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Friday, January 25, 2008 12:00 AM

Bill Clinton looks backward

He is attacking Barack Obama with the same playbook he used to go after Republican targets like Newt Gingrich. Are the Clintons stuck in reverse?

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Sunday, January 27, 2008 12:04 PM

That matter of sexual assault ...

Please see the article in the liberal Nation magazine by feminist writer Katha Pollitt on Bill Clinton's alleged involvement in the Juanita Broaddrick sexual assault scandal (http://www.thenation.com/doc/19990322/pollitt).

Also, the original Washington Post story on the same subject (www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/broaddrick022599.htm).

The Juanita Broaddrick interview in which she talks of her personal experiences with the Clintons can be seen at. (www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KZ8ICvutc0)

You can also get a paperback version of the book "No One Left To Lie to"--about the Clinton White House--by British-American writer and human rights activist Christopher Hitchens.

See his chapter on "Is There a Rapist in the Oval Office?"

Recently Hitchens reminded (http://www.slate.com/id/2182065) that the essay "has never been challenged by anybody in the fabled Clinton 'rapid response' team.

"Yet one constantly reads that both Clintons, including the female who helped intensify the slanders against her mistreated sisters, are excellent on women's 'issues.'"

Sunday, January 27, 2008 11:40 AM

Obama

Obama is coming across to me like a whiny, light-weight, Style over Substance, candidate. His ideas for Health Care Reform are bad.

I wanted to vote for him, but I will vote for Hillary. He is too naive. People are confusing his Anthem of Hope, for his naivete'

How dare he pander to the GOP and dismiss the contributions of the 60's?

Shallow, shallow, naive man.

I want someone at the helm who is truly strong.

geeegee

Saturday, January 26, 2008 09:13 PM

I gotta tell ya

I'm amused. The focus has been on style, especially when it comes to Sen Obama. Issues have been laid by wayside.

When Bill Clinton was running in 1992, the media hammered at his opponents for not focusing enough on issues (I was a supporter of one of his opponents).

But now that his wife is running, the media (and that includes the blogosphere) is hammering on Bill mostly it seems for focusing on issues, when they want style.

Very amusing. Not pertinent, but amusing. Especially since after 7 years of the president you'd "want to have a beer" with, I've discovered the most important thing to look for, are issues, and how hard a candidate cares about issues.

Go Hillary.

Saturday, January 26, 2008 09:09 PM

I gotta tell ya

I'm amused. The focus has been on style, especially when it comes to Sen Obama. Issues have been laid by wayside.

When Bill Clinton was running in 1992, the media hammered at his opponents for not focusing enugh on issues (I was a supporter of one of his opponents).

But now that his wife is running, the media (and that includes the blogsphere) is hammering on Bill mostly it seems for focusing on issues, when they want style.

Very amusing. Not pertinent, but amusing.

Saturday, January 26, 2008 07:24 PM

I love Bill, but...

At one time, I told everyone I knew I'd do anything to get Bill as close to the Oval Office as possible. The 90s were good to me and the country. But after watching Bill's performance during the campaign, I am less sure. The arguments about never-ending Bush-Clinton-Bush-Clinton also resonate. Finally, Sen. Clinton will unite the Republicans like nothing else. The word "Clinton" is like Pavlov's bell to Republicans, who seem to go into mad, foam-at-mouth derangement every time the word comes up. We need to lower the levels of hate in this country, not raise them. Bottom line: I voted for Obama, but will still support Hillary if she wins.

Saturday, January 26, 2008 06:14 PM

Are the Clintons stuck in reverse? Answer: No.

Primary campaigns are always horrible but as family fights go this one is remarkably mild, at least so far. Everybody should calm down. After we have our candidate, we'll have a nice unity breakfast, a big rapproachment, photo ops with lots of arms around one another and kind words and life will go on.

The Clintons know how to get the ball down the field even when Democrats are stabbing them instead of getting their backs. Watch. And learn.

Saturday, January 26, 2008 10:48 AM

On the ground here in Anderson, South Carolina... Election Update..

Black Voters are out in full force despite the MSM coverage and bloggers whose racial shorthand mantra today is 2 black votes equal one white vote..

History will be made today in SC..

Obama in a landslide...

After the polls close I will provide details on my impression of white voters here in the south a state which flys the confederate flag on the grounds of it's capitol...

Making a difference..

Saturday, January 26, 2008 08:01 AM

On the ground here in Anderson, South Carolina... This is thrilling..White Media as usual playing the race card here..

Just got a copy of WJS no surprises on front page WSJ claims Obama must win in double digits to prove win in SC is real...

According to White MSM it takes 2 colored/negro voters to equal one white voter...

According to White MSM winning SC Primary is not real becuase of presence of to many colored/negro voters..

This was just the added contempt I needed this morning as fuel to make my train run hard all day long...

Black Voters down here are going to get the full measure of my activism

White Voters down here better not try to inject the "Bradley Effect" when I engaged them.. I will smoke them out...

Stay tuned I will provide updates here until the polls close..

Making a difference..

Saturday, January 26, 2008 07:47 AM

@ sajwan -- Clinton stepped in it.

Clinton had high ratings because the economy was roaring during his tenure and everybody was enjoying it. But Clinton was simply lucky. He happened to take office at the same moment the technology industry began to skyrocket -- a phenomenon that lasted till 1999. The technology sector created all those jobs, not Slick Willie, although you can be sure he'll continue to take credit for it. If George H.W. Bush had been re-elected, the same thing would have happened.

Saturday, January 26, 2008 06:44 AM

The Clintons are Stuck

In their dirty tricks as usual. They are really despicable people who will attempt and sometimes succeed in destroying any one who gets in their way. They truly deserve to be defeated....

Saturday, January 26, 2008 05:22 AM

Who would you want for Brain Surgery

What I fail to understand is why people consistently ignore that Republicans either drop a load in their pants in fear or start foaming at the mouth like diseased rabid hyenas at the mere mention of the word “Clinton”?

Isn’t this more worthy of analysis?

I think so, so I'll start. Maybe it's Clintons high job approval ratings. Bill’s End-of-Presidency Job Approval Ratings were higher than any post-war president, Democrat or Republican. While true his favorability ratings were lower, Job Approval indicates how well you led and managed the country. The difference is clear with this question. If you needed brain surgery would you want the excellent surgeon with a mistress on the side or the shitty surgeon who has an impeccable home life? The conservatives ideologically driven scorched earth policy – either we are number one or nobody is - perhaps simply cannot sustain a Democrat as being the best leadership the country has to offer.

And for Democrats to be at worse bashing and at best ignoring the best Democratic president since Kennedy is stupifying. Makes me think of a bunch imbeciles running around in circles smacking themselves over the head with wooden spoons, thinking it will make them smarter.

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