Posted on 12/24/2007 12:00:23 PM PST by jdm
SEN. Hillary Rodham Clinton has lost the air of inevitability that once surrounded her campaign for the Democratic nomination. It remains to be seen whether she's willing to lose her soul in her quest for the presidency.
Only a month ago, her main rival, Sen. Barack Obama, was dismissed as a "lightweight" by the political establishment. Now he has a slight lead over Senator Clinton in Iowa and New Hampshire and is believed to have a good chance of winning South Carolina.
Magic Johnson's recent endorsement aside, the advantage Senator Clinton once enjoyed over Senator Obama among African-Americans has disappeared. He's even cut into her support from women.
The Clinton campaign has reacted to this change in fortune by going into what can only be described as panic mode. Using political surrogates, campaign apparatchiks, and an increasingly indignant former president, the senator's nomination drive has engaged in a level of innuendo remarkable in its sleaziness.
Days after the firing of a campaign worker who passed along e-mail suggesting Senator Obama was a Manchurian candidate, Billy Shaheen, the co-chair of the Clinton New Hampshire campaign, said Senator Obama would be vulnerable to Republican attack because of his admitted drug use as a teenager. Mr. Shaheen resigned and Senator Clinton apologized.
Shortly after that, former President Bill Clinton questioned Senator Obama's credentials to be president after praising his "tremendous political skills. " In that vein, former Sen. Bob Kerry of Nebraska cited Senator Obama's "Islamic" name and background in Indonesia as a valuable asset to the United States.
It was a disingenuous and back-handed compliment, for which Senator Kerry has apologized. But it wasn't as tacky as the comment by former United Nations ambassador Andrew Young, who told a predominantly black audience that Bill Clinton was "blacker" than Senator Obama and that...
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“there isn’t a Muslim running for President.”
We disagree.
the truth rarely does
Yes — The Wicked Witch of the East: Washington.
Looks like coal in my stocking.
Merry Christmas!
I put a lump of coal in my then 7 yo daughter's stocking.
She was delighted.
She knew it meant a trip to the snow to make a snowman...
I remember when I was about 8 or 9 years old and my dad decided that my older brother had had the chore of carrying in the coal long enough and that it was time to pass it to me.
Sounded like a glamorous and big boy job at the time. The glamour wore off rather quickly though.
All of which has nothing to do with what you posted or the article itself, just reminising (even if I can’t spell it and am too lazy to look it up)
By the way, dad told me to carry a bucket in each hand, that way I wouldn’t tip over.
I don’t think Registered’s materials are permitted here, by his demand.
oops, I will notify mod via abuse button, that way it gets his/her attention.
too late, its gone.
N/p, I already took care of it. Thanks.
That’s the second time I’ve posted it, since I don’t know what thread it was on, I will go to photobucket and delete it there. I think that will remove it from F.R.
I plead ignorance.
Thank you and Merry Christmas!
Gee, thanks for that imagery. Merry Christmas to you too.
How dare you Blacks call this liberal a Racist!
That evil witch has no soul.
“She lost her soul” but not her broom.
I love it! Hillary finally got her big chance now she is going down. She will totally lose it if this continues. It will be fun to watch.
I didn't see the "panic mode" ether. Everything in this article fits with the Clinton SOP we've seen for years.
He probably “converted” when it became politically expedient.
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