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Hillary Clinton is one sorry sight on her way to defeat
NY Daily News ^ | 5/11/08 | Michael Goodwin

Posted on 05/11/2008 1:50:52 PM PDT by advance_copy

She once described herself as "the most famous person you know very little about." But as she careens across the country in a desperate attempt to rescue her campaign, America is coming to know Hillary Clinton all too well.

The tenacity that even critics praised suddenly looks tawdry. The persistence against impossible odds appears anything but noble. Long after the party is over, Clinton's refusal to go home is taking on the trappings of a sad spectacle.

Her inability to accept defeat is not, it seems clear, about public service or even politics. It is merely personal.

With Barack Obama on a glide path to the Democratic nomination - he has insurmountable leads in delegates and popular votes - Clinton's cringe-inducing performance is doing what her harshest critics never could. It has ripped away any pretense that she actually stands for something.

The conventional portrait of her as an unflinching, devoted partisan has been proven wrong. Partisanship, it turns out, was just another fig leaf hiding a singular allegiance.

Politics has been a male narcissists' playpen, but Hillary is showing she doesn't take a backseat to any of the boys, including her hubby. Consider a few of her recent zig-zags in an incoherent bid to outflank Obama.

A year ago, she affected a bad Southern drawl as she quoted a black hymn in an Alabama church. Now she emphasizes her blue-collar roots as she summons cameras to record her downing a shot with factory workers in Pennsylvania.

In the blink of a campaign eye, she went from Rosa Parks to Rosie the Riveter. Did she care if we noticed, or did she assume we wouldn't?

She once likened the House of Representatives to a "plantation" in front of black audience, but now touts her base of white support...

(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008; clinton; hillary; itsover; obama
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To: advance_copy

Hillary is finished. 2112 will never happen. She may not even be re-elected Senator. Let’s just hope she is so bitter as to use all her resources to destroy B. Hussein’s candidacy.


21 posted on 05/11/2008 2:22:06 PM PDT by montag813
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It’s Bush’ fault!


22 posted on 05/11/2008 2:22:21 PM PDT by CTSeditor
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To: advance_copy

never underestimate the clintons.

Don’t forget most of the current crop of reporters has NEVER seen a real convention.

A true convention can be a real political fight with deals etc.

What I predict is storm of skeletons starting to flow.

Also don’t forget Senate Leader Clinton can cripple (revenge) any obama administration.


23 posted on 05/11/2008 2:23:12 PM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: advance_copy

Did you see the SNL bit last night? It was a classic example of political assasination using TV as the weapon.


24 posted on 05/11/2008 2:23:28 PM PDT by rbg81 (DRAIN THE SWAMP!!)
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To: advance_copy

De-ass is one sorry sight on her way to de-feet.


25 posted on 05/11/2008 2:23:31 PM PDT by Toespi
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To: All

DOES ANYONE KNOW THE RACIAL BREAKDOWN OF THE SUPERDELEGATES??

Hilary 273
Obama 273

If the superdelegates are breaking along racial lines it gives argument to the Democrat Party racial divide.


26 posted on 05/11/2008 2:32:12 PM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: jazusamo
She’s manically obsessed, definitely not presidential material.

That is the Dem definition of having "fire in the belly" for campaigning for the office. And, she is certainly NOT presidential material.

27 posted on 05/11/2008 2:33:16 PM PDT by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.....)
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To: Jet Jaguar

28 posted on 05/11/2008 2:36:41 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3 (Everytime McCain reaches out to conservatives, conservatives get poked in the eye.)
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To: SERKIT

Well frankly, if we have to have a Democrat president, I’d prefer Hillary to Obama. Obama is either a true post modern socialist or an empty suit who being handled by far left advisors.


29 posted on 05/11/2008 2:43:01 PM PDT by Eva (CHANGE- the post modern euphemism for Marxist revolution.)
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To: rbg81
I did see the opening skit on SNL last night. Man, that was incredible. "A classic example" indeed... textbook, even.

The whole thing reminds me of what Edgar Frog said in Lost Boys:

"When a vampire bites it, it's never a pretty sight. No two blood suckers go out the same way. Some yell and scream, some go quietly, some explode, some implode. But, all will try and take you with them."
30 posted on 05/11/2008 2:47:45 PM PDT by advance_copy (Stand for life or nothing at all)
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To: ken21
At least I knew where Hillary stood. What does Obama stand for and understand that we know nothing about Obama. Moreover,why has the left gone to Obama’s side with support and money?

Where does a Muslim, who was "NOT" raised in America during his formative years, get this kind of backing?

Someone needs to wake up and get a huge dose of reality here.

31 posted on 05/11/2008 2:52:25 PM PDT by Paige ("Facts are stubborn things." President Ronald Reagan)
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To: advance_copy

Remembering her answer to the sniper story....the caption should read: "SO what's the big deal? I lie all the time.....I mean,I mispeak all the time...It's a vast Obama conspiracy"

32 posted on 05/11/2008 2:53:45 PM PDT by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: Eva
Well frankly, if we have to have a Democrat president, I’d prefer Hillary to Obama. Obama is either a true post modern socialist or an empty suit who being handled by far left advisors.

First and foremost, I think McCain will win. Besides, Obama is weak and if he winds up in office, it would be a lightweight counterbalance to the not-as-lightweight Repubs in Congress.

33 posted on 05/11/2008 2:57:50 PM PDT by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.....)
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To: advance_copy
Norma Desmond

FMCDH(BITS)

34 posted on 05/11/2008 2:57:56 PM PDT by nothingnew (I fear for my Republic due to marxist influence in our government. Open eyes/see)
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To: Doogle

..(Hillary is thinking to herself)..."I hope they dart this one in white before the hood comes completely off her head"

35 posted on 05/11/2008 2:58:30 PM PDT by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: advance_copy

Is it my imagination, or has all this negativism in the MSM toward HRC happened after Rush, Sean, and Mark started “endorsing” her against Obama? It’s like a knee jerk reaction by the MSM. Suddenly, Hillary is a Republican. I guess, relatively speaking, next to Obama, she is. And she looks like a Vast Right Wing Conspiracy Patriot next to Obama. I just can’t believe so many people are so anti-American.


36 posted on 05/11/2008 3:23:02 PM PDT by LongTimeMILurker
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To: montag813

Like the bad penny—the Clintons always come back. She may well be out now but think:
1. If Obama gets the nod to run and loses, she can say “see I told you so.”
2. If Obama wins and screws up (good guess) She can say “See I told you so” and run in 2012 to unseat him.
3. If McCain Wins and screws up she can play Backbench in the Senate and set herself for 2012.
4. She gets “cheated” out of the nomination in any way she can play Reagan in 1976 and lay the foundation for 2012.
5. She can run as an Independent or for the progressives as a 3rd Party and if Obama get caught in a scandal and if McCain stumbles or has a health problem she can win.
6. The only way she loses is if Obama or McCain turn out to be great presidents like Lincoln or FDR and I can’t really see that happening. She wins in most projected outcomes.


37 posted on 05/11/2008 3:27:17 PM PDT by Forward the Light Brigade (Into the Jaws of H*ll)
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To: Enchante

That’s right on the money, Enchante! First things first, enjoy hillary going down to an empty suit, but a black well spoken empty suit, is entertainment that one can normally only pray for and next, BO going down at the end of the day with the entire democrat party left wondering WTF happened?

Geez, no one here could have envisioned this sort of policital season toward a new POTUS. The democrats eating their own, the Clinton crew, going back to the bill days just “nuts” at so many levels, both in words and looks. WOOHOO!


38 posted on 05/11/2008 3:41:13 PM PDT by Sonora
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To: Southack
...and yet, he won't come out of the Dems' Denver convention with their nomination.

Something tells me that you are right. It's not over quite yet.


39 posted on 05/11/2008 4:06:03 PM PDT by rdb3 (Upward, onward, beyond...)
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To: Enchante

Watching Cankles slide into the abyss is like adding sugar to maple syrup—SWEET! Realizing the very demographic the Clinton’s have pandered and sucked up to for years have rejected her like sour milk is especially satisfying.


40 posted on 05/11/2008 4:14:01 PM PDT by Rebelbase (McCain: The Third Bush Term ?)
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