Republicans who think she'll be easy to defeat are wrong. What they should do.
Comment: And one way to beat McCain would be to pull out all the garbage Karl Rove threw at him during the Senator's bid against George Bush. He knows so much about why Mr. McCain must not be president!
Comment: Crooks, murderers and war mongerers - the Republican Party is due for defeat and if they win, it will be because the Clintons have cooked a deal with the GOP/RNC or Bushes to make sure that the Black Man doesn't win (the Liberal)... and most Americans will be easily convinced not to change horses "while we're fighting two Arab countries" as one guy wrote on another messag board. OOooh, I'm so scared, mustn't "change horses in midstream" when the battles are really due to our own Administration's incompetence. How many deaths does George Bush have on his hands? Let's see - the several thousand who were killed in 9/11 happened on the Republican watch; the inept and failed capture of Osama Bin Laden that never happened has caused Al-Quaida to grow in Iraq and kill thousands of US tropps; but how many innocent war victims have we displaced from their homes, making their country so unsafe that they can no longer lead a normal life? How many innocent Iraqis has Bush killed through our terrible policies? How many Afghanis have we accidentally bombed, how many children have we accidentally killed or wounded? How many troops has Bush inadverantly (but intentionally through his policies) wounded or caused to commit suicide?
As a nation, we have lost our stature, our dignity and our honor - due to Bush's Administration, policies, poor choices and to your advice Mr. Rove. And is this war in Iraq just for the oil? Why the hell didn't you just buy it on the open market and save us all the TRILLIONS of DOLLARS in debt that our children and their children will still be paying off to fight this no-win war? There is nothing to be encouraged by this Iraqi venture; we are not going to see "victory" there. The best possible solution seems to me (and I'm certainly no expert either) to be to try and extricate our troops from that part of the world and make some kind of reparations for the sereral million homeless - either via the United Nations or some direct aid from us... But that won't line the pockets of the KBRs, the BearingPoints, the Saudis, the Bush Family and their buddies - so it'll never happen on the Republican watch.
Comment: When is Carl here going to be proscecuted for his crimes and now a recently uncovered connection with REZKO in Chicago?
Mr. Rove, you are giving advice to all the candidates. It doesn't seem fair that you've got this column when by rights you should be being investigated and perhaps/probably prosecuted. What's up with that? You're a savvy sunofagun but it's kind of depressing that you're in such a prominent role when a black man would have been jailed for what you (allegedly) did by now.
Comment: November 27th seems so long ago.
Comment: November 27th seems so long ago.
Comment: Rove's classic passive-aggressive approach is seriously flawed because it presumes that the American people will be stupid enough to fall for his tap-dance again; the "conventional wisdom" concerning Hillary Clinton is that she will not win the Democratic nomination, because, statistically, it is highly improbable that she will do so. Against Barack Obama, John McCain will need a similar strategy as the one Rove describes; but the chances are it will not beat Obama as it would Hillary. As to the matter of ethics and integrity, the profile of Karl Rove is splattered with blood and mud from his years as a Bush tactician, rendering him untrustworthy. Obama's mettle and intelligence have been plainly demonstrated as a much needed cure for the Rove-driven insanity of the last eight years.
Comment: Rove's classic passive-aggressive approach is seriously flawed because it presumes that the American people will be stupid enough to fall for his tap-dance again; the "conventional wisdom" concerning Hillary Clinton is that she will not win the Democratic nomination, because, statistically, it is highly improbable that she will do so. Against Barack Obama, John McCain will need a similar strategy as the one Rove describes; but the chances are it will not beat Obama as it would Hillary. As to the matter of ethics and integrity, the profile of Karl Rove is splattered with blood and mud from his years as a Bush tactician, rendering him untrustworthy. Obama's mettle and intelligence have been plainly demonstrated as a much needed cure for the Rove-driven insanity of the last eight years.
Comment: Not Stupid, you are acting very much against your name. You can't change the rules in the middle, because it suits you. Did you read this article or do you just post your junk on every article. Rove is saying something and although I think he one of the biggest goofballs in history, he made a lot of things happen during the last eight years and he has something here.
Maybe he is saying one thing but if you look at underneath, he is saying the Hillary is a calculating, cold and possibly dangerous person. I wouldn't like her working on the little girls cookie drive because if you didn't buy any, you would probably be ostracized from the neighborhood protection society.
She has learned one side of the political equation, be ruthless, pick your friends and your enemys and never let them out of your sight. This side is one that works to promote and prolong their own existence in the political arena. There is another side, which works to form relationship and to mutually promote those relationships and those issues presented by those relationships toward the better good.
It is something to be watched, since she is falling behind on the vote and delegates, she is now trying to make an end run and get her way by persuading the super delegates that she has more to offer than the lobbyists they are currently listening to. She is showing a complete contempt for the democratic process. Her version is to try every means possible to try to get your own way, like (best two out of three, oh no, well lets try the best three out of five).
The way you beat anyone like this is to keep your own ethics in, not go to extremes that compromise your own integrity and play by the rules. State your issues clearly and loudly and do not be disturbed or misdirected by the noise coming from around you.
If you are driving toward a fire, you do not stop and kick at the dogs chasing the firetruck.
Comment: Do we really care about what ROVE says? Besides, all the REPUBS have to do is say VOTE AGAINST THAT NASTY DEMOCRAT and all the little lemmings will throw our country's future over the cliff!
Comment: Do we really care about what ROVE says? Besides, all the REPUBS have to do is say VOTE AGAINST THAT NASTY DEMOCRAT and all the little lemmings will throw our country's future over the cliff!
Comment: The DNC isn't being fair.
First, the "agreement" the candidates signed says nothing about not counting votes or delegates:
WHEREAS, over a year ago, the Democratic National Committee established a 2008 nominating calendar;
WHEREAS, this calendar honors the racial, ethnic, economic and geographic
diversity of our party and our country;
WHEREAS, the DNC also honored the traditional role of retail politics early in the
nominating process, to ensure that money alone will not determine our
presidential nominee;
WHEREAS, it is the desire of Presidential campaigns, the DNC, the states and
the American people to bring finality, predictability and common sense to the
nominating calendar.
THEREFORE, I _______________, Democratic Candidate for President, pledge
I shall not campaign or participate in any state which schedules a presidential
election primary or caucus before Feb. 5, 2008, except for the states of Iowa,
Nevada, New Hampshire and South Carolina, as ???campaigning??? is defined by the
rules and regulations of the DNC. It does not include activities specifically
related to raising campaign resources such as fundraising events or the hiring of
fundraising staff.
Second, the bigger story is IA, NH and SC also violated Rule 11 by moving their caucuses/primaries up further than was allowed. Those three states did not get any punishment as a result.
http://www.democracyfornewhampshire.com/node/view/5465
Third, those three states' democratic parties received significant contributions from Obama's Hope PAC. Obama handed out more than $180,000 from His HOPE PAC to local Democratic groups and candidates in the key early-voting states of Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina. The bulk of donations from Obama's PAC to state and local candidates this year went to Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina. In addition, there were more than $60,000 in donations to national candidates in those same states, including $9,000 for Rep. Paul W. Hodes, the first member of Congress from New Hampshire to endorse Obama earlier this year. Hodes, who is Obama's N.H. co-chair, received Hopefund Inc. funds on June 15, 2007, endorsed Obama on July 26, 2007, and received additional funds on September 27, 2007.
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Barack_Obama%27s_contributions_to_campaign_endorsers
While the punishment levied on MI and FL is within the DNC rules, it is more harsh than usual, and by ignoring IA, NH and SC violations the DNC has unequally and unfairly punished MI and FL voters to give Obama an advantage.
http://www.democracyfornewhampshire.com/node/view/5465
Fair is fair, the DNC must count ALL of the votes and ALL of the delegates. The DNC has already established that taking away the delegates is not appropriate for this violation because they didn't take away SC, IA and NH delegates. The only reason to take away FL and MI delegates is so they can give the nomination to Obama.
SEX DISCRIMINATION????
Comment: Hillary Clinton supporters should all email the Democratic party and tell them to count ALL the votes and the delegates. They can't have one rule for IA, SC and NH and a different rule for FL and MI.
Go to http://www.democrats.org/page/s/contactissues and send the DNC an email letting them know that fair is fair and they must count ALL the votes.
Comment: Why doesn't Obama want to tax the windfall the oil companies have received? That would keep the road construction and bridge repair going next year. It's already funded this year.
http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/obamas_oil_spill.html
Obama says, "I don???t take money from oil companies."
Technically, that's true, since a law that has been on the books for more than a century prohibits corporations from giving money directly to any federal candidate. But that doesn???t distinguish Obama from his rivals in the race.
We find the statement misleading:
* Obama has accepted more than $213,000 from individuals who work for companies in the oil and gas industry and their spouses.
* Two of Obama's bundlers are top executives at oil companies and are listed on his Web site as raising between $50,000 and $100,000 for the presidential hopeful.
Comment: How fair is the DNC being?
First, the "agreement" the candidates signed says nothing about not counting votes or delegates:
WHEREAS, over a year ago, the Democratic National Committee established a 2008 nominating calendar;
WHEREAS, this calendar honors the racial, ethnic, economic and geographic
diversity of our party and our country;
WHEREAS, the DNC also honored the traditional role of retail politics early in the
nominating process, to ensure that money alone will not determine our
presidential nominee;
WHEREAS, it is the desire of Presidential campaigns, the DNC, the states and
the American people to bring finality, predictability and common sense to the
nominating calendar.
THEREFORE, I _______________, Democratic Candidate for President, pledge
I shall not campaign or participate in any state which schedules a presidential
election primary or caucus before Feb. 5, 2008, except for the states of Iowa,
Nevada, New Hampshire and South Carolina, as ???campaigning??? is defined by the
rules and regulations of the DNC. It does not include activities specifically
related to raising campaign resources such as fundraising events or the hiring of
fundraising staff.
Second, the bigger story is IA, NH and SC also violated Rule 11 by moving their caucuses/primaries up further than was allowed. Those three states did not get any punishment as a result.
http://www.democracyfornewhampshire.com/node/view/5465
Fair is fair, count all the votes, count all the delegates.
Comment: funny that newsweek is reposting an article it first posted in November 2007.
Why I support Hillary Clinton: helped establish the State Children's Health Insurance Program and the Adoption and Safe Families Act; attorney for the newly founded Children's Defense Fund in Cambridge; a consultant to the Carnegie Council on Children; published the scholarly articles "Children's Policies: Abandonment and Neglect" in 1977 and "Children's Rights: A Legal Perspective" in 1979;co-founded the Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families, a state-level alliance with the Children's Defense Fund, in 1977, and served on the boards of the Arkansas Children's Hospital, and the Children's Defense Fund (as chair, 1986???1992); (1979???1981, 1983???1992), she served as the chair of the Rural Health Advisory Committee, where she successfully obtained federal funds to expand medical facilities in Arkansas' poorest areas without affecting doctors' fees; introduced Arkansas' Home Instruction Program for Preschool Youth in 1985, a program that helps parents work with their children in preschool preparedness and literacy; Arkansas Woman of the Year in 1983 and Arkansas Mother of the Year in 1984; from 1987 to 1991 she chaired the American Bar Association's Commission on Women in the Profession, which addressed gender bias in the law profession and induced the association to adopt measures to combat it and was twice named by the National Law Journal as one of the 100 most influential lawyers in America, in 1988 and in 1991; helped create the Office on Violence Against Women at the Department of Justice; 1997, she initiated and shepherded the Adoption and Safe Families Act; in her September 1995 speech before the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, Clinton argued very forcefully against practices that abused women around the world and in the People's Republic of China itself, declaring "that it is no longer acceptable to discuss women's rights as separate from human rights" and resisting Chinese pressure to soften her remarks; She was one of the most prominent international figures at the time to speak out against the treatment of Afghan women by the Islamist fundamentalist Taliban that had seized control of Afghanistan; She helped create Vital Voices, an international initiative sponsored by the United States to promote the participation of women in the political processes of their countries;from 1995 to 2004, she brought together women from communities, Catholic & Protestant, to meet & work together toward a common goal of peace in N. Ireland.
Comment: How to Beat Hillary? Finally! With a stick of course!
Comment: Hillary is more concerned with her poltical career than voters. Hence, her support for the gas tax holiday which will cut 300,000 construction jobs and increase the already dangerous bridge and road conditions. The American Society of Civil Engineers and most economists say that the gas holiday will just increase gas company profits!
Obama speaks the truth the to voters. We need this now more than ever.
Comment: Hillary is more concerned with her poltical career than voters. Hence, her support for the gas tax holiday which will cut 300,000 construction jobs and increase the already dangerous bridge and road conditions. The American Society of Civil Engineers and most economists say that the gas holiday will just increase gas company profits!
Obama speaks the truth the to voters. We need this now more than ever.
Comment: Hillary is more concerned with her poltical career than voters. Hence, her support for the gas tax holiday which will cut 300,000 construction jobs and increase the already dangerous bridge and road conditions. The American Society of Civil Engineers and most economists say that the gas holiday will just increase gas company profits!
Obama speaks the truth the to voters. We need this now more than ever.
Comment: Hillary is more concerned with her poltical career than voters. Hence, her support for the gas tax holiday which will cut 300,000 construction jobs and increase the already dangerous bridge and road conditions. The American Society of Civil Engineers and most economists say that the gas holiday will just increase gas company profits!
Obama speaks the truth the to voters. We need this now more than ever.
Comment: Hillary is more concerned with her poltical career than voters. Hence, her support for the gas tax holiday which will cut 300,000 construction jobs and increase the already dangerous bridge and road conditions. The American Society of Civil Engineers and most economists say that the gas holiday will just increase gas company profits!
Obama speaks the truth the to voters. We need this now more than ever.
Comment: tell the truth Mr Rove : who owed you at newsweek,or maybe youre paying them
Comment: If you want to beat Hillary,I suggest yousir keep you fingerprints off that subject..You are so smart. You are trying to get Hillary nominated so Mccain you presume will beat her for the oval office.. She will kick his ass in november.I suggest you and Limbaugh reverse your agenda
Comment: Why I support Hillary Clinton: helped establish the State Children's Health Insurance Program and the Adoption and Safe Families Act; attorney for the newly founded Children's Defense Fund in Cambridge; a consultant to the Carnegie Council on Children; published the scholarly articles "Children's Policies: Abandonment and Neglect" in 1977 and "Children's Rights: A Legal Perspective" in 1979;co-founded the Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families, a state-level alliance with the Children's Defense Fund, in 1977, and served on the boards of the Arkansas Children's Hospital, and the Children's Defense Fund (as chair, 1986???1992); (1979???1981, 1983???1992), she served as the chair of the Rural Health Advisory Committee, where she successfully obtained federal funds to expand medical facilities in Arkansas' poorest areas without affecting doctors' fees; introduced Arkansas' Home Instruction Program for Preschool Youth in 1985, a program that helps parents work with their children in preschool preparedness and literacy; Arkansas Woman of the Year in 1983 and Arkansas Mother of the Year in 1984; from 1987 to 1991 she chaired the American Bar Association's Commission on Women in the Profession, which addressed gender bias in the law profession and induced the association to adopt measures to combat it and was twice named by the National Law Journal as one of the 100 most influential lawyers in America, in 1988 and in 1991; helped create the Office on Violence Against Women at the Department of Justice; 1997, she initiated and shepherded the Adoption and Safe Families Act; in her September 1995 speech before the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, Clinton argued very forcefully against practices that abused women around the world and in the People's Republic of China itself, declaring "that it is no longer acceptable to discuss women's rights as separate from human rights" and resisting Chinese pressure to soften her remarks; She was one of the most prominent international figures at the time to speak out against the treatment of Afghan women by the Islamist fundamentalist Taliban that had seized control of Afghanistan; She helped create Vital Voices, an international initiative sponsored by the United States to promote the participation of women in the political processes of their countries;from 1995 to 2004, she brought together women from communities, Catholic & Protestant, to meet & work together toward a common goal of peace in N. Ireland.
Comment: funny that Newsweek is reposting an article from November 2007.
Comment: Why not try to beat a candidate by explaining how your stances on the issues are better for America than your opponent. What a novel idea for politics
Comment: Hey NewsWeek-To be fair, the Democratic candidates' campaign managers should be given a column as well!
Comment: from Alberto Gonzales to Valerie Plame- Rove has been a dishonest and manipulative evildoer who contaminated the White House and masterminded horrible decisions that have destroyed this country- why would anyone think he has enough credibility to write a column? To be fair, the Democratic candidates' campaign managers should be given a column as well!
Comment: from Alberto Gonzales to Valerie Plame- Rove has been a dishonest and manipulative evildoer who contaminated the White House and masterminded horrible decisions that have destroyed this country- why would anyone think he has enough credibility to write a column? To be fair, the Democratic candidates' campaign managers should be given a column as well!
Comment: Karl Rove is a criminal, the fact that he has a column is proof that Newsweek lacks the moral fiber required for "news" and should change its name to PropagandaWeek.
Comment: I don't know what to make of Karl Rove. He says nice things about Hillary and mean things? Weird. Oh well, I love her and Bill, as does over half of America.
Comment: I think the message that Hillary has been bringing to the table is a return to what she thinks is the "good ole days". Even Bill Clinton talks of her presidency of bring prosperity, even more than his term allowed. Being the economy has reached the cycle of recesion, it sounds like a good idea, and if you can cut the military to the bone, as former Clinton did, and create new programs that reward lazy poor people, the future will look brighter. However, get ready to return to the days of ships under attack, an emabassy under siege, blackhawks shot down. We will lose as many soldiers and civilians as we do in Iraq, they will just be in places like, LA, NYC, Dallas, Chicago. Freedom is not cheap, in both money and lives, but it is what preserves democracy. We don't have to go to war to do it, we just have to be sure our advisary understands our ability and willingness to deploy force in such a manner, it is not worth the price. Post 9-11, unlike post Pearl Harbor, the sleeping giant has not awakened. Put Hillary in office, and the giant may never get a chance to wake up.
Comment: That's why we want her for President, though, persistant, forget nothing and you forgot, brilliant!
The anecdote about the office mirror, this is an example of a tentative malicious commentary that went wrong, wasn't it? Hillary very perspicacious understood immediately the intentions behind the comment. The intention was to spread a "gossip" or a factoid so she would appear as the Narcisistic one. True is, she can read your intentions immediately. It is like this with brilliant people!
Comment: All propagada. What would you know about what Americans want? Are you now getting paid to do a playbook for the Republicans on free Media money? You were always viscious with your verbal attacks and so it continues. Try a little TRUTH. You have made money and a career out of "dirty tricks" but that does not make you respectable. It appears Newsweek has been bought by the Powers that be.
Comment: Americans are suffering uselessly...HEALTH, HOMES, HIGHER STANDARDS OF LIFE...because of GREED in Corporations, Medical Industry, Insurance industry, Republicians nastiness and greed for OIL, and New World Order, Power hungry individuals that continue to pursue a deadly course of genocide and segregation.
Remember folks we don't live forever, we all must face up to our wrongs one day, we can only with an unselfish heart create something better for the younger ones of tomorrow...
Comment: I HAVE CANCELLED MY SUBSCRIPTION TO NEWSWEEK.
NEWSWEEK IS OWNED BY SOME FRIENDS OF BUSH TO ALLOW THIS! HAS GREED CLOUDED OUR BETTER JUDGEMENT SO MUCH WE HAVE FORGOTTEN TO DO THE RIGHT THING FOR UNSELFISH REASONS..
Comment: How to beat Hillary? Keep her from getting the nomination. Start in Iowa. Republicans, reregister on caucus night and vote for Joe Biden.
Comment: I detest what Rove has done for this country. I have met him in person and found him as slimy as you would imagine. And I certainly would not want to know his suggestions for a better America.
But as for strictly the Republican strategy in the horse race of Presidential elections, I find Rove to be as authoritative of a source as anyone.
Comment: Andrea Sedlak, 12 years ago, spoke up for NOW women. What would she say now with a woman running? Or Carl, what would she say now that a woman is running? Like to meet Andrea to discuss woman in US?
Comment: PU Disgraceful criminal for what you have done to this country
Comment: This is beyond belief! I have been a Newsweek subscriber for 10 YEARS! The is the last person I would ever want to read! What a legacy of lying and manipulation and now Rove writes for Newsweek. I can't wait till the morning. I don't need to pay Newsweek to read this garbage. I think we have all had enough of it!
Comment: This is beyond belief! I have been a Newsweek subscriber for 10 YEARS! The is the last person I would ever want to read! What a legacy of lying and manipulation and now Rove writes for Newsweek. I can't wait till the morning. I don't need to pay Newsweek to read this garbage. I think we have all had enough of it!
Comment: This is beyond belief! I have been a Newsweek subscriber for 10 YEARS! The is the last person I would ever want to read! What a legacy of lying and manipulation and now Rove writes for Newsweek. I can't wait till the morning. I don't need to pay Newsweek to read this garbage. I think we have all had enough of it!
Comment: This is beyond belief! I have been a Newsweek subscriber for 10 YEARS! The is the last person I would ever want to read! What a legacy of lying and manipulation and now Rove writes for Newsweek. I can't wait till the morning. I don't need to pay Newsweek to read this garbage. I think we have all had enough of it!
Comment: I too cannot believe you would give a forum to the man most responsible for the divisive, hatemongering politics that we have to endure today and which candidates like Barack Obama are trying to move beyond. Having Rove on your pages poisons the rest of what I thought was a "news" magazine. I see now that journalists such as those at Newsweek are actually invested in continuing the politics of hatred. You've lost a 25-year reader forever.
Comment: Sleazy (and criminal) Rove has no place in the pages
of Newsweek
Dear Editors,
I have absolutely no interest in the opinions of
disgraced Bush operative Karl Rove. And I was
surprised to find Newsweek giving this Bush crony a
podium in its pages ("How to Beat Hillary (Next)
November" Newsweek, 11/26/07,
http://www.newsweek.com/id/71000).
What expertise does he bring to the forum? --How to
help elect someone who will run this country into the
ground? Or start a bloody war with no end, based on
lies? How to smear a primary-winning opponent with
racist and false rumors of an extramarital child (his
vindictive lies about McCain who defeated Bush in the
2000 New Hampshire primary), or appeals to homophobia
(false rumors against Ann Richards when Bush
challenged her for Texas governor)? I???m sure the
so-called Swiftboaters had a direct line to Rove in
their distortion of John Kerry???s record in 2004.
Freshly emerged from the dankest corridors of the
White House, there is no way Rove is an objective
observer of the 2008 election with no agenda of his
own or ongoing ties to Republican interests. By all
rights, Rove should be jailed for his part in the
felony of revealing the identity of FBI agent Valerie
Plame (and lying about it), as former Bush
spokesperson Scott McClellan???s new books reveals.
I???m also unpleasantly surprised that Newsweek editors
let Rove quote an alleged voter???s off-color comment
about Hillary Clinton. Since when is it okay to print
a slur of a female political candidate ???that rhymes
with witch???? Would Newsweek have printed a quote from
a
voter who referred to Bush, Giuliani or Cheney as
???something that rhymes with ???tricks??????? I seriously
doubt it. I am not a Clinton supporter, but I found
Rove???s choice of anecdotes sexist, tasteless and a
further perpetuation of what he is really all
about???the smear via proxy. Where is Newsweek???s quality
control? As a journalist and a woman, I was offended
and disgusted.
We have this strange habit in our country of rewarding
criminals, scoundrels and scumbags with media
attention and podiums such as the column you have
awarded Rove. In so doing, your publication becomes a
tool of his vile machinations, and diminishes your own
reputation in the process. Why don???t you instead lend
your pages to someone with a more constructive vision
for the future, instead of a bilious rogue from our
nation???s recent shameful and dark past?
As far as I???m concerned, this nation can???t be rid of
the warmongering politics of Bush, Rove, Cheney et al
quickly enough. Some may laud Rove as an architect of
this Bush era; many more of us consider him a culprit.
The time has come to flush away this sorry chapter of
our nation???s history. You should do your part by
canceling Rove???s column immediately. Until then, I
have completely lost respect for your publication and
will never pick it up again.
Shame on you.
S. M. Peters
Seattle
Comment: Why would you give print space to a man like Karl Rove? He is quite possibly a criminal and most certainly a liar. I welcome different opinions; however, you seem to be seeking a new low. This man's poor reputation and manipulation of the truth should keep him from any publication which strives to garner public respect.
Comment: Just when we thought Karl Rove was gone, you have helped to bring back, Mr.Editor. Sure he is controversial.. But he is a liar, fugitive from justice, and a destroyer of character. Tell me, if it were 65 years ago, would you have brought two controversal political personages to a debate, say Adolf Hitler and Winston Churchill? I would think that Fareed Zakaria, Jonanathan Alter, and Anna Quindlen should resign in protest. Then you wouldn't be so comfortable with Karl Rove, America's fascist.
Comment: Discuss this online: http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/11/28/162114/27
Comment: Hillary Clinton is the GOP's best GOTV strategy
Thank you, Karl Robe, for the wake up call to blue America. If Democrats want to win the 2008 presidency and, more importantly, achieve a landslide takeover of Congress next fall, we need a team that won???t stir up the negative passions of conservatives. Even with the Iraq war and lying, cheating and stealing (war profiteering and record oil profits) firmly tied to Bush Admin policies, the left wing response is dismal. The left simply doesn???t use its majority voting clout. Next year there is more at stake than just the presidency. Progressives have a potentially historic opportunity to take back the Senate in 2008. We need to be careful not to reinvigorate the faltering conservative movement with a bad choice in the Democratic primary. Democrats banking on failure in Iraq and awareness of what the disastrous Bush Admin policies have done to our country in the past six years support any candidate who says they???ll do things differently. Democrat contenders are riding the anti-war, anti-Bush movement. But savvy voters can proactively calculate how the election will go next year if our candidate strikes a hugely negative chord with Middle America. If Sen. Hillary Clinton wins the nomination she will inspire conservatives to vote as no one else could. Right-wingers don't just dislike her, they actively despise her! They'll vote in droves to ensure she doesn't win the presidency. Anyone but Hillary is the Republicans' best GOTV tactic, even more so than their anti-gay and anti-choice strategies that have spurred their followers to vote in the past. While at the polls, they???ll also vote for all those rubber-stamping Republican Senators that progressives would like to fire. For that matter, plenty of people would vote against Barack Obama simply because he???s black or against Bill Richardson because he???s Hispanic. While we should not dismiss either of them just because racism stands in their way, Democrats should be realistic about their prospects as number one on a presidential ticket.
It???s time for progressives to face reality: A split vote between Obama and Edwards will likely result in a huge loss next fall. If progressives want to enact change in Congress to achieve true election reform, get big business out of our government and move to an independent Iraq, we need to decide on a team that can truly win, before the Democratic Primary occurs. If Molly Ivins were alive, perhaps we could ask her to publish her pick for president and vice president and try to create a solid voting block that way. She said, ???There are times when regular politics will not do, and this is one of those times.??? If Democrats can identify a winning team before the Primary elections, Edwards, Richardson, Obama or even Dennis Kucinich have a chance to do what???s right and team up NOW to help Democrats take back both the Senate and the presidency in 2008.
Discuss this online: http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/200
Comment: Hillary Clinton is the GOP's best GOTV strategy
Thank you, Karl Robe, for the wake up call to blue America. If Democrats want to win the 2008 presidency and, more importantly, achieve a landslide takeover of Congress next fall, we need a team that won???t stir up the negative passions of conservatives. Even with the Iraq war and lying, cheating and stealing (war profiteering and record oil profits) firmly tied to Bush Admin policies, the left wing response is dismal. The left simply doesn???t use its majority voting clout. Next year there is more at stake than just the presidency. Progressives have a potentially historic opportunity to take back the Senate in 2008. We need to be careful not to reinvigorate the faltering conservative movement with a bad choice in the Democratic primary. Democrats banking on failure in Iraq and awareness of what the disastrous Bush Admin policies have done to our country in the past six years support any candidate who says they???ll do things differently. Democrat contenders are riding the anti-war, anti-Bush movement. But savvy voters can proactively calculate how the election will go next year if our candidate strikes a hugely negative chord with Middle America. If Sen. Hillary Clinton wins the nomination she will inspire conservatives to vote as no one else could. Right-wingers don't just dislike her, they actively despise her! They'll vote in droves to ensure she doesn't win the presidency. Anyone but Hillary is the Republicans' best GOTV tactic, even more so than their anti-gay and anti-choice strategies that have spurred their followers to vote in the past. While at the polls, they???ll also vote for all those rubber-stamping Republican Senators that progressives would like to fire. For that matter, plenty of people would vote against Barack Obama simply because he???s black or against Bill Richardson because he???s Hispanic. While we should not dismiss either of them just because racism stands in their way, Democrats should be realistic about their prospects as number one on a presidential ticket.
It???s time for progressives to face reality: A split vote between Obama and Edwards will likely result in a huge loss next fall. If progressives want to enact change in Congress to achieve true election reform, get big business out of our government and move to an independent Iraq, we need to decide on a team that can truly win, before the Democratic Primary occurs. If Molly Ivins were alive, perhaps we could ask her to publish her pick for president and vice president and try to create a solid voting block that way. She said, ???There are times when regular politics will not do, and this is one of those times.??? If Democrats can identify a winning team before the Primary elections, Edwards, Richardson, Obama or even Dennis Kucinich have a chance to do what???s right and team up NOW to help Democrats take back both the Senate and the presidency in 2008.
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Comment: Why doesn't Newsweek get O.J. to comment on domestic violence?
Karl Rove hasn't been convicted of anything ...yet. Neither has O.J.
Comment: If you want to defeat a Rove-backed candidate, don't waste time taking his bait on things he and his candidate say or write. Ignore that stuff -- they want Dems to talk about the issues as Rove and company frame them. If you respond to their provocations, you are being predictable and doing their job for them.
If they personnaly attack you and misrepresent what you have done or said, quickly and directly correct the record and then change the subject to things Republicans care about but their elected leaders have botched.
Instead, simply bring up Mr. Rove's record -- he got an incompetent chief executive twice-elected to the highest office by downplaying his negatives (such as excessive cronyism and utter foolishness and naivete on national security and foreign policy). Which Party started the war with one-third the number of troops to tamp down violence if an insurgency emerged after the deposing of Saddam? Who urged the President to land on an aircraft carrier in May 2003 with a giant banner in the background saying "Mission Accomplished?" How many dead and maimed American service men and women have suffered that fate since the incompetent crew Mr. Rove helped bring to power set their foolish and incompetent war plan in motion? Simply repeat over and over -- the war was started and botched by Republicans. Say: if Republicans believe so strongly in the necessity of this war as essential to our national security, then why have they run away from asking the voters to pay for it --if the war is so essential then let's raise taxes on all the Americans not in uniform to contribute their small sacrifice to match the brave warriors defending our freedom. How obscene of the Republicans to deficit spend on the war and then expect the warriors when they come home to have to pay for it with the later tax hikes that will be required to pay for the war-created deficit. Either request everyone to bear the sacrifice of paying for it right now or stop blathering about the necessity of the war.
Rove is very very talented at helping individuals who are incompent at governing in office so they can give govt. subsidies to their wealthy donors and blame the Democrats for the war mistakes they made while they were out of power. Dear voter, if you want another incompetent republican who runs successful campaigns but then then flops in running the country, then please, by all means, vote for whichever candidate Mr. Rove advises.
Comment: "By explaining to voters why he deserves to be our next president, he will also make clear why that job should not go to another person named Clinton." Well Karl, it's ironic you feel that way considering the fact that you would be the expert on surnames within the presidency. Perhaps you meant the the business of being president should stay in the family? Because that certainly seemed to be your mantra during Bush's campaign. Lets all hope that Hilary's politcal advisor is as awesome at his job as you were in securing a hand-me-down presidency.
There, ladies and gentlemen, is a sure way to beat anyone -- have Karl Rove at your side. Oh, and have an awesome lawyer that can talk his/her way out of any illegal or potential disparaging situation. And don't forget to come up with a scandal vague enough to open an investigation in which the progress reports trump any topics discussed in a debate or having anything to do with characteristics of the upcoming presidency. If what we know about Karl is held true, THAT'S how you win.
Comment: Well, Karl, of course you'd be the go-to-guy on how to beat and unbeatable opponent. That's basically what your career -- as a whole, and disregarding your hush-hush politics and antics -- amounted to. "Do what you must in order to win," right Karl? In short, thanks for making it blatantly obvious to the American public just how egomaniacal you really are.
Comment: Didn't SAY she put the mirror there, eh, Karl? Who're yuh kiddin', dood? Lawlerly I have to say -- depends on what the meaning of say says I suppose. Or do you think we don't connect the dots you throw out? Or -- heavens, it gets worse -- surely you don't think we get it at all? 'Cuz if you did, what's the point of the mirror story.
Say, you haven't been picking up your neighbors' papers while they're away -- and leaving them notes reminding them they owe you one, now have you?
Comment: Didn't SAY she put the mirror there, eh, Karl? Who're yuh kiddin', dood? Lawlerly I have to say -- depends on what the meaning of say says I suppose. Or do you think we don't connect the dots you throw out? Or -- heavens, it gets worse -- surely you don't think we get it at all? 'Cuz if you did, what's the point of the mirror story.
Say, you haven't been picking up your neighbors' papers while they're away -- and leaving them notes reminding them they owe you one, now have you?
Comment: I am not even going to read this and I may cancel my subscription to Newsweek. Karl Rove has proved himself to be a lying , vindictive egomaniac.and perhaps a criminal. The political game he revels in is destructive to our democracy - exactly his aim. I hope many others will turn off the TV, close the magazine, refuse to read or listen to any discussion of this man or his "expertise".
Comment: which one was better?
Comment: I started reading Newsweek 35 years ago in high school current events class. During the intervening years, up until last spring, I was a subscriber. Truth be told, it was the new editor's constant harangue about religion that caused me to stop paying for Newseek, but the addition of this criminal as a "contributor" bolsters my decision further. George Will would surprise me once in a while with a position that was not always consistently right-wing, and heck, once in a while he could write about baseball. Rove, on the other hand, will consistently hit the party talking points, as this embarassingly term-paperesque entry demonstates.
Comment: Having started reading Newsweek in high school current events class about 35 years ago, I was a subscriber for all the intervening yerars up until last spring. In truth, it was the new editor and his constant religious harangue that tore it for me; but I feel even better about my decision to stop paying for Newsweek with the addition of this political criminal as a "contributor". George Will would occasionally surprise me with a position he took on a matter that was not always conservative - and heck, he could always write about baseball once in a while. Rove, I wager, will always pound home the right-wing talking points reliably, as this latest term-paperesque entry shows. Newsweek has lost it's way.
Comment: "Shortly after the 2001 Inauguration, I made a little talk saying I appreciated having the office because it had the only full-length vanity mirror in the West Wing, which gave me a chance to improve my rumpled appearance. The senator from New York confronted me shortly after and pointedly said she hadn't put the mirror there. I hadn't said she did, just that the mirror was there."
Classic 'Rove-Speak' of course. "True, I insinuated about, you know, like a BILLION times but I like really never actually said it!"
Oh, and some other advise for Republican candidates this time around? (from the Rove archives)
1) Spread the word that your opponent had an illegitimate 'colored' child.
2) Spread the word that your opponent 'might' be a closet child molester.
3) Have the DA or AG bring up bogus indictments against your opponent (which will be quickly dropped after you declare victory in the election...this one works like a charm)
Do this through an 'unaffiliated' operative of course to ensure 'plausible deniabilty'.
Comment: Who would you vote for to be President or who would you consider and why.?Education and Health Care are crucial issues that need attention. Please prove your case.
Comment: Sorry search, but you didn't. You have lead me to a transcript of a hearing where Henry Waxman says that the Director of the CIA said that Ms. Plame was a covert agent. If this were a court of law that would be impermissible hearsay. In the beginning, you claimed that classified = covert, which is clearly not correct. Now you have not shown that covert = covert and protected, which is what I requested. Under the statute the CIA cannot just claim an agent is covert, they must manage the identity of that agent to protect it from being divulged. It is clear they failed to do this. I continue to wonder why Fitz didn't bring charges if indeed Ms. Plame was covert and protected. What do you think? He's just a nice guy? Maybe, perhaps, he figured that the CIA couldn't provide sufficent substantiation to the claim??????????
Comment: Karl Rove was not elected to office, he was hired to implement winning campaign strategies and act as an advisor to the President. Therefore, it would be a breach of national security for Karl Rove to share information that he discussed with the President or white house hierarchy officials with Scott McClellan. Thank God Karl was smart enough not to let that man know anything. why? He's hummin like a bird. He would have spilled sensative information all over the planet. This is why it is important to have loyal people in your administration. Throughout history people in scott's shoes have not always told the truth. There job is to speak not to write or formulate policy. I think that running the white house is a very serious task, it is not a soap opera. Valerie and her husband were spies in otherwords they are trained liars, .Oh what a tangled web we weave, When first we practise to deceive! Do you know how many times Valerie and her husband screwed people over. People think that they can spy and lie and then when it happens to them it is a crime against humanity that must be heard by congress Two wrongs do not make a right. However people need to understand that if the public was privy to the same sensative information as the President; there would be panic.
Comment: Karl Rove has recieved a great response and provides interesting views candidates strenghts and weaknesses. His article has helped us to focus on the strategies that candidates and parties use to gain the public's support. There is a serious threat in our world today, dirty bombs. Three men were arrested for allegedly trying to sell weapons-grade uranium, which apparently came from the former USSR. It is very easy now a days to get enough uranium to make a dirty bomb.There are many avenues a terrorist organization can pursue to obtain these materials. It could be through mafia organizations in Eastern Europe who have connections with Russian organized crime or government officials in Asia, Europe and the Middle East who all share common interests with these terrorist organizations. Which candidate can destabilize these threats and how will they secure the Russian nuclear, chemical and biological arsernal?? Which candidate can best manage the American relationship with China, Russia and the Middle East?? Having a bad realationship with these countries will make it impossible to successfully nolify this threat. Do any of these candidates have the skill, courage and unwavering determination to confront this issue.
Comment: Guilliani has a very rigid mind and power hungry mentality. He laughed at the thought of terrorist flying planes into the trade center; he never saw it coming. We need a President that can anticipate threats and derail them before they become a reality. A big part of that is managing relations in the middle east, eastere europe, China and Africa. Africa really needs attention. If their problems are not dealt with the world will pay a high price. Can Guilliani make head way in Africa, I don't think so. In eastern Europe I don't think so. In the middleast? You have got to be kidding me. I think he would make a good domestic President. To his credit he was a good mayor, but the means he took to achieve his goals were ruthless. I think Guiliani has a rigid mind and does not care if people have to suffer. His approach in New York was not tough, it was cruel. I think Guilaini should manage the treasury department. Hillary Clinton and Barak Obama are the only two candidates that won't forget about you and I and what is best for you and I. As mentioned Guilliani has a rigid mind and will only serve the intersest of his personal networks; Orthodox Jews are great financial supporters of Guiliani, I just cannnot envision Guilliani bringing peace to the Middle East and improving the lives of all not just those who are "worhty".
Comment: To: gmerkert
Karl Rove was not elected to office, he was hired to implement winning campaign strategies and act as an advisor to the President. Therefore, it would be a breach of national security for Karl Rove to share information that he discussed with the President or white house hierarchy officials with Scott McClellan. Thank God Karl was smart enough not to let that man know anything. why? He's hummin like a bird. He would have spilled sensative information all over the planet. This is why it is important to have loyal people in your administration. Throughout history people in scott's shoes have not always told the truth. There job is to speak not to write or formulate policy. I think that running the white house is a very serious task, it is not a soap opera. Valerie and her husband were spies in otherwords they are trained liars, .Oh what a tangled web we weave, When first we practise to deceive! Do you know how many times Valerie and her husband screwed people over. People think that they can spy and lie and then when it happens to them it is a crime against humanity that must be heard by congress Two wrongs do not make a right. However people need to understand that if the public was privy to the same sensative information as the President; there would be panic.
Comment: Karl Rove has recieved a great response and provides interesting views candidates strenghts and weaknesses. His article has helped us to focus on the strategies that candidates and parties use to gain the public's support. There is a serious threat in our world today, dirty bombs. Three men were arrested for allegedly trying to sell weapons-grade uranium, which apparently came from the former USSR. It is very easy now a days to get enough uranium to make a dirty bomb.There are many avenues a terrorist organization can pursue to obtain these materials. It could be through mafia organizations in Eastern Europe who have connections with Russian organized crime or government officials in Asia, Europe and the Middle East who all share common interests with these terrorist organizations. Which candidate can destabilize these threats and how will they secure the Russian nuclear, chemical and biological arsernal?? Which candidate can best manage the American relationship with China, Russia and the Middle East?? Having a bad realationship with these countries will make it impossible to successfully nolify this threat. Do any of these candidates have the skill, courage and unwavering determination to confront this issue.
Comment: Guilliani has a very rigid mind and power hungry mentality. He laughed at the thought of terrorist flying planes into the trade center; he never saw it coming. We need a President that can anticipate threats and derail them before they become a reality. A big part of that is managing relations in the middle east, eastere europe, China and Africa. Africa really needs attention. If their problems are not dealt with the world will pay a high price. Can Guilliani make head way in Africa, I don't think so. In eastern Europe I don't think so. In the middleast? You have got to be kidding me. I think he would make a good domestic President. To his credit he was a good mayor, but the means he took to achieve his goals were ruthless. I think Guiliani has a rigid mind and does not care if people have to suffer. His approach in New York was not tough, it was cruel. I think Guilaini should manage the treasury department. Hillary Clinton and Barak Obama are the only two candidates that won't forget about you and I and what is best for you and I. As mentioned Guilliani has a rigid mind and will only serve the intersest of his personal networks; Orthodox Jews are great financial supporters of Guiliani, I just cannnot envision Guilliani bringing peace to the Middle East and improving the lives of all not just those who are "worhty".
Comment: To: gmerkert
Karl Rove was not elected to office, he was hired to implement winning campaign strategies and act as an advisor to the President. Therefore, it would be a breach of national security for Karl Rove to share information that he discussed with the President or white house hierarchy officials with Scott McClellan. Thank God Karl was smart enough not to let that man know anything. why? He's hummin like a bird. He would have spilled sensative information all over the planet. This is why it is important to have loyal people in your administration. Throughout history people in scott's shoes have not always told the truth. There job is to speak not to write or formulate policy. I think that running the white house is a very serious task, it is not a soap opera. Valerie and her husband were spies in otherwords they are trained liars, .Oh what a tangled web we weave, When first we practise to deceive! Do you know how many times Valerie and her husband screwed people over. People think that they can spy and lie and then when it happens to them it is a crime against humanity that must be heard by congress Two wrongs do not make a right. However people need to understand that if the public was privy to the same sensative information as the President; there would be panic
Comment: Karl Rove has recieved a great response and provides interesting views candidates strenghts and weaknesses. His article has helped us to focus on the strategies that candidates and parties use to gain the public's support. There is a serious threat in our world today, dirty bombs. Three men were arrested for allegedly trying to sell weapons-grade uranium, which apparently came from the former USSR. It is very easy now a days to get enough uranium to make a dirty bomb.There are many avenues a terrorist organization can pursue to obtain these materials. It could be through mafia organizations in Eastern Europe who have connections with Russian organized crime or government officials in Asia, Europe and the Middle East who all share common interests with these terrorist organizations. Which candidate can destabilize these threats and how will they secure the Russian nuclear, chemical and biological arsernal?? Which candidate can best manage the American relationship with China, Russia and the Middle East?? Having a bad realationship with these countries will make it impossible to successfully nolify this threat. Do any of these candidates have the skill, courage and unwavering determination to confront this issue.
Comment: Not quite. The testimony to which you refer is by Henry Waxman saying he has been permitted by General Hayden to make the remarks. The General himself is not testifying. I also note, that though this transcript is of comments made in March of this year, it is yet marked preliminary. Do you have a reference where General Hayden himself testifies? Or anyone at CIA testifies? BTW, did you read the relevant legislation? It is not sufficient for the CIA to claim that an agent is covert, they must also do what is deemed necessary under to law to protect the identity of that agent.
Comment: Your original comment read:
"Pls show me where Valerie Plame was a covert CIA agent, protected by the applicable statutes, when Novak published his article!"
That what I have done. Accept the facts or not. Prosectuion motivations and results are a totally different issue.. Understand I'm "justtiredofhistoryrewrittenbyRepubs@myjobdonehere.com"
Comment: Unfortunately for his new employer, Mr Rove's complete disdain for the small matters of accuracy and truth make any pages containing anything written by him a "must ignore" section of an otherwise eminently readable magazine.
Comment: Searchfortruth---here's a place to start----http://www.digenovatoensing.com/housetestimony_3_2007.htm
Comment: Check out the House Transcripts: http://oversight.house.gov/documents/20071114150609.pdf, Page 5 and 6 lines 82-91 .
CIA Director General Michael Hayden affirmed to the House that Plames status was covert.at the time of Novak's disclosure. I would take the CIA's position as definitve.
Comment: No, it's not hair splitting. Have you read the salient legislation protecting the identity of CIA covert agents? If you haven't then suggest that you do before continueing. BTW if the equality is as you described, and there was an investigation by a Special Counsel, and if, as you say, it is proven that Valerie Plame was a 'covert' agent, then why were no charges brought against Richard Armitage? As I recall, he admitted early on to Fitz that he was the source!
Comment: And your comments here pertain to what? Rove's article? NOT! Afraid to open yourselves to that??? I cannot believe you have him contributing to your magazine. There goes the neighborhood!
Comment: And by the CIA saying that her status is 'classified' information, you know that means that she was a 'covert' agent at the time of the Novak article?
Comment: Read the message "CIA undercover operative " = covert. Wanna split more hairs?
Comment: "The most powerful leader in the world had called upon me to speak on his behalf and help restore credibility he lost amid the failure to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. So I stood at the White house briefing room podium in front of the glare of the klieg lights for the better part of two weeks and publicly exonerated two of the senior-most aides in the White House: Karl Rove and Scooter Libby.
"There was one problem. It was not true.
"I had unknowingly passed along false information. And five of the highest ranking officials in the administration were involved in my doing so: Rove, Libby, the vice President, the President's chief of staff, and the president himself."
--from "What Happened" by Scott McClellan and to be published by Public Affairs Books in Spring, 2008
Comment: "The most powerful leader in the world had called upon me to speak on his behalf and help restore credibility he lost amid the failure to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. So I stood at the White house briefing room podium in front of the glare of the klieg lights for the better part of two weeks and publicly exonerated two of the senior-most aides in the White House: Karl Rove and Scooter Libby.
"There was one problem. It was not true.
"I had unknowingly passed along false information. And five of the highest ranking officials in the administration were involved in my doing so: Rove, Libby, the vice President, the President's chief of staff, and the president himself.
??????from "What Happened" by Scott McClellan to be published by Public Affairs Books in Spring, 2008
Comment: Pls show me where Valerie Plame was a covert CIA agent, protected by the applicable statutes, when Novak published his article!
Comment: On September 16, 2003 the CIA sent a letter to the US Department of Justice, asserting that Plame's status as a CIA undercover operative was classified information and requesting a federal investigation.
Seems like the CIA should know if she was covert.
Comment: On September 16, 2003 the CIA sent a letter to the US Department of Justice, asserting that Plame's status as a CIA undercover operative was classified information and requesting a federal investigation.
Seems to me that the CIA should know if she was covert.
Comment: Scott McClellan, who served so willingly and loyally for three years as the Bush Administration's mouthpiece, says that Mr. Rove lied to him about his role in outing Valerie Plame.
So my question is this: if Karl Rove lied about something as critical to our nation's security as his involvement in outing Valerie Plame, how do we know he isn't he lying to me in the pages of your magazine?
Do you have other known liars writing "Opinion" columns in your magazine?
Comment: Enter Your CommentTo: gmerkert
Karl Rove was not elected to office, he was hired to implement winning campaign strategies and act as an advisor to the President. Therefore, it would be a breach of national security for Karl Rove to share information that he discussed with the President or white house hierarchy officials with Scott McClellan. Thank God Karl was smart enough not to let that man know anything. why? He's hummin like a bird. He would have spilled sensative information all over the planet. This is why it is important to have loyal people in your administration. Throughout history people in scott's shoes have not always told the truth. There job is to speak not to write or formulate policy. I think that running the white house is a very serious task, it is not a soap opera. Valerie and her husband were spies in otherwords they are trained liars, .Oh what a tangled web we weave, When first we practise to deceive! Do you know how many times Valerie and her husband screwed people over. People think that they can spy and lie and then when it happens to them it is a crime against humanity that must be heard by congress Two wrongs do not make a right. However people need to understand that if the public was privy to the same sensative information as the President; there would be panic.
Comment: Karl Rove has recieved a great response and provides interesting views candidates strenghts and weaknesses. His article has helped us to focus on the strategies that candidates and parties use to gain the public's support. There is a serious threat in our world today, dirty bombs. Three men were arrested for allegedly trying to sell weapons-grade uranium, which apparently came from the former USSR. It is very easy now a days to get enough uranium to make a dirty bomb.There are many avenues a terrorist organization can pursue to obtain these materials. It could be through mafia organizations in Eastern Europe who have connections with Russian organized crime or government officials in Asia, Europe and the Middle East who all share common interests with these terrorist organizations. Which candidate can destabilize these threats and how will they secure the Russian nuclear, chemical and biological arsernal?? Which candidate can best manage the American relationship with China, Russia and the Middle East?? Having a bad realationship with these countries will make it impossible to successfully nolify this threat. Do any of these candidates have the skill, courage and unwavering determination to confront this issue.
Comment: Guilliani has a very rigid mind and power hungry mentality. He laughed at the thought of terrorist flying planes into the trade center; he never saw it coming. We need a President that can anticipate threats and derail them before they become a reality. A big part of that is managing relations in the middle east, eastere europe, China and Africa. Africa really needs attention. If their problems are not dealt with the world will pay a high price. Can Guilliani make head way in Africa, I don't think so. In eastern Europe I don't think so. In the middleast? You have got to be kidding me. I think he would make a good domestic President. To his credit he was a good mayor, but the means he took to achieve his goals were ruthless. I think Guiliani has a rigid mind and does not care if people have to suffer. His approach in New York was not tough, it was cruel. I think Guilaini should manage the treasury department. Hillary Clinton and Barak Obama are the only two candidates that won't forget about you and I and what is best for you and I. As mentioned Guilliani has a rigid mind and will only serve the intersest of his personal networks; Orthodox Jews are great financial supporters of Guiliani, I just cannnot envision Guilliani bringing peace to the Middle East and improving the lives of all not just those who are "worhty".
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