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Viva Hillary Clinton! Although she won Puerto Rico easily, Clinton seemed to be campaigning in an alternate reality, as hopes for the nomination slipped away.
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  • The truth about drama queen Shawn ...

    .. is that he's gayer than Elton John's decorator. Way too much emotion from these drama queens on here to trust anything they say as regards something as serious as an election.

  • Where Eagles Fly

    I love the humor this writer possesses, it more than makes up for his penchant for yellow journalism and factual aberrations. There is no alternate reality, but many - occurring simultaneously – according to the biggest brains in quantum physics. I am less than three years shy of obtaining my GED (general equivalency diploma) so I should know what I am talking about. Don 'cha think? May I explain to you what has already been decided by my black mail lady and me - Obama gets the presidency with Hillary as VP - the truth is I wish I hadn't forged this deal - I can dismiss it but I may find my mail laying in the gutter covered with dog ^%$@ so I am trying to remain thoughtful, at least until I hear from Bill about what to do - either take the VP or force the nomination into a ditch - or - and I am personally leaning in this direction, having Hillary drop out of the democratic party and running as an independent. This is probably what I will urge Hillary to do when we go shopping for nerve gas on Tuesday next.

    I did speak with a black fellow at the health club last night (he was very taken with my pec development - I include this little fact to lend ambiance to this opus rex I am writing - and all for YOU! He said, "the eagles will not let that scenario happen” - I said, “the eagles were now without power - like little Roves, pardon me, little doves sitting in a row." Actually, I had no Idea what he was talking about but he is only 34 so we here at ground control, located in West Hollywood, California, allowed him to tag along for the lesson. I tried to explain to the guy that the outcome of all this was up to he and I here, now, in the sauna. He couldn’t wrap his mind around that concept.

  • Hillary won more votes than any in history

    Hillary Clinton speaks for the forgotten including poor blacks which she has always done..

    But Obama though in his church... he listened to "White Hate" and Poor us" but ignored the Black convention.

    He perfers rich Elite fundraisers in SF and London (Murdock & Thatcher)..The more we VET OBAMA the more disillusioned we become.

    I believe Hillary should take it to Denver and defend her case in taking votes from her. I think she should also contest the caucus voters in WA, Oregon,& Nevada where underage and illegal voters were allowed to vote for Obama.

    I think it is definitely time for Hillary to play HARDBALL, CHICAGO POLITICS. Obama ran unopposed in his Illinois senate vote WHY? BECAUSE HE CONTESTED his longtimecongressional (Black) opponents to disqualify them... I think it's time we VET OMABMA AND TRY TO DISQUALIFY HIM..

  • Don't Let Facts Sway You

    Typical Obama supporter -- projecting his hopes and aspirations on this "blank slate" of a candidate.

    -- red_gti2000

    That's not what I said, but then I'm not sure you read what I said anyway. What I said was that would be great if Obama turned out to be a progressive (playing off of your post about Obama being hopelessly left-wing) but that I didn't think that he was. I never used the word hope.

    But then based on the rest of your response, I would surmise that your real point in calling me out was to once again beat Eight Belles about Obama as a communist. (That's a good one -- there is no such thing in American politics any more, Bill Clinton saw to that when he shoved the Dems to the right after 1994.) I have to admit, I hadn't caught on to the fact that you're a GOP troll like Shawnie and a few others, but your response, Red, was a total giveaway.

    To actual Clinton supporters and not op trolls, why is it somehow agreed upon that Obama has "to win" Clinton supporters, but not the other way around? Look, if the Clinton argument is the only way the Dems will win in November is if Clinton is the nominee, because half the party won't vote for Obama, why is it just assumed that the other half will automatically vote for Clinton? Is everyone saying that we're smarter or more selfless, so we won't let personal animosity get in the way of doing the right thing? Or do you just think we're more spineless, that if you say something loudly and frequently enough, we'll just give in and do it? Why wouldn't Hillary have "to win" Obama supporters?

    I can't speak for "typical Obama supporters," because I don't think there is such a thing. (I know a lot of Obama supporters, and I suppose the only unified thing I can come up with is each one is fairly smart, in tune with what's going on in the world and want to make it a better place -- which of course is code for elitist.) That said, what I can say is that hard-right style bullying won't work any more. We've had that for eight years under Shrub. No more. Not from Hillary. And certainly not from online GOP ops.

  • Hypocracy

    Why is it that McCain is immune from criticism when he accepts support from Pat Robertson, who claims that Hurricane Katrina was a punishment from God for abortion, homosexuality, and any other abomination he and God discuss personally, while Obama is held responsible for the views of his preacher? Typical American politics-the candidate said he denounced those statements, but I guess that's just not enough for the looney right wing bigots. Apparently all of the years I've spent sitting through Catholic Masses means I support pedophiles.

    It's so pathetic-obviously racism will be an issue in this campaign, but I had no idea how deeply skin color meant to so many people. I'm not a zealot- I just want the best candidate to counter a "McPresidency." The American people should be ashamed of themselves if they use race as a factor in this election. Maybe the rest of the world is right-we are stupid.

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