Clinton’s Personal Pitch

If an Obama/Clinton ticket dooms the democrats, as Jrmapu suggests, the fault will lie on those Clinton supporters like Jrmapu, who have already vowed to either vote for McCain, or not vote at all. Yet none of these folks have put forth any reason why Obama is uncapable of leading this country, other than referring to their crytal ball of intuition that tells them he can't be trusted. How convincing. And this deceiving tactic of portraying Clinton as the helpless victim of Obama attacks is equally ludicrous. Clinton has been on the offensive ever since Obama's popularity was apparent, even to the point of using her ex-President hubby, a man I once admired, to stir up unfounded and irrelavant controversy. If this were a hockey game, Clinton would have a 3 to 1 lead on " shots on goal". Clearly Obama's shots, however, have scored more goals.

Desparate? If this article was about Obama at this stage...the headline would read something like "...fighting til the end" or "...turning up the heat to overcome his opponents momentum". Mrs Smalley, why run up to the fence and stop there....climb over the fence why don't you and show your true bias by saying...."....HIllary's last ditch effort before she evaporates like the w__ch that she is..." The double sexist standars in this race has been appalling against this woman. If you analyze all the headlines featuring HIllary's up to the point, they have all been negative...using such words as desparate, last ditch, attack, emotional, gloom, bad day, nasty........but when compared to headlines of Obamas in good or bad stories...his has been...fighting back, speaking out, inspiring, dismissing critics, taken out of context, criticism explained.....bla bla bla. The surprise is not that this election has shocked me by how sexist the media has been against this woman but by how women of this country has been the only group to see the double sexist standards that's been played out in this race. All people who's got a daughter, wife, sister, neice or girlfriend needs to pay close attention to this because while we may have come far with race....we are shameful with the lack of respect we have for such a capable female candidate.

May I remind the public that the words that Sen. Clinton said that moved the audience included her images of wounded heroes trying to move on thier own although hardly able to do so? I suggest that the press helped her by leaving out her use of our heroes to demonstrate her "caring nature" to the Texas audience. we were moved by our heroes courage, not hers. Reminds me of Mayor Giuliano's use of 9-11 to gain votes. This is the woman who voted to send these men and women into harm's way. She voted not once for Iraq, but voted recently to extend Bush's money for continuation of the same. Sorry, Hillary, I don't buy it. JMB a journalist who's been there, heard it all, seen it all in politics and was disgusted.

Critisizing Hillary for her Nafta flip-flop, her support to invade Iraq, and her corporate ties with Walmart while claiming to support better working conditions, are not sexist comments. I have no reservations in supporting a woman candidate, anymore than supporting a black, hispanic or oriental candidate. I suppose if the frontrunner were an Afro-cuban jewish lesbian whose parents were illegal immigrants, then any one who opposes her is a sexist,,racist, homophobic bigot. No doubt, Hillary is a capable candidate, and I will vote for her if she wins. But for now, media or no media, Obama is clearly the better candidate. And if his nomination leads to further racial and religious attacks from the right, so be it. I can only hope that the the conscience of our country will not be influenced by these morons. If they are, then it really doesn't matter who wins the Democratic nomination does it?

Jrmapu, sounds like you just did "tell the people" about NAFTA, and the answer is, that it's easier for people of intelligence to realize that if someones husband created this dreadful job-stealling premise with you support and counsel, then the candidate went on to support it & even mention it in her book as the best thing since white bread...at that point no one's even interested in who did what after NAFTA became law. And since the democratic vote is turning out 300 to 100 for this election, your lost vote makes it 299 to 100 by election time...so enjoy your vacation from voting, it won't be missed!

Here's one of those closeted questions, why don't the Teamsters and Obama people tell others why Obama voted to extend NAFTA to South America? Especially since he is hell bent out of shape and criticizing the Clintons especially Hillary for supporting it, which by the way is a fairy tale? She did not support NAFTA.

Before the Iowa Caucus, when Clinton was the clear front runner, I was confident that the Democrats were in a win-win situation. With our hopes pinned on Clinton, Edwards, or Obama, it seemed a slam dunk that we would be victorious in 2008 over any candidate from the Bush War party. Now with all this "I'm switching my vote to McCain if Hillary doesn't win" nonsense, I'm not so sure. Most political experts will tell you that with respect to the issues, there is little difference between the two remaining Democratic candidates. The only major differences I see are in the manner in which they manage their campaigns and their character in responding to each others talking points. Anyone who is stupid enough to vote for McCain as a means of revenge for not getting their way, might as well join the Republican party, abandon their principles of justice, hope and democracy, join the crusade of hate, and prepare for another hundred years in Iraq, as McCain has promised. Maybe then, they'll be happy. If not, they'll have nobody to blame but themselves.

If any of you Hillary supporters want to ensure our candidate gets a fair shot, email your delegates as to why you feel Hillary would make a great leader and commander in chief. I already did. Its not too late. Hillary can still win the nomination and implement her solutions to change now, not four years from now..

I believe that you are missing an important point regarding the "Hillary moment" at the debate in Austin.
what so many people were responding to was Hillary's move to unity.
A move to say, hey if it is ok for you to use the lines of others I will too because it is all in thefamily.
What also moved many folks was the appearance that Hillary might actually acknowledge the hardships she helped inflict upon thousands of American service members and their families through her war authorization.
An authorization that she refuses to apologize for approving or her neglect in reading the Special National Security Estimate that went along with it.
The "Hillary moment" was remarkable because so many in the party have been hoping that Hillary could actually display some emotion over the suffering she has helped heap upon so many, both here and in Iraq.
Many of us are now waiting to see if she can follow up this beginning with a substantive effort to bind the wounds of war within our society and the wounds of dissension within the party for the good of everyone.

Despite his lesser degree of experience in Washington, Obama is clearly the better suited candidate. Besides, it seems as though the "experienced" politicians in Washington are the one's who got us into this mess in the first place. Irrational statements by Clinton supporters that they will vote for McClain if Obama wins the nomination, is only hurting the respectability of her support base, underlying the increasing gains by the Democratic party, and will only result in "embolding the enemy", (as those on the dark side like to say). Despite my allegiance to Obama, I would gladly vote for Clinton if she manages to pull this off. Lets not lose sight of the big picture. People are suffering in America and around the world as a result of these Republican morons. Don't let your criticism of the other candidate allow you to forget that the worst democratic candidate is infinitely superior to the best Republican candidate.