Hillary Clinton's advisers 'in a state of panic'

Telegraph (U.K.) ^ | Sunday, Feb. 10, 2008 Edition | By Tim Shipman in Washington and Philip Sherwell in Chicago

[billmor]

“...thwart her rival....”

And just how will she thwart her rival who may be leading in the delegate votes by convention time?

If thwart = begging i can understand that..She had better stock up on Mrs’ Smith’s Humble Pie before she goes a-thwarting...

[dr_who_2]

A pity they’re not more competent.

[gotribe]

She isn’t going to win Ohio.

[rod1]

Hmmm let me guess that the Clinton camp is not expecting an endorsement from AlGore given the aide’s
less that tactful comments. I suppose he/shehas only been using only 5% of available brain matter when making such statements.

[gotribe]

Madness, yes. She looks like McCain.

[Richard Kimball]

Okay, but get a cup of coffee, and this is only a partial list:

In 2004 I was a delegate to the McLennan County Republican Convention. Understand, I've been involved in Republican politics for quite a few years; not as an insider, but as a delegate to the state convention and working on the platform, etc. A lot of my time has been spent trying to keep the Reagan coalition of moderates, libertarians, country club Republicans and social conservatives together. We'd done pretty well, too. Perry took 58% of the vote in his first run at governor.

At the opening of the convention, the county chair said that Perry had sent a spokesman with a special message for the convention. I was expecting the usual rah, rah, work together speech. This guy gets up and tells us that the Republican party is open to new ideas, and if we're single issue people who can't accept people who disagree with us being part of the party to get out. "The Republicans don't need or want you" were his exact words. I got up, waved at him and walked out. Lots of people were staring at me, but nobody else left.

Perry then started pushing the "Trans-Texas Corridor," a massive nearly one mile wide roadway from (you guessed it) Mexico through the US into Canada. Actual information about the corridor is scant, but propaganda is rampant. I do know that some contractors are being paid to submit losing bids (the main contract was won by a Spanish company.) Although it's supposed to be a private roadway, farms and other property will be taken by the state through imminent domain. Both the Republican and Democratic state platforms oppose the corridor, but Perry has been able to push it through so far without a legislative vote. Although it's supposedly private, the Texas Department of Transportation is spending millions to promote it.

The small farmers and ranchers hate the corridor. What should be solid Republican territory is plastered with signs that say, "No trespassing: Especially by Rick Perry." I didn't see a single sign for Perry in small towns during the last election.

Citizens of Houston hate Perry because all the Katrina refugees have come in and crime has gone through the roof. Perry invited them in, got the headlines, then walked away and left apartment owners with people they can't evict who aren't paying rent and are turning their properties into demilitarized zones.

After Merck donated $50,000 to a fundraiser Perry chaired, he attempted to mandate all 7th grade girls in Texas get a Gardasil vaccination (Merck exclusively manufactures the drug.)

I teach at a community college in Texas, and under the arrangements of the original community college plan in Texas, the communities built the college facilities, and the state was to fund instructor salaries. After the last legislative session, Perry pocket-vetoed the bill authorizing insurance for teachers. He claimed it was not part of the original pact, but he had signed similar legislation many previous years, and if he believed it was a problem he could have easily brought it up during the legislative session. He didn't. This caught both Republican and Democrat legislators flat-footed, as he didn't even consult his own party before doing it.

Perry has managed to turn one of the most conservative states in the country against him personally, and Republicans in general. He only took 38% in the last election, and won solely because the anti-Perry vote was split between Carol Strayhorn, Kinky Friedman, and the Democrat, whom nobody even knew.

Oh, and Perry is a classic Rino. He started out as a Democrat and became a Republican when Democrats became so unpopular they couldn't win an election in Texas. His politics haven't changed at at all. His reaction to dropping to 38% was, "I got 38% of the vote, but I've got all the power."

[ALOHA RONNIE]

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NEVER FORGET

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While our American Hero Soldiers were busy spilling their precious blood on the fields of a then Free South Vietnam during the Vietnam War...

...the HILL & BILL Show was busy doing all it could to insure Communist North Vietnam’s terrrorist takeover of the South.

Bringing down on the once Free South Vietnamese people a most horrid...

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..”JOURNEY from the FALL”..

http://www.JourneyFromTheFall.com

http://www.Freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1806248/posts

http://www.Freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1308949/posts

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What price for the still Free to pay now, I wonder..? (That’s us, btw)

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NEVER FORGET

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[goldstategop]

McCain and Hillary deserve each other.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[nralife]

I was just thinking out loud that I may vote in the Dem primary against Her Thighness... You can’t count on McCain knocking her off in the General.

[Charles Henrickson]

C'MON, HILLARY, WE NEED YOU TO BE . . .

THE COMEBACK SQUID!

[dr_who_2]

Isn't it better than his reputation being tarnished by his own incompetence, either in the coming nomination battle, presidential campaign, or presidency if he gets that far. It's an understatement to say that this ain't over, because it hasn't begun yet. This man may a good hustler, but that doesn't make him a president.

[patriciaruth]

And how will you feel about voting for Obama and helping to give him the Presidency if he turns out to be the Anti-Christ?

[TigersEye]

Flying ashtray alert?

I'm sorry. That was very unPC.

Flying lamp alert?

[dr_who_2]

Actually, this isn’t too surprising. After all, Hillary’s first elected office was all but handed to her by the Democrat party apparatus in NY state. But it took Bill Clinton’s hubris to really screw things up for her. Makes you wonder if Bill’s had to duck a few more flying lamps in recent weeks.

[RoadKingSE]

Hey! Atsa lotsa calamari. Passa da marinara.

[John123]

I got up, waved at him and walked out. Lots of people were staring at me, but nobody else left.

You're my kind of hero! And just wow. I seriously doubt McCain would select an unpopular Governor as a running mate... Thanks for the post!

[Jim Noble]

I was just thinking out loud that I may vote in the Dem primary against Her Thighness... You can’t count on McCain knocking her off in the General.

I was a registered Democrat for 7.5 minutes on January 8 so I could vote for Obama.

The Fall of the House of Clinton is very, very important to the nation - even if it takes Obama to do the deed.

[b4its2late]

Ashtrays and lamps will be airborne tonight!!!

[dennisw]

All I know is I want Hillary out of the running as soon as possible and if Barrack Obama can deliver the death blow then so much the better.

I don’t belong to the school that wants Hillary to be there to run against John McCain. That’s letting her get too far. Get her out as soon as possible. She is the number one threat to America. She has a machine and will try to rule as a dictator. Obama could never pull this off even if he wanted to

[ModelBreaker]

I think it’s very important that she pull out all the stops and hit Obama hard. This calls for some very dirty fighting. Some mud wrestling maybe. Or maybe they tie their left wrists together and duel with bowie knives. Or maybe just the FBI files.