In a message dated 4/14/2008 10:56:21 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
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As for the Polls disappearing like vapor – take a look again – she has been gaining steadily since Friday in Pennsylvania with recent polls ranging from up 6 to up 20 pts. In Indiana she also now has a 16 pt edge. All of you Obama supporters who tried to kill her vote and her fundraising by declairing her dead the day the first Pennsylvania polls came out showing her up 16 pts may have suppressed some of her vote by demoralizing her supporters but apparently not enough to kill her off. Just as he has blocked the vote in Michigan and Florida because he knows he would lose, you have called to end the race before PA because you know she can still win.

I for one will vote for the competent, boring, down to earth and completely vetted Hillary Clinton rather than letting the Republican's do the liberal media's job of vetting Obama durring the general election. My issues with Obama are the same ones the Republicans will exploit to possibly win even though all the odds are against them and their candidate is too old to be fit for office:

His extensive drug use in his use – a felony he has admitted to – is an unnacceptable reflection upon his judgement and has been completely ignored by the Clintons and the media, but will not be ignored by the Republicans.

His elitism (they are all elite, he is the only elitist), by characterizing anyone who isn't voting for him as simply bitter and somehow ignorantly clinging to god, guns, hatred of other races or immigrants rather than seeing his brilliance as they should if they weren't so stupid is disgusting.

His wife's only managing to be proud to be an American now that her husband is on the road to the white house, despite all of their previous succes, is completely unnacceptable. It isn't a gaffe, a bit of detail about something that was mistated, it is a core value that is unnacceptable in the First Lady or the President of the United States.

His campaigns hateful, ugly characterizations about the Clintons, the only successful Democrats at the national level in a generation is offensive to their long time supporters who he will need in the general election. This when they have only ever praised Obama, not his record which is sorely lacking, but they have only praised him personally while Obama and his backers have attacked Clinton with every personal insult immaginable despite no facts to back them up.

His Chicago politico machine friends and slimy dealings with Rezco completely belie his claims to being free from the influence of lobbyists and therefore a new type of politician while he throws insult after insult at the other candidates and pretends to be above it all.

His complete and utter failure to act as any sort of leader on the issue of race relations when faced with the antiquated hatred of his pastor the Rev. Wright despite all of his assurances that he is some sort of a great leader or uniter is the most glaring contradiction between rhetoric and facts that I've ever seen in any politician.

His repeated lies about being for Universal Health care to get the vote of many democrats despite the fact that his plan will spend hundreds of billions of dollars and still not deliver universal health care demonstrate that he will lie and say anything to get elected AND has an incompetent health care plan.

I too was swayed by the central theme of the Obama campaign – unfortunatley it is just that a theme backed by no basis in reality. If he is elected, I suppose we can at least be glad that we finally got a black man elected president, even if he is far less competent than either of his opponents – not a huge consolodation.

Hillary is right on every single issue where they disagree. Every single one. She has served this nation well for 35 years. She is an honorable, decent woman who has endured every kind of hateful fear mongering attack immaginable and somehow keeps ticking.

Obama can not win this election in the primaries. Hillary Clinton can not win this election in the primaries, but there are some 10 primaries left to vote and we need to see every vote counted in order to determine who is the more electable in November. That is the job of the Super Delegates. That is the goal of the whole nomination process. Calling for it to end now, when your candidate is on the ropes, though ahead on points, is a shameless attempt to steal the nomination before the people who disagree with him are allowed to vote.

I guess it's no wonder now that we realize Obama believes that those of us who haven't voted for him are simply too ignorant to deserve a vote, too bitter, too hateful of those who are not like them or too desperately clinging to god or patriotism. Really he is doing us a favor by not allowing us to vote against him, saving us from our own ignorance. I guess we should be thankful?

Hillary is the candidate that can win in November, the best candidate in the race.

If it is experience, then the fact don’t bear you out: senator Clinton had no presidential experience and her legislative experience is half that of senator Obama. Beside, relevant or irrelevant, outdated, non-presidential experience is of little use in effective leadership:

Alexander the great, William the Conqueror, Napoleon Bonaparte, George Washington and Abe Lincoln were all pretty much inexperienced when they assumed the roles of leadership

Furthermore, senator Clinton argued that Senator Obama is all talk and no action but I don’t buy her arguments in light of the fact that Obama’s legislative record indicate that he is by far a much more active legislator, tabling in the US Senate, close to 38 bill per year, including a few major ones, versus Clinton’s 21 per year, without, to my knowledge, a major bill to her credit.

Such kinds of distortions and deceptions go directly towards her credibility. And that my friend is one of the most important qualities of effective leadership: namely Ethos – a sound character of integrity, fairness and the ability to build trust and confidence.
The others are:
1. Pathos – the ability to inspire and motivate others through the gift of words
2. Logos – the ability to know the facts; apply assailable logics and to exercise sound judgment under uncertainty.

That’s what effective leadership is all about; and you think that Senator Clinton is the best?

One point of interest in this thread of comments, though. I notice that all of the people claiming they will vote for McCain, stay home, or push for a third party run by their opponent all seem to be coming from one camp. Remind me again, who exactly is it who is trying to “sabotage” the Dems' chances for victory in November?

If they attempt to force Hillary out, this Florida Democrat will become an independent. There is no way this Floridian is sitting back and taking what others dish out..

Florida Democrats had put Hillary WAY, WAY ahead in the popular votes as well as the delegates. Unfortunately, the Obama supporters are not helping matters by fighting us to have our votes counted. It was the Republican legislature that changed the primary date here. We voted, We spoke out for Hillary in great numbers. Yet, as we fight to have our votes counted, Obama fights to have them squashed. And why is that? Well, if Florida, and Michigan (although the date change there was by the State Democratic Party) were to be counted and our delegates seated, Obama's lead would be about nil, zip, nothing. And Hillary's WIN in Pennsylvania would put her over him in delegates and popular votes. What does that tell you about the Democratic Party. They do not care what the voters want, they want Obama in for whatever reason and nothing else matters.

So, if the Democratic Party no longer respects my voice and vote, then come November, do not count on me to support your candidate. It is not spite, it is logic. As a veteran, and a loyal Democratic since I started voting, Carter was my first and worked on his campaign in Plains, GA with Miss Lillian and Billy Carter's daughters that I went to college with at Georgia Southwestern, your utter disgrace for my personal vote, disgusts me and Shame On You!

Write them and tell them how you feel. And let Hillary know too. She will appreciate the loyalty and support.

Keep Writing and Speaking Out, Maybe Eventually They May Listen, somehow I doubt it.

There is always that one good reason, isn't there? Only, everyone has a different reason. The result is the kind of ugly cross-fire politics that so many Obama supporters claim to abhor. It's strictly a ' do as I say, not as I do' world.

I really admire and support Obama's core message. Unfortuantley, it is being torn to shreds by his own supporters. Some bloggers, (if the shoe fits..) never tire of running negative add posts, the very kind of thing Obama is trying to rise above, and to lift the rest of us with him.

When you roll in the mud for a higher cause, you still get dirty. When evryone is mud encrusted, there is no way to tell the good guys from the bad guys. What Obam hoped to accomplish is left in the mud, forgotten.

The Republicans are sitting on a pile of information about the Golden Boy and his wife in the hope he can win the nomination and they can swiftboat him.

Every thing about Hillary has been repeated and repeated over and over, but she is the one for the Republicans to beat. Even Ann Coulter admires her and plans to vote for her against John McCain.
Hillary deserves to win the nomination and someone needs to check out the Real Barak Obama before the same people who elected Bush make the same mistake again. He is like an old fashioned medicine man he has a bottle to cure everything, the only thing is once you pay your money it doesn't work.
Help to make Hillary our President we deserve the best.

It's laughable that Carter is an Obama supporter. Carter had good intentions as a president, but was incompetent because he didn't know how to get things done. Neither does Obama. We need a leader like Hillary who truly is ready on day one. She is a fighter and knows what it will take to get results. GO HILLARY!!

Call it bitter if you like. In fact, that term may not be far off the mark. I am infuriated, angry, pissed-off, disappointed, hurt and disgusted.

While I have strongly supported Clinton's run, not once have I stooped to characterize or criticize Obama the way in which I have seen his supporters mistreat Clinton relentlessly everyday on the blogs and elsewhere. They can not merely advocate for their candidate — no, they must hate Clinton with every cell in their body.

And the media — this piece included — has been hugely disappointing. You see the occasional responsible journalist, like Brokaw, speak sanely, refraining from attempting to call the race or affect the outcome. But the truth is, the media is very responsible for the fact that Clinton finds herself in such a tight, competitive spot. Journalists could not simply report or cover the story. No, they fell all over themselves, pouring out the same remarks and coverage day after day about Obama's oratorical skills, yet never thinking that maybe, given the fact that we knew so little about Mr. Obama, that they had their work cut out for themselves, that they should begin vigorously vetting the candidate once it became apparent he wasa serious contender. No, Obama skated through victory after victory, without any investigation into his past, while Clinton was attacked for every breath she took.

I have been incredibly impressed with Clinton. Under immense pressure, she continues to exhibit the exact virtues we so urgently need in our next President. We would be very lucky to have her. She is tenaciou, relentless, smart, knowledgeable about all the issues, and she is a fighter. She exudes the very things we need, and have seen lacking in the oval office for almost eight years.

If Gore and Carter have been holding these meetings, and if they have plans to force her out, I hope the public does find out. I hope she does not go quietly. It is arrogant, insulting, and basically illegal under the rights of our election process, for certain individuals to believe they have the right to pressure anyone from the race.

There is no reason Clinton should be forced out. And there is no reason that she should have been forced, already, to expend so much energy fighting for her rights throughout much of this primary process. This is why so many of us are angry and continue to become more angry. This is why I consider voting for a candidate that stands for very little of what I believe in. I have supported the democratic party my whole life. And I would have been proud to support Obama if he won the nomination in a fair process. But given all that has happened, and all the prejudice Clinton has had to fight against, I am disgusted. Call me bitter, that is fitting. I hardly mind.

The very fact that this piece was written, and yet again, we find ourselves discussing whether she should be forced out is an insult to the electorate and our democracy. Never would I have believed that there was so much prejudice against women in our society. There is sexism in the media. And there is hatred on the blogs. I find it all so deeply disappointing and disturbing.

Clinton is in a tight race and deserves to continue. The public deserves to be heard. The convention in August is called a NOMINATING convention. Let it serve its purpose.