Letters to the Editor
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Clinton's mystery endorsement is...
Either Cynthia Rothrock, or Sarah Michelle Gellar (in keeping with the kick-ass tendencies of Sly and Chuck)
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No suprise really
It is going to be George W. Bush. He loves her support of his polices.
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I read elsewhere it's Maxine Waters, the influential black congresswoman from Los Angeles
I read elsewhere it's Maxine Waters, the influential black congresswoman from Los Angeles
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It's
Me.
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Rahm Emanuel?
maybe Bill pushed Rahm Emanuel to get off the fence and endorse Hillary? could definitely be spun as a blow to the Illinois Senator
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Yep Waters
At least, I think it's her. First Read said as much at 11:50 am.
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John Kerry?
Once a flip-flopper always a flip-flopper.
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My money's on....
Nancy Pelosi...
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stupid
We all know your feelings about HRC, your snarky comments aside, but what the hell does "how many members of Congress can make a functional car with a pair of scissors, a piece of plywood and a roll of duct tape" supposed to mean.
I guess hyperbole and fairness is not your cup of tea.
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congressional?
Oh man, I was hoping it would be former President Bill Clinton.
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Dean Wormer?
nt
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Dean Wormer?
nt
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It Might Be Obama
He may have decided he doesn't have the stomach for it.
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Ouch: I guess hyperbole and fairness is not your cup of tea
Have the batteries on your snark detector worn out?
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Good luck stealing the Kennedy Thunder
It's ambitious of the former first lady to try to take the sting out of the one-two Kennedy blow she received yesterday and try to take advantage of a new news cycle, but I doubt she'll have much success. Maybe she's rounded up a couple more C-list Kennedys...
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Its'
Ex-President Bill Clinton!
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Waters' Words Are Straight...
...from the Clinton camp's mouth. Seriously:
"we need someone with the leadership and experience"?
When has Hillary LED on anything?
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CT Voter's probably right...
I suspect it will be one or more of Pelosi, Feinstein and/or Boxer. She's trying to shore up the big delegate California vote for Tuesday.
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brewmn
You mean Bill...........It's been Hillary all along.
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She May Just be Too Smart
For either party.
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Maxine
Yes, the voice of South Central. Go figure, all the Liberal blog "Clintons are racist" name calling of the Clintons and one of the Sponsors of the impeach Cheney, one of the people who stands up for the AA community and does not hide from it--how you gonna spin that one. The Clintons just got cleansed of the "racist" card. Meanwhile, Josh Marshall, from NYC and the other Mainstream Blogotropes does not get it.
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From Ground Zero to Day One
"we need someone with the leadership and experience who can step in on day one to tackle the economic challenges our country is facing"
Looks like Waters was given the Clinton talking points: Leadership! Experience! Day One! I'm so, so tired of hearing "Day One" from the Clintons -- you can almost see Penn's handwriting on that one as a PR slogan. It's Rovian in its overuse as a bullet point in their presentations, reminds me of when Bush Leaguers would turn up at Senate hearings and all say the same empty, evasive things. Stump speech boilerplate, yeah, but as an endorsement? Bleah.
I have no problem with Waters endorsing Clinton, but PLEASE, Clintons, trust her to use her own words, let her speak with her own voice and say something other than exactly what HR Clinton's been saying the past months, don't make her a sock puppet for your campaign and expect us not to notice.
The whole endorsement smacks of Clintonian Potemkin Village symbolic politicking. Maybe Waters owed the Clintons some favors or something, and they're cashing them in -- it's certainly a far cry from Caroline Kennedy's heartfelt endorsement, and even from Ted Kennedy's endorsement.
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In terms of actual substantive value...
Waters is probably a bigger pick-up than Kennedy in the context of California, but in terms of publicity value, this isn't going to push the Kennedy endorsement to the back pages today...
Maxine Waters is fabulous. Outside of California, though, who knows her?
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Waters? So what?
This is a major endorsement? How much of a national profile does Waters have? How much clout does she have in Congress or in the party? Maybe it'll do some good in California, but unless Clinton had brought out Gore, nobody could trump Ted Kennedy.
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It can't be W.E.S.!
Clinton would lose the much-coveted nerd vote!
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Maxine Waters
Probably not the silver lining she expects her to be considering Mrs. Waters shady/semi corrupt dealings. Thats for a time in the future though.
I do not think Mrs Waters brings the heft of a Ted Kennedy nor does she "cleanse" the Clintons of their race baiting. Thats like saying someone is not prejudice because they have 1 black friend. Its hard to determine this without knowing the true relationship between them. Such as is this simply to cleanse as you say or if this is really a friendship/partnership and Mrs Waters believes what she says, like what the Kennedy's did for Obama.
All in all this is pretty lame and I cannot believe that HRC and her campaign tried to spin this into something more than it actually is.
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this has got to be a joke
This is the big announcement? Waters has been cited by CREW as 1 of the 13 most corrupt congressional members in the country. Nice endorsement there.
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My mistake...
It was not a second tier Kennedy, but a second tier CA rep, and a corrupt one to boot. Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington named Waters one of the "most corrupt" members of congress in 2005 and 2006. So maybe the Clintons wrote a check or promised a consulting contract to Water's husband, daughter or son. Corrupt politics as usual, From Day One...
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Obama should send Waters a gift basket
All the HRC supporters might want to get their outrage ready for tonight when the press runs their "so who is Maxine Waters piece" and comes up with this (from Wikipedia):
"Waters was named in 2005[4] and 2006[5] as one of the "most corrupt" members of congress by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington. They said, "Her ethics issues arise from her exercise of this power to financially benefit her daughter, husband and son." They said that Waters' daughter Karen charges other politicians to appear on mailers sent to constituents in Los Angeles showing her mother's support for the politician. Karen has received $450,000 in fees from this endeavor and Waters' son Edward has received $115,000. Waters' husband Sidney benefited from his wife's connections with his hiring as a political consultant by a firm, Siebert, Brandford, & Shank, seeking government investment. Sidney Williams earned $500,000 from this consulting, which consisted of introducing Siebert to politicians his wife had supported. Sidney and Edward Williams also benefitted when they won a contract to run a Los Angeles golf course, with the decision made by a county supervisor who had won a close race after Waters' endorsement and from which they made financial gain of between $140,000 and $400,000.[6] Citizens for Ethics says this violates House ethics rules for family members' financial gains."
Wow, Hillary, way to take some bite out of your Tony Rezko attack. You must be very worried about the black vote in California to take on gift horse like this. You know I hear that both Al Sharpton is still neutral. You could get him too.