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madamfauntleroy
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a_ignatius
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]Fo' KateTex, Barack Obama will be empty suit no matter he graduate of 'aaravard, did mo' world travelin' than Hillary Clinton, all the stuff you say and mo'. He win more delegates than Hillary Clinton, he still a suit. 'cause we unejucated fools are followin' him everywhere he go, and ejucated fools followin' Clinton, but dere are more them unejucated than ejucated so he be winnin' but still a fool in a suit. And now the great state of Texas go give up more delegates to Barack Obama and KateTex is mad as hell and won't take it anymore. She be movin' to Ohio pretty soon to git away from them colored folk and not so colored folk like them Hispanics, whose young 'uns voted for Barack Obama. What is the country movin' to?
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John McCain and Hillary Clinton - Republican ticket for the White House
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]she glowed at the thought of herself and John McCain together. "Both of us will be on that stage having crossed that threshold," she said. And again: "I think you'll be able to imagine many things Senator McCain will be able to say. He's never been president, but he will put forth his lifetime of experience. I will put forth my lifetime of experience. Senator Obama will put forth a speech made in 2002."
As other observers have noted, this is the kind of thing you say if you are John McCain's running mate, not what you say if you mean to campaign fiercely against him. It was a remarkably destructive statement--a defection from party loyalty, and a subversion of the principle that is supposed to underlie such loyalty.
To speak so emphatically about the president's role as commander-in-chief is to speak in code. It means all of the following: that war is the foremost thing in our minds when we think of any president; that this is especially so because we are now entangled in a necessary war on many fronts; that what we look for in a president is "a war president" (George W. Bush's description of himself); that the war in question is indeed the "global war" initiated by President Bush; and that a worthy commander-in-chief must be an enthusiast for the perpetuation of that war.
Hillary Clinton is the social-democratic candidate of the war establishment.
John McCain is the right-wing candidate of the war establishment. Both Clinton and McCain know this. They look on each other kindly, and share a disdain that borders on contempt for Barack Obama.
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/03/08/wuspols108.xml
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]Nobel winner: Hillary Clinton's 'silly' Irish peace claims
By Toby Harnden in Washington
Last Updated: 9:30am GMT 08/03/2008Page 1 of 2
Hillary Clinton had no direct role in bringing peace to Northern Ireland and is a "wee bit silly" for exaggerating the part she played, according to Lord Trimble of Lisnagarvey, the Nobel Peace Prize winner and former First Minister of the province.
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David Trimble: Hillary Clinton mere "cheerleader" in Ireland
Hillary Clinton with the Rev Ian Paisley and Martin McGuinness after their meeting in Washington last year
"I don’t know there was much she did apart from accompanying Bill [Clinton] going around," he said. Her recent statements about being deeply involved were merely "the sort of thing people put in their canvassing leaflets" during elections. "She visited when things were happening, saw what was going on, she can certainly say it was part of her experience. I don’t want to rain on the thing for her but being a cheerleader for something is slightly different from being a principal player."
Mrs Clinton has made Northern Ireland key to her claims of having extensive foreign policy experience, which helped her defeat Barack Obama in Ohio and Texas on Tuesday after she presented herself as being ready to tackle foreign policy crises at 3am.
What is Hillary Clinton's foreign policy experience? Why is the press so quiet about this?
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ShawnWM
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]Why don't you just shed you Democratic Party threads and move on over to the Republicans, where you rightfully belong. There, they do value curbing individual rights and exclusiveness and silencing all voices that do not march to their drum beat. You will fit right in.
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With all due respect
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]tom payne honey, go easy on calling any woman a sanitary napkin, even if she a republican leaning Democrat. Fight her on her coded messages instead.
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panatala
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]panatela honey, that goes for you too. No calling any woman a sanitary napkin. Fight her on her inconsistencies and doubletalk. Please.
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ShawnWM
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]Whatever compells you to visit this left wing rag, Salon.com? Why aren't you listening to Rush Limbaugh instead? Thank the lord not all white people are like you. Matter of fact not most white folk are like you. Them damn whities are voting for Barack Obama, you see. Go shout at them and tell them to go back where they belong.