Letters to the Editor
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jebldmm
But ain't it not experience that got us into the war in the first place? So by your logic Hillary Clinton is less exprienced than John McCain, so why don't we Democrats just fold up our tents, go on home and give it up for John McCain. Did Bill Clinton have any foreign policy experience when he became President? Not. He also ran on hope and change. Voila. What's good for the goose is not good for the gander?
What foreign experience does Hillary Clinton have? She went to China and spoke at a women's conference. But let me ask you this. Are you for or against the war in Iraq, or in Iran. If you are not, then did experienced people do us any favors in going into Iran in the first place? If you are for the war in Iraq and Iran, then by all means, vote for experience over judgement, hope and change. And if you are a Democrat, are you offended by Hillary Clinton dissing a member of her own party?
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@madamfauntleroy
Kind of ironic, isn't it? Obama is supposed to be drawing voter's from across the aisle, but most of his base is solid Democrats. Meanwhile, Clinton's base seems to be the people who don't always vote Democratic - you know, the ones who helped vote Ronald Reagan and Bush into the Presidential Suite. Funny how that works.
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jebldmm
You are right. Hillary Clinton appeals to the Reagan Democrats because she did distance herself from progressive/left of center politics. Barack Obama appeals to the young and also to the disenfranchised, most of whom are Democrats who generally don't vote. You got it wrong here about Clinton having that vote. Her votes are coming mostly from white middle class women with college degrees. He also appeals to the independents who are tired of Bush lies and GOP scandals. Remember that the same people who impeached Bill Clinton, got caught with their pants down. So much for hypocrisy.
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"If She Has Nothing to Hide"
Hillary has released her income tax statements every year since Bill got elected, and every year in the Senate, at tax time. Just because her opponent seems to think it's a clever trick and makes him look "strong," she should hurry it up this time? Why? "If she's not doing anything wrong, why is she hiding?" This is idiotic when they say it about wiretapping, and it's crummy politics.
As for the pardon documents, there are real people who would be raked over the coals... again... More grandstanding. Bush Sr. pardoned himself, by pardoning the conspirators. Bush Jr. pardoned Libby, thus pardoning at least Cheney and Rove, and likely himself. Bill pardoned a bunch of people that MoDo and the corrupt looneys of MSNBC got really hysterical about. The Rich pardon was partial. I don't believe, in the end, he accepted it, and so the fine was not paid. Way to go.
The Obama crusade, I'm beginning to think, is just as stupid as the Al D'Amato one, except it's being conducted by real clever "leftists" this time, who support someone to the right of Hillary and have conducted the most negative campaign in our recent history. Why do you support Obama, by the way, except that he isn't Hillary?
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jebldmm
One more thing. Hillary Clinton, for better or for worse is much hated by the right wing of the GOP. They will leave no stone unturned in hounding her just like they did for 8 years in the 1990s.
Now, she has alienated the left wing of her own party. She is now viewed as someone who will stop at anything in her lust for power. In most people's minds, she has crossed that line and should she wrangle the nomination away from Barack Obama through fair means or foul, she will lose the votes of the young and all the people who have been motivated to come out and vote in the primaries. She won some short term battles by going negatively ballistic, but she has lost credibility and will never be able to run on accountability and justice in government.
Barack Obama does have experience. Maybe he did not practice corporate law like Hillary Clinton for 35 years or less and was not married to a President to garner 8 years of whatever White House experience Hillary Clinton is touting. IF spousal experience in the White House matters then we should hand the Presidency over to Laura Bush post haste. She also has 8 years in the White House and her husband did answer that 3am phone call to send our troops into Iraq under a false premise.
He is human like the rest of us and has his downsides. But he does not have the Hillary Clinton baggage of Whitewater, Bill Clinton's philandering throughout their marriage, his impeachment, his foreign policy blunders, and now his and hers complete estrangement from the African American community.
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hello pot? It's kettle...
The last person in the world to be criticizing someone else's real estate deals is Hillary Clinton. You would think after her 10,000% profit on cattle futures, Mark Rich, and Norman Hsu, she would just stay out of that narrative, but HRC clearly believes she is beyond reproach now that "everything has already been said." Just because it's been said before doesn't mean it can't be brought up again, as we see with the Rezco story, a story vetted by the media in Illinois for years and that has produced nothing incriminating against Obama. Maybe Joe was the one who helped Hillary with her "as far as I know" line when asked if Obama was a Muslim.
Also, the messianic followers bit is tiresome and untrue. You support Hillary, I support Obama. I don't have blinders on, and I don't "worship" the guy, and for the record, I have seen just as many nasty comments about Obama from HRC supporters as the reverse. To constant claim otherwise is disingenuous. At first I had my doubts, but I will definitely vote for Hillary if she is the nominee, but I just happen to have a different preference, and opinion.
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Worst case scenario
His Muslim brothers were hoping for Change and Hope but ....
Obama lied to his Muslim brothers. He told them that he would move all US soldiers out of Muslim land .. but then on BBC
While Senator Obama campaigns on this plan to end the war, his top advisers tell people abroad that he will not rely on his own plan should he become president," Clinton told reporters in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
Obama campaign manager David Plouffe disavowed Power's comment on Iraq, telling reporters Obama's promise to begin an immediate withdrawal from Iraq once he occupies the White House is "a rock-solid commitment."
What is a Muslim brother to beleive?
What is an Obamite to believe?
What is a fellow American voter to believe? Can we believe his Nafta? or believe the Canadians? or Rezko?