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The State of Play | 78 comments (78 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: The State of Play (none / 1)

"Meanwhile, Clinton's strategy is less obvious:"....I don't know how Maine is going to vote today, but Obama has already won 18 states to Clinton's 10 (with New Mexico tied)"

Oh but in Maine, she has cried, again? Just yesterday.

"Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., wipes her eye as she listens to a disabled U.S. veteran in the audience tell his story
AP Photo:

It worked..the last two tear up. And three's a charm.

Well, "You can't vote for war and disown the results"

by idredit on Sun Feb 10th, 2008 at 11:40:04 AM EST

Obama Is Not A Fairy Tale (none / 1)

Clinton, Obama pitch to Va. Democrats

Former Virginia Gov. L. Douglas Wilder, the nation's first elected black governor, an Obama backer and Richmond's mayor, took a swipe at Bill Clinton during a news conference. "Barack Obama is not a fairy tale," Wilder said. "He is real."

Of Bill Clinton, Wilder said: "A time comes and a time goes. The president has had his time."

Clinton Weeps - Obama Sweeps

"But I will not let myself be reduced to silence."

by Oui on Sun Feb 10th, 2008 at 11:46:32 AM EST
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Re: The State of Play (none / 1)

Y'know, if this emotionality is actually a matter of political strategy (meant to soften the Ice Queen), we're looking at a pretty twisted concept of feminine strength. I'd personally find it grotesque.

by wilderness wench (sylvan1 art localnet dirt com) on Sun Feb 10th, 2008 at 11:48:09 AM EST
[ Parent ]

I do not believe that it IS strategy. (none / 1)

I think that she is weakening.

The stress of the campaign is wearing on her.

This is not a good sign as regards her fitness for the office of President, by the way.

It really isn't.

No reflection on women...I do not much see a weeping Golda Meir or Margaret Thatcher in my mind's eye...just an observation on Ms. Clinton.

I have often thought that the "Iron Maiden" idea about her was all wrong, a front that she put up in order be able to deal with the meanness of the political world. This is actually one of the reasons that I think she might be good for the country. Hell...the U.S. has been sporting a Viagra-like hardon since W.W. II. Maybe it's time to consult a doctor.

A FEMALE doctor.

Buit not if the heat in the examining room is too much for her.

She IS 60+ years old, after all.

Some people stay strong longer than others, and if she has been strenuously holding up a front that is not really natural to her for nearly 40 of those years the wear and tear on her soul may be breaking things down inside her system.

We shall see.

Sooner rather than later, I think.

Considering the level of kneejerk anti-Hillary Clinton invective going on inside the precincts of those who would be most likely to actually support her were the world a rational neighborhood instead of the home for the terminally insane that it most closely resembles, I would not blame her in the slightest if she woke up one day, took a good, slow look around, said "FUCK this shit. I'm outta here. Best of luck in the future, you asshole ingrates!" and went off to Hawaii for a few years.

Whadda buncha maroons!!!

Later...

AG

Goodness had nothing to do with it, dearie.-Mae West

by Arthur Gilroy (arthurgilroy<at>earthlink.net) on Sun Feb 10th, 2008 at 12:23:48 PM EST
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Re: I do not believe that it IS strategy. (none / 0)

Exactly, AG. My thoughts exactly, right on down the line.

Most especially your observation that an honest weakening on the campaign trail doesn't bode well for one's continual abilities in office. We've all noticed how severely our presidents do age, even those like the Current Occupant whose duties are largely ceremonial. Gotta be a reason for that.

by wilderness wench (sylvan1 art localnet dirt com) on Sun Feb 10th, 2008 at 12:29:52 PM EST
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Arthur, she thought it was going to be a cakewalk (none / 0)

until Obama strode onto the scene. Then he became the anti-Hillary, and worse, with that voice and that excitement electrifying the populace like she never could, he's messing up her dream of an easy coronation.

I don't doubt that it is unhinging her...inevitability.

I think she's been waiting a long time for this moment and it's about to be snatched out of her fingers. And Obama is not going to back down, not unless she makes him vice president, which is something she doesn't want. It would be like having Gore next door. No surrogate or retainer seems able to break the spell.

Speaking of Gore, where is he at? It's about time he makes a few noises...

I keep hearing stuff that Bloomberg would enter the race as an indie if Hillary becomes the nominee.

An untypical Negro

http://thisblksistaspage.wordpress.com

by blksista (gab1954@gmail.com) on Sun Feb 10th, 2008 at 01:02:57 PM EST
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If Bloomberg enters the race (none / 0)

Given that McCain is the GOP frontrunner and Clinton is given the nomination, it would make for an interesting race and I think we just may just see our first Jewish president.

~~~THIS SPACE FOR RENT~~~

by fabooj (fabooj [at} mail [dot} com) on Sun Feb 10th, 2008 at 01:06:51 PM EST
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Who? (none / 0)

Lieberman???!!!

(Jes' foolin'...I hope.)

AG

Goodness had nothing to do with it, dearie.-Mae West

by Arthur Gilroy (arthurgilroy<at>earthlink.net) on Sun Feb 10th, 2008 at 01:28:33 PM EST
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There's ANOTHER nice fallacy (none / 0)

you've gotten us into, Ollie!!!

How on earth do ANY of us "know" what Ms. Clinton wants or doesn't want regarding a Vice President?

We can fairly well assume that she wants to win, right?

Win big if at all possible.

With coattails and a massive majority in the legislature as well?

The whole 9 yards?

The whole 8 (or even 16) years for the Dems?

We can assume that Obama would CERTAINLY help her to do that as well.

We know DAMNED well that she is a visionary in terms of politics. A sex-role visionary among other talents. She made Bill, and it was she who...forgive me, Hillary, but I gotta...pimped HIM out. Right into the Presidency. She knows the strength of having a stud (quite literally) on the ticket better than anyone.

Who is to say that "she doesn't want" Obama as VP?

You?

How many fed-level elections have YOU won?

Sorry, blksista.

There's a LOT more going on at that level than the leftiness folk seem to realize.

A whole lot more.

Bet on it.

AG

Goodness had nothing to do with it, dearie.-Mae West

by Arthur Gilroy (arthurgilroy<at>earthlink.net) on Sun Feb 10th, 2008 at 01:27:15 PM EST
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Re: The State of Play (none / 0)

Muskie cried and lost. Is that sexism?

ad bellum purificandum - Kenneth Burke

by colinski on Sun Feb 10th, 2008 at 05:21:29 PM EST
[ Parent ]

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