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Facts suck.
She and her campaign were too arrogant and too lazy to compete throughout the process. Now they complain like a bunch of spoiled three-year-olds, stomping their feet and vowing not to move until they get their way.
I'm not calling her a "secret Muslim" or rapping on her minister. I'm pointing out the facts of her lousy campaign.
Those who do the work deserve the spoils.
Welcome to America.
by Bob Johnson on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 12:36:02 AM PDT
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Won't be back, don't like your work. Don't agree, so save your arguments.
"But your flag decal won't get you into heaven anymore"--Prine 4100+ dead Americans. Bring them home.
by Miss Blue on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 12:40:22 AM PDT
I feel the same way about your garbage. I wouldn't line the bird cage with it. Might make the bird sick.
by Bob Johnson on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 12:41:39 AM PDT
You-Must-Count-All-the-Votes-But-I'm-With-the-RepugCubans-Schultz when they were setting their illegal primary in the first goddam place/??? She's such a self-righteous mindless Hillbot I can't stand it!!!
by serrano on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 01:08:24 AM PDT
If she were a ballplayer, she would have been sent down to the low minors until she regained major-league form.
John McCain's Straight Talk Express runs on fossil fuels.
by Dump Terry McAuliffe on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 03:48:09 AM PDT
for $. I sent a reply that as long as Debbie Dubya is masquerading as a leader of the Blue to Red effort while supporting her Republican colleagues, I will make my contributions to the DNC's 50 state effort where they are working FOR Democrats.
The most outrageous lies that can be invented will find believers if a man only tells them with all his might. - Mark Twain
by mkfarkus on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 04:46:21 AM PDT
They don't want a strong central structure or a strong state party structure. Such things are harder to manipulate by outside forces.
John McCain will end Roe v. Wade if he's president.
by Phoenix Woman on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 05:35:36 AM PDT
chickenshits do NOT get my money or my time.
rmm.
Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look; He thinks too much: such men are dangerous
by seabos84 on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 06:03:10 AM PDT
ago I told them the same thing - proud Democrats should be acting and leading as PROUD Democrats - and mentioned Debbie W-S by name.
The person making the call - didn't seem to know what I was talking about - so I "enlightened" that paid staffer. :)
and I'm from Florida - gave a big SHOUT OUT to Howard Dean on the call as well.
by bobnbob on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 06:44:54 AM PDT
. . . and so now I am on their mailing list for all their appeals. Yeesh. Speaking of disorganization and arrogance.
"History isn't a seesaw. If you have a bad regime on one side, the actions on the other side don't automatically become good." --Nicholson Baker
by youpsy on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 07:55:42 AM PDT
about 3 weeks ago... slow learning curve over there.
This sig line shows a complete lack of imagination.
by weelzup on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 11:49:07 AM PDT
While I haven't followed W-S's career that closely, she may be less a "has been" and more a "never was." Her CD is primarily a Broward one w/ a D+17 rating, yet she's still scared to death of the Exile Irreconcilable boogeyman.
Some men see things as they are and ask why. I see things that never were and ask why not?
by RFK Lives on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 06:43:06 AM PDT
In case you didn't see it elsewhere i am re-posting this link to a Philip Weiss ('Mondoweiss') blog entry. He sees an AIPAC factor http://www.philipweiss.org/...
"The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult; and left untried." -G. K. Chesterton
by jorgepoemas on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 05:58:00 AM PDT
she gets a lot of $$ from the same donors as the repugs - and the repugs - they all have a personal vendetta (family relation or other) against Castro.
It's amazing - and here I used to sit up late an night to watch her on the "30-Somethings" show on CSPAN. Not again and I won't back down from telling her how sorry and ashamed I am of her. Hoodwinked I was. But no more.
by bobnbob on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 06:47:00 AM PDT
with you...remember the big rubber stamp? Great fun.
DW-S has turned out to be a big disappointment.
-7.50, -7.74 Republicans = Borrow and Squander
by GMFORD on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 08:12:30 AM PDT
symbiosis between her support of Cuba hardliners and their support of AIPAC. At the core, however, I suspect it's plain old fear.
My MOC, Kendrick Meek, has been just as big of a coward here as W-S has. Granted, he's not chairing Red to Blue, but his CD is even safer than hers is.
The ghost of Jorge Mas Canosa lives on a decade after his death. Mas had the Miami Herald publisher scared of his own shadow in the mid-90's. JoeMentum spent most of a day paying homage to Mas 10 days before the 2000 election, and the likes of W-S and Meek keep paying homage to Masism now.
Winning just 1 of those 3 races would shift the tectonic plates in local politics.
by RFK Lives on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 06:50:07 AM PDT
she would not even care about the Michigan and Florida voters if she was winning!!
What will they come up with next, she is getting away with so much cruddy behavior.
I still can not get over Carville calling Gov. Richardson a "JUDAS" and still getting airtime. These people are so shady, they are still as we speak trying to figure out a way for Senator Clinton to come out on top. So they bring the REv. Wright story back to the forefront, because that is what has helped her to even stand up to a Senator Obama.
The Democratic establishment allowed him to run but had no idea that he would do as well as he has done, so not only was he underestimated by Senator Clinton, but the established Dems underestimated him as well as the American people.
WAKE UP AMERICA!!
by OH NOT AGAIN on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 06:30:59 AM PDT
if O had said something like that people would be up in arms.
Politics is like driving. To go backward, put it in R. To go forward, put it in D. 89 days until the '08 elections. Let's paint the country BLUE!
by TrueBlueMajority on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 09:22:16 AM PDT
I'm a lapsed catholic but I was made very uneasy by the reference and timing. not cool.
"I ain't so afraid of losing something that I ain't gonna try to have it." Zoe (Firefly)
by geejay on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 09:38:27 AM PDT
by TrueBlueMajority on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 10:32:39 AM PDT
Wasserman Schultz Starts Petition To Both Parties To Count Fla. Votes Posted Mar 13, 2008 by William March Updated Mar 13, 2008 at 03:55 PM U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Weston, who backs Hillary Clinton but opposes plans for a mail-in primary re-vote in Florida, will hold a meeting Tuesday in Fort Lauderdale to start a petition drive urging both parties to count fully the Florida presidential primary votes.
Wasserman Schultz Starts Petition To Both Parties To Count Fla. Votes Posted Mar 13, 2008 by William March Updated Mar 13, 2008 at 03:55 PM
U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Weston, who backs Hillary Clinton but opposes plans for a mail-in primary re-vote in Florida, will hold a meeting Tuesday in Fort Lauderdale to start a petition drive urging both parties to count fully the Florida presidential primary votes.
She also advocated the early primary, it was Clinton strategy to help her inevitability.
Their claim that this is Obama's fault is a lie.
by lgcap on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 10:41:06 AM PDT
...against her own words:
The Jed Report | Barack Obama for President
by JedReport on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 03:10:37 AM PDT
don't go calling names when you've already won. Its just petty.
We have no desire to offend you -- unless you are a twit!
by ScrewySquirrel on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 11:03:03 AM PDT
HOPE: It's the new black. And it's WINNING!!
by Samwoman on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 12:43:36 AM PDT
this in your diary that made the recommended list?
This speech, in my view, is the most important one of his career, as it determines where his political career is going in the near term. He hit it out of the park. Bravo. And for that, Senator Obama, you have gained one more supporter. Obama - A GREAT speech, from a non-supporter
This speech, in my view, is the most important one of his career, as it determines where his political career is going in the near term. He hit it out of the park.
Bravo. And for that, Senator Obama, you have gained one more supporter.
Obama - A GREAT speech, from a non-supporter
by hungrycoyote on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 02:23:32 AM PDT
Because I support Obama does not mean I support opinionated hit-pieces on Hillary or any other Democratic candidate.
But as you can see, the position is not allowed here.
by Miss Blue on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 06:36:45 AM PDT
Civic spirit drowns in a hurricane of mere survivalism - McKenzie Wark
by cfaller96 on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 06:57:30 AM PDT
I don't like the diary's sarcastic use of the phrase "great brains". That's mean and degtracts. However the other points--that HRC is a htpocrit about the MI and Fl "elections" and that she has run a lousy campaign based on the false assumption of inevitability--are valid.
Unless you want to put forth a counterarguemnt (and I am not suggesting this to be a smart ass. I mean it).
Second star on the right and straight on til morning
by wren on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 08:10:27 AM PDT
It seems to me there are only two positions a person can take regarding Hillary Clinton.
Either she is a good candidate who ran a crappy campaign.
Or she is a crappy candidate who ran the best campaign she could.
I don't think taking the position that she ran a crappy campaign is a hit-piece.
by GMFORD on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 08:16:36 AM PDT
by TrueBlueMajority on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 09:23:19 AM PDT
and disagreeing with you doesn't mean your position isn't "allowed".
But you already know that, I'm pretty sure.
Before you win, you have to fight. Come fight along with us at TexasKaos.
by boadicea on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 08:34:21 AM PDT
NFTT Progressively supporting the troops
by Timroff on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 05:51:05 AM PDT
Support Temporary Workers' Rights - Change to Win! - -6.12, -4.77
by Scoopster on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 06:25:47 AM PDT
what I've been thinking for weeks. Arrogance did in the Clinton campaign. They bought into the conventional wisdom that she was a lock for the nomination, and they sat on their hands and watched Barack Obama and his campaign work hard.
We all heard those stories in grade school ... the ant and the grasshopper ... the tortoise and the hare. Guess Clinton wasn't paying attention when those stories were told in school.
Sour grapes. It's all sour grapes now.
by hungrycoyote on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 02:20:41 AM PDT
just like Bushco when they invaded Iraq. The Greeks were right when they identified Hubris as a major factor when the powerful fall.
by PLS on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 03:14:26 AM PDT
Well done, sir!
by Dump Terry McAuliffe on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 04:11:55 AM PDT
"Maitre Corbeau, sur un arbre perché, Tenait en son bec un fromage..."
& I forget the rest. Bordel d'putain, 'ya plus que 40 ans... (As they useta say in Egypt, Suez-moi...) ;)
May I bow to Necessity not/ To her hirelings (W. S. Merwin)
by Uncle Cosmo on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 08:30:23 AM PDT
by TrueBlueMajority on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 09:17:18 AM PDT
SuuuuuuEEEEHZ! peegpeegpeegpeegpeegpeeg...
wheech ees 'ow we call les cochons back in zee land of zee quiche-fressers...:p
by Uncle Cosmo on Sat Apr 12, 2008 at 02:57:04 AM PDT
Ther is no doubt that Clinton's campaign has far more people who were lining up for a plum position in her admnistration that were interested in working their asses off to win the nomination. I don't think it was arrogance, but rather a lack of preparation. That Obama's message resonated with so many Americans took them by surprise, and instead of buckling down to win the battle of ideas, Mark Penn et al. took the easy way and started throwing mud pies.
If you will permit a sports analogy, Clinton's campaign looks like a team that has been blowing its competition out for so long that it doesn't know what to do in a close game, and chokes in the home stretch.
by ccyd on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 05:17:33 AM PDT
they had no Plan B. They weren't even ready on Day One of the campaign.
They thought their competition was going to be Edwards, and they were unable to adjust and adapt when the challenge came from another candidate.
by elmo on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 06:22:44 AM PDT
More precisely like a team that believed the pregame hype that the game would be a walkover, didn't take the opposition seriously, got behind early, and didn't know how to play from behind.
-5.12, -5.23
We are men of action; lies do not become us.
by ER Doc on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 06:46:24 AM PDT
...like the Iraq war.
There's really only one conversation in life. It just covers a lot of ground. -- Chris Blask
by soundacious on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 07:53:13 AM PDT
how many squeakers they had previously.
by boadicea on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 08:30:19 AM PDT
the spozedly friendly crowd started cheering for the scrappy underdog. And even more steamed when the refs they'd so assiduously courted (pun intended!) over the entire season stopped awarding them every close call. And yet superheatedly steamed when the same refs called technicals every time they flipped the Dubious Digit in the direction of the assembled multitudes...
Mark Penn as Coach Joe Btfsplk starring in "Just Another Season At Puke U"...
by Uncle Cosmo on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 08:40:08 AM PDT
for the Joe Btfsplk reference!
"If impeachment is off the table, so is democracy." -teacherken
by offgrid on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 10:37:04 AM PDT
I hafta be one of the 13 or so individuals in the continental US not of Polish extrusion who not only knows how properly to pronouce Krzyzewski(without looking it up in Wiki) but can do so without spraining his hard palate...
And just FTR
any day the Yankees, the Pats, or Duke lose is a good day...
by Uncle Cosmo on Sat Apr 12, 2008 at 02:52:24 AM PDT
That's rule number one in any sort of business.
by lenzkrafterz on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 09:26:05 AM PDT
In the run up to the March 4 primaries I heard a Clinton Campaign Worker admit that they thought this would be all over on February 5.
I had always suspected that this was the case but to hear it confirmed by a Clinton Campaign Worker just dumbfounded me. Queen Hillary really thought February 5 would be her coronation. This Bush-like arrogance is very chilling.
by Sarella Sand on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 10:20:09 AM PDT
from his 1992 "Hope" Speech:
I was raised to believe its that the American Dream was built on rewarding hard work. But we have seen the folks in Washington turn the American ethic on its head. For too long, those who play by the rules and keep the faith have gotten the shaft, and those who cut corners and cut deals have been rewarded.
"Live right. Think left." Gregory Peck
by bookwoman on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 06:20:29 AM PDT
Grandpa is mean and he smells funny.
by MadAsHellMaddie on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 07:25:32 AM PDT
GOBAMA
by TrueBlueMajority on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 09:19:47 AM PDT
I think Ken Olbermann uses it at least three times a week!
louise 'hussein' to you! proud donor to "White Dudes for Obama" Endorsed 11/1/07 and never looked back!
by louisev on Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 12:44:29 PM PDT
wide narrow
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