS A CLINTON ALLOWED TO THE WHITEHOUSE ANYHOW?

I THOUGHT AN IMPEACHED PRESIDENT- WHICH BILL CLINTON IS, ISN’T ALLOWED TO RETURN TO THE WHITEHOUSE IN ANY SHAPE, FORM, OR FASHION ?

 
Comment by ari

Andy, as an atheist you seem to have an certain religion after all. You may not believe it as such, but the actual atributes fit you like glove. Might be to deep for you since you are not familar with the bible, I assume.

Civil religion’s philosophy is essentially racial and political, rather than universal or spiritual. It has its own symbols, its own codes, its own holidays and even its own morality. Bellah, in his essay “Civil Religion in America” points out that the adherents of the philosophy have, “an obligation, both collective and individual, to carry out God’s will on earth. God’s work will be our own.” And therein lies our problem.

One of the primary tenets of American civil religion is that the people who came from Europe were the new Israelites or, to be clear, the “Chosen People.” These immigrants, like the Israelites of old, had made their “exodus” from Europe and were chosen to take over the “Promised Land.” And like the Hebrews of the Old Testament, God had granted them the right to take over this land, by any means necessary. Some know it better as “Manifest Destiny,” and according to its tenets and, of course, consistent with the Hebrew scriptures, they were compelled to take over the land of Canaan. Already inhabited, no problem, we are the chosen people, and the Indians, well, “not so much.” What followed was the annihilation and dispossession of the Native Americans.

The land that the new Israelites inhabited was hard and unwelcoming. So they reached across the waters and again their canon of scriptures aided them. Their black African brethren — the descendents of Ham who had been biblically cursed (Genesis 9:25) and designated to be “the lowest of slaves to his brothers” — were perfectly suited for the task. When they needed to buttress this flimsy justification for dehumanizing their fellow human beings, they used Joshua 9:23, which spoke of another curse of folks, unfavored by God, who were to be Israel’s “hewers of wood and carriers of water.”
Signs of this religion are everywhere. All one has to do is look at your currency, every bill says, “In God We Trust.” Every time you attend an event, the national anthem (the religion’s hymn) is played, and you pledge allegiance to its symbol, the flag, and acknowledge “one nation under God.” Above the pyramid on the great seal of the United States, words in Latin proclaim, “God has favored our undertaking.” It even has its own holidays, Thanksgiving and Memorial Day.

Another sacred tenet states that “thou shalt not criticize Israel
Ultimately what has some folks so up in arms is not that Dr. Wright was angry and seemingly hostile as many would have us believe but, rather, the implications of what he said. What Dr. Wright did more than anything was to challenge all the accepted illusions that allow citizens of all colors, sex and ethnicity to wrap themselves in a fake patriotism buttressed by a made-up religion, which prevents them from looking critically at their country and its policies.
http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/mazur/courses/Documents/Bellah.html

 
Comment by PENNSYLAVANIA VOTER FOR OBAMA

HILLARY CLINTON BY HER OWN ADMISSION IS SEEMINGLY “DISMISSING” AMERICANS HOPES AND DREAMS FOR A BETTER AMERICA AS A “PIPE DREAM” THAT CANNOT BE ACHIEVED!

Hillary Clinton quote:
“I wish I could believe that we could get to universal health care, that we could turn the economy around, that we could end the home foreclosure crisis merely by asking people to do it. By bringing them together. By pointing to a higher cause and expecting them to shelve their commercial, ideological, personal and partisan advantages,” she said. “That is not the way the world has ever worked.”

HER POLITICS WILL KEEP THE STATUS QUO POLITICS IN WASHINGTON FOR SURE.

AMERICANS WANT CHANGE - CHANGE IN HEALTHCARE, CHANGE IN THE ECONOMY, CHANGE IN THE WAY WASHINGTON POLITICS ARE CARRIED OUT.

Obama’08: real change for real America

 
Comment by pmoe

reply to ED
you must be living in Obamaland and inhaling fairy dust. Thats pretty funny to say the republican party is in disaray when your two knuckleheads are bashing each other all over the place. More importantly, your comment about 75% of the military supports Big O is CRAP!!!!! Show me something to back up that fantasy statement