How to Beat Hillary (Next) November

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  • Posted By: ckoog @ 11/19/2007 11:30:28 PM

    Republicans are just playing the game. It'll never happen. They have become masters at stealing elections. Scared of socialism? How about facism? Without the constitution and free elections, how can there be democracy?

  • Posted By: canne @ 11/19/2007 11:30:23 PM

    Ah! How we miss you, Mr. Rove! You do know how to best positon a candiddate to get into office, what issues will be most important, etc. Now who will step firmly ahead in the Republican party to move decidely to the forefront???

  • Posted By: eddiewhere @ 11/19/2007 11:23:13 PM

    I see what you are trying to say but you are defining it wrong. Hillary is not a communist socialist that statement is very ignorant. What you are trying to say is she supports social programs that she feels the government should fund like Health Care. Karl Rove made the democratic candidates look like silly children both Gore and Kerry. My point is that OBAMA needs to pay attenetion and not be afraid to tackle issues head on even if it means saying something controversial like Rove mentioned in his article. The democrats are dead sacared of what happened to them in 2000 and 2004. That is why congress is scared to be tough on BUsh they care more about maintaining power than ending the war. That is why they have an 11 per cent approval rating. Nancy Peolisi I think is in love with her position as first women speaker and would not risk her career for you or I or those brave American soldiers. Hillary is still petrified of her Health Care Experience she realized she had to share. This is not Hillary's Health Care Plan this is our Health plan.It is not her fault that she is scripted once you take of a bite of the apple you feel ashamed and want to cover up and script your words because your enemies twist everything you say, that is the challenge you cannot let your enemies completely change who you are. Once a left wing democrat idealist in college to conservative centrist democrat of the 21st century who are more like Republicans than democrats.

  • Posted By: barryh22 @ 11/19/2007 7:05:50 PM

    What's Hiilary going to do now that the war, that she voted for is making progress, probably flip flop and say I told you so. I can't stand the media bias about the war, there are far more US citizens dying every day here at home from murders, starvation, etc, than the great troops that are fighting the war against terror. I have a better chance of dying than any of our soldiers abroad. Get off it, more people are being killed here at home than in Iraq, while the politicians try to further themselves by denouncing our efforts to rid the world of terror. One word 911, I know it will never happen again as long as Democrats are not in office.

    • Posted By: kianeon @ 11/19/2007 11:19:13 PM

      It will never happen again anyway since the republicans have made such a fine job of destroying the Constitution and all our values that Bin Ladden doesn't have to attack again. because we are devouring ourselves so willingly.

  • Posted By: stiffy1938 @ 11/19/2007 11:17:49 PM

    What most people are missing about Hillary Clinton is that she is a socialist. If she becomes Prsident of this great Country, the beginning of a big socialist movement will begin. Don;t forget her past involvement in socialist issues. She is for a larger controlling government which will embark on a campaign for more government control over one's life and less freedom for free enterprise. A vote for her is a vote for socialism in the United States. Shame on us if we put someone in the highest office of the land who has those radical views. She is banking on getting the vote of the uninformed, who will be trapped by her deliberate propaganda that she has the answers to our problems.. That being, more government, less indifidual freedoms and less free enterprise. To start her promise, she will start with raising taxes and introducing her socialized medicine program. Talk to people who have socialized medicine. They will tell you that it only provides care for those who have none and has ultimately lowered the standards and quality of care from the medical field. Do you think she would be willing to wait for weeks to she a physician for a solution to a medical problem. Welcome to socialized medicine.

  • Posted By: eddiewhere @ 11/19/2007 11:15:50 PM

    You are right in some respects, Karl Rove made the democratic candidates look like silly children both Gore and Kerry. My point is that OBAMA needs to pay attenetion and not be afraid to tackle issues head on even if it means saying something controversial like Rove mentioned in his article. The democrats are dead sacared of what happened to them in 2000 and 2004. That is why congress is scared to be tough on BUsh they care more about maintaining power than ending the war. That is why they have an 11 per cent approval rating. Nancy Peolisi I think is in love with her position as first women speaker and would not risk her career for you or I or those brave American soldiers. Hillary is still petrified of her Health Care Experience she realized she had to share. This is not Hillary's Health Care Plan this is our Health plan.It is not her fault that she is scripted once you take of a bite of the apple you feel ashamed and want to cover up and script your words because your enemies twist everything you say, that is the challenge you cannot let your enemies completely change who you are. Once a left wing democrat idealist in college to conservative centrist democrat of the 21st century who are more like Republicans than democrats.

  • Posted By: FAIRANDBALANCED @ 11/19/2007 7:24:48 PM

    In my heart of hearts, I firmly believe the left-wingers out there DON'T WANT US TO WIN in Iraq and Afghanistan. This follows closely with the "Clinton Doctrine" of political thinking in this country. There is so much hatred of Bush that they (Democrats), will listen to NOTHING that is positive for Bush!! Of course, they will never admit this to your face. The Democratic Party will eventually lead to the downfall of this country.

    • Posted By: kianeon @ 11/19/2007 11:10:31 PM

      ??There is so much hatred of Bush??? Do you forget the 8 years we were forced to listen to nothing but vile hatred rantings about anything Clinton? Republicans impeached him on a lie about sex, but then we are supposed to believe that lies about engaging in war are okay? Bush should have been impeached ages ago and Rove, by the way should have been fired and charged with outing a CIA operative. What normal citizen gets to change their testimony to a grand jury multiple times without being charged with perjury? But then again, Rove would have gotten his little pardon just like Scooter.

    • Posted By: slidemike @ 11/19/2007 7:31:43 PM

      GO BACK AND LISTEN TO SOME MORE HANNITY! USE YOUR BRAIN AND THINK FOR YOURSELF LIKE THE REST OF US GREAT AMERICANS!

  • Posted By: acoustimac @ 11/19/2007 11:09:59 PM

    Karl Rove is the master of using the unsaid words (note his discussion about the mirror...never said it was hers, BUT implied it was by not saying any more). He is the man that fabricated the Swift Boat operation against an honored veteran in the last election. He fabricated stories using the unsaid and implied meaning about the former Governor of Texas being a ***. That got Bush the Texas governorship. Basically the guy is a snake in the grass and any Republican that believes anything he says is naive or ignorant at best. Its time for politics to clean itself up and unfortunately, until Americans become smart enough to dig through the vile rhetoric created by people like Karl Rove...we all end up losing. The perfect point is made below by the ignoramus that defines Hillary as a communist socialist. I doubt that person even knows what those words mean...except that we've always used them in a negative sense.

  • Posted By: acoustimac @ 11/19/2007 11:09:18 PM

    Karl Rove is the master of using the unsaid words (note his discussion about the mirror...never said it was hers, BUT implied it was by not saying any more). He is the man that fabricated the Swift Boat operation against an honored veteran in the last election. He fabricated stories using the unsaid and implied meaning about the former Governor of Texas being a ***. That got Bush the Texas governorship. Basically the guy is a snake in the grass and any Republican that believes anything he says is naive or ignorant at best. Its time for politics to clean itself up and unfortunately, until Americans become smart enough to dig through the vile rhetoric created by people like Karl Rove...we all end up losing. The perfect point is made below by the ignoramus that defines Hillary as a communist socialist. I doubt that person even knows what those words mean...except that we've always used them in a negative sense.

  • Posted By: peskyone @ 11/19/2007 11:08:02 PM

    I can't believe Newsweek would publish this biased, unsubstaniated and otherwwise meaningless glimpse into the mind of Hillary Clinton. Let's somehow prey upon the fears of the common voter, capture just over 50% of the vote, and shove the opposite platform policy of welfare and college tuition down the throats of 100% of the non-superrich. A vast majority polled in Europe (90%?) thought Bush would lose the election because they saw through the smoke and that famous mirror - maybe because they had nothing t.o fear May it be Hillary, another democrat or a republican, let's hope 51% of Americans can defeat the Rove method this time around.

  • Posted By: JerryDTX @ 11/19/2007 11:06:31 PM

    I have subscribed to Newsweek for years now! However, having someone of Karl Rove's caliber writing news articles is extremely disappointing. I'm sure Hitler would write great articles if he was still alive.

  • Posted By: Gen33 @ 11/19/2007 11:05:55 PM

    Get a clue. Hillary is a communist socialist. She believes in an equal distribution of wealth, taking money from you and I and giving it to others, even illegal aliens. Taxing you and I and giving the money to others, aka socialism, didn't work in the former USSR, won't work in China or Venezuela, and certainly won't work here.

    Duh!

  • Posted By: ru4real6846 @ 11/19/2007 10:25:17 PM

    Every election, people try to get garbage on someone else. it's like a bunch of kids. These people are losers. You can do all you want to Hillary but that's not going to change the fact, she is going to be our next president. She's the only one capable of straightening out this country and the mess it is in. People can say all they want about Hillary but she's the only one qqqualified for the job. Republicans screw up this country in everything they do. Look at what George Bush has done. He shouldn't have never been in office. He cheated Gore out of it in 2000 and cheated Kerry out of it in 2004. When democrats are in office, things are better. Gas will go down and everyone will have healthcare. Bush has screwed up everything and this country let him get away with it. That's how crooked this country is. This war should have never been and I'd be damned if I would go to war for this country over oil. That's the only reason Bush sent our troops to war and if another republican gets in office, our troops will never come home And when they come home, they will never be the same and this country never takes care of the vets of this country. So you Americans can say all you want but when it's all said and done, Hillary Clinton will be our next president.

    • Posted By: Snorkeldorf @ 11/19/2007 10:48:12 PM

      I hope not and I disagree that she is the only candidate that has solutions for all of our problems. I do believe she has our country's best interest at heart and, If she is the democratic nominee, I will vote for her, but I also believe there are other democrats who are equally well-intentioned who would be far more effective getting the much needed changes in our domestic and foreign policy enacted. Justifiably or not, Ms. Clinton is too much of a lightning rod for the divisive forces currently splitting our country. We need somebody capable of unifying our country and I don't think that she is of that mindset.

    • Posted By: tiredofpoliticsasusualbydems @ 11/19/2007 10:34:16 PM

      why?

  • Posted By: grantzy @ 11/19/2007 9:03:14 PM

    Try if you like, give intellectual hints and strategies. Nevertheless, not ONE of the other Democratic runners nor ANY of the Republican runners can stack up EVEN half way to what Hillary Clinton is, has been, and is going to be for our country. She has vision, ethics, understanding, leadership, charisma, perception and spunk. What a CARING leader and person she is to want to clean up the messes left by our current regime.

    • Posted By: peaser @ 11/19/2007 10:43:19 PM

      Have you lost your mind? Please tell me about all of Hillary Clinton's great accomplishments. She has none. Unless you count being married to one of the worst presidents the United States has ever had. Of course she has ethics...she wouldn't divorce her cheating husband because that would eliminate her name recognition. If she doesn't have the courage to stand up for her own basic moral values, then she clearly couldn't stand up for this country in a time of need. As a senator of New York, she wrote or sponsered absolutely no legislature of consequence. She merely took the job so she could pad her resume. Why didn't she try to run in Arkansas? She had already burned her bridges there. To say that no candidate in either party is half as qualified as her is outrageous. She is the underqualified candidate. Pull your head out of the sand, maybe read about the other candidates and then decide.

  • Posted By: eddiewhere @ 11/19/2007 10:17:52 PM

    Obama had a great opportunity to capture the minds and hopes of the American people in the last debate, but he failed. He also failed to integrate the Rove Doctrine: To distinguish yourself from your opponent and do not hesitate to say anything controversial. Obama's opportunity came when he was asked the same question Hillary Clinton stumbled on in the previous debate which was, do you believe that illegal immigrants should have drivers licenses? At that juncture he should have responded by stating that
    "everyone in this country are human beings first and that they are very sensative to this issue because it affects millions of families and their relatives. As President I am willing to tackle this problem head on not just "patch it up"(THat would have made a memorable punch line). The first thing I would do as President when confronted with this issue is to get to the root of the problem. Why can't illegals become legal and get legal driver's licenses why do they have to be illegal in the first place. The short term solution would be to give illegals licenses with conditions just like visitors attain temporary driver's licenses or the licenses from their country have been evaluated and recognized. Licenses for illegals must have special conditions, if you are convicted of any driving felony or DUI your license is automatically revoked.

    • Posted By: Snorkeldorf @ 11/19/2007 10:33:40 PM

      And posting and re-posting the same things over and over again (not even bothering to correct the grammar and mis-spelling) is another huge turnoff. You are essentially implying that you are the only one that has anything important to contribute. People don't like that. Can't think of a better way to get people to ignore you without even bothering to read what you have to say.

  • Posted By: chrisfrenzy @ 11/19/2007 7:32:45 AM

    On a scale from 0 to 10, where 10 equals "cancel my subscription," Newsweek just went from 3 to 9.5. Your magazine is called "Newsweek." Not "News-Manipulation-Week." I am not a close-minded person. Karl Rove is. I read and appreciate Anna Quindlen and George Will alike. But, a known propagandist, with a known ax to grind and a limited familiarity with truth and decency, should not be given a voice in an impartial news magazine. Newsweek, please reconsider maintaining your dignity!

    Please reconsider maintaining your dignity.

    • Posted By: ferriferous @ 11/19/2007 10:26:52 PM

      Kudos for U Chrisfrenzy! Your appreciation scale of Neauseaweak should be a barometer for everyone that is totally disgusted with Rovian Cancer Karl. He and his minions will not be statisfied until everyone that doesn't have a eight figure financial statement be provided with a "Sun Roof" on their homes familar with the ones shown in the aerial photos by the Newsreels made of Berlin and other cities in Germany just prior to the end of World War II. These roofs to be provided by "Shock and Awe Corp." designed by none other than Don Rumsfield, CWO, (Chief War Operator). You might also be interested to know that Mr. Rovian has been a busy busy boy, possibly, helping convict an innocent man from Alabama, formerly the Governor. It seems he has been secretly communicating with certain FBI Agents and DOJ Attys. in connection with the handling of the indictment and conviction of a Gov. Don Siegelman, which I believe is on Appeal. This isn't Rove's first Baptism in ruining other people's carreers, It seems he was instrumental in attempting to have an Agriculture Commisoner in Texas indicted in simular fashion, talking to the good ole boys at the FBI in Texas about a Mr. Jim Hightower who had that office and was being groomed to evenually unseat Phil Gramm, well, Mr. Hightower escaped the clutches of Dr. Karl M.(Mengele) Rove, "The Political Angel of Death," so , Jim can and will yet be able to fight another day for the truth, freedom and the Amurikan way, preventing Rovian oppression that has been compared by scholars far and wide as consuming as the Black Death or the Second coming of George W. Bush. truly ferriferous ferret

  • Posted By: Chris1729 @ 11/19/2007 10:00:39 PM

    Although it seems that everyone here is pretty set upon whom he/she is going to vote for, to those who may be on the fence, I offer this suggestion:

    Rather than merely casting a vote for the lesser of two evils (although stopping something bad from happening is a noble intention), try considering your vote as an affirmative statement. That is, voting FOR someone is not the same thing as voting AGAINST the other guy. A vote is like standing up and saying, "Yes, you, I agree with what you say and I want you to be my leader!" If there is no candidate whom you affirmatively desire to be your leader, consider abstaining entirely. If we don't like anything at the store, we don't buy something just because we feel like we have to buy something.

    • Posted By: Snorkeldorf @ 11/19/2007 10:20:23 PM

      Unfortunately, we have to buy something at the store sometime else we would all eventually starve to death. Similarly, a President is going to be elected and we must all live with the resulting consequences. Sadly, our two party system presents us with only two realistic choices. As is too often the case, if neither of those choices is particularly worthy of support, yet one is clearly more evil than the other, for the best chance of survival, we are obligated to choose the lesser of two evils. Rarely are we presented with a choice that we can support without reservation. When that happens, more power to us, but in the meantime, we still have to get by the best we can.

  • Posted By: eddiewhere @ 11/19/2007 10:15:35 PM

    Comment: Illegals must pass the road test so we are sure that they understand the signs. I do not want illegals who can't read signs driving around with no license no insuranse and unable to read or understand road signs. Therefore it is the publics general interest that illegals are given licenses with conditions. These licenses must be renewed every year and the illegal immigrant records will be evaluated to see if he is on the pathway to legalization and whether the has complied with American laws in order to keep our roads safe. A President must always put the safety of the American people first. The second part of my solution is too work with people like the governor of New Mexico who is very knowlegable regarding this issue and could head a panel under my presidency to work with Mexican officials to provie a proper avenue for Mexicans. Mexicans are great people and they are our neighbors so we have to let them know like friends what we are doing is genuine. There is no doubt that we have to enforce existing immigration laws and enforce our borders in order to stop the flow of illegal immigration and start the flow of legal and controlled immigration where one of the prerequistes is too read, speak and write ENglish/ this must be funded by the Mexican govenments so that Mexicans will be motivated to learn English so their transition into American culture was as smooth as my parent's. I would also start a special intellectual task force that would be biparitisan and from both countries. THere task to develop economic plans to improve wages in Mexico. Like any relationship this one must be nurtured in order for it to succeed, we have done it with Canada there is no reason why we cannot work with our neighbors to improve living situations for everyone. This issue requires a president to be firm, but at the same time be sensitive to the fact that words like aliens and illegals are verying polarizing and divisive. I just want the American people to know that there are solutions to problems without reacting impulsively and making bad short term solutions like building a wall along the border. History has proven that a wall divides and does not work, look at Germany, over a million people found a way around and over the Iron Curtain Wall, and unfortunately thousands died and that wall. I do not want to shoot my neighbor i want him to respect me and understand that the values that America represents.The safety of the American people comes first!. IF OBAMA had given this answer he would have taken over this race, people would begin to believe that this man is brilliant, he can solve problems, he cares for the safety of not only Americans but human beings in general. He is willing to

  • Posted By: eddiewhere @ 11/19/2007 10:11:34 PM

    Comment: Obama had a great opportunity to capture the minds and hopes of the American people in the last debate, but he failed. He also failed to integrate the Rove Doctrine: To distinguish yourself from your opponent and do not hesitate to say anything controversial. Obama's opportunity came when he was asked the same question Hillary Clinton stumbled on in the previous debate which was, do you believe that illegal immigrants should have drivers licenses? At that juncture he should have responded by stating that
    "everyone in this country are human beings first and that they are very sensative to this issue because it affects millions of families and their relatives. As President I am willing to tackle this problem head on not just "patch it up"(THat would have made a memorable punch line). The first thing I would do as President when confronted with this issue is to get to the root of the problem. Why can't illegals become legal and get legal driver's licenses why do they have to be illegal in the first place. The short term solution would be to give illegals licenses with conditions just like visitors attain temporary driver's licenses or the licenses from their country have been evaluated and recognized. Licenses for illegals must have special conditions, if you are convicted of any driving felony or DUI your license is automatically revoked.

  • Posted By: eddiewhere @ 11/19/2007 10:11:19 PM

    Illegals must pass the road test so we are sure that they understand the signs. I do not want illegals who can't read signs driving around with no license no insuranse and unable to read or understand road signs. Therefore it is the publics general interest that illegals are given licenses with conditions. These licenses must be renewed every year and the illegal immigrant records will be evaluated to see if he is on the pathway to legalization and whether the has complied with American laws in order to keep our roads safe. A President must always put the safety of the American people first. The second part of my solution is too work with people like the governor of New Mexico who is very knowlegable regarding this issue and could head a panel under my presidency to work with Mexican officials to provie a proper avenue for Mexicans. Mexicans are great people and they are our neighbors so we have to let them know like friends what we are doing is genuine. There is no doubt that we have to enforce existing immigration laws and enforce our borders in order to stop the flow of illegal immigration and start the flow of legal and controlled immigration where one of the prerequistes is too read, speak and write ENglish/ this must be funded by the Mexican govenments so that Mexicans will be motivated to learn English so their transition into American culture was as smooth as my parent's. I would also start a special intellectual task force that would be biparitisan and from both countries. THere task to develop economic plans to improve wages in Mexico. Like any relationship this one must be nurtured in order for it to succeed, we have done it with Canada there is no reason why we cannot work with our neighbors to improve living situations for everyone. This issue requires a president to be firm, but at the same time be sensitive to the fact that words like aliens and illegals are verying polarizing and divisive. I just want the American people to know that there are solutions to problems without reacting impulsively and making bad short term solutions like building a wall along the border. History has proven that a wall divides and does not work, look at Germany, over a million people found a way around and over the Iron Curtain Wall, and unfortunately thousands died and that wall. I do not want to shoot my neighbor i want him to respect me and understand that the values that America represents.The safety of the American people comes first!. IF OBAMA had given this answer he would have taken over this race, people would begin to believe that this man is brilliant, he can solve problems, he cares for the safety of not only Americans but human beings in general. He is willing to work with those on both sides of the isle to solve problems. He is fresh, he will bring us hope

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