Above: Alaska Gov. Sarah Heath Palin with baby son Trig swaddled. Picture is with Sarah and legislators on capital steps in Juneau. Sarah is now the front-runner for the GOP vice presidential nomination. This weekend I'll have separate columns about Gov. Palin on this national blog and my "Hillary Supporters for McCain" blog. I urge you to visit and bookmark those sites.
Above: A very tough Governor, Sarah Palin, with some very tough soldiers from Alaska.
The biggest buzz in the blogosphere nowadays reflects the vast number of Hillary Clinton supporters who intend to vote for McCain. As I explain on my Hillary Supporters for McCain blog -- the original such site -- one of the Hillary supporters for McCain may be the New York Senator herself. Here's the link:
Doesn't Hillary Really Favor McCain?
On the above column on that popular site, I assert the following: Tomorrow, Senator Clinton will endorse a man she despises: Barack Obama. Her heart definitely will not be in it.
I believe Hillary Clinton will be "blowing smoke" at us in her Saturday endorsement of Barack Obama. She's going to have her fingers crossed. Everything Sen. Clinton does between now and November 4 is going to be based not on the 2008 election, but on the one in 2012.
Right now, she's in full "grin-and-bear-it" mode. Conversely, her supporters are not grinning -- and, as we hear in the movie "Network," they're "not going to take it any more."
Her heart definitely will not be in it.More to follow here about why I believe Hillary Clinton will be "blowing smoke" at us in her Saturday endorsement of Barack Obama. She's going to have her fingers crossed.
Everything Sen. Clinton does between now and November 4 is going to be based not on the 2008 election, but on the one in 2012. Right now, she's in full "grin-and-bear-it" mode. Conversely, her supporters are not grinning -- and, as we hear in the movie "Network," they're "not going to take it any more."
Let's see, what did Barack and his surrogates (including Rev. Wright and Father Pfleger) say about Hillary? That she's a chronic liar, that she's a warmonger (for supporting the Iraq War Resolution), and a racist. They also profoundly misrepresented the assasination of Bobby Kennedy. Other than those things, I guess, they feel she's okay.
Hillary was badly trashed in the Democratic primaries. And the person running the trash machince was none other than Barack Obama. His windy rhetoric somehow prevailed over Sen. Clinton's issues-oriented campaign. As history will record, he scooped up such huge majorities in Black communities that Sen. Clinton had no real chance to win enough delegates.
In the primaries, Blacks voting in lock-step for Obama was somehow an issue of pride. In contrast, white voters supporting Clinton apparently was a manifestation of racism. As Obama put it, the Clinton supporters were "bitter" people, "clinging" to their religion, guns, and racial prejudices. That "contrasted" with his supporters, whose heart were supposedly pure.No wonder so many Hillary Supporters are sickened by the outcome.
Obama has a history of being associated with black racists (Wright, Farrakhan) and white racists (Pfleger), and militant anti-Americans (add in the name William Ayers). Somehow, those associations didn't disqualify him for the presidency -- as they would have surely if he were seen as a "white" candidate. When Obama's wife made anti-American statements ("America in 2008 is a mean country"), the candidate proclaimed she was not open to questions.
Senator Clinton has a political history of supporting causes favored by American Blacks. Her "reward" for that record has been to be characterized as a racist.
Doesn't Hillary Really Favor McCain?
On the above column on that popular site, I assert the following: Tomorrow, Senator Clinton will endorse a man she despises: Barack Obama. Her heart definitely will not be in it.
I believe Hillary Clinton will be "blowing smoke" at us in her Saturday endorsement of Barack Obama. She's going to have her fingers crossed. Everything Sen. Clinton does between now and November 4 is going to be based not on the 2008 election, but on the one in 2012.
Right now, she's in full "grin-and-bear-it" mode. Conversely, her supporters are not grinning -- and, as we hear in the movie "Network," they're "not going to take it any more."
Her heart definitely will not be in it.More to follow here about why I believe Hillary Clinton will be "blowing smoke" at us in her Saturday endorsement of Barack Obama. She's going to have her fingers crossed.
Everything Sen. Clinton does between now and November 4 is going to be based not on the 2008 election, but on the one in 2012. Right now, she's in full "grin-and-bear-it" mode. Conversely, her supporters are not grinning -- and, as we hear in the movie "Network," they're "not going to take it any more."
Let's see, what did Barack and his surrogates (including Rev. Wright and Father Pfleger) say about Hillary? That she's a chronic liar, that she's a warmonger (for supporting the Iraq War Resolution), and a racist. They also profoundly misrepresented the assasination of Bobby Kennedy. Other than those things, I guess, they feel she's okay.
Hillary was badly trashed in the Democratic primaries. And the person running the trash machince was none other than Barack Obama. His windy rhetoric somehow prevailed over Sen. Clinton's issues-oriented campaign. As history will record, he scooped up such huge majorities in Black communities that Sen. Clinton had no real chance to win enough delegates.
In the primaries, Blacks voting in lock-step for Obama was somehow an issue of pride. In contrast, white voters supporting Clinton apparently was a manifestation of racism. As Obama put it, the Clinton supporters were "bitter" people, "clinging" to their religion, guns, and racial prejudices. That "contrasted" with his supporters, whose heart were supposedly pure.No wonder so many Hillary Supporters are sickened by the outcome.
Obama has a history of being associated with black racists (Wright, Farrakhan) and white racists (Pfleger), and militant anti-Americans (add in the name William Ayers). Somehow, those associations didn't disqualify him for the presidency -- as they would have surely if he were seen as a "white" candidate. When Obama's wife made anti-American statements ("America in 2008 is a mean country"), the candidate proclaimed she was not open to questions.
Senator Clinton has a political history of supporting causes favored by American Blacks. Her "reward" for that record has been to be characterized as a racist.
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8 comments:
I am just going to have to grin and bear voting for John McPain. LIke Donna Brazille's mama told her, mine told me that there were consequences to break the rules. Sometimes that hurts. Grin'n and bearin' for November '08.
Ugh, Donna Brazille, my least favorite human being (after Michelle Obama). Last I hear, a grin 'n bear vote counted as much as the smiley face variety. Grin away and vote away!
steve
ambridge, pa
I am a Hillary supporter now proudly supporting John McCain. Obama's and the DNC's sleezy actions, just can not stand.
Thanks for supporting John McCain "Anonymous." He's an authentic American hero and a good man. Obama is neither.
steve maloney
ambridge, pa
I was originally a Hillary supporter, but I hope that you will give Obama a chance. Both he and Hillary said and implied some things about each other that were hurtful. If you care anything about women, you will not vote for McCain, who will appoint a Supreme Court justice who will surely repeal Roe v. Wade. I am from Illinois and we have been familiar with Obama here for 5 years -- he is a good person. If you want to be mad, be mad at the media or at the voters who put him over the top, but don't be mad at him. Otherwise, with McCain, we will have another 8 years of policies exactly like Bush. Voting for McCain when you really favor the policy choices of Hillary is called "cutting off your nose to spite your face", and our country cannot afford that. Please just hear Obama out and keep an open mind.
Anonymous, I've spent a lot of time learning about Barack Obama, who had an undistinguished record in the Illinois Senate and basically no record in the U.S. Senate. People of good will disagree on the subject of abortion, a disagreement of which you seem blissfully unaware. Why? Obama voted for "live birth abotion" (one of the few votes he did cast in the IL Senate). Live birth abortion, like partial birth abortion, is a form of infanticide. Thus, if you care anything about children you will note vote for Obama. When you discuss Obama with me, please discuss specific issues, not generalities about Rev. Wright's and Tony Rezko's protege. Obama basically called Hillary a warmonger, a racist, and a liar, and his surrogates, Wright, Pfleger, Samantha Power, and others should give you pause about supporting him. I fear, however, that nothing will give you pause about doing so.
steve maloney
ambridge, pa
Anonymous, I've spent a lot of time learning about Barack Obama, who had an undistinguished record in the Illinois Senate and basically no record in the U.S. Senate. People of good will disagree on the subject of abortion, a disagreement of which you seem blissfully unaware. Why? Obama voted for "live birth abotion" (one of the few votes he did cast in the IL Senate). Live birth abortion, like partial birth abortion, is a form of infanticide. Thus, if you care anything about children you will note vote for Obama. When you discuss Obama with me, please discuss specific issues, not generalities about Rev. Wright's and Tony Rezko's protege. Obama basically called Hillary a warmonger, a racist, and a liar, and his surrogates, Wright, Pfleger, Samantha Power, and others should give you pause about supporting him. I fear, however, that nothing will give you pause about doing so.
steve maloney
ambridge, pa
Anonymous, I've spent a lot of time learning about Barack Obama, who had an undistinguished record in the Illinois Senate and basically no record in the U.S. Senate. People of good will disagree on the subject of abortion, a disagreement of which you seem blissfully unaware. Why? Obama voted for "live birth abotion" (one of the few votes he did cast in the IL Senate). Live birth abortion, like partial birth abortion, is a form of infanticide. Thus, if you care anything about children you will note vote for Obama. When you discuss Obama with me, please discuss specific issues, not generalities about Rev. Wright's and Tony Rezko's protege. Obama basically called Hillary a warmonger, a racist, and a liar, and his surrogates, Wright, Pfleger, Samantha Power, and others should give you pause about supporting him. I fear, however, that nothing will give you pause about doing so.
steve maloney
ambridge, pa
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