Comments on: And The Democratic Primary Campaign Battle Goes On (UPDATED)

By: fair point pay bill

fair point pay bill — Mon, 19 May 2008 13:16:15 +0000

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By: daveinboca

daveinboca — Mon, 19 May 2008 08:22:01 +0000

Jay Leno & other comedians are now taking shots at Hillary as though she were flying over a duck blind. Bad metaphor, but it's open season on her, and there is blood in the water. Al Gore is probably happy & a lot of Dems are coming out of the woodwork and ratting out Hillary [and Bubba] for their past imagined sleights. I saw her speaking in KY and a lot of voters are going to vote for her and then probably for McCain in the general.

Hilarious about the press swoooning over a crowd in ultra-left Portland with 7 electoral votes & neglecting KY with 11. Maybe a little bias is showing?

By: runasim

runasim — Mon, 19 May 2008 04:17:14 +0000

The video attacking Hillary is disgudsting.!

Comments regarding Ted Kennedy's hospitalization were so vile, one ,blog ((Marsh?) ended by castigating his own regular commenters.
I appreciated his not losing his grip on what's right or wrong just because of politics.

By: vwcat

vwcat — Mon, 19 May 2008 00:57:27 +0000

I am a woman. I am sick to death of Hillary's hysterical supporters crying sexism over everything.
The fact is that all candidates face things nasty against them and those doing the razzing will hit on the obvious.
Hillary has not faced any more criticism than Obama has.
But, the fact that Hillary has a long record of shady dealings and her husband's behavior, it's going to be a factor.
She also has run a lousy campaign.
Right now her supporters are looking to threaten to get her nominated since she could not beat Obama fair and square. And they are pouting and acting like fools.
They expected Hillary to be coronated and it did not happen. So, they are throwing tantrums.

By: StockBoySF

StockBoySF — Mon, 19 May 2008 00:14:54 +0000

I agree that it's an attack on Obama. But I also think Obama DID standup for Hillary on the sexism issue. And to be fair, I think Hill at one point stood up for Obama on the racism issue.

At any rate, only one person can receive the nomination and both Hill and Obama have their followers. Either would win against McCain (IMO) but I think ultimately voters want change and not someone who has spent the last two decades in Washington, DC.

I **hope** that the US has come far enough that neither gender, nor race, nor religious bigotry will determine an election for prez. Sure there are bad apples, but this video (and similar comments aimed at all candidates) show that the US still has a ways to go. The one good aspect about this video is that it keeps the issue of sexism alive. It may not be a fair analysis and it's an unfair attack on Obama (IMO), but to the extent that it has us talking about sexism it is good.

By: Mike_P

Mike_P — Mon, 19 May 2008 00:01:05 +0000

I'm so sick and tired of Sen. Clinton's fans blaming Obama for everything said about her. What the heck does he have to do with that disgusting Hillary nutcracker? What does he have to do with the idiots holding ridiculous signs (who, I would be willing to bet, won't be voting for a Democrat in any election held this year). And on and on.

That video is anything but a defense of women in general or feminism in particular. It is a long, pathetic, whining rant about the terrible unfairness of it all, completely blind to the attacks on Obama launched by Clinton's own campaign as well as conservative 527s, the Rush Limbaughs (who's show Bill went on) John McCain, etc., etc. Sorry, Hillary. Obama had his hands full defending himself from you and your "kitchen sink" attacks (He's not a Muslim, "as far as I know"), Rev. Wright ("We have a choice when it comes to our pastors and the churches we attend”), or how about "I know Senator McCain has a lifetime of experience he will bring to the White House. And Senator Obama has a speech he made in 2002,” to take time out to defend you from the misogyny coming from well outside of his campaign.

Sorry, Hillary voters. She was not entitled to the nomination. She ran a terrible campaign. She failed to maintain control of her message, or even have a message after Super Tuesday. She even attempted to change the very rules every candidate as well as the party at the state and national levels agreed to before the primary season began.

She lost. Obama won.

By: Barack Obama » And The Democratic Primary Campaign Battle Goes On

Barack Obama » And The Democratic Primary Campaign Battle Goes On — Sun, 18 May 2008 22:43:17 +0000

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By: John McCain » And The Democratic Primary Campaign Battle Goes On

John McCain » And The Democratic Primary Campaign Battle Goes On — Sun, 18 May 2008 22:31:54 +0000

[...] Hot News wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptAnd The Democratic Primary Campaign Battle Goes On May 18th, 2008 by JOE GANDELMAN, Editor-In-Chief Clinton goes after Obama…Obama goes after McCain…and some Clinton supporters point to a video showing the “Ugly Sexist Vilification Of Hillary Clinton.” On balance, it sounds as if Obama is the one keeping his eye of the Democratic party’s main task: starting to focus some of the fire on McCain versus on other Democrats. Hillary supporter Tom Watson believes Obama must address the sexism iss [...]