Not the Party She Planned

Caadams/Craat3 - I hear you. They are all pigs. But, it seems the majority reside on Newsweek and MSNBC. Let's focus and show them what we can do! BTW - do you notice, how some Obama supporters are still calling us dumb?

A common theme for many Sen. Clinton supporters is the mistreatment that Hillary was forced to endure during this campaign. While both she (and Sen. Obama) were on occasion treated with disrespect, much of it unfair, all in all this was a remarkably civil campaign. The greatest irony is that now a segment of her supporters plan to protest this "disrespect" by flocking to the party whose core constituents HATE the Clintons. Those Clinton "supporters" who plan to kick all of Hillary's most cherished ideals into the gutter by embracing McCain and the Republican party would do well to remember that these are the very same people who had prepared a dossier and dirty tactics galore to use on "our Hillary" this Fall. The Republicans will welcome and exploit you for their own purposes and then laugh all the way to the bank at your gullibility.

Senator Hillary and Bill should know there is NO DEMOCRACY in the DNC and when the power elite chose The Golden One, that's FINUAL!
Senator Obama is the Golden One!
Hillary tried an imaginative end run around the decision of the power elite and got fleeced to the tune of 30 million bucks! This fact can not be hidden any more than the approval numbers of the Congress being well below the approval of President Bush !
There is no democracy in the DNC but a type of "activity" of a few parts polling, with a few parts promoting concepts. With a few parts waging discrimination campaigns against achievers, gun onwers, christians, police and military professionals to be the "intellectual content" of the activity.
And follow up poling to verify the discrimination campaigns are defaming the intended targets! Why does Hillary assume Obama can not manage this activity as well as she can?
Obama is The Golden One,and there is no crisis! He is not going to change the activity! He's a Democrat.Safe and sound!
Now are you clear on that Hillary? Bill?
Americans?

This life long Democrat and chair of the Hardin County (Iowa) Democrats will not vote in November. Neither the DNC nor the GOP has a candidate of value, intelligence, or sufficient experience. To vote Obama or McCain is a waste of time and the USA will be the more poor for it.

My support is to HIllary! I can not support her decision to endorse Obama!

The commentators are trying to talk like it will take time for Clinton supporters to get over our disappointment and that most of us will come home. I bet they laugh as soon as the camera's stop rolling. For the most part, Clinton supporters would have been ok had she lost fair and square. This was not the case. We clearly saw that the leaders of the party showed favortism towards Obama and his supporters. They showed nothing towards Hillary and hers. The Democratic party lost their own message when they decided to do what they wanted to do about MI and FL instead of having a revote. The party leaders nominated Obama, not the voters!

Also, Obama has absolutely no experience. The more we learn about him, the more concerned many of us become.

Most of Clinton supporters are not falling in line because we are so angry that Clinton lost. We are not falling in line because we don't appreciate how the party treated her and us and we feel as strongly as everyone else who is not down with Obama that this man is simply not qualified to be President!

Most of Clinton supporters are basing our decision on rationale and NOT the empty promises of change and hope especially when it is clear that the candidate promising change and hope has no real record of fighting for either!

Clinton made the decision to give in MOST of her supporters will NOT!

DOn't even get me going on PELOSI---That is one chickie --that needs to get Back..get back--get back to where you once belonged....is the Orange COunty--or San DIego ??

I'd like to make an observation about this primary cycle. I've seen on these comments pages hundreds of cries of "Bias! Bias!" from all sides of the argument. Seeing as how it's impossible for a news agency to be blatently biased both for and against a single person in the same article, I've come to regard these as simply the reflection of the writer's own personal biases. Unfortunately, like the boy who cried wolf, these take the focus away from real examples of biased reporting. Similar to one who sees racism in any mention of race, or sexism in any mention of gender, these cries of bias diminish the impact that actual instances create.
I've followed this primary season very closely through multiple news outlets, and I must say that the coverage has been fairly balanced overall. Yes, there are individuals (like Chris Matthews and others) who hypocritically claim to be neutral, while at the same time demeaning one candidate over the other, but they do not make up the majority of the coverage.
Let me clue some of you in, the media loves certain kinds of stories above all others: a negative story, a fresh and exciting story and an underdog tale. Obama at first received positive coverage because of his message of hope, as well as his underdog status, especially once he won Iowa (a newcomer wins the first caucus, how media friendly is that?). You'll notice though, that later, and for several weeks, the name Rev. Jeremiah Wright dominated the headlines. Obama supporters claimed bias for Clinton in the coverage. When Clinton exaggerated her Bosnia experience, the media jumped on that too. Clinton supporters claimed bias for Obama. The Right claims a liberal bias in the media, but I recall plenty of coverage of Bill Clinton's sex life when he was in office. You couldn't turn on the TV without hearing about it. The media loves a scandal. Period. It truely doesn't seem to matter who's the subject of it, so long as it boosts ratings.
Some Hillary Clinton supporters claim that the media stole the election from her. I don't buy this for a second. I'd like to believe, and perhaps this is naive of me, that people don't vote for some one because Keith Olbermann tells them to. With the internet, it's now easy and fast enough to find information about a candidate in order to make a decision based on more than who's misspeak or out of context quote is broadcast on cable news. So please, no more excuses, no more blame. And before you cry, "Bias! Bias!" look inward and examine your own.

I have a suggestion for all the Clinton supporters who say they are going to vote for McCain. Go to the following website address for the Wall Street Journal:

http://online.wsj.com/public/page/election2008.html?mod=2_1309

At the top of the page, you'll see cartoon charcters of McCain and Obama along with a link that says "See An Interactive Graphic." If you click on that link you'll see a very easy to read summary on the differences between McCain and Obama on various topics. Remember, with the excpetion of health care, Clinton's polilcies are very similar to Obama's. Even on health care, Obama's policy is closer to Clinton's than McCain's.

Try to take a moment and put aside any emotional response and read the differences for each topic. When you're finished, ask yourself objectively and without emotion who's policies you agree with more. If the answer is Obama, then try to at least keep an open mind as the campaign plays out. With emotions still high, no one expects you to endorse Obama at this point - just try to keep an open mind and focus on the policies rather than the personalities, because that is really what is most important.

Just a suggestion.

In response to Hillary's plea to vote for OBAMA?

I won't do that



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9afuODNDYoQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REcqBLgJ82I#2YgtlF7MCQI

To dreffein:
I'm with you.
I watched Olbermann but after hearing, "OREILLY! OREILLY! WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD", EVERY NIGHT & SOMETIMES TWICE ," I changed channels a lot. But when he started on Hillary, that was the last straw.
Please add Campbell Brown & Dick Morris. We need to let Morris know that most of bull is just that bull.
Today, Nancy Polosi made nice to Hillary, after all these months of trying to use her so called power to run Hillary out of town. Pelosi needs to realize how ugly she has been. And she needs to be told how "petty" it is to want to kept the "woman" sandbox all for herself.
Count me in.

Hillary promised to fight to the convention floor. I am disappointed and angry. I will not vote for Obama, and I am a lifelong Democrat and former chair of the Hardin County Iowa Democrats. The Media destroyed a promising presidency by anointing a candidate with next to zero experience as a mea culpa for past racism. I cannot imagine Obama winning without Hillary and I doubt she would join him on any ticket.