Not to stray too off-topic, but: In public Bush does nothing but photo-ops & empty bluster with the Sauds. In no way does he want more oil from them. That would drop prices.

Posted at May 16, 2008 4:46 PM in response to Bush/Obama "Appeasement" Flap: Chris Matthews Lays the Smack Down on Right Wing Mouthpiece Kevin James (Video)

I can stand a hot kitchen :)

Posted at May 16, 2008 2:43 PM in response to Hillary denied her victory lap

When this all started I was planning to vote for Hillary, as an Independent. She did in fact have this nomination by default. She had it big. It was hers to lose. And she lost it. She lost it big. From the complacent assumption that she'd win fast w/no plan for a drawn-out campaign to the flailing attempts every step after that, she lost it. She threw it away. And she threw away my vote. Obama started out as a no-name and has apparently beaten the presumptive nominee, the one who was already wearing the crown and striding down the red carpet. He walked right up and plucked it from her head while she was waving at the crowd, and she let him do it. She had what should have been an unbeatable machine coupled with huge name recognition. She has proven that she is not a tenacious fighter, that she will not be ready on day one, and that she does not have what it takes. The only thing she has proven that she is a colossal failure. It has been a painful thing to watch.

When Obama started to be a real threat early-on she could have easily trounced him. Easily. All she needed to do was pick up his grass-roots "change" message and run with it. But she didn't. Instead, she chose to do all those things that have caused so much grief & division within the Democratic Party. How can you go from being known for many years as a fighter for minorities & being married to the "first black President" to losing virtually the *entire* black vote in this country? How? Obama didn't do this to her. She did it to herself.

She insists on staying in this race. It isn't over, so why should Obama shrink from making the tactical moves necessary to put the final nails in the coffin? To appease her supporters? Are you kidding? She herself said, "if you can't stand the heat then get out of the kitchen". And her supporters cheered. She then gets slammed with a tactical hammer, one that in my view was brutal yet well within the bounds of "civil" politics. He didn't tell any lies or make misleading insinuations, as far as I know. Nope. But, now her supporters are mad after cheering for toughness? C'mon.

IMO she has shown herself to be nothing more than a pandering, dishonest politician who really isn't interested in anything but power. I don't want 4-8 more years of another one of those and so far Obama looks a lot less like one than anyone else. A LOT less. Am I wrong about Obama? Maybe. But I know I'm not wrong about Hillary. Just like I wasn't wrong about GW. And about Bill Clinton. And now I've get some schadenfreude with Hillary. It is a guilty pleasure - sometimes I feel genuinely bad about it because none of this was necessary. But I keep looking at what she has done these last few months, looked at them through the lens of the previous 8 years of Bush & Co, and the 8 years before that, and I've decided that she does NOT have what it takes to be a good president. In fact, she has many qualities similar to GW but with a relatively sharp mind. That's a bad combination. Bad.

If Hillary somehow takes the nomination then I've got a tough decision to make: to sit out the election or to hopefully protect the supreme court by voting for a person that has lost my respect and earned my ire.

Posted at May 16, 2008 12:32 PM in response to Hillary denied her victory lap

:)

Posted at May 16, 2008 11:34 AM in response to Hillary denied her victory lap

Neither campaigned in Florida. Saying Hillary is doing better there is meaningless. She's riding the name-recognition that she assumed would get her the ticket early on. Obama has shown he can drastically change that scenario.

Posted at May 14, 2008 3:25 PM in response to Is Hillary Outperforming Obama Against McCain Among Working Class Voters In Key Swing States?

HillaryClinton08 said:

If she loses against Obama its because the democratic party is sexiest.

I went into this planning to vote for Hillary. However, it became very apparent that they had no plan past the early stages because they assumed they were going to win. Then they proceeded to botch every attempt to save the campaign. They did everything *wrong*. Cripes, she went into this with big-name recognition. It was hers to lose... and she lost it. She totally threw it away. She, Bill, & her entire campaign machine started acting like complete asses. She's not "shrewed" and "tenacious". She's a colossal screw-up.

That's why she isn't getting my vote. Is that sexist?

Posted at May 14, 2008 2:33 PM in response to Is Hillary Outperforming Obama Against McCain Among Working Class Voters In Key Swing States?

"Yes, yes, yes." Even though she said it in an exasperated, sarcastic tone she still said it.

Posted at May 9, 2008 2:56 PM in response to Hillary Campaign Emails Out "Electability" Power-Point To All House Dems

Wow. You know, when everyone was elated about Bill getting elected the first time I thought, "Suckered dumbasses." I thought his character was obvious... he wore it on his sleeve. I don't think he has ever changed, really.

Posted at April 22, 2008 2:03 PM in response to Bill: I Didn't Say Obama Camp Played Race Card On Me

I think the Ferraro remarks are extremely significant.

Posted at March 18, 2008 11:38 AM in response to Full Text Of Obama's Big Race Speech: A Big Break With Political Precedent

Wow.

Posted at March 18, 2008 11:32 AM in response to Full Text Of Obama's Big Race Speech: A Big Break With Political Precedent