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Clinton: Bet on the filly

Posted: Thursday, May 01, 2008 5:26 PM by Domenico Montanaro
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From NBC/NJ's Mike Memoli
LOUISVILLE, Kent. -- Perhaps signaling her intention to fight on beyond next Tuesday's contests in Indiana and North Carolina, Hillary Clinton paid a visit to her Kentucky campaign headquarters this afternoon.

"We're working hard in Indiana and North Carolina," she told staff and volunteers in the small storefront office. "Then we got to West Virginia and the we'll be right here. We've got lots of great support for us around the state."

She said that she was sorry that she would miss the Kentucky Derby, but noted that Chelsea would be on hand.
 
"I want everybody to place a little money on the filly," she said.

Clinton also paid a visit to the editorial board of the Louisville Courier-Journal, the largest newspaper in Kentucky. It also has readership in the southeastern Indiana.

Kentucky votes on May 20.

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My money is on Hillary.  She is the only chance we have of getting the white house back.  

             H I L L A R Y   2 0 0 8
Simply said –
If honesty and sincerity are important,
then Hillary really isn’t
and if Hillary isn’t,
then actually neither is anything she says;
and also if things just aren’t right,
then change is required
and if real change is needed,
then so is Barack,
as Hillary and McCain are just
more of the same (McCain)
and more Washington as usual (Hillary)!

McCain stubbornly promises to give us more of the Bush-Cheney-Rove-Rice policies that have proven to be concentrated on benefiting Special Interests and a select few and Hillary continually brags loudly that her real credit is that she is strong in ‘Washington as usual’, which just hasn’t meant benefit for anyone but the politicians.  We really don’t need any more of either!  Realize that Bill Clinton has become exceedingly wealthy since he left office, GWBush has arrogantly said that he is looking forward to doing the same and both McCain and Hillary are well connected to do likewise; isn’t it time we had a President focused on doing the job for the people, rather than on spuriously paving their own road to riches?
Oh, please! Hillary Clinton, you are a disaster!!!

ANYONE who votes for this loud-mouthed lying bullying excuse for a filly needs to be put out of their misery permanently.

Iran at our throats and even more shame on us with the UN due to Hillary's utter and unabashed stupidity---this is absolutely unbelievable.

How can any Democrat be this DUMB!!! And if you support this ignoramus, you are a MORON!!!
Good for her.

Obama '08 and '12
A horse is a horse, of course, of course....unless, of course when the horse is the famous Hillary Clinton!

Is Chelsea in the Kentucky Derby?!?  Is she running or riding?

Enough of the Clintons.  If Hillary gets the nomination, I'm writing in Barack Obama on the ballot!

(And Pat, Huntington NY, how long have you been on Hillary's payroll?  You obviously don't work and spend your days watching this blog site so how much is the campaign paying you?  "Democrat" said it best: you are a Shillary!)
TO ALL THE OBAMA SUPPORTERS:

Since the media is refusing to reveal/report the Paul vs Clinton fraud case in court right now, we need to create our own movement and flood every blog on CNN and every blogging website on the World Wide Web with information from the case regardless of what the topic is. For those that don't know - Google Paul vs Clinton and hold on to your shirt with what you read!!

OBAMANACS UNITE!!! LET'S DO THIS!!
Today she's been a fairy tale, and now she's a filly's tail. That's the first analogy describing Hillary that is spot on.
How about reporting on the Paul V Clinton lawsuit?????
Clinton should not forget to visit her former pastor who is in jail after last Friday's child molestation conviction.
Domenico: "Perhaps signaling her intention to fight on beyond next Tuesday's contests in Indiana and North Carolina"
What you were hoping she would drop out??? Of course she is going to fight on...and more than that she is going to win this nomination fair and square. In the end Hillary will have more total delegates and be a head in the popular vote. So perhaps a better first line of your paragraph would be "Looking beyond next Tuesdays...."  
While you are in KY, remember to meet with your Right-Wing supporters: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-dreier/sidney-blumenthal-uses-fo_b_99695.html
"I want everybody to place a little money on the filly," she said.

How come HRC keeps injecting 'gender' into this race every chance she gets but the MSM never go after her for it??? How come 'race' has been such a hot topic, but noone will touch gender???

No honest, hard working, respectable female would ever feel HRC is the best example of our gender. She is making a mockery of herself and does NOT represent what a truly dignified and accomplished woman looks and acts like.

I understand women want a female President. So do I. But are we so desparate to be represented in the White House that we are willing to overlook dishonesty, lies, cheating, slander and misrepresentation just to have a woman as POTUS?? What will you say to your children?? Are you proud of the example she is setting?? Are you proud of how she is conducting herself?? If your daughters behaved the same way HRC has during this campaign you would ground them for weeks! I know women of all ages, colors, ethnic groups and financial situations all want one thing for their children: to have them grow up and be happy, healthy, successful adults. But do you really want them to learn to become successful at any cost?? Leaving bodies behind everywhere they go??

I am ashamed of this whole campaign!! I am ashamed that this woman is running for POTUS. She does NOT represent my gender correctly. She makes me sad to be a woman. God help us!! God help America!!

Iran is MAD at her threats to annihilate them. She is lieing........outright lieing......about Magnequench. She is lieing and depositing money in the bank about her and her husband's dealing with Columbia. She can't even work a gas pump or a coffee machine. Aren't these her "bowling" moments?? Doesn't that tell everyone just how out of touch with the blue-collar workers SHE really is???

Please. MSNBC do your JOBS!!!! You have loved, yes, loved bashing Obama for other peoples' words and deeds, but you won't touch HRC for her OWN words and deeds. I cannot believe people are so afraid of the mighty Clintons that they are unwilling to do their jobs fairly and accurately. Except for Rachel Maddow and Keith Olbermann, there isn't a non-biased member among you. Do you feel no shame??
Louisville Courier-Journal, you should do your job and report on the former Indiana company Magnequench that Hillary has been lying about.
I'm not one who believes Clinton should drop out of the race before she wants to. After all, isn't one of the tenets of America that anyone can run for president? Most drop out for lack of money, when they have to start spending their own or run up more debt.

It's unlikely she'll win the nomination even given her convoluted spin on the math, but her smearing of Obama only gives him practise for the general and lessens her support for the Republican spin on her tactics.

But no one should force her or anyone to drop out. That's what voting is for. And if she's smearing the process a bit then maybe the process needs a fix.
Money on the filly...my jaw just hit the carpet.No one can deny this woman can get things done--just this week, Hillary has set the feminist cause back 100 years. I didn't think fillies had the equipment for all that testicular fortitude.
Don't bet on the Nag.

By this time nexy week, the SDs will have put her down.

Sheesh . . . it amazes me that MSMBC is capable of generating this many ridiculous pro-Clintom headlines per day . . . the MSM has totally deserted their journalistic integrity and constitutionally-protected responsibility to report new critical to the establishment in this election cycle

Why no reporting on Clinton's lies about the IN magnet company?

Why no reporting on the Clinton's federal election fraud case in CA?

Why no reporting on the illegal voter suppression of blacks in NC?

Why no reporting on Limbaugh-crat propping up of Clitnon "support"?


I could go on and on . . .
she make me sick.
Wasn't she Goldilocks earlier today?  and Teddy Roosevelt yesterday?  now she's a filly?

why do she and Bill insist on analogies all of the time?  they REALLY think their base is stupid, don't they?
Imagine if Obama said "I want everyone to place money on the stud."
OH MY GOD! PLEASE GET THIS OUT ON THE AIRWAYS! INDIANNA WILL BE FURIOUS ABOUT THIS! A MUST SEE
The GOP is jealous of how far the Clinton's will go to fulfill their selfish ambitions.

She will lie, spin, and Swift Boat until she gets her way.

Hillary Clinton: No Class, No Morals, and No Chance
Perhaps folks could bet the $30 they're allegedly going to save at the pump this summer with the illusory tax rebate.  Panderama=we all lose.
The last great filly to run for the roses was the great Ruffian. A true thoroughbred with heart class and style. Tragically her career was cut short. HRC you are no thoroughbred. IF YOU had any class or values you would stop tearing us apart with your greed for power.
Hillary wouldn't know the North end of a horse from the South end.

The Ol' Gray Mare ain't what she used to be!

Would someone please tell her the horserace is over and she lost.
Why waste what little money I am left with to support a candidate that has unlimited corporate backing.
If Hillary wants more bets then she should call upon her friends in the Colombian anti labor death squad do drum up additional support.
Ok lets do another run down on the Characters,The Duck Hunter,Rocky Balboa,Goldilocks,Teddy Roosevelt,The gal from Arkansas,Pennsylvania,New York ,Illinois,Paulette Revere ,The Good Christian,One of the guys knocking back shots and beers and checking out the chicks,and now a horse. Hillary the Old grey mare she aint what she used to be, she changes personas to often.I think this is a true mental disorder ,multipal personalties. Why doesn't she make it easy and call herself Sybil. By the way to the person that wrote that Hillarys pastor was convicted on child molestation charges, that is false. That was a person from Clinton New York that was not her pastor. No to the people that dont understand this unlike many religions that people are born into Christianity has a people that come to Jesus in their hour of need. Now if you are so elite that you never had an hour of need and asked Jesus to help you out of those situations thats ok. but think that all people come to religion for the same exact reasons, the important part is to stay.Now the attack on staying with a pastor, My former pastor was very pro military and had a very large amount of veterans in our church. He had a very strong fondness for Bush, On the 4th of July the placed an old army jeep on the pulpit. A little exstreme for my taste but the church had a great ministry all the same and I remained there for 5 yrs until I moved out of the state. Would be there still if I had not moved.Am I a right winged liberal hating person.  No I am a tree hugger and proud of it even though I went to a right winged church. I did not always agree with my pastor and his views. So to question a man on the merits of his former pastor are foolish to say the least. My right winged former pastor could not convince me that Bush was a good man!!!!BY the way   Obama 08
MSM media is afraid to do some real investigative reporting. Why is nobody exploring Paul trial and now this!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-dreier/sidney-blumenthal-uses-fo_b_9969
I"m disconnecting my cable. I'm better off getting the news from UK


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