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Hillary Should Get Out Now

Clinton has only one shot—for Obama to trip up so badly that he disqualifies himself.

By Jonathan Alter | NEWSWEEK
Mar 3, 2008 Issue

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  • Posted By: okie3 @ 05/08/2008 8:44:14 AM

    Comment: C'mon Alter - you need to get out more. Come down to SE Oklahoma, you can fly into Tulsa, make sure you rent a pick-up truck, leave the monkey suit at the Hilton, get some used blue jeans at Goodwill, get yourself a Nascar t-shirt and a John Deere Cap, get some camo boots at BassPro shop, drive down US 69 , make sure not to order eggs Benedict at Denny's and count the Obama bumper stickers - notta, listen for anyone touting Obama - notta. Don't talk, just listen.

  • Posted By: Pia1981 @ 05/08/2008 8:35:04 AM

    Comment: Jonathan, I strongly agree. Hillary needs to get out now. But she won't. She has her ego to take care of.

  • Posted By: A geriatric college student...Yvonne @ 05/08/2008 12:13:19 AM

    Comment: Well I'm not sure if she should come out of the race or not....I am an Obama supporter but as long as she continues to lose money running for office we won't have to worry about her running again in 2012. I am also a woman and willing to vote for a United States President that is a female...but I am sorry but Clinton just isn't the one...and her refusal to make the decision that would be beneficial to her political party and give this country it best chance of having a Democratic President after the mess that the Republican's have made (which of course needs no explanation) is just...what's that old saying "the proof is in the pudding" or something like that...A geriatric college student...Yvonne

  • Posted By: Ireland @ 04/29/2008 9:18:18 PM

    Comment: Dear Mr. Alter: Why should Hillary get out of the race she's comming on like a Kentucky Derby Champ go Hillary and win the race Tom MNS Univ. of Oklahoma

  • Posted By: user 4 @ 04/25/2008 1:51:20 AM

    Comment: I don't think hillary should should think about guns for all the CHILDREN that are getting shot in different schools and at different ages or does that matter to her which, i don't think so

  • Posted By: jimhenderson @ 04/21/2008 10:59:55 AM

    Comment: Hillary quit?
    Are you kidding?
    She can't quit. Then the fund-raising stops.
    If the fund raising stops, she is left holding the bag on millions in campaign debt.
    And we all know that the Clintons have never paid the bill in their life.

  • Posted By: jimhenderson @ 04/21/2008 10:59:49 AM

    Comment: Hillary quit?
    Are you kidding?
    She can't quit. Then the fund-raising stops.
    If the fund raising stops, she is left holding the bag on millions in campaign debt.
    And we all know that the Clintons have never paid the bill in their life.

  • Posted By: jimhenderson @ 04/21/2008 10:59:41 AM

    Comment: Hillary quit?
    Are you kidding?
    She can't quit. Then the fund-raising stops.
    If the fund raising stops, she is left holding the bag on millions in campaign debt.
    And we all know that the Clintons have never paid the bill in their life.

  • Posted By: Tilden '76 @ 04/03/2008 12:50:13 PM

    Comment: To: ???Clinton Obama,???
    The party DOES have bigger issues. That is the point and exactly the reason Clinton needs to stand down. Because this is not about HER or HIM, it is about the causes and interests the Democratic Party represents. To endanger those causes and interests for personal ambition or vanity is a disgraceful failure of character. How does it help Americans to slow and reverse global warming, gain access to health care, close the income gap, gat a fairer tax code to continue squabbling over which individual is our nominee as the right wing unites and works to defeat our entire agenda? How does it protect civil liberties in a time of fear, secure civil rights, redeem America???s moral capital in international affairs, to see Democratic icons engage in race-baiting and Muslim-baiting? What if Obama is the nominee? How does it help our chances in the fall, or the administration that follows if we win, to have leading members of our own party vocally suggest that he is incompetent to protect America, weak as a military leader, and lacking in basic patriotism? What conditions could possibly exist under which a Democratic nominee would not be weakened by having their primary opponent describe the Republic nominee as more fit and qualified?

    Many of us who have been urging Hillary to withdraw for weeks now have not been motivated by preference for Obama. Indeed, if the roles were reversed and Obama had dropped 13 straight primaries, fallen hopelessly behind, and managed to come back in Ohio and Texas only through misogynistic attacks and by endorsing Republican invective that Clinton was unelectably divisive or dishonest or some such thing nonsense, the chorus for him to put duty over self-interest and principle over personal ambition would be deafening. And you can be sure I would be shouting as loud as anyone.

    As Sen. Leahy said the other day, Hillary has every right to stay in the race, but not one good reason. For Democrats, it is time (past time) for us all to recall that, regardless of our personal candidate preferences, which of them is our nominee is just not as important as defeating McCain. To do that, we need to tone down the attacks, start uniting, and get a nominee. If that means Hillary (or Obama if things had gone differently earlier in the process) is out of time and options, those are the breaks. As someone who has voted for her, given time and hours to her campaigns, and always held her in high regard, I sincerely hope she finds it in herself to rise to this challenge. It would be sad indeed if, after all the good things she has accomplished, and the vicious assaults she has had to bear, that she should erase those and fall from grace as the result of her own shortcomings. Let us fervently hope for her, but also for us, that she does not. Let us hopes she stands down.

  • Posted By: Tilden '76 @ 04/03/2008 12:46:22 PM

    Comment: To: ???Clinton Obama,???
    The party DOES have bigger issues. That is the point and exactly the reason Clinton needs to stand down. Because this is not about HER or HIM, it is about the causes and interests the Democratic Party represents. To endanger those causes and interests for personal ambition or vanity is a disgraceful failure of character. How does it help Americans to slow and reverse global warming, gain access to health care, close the income gap, gat a fairer tax code to continue squabbling over which individual is our nominee as the right wing unites and works to defeat our entire agenda? How does it protect civil liberties in a time of fear, secure civil rights, redeem America???s moral capital in international affairs, to see Democratic icons engage in race-baiting and Muslim-baiting? What if Obama is the nominee? How does it help our chances in the fall, or the administration that follows if we win, to have leading members of our own party vocally suggest that he is incompetent to protect America, weak as a military leader, and lacking in basic patriotism? What conditions could possibly exist under which a Democratic nominee would not be weakened by having their primary opponent describe the Republic nominee as more fit and qualified?

    Many of us who have been urging Hillary to withdraw for weeks now have not been motivated by preference for Obama. Indeed, if the roles were reversed and Obama had dropped 13 straight primaries, fallen hopelessly behind, and managed to come back in Ohio and Texas only through misogynistic attacks and by endorsing Republican invective that Clinton was unelectably divisive or dishonest or some such thing nonsense, the chorus for him to put duty over self-interest and principle over personal ambition would be deafening. And you can be sure I would be shouting as loud as anyone.

    As Sen. Leahy said the other day, Hillary has every right to stay in the race, but not one good reason. For Democrats, it is time (past time) for us all to recall that, regardless of our personal candidate preferences, which of them is our nominee is just not as important as defeating McCain. To do that, we need to tone down the attacks, start uniting, and get a nominee. If that means Hillary (or Obama if things had gone differently earlier in the process) is out of time and options, those are the breaks. As someone who has voted for her, given time and hours to her campaigns, and always held her in high regard, I sincerely hope she finds it in herself to rise to this challenge. It would be sad indeed if, after all the good things she has accomplished, and the vicious assaults she has had to bear, that she should erase those and fall from grace as the result of her own shortcomings. Let us fervently hope for her, but also for us, that she does not. Let us hopes she stands down.

  • Posted By: antimisogyny @ 03/31/2008 8:27:56 PM

    Comment: I find your ongoing crusade to get rid of Hillary in the name of journalism to be despicable. I have stopped watching your and Olbermann's nightly "hatefest" and find your so-called arguments to be unamerican and misogynistic. You are no better than the Bush conglomerate when it comes to respecting and upholding constitutional rights and civil liberties; your way of operating is to abuse the once good name that you had in a lame attempt to massage the public into supporting your candidate at any cost. The cost will be a loss of my vote and many, many others. While you were never a "Woodward or Bernstein", where were your journalistic skills when it came to uncovering or at the very least fairly reporting on the atrocities of your guy in bed with Reverand Wright (a whopping one of a myriad of facts that demonstrate the harsher realities of your candidate). Why don't you put your energies into investigative journalism and unbiased reporting instead of dictating your viewpoints to others. Better yet, go play at the playground where you might find some five year olds gullible to drink your vial kool-aid. Got it.

  • Posted By: antimisogyny @ 03/31/2008 8:10:57 PM

    Comment: I find your constant crusade to get rid of Hillary in the name of journalism despicable. I have stopped watching you and Olbermann's nightly "hatefest" and find your so-called arguments to be unamerican and misogynistic, You are no better than the Bush conglomerate when it comes to respecting and upholding constitutional rights and civil liberties; your way of doing things is to utilize the once good name that you had in an attempt to massage the public into supporting your candidate at any cost. The cost will be a loss of my vote. You are clearly threatened by Hillary ; where were you and your cronies when it came to uncovering the truth about Obama. Granted, you are no "Woodward and Bernstein", but you might be better served these days spending your days at your local playground where five year olds just might be gullible enough to buy into your crap. Get it.

  • Posted By: Clinton Obama @ 03/30/2008 11:35:31 AM

    Comment: I think in your fast food world of journalism you need to slow down and let the race play out. If the Obama supporters are so scared that Hillary can destroy his chances by destroying the party maybe the party has bigger issues? Give these other states the right to vote and have their voice heard! If you(the journalists) are just so tired of talking Hillary -take a vacation!
    maybe you can plan your vacation days during the next primaries

  • Posted By: LovesUSA @ 03/26/2008 11:12:57 PM

    Comment: Alter, watched you on Olberman again tonight, kicking Hillary again. I would match my knowledge of History and Politics with you any day. Saying that, who do you and the rest of the media think you are telling us who we should vote for, and telling clinton she should drop out of the race? You male Chuvinist pig! Yu would rather see a male with almost no experience become Leader of the free world, than see a woman in that position. Look around you Mr. Rocket Scientist, that is what we have now. Bush is the guy that was likable, one, not like Gore, and look what good that did us! Mind yur own business. Wish you would drop out of journalism, leave decisions on who should drop out of the presidntial race to the citizens.

  • Posted By: REPineroMD @ 03/19/2008 9:26:33 PM

    Comment: Mr Alter, stop using journalism to campaign for one candidate!! Stop this non sense. Hillary is getting momentum because people is starting to realize that Obama is a liability for the a Democratic win in November. The best that Obama should do is allow MI and FL to revote and see who the presidential candidate should be. Hillary is the most qualified of the candidates to do the job, period!

  • Posted By: LovesUSA @ 03/15/2008 12:30:21 AM

    Comment: The only person who should get out is You Alter.. How dare you ask the most qualified candidate to leave the race. If Clinton had the same experience as Obama (from being a state legislator to one year of actually showing up in the US senate, you would NEVER CONSIDER HER WORTH Y TO RUN FRO PRESIDENT. Yet, with you Oprah mentallity, you have the nerve to ask her to resign. could it have anything to do with the woman?

  • Posted By: sunshineinwinter @ 03/08/2008 11:44:47 AM

    Comment: "It's time to stop overlearning the lesson of New Hampshire", says Mr. Alter. Really?! I guess Mr. Alter still needs a lesson or 2 about New Hamshire. How presumptuous and outrageously irresponsible this article is. It's only fitting that Mr. Alter should himself have a "graceful exit" from Newsweek. He "won't, of course". For this reason, I have just cancelled subscription to teh magazine, which I've had for over 20 years -that's how offended I was. I figured I didn't need this blatant attempt to shoot down and discredit a candidate I view as the democrats' best shot for the White House.

  • Posted By: sunshineinwinter @ 03/08/2008 11:38:07 AM

    Comment: "It's time to stop overlearning the lesson of New Hampshire", says Mr. Alter. Really?! It seems that you still need a lesson or two about New Hampshire. This article is so presumptuous and so irresponsibly outrageous that Mr. Alter should resign his post at Newsweek. Since he doesn't have the "grace" to do it, I just cancelled my Newsweek's abonnement. I figured I knew better than read this utter and myopic nonsense.

  • Posted By: waterlilys @ 03/06/2008 12:34:16 AM

    Comment:
    "Withdrawing would be stupid if Hillary had a reasonable chance to win the nomination, but she doesn't"

    Neither does he!

    If its all so based on the numbers as you said on MSNBC... you seem to give short shrift to this one important fact.. neither seems likely to reach the holy 2025! Its not who comes the closest is it?.!

    Commanding lead in delegates?... 160 is commanding?

    McCain 1,289 to Huckabee's 267 now that's commanding! So why should Hillary bow out when its still so close? Let them battle it out in a brokered convention, so many voters havent expressed their preference yet.

    "the odds of Hillary's looking bad on March 4 are high"

    Oh really.

    "If she wants to stay in anyway, one way to go is to play through to June so as to give as many people as possible a chance to express their support. While this would be contrary to the long-stated wish of many Democrats (including the Clintons) to avoid a long, divisive primary season, it's perfectly defensible."

    You are right it IS perfectly defensible.

    .. and no, I am no Hillary fan, I still want John Edward to swoop down into the brokered convention and save it all! <G>

    waterlilys
    a disenfranchised Florida voter

  • Posted By: waterlilys @ 03/06/2008 12:30:22 AM

    Comment: Jonathan Alter,

    I enjoy your commentary in print and on MSNBC, most of the time, till you took this tack....

    "Withdrawing would be stupid if Hillary had a reasonable chance to win the nomination, but she doesn't"

    Neither does he!

    If its all so based on the numbers as you said on MSNBC... you seem to give short shrift to this one important fact.. neither seems likely to reach the holy 2025! Its not who comes the closest is it?.!

    Commanding lead in delegates?... 160 is commanding?

    McCain 1,289 to Huckabee's 267 now that's commanding! So why should Hillary bow out when its still so close? Let them battle it out in a brokered convention, so many voters havent expressed their preference yet.

    "the odds of Hillary's looking bad on March 4 are high"

    Oh really.

    "If she wants to stay in anyway, one way to go is to play through to June so as to give as many people as possible a chance to express their support. While this would be contrary to the long-stated wish of many Democrats (including the Clintons) to avoid a long, divisive primary season, it's perfectly defensible."

    You are right it IS perfectly defensible.

    .. and no, I am no Hillary fan, I still want John Edward to swoop down into the brokered convention and save it all! <G>

    Mary , a disenfranchised Florida voter.

  • Posted By: finemanfan @ 03/05/2008 5:01:57 PM

    Comment: This morning, after OH, TX and RI, I realized something,
    Hillary winning is like going from Oz back to Kansas.

  • Posted By: finemanfan @ 03/05/2008 4:59:30 PM

    Comment: Class? Grace? The Clintons? As an article in Newsweek said, these are the folks
    who put the press covering Bill in a 'cage' to keep him from spewing at a reporter and
    embarassing himself again. Hillary finally, for once in their lives, controlling Bill?
    It takes a village, though.
    Press: Throw off your chains-and stop covering him! The Clinton media wars
    AGAIN??

  • Posted By: kendleflyonthewall @ 03/05/2008 3:52:37 PM

    Comment: I wish people would actually take the time to read an article before writing exclamatory remarks about Obamabotting or Clinton Bashing. All Mr. Alter is saying is, statistically speaking, Hillary Clinton has a snowballs chance in hell of winning the primaries. Why?? Because she would need one or both of two things to occur. (1) She would need Obama to trip over his tongue or feet and say or do something something that would remove him from contention as a viable candidate, which is unlikely, or; (2) she would need to win in the rest of the primaries by hefty double digit margins which she did not do in Texas, Ohio, or Vermont, and most certainly will not do in some of the upcoming primaries. As for exiting gracefully, he is simply saying, its easier to run for president in the future, after a graceful exit rather than a hard fought loss to an overly advantaged opponent (you don't see Al Gore in this running and he's golden with an academy award and a Nobel Peace Prize). The object is to not be remembered as the the loser in a prior primary or Presidential bid, and the longer she fights in this unwinable scenario the harder it will be to wash the loss from the the public view in a bid for president in 2013.

  • Posted By: jmmahoney @ 03/05/2008 1:37:25 PM

    Comment: Jonathan, I see a tear on your cheek. Are you crying for your boy Barack? Last night, the journalist windbags of CNN ( Blitzer & Cooper), MSNBC (Olbermann, Matthews), NBC (Russert, Williams, Mitchell) all looked a bit deflated -- the disappointment in their faces coming from Hillary Clinton's winning Ohio and Texas was more than obvious. It was GLARING! I can't wait to see your face in today's newcasts! You folks are purported professional journalists who report the news, not make predictions based on your preferences. Too bad, so sad your darling boy Obama didn't quite know what to say when everything, including the kitchen sink, got thrown in his angelic, innocent face. Suddenly, his "genius campaign" couldn't respond. Any more predictions for Clinton's political demise, Jonathan? I didn't think so...

  • Posted By: Core Democrat in Texas @ 03/05/2008 1:37:06 AM

    Comment: March 5. Dear Jon, Guess the voters in Ohio and Texas did not like your article.

  • Posted By: Pamkhoo @ 03/04/2008 2:14:08 PM

    Comment: Hillary is a genuine American citizen who wants to devote her life in public service to the American people. Think of it this way: if you found a company 200 yrs ago and now have to pass the rein to someone else, would you give it to a 46 yr-old who only served 3 yrs in Senate or to Hillary who has been in public service some 30 yrs todate. Nothing compensate for experience gained in the "trenches" - esp. in politics - to go from eloquent words during a campaign to taking realistic, workable solution for the problems that U.S. now faces on the global stage will require our next President to be: Resilient, Experienced, Politically Savvy, and the Genuine Care that only a Mother has for her country (child).

  • Posted By: Pamkhoo @ 03/04/2008 2:04:29 PM

    Comment: Here we go again - another unfair biased media stink suggesting that Hillary should exit "gracefully" - lets put her presidential candidacy in clear perspective: how many well educated, experienced and savvy politician would give up their comfortable life and run in this campaign. So when Hillary choose to pursue this course in fulfilling her ultimate goal to serve the people of this country, she should not just do and then exit "gracefully" - where is that spirit of determination and going to the ends. Its like a mother telling her high school senior not to apply to attend Harvard, because its too competitive, even though the son/daughter has the gumsion and confidence that the effort is worth trying. On this point, Obama speaks eloquentyly as how the Harvard lawyers are trained, but he does not have the resilience and in the "trenches" experience that is needed for the next leader of this country to spar with the "lawless" gang in Middle East countries who could maneuver him in exchange for more oil!

    This is the 21st century, when everyday many common American citizens start a new business, a new job, invent new stuff, if they fail, life still goes on. So why should an exit be "graceful" and "unhumiliating" as the author suggested. Hillary should continue to forge ahead until all the voters have cast their votes for a
    genuine American woman citizen who wants to give her life to service for the public good.

  • Posted By: bigapplegal @ 03/04/2008 12:57:44 PM

    Comment: The new proclamation of "play fair and play nice" in America's political campaign is refreshing. If Obama or any other candidate can reform the mean-spiritedness in America's public discourse I think that candidate deserves to be president.

  • Posted By: GTX13 @ 03/03/2008 9:28:31 PM

    Comment: NO-Bama has the two more nails into his political coffin: Rezko , fundraiser issue and Canadian issue !!

  • Posted By: bluefly @ 03/03/2008 8:33:41 PM

    Comment: Mr. Obama I hope will be victorious. He has taken the high road through this entire smear campaign by the clintons. He is the kind of canidate which represents civilized americans.
    Hilary and her right wingers disgust me more than any republican ever has in history.

    • Posted By: AWashington @ 03/06/2008 12:22:20

      Comment: Wow...you really are ignorant.

  • Posted By: bluefly @ 03/03/2008 8:30:15 PM

    Comment: Ding Dong... I will be happy when that witch hilary is gone......and her smear campaign manager mark (pig) penn too.

    • Posted By: AWashington @ 03/06/2008 12:23:33

      Comment: Get a job and get off the internet

  • Posted By: Cantabrigian @ 03/03/2008 12:47:13 PM

    Comment: Absolutely, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton should remain in this race. According to Senator Barack Hussein Obama he is well qualified to run for president of the United States after one productive year in the Illinois State Senate, after the Democrats swept the state, and not much else. In other words if the Democratic presidential nominee was chosen in the same mannner as the process of finding the best candidate for the job, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton would have the job hands down.

  • Posted By: Stay Focused @ 03/03/2008 12:14:36 PM

    Comment: Hillary should stay in as long as she wishes. Now that the pro-Obama media has finally focused in on his positions, maybe there will be a buyer remorse moment. This is about America getting the right canddidate... a fighter and leader; not an orator. Don't roll over Hillary. And women..don't let our girl down.The pro-Obamamites would love that! Let him earn it. It's now going to be easy going against the Republican machine, Mr. Obama.

  • Posted By: Torch @ 03/03/2008 4:44:30 AM

    Comment: Well, Jonathan, the media hasn't helped in the least. It's been so transparently and egregiously biased towards Obama that media experts are now releasing articles on the unfair and sexist treatment of Hillary. You are all soooo eager to bury her alive. And in general, reporting has been shallow and lacking in substance.

    Why don't you put your penmanship to better use and have the courage to be one of the few who will step up and challenge Obama on his back flipping, equivocation, broken promises and glaring lack of leadership quality as evinced in this campaign process? This isn't a sporting event. Game isn't what we need. This isn't a fashion show. Looking good isn't going to help America now.

    If you need a good starting point to stimulate your mind out of this shallow bubble it seems to be floating in, here's an eye-opening article by the historian Jeremy Cameron Young: http://hnn.us/articles/45064.html

    Here's an excerpt:

    "Like the ???Historians for Obama,??? I initially had high hopes that Senator Obama would be such a transformative leader. After hearing his electrifying speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, I was prepared to enthusiastically support his candidacy.

    But Senator Obama has not campaigned in the bold, pathbreaking manner in which he delivered that speech. On the contrary, the entire record of his campaign is one of equivocation and half-measures. To name just a few examples, Obama has sought to undo decades of successful government secularization by advocating for more overt expressions of faith in the halls of politics. Despite his initial opposition to the war, he has refused to pledge an end to American military involvement in Iraq or to take the lead in Congress on ending the war. He has campaigned with a homophobic minister, Rev. Donnie McClurkin, and refused to disavow McClurkin even when the man???s views were pointed out to him. He has ceded leadership to other candidates on issues such as poverty, gay rights, and the President???s illegal warrantless wiretapping of American citizens. These are not the actions of a strong leader, but of a man afraid to stand up for his beliefs."

  • Posted By: Torch @ 03/03/2008 4:35:34 AM

    Comment: You embarass yourself Jonathan.

  • Posted By: Richard1327 @ 03/02/2008 9:40:51 AM

    Comment: Obama has to out-spend Hillary three to one to get the same results. It's starting to look like Obama has to BUY the presidency because he's not been able to earn it. John McCain will choose a running mate that will look and be more qualified to be president than Obama and the people will abandon Obama in record numbers.

    • Posted By: hope-3 @ 03/03/2008 06:37:58

      Comment: Athough I admire your support of mrs clinton surely you must know that big money has always been necessary to run a major campaign.Without it a candidate stands little chance of being elected?

  • Posted By: Politra @ 03/02/2008 6:37:21 AM

    Comment: An woman experienced enough to smile on her long defeat as if she is the winner, who have different faces, lots of dresses,connections,high level hypocrisy and pretences, - we can call her an aristocrat in politics, in other word political mediocre.
    Compared to her Obama is poor. When a poor man can do a lot, so far, we must try to find his power. He has something rare for which we always need to wait for generations.

  • Posted By: Politra @ 03/02/2008 6:23:22 AM

    Comment: A white house high official or diplomat also have lot of experience. So Hillary should think about quality of leadership, organizing capacity, some basic originality, ideological honesty ??? connections is not every thing for being a global leader. Hilary Clinton is simply a political mediocre. She can only act as commander in chief, but never can truly perform that. Compared to her ability she has already gained more than enough. For her, politics is a way of building someone???s carrier. That is why she could compromise with her husband few years ago.

  • Posted By: dabow @ 03/01/2008 4:47:38 PM

    Comment: Hillary needs to get out soon or she will be the main star in the Republicans smear campaign, but then she doesn't mind because it just opens her chance in 2012 for her next run at the presidency. The Clinton's are truly all about themselves. If she can not get the nomination she will try to ruin it for Obama so she will have a shot in 2012. The Clinton's are not worrying about anything except for themselves that is why she will not release her tax return, I'm sure there is so much in them that would make most Dem's puke its all about the excuses "she hasn't had time" some one as important and so ready on day one doesn't know where her tax returns are? maybe Hillary isn't as ready as she preaches .

    • Posted By: Richard1327 @ 03/02/2008 11:17:55

      Comment: Too bad you can't tell us why you ARE voting Obama or why he is quailified. Just because he's not Hillary isn't going to get him into the Whitehouse.

  • Posted By: GTX13 @ 03/01/2008 8:30:00 AM

    Comment: OBAMA WILL BE FINISHED BECAUSE:
    #1-HIS HEALTH CARE PLAN IS MUCH WORSE UNTILL NOW (50-60 MILLION PEOPLE UNINSURED)
    #2-HE VOTE AGAINST ANTI-TERRORIST WAR=ENDORSEMENT FOR TERRORISM. THAT"S NOT TOUGH POLICY !
    #3-OBAMA'S EXPERIENCE IS 0(Zero) / All POINTS OF VIEW
    #4-ECONOMICS= BASED on a fire fighter emergency action . Nothing based on a scientific way !
    #5-PROPAGANDA ON MANIPULATED THE PEOPLE IS THE... BEST ! HE HAS A LOT OF "INTERNATIONAL EXPERTISE" ! You know what I'm talking about !

  • Posted By: The Eagle Spirit @ 03/01/2008 6:48:46 AM

    Comment: If you count the retired steel workers that lost their health insurance when their companies sold to another company due to NAFTA and other laws, as well as others who have no insurance because of companies hiring part time workers and paying them no benefits THE CLINTONS ARE FINISHED

  • Posted By: GTX13 @ 03/01/2008 1:12:21 AM

    Comment: This Alter seams to me to be a Stalinist descendant or the last wreckage of the soviet's journalism !

  • Posted By: schatzismom @ 02/29/2008 9:01:47 PM

    Comment: Hey Alter,
    How about letting the voters of Ohio, Texas, and other states decide this before you write-off Hillary? The Democratic Party would seriously regret a situation where Senator Clinton withdrew and the media then awoke from its Obama-dream and started REALLY looking into his rather weak candidacy. I wonder if the pundits' worship of Obama that we're forced to endure indicates Oprah's influence in the media, a deep hatred and envy of the Clintons, or the corporate media heads deciding that Obama vs. McCain would make for better television. Everything that Obama utters is reported as enlightened and hopeful, every caucus or primary that he wins is a major victory, no matter how miniscule. Meanwhile, any point made by Senator Clinton is reported (if at all) as a sign of desperation. As stated by schatzismom, tedsaunt, and others on this blog, Hillary is supported by half of the Democratic voters and they are demanding that she fight until the end. She is far from finished and would be selling her supporters out if she followed your misguided advice.

    Senator Clinton is far more experienced and qualified to lead as the President. If Bill Clinton returns to a position of influence with her, more's the better. What a wonderful team they will make! Mr. Alter, if you're so interested in influencing news instead of reporting it, why not take a leave-of-absence from Newsweek and work officially for Obama. If things go your way in November, you could be his Press Secretary...or High Priest. We were disenfranchised here in Florida thanks to the DNC, let other voters have a chance to support a real candidate of the people.

    • Posted By: dabow @ 03/01/2008 16:52:10

      Comment: You are right they are such a great team ........I want more Americans to see deceitfulness and open sex in the White House and not to mention the renting out the Lincoln room I would vote for Nader first

    • Posted By: schatzismom @ 02/29/2008 21:40:17

      Comment: The posting above was actually from SchatzisDAD. I wasn't able to differentiate from my wife's earlier username. I'm a former Republican from Florida and I'm for Hillary, even if my party won't count my vote. If she's not the Democratic nominee, then I will be heading over to McCain.

      • Posted By: HolyRoller @ 03/01/2008 08:24:32

        Comment: Wise choice..MILLIONS of others have come to the same conclusion.

        NOBAMA!!!

  • Posted By: beachthugs @ 02/29/2008 4:22:58 PM

    Comment: Hey Tedsaunt,
    you left out washing monica's soiled blue dress on hillaries experience list to be president. where have you been fruit. whoooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Posted By: Politra @ 02/29/2008 2:49:34 PM

    Comment: America is a great country, a global leader.
    The world is hungry ,for long time, to see an American leader who can be honored as great global hero. Obama is a gift of God for America. So protect him, elect him.

    • Posted By: Zombiehero @ 03/01/2008 06:06:35

      Comment: What about us Athiests that vote Dem?

  • Posted By: Politra @ 02/29/2008 2:49:09 PM

    Comment: Who is Hillary politician or actress ? Democrat or Republican ? Is spending he election fund for nice dresses?

    • Posted By: Torch @ 03/03/2008 04:51:40

      Comment: You really don't know who Hillary is? How about taking a little time to research her? Obviously you can use the internet? Why not go read about her life on Wikipedia? Why not? Because the truth that Hillary is a living legend, a hero, and a proven agent of change over and over again would burst your little hollow Obama soma bubble. Do you know what Soma is? An unexamined candidate is not worth electing.

      Here's an idea for a new shirts for Obama "fans":
      The Audacity of Ignorance

  • Posted By: Politra @ 02/29/2008 2:48:43 PM

    Comment: An woman experienced enough to smile on her long defeat as if she is the winner, who have different faces, lots of dresses,connections,high level hypocrisy and pretences, - we can call her an aristocrat in politics, in other word political mediocre.
    Compared to her Obama is poor. When a poor man can do a lot, so far, we must try to find his power. He has something rare for which we always need to wait for generations.

  • Posted By: Politra @ 02/29/2008 2:47:21 PM

    Comment: Who is Hillary politician or actress ? Democrat or Republican ? Is spending he election fund for nice dresses?

  • Posted By: Heather1974 @ 02/29/2008 1:01:26 PM

    Comment: I would love to know the motivation for Jonathan Alter's desire for Hillary to bow out of the race? I sincerely think Alter has a hatred for the Clinton's. [my opinion]
    I cannot see what logical sense it makes for Hillary to bow out now. I can go on and on how many ballgames that have been won with two outs in the bottom of the ninth...Miracles can and do happen Boston down 3 games to 0 and came back to win 4 straight and enter the world series. Hillary has a chance at a miracle too. Maybe another Clinton administration may be too much for Jonathan Alter to bear but he should develop a little more humility to his character rebuke his aggorant desire to demand that Sen. Hillary Clinton bow out of the race, lest we demand he resign from journalism.

    --Heather

    • Posted By: GTX13 @ 02/29/2008 17:28:26

      Comment: You are right ! !..Let's ask him to resign because the people manipulation attempt and no properly competence on a media press job!!

  • Posted By: Be- Real @ 02/29/2008 10:43:04 AM

    Comment: It is rather sad that reporters want to dictate things rather than allow the political process to play out. Mrs Clinton, despite her weaknesses, is a courageous candidate who is geared to the teeth to fight this race. For a women that is 60 years old and has the media against her she is doing a remarkable job. One has to hand it to her for all the energy and spirit she has put into this campaign. If she bows out the campaign trail will make American politics resort to a boring one man show. Competition is good and lets at least give Hillary a chance, she is a hard working passionate candidate who has the fighting spirit this race so desperately needs.

    • Posted By: Illinois Voter @ 02/29/2008 18:36:10

      Comment: VOTERS DESERVE TO HAVE A CHOICE FOR THEIR NOMINEE IN THE GENERAL ELECTION. THIS IS NOT RUSSIA, LAST I LOOKED. IN RUSSIA THERE IS ONLY ONE CANDIDATE WHO IS ENDORSED BY PUTIN. RUSSIAN VOTERS HAVE ONLY ONE CHOICE. I THOUGHT WE WERE A DEMOCRATIC NATION ALLOWING THE ELECTORATE TO MAKE THEIR OWN DECISIONS, AND NOT THE MEDIA. OUR PARTY WAS DESIGNED TO HAVE A CONVENTION FOR THIS VERY REASON.

  • Posted By: tajens @ 02/29/2008 2:34:43 AM

    Comment: Do you ever get the feeling that Obama is the Eddie Haskell of the political arena? He's all "That's a lovely dress Mrs. Cleaver" too the camera, but nobody seems to notice he's talking Tony Dow into egging the neighbor's house.

    Why is this?

  • Posted By: GTX13 @ 02/29/2008 12:22:28 AM

    Comment: If the media is not capable to do a professional job for the readers, let I make an interesting remark; Hussein Obama didn't vote for an anti-terrorist war !! He just adopted a coward position in a non-offensive way ! ! A kind of endorsement for Bin Laden, which is ready anytime to strike in a manner of New York 911 attack !!! That's why some "media makers" are granting Obama as a great patriot and an American Hero; while Hillary Clinton and John McCain are considered bad people and they are fully blamed !! An incredible value scale reverse !!!...

  • Posted By: char12 @ 02/28/2008 11:50:59 PM

    Comment: REad this from the Media - Maureen Dowd!!!! Hillary has had to take on the whole Dang Media !!

    Re ???Begrudging His Bedazzling,??? by Maureen Dowd (column, Feb. 27):

    Ms. Dowd says Hillary Rodham Clinton is lame for accusing journalists of treating her campaign differently than they treat Barack Obama???s, and applauds the ???open-mindedness of the press??? in its treatment of Senator Clinton.

    Here are the words she uses in association with Senator Clinton: ???desperate,??? ???primal scream,??? ???clanging,??? ???churlish,??? ???discombobulated,??? ???gloomy,??? ???flipping,??? ???begrudging,??? ???whining,??? ???experience,??? ???pea green with envy,??? ???Sybil,??? ???cascading,??? ???dizzying,??? ???unsettling,??? ???struggling,??? ???tartly,??? ???peevishly,??? ???pointlessly,??? ???sarcasm.???

    And here are the words she uses for Senator Obama: ???golden child,??? ???sunny,??? ???consistency,??? ???bedazzling,??? ???confidence,??? ???excitement,??? ???exceptionally easy in his skin.???

    If Ms. Dowd wants to make the point that she doesn???t like Senator Clinton, then she???s made it. If she wants to make the point that the press treats Mrs. Clinton fairly, contrary to what the senator may believe, then this column, alas, has made Senator Clinton???s point.

    Donna Lawlor

  • Posted By: tired and old @ 02/28/2008 9:34:16 PM

    Comment: Hillary Clinton is a really really bad liar. She claimed she was named after Sir Edmund Hillary who in 1953 was one of two climbers to scale Mount Everest first. Yet ! Hillary Clinton was born in 1947--six years prior to that feat.

    I can only conclude she was named six years after her birth date.

  • Posted By: Isonomia @ 02/28/2008 8:47:20 PM

    Comment: at the table- representatives of the highest level of the armed forces and spy agencies -

    Generals, we have something we think you should see. These are the results of our Echelon project. Full documents are passed around the room. The Generals are handed a detailed briefing of all the communication.

    These are the couple we have been following and communicating with.

    While the Generals read, a slide show is presented of the two year conversation and all the participants.

    The slide show ends and the room goes silent. One of the Generals is seen like he??s making a prayer.

    General # 3 - ??Are you telling us These Two have arrived on Earth and have some things to say to us.

    - That??s what we??re telling you sir.

    General # 1 - ??Where do these people sit on your chart???

    - They are the chart.

    General # 2 - ??I see. These are very serious issues. Why wasn??t this brought to our attention earlier???

    - We had our best people working on this and were given bad advice by the. The cowboyjunkies.com and capitolgrilling.com message boards where the military posts are shown. It seems not all of our people are were working in the best interests of The World and the human species and had their own evil agenda. We thought because they had the same training as us they were on our side, and they weren??t.

    General # 3 - ??And they??ve been taken care of.??

    - Uhhh, their still on our payroll.


    The board goes silent and the verse detailing the coddling of criminals is shown on the projector.

    General # 2 - Who is he, materially.

    - He??s a new artist. For some reason he had to wait until he begin the conversation with the people we knew. Other than that, he??s been working here and there and has been writing and studying. He??s no Mother Theresa, but he??s a holy guy. He smokes pot, which he addressed in one of the verses he??s published.

    General # 4 turns to the advisors invited to the table. ??Do you believe he??s who he is??

    - Each of the advisors look inward and know they are being watched. Since their souls were destroyed for coddling those who threatened to harm the two, the advisors remain silent. Their silence speaks volumes and one of the Generals can almost imagine their skeletons on fire.

    General # 2 - ??And who is she, materially???

    - The Pink Power Ranger.

    The room goes silent again and the Generals look at each other.

    General # 3 - ??Are you telling us He and The Pink Power Ranger have something to say to the most powerful nation in the history of the world?

    - Uhhh, of our test world sir.

    - She??s the actress who played The Pink Power Ranger, was on the television show Felicity, is a new singer, and was on the television show The Division. We think this has something to do with stereotypes.

    General # 5 - ??Stereotypes???

    General # 1 - ??Surveillance???

    - We??re all around them.

    General # 4 - ??Or are they all around us.??

  • Posted By: marigale @ 02/28/2008 8:34:25 PM

    Comment: Obama belongs to a chruch on 95th St, the Rev. Wright Jr. who teaches and preaches nothing but hate for Whites, Jews, and Homosexuals,etc.. Rev. Wright also belives and preaches that Louis Farrahkan is a great and wonderful man. Alter-you want Hillary to drop out. All I can say is you dropped out when you don't ask questions of Obama. Good for you Alter you made a born and raised Hyde Parker ino a Republican.
    or

    • Posted By: Richard1327 @ 02/28/2008 20:52:09

      Comment: Michelle Obama seems a bit angry and militant too.

  • Posted By: tedsaunt @ 02/28/2008 8:16:14 PM

    Comment: Bravo to schatzismom--you posted my comment for me. I'd like to add: What, exactly, has Mr. Alter done in his career to help women, children, the poor and disenfranchised that qualifies him to dismiss Hillary Clinton with such self-satisfied disrespect? I'd like to compare their public service resumes. Does it ever occur to him that there are hundreds of thousands of us out here that are passionate supporters of hers, and that it is hardly the media's unbashedly biased and sexist role to decide this election for us? The sense of entitlement and arrogance is shameless and repulsive! Does it occur to you that Hillary does not quit because half the Democrats in this country are begging her not to, despite the relentless forces determined to undermine her from the beginning? She is listening to us, you pompous fool. Where do you think that $35 million she raised this month came from? And as a poll showed today, a large percentage of white, blue collar Democrats are going to defect to McCain if Obama is the nominee, and once again, the spineless Democrats will lose. It's not enough that Obama is profoundly unqualified--do you think he'd even be an also-ran if he was a woman with his thin resume?!--but he also shares Alter's arrogance, and like others, I will consider McCain, Nader, or be a conscientious objector if he is the choice. This has been like a repeat of the media's drumbeat for Bush and the war all over again. What an inane culture--people would rather vote for a fantasy, than deal with reality. That is why the infrastructure of this country is disintegrating. We don't want someone who is not glamorous, but works hard day and night. We want a movie star for President. That's worked out really well so far...

    • Posted By: Richard1327 @ 02/28/2008 20:59:06

      Comment: I completely agree. Also, the defection to John McCain or to write-in Hillary has already begun.

  • Posted By: tedsaunt @ 02/28/2008 8:15:53 PM

    Comment: Bravo to schatzismom--you posted my comment for me. I'd like to add: What, exactly, has Mr. Alter done in his career to help women, children, the poor and disenfranchised that qualifies him to dismiss Hillary Clinton with such self-satisfied disrespect? I'd like to compare their public service resumes. Does it ever occur to him that there are hundreds of thousands of us out here that are passionate supporters of hers, and that it is hardly the media's unbashedly biased and sexist role to decide this election for us? The sense of entitlement and arrogance is shameless and repulsive! Does it occur to you that Hillary does not quit because half the Democrats in this country are begging her not to, despite the relentless forces determined to undermine her from the beginning? She is listening to us, you pompous fool. Where do you think that $35 million she raised this month came from? And as a poll showed today, a large percentage of white, blue collar Democrats are going to defect to McCain if Obama is the nominee, and once again, the spineless Democrats will lose. It's not enough that Obama is profoundly unqualified--do you think he'd even be an also-ran if he was a woman with his thin resume?!--but he also shares Alter's arrogance, and like others, I will consider McCain, Nader, or be a conscientious objector if he is the choice. This has been like a repeat of the media's drumbeat for Bush and the war all over again. What an inane culture--people would rather vote for a fantasy, than deal with reality. That is why the infrastructure of this country is disintegrating. We don't want someone who is not glamorous, but works hard day and night. We want a movie star for President. That's worked out really well so far...

  • Posted By: Richard1327 @ 02/28/2008 7:54:43 PM

    Comment: Actually, Hillary has two shots...1. If Obama makes a mistake or 2. If the people of Texas and Ohio get serious and vote for Hillary, the better candidate

  • Posted By: Richard1327 @ 02/28/2008 7:49:56 PM

    Comment: REALLY...This is what is qualifying as journalism now?

    • Posted By: westwingpotus @ 02/28/2008 20:03:20

      Comment: Actually, no -- This is an opinion piece, which is why it's in the opinion section of the magazine....

      • Posted By: Richard1327 @ 02/28/2008 20:32:56

        Comment: I was talking about furthering his agenda . The race is far from over; it's like quitting in the middle and that's not what America is about. Hillary supporters would be very angry if she just gave up and didn't fight right down to the last delegate. The nominee needs 2025 and Obama isn't even close. The Dems should be sick of the way Al Gore didn't fight to the last vote or the way John Kerry let himself be swiftboated and for not asking for an Ohio recount. The Dems have to stop rolling over no matter what they do.

  • Posted By: schatzismom @ 02/28/2008 7:48:57 PM

    Comment: Was this a tongue-in-cheek article? If so, it was an extremely poor attempt at humor. Who says sexism isn't alive and well in these United States? Mr. Alter and his ilk seem bent on putting that "uppity woman in her place"! I am a disenfranchised democrat from Florida. If Sen. Obama has his way the party will just step right over the corpse of our wasted votes. They should be careful though, we've been known to cause a problem or two in general elections. I WILL NOT vote for Obama under any circumstances! I will, however, vote for McCain. After all, at least Sen. McCain has a record to run on. Obama is an unknown. I fail to see the cause for the press' big crush on this very weak candidate. Since I won't be renewing my years' long subscription to Newsweek perhaps Mr. Alter can see some of the young chickeepoos who scream and faint at Obama rallies want to subscribe. Although all those I know who will be voting for Obama have so little interest in politics I doubt they would be interested in his magazine. I feel like I'm living through mass insanity or a very bad dream that just goes on day after day. What a shame the great promise of Hillary Clinton is being ignored for this nonsense. Shame on you, Jonathan Alter!

  • Posted By: Richard1327 @ 02/28/2008 7:42:37 PM

    Comment: Actually, there are so many delegates/states yet to be decided, that Obama's lead is not that significant. The impending primaries favor Hillary. Obama just got lucky with the primary schedule. The demographics in the last group of states after super Tuesday favored Obama, but that is over. Hillary will stay alive and then will take PA. Quitting now would be absurd unless you're an Obama fan writing this article with an agenda to psych-out the Hillary supporters. Go sell this mess-o-crazy someplace else cuz we're not buying it and we're on to you.

    • Posted By: tedsaunt @ 02/28/2008 21:11:59

      Comment: Right on Richard! GO HILLARY!!!!

  • Posted By: goatherd @ 02/28/2008 7:19:27 PM

    Comment: If a woman had the same amount of experience as Obama, she wouldn't even have been able to enter the primary race. Thats the point, whichever way you look at it. Period!

    And in the two years Obama was a senator and while in Illinois House, what happened to all the CHANGE that he promises.

    Member of the Foreign relations committee and not convened a meeting.

    OBAMA - NOT READY ON DAY ONE, TWO, OR THREE...........

    • Posted By: bluesky51 @ 02/28/2008 19:45:22

      Comment: How come you can see that but the rest of the country is oblivious.

      • Posted By: franwells @ 02/28/2008 23:09:45

        Comment: Yeah. She would laughed off the political stage by women not to mention men. Fran SC

  • Posted By: beachthugs @ 02/28/2008 7:08:37 PM

    Comment: Hey Goatherd,

    That's not true, Hillary Clinton entered the primary race. I know you count her 8 years in the White House as experience but you know there's a chef who had 27 years experience in the White House that you maybe could consider as well.

    • Posted By: tedsaunt @ 02/28/2008 21:18:14

      Comment: Sigh, another uninformed Obamabot. If you would at least READ something, maybe we could take your arguments seriously. HIllary started a well-documented career in public service that has spanned 35+ years. She started with the Children's Defense Fund, and was instrumental in creating legislation to benefit disabled and abused children. Then there was: economic and educational incentives for rural Arkansas; women's, children's and human rights initiatives around the world; health benefits for the disabled, veterans and National Guard reservists; an instrumental role in bringing together opposing factions in Northern Ireland; critical health advocacy for First Responders at Ground Zero (NY Firefighters endorsed her as "their hero"). The list goes on and on. And yes, when she was first lady, she was an unofficial Ambassador, traveling to over 82 countries to represent the U.S. Then, of course, there is her impressive record as a U.S. Senator, crossing the aisle to enact legislation with Republicans for health, educational, prison reform and security issues. Dozens of military officers, including a former Joint Chief of Staff and many Admirals, have endorsed her. Where you been dude?

      • Posted By: Illinois Voter @ 02/29/2008 01:34:43

        Comment: DITTO. AND LET'S NOT FORGET THAT ALL THE WHILE THAT HILLARY WAS PERFORMING PUBLIC SERVICE SHE ALSO WAS A FULL TIME MOTHER FOR CHELSEA. HILLARY NEVER MISSED A BALLET RECITAL, SOFTBALL GAME OR TEACHER CONFERENCE AND DID HOMEWORK EVERY NIGHT WITH HER DAUGHTER, IN ADDITION HILLARY MADE SURE THAT SHE WAS AVAILABLE FOR CHELSEA TO ENTERTAIN HER FRIENDS. I DON'T SEE OBAMA DOING ALL THAT.

  • Posted By: goatherd @ 02/28/2008 6:20:59 PM

    Comment: Dee Dee Myers makes the most important point of all about Obama vs. Hillary: If a woman had the same amount of experience as Obama, she wouldn't even have been able to enter the primary race.

  • Posted By: Deltaforcevd196047 @ 02/28/2008 5:17:46 PM

    Comment: Who The Hell Took That Picture Of You,You Just Like Like The Republican Thug That I Thought You Would Look Like,With A Brain That Doesn't Match.If Senator Clinton Loses She Loses But It Won't Be Because She's Not The Best Candidate For The Job,But Ignorance From People Like You Who Are Slimier Than Slick Willy Himself You Put Me In Mind Of The Grinch You Also Look Like Him To,People He Only Wants You To Respond So He Can Brag With His New's Flunkies About How Many People He Got To Respond To This Rediculous Non Post Of His,Don't Continiously Let These Rethugs Play You Like That,They Don't Want Senator Clinton In The WhiteHouse,So You Know The Only Way Mr Obama Is Going To Make It Their Is If He,Goes Back To The South Side Of Chicago & Mount His Posse And Shoot His Way In Their,And Once He Smoke Some Of His Dope,And Put That S--T In His Nose He'll Be Hard To Stop,Did You Ever See (Scarface).I Will Say One Thing If Obama Is The Democratic Nominee Then My Vote Will Be For Senator McCain,He's An A-- Hole But At Least He Let's You Know That,I Don't Know What Mr Obama Is,I Haven't Trusted Him Since He First Opened His Lieing Mouth.A Man That Reads His Speeches From A Teleprompter Inspires People To Faint,Get Up The Leg's Organ--- On National Television,His Speeches Are Written By A 26 Year Old Canadian Kid,Their Not His Nothing He Has Is His The House,The Suits,The Smell,OH I'am Sorry The Smell Is His,I Guess Mr J. Alter Mr Obama Has Promised You This,That,& The Other Thing To( HUH)

  • Posted By: herbiemax @ 02/28/2008 4:47:55 PM

    Comment: Surely no one takes Mr Alter's columns seriously. There has not been a column that is critical of Obama. Why has not Newsweek, New yorl Times, Washington Post reported on the fact that CTV , a Newspaper in Canada is reporting that the Obama Campaign called Michael Wilson, Canada's ambassador to tell him that he was going to make statements about NAFTA and please ignore as it is only campaign rhetoric. The only thing I have seen is a story in a blog that is pro Obama that it's not true. (won't give name because they don't deserve any more press than they already get) However the newspaper in Canada is standing by its story. Why don't we have debates paid for with tax dollars and a primary vote like the general where everyone votes on the same day so that everyone has the opportunity to vote for the candidate of their choice.

  • Posted By: ssobol @ 02/28/2008 4:34:51 PM

    Comment: I respectfully disagree with Jonathan Alter on this subject. Just as many voters on Super Tuesday were cheated by having one fewer candidate to choose from (sadly, Edwards dropped out before we Californians went to the polls), voters in upcoming primaries would be cheated by not having a choice at all if Clinton bowed out beforehand. Staying in the race is not undignified in any way; she owes it to her supporters to continue with her message all the way to Denver.

  • Posted By: uptowneast @ 02/28/2008 4:19:08 PM

    Comment: Mr. Alter,
    I can't understand why you and so many of your collegues have a need to interfere with, rather than report on, the political events taking place in our country.
    Senators Clinton and Obama BOTH have much to offer America, why not allow our election system run it's course? I'm very weary of all the pundits who believe they can more readily process information and draw a conclusion than the American public. If the newsmedia could possibly get back to fact checking and reporting it would be a great service to us all.

    • Posted By: tedsaunt @ 02/28/2008 21:21:28

      Comment: Very well put uptowneast. Thoughtful and accurate. The pundits have a Delusions of Grandeur. Half of us are completely ignoring the mainstream media at this point. They have lost all credibility. You'd think they would have learned something after facilitating our march to war, but no...their hubris knows no bounds.

    • Posted By: GTX13 @ 02/28/2008 17:11:34

      Comment: Why ?!...Just simple ! Because Him and other "journalistic animals" don't have enough brains into the head ! It's a kind of wild predator animal's instincts !!!...

  • Posted By: Isonomia @ 02/28/2008 3:26:52 PM

    Comment: www.capitolgrilling.com
    (amend)

  • Posted By: boohall @ 02/28/2008 2:46:15 PM

    Comment: Alter I know of a beautiful cliff here in Texas and I want you to see the bottom of it!
    You were one of many reasons I stop my weekly Newsweek delivery. God you are awful.

  • Posted By: Ethel @ 02/28/2008 2:07:39 PM

    Comment: What a nerve Alter and the rest of the media have. First, they work gratis for Obama, never giving Hillary a level playing field. Now Alter suggests that Hillary should get out. Earth to Jonathan Alter: that's a decision for the voters, not you!

  • Posted By: beachthugs @ 02/28/2008 1:23:39 PM

    Comment: Hey Myst,

    Lay off the magic mushrooms.

  • Posted By: transformer08 @ 02/28/2008 12:57:45 PM

    Comment: Good article.
    Sign a petition asking Senator Clinton to get out now:
    http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/clintonwithdrawnow/

    • Posted By: tedsaunt @ 02/28/2008 21:24:09

      Comment: Dream on. She never quits--that's why we love her!!!!! Obama is the whiner. If anyone criticizes him, he becomes agitated and complains. Hillary perseveres, like a true leader. I love that it bothers you all so much!!

    • Posted By: GTX13 @ 02/28/2008 13:34:46

      Comment: I am sure, the first signature is coming from your boss, Bin Laden, which is paying for your blow job !!!

      • Posted By: transformer08 @ 02/28/2008 14:41:09

        Comment: Huh?

  • Posted By: beachthugs @ 02/28/2008 12:53:51 PM

    Comment: Hey Myst,

    You're like Clubber Lang, you train alone, you live alone, you'll win the title alone.

  • Posted By: -Myst- @ 02/28/2008 12:45:16 PM

    Comment: Discipline "
    is what i plan on handing out thank you for your advisement"
    A wise man takes his advisement"
    then besides wither or not it was advisable"
    lol

  • Posted By: -Myst- @ 02/28/2008 12:36:30 PM

    Comment: I do not have a thing against the media going after A"
    Drug lord who's mother is giving him all that she has
    She cannot support her child that has aids"
    But this snap shot killing is horrible you deserve every bit of punishment my father Gives to you" ***
    Because of the harm you bring to his children "
    That I am trying to protect"!

  • Posted By: -Myst- @ 02/28/2008 12:31:38 PM

    Comment: It is ruining America
    "Our elections turned into a Circus***
    Big money, media & Blunders of gods" children, I am going to consider a way to stop the media"
    Personal gain for hire this is no better than hit and run
    Like targeting pop stars and high profile Well known People"
    When they make a mistake sending them off a bridge from the pressure it causes them " and there family and friend's also there children" To
    A 44 to there brain"
    This is getting out of hand' Look what happened to Anna Nicole smith" Nirvana***
    I could make a list of the good people they have destroyed to take up half these god forsaken hateful boards"
    So what if they used drugs don't you "
    While no one is looking in the closet, your all so quick to judge and so fast to say no i didn't how disgraceful and unfriendly to make money of off this heartless snap shot to there face
    What if god"
    Was to take you all for this let demons take pictures of you while they tortured you forever in a place called hell

  • Posted By: -Myst- @ 02/28/2008 12:30:16 PM

    Comment: What if I told you That???
    We ??????Wear ' What if I said you where'***
    I have been told some things by my father about us***
    One of them is our system of numbers" Is Wrong'
    I cannot tell you the answer yet but please follow me down a road for a second'**
    If you see the road and you no it is there is it"?
    What if there is two roads and you only seen one of them"***
    You women hater be for warned you are a woman to"
    Can you hate yourself"
    I am not to tell you anymore yet but think for a minute
    men net please before you send a bunch of hatful messages my way '
    What is in me is the way The light and one and only true thing there ever was'
    S-he will still be a senator all you people that disgrace Hillary disgrace me"
    Your like a baby that still coughs inside the womb
    I see fear of something you can't see "
    The darkness from within your mother??? who you think should be at home with you"
    When it is time to let her lead"
    Please step out of her it is time to grow"
    Up Children"!

    So" So" Sad Your killing your mother and you don't even no it??? Maybe god"
    Did that on purpose