Comments on: Hillary Clinton a ‘Monster’ Says Obama Advisor (UPDATED)

By: floyd

floyd — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 17:12:06 +0000

""a prevailing general cynicism wherein bad campaign behavior is condemned, and good campaign behavior is also condemned.""

LaurenceB;
The Bad behavior will come AFTER the election!
It might be refreshing if the campaign became much more vitriolic! Maybe EVEN come to blows! A few cuss words and gestures between them would make them real "CANDID"ates. A good fist fight on the debate stage might draw more interest![lol] There is historical precedence after all!
Who would't vote for Aaron Burr over the the field from which we have to choose today??[grinz]

By: DL

DL — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 12:44:41 +0000

Hillary's real reaction:

Monster? that's is a deliberate misquote by the right wing press again. She said Minister -minister, like Mike Huckabee. I think it's a personal insult to the Christians of America to have their god attacked in order to get me. Is there nothing they won't stoop to doing?

By: USpace

USpace — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 12:18:09 +0000

Great post. Obama's aid was right. Hillary is a monster. Of course not the same kind of monster as Hitler, Mao & Stalin; but a monster nonetheless.
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absurd thought -
God of the Universe says
claim to care for people

call yourself progressive
your policies hurt poor folk

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absurd thought -
God of the Universe says
elect women presidents

who cover for their husbands
who rape other women

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absurd thought -
God of the Universe says
vote for any woman

better than any man
none could make things any worse

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if you're MAD
punish your country
VOTE for Hillary

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http://www.hillaryproject.com/

Go here and watch 'The Hillary Show', with Howard Dean. It's Hillarious!

http://www.stophernow.com/

:)
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By: LaurenceB

LaurenceB — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 06:56:39 +0000

Sarcasm having apparently failed, I will merely note that how Obama has behaved in this case is precisely how I imagine I would behave if I were a candidate. Upon introspection, I suspect others would have to admit the same.

That this fact did not merit even one comment here, I find deeply depressing. Not so much because the case of Ms. Power was hugely significant - it wasn't - but simply because it seems so emblematic of a prevailing general cynicism wherein bad campaign behavior is condemned, and good campaign behavior is also condemned.

By: PJens

PJens — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 02:36:34 +0000

Three, maybe even two weeks from now, the conversation will be about something else. (Does anybody recall the Clinton campaign in shambles?)I find it sad that presidential politics have been reduced to attacks from one candidate upon another.

I predict that if Mr. Obama is the democratic nominee, McCain will choose a female for his VP. Likewise, if Ms. Clinton is the opponent, the republican VP choice will be a person of color. That will not be a bad thing. Politics have become a serious game. Strategy is part of it, and maybe that is the best for the country.

Fun to watch though ain't it? Kinda like professional wrestling in a demented way.

By: floyd

floyd — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 00:44:20 +0000

Sam;
Why bother, the confounded language of Babel appears to have become official in the U.S. anyway!

By: sam

sam — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 23:31:37 +0000

Republicans are not ashamed of wealth and big houses the way u liberals are. They don’t think they are better than others and so deserve a bigger nicer house more then them

Yo, Chris, how're those English-as-a-second-language classes going?

By: LaurenceB

LaurenceB — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 23:01:37 +0000

Any second now I expect that a whole bunch of folks are going to show up in these comments and shower praise on Obama for standing up for his commitment to running a clean and classy campaign - even if it means firing people on his staff for what appear to be somewhat trivial transgressions.

I'm sure those folks will start entering highly laudatory comments any second now...

Or maybe James will update the post to express his admiration for Obama's high ideals?

Any second now...

By: Christopher

Christopher — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 20:47:06 +0000

laura,

Republicans are not ashamed of wealth and big houses the way u liberals are. They don't think they are better than others and so deserve a bigger nicer house more then them. And they don't try to help people just by throwing money at them, like you liberals do. We are interested in helping them get on their own 2 feet.

THAT is why Obamessiah is a hypocrite.

By: Bob

Bob — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 19:29:37 +0000

I found the comment that Powers was "a superstar" sad. She hasn't done anything except publish books and work the lecture & talk circuit. I much prefer someone who actually had to run something & deliver something for a while. The candidates on Democratic side both lack real experience and Obama seems to use advisors with a similiar lack of real-world experience. As for praising Obama, OK - he sure jettisoned that one quick. He does seem to realize its best to throw out the ones with "loose lips" rather than sign & dance for "loyalty sake" over a few days. Of course he does have that same problem with the wife but jettisoning her is gonna be problematic...

By: LaurenceB

LaurenceB — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 18:46:37 +0000

Now that Obama has fired Powers, it will be interesting to watch as the commenters above who were (justifiably) critical of her comments return to this forum to post new comments praising Obama's quick, decisive and righteous actions. Certainly, he is a much better candidate and a much better person in their eyes at this point.

I'm sure they're all going to leave comments praising Obama...

Any second now...

By: floyd

floyd — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:58:16 +0000

""Hillary Clinton a ‘Monster’ Says Obama Advisor"" """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" Maybe she is the same adviser that gave Obama the campaign slogan from children's television[Builder Bob] So she means this in a nice cuddly way, like "Cookie Monster" from "Sesame Street"!

By: floyd

floyd — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:50:16 +0000

""…says Hillary Clinton is a monster who’ll stoop to anything to win the nomination."" """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" But... Nobody wants her to anymore, not even Bill!

By: Anderson

Anderson — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:10:15 +0000

Powers resigns, which will put Hillary on the spot next time one of her own dimwits says something hateful about Obama.

By: Samantha Power Apologizes » The American Mind

Samantha Power Apologizes » The American Mind — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 16:40:32 +0000

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