Letters to the Editor
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And Obama Will Do What, Exactly?
His prescriptions for economics are a whole lot of generalities. Still, he has the good sense to plagiarize Clinton's economic plan, whole cloth! And he obviously thinks her housing proposal is worth copying, too -- making just a minor change or two to ensure that he won't piss off mortgage lenders.
Paul Krugman took a look at both plans and like's Hillary's. I do, too. Much better than generalities and high-flying speeches...
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Axelman
Well, Axelman is Obama's old lobbyist friend from the nuclear industry, no? So I guess Obama's learned well to say one thing and do another.
making just a minor change or two to ensure that he won't piss off mortgage lenders.
As in.
Paul Krugman took a look at both plans and like's Hillary's. I do, too. Much better than generalities and high-flying speeches...
Anyone with a brain should listen when Krugman talks. He hasn't been wrong yet. AS for speeches, that's not even what turns me off Obama. What turns me off is his record of lining his own pockets while doing much of nada for his constituents.
And so far he's done nothing at all this campaign to convince me of anything different.
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---- ShawnWM
My whole point is I don't want to persecute her. I just don't want to vote for her. I list my reasons for not doing so, but I don't consider that an act of "persecution." To lable it such just nonsense, and something of an act of hysteria.
On the other hand, I do consider it to be crossing the line when people insult her or bring up Bill's faults, which really don't have anything to do with hers (with the exception of his behavior on her campaign trail). That I would call persecution, and it's not something I condone.
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Supercowards unite!
If you vote in a primary election and your candidate loses the nomination, how likely are you to go back to the polls in November to vote for the guy who didn't get your vote the first time?
A lot of people in the media and in the Democratic party, it seems, think that these ongoing elections are helping the party. I doubt it. The remaining elections are an exercise in futility and I think it's highly discouraging to a lot of Clinton supporters to watch their candidate lose in ultra slow motion. When the deal is done, they can't be expected to buck up and go vote for the next Democrat for the good of the party. Only hardcore democrats do that sort of thing and they're likely to do it no matter who the nominee is.
The supercowards are not off the hook. I think Pennsylvania is the last straw. If Clinton doesn't win handily there, she's toast. At that time, the supercowards better step up or else!
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Oh, and Just In Case Obama's Followers...
...start to point to his "record" of success on ANYTHING, that, too, has now been soundly debunked.
http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/substance_abuse.html
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None of these people makes sense
Nobody quoted in the article makes any logical sense, including Clinton. Nobody is persuasive, they're just blathering utter nonsense.
Clinton: "I've apprenticed, and I've learned how to do it. I have watched it being done for eight years ... It took a Clinton to clean up after the first Bush, and it'll take a Clinton to clean up after the second Bush."
"Obama, I don't know," said David Bunda, 44, a letter carrier from Yardley, Pa., whose union is backing Clinton. "I've never heard of him until last year. Then all of a sudden everybody wants to vote for him. We need change, but not to him. I think we need Hillary. . . I liked Bill, yeah," he said. "Even though he lied, I still liked him because the economy was pretty good."
"I couldn't trust Obama to lead the country, not with Iraq, Iran and all that bullshit we got," said Jerry Cullen...
"We have some serious issues, and it scares me that these young people aren't really looking at that," Mary Cullen said. "They're just seeing him as this young fresh face. He's got charisma, but I want more than that."
"He ain't got the clout to do it, and he don't got the hours," Jerry Cullen said. "That woman got 30 hours in her day. Ain't nobody works 30 hours in a day but that kid."
Clinton again: "When it comes to finishing the fight, Rocky and I have a lot in common," she told the labor convention. "I never quit. I never give up."
"I don't think people are racist. I just think they're scared," said Antoinette Yachta . . . "They don't think it's time yet, for even a woman president, but if they had a choice, they'd pick her."
Well, one person made sense:
"People don't understand a lot of the issues," said Marjorie Margolies. "They really do vote on what makes them feel good, what's more believable, who has a more pleasing personality."
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@Baloo!
Ah, Baloo, it's logic like yours which right up there wth movon.org's long success of getting Dem candidates elected that make me just want to rush right out there with you ...off the cliff. NOT
Um, since there's well under a 200 deficit between the two candidates IF you don't count Michigan and Florida the latter where Obama "accidentally" advertised nationally for two full weeks and lost anyway....
And since Obama has yet to win a major electorate state besides Illinois.. and since he carries an entire barnload of baggage that is all fresh and new ranging from WRight and The damning of America to Resko to Excelon, a less than 15% show in the Senate, etc,
perhaps it's Obama that should "go away for the good of the party"... hmmm?
Oh, wait. Looking at it that way you don't want the primary to end after all.
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I know you are, but what am I?
Many people believe that Obama has vision and a sense of social justice, and will surround himself with good advisors to make up for his lack of experience. Bill Richardson comes to mind.
Hillary, apparently, only has to surround herself with Bill. And we all see how well that's been working out.