Letters to the Editor
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Obama's mistake
Obama's mistake, if he so chooses, will be to attempt to engage Hillary in tit-for-tat. She's far too practiced at defending her faults - and there are many - for him to make a dent in her mental armor, no matter how correct he may be. The best route he can take is to directly address her false claims about him, to laugh them off, and then to move on without attempting to "retaliate."
In other words - she's a nasty bitch who will drag him down to her level every chance she gets.
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Hillary Clinton on the other hand can give thrice as good as she gets. She's a b***-busting, strong woman who has more understanding of policy-making in her little finger than Barack Obama or John Edwards have between them.
and she'll get squashed as flat as a pancake by John McCain in November
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WON'T GET FOOLED AGAIN
"A chance to demonstarte his bona fides
When I ask Mr. Obama to renounce the nasty reaction to Ms. Clinton's remarks about LBJ, it's not about rescuing her, anonymous."
???
One more time: (Or more if it takes longer to explain it:)
your use of the passive tense does not make the "nasty reaction" belong (or be the responsibility of) Hillary's opponent. He did not have a "nasty reaction." He was quiet. She made a remark. There was a "nasty reaction." (You say--I don't even know what the "nasty" reaction was--surprise? Clyburn's admonitions to be careful about King's legacy? the editorial in the New York Times? Voters' in South Carolina's reaction?)
To make your point, you need to explain why the reaction, nasty or not, is anyone But Clinton's fault? But you haven't.
And fyi the reason I can't silently allow you to get away with making this false allegation is that we already have a president without the gift of self-introspection, who does not take responsibility for his own remarks and his own actions. Clinton voted for a bill but was happy it did not pass and sees nothing wrong with saying this. . If Clinton is elected is she always going to pass the buck on who's to blame when she is criticized? When Obama is out of the picture, will it be McCain's fault? The Republicans in Congress? Will it be someone else's fault if she gets low approval ratings or the country engages in political internecine fighting?
For the last time. If there is a "nasty reaction" to someone's remarks--the responsibility lies between the person who made the remarks and the person (s) who reacted.
Unless you can prove that Obama was one of these two parties, your argument becomes more moot with repetition. You say that Obama is not a unifyer--but you seem to think that he should be a messiah with the ability to atone for other peoples' sins (Clinton's clumsy remarks and/or the public's reaction to them.) I'm not sure if he is a unifyer or not, but I will never ascribe to him supernatural powers.
Have you read the article in the New Yorker this week @ Clinton? Her own friends claim that she "needs enemies." So do you see a pattern? Are you really going to blame Obama for dividing the party, when Clinton has been on the offensive throughout her campaign? Her campaign staffers are apparently responsible for forwarding the Obama is a muslim e-mails in Iowa, so there is at least one direct link between her campaigners and a "nasty" reaction on the part of the public. Are you going to defend Obama as well?
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Clinton voted for a bill but was happy it did not pass and sees nothing wrong with saying this.
Pardon me, but I find the line between this and voting "present" for Bills you mostly like, but hope won't pass.
I am disappointed in how both HRC and Obama conducted themselves at the SC debate. They both started it. They both used the same tactics. They both are guilty to the same degree, and they both looked like children. (I have 2 kids, aged 3 and 5: the debate could have as easily played out in my car's back seat).
That said, I will still vote for either one of them in the general election, should they get the nomination.
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correction
Should read:
Pardon me, but I find the line between this and voting "present" for Bills you mostly like, but hope won't pass very thin, if not invisible.
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Hillary is an inflated fiction like her husband Bill.. Hillary talents are overrated and shallow
she has shown over the years the ability to dominated by her own husband. She has not mastered any skills outside of her talents at using her gender to leverage.
Hillary knows that in a society and culture which excercises race and rewards the hue of white skin she has learned well from her mentor Bill who has matered the race card game well with Black voters.
Hillary knows her gender card politics will not defeat Obama becuase many woman of color as well as fringe white woman have never supported Hillary.
Our country has changed celebrity has a short shelf life, Bill no longer has any clout in the hood, feminists are not fashionable anymore.
Obama can defeat Hillary with ease if he listens to the sage advisers like me.. I know how to defeat sexism and racism on this soil..
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Knives come out
The time spent by both Hillary and Barack attacking each other was very discouraging.
However, to say that Hillary was to blame is again an attempt by the media to try and keep Barack Obama as the "Chosen One" and keep his "Teflon" persona intact.
Why is he not being scrutinized more closely. His non voting record in 2007 was 37.6% while Hillary's was 23.3%? He voted 63 less times than Hillary did.
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Juliebird
I will vote for either of them too (I'm the anonymous below) but it bothers me that won't get fooled again and others still want to blame every one of the internal battles in the party on Obama...or his supporters of course.
Gloves came off in the recent debate, but I can feel the pent up frustration. One part of me thinks it's good that we're having it out and cleansing it from the system, so to speak. Another part of me worries that a list of bitternesses is growing against any of the major players who wins, so some of the enthusiasm for the final outcome may be dampered (assuming, as I'd like to that a Democrat wins).
That said, I will vote for Clinton--I've never in my life voted for a Republican. But I do feel an increasing sense of bitterness toward her for the way that she has conducted herself (and at Bill for the way he has conducted himself) over the past few months. I'm losing my enthusiasm for the name Clinton. And if I feel this way--oh well. There's no use saying anyway. People are going to stick to their favorite no matter what. So be it.