Plus, Caroline Kennedy just endorsed Barack. I have to link to the scum New York Times for this, but it’s worth it.
The expanse of Obama’s win is extraordinary. It looks like he’ll beat Billary by 28%. Remarkable.
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Obama has to be one of the best speakers I’ve ever seen. I disagree with his politics, but I like and admire him tremendously on a personal level. He would be an honorable opponent to the GOP nominee in November, unlike Hillary; he would also be a tougher opponent because it’s obvious he actually has principles apart from his own personal advancement, even if I believe his principles to be mistaken. But the Clintons don’t care: they would much rather drag the campaign into the gutter and destroy anything that was ever good about the Democratic Party than allow it to exist independent of their insatiable appetites for power, and that is why I still believe Hillary will be their nominee (for which I am glad, since that will guarantee a Republican victory).
The one thing I must admit about Obama is that as stated by Dave J, he is one hell of a speaker. I actually went and pulled up speeches by RFK and the styles and even the words are spot on-hmm, I think we have a new playing field. I only have one piece of advice for Obama, Gird Your Loins- Hillary is a coming!
Ladies and Gentlemen, let the games begin!!!!
Guys — luckily for the Republicans the Mrs C word has already won the nomination, so they will not be facing the facile but glib, “socialist, nanny state, government knows best” retread Barack Obama.
They’ll be facing the unlikeable, arrogant harpy “socialist, nanny state, government knows best” retread.
Their whole selection process in an empty geasture meant to paint a veneer of “democray.” Except in Clinton’s case it’s a sneer of democracy.
40% of the Democratic convention are the so-called Super Delegates. Such as err, Bill Clinton.
I wonder who the majority of the Super Delegates are going to vote for?
Probably the couple who’ve spent 15 years locking down the Democrat Party apparatus. Who just happen to be super delegates!
She already has the committed vote of 100 Super Delegates. How many has Obama. Zero?
Obama’s speech tonight was excellent! As a conservative, I would be hard-pressed to vote against him in a race between Obama and McCain…
It is especially remarkable in light of the fact that Obama was a “do nothing” senator in Illinois who sought and took office simply as a stepping stone to a Presidential run. If people entertain the thought that he will be a good President, they are sadly mistaken. They will also find, belatedly, that he is a closet Muslim.
Let’s take a minute to remind ourselves what sort of inspiration JFK gave us and compare that to today’s hand-wringing merchants of despair known as Democrats.
If we are strong, our strength will speak for itself. If we are weak, words will be of no help.
I think we have to revitalize our society. I think we have to demonstrate to the people of the world that we’re determined in this free country of ours to be first – not first if – not first but – not first when – but first. And when we are strong and when we are first, then freedom gains; then the prospects for peace increases; then the prospects for our society gain.
It is increasingly clear that no matter which party is in power, so long as our national security needs keep rising, an economy hampered by restrictive tax rates will never produce enough jobs or enough profits.
Life is unfair. Some people are sick and others well.
On the presidential coat of arms, the American eagle holds in his right talon the olive branch, while in his left he holds a bundle of arrows. We intend to give equal attention to both.
The American, by nature, is optimistic. He is experimental, an inventor and a builder who builds best when called upon to build greatly.
The world is very different now…and yet the same revolutionary beliefs for which our forebears fought are still at issue around the globe — the belief that the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God.
And last but not least:
And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.
JFK quotes
Bill Sammon on Fox News Live today:
“Obama is similar in style…not substance..
JFK was a tax cutter & a Foreign relations hawk!!”
I agree.
Lovely. I have a feeling that come November… I really feel like I should buy my own dump truck for all the crap that the candidates are spewing for what seems like an eternity already….I’m going to end up voting for the lesser of the two (money mongering) evils who make it through the primaries. Just remember… whoever gets voted in will be working for their campaign financiers for the ’12 election and not the people.
In many ways JFK was more conservative then Nixon (Nixon actually in practice was pretty liberal). JFK cut taxes across teh board, Nixon never did.
Gone are the days of the JFK democrat. Today they draw their inspirations ( thanks Pat ) from others with different ideas and morals.
* Think of the press as a great keyboard on which the government can play – Joseph Goebbels
* In politics stupidity is not a handicap – Napoleon Bonaparte
* Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it and eventually they will believe it – Adolf Hitler
I personally like Abraham Lincolns line from ” Fragments on Government ” :
“It appears that if men were just, there still would be SOME, though not SO MUCH, need of government ”
Of course he’s getting the Kennedy family stamp of approval. Obama is just as (if not more than) liberal as Ted Kennedy, but without the personal baggage. If I had to choose between Obama or Hillary, I would go with Hillary because I think she would at least be politically practical on some matters. I’ve always thought Obama is just a good speaker, liberal to the extreme, and dangerously naive.
I don’t know why people think Hillary would be an automatic loss for the Dems is she is chosen as the candidiate…as Tony Snow pointed out on Imus last week, it’s not like the Republicans have done a great job of defeating the Clintons so far.
Show me one person who thought Bill Clinton would defeat G.H. Bush nine months before the 1992 election and I’ll laugh in disbelief.
Personally, I’d prefer it if there was a single Republican candidate I could enthusiatically get behind, as opposed to hoping there will be a weak, beatable opponent to put someone up against.
This election is going to be like a perscription barbituates. It will a long period of lethargy followed by vomiting.
Why “is” Hillary running for president? Could it be for the money? And, do we all have amnesia about how she left the White House the first time?
*** First let’s look at the money:
ipl.com (internet public library)
Salaries and Retirement Benefits of U.S. Presidents and other Federal Government Employees
Example Questions That Can Be Answered Using This FARQ
What is the current salary of the U.S. President?
What is the pension amount given to former Presidents and Vice Presidents?
How much does a (cabinet member, senator, representative, federal judge) make now? After they retire?
Especially during the transition from one U.S. Presidential administration to another, we receive a lot of questions about the salaries, retirement benefits and pensions of elected federal officials. In particular, we get asked about Bill Clinton’s pension, as well as the other former presidents.
Salary Info
The compensation of the President is controlled by law, specifically 3 USC 102. The most recent salary increase, from $200,000/year to $400,000/year took effect when George W. Bush became President. The President also receives a $50,000 non-taxable expense account. The University of Michigan’s Document Center has also created this page which summarizes Presidential and Vice Presidential Salaries from 1789 to the present. President George Washington, for example, was offered a salary of $25,000/year.
By Tom Curry
MSNBC
Feb. 12 — Amid controversy over President Clinton’s post-White House activities, some members of Congress have begun to question benefits that all presidents receive. On top of a $157,000 annual pension, each former president gets office space, secretarial help and Secret Service protection. Congress first provided benefits to ex-presidents in 1958 to help financially strapped Harry Truman, but the largesse has grown into a $2.5 million-a-year entitlement.
***That would mean a combined “yearly” income, for Bill and her after she leaves office, of $314,000 until death! They would never have to work again …… Hmmm?
***Now let’s look at “how” she and Bill left the White House last time:
Jumbo Joke.com
11. Thanks also for removing the White House silverware. I’m sure that Laura Bush didn’t like the pattern anyway. Also, enjoy the housewarming gifts you’ve received from your “friends.”
12. Thanks to you and your staff in the West Wing of the White House for vandalizing and destroying government property on the way out. I also appreciate removing all of that excess weight (China, silverware, linen, towels, ash trays, soap, pens, magnetic compass, flight manuals, etc.) out of Air Force 1. The weight savings means burning less fuel, thus less tax dollars spent on jet fuel. Thank you!
hotair.com
If you read the two articles, the picture of Hillary that emerges is of someone who exercised some influence and occasional power but without much in the way of direct responsibility, and who is pragmatic rather than principled, thin-skinned and difficult, and who puts her peculiar political priorities above the interests of the nation she wants to lead. Not serve, but lead. The idea of service doesn’t seem to be in her DNA. She wants to lead, but seems to be completely devoid of any guiding principles beyond the pursuit of power. That’s not a new critique of Hillary Clinton by any means, but it sure seems to be an accurate one.
At some point someone has to ask her to specifically name one example of her “experienceâ€, and keep pressing until she answers.
She’s been let off of the hook so far when asked as she replies in generalities rather than specifics. If I were Obama, I would hammer this point home every day. Be specific. Be specific.
Bill gets impeached, and the two of them leave the White House with the towels and silverware, and their team leaves behind porno and trashes the Oval office for the incoming president, who wants to try and bring both parties together in order to cooperate and achieve great things.
Who in their right mind wants to go back to that?
Oh you whiners. Stop asking questions. Don’t you know you’re just SUPPOSED to vote for her. It’s preordained. Move along now.
American Evita: Hillary Clinton’s Path to Power (Hardcover)
by Christopher Andersen
OK. First things first.
Christopher Andersen is not one of those Clinton-Haters that seem to be everywhere. He’s a very objective journalist, and he’s done an admirable job of giving us a clear, non-“smear-job” look into Hillaryland.
When Hillary does something he admires, he says so. He thinks positively about many of her public policy objectives. He praises her determination, her drive, and her intelligence. But, it’s also clear that the Hillary he documents is a far cry from the well-coiffed diva we see on the boob tube.
So, anyone who “reviews” this book by calling it a Right-Wing Attack Piece, a Smear Job (or whatever) obviously DIDN’T READ THE BOOK.
Period.
Andersen covers Hillary’s life from her upbringing in Chicago (she NEVER liked the Yankees, even though she wore a Yankees hat while campaigning for Senator from New York), through her college years, through Bill’s Governorship and Presidency, right up to April 2004.
Here are some tidbits that I DIDN’T know, even from the right-wing radio guys:
1. Hillary was a Republican before she went to Wellesly and got her brain washed by the likes of Saul Alinsky. She even worked for GOP candidates in her Freshman year (she was always VERY active in politics).
2. When Bill was Gov of Arkansas (Hillary HATED Arkansas, thought it’s citizens were “hicks”) a fellow named Dan Lasater went to jail because of Roger Clinton. Lasater was a big financial backer of the Clintons.
Lasater’s bond trading firm, Collins Locke & Lasater, was chosen to underwrite $637 million worth of state bond offerings for a grand total of $1.7 million in fees.
When the First American Savings and Loan Association of Oak Brook, IL, went under, the FDIC sued Lasater and his firm for $3.3 million. The ROSE LAW FIRM represented the FDIC, and Hillary – who NEVER divulged her relationship with Lasater to the FDIC – worked out a settlement that only required him to pay $200,000.
3. According to Yugoslav Army Chief of Staff Nebojsa Pavkovic, Hillary narrowly escaped assassination during a visit to Macedonia. Orkan, a Serbian weapons system developed by Serbia and Hussein’s Iraq, was aimed at the camp Hillary was in. Milosevic passed on ordering Orkan to fire on the camp.
Just weeks before, Milosevic DID order his troops to blow up Tony Blair’s helecopter in Skopje, but his troops did not carry out the order, fearing retaliation by the British.
4. Andersen lists, in rather disturbing detail, the amount of US property the Clintons removed from the White House when they moved out in 2001. They carted out in excess of $400,000 worth of White House property – twice what they declared (this is OUR property, as US citizens, not the Clintons’).
They eventually returned $50,000 worth of gifts, and paid $86,000 to cover items they stole. This leaves over $260,000 worth of taxpayer property still unaccounted for.
This was obviously more than the “silverware” that the press said they took – couches, paintings, desks, other furniture, art pieces,….
The book is well researched. Andersen lists many sources (although I agree it would have been nice to footnote those sources).
And, contrary to what someone else posted here, the author DID do extensive interviews for this bio.
The picture that emerges is one of a ruthless, bloodthirsty politician who is willing to say and do anything to get elected, stay in office, and portray herself as America’s Evita.
The REAL Hillary is nothing like her public persona. Thanks to Andersen for peircing through the veil and allowing us to clearly see the woman behind the mask.
***Does everyone have amnesia? Don’t we all remember this?
I think we have to ask ourselves “Is this the kind of person we want leading our country?” And “Does she even really care about us?”
-Marie Smyers
Rochester, NH
permanently disabled,
active voter,
believer in “integrity” in the White House