Certainly, I know it to be true in my own case. From the start, I have wanted Clinton to win, because I decided she was tougher, shrewder, more realistic than her rival. Obama’s rhetoric has always sounded phoney to me, much too good to be true: so sweetly sincere as to be obviously insincere about the hard grind of daily politics. I also thought she had a considerably better chance of beating McCain in the autumn than he did, whatever the polls might say. What I’ve found is that nothing that has happened since has changed this set of beliefs, and that anything and everything can be accommodated to fit it. As Obama has racked up more votes and delegates, it’s simply evidence of the craziness of the Democratic primary system, so obviously skewed to misrepresent who has the best chance in the general election – no caucuses there! As Obama’s speeches have won countless new admirers, it’s just more evidence of how eager self-selected opinion-formers are to be sweet-talked, not of how ordinary people are likely to vote. As Clinton has shifted her ground and the basis of her campaign, from heir presumptive to picked-on woman to plucky and indefatigable underdog, it’s evidence of just how adaptable and determined she is. A couple of weeks ago, I thought I had reached my limit, as she pushed her bogus gas-tax holiday, accompanied with a side-swipe at economists who said it wouldn’t work (including Paul Krugman, one of the few economists who has been out there making the case for her candidacy). But as I write this, on the morning of the Kentucky and Oregon primaries, even though I know she can’t really win, I still want her to thump Obama in Kentucky and run him close in Oregon, to keep the race alive, and to puncture the awful, gloating presumption of his oh-so-easily pleased supporters. It’s like following a sports team: you know exactly why you want them to win (because of how it will make you feel), long after you’ve stopped thinking about why you chose them in the first place. As the novelist Kurt Andersen (who describes himself as a passionate ‘Obamaphile from the get-go’) has written, ‘My whole life, I’ve never cared about sports, never experienced that intense, emotional, extra-rational rooting interest in any team’s struggle to win the championship. I figure this must be what it feels like to be a hopeful, fretful, stressed-out fan during the Super Bowl or World Series.’
I supported Clinton a lot more before she went so negative. She's changed her stripes so many times to fit the situation, shes verbally slipped up and said things that should not be said in a democractic primary, and well, I dont respect her as a politician anymore. You can argue all you want about how Obama is the same, but I would argue that if that were true, I wouldn't be supporting him either.
those numbers don't make any sense...I mean, I'm obviously biased against McCain, but I still can't figure out the thought process that gives Bush a 28% approval rating, yet history's oldest Republican the polling advantage...
The democratic party will probably tear itself apart over the 'I wanna see a woman in the white house/I wanna see a black man in the white house' stuff.
Bitter fanboy tears.
And with Hillary actively sabotaging the party who knows what will happen.
And with Hillary actively sabotaging the party who knows what will happen.
There are reports McCain's VP-picking guy was in Alaska this week undoubtedly speaking with Gubna Sarah Palin.
(http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff156/siamesedreamer7/sarah_palin.jpg)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Palin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Palin)
- 42 years old
- first term Gubna Alaska (approval ratings in the 90s)
- mother of 5 (latest was born last month)
- budget hawk
- strong on ethics
- has stood up to Big Oil
- Pro-life
- Pro-gay rights
What a curveball she would be if McCain put her on the ticket. I think putting a woman on the ticket would be a brilliant move.
Bizarro Superman for President.
Bizarro Superman for President.
The democratic party will probably tear itself apart over the 'I wanna see a woman in the white house/I wanna see a black man in the white house' stuff.
And with Hillary actively sabotaging the party who knows what will happen.
There are reports McCain's VP-picking guy was in Alaska this week undoubtedly speaking with Gubna Sarah Palin.
(http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff156/siamesedreamer7/sarah_palin.jpg)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Palin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Palin)
- 42 years old
- first term Gubna Alaska (approval ratings in the 90s)
- mother of 5 (latest was born last month)
- budget hawk
- strong on ethics
- has stood up to Big Oil
- Pro-life
- Pro-gay rights
What a curveball she would be if McCain put her on the ticket. I think putting a woman on the ticket would be a brilliant move.
I started out supporting Hillary for the same reasons mentioned in the article, and I still have many hesitations about Obama. I think Hillary would handily defeat McCain in November if she was currently in Obama's lead position. All McCain has to do to beat Obama is take Penn., Ohio, and Michigan. That's all. I think he's got a good chance in the first two of those states; my state SHOULD go democrat as usual, but the recent polling has me scratching my chin.
I started out supporting Hillary for the same reasons mentioned in the article, and I still have many hesitations about Obama. I think Hillary would handily defeat McCain in November if she was currently in Obama's lead position. All McCain has to do to beat Obama is take Penn., Ohio, and Michigan. That's all. I think he's got a good chance in the first two of those states; my state SHOULD go democrat as usual, but the recent polling has me scratching my chin.
Then why do republicans want to run against her?
And with Hillary actively sabotaging the party who knows what will happen.
There are reports McCain's VP-picking guy was in Alaska this week undoubtedly speaking with Gubna Sarah Palin.
(http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff156/siamesedreamer7/sarah_palin.jpg)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Palin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Palin)
- 42 years old
- first term Gubna Alaska (approval ratings in the 90s)
- mother of 5 (latest was born last month)
- budget hawk
- strong on ethics
- has stood up to Big Oil
- Pro-life
- Pro-gay rights
What a curveball she would be if McCain put her on the ticket. I think putting a woman on the ticket would be a brilliant move.
Rauol/FOC: The GOP isn't scared of Obama anymore. In fact, their strategists are quite giddy for the upcoming race. They've got more than enough dirt on him to attempt to distract people from the real issues, and while Obama has done a great job side stepping shit (Wright, Ayers, flagpin, bitter, etc) we don't know how he'll face off against a far more ruthless opponent with heaps of money and no moral qualms about anything. Obama is a threat to them, perhaps the biggest in a long time.
Dude, GOP strategists plant stories about how they're looking forward to the election every cycle. They'd be talking smack about how the Democratic nominee was particularly vulnerable no matter who it was.
Don't put too much stock in it.
Rauol/FOC: The GOP isn't scared of Obama anymore.
i just want to express my continuing love for nancy pelosi