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Monday, June 23, 2008 09:27 AM

@mjr1799 -- Explain Again How Being First Lady Equals Legislative Exp.

If you think "not qualified" is code for racism, then please do us all a favor and tell us exactly why you think Obama is qualified. I'm still waiting to hear why. No one seems able to come up with anything - including this Obama-supporting state senator from Texas: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGeu_4Ekx-o

-- mjr1799

Hillary was First Lady.

Hillary is married to a former President of the United States.

That's it!

Please explain how you weren't mortified (as a Hillary supporter) when early on the the debates Hillary claimed she had more expereince while in the same room as Joe Biden, Dennis K, Richardson, Gravel, Dodd.

She said with a straight face that she should be the nominee because she had more "experience" than Richardson, Gravel, Dodd and, hell, even Dennis.

To their credit none of these people with ACTUAL experience that can be measured in DECADES laughed in her face.

But as a supporter....weren't you at least a little mortified that she was so disconnected from reality that she could make that claim standing next to Biden?

Monday, June 23, 2008 09:07 AM

@myiq2xu re: the alleged "dangers" of Obama's inexperience

There is nothing wrong with "us" people.

The problem is with the presumptuous nominee - he is completely unqualified.

We are not angry or grieving. We are determined to keep Obama from winning.

If the Democratic party wants our loyalty and our votes, they need to nominate someone who is qualified. Hillary is the best qualified, but there others who we would support.

Not Obama, not now, not ever.

-- myiq2xu

How is Obama's alleged inexperience (compared to Hillary, what 30 years in the Senate or was she elected for 40 years?) more dangerous than McCain who:

Wants to keep us in Iraq for 100 years (Obama doesn't)

Wants to elect ultra-ultra right wing Supreme Court justices (Obama doesn't)

Think climate change is bullshit (Obama doesn't)

Wants to set up massive oil rigs in the middle of Yellowstone (Obama doesn't)

And on and on and on.

How the f$^# is Obama "more dangerous" to progressive ideals than McCain?

There just doesn't seem to be any coherent logic to that thinking.

Monday, June 23, 2008 08:56 AM

Voting For McCain Instead of Obama -- Why Vote Against What You Claim To Support?

Can't have the exact type of apple you want?

"No problem," say the unhinged Clinton supporters. "Then I'll just eat a turd!"

That's the logic behind their decision to vote McCain instead of Clinton. Can't have a healthy apple, okay, we'll eat a turd sandwich.

How crazy is that!?!

But, they argue, Obama doesn't have experience!

True, he was never First Lady for a decade.

I'm so tired of nutjob whacky Clintonistas ranting about experience and acting as if Hillary was in the Senate for 30 years! Hillary's "experience" is being a Sen. for , oh, 5 mins and being a lawyer for Wal-mart. Wow. Impressive!

Hillary was elected to public office for 5 freaking mins!

She served tea and coffee as First Lady for a few decades and as ZERO legilative experience.

Ranting that you'd rather have psycho McCain in office instead of intellectual and PROGRESSIVE Obama just shows that you guys are really just as as crazy as the Republicans.

Hillary was all about revenge at any cost for the public daring not to annoint her Queen of the Universe and her followers are just as petty.

Policies?

Results?

Neither Hillary nor her followers care.

It's a cult of personality no different than the cult surrounding George W. Bush.

Bush could do no wrong in his followers eyes (and they viewed anyone not a supporter as a traitor) and now the Clinto camp is doing the same thing.

Monday, June 23, 2008 07:47 AM

Why Would Clintonistas Think A Turd Sandwhich Is "Just As Good"?

There aint much difference between the major policy positions of Hillary and Obama.

Remember how the "debates" devolved into Hillary trying to find some kind of controversy and lambasting Obama for not "rejecting AND denouncing" Rev. Wrights comments? "Simply denouncing them isn't enough!" Hillary screamed. To which Obama famously shrugged and said, "Okay. Clam down. I both denounce and reject Rev. Wright's comments. Can we talk about the Iraq War now?" Also remember her grasping at straws and insisting that Obama's offhand comment that he would meet with foreign leaders without pre-conditions must clearly mean that Obama was a dangerous, psychotic maniac that will get us all killed???

She didn't have any major differences to hammer him on. They are basically on the same page on all issues. It's not like Obama is a climate change denier and Pro-life!

So they are essentially identical on all major issues.

It's like choosing between a Red Delicious Apple (Obama) or a Granny Smith apple (more tart, Clinton). John McCain is a steaming shit sandwhich.

So the Clinton-zombines, er, I mean the Clinton supporters are making the claim that since they can't have the type of apple they perfer, well then, they will eat a shit sandwhich instead.

These poor people think eating a shit sandwhich is a logical alternative to eating an apple!

Wow.

So these are the people who supported Hillary, eh?

Again....wow!

I can just seem them now, faces covered with feces as McCain puts 3 more ultraconservative judges on the Supreme Court and extends the Iraq war for another 4 years -- the Clintonistas will be laughing and laughing saying, "See! I told you'd I'd never vote for Obama! I think I proved me point."

And then they take another bit of their shit sandwhich....

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