I served in the military for 21 years and saw 5 combat tours. WOW!!!! I never realized how much combat experience my wife has!!!!!!!!
I served in the military for 21 years and saw 5 combat tours. WOW!!!! I never realized how much combat experience my wife has!!!!!!!!
The 2008 Presidential Election is one that we Dems cannot afford to loose. That being the case, we need a nominee who will eventually win. With Hillary, we know what we will be getting. She is the sure choice. We cannot risk the Presidency this year. I am too sure that all the negative ads that could be ran against her have already been discussed and look how far they have gotten her; the first female President of the United States of America. I watch FOX and I listen to Republicans. The one person they fear this election is not Obama. They are in fact rooting for him. They know that with him, they can win. They can, without a lot of effort, define him, like the did John Kerry. They see that he is weak. They want a weak Democrat to run against so that they can play the national security card. With Hillary, they cannot do that effectively because notwithstanding the fact that everyone seems to highlight her negatives like she is the only one that has them, it is her negatives or the belief in them that will tell any world leader to back off or else. Thats strength, something that Obama cannot give or fake. For these reasons and more, we Dems cannot risk the Presidency and side with a candidate who has no experience, lacks strength and who is a possible punching bag for the Republicans. So wake up.
In terms of electability in November, Obama has a huge advantage over Hillary. In theory, she would probably be a decent president, but she is far too polarizing to ever win a general election. If Hillary is having this much trouble against her Democratic opponents, it does not bode well for her fortunes in an election where she will facing a huge smear campaign that Republicans are itching to unload on her if she's on the ballot. It's fascinating how the Republican candidates love to mention Hillary as a way of turning out voters but they will seldom speak Obama's name. You could argue that she's more of a lightning rod than abortion or gay marriage.
For a party that is having difficulty mobilizing their base, the GOP's job would become much easier if Hillary were the Democratic nominee. Even if the pro-life "family values" Christian voters have reservations about the Republican nominee (whoever it may be), they would show up in droves just to vote against her. However, if Obama is on the ballot in November, many of the anti-Hillary conservatives will simply stay home and complain about what the world is coming to. Many Democratic voters are either unaware of this or they are so loyal to Clinton that they turn a blind eye to her general election weaknesses.
Anyone whose had any exposure to conservative political circles knows that a huge chunk of the country has hated Hillary for decades and they always will regardless of what she has done or said since her husband left office. Obama has far less baggage and GOP smear campaign fodder. Some Christian conservatives are genuinely intrigued by him because he seems more authentic and coherent when talking about his faith as opposed to Hillary who sounds mechanical and pre-programmed whenever she tries to discuss anything related to religion.
The GOP candidates won't admit it, but they strongly prefer to run against Hillary. She's an easy target and their best hope to keep the White House in Republican hands until 2012. You'll have a hard time finding any religious conservative over 35 who could be persuaded vote for Hillary. However, many of them have still not made up their minds about Obama which opens up the possibility for him to win their support in a long election season.
Bottom line: Clinton could still get the nomination, but she can't win in November. Obama's biggest challenge is beating Hillary in the primaries, but if he does, Obama has the chance to unite the country in favor of true change and win the general election comfortably.
I believe the same pitch was used to sway supporters of Hindenburg and the SA party over to the National Socialist Party in 1934. When that didn't work, Hitler merely had all his opponents killed. Is that why Hillary wore brown today?
In terms of electability in November, Obama has a huge advantage over Hillary. In theory, she would probably be a decent president, but she is far too polarizing to ever win a general election. If Hillary is having this much trouble against her Democratic opponents, it does not bode well for her fortunes in an election where she will facing a huge smear campaign that Republicans are itching to unload on her if she's on the ballot. It's fascinating how the Republican candidates love to mention Hillary as a way of turning out voters but they will seldom speak Obama's name. You could argue that she's more of a lightning rod than abortion or gay marriage.
For a party that is having difficulty mobilizing their base, the GOP's job would become much easier if Hillary were the Democratic nominee. Even if the pro-life "family values" Christian voters have reservations about the Republican nominee (whoever it may be), they would show up in droves just to vote against her. However, if Obama is on the ballot in November, many of the anti-Hillary conservatives will simply stay home and complain about what the world is coming to. Many Democratic voters are either unaware of this or they are so loyal to Clinton that they turn a blind eye to her general election weaknesses.
Anyone whose had any exposure to conservative political circles knows that a huge chunk of the country has hated Hillary for decades and they always will regardless of what she has done or said since her husband left office. Obama has far less baggage and GOP smear campaign fodder. Some Christian conservatives are genuinely intrigued by him because he seems more authentic and coherent when talking about his faith as opposed to Hillary who sounds mechanical and pre-programmed whenever she tries to discuss anything related to religion.
The GOP candidates won't admit it, but they strongly prefer to run against Hillary. She's an easy target and their best hope to keep the White House in Republican hands until 2012. You'll have a hard time finding any religious conservative over 35 who could be persuaded vote for Hillary. However, many of them have still not made up their minds about Obama which opens up the possibility for him to win their support in a long election season.
Bottom line: Clinton could still get the nomination, but she can't win in November. Obama's biggest challenge is beating Hillary in the primaries, but if he does, Obama has the chance to unite the country in favor of true change and win the general election comfortably.
When I heard that Ms. Clinton was running for president i made up my mind to vot for her I Truly she can run the When House and do a bang up job it She was in there for eight year so she should what to do.
When i hear that mrs. Clinton was running I made up my mind that i was going to vote for her it hight time that we put a lady in the White House
Bill had her ear, and she his. Therefore, absolutely no one running has the experience, let alone the inate good sense, Hillary has!
And I'm tired of people who are so blind that they don't realize that one of Bill Clinton's major advisors during his presidency was Hillary Clinton. Therein lies her experience; she got to see the job firsthand.
Just exactly what is this exceptional ???experience??? that Hillary Clinton has? The only elective office that she has held is U.S senator. Both of her closest Democratic presidential rivals have held that same office. Perhaps Hillary is trying to claim that being first lady qualifies her to be president. But that is an honorary title and she did nothing to earn it. If being first lady is qualification for being president, then both Barbara Bush and Laura Bush are every bit as qualified as Hillary Clinton for the office. Some of the things that Hillary has actual experience in are: getting laundered political payoffs in the form of cattle futures trading profits and claiming she made the money by reading The Wall Street Journal; engineering the firing of White House Travel Office personnel by making false accusations of embezzlement so that Clinton cronies could take over the office; holding secret health-care reform meetings in violation of the law and generally presiding over a disastrous health-care plan that she couldn???t get passed despite having a Democratic majority in Congress. Don???t count on the ???news??? media to remind anyone of these and many other actual experiences of Hillary. They???ve been doing their best to help her keep it covered up and/or minimize the political damage of them for many years ??? and continue to do so.
It amazes me that people think so blindsided. She has been around politcs all of her life. She may not have been appointed to an office but she was an active first lady not like the slug Laura Bush who justs stands around with that dicator she married and smiles. Hillary is very bright and very well spoken. I don't agree with a lot of her politics but I am bright enough to recoginze a well educated and experienced person even if I don't vote for her.
I believe history has already showed that during the Clinton administration, Monica Lewinsky was the closest thing we had to an active first lady.
HA! thats a good one. hahaha. I don't think a more true statement has been said in this forum
Hillary is the only one anyone should be voting for tonight. Obama doesn`t have enough experience yet. He should of waited afew more years and then ran. The republicains would love to run against him they know they can beat up on him and remove him . Joe Biden is okay,so is John Edwards. I hope people are using their brains and common sence,or they`ll end up with a jessis ventura or another george bush and we can`t afford that.we need good representation now more then ever.
I really am tired of reading peoples comments about the lack of experience of Obama's and surplus experience of Clinton. If you wanna vote for experience, vote for McCain. I'm not even a republican but this is ridiculous. It is insane to believe the Clinton has ANY more experience creating policy and leading. SHE DID NOT DO THAT, as first lady, that was Bill's job. As far as duties that are even remotely similar to a presidential seat, look at her time as a senator in NYC, when you address it as such, the divide between the outspoken "experience" of Clinton and Obama dwindles to nearly zero.
While Hillary is no worse than the average, the idea that she can get a world leader to back off or else is absurd and childish. It's as if presidential PMS were a future virtue? Putin and Hu will have her for lunch
Let us not forget that this woman could not get her husband to keep his fly closed for fifteen minutes even if it meant making her and this country a mockery! She blinked or looked the other way through more dalliances than I care to recall, all the while insisting it was a right wing conspiracy. She will be overrun and over ruled by Bill as she has been for decades.
If a presidents wife where to whore around one tenth as much as Bill did, and that president where to fail to remove her from the position as first lady, the American people would have his head, yet this woman wants us to make Bill Clinton the first "First Gentleman"
What a joke! If she had dumped him I might vote for her, but her actions have proven her a sheep in shrews clothing.
Hillary is the only one anyone should voting for tonight.We need a strong person and one with experience.
Obama is not seasoned enough yet for this job he need to wait afew moreyears and then try again..Joe biden and john edwards would be okay too.But I feel the right one for our nation right now is hillary.
Hillary is the only one anyone should be voting for tonight. Obama doesn`t have enough experience yet. He should of waited afew more years and then ran. The republicains would love to run against him they know they can beat up on him and remove him . Joe Biden is okay,so is John Edwards. I hope people are using their brains and common sence,or they`ll end up with a jessis ventura or another george bush and we can`t afford that.we need good representation now more then ever.
I really don't care what a bunch of farmers in Iowa think. They are not be voting in the next President, nor are they casting my voting.
If anyone takes this caucus as a barometer on who should be President needs to have their heads examined.
I have been reading some posts of yours and I am impressed.
Avocatro you could not be more correct, you saved me a lot of typing thank you. THEY WANT Obama big time. They don't want to run against the Clinton machine!
If she loses, no big deal. Iowa doesn't have a great record of voting for nominees that acutally win the overall nomination, and then win the Presidential Election in November. Now, even though Florida is infamous for voting issues, they have pick the canidate that wins for the past 30 years. So I say, look at the Florida results very carefully on January 29.
America is a Democracy - Not a Monarchy.
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Nepotism does not equal experience.
The spin machine whipped together a machine candidate for a the past several years.
But as the lights grow more intense it's the people who begin to decide. Not the Machine.
- Barack Obama for President.
It's Time for America to Rise and Shine again.
Please get your details straight or your message will be lost. The US in NOT a democracy, it is a Elective Federal Republic. HUGE difference, just ask Al Gore, who learned that lesson the hard way.
We are not permitted to directly vote for specific legislation as in a democracy. We vote for representatives to speak for us.
Regrettably these representatives are then bought and sold like cattle.
Although your points are valid, your inaccuracies portray you as a partisan rather than a patriot.
Hillary and Barak Hussein Obama are brought to you by the same Democratic Party that brought you Al Gore and the John Kerry as candidates. I guess the Democrats want another Republican President. They are both talking about change and health care etc without any concern over responsiblility. They never mention that out Social Security INSURANCE is being stolen each year to cover their pet projects. Does any one know that there was a $285 BILLION dollar surplus in SSI this past year? They will rob that like the mob union bosses of Chicago did.
MILTON for PRESIDENT 2008 --- write him in!
There is always a surplus in SSI. There is also a law passed by congress many years ago that allows them to use ALL of the surplus social security money as they see fit. The file criminal charges against corporations for dipping in to the retirement funds but they do the same thing to social security and never manage to mention that when they talk about fixing it. There's many articles like this one if you look.
http://archives.cnn.com/2001/ALLPOLITICS/08/28/budget/
Hillary???s triangulation strategy is symptomatic of the Clintons??? character. In the absence of any legal, ethical or moral compass, the Clintons' only character strength is their lust for power simply for powers sake. As a nation we continue to experience the depths of legal, ethical or moral abandon that the Clintons will stoop to in their quest for power.
The next time your making a ???Made in China??? purchase at Wal-Mart remember this, without attaching any strings that would impede China???s growth (strings such as protecting the environment or labor and property rights to levels that are comparable to western standards), the Clinton-Gore administration supported China???s entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO) after the 1996 Clinton-Gore re-election campaign accepted illegal campaign contributions from Chinese nationals.
Today China is not only a leading contributor to global warming (thank you very much Mr. Nobel Laureate, Al Gore), it is also pushing up oil and other commodity prices, taking our jobs and stealing our intellectual property.
China almost certainly has more dirt on the Clintons and would love to have another Clinton administration in the White House so as to advance China???s dominance even further. Shame on the Clintons for fooling us once. And shame on us if we let them fool us again.
America was founded on the principles of the Age of Enlightenment.
America is a Democracy - Not a Monarchy.
Nepotism does not equal experience.
The spin machine whipped together machine candidate for a the past several years.
But as the lights grow more intense it's the people who decide. Not the Machine. - Barack Obama for a Better America.
Although I agree with your concept, America is NOT a democracy in the real sense of the word. Basic high school civics should have taught you that!~
Unfortunate for many, we run into an issue that seems to plague the electoral process in this country, choosing evils. However, I am pleased to say that things appear a little brighter this year. While many candidates seem shaky, inexperienced and possibly full of hot air from time to time (as many politicians most definitely are) I think it's safe to say we have a fresh batch of people running for president here. When can we say the last time the front runners for a party, let alone the presidency were composed of a black man and a woman? This is a step in the right direction. Sure, every party has its ups and downs but what it really comes down to at this point is that Hillary, Obama, McCain and Rev. Huckabee have started to show a more confrontational side of politics, backing away from the copious amounts of mudslinging that seems to plague our debates and campaigns. The only candidate that seems truly stuck in the high school-esqe name calling bouts is Mitt Romney. Poor guy just doesn't understand that we're looking for someone to run the country, not point out others fall outs so they don't have to stand for anything.
As far as the candidates themselves, it's possible that Obama may need help from congress, but the president is more a figure head than anything else and the fact that he is such a great orator will come to his aide tremendously. It would be great to have a president that doesn't have posters composed of idiotic quips quoted from speeches. As far as Hillary is concerned, I don't think she's a BAD choice because of the type of person she is. She would be a very refreshing change to the country; but not right now, and not in 2008. With pending wars in the middle-east, we need to keep in mind their outlook and thoughts. Politics is a global community. Unfortunately the culture of many middle-eastern countries does not show respect to women as policy makers, political leaders or people of power in general. Sad as it is, I would hate to see what effect naming a woman (a strong one, don't get me wrong here) as president would have on international relations with the middle east. Sorry Hillary. Huckabee is innocent and that's all good and fine. I like what he stands for. I don't think he's a slug, but if you have a wife and/or daughters, how can you not know there is a writer's strike going on? Pay attention to picket lines man. John McCain is a good man, but he's getting up there in years... I'm just going to label him as the Republican Ross Perot of 2008.
In closing, one of Hillary's advisers has been quoted as saying, "You often learn more about a person when they don't succeed than when they do." This is true and losing his bid for presidency couldn't have helped this man more, and in turn made him a very desirable candidate for the presidency in the future. My support still goes out to Al Gore. Get the man an open minded, mixed party congress and let???s fix this country from the inside out in 2012.
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