Be serious! Give us access! The roots of the Clinton-media tension.
Comment: No Obama worship on msnbc.com today, no Clinton trashing either. Clinton's win seem to have silenced the pimps at last. This is what happens when media cross the line of professionalism. Your demeaning reports on her reached vulgar proportion. You took people for granted, You thought you could force your crooked ideas on people. Well, they have proved that they are not stupids as you media portrayed.
Comment: As a subscriber to Newsweek, I was appalled. An entire issue devoted to Michell Obama. Never before in history , at least in my lifetime has this happened. Newsweek has yet to write anything but fluff about either of the Obama's. At the same time disecting every move Hillary makes, but always in a negative light. It is too late now, Obama the media candidate will lose solidly against McCain. The Obamacans will revert to their Republican roots and blacks cannot carry him.
Comment: Obama has masterfully played the race card to perfection, so much so, that Bill is now thought to be a racist. Here's how it works. People say negative things about Obama. Obama whines and whines some more until
his surrogates or the media pick it up and scream racism. Now when the media want to question Obama on any issue they are terrified of being dubbed racists. The media, along with the Clinton camp, are clueless on how to handle the race issue. Hence, Obama get a continuous free ride.
Comment: I am extremely disheartened about the bias of the press and the media. Senator Obama is being made into A SUPER-HUMAN MESSENGER OF CHANGE by the media. CNNand MSNBC are being carefull and sly in demeaning and defaming Senator Clinton in every possible way. Is this the kind of media and press WE NEED in our great Democratic nation? Senator Clinton has every right to have fair share of UNBIASED press and media coverage. She should get it.
Comment: it is extremely disheartening to watch and experience the media bias, and how the political pundits are glorifying Senator Obama to A SUPER HUMAN MESSENGER OF CHANGE. They are being sly and carefull to defame and demean Senator Clinton in every possible way. The world is watching and joking about the press and media of this great Democratic nation. Senator Clinton has the right to have equal share of good press and media coverage, and she ought to get it! CNN AND MSNBC need to follow their fair and just policies.
Comment: The news pundits are already writing Senator Clinton's obituary. They ask her a question, she answers with detail and knowledge. Then Obama says "Me too" Perhaps his new slogan should be "Me too, rather than "Yes we can." Joe Scarborough said today on Morning Joe, that the only reason Hillary is not counted out is because the press is "allowing" her coverage. She has 1269 delegates. (Senator Obama has 1360)The total needed for nomination is 2025. Obviously neither candidate currently has enough elected delegates to win the nomination. Why are his delegates more relevant than hers? People like me who support Senator Clinton, know that she has earned the right to be covered by the press. I'm really tired of all of the gender bias from the press. People need to think for themselves, and not be swayed by male news pundits.
Comment: yes, the media has given obama a better and easier ride but that may change after tonight when the stories of the ties between obmaa and farakkahn surfice tomorrow - wow! and obamas preacher saying that Farakkaahn was great. unreal couple this with his wifes remark of unpatriotisma nd I will not vote for obama here in Texas
Comment: I absolutely agree that the press and media may hand this election to Obama. I have viewed so many biased programs on CNN and MSNBC that it is disheartening. Andrea Mitchell allowed some Latino congressman in Texas to go on for about 5 minutes giving a free political ad for Obama when he was supposedly being interviewed and of course there was no representation on Hillary's side afterwards. I've seen some of the political analysts serve on panels absolutely picking Hillary apart while singing the praises of his Lordship Obama. If the media had anointed her like they have Obama, I firmly believe that she would be the one in the commanding position that he is in now. The media has influenced the voters by always giving the perception that Obama has been "moving on up" and surprise, surprise when they push something often enough, and put the right spin on every statistic, perception becomes reality. Hillary Clinton has also endured the double standard that a woman running for office faces. The standards are higher for her than for any man. She has to prove that she is qualified, where a man like Obama can give inspirational speeches that belong in some church, and who cares if he is really qualified to make the hard decisions that a president must make. So when some say that the Clintons will use the media as an excuse when Hillary loses; hey, take it from an average citizen who has been a casual observer of the campaigns, the Clintons will be absolutely right!!!
Comment: I have been continually dismayed by the blatantly unfair press coverage for Hillary Clinton. Channel 4 in Los Angeles was airing a story about the candidates campaigning and showed a sound bite of Barack Obama giving a speech and then Hillary coughing and the reporter saying she was losing her voice from talking. How unfair can things get. I only heard bits of the Austin debate on NPR and thought Mr. Obama was given more time when giving his answers than she, but, was uncertain, then last night SNL did a whole spoof on how unfairly she was treated compared to him by both the moderator, Campbell Brown and the questioners. I absolutely don't like the idea that the candidates are treated unfairly as I firmly believe that affects the vote and the press absolutely should NOT be determining who our next president is. Another news magazine said one thing he has that she needs is a "adoring national press corps". People need to think for themselves about what is being said, not how it is being said, and the press needs to be responsible in its reporting by presenting the candidates objectively - That is their job!
Comment: I didn't like this article at all and for many reasons.
Comment: Nothing like having a stolen election, another by appointment by the Supreme court and now another election by the press.Of course we also have delegates,super delegates and let us not forget the electoral college.People ??? They don't count !
Comment: Andre -- That's a long stretch that people who are expressing concern over the press canonization of Obamessiah must somehow be afraid of a black man being president. That dog won't hunt. Black men had the right to vote 50 years before women had the right to vote and so on and so forth and blacks were slaves and women still are and so on and so forth. The above article CONFIRMS the TOPIC of conversation, which is that the press has used/abused its power to influence who is going to be our next president. That makes Americans angry. The press should do its job in a fair-handed manner, not based on getting even or personal feelings towards if a candidate sucks up to them as reporters or not. The EGOS in the press have commited a grave error that may cost our country dearly in the years to come.
Comment: OH, GROSS -- Obamessiah SMOKES????
Comment: Well, at last, an article that actually explains and admits that that press is abusing, er, using it's power manipulate Americans into electing the next president of the Press's choosing. It's just a fantasy that we, the people, elect our leaders. In reality? We are just like sheep who follow blindly where the press sways us to go. In this case, it doesn't matter that more than 70% of Americans will not be voting for Obamessiah, the anointed Prince of the Press at this moment. Nor does it matter that the irresponsible press will not be scrutinizing Obamessiah until he is already elected and it will be too late for us to use the information to help us make an informed decision. Shame on the press for letting petty egos get in the way of their responsibility to truthfully and fully inform the good people of this country.
Comment: To Alicia Hicks: Please don't be so naive to think that there is anything even remotely civilized about the discourse in the media during an election year. For anyone who just happens to win the nomination and the election it doesn't end there. Look how the president has fard in the eyes of the press. More to the point you can't blame the press when the candidate (Hillary) does nothing to discourage it. She was the one strutting and preening like she had the nomination wrapped up at the start of the year. She was the one practicing the rhetorical brinksmanship of questioning the judgement of any reprter or political analyst who dared to suggest that anyone could possibly challenge her. That doesn't even consider the voters. Bottom line is, people don't like being told how to think or vote. Journalists don't like to be told that another side of a story isn't worth following, that other side in this case being other democratic candidates. Hillary is on the brink of being pushed to the wayside in this election because she didn't percieve anyone else as being a serious contender. Top that off with the way she practically berated reporters trying to get close to her or whom suggested that she would have to reall ywork for her party's nod and of course they're gonna warm up to Obama and cast him in a better light! She alienated both the voters and the power base in the Democratic side, a sizable chunk of which both fiscal and name associated lies within the mainstream press.
Comment: There are a lot of bad apples in the press that gives journalism a bad name. Bias against a woman is seen by me a woman like they don't like women. That is why I stopped my cable subscription I din't like CNN or Msnbc and refuse to buy GE products. Your job is to present your material as truthful as can be. Instead, you are coming out like bullies, unproffesionals treating the public like ignorants. would you like your mother to be treated the way you treat Mrs. Hillary Clinton. Your are influencing the way people vote and making the companies that sponsor you look bad. The welfare of this country in not in your best interest. Most men have an inclination to protect women but you people act like you don't even have a mother. Remember this what goes around comes around, I hope you never see people you love receiving what you are giving the Clintons and grow up.
Comment: Once again complete ignorance and hypocracy. So now Hillary is being bullied? What happened to her being so strong and tuff? That post was nearly as bad as when she tried using that "being bullied" excuse when a reporter asked her a question actually rquiring her to show a position, or when she tried the laying on the tears routine... how pathetic! While I agree that the press are a bunch of liberal pariahs with their own agenda, I can not even come close to agreeing with anything else of that rediculous posting. What you are saying is that, when the press had a lovefest with the Clintons, that was ok regardless of who their opponents were, but now that they are no longer afraid of the Clintons and have found someone else to show a lovefest for, it is now somehow all about being a bully? I can't believe how some people want to have things both ways... A woman is capable of being President, a leader, etc,,, That is NOT the issue. Hillary however, does not fall into anything close to leader potential. The Clintons are all about power for themselves and they have their subservient drones always ready to cry foul if things aren't going their way. Wake up and do some research on this woman. Granted, Obama has nothing of substance to bring to the table either, but Hillary doesn't either. Both have plans that WILL bankrupt the country... But enough of this trying to make Hillary a martyr. Hillary hasn't even come close to getting back nearly the amount of S&#T she has dumped on others
Comment:
The leaders of both the Republican and Democratic Parties are moving us closer and closer to Socialism, away from our Constitution (the true Test of American Patriotism). Both major parties pushed through the Patriot Act (a direct violation of our civil liberties) allowing the Federal government (and the lawmakers) greater access in to our personal lives. We have welfare, medicare, and medicaid, all basically federal government subsidies for Americans as a socialist distribution of wealth and commodities. Then, we have the continuation of undeclared War (a direct violation of our Constitution), allowing the President (or socialist leader) the ability to unilaterally decide whether our country (our Americans) go fight in another country using military resources and costing volunteer military lives.
The very core values of America that the founding fathers of our country laid out for us are being destroyed, and our nation is moving in a perilous direction. The American people need to Wake up from their Slumber, and start helping educate their fellow Americans that we are not Socialists, but in fact we are a Nation of Patriots (people who live by and die for civil liberty as well as individual rights).
Our country sorely needs a third party that will rejuvinate and unify the 40% of Americans that usually don't vote, to overcome the two party system of the Socialist Democrats and Socialist Republicans. Individuals always care for other individuals through charity and good deeds, the Federal government steals from individuals to line the pockets of the Corporations and maintain power for itself, leaving whatever remains recycled back to the American people.
Stop sleep walking into Socialism --- Wake up and fight for our Founding Fathers core values of freedom and equality for all! Freedom from the Federal government intervention! Freedom from excessive taxation!
Comment: Good post. It is about time that Americans wake up. Both sides have started leaning towards socialism. The only difference is that the democrat party wants to push it through faster and totally. As for the War, well that my friend you do have your facts incorrect. You can not blame President Bush for the war. He DID NOT by himself declare war, or thrust us into it. Congress voted on it, decided it was the path to take, and allowed it to go forward. It is ALL OF OUR POLITICAL (SO CALLED) LEADERS who share the burdon. Also, I spent 2 years there, and regardless of the reason, I feel very good about the decision. I have seen the changes for the people over there. We did free them from an evil dictator. There are problems, but look back at our own history. It took us a while to sort things out after gaining our independence. Hell, as your post quite accurately shows, we still aren't getting it right since we have political figures trying to push us out of freedom and into socialism/fascism. Now lets stop to think.... who exactly would the socialist/fascist leaders be? Who has most to gain from it? Our politicians in office of course.
We have to take America back from the elected officials before we vote ourselves right out of the very freedoms we (some of us) want. The government was not meant to lord over us, baby sit us, take care of us, etc... The size needs to be reduced and their impact on our daily lives needs to severely lessen. Smaller government means less money needed to run it, which turns out to more money in our pockets, then we can afford our own health insurance for example... The solution isn't providing for Americans, he solution is getting rid of the PORK in government
Comment: "There's only "a dime's worth of difference" between the Republican and Democratic parties, and they're fighting over that dime! "
Obama, Clinton, McCain, Huckabee --
1. All voted to continue funding the Iraq War.
2. All support "comprehensive immigration reform" -- Washington speak for Amnesty for illegal aliens. They want their big corporation buddies to be happy now don't they with their cheap labor. Meanwhile we pay higher taxes to offset the burden that would put on Social security, Medicare, Medicaid, Welfare. If you subsidize something you get more of it, the more we subsidize illegal immigration the more we will get of it, and the more illegal alien families will be affected and hurt by risking their lives and living in terrible conditions.
3. All wish to enact some socialist program or another for the "greater good" -- Translation, we want you to pay higher taxes so we (the federal government) can spend it in the way that benefits our special interest group. Obama (Health care insurance companies), Clinton ( Pharmaceuticals), McCain (Military industrial complex including all military corporations), Huckabee (Military industrial complex).
4. All are for reforming Washington and ridding it of government and lobbyist control (well so they say).
5. All support the Patriot Act (a direct violation of our civil liberties)
Comment: sometimes it seems that the media people have a crush on Mr. Obama, not that you media people like the man for President. The way you talked about Mrs. Clinton looks like you dislike women in general. That is why I stop my cable subscription. Some media outlet were a really turn off so bias against a woman, a bunch of bullies that hate Mrs. Clinton giving a bad name to proffesional journalism.
Comment: During the debate on CNN of Thursday 2/21/08, Senator HIllary Clinton showed her class and her command of the issues. The end of the debate was a defining moment. When she said that the first priority should be the American people, it reminded me of the tale of King Solomon settling the issue of the two women who each claimed motherhood of a baby. The King awarded the baby to the woman who cared more about the baby than possession. She is the true leader. She wasn't conceding that the primary election is over, but rather that she knows the stakes are high, Unity of the Democratic party is for the greater good shows superior judgement.
Comment: It is obvious from this article that Obama's minions like Evan Thomas are set to make sure that Hillary doesn't win the nomination. That is why they project Obama as a super-guy and diminish Hillary's capabilities. But make no mistake about it media minions, you can't fool and misguide the general public, because they know what you are up to. The final victory is Hillary's.
Comment: Well, I guess the Fourth estate had a funeral and I forgot to see the announcement. This all rings rather depressingly true. I was a journalism graduate, post-Watergate, back when I thought reporting could shine light on the dark recesses of government for the public good. What passes as "journalism" now is simple sports-style, lazy reporting -- "he said" "she said" and following the pack to the next bone thrown by one or another campaign. Serious analysis is rare; serious questions are ignored by candidates who are so used to sound bite pack reporting that they don't even fear being called to task for failing to answer queries. And, yes, reporters are all looking for their day in the sun where they can be tapped to wax eloquently on CNN, Fox or MSNBC and get some of their own "rock star" treatment of the upper echelons of the opinionistas. You do your country no favors by your lazy shortcuts. I only hope some of your colleagues step back and take a look at what real reporting and analysis would look like in an Obama/McCain race. These two are not likely to throw the red meat out to the pack .... I wonder how in the world you'll be able to fill the pages of the blogs and columns and magazines and papers. I hope I get a chance to see.
Comment: It is obvious from this article that Obama's minions like Evan Thomas are set to make sure that Hillary doesn't win the nomination. It is so obvious that they are so much anti-Hillary. They just want to project Obama as a super-guy and diminish Hillary's capabilities. But make no mistake media minions, you can't fool and misguide the general public, they know what you are up to. Final victory is Hillary's.
Comment: Hillary is so boring!
Comment: The nit-wit who wrote that Hillary will provide universal helath care and Obamas is more interested in "bird-flu", needs ot wake up and be informed that Obama also offers universal helathcare and in a more reasonable and affordable way for EVERYONE who cares to have it! His helathcare resonates more with teh general public thatn Hillary's does. Be informed before you vote.
Comment: From someone working in the health car field, I would rather see everyone have health care. Writing of thousands of dollars a year when people refuse to pay and refuse to have healthcare is just not good for business.
Comment: Bankrupting our economy in an effort for government to "take care of us" is not good for business either. again the answer is not health care, the answer is reducing the size of our government, putting money back into our own pockets so we can afford to take care of ourselves. And of course maybe learning to live within our means and making smart money decisions could help as well... My wife works in the Health care industry and I work in Health insurance. There are many out there abusing the system which drives up the costs for all of us. People have big screen TV's, big SUV's, cigarettes, alcohol, etc.... yet don't see fit to ensure coverage for their families, then *** and moan that the government should provide for them. WE are the problem. We are too much into a "ME SOCIETY", reliant on the government and others rather than taking responsibility for ourselves. This will be the downfall of our liberties
Comment: TEXAS, OHIO, DO NOT LET YOUSELF BRAINWASH, LIKE OTHER STATES,. GOT IMPRESS BY THE YELLING OF A NICE WORDS.
WE NEED SOLUTIONS, NOT DREAMS.
HILLARY WILL BRING SOLUTION, OBAMA IS JUST A PRINCIPIANTE ON THIS FIELD.
VOTE FOR HILLARY
Comment: There is no question that the press has favored Obama. For instance, Obama claims that her voted againt the war from the start. . . He DID NOT have a vote! He was not in the US Senate. If he had the same information that the US Senate had, he might have voted for it. The press never questions his statement!!
Comment: OBAMA IS BOTH BLACK AND WHITE MISS WINFIELD
INTERESTING COMMENT.
Comment: Hello, Eddiewhere...
By the way, I know that Senator Obama is bi-racial. However, please note, that he identifies himself as "black" - not bi-racial.
Hence, my comments respectfully reflect Mr. Obama's choice of racial identification.
Best Regards,
Yvette W.; Princeton, NJ
Comment:
Obama proved persuasive enough that the bill passed both houses of the legislature, the Senate by an incredible 35 to 0. Then he talked Blagojevich into signing the bill, making Illinois the first state to require such videotaping.
Obama didn't stop there. He played a major role in passing many other bills, including the state's first earned-income tax credit to help the working poor and the first ethics and campaign finance law in 25 years (a law a Post story said made Illinois "one of the best in the nation on campaign finance disclosure"). Obama's commitment to ethics continued in the U.S. Senate, where he co-authored the new lobbying reform law that, among its hard-to-sell provisions, requires lawmakers to disclose the names of lobbyists who "bundle" contributions for them.
Taken together, these accomplishments demonstrate that Obama has what Dillard, the Republican state senator, calls a "unique" ability "to deal with extremely complex issues, to reach across the aisle and to deal with diverse people." In other words, Obama's campaign claim that he can persuade us to rise above what divides us is not just rhetoric.
Avian flu: Obama was one of the first Senators to speak out on avian flu, back in the spring of 2005, when it was a quintessentially wonky issue, not the subject of breathless news reports. There's a list of Democratic efforts on avian flu here; Obama shows up early and often. He has sponsored legislation, including what I think is the first bill dedicated to pandemic flu preparedness. It's a good bill, providing not just for vaccine research and antiviral stockpiles, but for the kinds of state and local planning and preparedness that will be crucial if a pandemic occurs. (I was also very interested to note that it requires the Secretary of HHS to contract with the Institute of Medicine for a study of "the legal, ethical, and social implications of, with respect to pandemic influenza". This is actually very important, and not everyone would have thought of it.)
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There were death penalty abolitionists, some of whom worried that Obama's bill, by preventing the execution of innocents, would deprive them of their best argument. Vigorous opposition came from the police, too many of whom had become accustomed to using muscle to "solve" crimes. And the incoming governor, Rod Blagojevich, announced that he was against it.
THIS IS A pERFECT EXAMpLE OF WHAT OBAMA CAN DO AND HAS ALREADy DONE, BRING DIFFERENT FACTIONS TOGETHER TO ACHIEVE A COMMON GOAL.
EVEN BILL KNOWS THAT IF HILLARy LOSES TEXAS AND OHIO IT IS OVER.
THE SUper DELEGATES WILL NOT BE ABLE TO OVER TURN or go against such a mandate.
HOWEVER IF HILLARy WINs EITHER OHIO OR TEXAS. THEN THIS nomination will be decided at the convention.
Comment: HERE'S yOUR pROOF HALLOW. I AM VERy GLAD yOU ASKED THIS QUESTION.
THIS pROVES THAT OBAMA IS THE REAL DEAL SON.
Obama proved persuasive enough that the bill passed both houses of the legislature, the Senate by an incredible 35 to 0. Then he talked Blagojevich into signing the bill, making Illinois the first state to require such videotaping.
Obama didn't stop there. He played a major role in passing many other bills, including the state's first earned-income tax credit to help the working poor and the first ethics and campaign finance law in 25 years (a law a Post story said made Illinois "one of the best in the nation on campaign finance disclosure"). Obama's commitment to ethics continued in the U.S. Senate, where he co-authored the new lobbying reform law that, among its hard-to-sell provisions, requires lawmakers to disclose the names of lobbyists who "bundle" contributions for them.
Taken together, these accomplishments demonstrate that Obama has what Dillard, the Republican state senator, calls a "unique" ability "to deal with extremely complex issues, to reach across the aisle and to deal with diverse people." In other words, Obama's campaign claim that he can persuade us to rise above what divides us is not just rhetoric.
"We recommend that this administration work with Congress, public health officials, the pharmaceutical industry, foreign governments and international organizations to create a permanent framework for curtailing the spread of future infectious diseases.
There were death penalty abolitionists, some of whom worried that Obama's bill, by preventing the execution of innocents, would deprive them of their best argument. Vigorous opposition came from the police, too many of whom had become accustomed to using muscle to "solve" crimes. And the incoming governor, Rod Blagojevich, announced that he was against it.
THIS IS A pERFECT EXAMpLE OF WHAT OBAMA CAN DO AND HAS ALREADy DONE, BRING DIFFENT FACTIONS TOGETHER TO ACHIEVE A COMMON GOAL.
BARAK LETS HIS RECORD TALK FOR HIM. HE COULD HAVE BRAGGED ABOUT ALL THIS. BUT HE HAS STA yed CONSISTENTLy HUMBLE.
Comment: Hello, Eddiewhere...
Finally, if you HONESTLY believe that Obama's "bird flu" initiative is MORE significant than providing FREE health care to under privilged children, I don't understand your logic...
Yvette W.
Comment: The word "Free" sure is pushed around a whole hell of a lot. But lets get something clear... NOTHING IS FREE. The taxpayers pay for everything that the politicians come up with. I have been in to some pretty meager homes recruiting for the military. People on welfare with Huge stereos, Very large TV's, cigarettes, alcohol, etc... yet I have to pay taxes to provide for these people. You tell me where the justice and "fairness" lies in this situation? Too many people abuse the system, and government wants to add to this? I see people on welfare who have no incentive to get off of it... they make more than I do working full time...., yet part of my taxes goes to maintaining their lifestyle. I will concede that there are those who legitimately need the help, but this whole idea of "Free" universal health care is a crock. Many of these people could afford their health insurance if they could get by without cigarettes, alcohol and live like me, without that big TV and stereo. If they would learn to live within their means rather than sucking the life out of the taxpayers
Comment: If Hillary wishes to pin the failure of her campaign on the press, she would do well to recall her remark that the delegate race would be over by Feb. 5th. It's this same presumptive stance that she was the inevitable nominee that did nothing to endear her to either the voters, the delegates or the press. Anyone who dared suggest that Obama or any other candidate would be able to challenge her for the nomination was treated like a buffoon. It was this same "I'm right, you're wrong and if you don't agree then you're too stupid to understand" seige-type mentality that Bill Clinton displayed prior to the 1994 congressional races. The result was the the Republican sweep/takeover. Hillary should have taken a more charitable stance with voters and the press instead of acting like she was already the nominee. You do that by conceding the fact that votes are earned by not treating constituents in your own party like stepping stones.
Comment: yes it is true . obama is the press's favorite and i thought that it was their job to report the news, not to make it. it is like they are afraid to report anything negative on obama. if either clinton had made a comment like obama's wife on larry king the other night would have been pursecuted and been tried and found gulity without a trial. the press needs to smarten up and get some nerves and quite making obama seem like a saint.
Comment: yes it is true . obama is the press's favorite and i thought that it was their job to report the news, not to make it. it is like they are afraid to report anything negative on obama. if either clinton had made a comment like obama's wife on larry king the other night would have been pursecuted and been tried and found gulity without a trial. the press needs to smarten up and get some nerves and quite making obama seem like a saint.
Comment: It is true, the press is airing more positively in Obama's favor. To prove a point, there was a picture aired on CNN this morning about Obama and McCain winning in yesterday's races. There was ONLY a picture of Obama, McCain was nowhere on that screen. Talk about slanted reporting!
Comment: Are the actions of the press what you really consider good and responsible journalism? I think not. You guys are too scary. Its no wonder people hate the press.
Comment: My partner was saying majority of the men don't like Hillary because she is a strong and capable women. Whereas they like Michelle Obama because she has a soft and soothing voice that makes them feel safe and secure. Yuck! if majority of the media and democrats are so insecure and useless that they feel threatened by a strong woman, they don't deserve to particiapte in making decisions for the country. They don't deserve to exist as a major party. If for whatever reason Hillary doesn't get nominated, I will vote for republican. I think even George W Bush is 100% better than this insecure and useless democrats. I urge that all women and secure men stand by Hillary and fight for her till the end. Contribute and spend your time as much as possible helping her. If in the end the insecure and wimpy democrats get upper hand, then I urge you all to vote for a republican. McCain is far better and experienced human being than Obama.
Comment: Excellent write up...clap..clap. I duff my cap, very good job. The Clintons had done a good job for America and the world. You cannot fight ideas...especially hope. Barack Obama may not have all the solutions.....I bet ya. But he says "we can". No other candidate said so. I have great respect and admiration for Hillary, she has done well.
George W had done so much harm to American psyche that anyone who offers hope, encouragement and a future is a hero. No one offers that now except Barack, even the religious conservative wing of republican party (they ain't chrisatians ---pls NOTE) have no answer for HOPE. Hope is not a trade mark, other candidates can adopt it too. WAR dampens hope, depresses the mind and continual propagation of war has a long acting sedative effect of hopelesness.
Pls don't chew me up ...... Hillary should find fulfilment in what Bill and herself had done in the White house for 8 years!!! We talk about third world leaders wanting to hang on to power...this may seem an example with the Clintons...It is good to want to make history, they have money, fame and a trade-mark name. What else do you want??? What unfinished business have they got left in the White House. They should just take their place in history. Bill Clinton was a fine president with all his flaws regardless. I am not saying hand over the nomination to Barack and throw the towel in, but is the handwritting not on the wall???Hillary may have a hard time being elected due to her past mistakes which is only human, the republicans will have a field day taking cheap punches at her. Why can't the democratic party join hand behind the most electable president. Many republicans admire Barack, they see hope and a future. Is it not fot the good of the country and winning the White House??? I hope they will not blow it with who gets the nomination, Barak and Hillary.........If Hillary gets the nomination through superdelegates that has allegiance to the Clintons..........everyone may prepare to join me in welcoming President John McCain.
Comment: "YES WE CAN" T SHIRTS WILL SELL LIKE "HOT CAKES"
BARAK NEEDS A YES WE CAN SLOGAN IN SPANISH.
THEN MAKE T SHIRTS AND OTHER ATTIRE and HAND THEM OUT IN TEXAS AND OHIO.
"YES WE CAN" "YES WE CAN" "YES WE CAN" TEXAS AND OHIO.
T is TIME TO SEND A MESSAGE AND DELIVER THE KNOCK OUT BLOW.
TAKING YOUR GLOVES OFF EARLY IS NOT ALWAYS THE WISEST DECISION TO MAKE. SOME MIGHT EVEN CALL IT NAIVE.
Comment: EVERY STATISTIC AND POLL HAVE Unanimously INDICATED THAT OBAMA WOULD DEFEAT McCAIN IN A NATIONAL ELECTION. THIS IS THE REASON OBAMA WILL BE THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE.
McCain WILL BE DEFEATED IN A LAND SLIDE BY OBAMA in A NATIONAL ELECTION.
THE ECONOMY AND THE WAR are AGAINST McCAIN. HIS ONLY SOLUTION IS TO MAINTAIN THE STATUS QUO"FOR A HUNDRED YEARS". WHO IS GOING TO PAY FOR THIS. NOT ME, PERHAPS HOLY ROLLER CAN FUND THIS HUNDRED YEAR AGENDA McCAIN HAS READY FOR ALL TAX PAYING AMERICANS.
HE WANTS TO KEEP THE BUSH TAX CUT'S INTACT. AS KARL ROVE MENTIONED IN HIS MOST RECENT ARTICLE IN NEWS WEEK, the REGAN ERA IS OVER. SUPPLY SIDE ECONOMICS IS NOT THE ANSWER.
THE MIDDLE CLASS WILL HAVE TO SUFFER UNDER McCAIN.
HE BELIEVES THIS AMERICAN SUFFERING IS NECESSARY IN ORDER TO CARRY OUT A MISGUIDED FOREIGN POLICY WHICH IS BASED ON FEAR AND NOT REALITY. IN FACT McCAIN'S AGENDA IS BADLY OUTDATED AND VERY UNPOPULAR AMONG MANY CONSERVATIVES IN HIS OWN PARTY, manY oF WHOM WILL VOTE FOR OBAMA OR STAY HOME IN NOVEMBER.
REMEMBER THE PROBLEMS IN IRAQ AND PALESTINE AND THE REST OF THAT REGION ARE
POLITICAL in NATURE. McCAIN is a great MILITARY MAN. BUT HIS EXPERTISE WAS NEEDED in TWO THOUSAND TWO, not now. WE NEED CHANGE. AND OBAMA WILL BE ABLE TO UNITE FACTIONS IN ORDER TO BRING STABILITY TO THAT REGION.
I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO OBAMA APPOINTING McCAIN TO BE THE NEXT HEAD OF HOMELAND SECURTIY.
McCAIN's VIABILITY TO BECOME PRESIDENT EXPIRED FOUR YEARS AGO.
Comment: Hello, Eddiewhere...
Thanks for your response...I also welcome all rational discourse regarding both Clinton & Obama's qualifications for Democratic nomination. :-)
Secondly, you've brought up several interesting points. However, with all due respect, the "bird flu" is the VERY least of the critical issues that our country is faces. To that end, the section below outlines the various issues that Hillary Clinton has addressed on behalf of ALL AMERICANS:
1. State Children's Health Insurance Program: The State Children???s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) is a United States federal government program that gives funds to states in order to provide health insurance to families with children. The program was designed to cover uninsured children in families with incomes that are modest but too high to qualify for Medicaid. At its creation in 1997, SCHIP was the largest expansion of health insurance coverage for children in the U.S. since Medicaid began in the 1960s. The statutory authority for SCHIP is under title XXI of the Social Security Act. It was initially sponsored by Senator Ted Kennedy in a partnership with Senator Orrin Hatch[1] in concert with First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton during the Clinton administration.[2]
2. Major legislation that Hillary influenced during the Clinton Admin:
1993-02-05 - The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993
1993-08-10 - Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 - raised income tax rates; income tax, top rate: 39.6%; corporate tax: 35%
1993-09-21 - creation of the AmeriCorps volunteer program
1993-11-30 - Brady Bill
1994-09-13 - Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act, part of an omnibus crime bill, the federal death penalty was expanded to some 60 different offenses (see Federal assault weapons ban)
1996-02-01 - Communications Decency Act
1996-02-08 - Telecom Reform Act: eliminated major ownership restrictions for radio and television groups.
1996-02-26 - Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act, a welfare reform bill
1996-03-14 - authorized $100 million counter-terrorism agreement with Israel to track down and root out terrorists.
1996-04-09 - Line Item Veto Act
1996-04-24 - Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act
1996-08-20 - Minimum wage Increase Act
1996-09-21 - Defense of Marriage Act, allowed states to refuse recognition of certain same-sex marriages, and defined marriage as between a male and female for purposes of federal law
1997-08-05 - Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997
1998-10-28 - Digital Millennium Copyright Act
1998-10-31 - Iraq Liberation Act
*** Proposed a national challenge to end the racial divide in America, the One America Initiative. Extraordinary rendition got approval for the first time in the USA from the Clinton administration.[citation needed]
Check it out for yourselves...All questions and comments are welcome. :-)
Yvette W.; Princeton, NJ
Comment: every "qualification" listed is an attempt for the government to take more and more control of our lives. Why do we feel we need the government to take care of us? This is the same BS progressivism of the 1920's - a push towards socialism. For as much bitching and moaning people have done about things like the "Patriot act" violating our rights... why is it that we can't see past this BS? Do you think you will have rights under a socialist/fascist government? That's exactly what you are pushing.
Comment: Mr Thomas this article is full of it. The press hit Bill & Hillary Clinton with Lies from the first day of his announcement, and never let up until he left office, the lies that were told were written as truth, they even sent people to Arkansas to dig up lies so the could print them, one of those people wrote a book about how he was used to set up the stories. His conscious would not let it stand the way he had originally wrote the stories. George Bush lied to us about Irag, the press printed his lies as truth. 4,000 american men and women have died because he lied and the press didn't bother to tell the people the truth. Now we have the press telling us that we not only have a revolutionary candidate, but we actually have a savior, you all act as though Obama is the return of Jesus Christ. That we should get down on our knees and praise him just as you are. He is nothing but words, he has not set out an original plan for any of the problems created by 'GW, he has copied ideas of the other two candidates, and the press does not report it that way. He has spent his entire life to be a candidate for something. The press is actually defending him when he is only a man of words and we find out the words are not even his. Then his wife says in essence that she has been ashamed of her country her entire adult life, and the press defends those words too. This country is not just dirt with boundaries it is made of people, of which she apparently is ashamed of. I am one of those people and she does not know me, has no right to speak of me in that manner, and you have no scruples if you are willing to defend these two people. There is one thing I do have to give the press credit for - you are good salesmen and women, because it seems that two many people are buying your sales job again..
Comment: Texas & Ohio, this article might open everybodys eyes:
www.aim.org/press-release/aim-identifies-mysterious-obama-mentor-as-communist-party-revolutionary
AIM Identifies Mysterious Obama Mentor As Communist Party Revolutionary
Press Release | February 19, 2008
WASHINGTON, February 19, 2008 -- A mysterious friend and adviser to Barack Obama when he was growing up in Hawaii is identified in a new column by Accuracy in Media editor Cliff Kincaid as a member of the old Moscow-controlled Communist Party USA. "Obama's communist connection adds to mounting public concern about a candidate who has come out of virtually nowhere, with a brief U.S. Senate legislative record, to become the Democratic Party frontrunner for the U.S. presidency," Kincaid writes in the column, posted on the AIM web site www.aim.org
Obama's mentor "Frank" is Frank Marshall Davis, who was publicly identified as a member of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA). Obama, in his book, Dreams From My Father, refers to him repeatedly as just "Frank," without a middle or last name.
Kincaid explains, "The reason is apparent: Davis was a known communist who belonged to a party subservient to the Soviet Union. In fact, the 1951 report of the Commission on Subversive Activities to the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii identified him as a CPUSA member. What's more, anti-communist congressional committees, including the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), accused Davis of involvement in several communist front organizations."
AIM recently disclosed that Obama has connections to the Democratic Socialists of America and that he sponsored a "Global Poverty Act" designed to send hundreds of billions of U.S. foreign aid to the rest of the world, in order to meet U.N. demands. The bill has passed the House and a Senate committee and awaits full Senate action.
Accuracy in Media is a citizens' media watchdog organization whose mission is to promote fairness, balance, and accuracy in news reporting. Founded in 1969, AIM is the oldest non-profit press watchdog group in America. For more information, please visit www.aim.org.
To arrange an interview with AIM editor Cliff Kincaid, contact Sarah Schaerr Norton at (202) 364-4401 ext. 107 or sarah.schaerr@aim.org.
Comment: Even though Im for Hillary , I'll vote for Obama in a heartbeat over the doom and gloom of the Republicans. Hillary's last shot is the debates and Texas. Unless Obama falls on his face in the debates , which I doubt , March 4 could be D day, If Obama wins , its over . have to give him his due, he has had a brilliant campaign.
Comment: I'm totally satisfied with the way the American people are speaking out from state to state. I'm elated that the Obama message is going out loud and clear. I'm truly sorry that the Clinton's have not yet declared the race to the obvious winner and stop the whining and petty fights they are trying to bring up at a time like this.
You both are on the same team the people has said enough of your era, give us young blood with impartial views and judgments. Shut up and let the democracy have its true time of revival and reformation, if even it means getting out of the way. Instead what I'm seeing is a war like approach/attempt to demote any possibility of real change.
My mind is made up if there was no Obama then i would have voted Clinton. But now that Obama is there I'm glad i didn't have to vote Clinton her true colors are shining through and i don't like them too much any more.
Comment: THE OBAMA WAVE IS SWEE ING THE NATION.
CONGRATULATIONS.
HILLARy is in big trouble.
Comment: Republican dreams come true. Just when they thought all was lost; along comes Barak.
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Comment: This is an interesting article, but it's not true in several instances. Why would the press say that Bill Clinton is racist if he compared Obama to Jesse Jackson? When White candidates are compared, no one says anything. I'm an African American voter and when I heard what was said, I thought nothing of it. When it was repeated and run through the media Bill Clinton was a racist and all it did was incite African Americans in those areas who hadn't heard the context of the remarks. And they were angry and felt they'd been turned on and were protecting Obama. The Clintons was dragged through the ringer during the Monica debacle. They had a young daughter and you folks dragged that story through prime time for children to chew on at recess the next day. White Water? Most Americans didn't know what it was. Many of these candidates have things they don't want to talk about. Obama has little experience and no one really knows him so you have nothing but this rock star image he's given himself. That said, there is a job to be done. And despite all of the chest beating and grinning and bringing you folks coffee and donuts on the trail, it still doesn't give him the experience to be leader of the free world just to punish a candidate who doesn't let you go through her desk drawers. That's the thing I'm going to vote for: we've had a president who fed a chosen few of you drek and garbarge and obsfuscation for 7 + years. He's hidden and most of you haven't asked questions, yet Senator Clinton is a pariah amongst your ranks and you see this as your moment to punish. But what you are doing to weakening what could be: this young man, if he's allowed in office, will be your sweetheart. And you will take photos and feel politically correct and sell your stories and get your ratings. And the job will begin and when the adoring lights go off and you expect the "change" to become action and he fails because of ignorance and inexperience, you will say, "How could we have known? He was a viable candidate. He was charming. He was charasmatic. He excited us with his speeches. We felt alive. And we didn't like her because she was old and married to a man who liked women too much, and she didn't pander to us and liet us slap her around. We should have looked a little closer. Now the country is in trouble because of the photo ops and the free passes we gave him because he hugged us once and we spit on her but she wouldn't have made the same mistakes." And when he fails, as is inevitable, he will be the poster child for why America will not allow another African American, no matter how viable, to be a a serious candidate for the highest office in the land. And we will be set back another 100 years because of sheer pettiness and irresponsibility. I couldn't care less about Senator Clinton's skin color or the act that she's female.
Comment: you know, I don't care the gender or race of a person, but the things that keep racial tension alive is some of these titles. Why are we using terms like "African American"? You don't see us going around saying "Irish American", "German-American", etc.... it is this distinction that "sets us back 100 years". Wouldn't it be novel to see beyond race, gender, etc... and be able to say be simply "Americans"? When our ancestors came to America, they became Americans... left behind the old ways... We will never get rid of prejudice as long as one race continues pushing it.....
Comment: To Julia55
I am so glad to hear someone finally talk about all the important qualifications necessary for the office of president.You have the common sense that alot of people should have and don't. I don't want a president that has no qualifications and Barack Obama doesn't.
Comment: To Julia55
Very sensible and well-written. I hope all the naive and uninformed read your posting and get an understanding of what the American media is all about. Thank you.
Comment: No wonder the Clintons don't like the press. Just read your own words, "But as a presidential candidate, Hillary was back to the old psychodrama, running as a once and future queen in a Restoration drama." How UNobjective can you get? That is not reporting the news. That is using spin and drama to show that the writers do not support Hillary, despite the fact that she is an extremely well qualified candidate for president. What happened to the old Walter Cronkite style of reporting the news? I am sickened to think of the influence you have on voters.
Comment: BUTYOU AREN'T SICK OF IT WHEN IT SUITS YOU.... The media has been pushing their agenda for decades. Now, because it is not for the Democratic candidate that YOU want, it is somehow unfair????
Comment: Evan knows damned well that the press honeymoon for Bill Clinton ended because he refused to attend a party thrown by Sally Quinn just after the election. Yeah, there were other problems but the press decided to sink him in order to abide by the tantrum thrown by mr and mrs quinn...
I know who her husband is/was but his book didn't even get the King assassination date right....way to go, fella.
Please stop lying.
Comment: Evan knows damned well that the end of the press honeymoon for Bill Clinton was his refusal to attend a party given by Sally Quinn just after the election.
Yeah, there were other problems but mr. and mrs quinn decided to sink him out of personal pique.
Please stop lying.
Comment: The press doesn't have to biased they just have to quote the Clinton's.
I watched ex president Clinton mention that if one believes Obama's rhetoric he (Clinton) has some land to sell them. White Water Land? Clinton can't possibly be this stupid, as to bring up one of his less than shinning moments, can he? The finger pointing which has become part of his para-language is reminiscent of another proud moment 'I did not have sex with that woman, Ms Lewinsky'. Is he so narcissistic and entitled that he believes he can say anything without censure? Or is he suffering from Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome or wet brain caused by years of alcohol abuse? As Clinton ages he looks more and more like W.C. Fields, red nose and all. He has either lost his memory or believes we have.
james d granata, holyoke ma
Comment: "...the press is almost certain to turn on both men. Digging through the personal record, searching for human flaws, is what reporters do when they cover presidential campaigns, and the critical skepticism only deepens when the winner occupies the Oval Office." What a truckload of bull. Dubya got a free ride from the press throughout the 2000 campaign--and it continued right up to the Katrina debacle.
Comment: Wow. insightful but rather depressing. It would have been nice for Evan Thomas to shed some light onto what might be done about this. Or is his point that this relationship is hopelessly hopeless?
One thing about Obama, though--I didn't observe a ton of particularly positive press until the Clintons began acting more snarky. In fact, I read more negative spin on him and his words than I read on HIllary. In fact, I can't say that her campaign is solely to blame for the whole coronation/incumbant image we bought into--wouldn't have have been partially the press' work?
Comment: While there are some in the "activist" media that are clearly in favor of Obama because of his political leanings, I think the biasw really comes down to something far more simple, which is: "What will sell better?"
Truth is, everything that's ever going to be written about Hillary Clinton has been written. There's nothing new to sell. But Obama! Well, who knows what lurks beneath the thin veneer? Think of how much of a media tsunami we will have if he becomes the nominee and the Republican attack machine gets ahold of him! The papers and magazines will be flying off the shelves and the news channels will be on 25 hours a day! Sell! Sell! Sell! Our demorcratic processes be damned! That's really what it's all about as far as the media is concerned. But, we deserve to lose our democracy as a result because we keep consuming all this crap as fast as we can.
Democracy? What's that? More Brittney and Obama please!
Comment: To jlowell1
AMEN !!!!!
Comment: Has Obama pimped out Michelle Obama and his kids to the guys at MSNBC ? No wonder MSNBC is drooling and Michelle Obama is so busy. Have fun.
Comment: Has Obama pimped out Michelle Obama and his kids to the guys at MSNBC ? No wonder MSNBC is drooling and Michelle Obama is so busy. Have fun.
Comment: All reporters get paychecks. But who is signing those paychecks?
Comment: I don't watch MSNBC anymore, not only because it is biased, but because I feel shows tend to be more interesting when at least one person disagrees with the others.
I think what this article proves is that Hillary can take it. That's just the kind of strength in the leader I want.
The media attacks the hell out of her and voters still vote for her. It must make all the reporters trying to elbow her out of the primary frustrated. But at the end of the day, it's the American way. It's OUR collective votes. Not your opinions that will decide who to nominate. I guess the media didn't learn their lesson after New Hampshire.
Comment: Less scandals = Less criticism. Stop doing corrupt things and expect happier headlines, Hillary.
Comment: Can you name 1 example where Hillary has been convicted of corruption? And if the media is going to discuss "alleged" scandals, then why are we not hearing of all the alleged scandals involving Obama in Illinois? That's the point of this article.... you've heard of Hillary's alleged scandals, but not Obama's.
Comment: How can we as Americans let this go on? This is not the land of the FREE for nothing. Everyone fights for the rights we have been entrusted with. Except Obama, sure- give him a free pass. No executive experience, go ahead, not much legislative experience, go ahead, not much of a record to reference but ability to use other politicians rhetoric, he must be the one then. America we deserve better.
Comment: I agree Sam. After NBC's missed call in the 2000 election, where they (incorrectly) called Florida for Gore before many western states had finished voting and could have had an impact in Democratic turnout there, and now the way that many news organizations are decidedly spinning the news in a certain direction I believe that something needs to be done to stop this undermining of our democracy.
For example; I believe that news organizations should, either voluntarily or by legislation, not project outcomes in any election day until after the last of the polls in every US state or territory has closed.
Secondly, pollsters should be banned from the polling places, including parking lots. Lets count all the votes before announcing so that we do not affect western voters.
Comment: The press should be banned from all areas of the polls.If anyone asked me who I voted for I would either lie or better yet tell them it was none of their business. If everyone did that maybe the exit polls would stop and and the media MIGHT get the hint. I hope Kieth Olberman changes his stance on being an Obamaite. I am so disappointed in him. I too have stopped watching MSNBc except for Dan Abrams.
Comment: MSNBC does have pretty much have a pro-Obama bias although I have seen it cut both ways: like I said earlier, every single episode of Hardball last week was dedicated to helping Hillary Clinton out with a plan and a strategy for winning the nomination. CNN on the other hand, clearly has a pro-Clinton bias. Like I said earlier, while watching the super tuesay coverage on CNN saw a guy go through and predict the ENTIRE ELECTION WITH HILLARY CLINTON MAINTAINING THE LEAD AND COMING OUT AS THE WINNER. He used this high-tech map to zero in on each state, showed how much of the vote each candidate would get and how many delegates they would get from each contest, and Clinton came out the winner in the end. I see that kind of overt pro-Hillary bias all the time, so all the bias in the media isn't just pro-Barrack.
Comment: You know D., in many cases the problem is that news organizations have gone from simply reporting the news to trying to predict outcomes or future events. That's where we get these projections. They should get out of the projection business and just report the facts.
Comment: The media, i have noticed has Obama walking on water. His shoe's will get wet, and sink soon!
Comment: I have been a faithful MSNBC viewer. It all started with Imus, but he was taken off the air. I continued to watch but I am getting a little tired of all the cheerleading that goes on for Barack Obama. It starts early in the morning with Mika Brezscinski and Joe Scarborough championing his attributes of change. Nobody has explained to me what he is going to change. And it continues through to 10:00 PM. The one I am mostly disappointed in is Keith Olbermann, whom I always liked and respected especially his insight into political
matters. I have been weaning myself off of MSNBC and I"ve been trying to find Imus on my radio to no avail. Good luck America. We are going to need it.
Comment: I agree with you. I have been an avid MSNBC viewer and now I'm extremely disappointed at the bias displayed. Keith O. is just that last one to succumb. Right now, Dan Abrams is the only objective one left.
My other question is why Scarborough, Tucker, even Pat Buchanan (all staunch Republicans) are so effusive in their praise of Obama; saying repeatedly that Obama would be a much tougher match for McCain. Really? When was the last time that Republicans willfully exposed their party's weakness to Democrats? Wouldn't saying that Obama has a better chance of beating the Republican nominee give the Democrats an edge? When was the last time Republicans did that?
Even if you could believe that Tucker and Scarborough have been "won over" to Obama... Pat Buchanan? Really?
Sometimes the naiveté of fellow Democrats scares me.
Comment: I agree,Dan Abrhams is the only one on MSNBC to have the courage to stand up to the rest of the pundits and defend Hillary Clinton. I hope he continues to do so.
Last night on CNN i watched as Wolf Blitzer and co. literally gave the state of Wisconsin to Obama with O % of the polls reported. He was about 5oo votes ahead of Hillary. I seem to remember the big squawk about Florida being projected to Gore with 35 % in the race against Bush in 2000. It was immediately changed and given to Bush. That time the popular vote didn't count. Most of the projections are given with less than 10 % percent reported.It makes people not even want to vote if their votes are not going to be considered. If it isn't the pundits ,it's the delegates. Think about it.
Comment: I have nothing against Sen. Obama but I'm disappointed at the biased media coverage he is getting. The media has gotten away with vicious attacks against Hillary. Comments from Tucker Carlson saying something like "isn't it fun to kick Hillary when she's down" or Chris Matthews implying the only reason HIllary has a political career is due to her husband's infidelity, are vicious and have no place in the press if it wants to be called objective.
Comment: I'm glad that the truth is finally coming out. The press has been biased for Obama. I have nothing against Senator Obama, but the bias attacks of media against Hillary has been allowed to go on without consequences. I've already stopped watching MSNBC because they have been vicious and one-sided. I'm disappointed that Tucker is allowed to say "Isn't it fun to kick Hillary when she's down?", Chris Matthews insinueating that Hillary owes her po
Comment: I expect that from Tucker... the sad part is to see Democrats joining in the Hillary bashing and buying in on 16 years of Republican smears.
Comment: regaurding the statement by seemaryc, you start off by saying your not going to cast a blind ballot with out hearing there stance on an issue but then you immidiately follow it with rehtoric about some crap about a moving co.the truth is any one who would put clinton(bill)in the same catagory as either bush partison in nature or politicaly ignorant clinton stoped the raid of social socurity imposed the first new campain laws since teddy rosevelt increased inhis first two yr border patrol(while bush decreased it in his 1st yr)ie man power.as well as created tax cuts for small buisness which any one who understands economics would know that is the true foundation of our economy.you may or may not want to vote for a clinton that is your choise as an american but please do not spread untruths about a cadidate. BECAUSE THERE IS NOTHING MORE UNAMERICAN THAN AN UNFAIR FIGHT. SO LET THE FACTS,NOT THE RETORIC BE THE POINT THANK YOU .And please vote whom ever you see fit to run the country .
Comment: The media is not only giving Obama a free ride, you are cheering for him and whipping up enthusiasm .... if you don't see it, you're not looking. The problem is not that the press is giving Clinton an especially bad time because it is your job to ask questions and analyze; the problem is you are not doing that to Obama. The country will suffer because of a lack of fairness in the media. AndreaNYC
Comment: I'm so glad that Michelle Obama finally found a reason to be proud of America.It's the first time in her adult life too.Too bad she wasn't proud to have had the opportunity to go to college,get married and have children all in the free world.I guess it takes coming close to being the first lady of a black president to make you proud of America.
Comment: What she said is that she is pround of her country because she feels like hope is finally making a comeback. Here's the quote:
???People in this country are ready for change and hungry for a different kind of politics and ??? for the first time in my adult life I am proud of my country because it feels like hope is finally making a comeback.???
I don't see how that is necessa
